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FHSU grad will guide HRC youth sports
By DIANE GASPER-O'BRIEN
Don't try to convince Keith Smith there is anything to the old wive's tale about "seven years of bad luck."
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Don't try to convince Keith Smith there is anything to the old wive's tale about "seven years of bad luck."
If anything, Smith probably is thinking that time span has been good luck for him. That's because he finally is working in the field of his choice, seven years after his graduation from Fort Hays State University.
Heading into one of the most hectic times of the year at his new job, Smith anxiously is anticipating the start of the fall season as new youth sports director of the Hays Recreation Commission.
"I'm really excited about this, can't wait until the games start," Smith said.
Smith's enthusiasm is understandable. He had planned to pursue a career in recreation management in college, but he chose the quicker route of earning a bachelor's degree in general studies in order to provide for his family.
While working in education consulting and with area mental health programs the past seven years, Smith, his wife and two young children lived most of that time in Russell. Their children attended school in Victoria, where Smith also got lots of coaching experience, both for Victoria teams participating in HRC programs and at Victoria Middle School.
That's what ultimately led Smith to the HRC when a fellow coach at Victoria told him of the job, which had been open since April when Kyle Emerson left for another job opportunity.
Stu Moeckel, a teacher and coach at Victoria High School, is the older brother of Ben Moeckel, director of Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex, who has worked at the HRC in several capacities the past several years. Stu Moeckel told Smith about the opening, and it was a good fit, said Roger Bixenman, HRC superintendent.
"He has a lot of coaching experience, and a lot of experience, period," said Bixenman, in his 20th year at the HRC. "We're glad to have him."
"This is what I'm interested in," added Smith, who stressed the importance of recreational activities, including sports, in an ultra-competitive society.
"Recreation (sports) should be for everybody. Get out there and play, get away from the X-Box and out from in front of the computer," he said. "Even if you're there for fun, there are lessons to be learned."
Smith knows the fall season will take him away from his family some. But he said he has gotten a lot of support from his wife, Torri, who is a social worker and is working on her master's degree in speech pathology at Fort Hays. Their children, 11-year-old Conner and 8-year-old Reagan, still attend school in Victoria and in the past have participated in HRC activities on Victoria teams.
However, this year the Smith siblings will be placed on Hays teams.
"They're excited about getting to know new kids," said Smith, who said he doesn't plan to start anything new at the time but get settled into the routine.
"I just want to continue building on the good programs they already have," he said of the HRC, "continue to give kids a way to participate. I want to make it enjoyable for everybody."

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A Trip on America's Scenic Route:
The Jamestown, Westfield and
Northwestern Railroad
[Editor's Note: The following is an unpublished manuscript by Homer L. Danielson from the library of the Fenton Historical Society in Jamestown, NY. It really shows how the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad was integrated with the local community. I have attempted to maintain the substance of Mr. Danielson's original work while editing grammar for clarity.]
The Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad, a steam line, was purchased by the Broadhead interests in 1913 and converted to electricity in 1914. This road hauled freight and passengers, also express and U.S. Mail. The road proceeded up the east side of the Lake from Jamestown to Westfield. The new owners purchased five new 53 foot, 7 inch double ended cars from the Cincinnati Car Company. These cars were later painted a bright red with gold lettering with numbers 300 through 305. The next were two baggage cars, 306 and 307, along with center cab work car number 308. In 1917 the Company purchased four 62 foot, 7 inch cars from the St. Louis Car Company. These cars were designed by George L. Maltby, Superintendent of the road. The numbers were 309 through 312, with the 312 built a bit more elaborately than the others with an observation platform and comfortable chairs. Car 309 was the most powerful and speediest of them all, she hit a switch engine at the Boatlanding yard one night and never ran again, her powerful trucks were used to build freight engine Number 500.
This is not a history of the railroad, but an afternoon trip in Palace Car 312 about 1927.
The local waiting room was located on West Third Street between Cherry and Washington Streets and was known as the Russell House. This terminal contained a ticket office presided over by big Buck Carlson. Mr, Frank McCormak operated a news room here and dispensed the best buttered popcorn ever tasted. A bag of this was a must for anyone taking the big cars. To the rear was the rest and recreation room for the employees waiting for their runs here. A Mr. Harvey without hat or coat winter of summer would be out in the street bellowing the destination of various cars waiting for passengers. Our trip began here with car due to depart at 2:30 pm for Westfield and points west. Armed with a round trip ticket and two bags of popcorn we waited. Soon a car appeared on West Third Street by the bridge moving backwards. We were all pleased as it was the large 312 with the observation platform.
The conductor was standing on the rear platform directing the motorman 62 feet away with hand signals; due to the observation platform, this car had no controls on the rear end as the other cars had. The car backed in front of the waiting room and stopped. Mr. Harvey grayed "Car to Westfield and all points west. All aboard." The center door opened and conductor Bill Merrill helped the passengers on board. The young ones pushed to get to the observation platform, the men moved to the smoking compartment, the ladies and children to the regular compartment. The 312 was a very ornate car with special effort to provide comfort. At the front end motorman Reggie "Pee Wee" Phelps had finished loading the mail, express and local freight. William A. Pickard, General Traffic Manager, handed the crew their orders which called for a meet with southbound car number 303 which would take the siding at Curtis Stop. With all aboard the car started smoothly under the experienced hand of Mr. Phelps. The car proceeded west over Third Street, turned right at the bridge, and passed the car barn so close we thought sure the car would hit the building. On the right stood a long line of Chautauqua Traction cars forlorn and unwanted, dreaming of fast runs along the other side of the lake and the glory that was theirs so long ago, now sitting on the rip track waiting for the wrecker's torch to end their days. The 312's air horn blasted twice in salute to the derelicts whose last run was in 1925.
To the left and below the Erie railroad tracks with a steam engine switching and fussing about with a few boxcars, father along the Chautauqua Traction, JW & NW, and Jamestown Street Railway Power house with black smoke belching from the twin stacks. We proceeded across Fairmount Avenue to Third Street past the JW&NW freight station where workmen were busy loading furniture and other local products into cars to be shipped all ever the world. This is Boatlanding, The steamer City Of Cleveland (Later Jamestown) was loading passengers for a trip up the lake, no doubt a charter trip., The Cleveland was the only boat of the larger ones left as she had a steel hull and was easy to handle, the other boats were discontinued in 1925. The Cleveland and small steamer Mayville were used in ferry service from Point Chautauqua to the Chautauqua Institution after the latter was left without service with the abandonment of the Chautauqua Traction Company 1925. The car left Ninth Street and entered the boatlanding yards used jointly by the Erie and JW&NW FR. The car threaded its way through a maze of switches and frogs, all switches set for our passage, box cars, switch engines, cars of coal, all manner of goods being moved about. To the left is the Erie roundhouse where the switch engines are serviced, repairs, coal and water with a Brownhoist crane with a clam bucket loading coal into the tenders and clamming the cinders out of the ash pit for shipment along the line where needed. This is a noisy, smoky, steamy place although interesting we were glad to get to clean air again.
To the right of us is the old 400 Brewery long out of operation next the Pittsburgh Freeport Coal and Supply Company. Lumber yards and other industry crows close to the tracks. To the left is the abandoned Johnson Ice House which stored Chautauqua Lake Ice and peddled it out during the summer, beyond that the Erie RR wye where the engines were turned. We proceed slowly as the track is layed on swampy ground and very unstable. To the left again a large white object can be seen between the trees, as we draw closer we see it is the Palace Steamer City Of Cincinnati pulled into a dug slip and now used for a dwelling and bait sales. There is swamp on both side of the track, next on the right is the evil smelling City dump followed by Posen's junk yard with acres of rusting autos a crane has just finished loading a railroad car with scrap steel while car 306 waits for us to pass then the car will be switched to the yards where a north bound train is being made up.
On the left are several dwellings along the river a few boats are tied at the bait sales dock' while several fisherman are talking and gesturing no doubt trying to out lie the other about the size fish they had caught. The first stop is Clifton; now just a crossing but years ago a very busy place where the steamboats were pulled upon ways out of the water and the hulls repaired. In 1903 the most beautiful boat of them all burned on the ways the night before being launched. She was the 154 ft Chicago, only 2 foot shorter than the famed three decked City of Jamestown. There is no station at Clifton. Several school boys and girls who live in the Fluvanna Ave area got off along with a few workmen. To the left is the L.S. Areo Marine Co. a boat sales and repair owned by Dave Lawson. Several boats large and small are waiting for service. To the right are large gasoline storage tanks, further along are the tanks of the Richfield Oil Co. which later caught fire causing some deaths and many injuries. Next tile tanks of the Erickson Oil Co. owned by Harry Frickson later Mayor of Jamestown.
The car slows for Cold Springs, a tank car is being unloaded for the Cold Spring garage (where it looks like Parker Hollenbeck is working with a huge pipe wrench) owned by Albert Nelson and son. Mr. Nelson is loading hogs into a cattle car from holding pens along the siding. The northbound freight will pick up this car for exchange with the New York Central at Westfield.
We are out of the swamp now and the river can been seen through the trees to the left. Elmhurst, Bonita and Sunnyside are swiftly left behind and the car slows for Greenhurst, a regular mail stop. Mail, express and some local freight were unloaded along with several summer visitors. Shelden Hall, sometimes called Stockholm, is the next stop. This is a flag stop and two passengers got off and local freight was piled on the shelter platform.
The lake can be seen to the left most of the time and the car is running very close to the water. Many fishermen and bathers are enjoying the wonderful day and most wave as the big, red demon flashes past at high speed. Driftwood, Bellview, Philips Mills, and Shore Acres are left behind, these being flag stops. The 312 shows and stops at the Bemus Point depot. The station is a good distance from the village so all mail etc. is hauled by a truck which backs to the car door where the agent and driver transfer the contents. All material for Bemus is loaded on the truck, which leaves. The agent hands the two crew orders. One is a slow order to watch for gandy dancers (track workers) near Warners who are raising the track at this point. The second is to meet the southbound freight at Midway Park where Car 312 will take the siding. Bay View was swiftly left behind and the car slowed for Warners where Dave Westergren's track gang labored. Dave motioned the car to proceed with a slow signal and the car crept over the rebuilt stretch of track and again gained speed. At Maple Springs the car slowed to make its meet at Midway Park. The southbound train was not in sight and Bill opened the switch and 312 grandly backed into the siding. Bill closed the switch and Reggie joined him at the switch stand. Many of the passengers took this opportunity to purchase hot dogs, popcorn, and ice cream from the stands along the track under the roller rink. A picnic was in progress with bathing, boating, and riding the various rides that were available. This was sure a busy, happy place and people from away from this area remarked as they boarded the car that they would return and spend the day at Midway. Finally, the southbound train pulled in.
The train was ten minutes late and Engine 400 with Lou Hoadley at the controls whistled the meet signal and moved slowly past while Bill and Reggie inspected the running gear. Conductor Roy Anderson received the OK signal from Bill and gave Lou the highball. The train gained speed and disappeared down the track.
312 was in a hurry now; somehow the ten minutes must be made up. Bill opened the switch, 312 moved on to the main, the switch was closed, and Bill swung aboard. With a wave of his hand, the big car started and wasted no time getting under way. A stop was made at Chedwell for a passenger who flag the car. Dewittville was the next regular stop. The poor farm was located there and many of the old folks were sitting on the platform. The 312's crew was a favorite with these poor souls who had little to make them happy. Bill and Reggie produced candy, gum, and cigarettes and passed them among them. One asked Bill if he would bring a box of snuff. Bill assured him he would have it on the down trip. How those folks looked forward to the cars as most crews were generous. Many passengers got off; some visitors to the home and two pitiful old people with their meager belongings entering the home. Mail express, and some local freight was unloaded but no mail was picked up as it will be picked up on the down trip. The car took off as it had made up little time and the New York Central train at Westfield would not wait. There were many passengers who had to make connections with the NYC westbound express.
The car started with a roar, slamming through Hartfield in a cloud of dust and cinders then slowed for the Pennsylvania Railroad junction where the tower and dispatcher are located. A red light glowed and 312 stopped. The stop was for orders only - watch for Chautauqua Traction line car number 111 which just left for nearby Mayville. The JW&NW took over line car 111 when the Chautauqua Traction was abandoned. The 312 proceeded at reduced speed, much to the disgust of the crew. The 111 was just clearing the main as the 312 pulled into Mayville station. Many people got off here having business in Mayville, the county seat. A great deal was unloaded while sever bundles of license plates bound for the north end were loaded. The car rushed off at top speed for the uphill pull to Hogsback. At one point both Chautauqua and Lake Erie could be seen. There were no more regular stops until Westfield but there were some flag stops seldom used.
We passed Parkers, Fitch and Nixon and then the car gradually slowed. Bill shouted, "Everyone look to the left," the passengers gazed to the left and gasped in wonder as one of the beautiful vistas in the world unfolded before them. The deep Chautauqua Gorge with crumbling shale rock cliffs and what seemed like a small brook far below. The area was heavily wooded and, to say the least, awe inspiring. This is indeed one of nature's wonders.
The car gained speed as it's all downhill to Westfield. Mr. Phelps held to a safe, but very fast, pace as this was his last chance to make up lost time. As the car dropped down the hill Lake Erie could be seen blue in the distance. We crossed Main Street, went under the Route 17 bridge, and eased to a stop at the depot - two minutes early thanks to Pee Wee Phelps.
All mail and express was unloaded, the passengers claiming their suitcases and handbags while the trunks were loaded on a cart to transfer to the waiting train. Many passengers thanked the crew for a wonderful trip which made them feel good. The car was loaded for the trip south, backed around the wye, turned around and returned to the depot to await the eastbound New York Central train. The train pulled in, passengers and baggage were loaded, and Bill called the dispatcher for clearance. He received clearance to Pennsylvania Tower where further orders would be issued. The pressure was off and the 312 proceeded at a more leisurely pace, the passengers enjoying the Chautauqua County scenery which is the best to be found anywhere. The sad nickname for this road is "Jesus Wept and No Wonder," but anyone making this trip would know the good lord was smiling, not weeping.


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How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method. Lifewriting Classes. Steven Barnes' Free Writing Class!
What follows is, in slightly modified form, the complete text of the 9-week writing class I've taught for years at UCLA. To my knowledge it is the only completely free program of its depth and scope available on the WWW. I would suggest that you download it all, and take the lessons one week at a time, writing your butts off. The information is dense and very, very real. 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer. When George Plimpton asked Ernest Hemingway what the best training for an aspiring writer would be in a 1954 interview, Hem replied, "Let's say that he should go out and hang himself because he finds that writing well is impossibly difficult.
Then he should be cut down without mercy and forced by his own self to write as well as he can for the rest of his life. At least he will have the story of the hanging to commence with." 5 Freewriting Secrets for Being a "Genius" You've heard of freewriting, certainly.
At its most basic, it's about forcing your internal editor to stay away while you splash your most raw and unusual thoughts onto the page. In Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insights, and Content (2nd edition, revised & updated), Mark Levy tells how he uses freewriting, not only to loosen up his writing muscles, but to solve business problems of all kinds.
A Simple Novel Outline – 9 questions for 25 chapters « H.E. Roulo. Just as every tree is different but still recognizably a tree, every story is different but contains elements that make it a story.
By defining those before you begin you clarify the scope of your work, identify your themes, and create the story you meant to write. At Norwescon 2011 I sat in on a session called Outline Your Novel in 90-minutes led by Mark Teppo. I'll give you the brief, readable, synthesized version. Creative Writing Ideas, Courses Online, Free Classes for Writers. Goins, Writer: On Writing, Ideas, and Making a Difference. 25 Things Every Writer Should Know. An alternate title for this post might be, "Things I Think About Writing," which is to say, these are random snidbits (snippets + tidbits) of beliefs I hold about what it takes to be a writer.
I hesitate to say that any of this is exactly Zen (oh how often we as a culture misuse the term "Zen" — like, "Whoa, that tapestry is so cool, it's really Zen"), but it certainly favors a sharper, shorter style than the blathering wordsplosions I tend to rely on in my day-to-day writing posts. Anyway. Peruse these.


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i'm chatting with SML on facebook...i'm talking about how california will always be my home.
i love this state. for all it's flaws, for all the injustice...this is HOME.
i know i haven't traveled much...i've only been to a few other states, but i've been all over CA. mostly northern, but some of so cal, too.
i can identify damn near every bird that lives in the state, can ID most mammals by their scat and their tracks. i know all the trees, all the weather patterns. i know pretty much all of the crops that are grown here, by sight.
lol i know waaaaay too much trivia about my great state. like, does anyone know (without the use of a search engine or guide book), what the state rock is? state bird? mammel? fish? fossil? what year gold was discovered? what our state motto is?
i practicly grew up in the state capitol, when my dad was working for the state legislature.
though none of that is really relevent. i just...i love california. from the mountains to the sea, and everything in between.
this is HOME. i love this land more than i can ever say, ever describe with pathetic proof of my devotion. every time i've been out of the state, no matter how beautiful the place was that i was going to, i've felt so totally out of joint...like everything was slightly off kilter. even just driving up to oregon for a few days...it was so weird, all three times i've been.
anyway...i love california. and yes, all that trivia stuff i mentioned, i know. :P


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Wild 2
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CHI | P Kane 19 | P Sharp 10 | D Keith 11 |
M. Frolik (Blackhawks - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
C. Crawford (Blackhawks - G): Saves: 26, Save Pct.: .929
P. Sharp (Blackhawks - LW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Patrick Sharp, Michael Frolik help Blackhawks take 2-0 lead on Wild
CHICAGO -- Patrick Sharp provided the big finish after Michael Frolik stepped up during a strong start. Corey Crawford was right there when the defense collapsed.
No playoff jitters this time. Instead, an impressive performance for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Sharp and Frolik had two goals apiece, Crawford made 26 saves and the Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Friday night in Game 2 of their first-round series.
"If we're moving our feet, we're playing our team game," Sharp said. "The goals are going to come whenever they come, but if we're playing Blackhawks hockey, we'll be better off."
Patrick Kane added two assists as Chicago peppered Minnesota goalie Josh Harding after an uneven performance in Game 1 on Tuesday night. Bryan Bickell added an empty-net score to his overtime goal in the Blackhawks' 2-1 victory in the playoff opener.
Game 3 is Sunday afternoon in Minnesota.
"It's a good start," Frolik said. "Everybody knows we can still be better. We try to improve every game. It's going to be tough in Minny and we have to be ready for it."
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Devin Setoguchi and Marco Scandella scored for the Wild, who are making their first postseason appearance in five years. Harding, once again subbing for Niklas Backstrom, made 43 saves.
"There was clearly another level to their game tonight and I'd say there's at least another level to ours that was unfortunately in the wrong direction," Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said.
Setoguchi gave the Wild a spark when he teamed with Matt Cullen for a beautiful 2-on-1 rush at end of the second period. Cullen passed across the ice to Setoguchi, who beat Crawford into the upper right corner to trim Chicago's lead to 2-1.
But the Blackhawks turned up the pressure in the third period, and Sharp stuffed one in from the right side of the net to restore the two-goal advantage. Kane then made a slick pass to set up Sharp's 25th career playoff goal, putting the game away with six minutes left.
"For us, we've got to keep shooting the puck, crash the net, and usually when you do that, plays will open up," Kane said.
It was one sweet night for Sharp, who missed much of the season with a shoulder injury. He had only six goals and 14 assists in 28 games while Chicago rolled to the Presidents' Trophy for most points in the league this season.
The Blackhawks improved to 27-0-3 with the 31-year-old forward in the lineup.
"I thought he had a good game," coach Joel Quenneville said. "He had a big hit early in the game. That line was effective."
Minnesota squeaked into the playoffs with a victory over Colorado in its final game. But the Blackhawks got off to a slow start in Game 1 and the Wild came close to stealing home-ice advantage.
No such problems this time for Chicago.
While chalking up their slow first period in the playoff opener to nerves, the Blackhawks focused on a better beginning to Game 2 and delivered.
"That's something we talked about," Quenneville said. "Very disappointing the other night. We were more on the receiving end. They scored first and we watched a little bit. We didn't dictate how the game should be played as far as how fast we wanted it. Tonight, we were much more effective."
Chicago pressured Harding early on and finished with 17 shots in the first period, compared to seven for Minnesota. And even with all that pressure, the Blackhawks needed a couple of fortunate caroms to build a 2-0 lead.
Andrew Shaw's slap shot deflected off Justin Falk and went underneath fellow Wild defenseman Tom Gilbert to Frolik, who flipped it into the upper left corner to put Chicago in front with 11:26 left in the first period. Frolik was in the right place at the right time again in the second, sending Duncan Keith's deflected pass through Harding's legs just 49 seconds into the period.
It was the first short-handed goal allowed by the Wild all season and lifted Frolik to six goals in 13 career playoff games.
"The first one was a pretty lucky bounce," he said. "I just tried to go to the net and the puck came to me. The second goal, it came to me again. I just shot it there."
Shaw also had two assists for Chicago, which is 19-2 in playoff series when winning the first two games. Crawford turned away repeated attempts by Zach Parise during one stout stretch with Minnesota on a power play in the second period.
The Wild played without Backstrom and forward Jason Pominville for the second straight game, and defenseman Clayton Stoner also was sidelined by an injury. The return of those players could be key to Minnesota staying in the series.
"You just have to find a way to win," said Harding, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last summer, but refuses to talk about the condition. "It doesn't matter how many shots they get, how much zone time they get, how much power play, anything, it doesn't matter. It's playoff time and we have to find a way to win."
Game notes
Minnesota hasn't won a playoff game since a 3-2 victory at Colorado on April 14, 2008. The Wild lost the last three games of that quarterfinal series, and then went five years without a postseason appearance before they lost to the Blackhawks on Tuesday night. ... Frolik's short-handed goal was the first for the Blackhawks in the playoffs since Game 7 of the 2011 Western Conference quarterfinals against Vancouver.
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Arena: United Center Location: Chicago, Illinois |
Referees: Marc Joannette, Brian Pochmara Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Jay Sharrers |
Attendance: 22,012 (111.6% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Minnesota | Chicago | ||
2 | Goals | 5 | |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 | |
2 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 1 | |
5 | Penalties | 3 | |
10 | Penalty Minutes | 6 | |
28 | Shots on Goal | 48 | |
43 | Hits | 35 | |
26 | Faceoffs Won | 31 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | MIN | CHI | ||
8:34 | Michael Frolik (1)
Assists: Andrew Shaw, Nick Leddy |
0 | 1 | |
2nd Period | MIN | CHI | ||
0:49 | Michael Frolik (2)
(Shorthanded) Assists: Duncan Keith, Niklas Hjalmarsson |
0 | 2 | |
17:57 | Devin Setoguchi (1)
Assists: Matt Cullen, Jason Zucker |
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3rd Period | MIN | CHI | ||
3:44 | Patrick Sharp (1)
Assists: Patrick Kane, Michal Handzus |
1 | 3 | |
14:08 | Patrick Sharp (2)
Assist: Patrick Kane |
1 | 4 | |
16:29 | Marco Scandella (1)
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Matt Cullen |
2 | 4 | |
19:49 | Bryan Bickell (2)
Assist: Andrew Shaw |
2 | 5 |
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re NPNGN, INC., No. 1-90-01145 Debtor. ___________________________/
Memorandum of Decision
The debtor was a shell corporation until shortly before its filing, when real property being foreclosed upon was transferred to it by its principal. The foreclosing creditor, the FDIC as Receiver for North America Savings and Loan, promptly brought a motion for relief from the automatic stay, arguing that the petition was filed in bad faith. After taking testimony, the court found that this was a classic "new debtor syndrome" situation and granted relief as prayed. However, the court found that the case had been filed on the bad advice of counsel and his incorrect belief that the filing was proper. Accordingly, the court stayed the relief granted to FDIC briefly to give the debtor's principal time to consider his options. The debtor then made the instant motion to dismiss these proceedings. The FDIC opposes the motion. The motives of the FDIC in opposing dismissal are clear. It already has relief from the stay, so that it can proceed unimpeded by the bankruptcy. By keeping the debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding where it has already been adjudicated to be in bad faith, the FDIC avoids the possibility of a subsequent good faith filing where the actual merits of its stay relief request would be litigated. However, this is far more of a sanction against the debtor than the court intended. In this circuit, a "new debtor syndrome" case is presumptively filed in bad faith; an honest intend to reorganize is irrelevant.
In re Thirtieth Place, Inc.
, 30 B.R. 503 (9th Cir.BAP 1983). However, this does not mean that such a filing is the nefarious crime against man and nature which FDIC argues. Indeed, several distinguished judges have published decisions supporting the legitimacy of "new debtor syndrome" filings. See, e.g., Judge George's dissent in
Thirtieth Place
and Judge Rainville's decision in
In re The Beach Club
, 22 B.R. 597 (Bkrtcy.N.D.Cal.1982). This court granted the FDIC's motion not because it felt that the filing was
malum per se
; the general economy benefits any time a distressed property is taken off the auction block, and benefits even more if there is a successful reorganization. Rather, the court granted the motion because in this circuit such filings are
malum prohibitum
Thirtieth Place
. The FDIC could have sought either dismissal of this case or relief from the automatic stay.
Thirtieth Place
, supra. Having elected the latter remedy, the FDIC cannot in good faith oppose a subsequent dismissal, thereby achieving a sanction beyond what the court intended. Indeed, if the court were to keep the case open it would deem that by opposing dismissal FDIC had ratified the filing, and thus waived its right to relief from the stay based on a bad faith filing. For the foregoing reasons, the debtor's motion will be granted and the case will be dismissed. This memorandum constitutes the court's findings and conclusions.
Dated: January 12, 1991 _______________________ Alan Jaroslovsky U.S. Bankruptcy
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- Using photo as guide, glue noses to carrots. Using very little paint, paint cheeks red. Use marker to draw mouths and eyebrows.
- For carrot stems, glue yarn loops of various sizes together; glue stems to carrot tops.
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- For leaves, glue small yarn loops to top of eggplant. For stem, cut three 3/4" lengths from yarn. Glue lengths together, then glue to top of eggplant.
- Glue additional yarn loops, and eggplant, inside top of 3" pot.
- Follow carrot instructions, except:
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- Paint tomato red, and one ball knob orange (nose).
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The Division of Enterprise Systems Operations Management (DESOM) is an experienced and customer-focused shared services provider that offers operations and management support for Human Resource (HR) and financial management enterprise information systems, including the Unified Financial Management System (UFMS), HHS Consolidated Acquisition Solution (HCAS PRISM), Property Management Information System (PMIS), an Integrated Time and Attendance System (ITAS), and the Enterprise Human Resource Processing System (EHRP).
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FlowNet: An Inexpensive High-Performance Network
We have been using Linux to develop a new high-speed network we call FlowNet. This project has been a "virtual garage" operation, involving only two people, one in California and the other (at various times) in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Indiana. We transferred designs and code over the Internet and hardware via Federal Express. The result is a unique network that combines the best features of today's current standards into a single design. FlowNet is currently the world's fastest computer network capable of operating over 100 meters of standard category-5 copper cable. The software for FlowNet was developed and currently runs exclusively under Linux.
To appreciate how FlowNet works, it is important to understand some details about network hardware, so we will start with a brief tutorial on the current network state of the art.
The dominant hardware standard for local area networks today is Ethernet, which comes in dozens of variants. The only feature common to all forms of Ethernet is its frame format; that is, the format of the data handled directly by the Ethernet hardware. An Ethernet frame is a variable-size frame ranging from 64 to 1514 bytes, with a 14-byte header. The header contains only three fields: the address of the sender of the frame, the address of the receiver and the frame type.
Ethernet design has two major variations called shared-media and switched. In shared-media Ethernet, all the network nodes are connected to a single piece of wire, so only one node can transmit data at any one time. Ethernet uses a protocol called carrier-sense-multiple-access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) to choose which node is allowed to transmit at any given time. CSMA/CD is a non-deterministic protocol and does not guarantee fair access. In fact, in a heavily congested network, CSMA/CD tends to favor a single node to the exclusion of others, a phenomenon known as the capture effect. Being on the wrong end of the capture effect is one way a network connection can be lost for a long period of time.
The CSMA/CD protocol does not allow a node to start transmitting while the wire is being used by another node (that is the carrier-sense part). However, it is possible for two nodes to start transmitting at almost the same time. The result is that the two transmissions interfere with each other and neither transmission can be properly received. The period during which a collision can occur is the time from when a node starts to transmit to when the signal actually arrives at all other nodes on the wire. This time depends on the physical distance between the furthest nodes on the wire. If this distance is too long, a node might finish transmitting a frame before it arrives at all nodes on the wire. This would make it possible for a collision to occur that the transmitting node would not detect. In order to prevent this from happening, the physical span of a shared-media Ethernet network is limited. This distance is known as the collision diameter; it is a function of the time necessary to transmit the shortest possible Ethernet frame (64 bytes). The collision diameter of a traditional Ethernet operating at 10Mbps is about two kilometers, which is plenty for most local area networks. However, the collision diameter shrinks at faster data rates, since the time it takes to transmit a frame is less. The collision diameter for Fast Ethernet, which operates at 100Mbps, is 200 meters—a limit that can be constraining in a large building. (The collision diameter for Gigabit Ethernet would be 20 meters, but because this distance is so ridiculously short, Gigabit Ethernet does not use CSMA/CD.)
The way to get around the limitations of shared-media Ethernet is to use a device called a switch. A switch has a number of connections or ports, each of which can receive a frame simultaneously with the others. Thus, in a switched network, multiple nodes can transmit at the same time. In a purely switched network, every node has its own switch port and there can be no collisions. However, there can still be resource contention because it is now possible for two nodes to simultaneously transmit frames destined for a single node, which still can receive only one frame at a time. The switch must therefore decide which frame to deliver first and what to do with the other frame while waiting. Switches typically include some buffering so that contention of this sort does not necessarily result in lost data, but under heavy use, all switched networks will eventually be forced to discard some frames.
How does the switch decide which frames to drop? Most switches simply operate on a first-in/first-out basis. That is, when they are forced to drop frames, they drop the most recently received ones. Not much in the way of alternatives is offered because no information is in the Ethernet header to indicate which frames are less important and should be dropped first. As a result, when most switches become congested, they drop frames essentially at random.
That behavior creates a serious problem. The response of most network protocols, including TCP/IP, to dropped frames is to retransmit the dropped frames. Thus, network congestion leads to randomly dropped frames, which leads to retransmission, which leads to more network congestion, which leads to more randomly dropped frames. When this happens, many networks, in particular the Internet, will often come to a screeching halt.
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Echocardiogram: Ultrasound Of The Heart
An echocardiogram uses sound waves called ultrasound to look at the size, shape, and motion of the heart.
The test shows:
- Four chambers of the heart
- Heart valves and the walls of the heart
- Blood vessels entering and leaving the heart
- Pericardium—the sac that surrounds the heart
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In addition to this standard test, there are specialized echocardiograms:
- Contrast echocardiogram—A solution is injected into the vein and can be seen in the heart.
- Stress echocardiogram—This records the heart's activity during a cardiac stress test.
- Echocardiogram with Doppler ultrasound—This helps your doctor assess blood flow.
Transesophageal echocardiogram—To provide clear images of the heart, the ultrasound device is put down your throat. Your doctor may need to use this test depending on what part of the heart needs to be viewed.
If you have the following conditions, you may need this test, rather than the standard echocardiogram:
- Certain lung diseases
- Obesity
An echocardiogram may be used to:
- Evaluate a heart murmur
- Diagnose valve conditions
- Find changes in the heart's structure
- Assess motion of the chamber walls and damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack
- Assess how different parts of the heart work in people with chronic heart disease
- Determine if fluid is collecting around the heart
- Identify growths in the heart
- Assess and monitor birth defects
- Test blood flow through the heart
- Assess heart or major blood vessel damage caused by trauma
- Test heart function and diagnose heart and lung problems in those who are very ill
- Assess chest pain
- Look for blood clots within heart chambers
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.


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I bring my expertise in mindfulness and body-based therapy practices to enhance my Nia classes. Each class is a fun and invigorating workout to eclectic, rich music and also a chance to build somatic awareness, joy of movement and a sense of ease and freedom in the body.
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Intense or out of control, but typically in a good or fascinating way. The term is derived from a boxing metaphor - when boxers train on a heavy bag they can knock the bag "off the hook". Also see "knock him out of the box" for another popular boxing metaphor.
Did you see that Russian climbing video? Damn, those dudes were flipping off four story buildings! It was off the hook!
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A phrase describing anything of pimp origins. If something is phat, cool, dope, the balls, fly, it's this.
Yo, dawg, that fly ass big screen is off-the-hook!!
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Free from a difficult situation.
To be in a difficult situation is like hanging "on" a "hook"; to get free of the problem you must get "off the hook".
To be in a difficult situation is like hanging "on" a "hook"; to get free of the problem you must get "off the hook".
We've caught you again, but this time you won't get off the hook so easily!" You are "off the hook" when you are no longer responsible for some problematic situation. Example: "We found the guy who stole the money, so we know you didn't do it; you're off the hook." When you get yourself free from a difficult situation you are no longer "on the hook"; you are "off the hook." Example: "You're lucky; it turns out that Dad never heard you come in late last night." Answer: "Great, that means I'm off the hook!
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A word meaning cool; happening; and for those of you who were born in the sixties and lived through the seventies, GROOVY!
Yo, that shiztnit is off the hook!
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To avoid an unwanted situation.
You saved mah cuz today, esse...For that, you OFF THE HOOK an I wont kill u.
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synonym for busy - and not in the sense of "unavailable," but rather "sustaining much activity."
the Urban Dictionary is off the hook for October
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Wild, Chaotic, Unencumbered. Derived from ancient naval slang. The hook referred to the anchor. In violent storms, if the anchor would break loose from the seabottom (or break loose from the anchor chain - ref "Off the chain.."), the ship would be uncontrolled, free and wild. Utter chaos. Can you imagine anything more wild than a uncontrolled ship in a hurricane?
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Kora Marie (Lindenmeyer) Hollinger, 107, Houston, formerly of Russell, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, after a recent illness.
She was born Feb. 22, 1905, in Dorrance to Henry and Minnie Lindenmeyer. She was a 1921 graduate of Russell High School and attended Washburn University in Topeka to study music. She attended business school in Salina.
She married Lloyd Hollinger on March 28, 1927. He preceded her in death in 1979. She helped her husband run their pharmacy, Hollinger Drug, for 40 years.
Survivors include a son, Dr. F. Blaine Hollinger, Houston; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Dr. L.A. Hollinger.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Otterbein United Methodist Church; burial in Russell City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, with family present from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, Russell.
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From its opening in 1852, this 304-room grand on Maximilianstrasse vied with the Bayerischer Hof for the status of default Munich lodging for visiting heads of state and royalty (the King of Siam once brought 1,320 suitcases here). Such history can't be replicated, and there is a certain gravitas to the gleaming dark wood, black marble, and mirrors of the lobby. Unfortunately, though, the big German Kempinski chain (nothing to do with Four Seasons, despite the hotel's name) has done its best to override this with corporate-looking brocades and carpet. And in the rooms, they've tragically installed a scarlet-orange-gold color scheme, way too much varnished teak furniture, and dorm-room-worthy Picasso reproductions. In short, this really is a business hotel, a centrally located and very well run one. An indoor pool with a swim-against current, limited spa services, a sauna, and bar are on the roof, and there's the Vue Maximilian , the requisite grand-hotel restaurant. But the soul is not quite functioning anymore.
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As programs and the number of service learning courses grow within the Center for Public Service, more coordination support is needed for participants, including faculty members, students, and community partner organizations. The Service Learning Assistant (SLA) program provides paid student positions within the Center that allows students to provide assistance to the Senior Program Coordinators. This position promotes public service leadership and partnership between students and faculty in a new and innovative opportunity. The SLA program aims to recruit, train, and supervise students who will assist faculty members with the coordination of service-learning projects.
The SLA work study program facilitates a culture of engagement. In doing so, the SLA program will meet the five following goals:
We are continually looking to establish partnerships with new departments and faculty members who might be interested in having an SLA assist their course in the future. Please see information on the Faculty Info page.
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