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OMAHA, Neb. - USC scored four runs in its final three innings at bat held on for a 5-4 win over LSU to force a second game in the bracket two semifinal of the 1998 NCAA College World Series. LSU will face USC a second time tomorrow at 12:30 (Arizona Time) with the winner advancing to the championship game against Arizona State.
Come Saturday, the Sun Devils will have had two full days off after their 14-4 win Wednesday over Long Beach State. If LSU defeats USC, the championship game will be the Tigers third game in three days while the Trojans, if victorious, would be playing their fourth game in four days. The championship game is a winner-take-all, one-game final.
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College Hockey:Dartmouth Dominates Cornell
Big Green's Special Teams Shine
HANOVER, N.H. — Batteries are known to lose their power in the frigid air of a New Hampshire winter. A pair of jumper cables or a good extension cord, however, and everything's as it should be.
Dartmouth plugged in its power play to the tune of a 3-for-9 performance, while its penalty killers held Cornell without a goal in 10 chances last night, turning it all on for a 5-1 ECAC Hockey League win before an electric Thompson Arena crowd of 4,311.
The win gave the Big Green (11-7-3 league, 15-10-3 overall) third place in the ECACHL with one game to play, and also earned Dartmouth its first share of the Ivy League championship since 1980, when coach Bob Gaudet was the Big Green's goaltender.
"It's not something the guys focus in on at the start of the season, quite honestly, but as the season progresses," Gaudet said. "You start clicking off some of the goals you want to achieve, (and) that comes into sight. They were driven to do it."
The penalty killers got it started for Dartmouth, snuffing four power plays by the Big Red (10-7-4 league, 14-10-4 overall) in the game's first 20 minutes. The Big Green turned that around to the tune of man-up goals from T.J. Galiardi and J.T. Wyman for a 2-0 lead by the second intermission.
Following a Tanner Glass rebound goal just 45 seconds into the third, Nick Johnson potted Dartmouth's third power-play strike of the night for a 4-0 lead at 8:26. Cornell's Byron Bitz and the Big Green's Rob Pritchard accounted for the game's final markers.
The Big Red's man-down failures came against the run of recent history, coach Mike Schafer said. Cornell had been playing well shorthanded over "the last 10-12 games," although the visitors entered the night ranked 50th (out of 59 Division I schools) in shorthanded effectiveness.
"It's frustrating," Schafer said. "The power play's been playing well. You've got to capitalize on your scoring chances in a game like that. We had five-on-threes, a couple of good looks in the first and second period. It's opportunities lost."
The Big Green could do a lot of people themselves included a favor by locking down a first-round league tourney bye with a win over Colgate tonight. For one, Dartmouth hasn't failed to reach the league semifinals during Gaudet's tenure when it has had the week off.
With the Dartmouth women one win from hosting their league tourney semis and finals at Thompson next weekend, a bye week for the men would take a lot of pressure off the rink.
While an ECACHL championship has eluded Dartmouth, the Ivy crown no longer does.
"I think it's the best thing I've ever won," said Glass, who also had a goal and an assist. "Every (Ivy) game that comes up in your schedule, you take a second and realize, 'It's an Ivy League game; we've got to bear down, boys, and get it done.' We finally managed to string enough of them together to get finally pull a share of the Ivy League."
Mike Devine stopped 34 shots for the Big Green, while Troy Davenport recorded 16 stops for Cornell.
The Big Red can make it a three-way Ivy championship tie with a victory at Harvard tonight.
Greg Fennell covers Dartmouth hockey for the Valley News of West Lebanon, N.H.
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Acer leaks its upcoming Iconia Tab A700/A701 with Tegra 3 quad-core and Full HD touchscreen
With everyone and their dog launching Android-powered tablets these days, it's no surprise that we have yet another leak about such an upcoming product (or duo of products). What is a little bit less ordinary is when a manufacturer leaks the existence of such a device itself. That usually happens either by mistake or through negligence, and it's still a rare thing to see.
Well, get ready for such a rarity. Acer has posted a profile of the Iconia Tab A701 on its servers. This was promptly found by HDBlog.it and made public. The profile lets us know that the tablet will come with Nvidia's new quad-core Tegra 3 processor. But the nice tidbit here is that the A701 will also have a touchscreen with a resolution of 1920×1200. That's keeping with the Honeycomb aspect ratio of 16:10 and taking the resolution up a notch to 1080p Full HD, and we can only assume what insane pixel density that means.
Assume because unfortunately the leaked profile says nothing about the screen's size, so there's still a (slim) possibility that Acer is trying something out of the ordinary and launching, say, a 12-inch tablet (and considering the A500/A501 pair is 10-inch, that might make some sense if you look at the model numbers alone). What's pretty clear is that the A701 will be the 3G-enabled version, while an A700 will be out for those of you satisfied by just having Wi-Fi. That's consistent with Acer's A500/A501 track record, of course.
So apparently 2012 is set to be the year of the Full HD tablets (alongside quad-core processors, which we've known about for many months now). That's a nice surprise if it turns out to be real. And something of a natural progression, now that 720p HD touchscreens have reached cellphone sizes.


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College Hockey:Stempniak Caps Dartmouth Rally
Three Goals In Six-Shot Span Make Difference Vs. Union
HANOVER, N.H. — If his team keeps this up, Bob Gaudet is going to have a full head of gray hair by season's end.
Gaudet's Dartmouth squad kept shooting and missing Saturday night, to the tune of zero for their first 36 shots and a tough-to-swallow 2-0 Union lead.
But then the Big Green opened the floodgates in a big way, connecting on three of their next six shots as they lit the lamp three times in a two-minute, 15-second span of the third period. Junior Kent Gillings scored the first two goals on the power play before rookie Lee Stempniak poked in the game-winner just 12 seconds after Gillings' second marker.
With the three goals in hand, Dartmouth held on for a 3-2 triumph, the team's fourth straight game in which it won or tied when trailing in the third period. The Big Green (10-8-4, 7-4-4 ECAC) moved into a tie with Harvard and Clarkson for second place in the league standings.
"In the second period, we were just scratching our heads because their goalie was playing well and we couldn't find a way to score," Gaudet said. "Then, it was just the thought of playing one good shift at a time and not worrying about being down in the game. And then when the goals came, it was bang-bang-bang."
Gillings, who missed two games last month due to food poisoning and then took a couple more to return to 100 percent, was at his dangerous best in this one, finding the puck at the right moments to help lift a Big Green team that was previously unable to solve Brandon Snee (44 saves).
Gillings' first goal came at 4:26 of the third period, as he took advantage of chaos in front of the net to snap the shutout. Soon after, at 6:29, Gillings found the puck after Snee failed to freeze it, wristing in his eighth of the season to make it 2-2.
"Coming into the locker room after the second period, everyone was very optimistic. We knew we could do it because we've done it so many times in the past few weeks," Gillings said. "We just put a good string of shifts together, got a couple of good ones on the power play and kept on rolling from there."
Even before the crowd could finish applauding Gillings' pair, Stempniak whipped the fans into a frenzy, collecting a rebound that kicked well out into the slot before slapping his seventh of the year into the back of the net at 6:41.
Stempniak, who scored Dartmouth's game-tier in Friday night's 2-2 stalemate with Rensselaer, recorded his first career game-winner.
"Stempniak is a great young player," Gaudet said. "I thought his goal was the result of a great effort. It was a heads-up play."
For the Dutchmen (11-8-5, 6-6-2 ECAC), who snapped a six-game unbeaten streak, the big-win-turned-devastating-loss was the result of an inability to play intelligently with the lead, according to their coach, Kevin Sneddon.
Union built a 2-0 advantage on goals from Jeff Wilson, who scored at 13:46 of the first period, and Charles Simard, who blasted one in off a faceoff at 10:51 of the middle frame.
But where they dominated early, the Dutchmen played back on their heels with the lead, surrendering 21 Big Green shots in the second period and only maintaining their advantage thanks to a masterful performance by Snee.
"I thought he played a great hockey game," Sneddon said of Snee. "I thought he had a great weekend. Dartmouth could have walked away with it pretty early, and he kept us in it. That's how good he is. He always gives you an opportunity to win games, but there's only so much he can do."
Although Snee, who recorded his third career shutout Friday night at Vermont, held the fort through the first two periods, the Dutchmen eventually succumbed to the Dartmouth shot barrage.
The breaking point came on the penalty kill, when Gillings went unguarded in the area around the crease, and as a result ignited the Big Green rally.
"I think Dartmouth deserved to win," Sneddon said. "We had to play much better when we went up 2-0. We didn't execute well on our penalty kill, giving them two good opportunities on that, and then made a very lousy play to give them the third goal. We did everything we could to hand it to them, and obviously they took advantage of it."
The Dutchmen, for their part, remain in the chase for home ice in the playoffs. They are in sixth place with 14 points, one behind Colgate, who upset Harvard Saturday afternoon to temporarily grab the last home-ice spot.
Union now has six days to recover from this one before hosting Clarkson and St. Lawrence next weekend.
"We don't have time to feel sorry for ourselves," Sneddon said. "We have two points to go after Friday night at home, and that's what we have to focus on. You can't feel sorry for yourself this time of year. We're just going to focus on the positives."
Dartmouth, meantime, is becoming an expert at keeping its composure in close games.
The Big Green has not won a game handily since a 5-2 triumph over Vermont on Jan. 4, but has nevertheless remained in the hunt for the regular-season title thanks to a string of gutsy third-period performances.
In this one, Gaudet knew his team had a chance, even when it trailed, 2-0, after two periods.
"I thought that if we got one in the first 10 minutes of the third period, we'd have a good chance to win," the coach said. "Then I thought that once we got the first one, we had good momentum. I actually thought we had good momentum for a stretch, but you don't have a whole lot of positive juice unless you score."
Dartmouth will use this week to prepare for a rare one-game weekend. The Big Green will face Brown next Friday night in Providence.
"The one game next weekend is really huge for us," Gillings said. "We have a lot of guys banged up — a few small injuries here and there. So it's going to be really big for us to get some time off and just concentrate on Brown. They've been getting some good wins against top teams, so it's going to take our best effort to beat them."
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W.R. Grace & Co. has entered into an agreement with Dow Chemical to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production, officials with both companies confirmed on Thursday. Grace expects to begin commercial production of the new catalysts in 2012, it said.
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Ford Motor Company has been quietly stepping into the transmedia arena as a producer, beginning in 2009 with the "Fiesta Moment" social media campaign, where 100 Ford Fiesta vehicles were given to non-professional spokespeople or marketers to use, drive and then comment on via Twitter and other social media outlets. The great success of that campaign apparently spawned a deeper dive into the use of not just social media, but a fully-concieved reality TV show, airing now on NBC on Saturday evenings, with a strong online transmedia component, using YouTube and Twitter to weave multiple stories. Committing deeply to engaging their audience apart from the mainstream media, Ford has brought in YouTube star ijustine to host a unique "spin off" series that runs in conjunction with the TV show.
Ford's self-branded TV reality show, "Escape Routes" airs on Saturday nights on NBC, offering teams of contestants a chance to win a 2013 Ford Escape. It doesn't sound very novel for a network TV show, until you throw into the mix a regular post show off-air online after the network broadcast, and the active participation of viewers helping to mold and create the experience through social media interaction. Viewer participants can also win prizes, in separate competitions online.
This is more than voting on American Idol: viewers communicate with the on-air teams via social media and play a strong part in developing the story (or, multiple stories), qualifying this to be a true transmedia experience. Through tweets, solicited video and routine online interaction with the teams, viewers have a constant voice in the process, offering their opinions and support, while often asked for suggestions for challenges and content they want to see on air or online. There is a gaming component just for the online viewer/participants, using a point system and awarding badges and real prizes. And, as with any good transmedia property, while there are multiple non-linear stories (the challenges, for instance) the characters making up the teams have very clearly defined personalities—in this case, their own.
On April 3rd, Social Media Club NYC held a live panel discussion with the reality show team members, iJustine, network broadcast show host Rossi Moreale, Ford's U.S. Social Media Manager Craig Daitch, moderated by Howard Greenstein, President of the NYC chapter of the Social Media Club. Although the typical meeting would have been a round-robin discussion covering various aspects of social media, this was more like a game show where the 12 team panelists put their competitive energy on display. In between short commentary about the interactive aspects of constant communication with fans and viewers keeping it "real", most of them expressed their excitement about playing this game not just for themselves but for the virtual teammates that had signed on and were keeping up with them. As if to prove the point, the twitter stream using the hash tag #EscapeRoutes was actively filled with commentary on the event both from participants in the room (comprised mostly of older teens and millennials) and virtual followers during the entire 2 hour meeting. Unlike typical marketing, branding or PR-focused meetings where agency account executives and a smattering of creatives will talk about ROI, privacy issues or how old values or methods translate to new technology, the conversation stayed centered around activity, participation and "what happens when…" Digital natives or the older early adopters in the room seemed comfortable with the seamless integration of a lean-forward and lean-back experience taking place simultaneously.
Ford's destiny might be like Apple, moving from manufacturing physical products to becoming primarily a lifestyle and experience producer — if they find that creating transmedia properties does more for car sales than traditional advertising and marketing formulae. They already have a web series in the works, called "Plugged In," to be broadcast on Yahoo's streaming video site starting in May, to promote their first electric car, the Focus Electric. This will dovetail with the finale episode of Escape Routes, scheduled to end just as the new series begins.
Ford reported that "Escape Routes" gained a million followers on Twitter when the show debuted. Whatever one's taste is for Reality TV or online gaming, there may be a new hybrid in the works worth watching.
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The Nature Conservancy announces a $100,000 grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund (DWCF) for the Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) Program. Today LEAF received the grant at the Walt Disney World Resort as a part of a three-day Disney Kids and Nature Celebration event to inspire lifelong conservation leadership and to recognize and reward over one hundred kids and five organizations for their work conserving nature. To date, DWCF has invested almost $20 million to support conservation programs in more than half the countries in the world.
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Hello TOG followers. My name is brad and i am 24. Im looking for help identifying a specific game i used to play a long time ago, but i don't know the name of it, and ive never seen another like it. Ill do my best to describe it.
It was an online game, browser based. It was before flash, it was just all scroll boxes and text boxes, in a framed browser window. It was somewhat like an RPG, but not really. What you'd do it make a character, and select monsters you want to kill. as you leveled up you could select new "tier"s of monsters. say i was level 10, i could enter level 10 into one of the boxes and it would generate a list of monster that were increasing difficulty for that level char. you could buy equipment, and if i remember correctly, you could level it up as well. I know that the main thing i remembered is if you died in combat, you died permanently. i believe you had to select what server you wanted to connect to as well. Keep in mind that there were no graphics. the combat was merely a text box explaining on what happened in combat. i do believe that you didn't participate in combat, but you selected who you fought. i don't remember there being a level cap for it either.
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It's official. Raytheon's (NYSE:RTN) Miniature Air-Launched Decoy is a hit.
A sort of hybrid between the concepts of "missile" and "drone," MALD exhibits characteristics of each. Like a missile, it's disposable. Launched toward a hostile ground force the MALD flies until it runs out of fuel, and then it's done. It cannot "return to base" and land. But MALD also performs drone functions, flying as far as 500 miles after launch and moving among 100 preprogrammed checkpoints, and all the while flying like, and broadcasting the electronic signatures of, full-sized military aircraft -- and capable of imitating anything from a fighter jet to a strategic bomber.
Its mission: Convince enemy radar operators that it is a full-sized military aircraft, so that enemy anti-aircraft crews will fire their missiles at the MALD and not at the real warplanes it's protecting.
Big news in May
In a press release in May, Raytheon proudly announced the delivery of its 1,000th "MALD" decoy drone to the U.S. Air Force -- a drone that Raytheon says it's flight tested 33 times over the past two years, with perfect, 100% success. Since that announcement, Raytheon's already delivered a sixth "Lot" of MALDs (of unspecified number) to USAF.
That's pretty impressive, especially when you consider that the U.S. Air Force currently only has about 800 F-16 fighter jets in its inventory. The most popular fighter jet in the world is also the most popular jet in the U.S. military. But already, "fake" planes -- Raytheon's MALD drones -- outnumber the real fighter jets in the Air Force.
And last month, the defense contractor accepted a seventh Air Force order for 200 radar-jamming variants of the decoy drone. Dubbed "MALD-J," for "jammer," these particular drones are tasked with giving opposing forces an especially hard time. Not only do they mimic the radar signatures and flight paths of illusory fighter jets, they also play havoc with enemy electronics, sowing confusion across the battlefield.
What it means to investors
So how big of a deal is this for investors?
With a sales price of $80.8 million for the 200 units ordered in June, inclusive of containers and support services, Raytheon appears to be pricing its decoy drones somewhere below $400,000 apiece. How much lower, exactly, is unclear. But what is clear is that a MALD-J is a heck of a lot cheaper than the $34 million price tag on a Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) F-16.
That low price is key for investors.
Remember MALD's mission? To fly into hostile airspace and try to get shot at. And then, whether it does or does not get shot down, to crash. Either way, every MALD that gets deployed in combat is a MALD that's never coming home again and must eventually be replaced, generating new sales and revenues -- and profits -- for Raytheon.
By my calculations, sales of MALD to the U.S. military must be approaching -- or even have rolled past -- the $500 million mark already. That's enough to move the needle even on a $23 billion-a-year business like Raytheon. And the launch-restock-launch again nature of the drone means MALD should be generating sales for Raytheon for years to come.
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2013/2014 Winter season- Week 10-February 3rd- February 9th
Zach Gilpin- Hampden- basketball- Scored 29 points (including his 1000 career point) and pulled down 12 rebounds in 71-30 victory over Mt. Blue.
Scored 31 points in 74-30 victory over Skowhegan as the Broncos finished the regular season 18-0.
The Broncos will go into the class A tournament as the number one seed.
This week, Gilpin was named KVAC player of the year.
Gilpin is the first student/athlete from Hampden Academy to capture athlete of the week.
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Kelsey Allen- George Stevens- basketball- Recorded 33 points (11-15 FG) (7-7 FT), six assists, and five rebounds.in 68-56 victory over Central to help clinch GSA a spot in the class C tournament.
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Kacey McVey- Stearns- basketball- Scored 30 points in 73-52 win over Mattanawcook. Scored 18 points in 77-55 victory over Schenck.
Seth Pearson- Bangor Christian- basketball- Scored 25 points in 61-39 win over Bangor Christian.
Trevor Lyford- Penquis- basketball- Scored 27 points in 53-37 victory over Orono. Scored 17 points in 44-35 win over Mattanawcook
Hunter Law- Foxcroft- basketball- Recorded eight points, 10 assists, and seven steals in 58-46 victory over PCHS.
Brett Ingraham- George Stevens- basketball- Recorded 17 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and two blocks in 68-56 tournament clinching victory over Central.
Ethyn Gould- Dexter- basketball- Recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds in 48-47 victory over Bangor Christian.
Logan Rogerson- Brewer- basketball- Scored 25 points in 65-61 win over Skowhegan.
Hunter Smith- Foxcroft- basketball- Had 23 points and eight rebounds in victory over John Bapst. Recorded 13 points, five rebounds, and two assists in victory over PCHS.


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PHOTOS! Here are pictures of Amanda Knox plus the Amanda Knox defense website and blog. Amanda Knox kisses Raffaele Sollecito in the above picture.
Meredith Kercher's murder has put Knox, alleged nickname Foxy Knocky, on trial with Sollecito in Italy.
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Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox maintain their innocence and say they were not involved in the death of Meredith Kercher.
Amanda was an exchange student in Italy, 21, from Seattle. Raffaele, 24, is a fellow student from Italy, the town of Giovinazzo in the South. Meredith Kercher was from England.
Click here for the Amanda Knox Blog / Website
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"Hello and welcome to the website of the Amanda Knox Defense Fund. We are the friends and supporters of Amanda Knox. This special place was created to share who the "real" Amanda Knox is and allow you to help support her. Within this site you will find heartfelt stories from friends, family, teachers and others who are the true friends of Amanda Knox. People who know what kind of a lovely person she truly is and who know she is innocent. "
A British report says the Knox family will have nothing left after defending Knox's innocence.
"Although from different countries, Amanda and Raffaele appear to come from similar comfortable, middle-class backgrounds. Amanda's family – who term themselves "typically American" – helped fund their daughter's year in Italy in order to further her Italian, German and creative writing studies. Their savings have now largely gone, according to Amanda's father Curt Knox. He has said the family will have "literally nothing" after paying for a team of lawyers, forensic experts, investigators and a media advisor in a bid to prove their daughter's innocence."
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A clear and dark night sky has afforded astronomy the opportunity to make astounding discoveries and engage citizenry in science and evoke a spirit of space exploration. Light pollution reduces the contrast between the sky and an astronomical object of interest, resulting in telescopes being unable to see or photograph fainter and more distant objects. This has been a major concern for professional astronomers for the last few decades (International Astronomical Union).
First-hand observations of the heavens were critical to the Age of Enlightenment, allowing Newton to write the laws of gravity, Galileo to place our sun at the center of the solar system, and Einstein to imagine the fabric of the universe. These discoveries, in turn, had a palpable influence on culture, religion, and art. Today, space is still the frontier of science, enticing children's interest in science and concealing some of the greatest questions humans have ever asked.
Naturally dark wild lands also provide natural laboratories, where natural processes and rhythms can evolve unimpeded. They yield scientific insights into our complex natural world, and allow natural physical processes to churn unabated. In such a landscape, artificial light is inappropriate and potentially harmful.
Such a valuable resource should not be revered solely by professional astronomers. Perhaps everyone has a right to starlight, to follow in the footsteps of great scientists or simply forge their own path by asking their own questions of the cosmos.
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Born into a wealthy family in Sussex, England, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for writing The Necessity of Atheism. His radical lifestyle at times detracted from the appreciation of his work. He called poets "the unacknowledged legislators of the world." In Shelley's short life — he drowned while sailing at age 29 — he produced gorgeous lyrical poetry quintessential of the Romantic Era. He is perhaps best remembered for the mythical poem Prometheus Unbound and for Adonais, an elegy to his friend John Keats.


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With amendment 64 on the November ballot for Colorado it is time to really consider the implications of what legal recreational marijuana means for Colorado. We already have legal medical marijuana in Colorado, and now we are looking at possibly allowing adults to possess and use for recreation.
There are a number of things to consider, both positive and negative, when looking at legalizing marijuana. If the amendment passes, it will have effects financially, legally, and socially. On a financial basis we could possibly have increased tax revenue and increased funding for schools, but also possibly increased administration costs and an increase in state employees required to handle a new load of registrations and fees. On the legal side of things, many statutes and laws would have to be rewritten if Colorado opts to legalize marijuana and new statutes and laws will need to be added that define who can have it, use it, where it can be, and regulate how and where it can be produced and sold. The social implications would vary from people being more open about use and possibly eliminating and entire black market of marijuana dealers.
While extra revenue without increasing other taxes is nice, we must consider what costs would also be incurred in order to regulate and process the required fees and licensing. Most people would agree that taxing the products involved similarly to alcohol or tobacco would be necessary but there doesn't seem to be a clear cut income to expenditure analysis.
The legal side would likely be the easiest of the three points to adjust too as most of the changes are covered by the amendment itself and would take effect upon its passage. The only real ramifications seem to be adjustments on the local level where local governments can opt to ban the production and sale in their jurisdictions but not the use of marijuana under the amendment. The other aspect being looked at is what to do with people currently serving sentences for crimes that would no longer exist, would they be set free and have their record of the event expunged or simply continue to serve their sentence as ordered. Obviously less people in the jails and prisons for marijuana crimes would open up space for more serious offenders as well as cut costs to house, feed, and give medical care to those incarcerated for marijuana.
The social changes are likely the largest and most obvious effects. With legalization, much of the stigma of using marijuana would begin to fade away. It is already known that many people currently use marijuana for recreation illegally. Right now those people buy and sell marijuana on a black market that is not taxed and funds mostly nefarious enterprises. It is very likely that many of these would disappear when the funding for them dries up. The amendment does not allow for public use of the drug, so it is expected that those using it legally would do so in their own homes or designated establishments. The legal age would be 21, similarly to alcohol, and driving under marijuana's influence would still constitute a DUI.
The last point comes down to health. While using anything like marijuana, alcohol, or tobacco is unhealthy, having a black market with no way to check purity of product leaves a slew of other possible health issues unchecked. There are many stories of people buying marijuana only to end up getting a surprise dose of another, more addictive drug added in. "Lacing" is a common practice to get people addicted to drugs like heroin, PCP and cocaine, and using a drug as common as marijuana to get new users hooked.
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Photos of the 2008-2009 South Grand Prairie High School Warrior Band from Grand Prairie, Texas. Events included in this book are the summer picnic, uniform checkout, exhibition, practice, football games, marching competitions, Homecoming, Senior Night, concerts, Winterguard championships, and the Breckenridge trip. Featuring pages for the many band accomplishments and awards, the band directors, band fans, and drum majors.
Gail Lehr has been the Warrior Band Fans Historian from 2008-2010. She created the books "South Grand Prairie Band 2008-2009" and "2009-2010 South Grand Prairie Band" using her own photography. (2009-2010 book also contains some photos contributed by Sarah Clark).
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FORT COLLINS, CO - June 10, 2009 - Bicycle racing is coming to Old Town Fort Collins this summer. On June 2, the Fort Collins City Council approved an event permit that will grant its applicants the ability to use City-owned property to host a weekly bicycle criterium race. The result is the City Streets Crit, a cooperative effort to bring community-based bicycle racing to downtown Fort Collins.
Starting Tuesday June 16th, cycling enthusiasts of all ages and abilities will have the opportunity to race their bikes on the tarmac of the City Streets Department just north of New Belgium Brewery at 625 Ninth Street. The 1km closed course offers plenty of room for riders to open it up. It also boasts an alley between two brick buildings, adding an Old Town feel to the venue.
The race series is being made possible by the cooperative efforts of The Fort Collins Velodrome Association (FCVA), FC Bikes (City of Fort Collins), Blacksheep Junior Cycling, The Cycologist bike shop and Ciclismo Racing, an elite amateur cycling team based in Fort Collins.
Dave "DK" Kemp, Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Fort Collins, expressed his delight with the joint effort. "The City of Fort Collins staff is excited to collaborate with FCVA & Ciclismo Racing on the City Streets Crit Race series. One of the recommendations from the 2008 Bike Plan specifies the support and promotion of competitive bicycle sporting events in Fort Collins."
Kemp also praised the unique use of the City asset, "Our local event organizers identified the Streets Department facility as a prime venue to host a series of bike races due to its downtown location and size of the enclosed facility." Whereas, the Streets Department facility is not commonly used for Special Events, Kemp noted, "Considerations were made by the Fort Collins City Council."
Tim Anderson, with the Fort Collins Velodrome Association, identified the site. Anderson has a passion for cycling and an eye for cycling venues. Last year Anderson organized the CSU Oval races (which begin again Sunday July 12) in an effort to bring community-based racing to downtown Fort Collins. "The FCVA exists to promote, develop and facilitate 'bicycling as sport' in Fort Collins", Anderson said.
Anderson predicts, "This race series will demonstrate the value and simplicity of a weekly criterium on a closed course near Downtown. It's success will encourage our leaders to consider a more permanent dedicated facility for all types of bicycle racing in a City park."
Andy Clark, Director of Sport for Ciclismo Racing, and Ryan Scalva of The Cycologist bike shop both echoed Anderson's passion for the new race series. "The amount of enthusiasm we have seen from our community for this event just goes to show how much cycling really is a way of life in Fort Collins," Clark said, while Scalva noted, "I feel we are bringing people in the community closer to the sport and closer together."
The race promoters are encouraging everyone to ride to the race and spectators are welcome. Kids races are free and adult races are $10. Racing starts June 16 at 6pm.
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Here is more info
This is our tentative race schedule, please stayed tuned for final flier and details to com in the next week or two.
Racing Schedule
6:00 Kids one, two, and three lap races: suggestions on how to run this are welcome
6:40 Citizens Race (citizens/cat 5-4) 15-20 Laps approximately 25min
7:10 Open (1-2-3 men, fast masters and 1-2 women) 25-35 laps approximately 45 min
8:00 Master Men and Women (cat 3-4 / 3-5 women) 15-20 Laps approximately 25min
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how many corners?
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I have give all the info I have right now. When more info becomes available i will post it.
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An attempt to steal a Tesla Model S sedan from a dealership in West Hollywood, CA Friday almost turned deadly for the car thief after the vehicle split in two after crashing into a light pole during a high speed police pursuit. The crash also caused the hybrid's battery pack to ignite and set the vehicle on fire. The Tesla also hit four cars, injuring 7 people, including the car thief, who was ejected from the vehicle, before splitting in two. While the rear part of the Tesla ended up imbedded in the side of alocal synagogue, the other landed on top of a white car according to Sgt. Campbell of the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division. Although the man driving the Tesla was "originally thought to have died, he was resuscitated while en route to a hospital." One of the cars, a Honda Civic, had 5 passengers inside when the Tesla smashed into it. At least one was critically injured.
Campbell also stated that the incident was triggered when police received a call from the Tesla dealership about an "individual seen tampering or messing with one of the cars. The car chase began around 12:45 am. Witnesses on the scene told KTLA news that they heard the explosions, but thought they were fireworks at first before realizing what happened.
"There were fires after that that broke out," Eric Martinez told reporters. "I saw the like 25 firefighters standing around the white car with the Jaws of Life."
Although the company has declined to comment on this tragic incident, Tesla did state they are cooperating fully with the police investigation regarding the fire. The Model S has been the subject of previous safety investigations after a number of the cars caught fire following collisions with metal road debris last fall. However, it should be noted that the NHTSA announced in November that, "After reviewing all available data, they had not found evidence at that time that would indicate the recent battery fire involving a Tesla Model S was the result of a vehicle safety defect or noncompliance with federal safety standards."
Still, the agency did follow-up that report with a preliminary evaluation to determine "the potential risks associated with undercarriage strikes on model year 2013 Tesla Model S vehicles, which was finally closed on March 28, 2014, after Tesla installed a new titanium underbody shield and aluminum deflector plates, along with increased ground clearance to the cars as a further safety measure against any potential "underbody strikes and the resultant fire risk."


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So here we are, still moving along our road trip series and we see that somehow just about everything in Springfield, Illinois dovetails back to Abraham Lincoln (to start at Part 1 click here). But the meandering historic pathways and distinctive cultural aspects that bring about this amalgamation of the past and the present here is what makes it a fascinating tourism destination.
"The Great Emancipator"
The piès de résistance of the Lincoln experience in Springfield is undoubtedly the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum, both entities located directly across the street from each other in the center of downtown.
The Presidential Library is primarily used by scholars, genealogists, students, and other researchers interested in Lincoln as well as the history of the State of Illinois, and contains an astounding collection of manuscripts, audio-visual technology, newspapers, printed materials and the like, including a genealogy component, programs and exhibits.
The Presidential Museum—which, according to the entity, "took almost four times as long as the Civil War that defined his presidency," is where visitors from all over the world come to learn more about the most written about President in our history.
I could have spent hours here exploring the over a dozen galleries and exhibit spaces, each depicting a different facet of his life, pre- and during his presidency and post assassination, as well as that of Mary Todd Lincoln. The sundry of temporary, permanent and interactive exhibits are out of this world, encompassing a wide array of personal, family and presidential artifacts, photos, artifacts and memorabilia, just to name a few.
Two of my favorite aspects were the distinctive grand theaters. The state-of-the-art Union Theater features captivating special effects on a layered digital-projection screen in "Lincoln's Eyes," while Ghosts of the Library delves into the significance of the Presidential Library through a totally unexpected Holavision® holographic technology highlighted by impressive and magical special-effects. Both are completely different from each other and really give visitors a broad perspective of the wealth and depth of the experience they will enjoy here.
The primary focus of the Museum is divided into Lincoln life sojourns—Journey One: The Pre-Presidential Years and Journey Two: The White House Years. The first is composed of nine exhibits that share his life from his birth in Kentucky up through his stint in the White House. The second vividly details the historic yet often brutal realities of what he faced as a father who lost his son, the horrors of the Civil War, the outpouring of both admiration and downright hatred for his political various stances, and ultimately his assassination and the mourning of his death.
Each exhibit area is more fascinating than the last, but the museum really outdid itself in my opinion in Lying in State, which is a re-creation of the setting when Lincoln lay in state at the Old State Capitol. It is so poignant and gripping, that you really feel as if you are walking past and through a mourning processional, complete with a recreation of his coffin, the draperies, lighting and so forth. I hear that people often break down in tears when they get to this exhibit and I can completely see why.
Much like the movie Lincoln starring Sally Field and Daniel Day Lewis, Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady of Controversy in the Illinois Gallery features not only a wealth of her jewelry, clothing, letters, photos and other items, but just how influential she was as his wife, in the White House, and interestingly the softer side of her, seemingly the opposite of the dynamic powerhouse she was in the public eye.
Throughout his political life, Lincoln made numerous speeches against the practice of slavery, including his first in 1837 while serving in the Illinois General Assembly at only age of 28. His stance and actions on this issue are poignantly demonstrated throughout the museum in numerous exhibits including The Slave Auction, Lincoln's Office in the White House where he deliberated with his cabinet surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation, and several others.
This is just the beginning of all that visitors will experience here at one of the best presidential museums in the country.
Next up, we're delving into Springfield's African American History Past and Present
To start at Part 1 click here.


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Ink-stained wretches should pray "Mark Trail" runs for decades to come. What other comic depicts journalists as well-adjusted, savvy and, most important, rich?
Take Tuesday's episode of the do-gooder environmentalist's comic, for example. Mark lobs a call into his old reporter buddy, Jason Smith at the "Journal." Which "Journal" is it? The Wall Street Journal? The Jersey Journal? The Louiville, Ky., Courier-Journal? The Peoria Ill., Journal Star?
The answer: None of them.
How many newspapers today employ people like this Jason Smith? With his balding pate, Smith looks to be at least 50 and Lord knows few of America's broadsheets and tabloids can afford to employ anyone over 32. What's more, this fellow seems unable to maneuver a smartphone, which he can't even manage to hold up to his ear - a clear detriment in the current mobile age. Worse, Mr. Smith appears to have his own office. Just look at the space being taken up by that mammoth green leather high-backed chair! Today's newsrooms squeeze five people onto a park bench, not luxury office furniture!
The only publication this Jason Smith would be working for in 2014 would be JasonSmith.com - and even that might be wishful thinking.
"Mark Trail" cartoonist Jack Elrod - if Jack Elrod is in fact producing fresh "Mark Trail' strips rather than letting his name grace a comic made slightly relevant by artists drawing smartphones into old episodes once populated by landlines - has always had a wonderful view of the people behind the press. Indeed, one wonders if the man has checked out Jim Romenesko's blog even once in the past eight years. Witness this recent depiction of life at Woods & Wildlife, the nature magazine that seems to resist today's omnipresent pressure on print publishers. In 2012, Trail was invited by his editor to take a trip on a "company yacht for a sort of "business and pleasure trip" that Trail could then write about for his employer - without being laughed out of the business!
Now compare that vision to the bleaker one espoused by the sundry writers of "Shoe," where the ailing Treetops Tattler-Tribune has been in danger of going under for months.
Oh, what we wouldn't give to live in Trail's world, a haven for shoe-leather journalists and beat-hugging reporters everywhere.
The newspapers that carry "Mark Trail" may go out of business soon, but the journalists who reside in the strip will always have a publisher flush with cash to transmit their stories to the world.
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The small-business contest is one of several programs funded by $130,000 in grants that Charter One announced in September. The bank has been working with Ohio City Near West Development Corp. and other partners to promote job creation, local food and neighborhood redevelopment from West 24th Street to West 28th Street between Jay and Chatham avenues -- an area being called the Market District.
The small-business grants are designed to launch start-up businesses and support the growth of existing businesses. The contest, which involves an application process, runs through 5 p.m. on Jan. 31, and grant recipients will be announced the week of Feb. 21. Businesses will receive the money by March 22.


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Every year at Hogwarts seems to get darker and darker. But when Harry Potter starts his sixth year in "Half-Blood Prince," expect things to lighten up a bit.
"If we pull [it] off [right], it should be the funniest of the films so far," Daniel Radcliffe promised.
That's because, as director David Yates points out, it's the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" of the Potter books, with massive making-out sessions to occur for several characters — Ron and Lavender, Harry and Ginny — as they come of age. "It's the 'American Graffiti' for this set," Yates said. "I'm looking forward to developing the relationship between Ron and Hermione, and Ron and Lavender. There's a nice triangle there."
The biggest relationship being developed in "Prince" is, of course, the one between Harry and Dumbledore, as the professor takes the student under his wing and shows him Voldemort's back story (as much as it can be pieced together) in the memory-revealing Pensieve. "I'm jealous of Dumbledore taking all the scenes," laughed Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood. "But what they've done is really good."
Some of those Voldemort memories required a younger Tom Riddle to join the cast, so Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (Ralph Fiennes' nephew) and Frank Dillane are now aboard to play the 11-year-old version and 16-year-old versions of the Dark Lord, respectively. Even though — like Ralph — Frank is presumably non-evil in real life, Evanna says she's a little scared to approach her newest castmember just yet. "I saw him, but to go up and say, 'Hi'? He's Voldemort!" she said. "But maybe I will. He has a quiet, dark side, so people don't know him much yet. He doesn't say much. I'm sure he's a lovely boy. But he does have that aura."
Once casting was completed, the actors had a read-through — excluding Katie Leung, said the actress who plays Harry's former crush, Cho Chang. Not because Cho is not to be seen in this next installment — which you might have guessed from the way their love story ended in "Order of the Phoenix," out Tuesday (December 11) on DVD — but because Katie started university in the fall. She'll be back on set in January to shoot her "Prince" scenes and hopes to be back yet again for the finale scenes in "Deathly Hallows."
"There's still a slight jealousy there with Ginny to be resolved," she said. "I'm glad she's there fighting for the good side even though her relationship with Harry didn't work out in the end."
For all the jealousy Katie faced when Cho became Harry's first kiss, Bonnie Wright (who plays Ginny) hopes fans don't have the same response to her more extended kissing scenes. "I suppose our relationship lasts longer than Cho and Harry, but remember — at the end of [Book] Six, Harry and I can't be together," she said. "It'll be funny to do [the make-out scenes], but it's just a film! Hopefully people will just enjoy it and not get too jealous," she laughed.
"I knew Bonnie when she was 10, so that's going to be very odd!" Radcliffe laughed. "It's going to be fine, but it's going to be funny."
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Since I wrote that, I've lived only in cities (except during college): Paris, New York, Los Angeles, London and Venice. I show Ava the entry and she's surprised too. "Well, I definitely am a city girl," she says, and I kiss her cheek and wonder if she'll wind up living on a farm. It's not that my teenage dreams didn't come true, as I feared I'd find when I looked back. It's that they didn't stay the same.
Ava's studying the map to see how far we've come and what lies ahead: two more days in Italy, along some glacial lakes and the south face of Mont Blanc. "Having fun?" I ask.
"Yeah! But there was a point today, at that last pass, when I wasn't sure I was going to make it," Ava tells me, laughing. I promise her tomorrow will be easier. "How do you know?"
"Because you get stronger every day."
Before this trip, if you'd said Switzerland, I would have said chocolate, watches. Now I'll think Trient. Because it is in this steepled Swiss hamlet, where, for the first time in my life (and probably the last), the waitress who serves us dinner is also the mayor of the town. A tall, ghostly woman, she owns one of Trient's few cafés, which also offers lodging where we spend our last night on the trail.
We arrive exhausted, having spent our second afternoon in Switzerland hiking through rain and fog, our view of the Rhone Valley and the forested trail obscured. Yesterday's terrain didn't require so much attention. Every day the path changes—from gravelly to snowy to mossy—and presents new wonders, some of them monumental, like the Miage glacier, and some minuscule, like the angel-haired flowers growing out of cracks in the granite.
In the morning, as I amble down the last grassy slope back to Chamonix, surrounded by the soaring blue Alps, I think about the people who've walked these trails before me: the Roman traders, whose stone slabs, now worn by centuries, paved the first hour of our trip; Florence's father and grandfather, who, during World War II, smuggled food from Switzerland; and a young American woman with a bad perm, traveling with her boyfriend in 1979. She was happily in love, but, as my journal reminded me, she was also scared of not making it: I worry about so many things: where I'll be in years to come, who I'll be, what I'll be doing; will I be a successful writer? It's so hard and so far away! I wish I could tell that girl not to fret so much about the destination, to enjoy the journey more. Just then, Ava bounces down behind me from the hillside. The open, sunny track is wide enough for us to walk side by side. She's dreading going home to "reality," because she hasn't decided what she wants "to be." So I tell her what I wish I could tell my 18-year-old self: Don't worry so much. Trust yourself. I remind her of all the lives I've lived—from producing movies in L.A. to writing and living abroad—and how different they were from the life I was so sure I wanted at her age. That I didn't become a novelist until I was 40—an age that, to her, must feel as far away as these mountains did last week.
"Easy for you to say," Ava says, shooting off ahead of me. She's probably right: This calm confidence only comes with . . . age. With following paths, veined with disappointment and delight; with practice; with time. I realize then how far I've come, and stop to say a silent good-bye to the mountain. I wonder: The next time I'm here, who I will have become?
In the morning, we have breakfast at a café in Chamonix and plan our last day. "I wish there was a short hike we could take," Ava says, and I nearly spit out my café au lait. Florence had mentioned a great restaurant a few hours' hike above our hotel. "A good place for a late lunch?" I suggest. I pay the bill and we cross the square where we once stood in awe of the impossibly high Alps. "Why do they look so different now?" Ava asks.
"Because," I say, "we've climbed them."
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Barack Obama Was Once a Lowly Law-Firm Associate
All anyone can talk about this morning are last night's big victories by Obama and Huckabee. Oh yeah, and Britney Spears's meltdown too. Huckabee, a preacher, falls outside of our jurisdiction, and we'll leave Britney's woes to TMZ.com. So let's look at Obama (Harvard Law '91).
Last month the Chicago Sun-Times did a deep dive into Barack's days as a lawyer at Miner, Barnhill & Galland. After Harvard Law, Obama returned to the Windy City and joined the small litigation firm with deep Chicago political connections. As the Law Blog noted, Obama had an offer from Sidley Austin, where he had summered, but instead chose Miner Barnhill.
The story notes that as a junior associate at the small firm Obama played a behind the scenes role on the cases he worked on. It wasn't too long ago that Obama was a lowly associate, billing out at $165 per hour and drafting legal motions, writing motions and prepping for depositions just like so many of you. "I was an associate, and a lot of my work was in the research and writing," Obama told the Sun-Times. "I was one of the better writers. I ended up doing the more cerebral writing, less trial work," Obama added. "That's actually something I regret — not doing more trial work."
Said Judson Miner to the Sun-Times: "Barack was a young kid when he came here. He was not 'THE Barack Obama' yet." And Miner also said: "As smart as he is, he is very quick to appreciate all kinds of nuances with legal issues. He finds it very hard to shoot back a real quick, simple answer. His instinct was to better understand what the nuances were."
After three years as a full-time associate, he was elected to the State Senate. Miner offered to keep him on salary and let him open an office in Springfield. But it didn't work out. Recalls Miner: "He's such an honest guy. On the third day, he calls me up, 'Jud, I'm not going to have any time here, so I don't want to take a draw.'" So instead, Obama became "of counsel," working out of the office during the Legislature's summer breaks until he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The story turns up the one oral argument Obama had before the Seventh Circuit, where he volleyed with Judge Richard Posner. (Law Blog Audio Clip of the Day: Click here and listen!) Obama defended a whistleblower who was allegedly blackballed by his bosses after he reported them for fraud. The issue was whether an arbitrator could award punitive damages. Obama won and his client, Ahmad Baravati, got to keep the extra $120,000. "I found he's a very smart, innovative, skilled, relentless advocate for his client," Baravati told the Sun-Times. "When I met him, he reminded me of Abraham Lincoln."


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Many of us were introduced to singing sensation Vonzell Solomon through the platform that is American Idol---but even after she left the show her impact on music has been felt in each and every song she's released.
In her album TRUE STORY we are given great tracks that explore love, life and happiness, and STRONGER is definitely a combination of all three. Vonzell weaves a story of a "broken girl with a shattered smile," appearing that true love was for everyone else but her. How many women (and even us guys) can relate to that feeling?
But something happened for the girl that Vonzell sings about. "I was used to being broken," she says. "I was used to being let down. I was used to being incomplete but look at me now!" She was able to open up her heart and see that there was love after loss, and no matter how painful a separation might have ben it doesn't have to mean the end. "I'm stronger, stronger than I've ever been," she sings. "Stronger... I've learned to love again. I was torn inside," she confesses but "finally I'm alive. My heart has found peace because of you."
This feeling of love that Vonzell sings about and that comes through in the video is exactly what we all want. "Feels like I can fly now that you've given me wings," she says. "It always felt to me that love would always be something that existed in my dreams." She found the "hero" in her story and because of that "this fairy tale has just begun."
There are other tracks on TRUE STORY that will touch you, but STRONGER is sure to be a favorite. It is Vonzell Solomon at her best, and another reason why we can't get enough of her.
Get TRUE STORY on ITunes here. Stay connected with Vonzell at www.vonzellmusic.com and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vonzellsolomon.


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As a parent, I've always been a little iffy on the whole Santa Claus bit.
I want my daughter to enjoy that part of life which is magical and whimsical, but I also don't want to be part of the disappointment when she realizes the truth about Santa. I know, it seems silly to worry about it now, especially when I am surrounded by functioning adults who have all suffered the same disappointment. She will get over it, as we all have.
For the last several years, I didn't actively participate in the Santa Claus propaganda. My wife, Laura, would remind our daughter, Amelia, that Santa was coming and I remained stoic, allowing her to fill in her own details or answering questions with questions. I never confirmed nor denied. But after today, I am officially changing my tune.
Today, while shopping downtown, we saw a man with a full white beard wearing regular clothes, except for a Santa hat. Amelia froze. He saw her reaction and walked over and asked if she could have a candy cane. When we replied yes, he pulled one out of his pocket and handed it to her as she sat in stunned silence. Luckily, she managed to eke out a thank you.
He wasn't a guy in a suit at the mall getting paid to shout, "ho, ho, ho!" He was just a guy who likes having a beard on his way to have lunch. He could easily have ignored us, or said, "nope, I'm not Santa." But he didn't. He carries candy canes because he knows kids think he's Santa. The generosity and willingness it takes to be Santa Claus for scores of kids for a month each year illustrates all that Francis Church wrote about in his editorial, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. So long as that kindness and generosity exists, Santa Claus lives on.
While I understand and appreciate the wish to be honest with your children about everything, one day, Amelia will see what I'm talking about. It may take years of therapy and disappointment, but she will realize "Santa Claus" is alive and well.