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Terry Reichert spent last Tuesday night shooting pool with his brother. The following morning, the 51-year Oak Lawn man was found unconscious at the door of his home, the apparent victim of severe beating.
Today, as Reichert clings to life, his family is searching for answers about who attacked him and why.
"It's very bizarre," his brother Jim Reichert said. "They treated him like a piñata. It doesn't make sense. This was personal."
Terry Reichert, a 51-year-old carpenter shot pool until about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning at Town Lounge in Hometown. Another brother then drove him to his home in the 11000 block of Komensky. Reichert's girlfriend fount him lying unconscious at his front door about five hours later, his brother said.
"She didn't know what happened. He was soaking wet," he said.
Reichert was taken to Christ Medical Center. He initially was able to communicate, but later experienced a series of strokes that led to emergency brain surgery. He has been in coma since then, said Jim Reichert, also of Oak Lawn.
"(The strokes) are what caused all the brain damage," he said. "It progressed that quickly."
Reichert's family and friends are struggling to understand why anyone would brutally attack Terry in the driveway of his home. The injuries indicate that he was attacked with some type of blunt object, his brother said.
Terry has bruises on much of his body, but his injuries were limited to his head, his brother said.
Robbery was not the motive for the attack. Reichert's wallet and money were found in his pockets and a gold chain remained on his neck, his brother said.
Jim Reichert has talked to several of his brother's friends and co-workers to see if he had enemies or disagreements with anyone. The owner of the Town Lounge confirmed that Terry and his brother were not involved in any disputes while at the bar, Reichert said.
"Everybody loved my brother," Jim Reichert said. "He was always kind."
His family is convinced the attacker hid somewhere on his property, which is screened by two large evergreen trees. A large dumpster is located in front of the house because Terry was building an addition.
Reichert grew up in Oak Lawn, attended Oak Lawn Community High School and became a carpenter.
"He's kind, generous, good-hearted," Jim Reichert said. "It doesn't make sense."
Oak Lawn police are investigating the incident.
Now, Jim Reichert wants to bring as much attention to his brother's attack as possible.
"Whoever did this is still walking the streets. This could happen to anyone," he said.
Police are investigating the murder of a homeless man who was beaten to death in an alley in Logan Square.
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Both children were dressed in a shirt and shorts. There were no signs of trauma or dishevelment. They speak very little English.
The children were transported to CHOP where they were given medical clearance. They are currently en route to SVU.
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All profits raised from the evening, which begins at 8 PM, benefit the Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBTQ Youth.
Joining Latessa (The Lyons, Hairspray), Grenier (Man and Boy, 33 Variations, "The Good Wife") and Angelson (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, "House of Lies") are Zachary Spicer (Wit), Josh Banks, Jean Brassard, Rachel Annette Helson, Sean Hudock ("Private Romeo"), Brad Makarowski, Ed Malone, Daniel Mitura, Lauren Schaffel, Douglas Taurel, Bret Lada, Jonathan Spivey, Kaolin Bass and Leigh Wade.
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The Wild Root Company is a New York City-based production endeavor committed to "cultivating and presenting bold and challenging new works of theatre and film from emerging playwrights and screenwriters."
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This is a bit contrived but quite fun. Start on The Buddha Belly, from the "belly-button" dyno right to a good edge in the horizontal break, then crimp and dyno again to finish on Get In My Belly!
Yes, Krong (aka Philip) Pat and Jay were all climbing this together, but Jay got the FA and called it, "Pat Philip's Butt."
Whoa Now, Jota! I recall you skipping the fun crux throw from the belly to the edge, bypassing this move with some sort of lame undercling. Hence -> Jay Goes the Gay Way. And, should I amend the grade to V2/V3, this seems more reasonable, for either sequence, don't you think? I just can't grade problems anymore....


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text: Party Favors For Kids Food-Free Favors For Birthday Parties by Sarah Lipoff 9/06/12 0 Reactions 21 Shares Print 15 0 6 0 0 It's your lil one's birthday and school doesn't allow treats. What to do? We received an email from a mom stuck in this exact situation, searching for creative, food-free ideas for making her son's big day a hit in the classroom — without busting the budget. After searching our favorite sites, we've found fun toys and gadgets perfect for tots of all ages. To cut down on costs, simply purchase them in bulk and package them up in cute goodie bags. Even if your celebration allows cakes and candies, these fun playthings are great additions to any party. Assorted Plastic Stamps (50 for $32) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Here's a collection of silly stamps that make great school party gifts. With symbols like hearts, rainbows, funny faces, and butterflies, there's a stamp for everyone in this collection. 1 / 12 Glow-in-the-Dark Bouncing Balls (48 for $29) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kids will have hours of fun bouncing these glow-in-the-dark rubber balls. After being exposed to a light source, kids will be amazed while bouncing these balls in the dark. 2 / 12 Recycled Building Block Crayons (12 for $11) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 For building or coloring, these building-block crayons are fun for boys and girls. Hand-poured, nontoxic, and safe for kids over 3. 3 / 12 Assorted Grow-an-Insect Toy Figures (48 for $7) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Individually wrapped and ready for popping in goodie bags, these growing foam insects are safe for kids over the age of 3. Kids will love watching as the insects grow and grow! 4 / 12 Play-Doh Party Bag (15 for $10) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Here's a party pack of squishy dough that makes a great school gift at your lil's birthday celebration. 6 / 12 Lady Bug Bottlecap Necklaces (6 for $12) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Give on their own or add to a bug-themed goodie bag, these bug necklaces are a festive birthday party favor. Handmade from Etsy seller Bling For U2, the necklaces are made from flattened nickel and lead-free bottle caps. 6 / 12 Pull-Back Vehicles (12 for $10) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 These city vehicles are small and seriously friction-powered. Kids will love pulling back these minicars and watching as they zoom all over the place. 7 / 12 Foam Masks (12 for $10) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Here's a collection of cute, animal-themed foam masks that make fun party favors for kids of all ages. Masks come with elastic bands and are sized to fit tots' heads perfectly. 8 / 12 '80s Shutter Shade Sunglasses (12 for $29) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 In an assortment of neon colors, these funky retro sunglasses are sure to be a big hit with older kids. 9 / 12 Ocean Animal Buttons (24 for $8) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 From Etsy seller Gand G Buttons, this collection of handmade, ocean-themed pin-back buttons are a fun, small party favor that can be played upon as a theme for other goodies in the bag. 11 / 12 Neon Glow-in-the-Dark Temporary Tattoos (35 for $24) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 With sheets and sheets of fun electric glow-in-the-dark temporary tattoos, this neon collection has just the right temporary bling for boys and girls and is sure to be a big birthday-party hit at school. 11 / 12 Wikki Stix (48 sticks for $7) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bend them, build them, Wikki Stix are tons of fun for little hands and perfect for a school-party gift bag. No mess or frustration, these fun craft sticks have endless possibilities. 12 / 12 15 0 6 0 0 Back to Homepage Comments Read More Food And FunKid PartiesKid ShoppingParty Favors Food and Fun 25 Cakes For Your Little Prince or Princess 1 day ago 15 Fun Food Ideas Your Kids Can Make on Their Own 2 days ago 10 Tricks For Organizing Your Kids' Craft Area 2 days ago 51 of the Best Birthday Party Ideas For Girls 3 days ago Christina Aguilera's a Mom Again — Did You See Her Baby Shower Cake!? 3 days ago It's Not Just a Birthday Party — It's a Shark Attack! 5 days ago Link Love Mom forced to stop feeding baby homemade formula — BabyCenter Blog The easiest ways to save on organic food — The Stir A look inside Fergie's second baby shower — Celebrity Baby Scoop Danielle Jonas debuts her baby bump — People Moms & Babies 7 light and fresh recipes to take you through Summer — FitPregnancy Does where you live affect your risk for PPD? — The Bump Where to find the best deals on school supplies — Real Simple Now this is how you announce a pregnancy! — HuffPost Parents


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The other day, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was drafting a lineup to put up against Cardinals righty Chris Carpenter. When it came to picking a center fielder, Roenicke had three options: Nyjer Morgan, Carlos Gomez or Mark Kotsay. He wound up going with Kotsay - not just because Morgan seemed to be in a bit of a slump, but also because Kotsay is left-handed, and was 4-for-11 against Carpenter in his career.
When I read that explanation, I sighed. I imagine that many people sighed. Of course, Kotsay would go on to homer against Carpenter and draw a pair of walks, but that's kind of beside the point. In retrospect, I probably should have chosen a better example.
Maybe it's my imagination, but I feel like I'm being bombarded with microsplits this month more than ever before. By "microsplits", I'm referring to any small-sample statistical split in general, but specifically, for this post, I'm referring to batter vs. pitcher data. Batter vs. pitcher data is everywhere I turn. It's all over Twitter, from reputable and less-reputable sources alike. It's being cited by managers. It's being discussed on the air. All the time, it's being discussed on the air. This guy has this many hits in this many at bats against this other guy. Over and over.
In a vacuum, that's okay. Batter vs. pitcher data is information. There's nothing wrong with information. The problem is how that information is interpreted. That information is treated like it's meaningful, where by "meaningful" I mean "predictive". A lot of people act like, because a match-up was so in the past, so it will continue to be in the future.
And that isn't true. With batter vs. pitcher data, that isn't true. Dave Cameron just wrote a good post about this at FanGraphs a short while back, and you should read it. In short: this data isn't predictive. Thorough examination has shown that this data isn't predictive. It's not like batter vs. pitcher data is completely, 100 percent irrelevant, but it has to be so heavily regressed that you might as well not have the data at all. You're better off looking at the observed overall performances by a given hitter and pitcher.
Okay, so for many of you, this isn't news. It isn't exactly an Internet revelation that batter vs. pitcher data is of little use. But I think it's worth considering why such data is still treated as significant, even though it's essentially been proven that it is not.
The first reason, and the main reason, is that, intuitively, batter vs. pitcher data seems perfect. It seems like exactly the data you should want. Let's say you're a manager putting together a starting lineup. The other team is starting a lefty on the mound. When you're making your lineup, you don't think about your hitters' overall performances - you think about their performances against lefties. You do that because it gives you a better idea of how they'll perform against this particular lefty. But what if they already have an established performance against this particular lefty? In theory, shouldn't that give you an even better idea of how they'll do? What better way to predict how someone will do against someone else than by examining how that specific matchup has gone in the past?
That isn't how it works. But it feels like that should be how it works. It makes so much intuitive sense that it can be hard to believe it doesn't make actual sense.
A second reason, and a lesser reason, is that I think people are wired to not care too much about sample size. It would be one thing if a batter had faced a pitcher 1,000 times. Then that information would be significant. More commonly, a batter has faced a pitcher 10 or 20 or 30 times, and so that information is not significant. The sample size is far too small, spread over too many years, for anything to be made of it.
But it isn't the instinct to worry that a sample is too small. People make quick judgments based on very limited information all the time. Think about your opinions of other people you've just met. Think about cities or countries you've visited once or twice. Yelp is a website built around members publishing reviews of establishments based often on one single experience. That's crazy! But we're always doing it. We seldom wait for a sample to be big enough in life, and many seldom wait for a sample to be big enough in baseball.
We want for batter vs. pitcher data to matter. It seems too perfect for it to not matter. It will never matter. Never, for as long as baseball is played as it's currently played. It's just a meaningless microsplit. There's that old joke about statheads worrying about how a batter does against lefties on Tuesday nights in domes between the fourth and sixth innings. The ingredients of the joke change, but the joke itself stays the same: statheads worry about ridiculous microsplits. In reality, it isn't the statheads who concern themselves with ridiculous microsplits.


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Microfiction: At the Temple of Healing, by T.C. MillBy MichaelMJones. Filed in Fiction, Microfiction |
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At the Temple of Healing
by T.C. Mill
The priest's eyes were bright blue in the light of the oil lamp he had brought. Their focus never wavered as he inspected Alexis's new arm.
"Can you move your fingers?" His voice was soft and clear, gentle yet impersonal. But his fingers ran over Alexis's restored palm in a gesture more like a caress than a professional examination.
He'd been the same the day before, when he examined the broken remains of Alexis's right hand and arm. Gentle and careful, with a hint of tenderness. He had peered so closely at the shattered bones that his breath ghosted over them like kisses. Alexis hadn't minded the brief pain their touch brought.
Now Alexis thought of a motion, impulse shifting sluggishly from nerves to wires to clockwork, and then the metal fingers of his right arm closed over the priest's hand.
The man's breath caught, and then he smiled. "Very good."
Alexis released him, but his hand didn't move away.
"How do you feel?" the priest asked.
"Relieved, I guess. Grateful. This will change my life." No longer a cripple, he could work again, painting the delicate patterns on the urns and amphora in his uncle's pottery shop. He had always been so talented, fingers sure of every motion they made. "I'm good as new."
Alexis looked down at the hand in his. He knew it was there, but even so he hardly felt it.
"What's it like?" the priest asked gently.
Alexis raised the metal arm and pressed his palm to the priest's cheek. He saw it there, silver against olive flesh, pressing hard enough to drive the color from the skin. He felt a distant warmth. "Like the world's heaviest glove."
"I understand."
"Do you really?"
The priest sighed, then stood up. He parted his long robes and brought his left leg forward. It gleamed copper in the lamplight.
"Ah," Alexis said.
The top seam of the leg ran along the man's thigh. Alexis traced it with his living hand, felt warm skin beside hard metal plating, cool and polished smooth. The muscle jumped beneath his fingers, and the priest's breath caught.
Alexis pushed the robe farther aside, revealing his erection. He looked up and met the bright blue eyes. After a moment, the priest nodded.
Alexis reached out and stroked his length from base to head with one metal finger. He hardened further, and even through the metal Alexis could feel the flush of blood, of heat. Slowly, carefully, he wrapped his fingers around the priest's member and began to stroke it. His palm and fingers warmed from the contact with flesh, grew slick with a film of sweat so that they slid easier, faster. Alexis found himself smiling. So he had retained some skill with this hand, after all.
In moments the man's hips rocked, thrusting into his hand. Alexis felt himself stiffening in response. Then warm fingers closed over his metal ones, and the priest stepped away from him. He stripped off his robe entirely, then removed Alexis's tunic. Slowly, he knelt in his lap, metal and living legs straddling Alexis's thighs. Raising his hand to his mouth, he moistened the palm thoroughly and gripped Alexis's cock, slicking him.
Alexis grasped his hip to guide him down—his left hip, Alexis's fingers running again over the metal plating of his leg.
"It's all right," the priest said.
At first Alexis thought he was being given permission, and indeed the way he traced the border between metal and flesh seemed to please the priest, even as they came together in a way that made lesser pleasures hard to puzzle out. But the blue eyes were boring into his, and a hand held his upper arm tightly as if its nail would dig into the steel. He felt the warmth of the touch.
"Yes," he said, as metal and flesh moved together in a timeless pattern. "It's all right."
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Magia Playa Luxury Beach Condo in Playa del Carmen
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- sleeps 8
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Another amazing condo in the heart of Playa del Carmen. Only 20 meters from the beach and 5 minute walk to Mamitas beach by far the best beach in Playa del Carmen.Condo Magia is one of Playa del Carmen's newest high-end luxury condominium buildings. It's location on the corner of 1st Avenue and 16th Street.Condo Magia is a perfect mature condo and is just the perfect place for a romantic getaway, relaxation and for enjoying the amazing Caribbean sea and beaches.Located in the heart of the mystical town of Playa del Carmen, is the perfect location; on 1st Avenue a steps away from 5th, with it's coffee shops,European charm, bars,lounges,clubs and Caribbean warmth, tasty restaurants and first class stores. A few steps away from the white sandy beach and the magical turquoise colored waters of the Mexican Caribbean. Magia Playa is born.
This new Luxurious condo has everything to ensure your comfort and pleasure. Modern design furnishings and all the comforts you can imagine; two swimming pools, private underground parking, on site gym, large Flat screen TV with CD and surround sound DVD player,Satellite T.V.,Internet,WiFi.The master bedroom offers a King bed,custom closet,Safe and in suite bath. The 2nd bedroom offers 1 Queen and 1 Twin bed,Sofa in Living room turns into a queen size oval bed. The TV room has a Large plasma TV and multiple sofas. The living space offers walkout to balcony, dining table for 8 and breakfast bar. The kitchen is fully equipped with modern stainless steel appliances. Air conditioning is in every room individually controlled,located on second level.No pets Allowed
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- Brand New Safe Beautiful Condo with Friendly Neighbours
- 2 bathrooms with toilet, sink and shower, cold & hot water
- 24 hour Full Security
- Top Quality Matresses,Linens, pillows,blankets,Bath & Beach Towels
- Internet,WiFi,Full Custom Closets in Bedrooms,Safe in Master Bedroom
- Pick up from airport-Maid,Shopping,Chef,Drivers,VIP For clubs,bars,restaurants,Etc. available
- Kitchen ware and utensils are provided.
- 2 inground pools,Full Gym,Underground Parking ,Kid Friendly
- Microwave, Fridge, Stove ,Dishwasher,Purified Water cooler,Sandwich Maker,Washer and Dryer
- Flat Screen TV,Satellite,Surround sound DVD,2nd Stereo
- Central Airconditioning,all room with separate controls
- 1 King Size,1 Queen,1 Double Bed and sofa converts to Huge oval Queen size Bed
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Vern Buchanan to conduct Town Hall meeting
Date: September 10, 2009
by: Loren Mayo | Staff Writer
Congressman Vern Buchanan will discuss health care, jobs and the economy with constituents at the Sarasota Town Hall informational meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail. Although there will be a demonstration outside, those attending should arrive early to obtain seats inside.
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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.
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Michael Huber is the new president at the India-napolis Chamber of Commerce. His is not the ordinary climb up the ladder. He has not moved from one chamber to another, ever increasing the size and scope of his responsibilities.
Instead, Huber comes via the political route to the top. He spent three years with the Daniels state administration in the Office of Management and Budget, plus a stint with the Department of Administration.
Then he signed on with the Ballard city of Indianapolis where he was responsible for enterprise development, rising to deputy mayor for economic development. Before joining the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, he seems to have been in a holding pattern as Senior Director of Commercial Enterprise at the Indianapolis Airport Authority.
As a good administrator, with an MBA from the IU Kelley School of Business, he has already announced his intention to roll out a new strategic plan for the Chamber. If it already has such a plan, it is necessarily obsolete when new management comes on board.
Huber has a tough assignment. His predecessor, Scott Miller, welded together three wings to fly the Chamber to new heights. One wing is designed to bring new businesses to Indianapolis; another is to work on the same task, but with a regional orientation.
The third wing, the Business Ownership Initiative (BOI), exists to help new and expanding small businesses understand how to function better in today's complex economic environment. [In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of the BOI Board.]
On top of this configuration of functions, the Chamber is supposed to be what chambers have been for more than 100 years: a spokesman for the business community and an organizer of civic efforts for the benefit of the wider community.
The Indianapolis Chamber, in recent decades, has been a progressive voice in Indiana. Blessed with a strong market position, Indianapolis has been able to work on programs that are beneficial beyond its borders.


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LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will include all the characters from both seasons of the popular animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as some fan-favourite characters from the theatrical Star Wars saga.
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Our Verdict: There's plenty of things to like in LEGO Star Wars III, though some of them might be buried a little too deep for younger players.
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Modern Warfare 3, Jet Set Radio and Bully kick off Xbox LIVE Winter sale
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Numerous job postings suggest that the George Lucas enabling LucasArts is beginning work on an unannounced first-person shooter for current and next-generation platforms.
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EA and Crytek's FPS sequel holds on ahead of a surging Zumba Fitness.
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My sister-in-law is disappointed with it, not enough of a workout apparently. I'll get be able to pass my judgement in August, can't wait!
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Tahitian Beach Cove Hideaway in Gainesville
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taking with beautiful cedar inside and out and accented with brass.
Over 10,000 plants and trees throughout the property overlooking the
winding brick and wooden walkway. The end of the walkway is
accented with a 60 foot long dock ready with electrical hook ups, flood
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3 acre private playground with a baskeball court and plenty of room for the kids to run and play.
There is also a walking track to enjoy and miles and miles of dirt roads to hike.
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We are centrally located to Gainesville, Ocala National Forrest with many springs to visit, St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. Jacksonville is to the North and Orlando/Disney World, Sea World is to the South. We are only minutes from Shopping Centers including Walmart, Winn-Dixie, Publix and plenty of restaurants including Sonny's, Golden Corral, Beef O Brady's, Krystals, Popeyes and many other's including several country restaurants. The beautiful breath taking Ravine Gardens full of Historical values is also only minutes away.
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The Cowboys have signed veteran PK Shayne Graham as insurance in case their current stable of kickers cannot recover from injury in time for the start of the season. Todd Archer of ESPN Dallas first reported the news on Tuesday.
Two of the top kickers on the Dallas depth chart — David Buehler and Kai Forbath — are both out with injury, leaving only rookie Dan Bailey healthy at the position. In the team's second preseason game, Bailey handled all of the team's kicking duties, though the Cowboys did not attempt any field goals in the 20-7 loss.
Graham, who has played with the Bills, Panthers, Bengals, Giants and Patriots since arriving in the league in 2010, was cut by the Redskins last week after missing two kicks in first week of preseason action. Last season, kicking for the Patriots, he made all 12 of his field goal attempts.


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"The meat for the baskets can cost anywhere from $3,500 (for chickens) to over $6,000 (for ham), and currently the economic situation has stretched the Ministry finances to their limit," said CMLC Executive Director Lorie Gosser in a press release. "We will still do the usual collections in the community but instead of all the donations going out in one day for the baskets, those items would be used to stock the pantry through the "lean" winter months when the demand for food from the pantry is at its greatest."
Gosser said that the CMLC Board of Directors were concerned about being able to cover other costs like emergency motels, bus tickets and gas vouchers for medical trips for those in need, and felt the baskets are not a necessity. The program has increased services for clients, including allowing four food pantry uses -- in past years it was three -- and giving larger food orders due to the Feeding America program it is part of. Cooperating Ministry also brings a mobile food bank to Sterling six times per year.
The Board of Directors is working on a project to supplement the food baskets given out in January, the release said, so there will not be a "lapse" in food being distributed to those families in need in Logan County. Gosser emphasized that the Christmas basket program is not being eliminated permanently. "Cooperating Ministry is planning to resume the Christmas Basket project in 2013, believing that the economy has hit its low point and will begin to improve in the next year,"the release said.
"We thank you for your patience, prayers, and support, as this has been a difficult decision to make," said Gosser.


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Strand Lighting enjoyed another exciting LDI show for 2006. Visitors to the Strand Lighting booth got to see a host of products that will provide a number of solutions to meet the needs of entertainment venues around the world.
New Light Palette Control Consoles
Strand Lighting chose LDI to introduce their next generation of Light Palette controls consoles. The range includes three new models:
Light Palette Classic
The new Classic Light Palette offers the Palette OS graphical interface in a compact console. Each desk supports two standard dual playbacks and 12 submaster/playbacks for flexible control and operation. Dual video displays provide key data for programmers and the point and click graphical interface speeds production. All Palettes feature the powerful new suite of moving light controls that allow users to program lighting faster than ever.
Light Palette Live
Building on the Classic hardware the Live console adds 48 submasters allowing users to quickly run a live performance with lots of hands-on control. Like the Classic, the Live console supports 3000 control channels and moving light attributes. Expansion software allows the system to grow up to 8000 channels and Attributes to control even the largest rigs.
Light Palette VL
The VL extends the power of our consoles with 24 submasters and a 100 key keypad that allows the rapid selection of moving lights and control channels providing easy touch selection and programming for moving lights. The VL, like the rest of the range, also supports large touchscreen panels for added control and flexibility.
Pocket Palette
The next generation handheld remote for the whole Palette range provides users with more portable control than ever. Pocket Palette offers users a cue sheet, remote submaster control, channel level displays, plus a lamp check and focus remote functionality. Pocket Palette is offered on an industrial wireless handheld platform for exceptional reliability and performance.
New A21 Dimmer Rack
The new wall mount dimmer rack attracted a lot of attention from visitors as it was the first new product from Strand that offers IGBT dimming in addition to standard SCR dimming technology. The replacement for the popular Environ series dimmer racks A21 is a modular dimming system that supports a wide range of dimmers suitable for dimming fluorescent, incandescent, and low voltage loads. Convection cooled these racks provide quiet, low maintenance light control for a host of applications.
The new racks are fully integrated into the family of dimming and control products and support: ShowNet Ethernet, Outlook, and Premiere architectural controls as well as all the Entertainment control systems. A21 is available for use in 120 and 277 volt systems.
Strand Introduces Distributed Dimming
The new R21 and S21 family of powered raceway products garnered considerable attention at the show. The S21 series are standard products that support either 6 X 1.2kW dimmers or 3 X 2.4kW dimmers. R21, the Powered Raceway, is a made to order system that features IGBT dimming, integrated ShowNet networking, and the ability to provide network based remote processor access. All of these systems fully integrate with the C21 dimming systems and the new A21 dimmer racks.


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The University of Kentucky Agricultural Weather Center provides warnings of the potential danger to livestock. Livestock become uncomfortable when the heat index reaches about 90 degrees. The heat index is a combination of air temperature and humidity and is used to describe how it feels outside.
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In the epic Season 5 finale, the Save Greendale gang attempts to live up to its name with an epic campus treasure hunt.
In part one of an epic two-part season finale, a state advisory board threatens to shut down Greendale once and for all.
The Greendale gang gets animated in a special G.I. Joe-inspired episode of Community.
The gang engages in a game of D&D to reunite Professor Hickey with his estranged son.
Abed and Annie feud over their roommate situation while Hickey and Shirley attempt to unload a collection of hot text books.
A hot new people-rating app throws Greendale's social hierarchy into complete disarray.
Jeff helps Duncan score a date with Britta while Abed and Hickey have a strange evening of bonding and Chang has a ghostly encounter.
Annie falls victim to the pitfalls of scholastic bureaucracy while attempting to clean up Greendale.
To celebrate Troy's last day on campus, Abed declares a campus-wide game of 'The Floor is Lava' with a coveted $50,000 prize.
Following the tragic death of Pierce, the gang is subjected to a group lie detector test to determine if any of them are to blame.
While Greendale is terrorized by the resurgence of the notorious bandit, Jeff and Annie painstakingly investigate the crime spree.
Greendale's finest professors show the ropes to new teacher Jeff.
The Greendale Gang returns to their alma mater to help save the school...by suing it.
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges seek candidates for two tenure track positions in theatre, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to teach in a small but growing liberal arts based Theatre program. Successful candidates will teach a variety of courses from a liberal arts perspective including courses in directing, playmaking, playwriting and dramatic literature; direct one production per year in the Colleges' theatre; develop and teach additional courses in his or her area of expertise; advise students in the Theatre Program; serve on appropriate program and campus-wide committees; and have an opportunity to participate in the Colleges' general education, interdisciplinary, and study abroad programs.
Successful candidates must be generalists with a Ph.D. or MFA and have a well-rounded background in theatre; a strong background in directing; experience teaching at the undergraduate level; previous experience with, and a commitment to, theatre in a liberal arts setting; a clearly defined scholarly (professional) interest; and a strong set of leadership skills. Administrative experience, experience with curriculum development, and a demonstrated ability to promote diversity within the Theatre Program are highly desirable. Expertise in theatre for social change, non-western theatre, acting or design is desirable.
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Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution located in a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. With an enrollment of approximately 2,200, the Colleges offer 62 majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program. Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service are also at the core of the Colleges' mission.


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Ever since Abou Diaby made his return to the Arsenal midfield, the footballing world has waited on bated breath to see him get hurt again. It's not malice -- nobody actually wishes injury on the poor man -- but Diaby's natural state of being is 'injured', and seeing him on the pitch has confused everyone's sense of reality. It was a profound philosophical concern.
It's not anymore. Diaby was forced off 17 minutes into the Gunners' home match against Chelsea (not coincidentally their first loss of the season) and Arsene Wenger has now confirmed that the French midfielder will be out for several matches with a muscular strain. The 'minimum' time is three weeks, which leaves the maximum as anyone's guess. Knowing Diaby, though, it'd be difficult to count on his contributions this season.
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A Middle Tennessee man has been unable to speak for 10 days, and it all could have started with a mosquito bite. That man is now hospitalized with West Nile virus, fighting for his life.
Marion Rogers is 82 years old but is quite active and an avid outdoorsman. He loves gardening and spends hours in his big Murfreesboro yard making things beautiful. But two weeks ago he was out there and something went wrong.
"I came over, and as active as he is, he had a very hard time even coming out of his chair," said his son, Guy Rogers.
His only other symptom was a low-grade fever. Nevertheless, he actually told his son he needed to be checked into the hospital.
"Days following that, he progressively got worse and worse, a high fever, chills, tremors," Guy Rogers said.
Now, the man hasn't been able to speak for 10 days and is being kept alive on a respirator.
"It's amazing how fast a little mosquito takes someone this healthy, and just lay them out," Guy Rogers said.
Only 20 percent of people bitten by a mosquito infected with West Nile have any symptoms at all, and even fewer suffer brain problems like Marion Rogers.
"One percent will have neurological symptoms. So, they'll have disorientation, convulsions, stiff neck, that sort of thing. And a small percentage of those might lead to death," said Tennessee Department of Health epidemiologist Dr. Abelardo Moncayo.
Marion Rogers is hanging on, and his son keeps his father updated on the prognosis.
"He's sitting there not being able to move. I'm sure, if he's conscious, he wonders what's going on. And I tell him every day, 'You're not going to believe this, but a little mosquito has caused this whole issue with you,'" Guy Rogers said.
Though cooler nights do slow down mosquito activity, it isn't until the first frost of the year that the threat of West Nile is over.
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Spare the Air alert issued for New Year's Day
Original post made on Dec 31, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 31, 2012, 2:49 PM
on Dec 31, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Junk science. Where is the data? What measurements? What standard?
What limits are on GOVERNMENT action that day? Lights off? No travel? Heat reduction?
Fewer flights to CHINA by Palo Alto "officials" at environmental and government and public expense?
What is the carbon saving of going back to only 1,loo employees?
on Dec 31, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I could smell the smoke in the air today. Don't need no fancy scientific instruments to know the air is in bad shape.
on Dec 31, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Do everyone's kids a favor - if you must light up, only do it on rainy days. Thank you.


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Any student who is making a significant contribution (either technical or performance) to a faculty-directed play or faculty supervised project which is being presented in the department's production season, may apply to receive credit for this activity. The application must be requested during the production schedule (not after) and will be evaluated by the faculty member involved who will determine the amount of credit to be granted.
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ODU class warns students about credit card use
(The Virginian-Pilot, February 23, 2013)
It seemed like a wise financial move at the time.
Two year ago, Gelila Mengesha, then 18, came upon a way to save money buying a $1,500 laptop. She got a credit card, paid $800 for the computer and used the $700 credit maximum on the card to cover the rest.
She had a part-time job, but she gave it up to focus on her studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk. She couldn't make the minimum monthly payments. The interest rate went up. Her father in Northern Virginia chipped in. But the credit-card balance didn't seem to go down.
"I wish I never got it," admitted Mengesha, now a junior majoring in human services.
She offered her tale of woe at a recent class of Monarch Millionaire, a five-week noncredit financial literacy program attended by about 200 ODU students this semester.
Monarch Millionaire, launched in the fall, covers such topics as banking and paying for college. "If Americans had the basic skills we're teaching in this class, we would not have gone through this recession," said Robert Romm, a senior biology major who is among the student instructors.
The session Thursday night focused on credit cards and credit. "Don't charge anything you can't pay for now," counseled the lead instructor, Nicole Knox, who is co-owner of MNK Unlimited Inc., a Portsmouth contractor, and also is studying accounting at ODU. (More)
ODU envisions transportation center
(Inside Business, February 22, 2012)
Old Dominion University's Business Gateway Center wants to be the first in the mid-Atlantic to open an office that would be dedicated solely to matching women- and minority-owned businesses with lucrative U.S. Department of Transportation contracts.
The center has submitted plans to the department and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to secure a grant worth up to $140,000 per year that would be used to open the office, which would be called the Small Business Transportation Resource Center, said Jerry Robertson, associate vice president and executive director of the Gateway center.
This would be the first such center in the mid-Atlantic and would work with companies in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia.
Women- and minority-owned small businesses face challenges that their larger counterparts don't when it comes to obtaining transportation department contracts for various work, whether it's laying asphalt or installing lights, Robertson said.
"They don't necessarily have the bonding they need," he said. "They don't have the recourses to do the financials. There could be a lot of reasons that they are a little bit challenging to get in to the transportation arena. So the Department of Transportation set up these resource centers to help them get themselves qualified."
Companies that actively recruit disadvantaged business enterprises are "smiled upon with it comes the U.S. Department of Transportation," he said. (More)
Military families cooling to home ownership
(Stars and Stripes/The Virginian-Pilot, February 24, 2012)
Josue Fernandez thought his nightmare was coming to an end.
The senior chief petty officer faced 600 miles of interstate as he pulled out of Jacksonville, Fla., in early December. His destination: a home in Suffolk he had been trying to sell since the Navy transferred him from Hampton Roads in 2008.
The task ahead was not pleasant - he needed to mow his neglected yard before the city put a lien on his property - but he had a reason to be optimistic.
After years of reducing the price on his home and watching deals with prospective buyers fall through, Fernandez's real estate agent lined up new buyers and set a closing date for mid-December. ...
But Fernandez and his peers in the military - many of whom are ordered to move to a new city every few years - have been hit especially hard. Some argue that their misfortune has contributed to the sluggishness of the housing market's recovery in Hampton Roads, which depends on its robust military population.
Members of the military have fled the homebuying markets in the Tidewater area, elsewhere in Virginia and across the United States, and the trend has shown no signs of reversing, according to data gathered from the Navy and the U.S. Census Bureau.
The same is not true for the general population; more Americans and Virginians still own their homes rather than rent.
Vinod Agarwal, professor of economics and director of the Economic Forecasting Project at Old Dominion University, said military members have "rationally" decided to rent in the past several years, rather than buy a home that might be difficult to sell without taking a loss when they have to relocate.
Now that the local real estate market is showing signs of a recovery - the median sale price of existing homes climbed 2.7 percent in 2012 after declining steadily since 2008 - Agarwal expects members of the military to begin feeling comfortable buying homes again this year. But there's still plenty of uncertainty in the market because across-the-board defense cuts scheduled to begin in March threaten to sucker-punch the economy.
Nearly half of the Hampton Roads economy is driven by military spending, studies have shown. So the flight from homeownership among members of the military has taken a toll on the real estate market.
Less demand for homes puts downward pressure on prices, Agarwal said. (More)
Los Angeles-Class Attack Submarine USS Boise Holds Change of Command Ceremony
(Naval Today, February 25, 2013)
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) held a change of command ceremony, aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Feb. 22.
Cmdr. Scott S. Luers relieved Cmdr. Brian L. Sittlow as commanding officer. ...
Luers is a native of Westminster, Md. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Ocean Engineering from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1995, and a Masters in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University in 2007. His last duty station was at Commander, Submarine Squadron Eleven in San Diego.
"All have heard today what the crew already knows - Boise is a ship that isn't afraid to take on challenging missions and then excels at executing them," said Luers. "I cannot thank Cmdr. Sittlow enough for his leadership over the past three years, and for being extremely generous and open during our turnover. You will be an inspiration to your Sailors and myself for time immemorial. (More)
Identity theft spurs entrepreneur to create commercial-sized shredders for kiosks
(Tacoma Eagle-Tribune (Wash.), February 24, 2012)
Stephen Hershman was serving on the USS Kentucky submarine in 2003 when his identity was stolen, compromising his top-secret security clearance.
Forced out of his communications job, he spent several months straightening out his credit rating. His identity had been stolen by someone who took his utility bills from his trash, and used them to open a post office box.
That's when Hershman thought of starting a service that provides customers access to an industrial-strength shredder that destroys documents on the spot. Hershman started a do-it-yourself shredding company, The Shred Stop. ...
Hershman was a systems-engineering major at the U.S. Naval Academy, so he was confident he could design a shredder's hardware, but he needed someone to handle the software behind the machine. He proposed his idea to friend Keith Rettig, who studied software design at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Rettig was in. (More)
Wallace new executive director at Vision Network
(Delaware Online, February 23, 2012)
The Vision Network of Delaware, a Wilmington nonprofit, will have a new executive director at the helm Monday.
Dana Diesel Wallace replaces Mark Murphy, who left to become the state Secretary of Education. She was most recently working at a North Carolina organization that advocated a public-private education innovation.
Diesel Wallace has worked in education for more than 20 years as a teacher, principal, administrator and superintendent, according to the Vision Network. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Old Dominion University, a master's in educational leadership from Harvard University, and an education doctorate from Teachers College at Columbia University. (More)
'This thing was never supposed to happen'
(Inside Business, February 22, 2012)
The sector that helped Hampton Roads weather the greatest recession in decades is on track to deal a substantial blow to this coastal Virginia economy, local experts and business leaders said.
Federal spending accounts for about 47 percent of gross regional product, according to some estimates, and if the deep federal cuts known as sequestration take place Friday, thousands of jobs could be shed, among other things.
"We've estimated here that the impact could be as large as 42,000 jobs," said Gary Wagner, who's with the Old Dominion University Economic Forecasting Team. "If full sequestration were to occur, most of the job losses would hit the region in 2013 and 2014. They would not occur over the next 10 years."
Sequestration is a budget provision that would trigger $1.2 trillion in federal cuts over the next 10 years, half of which will come in defense spending. It's a part of the 2011 Budget Control Act and was intended to be the last-resort, "Draconian" resolution if legislators failed to agree on a comparable deficit-reduction plan.
"This thing was never supposed to happen," said Craig Quigley, executive director of the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance. "Well, here we are."
In addition to job losses, Wagner said full sequestration would cause the gross regional product to slip 5 percent, or about $4.2 billion. Others close to the matter said irreversible damage may result for federal contractors, their subcontractors and their suppliers. (More)
Alfred B. Rollins Jr.
(Obituary, The Virginian-Pilot, February 24, 2012)
Dr. Alfred Brooks Rollins Jr., born May 28, 1921 in Presque Isle, Maine to Clarissa (Jack) and Alfred B. Rollins Sr. died February 20 in Norfolk, Va. at the age of 91. He was a cherished husband to Helen Jones since 1981. He was father of three wonderful children: John D. Rollins of Cheshire, Connecticut, (Debbie), James S. Rollins of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Cynthia Van Zandt) and Nancy J. Rowell of Highgate, Vermont (Willard). Grandsons Daniel Rollins (Allison Burr), Andrew Rollins (Lauren) and Scott Rollins (Caitlin) and two granddaughters Hannah Van Zandt Rollins, and Elizabeth Rowell (Andrew Porwitzky) and a great-grandchild, Xavier. His sister, Marjorie Myer (Robert) resides in Florence, Ky. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ernestine McMullen in 1972 and his second wife, Faith Kenyon Prior in 1979. ...
Al began his lifetime of teaching as an Instructor at New Paltz State Teachers College in 1948, and was a full professor when he left in 1963. During that busy time, he and his first wife, Ernestine, built a home (with their own hands) for themselves and their growing family, and Al wrote several books including the seminal work, Roosevelt and Howe.
In 1963, he moved as a Professor to the State University of New York at Binghamton, and moved his New Paltz house a mile down the road when threatened by eminent domain. He became Chair of the History Department and continued to publish articles, and the book, Woodrow Wilson and the New America. In 1967, he moved to the University of Vermont as a Professor and soon became Dean of Arts and Sciences then Vice President for Academic Affairs.
In 1976 he arrived at Old Dominion University as Professor of History and University President and led the university until 1985. He was proud of expanding graduate programs, fostering integration, and most of all expanding women's sports and starting a "writing exam," which students had to pass to get their diplomas. He left the Presidency in 1985 and returned to teaching history at ODU until he retired in 1991. (More)
Surveys show rural Virginia lags in seat belt usage
(Richmond Times-Dispatch/The Associated Press, February 25, 2013)
Motorists and passengers in rural Virginia are less likely to wear seat belts than those in other parts of the state, statewide surveys show.
They also are more at risk of dying in traffic accidents, according to analysis of state data by The Roanoke Times.
Eight people who were not wearing seat belts were killed in traffic accidents in Floyd County from 2007 to 2012, along with three who wore seat belts. In Alleghany County, 10 people died unbelted and seven died belted. Bedford County saw 32 unbelted traffic deaths and 28 belted fatalities, the newspaper reported.
Since Jan. 1, three people who were not wearing seat belts have died in the Roanoke area.
Statewide, 1,677 people died unbelted during the five-year period.
Surveys show that in 2011, 76 percent of travelers used seat belts in the largely rural section of Virginia west and north of Richmond, compared to 82 percent statewide. Seat belt usage was lower among people in pickups in rural Virginia, about 60 percent.
The national seat belt use rate was 84 percent.
"I find that it is unacceptable that people are dying because they don't buckle up," said John Saunders, director of Virginia's Highway Safety Office.
Seat belt rates for drivers and passengers in rural areas are five to 10 percentage points lower than people in urban areas, said Bryan Porter, an associate professor of psychology at Old Dominion University who conducts the state's annual seat belt use survey and helps plan and evaluate road safety programs.
Urban areas also have safety assets that are lacking in rural areas, such as wide, lighted streets, controlled intersections, and median barriers that reduce crossover wrecks. (More)
Study of world's richest marine area shows size matters
(Arab News/Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2013)
A new study of Asia's Coral Triangle, which contains nearly 30 percent of the world's reefs, shows that when it comes to ensuring a rich and diverse range of species, size matters. "The study suggests that marine protected areas should be as large and diverse as possible," Peter Etnoyer, a marine biologist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said in a statement.
Etnoyer, who co-authored the study published by open access peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, stressed that providing more protected marine space made it possible to "include more species, more habitats, and more genetic diversity to offer species the best chance of adapting to sea temperature and other environmental changes."
The Coral Triangle covers a triangular area stretching across the Philippines, eastern Sabah, eastern Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
It's sheer size has made it a treasure trove of marine life - it contains more than 3,000 species of fish and is often referred to as the "Amazon of the seas".
The fact that its size, according to Thursday's study, is also what will help it adapt to change is important, since previous reports have shown that more than 85 percent of the reefs there are considered to be threatened by human activities like coastal development, pollution and overfishing.
For the study, scientists at NOAA, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Old Dominion University in Virginia and the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies had "analyzed over 10,000 maps of marine species," said Jonnell Sanciango, the head author of the study and a researcher at Old Dominion.
They had "found that habitat, calculated as coastline length, was the best predictor of species richness, followed by the variety of habitats and sea surface temperature," she added. Their research led them to suggest stretching the borders of the Coral Triangle further to also include Brunei, Singapore and peninsular Malaysia, "to ensure that these areas are included in the management and conservation of the region." (More)
Former ODU president Alfred Rollins dies at 91
(The Virginian-Pilot, February 22, 2013)
Old Dominion University's third president, Alfred B. Rollins Jr., died Wednesday night. He was 91.
A history professor and preacher's son, Rollins left the University of Vermont, where he was vice president, in 1976 to become president at Old Dominion. He led ODU until 1985.
Rollins has been credited with increasing graduate degree programs and private and state funding, fostering integration and encouraging women's programs.
In an interview on ODU's website, Rollins said he was proudest of expanding women's basketball and starting an "exit writing exam," which students had to pass to get their diplomas. The exam has since been discontinued.
In a statement, ODU President John Broderick called Rollins "one of our university's great leaders."
"I will remember him - a fellow Connecticut native - as a kind and decent man who always had time for people," Broderick said.
Rollins' survivors include his wife, Helen, a photographer. (More)
Alfred B. Rollins Jr., former Old Dominion University president, dies at 91
(The Washington Post, February 21, 2013)
Former Old Dominion University President Alfred B. Rollins Jr. has died. He was 91.
Old Dominion says on its website that Rollins died Wednesday in Norfolk. He was the school's third president.
During Rollins' tenure from 1976 to 1985, Old Dominion made the transition from a regional college to a major research university.
The university also increased the number of doctoral programs from two to 11 and established a counseling center, women's center, writing center and multicultural center.
Before students earn a degree, they must pass a writing requirement that Rollins established.
Old Dominion President John R. Broderick says Rollins was a man of vision, intelligence and soft-spoken strength. (More)
The enemy within
(The Economist, February 20, 2012)
"HOW can Congress go on a recess with the country in the shape it's in?" asks a constituent of Bobby Scott, a Democratic congressman for the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, to applause and cries of "Amen!" The angry voter is referring to the "sequester", an unpopular slate of cuts to the federal budget due to take effect on March 1st unless Congress intervenes. The cuts, as Mr. Scott explains, were intended to be so painful that lawmakers would feel obliged to come up with some sort of substitute. But Congress's current break ends just four days before the deadline, with no alternative in sight.
When Congress first adopted the sequester, in August 2011, the intention was to spur a deal to reduce the deficit. Hence the big and indiscriminate cuts it threatened if no deal were reached, of $1.1 trillion over the next decade, including $85 billion this year, to be divided equally between the military and civilian portions of the budget. The biggest items in the budget-Social Security (the federal pension scheme), Medicaid (government-funded health care for the poor) and, for the most part, Medicare (the federal health-care scheme for the old)-are exempted, as are military pay and services for veterans. So the remaining elements of the defence budget must shrink by a whopping 8% this year, and non-military programmes by about 5%. ...
The effects of all this on the economy of Hampton Roads will be grim, says Vinod Agarwal, a professor of economics at Old Dominion University. Half the local economy is tied to military spending. What helped buoy the region through the recession now looks likely to pull it under. Mr Agarwal predicts that local output will fall by over 3% this year, and some 30,000 jobs will be lost, if the sequester goes ahead. This week the local division of BAE Systems, a defence contractor, gave a formal 60-day notice of a possible 1,600 lay-offs.
For Virginia as a whole, the consequences will be equally grim. Bob McDonnell, the governor, fears the sequester could pitch the state into recession. A study last year by a local university predicted that some 165,000 jobs would be lost over two years-almost 5% of the state's total. Around the country as a whole, guesses the Congressional Budget Office, as many as 1.4m jobs would disappear. (More)
Study of world's richest marine area shows size matters
(The Bangkok Post, February 22, 2013)
A new study of Asia's Coral Triangle, which contains nearly 30 percent of the world's reefs, shows that when it comes to ensuring a rich and diverse range of species, size matters.
The study suggests that marine protected areas should be as large and diverse as possible," Peter Etnoyer, a marine biologist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said in a statement Thursday.
Etnoyer, who co-authored the study published by open access peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, stressed that providing more protected marine space made it possible to "include more species, more habitats, and more genetic diversity to offer species the best chance of adapting to sea temperature and other environmental changes."
The Coral Triangle covers a triangular area stretching across the Philippines, eastern Sabah, eastern Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
It's sheer size has made it a treasure trove of marine life -- it contains nearly 30 percent of the world's reefs and more than 3,000 species of fish and is often referred to as the "Amazon of the seas".
|The fact that its size, according to Thursday's study, is also what will help it adapt to change is important, since previous reports have shown that more than 85 percent of the reefs there are considered to be threatened by human activities like coastal development, pollution and overfishing.
For the study, scientists at NOAA, the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN), Old Dominion University in Virginia and the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies had "analysed over 10,000 maps of marine species," said Jonnell Sanciango, the head author of the study and a researcher at Old Dominion.
They had "found that habitat, calculated as coastline length, was the best predictor of species richness, followed by the variety of habitats and sea surface temperature," she added. (More)
Virginia's Aerial Photographer at Aerophoto America Captured the Best of Hampton Roads in 2013 Calendar
(Broadway World, February 21, 2013)
The New Year is in full force and some would say that 2013 is the year to do more, give more, and make changes for the good. This may be very well true for Virginia Aerial Photographer Ron Brown who captured the best of all of Hampton Roads in a 2013 calendar for the locals. His aerial photography business has been a proud server to Hampton Roads since 2005.
What's so special about this calendar? Not only are the locals raving about having aerial images of their favorite locations but Aerophoto America is also going to send all their proceeds received from the calendars to a therapeutic riding program dedicated to children of special needs called Equi-kids.
Aerophoto America's team goals for 2013 involve more efforts to support the local community and charities in the year 2013. "We want to start the year off right," stated Aerophoto America 's ground photographer Shaleen Wallace. "The best way to begin the year is to take the focus off of what we want and direct that energy to what we can do for others".
These are not just your average every day photographs either! Locals that have lived in Hampton Roads for decades are thrilled to see a bird's eye prospective of their favorite spots in the area. Some of the highlight areas include Inlet Fitness, the Oceanfront Boardwalk, ODU football game and more. (More)
Ex-Sacramento Monarch Ticha Penicheiro adds citizenship to All-Star status
(The Sacramento Bee, February 21, 2013)
She bounced into our hearts, and now, she's here to stay.
Patricia Nunes "Ticha" Penicheiro, the retired Sacramento Monarchs All-Star basketball player, was one of 1,200 people sworn in as U.S. citizens Wednesday morning at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Trading her uniform for high heels and black pants, Penicheiro, who stands 5 foot 11 inches tall, smiled as she took the Oath of Allegiance.
"Today's a very special day for me because I became a U.S. citizen," she told the crowd.
Born in Figueira da Foz, Portugal - a coastal town north of Lisbon - Penicheiro, 38, started playing basketball in her teens. At age 19, she was awarded a scholarship to play at Old Dominion University in Virginia. (More)
Through pain, tears: victory for Lady Monarchs
(The Virginian-Pilot, February 18, 2013)
The pain is as incurable as the disease that caused it.
There is a vacant spot on Old Dominion's bench, and a sharp desire to play in honor of that empty seat - while wishing this day had never come.
There are tears as a picture of Sara Jones, who died of cancer Friday at age 40, appears on the jumbo screen overhead. They come from seniors Mairi Buchan and Jackie Cook, who knew Jones for as long as she was at ODU, and from freshman Galaisha Goodhope, who despite her newness to the program was touched by Jones' determination.
Stacy Himes, who helped ODU reach the NCAA title game in 1997, remembers meeting Jones through a friend, and how Jones spent an hour telling Himes all about being a firefighter and encouraged the then-assistant coach at ODU - who was tired of coaching - to give it a shot.
"I printed out my application for the fire department the very next day," Himes said.
Tia Lewis, who graduated last year, chokes up when remembering Jones. The former volunteer coach accompanied Lewis to the WNBA combine. She let Lewis stay with her at a moment's notice. She was a mentor and a friend, as much away from the court as on it.
The ODU alum plans to get a tattoo this week. It will have a pink bow, Jones' birthday, and the day she died: 2/15/13. She might include a phrase Jones used every time they parted ways.
"See you later, pretty girl!" (More)
The price Hampton Roads will pay
(Opinion, The Virginian-Pilot, February 15, 2012)
Chances are your life was touched when Ford closed the Norfolk truck assembly plant in 2007. More than 2,500 people ended up out of work, leaving thousands of businesses with customers who couldn't afford their goods or services.
Now imagine 10 or 15 Ford plants closing.
That's what's coming in a few weeks if Congress and the White House can't get their acts together. By almost every account, they can't. More accurately, they won't.
The ordinarily ebullient Rep. Scott Rigell sounded positively dispirited.
"Sadly and with a good deal of frustration," he said last week, "... We are transitioning to a general climate that [sequestration] will happen to some degree and for some period of time." ...
Jim Koch, an economist at Old Dominion University, estimated at the time that the Ford plant closing was big enough to trim the local economic output by about a third of a percentage point.
My own simple multiplication says that losing 40,000 jobs means the economic effect will be 16 times as deep. One of every 20 working folks would lose their jobs. Two parents in every classroom. One house on every block.
Even allowing for the inaccuracy of forecasting, this much is clear: The hit to the local economy would be devastating. Enough to spin us into a recession or local depression. (More)
Hundreds gather to remember ODU coach
(WAVY-TV, February 18, 2013)
Family, friends and former colleagues gathered Monday to remember former Lady Monarchs volunteer assistant head coach Sara Jones, who last week lost a 12-year breast cancer fight.
"I'll remember her by always bringing the energy, always having a smile on her face, always shaving a positive outlook on life. If she was suffering you never knew it. She was the most powerful, strongest person I ever met," Lady Monarchs senior guard Jackie Cook said.
Jones, 40, served as head coach Karen Barefoot's volunteer assistant for the past two seasons and was described as "an incredible motivator" for the Lady Monarchs.
"The world lost a good one. God gained a champion. For us today it's a celebration of her legacy and it will continue on but she was a special person, an inspiration and I'm just so proud to be part of her journey," Barefoot said. (More)
Former Obama adviser to give Black History talk
(The Virginian-Pilot, February 18, 2013)
To some, the name Van Jones evokes heated anger.
Jones served as a green jobs adviser to President Barack Obama in 2009. He resigned after less than six months amid controversy over his past.
Since then, Jones has advocated for various economic, environmental and civil rights causes, also serving as a contributor for CNN.
On Tuesday, Jones will give the keynote address for Old Dominion University's Black History Month. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the North Cafeteria of the Webb Center. The event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited.
Dr. Ellen Neufeldt, ODU's vice president of student engagement and enrollment services, acknowledged Jones has raised controversy in the past. But she said he was picked after a poll of students, faculty and staff.
"Bringing in different people with different views or ideas is part of what a university is about," Neufeldt said.
Among the things that got Jones into trouble was a 2009 speech in which he used a profanity to describe Republicans. His name also appeared on a 2004 petition that sought an investigation into whether the Bush administration allowed the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to happen.
Jones also has gained praise for co-founding social justice organizations, and he has received environmental and human rights awards.
Jones will address both civil rights and environmental issues Tuesday, Neufeldt said.
"One of the great things about universities is they are a marketplace of ideas," she said. "We can all learn from that." (More)


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"So the whole basis of the scholarship is a design project for an empty lot that's downtown in Salisbury, and we're going to pick what is the best design and award that student the scholarship," says Brandon Brittingham of Long & Foster.
Brittingham and Salisbury City Council President Jake Day were brainstorming last year when they arrived at the idea: Invite high schoolers to submit designs for the vacant Lot 30, then award a 15-hundred dollar scholarship to the creator of the best.
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