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Garbage strike ends without snag
April 27, 2010
Union trash haulers went on strike against Waste Management for less than 48 hours last week.
The strike ended before most Issaquah residents noticed changes to garbage service. Waste Management serves most Issaquah customers. Allied Waste — a company unaffected by the strike — hauls garbage in the southwestern corner of the city.
The union said haulers returned to work without conditions "to prevent a public health crisis" and reduce service disruptions.
Representatives for Waste Management and the union, Teamsters Local 174, planned to reopen labor negotiations. The dispute centered on medical benefits.
"These are positive developments and I'm glad to see both sides returning to the bargaining table," King County Executive Dow Constantine said in a statement issued after haulers returned to work. "I believe the parties can work toward reaching a fair and equitable resolution."
The contract for Waste Management haulers expired March 31. Union negotiators rejected what Waste Management described as the "best, last, final offer" in early April.
Allied Waste, the hauler responsible for Greenwood Point and South Cove, reached a labor deal with workers April 11. The company also serves Klahanie and Mirrormont in unincorporated King County.
Council will decide board and commission appointments
April 27, 2010
City Council members will appoint members to 12 city boards and commissions May 3.
The appointees will shape the way Issaquah develops, and advise officials about everything from growth to the environment to public art.
The council had been scheduled to decide on the appointments April 19, but some council members had trouble accessing a section of the city website with information about the applicants. The difficulty prompted the council to delay the decision until the next meeting, to allow officials time to review the information.
The city issued a call for applications in January. Candidates faced interviews with board and commission members. Mayor Ava Frisinger followed the recommendations from boards and commissions officers, and recommended the list to the council for approval.
Police arrest man for Squak Mountain burglaries
April 27, 2010
Issaquah Police arrested a 26-year-old Issaquah man last week in connection with burglaries on Squak Mountain.
Police said the man burglarized two residences April 21 on Mount Fury Circle Southwest and Mount Olympus Drive Southwest. The intruder forced doors open to enter the residences.
Officers recovered stolen property worth more than $3,000. The items included several flat-screen TVs, a guitar and a computer.
Authorities booked the man into the King County Jail for felony possession of stolen property and a state Department of Corrections violation.
Police seek witnesses to the burglaries, and encourage anyone who noticed suspicious activity in the area in April to call Detective Ryan Raulerson at 837-3238.
Roll up your sleeves — it's cleanup time
April 27, 2010
The DownTown Issaquah Association is looking for volunteers to do some spring cleaning and community building in its annual downtown spring cleanup.
The event will be from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. May 1. And if getting to know your neighbors isn't incentive enough, lunch from the Flying Pie Pizzeria ought to be.
"We just want to invite everybody to come out, and it's a great family event," said Greg Spranger, executive director of the DownTown Issaquah Association, who's helped organize the event for the last 10 years.
Volunteers should meet at the Hailstone Feed Store at 9 a.m. The plan is to clean a stretch of Front Street from the Grange Mercantile building to The Issaquah Press building, as well as a stretch of Sunset Way from the train depot parking lot to the library parking structure. Cleaning activities will include weeding, sweeping and picking up trash.
State patrol seeks trooper cadets
April 27, 2010
Washington State Patrol leaders need a few good men and women — 54 to be exact.
Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Legislature authorized the agency to hire 54 trooper cadets in July. Now, the state law enforcement agency faces a challenge to find enough qualified candidates to fill the class.
Hiring took on a new urgency due to the number of vacancies and potential vacancies WSP faces. The agency has 34 trooper vacancies, and another 100 or so commissioned officers will be eligible to retire Jan. 1.
The combined hiring and training process takes about 12 months to complete. The physical fitness test — pushups, sit-ups and a mile-and-a-half run — proves to be a significant hurdle for applicants.
Officials said about a third of all applicants fail the physical fitness test.
To help meet hiring goals, the agency will conduct testing in Kennewick on April 30. WSP will also condense the six-month hiring process into two months.
Learn more about the trooper cadet selection process here, or call a recruiter toll-free at 800-888-8384.
Free health screenings at Bartell Drugs on April 30
April 27, 2010
Bartell Drugs is providing free and discounted health screening clinics at 10 of its stores, including Issaquah, April 28 – May 9.
The Issaquah store, 5700 E. Lake Sammamish Parkway S.E., will host a walk-in clinic from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. April 30. Customers will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
The screenings will include glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure testing as a preventative measure against diabetes and heart disease, according to a press release.
The screenings provide customers with immediate on-site results for blood glucose levels, total good and bad cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.
The clinics will also have free educational materials for customers.
Other discounted screenings and services are: $15 diabetes screenings, $5 osteoporosis screenings and $5 total cholesterol testing. A lipid panel is also available for $15, however, customers will need to fast for eight to 12 hours for accurate results.
Learn more here.
Benefit raises money for Tent City 4
April 27, 2010
Tent City 4 garnered more than $1,400 through a fundraiser organized to educate Issaquah and Eastside residents about homelessness.
"View from the Tent" — a dramatic monologue based on letters from a homeless man — anchored a benefit for the homeless encampment. Tent City 4 residents answered questions from the audience after the April 17 performance. Ticket and book sales benefited the encampment.
Author M. Barrett Miller compiled letters from a homeless man into a self-published book, "View from the Tent: Thoughts from a Homeless Man." Dan Niven, a Seattle actor and musician, adapted the book into a monologue.
Tent City 4 departed Issaquah for Kirkland on April 24 after a 90-day stay at Community Church of Issaquah.
Issaquah Highlands ranked as top 'green' community
April 27, 2010
Natural Home magazine has named the Issaquah Highlands among the "greenest" communities in the United States.
The magazine included the highlands on the "Top 10 Best Green-Built Neighborhoods" and lauded the community for residences and commercial buildings built to eco-friendly standards. The magazine also noted the 1,400 acres of forest and open space preserved as part of the highlands.
The hillside community has attracted more than 7,000 residents to Grand Ridge since 1998. No other Washington community earned a spot on the list.
The list includes three Oregon communities. The rankings appear in the May-June issue of the magazine.
Plans for more commercial and office space in the highlands shifted through the years as major tenants — such as Microsoft — opted to build elsewhere. The recession also slowed grand plans for the community.
The latest plan offered by highlands developer Port Blakely Communities includes a storage facility, a grocery store, a movie theater and a gas station. Port Blakely seeks a development partner in order to complete the project.
Natural Home bills itself as "the authority on sustainable home design and materials, earth-friendly décor and natural lifestyles."
Fighting together: Cancer survivor inspires beauty and barber school to host fundraiser
April 27, 2010
It was a long battle, but Diane Davis said the support of her students at Evergreen Beauty & Barber College's Bellevue campus helped her find the strength to fight non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2008.
"The hardest part was telling my family, I have two daughters, and helping them calm down," said Davis, an Issaquah resident. "The treatments were rough, of course, too.
"But people here were so supportive."
On behalf of Davis and other students and instructors who have battled cancer, the college and its students decided to host a fundraiser for the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance at both its Everett and Bellevue campuses, said Frank Trieu, director of the Bellevue Campus.
"This is a family-owned business," he said. "It's about our students, not about our business. Our business is to help our students grow holistically."
"I think it's wonderful that our students want to help," Davis said. "Though, I didn't go through Cancer Care Alliance, I know they have wonderful support services that are beneficial to people and families fighting cancer."
The fundraiser asks patrons to purchase an Easter egg for $1, Trieu said. Inside the egg, like any good Easter egg, is a surprise, like $49 off microdermabrasion or $35 off a hair color treatment at the school.
United Auto Body of Issaquah gains AAA Approval
April 27, 2010
United Auto Body of Issaquah was recently designated as a AAA Approved Auto Repair facility.
To receive its AAA-approved status, the staff of United Auto Body has:
- An established history of excellent customer satisfaction and community reputation,
- ASE certified technicians,
- Maintained a clean and safe facility.
As part of the AAA approved network, United Auto Body has agreed to:
- Guarantee workmanship, fit and finish for a minimum of one year,
- Take full responsibility for repair of vehicle even when subletting a portion of a repair,
- Offer a written estimate of repairs,
- Let AAA arbitrate any disputes regarding the quality of service or repairs.
United Auto Body will display the AAA Approved Auto Repair logo to identify them as a reliable facility. The shop is at 1514 N.W. Mall St. and can be reached at 392-7099. Hours of operation are from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For a complete list of AAA-approved auto and auto body repair facilities, call 800-AAA-HELP toll free or go here.


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She is survived by her husband, Buddy Rice; son, Chris Rice of Hickory; daughter, Jennifer R. Fortney of Chapel Hill; sister, Kandy V. Broughton of Oriental; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 10, at Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David R. Brosnan and Rev. Mike Roach officiating. Interment will follow immediately in Friendship Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton.
The family will receive friends and family one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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Martin Creed
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|Martin Creed
Work No. 850 an athlete running through the Tate Britain gallery.
Wakefield, England
|Slade School of Art at University College London
|Turner Prize (2001)
Martin Creed (born 1968) is a British artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for Work No. 227: The lights going on and off, which was an empty room in which the lights went on and off at 5 second intervals. Creed lives and works in London.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Martin Creed was born in Wakefield, England. He moved with his family to Glasgow at age 3 when his silversmith father got a job teaching there.[2] He grew up revering music and art. His parents were Quakers, and he was taken often to Quaker meetings.[2] He attended Lenzie Academy school,[3] near Glasgow, and studied art at the Slade School of Art at University College London from 1986 to 1990.
Creed's work is often a small intervention in the world, making use of existing materials or situations rather than bringing new material into the world. He uses whatever medium seems suitable.[4] Since 1987, he has numbered each of his works, and most of his titles are deadpan and descriptive. Work No. 79: some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball and depressed against a wall (1993), for example, is just what it sounds like, as is Work No. 88, a sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball (1994). One of Creed's best known works is Work No. 200: Half the air in a given space (1998), which is a room which has half of its cubic space filled with balloons.
Major projects[edit]
Creed is perhaps best known for his submission for the 2001 Turner Prize show at the Tate Gallery, Work No. 227: The lights going on and off, which won that year's prize. The artwork presented was an empty room in which the lights periodically switched on and off (frequency five seconds on/five seconds off). As so often with the Turner Prize, this created a great deal of press attention, most of it questioning whether something as minimalist as this could be considered art at all.
His work has often excited controversy: a visitor threw eggs at the walls of Creed's empty room as a protest against the prize, declaring that Creed's presentations were not real art and that "painting is in danger of becoming an extinct skill in this country".[5] Ironically, in recent years Creed has been exhibiting paintings in nearly every exhibition he has done.
For Creed there is no difference between making music and making art. Like his Work No. 850, in which runners ran through the Tate Gallery in 2008, his music is disarmingly simple but makes an immediate impact. Work No. 1197 "All the bells in the country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes" was commissioned to herald the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was not performed.
In 2010, he provided the cover art for a Futuristic Retro Champions single, while supporting its launch with an appearance with his own band.
In 2009, he wrote and choreographed Work No. 1020: Ballet, a live performance of Creed's own music, ballet, words and film, originally produced by Sadler's Wells, London and performed in the Lilian Baylis Studio. In 2010, Work No. 1020: Ballet was performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was most recently performed on 21 June 2011 in the main theatre at Sadler's Wells, London.
Some of Creed's works use neon signs. In these cases, the title of the work usually indicates what the sign says. These pieces include Work No. 220, Don't Worry (2000) and Work No. 232, the whole world + the work = the whole world (2000), which was mounted on Tate Britain in London.
In 2011, Creed gave work to the UK-registered charity Environmental Justice Foundation (1088128). A run of 20 T-shirts was made featuring his Work No. 531, all of which were hand screen printed in London and individually numbered on the inside neck. They are available from the charity.[6]
Creed continues to exhibit work internationally and regularly does talks and plays live with his band.
Creed formed a band, Owada, in 1994. In 1997, they released their first CD, "Nothing", on David Cunningham's Piano label. Sound has also featured in his gallery-based work, with pieces using doorbells and metronomes. Since 1999 he no longer used the band name "Owada". In 2000, he published a recording of his songs under his own name with the arts publisher Art Metropole, in Toronto. He started his own label, Telephone Records, and released the single "Thinking/ Not Thinking" in early 2011, following it up with the single "Where You Go" in 2012. Releases accelerated in 2012, with the Double AA Side single "Fuck Off" and "Die" coming out on Moshi Moshi Records in May 2012, in advance of the album "Love To You", released on Moshi Moshi in July 2012. The album is produced by David Cunningham, Martin Creed and The Nice NIce Boys (Andrew Knowles of Johnny Marr & The Healers and Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand). A special edition vinyl of the album is being made by Vinyl Factory. Coming out at the same time as the album is the single "You're The One For Me". His music is published by Novello & Co, part of the Music Sales Group. He works with the record label Moshi Moshi.
Permanent installations[edit]
Also in 2011, Creed permanently installed, Work 1059 on the historic Scotsman Steps in Edinburgh with 104 different colors of marble on each of the steps. Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones called it "a generous, modest masterpiece of contemporary public art".[7]
On art[edit]
"I don't know what art is"
"I wouldn't call myself an artist"
In an interview published in the book Art Now: Interviews with Modern Artists (2002), Creed explains that he used to 'make paintings' but never liked having to decide what to paint. He decided to stop making paintings and instead to think about what it meant, and why he wanted to make things. He says:
|The only thing I feel like I know is that I want to make things. Other than that, I feel like I don't know. So the problem is in trying to make something without knowing what I want. [...] I think it's all to do with wanting to communicate. I mean, I think I want to make things because I want to communicate with people, because I want to be loved, because I want to express myself.
Creed says that he makes art works not as part of an academic exploration of 'conceptual' art, but rather from a wish to connect with people, 'wanting to communicate and wanting to say hello'. The work is therefore primarily emotional:
|To me it's emotional. Aye. To me that's the starting point. I mean, I do it because I want to make something. I think that's a desire, you know, or a need. I think that I recognise that I want to make something, and so I try to make something. But then you get to thinking about it and that's where the problems start because you can't help thinking about it, wondering whether it's good or bad. But to me it's emotional more than anything else.
Martin Creed and his band were picked by The Cribs as the 'Hottest Band in the World Right Now' on NME.com and they invited him to support them on their recent UK tour. Martin Creed is also much loved by Franz Ferdinand - regular attendees at his gigs and co-producers on his album - as well as Moshi Moshi label-mates Slow Club.
In 1996, Richard Long and Roger Ackling selected Creed to exhibit at EASTinternational. In the decade since winning the Turner Prize he has exhibited extensively throughout the world, including large survey shows at Trussardi Foundation, Milan ('I Like Things'), Bard College, New York ('Feelings'), and a touring exhibition which started at Ikon Gallery Birmingham and toured to Hiroshima and Seoul. Today, Creed's visual work is represented by Hauser & Wirth, Gavin Brown's Enterprise and Galleria Lorcan O'Neill Roma.
Selected Solo Exhibitions[edit]
"What's the point of it?", Hayward Gallery, London, England
"Martin Creed: Scales", Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT
"Martin Creed", Hauser & Wirth and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York NY
"Artist Rooms: Martin Creed", Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England
"Martin Creed", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill Roma, Rome, Italia
"Martin Creed", The Warhol, Pittsburg PA
"Nuit Blanche Paris, Work No. 1676: All the Bells", 3 minutes at 19:00, Paris, France
"Martin Creed" MALI, Lima, Peru
"Work No. 268", Pavement Gallery, Manchester, England
"Work No. 965: Half the air in a given space", Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland OH
"Work No. 1059", Scotsman Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland[8]
"Martin Creed: Works", MARCO, Vigo, Spain
"Things/Cosas", Sala Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain
"Martin Creed: Collected Works", Rennie Collection, Vancouver, Canada
"Sightings: Martin Creed", Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas TX[9]
"Mothers", Hauser & Wirth, London, England
"Martin Creed: Work No. 409", Southbank Centre Chorus Festival, London, England
"Down Over Up", Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Ballet: Work No. 1020", (Part of Edinburgh Festival) Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Common Guild, Glasgow, Scotland
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan (Travelling Exhibition)
"Work No. 975: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT", Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea (Travelling Exhibition)
"Martin Creed", Galleria Lorcan O'Neill Roma, Rome, Italia
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England (Travelling Exhibition)
"Feelings", Hessel Museum of Art and CCS Galleries, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Hauser & Wirth Coppermill, London, England
"I Like Things", Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, Italy
Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
"Martin Creed"s Variety Show", Tate Modern, London, England
"Work No. 409", Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England (Permanent Installation)
Hauser & Wirth, London, England
"The whole world + the work = the whole world", Centre for Contemporary Art, Udjadowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland
"Work No. 289", The British School, Rome, Italy
"Art Now: Martin Creed", Tate Britain, London, England
Selected Group Exhibitions[edit]
""Artists Rooms: Martin Creed", Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
"ILLUMInations", Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Open House", Singapore Biennale, Singapore
"Summer Collection Display", Tate St Ives, Cornwall, England
"8½: A Selection of works from the exhibitions organized by the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi from 2003 to the present", Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Martin Creed: What's the point of it?, 29 January – 27 April 2014 Hayward Gallery, London.
- ^ a b Farah Nayeri (24 January 2014), When Art Is Beside the Point International Herald Tribune.
- ^ Lenzie Academy Artist in paper chase for prize:Controversial Turner award down to short-list of four Glasgow Herald.
- ^ Roberta Smith (13 July 2007), The Bearable Lightness of Martin Creed New York Times.
- ^ Youngs, Ian (2002)"The art of Turner protests", BBC www.bbc.co.uk, 31 October 2002. Accessed 8 January 2007
- ^ Martin Creed for EJF
- ^ Jones, J. 3 September 2013. 'Martin Creed's light goes on and off for me'. The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ 'Martin Creed Work No. 1059, 2011. New Commission for The Scotsman Steps'. Commissioned by The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ 'Nasher Sculpture Center Exhibition "Sightings: Martin Creed"'
External links[edit]
- Martin Creed at MALI
- Martin Creed at Hauser & Wirth
- Martin Creed – Martin Creed's own website, with some artworks, texts and news
- Martin Creed at Johnen + Schöttle
- Artkrush.com interview with Martin Creed (April 2006)
- Martin Creed performance video from Tate Britain's website
- Martin Creed at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
- Make me Reality Printed Words based on Work No.394 by Martin Creed
- at Tate St Ives Martin Creed's contribution to the summer show at Tate St Ives from the TateShots blog
- Martin Creed at Kadist Art Foundation
- Martin Creed: Like Water At A Buffet, Kappatos Gallery Athens, May, 2015, by art critic Kostas Prapoglou.


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• Phoenix do a video interview for Walmart, and still manage to maintain their respect. Yep, by all accounts these dudes have "sold out", yet they just keep getting more awesome.
• Thom Yorke debuted some new songs in LA with his new band that includes Flea and Radiohead will be recording a new album this winter.
• Guns N' Roses gets sued by a shoegaze/electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss for unauthorized sampling of his music on Chinese Democracy. So weird.
• Kraftwerk will be remastering their entire catalog + releasing a new album in 2010. They are (still) the robots, doot doot do-doot…
• Read a wrap-up if the Future of Music Policy Summit 2009. Your career may just depend on it.
• Good news from the Beastie Boys camp, Adam Yauch is feeling much better.
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• The first screener sent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences this week was Anvil! The Story of Anvil. PLEASE NOMINATE THIS FILM!!!
• Kanye West is releasing a Glow in the Dark tour book. Hey, Kanye, Imma let you finish…eh nevermind.
• Brian Wilson is set to complete unfinished Gershwin songs. Will he make 'ol George SMILE up in heaven?
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• Don't call it a "Grunge book", but Thurston Moore is releasing a book about Grunge…Huh?
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Paul Gascoigne needs 24-hour care, says PFA's Gordon Taylor
Paul Gascoigne needs almost 24-hour supervision after he started drinking again, PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has warned.
Gascoigne's agent Terry Baker said at the weekend that the former England footballer's life was in danger.
Taylor, who has been in touch with Gascoigne, said the PFA had tried repeatedly to help the 45-year-old.
Gazza's problems with alcohol
- June 1996: An alcohol-related "dentist-chair" stunt in a Hong Kong bar during England's Euro 96 preparations puts Gascoigne on the front pages of the newspapers in Britain.
- August 1998: Gascoigne's marriage to Sheryl ends after she is granted a quick divorce. The player left his wife with a black eye and badly bruised face and arm after he attacked her in a drunken rage in Gleneagles, Scotland.
- October 1998: He is admitted to the Marchwood Priory hospital to receive treatment for stress and drink problems.
- June 2001: Gascoigne admits himself to an alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Arizona on his Everton manager Walter Smith's insistence.
- May 2007: He undergoes emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer.
- February 2008: Gascoigne is arrested in Newcastle and detained under the Mental Health Act.
- June 2008: The former England footballer is sectioned under the Mental Health Act following reports that he was acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead.
"He sounds as if he needs almost a 24-hour watching brief at the moment," Taylor told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It seems as if he needs somebody with him all the time just to make sure that he's looked after and is not going to do anything silly."
Gascoigne was shaking and slurring his words on stage at a charity event in Northampton on Thursday.
He has openly admitted to having problems with alcoholism, has spent time in rehab and was sectioned twice in 2008 under the Mental Health Act.
Taylor said that the PFA paid for a detoxification programme for the former Tottenham and Lazio midfielder through the Sporting Chance Clinic a few weeks ago, but that he had checked himself out.
The PFA chief executive has expressed fears that that Gascoigne could end up like former Manchester United winger George Best, who died aged 59 in 2005 after a long struggle with alcoholism.
"It's a case of one step forward and two back," Taylor said.
"I've spoken to Paul over the weekend, and he's said it's just a blip. But it really is down to him. We just don't want this to be another George Best tragedy.
"He does need a big support system, and he's got it from lots of friends. But there is a frustration that when things look to be improving, it all goes off wire." Gascoigne 'requires 24-hour care'
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has called on the PFA and Taylor to do more to help Gascoigne.
After a video of the event in Northampton appeared on The Sun's website, Schmeichel wrote on Twitter: "This is not fun watching. Gazza needs help. Come on PFA and Gordon Taylor, time to step up."
But Taylor said: "Peter doesn't know what we've done for Paul.
"There isn't a player we've done more for over my time at the PFA.
"In fact, we've been criticised for doing as much as we have, because he has not made the improvements that some of our other members have."


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Dennis Wideman's absence from the Washington Capitals lineup Thursday could have major repercussions for coach Bruce Boudreau and his team heading toward the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Wideman was in a Washington hospital, according to Canadian media outlet TSN.ca, receiving treatment for a leg injury. Felled Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes, Wideman reportedly has "a significant leg hematoma," a severe form of bruising.
Without Wideman, the Capitals find themselves again without their top puck-rushing defenseman. That's because Mike Green remains out with concussion-like symptoms that resulted from being hit in the head with a puck in early February.
For now, The Washington Post reported Thursday, Boudreau is counting on rookie John Carlson to step into Wideman's role. That includes more than 20 minutes a night.
Leveled by a Tuomo Ruutu check on Tuesday, Wideman was knocked out of the Hurricanes game. On Thursday, The Washington Times reported the Capitals downgraded Wideman to week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Worse, Wideman already has been ruled out of Saturday's game.
No Green, no Wideman and no Tom Poti – all less than two weeks before the Stanley Cup playoffs begin -- is not what the Capitals want. Neither is putting pressure on rookie Carlson or Tyler Sloan, who steps into the lineup as a sixth defenseman.
"We've just all got to rally around as a core group of guys and play the way we can," Carlson told the Post before Thursday's game. "I think that's just focus. You have to make sure you're focused every shift, no matter how much you play you cant take any shift off or plays off and that's when you start getting in trouble and just maintaining that is the biggest thing."
Carlson is a known commodity to his teammates, and Jeff Schultz told reporters he believe the rookie can cut it. "We'll look for him to fill in for what Dennis does," Schultz said, "and just whoever else is out there has the capabilities of helping the power play out."
Boudreau also expressed confidence in Carlson. But he also noted: "We've lost our top three minute guys from either last year or this year so it's somebody else's chance to become a top minute guy."
Sloan returned to the lineup for the first time in two weeks.
"Defense is a pretty tough position to play as it is," he said, "and when you're not playing a lot, you don't have that confidence, feel for the puck and timing."


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? Do skip the nightcap. Sure, it might help you doze off faster, but your sleep will be less restful. That's because as your body starts to metabolize the alcohol in that after-dinner cocktail, it can act as a stimulant, causing you to wake up more frequently during the night. Plus, research has shown that too much alcohol disrupts women's sleep more than men's. You can enjoy a glass of wine, but don't drink it within three hours of bedtime; instead, find other ways to relax, like taking a warm bath, meditating or listening to music.


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I heard it once again from a politician "working" on the fiscal crisis, that the rich must pay their fair share.
Recently, these talking points have been brought into sharp focus due to the approaching fiscal cliff. I'm writing this in hope that some of your readers might enlighten me on these points.
My first question is simple. Can someone please tell me what constitutes the "rich" in this country?
We live in the Northeast, and I'm wondering if what we make here qualifies us as rich, say, compared with someone living in Kansas?
So would someone please explain how the government will determine who is rich? What are the limits, and will they change depending on the locale?
My second question is: What is the rich's "fair share"? Is their fair share different from my fair share?
Let me throw out an example. If a couple is working 80 hours a week each, and make $250,000 to build their business, are they rich? Or should they be taxed the same rate as a man making $62,000 for a 40-hour week?
If I work hard, should I be penalized and forced to give it away?
Now, I personally don't have a stake in these questions because I know I don't fit into any of these categories yet.
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March 2, 2009
To: KBOO Membership and all other interested persons
From: The KBOO Board of Directors
Taking on the role as KBOO Board member is an honored responsibility. We represent the members of KBOO to serve as the guardians for the organization, to ensure that KBOO, our community gem, continues with vibrancy into the future. Part of the guardianship also requires us to maintain an environment at KBOO that is free of harassment and intimidation, and that is supportive and respectful to the staff and volunteers.
We have reached the conclusion that Scott Forrester, a long-time volunteer who was elected to the Board of Directors in September 2008, has violated that spirit. Therefore, pursuant to the Bylaws, the Board voted to remove Mr. Forrester from the Board.
Starting soon after he was elected to the Board, KBOO received numerous complaints about Mr. Forrester's behavior towards staff, volunteers and members. The Board addressed these complaints at several Board meetings attended by Mr. Forrester and gave him a formal letter of reprimand on October 28, 2008. In each case, the Board believed that Mr. Forrester would cease his disruptive behavior. Unfortunately, the behavior continued.
At its January 26 meeting, the Board provided a list of complaints to Mr. Forrester. Mr. Forrester asked for time to prepare a defense. Upon agreement of the Board and Mr. Forrester, a meeting was set for Thursday, February 19 to review the complaints. A follow-up was placed on the agenda for the regularly scheduled board meeting on Monday, February 23. The Board obtained the services of a facilitator from TACS to oversee the meeting.
Mr. Forrester was present at the beginning of the February 19 meeting. He made a public statement that did not address the charges and left despite the Board's request that he participate in the meeting. The Board took written and verbal testimony on the complaints about Mr. Forrester's behavior as a director. The Board adjourned until February 23 so that the individual directors could consider the evidence.
On the following day, Friday, February 20, KBOO was served with a lawsuit by Mr. Forrester and Michael Papadopoulos. Many of the directors were served with the lawsuit over the weekend. The essence of the lawsuit is that the membership did not properly elect the Board of Directors in September 2008.
The Board believes that the lawsuit is without merit and it intends to defend KBOO, the directors, staff, volunteers and membership. At this point, on instructions from its counsel, KBOO will not have any further comment on the lawsuit.
The February 23 Board meeting took place as scheduled. Again, Mr. Forrester made a public statement that did not address the charges and then left even though the Board once again invited him to stay and participate. After public comment and further discussion, the Board passed the following resolutions:
1. KBOO Board of Directors removes Scott Forrester from the Board of Directors for cause in accordance with Article VI, Section 8b of the KBOO Bylaws. This decision is based on his actions, and an inability to cooperate with requests to modify his behavior, which constitute a gross abuse of authority with respect to the corporation, as well as conduct that is harmful to the corporation and its employees.
(This resolution passed 11-0.)
2. KBOO Board of Directors directs KBOO staff to ban Scott Forrester from the station. We view Mr. Forrester's behavior to be a detriment to the station, and his recent filing of a lawsuit against KBOO Foundation and the Board of Directors has now placed him as an adverse party. Mr. Forrester's presence at the station may give him an unfair advantage in the litigation, and for this reason we are banning him from the station indefinitely. In addition any communication with Mr. Forrester should be accomplished through his and our attorneys.
(This resolution passed 10-0 with one abstention.)
3. KBOO Board of Directors directs KBOO staff to ban Michael Papadopolous from the station. We view Mr. Papadopolous' behavior to be a detriment to the station, and his recent filing of a lawsuit against KBOO Foundation and the Board of Directors has now placed him as an adverse party. Mr. Papadopolous' presence at the station may give him an unfair advantage in the litigation, and for this reason we are banning him from the station indefinitely. In addition any communication with Mr. Papadopolous should be accomplished through his and our attorneys.
(This resolution passed 10-0 with one abstention.)
We hope you understand that the Board only took these actions when we felt we had no other choice for the good of the KBOO community. We would have preferred to reach an accommodation with Mr. Forrester allowing him to continue to voice his opinion in a courteous and respectful manner. The ultimate sanction of removal from the Board and the station was imposed only when it was clear that Mr. Forrester intended to continue acting in a manner that threatened KBOO with the loss of valuable volunteers, staff and members.
We remain committed to our mission to the KBOO community and to the larger community. We invite the continued participation of our members and those who want to be members in the management of our affairs and the operation of our station, a participation that respects the broad range of views that our members bring to KBOO and that seeks to project the spirit of KBOO to the community in which we live.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Students, faculty and staff at Johnston High School are mourning the death of a 16-year-old student killed this week in a longboard skateboarding crash.
Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Henry Evans died from injuries suffered in the crash on Thursday.
More than 300 people gathered at a Johnston church Friday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Evans. Hundreds of Evans' classmates wrote messages on notecards and posters for his parents.
The boy's family members say he was a registered organ donor and that eight people were helped because of Evans' donations.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Counselors will be at Johnston High School on Monday to help grieving students and teachers.
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ELKHART — The time is ripe for immigration reform — including a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants — and if it doesn't happen now, prospects for change anytime soon may fade.
That was the message at a gathering Thursday, Aug. 22, of a coalition pushing for reform, an ongoing point of debate in Congress.
"The fact is, this is a real opportunity," said Fred Everett, director of the office of family life at the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. "What a shame it would be if we don't take that step forward."
The U.S. Senate has crafted a comprehensive immigration reform plan, but the U.S. House has yet to act and prospects are sketchier in that body. With that in mind, Everett and reps from several other groups pushing for reform gathered at the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce to prod the effort along.
There were calls for U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, the local representative in Congress, to take a role in moves to craft a reform plan in the U.S. House and calls for the public to get in touch with their lawmakers.
"I invite you to act, to do something," said Angela Adams, an Indianapolis-based immigration attorney who helped organize Thursday's meeting. "Make a call to your local congressperson, send a letter, write an email."
Aside from Everett and Adams, those speaking out included Elkhart chamber President Kyle Hannon, Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis Hill and Randy Johnson, a vice president from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from Walorski's office were also at the meeting, though they didn't publicly address the group.
Johnson, a veteran of efforts to craft immigration reform in 2001 and 2005-06, offered 50-50 prospects on a final plan emerging in Congress.
"Who knows what's going to be done in the House," said Johnson. The degree of opposition to reform moves, however, "is much less than it was years ago."
Hannon just hopes the House comes up with some sort of reform measure, leading to a conference committee with Senate reps on their plan and, ideally, compromise legislation.
Walorski, though not present, issued a statement in response to the meeting, sponsored by a group dubbed the Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network, an initiative of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based immigrant advocacy group.
The U.S. immigration system is "broken," said Walorski, a Republican, and "fairness and careful consideration" must be given to the situation.
"I encourage the House to focus on designing a workable system to address critical issues like border security and a visa entry-exit system, tracking individuals entering and leaving the U.S. on temporary visas for improved national security," Walorski said.
She didn't touch on the notion of a pathway to citizenship or some sort of legal status for undocumented immigrants. That was a central call among representatives at Thursday's meeting and it's one of the sticky points in the debate.
The Elkhart and U.S. chambers also say any reform plan should improve border security, enhance U.S. visa programs geared to high- and low-skilled workers and upgrade the federal employment verification system, called E-Verify.
Hill, the Elkhart County prosecutor, alluded to the start of the influx of Latino immigrants into Elkhart County in the 1990s. At times he felt "uncomfortable," he said, but his view has evolved, in part due to contact with the Hispanic and immigrant communities in school activities involving his children.
"We have to look at it from a more humane perspective," he said. As prosecutor, he continued, "I found some bad ones. But I can tell you the bad ones were a very, very, very tiny percentage."
By relying at times on false documents, lying on forms because of their migratory status, undocumented immigrants "start down a path of illegal or improper activity," Hill said. Nonetheless, the notion of rounding up the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country and deporting them, favored by some, isn't realistic, as he sees it.
"We can't have an intelligent discussion about immigration reform until we put that aside," said Hill, a Republican. Undocumented immigrants, he later continued, are "not going anywhere, so the next question is, what do you want to do with them?"
Everett said the act of crossing the U.S. border without proper papers doesn't make undocumented immigrants felons. "Consequently, we shouldn't be treating these people as criminals," he said.
Lacking from Thursday's gathering were vocal representatives of sectors less open to creating a pathway to citizenship or legalization for undocumented immigrants. The reform proposal from the Democrat-led Senate contains provisions addressing the matter, but the GOP-led House has been more reluctant on the matter.
Saulo Padilla, an attendee Thursday who works with immigrants as part of his duties with the Mennonite Central Committee in Goshen, noted the absence after the meeting, saying such sectors should be included in events like Thursday's gathering. "How do we reach those voices who are still dissenting so we can have a real conversation?" he said.


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Directions to the Habitat Office: From Route 29 (Emmet Street), take University Avenue (Business 250) east past the Rotunda. It turns into West Main Street near the intersection with Jefferson Park Avenue. You will find the Habitat office at the corner of West Main and 10th Street, across from the Hampton Inn. Click here for parking information. Click here for a map of Habitat parking spots at Republic Plaza.
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NORFOLK, VA. — A new leader took control of Marines in Europe and on the East Coast of the United States following a change of command in Virginia on Tuesday.
Lt. Gen. Robert B. Neller became the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe during a ceremony at a parade field at Naval Station Norfolk.
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command is responsible for training and providing Marines to combatant commanders around the world. U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe is based in Stuttgart, Germany, and serves as the Marine component to U.S. European Command. About 119 Marines are stationed at the commands headquarters in Germany.
Neller will be based in Norfolk where his counterpart in the Navy is headquartered and is directly responsible for between 50,000 about 58,000 Marines, depending upon the military exercise and reserve manpower in use. Most of those forces are based in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, said that while Neller is responsible for about 30 percent of all active-duty Marines, his impact will be felt well beyond that because the Marines under his command can be sent to Afghanistan or the Pacific, among other places not under his command.
Neller is originally from East Lansing, Michigan, and most recently served as commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command. He had held that post since 2012 and was lauded by Amos for the relationship he built with the Navys Fifth Fleet commander, who was his counterpart in Central Command, and allies in the region.
Youre here for a reason. No good deed shall go unpunished, Amos joked. Youve become a man that can shoulder a heavy burden and we have a lot of heavy lifting left to do here.
Neller said he planned to address the Marine community on Wednesday.
Theres a lot going on, some bad, some good. But theres always opportunity. Theres a pony in there somewhere, and we just got to dig it out, he said.
Neller takes over from Lt. Gen. Richard T. Tryon, who is retiring after 44 years of service, including one year as the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe.
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New York State Police arrested and charged Kevin Q. Hobbs Sr., 36 of Newark, with fourth degree criminal possession of marijuana, second degree aggravated unlicensed operation and traffic infractions.
Just after 5 p.m. April 24, Hobbs' gray GMC Envoy passed by a state trooper who was on foot at the toll plaza of I-90 in the town of Van Buren. The trooper could smell the odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the Envoy. Hobbs Sr. was then instructed to pull over.
A license check showed that Hobbs had multiple suspensions on his NYS driver's license and the subsequent investigation revealed that he was in possession of more than four ounces of marijuana.
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I'm mostly silent this time of year on the Seahawks. Lots of sites are recycling the same rumors and questions over and over again, but now that we are days away from a franchise-defining draft, I am ready to weigh in.
The Hawks need franchise players. They need them at any position they can find them, even linebacker. All this talk of "should we draft a safety at #6 because they really aren't as important as lineman," is wasted breath. If we have the choice between two players, and the front office is more sure one will be a Pro Bowl player than the other, you pick him.
Now, having said that, I'd love to have a lineman (offense or defense) be so good that we think he is the certain Pro Bowl fixture. Both lines *are* more important than any other position except QB. One could argue an offensive line is more important than QB since you can win with an average QB behind a great line, but can't win with a great QB behind a bad line.
The two lineman that appear to fit into that extremely high shelf category are Russell Okung and Trent Williams. The talk about both players reminds me very much of the 1997 draft class where Orlando Pace was the more certain Pro Bowler, but Walter Jones was considered more athletic with more upside. Given the way Alex Gibbs runs his lines, Okung is not likely to be a good fit, but will not likely be available either. Williams is the wild card. Some have him going as high as #2, others have him slipping past Seattle. If he is available, I think he is the guy you can't pass up.
After him, I think it's Eric Berry, and beyond that...who knows?
Rob Rang has been eerily accurate in predicting Seahawks drafts in the past. I don't know if the change in front office will make them less predictable, but I trust Rang's analysis more than any other. Check out his stuff here: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/mock
Rang has us taking Bulaga (passing on Berry) and getting DE Derrick Morgan at #14. Rang believes we'll pass on Berry because taking him at #6 will slot his salary as much as $2M *higher* than a franchise tagged safety would today. That's right, we'd be paying him more than Ed Reed if Reed was franchised today. I can see where that would factor into the decision. I tend to see that as overthinking though. If Eric Berry ends up being Ed Reed, and Brian Bulaga becomes Sean Locklear, we will be better off with Eric Berry, period.
I don't know much about Morgan, but I haven't read anything that makes me all that excited. Nobody writes that he is the next great pass rusher. He is considered the best DE in the draft. Maybe I'm just scarred by our past 75 defensive end draft choices, but if we take him at #14, he better be an upgrade over what we have. That's a low bar.
We need to exit this draft with:
1 starting caliber offensive tackle
1 offensive playmaker (this could WR or RB)
1 starting caliber defensive lineman
1 starting caliber safety
1 starting caliber running back
1 QB to challenge Mike Teel at #3
When I say starting caliber, that is relative to the Seahawks team. They would have to be ready to start for our team. Again, not a high bar.
Beyond those things, it would be great to add:
1 starting caliber offensive guard or center (unger can play either)
1 WR with upside
A 2nd defensive lineman (we need a tackle and an end)
Another safety
Another CB
I think the possibility still exists that Matt Hasselbeck could be traded for more picks. I think I could be at peace with that move if we get at least a 2nd or 3rd round pick for him. Let's face it, it's unlikely Matt will play here beyond next season. I'd rather see what we have in Whitehurst if he's the inevitable successor. Wow, that's painful to say. Matt's my guy.
This draft needs to be about quality. I would be okay with depth or breadth (or obviously both). Depth would mean we drafted multiple at certain positions like offensive line to make sure we turn a weakness into a strength. Breadth would mean we filled in holes across a larger set of positions. I can't wait to see where we end up. If nothing else, we can be sure Tim Ruskell won't be making the picks, so hope springs eternal.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
2010 Draft Analysis
Posted by Brian Nemhauser
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- Hawkgirl said...
Nice analysis HB. I always love your posts. I'm hopeful about this draft but unsure given we have no idea what PC and the crew are going to do. Hope does spring eternal. Would you consider doing a chat for the draft, perhaps the first round?
This morning I ran the Seahawks 12K this morning and met Josh Wilson. I couldn't help but think of you, given my love of Josh and your not so much love :).
Hope all is well with you!
- April 11, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- hawkblogger said...
Hey hawkgirl,
The 12K sounds like fun! I did a personal 4K while watching the Blazers beat the Lakers today. :)
I'd love to do a chat for the draft, but I will be in Bucharest next week on business. Fingers are crossed for the Hawks to hit the jackpot. We need it!
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More than twenty sites survive from Seabiscuit owner Charles Howard's occupancy. He constructed most of the buildings for his 1930s - 40s thoroughbred operation. Seabiscuit's specially constructed stud barn serves as a centerpiece.
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The American Caribbean Law Initiative and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida co-sponsored a comparative law clinic at Stetson Law.
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I've read that some quilters use fleece as batting. I've tried it and it worked okay for me. I have quite a few fleece remnants floating around and am thinking about basting them together (squaring them, butting them up and zigzagging them together with a 7mm wide stitch) and using them. I've basted batting together with this method and used it before with no issues. Has anybody tried this with fleece and if so what were your results? Do the stitches hold and do you see any lumps when the quilt is finished?
BTW, I'm not making heirloom quilts, just stuff to use around the house. And they do get used!
Thanks in advance!
I personally would not use fleece as a batting. I would use flannel or even thick cotton or wool, but fleece has stretching problems. You would have to be careful to line up all the segments in the same direction.
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My dogs have some quilts backed with pieced fleece. It was not easy to square the fleece so I just gave up and squared everything when I finished the quilt before binding it.
I often use fleece as a backing for baby quilts. No batting so that they can be more easy cared for and washed easily.
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What kind of fleece?
I use fleece pretty much exclusively for quilt backs, but I use THIN micro fleece.
When I piece together batting I hand sew it. using L O N G stitches, so it doesn't pucker or get squished along the stitching line. I would had sew for fleece as batting also.
I don't see why it would need to be squared up to be used as batting? Or for backing either. I NEVER square up my fleece backs. I don't square up my quilt tops either. Once they are quilted I trim an even width from he border then bind.
You would want to square up a quilt if you have points in your piecing that you don't want to just cut off. Stars, pinwheels, all sorts of quilts have points, and if you just trim the edges, you have wedges, not points. LOL, I thing we should start a trend, the wedgie quilt! Gotta think about how to make that work.
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I've used fleece and I like it. I'm able to lay everything out on my living room floor, and the fleece stays put without much trouble. A friend of mine who would exclusively use wool as batting, has now switched to fleece.
If you're piecing it, don't stitch it together with a seam, otherwise you will have bulk. I've pieced it by hand, using running stitches that criss-crossed the pieces, but that is time consuming. Try doing this with your machine.
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My first two (and only) quilts, I used fleece remnants for batting and I love it!
I butted the edges as best I could and sewed them together by hand with a biiiiig overhand stitch. Once it's quilted, the batting will stay put: that's what quilting is for!
I often find ugly fleece cheap and no one will every see it when used as batting.
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MANKATO, Minn. – Find out if you are roundabout ready at the interactive Highway 22 Mankato Roundabouts booth on Saturday, March 29 at the River Hills Mall in Mankato.
The public is encouraged to stop by and visit between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. with area traffic engineers about driving multi-lane roundabouts – specifically the ones scheduled for construction this summer on Highway 22 in Mankato.
The mall event is intended to ramp-up the educational campaign on navigating multi-lane roundabouts as the roundabouts on Highway 22 with Adams Street and Madison Avenue are expected to be under construction in May/June and the motoring public driving them in September.
Key concepts to learn for those new to multi-lane roundabouts include taking it slow, picking your lane and yielding (or stopping, if necessary) to your left. What motorists should NOT do is stop, pass or change lanes in the roundabout.
The interactive booth located near Target will feature:
- Videos on how to navigate a multi-lane roundabout
- A rug replicating the Highway 22 and Madison Ave roundabout
- Table-top roundabout with toy cars
- Handouts with driving tips
- Handouts with detour information and local accesses to your area businesses
- Engineering staff to visit one-on-one with the public
Other currently scheduled opportunities to learn more about driving two-lane roundabouts include:
- Website: www.roundaboutready.com
- Kiosk at River Hills Mall through September
- Videos playing on Mankato's CCTV
- Construction open house (Spring date TBD)
- Mankato Sr. Expo booth on May 13
- SC TZD Workshop on May 14
More events are yet to be scheduled. The Minnesota Department of Transportation, city of Mankato and Blue Earth County are partners on the Highway 22 roundabout project.


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Stupid pappz leave this.poor young girl alone haven't you, pattinson & slutty kp put her through enough torture fpr the past year? Go on the web check out JUSTICE FOR KRISTEN STEWART all you haters will read just how much false information was written or made up i hope Pattinson gets a dose of his own medicine he & kp are scum from the sewers
Go kristen there should be rules regarding those Pathic blood hounds intrusive behavior to you & other celebs i agree they should all be told to f##k off. I love & respect you
I didn't realize you guys were in on the Michael Pitt fiasco. Another stupid lie told and retold, and retold way after it had already been denied by both people. Yep all she has to do is sit down next to someone of the opposite sex and she automatically dating him. One he has a long time girl friend, two he's way to old for her. and three look at him he isn't her type at all. what a bunch of jerks. you guys should be hung up by your private parts.
And here I was hoping she punched you in the face. I can't tell with your poor video taking ability if she or the lady helping her were telling you off. What do you expect her to say to you when all she wants to do is eat her lunch, get in her car and go back to work. and you have your camera in her face. and then to ask her about Rob, after you have been telling everyone that she is still chasing him, so that is why he has to go out of the neighborhood to get away from her. I would have had lots more to say to you but she is a lady. You and your old lies about her being stoned at the academy awards won't wash with us anymore. It's just more lies to try and make us disrespect her. And anyone who believes your lies and bullying belongs in a funny farm. Oh by the way maybe you need to go back to school and take photography.
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TMZ, major fail! You guys are assholes sometimes. You know damned well she is no longer with Robert Pattinson, but yet you screw with her. Sleazy journalism. She's old news. Not interested. Dig us up some new slime on someone we care about.
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Now that Ebola is here, it has captured the attention it arguably deserved from us long ago. The latest news is that the patient first diagnosed in the U.S. is in critical condition, and receiving experimental therapy. Lapses in our public health system have been acknowledged, and a scramble to contain the damage, and prevent spread, are playing out as we look on, and worry.
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Anyone who wants Tim Brewster to be fired this early in the season is asking for something that is pretty much unheard of in college football.
The University of Minnesota's fourth-year coach is unquestionably under fire after a 1-3 start heading into the Big Ten Conference season opener Saturday against Northwestern, especially with losses to lower-level South Dakota — arguably the lowest point in Brewster's tenure — and to Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference.
But only four times since 1992 has a Division I-A college football coach departed after six or fewer games.
Usually, coaches who have lost the support of their fan base and administration will lose their jobs after the season, or, at the earliest, with a few games remaining while being allowed to finish the season. That gives athletics directors a chance to end speculation and get a head start on hiring the next coach.
There have been extraordinary circumstances with head coaches being removed after having been in scandals, player mutinies or other situations that go beyond wins and losses.
In those cases, the school is basically throwing away the rest of the season.
So the question is: Are the Gophers there yet?
History says, probably not.
"You'd have to conjure up some pretty drastic circumstances to want to make a change in the middle of the year," former University of Minnesota AD and current University of St. Thomas senior vice president Mark Dienhart said. "There are probably some — a severe breach of NCAA rules or some inappropriate conduct on the part of a coach."
"But winning and losing," Dienhart said, "is just part of the game."
Entering the 2010 season, Brewster had no major NCAA violations, although there was a minor violation while recruiting former Cretin-Derham Hall offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson.
There were off-the-field legal incidents with players last season. A sexual assault case involving several players Brewster inherited before his first season in 2007 also was a temporary cloud over the program, but he handled it swiftly by kicking the players off the team.
Brewster hasn't appeared to lose the confidence of his players. The closest thing to it was when junior Troy Stoudermire voiced his frustration and intent to leave the team last week on his Facebook page, but he later apologized and was reinstated for Saturday's game.
The issues forcing Gophers AD Joel Maturi and university President Bob Bruininks to rethink Brewster's future are mostly football-related — such as bad losses to North Dakota State in 2007, South Dakota this year and 55-0 to Iowa in 2008, too many system and coaching changes, failure to beat ranked and rival teams, and not finishing games and seasons strong.
But is that enough to remove him now?
"I just don't think a move happens," Big Ten Network analyst and former Illinois running back Howard Griffith said. "I know people may be wanting something, but they don't control the program. He has to get the opportunity to go out and continue to get the team better and win football games. If you make a move now, then what are you going to do?"
Were he removed at midseason, Brewster's replacement likely would have to come from within. Defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove appears to be respected by the players, but he has a son Connor, a team member, battling leukemia. First-year offensive coordinator Jeff Horton has head coaching experience, but his last stint ended in 1998, when he was fired at Nevada-Las Vegas.
A bigger issue is how a coaching change would affect the athletes, not only on the field but in the classroom, Dienhart said.
"A fan or an alum, nobody is saying to them that you have the responsibility for this 18- or 19-year-old kid that was recruited and now is at your institution," he said. "That's the responsibility that Joel feels, that Bob Bruininks feels and I'm sure Tim Brewster feels. And there's a lot more to the situation than reacting with anger and disappointment, saying anything is better than what we have going on. Well, no. Anything isn't better."
The Gophers consistently reached midlevel bowl games and produced top running backs under coach Glen Mason, but he was fired after the 2006 Insight Bowl for not being able to take the program to the next level.
Brewster has gone to back-to-back bowl games and won 13 games in the past two seasons. But he was 1-11 in his first season in 2007, and there's a sense that the program could be headed in that direction again this season.
The university protected itself when it gave Brewster a two-year extension on his original five-year deal after last season. Instead of having to pay him the entire remaining base salary on his contract if he is fired, the university will have to pay only $200,000 per remaining year, half his annual base salary of $400,000.
The performance-based extension was similar to the one Jim Wacker signed under Dienhart after the 1995 season. Dienhart never considered firing Wacker during a six-game losing streak the following season. He expected Wacker to resign at the end of the year, which he did after finishing 4-7 in 1996.
"We had an agreement that if he didn't reach that level of performance (in the contract) he would resign," Dienhart said. "Because he was such an honorable guy, at a certain point, he basically said to me, 'I'm seeing the same thing you're seeing. If I'm not able to be more successful, then I'm not going to be able to retain the support of people in the institution, fans and the team.' "
Many fans have soured toward Brewster.
Internet message boards following the team included wild speculation after the 34-23 loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday that Brewster would be fired this week — as early as Monday. But there he was at his weekly news conference Tuesday with a new message to his players that they're 0-0 to start the Big Ten season.
"That's ludicrous," Brewster said when asked if he was worried about his job. "At the end of the day, we'll all be judged. We understand that. We'll all be judged on wins and losses. I understand that very, very clearly. At this particular point, we've got eight games in the season."
Silence from Maturi and Bruininks since the Northern Illinois game raises questions about their confidence and helps breed speculation about the coach's future, especially because Maturi has been so open in the past in evaluating Brewster.
But Maturi said after the South Dakota loss he is reluctant to make an early-season move like he did when men's basketball coach Dan Monson was forced out after seven games of the 2006-07 season.
Maturi declined to talk about Brewster or the football team this week because he said he didn't want his words to be misinterpreted and create even more negativity for the program.
"That's the last thing we need right now," he said while passing through the football complex Wednesday.
Bruininks has been out of the country and returned this week. But just before he left after the South Dakota loss on Sept. 11, he told the school's student newspaper, "We need a stronger football program here," and "we're not going to be satisfied with mediocre results and a mediocre season."
Brewster's response to Bruininks' remarks was that the university president was entitled to make "any statement he wants" and that it didn't add to the pressure he felt.
And if history is any indication, Brewster might not need to truly worry until late in the season. Meanwhile, he still has a chance to win games to prove that he should be given another year.


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|Maternal factors regulating preterm infants' responses to pain and stress while in maternal kangaroo care.
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|The relationship between maternal factors and the response of preterm infants to pain and stress experienced during heel puncture while in maternal kangaroo care was investigated. This descriptive study included 42 mothers and their preterm infants cared for in a neonatal unit. Data were collected in the baseline, procedure, and recovery phases. We measured the neonates' facial actions, sleep and wake states, crying, salivary cortisol levels, and heart rate, in addition to the mothers' behavior, salivary cortisol levels, and mental condition. The influence of the maternal explanatory variables on the neonatal response variables were verified through bivariate analysis, ANOVA, and multiple regression. The mothers' behavior and depression and/or anxiety did not affect the neonates' responses to pain and stress, though the mothers' levels of salivary cortisol before the procedure explained the variance in the neonates' levels of salivary cortisol after the procedure (p=0.036). Additionally, the mothers' baseline levels of salivary cortisol along with the neonates' age explained the variance in the neonates' heart rate (p=0.001). The ability of mothers to regulate their own stress contributed to the infants' responses to pain and stress.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The four suspects charged with the burglary, robbery and conspiracy of a South Kingstown home and resident on Feb. 4 were indicted Wednesday.
The Washington County Grand Jury handed up an indictment charging Brandon Kluth, 20, of 16 John Chafee Blvd., Newport, Stefon Jenkins, 20, of 18 John Chafee Blvd., Newport, Brittney Flesia, 19, of 18 Barnacle Drive, South Kingstown, and Jaylon Butler, 19, of 201 Rogers Lane, Middletown, each with one count of burglary, first degree robbery and conspiracy. Kluth, Butler, and Jenkins were also charged with one count each of assault with a dangerous weapon.
The charges stem from an alleged incident on Feb. 4, in which the four defendants are accused of conspiring to rob Derek Benoit, 25, at his home at 44 King's Ridge Road in South Kingstown.
According to police reports, on Feb. 4, the victim stated that three unknown men dressed in white hoodies and bandannas came into his house and assaulted him with a baseball bat, looking for money. The three men, allegedly Kluth, Jenkins and Butler demanded money, which the victim did not provide. Kluth had threatened the victim with a black .40 semi-auto hand gun and Jenkins and Butler threatened the victim with baseball bats. Although they did not take any money, the burglars did take a Verizon Droid cell phone, valued at $500.
After the four men invaded the King's Ridge Road home, police found that the victim had invited Flesia over to purchase marijuana. According to reports, Flesia had contacted the victim of the home invasion's house guest through text message, requesting to make a purchase of marijuana. The guest, Vanessa Salvatore invited Flesia over the King's Road home. When Flesia arrived at the home and was let in, Salvatore locked the door behind them, but Flesia unlocked it to let three other conspirators in.
Kluth, Butler, Flesia and Jenkins will be arraigned in Washington County Superior Court on June 13. To note, an indictment is only an allegation.
Kluth is currently being held without bail in violation of his probation. Butler was released on $25,000 bail with surety, Flesia was released on $1,000 bail with surety, and Jenkins was released on $25,000 bail with surety.
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