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Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al
Filing 268
MOTION for Hearing Early Pretrial Conference with Brief In Support by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., Sage Publications, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Rains, John)
Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al Doc. 268 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA DIVISION CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, INC., and SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., Civil Action No. 1:08-CV-1425-ODE Plaintiffs, - v. MARK P. BECKER, in his official capacity as Georgia State University President, et al., Defendants. MOTION FOR EARLY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Plaintiffs Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., and SAGE Publications, Inc. (collectively, "Plaintiffs") respectfully request an early pretrial conference to ascertain the Court's preferred approach to the presentation of GSU professor witnesses at trial. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In its March 3, 2011 Order, the Court directed the parties to jointly submit, by March 15, 2011, a list of all alleged infringements for the 2009 Maymester, Summer 2009 term, and Fall 2009 terms at GSU (the "Alleged 859289.1 Dockets.Justia.com Infringement List") and further directed the parties to file a Pre-Trial Order by April 29, 2011. Following the filing of the March 15 submission, which listed ninety-nine allegations of infringement of works owned or controlled by Plaintiffs across the academic terms chosen by the Court, Plaintiffs have attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Defendants to agree to a streamlined trial presentation that would involve calling as witnesses a modest number of GSU professors identified on the Alleged Infringement List, with the understanding that the conduct of these professors would be deemed representative of that of the GSU faculty as a whole for purposes of the Court's resolution of Plaintiffs' claims. See generally Declaration of R. Bruce Rich, dated April 4, 2011 ("Rich Decl."), attached hereto as Exhibit 1. This approach is consistent with the position repeatedly taken by our adversaries in seeking to limit the number of professor depositions during discovery: that the testimony of a small number of professors would be representative of the practices of the faculty as a whole, such that more than a couple of depositions was unnecessary. Defendants thus argued that Plaintiffs had not explained why they needed the depositions of "multiple professors . . . There is clear overlap among these witnesses, making their testimony unreasonably cumulative and duplicative." Docket No. 88. at 11 (emphasis in 859289.1 2 original). Defendants argued that seeking to depose even seven professors from GSU was a number well beyond what is necessary for this case. The professors noticed by Plaintiffs use GSU's ERes and uLearn systems in similar fashions and thus are likely to provide similar testimony regarding their use of GSU's online systems. While it may be true that Plaintiffs need to depose at least one or two professors because of their roles in applying the new copyright policy at GSU, Defendants submit that a sample of far less than seven professors would be sufficient to obtain the desired discovery. Id. at 12 (internal citations omitted and emphasis added). At the November 5, 2010 scheduling conference, the Court stated that it planned to leave it to the parties to work out the structure of the trial, but commented "I don't know how helpful individual professor testimony is going to be," (November 5, 2010 Hearing Tr. at 19) and observed that it "wouldn't be too happy to hear from 48 or 49 professors, particularly if they're all going to be saying the same thing." Id. at 23. Plaintiffs' counsel raised its streamlined approach in a call with Defendants' counsel on March 23, 2011, (see Rich Decl. ¶ 3), and suggested that the parties stipulate that the testimony of a limited number of GSU professors would be deemed representative so that the trial would properly focus on the gravamen of Plaintiffs' claims the pattern and practice of 859289.1 3 unauthorized copying at GSU rather than on each of the alleged infringements on a work-by-work basis (as might be appropriate in a damages case). On March 29, 2011, Defendants' counsel informed Plaintiffs' counsel that they did not agree to Plaintiffs' suggested streamlining plan and that they intended instead to call every professor on the Alleged Infringement List (twenty-nine professors by Defendants' count; thirty-three by our count) to testify at trial. Rich Decl. ¶ 6. On the morning of April 1, 2011, Plaintiffs' counsel told Defendants' counsel that in light of the implications of the parties' divergent positions for the length and conduct of the trial as well as for each side's trial preparation (in particular, the possibility that Plaintiffs would need to depose as many as twenty or more professors in the short time remaining before trial which counsel for Defendants has only belatedly offered), Plaintiffs wished to seek an immediate conference with the Court to enlist the Court's assistance in determining how to structure the trial. Plaintiffs invited Defendants to join a motion seeking such a conference. Id. ¶ 7. On the afternoon of April 1, 2011, Defendants' counsel responded that Defendants would not join such a motion. Id. ¶ 8. 859289.1 4 ARGUMENT The trial of this matter should be structured in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible. There is no need for the Court to hear from thirtythree professors whose testimony is highly likely to be cumulative and thus wasteful of the Court's and the parties' time. Defendants themselves consistently argued at various intervals during this case for some reasonable limitation; indeed, in opposing Plaintiff's request for more than four professor depositions during the discovery period, Defendants acknowledged that: "There is clear overlap among these witnesses, making their testimony unreasonably cumulative and duplicative." Docket No. 88 at 11. As the Court recognized after discovery was completed, it "wouldn't be too happy to hear from 48 or 49 professors, particularly if they're all going to be saying the same thing." November 5, 2010 Hearing Tr. at 23. Review of the professor deposition testimony to date and of the fair use checklists produced by Defendants does in fact reveal a clear and consistent pattern of deficient copyright compliance practices under GSU's new policy. Defendants' prediction that because professors "use GSU's ERes and uLearn systems in similar fashions" they were "likely to provide similar testimony 859289.1 5 regarding their use of GSU's online systems" (Docket No. 88. at 12) proved to be correct. Such repetitive testimony at trial from more than two dozen professors would far exceed what is necessary to demonstrate (i) the nature and extent of the unauthorized copying of Plaintiffs' works at GSU and (ii) the details of the policy that have allowed such copying to occur. Plaintiffs cannot conceive that, in order to ascertain whether such unlawful pattern and practice warranting injunctive relief has been proven, the Court will want to hear from as many as thirty-three professors. Having resisted Plaintiffs' attempts to take more than four professor depositions, and having only reluctantly agreed to allow eight professor depositions, Defendants have now expressed an intention to adduce testimony from every professor whose ERes postings appear on the Alleged Infringement List. The introduction of needlessly cumulative testimony from each of these professors would come at a considerable cost in terms of judicial efficiency. It also would necessitate Plaintiffs' taking of as many as twenty or more depositions prior to trial (something the Defendants have agreed only now to allow), in addition to all the other trial preparation, and it could easily add 859289.1 6 weeks to the length of a trial that Plaintiffs estimate would otherwise take two weeks. There would be no prejudice to Defendants if the Court were to hear from an appropriately-sized sample of representative professors. Plaintiffs are not seeking damages for the infringement of particular works but, rather, solely prospective injunctive relief that will bring copyright practices at GSU into line with fair-use principles a remedy that is routinely granted based upon a limited sample of representative examples of infringement. See, e.g., Am. Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc., 60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1994) (granting relief based on the copying from one representative journal by one representative employee); Pac. & S. Co v. Duncan, 744 F.2d 1490, 1499 n.17 (11th Cir. 1984) (rejecting defendant's argument that injunction could not sweep more broadly than the single work named in the suit and upholding court's authority to issue an injunction addressing all plaintiff works, including "unregistered works" and "works that have not been created"); Pac. & S. Co. v. Duncan, 618 F. Supp. 469, 471 (N.D. Ga. 1985) (Evans, J.) (subsequently enjoining the copying of any of the plaintiff's broadcast news programs); CNN v. Video Monitoring Servs. of Am., 949 F.2d 378 (11th Cir. 1991) (vacating panel decision limiting injunction to single infringing example); CNN v. Video Monitoring Servs. of 859289.1 7 Am., 959 F.2d 188 (11th Cir. 1992) (allowing reinstated injunction covering all plaintiff newscasts); Sony BMG Music Entm't v. Villarreal, No. 5:06-CV323(CAR), 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 883, *10 (M.D. Ga. Jan. 5, 2007) (granting injunction "barring Defendant from infringing upon all of Plaintiffs' copyrighted recordings, and not just those eight recordings listed herein"); Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp., 758 F. Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) (granting relief based on twelve alleged instances of infringement).1 As the gravamen of Plaintiffs' claims involves the systematic violation of their copyright rights arising from a pattern and practice of widespread unauthorized copying at GSU in a manner inconsistent with fair use conduct rooted in a flawed copyright compliance policy there is no need for Defendants to undertake a painstaking work-by-work, professor-by-professor examination at trial. Allowing this trial to become essentially ninety-nine minitrials would not only unnecessarily prolong the proceedings, it would risk losing the forest (the cumulative pattern and practice of unauthorized copying, display, and distribution of academic books at GSU) for the trees (whether each specific ERes posting on the Alleged Infringement List is or is not fair use). Plaintiffs discussed these precedents in more detail at pp. 17-22 of their Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Docket No. 185. 859289.1 1 8 Plaintiffs believe instead that the testimony of six to ten professors (with each side identifying three to five as witnesses) would allow the Court to accurately and efficiently ascertain the legality of GSU's practices. Plaintiffs' desire to avoid a prolonged work-by-work examination at trial or, at a minimum, to be able to prepare adequately for it should the Court favor Defendants' proposal, motivates Plaintiffs to seek a pretrial conference at the Court's early convenience to address the issues raised in this motion. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs request a conference with the Court at an early date to discuss the most efficient means of structuring the trial. Respectfully submitted this 4th day of April, 2011. /s/ John H. Rains IV Edward B. Krugman email@example.com Georgia Bar No. 429927 John H. Rains IV firstname.lastname@example.com Georgia Bar No. 556052 BONDURANT, MIXSON & ELMORE, LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 3900 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 881-4100 Facsimile: (404) 881-4111 R. Bruce Rich (pro hac vice) 859289.1 9 Randi Singer (pro hac vice) Jonathan Bloom (pro hac vice) Todd D. Larson (pro hac vice) WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10153 Telephone: (212) 310-8000 Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 859289.1 10 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(D), I hereby certify that this document complies with the font and point selections set forth in Local Rule 5.1. This document was prepared in Times New Roman 14 point font. /s/ John H. Rains IV John H. Rains IV 859289.1 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day filed the foregoing MOTION FOR EARLY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE WITH MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF filing system which will automatically send e-mail notification of such filing to the following attorneys of record: Anthony B. Askew, Esq. Stephen M. Schaetzel, Esq. Kristen A. Swift, Esq. C. Suzanne Johnson, Esq. King & Spalding 1180 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Kristina M. Quicker, Esq. BALLARD SPAHR, LLP 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309 Mary Jo Volkert, Esq. Assistant S. Attorney General 40 Capitol Square Atlanta, Georgia 30334 This 4th day of April, 2011. /s/ John H. Rains IV John H. Rains IV 859289.1 12


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Perry, who two weeks ago won the Senior Players Championship, was 10 behind pace-setter Michael Allen at the halfway mark but romped to victory by shooting a 64 in the third round and finishing with a seven-under round at Omaha Country Club.
"That was by far probably the greatest round of golf I ever played," Perry, a 14-time winner on the PGA Tour, said in a TV interview after his round.
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COMMENTARY BY MARK A. TOMANY January 8, 2013 6:20PM
In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a "Pension Promise" sign is seen as Illinois state union members and supporters rally in support for fair pension reform in the at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced what could be a significant advance on pension reform, saying the powerful House speaker was willing to forgo the dicey issue of teachers retirement costs in order to fix the worst-in-the-nation pension deficit. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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The state's pension liability is growing out of control. As a result, many of our elected officials have taken to pointing fingers at those of us who worked for the people at various levels of government through the years — labeling us as "greedy" for simply asking that we receive what we were promised when we started our labors many years ago. What they have failed to tell the electorate is that we have lived up to our obligations as far as the pension system is concerned.
Through the years, they have changed the "rules" by increasing the amount we paid into the pension system, done in lieu of salary increases while they were crying broke even way back then. The promise was, "If you'll forgo the raises now, we'll take care of you on the back end." So we went without raises back then — with the promise that as long as we did as we were asked, they'd "take care" of us. Well, I'm retired now, and it's time for that care.
The feds have reduced what I can get from Social Security to a mere pittance of what I am entitled, thanks to two laws known as the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. Pushed through by Democrat Dan Rostenkowski and signed into law by Bill Clinton, this reduces my Social Security to about 30 percent of what it could otherwise be, simply because I am a government retiree. You, in the private sector, can have a pension paying over $100,000 per year and receive full Social Security, but not me. Even though I paid into it at my second, third or side jobs, I am not entitled to what I paid in.
Now add the complications of the Illinois pension. For decades, the state has "deferred" the payment of its pension obligations to the point of bringing the funds to the brink of insolvency. We workers, on the other hand, never missed a payment — it was deducted from each paycheck along the way. And we watched — year after year — as it was deferred into the general fund. Yet we still didn't complain; we had faith in our elected officials to "do the right thing" and keep their end of the bargain. After all, one does have to trust the people who employ you . . . a falsely placed faith, as it now appears.
Not only does the Legislature want to reduce the pension I have been promised and paid into all along, but they also want to reduce the health care benefits I was promised. They want me to pay an estimated additional $1,000 or more per month, IN ADDITION to having my pension reduced. How do they expect me to support my family? How do they expect ANYONE to ever take a job working for the state of Illinois if this is how they're going to treat their retirees?
I was a State Police officer for 25 years and served as a Will County deputy sheriff for nine years prior to that. I agreed to work all hours of the day or night, on weekends and holidays. I agreed to sacrifice my personal life and that of my family for the job — I missed graduations, children's birthdays and holiday dinners to devote myself to the service of others.
I didn't become a cop to get rich, and I can assure you that I didn't. All I ask is for a fair check in return. All I ask for is the state to live up to its end of the bargain.
You know we've been there — day and night — all along to protect you, all we ask is you help protect us now. Tell Gov. Pat Quinn, Speaker Michael Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton and others to keep their hands off our pensions.
Mark A. Tomany lives in Minooka.


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Hall Monitor: The Final Tallies Are In
By Trevor Hayes
We've had a champion for several weeks now, but with last week's announcement of the final major BBWAA Awards, the 2010 season is complete. Now it's time to look back a little and then move on to 2011. During the next few weeks, we should see a flurry of free agent activity, starting with the Winter Meetings, which begin this weekend in Orlando.
Less can be more: Last week, Josh Hamilton handily won the AL MVP Award. Hobbled by broken ribs and playing in 133 games, he's only the second position player over the last 30 years to play in that few games (with the exception of strike-shortened seasons) and be named league MVP. In fact, he's only the fifth player to ever earn the Award after playing 133 or fewer during a full 162 game season. The others are the Giants' Barry Bonds in 2003, the Royals' George Brett in 1980, the Pirates' Willie Stargell in 1979 and the Yankees' Mickey Mantle in 1962. Like Hamilton, Brett and Mantle both suffered injuries that held them out for long periods of time, while Bonds and Stargell were slowed by age.
Twice as nice: With Awards Season coming to a close, the AL champion Rangers now boast the hardware to back-up the run to their first-ever World Series appearance. Josh Hamilton's MVP Award and Neftali Feliz's Rookie of the Year Award, make them the 13th pair of teammates to sweep both Awards in a year – not including 1975 and 2001 when Fred Lynn and Ichiro Suzuki won both Awards, respectively.
Of the 13 pairs, Hamilton and Feliz join eight others in reaching the World Series. The others were Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe (1949 Dodgers), Yogi Berra and Gil McDougald (1951 Yankees), Roy Campanella and Jim Gilliam (1953 Dodgers), Mickey Mantle and Tony Kubek (1957 Yankees), Mantle and Tom Tresh (1962 Yankees), Joe Morgan and Pat Zachry (1975 Reds), Willie McGee and Vince Coleman (1985 Cardinals) and Jose Canseco and Walt Weiss (1988 A's).
It should also be noted that Lynn's 1975 Red Sox made the World Series and Suzuki's 2001 Mariners finished the regular season with the best record in baseball, but lost in the ALCS.
Joey joins Reds' best: Ten different Cincinnati Reds have been honored with the National League's MVP Award. Joey Votto became the 10th last week after he denied Albert Pujols his fourth Award, which would have put the Cardinal slugger into rarified air as only the second player to collect more than three MVPs.
Votto's honor links his name with Reds MVPs like Hall of Famers like Johnny Bench (1970, 1972), Joe Morgan (1975-76), Frank Robinson (1961) and Ernie Lombardi (1938).
Vlad and Texas heaping it on: It's not a major award, but some major names have been attached to it. This year's recipient of the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, Vladimir Guerrero, gave the Rangers yet another piece of hardware last Wednesday to celebrate 2010.
Renamed after Edgar Martinez in 2004, the list of former winners extends beyond the longtime Mariners legend. Among the Hall of Famers to take home the honor are inaugural winner Orlando Cepeda (1973), Jim Rice (1977), Dave Winfield (1992) and Paul Molitor (1993, 1996).
150 Million Dollar Man: Troy Tulowitzki will be staying in Colorado for the next 10 years and that's just fine with the slugging shortstop. Not only did he sign a deal this week that will pay him an average of $15 million a year until 2020, but he's now got a shot to be like his idol, Hall of Famer and Oriole legend Cal Ripken Jr., and stay with one team for his entire career. Of the 292 Hall of Famers, 47 spent their entire playing career with one team. Aside from Ripken, the only other shortstops in that group were the White Sox's Luke Appling, the Cubs' Ernie Banks, the New York Giants' Travis Jackson, the Yankees' Phil Rizzuto, the Pirates' Honus Wagner and the Brewers' Robin Yount.
Hall of Famers around town: Bob Costas brings three more Hall of Fame names to his show tonight on MLB Network. Big Red Machine cogs Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez, will be Studio 42 tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
In other Reds news, the team's annual winter celebration, Redsfest, will feature tributes to Sparky Anderson. More than 60 current and former Reds players will be on hand tonight and tomorrow at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati.
Tomorrow, Tigers legend Al Kaline will be at the Comerica Park Retail Shop. The Hall of Famer will be promoting and signing copies of his book "SIX: A Salute to Al Kaline."
And as the Winter Meetinsg convene this weekend, several Hall of Famers will be in Orlando to participate in the Expansion Era Committee's Hall of Fame Induction voting. The 16-person committee will vote on Sunday and includes Bench, Whitey Herzog, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Perez, Frank Robinson, Ryne Sandberg and Ozzie Smith. Results will be announced on Monday at baseballhall.org.
Trevor Hayes is the editorial production manager at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
2010 Ford C. Frick Award winner to be announced in February
By Craig Muder
As Spring Training approaches, the sounds of baseball are making their return to Florida and Arizona.
But fans will really know the 2010 season is at hand when their favorite broadcasters return to the airwaves with the debut of the exhibition season.
For many, the National Pastime is incomplete without the voices and descriptions of the men and women on radio and television. And during the first week of February, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will honor the best of the best with the announcement of the winner of the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters.
The 10 finalists for the 2010 Frick Award will be considered by the Frick Award Committee, which consists of the 15 living Frick Award winners and five historians. The Committee consists of past honorees Marty Brennaman, Jerry Coleman, Gene Elston, Joe Garagiola, Ernie Harwell, Jaime Jarrin, Milo Hamilton, Tony Kubek, Denny Matthews, Dave Niehaus, Felo Ramirez, Vin Scully, Lon Simmons, Bob Uecker and Bob Wolff – and historians/columnists Bob Costas, Barry Horn, Stan Isaacs, Ted Patterson and Curt Smith.
The 10 finalists for the 2010 Frick Award are: Billy Berroa, Skip Caray, Tom Cheek, Jacques Doucet, Lanny Frattare, Graham McNamee, Jon Miller, Joe Nuxhall, Herb Score and Dave Van Horne. Bios of each of the 10 finalists are being posted daily at www.baseballhall.org.
The 2010 Ford C. Frick Award winner will be honored at Hall of Fame Induction Weekend July 23-26 in Cooperstown.
Craig Muder is director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
2009 Hall of Fame Induction Blog
Steve Light, the Hall of Fame's manager of museum programs, ran a live blog from the 2009 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown. Readers of his live banter had the ability to comment or ask questions.
11:00 a.m. Good morning everyone, and welcome to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's official live blog for the 2009 Induction Ceremony as we get ready to induct the Hall of Fame's newest members, Joe Gordon, Rickey Henderson, and Jim Rice. My name is Steve Light, and I am the manager of museum programs here at the Hall of Fame. Right now I'm sitting on "Radio Row" here at the Induction Site – The Clark Sports Center. I'll be bringing you live updates on the ceremony all afternoon, so stay tuned and send me your questions and comments.
The Induction Ceremony is just about two and a half hours away. Right now Hall of Fame staff and volunteers are busy wrapping up all the final preparations. Wondering about the forecast? Right now it's mostly cloudy and 75 degrees. We do have a threat of isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, but hopefully we'll stay dry for the ceremony.
11:10 a.m. The crowd has already started to build here. In fact, some fans set up chairs to stake out their spots yesterday morning. If you are in or near Cooperstown, don't forget that the ceremony is free and open to the public! If you can't get here, you can catch live coverage on the MLB Network beginning at 12:30. We will also stream the ceremony live on our website, www.baseballhall.org
11:16 a.m. Red Sox Nation has turned out in full force this weekend to celebrate Jim Rice. Catering to the crowd, the big screen next to the stage is playing highlights from the 2004 Red Sox season.
11:35 a.m. 51 Hall of Famers have turned out to welcome their three newest members this weekend. Of course, today is not just about Jim, Joe, and Rickey. We will also honor J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner Nick Peters, and Ford C. Frick Award winner Tony Kubek. Peters covered the San Francisco Giants for 47 years, 1961 – 2007. Kubek has worked as an analyst for NBC's Game of the Week, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the New York Yankees for 30 years. He is also the first exclusively television analyst to win the Frick Award.
11:36 a.m. [Comment From Kevin Brazee]
Do you know who will speak first Henderson or Rice?
11:36 a.m. Great question Kevin! The final order has not been decided yet, but Jim Rice will likely speak first.
11:53 a.m. We've had a great weekend here in Cooperstown already. On Friday our annual PLAY Ball! with Ozzie Smith event raised $10,000 for the Hall of Fame's Educational programs and gave some fans the opportunity of a lifetime to interact with Ozzie, Wade Boggs, Harmon Killebrew and Eddie Murray on Doubleday Field. Yesterday at the Clark Sports Center a crowd of over 750 people watched four families' compete against Dick Williams, Goose Gossage and Ryne Sandberg in our annual Connecting Generations, a Family Feud-like game show. Harold Reynolds served as the host.
11:56 p.m. The gates have opened in the seated sections and fans begin to stream to their seats as the excitement begins to build. Just about an hour and a half away.
12:04 p.m. Red Sox Nation isn't alone here in Cooperstown this weekend. The section 3 seats directly behind me are filled with Oakland Athletics' gear. Feel free to send any questions you might have about today's Induction Ceremony, and be sure to include where you are from!
12:17 p.m. Let's talk some stats now, starting with Rickey. Henderson is the 44th player elected on the first ballot. He received 94.8% of the vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Henderson played in 10 All-Star games, won three silver sluggers, and was named the 1990 AL MVP. During his 25 year career he set career records for runs, stolen bases, and walks. The records for runs and stolen bases still stand. Rickey also holds the single season steals record, and led the league in steals a record 12 times.
12:22 p.m. Jim Rice was elected on his 15th year on the Baseball Writers ballot, receiving 76.4% of the vote. He joins two other famous Hall of Fame Red Sox leftfielders, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. In his 16-year major league career Rice was one of the most feared sluggers in the American League. He was an 8-time All-Star, led the league in home runs 3 times and won an AL MVP in 1978.
12:25 p.m. [Comment From C Itle]
I can't find the stream link. Could you please post it here?
12:26 p.m. The live stream will be posted on the Hall's website at 12:30 eastern time. Just visit www.baseballhall.org.
12:30 p.m. Nine-time All-Star Joe Gordon was elected on the pre-1943 Veterans Committee ballot. He received 10 of the 12 committee votes. Gordon was a member of five World Series winning teams, and won the 1942 Most Valuable Player Award. During his first six seasons, Gordon and the New York Yankees won five pennants and four World Series titles. He was traded to Cleveland in 1946, and helped lead the Indians to their World Series title in 1948, hitting 32 home runs and driving in 120 runs.
12:33 p.m. A lot of people are asking who is representing Joe Gordon here today. It will be Joe's daughter, Judy Gordon.
12:35 p.m. A note for all you fans out there who might be attending a major league game today: save your tickets! The Hall will grant free admission to all fans who present a ticket stub from a major league game bearing the date July 26, 2009. This opportunity is good right up until next year's Induction.
12:47 p.m. I'm getting some more questions about where to find the televised broadcast, so for those joining our live blog late, you can catch live coverage on the MLB Network (their broadcast has already started!) or you can stream them onto your computer via our website, www.baseballhall.org.
Casey is on stage warming up for his annual presentation of "Casey at the Bat". That surely means the start of the ceremony is getting closer.
12:55 p.m. With Joe Gordon, Rickey Henderson, and Tony Kubek all being honored today, it's no surprise that Yankees GM Brian Cashman has arrived and is in the audience for today's ceremony. Another notable name spotted in the audience: Keith Olberman.
Right now on the big screen, 2009 Steele Intern Daniel Sampson interviews MLB Network commentator and former major leaguer Harold Reynolds.
1:00 p.m. [Comment From Fitz – Boston]
Have you seen Freddie Lynn in the crowd? Any other Rice teammates?
1:00 p.m. Haven't seen Fred Lynn, Fitz. But Dwight Evans is in town.
1:05 p.m. Other former teammates expected today: Dave Henderson and Bob Montgomery for Rice and Dave Stewart for Henderson.
Casey is at the bat on the Induction Stage right now, 25 minutes to go!
1:11 p.m. Can't make it to Cooperstown today? How about tomorrow morning? We conclude our Hall of Fame Weekend festivities with our annual Legends Series event right here at the Clark Sports Center. Rickey and Jim will sit down for an interview to reflect on their experiences this weekend, which must have been a whirlwind for them. Tickets ($10) are still available by contacting the Hall of Fame's membership department.
1:17 p.m. Well if Brian Cashman is here for the Yankee Inductees, it shouldn't surprise you that the Red Sox's John Henry and Larry Lucchino are here to support Jim Rice (and of course Rickey Henderson, who played for the Red Sox as well).
1:24 p.m. Five minutes to go! Who do you think will get the biggest cheers as the Hall of Famers are announced?
1:30 p.m. The Hall of Famers are on the stage, we're just about ready to go.
1:30 p.m. And Rickey and Jim have just arrived on stage, to a great ovation from the crowd.
1:37 p.m. President Jeff Idelson and Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark offer welcoming remarks. As Ms. Clark points out, 51 of the 65 living Hall of Famers are on stage today. Where else can you get such a collection of greats in one place at one time?
Now the MC of today's ceremony is introduced, George Grande. George begins the player introductions.
1:40 p.m. George did a great job having fun with fans and introducing the Hall of Famers during the Red Carpet Arrivals event at the Museum last night as they arrived for a private reception. If you are ever in Cooperstown for Hall of Fame Weekend that is definitely an event to check out.
1:47 p.m. [Comment From Shawn Anderson, Illinois]
Which Hall of Famer elicits the biggest hush when he enters the room? Meaning…who makes everyone stop what they are doing?
1:47 p.m. Great question Shawn! I can't speak for everyone, but for me I am in awe any time I see Willie Mays.
1:48 p.m. Biggest ovation yet? Yaz get's a prolonged standing O.
1:52 p.m. Juan Marichal is introduced. Juan was at the Hall of Fame earlier this year as we opened a brand new exhibit on baseball in the Caribbean called �Viva Baseball! If you haven't seen it make sure you come on out to Cooperstown!
Speaking of new exhibits, the Hall also has a brand new exhibit this year entitled Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream. Hank is introduced, and the fans deliver another loud ovation.
1:58 p.m. And now this year's Inductees are introduced, along with Judy Gordon on behalf of her father.
The Red Sox fans make their presence known as Jim Rice is introduced, while shouts of "Rickey" echo through the crowd as George Grande introduces "the greatest leadoff hitter of all time."
2:12 p.m. A bit of rain has moved in but it hasn't dampened any spirits. The ceremony is going to be moved along a bit however due to storms expected later this afternoon. After the invocation and national anthems, it's Joe Gordon's turn! Bud Selig reads the inscription on the plaque as Hall President Jeff Idelson presents it to the crowd.
2:12 p.m. Judy Gordon takes the podium.
2:16 p.m. Judy talks about how her father reached out to Larry Doby in his first ever day in the major leagues as he desegregated the American League. "This was not an isolated incident. This was how my dad lived his entire life." She then notes that today marks the 11th anniversary of Doby's Induction into the Hall of Fame.
2:19 p.m. Here's an interesting story about the 1948 season with the Cleveland Indians, in which Gordon hit 32 home runs. According to Judy, he received a case of Wheaties and a case of gum for every home run he hit. Judy Gordon: "As I remember, even the dog got more athletic eating the Wheaties."
2:24 p.m. A very touching moment and a loud standing ovation here as Judy Gordon concludes by indicating that her family considers Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall of Fame as her father's final resting place where he will be remembered forever.
Next up: Jim Rice.
2:25 p.m. Anyone have any special memories about watching Rice play? Send them along!
2:28 p.m. Jane Forbes Clark welcomes Jim to the Hall of Fame family, and Bud Selig reads the inscription on his plaque as it is presented to the crowd. Later tonight, that plaque will join Gordon's and Henderson's as the Hall of Fame's curatorial staff will hang them with the other 286 in the Hall of Fame Gallery.
2:29 p.m. The crowd breaks out into a chant of "Let's Go Red Sox!"
2:36 p.m. Where was Jim when he received the call that he had been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Watching The Young and the Restless.
Jim thanks the Boston Red Sox, with whom he spent his entire major league career. Not only did he help lead them to the AL pennant in his rookie season, but from 1977-1979 he became the only player in big league history to record 35 home runs, 100 RBIs, and 200 hits for three consecutive seasons. One of those years, 1978, he hit 46 home runs and drove in 139 on his way to earning the AL MVP.
2:41 p.m. Another standing ovation for Rice as he concludes his speech, stating that he cannot think of a better place to be – with his fans and with the greatest living ballplayers.
Now, it's time for Rickey. The fans here have been waiting for this since the announcement in December.
2:46 p.m. The cap on Rickey's plaque? The A's of course. The inscription on his plaque begins "Faster than a speeding bullet…." As Selig reads off all nine of Rickey's team, a loud ovation from the crowd as the Red Sox are mentioned. Now: Rickey takes the podium.
2:47 p.m. Any special memories of watching Rickey play? Send them along!
2:51 p.m. Rickey says that he played so long (25 seasons!) because of his love for the game of baseball. Apparently his dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders, but his mother was afraid he would get hurt and told him to play baseball. As Rickey points out, mothers always know best.
2:53 p.m. Wondering who Rickey looked up to as a kid? Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Reggie Jackson. Three of them are up on the stage behind him today.
2:54 p.m. Rickey's nine teams ties him for second place among Hall of Famers with Goose Gossage and Hoyt Wilhelm. Anyone know who's first?
2:59 p.m. The answer to that previous question: Dan Brouthers.
Rickey's take on his nine teams – it was a great chance to meet fans all across the country. Henderson: "It is the fan who make the game fun. To the fans: Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all your support over the years."
3:01 p.m. Rickey closes his speech by stating how humbling it is to now be considered in a class of the greatest players of all time. He receives a prolonged ovation from the fans.
3:03 p.m. Don't go anywhere folks – we have plenty of ceremony left, and we haven't yet heard from Tony Kubek or Nick Peters! Now on the big screen – a video of Stan Musial (who could not be in attendance tonight) playing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on his harmonica.
3:09 p.m. On the stage now we have George Grande and Billy Williams remembering 1969, as it is the 40th anniversary of that season. An incredible season perhaps best remembered for the Miracle Mets.
Billy Williams is the spokesman for the Hall of Fame's Membership Program. Billy thanks all Hall of Fame members out there for supporting the Hall and helping to keep baseball's history and tradition alive here in Cooperstown.
Now Don Sutton takes the podium to introduce this year's Ford C. Frick Award winner, Tony Kubek. Sutton points out that his first day as a broadcaster was spent sitting alongside Kubek.
3:15 p.m. Tony's turn. He points out Moose Skowron, his first road roommate, who is sitting just to the right of stage today.
Of course, Kubek played baseball himself, for nine seasons with the New York Yankees, making four All-Star games.
3:24 p.m. Tony speaks about how the game of baseball has pioneered so many of the changes in American culture, drawing particular attention to the racism and bigotry that Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron overcame during their playing careers, breaking down barriers in the process. This draws a loud ovation from the crowd.
As a member of the Hall's Education department, I'm glad to see Tony mention this. At the Hall we try to teach our visitors about how baseball has been at the forefront of many changes in American culture.
3:29 p.m. Kubek closes and Jane Forbes Clark returns to the podium to present the J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner, Nick Peters. Peters covered the Giants for 47 years, more years than any sports journalist in history. David O'Brien, President of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, comes to the podium to introduce Peters.
3:32 p.m. Here's a good Rice memory:
3:32 p.m. [Comment From Scott Downer]
I was at a game in Cleveland in 1979. I saw Rice his a pitch out of old Municipal Stadium that cleared the center field wall, I'm going to say 410. The ball never got over 20 feet off the ground. I've never seen a shot lie this one. It must have gotten out in two seconds. Just a blast.
3:37 p.m. Nick Peters talks about listening to Red Sox games on the radio on Sunday drives with the family. His idol? Ted Williams naturally. Peters then recalls how he learned how to do math through computing batting averages and other statistics. Sounds kind of like the Batter Up math unit that the Hall of Fame uses to teach kids across the country using video-conferencing technology
3:42 p.m. Nick Peter's closes by pointing out that he was able to do something he loved without every having to go too far from home or looking for another job. While he laments that the Giants never won a World Series in his 47 years covering them, he also points out that the A's won 4 of the 6 they played in during that span.
With that, the ceremony concludes! The rain held off. One last round of applause for the class of 2009.
3:48 p.m. So don't forget to get the 2009 Hall of Fame Weekend on your calendar now, the last weekend in July as always!
It's never too early to start thinking ahead to next year. On this year's ballot, Andre Dawson received 67% of the vote, with Bert Blyleven receiving 62.7%, and Roberto Alomar will be on the ballot for the first time.
3:50 p.m. The weekend isn't over yet, as Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson will be back here tomorrow for a special Legends Series interview on the Induction Stage.
I think it's about time for me to sign off. But before I do I'd like to thank you all for joining me this afternoon, and hope you enjoyed the coverage! Don't forget to log onto www.baseballhall.org for more coverage of Hall of Fame Weekend 2009!
Stephen Light is manager of museum programs at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Hall of Famers, fans get together to PLAY Ball
By Craig Muder
Richard Mole and his son Kevin drove more than 300 miles to play ball with the legends on Friday. So there was no way a little rain was going to slow them down.
"This is so great – I'm here listening to Wade Boggs and Ozzie Smith," said Richard Mole, an Andover, Ohio, resident who participated in the Hall of Fame's PLAY Ball event on Friday morning at Doubleday Field. "That's amazing! I can't believe I'm actually here."
Mole, a participant in the Hall of Fame's Membership Program, promised his son more than 20 years ago that they would come to Cooperstown when Rickey Henderson was inducted.
Promise made, promise kept.
PLAY Ball, which raises money for the diversity scholarships for the Hall of Fame's Frank and Peggy Steele Internship Program, gave participants the chance to interact with host Ozzie Smith and fellow Hall of Famers Wade Boggs, Harmon Killebrew and Eddie Murray. Though the skies were cloudy, smiles were everywhere as fans listened to stories from the Hall of Famers and played ball on Doubleday Field.
And a surprise guest visited, too. Tony Kubek, winner of the 2009 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence, stopped by Doubleday Field and signed autographs for fans. It was a moment that only happens in Cooperstown.
PLAY Ball kicked off Induction Weekend, which features family-friendly events throughout the weekend. For a complete list of events, visit us at www.baseballhall.org.
Joe Gordon, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as the Class of 2009 at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown.
Craig Muder is director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.


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"Election may be over, but divided government remains" The whole point of this election was that when the government was not divided, the democrats in control were out of control.
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Barely an hour after President Barack Obama invited congressional Republicans to post-election talks to work together on major issues, the Senate's GOP leader had a blunt message: His party's main goal is denying Obama re-election.
In a sign that combat and the 2012 elections rather than compromise could mark the next two years, Sen. Mitch McConnell on Thursday called for Senate votes to repeal or erode Obama's signature health care law, to cut spending and to shrink government.
"The only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things," McConnell said in a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The Senate Republican leader's confrontational tone was in sharp contrast to the posture Obama took Wednesday in the face of a new GOP-controlled House and Republican gains in the Senate. Obama followed up Thursday morning by inviting Republican and Democratic congressional leaders for talks on Nov. 18 and challenging his own Cabinet to make Washington work better.
"I want us to talk substantively about how we can move the American people's agenda forward," Obama said of the upcoming meeting with lawmakers. "It's not just going to be a photo op."
The meeting in two weeks will be watched for any indication of compromise between Obama and Congress' Republican leaders, House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner and McConnell. They will be joined by the top Democrats in Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Obama said Thursday, "It's clear that the voters sent a message, which is that they want us to focus on the economy and jobs."
Still, there are major differences between the two parties, including the GOP emphasis on tax-cutting, and Obama made that clear on Wednesday.
"From 2001 to 2009, we cut taxes pretty significantly," Obama said, "and we just didn't see the kind of expansion that is going to be necessary" to create jobs.
Obama and, to some degree, Republican leaders did signal they might reach accords on a few issues, such as energy. Obama has abandoned his proposed cap-and-trade system for trying to reduce greenhouse gases, which Republicans sharply opposed. But he said the two parties might reach compromises on other fronts, such as promoting electric cars, nuclear power, energy efficiency and "energy independence."
But McConnell on Thursday indicated that the road to agreements is more like a one-way street.
"If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction," McConnell said.
And he spelled out a strategy for undermining Obama's health care law, calling for repeated votes to repeal the measure.
"But we can't expect the president to sign it," he said. "So we'll also have to work, in the House, on denying funds for implementation, and, in the Senate, on votes against its most egregious provisions."
Obama said there should be bipartisan agreement on a plan to give businesses a tax break by letting them accelerate the depreciation of some equipment.
But those are relatively minor issues in the federal universe. The array of Republican and Democratic postelection news conferences Wednesday gave virtually no hint about how Obama and the next Congress might tackle major issues such as immigration or Medicare's long-term viability.
Leaders in both parties talked about cutting spending. But there was barely a word about cutting big programs that consume so much of the federal budget, such as Social Security, Medicare and the military.
Obama hinted that he might be willing to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for a year or two but not make them permanent, as Republicans have advocated.
Republicans, meanwhile, spoke of working with Democrats only in vague terms. Mostly, they seemed defiant.
McConnell was unapologetic for the unified resistance of the Republican Party to Obama initiatives over the past two years.
"By sticking together in principled opposition to policies we viewed as harmful, we made it perfectly clear to the American people where we stood," he said. "And we gave voters a real choice on Election Day."
He also vowed to continue to keep the administration in check by using congressional hearings to oversee executive branch actions.
"Through oversight we'll also keep a spotlight on the various agencies the administration will now use to advance through regulation what it can't through legislation," he said.
Reid, D-Nev., said that in light of the election, "Republicans must take the responsibility to solve the problems of ordinary Americans," although he added, "people expect us to work together."
Big clashes seem inevitable.
On the health care law, Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters, "We have to do everything we can to try to repeal this bill and replace it with commonsense reforms that'll bring down the cost of health insurance."
Obama, whose veto powers would seem to make repeal impossible, defended the law's main provisions at length.
"When I talk to a woman from New Hampshire who doesn't have to mortgage her house because she got cancer and is seeking treatment, but now is able to get health insurance; when I talk to parents who are relieved that their child with a preexisting condition can now stay on their policy" until age 26, "or the small businesses that are now taking advantage of the tax credits that are provided, then I say to myself, this was the right thing to do," Obama said.
He also rejected claims that he spent too much money to stimulate the economy, bail out banks and shore up automakers at the recession's height. Republicans hammered all those programs in the elections.
"We've stabilized the economy," Obama said. "We've got job growth in the private sectors. But people all across America aren't feeling that progress. They don't see it."
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"Election may be over, but divided government remains" The whole point of this election was that when the government was not divided, the democrats in control were out of control.
This is a non-story. BOTH parties are controlled by big banking and influenced by lobby groups.
This is a phony "good cop/bad cop" schtick.
Which party pledges to end the wars which are bankrupting this nation?
Which party pledges to restore the freedoms we had prior to 911?
Which party pledges to repeal all "free trade" agreements and return US manufacturing to the middle class?
Which party pledges to look into Wall St. corruption and audit the Fed?
Which party?
Answer: Neither.
Regarding the elimination of free trade and returning manufacturing to the middle class… would that be something the govt should do?
Hi Almandine,
yes in a sane world you would be absolutely correct. In bizarro world however, we don't see that happening in the least.
The question is why is the elimination of free trade and a consequent return of manufacturing jobs to the middle class not a priority?
Who profits from this decision to avoid a return of jobs to the US?
It must be about profit.
Hi eve –
I'm having trouble seeing how elimination of free trade (which we don't really have much of anyway) would positively affect the jobs situation. From where I view it, that would seem to increase the costs of raw materials, etc, and thereby slow new hiring. New taxes, tariffs, etc., on incoming goods would also do the same. What am I missing as to the value of restricted trade?
I also don't know how the govt could "demand" that corporations open shop, move their ops back to the US, and/or hire workers. The reason they took those jobs overseas was to benefit from lower labor and materials costs – thus, they profit more by locating their businesses somewhere else. Again, regarding taxes, the corporate rate in the US is the 2nd highest in the world already… maybe that adds to the impetus of corporations moving out of this country.
In the final analysis, I guess my question had to do with whether our national enterprise ought to be free or state-owned & run.


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EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire mathematics department will host the 20th annual Mathematics Retreat April 27. Local high school students, parents and teachers are encouraged to attend.
The retreat will consist of a variety of mathematics presentations by UW-Eau Claire students and faculty. This year two new events will be featured: a math contest and talent show.
According to Dr. Simei Tong, associate professor of mathematics, the math contest will be a competition by student teams, and the talent show, "Mathematician Has Talent," will be a show of anything except math, including a music performance.
This year's guest speaker will be Dr. Steven Krantz, professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Krantz, who earned his doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University, has published numerous books and edits multiple research journals.
Krantz's presentation, "A Matter of Gravity," will feature new developments in the theory of the centroid of a body in space. According to Tong, this will be familiar to anyone who has experience with multivariable calculus.
"The subject is pleasing because it is quite mathematical but also lends itself well to physical intuition," Tong said.
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Keith Neal Bjorkman, 33, of 184 Harding in New Rochelle, NY was arrested by New Rochelle police on October 2, 2012. Bjorkman, a worker for the City of New Rochelle Department of Parks and Recreation, was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance-7th, a misdemeanor, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle-3rd, also a misdemeanor. He was released the same day on $250 cash bail and given a return date of October 16, 2012. His next court date is October 30, 2012.
Bjorkman crashed a city vehicle, a 2008 White Hino Dump Truck, into a light pole at Lincoln Park. Police responded to the scene. A search of the vehicle turned up a bag inside of which police found glassine envelopes containing a white powder, pills and a container holding a yellow liquid.
Investigative and auto accident reports are not available due to the pending prosecution but sources tell Talk of the Sound that the white powder later tested positive for heroin, the pills were oxycotin and the liquid was urine. Bjorkman had crashed city vehicles in the past and was subject to random drug screening, sources say, which may explain Bjorkman having urine in his possession..
Bjorkman was suspended for 30 days with pay pending an internal hearing which typically serves as a prelude to termination in such cases.
UPDATE: Per our contract with Local 663 Union and under our formal disciplinary process, Mr. Bjorkman was placed on a thirty day suspension without pay pending receipt of formal written charges, wherein he will have eight days to respond or be terminated from City employment.
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FLAGSTAFF - Ted Danson will put all those years of work behind the fake "Cheers" bar to use behind a real bar this weekend.
Danson, who played Sam Malone in the hit comedy for 12 years, will be behind the bar and mingling with donors at the Museum of Northern Arizona on Saturday.
Danson's father, Edward B. "Ned" Danson, became the director of the museum in 1959 when Ted was 12, and the family lived in the homestead across the street from the museum.
"It is really a little jewel. It really needs to be supported. It's all private and it really does need the community, which includes all of Arizona, to support it. That's my hope," said the 55-year-old actor, who stars in the CBS sitcom "Becker."
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Inside the Sea Otter Classic, the Juggalo Convention of Bike Races
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- "You gotta have fun," says JR Horner, 43, of Las Vegas, while watching the criterium races. "Having fun is what is important."
Above: The Women's Category 3/4 Criterium gets set to hit the raceway at Laguna Seca. Below: A pair of age group racers give each other a ubiquitous high-five after checking their results.
- Jamal El Milahi, 40 of Santa Clara, gets his picture taken by his daughter, Mouna, 9 years old, before he toes the line for his race.
- Lance Pinedo, 30, of Orville, Ca., does not ride bikes, but he does work the venue during the Sea Otter Classic.
- Automobiles often double as hotel rooms and changing stations at the Sea Otter, since the only other option is the closest port-o-let.
- Nothing inspires confidence to catch big air off a ramp than the safety of a giant, air-filled pillow to land on.
- Ride Marshalls keep a close eye on the proceedings.
- Jeremy Hottinger, 19 of Virgin, Utah, takes a break from catching big air off the free jump ramp at Sea Otter.
- The Kids Village was packed to the gills with kids of all ages and sizes doing races, working on their skills, and generally getting rad.
The dual slalom course is always a crowd pleaser at Sea Otter.
- Michael Palm, 33, of Orville, Ca. keeps traffic flowing.
- There was something for everyone at the expo.
- A couple of women pro mountain bikers make their way around the short track course at Sea Otter.
- Who doesn't want a tattoo of their parents on the day of their wedding tattooed on their thigh for inspiration?
Races were going off in every direction at every venue the entire weekend.
Above: There is no riding allowed on the bridges that link the infield with the outfield at Laguna Seca. The roadies were much less stressed about this than the folks riding heavier downhill rigs. Below: Vendors used every trick in their arsenal to attract attendees to their booths.
- Jesse Taysom, of Pocatello, Idaho, takes a run at the SRAM log obstacle set up in the expo area at the Sea Otter Classic.
- Hayley Kaufman, 19, of Ashland, Or, relaxes on one of three patches of grass to be found at the expo.
- A total of 9,300 athletes participated at Sea Otter and 65,000 people were in attendance. Of those, 5500 people camped out nearby.
As far as things you've never heard of go, the Sea Otter Classic is up there with Juggalo conventions in its invisible popularity. This year 65k people descended on Monterey for every sort of biking tomfoolery you can think of — road races, dual slaloms, criteriums, circuits, etc.
A vast sea of shaved legs, team kits and baggy shorts laid witness to thousands of riders turning 2,800 tons of dirt into their own private playground. A dunk tank's worth of bike wash was expended, a year and a half's worth of volunteer time was logged, and enough camper vehicles swarmed the grounds to be seen from space.
For a non-cyclist it all adds up to a giant heap of WTF, but if you fancy yourself a student of the human condition, look close. This is the type of sub-culture that moves mainstream quickly, and you don't want to be left in the dust.
For the bicycle-faithful, Sea Otter is the unofficial kickoff to the North American race season. It's a chance to test your legs and lungs, check out what's new and hot in gear at the giant expo and catch up with friends from around the country. Not to mention getting a peek at new bicycles from Santa Cruz, Niner, Pivot, Ibis and Turner. This reporter found himself ogling new components from SRAM and Shimano in particular, as well as sweet carbon wheels from Mavic.
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Edith Elta "Edie" Kraus, 87, Madison, a longtime Stevens Point resident and community activist who assisted various organizations, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Madison.
A memorial service and celebration of life will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at FrameMemorialChurch in Stevens Point, with a reception to follow at the church.
Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice or one that she would value – Frame Memorial Presbyterian Church, United Way of Portage County, Stevens Point Area YMCA, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Performing Arts or Woman's Athletics, The Women's Fund of Portage County, Community Foundation of Portage County, Central Wisconsin Children's Museum in Stevens Point, Saint Michael's Hospital Foundation, Central Wisconsin Area Symphony Orchestra, Monte Verdi Chorale, Capitol Lakes Foundation of Madison or Arts Wisconsin in Madison.
Mrs. Kraus was born Oct. 11, 1925, in New Rochelle, N.Y., a daughter of the late Alfred Edward "Ted" and Edith Gray Davidson. She was raised primarily in Evanston, Ill., and graduated from EvanstonTownshipHigh School,
She graduated from CarletonCollege in Northfield, Minn., where she was bestowed the ceremonial honor of "May Queen."
She was married to Bill Kraus of Marshfield/Stevens Point in 1947. They later divorced.
She spent 60 years in Stevens Point.
She was involved in and supported many nonprofit and arts organizations in PortageCounty, and some referred to her as a "one-woman foundation."
She was the first woman to serve on a bank board in Stevens Point when she joined the board of the Bank of Park Ridge. She was a founding member of the Women's Fund of Portage County, Interfaith Caregivers and was a part owner of The Yarn Shop in Stevens Point, as well as being one of the original drivers for Meals on Wheels.
She had also been a Girl Scout leader.
Survivors include three daughters Nancy (Marlin Fors) Kraus and Sally(Harry Tracosas) Kraus, both of California, and Marcia (Russell Potter) Kraus, Madison; her former husband, Bill (Toni Sikes) Kraus, Wisconsin; one brother, Ted (Ellie) Davidson, Illinois; and four grandchildren.


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Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (Rieti, 18 March 1657 – Rome, 1 February 1743) was an organist and composer from Perugia, Italy. He became one of the leading musicians in Rome during the late Baroque era, the first half of the 18th century. Taken to Rome as an infant, he began vocal study with Pompeo Natali at the age of five and sang in the choir of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini from age eight. At Santi Apostoli he sang and studied counterpoint with Francesco Foggia, where his early compositions were performed. By age sixteen he was maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore, Monterotondo, a historic church near Rome. In 1673 as maestro for the cathedral at Assisi he began intensive study of the works of Palestrina, and in 1676 moved to the cathedral at Rieti. In 1677 he returned to Rome for a lifelong appointment as maestro di cappella at the Basilica of San Marco. In addition he held a series of prestigious positions as maestro for Basilica dei Santi Apostoli, Rome (from 1686), at St. John Lateran (from 1708, where Palestrina had served from 1555 to 1560), and for the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's (from 1719, immediately following Domenico Scarlatti), and maestro di cappella at the  ( Wikipedia article )
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6. Unique skirt strands on legs
Instead of silicone strands for legs, Jackall chose 18 strands of extra thin rubber. The thread-thin rubber looks more natural as it fans out and undulates, wafting over the surface. It's the difference between regular spaghetti and angel hair.
Do not mess with these legs too much. Some guys will trim the legs down really short, like Cee Lo Green's stubby arms poking out. They do it for "less drag", "better hookups" or whatever. The Iobee is best in more scattered vegetation and open water environments, slung up under branches, over laydowns, etc… The legs add to the appeal. The only time I might trim them short is if I dedicate one to fishing mats, which in that case I usually prefer the Snagproof frog anyway as detailed in this article.
Other guys will trim one leg shorter thinking it will walk better. Dumb idea. I think it works best with equal length. DO NOT do any of this. Those are ill-conceived remedies that don't work. When you get a frog like the Iobee, you won't need to dream up lame alterations like that.
7. I'm a "Walk-the-Frog" champ with it
There is no other frog on the market that walks as easily as this Iobee. Unlike some other frogs which are mostly flat at the bottom, the Iobee has a keel shape that "cuts" the water as it throws its subtly curved badonkadonk from side to side. In fact, you'll notice that if you point your rod straight down towards the frog while reeling it in, it won't want to come in straight. It wants to choose a left or right path as it comes back towards you. This frog works for you, not against you.
Some frogs are pretty finicky when it comes to walking. You either do it just right, with the perfect amount of pull, timing, and slack, or it won't work. Not so with the Iobee. It's very forgiving in that you can work it several different ways and it still walks. I have the ability to animate this frog like no other. I feel like I can literally tell it what to do and even "steer" it to some extent when necessary — just like a Spook.
8. "Rate of stall"
My friend Matt Peters of Southern Trout Eaters fame has talked about "rate of stall" or "ROS". Hollow bodied frogs are great for their stall ability, but many frogs lose a lot of their stall ability once you start walking them because of the forward travel required to get them going. The Iobee can walk with very little forward travel, so you can make it dance and boogie with minimal stall loss. With the Iobee, I have two stall choices… I can let it sit and "waft" about on top, or walk it. I can twitch 4-5 full fledged walks — all the way to the left and right — and move it three inches from the hot spot.
9. A Real Pervert
Another benefit of the Iobee's ROS is its ability to aggravate bedding bass. Since my hookups are so great with the Iobee, I can get away with using it around bedding bass. The superb ROS allows me to hover it over a bed like some kind of sick amphibian voyeur perv and aggravate the bass into striking.
The bass are like…
"Get out of here frog! We're trying to get it on. Why don't you leave us alone, frog!"
10. Loud is overrated
You can walk it violently or you can walky it stealthy. Loud or quiet. Power or finesse. But the real thing of beauty is how quiet I can make this frog while still giving it substantial action. You can make this frog throw water, but you can also make it "slither". I think the ability to be quiet with baits like this is largely underestimated.
11. Does not require constant draining
One of the most annoying things I've experienced with lesser frogs is the constant squeezing required to drain the water. I feel sorry for Dean Rojas if he has to go through that water expelling ritual as much as I did with my old "kermits". This is a time waster.
Jackall has sealed off the most common water entry sites and consequently have saved me lots of time. I'm fishing more, squeezing less.
12. Perfect all-around size
This frog is a sufficiently sized meal for a big bass, yet not so big that it discourages some of those smaller fish you sometimes need. I've dug this frog out of the mouth of plenty 12-13″ bass, but you'll catch all sizes with this frog… as evidenced by the picture below…
BassEast has a great phone interview of Dave Wolak talking about this 10 pounder. Give it a listen if you want to hear more about this giant frog-eating bass. There's a great phone interview posted that you've got to check out!
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Demon Knights Vol 1 1Talk0
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"Seven Against The Dark": Four centuries ago, Camelot fell. King Arthur died and the legendary Excalibur returned to the Lady of the Lake. Meanwhile, Merlin, having forseen Jason Blood's destiny, bonds him with the demon Etrigan.
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- You're just in time for your destiny.
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Appearing in "Seven Against The Dark"
Featured Characters:
- Jason Blood (First appearance)
- Etrigan
Supporting Characters:
- Merlin
- Madame Xanadu (First appearance)
- Vandal Savage
- Shining Knight
- The Questing Queen (First appearance)
- Horde (First appearance)
- Mordru
Other Characters:
- Al Jabr (First appearance)
- Exoristos (First appearance)
- Horsewoman (First appearance)
- King Arthur (Appears only as a corpse)
- The Lady of the Lake
- Dinosaurs
- Pandora (Cameo)
- Vanguard (Horse) (First appearance)
- Breaker (Horse) (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Seven Against The Dark"
Four centuries ago, Camelot fell. King Arthur died and the legendary Excalibur returned to the Lady of the Lake. Meanwhile, Merlin, having forseen Jason Blood's destiny, bonds him with the demon Etrigan.
In "present day" (but still the Dark Ages), the Questing Queen and Mordru search for an unknown objective. Their next point of attack is a little village named Little Spring. There, Jason Blood and Madame Xanadu are on their pilgrimage when they cross paths with another immortal: Vandal Savage. They take a drink with him when their attention is called by the Shining Knight, who does not believe them to have been present at the Fall of Camelot. At the same time, the bartender has trouble with two travelers named Al Jabr and Exoristos. The bartender won't serve Al Jabr, but Exoristos roughly convinces him to do so. Meanwhile, a priest is attacked by three robbers when he is saved by a mysterious horsewoman. Back at Little Spring, the bar gets attacked by the Questing Queen's horde. Then, Jason decides to transform himself to Etrigan to fight them off. Xanadu apparently feels a mayor attraction for Etrigan than she does for Jason. While everybody fights off the Horde, Mordru casts a dragon to attack the bar.
- Released September 14, 2011
- From the Solicitation: Set in the Dark Ages of the DC Universe, a barbarian horde is massing to crush civilization. It's fallen to Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood, the man with a monster inside him, to stand in their way - though the demon Etrigan has no interest in protecting anyone or anything other than himself! It'll take more than their own power to stop an army fueled by bloodlust and dark sorcery, and some very surprising heroes - and villains - will have no choice but to join the fray!
- On this issue's title page, a glowing woman wearing a purple cloak is visible among the Questing Queen's caravan. This character first appeared in Flashpoint #5 and makes similar cameos in all #1s of the New 52. The identity of this character is later revealed to be Pandora.
- No trivia.
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- Discuss Demon Knights Vol 1 1 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Demon Knights series
- Images from Demon Knights Vol 1 1
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Summer HiatusPosted: August 29, 2014 Filed under: Entrees | Tags: beans, COOP, eggs, green chiles, Huevos Rancheros Leave a comment
Hello all…
This is just a brief post to let you all know I'm still alive and kicking. I had a jam-packed summer and I can't believe it's over already. I had the chance to work for a couple of months as a prep cook/pastry cook for one of my favorite restaurants (more on that later), and I visited the UK for two weeks in July (again, more on that later).
At the moment I am spending my days as a student teacher in an 8th grade English classroom. My mornings are early, my days are long, and blogging, unfortunately, has been put on the back burner, so-to-speak.
Never fear! I'll get back to it soon. In the meantime, please enjoy a piece I recently wrote for the lovely ladies at COOP.
It's all about quick and delicious (and customizable) weeknight dinners for busy people…more specifically, Huevos Rancheros! Who doesn't love that? Yum!
Linguine with Fresh Spinach, Red Pepper, and LemonPosted: April 7, 2014 Filed under: Entrees, Pasta, Vegetables | Tags: butter, Garlic, lemon, linguine, pasta, red pepper, spinach Leave a comment
I love going to the grocery store; I do it several times a week, if only for a few things. I know, I know, it is poor planning on my part, but I enjoy weaving through the aisles, checking out new and interesting ingredients I may have missed during my previous visit. I recall going to the grocery store with my dad when I was small. He would take a list with everything we needed but inevitably, we'd return home with something he wanted. I remember riding in the cart or walking alongside my dad down every aisle in the grocery store. He'd take his time, selecting a bottle of this, or a jar of that, turning it over in his hands, considering its use, before returning it to the shelf or placing it in our cart. Mom never really knew what he'd bring home. Sometimes it was a jar of pickled herring, sometimes it was a new mustard, and sometimes it was a package of cookies he'd open on the drive home for the two of us to sample.
My Florida Connection via COOPPosted: March 27, 2014 Filed under: COOP | Tags: blog, COOP, Florida, Spring Break, vacation Leave a comment
I'm thrilled to share with you my second installment at COOP. For this post, I highlighted the many wonderful things I love about Florida. My husband is from the Sunshine State and is responsible for introducing me to crab legs, octopus, Gulf oysters, and sandy beaches; I wanted to pass along those experiences on to my best friend, Sophia. So, over Spring Break she and I spent five days enjoying what the Gulf coast of Florida has to offer. I plan to recreate in my own kitchen some of the dishes we enjoyed over our visit. Think: blackened grouper, fresh briny oysters, crab legs, and a refreshing glass of sangria. My Omaha kitchen will soon be my Florida oasis!
Puréed Vegetarian Mulligatawny SoupPosted: March 6, 2014 Filed under: Entrees, Soups, Vegetables | Tags: coconut milk, cumin, Indian food, mulligatawny, puree, soup, vegetables, vegetarian mulligatawny soup Leave a comment
Guys, I'm sick. I caught a beast of a cold earlier this week and I am one grumpy Sara. I'm achy, I've been sneezing, and if I'd known this was coming, I'd have purchased stock in tissues. I've been spending a lot of time in bed, but I'm awake now and before I head back to the warmth of my blankets, I wanted to share this recipe with you. This soup won't cure your cold, but it'll sure make you feel better.
My New AdventurePosted: February 28, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blogging, COOP, food, Hooton Images, writing 4 Comments
Guys, I have some super exciting news. The lovely ladies over at COOP have asked me to become their newest food contributor! I couldn't be more honored or thrilled! I am lucky to be working with such creative and inspiring women!
My introductory post can be found here. And many many thanks to Hooton Images for the amazing photographs! Here are a few of my favorites:
Little French Fudge CakesPosted: February 19, 2014 Filed under: Desserts | Tags: baking, chocolate, cupcakes, fudge, Little French Fudge Cakes, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, The Splendid Table 4 Comments
I absolutely love (LOVE!) listening to The Splendid Table on NPR. I have been a fan for as long as I can remember and it is a staple in my podcast collection for long plane rides and road trips. Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift developed this recipe for their cookbook The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper and I wanted to give it a try in my home kitchen. Boy, they weren't kidding when they said, "If you can melt chocolate and stir, you can make these cakes." They were so simple – albeit a bit expensive due to the required chocolate – but so worth it!