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Thanksgiving Homecoming
(Le Mars) -- This time of year we all have many things for which we are thankful, but for Melissa Lehmann, a first grade teacher at Gehlen Catholic School, she no doubt is thankful to see her brother. Her brother is Captain Andy Sohm of the United States Air Force. Sohm is a priest and serves as a chaplain for his unit stationed in New Mexico. Sohm made an unannounced visit to Le Mars and offered the morning message for Gehlen students during their mass. Sohm told the student body to "keep the faith".
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Sohm says he is amazed at how prayer serves as an important role in the military for official ceremonies.
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(Raleigh, NC) -- North Carolina is keeping Guilford County farmer Steve Troxler as the state's agriculture commissioner.
Unofficial results show Troxler on Tuesday beat Democrat Walter Smith, a Yadkin County poultry grower and retired USDA Farm Service Agency official.
The agriculture commissioner is the primary spokesman for the state's $70 billion agribusiness industry. The agency he oversees also regulates food, drugs, medical devices, motor fuels, amusement rides, and pesticide licenses.
Troxler has held the job since 2005.
Troxler has concentrated on food safety since becoming agriculture commissioner, but his sprawling agency got a higher profile and bigger budget after fellow Republicans took control of the Legislature in 2011. Troxler's agency also took in the state forestry service and milk quality and bedding inspections.


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Side View Mirror Comfort - Weekend WarriorWritten by on June 1, 2009 Done With Mirrors Comfort Is Just A Glance Away
It's the little things that can make or break how enjoyable one's customized classic truck is to drive. It all adds up, a bone-jarring automatic transmission, a clutch that requires two feet to shove in, or a set of mirrors that are hard to see out of. Before a guy realizes it, he dreads having to drive his truck anywhere, and might not even realize why. I found this to be true regarding one of my daily drivers, an '88 Chevy Scottsdale. The truck came new with a set of mirrors that looked like Dumbo the elephant's ears, but they were perfect when it came to being able see if it was safe to make a lane change. Then one morning I awoke to discover a neighbor's inebriated teenage girlfriend knocked the driver-side mirror off with her car when she flew down the street in a big hurry. In my younger days I insisted on having mirrors on my truck that looked cool even though it took a little bit of skill to use them. When I had to find replacement mirrors for my '88 I sought out the smallest, hence coolest ones that I could find.
Maybe because I figured they couldn't sell the mirrors if they didn't meet some kind of safety standards I didn't dwell too much on the fact my truck now had major blind spots. This drawback provided me with some pretty close calls on more than one occasion. Believe it or not, I was reluctant to change the cool mirrors for at least seven years, before it dawned on me I hated driving the '88 because the tiny mirrors were darned near useless. I considered another set of stockers, but the thought of it was just too much against my true nature as a customizer. The search to find the best of both worlds brought me to finding a pair of custom mirrors that functioned as good as they looked.
To help CCT's valued readers pick out a set of mirrors for their truck that offer clean styling as well as functionality I've included some tips I think will help plus a few interesting alternative solutions I found during the course of researching this story.
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Here's another F-100 OE mirror, only this time it's for '53-55 Ford trucks, refitted with a larger rectangular mirror head of an unknown origin. The stock mirror head is of a much cleaner, circular design.Not as pleasing to the eye as a stock '56 F-100 mirror, but perhaps easier for this F-100 owner to see out of. We find what looks to be a mirror borrowed from a '70's Winnebago motorhome.Because they can be slid up or down, or from front to rear on the door frame or driprail these small clip-on mirrors can be dialed in to work quite well for their diminutive size.Here's a genuine GM mirror for '73-87 C10 Chevrolets that unlike most OEM mirrors falls short of filling the need for a good rearview mirror. The later bubble-type swing-out GM mirrors don't look as good but work much better.After I switched to this wider custom mirror which provides a full rearview of the road without any blind spots, the fun of driving the truck in heavy traffic or out on the highway returned, and that's what it's all about. For more information check with our advertisers almost all of them carry a large selection of stock and custom mirrors.Here, the owner stuck a tiny fisheye spot mirror to aid rearward vision. A good indication the large rectangular mirror head doesn't work well.


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How The Left Manipulates Terms
Note: I started writing back in late September but fell short of ideas. I've written about this before, but this requires more attention than what it's gotten. Most of everyone tend to call them "liberals". The left first started playing with it by late 1910s when the American people became hostile to progressive with Woodrow Wilson entering us into WWI when he initially promised not to | Read More »


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Dayton Moore reacts to Coco Crisp trade
General Manager Dayton Moore spoke with local media members about the Coco Crisp-Ramon Ramirez trade during an afternoon press conference. Here are some of the highlights:
According to Moore, Crisp was the best available player to meet the Royals need for a center fielder. He sees Crisp as an impact player for the top of the lineup and a player who will raise expectations in the locker room.
Moore believes the acquisition will help the club move toward a set lineup. However, he doesn't see a set lineup as a must-have for a championship–caliber club. He pointed out that the World Series champion Phillies had offensive holes in their every day lineup.
Moore feels that the trade is a good baseball deal but did acknowledge that it would be difficult to replace Ramirez and Leo Nunez, who was traded to Florida last month for Mike Jacobs. Ramirez and Nunez both offered high levels of performance at reasonable salaries.
The fortification of the bullpen is Moore's next priority. It won't be easy, but Moore did point out that the bullpen wasn't set in stone at this point last season. The team signed Ron Mahay in December, Nunez exceeded expectations, and Ramirez, a member of the Rockies until the end of spring training, was not on the team's radar at this time last year.
The Royals have now had two major trades in the early weeks of the offseason. Are their more deals or free agents to be acquired? Media outlets have floated rumors in recent days, which Moore calls "very imaginative". He did say that the club has "flexibility" and that he looks at how many productive years a player has remaining more than his cost when deciding on free agents and trade possibilities. Stay tuned!


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|Sandy Fetzer to be inducted into CSU Hall of Fame Friday
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Sandy (Ham) Fetzer, former Haxtun standout athlete, will be one of five people inducted into the Colorado State University Sports Hall of Fame Friday, Oct. 29 at the Fort Collins Marriott at 5:30 p.m.
Fetzer was one of the most versatile distance runners in CSU history. She was the first-ever CSU cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA championships, CSU's first female All-American in cross country, in 1991 was named as one of the athletic director's top 30 scholar-athletes, a WAC scholar-athlete and cross country academic All-American.
She was an All-American in both cross country and track and field, took third place in the 1992 Olympic trials in the 5,000 meters, nationally ranked in the top 10 in the United States by Track and Field News in the 5,000 meters in both indoors and outdoors.
In 1992, Fetzer was considered one of the top female distance runners in the United States, finished 10th overall in the NCAA cross country championships as a senior, honored as one of the top sportswomen of Colorado and was the WAC conference champion in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters in 1993.
Sandy and husband Kevin live near Severance with son Kylan and daughter Baillie. She is the daughter of Winston and Mary Ann Ham and daughter-in-law of Bob and Ronda Fetzer, all of Haxtun.


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Mar 27 2013
Versatile and Flexible Outbuilding Plans – The Garage Plan Shop
Many think of an outbuilding plan as a storage shed, but they have so much more to offer! Outbuilding plans are versatile and flexible structures that can accommodate a broad range of needs. Because they are available and in a variety of sizes and styles, it is more likely there will be one to satisfy a particular need. Below is a list of some of the things outbuilding plans are used for:
· Farm storage – Use as a shed for protecting farm equipment and machinery from the elements such as tractors, combines, wagons, and more.
· Mechanic's auto lift – Ideal for mechanics who need an auto lift some outbuildings offers tall ceilings that will accommodate the height of an auto lift making it easy for mechanics to work on cars indoors.
· Home base for a small business – Small businesses such as landscaping businesses, tree trimming services and handyman businesses might find an outbuilding plan provides enough room to store supplies, tools and the company vehicle.
· Workshop – DIYers use outbuildings as their workshops. An outbuilding provides a place store supplies and tools while providing plenty of space to work on projects without having to clean up until the project is complete.
· Machinery storage – Businesses and individuals who own lots of machinery might find an outbuilding handy for storage making the machinery easy to access without a lot of hassle.
· Hobby area – From woodworking and welding to restoring old cars and everything in between, some outbuildings make a great hobby area proving room to work and a place to store supplies, tools, equipment, etc.
· General Storage – For those who own a lot of "stuff," an outbuilding is a functional and valuable addition to any piece of property. When used for general storage outbuildings can handle anything from the family cars, a boat, ATVs and motorcycles to neatly storing patio furniture through the winter and lifejackets and fishing poles when you're not on the lake. They offer a place to store anything that you don't have room for in your garage, basement or attic and sometime provide a good place to keep dangerous tools and hazardous chemicals out of reach from children.
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The explosion in wellness apps and devices is making it easier for employers to help their workers stay healthy and active. But with products that do everything from count steps to measure glucose levels, deciding which tools to offer requires a focused wellness strategy, experts say.
"There are lots of new apps all the time, and it's hard for employers to keep up," said Chris Chan, a consultant in the health imagination practice at human resources consultancy Towers Watson & Co. "That means that employers need to think about things like: how many apps to include in their suite of solutions, how to integrate the data, what does the reporting look like, how do you encourage participation and make sure it's fair to groups who aren't digital natives?"
While most health smartphone apps and devices have focused on wellness activities like tracking steps or calories, a growing number of products are designed to manage chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. And with the rise of consumer-driven health care and its emphasis on individuals taking more responsibility for their health care choices, these apps are likely to grow in popularity, Chan said. "The prevalence of apps has been more on the wellness and prevention side, not targeted to people incurring a lot of claims expense. We expect vendors to pick up on this and start targeting those with chronic diseases."
Employees enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan are more likely to use wellness apps and devices than their colleagues with traditional plans, particularly to track medical claims, according to a 2012 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Among adults with private health insurance, about 30 percent used an app for nutrition information, according to the survey. About a quarter used one for general health information, weight management and exercise programs.
"Consumers are very in tune with their digital lives, and wellness vendors and employers are trying to take advantage of that," Chan said.
But before employers start purchasing pedometers and heart-rate monitors, they need to understand the health needs of their workforce and their company's culture and demographics.
"What type of condition or activity do we want to target — cardio, diabetes, medication compliance, or activity, nutrition tracking?" he said. "The program has to be holistic and streamlined. It's about delivering a consumer experience."
Another consideration is making sure that everyone has access to the tools.
Justin Reid, a vice president and general manager at ShapeUp, a developer of social wellness programs, said that not all employees have smartphones and not all those who do — like workers on a manufacturing floor — are able to use them on the job. For those companies a tracking device makes more sense, he said.
"Employers are concerned that everyone in the company has a consistent experience. Devices are easier because if you budget for them, they can be bought and distributed. You need a wide range of tools or you will alienate people."
In fact, the Providence, Rhode Island-based company integrates its Web-based corporate wellness programs with tracking devices and packages the data so employers can gauge participation rates and wellness challenge results.
Among those products are wristbands that track steps, sleep, calories burned and other data.
A growing number of employers are pairing apps and Web-based programs with wearable trackers, said Amy McDonough, director of wellness at Fitbit Inc., which partners with ShapeUp.
"The combination is a really great marriage that leads to all-day activity tracking versus just time spent exercising," she said. "There's not a one-size-fits-all approach to health."
The San Francisco-based company offers a variety of tracking products, but its most popular gadget is a wristband that comes in an array of colors. Fitness firms FitLinxx, Jawbone and shoe giant Nike Inc. are other leaders in this category. The idea is to make wellness fun, said McDonough, and gadgets are one way to do that.
One Fitbit client, movie-rental company Redbox Automated Retail, gave trackers to employees who participated in a companywide walking challenge and encouraged them to take photos of themselves wearing their wristbands in unique locales. "This was one of the most effective wellness programs we've been involved with in terms of employee engagement," she said. "They really tied it into their company culture."
Rita Pyrillis is a Workforce senior editor. Comment below or email email@example.com. Follow Pyrillis on Twitter at @RitaPyrillis.


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Hulk Hogan has been caught with his pants down. And his doo-rag off!
Yes, the wrestler is the star of a sex tape - in all his naked glory - and Gawker is sharing it with the world.
But Hogan is moving to get the video, which TMZ says was shopped around in April, off the Web.
Gawker says the tape, which runs about a half hour, was sent to them last week. No payment was demanded.
Hulk's lawyer David R. Houston tells TMZ, "This tape was made secretly without Hulk's knowledge or permission. We are going to do everything in our power to figure out who did it. Anyone displaying the tape will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."


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Vietnam: Imprisonment of musicians a new low for freedom of expression
|International Federation for Human Rights
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|2 November 2012
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|International Federation for Human Rights, Vietnam: Imprisonment of musicians a new low for freedom of expression, 2 November 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/509b8ad128.html [accessed 31 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
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Paris-Bangkok, 2 November 2012. The trial and harsh sentencing of two musicians on charges of "anti-State propaganda" under Article 88 of the Penal Code is the latest example of Vietnam's escalating assault on freedom of expression and its blatant violation of international human rights law, said the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR).
After a trial that lasted less than half a day on 30 October, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City, heavily guarded by security forces, sentenced singer and composer Mr. Vo Minh Tri (known as Viet Khang), 34, and songwriter Mr. Tran Vu Anh Binh (known as Hoang Nhat Thong), 37, to four and six years respectively in prison followed by two years probationary detention. Binh and Viet Khang had been in continuous pre-trial detention since September 2011 and December 2011, respectively, much longer than is normally allowed under Article 120 of the Criminal Procedures Code, which limits such detention to four months.
Binh has written songs critical of the persecution of government critics, including a song called "Courage in the Dark Prison" (Nguc Toi Hien Ngang) in support of dissident blogger Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay), who was sentenced only a month ago to 12 years in prison, along with fellow bloggers Mr. Phan Thanh Hai and Ms. Ta Phong Tan, who were also sentenced to harsh jail terms. Viet Khang has penned songs that criticise the glaring income inequality in Vietnam, and the government's crackdowns on peaceful protests against Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. The court accused both Binh and Viet Khang of posting songs on a website run by an overseas Vietnamese opposition group called Patriotic Youth.
"As a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Vietnam has a legal obligation under Article 19 of the Covenant to protect freedom of expression or opinion, regardless of frontiers, including through art," said Souhayr Belhassen, FIDH President.
Vietnam in recent years has jailed dozens of dissidents for the peaceful exercise of their freedom of expression, often by invoking draconian provisions under the national security section of the Penal Code. As an ASEAN Member State, Vietnam is actively involved in the drafting of an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, the current draft of which includes regressive provisions that mirror the draconian provisions under Vietnamese laws. These deeply flawed provisions of the Declaration would grant States sweeping discretionary power to restrict internationally recognised human rights on ill-defined grounds such as 'national security.' The Declaration is expected to be adopted at the upcoming ASEAN Summit from 18-20 November in Phnom Penh.
"The convictions should be overturned, and the Vietnamese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Viet Khang, Tran Vu Anh Binh, and all other individuals imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of their freedom of expression," said Vo Van Ai, VCHR President.
Below are excerpts of two songs written by Viet Khang and posted online in August 2011, shortly before his first arrest and brief detention at a police office in Ho Chi Minh City in September 2011. The lyrics are translated from Vietnamese by the VCHR.
ANH LA AI (Who are you)
Tell me, who are you?
Why arrest me? What have I done wrong?
Tell me, who are you?
Why beat me without the slightest mercy?
Tell me, who are you?
To keep me from protesting
For love of this country, whose people have endured far too much!
Tell me, where are you?
Forbidding me from opposing a Chinese invasion
Tell me, where are you?
Why scold me in the language of my people?
Where is your nationalism?
Why consciously take orders from China?
You will leave a mark to last a thousand years
Your hands will be stained with the blood of our people
I cannot sit still
While Vietnam collapses
And my people sink
Into an eternity of darkness
I cannot sit still
My children and the next generation deserve a future
Where will our roots be
When Vietnam is no longer in this world?
Vietnam ... half a lifetime has already passed by
And now I can clearly see what life has become
since the war ended.
Mother Vietnam, your heart aches as you look at your children
Some plunged in abject poverty and suffering
Some rich, powerful and dishonest
Today, does Vietnam still exist or is it lost?
Chinese invaders strut arrogantly on our lands
On the Paracel and Spratly islands, how many innocent people have died
Shot down by the guns of the Chinese
As citizens of Vietnam
How can we ignore this invasion?
Let us join as one and respond to our nation's call
Together, fearlessly
Old and young, men and women
Let's raise our hands
To fight the invaders
And to fight those cowards who betrayed Vietnam.
Where is my Vietnam ... Where is my Vietnam ...


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Jeepers Creepers
|Release Date: August 31, 2001
|Running Time: 90 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $37,903,067.00
|Genre: Horror, Thriller
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Justin Long
Jonathan Breck
Patricia Belcher
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Summary:Trish and her younger brother Darry are driving home for Spring break -- it's a routine road trip home from college, with the siblings bickering and enjoying the drive. They recall a spooky tale of a teenage couple from their old high school who disappeared twenty years earlier along the same stretch of road that they are on. As the story goes, they found her body but they never found him...or her head. Later, driving past an old church, they see a mysterious cloaked figure, who chases them before vanishing. Soon, their road trip is turning into a heart-stopping race for their lives, as they find themselves the prey of an indestructible force that relentlessly pursues them and gives a new an... Full Summary >>


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Lostatsea's 'The Corruption' looks so lonely there in the thumbnails section alone! Here's something to keep it company.
So, the title is something I tagged on there because I have no idea where I am going with this one, but the base map itself really caught my imaginations, so let's see where this takes us, shall we?
Most of the colors are just placeholder layers while I figure out how I want the hills & grasslands to look.
Last edited by Tomalak; 06-11-2014 at 06:14 AM.
Great work so far! I like the mountains a lot, and I think it might look really good if the hills got a similar treatment. I like the grass texture north west of the mountains more than the rest. Maybe the texture is too strong, it sort of looks like the area to the east is a vast but slightly indistinct conifer forest. Keep it coming!
I am working on the hills, but they unfortunately take much more detailed attention than the mountains. I'll try to get them finished today.
I wanted to try to vary the assorted areas, so they don't all look the same, but I cannot for my life recall exactly how I blurred the western section exactly that way. I'm hoping some combination of blurring, burning, and tinting will give me the 'varied but cohesive' look I am after.
Thanks very much for your input - it helps alot to have another point of view!
The grass looks VERY bright. You might want to desaturate it! :::
Good job so far!
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looks good! d'ya mind putting it in as a thumbnail attachment? that would be great!
looks good, nice to see some modern maps here
I created a portfolio transit map. Would be interested in any comments.
Larger version can be seen here.
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looks good! d'ya mind putting it in as a thumbnail attachment? that would be great!
looks good, nice to see some modern maps here
No problem. Is that better?
Looks good!
The two stations on the bottom end of the blue lines don't have names though.
Purely a stylistic point, you might want to try bevelling the blue line on the corner between Bay Street and the unnamed station. Looks more friendly!
Good catch and good suggestion (though not easy to do for a more complicated map) - thanks!
No worries, if you're using illustrator there is a plug-in which will bevel or chamfer nodes for you. Costs a bit though. Otherwise, yeah, it's a pain but you'll have to do each corner node by hand.
There's a "round corners" effect in stock Illustrator that can be applied to an entire path, but if you wanted to only round some nodes, you'd have to break the path apart first.
Bryan Ray, visual effects artist
I've finally fixed up the map a bit. Since the orignal post above used a link to the map on my graphic design website, that post now has the updated map.


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The IUCN Programme provides the framework for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the conservation work undertaken by the Commissions and the Secretariat with and on behalf of IUCN Members.
The IUCN Programme 2013-2016 was approved by Member organizations at IUCN's World Conservation Congress in September 2012 in Jeju, South Korea.
The 2013-2016 Programme was developed as a result of a five-month consultation process across IUCN Members and Commissions. The French and Spanish versions will be uploaded soon.
What is the IUCN Programme?
The IUCN Programme provides the framework for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the conservation work undertaken by the Commissions and the Secretariat with and on behalf of IUCN Members.
Working for people and nature
The IUCN Programme 2013–2016 aims to mobilize communities working for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and poverty reduction in common efforts to halt biodiversity loss and apply nature-based solutions to conserve biodiversity, enhance resilience, strengthen equity, reduce poverty and so improve the wellbeing of people on this planet.
The Programme builds upon IUCN's niche as the world's authority on biodiversity conservation, nature-based solutions and related environmental governance. It has three Programme Areas:
1. Valuing and Conserving Nature enhances IUCN's heartland work on biodiversity conservation, emphasizing both tangible and intangible values of nature.
2. Effective and Equitable Governance of Nature's Use consolidates IUCN's work on people-nature relations, rights and responsibilities, and the political economy of nature.
3. Deploying Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges in Climate, Food and Development expands IUCN's work on nature's contribution to tackling problems of sustainable development, particularly in climate change, food security and social and economic development.
Who implements the Programme?
The Programme is implemented through the combined force of the Secretariat (1,000 staff in global thematic programmes and nine regional programmes) working together with six IUCN Commissions, with more than 15,000 members who provide critical knowledge for Programme implementation.
Under the One Programme Charter adopted by Council in May 2011, the 1,200 State, government and NGO Members of IUCN contribute where there is alignment with the IUCN Programme. The Programme relies on impact indicators for biodiversity, people and nature, and nature and development.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities plan to exhume the body of a Chicago businessman today in hopes of learning exactly how he ingested a lethal dose of cyanide.
Urooj Khan died in July as he was about to collect $425,000 in lottery winnings. His death was initially ruled a result of natural causes, but a relative pressed for a deeper look. Full toxicology results revealed in November that Khan was poisoned. His death was reclassified a homicide.
No suspects have been identified.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office hopes an autopsy, expected to be finished by Friday afternoon, will produce more evidence in the event the case goes to trial.
Spokeswoman Mary Paleologos says tests on Khan's organs also may determine whether the poison was swallowed, inhaled or injected
Urooj Khan was fatally poisoned with cyanide just as he was about to collect his $425,000 payout. Medical examiner spokeswoman Mary Paleologos (PAY'-lee-oh-low-gohs) said Friday that there's no fixed date yet for Khan's exhumation. Earlier Friday a judge approved the request to unearth Urooj Khan's body in investigator's search for additional clues.
Paleologos says a full autopsy would most likely be conducted the day after the exhumation and Khan's body would be reburied quickly after that's done. Final results would be released after about two weeks.
She says the original funeral director would attend the exhumation to verify the remains are Khan.
Urooj Khan died suddenly in July just as the 46-year-old businessman was about to collect $425,000 in prize money.
The court documents shed no light on the circumstances of Khan's death, but add a layer of drama to the story.
Khan's brother Imtiaz and sister Meraj Khan won an order from a probate judge in September to freeze the lottery check, asserting his widow tried to cash it. They expressed concern in court filings that Khan's daughter from a previous marriage might not get her share.
The widow, Shabana Ansari, denies removing assets from the estate.
Shabana Ansari's attorney, Steven Kozicki, says Ansari was subjected to a long session of questioning at a police station in November and that detectives searched the home.
Police have not said if Ansari is considered a suspect. Kozicki says she vehemently maintains she had nothing to do with the July death of her husband, Urooj Khan. Police have not spoken publicly of any suspects.
Khan died just days before he was to collect $425,000 in lottery winnings.
Authorities initially ruled the death a result of natural causes, but further tests showed he was poisoned and his death was reclassified as a homicide.


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Winston-Salem, NC -- A gym full of people wearing pink surprised Wake Forest Volleyball coach Heather Holmes, as she came on court for Tuesday's game.
The Dig for the Cure game is an annual event, but Tuesday night students and staff held an impromptu pink out in honor of Holmes, because she was just diagnosed with breast cancer in May.
Students presented her with a "security blanket", a quilt signed by athletes from every WFU sports teams, with uplifting words and phrases for her to turn to when she needs it. No one on the volleyball team, including Coach Holmes, knew about the impromptu pink out, and organizers say she was shocked by the unexpected pink support.
Megan Jessee, assistant coach with the women's soccer team, said, "a lot of times, you know we go our separate ways, with our own sports, and everyone's busy in their seasons and stuff, so it was sort of nice to come together at times you know for a common cause and help and support one of our family members."
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WELLSBURG -With John Marshall stationed at the Brooke 1 looking for a go-ahead score midway through the fourth quarter on a fourth-and-goal, Brooke coach Sean Blumette called a timeout.
The Bruins, clinging to a 17-13 lead, needed one more stop. They had just gotten one on third down from the same spot when Monarchs quarterback Jacob Fromhart was stopped on a sneak attempt.
On the next play, the call went to R.J. Kibert, who was looking for a push off the right side. He didn't get it, with the Bruins' defensive line roaring through and stopping him for a 1-yard loss, and the Bruins held on to win by that same score.
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Brooke's Raleigh Mason (20) runs with the ball as John Marshall's Cameron Fisher (72) gives chase Friday in Wellsburg.
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''We drew it up in the dirt,'' Blumette said metaphorically. (There is no dirt anywhere near Brooke Memorial Stadium these days). ''We said, 'hey, this is what they like to do, and this is what we're going to stop. If they beat us on something else, then so be it. But we're not going to let them do what they want to do.''
With guys like Todd Clark, a second-generation Bruin who didn't decide he wanted to play football until after Week 1 leading the way, John Marshall found yards tough to come by all night.
Clark was in on five sacks and the Monarchs managed 72 yards on 33 carries, an average of 2.25 yard per attempt.
''Not being able to punch it in there was huge,'' JM coach Rick Goodrich said. ''Give Brooke credit, they made the play. Right there, that was a difference-maker. We had a sneak. They were cutting us off, so we thought we could get off tackle behind our best linemen. They made a play and we couldn't get in.''
Truthfully, neither offense did a whole bunch in this one.
John Marshall (2-7) had 171 yards on 51 snaps. What Brooke (3-6) did have was the kind of balance many strive for but few get - 118 yards on the ground and 118 through the air.
Each team's offense scored a touchdown in the first half. John Marshall got on the board first when Evan Magers caught a 25-yard touchdown pass on a well-thrown ball from Fromhart, and Brooke scored on a Raleigh Mason 1-yard plunge two plays after JM muffed a punt inside the Bruins 5, four and a half minutes ahead of a 42-yard field goal by Bobby Moore.
It was all defense in the second half, beginning with the Monarchs' Jeremy Betras, who earlier had an interception called back by penalty, pouncing on a Brooke fumble in the end zone midway through the third quarter. That came ahead of a 42-yard touchdown INT return for a score by the Bruins' Aaron Walker a little more than 4 minutes into the fourth quarter.
''Any game between two decent teams, it's the team that makes the least amount of mistakes that's going to win,'' Blumette said.
Then, it was the goal-line stand.
''We knew we were in for a physical fight and we got everything we counted on, there's no doubt,'' Blumette said.
Added Goodrich: ''Our defense played well enough to win. They scored a touchdown for us. Offensively, we gave up a pick 6.''
Mason, playing in his second game since suffering an injury in the season opener, ran for 60 yards on 21 carries, despite losing a pair of fumbles.
Brooke quarterback Alec Buchmelter completed 13 of 31 passes for 118 yards and a score.
Fromhart was 11 of 20 for 99 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
Fullback James Morgan led the Monarchs with 39 rushing yards.


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I was wondering if anyone can tell me which area of Wyoming elk unit 23 has the highest concentration of elk. I am a non-resident with 6 preference points apply for this area for fall 2012 and would appreciate any help you can give me.
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I was wondering if anyone can tell me which area of Wyoming elk unit 23 has the highest concentration of elk. I am a non-resident with 6 preference points apply for this area for fall 2012 and would appreciate any help you can give me.
I would't waste max points on 23. You can do much better with those points. With max you could draw 24 which would be MUCH better.
Read down a ways on here. http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforu...ID35/1900.html
Yea I think I would avoid 23 also. I had seriously considered applying there and then after some research, found out that most of the elk head to private land rather quickly once rifle season starts. Wish I had some links or something to direct you to but I don't. I just remember one guy saying he hunted cow's there this year and didn't see much at all. If you have maps of the unit and look at it on Google Earth, you'll see that there isn't a whole lot of good looking country for elk. Better decide quick though with the application deadline fast approaching!!!
I asked another guy that said he hunted 23 about his hunt and got this reply:
"I can't believe that the state of WY manages 23 as a trophy area and I called them and told them so. 4 of us saw a total of 9 elk in 6 days of hunting. The weather really sucked which was a problem. The outfitter claimed that we were hunting on the best spot for elk in 23. That could have been true but the rancher was letting a lot of other people hunt on a tresspass fee and the elk got pushed onto another ranch that we couldn't hunt. I definitely wasted 5 points on a bad hunt situation. We actually hunted on part of the Rattlesnake Ridge Hunter Management Area. The outfitter never mentioned it before hand. Elk seasoned opened on 10/1 and the state HMA opened to the public on 10/09 but the rancher was letting plenty of people onto the ranch opening day so after a couple of days the elk were gone. "
Thanks everyone for the information. I called the game and fish department in Casper and they pretty much told me the same thing. I ended up applying for area 22.
I am new the the forum, is there a bow season in Unit 23?
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LANDOVER, Md. - West Virginia made an NFL stadium its home for a day and put up numbers that would be the envy of any pro offense, marching quickly to score on its first four possessions and piling up 569 yards Saturday in a 42-12 victory against James Madison.
Geno Smith set the school record for career yards passing, and Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin both had 100 yards receiving before halftime for the No. 9 Mountaineers (2-0), who improved to 13-0 all time against FCS schools.
Smith completed 34 of 39 passes for 411 yards and five touchdowns, putting his career tally at 8,191 yards and moving him past Marc Bulger (8,153) to the top of the WVU list.
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West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith looks to pass during the first half of Saturday's game against James Madison at FedEx Field. Smith surpassed Marc Bulger as the school's passing yardage leader.
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Bailey finished with 173 yards on 13 catches and three touchdowns, while Austin had 113 yards on 11 receptions and one score.
Playing at the Washington Redskins stadium - the Mountaineers need to maintain an East Coast profile for recruiting now that they've moved to the Big 12 - West Virginia used the occasion to honor school legend and former Redskins Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff, but this wasn't the brute, yardage-stingy type of game Huff likes.
Smith and the offense finessed their way down the field, working the no-huddle attack with creative tosses, slip screens and scrambles. It was a thing of beauty when Smith, with a rusher in his face, draped a pass onto Austin's shoulder for a 24-yard gain in the second quarter.
Most of the time, however, Smith found receivers so open that his passes became easy target practice, including his 4-yard touchdown throw to Dante Campbell for the redshirt freshman's first collegiate catch.
Still, there were a couple of moments in the second half that no doubt did Huff proud.
There remain many doubts about the Mountaineers' defense, but they stopped the Dukes on four running plays after a first-and-goal at the 3, and then converted another first-and-goal sequence into a turnover when Tyler Anderson picked off Justin Thorpe in the end zone.
Stedman's touchdown catches came in various shapes and sizes - a 9-yarder on a screen, a 3-yarder on a fade in which no one covered him, and a 30-yarder that Smith lobbed perfectly into a seam between two defensive backs down the sideline.
The Mountaineers have scored 181 points in their past three games - including 70 in last season's Orange Bowl and 69 in their opener against Marshall.
The Dukes (2-1), remembered for stunning then-No. 13 Virginia Tech two years ago, tried just about everything, but they were never in this one.
They got called for 12 men on the field twice on defense in the first quarter, and then successfully converted a fourth-and-1 at their own 34 on the first play of the second quarter - a ploy that managed to keep the Mountaineers offense off the field for a least a couple of extra minutes.
James Madison was also missing leading rusher Dae'Quan Scott, who injured an ankle last week. The Dukes' fans roared when their team finally forced West Virginia to punt late in the first half, and again when the Mountaineers' Shawne Alston was tackled for a safety in the third quarter - although it was a bittersweet consolation prize that came after the offense was stopped at the 1 on fourth down.
James Madison's only touchdown came in the game's final minute on Jauan Latney's 20-yard run.


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2011: PFL Academic Honor Roll...played in eight games...finished fifth on the squad in receiving with 25 catches for 295 yards and two touchdowns...caught a career-best 10 passes for a career-high 87 yards at Campbell...caught three passes for 73 yards and a touchdown at Morehead State...had six kickoff returns for 87 yards at Campbell.
2010: Played in Butler's final nine games...tied for fifth on the team in scoring...caught a 12-yard touchdown pass against Valparaiso...had an eight-yard touchcown reception against Morehead State...recorded three solo tackles and three assists on Butler's special teams...named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll.
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Despite a federal lawsuit unsealed last week alleging widespread fraud — and their own acknowledgment that Medicare rules were violated — the leaders of San Diego Hospice maintain that their motives were always to care for dying patients and their families.
The hospice said this month that it would close because of a Medicare audit that appears to question whether some of the patients it served were truly sick enough to die within six months, the standard for hospice operators to claim reimbursement from the government.
The new federal lawsuit, which apparently sparked the Medicare audit, alleges that the hospice's employees falsified patient records in an apparent attempt to enroll, or avoid discharging, patients who did not show clear enough signs of dying within six months.
The current difficulties with Medicare are not the first time San Diego Hospice has faced questions about its admissions and discharge policies.
In 1997, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asked San Diego Hospice to return $2.1 million paid to care for 37 patients who, a government investigation concluded, received hospice reimbursement for an average of 523 days.
Dr. Laurel Herbst, the organization's medical director and its vice president for medical affairs before retiring in early 2011, said Friday that money collected from Medicare was always used for patient care.
"No one was enriched," Herbst said. "We took care of patients who had terminal illnesses."
The statement points up a growing tension between doctors' abiding desire to do whatever is necessary for patients and the need to save money by government-run and private health insurance plans.
Herbst, who was at the hospice at the time, said the organization fought hard to convince the government that its decisions to keep the patients on hospice service for so long, in one case four years, were appropriate.
"We fought every one of those cases, and we ended up winning all of them," Herbst said.
She said she stands by the hospice's decisions to continue to recertify patients for hospice services even if they are not showing the kind of decline that some government auditors want to see documented in a patient's chart. She said Medicare's guidelines require doctors to look at the future, not the past, when making a determination about whether a death is likely in the next six months. That, she said, can be confounded by the hospice service itself which makes patients more comfortable and has been shown to make many live longer.
"If you've got cancer that's metastatic, stage four, who knows why you're still alive, but I can't say you're not dying," Herbst said.
Kathleen Pacurar, the organization's current chief executive, insisted in an interview last fall that quality patient care, not profit motive, has driven the organization, which she said was never able to build up much of a financial reserve because money coming in went out again in the form of services.
"Clearly we're a nonprofit and we have demonstrated that over a long period of time," she said.
Pacurar has said that the ongoing Medicare audit has caused the organization's patient census to shrink from about 1,000 patients to about 430. She has said uncertainty over the audit has forced the organization to close.
The hospice is moving toward liquidation of its assets in bankruptcy, and Scripps Health has stepped up to help fill the gap, promising to receive many of the nonprofit's current patients and hire many of its current employees. It made an initial bid of $10.7 million to purchase the hospice's Hillcrest property.
While Herbst said she does not know the specifics of what occurred since she retired in 2011, the former executive said she does know that an audit does not have to deliver a death blow.


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Like all of his fellow One Direction members, Harry Styles is quite the hit with the tween population. So it should come as no surprise that the former X Factor star drove his young fans wild with a brief display of twerking during the Teen Choice Awards. Yes, you read that right — Harry Styles twerking.
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It looks like the decision to add Demi Lovato to the judging panel was a good one for The X Factor. The singer's feedback has proven quite helpful for contestants and, what's more, has convinced young fans that she is worthy of not one, not two, but three Teen Choice Awards!
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The guys of One Direction have enjoyed their fair share of accomplishments since their time on The X Factor (including the recent success of hit single Best Song Ever) but now, they are about to cap it all off by become the first ever billion dollar boy band!
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Move over Brandi Glanville, there is a new reality star in town! In fact, there are actually two! And they are none other than Glanville's rival LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, who have just scored their own reality show on VH1! Uh oh, something tells us there will be no shortage of drama on the new series!
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Lauren Silverman And Simon Cowell Break Their Silence About BabyAugust 2, 2013 07:15:47 by Lisa Princ
Earlier this week, we learned that Simon Cowell had an affair with his close friend's wife, and the pair are now expecting a baby. Now, Lauren Silverman and the The X Factor boss are finally speaking out!
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Oops! The self proclaimed bachelor and forever kidless man is no longer kidless! But is he still a bachelor? It turns out that X Factor judge Simon Cowell knocked up his best friend's wife! How in the world did this happen? The Buzz has the full story in this video below. What kind of dad do you think Simon Cowell will make?
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Nick Jonas Shows Off Abs In Shirtless SelfieAugust 1, 2013 01:09:01 by Stephanie Gustafson
Geraldo Rivera, Chris Pratt…male celebs are flocking to Twitter and Instagram en masse in hopes of showing off their toned bodies. Former X Factor mentor Nick Jonas is the latest to join the club and suffice to say, fans are loving his latest shirtless picture!
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Iowa State Earns Multiple All-Big 12 Honors
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State juniors A.J. Klein and Aaron Horne headlined the Cyclones honored by the Big 12 Conference Wednesday. Klein was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Horne was tabbed the Offensive Newcomer of the Year. The Big 12's coaches selected the All-Big 12 teams and awards.
Klein had 101 tackles and a pair of sacks in 2011. The junior returned an interception 78 yards for touchdown, his third career return for score. The Kimberly, Wis., native also notched a pair of sacks, five pass breakups, three quarterback hurries and 7.5 tackles for loss in 2011.
Horne averaged 11.7 yards per catch with a long of 57. The junior wide receiver took over kickoff and punt return duties in conference play and went on to average the most yards per kick return in league play. The Oakland, Calif., native recorded 33 receptions and had a key 33-yard rush for touchdown in the Cyclones' win over Kansas.
"We are thrilled that A.J. and Aaron have been singled out for their great seasons," Iowa State head football coach Paul Rhoads said. "To earn all-league honors in the Big 12 is one the highest praises you can receive in college football."
Senior Kelechi Osemele joined Klein on the All-Big 12 first team. The offensive lineman from Houston, Texas started all 12 games at left tackle for the Cyclones in 2011.
Seniors Hayworth Hicks and Leonard Johnson were joined by junior linebacker Jake Knott on the All-Big 12 second team. Hicks, an offensive lineman from Palmdale, Calif., started the final 11 games at right guard for the Cyclones. Johnson, a senior cornerback from Clearwater, Fla., notched 68 tackles, seven pass breakups, three fumble recoveries and had a key interception in the Cyclones' upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State. Knott, a linebacker from Waukee, Iowa, had a team-high 107 tackles for Iowa State in 2011 while registering two interceptions and three forced fumbles.
Knott and Johnson received All-Big 12 second-team honors in 2010. Klein is the first Cyclone to earn Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Freshman quarterback Jared Barnett, senior defensive lineman Jake Lattimer, sophomore punter Kirby Van Der Kamp and sophomore running back James White received honorable mention accolades.


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
PHOTO OP: Wozzilreally?
Check out what Rory McIlroy gifted girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki. She tweeted the pic saying, "Here is my new club @McilroyRory made for me." Wozzilroy???
Everyone keeps comparing it to "Brangelina" and "Bennifer" which makes sense because it's a mashup of their names. Duh. Here's the big difference: I don't remember either of those couples actually coming up with the mashup themselves and celebrating it by putting it on shit. They own that Velveeta.
I suppose it's better than those "I'm with him--->/<---I'm with her" t-shirts. Uh-oh. I better not give them any ideas.
[Photo(s) credit: Caroline Wozniacki's tweet]
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- PokeyLokeyOctober 1, 2011 at 4:05 AM
young love....what can you say? You do some really stupid ish that you are guaranteed to regret later.ReplyDelete
Oh dear oh dear. As if imagining them 2 having sex wasn't bad enough already it just got a whole lot worse.ReplyDelete
@ Jonathan: You're braver than me. I couldn't even get that far. Now if they did a sex tape...ReplyDelete
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VALDOSTA, Ga. – After sweeping Florida Southern with a 2-1 victory in 16 innings in game one Friday night and a 2-0 shutout Saturday, Valdosta State advances to the eight-team NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament to be held in Louisville, Ky. at Knights Field on the campus of Bellarmine University May 16-19.
After coming out of one of the toughest regions in the country, Valdosta State's path will not get any easier as the Blazers (53-4) start the tournament against defending NCAA DII National Champion UC San Diego at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Tritons dropped the first game of the weekend to Cal State-Dominguez Hills, 4-3, but rebounded to win both games Saturday to represent the West Region in the tournament. UC San Diego won the first game of the day, 1-0, on a walk-off home run in the eighth inning and followed it with another 1-0 victory later in the day to improve to 41-21. The Tritons were the sixth seed in the West and knocked off top seeded Cal State-Dominguez Hills.
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East Meadow senior Matt Power brought home the Nassau Division I 138-pound wrestling championship Feb. 12, beating Calhoun's Julian Arroyo, 6-0, in the finals at Hofstra.
Power, who had one pin and two major decision victories to reach the title bout, will represent the Jets at the New York State championships this Friday and Saturday at Albany's Times Union Center. His record stands at 37-3.
"Matt got through the toughest part of the bracket, and we knew he was up against a strong kid in the finals," East Meadow coach Chris Critchley said. "Arroyo beat the top seed in the quarterfinals. The goal was to out-slick him. It was important to get the first takedown and ride him out after that."
Power was on a mission to close his high school career on a championship note, Critchley said. "Matt fell just short of being All-County the past two years," he said. "This year he improved his endurance, and that's what made the difference for him."
Critchley said Power had an early wakeup call. It came Dec. 8 when he was pinned by Baldwin's Quinn Knauer in the Bruins Cup Tournament. "As talented as Matt is, I think that's when he realized he couldn't get by on talent alone," Critchley said. "That loss to Knauer helped him focus on what he needed to do to get to the next level. I'm really proud of him. He worked hard and deserved it."
On Feb. 2, Power finished first in the Nassau Qualifier Tournament hosted by Plainedge. He also earned the Most Pins Least Time award with three pins in a combined 3-minutes, 17-seconds. He won a 6-1 decision over Roslyn's Gabe Gallardo in the qualifier final.
Power was one of three Jets to wrestle for a county championship. Senior Mike Tropiano, also a qualifying champ, was Nassau runner-up to Mepham's Louis Hernandez at 145 pounds, while junior Adam Smith lost a tough 6-5 decision to Long Beach's Steven Sewkumar at 113.
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|Community theatre returns to Phillips County in fine fashion
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Hijinks and hilarity hit the stage last weekend when Phillips County Arts Council brought back community theatre.
It was a weekend of fun Aug. 7-9 when The Curious Savage was performed in Haxtun Friday night and at a dinner theatre in Holyoke Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
Four communities were represented in the cast of 11 characters, as actors and actresses hailed from Holyoke, Haxtun, Amherst and Wray.
Doug Kamery made a name for himself as he embraced his first directing experience for the Phillips County Arts Council. Quick to give away credit, he emphasized he couldn't be more grateful to the acting group for making the experience such a joy.
More than a simple comedy, the show was about family.
Karen Swan was exquisite in her role as Ethel Savage, setting the tone for excellence for the whole cast.
A slightly eccentric, extremely wealthy widow, Mrs. Savage wants to make the best use of her deceased husband's estate, despite her greedy step-children's selfish attempts to get their hands on it.
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Jes-c Brandt stepped out in full force to play her six-times-divorced princess role as Lily Belle to the maximum of spoiled haughtiness. Confident and assured, Lily Belle teamed up with her brothers Titus and Samuel in a foiled attempt to thwart their step-mother's plan for their father's estate.
Titus, a senator, played by Eldon Valdemar, and Samuel, a judge, played by Jonathan Phillips, were sure their father's money was rightfully theirs.
Titus gets more threatening telegrams than any other man in Congress. Samuel has the distinction of having more of his decisions reversed than any man in jurisprudence.
Each spent a million dollars to land his position.
Ethel's three children commit her to a sanitarium in the hopes of shocking her to her senses. As she struggles to find acceptance from her children, she instead finds it in the most unlikely place—the sanitarium.
There, she meets a variety of social misfits, all needing exactly the kind of help Mrs. Savage can provide and who eventually appear more sane than those outside the walls of the institution.
Danielle Conklin as Fairy Mae stays true to her animated character, adding a word at every chance, giggling and jesting along the way. But her sensitivity and vulnerability peek through at the slightest provocation.
Janismarie Oberle as Mrs. Paddy has nothing to say, except that she hates a whole litany of things. She's passionate about getting right in the face of the one she's addressing with her hatred. She's spoken nothing but her hate list for years. Until the end, when she acknowledges her love for Ethel.
A gentleman through and through, Jerry Brandt is a courteous and likable Hannibal. Once a statistician, he talks in number language, but now thinks he's a musician. Jerry learned how to hold the violin, but Hannibal convinced only himself about his ability to play the instrument.
Hannah Conklin as Florence convincingly believes she has a 5-year-old son. Quick to join in the antics of the house, she gains full support of her fellow residents, who clearly know she has no child.
Holding the side of his face that is scarred from an accident, Ty Glittenberg as Jeffery, plays a timid man with no confidence, when in reality he's a professional musician with vast talent.
Miss Wilhelmina, a nurse and member of the staff, is played with much devotion by Nicole Brandt. Her dedication to the residents and to the difference between right and wrong are strong. Showing an extra bit of attention and affection for Jeffery, she later reveals she is his wife.
Bringing extensive acting experience to the local stage, Eric Conklin takes charge as Dr. Emmett. Thorough, calm and in-charge, he makes a valiant attempt at reasoning with both the step-children and the sanitarium residents.
With the help of her new-found friends, Mrs. Savage leads her step-children on a merry chase. The residents of "Cloisters" show Mrs. Savage a family can be more than the people you are related to; that a true family is formed through love, kindness and loyalty to one another.
The eccentric folk turn out to be wiser and more humane than the supposed sane-and-normal people around them.
A peek into Cloisters residents living their dreams finds Jeffery at the piano with Miss Wilhelmina by his side, Mrs. Paddy at her artist easel, Hannibal playing the violin, Fairy Mae is a princess and Florence is hugging her adorable son.
Playing the son in Haxtun was Claire Swan, while Dylon Lousberg was the boy in the Holyoke performances. Both celebrated their birthdays at the Sunday show.
Having fun in their efforts on stage, The Curious Savage cast members gave the audience reason to perhaps consider taking part in the next show.
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Royals Stay Busy On and Off the Field
In addition to a weekend of action on the field against the Blue Jays, the Royals have a weekend packed full of events off the field as well.
Friday, a group of around 200 people had an opportunity to welcome new Royals General Manager Dayton Moore to the Kansas City community. Moore appeared alongside Kansas City legend Buck O'Neil as a guest panelist for the State Farm Legends Luncheon held at the Madrid Theater. Proceeds from the event went the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Moore fielded questions from the audience and shared some of his favorite baseball memories during the hour-long stage presentation.
Be sure to check out the upcoming events page on royals.com for guest information for the next State Farm Legends Luncheon, which is set for Wednesday, Aug. 9.
Meanwhile, third baseman Mark Teahen, pitcher Joe Nelson and coaches Fred Kendall and Luis Silverio hosted a free instructional clinic for kids from Blue Valley Recreation. Not only do the kids get to learn about the fundamentals of the game, they get to share the field with some of their favorite Royals!
The clinic is part of the club's George Brett Youth Baseball and Softball Program, which offers fundraising opportunities to youth leagues across the metro area. The Royals have already conducted five of these clinics during the last month with several more dates still on the calendar!
In addition to instructional clinics, leagues can earn other cool incentives such as Royals uniform patches, on-field parades at Kauffman Stadium, and first-pitch opportunities through this program. Call the Royals at (816) 921-8000 for more information on how to get your youth league involved!
Manager Buddy Bell and members of his coaching staff arrived at the ballpark early on Saturday to participate in Baseball 101. This fun event, which is presented by HCA Midwest Hospitals, is designed exclusively for women 16 year old and over. Buddy and the coaches worked with the women on learning baseball basics and general terminology that is central to understanding the game. Proceeds from the event benefited the Down Syndrome Guild of Kansas City.
Remember to keep checking the community section of royals.com for updates on future Royals events!
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I am impressed by all the talk about developing the farm system, but after they are developed, will the Glass family make a commitment to keeping them?
the royals are horrible, they are the worst franchise in history, if i lived in kansas city, i would be ashamed… got help the pittiful royals, contract ur sorry franchise…
Poor Selaine…….
Jeffmary1756, That's a good question, undoubtably, there will be players like Johnny Damon that will leave because they don't want to play in such a small market, thier goal is to play for the Yankees. The trick is, if you are going to loose them, trade them for value in their final year of the current contract.
From what I've heard, Mr.Glasses personal wealth is about 300 Million. The Yankees get more than that yearly off of TV revenues. I'm sure as the teams revenues increase Mr. Glass will invest more in players, but I wouldn't expect him to dump out 150 million in this market.
One other note: I'm not necessarily saying that the Glasses haven't made mistakes…… but if it weren't for Mr. Glass, The Royals might just be in Charlotte, NC right now. To sell this team, someone has to want to buy it. Minnesota is for sale, and there's noone clammoring to buy!
I still thought we were going to be able to find out what was going on "inside" the Royals on this blog. All the stuff above is community bulletin board stuff! You can see most of this on the front page of the website.
I bad……. correction: Poor Elaine.
Well, I hope whoever it is with the Royals that posts the primary entry above, reads this; how about the inside scoop on the Royals. How about some interviews with the Minor League instructors? The primary posts are nothing but ads for this charitable venture or other. We really would like to know more about the Royals as it pertains to the future, and the team on the field. While all the clinics and such are great for P.R. purposes, it doesn't instill much hope for the future of a winning ball club. How about some details regarding the progress of planning on the renovations?? Something other than a replay of the community bullitin board… It's obvious that you are loosing bloggers, because the content for discussion is not anything to discuss. You only have 4 postings after 2 days?? Please, tell us what, in the story above, that there is to discuss???
Today is July 13th. If there's anyone that still bothers to read this blog….
Welcome aboard Toby Cook. For those of you outside the Metro, Toby Cook has been the co-anchor on the Fox 4 Morning news show here in K.C.
If Toby is the Face of the Royals, it is a very good, and energetic one. Above all, he has always impressed me with his integrity in his reporting! Good call Mr.Glass! Two good calls in a row!
Kauffman farm for SALE…Maybe Mr. Glass would like to buy the family farm that was owned by Ewing Kauffman's grandfather since 1891. It stayed in the family till the late 1960's and is said that Ewing Kauffman was born there. I bought the 16.83 acres with the house barn and pond in 1994 and have a website selling it. go to http://www.susanmitchell.00freehost.com How do I get this message to Mr. Glass so he can get a real farm system going.


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