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Top Tri-State sports moments of 2013
It wasn't just about the Reds and Bengals. Skiers, coaches and boxing champs also figured in the top local sports stories of 2013.
One And Done For Reds After Wild Card Loss
Baseball fans in the Tri-State looked at 2013 as the year for their Cincinnati Reds. Big names and big contracts led to even bigger expectations for the team's loyal backers.
For many, it was World Series or bust. Sadly for Redleg Nation, it was the latter when the Reds fell to the Pirates 6-2 in a one-and-done National League Wild Card game.
In front of a black-clad crowd savoring its first postseason game since 1992, Pittsburgh's Russell Martin homered twice and Francisco Liriano was dominant for seven innings. Marlon Byrd also went deep and Andrew McCutchen had two hits and reached base four times.
Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto struggled in his third start since coming off the disabled list. Cueto gave up four runs in 3 1-3 innings and appeared rattled by a raucous ballpark that taunted him by chanting his name.
Just like that, a 90-win season came to an end and cries for change erupted.
Reds Fire Longtime Skipper Dusty Baker
Despite three playoff appearances in four seasons, manager Dusty Baker's inability to get the Reds to the World Series cost him his job.
Baker, 64, was relieved Oct. 4, three days after his team lost the National League Wild Card game to Pittsburgh.
The final-week collapse sealed Baker's fate, Reds GM Walt Jocketty said in an interview with 9 On Your Side Sports Director John Popovich.
"Basically it was something that we had been talking about - just the way the team had been playing the last few weeks," Jocketty said after Baker was let go. "There were a number of other factors involved, but it was after losing the last six games and losing that playoff game when the final decision was made."
The Reds lost five straight to end the regular season, including the final three games of the season to the Pirates, costing them a chance at home-field advantage in the wild-card game. The sixth straight loss is what ultimately sealed Baker's fate.
When Popovich asked if Jocketty thought the Reds hadn't played up to their capabilities under Baker in 2013, the GM replied:
"The one thing I want to make clear is we're very appreciative of what Dusty was able to do here in the last six years and getting us into the postseason, but I think we felt it was time for a change and go in a different direction because we just didn't feel like there was enough from the players the last few weeks of the season. I think it was evident a change was probably needed. I think there's certainly enough blame to go around."
Baker took over a rebuilding team in 2008 and led the club to three 90-win seasons and three playoff appearances in the last four years, their best run since Sparky Anderson managed the Big Red Machine to two World Series titles in the 1970s.
However, the lack of playoff success built pressure for change.
Pitching coach Bryan Price was named manager in late October.
Can Bengals Ditch 'Bungles' Moniker In Playoffs?
Tired of being called the "Bungles?" It's time to earn it, Bengals.
You haven't won a playoff game in more than two decades and have arguably your best team in history, so it's time to show up this postseason.
To the delight of fans, coach Marvin Lewis managed to guide a youthful roster into the playoffs in each of the past two seasons. Now, though, the expectations have changed. You're the AFC North champions and it's time to act like it.
No first-round flameouts. No more watching the NFL playoffs on TV. No more causing fans to grumble about your inability to win (or even get to) the Big Game.
The Bengals (11-5) haven't won a playoff game since the 1990 season, the longest current streak of futility and seventh-longest in NFL history. But they're favored to end the drought on Sunday when they host the San Diego Chargers (9-7), a team they beat 17-10 a month ago.
This team is in better shape than any of Lewis' previous ones to make a playoff run. The defense is ranked No. 3 in the league. The offense ranks 10th in the league -- and it's even better at home. They've scored 49, 41, 42, 42 and 34 points in the past five home games, according to the Associated Press.
"I feel better about this team going into the playoffs than I ever have," safety Chris Crocker told the AP. "When we show up and we want to play, we're hard to beat. We're really hard to beat...You don't just win 11 games by getting lucky."
Is this team lucky? Who Dey Nation hopes we won't find out the answer to this question until 2014.
Associated Press content was used in this portion of the story.
High School Football Is King In The Tri-State
There were several crowns handed out to Ohio football teams during the 2013 high school playoffs.
Moeller quarterback Gus Ragland accounted for eight touchdowns and 16 Division I state championship game records fell as fifth-ranked Moeller (14-1) held on for a wild 55-52 win over sixth-ranked Mentor (13-2) at Canton Fawcett Stadium. The Crusaders are back-to-back state champs and have won nine titles in program history.
Ragland was big for Moeller all year. His efforts earned him recognition as the Division I offensive player of the year in Ohio.
Loveland scored five touchdowns in the first half and took a 34-0 halftime lead on the way to a 41-23 rout of Cleveland Glenville to win the Ohio Division II championship and cap an undefeated season in the snow at Fawcett Stadium.
This was the first state title for a Loveland team in any sport, and Tigers fans came out in big numbers to show their support. The school sold 2,500 tickets for the game.
Clinton-Massie won its second straight Ohio Division IV football title when Bayle Wolf's third touchdown run with 1:10 left lifted the Falcons to a hard-fought 27-21 win over Youngstown Mooney in a snowstorm at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.
In Kentucky, two teams made it to the state final round but were unable to close out the season with victories. Among them was perennial powerhouse Highlands, which saw its run of six straight championships come to an end. It took one of the most memorable finishes in finals' history to snap it.
Collins, in only its fourth year of existence, upset Highlands 37-34 in front of 2,997 fans in the Russell Athletic/KHSAA Class 4A championship game in Bowling Green, Ky.
With Collins facing fourth down at the Highlands 12, no timeouts and only 13 seconds left, starting QB Lawson Page was forced off the field because his helmet came off on the previous play. So back-up quarterback Browning Becherer took center stage. Becherer took the shotgun snap and fired a bullet touchdown pass to Nathan Sames for the winning score with seven seconds left.
The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds came up one game short in their bid to repeat as Kentucky Class 2A state champions. They were defeated by the DeSales Colts 34-26 at Feix Field, Houchens/LT Smith Stadium.
After scoring 34 or more points in eight straight contests and winning nine straight games, NewCath's (10-5) offense sputtered at times.
Dale Mueller Loses Final Game, Goes Out A Champion
After setting the all-time Kentucky mark for consecutive state championships and winning a record 11 states titles in 20 seasons, Highlands football coach Dale Mueller decided to call it quits.
Mueller, 59, said he would remain the athletic director and advanced placement physics teacher through 2014-15.
"I decided last December that this season was going to be my last season, and I told my family and I told the administration at Highlands that this was going to be last year," Mueller said.
Mueller coached at Cincinnati Withrow and Sycamore before taking over the helm at Highlands in 1994. He finished his career with 309 total wins and a 250-36 record (.874) in Kentucky.
Highlands' win in the state semifinals at Lexington Catholic made him the 19th coach in state history to reach the 250-win mark. The Bluebirds lost, 37-34, in the state championship on Dec. 7 to finish his final campaign 13-2.
Highlands had set the state record for consecutive championships in 2012 by winning its sixth straight. Mueller's mark of 11 overall titles leads all Kentucky coaches, as he is one ahead of Louisville Trinity coach Bob Beatty.
"I'm 59 years old and I just don't have the energy to do the job that I think you should do as a high school coach and still do the rest of my job as a teacher and a father and a grandfather," Mueller said. "I just don't have the energy I had when I was 40."
Conference shakeup for UC, Xavier
Seven Catholic schools split off from the old Big East to form a basketball league, retaining the name and looking to add schools. Xavier was one of them.
In March, the Jesuit university officially announced its move to the rebranded Big East. In July, the city of Cincinnati celebrated the step up in competition by the boys and girls in blue with two special events in downtown -- one at Fountain Square and the other at Great American Ball Park during a Reds game.
While championed by some, the move was criticized by others, most of whom reside in Clifton.
Some feared the Musketeers wouldn't be able to continue their basketball success. Others feared the athletic programs at the University of Cincinnati would take an involuntary step backward.
With the move by Xavier, the University of Cincinnati was left in the awkward position of not knowing what its future would look like.
In May, UC announced it would be part of the American Athletic Conference. The league consisted of remaining members of the old Big East.
Besides UC, the American consists of Rutgers, Louisville, South Florida, Connecticut, Temple, Central Florida, Memphis, Houston and SMU.
Rutgers and Louisville will leave after 2013-14 and Tulane, Tulsa and East Carolina will join in 2014. Navy is set to become the 12th member in 2015.
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Cincinnati Native Chane Behanan Dismissed From Louisville Year After Winning National Title
Just months after helping the Louisville Cardinals win a national championship over Michigan, Cincinnati native Chane Behanan was dismissed from the team.
"He just did not do the right thing over and over and over," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said of Behanan, who graduated from Bowling Green High School after transferring from Aiken High School.
Pitino didn't specify Behanan's wrongdoing.
"I want to apologize for letting down my family, teammates, coaches, [athletic director] Tom Jurich, this university and the Louisville fans," Behanan said in a statement released by the university.
He also tweeted that he "will forever miss this place" and that it was "good while it lasted."
Behanan began the season on suspension and was not permitted to practice or even to live in the dorms with his teammates.
At the time, Pitino said the 6-foot-6, 250-pound forward was "more interested in Chane the man than Chane the basketball player."
He ended up missing one game before returning. Jurich warned him this was his final chance to remain on the team, multiple sources reported.
Behanan apparently exhausted that chance a dozen games later. He was informed roughly 24 hours after the Cardinals had fallen to rival Kentucky that he would no longer be wearing a Louisville uniform due to a violation of an unspecified team rule.
Associated Press content was used in this portion of the story
Local Skier Likely To Serve As Standout On U.S. Winter Olympic Team
Local skier Nick Goepper made himself a virtual lock for the U.S. Olympic team with his second-place finish at the U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle skiing contest.
Goepper, who grew up skiing at Perfect North, the 300-foot "mountain" in Lawrenceburg, Ind., scored 89.2 - 3.6 shy of winner Andreas Haatveit of Norway.
Just one week earlier he won an Olympic selection event. Combined with this second-place finish, it would be nearly impossible for him not to qualify.
Adrien Broner Loses Title, Wins in Court of Law
Heavily favored Adrien Broner was overpowered by Marcos Maidana in a late December title fight in San Antonio. The punishing defeat cost the Cincinnati native his WBA welterweight championship.
The 24-year-old Cincinnati native was knocked down twice en route to a unanimous decision loss at the Alamodome. It was his first loss in 28 fights.
Broner ran out of the ring after the judges' scores of 115-110, 116-109 and 117-109 were read off.
"I'm OK. I'm still the three-time world champion in three different weight classes," Broner said after the fight. "Tonight, Maidana was just the better man, but we fought a hell of a fight. I hope the fans got what they deserved. ... I'm still going to live like we won the fight. I'm still going to party."
While it's not much of a consolation prize, Broner was victorious in a court of law several days later.
Court records show a misdemeanor assault charge against him was dismissed Dec. 19, the day he was scheduled for trial in Hamilton County Municipal Court.
Attorney William Welsh said the man who accused Broner of punching him in the face in May 2012 did not show up for the trial. Welsh contends the alleged assault never took place.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Yesterday's rally could easily have been a paper-shuffling exercise ahead of tomorrow's FOMC meeting. There appears to be some evidence that popular shorts were being squeezed and that quant models of various description are once again coming under the cosh. Macro Man's own equity RV trade, the large cap/small cap trade, has given back all of its monthly gains and now is sitting slighty in the red for 2008. However, he still believes the rationale behind the trade. He'll give it another day to unwind, and then look to pull the trigger on adding tomorrow ahead of the Fed.
What made yesterday's stock market rally curious was the execrable set of macro data that accompanied it. New home sales, and there's no other way to put this, sucked. Not only were the sales figures the lowest in a dozen years, but those weak figures came in the context of tumbling prices as well. While the median sales price data is subject to significant distortions, dependent as it is on the geographic and value mix of the monthly sales, it is nevertheless telling that the y/y figure fell nearly 15%, the lowest since at least 1970. And the monthly supply of unsold homes made a new cyclical high as well. So naturally, the homebuilders spiked higher yesterday.
Anyone not believing the "quants getting squeezed" explanation for yesterday's action might instead offer the explanation that the data was so weak that it has cemented a 50 bp rate cut tomorrow. Why that should be a near-term benefit when the prior 1.75% of easing has failed to meaningfully buoy the market over the last few months is something of a mystery.
One source of hope cited in some quarters is the recent rise in mortgage refi applications. To be sure, the recent decline in interst rates across the curve has prompted increased demand for refinancing credit, as show in the chart below. Macro Man has a few thoughts on this matter.
While it is the case that refi apps have surged, they remain well below the levels observed a few years ago. It's curious to note that apps for purchase have also rebounded recently, though as yesterday's data demonstrated, that has yet to translate into increased buying activity. Meanwhile, Macro Man would question the very desirability of spurring further mortgage refis. It was that very process that ultimately landed us in the current pickle, so why start a new cycle while we're still picking up the pieces of the last one?
Finally, we also need to distinguish between demand for credit and the supply credit. While it may well be the case that Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public would like to borrow large sums at the the rates they read in the newspaper, most professional investors can tell you that the rate you see on the screen ain't always the price you get in real life. That's particularly the case in the current environment; the securitization market is still seized up, and banks' willingness to take fresh mortgages on balance sheet is pretty low at the moment. So applying for a mortgage is all well and good, but there's no guarantee of success. After all, Macro Man could apply to be the new England football manager in 2010 after Fabio Capello leaves in a huff following the World Cup, but there's no guarantee he will get the job.
Speaking of Mr. Capello, today Macro Man has the dubious pleasure of taking a test on life in the UK. He's doing so as part of a Home Office requirement to attain permanent residency, a status which confers a few marginal benefits and opens the door to obtaining a passport (which itself confers the benefit of enabling him to choose the shortest passport queue when flying into the UK.)
Sadly, Mr. Capello does not make the list of required knowledge about life in Blighty. Among the requisite items of knowledge, however, include the following:
* What proportion of the UK is Buddhist? (0.3%)
* In the early 1950's, the UK held a recruiting drive in the West Indies for which profession? (Bus drivers)
* How many members are there in the Scottish parliament? (129)
* When did women win the right to divorce their husbands? (1857)
* On April Fool's day, one plays tricks on other people until which time of day? (noon)
To prepare for taking this test, Macro Man was forced to spend £9.99 on a Government-issued handbook. For the pleasure of taking the 24-question exam (average time taken to complete a practice version: 2 minutes), Macro Man incurs another £34 charge. And to actually get the stamp in his passport, he has to fork over £950. All in, that's a £993.99, just to keep getting taxed by Gordon Brown. If ever there was a statement about life in the modern UK, that is it.
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Mr. M, I share your pain on the UK (although I have an EU passport).
One thing that cheers me up that so far Mr. Brown looks like a very nice example of "be careful what you wish for lest you get it".
- January 29, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- Macro Man said...
Indeed. And as you can see, I broadly concur with the point you raised in the last post re: securitization and new mortgage lending.
- January 29, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Indeed. I read this post only after I replied, otherwise I wouldn't have.
- January 29, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- Macro Trading Ideas said...
About mortgare refi I think that can happen in two ways: in first case you can change your type of interest payment (doing a swap for example), going from fixed rates to floating rates. In these case you don't need probably to pay all your debt, or eventually you pay your old mortgate with new mortgage, but in this way you do that on an asset depreciated.
Or alternatively you close your old mortgage and apply for a new one, but in this case you need cash.
I think that a subprime person that can't pay monthly rate difficultly could renegotiate!!!
All the mortgage refi that we're seeing comes from good standing people, people that can have access to credit. But however two basic point remains: you refinance a depreciated asset (you obtain less and so you need cash) and you have to post more cash now, you have to obtain the new mortgage and you want to keep your home (absuming that your house costs more than your mortgage).
- January 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Brian said...
Did you ever consider a Tortola passport? It might not give you all of the marginal benefits a UK passport would, but there are many other tangible benefits of having a BVI passport..
- January 29, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Good luck with the exam! (if you pass you deserve to get in - the only one of the example questions that I could have answered is the last one)
- January 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM
- Charles Butler said...
If you're from some non-euro place, getting a Spanish resident permit also involves a test - of mettle and patience.
1). Apply for and receive a resident 'visa' from the consulate in your home country.
2). Pack up and move.
3). Apply for a resident 'permit' (different department with different requirements and no guarantee) once in your new 'home'.
4). Wait whilst you see things like your drivers licence fail to be recognized.
5). Once received, this entitles you to the delights of renewing it every so often, the time it takes to do so leaving you without any legal documentation for five or six months but requiring you to make three trips to your nearest foreigner office - in my case, 90 km one way.
Then, of course, you might decide to become a citizen and have the luxury of claiming it via your predecessors and they...
1). Change your name and identity number rendering, once again, all your prior documents null and void.
A one question test - What percent of the national population work in the civil service? - would more than suffice.
- January 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Macro Man said...
my preference would be an irish passport (everyone loves the irish, save in certain parts of ulster), but sadly i don't qualify. In any case, i passed the test, so gordon's smothering embrace awaits. Cb, sorry but not surprised to hear that spain is just as bad. At least the croydon bureaucrats gave me my result straight away rather than making me wait 42 minutes as per protocol!
- January 29, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- Jin said...
How about today's durable good order number? Really promising, isn't it?
- January 29, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- CDN Trader said...
Anecdotal evidence on mortgage demand vs. supply -- I have heard of a few Canadian NHL players who recently moved to the US and were unable to obtain mortgages to purchase property (despite million $ salaries).
- January 29, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Charles Butler said...
That would be because they show a stint with the Leafs on their employment history.
- January 29, 2008 at 5:38 PM
- Macro Man said...
surely if these nhl geezers have been earning cad, they could pay for a us house in cash? Cb, it could be worse- you could be a pittsburgh pirates fan!
- January 29, 2008 at 6:21 PM
There has been various talk in the press about the credit crisis being over, and quoting current LIBOR rates as evidence that it is.
(There has also been lots of talk about it not being over of course.)
LIBOR rates do seem to have settled, yet it seems to me that you'd be a brave man to assume that losses in the finance sector are now all known and settled. Is this just confidence in the ability of SWFs to continue to strengthen the balance sheets as needed? Shouldn't lower LIBOR rates naturally reflect stronger faith from the banks in the solvency of their peers, and shouldn't that naturally flow to NHL players wanting mortgages?
(as an aside - not lending to someone may not be a statement so much about their ability to pay, as it may be about the underlying asset being able to hold its value. In normal times banks are happy to take the property deeds as sufficient collateral, but these are not normal times)
Where is the disconnect between ready credit and LIBOR rates?
Meanwhile, on national tests, here in Australia, we have been having a similar debate on the front of our newspapers in recent days.
"Who was the greatest Australian cricketer of the 1930's? Is it Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Hubert Opperman or Walter Lindrum?"
(why they'd limit it to a decade is ridiculous - one cricketer stands above all on any reasonable metric)
A comparitively easy question for Indian's, and other Commonwealthers, but does it help new citizens in any possible way?
The whole idea of citizenship tests is pretty silly it seems to me. Any person of reasonable education can pass a basic test, and if you just want to discriminate against refugees, then come out and say so. If your goal is to charge the MMs of the world 1000 quid, then just set the price without the subterfuge, and let everyone know you don't want poor people, or at least want to force them to sell kidneys.
The tabloid press has a field day with their 'innocuous' questions about why shouldn't a newcomer know when Europeans first came to Australia? (hint - they don't want the answer about the Dutch guy, just the British guy..)
The idea of a citizenship test is new here, and we've just had the first stats published. There is a 90+% pass rate apparently - unless you're a refugee in which case it plummets..
MM - if nothing else, if they don't already have them, you'll be doing the Macro Kids a big favour if they get EU passports out of it all.
- January 30, 2008 at 1:48 AM
- Quarrel said...
[src - Bloomberg via Toro]
I think the above chart actually answers most of my question - it is about the quality of the asset (CMBS in this case, NHL players houses in another) more than anything at the moment. Although LIBOR still seems to reflect confidence in the general finance sector that is perhaps high? However as others have pointed out recently the amount of TAF sourced money floating around is rather stupendous..
- January 30, 2008 at 2:27 AM
- Macro Man said...
The other issue re: the NHL players is that a) their mortgages would be "jumbo", and thus fall outside the warm embrace of the GSEs, and b) as damned foreigners, all of their documentation would be unreliable.
I was speaking to one well-to-do foreign chap a couple of months ago; despite being a highly successful financier, he only qualified for an Alt-A mortgage, thanks to the size of the loan and his sketchy background.
I like the sounds of that Oz test...even I know it's Don Bradman! The cynic might argue that if the pass rate plummets amongst refugees, then the test is doing its job.
Fortunately, the Macro boys already have Irish pasports, by virtue of having been born there!
- January 30, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Mike said...
Nice Blog !!!!!!!!!!
I am from India. My son is working in Australia. This summer I decide to go Australia ,what is procedure for visa application in India .let me know.
- March 18, 2008 at 9:03 AM

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How a billion-dollar business left town
Published Date Written by Bob HigginsSome things you remember seeing as a kid are hard to shake. They stay with you way into middle and what I hope is a ripe old age. Years back, a small business located here in Portland, with occasional stops in Bangor and Boston, slowly climbed the ladder of success.
Then, they left town.
The business continued to grow under its new leadership, slowly adding city after city to its retinue. By the mid 1980s, it was an international phenomenon 15 years after leaving Portland.
I'm referring to what was then called the "World Wide Wrestling Federation," more commonly referred to by its new incarnation, the "WWE" for World Wrestling entertainment.
Bouts were held, recorded for later airplay, and shown on Saturdays or Sundays. As a kid, it was one of those things that you got together with your Dad to do, sit around, watch the wrestling, talk about dude stuff.
There was this skinny announcer, constantly made the butt of practical jokes and verbal slapdowns. Looking at what he looked like back in the early 1970s you probably would suspect to see him walking down the streets of Portland today wearing hipster skinny jeans.
But that was then, this is now. Vince McMahon is huge now. Little known at the time was the fact that he was the BOSS, signed the checks, set up the bouts, wrote the scripts ... everything.
Since those early days of the 1970s when Vince took over an announcer gig on his Dad's "All Star Wrestling" show, to a few years later when he took over the territory, you could see that he had a long term plan. Grow, little by little and bit by bit, swallowing up not only the competition, but their territory as well. Snag their stars of the ring, sign them to contracts, and keep growing.
Real names and real lives hid behind the ring personas of the day. If I told you I'd shook the hand of Robert James Morella and William Calhoun, you'd be likely to look at me funny thing "who?" But mention their ring names "Gorilla Monsoon" and Haystacks Calhoun" and the memories come floating back.
There was Joseph Luke Scarpa, more commonly known as "Chief Jay Strongbow." He passed away last April. Józef Bednarski, better known as "Ivan Putzki." Bruno Sammartino, who never changed his name, but walked away from the game, never to look back. The aforementioned Robert "Gorilla Monsoon" Morella, who had a big chunk of ownership in the company that got bought out by Vince McMahon, and eventually became WWE.
One small item stands out from that sale. When leveraging the buyout that brought WWE under McMahon's control, Vince's Dad made him promise something; he needed to take care of the folks that were loyal to what they were building for all those years.
And he did. The ones still alive are still active behind the scenes in the company, some as local scouts, some as coaches, some as talent managers. Its one of those old throwback thing of business, that if someone helped you build something, they have a job for life.
Why does this all matter? WWE is "Coming BACK TO PORTLAND!" as the ring announcer would say, doing a non-televised event with all the stars of the current day. Some of them come and go quickly, others stay on for years. One thing though, is certain.
A bit of history started here all those years ago, and the company turned into an international billion dollar business not BECAUSE they left Portland, but because of some of the lessons learned here.
(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun. See his regularly scheduled column on Saturdays.)


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From PARIS NESBIT.— I ask leave to piake an addition to my letter appearing fn .The Krister o£ Tuesday. When I ex nrpoanrt agreement with the Rev.
Depledge ayses. m saying 'Jico- nomics lias its ' basis in ethics; what is morally ?wrong can never lie economically sound or right; what is economically wrong can never be morally or spiritually right,' I assumed tha? he used the word 'economics' in an enlarged cense . as equivalent to -social science. Strictly speaking, political economy, m it? original sense, is aimply the science which Investigates the principles governing the production nnd, distribution of wealth. , In this sense it has nothing to do with, ethics. Many years ago I was standing in a street in Hobart conversinc with probably the Ki-eateat statist' or his tune, Dr. UiKen, afterwards Sir Robert Giffeu. ' A beggar approached, and I Rive him a stilling. Dr. Giffen said to me 'Political economy teaches us never to dive to beffljars.' .Of course, political economy does nothing 01 the sort. It simply tells us that the practice of civins to beggars tends to pro duce, certain economic consequences. Whe ther we should therefore refrain train civ iiijr. to betwars is a question in social science. Mill, in the introduction to his book on political economy, points out the distinction between that science and socjal science. It is ridiculous to talk as some io about breakins the laws o£ poltical economy. They can bo more be broken than can the law of gravitation; although we may take such action as under the laws, of political econopy, or- under the law of gravitation, may involve the nation, or may involve ourselves, iu undesirable eon geqjiences. , TRAFFIC AND SOUNDING HORNS. From 'DR. NIL':— A motoring expert has told the Commission on Traffic Re- gulation that he' thinks motors should not pe furnished with loud horns, as they give drivers an overwhelming sense of confidence, which results in reckless driving and. many jwcldents. He says motors should be . ? ilerit, and that their drivers, should ?'trust to their brakes.' At first, when I read this, I :wns disinclined to_ agrea with him; later, on carefully considering the matter, I concluded that he was right. Jn fact I formed the opinion that the argument was capable of a much wider application. Just as it appears to be true that when a motorist has sounded ha horn he thinks that it is the other chap's business to get out of the way without any further care tipou his awn part, the railway engine driver probably/ imagines himself exempt from responsibility for running down a motorist after once he has blown nis whistle (especially ii it be one of the new American kind). So let all en« . gine whistles be abolished and drivers com pelled to slow down to two miles per hour at all level crossings. In like manner, steamboats should not have sirens oc fog horns. Probably many collisions- are caused at sea by captains blowing their whistles and then expecting other ships to get out o£ their way. In the last case the proper proceeding would be. to stopi or go astern, when, there js any chance of something being in rthe neighbourhood with whicit.^heyj migJjt'possiljly- collide. / RABBITS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. From A. T. SAUNDERS :— In the Ob- server, 10/11/55, is an advertisement of Eardley Heywood, Moorundee— 'Wanted, 50 to 100 wild rabbits.' THE PREMIER AND ECONOMICS.
From 'A. L.';— Mr. Lyall replies for that 'expert ? in political economy,'-. Mr. J. A. Hodgson, . that 'of course a. .work man should receive/the full 'product i-r his labour.' ~Very clumsily put; as.% a Judge would say, :'Jt fails: for vagueness/' but, presumably. -it must mean that nothing :inay be deducted for rent, interest.1 depreciation, management, or inventive skill? I trust I'do not wrong these learned dogmatists on Neo-political . economy? If this.enunciation.alone.be not enough to condemn their views as crazy, the actual results in practice will cause their destruc tion at -the hands of their misled parti sans. Capital is our best, if not only, bar rier against famine. Mr. L. seeks in the depreciated £ an excuse for piracy of all other shares by the workman; but if he is to grab all the production,' it cannot matter what the currency may be. He asks why I use a nom de plume? WelT, I do not like advertisement.. No doubt, he thinks the fifth proposition of Euclii to bo 'hoary and archaic,' but it would stand as true to-day had that author signed, himself . only 'E.' . ..'Where .do, I get my economies?' he asks! From a widely different Bource from ' J: -It. Ii.'b,' which are based solely on assumption, destructible at once on calm consideration by any one with brains. Political economy is mostly only mathematics applied with commonsenEe. ?dy correspondents may do well, therefore, to master some of the former, even if (for obvious reasons) they fail in the application of the latter. . PROHIBITION. From the REV. FRANK LADE:— It is much to be deplored that Mr. Campbell Smith should have been so .frugal and in consequential in his references to prphi* bition when questioned by your inter viewer. 'What aboutprohibition?' ? asked the reporter. 'To all intents and purposes it seems to be a failure,' replied Mr. Smith, and then practised the most rigid economy in displaying the data, on which thia sweeping conclusion was founded. 'If you know the ropes you can get liquor at any time, and good liquor at that.' As a contrast to this unfavourable verdict, take the opening of. Sir E.J. Benn in his book. 'Confessions of a Capitalist.'' The sixth edition of this work has ap peared, althounh.it was published only last September. The writer spent five weeks in America,' and says: — 'The length, to which American determination to secure personal efficiency has gons is, of course, shown by prohibition. Prohibition is prif manly an efficiency scheme. It gives more production and no argument' could appeal more strongly to the American worker ' than that. Prohibition is therefore an assured success. From » the American point of view, and there is little- risk d a change of policy, it ia, without question, the most serious industrial force in the world to-day.' But Mr. Campbell Smith thinks it is to all intents and purposes a failure: The only reason he gives for this serious indictment* is ..the -contrabam traffic! It ia a pity that some of. our public men, when they return from America, show themselves adepts at focus sing the public gnzc on 'the fly in the oinf ment' of American prohibition, thus, dis crediting the ointment itself. They need to be told tbat this all too popular prao ticeargues something more serious than a mere defect in the sense of proportion. EARLY SCHOOLS.
From MRS. G. S. TURNER:-The cor- respondence on early schools in The Regis- ter of August 7 and 16 is interesting to me, as an early colonist, having arrived in the John Renwick, 1837, with Mr. Giles Abbott (my grandfather) and his three sons, their wives and children. My father, Thomas Abbott, had a small cart made and drawn by a Newfoundland dog, and four of us children were taken to school each day (Mr. Hewett's) in Abbott's lane, 1839 and 1840. I am in my ninety-second year and living at Reynella. Miss Holbrook (not Holdbrook, Register, August 1) came with Governor Gawler, and had the infant school in Trinity, with Governor Gawler's daughters, and was a sister to Mrs. Dr. Davies, late Mrs. T. N. Turner (nee Hol- brook) had charge of the Stockport Public School for many years. Miss Holbrook and I married brothers, T. N. and G. S. Turner, from England. FIRST BAPTISM IN THE TORRENS. From A. T. SAUNDERS:— In the obituary of Mrs. Harman (The Register. 10/8/1926). it is said that she arrived in 1850, and witnessed the- first baptism which took place in the Torrens. This ia wrong. . The Southern Australian (13/10/40) records that David McLaren then manager of the South Australian Company, and a Baptist, had baptized several persons in the Torrens, and The Register (13/9/48) records baptisms in the river near Company's Bridge, and men- tions previous baptisms in 1840. OLD SCHOOLS. From A. T. SAUNDERS:— J. Hodgson, of Knightsbridge, evidently ' Very old, wrote to me on 9/3/26 as follows: — ' In your list of schools there are omissions, namely, Mr. Haire's School, which was In Gil bert street, or South terrace, in which school the Downers were educated. Miss- Hillier, a daughter of the Mrs. Hillier in that row of houses - on North terrace (Immediately west of Chalmers Church, on land now partly occupied by Kelvin Buildings), built by the Hon. O. M. Waterhouse, once Premier of South Australia and of New
Zealand. At this school the two sons of Charles Jacobs, Nat and Michael, attended, also Miss Kitty Solomon, afterwards Mrs. Salom, 'Wil- liam Lyons,' and many others, including myself The row of houses has been pulled down to make way for the Electric Supply building. Miss Hillier married a Mr. Taylor while I was attend- ing her school, a returned gold digger; he was later on an employee of E. Solomon, auc- tioneer, of Hindley street, about two doors west of Clutterbuck's (I think Clutterbuck's is where Solomon &.'Saloni's' auction mart was). An- other of the early schools was tbat conducted by W. A. Cawthorne, where the City Market now is, at the west end of what is now Page street. J. L. Young's School was in Ebenezer place, in the rear of Ebenezer Chapel, then commonly known aa Peacock's Chapel, as Mr. Peacock built it. Mr. Young later moved to Stephens place. Mr. Macgowan's School was on North terrace. I am glad to have this letter, though I recall having seen some of the history it mentions, and am specially glad to know the history of that terrace of houses. Mr. Charles Birks told me that his parents lived in one of those houses soon after they arrived here, 4/12/33, per Leonidas, Capt. Tadman, from London, Dr. Birks, wife, and seven children. The Register (16/12/53) records that then Young's school was back of Freeman Street Church, and' (19/6/54) records the school examiuation. Of course I mentioned only some of the early schools . I did not men tion Wickes and Titherington, or the as- sisted schools. . The Register (2/2/54) records that; E. W. Wicks was made sec- retary of the Board of Education. The Register (17/3/1854 and 23/3/54) records the exact .position of Solomon's auction mart, and the Royal Hotel. The Register (22/7/58) has a long account of Ebenezer Chapel, built in 1851, and (17/11/56) has the account of a great fire at Hindley and Leigh streets, mentioning Salomon's auction mart and the Royal Hotel. The Register (17/12/69) mentions Haire's Col- lege, Whitmore square, and says its first examination was in 1849. The Register (5/10/67) t records the death of \ the Rqy. J. B. Titherington, who arrived 1548 (Wicks & Titherington) . and (3/8/68) the death of E. W. Wickes, aged 73, ar rived I845. 'Bie Register (30/5/46 and 3/6/46) reports the marriage of C. Jacobs, of Sydney, to Elizabeeth, daushter. of M. Joshua, the first Jewish marriago in Ade laide, and The Observer (7/8/88) pub lishes a notice of the death o£ Mr. Jacobs. The Register (30/5/46) gives a full des- cription of. the portable repertory given to the Synagogue by Burnet Nathan. 27/5/1846 (5,606), and mentions (4/10/18) that the Hobtews met in the Tnvistock buildings, Rundle' street east, and (5/9/50) a long record of the consecration of the Synagogue, acre 37 Rundle street, now Synagogue place. MR. EpWARDS'S OHALLENGE. FFrom the Hon. A. POYNTOlf:— Some fpw weeks ago Mr, A. A. Edwards, M.P., in a speech in the House of AsscjhHy made certain charges, and challeHged. the Leader of the Opposition to include his charges in a commission of enquiry, wfiict the latter was asldne; for. The Leadei of the Opposition challenged Mr.- Edwards to make his statement Outside of the House, which Mr- Edwards Jias done ot two occasions. Hi» challenge to ' thi Leader of the Opposition stands good,, anc up to date the Leader of tht Opposition has been silent. I believe that the party'i future is' of more tmportaiica thaa thf individual, and if there ia any truth, in Mr Edwards's insinuations the whole matte) should be cleared up in the interest of thf Federal Liberal Party,. If these charge! stand without further investiRaticm thi party is in a hnmiliatins position, «$d so far as I am concerned, tha matter can riot remain where it ia at. present* I Mr. Edwards.. is wronit, prov* it. apd i not, bring home the Ruil t to him or thosi who are. Kiiilty. In the intsrest oj hi party the Leader of tfie Opposition dan not 'leave the matter where it is at pra sent. The interests of the party are mucl Kreater than tlie individual,- and Mr.'Ed wards's challenge cannot be EloSned over Ha is Riiilty of a etoss libel, or he speak; the tnith;~t!ierefor-j let there be no husl up in this matter.- iThe: stakes are toi great to tenworipe with aiich ^Br^Sfrioji ehajge. , . . -^ -*


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Tia Muhlestein and her daughter Rylee Cox walk through the home.
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One single mother received a gift this year that she said left her feeling "grateful" and "humbled," and that gift was a home for the holidays.
Tia Muhlestein and her 6-year-old daughter, Rylee Cox, applied for assistance from Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah and were accepted to be the fourth recipient for the Home for the Holidays program.
"I heard about the program through a family friend, and she told me for years and years to apply for it as a single mom, but I never did," Muhlestein said. "It got to the point where my sister and I have been each others' crutch for so long, and she wanted to ...


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TRENTON — A new study of crime calls on New Jersey to give parolees less time back in prison for minor violations.
The study funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts Public Safety Performance Project found ex-inmates released on parole were 36 percent less likely to commit new crimes than those who served their full terms in prison.
But many parolees end up back in custody after violating parole conditions by missing appointments or failing drug tests.
Pew project research director Ryan King said the state should look into a graduated series of sanctions for parole violators so fewer of them are returned to prison.


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A Grand Junction widow was given a special gift at the Memorial Day service at Memorial Gardens.
A military honor guard did a flag presentation in full uniform for Berdeen Hotchkiss.
Hotchkiss recently buried her husband who was a World War II veteran.
Because of a scheduling conflict, she did not receive a flag so memorial gardens arranged for the presentation Monday afternoon.
Hotckiss says it meant the world to her.
"It really is good for me, I really appreciate it," Hotchkiss told 11 News.
Hotchkiss says she and her husband were married for almost 49 years.
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Pornchai Mittongtare
Easy and elegant: a beautifully simple bird and a rich wine gravy.
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The flavors in this are fantastic! I like the sweetness of the apple, and it's non-dairy since you don't use butter. The turkey was overcooked, so I would cook it longer at a lower temp next time. The gravy was the best I've every tasted -- everyone raved about it. Thanks for helping to make my first Thanksgiving hosting a success!
I have made this turkey several times, and it is always wonderful. Prior to finding this recipe, I cooked MANY different recipes, with varying levels of success. This recipe is simple, and I think it's quite forgiving. If you aren't sure about your skills with gravy, this is a good choice. Plus, you get to enjoy a glass of port while you cook! :-)
I have celebrated Thanksgiving for the last 6 years, in Holland. It includes with my husband's family and our friends, who come from all around the world. I am the token American. I chose this recipe to combine with the baste sauce of 'Port basted Roast Turkey' on this site as well. I always brine my turkey 24hours in advance. I followed the roasting directions and gravy of this recipe. I rubbed the bird with oil ,herbs, salt and pepper, then follwed the directions as stated. I then started to baste the bird with the 'port baste' from the other recipe, after 1 hour of roasting, basting every 30 minutes until the bird was done. I made the port gravy as stated in this recipe. The color of the bird as it came out of the oven was lovely. It had all my guest gasping in awe. The true test was the taste and indeed it was fabulous! The gravy complimented the bird very well. I made the '3 Mushroom Dressing', on this site, to rave reviews from all my guest, for this fabulous meal. All in all it was a wonderful Thanksgiving that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. This recipe is definitely a keeper and I highly recommend it to all!
I made this with a 20# free range turkey and doubled the gravy recipe. I've never cooked a turkey before, and this one came out really well. It was so moist compared to any turkey I've ever had [my family is known for making dry turkeys]. I even forgot to baste it and turn it around as the recipe indicated. The gravy was a touch sweet, but it worked so well with the turkey, mashed potatoes and cornbread stuffing.
The flavors in the turkey and the gravy were wonderful. I did change the cooking method a little. I followed Alton Brown's recomendation to cook the bird for half an hour at 500 degrees then drop it down to 350 and cook till it reaches 165. It gets to 175 in carry over cooking. This produced a delicious juicy bird with potato chip crisp skin. Ahhhh perfect!
Super easy and super moist turkey. this was my first time making turkey, and I used an organic bird. The grocer said it would be way better than regular turkey and organic always comes out moist. I don't know if that is true, but I know this is the first time I have ever enjoyed moist breast meat. the stock was simple and tasty and I didnt add port to the gravy, but it was delicious. Our bird was closer to ten pounds and was done when I pulled it out to pour stock over the bird.
I used this recipe for my first turkey experience. My husband and I had invited our parents over and we were all very happy with how the turkey came out. It was easy and the port added an exquisite, rich flavor to the gravy that made it special. The next time I roast a turkey I will definitely use this recipe again.
I would give this 3 and a half forks, but since it was so easy, it gets upgraded to 4! The turkey was perfect and the gravy was divine. I was worried that the flavor of the port would dissipate in the final steps of boiling, but it did not - adding a delicious richness and depth to the gravy. I did brine the turkey beforehand and also let it sit uncovered in the refrigerator for 12 hours which made for very moist turkey meat and a crispy skin. The finished product looked beautiful and was very easy to prepare.
This was the first year in a very long time that I tried new turkey/stuffing/gravy recipes and I am so glad I did! This was outstanding and the cornbread stuffing with fresh and dried fruits was a wonderful accompaniment. We now have a new standard in our house for Thanksgiving, and I seriously doubt that we will limit this dinner to once a year.
This was a great,simple recipe.Turkey was done in 3 hours. Gravy was a big hit. Got voted "best gravy ever" with my family


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Police say a federal employee is dead after shooting himself inside the city's main federal court building in Birmingham.
Sgt. Johnny Williams says an unidentified worker pulled out a weapon and shot himself once in the head about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
No one else was harmed, and Williams says there wasn't a threat to anyone else in the building.
Williams says the shooting occurred in a first-floor clerk's office. He says the man apparently was able to get the weapon inside because he worked in the building, where visitors are normally required to go through metal detectors.


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Initially, the Affordable Care Act appeared beneficial.
What seems to be alarmingly downplayed is the fact that most coverage begins (no matter what level plan is purchased) only after enormous costs are paid by the consumer. So you end up paying premiums for the privilege of having health insurance, but still do not have any coverage until you pay double or triple that amount for the costs that must be satisfied before the insurance company will pay anything. Of course, your tally starts all over again after 12 months.
So it seems you can still go bankrupt from health care costs before health insurance does any good. How is this affordable?
Barbara Trombly
Grosse Pointe Farms
State must cut number of school districts
Michigan needs to take a deep breath and then elect a governor and legislators who will legislate a thoughtful school district consolidation plan.
We simply have too many school districts. Too many administrators. Too many administration buildings. Too much in utilities. And this would be true if we were the wealthiest state in America. We are inefficient in our delivery of public education to every child. Further, the 57 intermediate school districts in our state have worn out their welcome and are cash cows, and the Classrooms and Kids budget gives them a $2-million raise. No way!
Say no to the Classrooms and Kids budget and demand a statewide conversation on restructuring and rebuilding a 21st-Century public education for every child in Michigan.
Marcie Lipsitt
Michigan Alliance for Special Education
Put Detroit pensioners before works of art
Kevyn Orr tells retirees that they need to take his offer or else! Does anyone realize that the retirees health care costs have all but doubled and that the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is being cancelled? I am amazed that people are more worried about objects of art than people who worked 30 years and now are paying for mistakes that they had nothing to do with.
M.L. Bauer


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Cowboys Stadium has hosted a number of events other than football, and Thursday night it can add bowling to the list, as the finals of the U.S. Women's Open come to Arlington.
Organizers are hoping to break the attendance record of 7,212 for a bowling event, set at the 1995 U.S. Men's Open in Michigan. Workmen over the last two days laid 60-foot lanes between the stadium's 40-yard lines, with the Cowboys star visible in the middle.
It was announced Thursday that an additional 2,000 tickets have been made available at Cowboys Stadium.
The news that the event would take place in a venue so different from the alleys and convention centers typical to bowling shocked 2010 Open champion Kelly Kulick.
"My eyes almost bulged out of my head," said Kulick, who was the top qualifier of the five who advance to Cowboys Stadium.
Kulick (Union, N.J.), Leanne Hulsenberg (Roseville, Calif.), Liz Johnson (Cheektowaga, NY), Shannon O'Keefe (Arlington) and Lynda Barnes (Double Oak, Texas) qualified Wednesday in Euless for Thursday's stepladder finals. The final two competitors will face off for a $50,000 prize and a $5,000 shopping spree at Tiffany & Co. The tournament also is offering $1 million for a 300 game in the championship match.
Planning for the event began in May of last year. Steve Johnson, executive director of the Bowling Proprietors Association of America, said Cowboys Stadium was the only location discussed.
"This dwarfs every other activity there is," Johnson said, "and to have the opportunity to showcase our sport in the home where they just had the Super Bowl and to put it at that level, to me, it's about the best thing we can do to bowling."
Several players said the openness of the stadium will differ greatly from a closed, compact bowling venue. Some said they are concerned with adjustments they may have to make but are excited to have an opportunity to play in the stadium.
The possibility of bowling in Cowboys Stadium enticed Mai Ginge Jensen, ranked first in the women's European rankings, to come over from Denmark. She said she's tried to come to America to bowl in the Open before but couldn't because she was limited financially. She finished 16th Wednesday.
Hall inductions in Grapevine: The Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine will host the USBC Hall of Fame induction Friday. Among the inductees is Del Ballard Jr. from Keller. After joining the tour in 1982, Ballard won 13 titles in his career amassing over $1 million in earnings.


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FIRST Tech Challenge Volunteer Opportunities
In an effort to help volunteers choose the appropriate position, and to help add to their positive experience at FIRST competitions, we have profiled each of the volunteer positions according to the level of skill required in carrying out the tasks associated with each. Profiles revolve around four major areas:
T: Technical acumen - possess understanding of constructing, operating, and/or repairing robots and fields, as well as knowledge of the rules and procedures of the game
P:Physical ability - moving around the facility, constructing fields, and/or lifting and carrying heavy loads
A: Administrative responsibilities - monitoring and completing paperwork (i.e. scorecards, volunteer registration forms, etc.)
C:The level of Communication and interaction with teams, VIPs, volunteers, and others attending events.
At the end of each brief position description, we have marked each level of skill required to carry out the duties of that position. The abbreviations are represented in the following chart:
Volunteer Positions Skills Profile
Skills Needed to Perform Duties of Position:
* Please note that there will be some differences in the level of skill required between the various volunteer positions across FIRST programs (FRC, FTC, FLL & Jr. FLL). Please refer to each program's volunteer description listing for a proper profile.
Available Postions:
Facilitate smooth pedestrian traffic flow throughout the facility; monitor audience
- Keep aisles, hallways, and team traffic pathways clear in the Pit and near the playing field
- Limits team, volunteer, and public access to field
- Monitor access to designated Judge areas
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-MED, A-LOW, C-HI
Plays high-energy, age appropriate music throughout the competition.
- Monitors the energy of the crowd
- Increases or decreases musical selections based on crowd enthusiasm
- Works with the emcee and technical director to coordinate music and the Awards Ceremony
- Makes score announcements
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-MED, A-LOW, C-MED
Participate in field set-up and maintenance, direct activity on the field to ensure smooth execution of the matches. Play a critical role in ensuring smooth flow of match play, and maintaining the pace of the event.
- Setup construction in collaboration with the FTC Technical Advisor and Event Manager
- Direct field reset process
- Facilitate adherence to match timing
- Monitor placement of robots on field
- Collaborate with the Master of Ceremonies, and Event Manager to monitor and adjust game pace, as needed
- Observe and record team interactions, of exemplified behavior and behavior that is questionable
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-HI, A-MED, C-HI
Repair and reset playing field after each team match. Play a critical role in ensuring smooth flow of match play and maintaining pace of the event.
- Reset field after each team match
- Check field for debris after match, remove
- Check field for damage; apply/replace as needed
- Distributes and collects crystals from the teams
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-MED, A-LOW, C-MED
Volunteer Floaters provide assistance in various areas.
- Frequently help with last-minute tasks identified by event staff
- Fill volunteer positions for "No-Show" volunteers who were assigned a specific position prior to the event, but did not show up.
Volunteer Skill Profile: VARIES depending upon the position you may be asked to fill.
Select team award recipients through interaction with teams. Documentation regarding team background information is provided to familiarize judges with teams. Judges are responsible for own travel/accommodation expenses and arrangements.
- Interview and observe teams in the Judging rooms, Pit, and on the playing field
- Review team introduction sheet
- Participate on Judge Panel to decide team awards recipients
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-MED, A-MED, C-HI
Judge Advisor Assistant
Assist Judge Advisor throughout the event. Collaborate with event management staff to ensure meeting competition schedule. The Judge Assistant is not a judge, does not interview teams, or participate in awards recipient selection process.
- Assist Judge Advisor to keep judge panel on schedule and performs other duties as assigned by the Judge Advisor
- Provide clerical assistance, i.e., type awards scripts on laptop
- Organize and ensure all materials and supplies needed are available, and correctly placed on tables
- Ensure all Judges sign a Consent, Release, Hold Harmless form prior to start of event
- Breakdown of Judge Room at end of competition, repack FIRST materials, return materials to Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-MED, A-HI, C-HI
Load-In / Load-Out
These volunteers are responsible for setting up and tearing down the event, both before and after the competitions. Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-HI, A-LOW, C-MED
Master of Ceremonies (aka "MC" or "Emcee")
Primary individual responsible for setting the tone of the competition. Create and sustain an exciting and fun atmosphere throughout the event. Most visible presence at the event; embodies the spirit of FIRST and is the consummate FIRST ambassador. Play a critical role in ensuring smooth flow of match play, and maintaining the pace of the event.
- Commentate the Opening and Closing ceremonies and FTC matches
- Provide spectators and teams an overview of game and the basic rules frequently throughout event
- Announce teams participating in matches
- Keep spectators informed of competition agenda and status; seeks and announces unique information specific to individual teams
- Facilitate compliance with schedule; adjust commentary accordingly and helps ensure schedule compliance
- Hosts the opening and awards ceremonies
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-HI, A-LOW, C-HI
Medallion Award Assistants
Medallion Award Assistants report to the Event Manager,
Responsible for the unpacking, cleaning, marking, organizing, and distribution of the various awards, trophies, and medallions awarded at Event Ceremonies
- Set up the medallion stands and assist with medallion distribution
- Assists the VIP(s) who present medallions to teams
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-MED, A-MED, C-HI
This person captures the competition on film and/or video for archival and future publicity.
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-HI, A-LOW, C-MED
The Pit Announcer's primary duty is to call teams to the queuing area,
- Makes general announcements via use of the public address system
- Works in collaboration with the Team Queuing volunteers to facilitate adherence to team match schedule
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-LOW, A-LOW, C-HI
The Pit Manager is responsible for setting up the Pit area,
- Trains the volunteers
- Manages all activities in the Pit area including coordination of Pit Administration table and team interface
- Collaborates with Emergency Medical Technicians
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-MED, A-MED, C-HI
Escorts teams from the pit to the queuing area. (This position may not be required depending on venue logistics and proximity of pits to fields).
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-HI, A-LOW, C-MED
Observe team matches, identify rule violations, and "call" them. Calculate the official score of the matches and participate in deliberations regarding contested calls. Work under the direction of the Head Referee. Play a critical role in ensuring smooth flow of match play, and maintaining the pace of the event.
- Observe matches, "call" rule infractions; determine penalties
- Participate in deliberations regarding contested calls
- Complete and submit a scoring sheet, after each match, to the field runners
- Participate in discussions with other referees to determine official match scores
- Monitor and promote safe practices on and around the playing field
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-MED, P-MED, A-HI, C-HI
Registration and Information Table Attendant
Manage all activities for FTC Team registration at Registration Table. Provide direction, assistance and information to event attendees.
- Assist with table set up and break down
- Greet and check in teams as they arrive
- Ensure all paperwork is completed and collected
- Distribute badges, registration materials, t-shirts and other related items to teams
- Provide information and direction to teams and guests
Volunteer Skill Profile: T-LOW, P-LOW, A-HI, C-HI
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Although not nearly as fun as playing in the CWS, FSU assistant coach Mike Martin, Jr. said the experience is an invaluable tool for the players as they prepare for the 2014 season.
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"Finally, we've won the respect and benefits we deserve," Manuel Salazar, a cook who has worked at the Hilton Irvine for 10 years, says in a union statement.
Pay raise for working here.
The healthcare benefits are expected to be fully in place by the end of the contract.
"This is a huge victory, setting a new standard for hotel workers in Irvine," Ada Briceno, secretary-treasurer of UNITE HERE Local 11 says in the statement. "We have demonstrated that with cooperation and mutual respect, workers and management can both win."
The 292-room hotel, which employs about 150 workers, is owned by Blackstone Group and managed by Interstate Hotels and Resorts.
UNITE HERE Local 11 is still embroiled in labor disputes with HEI, the equity group that owns the Long Beach Hilton, and Disney, which owns several hotels in the Anaheim resort district.
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Daniel Radlcliffe's Big Gay Award
Daniel Radcliffe is being honored with the Trevor Project's Hero Award for his work as a spokesperson for the LGBT youth crisis support organization since 2009.
The talented and compassionate star, known best as Harry Potter, says of his work with Trevor Project, "Out of everything that I've done so far in my career, I think this is absolutely one of the most important, if not the most important, thing that I'm associated with."
Radcliffe gave a one of a kind interview in OUT magazine when he appeared on a recent cover. The star spoke freely in a eye-opening, charming chat with his friend, trans singer-songwriter Our Lady J, about politics, his work with Trevor Project, Broadway, Potter, and more.
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Our Lady J: Traveling the world, I've noticed that people are just so ecstatic that Obama is in office. And in the LGBTQ community, he's making baby steps. But is there anything you would like to see for the LGBTQ community around the world, not just in the U.S. or the U.K.?
Daniel Radcliffe: Well, obviously, in general terms, yes. The world needs to become better educated, but I would defer to you slightly on that, J, because I would never profess to be an expert. What would be high on your priority list?
OLJ: Well, I was impressed that Obama declared June national LGBT month, because change begins with education. But he also extended benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees, which is a pretty big deal. And then the U.S. State Department has a new policy that allows transgender people to change the genders on their passport to match their identity, rather than their sex, which I'm completely relieved about. It's a bit of a hassle when you go through an airport.
DR: That really does sound very important and vital to people who are making that transition, because otherwise you presumably, as you say, still have that moment in airports when you're forced to offer a look of explanation or something, which is totally unnecessary.
OLJ: Exactly. A lot of people keep it light and make a joke of it just to get through. But there have been circumstances where it's been a little bit more difficult than that. How about your involvement with the Trevor Project? How did that come about?
DR: My family and I have always thought it was best to focus our efforts rather than kind of spreading ourselves too thin across a lot of different organizations -- just really picking things that you care about and really, really believe in, and Trevor absolutely was one of them. And when I got to have a tour of the New York call center, my admiration for the projects, but also for the place and the people, tripled. The systems they have in place, the actual way the call center works on a practical level, is so brilliant and efficient. It's something I'm very, very proud to be able to be involved with.
Radcliffe also discussed how he copes with fame and opens up about his romantic history to Our Lady J. Read the entire, fascinating story (and see lots more fabulous photos of the 'Odd Couple') on Out.com now.


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Just my Heart Loves You
None but my heart adores you
'cause my five senses are quick to judge
Oh, world is jealous of my love's trudge
My eyes are glad to see my love grow
Ears rhythms with her voice
The touch so intimate for its choice
All my senses are in some way,
Engaged in her fondness.
Celebrate they of this closeness
But they all hinder my tender heart's love.
All the time in selfishness
Pain's what love presents,
The troubles that come along,
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For she who brings all the glee so long,
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Why Save PBS ?
by Barry Ritholtz - March 9th, 2011, 2:05pm
Category: Television, Weekend
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
18 Responses to "Why Save PBS ?"
Sarge says:
If it's so great then why can't it make it on it's own? If the feds only pay for 1/7th of it's cost why not go all the way and make it 100% viewer funded?
It's always someone else's sacred cow that must be led to slaughter.
phasor says:
Why don't the oil and gas companies go it alone – they should receive no government tax breaks or incentives.
No government money for agriculture companies – stop subsidizing corn. Make them consumer funded.
Sarge is living in another world.
Sarge says:
No liberal bias here eh? Funded by your tax dollars. Now what would you say if it was Schiller gettin' down on libs at taxpayer expense?
What other world is that Phasor? I (and the Koch brothers) agree with you – no government subsidy of business – of any kind.
WyMi says:
Why indeed? If the masses are educated they will only demand to be informed; get upset with their lot; get unruly and protest for a more equal status – for more of everything. I say put em down in the sweatshops, the poorhouses, hell kick em out of their houses' put em in slum camps. If they need to know anything, we have a government serving the interests that really count, who will tell em what they need to know, what their opinion is and how important it is. … oh! …well yes, why indeed?
Kelja says:
How 'bout no tax monies for PBS, the oil companies, and agriculture? I don't like PBS, never have, don't see the worth – if there is programming that is worth anything, let the market decide. The people who run that network are obviously detached from the real world and way overpaid.
Sarge says:
WYMi , I think you're the one living in another world. You and phasor should get together.
Do you not see the contradiction in your statement? IF the government is serving some interest other than the public's than government funded "Education" and "News" is simply propaganda. In this case liberal/progressive propaganda as the latest NPR controversy illustrates.
I thought you guys got that? I mean, you all act so smart.
contrabandista13 says:
PBS can and will make it on it's own, without commercial interruptions….. That's the great news… It's the only source of information and entertainment that views the public as human beings as opposed to consumers… I say take the fucking government subsidy away and then, yield nothing onto Caesar, not even praise….
This is the best thing that could happen to PBS….. They will make it on their own and be better off for it….. Then, just watch the right-wing haters squirm in agony….
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franklin411 says:
I agree with Sarge, but I'm not as big of a pinko liberal as he is. I wouldn't stop with just ending free public programming. Why does the taxpayer have to teach kids how to read and write? Everyone knows that reading and writing are valuable skills, so why give something valuable like that away for free?
The obvious free market solution is to educate our kids the way kids were educated for hundreds of years. Families would work as drudges for generations to save up enough money to send one kid to school eventually, and then they'd hope that that kid would earn more money so other kids in the family wouldn't have to be drudges. Alternatively, families would sell their kids into voluntary servitude to an educated master, who would apprentice them in a skilled craft. The free market is God.
We should be doing that now–imagine how much capital we could get by leasing our children out to China? And there would be no need for illegal immigration. Why, our strawberry fields would glow–glow I say!–with the glistening backs of millions of white kids bent over picking strawberries.
It brings a tear to my eye. Such a beautiful vision!
Jojo says:
It is unfortunate that you seem to have such a stick up your ass about someone being a liberal, Sarge.
I think that education IS a government responsibility (in addition to the persons/parents responsibility also).. PBS is one method of helping educate millions of people efficiently. Therefore, their allocation of money should be increased, not reduced.
We can use the money that we remove from other entities that do not need subsidies as mentioned above (Big oil, big farming, overseas military bases and adventures, etc.).
WyMi says:
Sarge, for clarification, I do support public funding of education, public broadcasting, public healthcare, environment, defence, R&D and social services. For education and broadcasting, the educational content and editorial bias must remain independent of the funding government or their interests. I cannot support either if they simply use taxpayer money to reinforce their mandate and simply secure their own agendas. When governments demand that they appoint directors to oversee these public services, they are no longer public services, they are special interest services in the same way that governments are special interest services representing the interests of the highest paying lobby groups.
Yes, I live in another world. I also support the separation of the judicary, policing, religion, and government policy making. I'd also like to support separation of lobby interests from government policy making, but the decisions that our politicians have gotten themselves into making, are too complicated. So they go to the industries affected for infomation and knowledge. The industry reps tell our politicians what to think, how to couch their opinions, and how to write policies. It's self regulated in their interests (i.e. unregulated).
I have no doubt that the little bit of funding provided for public broadcasting comes with strings attached – but what good could come of another Fox, abc, nbc, cbs, cnbc, cnn, bloomberg, you name it. The knowledge gained from these propaganda systems is crime against mankind.
BusSchDean says:
Governments have subsidized industries, individual businesses, and not-for-profit organizations for centuries. Businesses seeking gov't help was an early issue for Alexander Hamilton.
Sarge, as much as you may want that world, it has never been the "real" a world nor will it be in your lifetime even if you are young. If you believe otherwise go way short on government subsidized industries.
We will not stop subsidizing business – and hopefully not NPR or scientific research — though in the tug of war there will be give here and there. Our problem is not with bias (inherent when two people talk each other — or just one person to himself); our problem is hiding truth and treating facts as if they are not facts.
Transor Z says:
PBS used to carry William F. Buckley's "Firing Line," which was an awesome show — but that was back in the days when "intellectual conservative" was not an oxymoron. And then you had that flaming arch-liberal Louis Rukeyser.
CulturalEngineer says:
I'm all for PBS! And support the role of government in developing a healthy culture.
But there are additional possibilities for funding. I like pragmatic solutions.
Its another role for the Commons-dedicated Account & Network!
(A For profit enterprise in the Charity/Campaign Services Sector)
A neutral network of accounts for political, charitable and speech related monetary participation… which in order to properly network and scale individual capability must allow a viable, one-button, secure and (importantly) financially unburdened micro-transaction. Such a network ideally should maintain its own cloud and bank. Accounts may be created and/or maintained with zero balances and/or only momentary balances during a pass-through transfer (monetization model requires no burden on the actual transaction.)
From user's perspective it's similar to Facebook credits or X-box points except for Commons-oriented functions instead of games, etc. …and critically not adding to or drawing from transaction costs since monetization arises from other sources (advertising, charity/campaign services)
And if you want the government to fund it you can lobby for that too!
"…[campaign contribution] could become much easier if campaigns can figure out how to allow people to donate by making the process easier through one click pay methods and a short form for the additional FEC information required." – Katie Harbath, chief digital strategist at the National Republican Senatorial Committee… now with Facebook
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teraflop says:
I listen to NPR daily, during the morning commute. However, between 9AM and 4PM it's skip-worthy due to a preponderance of "culture" that has little to do with my interests. My eyes are wide-enough open, they don't need further ripping up of alternative ways of thinking ("who needs to work for a living, really?"). On weekends, I find it delightful, I just have a problem with the weekday non-peak content.
That being said, I consider its cost to be negligible compared to its benefits. I think a collection of tomahawk missiles (or whatever) a poor exchange for what I derive from public broadcasting in general.
Bill Wilson says:
I listen to NPR almost everyday, and I give money to NPR, but I think it's time to cut the cord. Public broadcasting will survive without it. Also, I can understand why some people don't like it. Why should they be forced to contribute?
I'll admit, it's pretty foolish to vote for ethanol subsidies of dubious merit to the tune of 25 billion, then complain about funding for public broadcasting. But, that doesn't mean that either is a good use of public money.
My biggest complaint about NPR. They are so full of their own Kool-Aid when they start talking about how unbiased they are. I live in Boston, so I listen to WBUR. The liberal bias is easy to here, but I don't think there is anything wrong with that. Everyone is biased. They need to just admit it.
nbasi says:
I hope everyone's who's suggesting to "let the market decide" is being facetious. Can anyone who has money in wall street say such a thing with any credibility? Let the market decide, indeed. Remind me why GM is still in business? Did the market decide that it would be viable, or was it a big fat loan from Uncle Sam?
Unfortunately, the US doesn't work in such a way that only projects that you like will be funded. I wasn't keen on us invading Iraq, but my tax dollars went to pay for it. If memory serves correctly, we've spent more money on that war than we have PBS or any sort of arts funding.
It's a rather naive belief that, somehow, the freemarket will balance everything out. Money buys government influence – and government influence can give a corporation a decided advantage. If that weren't the case, then the freemarket would be a reality instead of some religious belief.
KJMClark says:
You all realize that PBS and NPR are separate entities, right? Sarge's video is about NPR – but this advert is about PBS.
jswap says:
I call "propaganda". Let's cut their budget in half and then we can say "for every 1 dollar in government spending, pbs raises 12″. That would be twice as good. Cut the budget even more, and the ratio gets even better!


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