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News: Dylan McIlrath Had Knee Surgery
Would like to thank every one for the wonderful support, looking forward to a fast and healthy recovery!
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The Rangers have announced that Dylan McIlrath underwent surgery to repair a dislocated kneecap.
No timetable regarding McIlrath's rehab or return to action has been announced.
McIlrath injured his knee during prospect camp after he collided with Kyle Jean.
Rangers Press Release:
NEW YORK, July 6, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that Dylan McIlrath underwent surgery to repair a dislocated kneecap.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Andrew Feldman and Dr. Anthony Maddalo earlier today at the NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.
McIlrath skated in 52 games with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL) last season, registering three goals and 20 assist for 23 points, along with 127 penalty minutes. He ranked second on the team among defensemen with a career-high in assists, and tied for second in points. McIlrath also tallied six assists, 12 penalty minutes and a plus-three rating in 14 playoff contests with Moose Jaw. He established playoff career-highs in games played, assists, points, and plus/minus rating.
In addition, McIlrath skated in five playoff contests with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL). He made his AHL playoff debut on May 4 at Norfolk.
The Winnipeg, Manitoba native was originally selected by the Rangers as a first round choice, 10th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.


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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Joe Mihalich is leaving behind 15 successful seasons at Niagara to take over Hofstra's troubled men's basketball program.
The 56-year-old was announced by the school as its 12th basketball coach on Wednesday.
Mihalich replaces Mo Cassara, who was fired March 22 following a 7-25 season. Four Pride players were arrested in November on burglary charges stemming from dormitory room break-ins.
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While on patrol in the town of Alexandria early Tuesday morning, troopers Scott D. Whitmore and Nichole K. Turck saw a glow in the sky several miles away, so they went to investigate.
What happened next, Trooper Whitmore said, is something he'll never forget. The two troopers are now being credited with saving an Orleans couple from their farmhouse that was consumed by a fast-spreading fire that also leveled a large dairy barn and two other structures.
"Right place, right time," he said Tuesday night, admitting "it was amazing."
Arriving shortly after 1 a.m. at the home of Richard J. and Phyllis D. Kennell, the troopers used their flashlights to knock on the front windows of the farmhouse at 38150 County Route 13 to alert the sleeping couple that the back of the dwelling was engulfed in flames.
"He popped up from his bed and he came to the kitchen door," Trooper Turck said. "We just told him he had to get out."
In the confusion, the 85-year-old man — just in his skivvies — took a moment to tell the troopers that his wife was still inside, where she was asleep in the living room.
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But they acknowledged that they had to be at the corner of County Route 2 and Shoulette Road at that exact moment to see the glow in the sky about five miles away, Trooper Turck said. A minute later and it might not have been a happy ending.
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Trooper Turck, an 11-year veteran of the state police who recently transferred from the Watertown barracks, and Trooper Whitmore, who has been on the job for eight years, had been partners only one or two times before on the midnight to 5 a.m. patrols, they said. And it was the first time they had ever experienced such a rescue in their careers, only working traffic detail at fires in the past.
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Ive kicked around some different ways of addressing the problem, but they all require a fairly long range time horizon. However, I realized that the minor league reports that SoSH has done can provide an interesting little Sox specific short cut. We started the reports in 2002 and thankfully the main reports are still over at the old site.
Heres the DSL 2002 report written by BigMike:
2002 DSL season in review
Heres the 2002 VSL report written by Cuzittt:
2002 VSL season in review
Cuzitts report features this fun little tidbit:
Anibal Sanchez, an 18 year old 2nd Year Right-Handed Pitcher, is perhaps the most intriguing of the pitching prospects in Venezuela (so much so, he already has a bandwagon in the Minor League Threads). He ended the season with a 5-3 record, and a 3.50 ERA. However, the reason why he is intriguing is because of his strikeout numbers... 73 in 61 IP (3rd in the league in number of strikeouts... likely first in K/IP). He ended with a 0.99 WHIP, 6.67 K/BB and a 4.52 RA.
I thought it would interesting to take a look at how this group of players from the Latin summer leagues in 2002 progressed over the next three years.
As youll see in a second, this would have been extremely timely a couple weeks ago, but I was sick as a dog and didnt feel like finishing it up.
Players who have played in the States
Player 2002 2003 2004 2005 Anibal Sanchez VSL inj NYPL CAR/EL Jesus Delgado inj inj GCL/SAL SAL Harvey Garcia VSL DSL NYPL SAL Savlador Paniagua DSL GCL NYP/SAL SAL Claudio Arias DSL GCL NYP/SAL SAL Dirimo Chavez VSL DSL SAL SAL Manuel Arambarris VSL DSL VSL GCL Henry Cabrera DSL DSL DSL GCL Remos Linares VSL DSL VSL GCL Elpidio Hilario DSL GCL SAL Jose Guanchez VSL GCL GC/SAL Carlos de la Cruz DS/GCL GCL NYPL Alex Penalo DSL GCL GC/NYPL Olivo Astacio DSL DSL DS/GCL Jose Suarez VSL DSL GCL Wilson Reyes DSL NYPL
The first three players (along with Hanley Ramirez who split 2002 between the GCL and NYPL) were just traded to Florida for Beckett, Lowell and Mota. They are also the only ones to make the 40 man roster and it seems likely that they will be the only ones that will make a 40 man roster. In all likelihood, the Sox just cashed out the entire value of their 2002 Latin summer league teams.
Just a quick aside, Im not sure it was mentioned in any of the stories about the Florida trade, but Harvey Garcia is originally signed by the Sox. As far as I can tell all of the others are original Sox. Garcia was originally signed by Florida in 2000. The scout that signed him is Miguel Garcia who came over to the Sox in 2002 with the initial wave of ex-Marlins that came with John Henry. After a couple decent years in the VSL the Marlins apparently decided he wasnt good enough to bring to the States and they released him. Maybe there was an injury or discipline problems or something, but the Sox, presumably with a strong recommendation from Garcia, signed him in 2002. Over the last few years the Sox have been given a lot of credit for their use of free talent. Their ability to use Garcia to get Mota and close the Marlins deal is probably the least known example of that.
There are a total of 48 players on this list. Are 3 out 48 making the 40 man roster 3 years later good, average, bad? Beats me. One of the players made it all the way to AA and is probably one of the 50 best prospects in baseball. I dont expect any of the rest to make too many Top 100 prospect lists. Is that good, average or bad? Its impossible to say, but I bet its pretty good. There were roughly 1500 players in the DSL and VSL this past year. If one out 50 will become as good as Sanchez, then we would expect there to have been 30 potential Sanchezes. Its possible, but that seems high to me.
There were another six players that were active last year in either the GCL or SAL. I dont expect any of them to make the BA Top 30 although at one time Paniagua and Arias generated some tools based buzz. Arambarris generated a lot of SoSH excitement in his brief 2004 season in the VSL and is certainly young enough to become a good prospect, but he didnt do much in the GCL this year. Henry Cabrera was just lost to Pittsburgh in the minor league phase of the rule 5 draft.
There are another six players that were active in the States in 2004, but subsequently left the organization. Astacio is the most prominent name. He was in the first group of international players signed by the new Sox ownership and the press release seemed to hype him above the others. He never did much for the Sox and he didnt play at all this year while under some suspicion that we was suspended or something. He was actually traded to the Cubs for Remlinger, but it doesnt look like he played for the Cubs either.
Wilson Reyes hit something like 22 HR in the DSL in 2002, which may have been the league record. Of course, his season was too good to be true. He was then caught lying about his age and name. Because of the age change he skipped over the GCL to play in Lowell (as Melvin Reyes) and his HR total dropped to one and that was the end of his baseball career.
In total, sixteen players have played in the States. Again, I have no idea how that compares to any kind of league average, but a 33% success rate seems reasonable enough.
Players who did not make the States
Player 2002 2003 2004 2005 Adonis Breton DSL DSL DSL Lewis Calderon DSL DSL DSL Elisandro Marrero DSL DSL Renan Ramos VSL DSL VSL Jose Sarmineto VSL VSL Felix Camilo DSL DSL Wilkins Guerrero DSL DSL Cesar Gutierrez VSL DSL Rene Jabalera DSL DSL Leonardo Moya DSL DSL Winfri Obisbo DSL DSL Arturo Almonte DSL Sergio Angula VSL Julio Blanco VSL Pedro Daza VSL Danny DeJesus DSL Mayron Isenia VSL Reymis Mola DSL Osiriz Perez DSL Manuel Robles DSL Ismael Rosario DSL Arturo Sais VSL Irving Sanchez DSL Jonathon Santana DSL Alexander Soriano DSL Antonio Tejada DSL Wilson Toribio DSL Victor Urena DSL Daneris Valdez DSL Julio Cesar Valdez DSL Fernando Veracierta DSL Argenis Zapata DSL
There are some funky names I kind of wish had made, but not much to really say about any of these players.
But the real reason I got off my butt and finished this up is because of a very interesting link I came across yesterday.
THT published an article looking at walk rates of Latin players.
Why walk off an island when you can hack your way to the MLB
The article itself is good, but I was especially interested in a link to a series of articles from the Denver Post about Latin baseball.
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I definitely recommend the whole series.
In case it eventually disappears I've pulled some factual tidbits that I might eventually want to reference.
Tidbits from DenPost series:
Since third-baseman Ozzie Virgil signed with the New York Giants of the National League in 1956 from this soil, 418 Dominican players have followed him to the major leagues, more than from any other country. Nearly 30 percent of players currently in the majors are from Latin America. Nearly one out of every seven players in the majors is from the Dominican Republic.
Their presence is dominant not only in the majors, but also in the minors: Of the 2,741 foreign-born players under minor-league contracts, 1,370 are Dominican. Venezuela is second with 772.
Nate Silver had an international baseball article with some similar figures.
Twenty-eight of the 32 major-league teams - the Rockies included - have baseball operations in the Dominican. Nearly $75 million was spent last year in the country by teams and players, MLB says.
Well, there are 32 teams in the NFL. I guess Denver is football town, no? I've always wanted to know what MLB as an industry spends in Latin America. I don't think it's 75M. That sounds like one of those phony economic impact studies that baseball always releases when they want a new taxpayer funded stadium. But I guess something like that could be an upper, upper estimate.
Signing bonuses for players who reach the major-league academies were as little as $2,000 in 1979 and $3,000 in 1994 but now average $30,000. The Rockies currently host 38 players at their academy, and their highest signing bonus dispensed is $625,000. The Yankees are regarded as the biggest spenders, known to have paid more than $1 million for some players.
On average 500 or so Domincans sign each year with major-league organizations. They live in the academies, hoping to make the leap to the United States to the minors en route to the majors.
This is very important information. How many players are signed each year? How much money do teams spend signing them? If you ever want to even estimate the value of Latin programs or expected rates of return you need these numbers as baselines.
If there are 500 players signed each year than each team signs about 17 players per year. From some other things I've nosed around and found that seems about right to me.
Roughly 500 players at ~30k per player would be a total cost of 15M. A few years ago when a handful of players got 7 figure bonuses I would have that that was low, but MLB seems to have squashed the high end of that market. I think only the Mets have exceeded the 500-700k range in the last couple of years so maybe 15-20M isn't a bad estimate. Last year MLB paid out over 125M in draft signing bonuses. If 25-30% of players come from Latin America and their cost is ~15% the cost of drafted players, then there's a ton of value to be reaped in Latin America. Small and mid-market teams that close their Latin academies to save money are just plain dumb.
Gordon Edes wrote a similar series on Domincan baseball a couple years ago (probably also called "beisbol"). I tried to google it, but couldn't find it. I did find an article from last summer that dealt with steroids in the Dominican. You might recall Ortiz was quite outspoken about spanish speaking players and steroid testing. That article included this tidbit:
As the money has gotten bigger -- a total of $14 million was distributed last year to 442 Dominican prospects, Farrey reports --
That would work out to an average bonus of 32k. Both in the number of players signed and the average bonus that agrees with the Denver Post series pretty well.
What the Rockies have accomplished in the five years since their academy opened is striking. Their budget has increased from $200,000 to $1.2 million. They also have an academy in Venezuela.
There are obviously infrustructre costs in Latin America beyond signing bonuses to the players. What kind of total costs are there for teams? Colorado is considered a middle of the pack team so maybe 1.2M is a decent estimate of the MLB average. At 1.2M per team MLB would be spending 36M in the Dominican. That seems more reasonable than the 75M figure from earlier. In one of his last Globe columns Gammons reported that the Sox were spending 400k in the Dominican so the Col progression from 200k to 1.2M seems reasonable to me.
The Rockies currently employ 59 Latin American players in their system, and 39 are from the Dominican Republic. Those numbers make them competitive with their peers. In this camp there are 39 players - 38 Latin American and 29 Dominican.
Sox had 48 players in the DSL and VSL. Col has 59 in their system which includes the full organization in the states and 39 in camp. "In camp" is a little ambigues because I think there are usually unsigned players in camp as well so I'm not sure how well that 39 cmpares to the Sox 48. But it seems like 40-50 is a pretty good estimate of how many players each team has under control at their academies.
Most of the players in this Rockies academy are age 20 and younger. They live nearly year-round at the complex. They play baseball there nearly year-round. They sign three-year contracts that cover their time to make it to the minors or, often, be released.
I've never seen a reference to any kind of minor leaguer signing a 3 year contract. Standard minor league contract is for one year with teams having the right to extend it until the player hits ml free agency.
OTOH, I had been under the impression that most Latin players get two years at most in the Latin leagues, but after looking around a bit it does seem that there is a decent chunk that do play 3 years. Now whether these 3 year players ever amount to anything or they're the functional acuivalent of 25th rd filler is a separate question.


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Senior co-captains, Weldon Ehlert (26:41) and Zac Yanis (26:56) led the pack of Bisons to a seventh place finish at the last meet of the season, the Atlantic-Sun Conference, held in Buis Creek at Campbell University.
Bisons Coach Karen Robichaud said the conference was exponentially more competitive this year with newcomers East Tennessee State and Kennesaw State both placing in the top three positions.
"The seventh place finish does not adequately reflect how well the men ran; each stuck to his game plan and finished with solid times," said Robichaud. "The bar has been raised; and we embrace the challenges that come with a better conference."
Jordan Wilson 27:06, Daniel Pelletier 28:11, Clint Carter 28:18 rounded out the top five scorers, running as a pack the rolling hills of 8K course.
Matt McWhirter 28:31, and Naeem Thompson 28:31 ended the season well with improvements over last years times.
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John and Cheryl Rambone of Peck Hill Road, Johnston, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on September 21, 1963 at St. Brigid's Church, Johnston. They have two sons, John Rambone, his wife Mary Jane) their children, Jenna and John, of Scituate, and Tim Rambone, his wife Susan, and their children, Tim, Antonio, Jack and Isabella, of Foster. A surprise party was held Sept. 21 at Tim's house in Foster surrounded by family and friends.
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Ogdensburg Builders Club members are hoping to send a little bit of home to soldiers serving overseas.
The group of seventh-and eighth-graders will be sending boxes of personal care items and other creature comforts to homesick soldiers in a platoon they adopted in Afghanistan for the duration of the soldiers deployment.
The club mailed its first box to Afghanistan Thursday.
Its good to help someone other than yourself, seventh-grader Jordan J. Snyder said. Its nice to be able to help people who protect you every day. I think its a great idea.
The platoon, called the Bandits, was deployed from Fort Drum two months ago. They provide ground support equipment repair by maintaining and repairing heaters, air conditioners, forklifts, fuel pumps, and water purification units at their base in the Paktika Province.
Some soldiers are also are responsible for maintaining electronics and communications at the base.
They are very important to the base, advisor Nancy Skelly said. They are responsible for making sure the place runs smoothly.
Packages containing items such as hand lotion and granola bars will be sent at least once a month.
Mrs. Skelly said the students will also keep in touch with the soldiers via email.
It feels good to help others who need more than we do, seventh-grader Christopher J. Bromley said. Its also feels good to give them something familiar from home, especially if they havent seen their family in a while.
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EAST CARBON - David Joe Lemon, age 59, passed away Feb. 2, 2013 at his home after a brave battle with health problems.
He was born Aug. 28, 1953 in Moab to Joseph and Opal Jackson Lemon. David was a longtime resident of Moab where he worked at several grocery stores in the area. As a longtime member of the Moab Elk's, David assisted with many community projects in the area. He shared a great love for the outdoors around Moab and spent years hunting and fishing with his family. After leaving Grand County, he made his home in East Carbon where he worked as a baker at the Price Wal-Mart. On May 14, 2009, he married Lynn Burton in Price and together they touched the lives of many.
David had a wonderful sense of humor and he brought great happiness to those around him. He loved to visit and never met a stranger. His unique personality and comforting ways enabled him to make friends with anyone. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
Survived by his wife, Lynn Lemon, East Carbon; daughter, Tabatha (Thomas) Sanchez, Lazear, Colo; step-children, Andrea Taylor, Raleigh, N.C., Kim (Mike) Smith, Tooele, Jeanette (Dale) Lund, Layton, Debbie (Todd) Byers, West Jordan, Matt Taylor, Sandy, Ross (Christina) Taylor, Roosevelt, Rachel (James) Melton, South Jordan; sister-in-law, Karen Lemon, Sunnyside; aunt, Ellesa Ekker, Moab; uncle, Jack (Rose) Jackson, Lincoln, NB; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins that will miss him dearly.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Jerry Lemon; granddaughter, Shaelynn Taylor; nephew, J L Lemon; and niece Karen Hopkins.
Funeral service, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, 10 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home (233 E. Main Street) in Price. Family will receive friends at Mitchell's Thursday evening from 6 - 7 p.m. and Friday one hour prior to services. Interment, Grand Valley Cemetery, Moab. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price where friends are welcome daily and may share memories of David online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.


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Spring is in the air, and much like a crop of little lambs, many of Hollywood's heads are getting shorn. Perhaps in reaction to the spate of celebs lining up for extensions or chocolate colored dye jobs, we've noticed a small-but-growing faction of fashionistas are rebelling against the status quo locks. Instead, gals like Michelle Williams, Selma Blair, and Victoria Beckham are taking a page from model Agyness Deyn's (above, far left) look book-cropping their hair to boyish proportions and busting out some serious bleach.
Perhaps this trend is an unconscious nod about which way the wind is blowing. From flappers in the 20's to mod models in the 60's it seems that ladies often flip for a big snip-snip during tumultuous times. While we're personally devotees of long locks, we tip our hats to the courageous (and lets face it, beautiful because the cut's unforgiving) ladies who are bringing back the neck as an erogenous zone.
In 1988, Joan Juliet Buck mused about short hair in Vogue, writing, "Short hair removes femininity and replaces it with style." We're not sure about the former, but we do think it shows great style that when Selma Blair lopped it all off, she then donated her hair to the children's charity Locks of Love. Now that's some shorn supremacy!
Ready to take the leap? It seems that most of the above mention celebs turn to Chris McMillan's eponymous salon to get their gamine on. McMillan gave Selma her original short style and also is responsible for Michelle Williams' cut. Victoria Beckham's hair is cropped by British haircutting duo Ben Cooke and Jonathan Long, but got blonded by Chris McMillan's Johnny Ramirez. As for Pink's platinum do? Yup, you guessed it, the Chris McMillan Salon-again-where she visits Kristoff Ball.
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By RICHARD SHAWStaff reporter
The long discussed Carbonville Road project finally took it's first legitimate step into reality last Thursday night when property owners who attended a meeting at the Carbon County Courthouse unanimously voted by a show of hands to go ahead with the engineering study on the road improvements.
"This is what Carbon County people are all about," stated CCommissioner Mike Milovich as the meeting was breaking up. "We have had other meetings like this on other things and while people always question what we are trying to do, once we talk with them and explain it they are very reasonable and down to earth."
Since a letter signed by Commissioner Bill Krompel went out a couple of weeks ago, rumors around town had described the proposed project in a number of ways.
The undercurrents indicated that many residents were wary of the project and many said they just didn't want it to happen.
But if that was true, the information given out at the meeting must have assuaged their worries to the point where in the end, the near 70 people attending supported the project.
The program began with Krompel describing the need for the project and how it could come about if residents wished it to.
"There are 450 miles of roads in the county," Krompel told the gathering. "About 150 miles of them are paved, 150 are gravel and 150 are dirt. Not counting the coal haul roads, Carbonville Road is our busiest one."
Krompel went on to explain the concept the county had for the road and how it could be funded.
"Once you've heard this presentation, if you don't want these improvements, let us know and we will work toward other road needs," he concluded.
The county has already secured some grant money for the project. Part of that money is for utility relocations that will need to be done which total $440,000, and another $150,000 for engineering.
Creamer and Noble Engineering has already been secured to plan the project and were there with a presentation about the details.
"The original road was built many years ago and of course as many of you know, was the old Highway 6 before the by-pass road was built," explained Jim Snyder of the engineering firm. "In it's present form, the road is only up to the federal highways standards of the 1950s. It is basically substandard by todays criterion."
Snyder showed a depiction of how the road would look if it were built as the firm envisions it. There would be two, 11 foot traffic lanes with a 12 foot center turn lane. There would be six foot shoulders on each side.
On the east side, there would be a two and a half foot curb and gutter. On the west side of the road, there would also be a similar gutter as well as a five foot sidewalk.
Snyder told the group that there are a number of things that need to change to make the redesign eligible for federal highway funds, which is what the county is figuring on to fund the project.
First of all ,there can be no obstructions within 10 to 15 feet of the roadway. Right now, there are some places where poles and structures exist within five feet of the road.
Power poles are the biggest problem in this area of concern. The new project would relocate all the poles on the west side of the road, because once the right of way is secured from the railroad for improvements on the east side, the poles can no longer be located there.
Snyder pointed out that the sidewalk portion of the project would not be covered by federal funding, so the county would have to come up with a way to take care of that.
Recently, county employees staked the line where the back of the sidewalk would rest so residents could evaluate how their propertiew would be affected on the entire three mile project.
"For some people, this affects their property more than others," explained Snyder. "But we will replace fences that must be torn down and if you have irrigation now, you will have it after we are done. We will also put in concrete driveway accesses where every driveway is in place now."
As for a time table of design and construction, Snyder told the group the company was aiming to have the engineering done by April of next year and then the county could request the funding needed to do the entire project.
He thought some of the construction could start as early as next summer, but the bulk of it would be done in 2004 with some stretching into 2005.
Also at the meeting was Reed Noble, one of the partners in the firm. He told the group that the main reasons for the meeting was to see how residents felt about the project and to secure right-of-ways for it.
"We cannot even start on this until we have every right-of-way along the project in hand," stated Noble. "We have the railroad whom we are negotiating with on the east side and nearly 70 property owners on the west side who need to give us permission before anything can be done."
He also presented the funding scenario for the project. Besides the money already secured the actual construction funds that would need to be applied for include $3,197,800,000 for the actual construction.
The non-eligible for federal funds part of the project would cost $230,000 and the county would have to come up with a matching fund of $277,200. That means Carbon County would contribute a little over a half million dollars.
It was pointed out by using this type of funding, the county would not have to form a special service district and that property taxes would not go up to build the project.
Noble, however, warned the group that because of the increased value the road project will lend to properties in the area, their assessments could rise.
Milovich also pointed out that with improved roads, often comes development, which may increase the numbers and types of homes built in the area. That could also raise property values.
Following the presentations, the meeting was opened for questions. During the next 45 minutes, county officials and the engineers answered more than 30 inquiries from the audience.
The major topics that were covered at the meeting included the following:
The difference between easements and rights of way was explained. The county is asking for rights of way from the stakes that have been placed to the middle of the road.
Some of the property lines in the area are somewhat jumbled. Therefore, some residents own right to the middle of the existing road and others do not own the property in front of their homes near the road.
The easement the county is requesting is a 10 foot path behind the sidewalk for the placement of utilities.
Some residents were concerned that they did not have 10 feet left behind the proposed sidewalk for an easement.
Milovich explained that an easement is different than a right of way in that if the county or a utility company must tear something down or remove something, it must be returned to the previous condition after the construction is completed.
The question of who was responsible for snow removal on the sidewalks came into question.
Generally, the removal of snow on sidewalks in residential areas falls on the property owner, even though they don't really own the sidewalk. However, in the area of Carbonville Road there are a number of property owners who will have long expanses of sidewalk, up to a quarter mile.
While there was a lot of discussion on the issue, there was no resolution regarding the liability for the walkways.
The question of drainage also come up.
Residents pointed out that right now much of the water runs off the road into irrigation ditches and onto lawns.
Noble pointed out that in the design that will be done, that issue will be addressed but right now, since that hasn't been done, there is no way to tell where the water will drain too.
In many places on Carbonville Road, there are ditches and risers that are used for irrigation water. Residents wondered what would happen with those improvements.
Noble pointed out that most of it would have to be piped with provisions made to release the water where it is needed.
Questions arose then about piping the whole thing and Milovich brought up the fact that the canal in that area is in private hands and that the county water conservation manager has been working with them to do just that with some money from the federal government. How soon that could be done or if the canal company even wants to do it for sure is still up in the air.
Some people wondered about where the counties match of a half a million dollars will come from. Milovich told the group that the county already had the money put away, so it wouldn't be a problem coming up with the funding.
Some residents were concerned that the improvements on the road might affect the school bus service. Krompel said that he would contact the school district about the situation and ask them not to change service because of the road project.
Some business owners along the route were concerned about access to their properties. A few have large trucks pulling in and out constantly and driveway accesses alone would not be large enough to accommodate those vehicles.
The engineers assured these businesses that a "low curb" would be used in those areas where large vehicle accesses were needed. That allows vehicles to pull through the gutters without having to bump up over curbs.
Utility questions also arose. Some wondered why the power and utilities couldn't all go underground, but Noble explained that to place power underground costs four times as much as to put it overhead.
The question of fire hydrants also came up with residents telling officials that in some areas there are hardly any hydrants at all.
Krompel told the group that fire hydrants are part of what the Price River Water Improvement District took care of.
"The county is not in the water business," he told the group. "However, the county will pay for the hydrants if PRWID will put them in."
Questions on mailboxes and street lights were also broached by the audience.
Nobles told the group that provisions for proper mailbox placement will be made within the project.
The street light issue has been an ongoing one for years on Carbonville Road. Some residents wondered if, instead of a sidewalk, street lights could be put in.
Krompel said that was an option, but nothing definitive was discussed on the issue.
Another concern some residents had was that their homes and buildings wouldn't meet set back codes if the road was reconstructed the way it is proposed.
Noble said that any pre-existing buildings would be grandfathered in so residents would not have to make changes.
Some residents were also concerned that if the road is improved, Price city might want to annex the area.
"The codes say that if you want to be excluded from an annexation, you can be," explained Milovich. "There is an example in Spring Canyon where a homeowner didn't want to be part of a Helper annexation and that home is still part of the county. It is a county island within Helper."
After the residents supported the project by a raise of hands, the engineers and county officials had the paperwork necessary for property owners or sign off rights of way and easements, and most residents came up and signed the necessary documents to give the go ahead for the project.


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About Your 2015 Proposed Property Tax Notice
In November, every Minneapolis property owner is mailed a notice detailing their proposed property taxes for 2015. Here you will find additional information to answer questions you may have based on your own property tax notices.
Reading Your Proposed 2015 Property Tax Notice
Even though you receive one property tax "bill," you pay property taxes to several taxing authorities. While there are several jurisdictions listed on your statement, the three largest portions taxing authorities are Hennepin County (28 percent), Minneapolis Public Schools (26 percent), and the City of Minneapolis (43 percent).
Understanding Your 2015 City Property Taxes
Why is my overall property tax bill changing at a different rate than the City's levy change?
Currently, the proposed property tax levy will increase by 2.4 percent over 2014. However, not everyone's property tax bill will increase by the same rate. There are several factors that could have an impact on your property tax bill:
- Individual property value - If your property's value increased or decreased, it will affect the amount of property taxes you owe. Rising property values increase the taxable amount of your property and decreasing property values lower the taxable amount of your property.
- Value of other properties in the City – If the total value of other property in the City rises faster than the value of your property, more of the burden of the property tax levy will be on those properties and your taxes will go down. If the total value of other property in the City rises more slowly than the value of your property, your property will bear more of the burden of the property tax levy, and your taxes will go up.
- Value of properties within Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts – TIF is a development tool which segregates most of the value of properties within TIF districts from the City's property tax base. When the city increases or decreases the number and value of properties within TIF districts, this affects the property tax burden payable by all property taxpayers within the City.
- Tax rate – The values of properties across the city are increasing, and the amount the City is levying is decreasing. Because of this, most properties will see a reduction in the City's portion of their property tax bill.
- Homestead Market Value Exclusion – The Homestead Market Value Exclusion program reduces the amount of taxable values on certain homes. The program is not a credit, but rather a means of reducing the amount of the value on certain homes that is subject to property taxes. You'll notice the difference between "market value" and "taxable value" on your proposed property tax notice that is attributable to this program.
- Other jurisdictions' tax increases – The Minneapolis Public Schools and Hennepin County portions of your property tax bill may also change this year. The school district proposed an increase in its levy from 2014 by 4.5 percent and Hennepin County's proposed increase is 2.75 percent.
Public Hearings
The Minneapolis City Council is considering the Mayor's budget proposal and will vote to adopt a final 2015 budget on Dec. 10, 2014. Before that vote, there will be two public hearings for the public to comment on the 2015 budget proposal:
- 6:05 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, Room 317, City Hall
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Spring Showcase 2010: Exploring Learning Management Systems (LMS): Past, Present, Future (April 8)
Thu Apr 8, 2010 9:30am - 1:30pm @ Southwest Forest Science Complex, Room 17
During this showcase, we will look at how pedagogy has led the evolution from Course Management Systems (CMS) to more dynamic Learning Management Systems (LMS), Personal Learning Environments (PLE), and Open Learning Networks (OLN). By Fall 2010, the NAU community will decide on a replacement for Blackboard Vista, our current learning management system. This showcase explores some alternatives.
The morning sessions include descriptions of some new teaching resources for faculty, and Drs. Chih Tu and Michael Blocher of the College of Education will describe how they have extended a traditional CMS for an Open Learning Environment by using free and open social networks. In the afternoon, we will offer a preview of the new Blackboard Learn and Moodle, two tools being considered as possible solutions for NAU's dynamic teaching environment. Attend individual sessions, or join us for all sessions.
WelcomeDon Carter, Director of the e-Learning Center
Academic Integrity TutorialBeyond the LMS: What Else Can e-Learning Do For You?
Presenter: Dr. John Doherty (Instructional Designer, e-Learning Center)
Getting You and Your Students Off to a Good Start in Your Course
Presenters: Dr. Sue Pieper (Assessment Specialist, e-Learning Center)
Thinking about Doing Teaching and Learning Research in Your Course?Presenters: Dr. Paula Garcia-McAllister (Human Protections Coordinator, Office of the VP for Research) with Matt Minister (Lead Instructional Technologist) and Dr. Sue Pieper (Assessment Specialist) of the e-Learning Center
What's All the Hullabaloo about Course Management Systems (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Personal Learning Environments (PLE), and Open Learning Networks (OLN)?
Presenter: Don Carter (Director, e-Learning Center)
10:30 - 11:30
Is the Course Management System Dead? Open Network Learning Environments for College TeachingPresenters: Dr. Chih Tu and Dr. Michael Blocher (Education Technology Faculty, College of Education) and Educational Technology doctoral students, Moussa Tankari and Bodi Anderson
11:30 - noon
Modest refreshments and beverages. Bring your brown bag lunch.
A Preview of the new Blackboard Learn and Moodle (Two Possible LMS Replacements for NAU)Presenters: Dan Stoffel (Assistant Director), Erin Shelley (LMS Administrator), Linda Neff (Instructional Technologist), and Sharon Gorman (Lead Instructional Technologist) of the e-Learning Center


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BUFFALO, NY - Health insurance companies and hospitals in Western New Yorkare reacting to the Supreme Court's ruling on President Obama's health care plan.
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, the largest health insurer in Western New York, says they are "committed to adhering to the United States Supreme Court's ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"For more than 75 years, we have been committed to provide high-quality health care coverage, offering security and stability to our members," said BlueCross BlueShield President and CEO Alphonso O'Neil-White."As we continue to implement the law, we will work with policymakers to resolve provisions in the Affordable Care Act that result in increased costs. On behalf of our BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York members, we will continue to lead efforts in local communities -- partnering with doctors, nurses, hospitals, and others -- to help people stay well, control costs, improve quality and better manage their care when they need it.
"We've seen many changes in health care over the years. The one thing that hasn't changed -- and will not change -- is our commitment to providing our members security and stability when it comes to their health care."
Kaleida Health, which is the largest health care provider in WNY, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court decision to uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act:
"Now that the Supreme Court has announced its decision, we must move forward as a nation," saidJames R. Kaskie, the president and CEO of Kaleida Health. "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA; Public Law 111-148), while controversial and complex, has helped engender a national debate and discussion about the need to change our health care system. Simply put, we must continue to find ways to improve quality and access while reducing cost and variation in care.
"Here in Western New York, we are building a healthier future. We continue to work with our physicians, nurses, and staff to revolutionize and re-engineer our health care delivery system. Together, we are creating centers of excellence, eliminating duplication, right-sizing, and most importantly, improving the quality of care for the patients we serve."


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President Obama has some company he might not want among world leaders condemning the bombing attack at Monday's Boston Marathon. Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (shown in photo) on Wednesday condemned the bombings that left three dead thus far and more than 170 injured, including 17 reported to be in critical condition. But Iran's top leader also chided the United States for killing innocent civilians in drone attacks in several Middle East countries. The ayatollah's remarks came during an address in Tehran to the nation's military leaders, the Associated Press reported.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, which follows the logic of Islam, is opposed to any bombings and killings of innocent people no matter if it is in Boston, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria and condemns it," Khamenei said. But the Muslim cleric also criticized what he called the "contradictions" and "lack of logic" in Western civilization.
"What kind of logic is this that if children and women are killed by Americans in Afghanistan and Pakistan and by U.S.-backed terrorists in Iraq and Syria is not a problem, but if a bombing happens in the U.S. or another Western country, the whole world should pay the cost?" he asked in comments he also posted on his website. "Western civilization is on the verge of collapse and downfall because of contradictions, lack of logic, coercions and lack of care for human principles," he said.
The ayatollah's charge of a double standard is not likely to carry much weight in Washington or other Western capitals, however, where Iran is regarded as a key ally and financial supporter of organizations like Hamas and Hezzbollah that have carried out terrorist attacks in Israel, Palestine and other parts of the Middle East. Iran is also the main ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose regime, like Iran's, is included on the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism. The United States has been indirectly supporting the rebel war against the Assad regime, while Iran has been supplying the Damascus government with weapons and other material support.
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This emphasis, on creating a positive impact on society, is called corporate social responsibility a grand title, perhaps, but one which means that we care about and consider how we can interact positively with the environment and those around us.
Customers feel at home with those who treat them with respect and behave responsibly; employees quite rightly want to feel proud of the company for which they work and to have the opportunity to develop as individuals; investors also value companies which support their local communities in a positive way.
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Women's Tennis Player Hartjes Named Goldwater Scholar
OMAHA, Neb. – In the same week that she was named BIG EAST Women's Tennis Player of the Week, Creighton women's tennis player Jennie Hartjes earned recognition off the court as a 2014 Goldwater Scholar in recognition of her academic achievements in the natural sciences.
Hartjes is just one of three Creighton students to attain the scholarship this year that provides up to $7,500 annually for undergraduate study. Creighton has had 15 Goldwater scholars in the past 11 years.
A junior from St. Paul, Minn., Hartjes is majoring in biochemistry and hopes to earn a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry, conduct research in molecular nutrition and teach at a university level.
Her research project has focused on creating dental materials that can help prevent the demineralization of tooth enamel. She has worked on formulating microcapsules to add to dental materials, such as toothpaste, that can release ions to prevent tooth decay.
Hartjes is also the co-captain of the women's tennis team, a member of the Honors Program, a CURAS ambassador and a volunteer for Tennis Buddies (a Special Olympics program in Nebraska).
The Goldwater Foundation is a federally endowed agency established by Public Law 99-661 on November 14, 1986. The scholarship program honoring Senator Barry M. Goldwater was designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields.
On the tennis courts Hartjes achieved a perfect record in the month of March. She went 6-0 in both and doubles all at the No. 1 position, with the exception of one doubles match. Those records led to BIG EAST Conference honors earlier this week.
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What's going to happen to the B-Mets?
According to the Ottawa Citizen, the Binghamton Mets of the Eastern League will be bought and moved to Ottawa for the 2013 season, and the new owners would pursue an affiliation agreement with the Blue Jays which would go into effect at the same time.
If the deal goes through, the current B-Mets owners are expected to purchase the Class-A Batavia Muckdogs of the New York-Penn League, which is not affiliated with the Mets (the Brooklyn Cyclones are their New York-Penn League affiliate).
The Mets affiliation agreement with the Binghamton club expires after 2012 and, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, their Double-A affiliate could be in New Britain, Connecticut beginning in 2013. The Mets have been affiliated with Binghamton since 1992.
However, B-Mets President Michael Urda told the Binghamton Press-Sun Bulletin:
"The Binghamton Mets have not been sold, and we have not been contacted by anyone interested in our club," Urda angrily said. "There's 12 teams in the Eastern League and we have to address it every single week … Enough's enough."
In September, 2006, the Mets announced their 38-year relationship with the Tidewater/Norfolk Tides had concluded, and that they had reached a two-year affiliation agreement with the New Orleans Zephyrs for their Triple-A team. After the conclusion of that agreement in 2009, the Mets signed a two-year agreement with Buffalo and became affiliated with the Buffalo Bisons. In 2010, that agreement was extended through the 2012 season.
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voting system is the WORST thing in QL, servers are empty!!!
- you will get decent choice after each map (probably you'll select like 3-5 maps you think are good enough)
- /callvote map campgrounds will work on that server
- you can force any vote with a simple F1/F2 (including shuffle votes)
- even though I'm spawning my servers as "my skill", they get promoted to new accounts and newbies with 0 playtime (so-called "walk mode" players) join them. It's sad having to kick them out.
I'm running standard TDM pubs like that and on weekends they tend to survive 16 hours straight without me being there even.
You ruins the game with the new update. I never play again!!!no only callvote change,the gameplay is changed to.
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The Wishbone 45"/4sp thread
I have visited and became a member on a couple of other forums, so some of you will know about my project. I am gathering information and learning all I can about something I have let set for far too long. I will try to keep my thread here on subject and not focus on the 'restoration' aspect, but more of a preservation for now.
I am pretty much as dumb as they come here. I have very limited time turning wrenches on a Harley. Rebuilding the carb on a 92 FXDC, the linkert on this bike, and replacing fork seals on my buds sporty is about as far as I have went.
Thats about to change. I have some reading material on order- Palmers book, shop books, ect...
I do have some background with tools and the internal combustion engine- mostly from being an auto tech (mostly GM stuff).
So here is my morph, as I purchased it on that day.
There are some cool things going on here- some of them I knew about when I bought it, some I have just learned about.
I have tons of pictures in my photobucket account. Feel free to have a peek.
At this point the bike does not run. I do not have spark. The carb needs cleaned + gaskets ect. I am not sure of the compression.
I have heard it run- that was 1999. It turns over and has some 'whoof' when the plugs are out. The air pressure is enough to pass by my thumb.
So Cotten has stated I need to clean / inspect the ignition- I could use some pointers. (I printed the info from the BOS web page)
The carb will be pretty straight forward.
Aside from possible low compression I should be able to get some noise out of the pipes once the carb and ignition are in known working order.
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Barry Switzer sold Chuck Fairbanks on the wishbone-T — a tough sell; Fairbanks was up all night deciding whether to OK a midseason change in offenses — and then Fairbanks had to sell his Sooner ballplayers.
Oklahoma football: Chuck Fairbanks made a game-changing move
They thought the same thing most people would think. Then or now.
"Well, of course, everybody's first thought was, 'This is nuts,'" said Eddie Foster, a redshirting sophomore who eventually would become an All-American offensive tackle, thanks in large part to the splendor of a newfangled offense.
Nuts it was. But madness and genius, desperation and boldness, are not so far apart.
The man who pulled the trigger on the wishbone, changing the course of OU and college football history, died Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 79. Brain cancer got Fairbanks, which is a surprise to all who remember how tough he was.
"I just lost a dear friend," said Steve Owens, who as an I-formation tailback for Fairbanks won the Heisman Trophy in 1969. "He fought cancer like he fought everything. He fought it tough."
Nobody who wasn't tough dare would have risked the absurdity of changing offenses during an off week, like Fairbanks did in late September 1970, when the Sooners were a sluggish 2-1 and "Chuck Chuck" bumperstickers were all the rage around the state.
But Fairbanks and Switzer and the rest of that grand old staff withstood the growing pains of the wishbone and lived to see the fruits. By season's end, OU had quite the offense. By 1971, OU had the greatest offense the sport ever had seen. Over the next 10 years, two coached by Fairbanks before Switzer succeeded him, the Sooners went 105-11-2. Over the next 18 years, through the end of the wishbone era, the Sooners were 179-31-4.
And Fairbanks' role in the Oklahoma Renaissance often is underappreciated, if not flat out forgotten.
"I think sometimes we forget what a great coach he was, because he was sandwiched between some pretty great coaches," Owens said.
Fairbanks spent only six years as the OU head coach. He left in January 1973 to take over the New England Patriots. Probably a career mistake, though Fairbanks transformed what had been a sleepy NFL franchise.
But Fairbanks' imprint on the Sooner program remains unassailable, even 40 years later.
"He was willing to take a chance," Foster said. "Now that I'm as old as I am, I just appreciate that more and more."
Switzer says he actually tried to get Fairbanks to install the wishbone in spring practice 1970. The Sooners left the I formation, all right, but installed the Houston veer, which Fairbanks was familiar with from his days with Bill Yeoman at the University of Houston.
"We'd have been as good in '70 as we were in '71," Switzer said.
And Switzer always has said the move to the 'bone in the off week before the Texas game was a no-brainer. That the staff had nothing to lose.
Fairbanks never bought that theory. "Tell Barry that's easier'n hell for him to say," Fairbanks told me back in the '90s. "He didn't have to make the choice. I didn't sleep too good making that one. It was a big game, a tremendous gamble. I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."
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After the success of the Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, a world-class horticulture expo to celebrate the auspicious occasions of HM King Bhumibol's 60th anniversary of his accession to the throne and his 80th birthday in 2006-2007, Thai Cabinet decided to maintain the condition of the park as the newest travel destination of Chiang Mai.
The Royal Park Ratchaphruek sits in Mae Hia sub-district and covers an area of 240,000 square meters, divided into different zones you need to spend the whole day here. Perched at the center is an authentic Lanna architecture of Ho Kham Luang Royal Pavilion where a painting exhibition about the life and works King Bhumibol is displayed inside. Visitors should not miss to visit the Orchid Garden to see rare orchids and International Gardens to hop into different styles of gardens curated by different participating countries, such as South Korea, China, Japan and Bhutan, to represent their cultures. Other zones include the World of Insects, Rare Plants and Corporate Zone. Trams are provided and do bring an umbrella as it can be really hot during the day.
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It's official! And there's video to prove it. Geocachers didn't just double the 2008 Leap Day totals – they combined to make Leap Day 2012 the biggest day in geocaching history. More geocachers logged caches on Leap Day 2012 than any other day in the 11-year history of the GPS-powered treasure hunting adventure. The previous all-time record was set on October 10, 2010 or 10-10-10. On that date 78,313 distinct accounts logged a cache.
As of 2:30pm PST on March 7, 2012 –
83,516 …geocaching accounts logged caches on Leap Day 2012. All told, geocachers logged nearly 300,000 finds and logs on Leap Day.
The old record of unique accounts logging geocaches has been beat by more than 5000.
Congratulations to all the geocachers around the world who united to log a geocache February 29. Thank you to the organizers of more than 900 geocaching events around the world.
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Yippee! Good work geos!
Whoop Whoop….does this mean we get a special event icon like 10/10/10??
I had the pleasure of attending two Leap Day events. I got the icons for that. I think the organizers should get something special also. Maybe an orgainizing icon. Food for thought.
I hosted a meet and greet and had a great turn out! I was so excited to have as many people attend in the rural community we live in!
We hid a Leap Day thematic cache and ventured out to snag four.
Wonder how many total caches were logged as found?
What percentage of total geocaching accounts does 79,472 represent?
We will do a big event in 2016!!!
Yup. The souvenir should look suspiciously like the image on the iPhone in the blog post.
I knew there was something fishy here 😉
We should organize a 12/12/12 event!
What are the numbers for 2004??
February 29, 2012 will be a day I always remember. My father passed away at 8:43 PM after a 10 year battle with Alzheimer's. But, I did get out and find 14 Caches around Anaheim Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Angels. This is a two fold blessing. Dad was a 19 year season ticket holder for the Angels and mom and dad are the one's who introduced me to Geocaching. I have been caching since 2002 and today I finally hit 1,000. Mom and dad recorded over 1,100, most of them found with a Yellow Garmin eTrex, manually entering each cache coordinate and printing out what caches they were going to find. AH, the good ole days! So here is to you, mom and dad, and to Geocaching, both will live on!
Leap day was awesome -42 total caches – 4 events and 27 puzzles caches as part of the day!
Many of us enjoyed the Leap Day Festivities. A and I attended two events here in Colorado, (we live both in Chili, NY and Denver, CO–and love the caching communities in both places). And we picked up 9 non-event caches and traded quite a few TBs. And–like many others– we completed our quest to fill out the whole calendar year dates. (And we picked up the special coin as a tangible souvenir of this as well as the art souvenir that is now on our page). Thanks for making this such a special thing. Emotionally–it linked our communities of cachers with others throughout the world.
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The leaves fell off the trees and I lost all interest in getting dressed. My hair is uncooperative, except right before bed, and I am uneasy and nonplussed at most of my wardrobe. I suppose it is because this change in weather (that drab, sad period after there are no leaves and it is cold but snow has yet to grace us with its presence) coincides with terribly busy work schedules and Really Scary School Things (term papers and thesis proposals).
On the other hand, something about the kinds of clothes I so adored a year ago doesn't appeal to me so much these days. I'm cannot lie: I'm way into pants (even though the above picture is evidence of something else) and blouses and slightly uniform-ish, boyfriend-y, bookish things. And, you know, that effortless French thing with the pants and the neat-o jackets and shoes and all that on the women popping up on street-style blogs. It's always kind of scared me because I figured it involved a lot of natural ability to put things that are kind of slouchy but tailored together with a body type that doesn't necessarily border on the curvy, but it's what my inspiration folder is full of these days.
I still want to wear the ruffle blouses, and lord knows I get my grubby little hands on plenty of them, but I also want to wear cuffed jeans or a men's gingham shirt, and perhaps ignore the skirt for a while. I don't know if I can deal with prim these days, even though I still love it.
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Some days though, like today, I just toss on an old dress and a sweater and call it a day. I need a pair of flat oxfords. I found the perfect ones at Macy's, glorious things they were, so amazing that I could have cried. Then they sold out. They aren't even on the website anymore, and I pity myself. In the meantime I will have to pretend with some Bass penny loafers (once I exchange them for the correct size).


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Eric Breitenstein continued his rapid pace to the top as he backboned Wofford College to a huge victory on Saturday.
That effort, coupled with Appalachian State's loss at Georgia Sourthern, has given Wofford sole possession of first place in the Southern Conference standings. The Terriers (8-1 overall; 6-0 in the SoCon), own a half-game lead on ASU (8-1; 6-1 SoCon) for that No.1 seed. Those two square off at Kidd Brewer Stadium Saturday at 3 pm for the SoCon title.
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NEWPORT–What started out as a holiday tradition six years ago has now blossomed into two months of fundraising workouts to benefit oncology patients at the North Country Hospital.
Local fitness instructor Sharon Stewart has been hosting morning workouts at the Wellness Center on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's day to raise funds for patients that are fighting with cancer, and this year, with help from the hospital and the Wellness Center, she has expanded the workouts to every Sunday in November and December.
For the full story, see the Express on Monday 11-18-13.
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