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Les Little, of Detroit, stands with an American flag during a prayer vigil seeking federal intervention against the proposed emergency manager for Detroit outside the Department of Justice in Detroit, on Thursday. / Andre J. Jackson/Detroit Free Press
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I agree that the appointment of an emergency financial manager flies in the face of citizens electing representatives to govern our city, but the elected officials have failed to make our city viable and have had enough time to design and implement a plan.
Instead, the City Council and mayor are almost always back on their heels reacting to situations instead of anticipating them and having a framework to deal with issues in real time.
This situation is no different. When faced with an EFM, the reaction is to push back and say that you can come up with your own plan. So why now? Why weren't you proactive, given that city finances have been an almost daily topic in the news and in the conversations of all of the citizens of Detroit for years?
Honestly, I blame us, the citizens, for not insisting that you tell us how you are going to make the city viable and a place that we all want to live.
What is the point of the push-back? Do you honestly think that it is in the best interest of Detroit citizens to wait for a plan that could have been worked on in the last three years but wasn't?
This letter is not to criticize or even point out past mistakes, but I believe it is disingenuous for the City Council to react as it has, instead of trying to partner with the EFM to make Detroit the best it can be.
Alice Coleman,
Detroit (a resident for 17 years)
No other options
Council members and mayors have had the opportunity to manage city government obligations since World War II. The result is the miasma now defined by the review committee.
For the past several years, the downward path of the city's financial affairs has been headline news, yet after all the protestations from council members that they can handle it, the review committee reveals no handling is apparent.
Some other kind of effort has to be made quickly. What can be done except appoint an emergency financial manager -- one who is not encumbered by the petty barons whose chief motive is to aggrandize themselves without regard to the damage being done to the citizens' property. An intelligent plan must be put in place, and wise representatives elected to these public offices.
Stan Wickman
Scale services accordingly
In response to last Sunday's editorial ("Make it work: Six keys to a short, successful emergency financial manager experience"): While all six factors are laudable, what should be No. 1 on the list appeared nowhere.
First and foremost, the emergency financial manager needs to cut all services to the levels needed to serve the current population of the city. For the most part, major savings can be realized across the board.
Services could easily be allocated on a per-capita basis. There are citizens who have elected to live out in the "country"; by rights, they should receive the same level of services accorded any other small town in the state. Certainly no more, unless they are willing to buy them.
Before taking any other actions, the EFM should reduce the level of and availability of services appropriate to a city of 600,000. Then he can work on paying down the debt while eliminating the operating budget shortage.
Thomas Jenkins
Irresponsible government
Editorial page editor Stephen Henderson's point of a failed government was well made in his column last Sunday ("It's not about Detroit's budget; it's about Detroiters' lives").
It is beyond irresponsible when children die in fires as the result of an understaffed Fire Department forced to work with broken, outdated equipment and a reduced number of fire stations.
It is more than irresponsible when seniors and other people die who can be saved because EMS has to operate with broken equipment and a lost response time.
It is more than irresponsible when the understaffed, underpaid Police Department is expected to keep the streets of the city safe for its citizens. It is unconscionable!
Founding Father Thomas Jefferson put it straight and right when he made the point: When government no longer fulfills the needs of society/people, it is the right of people to throw that government out.
The incompetence of mismanagement and corruption and the poor-choice elected officials make it necessary to affect changes the citizens of Detroit -- including citizens throughout the region -- not only deserve, but are entitled to.
Joseph Borrajo
Accept downsizing
In response to last Sunday's article "Buses, lighting, airport likely targets": It's obvious the union leaders quoted in the article live in a world where Detroit city government exists to employ union people instead of provide services.
Ed McNeil's parroting of the union line about "the only ones sacrificing are the workers" ignores the fact that Detroit residents have borne most of the sacrifices in the form of poor services so that every precious union job can be preserved for eternity.
It's time for the unions to accept downsizings where necessary, so that money can be spent where it matters, instead of, say, a horseshoer for the Water Department. If that means privatization, so be it; the city's role is to provide services as efficiently as possible, not squander tax dollars on union contracts.
Brendan Cotter
Grosse Pointe Park
City Council's fairy tale
"Once upon a time ..." How many times have we heard that beginning to a favorite fairy tale? It prepared us for the imaginary world of make believe, but in today's society, many forget that. Today, we have those who still feel that change isn't needed.
Detroit's City Council believes the state should keep out of the city's business, and yet the council has yet to formulate any plan to restructure the basic needs to survive.
Once upon a time, the city had Hudson's, Kern's, Crowley's, just to name a few, but nothing now. Once upon a time, the city had a massive transit system, but nothing now. Once upon a time, the streets were lit and alive with shoppers.
The City Council is living in a dream world. Detroit is crumbling all around them, and they still feel the state should mind its own business and let them work it out. Let them meet face-to-face with their constituents and explain their failure to provide necessary city services. Let them get down to street level with the taxpayer, and let them explain just how this magical turnaround will be achieved.
Ronald Navickas
Shelby Township
Better in bankruptcy
Bankruptcy has been the path to success for a number of now successful businesses. The City of Detroit is in financial crisis.
Gov. Rick Snyder has announced his intentions to appoint an emergency financial manager who will have undisputed authority to curtail already essential services and further reduce wages of critical employees. Such an appointment will only encourage more residents to abandon the city. That will become a bonanza for those investors offering suburban "rent to own" properties.
The Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., recently announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; $1 billion of its debt will be wiped out. They will still operate. Trump Entertainment has had its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy. We haven't seen the "Donald" in the soup line.
Detroit needs to declare bankruptcy. Bondholders take a risk when they invest. Their interest should not be a priority. Morgan Stanley took over a billion dollar loss on the Revel Casino during the recession. They are still doing very well.
Patrick Killeen
Pretenders for leader
Democracy -- government by the people -- is not foolproof. It is not enough to climb on a soapbox with righteous indignation and defend the election of incompetent politicians as the will of the people. If democracy is to work the way it is meant to work, it requires qualified candidates, instead of pretenders, and voters who can tell the difference. Otherwise, Detroit can expect nothing more than what they already have: a paranoid governing body that would rather sacrifice the city to save their cushy jobs and whose only answer to offers of help is "No!" This crisis did not arise overnight. It has been decades in the making. In response to the angry cries of Detroit's dysfunctional City Council: Your time is up!
Jeffrey Poling
Come back and help Detroit
Many successful folks got their start in Michigan, and now Michigan, and Detroit in particular, needs some help from its native sons and daughters. Two very successful folks, Dr. Ben Carson and Mitt Romney, have proven track records with commonsense approaches.
Gov. Rick Snyder needs to challenge these folks to get involved and help lead Detroit to a successful comeback.
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Fruitsato wrote:Cosplaying is expensive. xD Especially when your lazy.
£80 chii dress + £20 post packaging, And £25 shoes. D:
Then theres tickets, money to spend at expo, food, train money....
Really hurts your bank account. xD
Adziu wrote:Here's a thread back from the dead.
Ripe to be moved to the appropriate section!
I'm a cheap-a*se when it comes to cosplay. I try and do everything with the cheapest possible materials. It just seems wasteful otherwise!
sjbonnar wrote:feathers are EXPENSIVE LMAO
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Being jobless and underage for a job ANYWAY, I manage to make my cosplays by hunting around the local market- they have some fantastic deals and cheap yet quality items.
Zips are 50p, fabric is £1-2 per square metre, props like gloves and such are £2 for a pair, etc.
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To understand the force behind politics in Putnam County these days, you just have to talk to Matthew Neuringer. Neuringer, a 20-year-old who graduated from Carmel High School in 2005, is running for a seat on the Southeast Town Board. It may be his first run for elected office, but Neuringer is no neophyte. Last year, he orchestrated the bitter, contentious and wildly successful campaign of Assemblyman Greg Ball, a Republican who trounced a long-term incumbent in the primary and then swept the general election like a force of nature.
One key to Neuringer and Ball's success is that they identified the concern local voters cared most about - illegal immigration - and then hammered the issue nonstop - even though a state lawmaker's ability to influence the issue is pretty limited; especially if, like Ball, you're a Republican in a Democrat-dominated Assembly. Still, he told the Editorial Board, he has proposed several bills in Albany on immigration.
Ball's win can be credited to textbook campaign strategy. In fact, Neuringer got 17 college credits for running Ball's campaign. Drexel University, where Neuringer attended before transferring to Fordham University in the Bronx, accepted the work as independent study.
"I got an A,'' said Neuringer, who works part time as Ball's legislative aide. "Actually, it was pass-fail. I passed.''
Now Neuringer is back as the architect behind another anti-illegal immigrant campaign, this time his own. It's SOS, for Save our Southeast, and his running mates are David Michael Rights, for town supervisor, Dwight Yee for Town Board member and Bill Mangieri for Brewster village mayor.
The slate faces challengers in the Sept. 18 Republican primary. Rights is running against Lorraine Mitts, a lawyer and current Southeast Town Board member, and John Degnan, the current Brewster mayor. Neuringer and Yee want the GOP nod over Town Board hopefuls Jim DiBella and Roger Gross, who are on Mitts' slate.
In heavily Republican Southeast, political races have traditionally been decided during the GOP primary.
Seize more than the day
Illegal immigration is the most explosive political issue of the day: a crisis played out locally, on street corners in small towns across the nation. The resentment against illegal aliens is so widespread and so easy to ignite that it provides a ready-made campaign theme for politicians in even the smallest villages.
As with many communities in Westchester and Rockland counties, Southeast and its Village of Brewster are struggling with an influx of mostly Hispanic immigrants, many of them here illegally. The immigrants, who hang around up and down Main Street waiting for work, often speak little English and are assumed to live in overcrowded, unsafe apartments. Many long-time residents complain that the newcomers have changed the character of village life, don't pay taxes and put a strain on public services.
Friday, President George W. Bush announced new plans for an administration-led crackdown, including tougher border control and employer-enforcement measures. He said he might even enlist state and local police in the effort. For many in the Lower Hudson Valley, fuming for at least a decade at the federal government's impotence on the issue, it must feel like "too little, too late.''
Nationwide, as Congress twiddled its thumbs on immigration, local politicians rushed in with their own proposals. In places like Mamaroneck in Westchester or Hazleton in Pennsylvania, local laws intended to drive illegal aliens out of town, or just stop them from gathering to wait for work, have been found by courts to be discriminatory and unconstitutional. Fighting the legal battles have cost small municipalities millions of dollars in legal fees and created widespread confusion. Not to mention division.
Choose your words wisely
The Save Our Southeast ticket proposes a town consumer affairs board that will only license contractors who agree to hire documented workers. Violators could be fined up to $5,000. Despite that proposal, winning SOS candidates would choose their words more carefully if they took office.
"Once elected, I will not use the specific words ('illegal immigrant' or 'day laborer') because those words are what trigger lawsuits,'' Neuringer told the Editorial Board. "I may continue to use the words 'contractor' and 'landlord.' We will be responsible legislators.''
But after a flurry of flyers and robo-calls filled with claims about "illegal aliens" bringing violent gangs to town and sullying a local beach, it may be hard to put that genie back in the bottle.
SOS' anti-illegal immigrant drumbeat has been so loud that opponents Degnan and Mitts haven't been able to get their messages heard. Forget talk of usual town issues - taxes, traffic, zoning, land use and development. Those have all been pushed to the background.
Degnan, 47, who was elected mayor in 2005, formed a village police department and established regular meetings between police and the Hispanic community. He installed video cameras on Main Street and is working on moving village hall to 50 Main St., a renovation project that he touts as a sign of Brewster's resurgence.
"I've got such a full agenda of positive things for the Village of Brewster,'' Degnan said. As town supervisor, he would advocate that the town and the village work together to revitalize Brewster.
And yet, it's unclear how many people have heard Degnan's message. He keeps getting tripped up by SOS' false charges, including one that called him a slumlord who contributes to the overcrowded housing problem. His tenants say he is not. Eleven of Degnan's tenants, including a disabled Vietnam veteran who uses a federal Section 8 housing subsidy, wrote to The Journal News expressing their anger at an SOS flyer.
"We are American citizens and proud residents," they wrote. "We are not illegal immigrants, welfare cheats or living in overcrowded apartments."
That's one danger of painting with a broad brush, particularly in a county like Putnam, where demographics are changing rapidly. According to Census figures released last week, from 2000 to 2006, the percentage of Hispanics in the county increased by 62 percent (3,715 people) and the percentage of African Americans increased by 68 percent (1,115 people).
Degnan has charged that a recent teen crime spree aimed at Hispanic residents and a deli - eggs, bottles and a rock were thrown - was inspired by the SOS team's angry rhetoric. The conflict has further escalated tensions in the village.
Maria Davila, a recent immigrant from Peru, is legally in the United States on a religious visa with her husband, Rolando, who is pastor of the Brewster Seventh Day Adventist Church. Every Saturday, Rolando preaches in Spanish to a congregation of about 60 who meet for worship in rented space in the First United Methodist Church on Main Street.
"We know, as Hispanics, we have to face this situation,'' Maria Davila said. "We pick up things that are going on around town and, lately, we haven't gotten good news. But these are very hard-working people. They know this is happening, but they can do little to change things.''
As for Ball, the GOP Assemblyman whose style inspired the SOS campaign, he is glad to see the issue of illegal immigration front and center in Putnam.
"Before I came on the scene, this was an issue that local politicians were unwilling to talk about," Ball said.
No question, Ball's repeated rallies and SOS' energetic campaigning have ignited political debate throughout Putnam County, where incumbents have usually lingered long in office. This year, there are more primary races in Putnam than there have been in at least 30 years, according to Democratic Election Commissioner Bob Bennett.
Truth or dare
Debate is one thing. But oversimplification, such as SOS' "Stop the Hiring Site'' rally last month, is another.
Rights, the SOS supervisor candidate, claimed that a hiring site "for illegal aliens'' was planned by Degnan and Mitts. There is no active plan for a hiring site. It was an idea that was discussed by the bipartisan group Team Brewster in 2005 and then set aside because no land could be found. Using public money for a hiring site was discussed, but there also was discussion of getting nonprofits to run it. Degnan still favors the plan.
Ironically, Degnan got the hiring site idea from federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. ICE met with local leaders at former Rep. Sue Kelly's office a couple of years back and distributed a brochure on how to establish a day laborer hiring site. Other communities, including Mount Kisco, have hiring sites run by a nonprofit agencies, and they have been successful in easing community tensions. Mitts said she opposes a hiring site.
"We visited other shelters,'' Mitts said. "I didn't foresee a community center. I didn't want to give English classes. I wanted to solve the traffic problem. Period.''
Then there are Consular ID cards. SOS sent out a robo call saying Degnan and Mitts were issuing photo IDs to illegal immigrants. Degnan does favor IDs, called consular cards, that are issued by an immigrant's country. He says the cards, which include a photo and local address, would help law enforcement better track offenders.
When town employees first saw them, Mitts said, they accepted them as proof of residency for entrance to the town lake.
"We had a policy in place for resident identification, but we didn't contemplate consular ID cards,'' Mitts said. "No one ever heard of them, but you can't just turn people away, you'd get sued. We had to research them. When it became clear that they didn't have to show any proof of identity to get those cards, we (Southeast officials) decided not to accept them.''
About 50 people who presented consular cards as identification were turned away from the lake this year, Mitts said.
Relevant or not?
Mitts, 43, who believes illiegal immigration is the town's biggest concern, is furious about the tactics of SOS.
"Once a lie gets out there, people believe it,'' Mitts said. "People have said to me, 'Well, they wouldn't just lie.' But they do. Most people can't get their mind around the fact that somebody in this context of public debate, someone running for government office, would say something that was completely and utterly untrue. But they do.''
Rights is surprisingly soft-spoken, given the harsh tone of his campaign's rhetoric. Corporate counsel for a biotech company, Rights, 46, lost a primary for town supervisor in 2003. He said that corruption and incompetence in local government made him run for office, and that there are many issues that need to be aired. That may be. Yet even Rights' ideas have been drowned out by his own campaign's noise.
Rights says his opponents have focused unfairly on his recent driving-while-intoxicated charge. He crashed his car on Milltown Road in June, and police said he refused a breathalyzer test at the scene. He was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where he was treated and given a blood test that police say showed he had a blood alcohol content of 0.12 percent, or 1.5 times the legal amount to drive. The town judge has recused himself, and the case is pending in Putnam County Court.
Rights declined to discuss the incident with the Editorial Board.
Mitts and her team did issue a mailer with graphic photos of Rights' crushed car. Considering that Rights' campaign has called his opponents everything from slumlord (Degnan) to puppet (Mitts), Rights' complaint that his opponents are being unfair seems thin-skinned.
After all, this is a textbook anything-goes campaign.
Debra West is a member of the Editorial Board.


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Perry Mason: Season 5, Episode 6
The Case of the Meddling Medium (21 Oct. 1961)
A cousin Philip Paisley moves into the family home when his ability to communicate in a trance with the dead son of the matriarch Sylvia Walker gets her interest. When he is murdered, Perry must contend with whether his client has ESP.
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High winds from a mid-July storm peeled back the roof of the Sandusky County Courthouse, with a 10-by-15 foot section falling to the ground near an entrance.
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County administrator Warren Brown said Tuesday that Mid-State Contractors had been scheduled to start repairs on the damaged roof the first week of September, but was still waiting on the copper roofing materials needed from the manufacturer.
A temporary tarp still covers a previously exposed section of the roof, which sustained damage from peak winds the National Weather Service estimated at more than 60 mph in the July ...


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Book: The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!
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Larimer County Press Release The Blue Sky Trailhead project is underway a little sooner than expected. The trailhead will serve as the northern access for Larimer County's Blue Sky Trail. It will be located at the Field of Dreams location in the Inlet Bay area off of County Road 38E, and will consist of trailer friendly parking, a new restroom, a shade shelter, and an irrigated turf area that will continue to be available to neighbors and other local visitors. The project is a result of the ... Full Story


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So what were the results of the survey? You say they are fascinating, but then only discuss how often teenagers use condoms, which wasn't all that surprising and is probably due to a couple of slutty girls having unsafe sex with most of the boys.
Then you spend a third of the article explaining why the results may not be accurate or representative of the general population, all good information to have, but completely unsatisfying for a reader who waded through your piece (so to speak) to get to the details. Not a total waste of time, but extremely disappointing.
The Wall Street Journal examines numbers in the news, business and politics. Some numbers are flat-out wrong or biased, while others are valid and help us make informed decisions. We tell the stories behind the stats in occasional updates on this blog.


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MOVIE REVIEW: The RoverComment on this story
DIRECTOR: David Michôd
CAST: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy
RUNNING TIME: 121 minutes
THE COMMERCIALLY successful Twilight franchise might have thrust Robert Pattinson into the limelight as a heartthrob, but his subsequent movies speak volumes of his range as an actor.
Akin to Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, Pattinson has, going by his movies like Remember Me, Water for Elephants, Bel Ami and Maps to the Stars, displayed a proclivity for character-driven roles.
And that's what I admire about him as an actor – he is fearless about failure when he believes in a character.
The austere Australian backdrop of The Rover mirrors the desolate plot, in which a sphinx-like Eric (Pearce) is merciless in his quest to retrieve his stolen car from a group of criminals. Along the way, he bumps into Rey (Pattinson), who is the brother of one of the robbers.
What starts off as a hostage situation between an emotionally-barren Eric and Rey, who is treated as a halfwit, slowly evolves into an unlikely friendship during their road trip.
Along the way they come across a myriad weird characters and encounter a few warped scenarios but remain steadfastly loyal to each other.
Unlike Life of Pi, which hurtled at an engaging pace in spite of its restricted setting of a boy on a boat with a tiger, The Rover is a protracted tale that isn't quite justified by the ending.
While Eric's seething rage is offset by smidgens of kindness when he takes an injured Rey to a doctor, we also see that hard- ness towards Rey soften.
The Rover isn't the kind of western that follows an all-guns blazing template. It is a stark exploration of humanity in the face of despair.
Although David Michôd would have done himself a huge favour with tighter editing, his saving grace is his lead actors.
The method performances by Pearce and Pattinson are strangely fascinating. Pearce brings such intensity and ambiguity to his character. You never know when he is going to completely lose it, despite the unruffled demeanour.
Meanwhile, Pattinson plays his retarded character with such compelling finesse, especially with the heavily clumsy walk and slightly hunched posture. And he adds an unexpected buoyancy with his character's trusting nature.
Again, while the plot is simple, the director indulges the audience with the dramatically forged bond between his protagonist thrust into a violent, untrusting and unforgiving world.
Of course, patience is crucial when watching this movie. Poor plot aside, it boasts two stellar performances.
If you liked The Road and Skyline you might enjoy this.
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November 29, 2015
Beginning Wednesday, December 12 you can get to Sacramento and San Francisco from the Truckee Meadows for less than it costs for a cup of coffee.
The inaugural trip departed Victorian Square Wednesday at 8:00am.
Megabus.com expanded its express bus service from Reno-Sparks to northern California, with fares starting as inexpensive as $1 each way (ranging from $1-$30.)
Megabus.com says its fleet consists of luxury state-of-the-art double decker buses offering amenities such as free wi-fi, at seat plugins, panoramic windows and a green alternative way to travel.
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November 25, 2015
Agriculture futures mostly drop on Chicago BOT
CHICAGO (AP) - Agriculture futures were mostly lower early Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for December delivery slipped 1.75 cents to $5.46 a bushel; December corn shed 4.75 cents to $3.93 a bushel; and November soybeans slid 4.5 cents to $10.015 a bushel. December oats gained 0.75 cent to $2.51 a bushel.
In other trading, livestock futures were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
December live cattle slid 0.43 cent to 86.97 cents a pound; November feeder cattle dropped 0.12 cent to 95.35 cents a pound; December lean hogs edged up 0.03 cent to 53.05 cents a pound; and February pork bellies traded 2.53 cents higher to 88.50 cents a
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You're familiar with almond milk, coconut milk, and perhaps hemp milk. But in Europe, nondairy milk brands are churning out some unexpected drink options that are difficult to find or not even available in the U.S., like milk made from millet, tigernuts, and spelt. According to consumer marketing firm DairyCo, sales of plant-based milks surged by more than 30 percent in Great Britain alone last year. "And Europe tends to be very trendy and cutting edge, so it's only natural that they'd have newer stuff," says Nicolette Pace, R.D., a nutrition counselor with a high European clientele.
While it may be some time until you can buy all of these, you can find recipes for many homemade versions online, and one company plans to release algae milk next spring in the U.S. In the meantime, check out what health-forward Europeans are already drinking—and what will hopefully come across the pond soon so we can raise a glass too.


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August 24, 2013 Cross BX Exp UFO Sighting; Original Video begins at 1;52
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I would like to share an unusual experience my Wife and I had, along with our friend's, on August 24, 2013 at 9:40PM, on the Cross Bronx Expressway. My Wife and I were leaving our friends apartment and when we exited the building we saw what looked like hundreds of UFO's in formation. Composed of hundreds of lights in the sky, the formation was moving as one unit and appeared to be a huge ship. As the formation continued to travel it began to change shape, and then fade into the night original video is dark, so I tried to enhance the color (pink version) to detail the UFO;s in the night sky. The original video begins at 1;52.


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The scholarship, awarded annually to a graduating senior with a parent who works at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is designed for top students interested in studying science, engineering or mathematics at UT.
As a high school senior, Remec is already interning in a UT laboratory, specializing in biology and genetics research. He is also a member of the International Relations Club, is fluent in Slovenian and travels to Slovenia and Italy in the summers to visit family. He has a 4.459 grade point average and is a recipient of the AP-Scholar Award.
Remec's academic interest lies particularly with genetics, and he is now a year into his UT internship and laboratory experience.
"Where nowadays complicated drug systems must be used to combat deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, there will be a day when we will have solved these issues with our understanding of genetics. I strive unceasingly to be a part of the effort to make that day a reality," Remec wrote in his application essay.
He is the son of Igor and Lili Remec of Oak Ridge. Igor works in ORNL's Nuclear Science and Technology Division.
The UT-Battelle scholarship is a competitive award, distributed in $5,000 increments over four years of undergraduate study at UT.
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- How do I obtain an I-20 form?
Portland Community College will issue an I-20 form after the following documents have been submitted and reviewed by the admissions staff in the Office of International Education:
- PCC international student application
- Educational records ( language program records, high school records and or college/ university transcripts-if applicable)
- $50.00 application fee
- Affidavit of support/ financial statement that proves a minimum of $18,000 is available to support study in the U.S.
- If you are already in the U.S. you should also submit a copy of your U.S. visa (the stamp in your passport) and I-94 form (the small white departure card given to you on the airplane before you arrived in the U.S.)
After approved, the Office of International Education will then issue the I-20. Please note that you may enter the U.S. no earlier than 30 days before the start date on your I-20.
- How do I obtain an F-1 Visa?
Make an appointment for a visa interview at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate. It is preferable that you go to the Embassy or Consulate in your country of citizenship. During the interview, submit your
- visa application-form DS-156
- passport
- both copies of your I-20 form
- affidavit of support from your sponsor
- your financial documentation
- You should also submit the letter of admission from PCC.
Be prepared to answer questions about your reasons for studying in the U.S. and your plans to return home after you complete your studies. If your documents are in order and your responses to questions meet the interviewers expectations, you will be issued a visa in your passport.
- How do I change my J-1 exchange visitor visa or other non-immigrant visa types to an F-1 student visa?
While you are in the U.S., you can change your status by applying to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. You must complete form I-539 and pay a filing fee of $300. You must submit the application form 45 days before your I-94 card expires. It is not necessary to change your visa (the stamp in your passport) while you are in the U.S. If you leave the country, however, you must obtain an F-1 visa to return to the U.S. in student status. To do this, you must apply to a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, preferably in your country of citizenship. Consult the Office of International Education for assistance in compiling all necessary documents.
- I have a visa waiver. How do I change it to an F-1 Visa?
You can't. A visa waiver is given to citizens of particular countries so that they do not have to apply for a visa. Therefore, when you have a waiver you have no visa, and you cannot change a visa if you do not have one. There are no alternatives available to you except to leave the U.S. before the expiration date on your I-94 and apply for a student visa abroad.
- I need to leave the country suddenly for a family emergency. What should I do?
Talk to one of the International Student Advisors and get a signature on page 3 of your I-20 form. Check whether you need a new F-1 visa to return to the U.S. You may need to fill out some other forms, too, depending on the nature of your emergency and when you plan to return.
- I want to travel during the school break. What should I do?
Get a signature on page 3 of your I-20 form. Check whether you F-1 visa in your passport is still valid.
- My F-1 Visa stamped in my passport has expired. What do I do?
The visa stamped in your passport is an entry visa, and need only be valid for entry into the U.S. You can remain in the U.S. legally as long as your passport is valid, as long as you are continuing to make good progress toward your degree, and as long as the date indicated on your I-20 as your expected completion date has not passed. However, the next time you choose to leave the U.S., you will need to go to a U.S. Embassy or Consulate to apply for a new entry visa.
See the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services website for Immigration forms.


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Teacher Connection is a secure website that requires a user name and password to login. It is extremely important to keep your password absolutely private and secure. You can change your password at the log on screen. You will need to do this every few months.
On the internet, go to: https://dwa.sis.sandi.net/zangleconnect/
Type in your "employee ID" for your user name and your private Zangle password you have created and click on login.
Click here for a full district Tutorial for taking attendance. (there is a sound feature)
Each period you will be taking attendance on-line during the first 10 minutes of the period. After you login, click on the "Attendance" Tab.
Make sure you have the correct date selected.
Select your class and follow the steps
below. If you have more than one section in a period, you
may want to check the little box "By period" next to
your select class option. This will list all of your classes
by period rather than by section/period.
Select your class and follow the steps below. If you have more than one section in a period, you may want to check the little box "By period" next to your select class option. This will list all of your classes by period rather than by section/period.
If a student comes in after you have already posted your attendance or if you wish to change something, just go back into the attendance screen, make the changes and click on "Post" again.
You will need to sign an attendance slip each week (provided by the office) to authenticate your attendance.
If you choose, you can have Teacher Connection create a seating chart. From the seating chart, you can take roll or access student contacts.
Click on the "Seating Chart" tab.
You can design your seating chart in just about any formation as you wish. Teacher Connection automatically gives you a grid after you select how many rows and how many columns. By filling in only the seats you wish, you can create different formations according to your room setup. For example, you can set up group tables of 4, or seats around a perimeter, etc.
Each 6 grading period you will need to post your grades. No more bubble sheets, you will do it from Teacher Connection, on-line.
Posting from Zangle Gradebook:
The easiest way is if you are using Zangle Gradebook, you can post your grades directly from there and then will only have to enter citizenship grades and comments. To do this;
While logged into Zangle Gradebook, click on the "Post/Calc Marks" tab and you can import the academic grades directly.
Posting by Hand:
To post your grades by hand, log on as usual and click on the "Marks" tab.
The site tech will inform you when the window is open to import grades. It should be the week prior to the end of the grading period. The students who are in your class will appear and need a grade.
Select the class/period you wish to mark.
Select a "Grading Period."
You will see the screen below.
Turn on "Caps Lock."
Enter the Academic and citizenship grades for each student.
You can enter up to 4 comments per student.
Do not enter any notes, they will not be printed.
When finished, click on the "Submit" button and you will receive the message; "Changes were successfully posted."
If you don't finish, simply click on the submit button to save what you have done, come back later to finish, then click on "submit" again to update.
If you need to change a grade, change it and click on "Submit." You may re-submit grades as many times as you wish within the time window set up by the site tech.
Report of Grades:
You probably will want to print out a hard copy of your grades once they have been entered. To do this,
Student Profiles:
Student Profile allows you to view profile data for any student you teach, such as; demographics, school, contacts, schedule, attendance, grades, GPA, behavior, etc.
To access Student Profiles, click on the "Profile" link in the top right corner of your window. (it is not one of the tabs)
Select a student from available students that you wish to get information on. (you can only get info on students that you have)
Then make a selection of the type of student information you wish.
ParentConnect-Class News:
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After you have logged into "Teacher Connect," click on the "Class News" tab
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This is by far, one of my favorite places to go. Not only is it close to my home in Laurel, Montana, but it always has fish to be caught and fantastic scenery. Not to mention, it is reasonably easy to get to. Of course, this is a plus and a minus as everyone else likes to go there too.
Mystic Lake is a natural lake situated in a huge glacial valley gouged out at the end of the last ice age that was raised to a higher level (30 feet) by man back in the 20's and 30's. This was accomplished with the addition of a small concrete dam at the end of the lake. A tunnel was then mined through the unbelievably hard rock and a pipeline (originally wooden) built along the rock face of the south facing ridge above the West Rosebud River to a small (4 megawatt) power plant below. Can you even imagine hauling sacks of cement and mixing hundreds of cubic yards of concrete with 1930's technology to construct the dam? We are such wimps these days.
As a result of the dam and the construction, a very nice trail was built to the lake and used by untold numbers of pack animals in the past. Regardless though, the trail is still steep in places and switchbacks up a massive talus slope. I am always amazed at the people I see on that trail wearing flip flops or tennis shoes. My feet hurt just looking at their feet!
A Bit of History
From what I have been told, the Mystic power plant supplied most all of Billings, Montana electrical power when it was first built. It still runs today and is an essential part of the power grid in Stillwater County. There are a few power company employees that live at the site and operate the plant. However, having been up this road in the winter, I don't know if they stay year-round. Between the snow and the wind, the road can be impassible to wheeled vehicles for much of the winter season.
The first time I ever went to Mystic Lake, it was not inside the wilderness area – that being 1989. I actually rode my mountain bike up the trail – well, actually I pushed it for most of the way. It was Memorial Day weekend and the upper half of the lake was still frozen over. Not knowing the fishing or how to fish the lake, I didn't catch any fish. The bike allowed for a quick trip back down the hill though!
As I noted before, the trial is very steep in places and in 1979 a boy scout slipped and fell to his death as the trail bends around a large granite outcropping. When I first went to Mystic, a plaque was mounted at the site of his fall. Today, the plaque has been moved down to a boulder just above the power house. And just a couple of years ago, another man was killed when he was scrambling up the rock slopes at the lake over look causing a rock slide to bury him. And again, at the conclusion of one of my trips, a man perished from a heart attack right on the trail as he was going up (he was not associated with me).
So while Mystic is "easy to get to", it is still wilderness and is unforgiving to those that let down their guard even for a short time or for those that are not in at least moderate physical condition.
Also, the wooden pipeline has been replaced with a steel line. Sometime in the early 90's, a large rock slide smashed a big section of the wooden pipeline to splinters and the power company almost abandoned the project. However, they did build a new steel line over the next several summers (using helicopters, not mules) and a friend of mine bought what was left of the redwood staves that constituted the original pipe. He built an entire barn from the staves – that was a pile of wood.
Shortly after the steel pipe was finished, an act of congress moved Mystic Lake inside the wilderness boundary.
Mystic Today
As noted above, Mystic is inside the A-B Wilderness boundary, so I can't ride my mountain bike up there anymore (not that I would anyway). The scenery is dramatic, the fishing good – even when it is slow – and the summer weather can be mixed. In 1998, the last year of significant moisture for the next 10 years, my dad and I spent most of 4 days in the rain – during the last week of July! The flowers are usually thick in places and on the north facing slopes, the forest resembles a temperate rainforest – complete with moss, copious amounts of water, flowers, and lush vegetation.
Mystic is 7673 feet above sea level (I am assuming when it is full), three miles long and about a ¼ mile wide at its widest point. Paul Marcuson (Fishing the Beartooths), never got an accurate reading due to the normal afternoon winds, but he did get a reading of 205 feet deep. This is huge body of really cold water – largest in the entire Beartooth Range – and it has the ability to create its own wind and weather.
There are numerous great camping sites along the southern shore and the numerous streams that flow down from the snow above are cold, clear and good drinking water. However, Mystic gets a lot of use from day hikers, destination backpackers and climbers passing through to ascend Granite Peak, Montana's highest point. There is also a trail that takes off from Mystic to Phantom Lake so lot of folks use the area at the bottom of Phantom Creek as a staging area to assault the really steep trail up to Phantom. One Forest Service employee told me that they believe about 5000 people a year come to Mystic between Memorial Day and Labor Day to fish, swim or just hike through.
Firewood is usually in abundance except in the areas that get a lot of campers like the upper end flat next to Huckleberry Creek. A stove is defiantly optional except in the time of fire closures – which were all too common during the 10 years of drought.
Due to the frequency of use, please be extra careful when you hike here. Pick up trash you see left by others and try to camp in places already impacted by others to keep the "backpackers urban sprawl" to a minimum. Bury your potty products well and do not camp in locations near the lake.
I truly recommend you be prepared for wet weather. This year my youngest son and I spent 3 days at Mystic and only got rained on briefly twice. Of course, the wind about blew us away on day three. Then, five days later, my oldest and his friends decided to spend a single night at the lake and spent 80% of the time in a soaking rain. He really regretted not taking a light rain jacket with him on his trip!
Now the entire drainage includes Mystic, Island, Silver and Star Lakes. And there are even more locations to go on the benches above Mystic. However, I will save those stories for another time.
Fishing is almost always productive at Mystic. The lake is full of big, fat cutthroat/rainbow cross breeds that average in the 10-16" range. Occasionally, someone will hook a monster, but for the most part, you will catch lots of pan sized, good fighting colorful trout that are delectable to eat.
The best bet is a Thomas cyclone or worms. Early in the year (June), we did really well with some larger black fly patterns and our fly rods. Grasshopper patterns also work well. The best fishing is found at the upper end of the lake – an extra 3 miles of walking along the lake's length – but well worth it. One time I saw some guys that had day hiked up just to fish the upper end and they claimed everyone in the party had caught at least 60 fish each. Naturally, they put them all back to catch another day.
The limit on keepers is 5 fish per day. But don't be concerned about depleting the fish population. One evening as we were going up on a Friday night after work, we topped out on the overlook and witnessed the surface of the lake dimpled with literally thousands of riser rings. I would venture to guess that there are more fish in Mystic than there are people in Montana.
The Cooke City quadrangle shows all of Mystic Lake, and the Alpine quadrangle shows the power house and part of the trail. If you are only going to Mystic, you really don't need a map. The trail is well marked and traveled. If you are planning on going out of the drainage, I recommend you do take a map. And I recommend the plasticized maps produced by Rocky Mountain Surveys.
The nearest major airport is Billings, Montana.
From Billings, it about a 2-1/2 hour trip to the trail head at the power house. You travel west on I-90 and exit at Columbus, MT about 45 miles from Billings. You head south up the Stillwater Valley on Hwy 78. Keep going through Absarokee until you see the sign to Fishtail and Nye. Turn right onto Hwy 419 and drive through Fishtail (although you may want to stop at the Fishtail General Store for one of their monster cinnamon rolls) and then about 1 mile out of town (there ain't much to Fishtail), make a left turn onto the West Rosebud road. There is a sign that says Mystic Lake at the turn. Drive up the paved road for about 8 miles and then just before the pavement ends, there is a turn to the left to head up the remainder of the West Rosebud road to the power house. This is a well used and traveled road, but it can get a bit rough at times. You will pass Emerald Lake and West Rosebud Lake. After you think you have driven to the edge of the world, keep going until the signs say to stop. You are at the trail head. Sometimes parking can be a challenge as there are only so many spots available. From here it is on foot.
Guides are out there that will hike to the lake with you and teach you how to fly fish in its ultra-clear waters for those fish noted above. Unfortunately, I don't personally know of any.
Horse travel is not allowed on the Mystic trail. This is due to the high amount of foot traffic on the trial and the Forest Service is attempting to minimize horse/human incidents. So you will be hard pressed to find an outfitter that will pack you up to Mystic. One possible method would be to have the outfitter pack you up to Phantom from the East Rosebud side and then walk down to Mystic and then out to a waiting vehicle at the trail head – but that sounds like a bunch of silliness to me.
- Rain gear, (about an 80% chance of getting rained on)
- A stove or a sure way to get a fire started in the rain. On our 1998 trip, we couldn't get even get the wood to burn using Sterno!
- Layers of clothing and sleeping bags. In July, the temps can be very pleasant if not going to the warm side. I usually just take a vest and a rain jacket. I always have my Gortex rain pants with me though as too many times I have walked through tall grass after a storm and been soaked from the waist down.
- Tent – you will hate life w/o it.
- Mosquito dope. However, I am amazed at how few 'squitoes we have encountered on the last few trips.
- Tough boots. The talus slope will make a believer out of you. I also would not go w/o Gortex lined boots.
- Basic survival gear.
- Pepper spray. In all the years I have been going to Mystic, I have yet to see a bear track, a bear turd, or any other bear sign – let alone an actual bear. I have heard stories about people seeing bears – which they erroneously claim to be grizzlies. I seriously doubt the validity of these stories. However, on this last trip I may have stumbled across a wolf track.
- Water tablets or a purifier. I don't use the water tablets up here. I am just careful to collect my water from one of the many small, cold, fast moving streams in the area. After all, 15 minutes before you drink it is was probably snow!
- Fishing gear – duh!


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Julie Stiles plays with her children Addison (middle), 2, and Andrew, 4, during one of the APPL classes at Cormier School and Early Learning Center in Ashwaubenon.
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Ask Liz Allen to sum up her experience with the Ashwaubenon Preschool & Parenting Learning program and she will tell you, "It was like Pinterest in real life, except it was for parenting."
It seems appropriate that Allen would compare the program to the popular social media site where people share tips and ideas about decorating and recipes and many other aspects of life. In APPL parents spend a short activity time with their children then separate.
The parents spend time discussing and learning from each other about topics such as discipline, child health issues, family budgeting and other common parenting issues, while the kids get time in planned activities led by teachers.
It's all part of the program's goals to provide support for parents and help kids gain school skills simultaneously.
For The Parents
Both former and current students frequently utter the phrase: "I've got to bring this up at class," or "If I was in class, I'd ask about this."
Having a good support system was part of Lorry Stiles' vision for the program when she developed it 20 years ago.
"When I was young with kids there were many moms at home, over time that changed," said Stiles. "There wasn't the network or support for moms."
Stiles researched resource centers in Milwaukee and Minnesota, trained with several programs and used their best practices and successful ideas to develop APPL.
"I know if you create something of great quality, people involved become the greatest advocates," said Stiles. "The greatest advertising is hearing one mom say to another 'you really need to be in the program.'"
Often times the bond parents create during the 10-week session continue after the classes have finished.
"When your kids outgrow it, it's kind of sad," said former APPL participant Brenda Herold. "Having that connection with parents with kids the same age was really helpful. We'd set up play dates outside of class."
A year later, Herold says she still connects with parents from her class.
It's a sentiment echoed by Allen, "I keep in touch with almost evey single one of them (families from APPL), when I see these families we hug and catch up, it's really awesome to have these families as friends and for advice."
It's little wonder that Ashwaubenon Family Resource Center Coordinator Paula Christensen and others running APPL refer to past participants as 'alum.'
The bonding develops during the parent portion of the session run by a facilitator, which includes Christensen or Naomi Adams or Shelley Preston. There is time for parents to ask for advice from each other and share successes. Then speakers and other experts about child issues talk with parents and answer questions.
Together Time
"It's not just about parents, but about parents and children interaction," said Stiles. "(The program) set up so there is good quality interaction."
Each class begins with parents and their children gathered around one of the preschool teachers who talks about the theme for the day and what activities are planned.
The teachers provide parents and kids an activity they do together. For example they may be given a set of objects and a small piece of fabric. The parent covers the objects and removes one while the child's eyes are closed, then the child opens his or her eyes, pulls the fabric away and has to identify which object is missing.
"Our world is very busy and fast paced," said Christensen. "Parents give feedback that stopping and focusing on their child during these activities really helps them value how important it is to do just that."
After the activity, the week's Golden APPL Family reads a book they brought to the class who are sitting on mats in a format similar to preschool and early-school settings.
Then it's time to say good bye and the parents move to a different room while the kids engage in planned activities.
For The Kids
Lori Dell and Tracy Jacques, who have a combined 25 years teaching preschool, put together lesson plans for the kids.
Examples of projects include gluing paper pieces on a dinosaur to decorate it or searching through a sand box for objects tied to the class theme or other activity that develops vocabulary, fine motor skills and other skills to prepare kids for school.
Stiles says the preschool years are critical for developing many skills including learning to share and taking turns.
In fact the socializing for kids in a structured environment is part of the draw for some of the current participants.
"They learn how to get along with different personalities," said Maureen Nesvacil.
Her assessment drew many nods from other parents.
Stiles says she's been pleased with the success of the program not only from a professional stand point but also personally.
"One of my greatest joys was seeing my daughter-in-law and grandchild in the program and benefiting from it," said Stiles.


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November 30, 2015
Residents of Danbury are honoring a fallen soldier by placing thousands of donated flags along the route of his funeral procession today.
Private First Class Brett Tribble, age 20, died June third from injuries he suffered during combat in Iraq.
Coordinators of the flag collection announced their plan Thursday to decorate the city with flags. Drop-off points at City Hall and a daycare center were flooded with nearly five-thousand flags.
Collection organizer LaDonna Permenter says, quote, "every flag has a story."
She tells The Facts of Brazosport that some of the flags belonged to the families of brothers and sons who were killed in wars.
Volunteers in the town 40 miles south of Houston worked yesterday to post the flags every few yards on either side of the road along the route to the cemetery. They say they hope the flags will bring comfort to the Tribble family.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend Saturday then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager, thanking them for all they had done before turning the gun on himself.
Authorities did not release a motive but said Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra M. Perkins, 22, had been arguing recently. They have a 3-month-old girl who was being cared for by family.
Belcher thanked GM Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel before shooting himself in the parking lot of the team's practice facility, police spokesman Darin Snapp said.
The team still will play its home game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Crennel plans to coach.
Belcher, 25, was a native of West Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island, who played at Maine. He signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent and stayed with the team for four years, moving into the starting lineup.
"The entire Chiefs family is deeply saddened by today's events, and our collective hearts are heavy with sympathy," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement.
Authorities received a call Saturday morning from a woman who said her daughter had been shot at a residence about 5 miles from Arrowhead. The call came from Belcher's mother.
"She treated Kasandra like a daughter," Snapp said. Belcher's mother recently moved in with the couple.
Police then received a call from the training facility. "The description matched the suspect description from that other address," Snapp said.
"There were Pioli and Crennel and another coach or employee was standing outside and appeared to be talking to him. The suspect began to walk in the opposite direction ... and that's when they heard the gunshot."
The coaches said they never felt in danger, Snapp said.
"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done," he said.
Kansas City mayor Sly James went to Arrowhead and met with Pioli afterward.
"Think about your worst nightmare and multiply it by five," James said.
Belcher is the latest player or NFL retiree to die from a self-inflicted gunshot in the past couple of years. The death of Junior Seau, who shot himself at his home last May, sent shockwaves around the league.
Seau's family donated his brain tissue to determine if head injuries from football might be linked to his death.
Belcher did not have an extensive injury history, though he showed up on the official injury report on Nov. 11, 2009, as being limited in practice with a head injury.
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November 27, 2015
HARPSWELL, Maine (AP) - Officials say a California man is in stable condition after overturning his boat in the ocean off Maine.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department says 25-year-old John Alexander Eckhouse of Sherman Oaks, California flipped a 14-foot Boston Whaler in Middle Bay off Harpswell around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say Eckhouse was near drowning when a fisherman in the area heard his screams for help, rescued him and brought him to shore.
Officials say he was brought to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick suffering from hypothermia.
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Feb. 24, 2014
NORFOLK, Va. – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced its women's basketball weekly honors and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) freshman guard Mariah McCoy (Rock Hill, S.C.) took home MEAC Rookie of the Week for the first time this season, it was announced today.
The Rock Hill, S.C.-native totaled 24 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in games against Morgan State and Delaware State. McCoy recorded 13 points, on 5-of-9 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and dished out five assists in a 91-46 win against Morgan State.
With this honor, McCoy became the second UMES player this season to earn a MEAC honor as teammate Alexis Udoji (Randolph, Mass.) received MEAC Defensive Player of the Week back in November.
Other notable mentions included Raven Bankston (Delaware State) winning MEAC Player of the Week and Kailyn Williams (Bethune-Cookman) receiving MEAC Defensive Player of the Week. Click Here to view all other top performers from a week ago.
This evening (02/24), the Lady Hawks take on the top team in the conference, Hampton University, inside the W.P. Hytche Athletic Center. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. (EST)
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St. Norbert College men's basketball senior guard and Kiel High School graduate Brandon Gries was one of two players selected via fan voting to the Reese's Division III All-Star Game, sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, it was announced on Wednesday.
Gries joins Augsburg College's Dan Kornbaum as the two fan voting selections.
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Scent on card fills my nose,
perfume burns as candle glows.
I gaze on out and yet not there,
sun in eyes with too much glare.
Words unspoken still I care,
I cant hear yet them I'll wear.
No graceful touch upon my skin,
I leave myself to fingers wind.
So close so far into the night,
trying to hug the shadows tight.
Pillow feathers drawn into me,
ocean waves won't cleanse I see.
The quiet days and darker nights,
takes me to "The Anxiety Heights".
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