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DOVER — In the former J. Allen Frear Federal Building in downtown Dover on Tuesday afternoon, workers wearing hard hats hammered dry wall.
Orange cones and tools were scattered throughout the building. A crew worked on the heating and air conditioning system while electricians put in wiring. Many rooms smelled like new paint.
Renovations for the building, recently acquired by Wesley College, are on time to wrap up mid-December and, by January, nursing students may be walking to classes there.
"The nursing program is truly enthusiastic about this move. It's a dream come true for them," college president Dr. William Johnston said.
For Wesley College, the move has been a long time coming.
When the federal government announced in April 2009 that the 36,000 square-foot building on South New Street would be declared surplus property, Wesley College administration had already been hunting for a new space for years.
They had plans to expand, but, on their landlocked campus a few blocks north, there wasn't much room. They submitted an application for the building in September 2010 through the U.S. Department of Education.
The deed was granted to Wesley later that year, and a Public Benefit Allowance discount allowed the college to acquire the building at no cost "due to its focus on education."
Wesley officials finally took the keys in December 2012 and renovations on the 39-year-old building began July 15. Remodeling the interior, which had once been government office space, will cost the college an estimated $2.2 million.
The work was supported by both private donations and foundations. The Longwood Foundation and the Welfare Foundation both provided grants to assist with the renovation. Money also came from the state and federal government, through Health Resources and Services Administration.
A grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware will provide an anatomically correct manikin, technology infrastructure that includes wireless Internet, smart boards and other teaching aids, in addition to security for the exterior of the building.
When work is done, the Wesley College Health Science Building will contain the labs, classrooms and offices for the college's nursing department.
"We tried hard to work with the building footprint as much as we could," said Rick Richardson, the physical plant director at Wesley.
"It sends a lot less waste out and means a lot less materials coming in."
On the second floor, for instance, existing offices for the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council will be reused as faculty offices. A large conference room close by will also be re-finished and reused as a conference room.
And, rather than throwing out unwanted materials from the building, the debris will be re-purposed or recycled.
Major renovations, he said, will include installing fire sprinklers and making the bathrooms more accessible.
The nursing department, which includes about 140 undergraduate students and 40 to 50 master's nursing students, is currently housed on campus in the basement of Dulaney Hall — a 5,500 square-foot space with only one classroom.
For nursing students, the best news is that they'll have more clinical space, Mr. Richardson said, including rooms on the second floor resembling a real hospital or doctor's office.
The nursing simulation labs, equipped with high-tech manikins, will be wired with video cameras and speakers so that teachers can monitor students' work and control their robotic "patients" from another room.
There's also a ward on the second floor with eight to 10 beds, an exam table and white boards.
A space that once belonged to the local FBI bureau — which, for now, still has a handcuff rail in the corner — will be set up like a home so that nurses can practice house calls.
On the first floor, there are plans for four classrooms, with the largest about 1500 square-feet, and an administrative suite. Once narrow corridors and offices, some walls have been knocked down to make room for classrooms.
The first-floor entryway will feature a curved wall with panels decorated with photos and text, detailing the history of the nursing program.
But the college has also elected to keep the copies of the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Constitution framed on the wall close by, out of respect to the building's past.
With the extra space, Dr. Johnston said he hopes to grow the college's health sciences offerings and maybe add another major.
"We'll be able to really reach out to the community and use it for many purposes," he said of the building as he walked through it Tuesday.
With a growing demand for nurses and the field quickly changing, the time is right for expansion.
"Interest in nursing is certainly growing and this facility is going to help us meet that need," Dr. Johnston said.
Wesley's nursing graduate program has been recognized as one of the best in the area by U.S. News & World Report, where it was ranked in the top 50.
The Health Sciences Building is situated on two and a half acres of land less than two blocks from Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital — an ideal spot for nursing students, who can participate in programs and partnerships there.
The building is also only about three-tenths of a mile from Wesley's main campus, Dr. Johnston said — just about as far as the athletic fields.
Dr. Johnston said he's looking into transportation options for students. The city also worked closely with Wesley, he said, to make a safe pedestrian walkway for students to the building.
Recently, he said, 21 cameras were installed in Dover — many directly on the walk from Wesley's main campus to the Health Sciences Building. Work on Loockerman Way Plaza, a civic plaza along the way on Loockerman Street, was finished in March.
Staff writer Eleanor La Prade can be reached at 741-8242 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow DSNEleanor on Twitter.


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Flash Review 1, 8-16: Putting the
Dance in Folk Dance
Janavak: Not What I Thought
By Terry Hollis
Copyright 2001 Terry Hollis
The following statement is not PC:
When I walk into a folk dance concert, no matter what culture is being represented,
I'm pretty sure I know what I'm gonna see. Point blank. I think we all have images
that pop into our heads when we hear "Folk Dance," but my broad (and embarrassingly
narrow) preconceptions about India's native dances were graciously updated by
the Janavak Folk Dance Group. Presented last Wednesday as a part of Lincoln Center
Out of Doors, this component of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmadabad,
India showed the energy, skill, beauty, and tension that evolves from everyday
chores, from flattening the ground with poles to transporting water across a scorching
At one point during the evening's
only "contemporary dance" moment, two of the company's men begin an intricate
martial arts inspired phrase mixed with fluid, academic arms, but they never become
"dancers." They present strong, able bodies able to communicate the sequence,
not for show but for integrity.
Using vigor and complexity, Janavak
managed to raise the heat on an already sweltering night (and teach me a thing
or two).
The highlight of the night for me
had to be the Bhavai (covered by desert) from Rajasthan. Apparently, water had
to be transported over long distances in Rajasthan and these dances evolved to
make the trip a little more bearable. As performed here, a male dancer has a ball
engaging the audience with a "couldn't be easier" demeanor as his companion gradually
adds pot after pot to his head (with a grand total of six). The music takes the
dancer through balances, knee walks, and spinning until you're sure he'll lose
at least one, but as the numbers grow his confidence and playfulness do too. Towards
the end, with the pots stacked six high, what he can't do with his body is transferred
to an expressive, animated face and the crowd stops worrying and joined in on
the fun. The women are introduced in a robust "Gond" dance from Madhya Pradesh.
The movement has its roots in using sticks to pound and flatten the earth, and
it seems that the women take special pride in showing the vigor and strength that
they can muster up. I don't want to read too much into it because it is based
on a basic chore, but this dance builds to such a raw, fever pitch that to see
a group of women performing it holds lots of subtext (that we will leave to the
The closest that we got to contemporary
"Modern Dance" was a male duet based on the martial arts forms of India. It grows
out of a long, slow, sculptural section with both men mirroring each other in
yoga inspired poses. All of this proves to be a stylized warm-up as the momentum
builds and the movement links to kicks, squats, and lunges all paired up with
wildly complex arms.
The tone of the duet does owe a lot
to "concert" dance, and it is the only piece on the program that tries to generate
it's own self-contained drama.
What really stands out is the way
bodies trained in physical disciplines that are traditionally not showy trim the
edges off of "pretty" movement. From Manipur was a short, hypnotic solo with two
swords. As the drums rumble, the circular intertwining of the blades keeps you
fixed on the performer and you lose sight of which is doing the driving: the music
or the movement. Other dances brought the colorful spectacle that comes with celebration.
Oppana, a wedding dance from Kerala, brings the bride's party and the groom's
party on in separate groups. Carrying brightly-colored handkerchiefs, they join
at the end weaving in and out of each other, mimicking their partners' foot patterns
and accents.
Janavak rounded out the night with
dances depicting mythology, fertility, and a celebration of the coming of summer,
all refusing to be lumped under my generic "folk dance" umbrella.
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The Exemplar exists to show the traveler what is possible.
If you are lucky enough to find a wise man or woman don't be surprised if they don't dispense wisdom like a coca-cola machine. Wisdom is not the type of thing that can be offered to another person like an afternoon cup of coffee; it is a personal capacity that is developed over time, enriched by life experience and bestowed through spiritual Grace.
Also wisdom is individual and specific to time, place and people. So one traveler's wisdom or set of instructions and insights might mean nothing or seem like gibberish to another.
Even if a wise one wants to offer you some wisdom, often they are not able. The circumstances have not come together for this to occur.
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"Law and Order: SVU" has been a television staple on NBC for more than a decade. Right now Season 16 is set to begin. Each season holds fan favorite episodes, especially the later ones. Benson and Stabler became household names, and fans began to think of them as part of the family. Season 8 was a particularly odd season. These are the fan-favorites from Season 8 of "Law & Order: SVU."
Season 8, Episode 1 "Informed"
When Benson is called on a rape case, things are not what they seem. When the young lady refuses a rape kit, Benson tracks her and steals her panties. What the detectives did not know was the girl was working undercover for the Feds, and by pursuing this incident, they were endangering the case. There is major fallout with this case and the rules Benson broke, but there was a definite point to this episode. This is where Benson leaves to go undercover and work with an environmental protest group. It all fits around Mariska Hargitay's maternity leave, and it is the entrance to Stabler getting a new partner.
Season 8, Episode 7 "Underbelly"
The dynamic between Beck and Stabler was terrific. Together they work on a case involving a young dead girl. Warner informs them this is the third body found like this, and each one has a paw-print tattoo. Upon investigating, they are led to a foster home/boarding house for teen girls. When they gain access to the inside via one of the foster girls, they are determined to make the man responsible pay. It was a truly unique episode, and one that focused on an issue not widely acknowledged.
Season 8, Episode 10 "Scheherazade"
This is one of the most memorable episodes of the show. When Stabler goes to meet with a dying cancer patient, he gets a lot more than he bargained for. While trying to pry out information on the crime he committed, Stabler is led to believe the patient may have abused his daughter. As it turns out, that was not the case at all. The patient was actually a reformed bank robber and helped solve an old crime.
Season 8, Episode 11 "Burned"
This episode leaves Benson and Stabler on opposite sides of what really happened. A wife accuses her husband of raping her, but her daughter doesn't believe it's true. He has no signs of violent tendencies, and Stabler believes he did not commit the crime. Benson believes the wife, especially since she is sensitive to rape cases. When all is revealed, things were never what they seemed.


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By DAVID SKOLNICK
YOUNGSTOWN — Bill Morris of Poland doubts the accuracy of a statewide poll that shows Republican John McCain, whom he supports, barely ahead of Democrat Barack Obama — even though he participated in the survey.
The poll shows McCain ahead 48 percent to 46 percent, a statistical dead-heat because of the 3.3 percent margin of error. Morris said Obama, whom he isn't supporting, will win Ohio.
"I don't believe [McCain is] ahead," said Morris, a retired Universal-Rundle Corp. executive. "I believe Ohio is going to vote for Obama. ... Unfortunately, it's going to be the Democrats' time this year."
Morris is among 876 likely voters interviewed by telephone between Oct. 4 and Wednesday for The Ohio Newspaper Poll.
The poll is a partnership between the Ohio News Organization — consisting of the state's eight largest newspapers, including The Vindicator — and the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research.
Morris supports McCain because "I don't want big government in my pocket. I'm a believer that big government takes away your money. I believe my taxes would go up if Obama is elected."
Morris also said Obama doesn't have the experience and is too liberal to be a successful president.
But Obama will win the election, he said, in part, because President Bush "has done a lot of damage and that will help the Democrats."
Morris said that he disagrees with Bush on the economy and the war in Iraq and that the Republican president should have pushed for a Wall Street bailout sooner.
The latest Ohio Newspaper Poll shows the race between the two major-party candidates is tightening in Ohio, a key battleground state. A poll released Sept. 21 had McCain ahead in Ohio 48 percent to 42 percent.
In that first poll, McCain led Obama in every geographic region of the state, except Northeast Ohio.
Obama's lead in the region shrunk from 9 percent to 6 percent over McCain.
But the Democrat's support in northwest Ohio took a dramatic shift in his favor. Obama is leading in northwest Ohio by 12 percentage points. He trailed McCain by 21 percentage points in that region in the previous poll.
"It will be a close race till the end," said Lisa Antonini, Mahoning County Democratic chairwoman.
Mark Munroe, Mahoning County Republican vice chairman, said he was somewhat surprised by the results, particularly those that show the race tightening in Northeast Ohio, because other polls of Ohio show Obama with a small lead. But Munroe added that he speaks to a number of Valley Democrats who are supporting McCain.
Obama and McCain participated in a televised town hall meeting Tuesday. That had "no impact" on the poll, Antonini said.
"It was a lackluster debate; there were no fireworks to sway people," she said. "No one scored a knockout."
Those polled were also asked a number of questions about the economy, including the Wall Street bailout; their concerns about losing their jobs and homes; the financial situation of Social Security; and whether they are economically better or worse off than their parent's generation.
"Voters seem to trust Democrats more to help revive the economy," Antonini said. "After eight years of Bush-Cheney, people are looking for change when it comes to their pocketbooks."
Morris, who is retired, said Social Security's financial situation "has major problems."
He's not alone. Of those polled, 63 percent said the same thing.
"I'm hoping it will be there for my kids," Morris said.
As evidenced in this story, those Ohioans who say they support Senator McCain say their main concern is that "big government takes away your money" and that their "taxes would go up if Obama is elected."
What's most tiring about this fear is not that it is inaccurate, but that drives the continued election of the Republican politicians so directly responsible for vacuuming out our middle and especially working class pocketbooks. I mean, seriously, the stock market losses of the past few weeks have eaten up more of the personal wealth of we in the middle class than all of the alleged tax savings one could imagine under a McCain administration. And while no one can say with certainty just what exactly caused the financial crisis, no one seriously doubts that a major cause was the very risky investment behavior of certain private entities. Those entities were allowed to grow socially threatening because they were allowed to grow very large, and they were allowed to engage in that risky behavior because they were freed of ANY meaningful federal regulation. That, incidentally, was in some significant measure the doing of one of Senator McCain's chief advisors: Phil Gramm. Until this July Gramm was the McCain campaign's senior economic advisor, but he was removed from official status for his "nation of whiners" comment, and his publicly expressed view that we are living through merely a "mental recession." While it is no longer as likely that Gramm would be McCain's Treasury Secretary (once a sure thing), he still travels with the campaign and likely would hold high place in a McCain White House. Gramm, now a professional lobbyist, is best known for introducing bill, while he was a US Senator, deregulating the US banking industry. He also cosponsored deregulation of "derivative" securities, like the "credit default swaps" that brought down Lehman Brothers.
In other words, the risk to voters' pocketbooks is not tax-and-spend liberals. One of the biggest risks we've ever seen is the unregulated financial sector, and that was given birth by GOP governance. And, incidentally, Obama will not raise middle class taxes--independent fact checkers agree that his claims on that point are true. (See http://www.factcheck.org/elections-20... or http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-c... for example.)
If I may let me ask you a few questions and feel free to respond.
> Were there only republicans in the senate and house during the times when regulation was proposed and voted against in the banking and housing sectors?
> What is the definition of a recession, technically?
> What happened to the wealth of the middle class during the stock market declines at the end of Clinton's terms spurred by the internet bubble? What happened to that wealth 5 years later? Why has the economy acted in a cyclical nature for the past 80 years?
> What is Obama's stance on the capital gains tax? Do any middle class people pay capital gains tax?
> Are you an independent fact checker? Do these independent fact checkers resemble all-knowing deities?
> Do you really believe for one second that raising the taxes on people earning $250k a year will not have a profound effect on our economy?
> Are you employed, and if so, how much does your boss make per year? Your boss' boss? The owner?


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Vendor-Specific Device:
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In your marriage, have you or your spouse ever uttered the words, "I just don't love them like I use to?" This is a sentiment that's all too common, and getting to the root of those word, can make a huge difference behind the success or failure of that marriage. Not to simplify things, but your marriage's highs and lows come to a basic attitude issue. If you have a good attitude or 'team attitude=doing whatever for the good of the team', you have a better chance of pulling through those slump seasons.
Just like in sports, there are certain keys to the game that give any team the building blocks to win. Your marriage works the same, and we are going to identify those three areas and how they can play out in your marriage.
In any sport there are three key types of people:
1. The Spectator
2. The Fan
3. The Player
The role you are in now in your marriage/family can change if you are willing to apply a winning attitude. Each marriage has the tools to be great, and that lies in playing to the strengths and weaknesses of your spouse.
The Spectator
If you are new to a sport and are just learning the rules, you have become a spectator of that sport. You don't understand the sport, but are learning because the sport may have drawn you in. You have friends or family who like it. Maybe it's the next big thing, and you want to see what the hubbub is about. This is similar in your marriage and other marriages around you. As you wake up each day, you choice to love your spouse through your actions; it's either a negative or positive action. The hard part to swallow is that even doing nothing to feed/lift up your spouse, is the same as negative because contentment or laziness puts you in a spectator mindset in your marriage. You are going through the motions and are not contributing anything lasting. Being still in your marriage is like death; it slips up on you and decay sets in.
The Fan
Sports fans are easy to spot. They're passionate about their team. They are willing to do anything to tell others about their team. That's on both sides of the coin, whether they're bragging about their team's success or defending the team's down season.
Moving into a fan role in your marriage is much the same. As spectator, you have no passion, no desire to go deeper into something that you have no interest in. It could simply be the passion from other "fans" in other healthy marriages that excites you. This is what I call the 12th Man. In football, each team has 11 men on the field during each play, but you will often hear announcers talk about the 12th man. Now if there is a 12th man on the field, the team gets penalized, but most of the time when they talk about the 12th man, they mean the crowd. The crowd cheers louder when the other team is trying to score. They also cheer for their team when they do something well or when they are trying to rally the team for a comeback; the same goes for marriage. Our 12th man is someone outside of our marriage who has been there-done-that. A mentor couple who has seen their team through hard times is a great 12th man or each spouse can find their 12th man in someone of the same sex to talk to who can cheer them on. The 12th man always needs to be someone of the same sex. Wives need to talk to other wives and husbands need to talk to other husbands. Otherwise, your 12th man could end up on the field and you could get penalized in the form of a physical or emotional affair.
When you talk to your 12th man about your marriage, be honest with them. They can't help you if you don't tell them the truth. This is not the time to sit around and complain about your husband, that wouldn't be showing respect, but rather talk about your troubles is a discreet way that doesn't make her lose respect for him as a man. You wouldn't want your husband going off complaining about you, show him that same respect; remember you're his cheerleader. I know it is very easy when women get together for them to complain about their husbands' "flaws", but if you want to be a strong team you can't bad mouth your teammate. I have seen quarterbacks bad mouth another player on their team during after game interviews; this only adds tension between them and doesn't motivate them to play better next week. Part of your involvement as a fan comes from your marriage itself and when the passion within the walls of your marriage can't be found, it can be found in the 12th Man. They have found a belief in you when you don't have it in yourself.
When I started in my marriage, it's like all newlyweds, it's new and exciting and full of hope. Then life sets in and you find flaws in your spouse that start can change how you feel about them. That's where the Love Is A Choice mindset can help you grow a love that is lasting by actually finding out how to show love to your spouse so that even if you never spoke the words "I Love You" they know it by your actions.
Once you have a 12th Man for your marriage and understand your role in that relationship, you can find that you are moving from spectator to fan again. Your level of excitement in marriage/'team' also
The Player
The player role is the most rewarding phase. As you move from spectator to fan to player, you can find God working in your life. He prepares you for changes as well as for challenges. Sometimes that challenge is the struggle of finding time to do all that you need or want to do. This is where the attitude of "whatever it takes" really drives a person. Being a player doesn't mean that your marriage works you to the bone and takes all your free time. Sometimes it can feel that way if it's a busy season for your life/relationship and for the areas of your involvement, but a husband/wife's role is not to overload you. Balance of the things God wants you to invest in your marriage is the goal; a team effort for both of you. Players play together with one common goal in mind and that is to replace your needs with your spouse's needs. If you feel overloaded in your marriage, this is where communication is key in talking to your spouse about the areas of the relationship this is important to them while you express what's important to you. Prayer can also show you that need your attention, and you'll start to see positive developments come to the surface to take over the roles that you need to give the most attention by replacing bad habits you have formed in your marriage with good ones.
Another key element for marriage, no matter what your spouse's love language is, is to give frequent words of affirmation to those things your husband/wife does well. You obviously aren't doing a task in your marriage for the recognition, but I've found one thing to be true in my own marriage and that is if you tell your spouse how much you appreciate them or what a great job they did on a task, they are more likely to continue to try for you and work harder.
When a spouse goes unrecognized or underappreciated, discontent sets in overtime and people start looking outside the marriage for the affirmation they miss at home. If you have kids, you are also setting the tone with them to be appreciative to Mom/Dad for all they do for the family. We tend to affirm kids more than our spouse but it's as important. In the movie A League of Their Own Tom Hanks is trying to talk Geena Davis out of quitting the team. He asks her why she is quitting, to which she responds, "It just got too hard." His response is, "It's supposed to be hard; otherwise everyone would do it."
Being a player is hard! Getting out of your marriage does not mean that your life will be easier.
Knowing your gifts, roles and understanding how to use them in your marriage with constant communicate with your spouse helps you to get better equipped so that you know that you are fulfilling your Godly calling in your relationship.Talk Show host Dr. Phil has been quoted as calling this your "Authentic Self." It's doing things with your talents, gifts and an ability that makes your marriage stronger is your true self and if you aren't using them you are not being authentic.
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National Arbor Day—the day set aside for tree planting—is celebrated on the last Friday in April. That's the designated day, this year falling on April 25, 2014. But states and countries observe Arbor Day according to their optimal tree-planting season. For example, in Alaska it will be the third Monday in May and Louisiana already celebrated on the third Friday in January. Around the world, Guam has Arbor Day on the second Tuesday of October and South Africa commemorates trees the entire first week of September.
First Arbor Day
Newspaperman, politician and Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton started Arbor Day in Nebraska in 1872. A nature lover and advocate of trees, he proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a day be "set aside and consecrated for tree planting." One million trees were planted on that first Arbor Day on April 10, and two years later the Nebraska legislature made it a legal holiday in the state, changing the official date to Morton's birthday, April 22. In 1989, the date was moved to the last Friday in April and is still observed as an official holiday in Nebraska with state offices closed, the only state that does so. In 1970, former President Richard Nixon declared the last Friday in April as National Arbor Day, and the National Arbor Day Foundation was established in 1972. Arbor Day is not a federal holiday like, say, Martin Luther King Day, but it is observed worldwide like Earth Day.
"Other holidays repose upon the past," said Morton. "Arbor Day proposes for the future."
In the 30 years after the first Arbor Day, Morton estimated that 25 billion trees were planted around the United States.
Barren prairie
When Morton first arrived in Nebraska Territory from Michigan in 1854 with his wife Caroline, the prairie was devoid of trees as far as the eye could see. He knew trees were important for providing lumber, fruit, windbreaks, shade, bird habitat and moisture retention in the soil. Today, visitors can see the hundreds of varieties of trees and shrubs the Mortons planted on their 65-acre estate in Nebraska City and tour their elegant 52-room neoclassical mansion that was their home. The gorgeous property—including a carriage house with antique carriages and wagons—was donated to the state of Nebraska by their oldest son Joy (founder of Morton Salt) and is now called Arbor Lodge State Historical Park.
Nearby is Arbor Day Farm, the original farm of the Mortons. Its woodlands, orchards and vineyards are a giant backyard—complete with a 50-foot treehouse and hiking trails—for the impressive Lied Lodge & Conference Center that sits in the center of the 260 acres. One cannot help feeling connected to the earth here. A myriad of adventures and events are offered, all designed to educate about trees in a family-fun way. Everyone who visits gets to take home a seedling to plant.
For everything you ever wanted to know about trees or to give a gift of a tree to yourself or a friend to celebrate Arbor Day, visit the Arbor Day Foundation.
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GM's Mark Reuss Responds to Dealers Regarding Rollout of the 2014 Corvette Stingray
In a video posted on Automotive News, GM's North American President Mark Reuss responded to several questions posed from dealers, one of whom asked about the rollout strategy limiting allocations of the new 2014 Corvette Stingray to a select group of 900 dealers instead of opening it up for all dealers. As we've discussed here
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Allocation Details for the 2014 Corvette Stingray Emerge
General Motors held a teleconference on Tuesday with Chevrolet dealers and their sales personnel to talk about the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Our sources tell us that dealership allocation will not be finalized until the second quarter of 2013, however, those dealers that are getting the Stingray are predetermined based on the volume of Corvette sales


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Interim Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs
T-RCED-96-93: Published: Mar 6, 1996. Publicly Released: Mar 6, 1996.
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GAO discussed the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Pilot Program. GAO noted that: (1) the quality of winning SBIR and STTR proposals appears to be good, but it is too early to assess the programs' actual results; (2) the increase in available SBIR funding did not appear to affect the program, since the competition for SBIR funding was high and the agencies' ratios of awards to proposals remained essentially constant; (3) despite the increased funding, many SBIR proposals that were deemed worthy did not receive funding; (4) the Small Business Administration is taking steps to implement recommendations to reduce duplicate funding of similar research; (5) the five agencies responsible for STTR programs are taking steps to prevent entities that submit proposals from evaluating their own and other proposals; (6) there is no consensus on the need for and effect of the STTR program on agency research and development and it will take years before its effectiveness in transferring technology from research institutions to the marketplace can be assessed; and (7) assessments of STTR programs must determine whether innovative ideas are originating with the research institutions more than the small businesses, their collaboration is effective in moving technology to the marketplace, and the SBIR program could accomplish the technology transfers without mandatory collaboration.
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Tyler Sloan also broke a school record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.70, good enough for a "B" qualifying standard for indoor nationals. Jenna Stanbrough had a solid meet taking third in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:43.06. Jaquela Stewart and Paige Rockers rounded out the women's side with fifth and eighth place finishes in the triple jump. With her performance she was named the HAAC Track Athlete of the Week. View the HAAC release here.
"The Nebraska meet was the first meet where we took all of our athletes," said head track and field coach Zach Kindler. "It was great to see three school records go down at one meet. Tyler also broke her own previous record in the 3k. The rest of our team is really starting to come together and we should have some exciting weeks coming up in preparation for the HAAC indoor championships."
On the men's side, the Baker distance squad continued to creep closer to qualifying for nationals. Taylor Nall and Aaron Caldwell finished in eight and ninth place in the 3000 meter run with respective times of 8:48.37 and 8:50.15, just seconds behind the national qualifying "B" standard.
"We're working really hard to qualify for nationals, but we've had a couple setbacks in these races," senior Aaron Caldwell said. "We need to work around our setbacks and get ready for conference. Our goal is to win the Triple Crown with our outdoor track and field title last spring and cross country HAAC title this past fall. It would be the first time its ever been accomplished in school history."
Baker returns to action on Jan. 27 in Lawrence, Kan., for the Jayhawk Classic.
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Hugo Diaz: Milonga Triste
Milonga Triste
Hugo Diaz (harmonica)
The Tango Lesson (Sony Classical 63226)
Hugo Diaz (harmonica),
Omar Murtagh (bass), Robert Grela (guitar), José Leonardo Colangelo (piano).
Composed by Sebastián Piana and Homero Manzi.
Recorded: Buenos Aires, 1972
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
You may have heard this haunting theme on the soundtrack to the film The Tango Lesson. Diaz eerily evokes the sound of the bandoneón on his harmonica. Yet one can also hear hints of the U.S. harmonica tradition here, and the spirit of what is called the "deep blues" permeates this performance. Blind from the age of five, Diaz moved as a teenager to Buenos Aires, where his music encompassed everything from traditional folk songs to jazz. He met Larry Adler and Toots Thielemans in Europe during the 1950s, and later had the opportunity to play with Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson in the United States. But Diaz did not make a tango recording until 1972, when he shifted from his typical folkloric material to present this remarkable track. His emotional affinity with the tango stands out on "Milonga Triste," and his work in this vein found a receptive audience. Diaz made several more tango recordings -- much cherished by fans although often hard to find -- before his death in 1975.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
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Well, That Was Quick…
Well, after just 13 warm-up pitchers in his first bullpen session of spring training, new Twins acquisition Joel Zumaya torn a ligament in his throwing shoulder and will be out for the rest of the season and probably his career barring extensive rehab.
On one hand, I feel really bad for the guy. I mean, he's tried to come back so many times that this must be a crushing blow for him.
On the other hand, I sincerely hope that this is not a harbinger of things to come for the Twins. Pure logic would indicate that one player's injury cannot "cause" another, but superstition is a powerful force in baseball clubhouses. If a team feels as if they have been bit by the injury bug (see: 2011 Twins), then every scratch turns into a DL stint.
But here's some good news to leave off with for now…
Justin Morneau has had four good days in a row (knock on wood)!!
What Went Wrong
After the season ended, I had planned on doing a position-by-position look at the Twins to examine what exactly went wrong that sent a 94-win team (2010) to a 99-loss squad (2011). However, with the recent front office move of swapping Bill Smith for Terry Ryan (again), it seems as if three key categories came into play during the '11 season that really just doomed the Twins from the start.
First, from a tactical perspective, the injuries were horrific…
When half (or more) of your starting team is injured for half (or more) of the season, the plan you put in place all of last offseason was pretty much shot in the foot before it ever had a chance to walk. Whether bad luck, bad conditioning, or bad "mental toughness" (to quote Mike Tice), the team was limping off the field all season long.
Also, the depletion of the bullpen was another crippling tactical shortcoming…
I realize that the money got too much to retain our key bullpen horses, but in the end the lack of any steady relief help came back to bite the team perhaps more than anyone thought possible.
Second, beyond the tactical stuff, was the inability of our "core group" (outside of Cuddyer, of course) to produce.
Mauer & Morneau needed to get back to this…
But instead they barely played two weeks of the season in the same lineup.
Then, the "solid five" (Baker, Blackburn, Liriano, Perkins, Slowey) starters that we envisioned a few years ago have never (and probably never will) produced to their expectations…
Liriano is an enigma, Slowey is in the doghouse, Baker is failed potential personified, Blackburn is a rollercoaster, and Perkins is now a reliever (and one who has injury troubles at that).
Finally, the final area that really killed the Twins last year was a step away from their tried-and-true organizational philosophy of hoarding draft picks, developing talent, throwing strikes, and playing solid, fundamental baseball (especially defense).
When Nick Punto left in the offseason and ended up winning a ring with the Cardinals…
It signaled a shift from playing "Twins baseball" towards "going all-in to win now".
Perhaps this was a difference in philosophy between two GMS…
But clearly, the team got away from the "fundamentals". The defense was rot, the pitchers walked more batters than ever, and the whole foundation collapsed.
-Amazingly enough, Terry Ryan's first move on his second go-'round as GM impressed the heck out of me, signing Jamey Carroll to play shortstop in '12…
From what I hear/read, Carroll can play solid defense, handle the bat, stay in the lineup, and get on base a little bit…nothing our middle infielders did in '11. Carroll is not a long-term solution by any means, but he adds stability to a team desperate for it right now.
Paying The Piper
We sports fans are a fickle lot most of the time. For the last few years, Twins fans were ALWAYS badgering GM's (either Ryan or Smith) to sign more players to help us win. Since the pitching seemed solid, a lock of hitters was always our "dire" need.
Well, we brought in guys like Delmon Young, Orlando Hudson, JJ Hardy, and Jim Thome to help the offense. Plus, we signed out "Mantle & Marris"…
Well, those offensive players (for a variety of reasons) never really paid off, and "M&M" have been too hurt to meet the return on investment.
Thus, part of the reason for this season spiralling into disaster has been an inability to patch holes like we have done in the past. The bullpen guys got too pricey, the starters all regressed or never hit their potential, and all the hitters got hurt. ALL…OF…THEM.
So, we are now realizing (as we did in the 1990s) that we still can't quite spend with the big boys on the coasts…even with a new stadium. The time to pay the piper has come, and that time is now.
-Twins get swept by lowly Orioles at home.
-Liriano goes on the DL (Scott Diamond will take his place).
-Kubel is claimed off waivers (though no deal yet) by the White Sox.
-Same story as above for Jim Thome & the Indians.
Preview (55-75, 4th, 9.0 GB CWS): Rick Porcello (11-8, 5.17) vs. Scott Diamond (0-1, 4.26)
What I Want To See On Opening Day…
What I want to see Friday night in Toronto…
-Denard Span having a 9-pitch at-bat and drawing a walk.
-Alexi Casilla getting through a whole game without a bonehead mistake of some kind (not holding my breath on this one)
-Nishioka lining a single to left/center/right and being halfway to first base before the ball leaves the infield.
-The M&M boys together in the lineup.
-Cuddyer gunning a ball in from RF.
-Danny Valencia just being himself…or cool.
-Pavano laboring through 7-8 innings and keeping us in the game.
-Jim Thome just swinging. Seriously…even a whiff is epic with that guy.
And finally, what I've been waiting to here for over a year now…
If that song is playing, I'll know a win is within reach!!
Spring Training 2011: On The Fringe
With the Twins now in Fort Myers, FL, for Spring Training, they've been getting more media attention than usual due to issues like Morneau's concussion comeback, Nathan's Tommy John rehab, and the new Japanese SS whose name I'm too lazy to look up for spelling (probably should get on that).
However, there are three other areas I would like to comment on that perhaps slip our minds in the midst of the "bit stories":
1. Alexi Casilla has never been an everyday player for a full season. Whenever he's been given the opportunity to start, he's droppped the ball (sometimes even in the literal sense). Considering Gardy's love of guys like Matt "The Next Punto?" Tobert or the newcomer Luke Hughes, Casilla still has a lot to prove and will not be handed the job by any means.
2. Can "Valencia Mania" continue? A favorite example of mine of this case comes from 2000, when the Mets had an outfielder named Timo Perez (heck, he might be bouncing around somewhere yet) who, in August-September that year, looked like the next coming of Junior Griffey. He then made a few World Series blunders, pitchers figured him out, and he's been a fringe player since. Pitchers now have a similar "book" on young Danny-Boy, so those fat pitches will be fewer and farther between.
3. Besides a summer (June-July) that was out of control, Delmon Young was very average at the beginning and end of 2010. What if that "Beast Mode" doesn't occur again in '11, or for nearly as long? He's always been a streaky hitter.
Keep an eye on these issues, as they could be every bit as important as "the big boys".
Sour Grapes
I wanted to quickly comment here on something that kind of disturbed me the other day:
Just recently, the Minnesota Twins organization released a statement saying how they are going to improve Target Field by adding a right field scoreboard and a cool LED tower thingy…
Basically, the organization is telling fans that they are going to continue to try and provide the best fan experience in major league baseball
However, just a day later, Twins 1B Justin Morneau complains that the Twins are not going to move in the fences. Talk about your sour grapes. Though I understand Morneau's thinking to an extent (as HR's were very difficult to come by in 2010), that is not his decision to make, or even comment on.
The Twins set up Justin for life with a huge contract, and (since that point) have seen him miss significant time due to injuries. Now, by no means am I saying that Morneau is faking his injuries (concussion) or anything like that, but after missing an entire half a season, it isn't his prerogative to get whiny about the executive decisions (sometimes life sucks and you need to just man up and keep your mouth shut).
Plus, if I were a Twins pitcher reading that article, I'd be feeling a little miffed right now too. The Twins had the best home record in the AL last season, I believe, and now Morneau wants to change the fences for what would primarily be a personal gain? That wouldn't fly with me.
None of this is to say that I have completely soured on Morneau, but these are the little flashes that we get into people's character that competitive sports often bring out.
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Didn't get to see the game today, but heard the happy news that the Twins won, AND Jim Thome hit another laser beam into the right field bleachers.
Just a few days ago, Thome hit #584 to pass this guy…
…on the all-time list.
Now, he's gunning for this guy (who finished at 586):
Once Thome passes Frankie and sits at eighth all-time, that is "all" he'll move up slot-wise on that list this season. Alex Rodriguez currently has 604, while Sammy Sosa would be catchable at 609 if Thome were to play another season at his current production level.
For now, though, it's just nice to have a power bat in the middle of the lineup with Morneau still getting too many headaches to risk a comeback. Let's just hope now that he can save his energy a bit for the playoffs and the Twins keep fending off the pesky White Sox.
Preview (81-57, 1st, 3.5 GA CWS): Brian Bannister (7-11, 5.95) vs. Francisco Liriano (12-7, 3.27)
When Delmon Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy
One of the startling (but in a good way) characteristics of the 2009 Minnesota Twins has been their ability to overcome injury adversity and play on despite extended DL trips for three starters (Orlando Hudson, Nick Punto, and Justin Morneau) and a beat-up Joe Mauer. Guys like Delmon Young, Michael Cuddyer, Alexi Casilla, Drew Butera, and Danny Valencia have found their niches over the past few months.
However, if the first two games dropped in Tropicana tell us anything (besides the fact that the Rays are fast and shouldn't be walked, respectively), it is that Delmon Young is the key to everything right now (at least with Morneau still on the sidelines). So far against Rays pitching, Delmon is 1-9. Without him spraying the ball everywhere, the Twins just don't have enough lineup depth to keep mounting rallies when needed.
Thus, against good teams that we can't just clobber, we all too often send a bullpen full of late-inning collapsers (Guerrier, Crain, Mijares) into the game at the most pressure-filled situations. Unless the splits/matchups go exactly our way, bad things are almost bound to happen.
I'm not saying that the pen is altogether rotten, but put it this way…right now I have as much confidence in Jesse Crain as in anyone else that comes out of those swinging doors, and anybody who has read my blog in the past knows how difficult it is for me to even CONSIDER that statement.
-Another good start for Duensing (just one mistake that happened to be hammered by Sean Rodriguez), but still too many walks, which only serve to raise the pitch count and tack on runs that shouldn't ever materialize.
-Woke up this morning, heard Brett Favre had texted his retirement to the Vikings, and thought "Well, the Twins had better be the bread-winners this sports season". Of course, that would mean I actually BELIEVE #4…
Preview (59-48, 2nd, 1.5 GB CWS): Scott Baker (9-9, 5.00) vs. David Price (14-5, 2.90).
Whew…That Was Close
Whew…the Twins managed to avoid a sweep today at the hands of the Tigers thanks to another solid outing from Carl Pavano and some much-needed clutch hitting (that didn't produce too many double plays).
With pretty much the entire rotation struggling at this point, Pavano took the rotation on his back and turned in 7.2 IP while allowing just three earned runs. Heck, he even managed to keep Miguel Cabrera from completely destroying us!
Multi-hit games from Young, Cuddyer (who is finally starting to hit the ball again), and Kubel allowed the M&M-less offense to come out on top.
This was a big win for the Twins, as heading into the break three games back is much better (if only psychologically) than five.
-Justin Morneau, due to his lingering concussion symptoms, will not start in the All-Star game (or play whatsoever) on Tuesday night. Cabrera will start the game, while Paul Konerko of the White Sox has been added to the roster.
-Sad news today in hearing that longtime Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard passed away today. I know that he hadn't been doing the PA for a few years now, but his recorded broadcast still introduces Derek Jeter to this day. Younger fans may not remember the name, but the voice will likely be familiar.
Preview: Home-Run Derby! Here are this year's participants:
National League: Chris Young (Diamondbacks), Corey Hart (Brewers), Matt Holliday (Cardinals), Hanley Ramirez (Marlins)
American League: David Ortiz (Red Sox), Nick Swisher (Yankees), Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), Vernon Wells (Blue Jays)
Man, since when did Rogers Centre turn into Coors Field? Once again tonight, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays turned into something akin to a pinball machine, with the Jays bashing enough long fly balls (both in and out of the park) to beat the Twins 6-5.
Both Alex Gonzalez and Jose Bautista hit moonshots for the blue birdies, while John Buck, Vernon Wells, and that pesky Fred "my batting stance looks exactly like Fred McGriff" Lewis also added big hits.
Of course, both Orlando Hudson and the unstoppable Delmon Young added dingers of their own, but it wasn't enough to push Kevin Slowey (6.1 IP, 5 ER) and Matt Guerrier (blown hold) out on top.
Like I said yesterday, the Twins hitters will come around (even if it is at the frenetically-charged Rogers Centre), but it is the pitching that needs to turn in a few more quality starts. It doesn't help that our staff's biggest weakness (the gopher ball) plays right into the Jays' greatest strength.
-Just heard tonight that Jake Peavy of the White Sox will likely miss the rest of the season. This is a huge blow to the ChiSox, because they really folded down the stretch without him last season.
-Hopefully Morneau is okay after taking a knee to the head sliding into second base (he left the game as a precautionary measure). Wouldn't surprise me to see him take a day off tomorrow.
Preview (44-38, 1.5 GB DET): Scott Baker (7-7, 4.72) vs. Brett Cecil (7-5, 4.19). It's halfway through the season and Baker has an ERA near 5.00? Perhaps this is why we are so strongly in the running for Cliff Lee?!


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During President Obama's State of the Union Address he called out to the Senate and Congress, in clear language, for help in solving America's health care crisis.
"If anyone...," Obama said, "has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know."
Well, someone spoke up. Minnesota Senator John Marty, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, has sent the president a letter pushing for a single-payer health plan much like bill he authored for his home state. The bill Senator Marty proposes would, in his belief, cover all of the problems President Obama outlined in the SOTU speech.
Bring Down the Premiums: the premiums of Senator Marty's Minnesota Health Plan would be based on ability to pay. So everyone would be able to afford care.
Bring Down the Deficit: Affordable health care would result in more preventative health care measures and, delivered efficiently, would save the federal government hundreds of billions of dollars, and even more for states.
Strengthen Medicare for Seniors: It would cover prescription drugs, it would cover all medical needs, as well as the freedom to choose their doctors. And this would go for everyone, not just the elderly.
Stop Insurance Company Abuses: No "preexisting conditions," no underwriting, no denial of coverage, no "out of network" problems. 'Nuff said.
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The movie is a feel-good romantic comedy of errors and mistaken identities. Shahid Kapoor, an unlucky but good hearted young man, finds himself faking his own death to escape his various creditors and free his family from disgrace. Shahid ends up not dead but in another town being forced to assume another identity as a mute to avoid too many questions. His love interest is Kareena Kapoor, who plays a mute by birth in the film. Shahid is trapped in a false identity and lands from one scrape into another as he tries to hide his secret in this romantic family comedy.
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Republicans are heavily funded by Wall Street and generally for big business.
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Complaints have been filed against the following lead defendants, in alphabetical order:
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2. Bank of America Corporation $6 billion
3. Barclays Bank PLC $4.9 billion
... 4. Citigroup, Inc. $3.5 billion
5. Countrywide Financial Corporation -$26.6 billion
6. Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc. $14.1 billion
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8. First Horizon National Corporation $883 million
9. General Electric Company $549 million
10. Goldman Sachs & Co. $11.1 billion
11. HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. $6.2 billion
12. JPMorgan Chase & Co. $33 billion
13. Merrill Lynch & Co. / First Franklin Financial Corp. $24.8 billion
14. Morgan Stanley $10.6 billion
15. Nomura Holding America Inc. $2 billion
16. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC $30.4 billion
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Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing & billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are beginning to get what they deserve...
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About 20 years ago, video game designer and writer Jane Jensen introduced the struggling author turned Schattenjäger Gabriel Knight to point and click adventure game fans in "Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers." Jane Jensen's writing of the titular Gabriel Knight combined with the atmospheric New Orleans voodoo setting was a hit worthy of a 20th year anniversary remake. Until that remake actually comes to fruition, Jane Jensen fans can look forward to her new point and click adventure game from Phoenix Online Studios "Moebius: Empire Rising."
"Moebius: Empire Rising" can be dubbed a spiritual successor to the "Gabriel Knight" games. Instead of a struggling author who stumbles into a voodoo themed criminal mafia organization, "Moebius" introduces antiques dealer Malachi Rector whose acceptance of a simple job requiring his knowledge of historical artifacts and figures will uncover a global conspiracy to control the direction of history. Like Gabriel Knight and most point and click adventure games, Malachi must use his observation skills; resourcefulness with found objects; and the player's ability to obsessively rub said found objects against the background until the story moves along.
Creating characters is one of Jane Jensen's strengths that she once again flexes with "Moebius: Empire Rising." As a pill popping arrogant genius with a condescending attitude that quickly makes enemies, the protagonist Malachi Rector seems to be the love child of Hugh Laurie's Dr. House and Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes. Like House and Sherlock, Malachi has a humorous charm in his snark and a dogged determination that wins over players. As the stakes rise for Malachi in "Moebius: Empire Rising," players can feel the urgency of his struggles and share in his victory as he overcomes them. When Malachi's triumph over the Big Bad of "Moebius: Empire Rising" causes me to cheer audibly enough for the coffee shop employee to ask if all is well, that's a sign of some good writing.
With the help of Jane Jansen and her game studio Pinkerton Road, Phoenix Online Studios have put some good point and click adventure game play in "Moebius: Empire Rising." This game doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it at least makes sure that this point and click adventure game is a smooth ride with an easy to use interface and a cellphone that keeps track of tasks and information. Each chapter features a few situational puzzles requiring Malachi to locate a thing to interact with another thing so that the story can continue. For the most part, the puzzles make sense and won't require crafting a mustache from cat hair.
Breaking from most point and click adventure game habits, players generally can't immediately pick up every potential inventory item that's not nailed to the floor. This does make Malachi's actions feel more rational as a character. He's an antiques dealer, not a hoarder of random objects such as an MP3 player, a pair of scissors, and a tube of superglue. Unfortunately, Malachi's refusal to hoard items tends to result in backtracking for the items he'll use to solve a puzzle (such as an MP3 player, a pair of scissors, and a tube of superglue). One particular sequence had me traveling to New York from Washington DC at least twice during the in-game day just because Malachi found something potentially useful but refused to pick it up because he didn't need it "at the moment." Fortunately, these extended trips are few and far between.
In addition to inventory puzzles, "Moebius: Empire Rising" uses Malachi's mental library of history and observational skills to analyze various situations. Analyzing historical artifacts comes as part of his job as an antiques dealer and shows how Malachi thinks. Malachi can Sherlock Scan people he will interact with in order to better understand them so he can negotiate, bribe, or threaten them (depending on the Sherlock Scan) to get what he needs. And a major part of the plot involves matching various people to famous historical figures, which takes keen observation to find subtle details about said people.
The point and click adventure game may still have its inherent problem of being limited to what the writers and game designers could put inside the game, but "Moebius: Empire Rising" uses that iconic game play to weave an engaging story featuring characters to care about and look forward to seeing in additional volumes. The charm of the characters and the profound theory about history that I'm trying not to spoil won me over enough to see Malachi through to the end and then a couple more times to unlock the achievements I missed in the first run.
At the very least, "Moebius: Empire Rising" manages to portray the world of antiquing with excitement and adventure just as Indiana Jones did for archaeology.
"Moebius: Empire Rising" is available on PC and Mac starting April 15 and will be available for iPad, Linux,and Android later this year.


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On "Grey's Anatomy" is Dr. Cristina Yang going to Switzerland like the setup has been presented for the fans of the show or is there more? There is no more waiting for the season finale as the last episode of the season will reveal all the details. According to the Los Angeles Times on Friday, the season finale will be the last time that the fans see Sandra Oh on the show.
In the Season 10 finale the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital also bid an emotional farewell to the beloved Cristina Yang. While the fans have known she was going for a while, this is the first time that the emotion of the staff takes a front seat. It definitely is going to be tough to watch as their colleague isn't set to return to the hospital any time soon.
A possible act of terrorism rocks Seattle and causes chaos at the hospital. Leading up to a medical crisis, this offers a difficult situation and the focus on the patients pushes away the emotions of things that are changing. Meanwhile, Meredith makes a life changing decision and fans might be really surprised to see who Yang's departure changes her friend.
Viewers have counted down the days to the climactic end and the season finale has people wondering what will happen with the show. In a bitter sweet moment, the official renewal for "Grey's Anatomy" was announced for the show, but so many of the fans are focused on the finale, it was glossed over by the final goodbyes for Sandra Oh.
How will Dr. Cristina Yang leave the show? Tune in Thursday on ABC to find out. Don't forget a box of tissue as this goodbye sounds very touching. Fans will miss Sandra Oh and all that she has offered the series since the beginning of her time on "Grey's Anatomy."


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A Look Back At CPOA's Past Presidents
By Sal Rosano
This article originally appeared in the California Peace Officer Spring 2011 issue.
Greg Cowart began his law enforcement career in 1968 at the age of 21 as a public safety officer with the Foster City DPS, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He served as Chief of Police, Gilroy Police Department from 1980-1988; Chief of Police, Roseville Police Department from 1988-1991; Director, Division of Law Enforcement for the California Department of Justice 1991-1999; retiring as Chief of Police, Millbrae Police Department 1999-2003. Greg holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in public administration. He is a graduate of the POST Command College, FBI Executive Institute, and has been a member of the faculty at Sacramento State University and Sierra Community College.
Service to CPOA
Greg joined CPOA in 1973 and considers his active participation in CPOA during the past 35 years to have been a significant asset in his professional development. In 1997, Greg was elected President of CPOA while serving as Director, Division of Law Enforcement, for the California Department of Justice. He was honored to be installed at the CPOA Annual Membership Conference in Sacramento in front of family and friends by then-Attorney General Daniel E. Lundgren. During his tenure at CPOA, Greg was instrumental in forging the Business Law Enforcement Alliance (BLEA), Officers Killed in The Line of Duty Committee, COPSWEST, re-energizing the legislative advocacy function and re-engineering the CPOA administrative structure. And during his presidency, he also developed a successful membership recruitment plan targeting peace officer personnel from federal, state and other specialized agencies throughout California.
Accomplishments Following his Tenure as CPOA's President
During Greg's tenure as CPOA President, he developed a sincere appreciation for the daunting technical and tactical challenges facing working police officers. Upon his retirement as Chief of Police in Millbrae, he joined the West Sacramento Police Department as a part-time police officer, went through field training and worked for four years as a uniformed patrol officer and member of the Measure K Team (vice/crime suppression/code enforcement). After serving with the West Sacramento Police Department, Greg moved to the Rocklin Police Department, again as a part-time officer. He went through field training and worked as a patrol officer, as well as serving as a detective. After three years with Rocklin Police Department, Greg moved to the Citrus Heights Police Department (his eighth agency) where he serves as a reserve officer working 20 hours a week as the department's auto theft investigator. All of these experiences provide him with many stories to tell about the differences in law enforcement policies, procedures, philosophies and strategies. He was recently asked if his biggest challenge since retirement has been keeping up with the physical rigors of the job of police officer. Greg said that while a long night on patrol certainly takes its toll, the biggest challenge he has faced has been learning three different CAD/RMS computer systems. He points out that it was much easier for him to budget for and oversee implementation of a department's computer system than to actually learn how to use it.
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May 30,
2003 - June 6, 2003: Prince Albert Sound, Queen Victoria
Island, Nunavut, Canada. She has completed the last 600-mile
leg of her migration back to the artic. Like our other 2
radio-equipped swans, she has made the return journey to nest at
the same location where she nested in 2002. Swan #33892 also
came here to Victoria Island to nest in 2002. Unfortunately, the
radio on swan #33892 is no longer working and we don't know if
she has returned.
May 13,
2003 - May 26, 2003: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
The swan has moved about 250 miles north to Great Slave Lake.
This glaciated lake is also a major staging area for swans
returning to their tundra nesting grounds. Great Slave lake is
the largest lake in the Northwest Territories and one of the
deepest in North America. This area also marks the transition
zone between the boreal forest to the south and the tundra
habitat to the north.
May 5,
2003 - May 9, 2003: Northwest Saskatchewan - Northeast
Alberta. She has made a big jump traveling nearly 600 miles
northwest to the south end of Lake Athabasca. This has been a
common staging area for a number of our radio-equipped swans.
This bird stopped here last year on May 21, 2002. Like swan
#888, the timing of her migration appears to be about a week or
more ahead of her migration from last year.
May 1,
2003: Southeast Saskatchewan near Algrove. The swan
has moved another 250 miles northwest and crossed into the
Canadian prairies. Still in the Prairie Pothole Region, the
marshes of this area provide a smorgasbord of aquatic vegetation
and invertebrate foods.
April 14,
2003 - April 27, 2003: Devil's Lake, North Dakota. A
large marsh complex situated in the heart of the "duck
factory", Devil's Lake is important for both nesting and
staging waterfowl. A number of state and federal wildlife
refuges and management areas are located in this vicinity, an
indication of the importance of this habitat to waterfowl.
April 2,
2003 - April 11, 2003: Minnesota - South Dakota - North
Dakota Border. She is continuing to move west into the
prairie pothole area. Many of our swans stop here along the Red
River Valley in the fall to feed in the large agricultural
fields. In the spring, swans stop in these nutrient rich
wetlands to obtain energy for migration and protein and nutrient
reserves for egg laying and nesting.
March 29,
2003: Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. She has made a short
hop to the west and stopped near Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Other
radio-equipped swans have also stopped here on their northward
migration. In her migration last year, however, this swan
stopped on the eastern side of Lake Huron and did not appear to
make a stop on the western side where she is currently located.
March 17,
2003 - March 25, 2003: Lake Erie. She was located on
the south side of Lake Erie along the NY-PA border and then
crossed over to the north side along the Ontario, Canada
shoreline. The marshes and shallow water areas along the Great
Lake are important to many species of waterfowl. Swans and
diving ducks such as Canvasback and Scaup take advantage of the
aquatic vegetation and invertebrate foods that can be found in
these areas.
March 13,
2003: Near Erie, Pennsylvania and Lake Erie. This
swan has moved 300 miles northwest to the south shore of Lake
Erie, and is located near the New York/Pennsylvania border. One
of our other radio-equipped swans is located just southwest of
here near Pymatuning, PA, and another swan is located across
Lake Erie from here at Long Point, Ontario. From here, this swan
should shift its migration track westward to the Prairie Pothole
March 13, 2003:
Pope's Creek -Northern Neck of Virginia. The swan was captured last year on this same creek.
This year fewer swans wintered on Popes Creek; however, this
area seems to be a staging area before swans start heading
March 3, 2003 – March 9, 2003:
Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck of Virginia.
The swan
has returned to the Rappahannock River, near Occupacia Creek
where she has spent much of this winter.
February 20, 2003: Cobb Island, Maryland. Our swan made a brief trip across the Potomac River to
Maryland. There are small scatter flocks of tundra swans along
Maryland's Potomac River.
23, 2002 – February 19, 2003: Middle Peninsula-Northern
Neck of Virginia. The
swan is spending most of its time on the Rappahannock River
between Tappahannock and Port Royal.
However, she is also spending some time between Popes
Creek, were she was captured, and Nomini Creek on the Northern
Neck. Our radio
telemetry work has shown that swans wintering in this part
Virginia often move back and forth between the Potomac and
Rappahannock River drainages.
They use the large open-water rivers to roost, and feed
in the agricultural fields on the Northern Neck and Middle
13, 2002: Bismarck, North Dakota. She has followed
the Missouri River Valley 100 miles southeast to the area near
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, about 25 miles east of
Bismarck, ND. From here she will probably start heading east
toward Minnesota and the Great Lakes.
October 9,
2002: Makati, North Dakota. The swan traveled
approximately 100 miles southeast crossing the U.S./ Canada
border to an area southeast of Minot, ND. She is located along
the Missouri River Valley near Lake Sakakwea. She appeared to
make a series of short flights through the Prairie Pothole
regions stopping for a few days here and there. These stops
should have given her and her cygnets a chance to feed on the
nutrient rich wetlands and agricultural fields in this region.
October 4,
2002: Colgate, Saskatchewan. She moved an additional
200 miles southeast and is located south of Weyburn, Sask. about
30 miles north of the Montana/North Dakota border. This swan is
taking a more westerly migration route than she took on her
migration north to the nesting ground.
26 - September 30 2002: West of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
The next good location we received from this swan was in
south-central Saskatchewan, 1,200 miles south of its nesting
grounds. The swan left the tundra, passed through the boreal
forest and now is moving through the Prairie Pothole Region.
This area of small wetlands and small grain agricultural fields
is not only important as a stop over area for migrating
waterfowl but is also called the "Duck Factory" as
many of North America's ducks are produced here.
June 11 -
September 18, 2002: Victoria Island, Northwest
Territories. She has remained in the same area for the entire
nesting season. We assume that she, and all our other radio
equipped swans, nested and now have broods. Another one of our
radio equipped swans (#33892), and a swan that was radioed in
North Carolina, have spent the nesting season on the eastern side
of Victoria Island. None of these birds has started their
migration south yet.
June 3-11,
2002: Victoria Island, Northwest Territories. She moved
650 miles due north and crossed Coronation Gulf onto Victoria
Island. She is located on the west side of the island on the edge
of Prince Albert Sound. Another swan (#33892) is located on the
east side of Victoria Island. Interior areas of Victoria Island
may remain covered with ice and snow for another couple weeks but
the coastal areas where the swans are should have nesting sites
available by now.
May 30,
2002: Nunavut (Northwest Territories). She moved 200
miles due north and is located on the east side of Great Slave
Lake in the southern portion of Nunavut. Swan #33420 also stopped
at Great Slave Lake but moved further north a week or so ago.
May 21-25,
2002: Northeastern Alberta. The swan has made her way
up to the west side of Lake Athabasca, 150 miles northwest of her
location on May 17. Lake Athabasca is an important staging area as
several of our other swans (#33887, 33888, 33892) are here or have
stopped here on their migration north. The lake is 208 miles long
by 32 miles wide with a maximum depth of 407 feet. Wood Buffalo
National Park is located along the west side of the lake and is
known for it's nesting population of the endangered whooping
May 13-17,
2002: Northwestern Saskatchewan. The next location
received from this swan is 400 miles to the northwest near the
town of Pine River, Saskatchewan. She has moved out of the Prairie
Pothole Region and into the Temperate Forest. Her migration route
is tracking similar to several other radio-equipped swans but she
does not appear to be traveling with any of them.
May 1-9,
2002: Central Saskatchewan, Canada. She moved another
220 miles northwest across the Canadian border and into
Saskatchewan. She is located in the transition zone between the
Prairie Pothole Region and the Temperate Forest zone where the
grasslands are interspersed with aspen thickets. Wetlands in this
area include both prairie potholes and larger permanent lakes.
April 27:
Northern North Dakota. She moved another 60 miles north and
is located near Rock Lake, just south of the Manitoba border. She
has moved slowly north through North Dakota probably in response
to weather and ice conditions.
April 14-23:
Eastern North Dakota. The swan moved 120 miles northwest
into North Dakota and is located about 20 miles west of Fargo. She
is 20-30 miles west of some of our other swans that are using the
Red River Valley. She is in the Prairie Pothole Region and has
moved between Fargo and the Devils Lake area during the past week.
April 10,
2002: Western Minnesota. She moved 675 miles west and
is located in western Minnesota near the town of Willmar.
March 21 –
April 6, 2002: Lake Huron. She moved 100 miles
northwest and is now located on the east side of Lake Huron near
the town of Bayfield, Ontario. Swan #33892 is also located in the
same general vicinity. The two swans both stopped at Lake Erie and
then moved on to Lake Huron. They do not appear to be traveling
together, however, as their arrival and departure times have been
March 13,
2002: Long Point, Ontario. The swan has left its
wintering quarters in Virginia and has started on its northern
migration. Similar to swans 33888 and 33892, this swan has moved
350 miles northwest and stopped near Long Point, Ontario. Swans
that winter in other states along the East Coast follow this same
route, and many stop here at Long Point on the north side of Lake
March 9,
2002: Popes Creek, Virginia. The swan has remained in
the Potomac River region near the place it was captured, feeding
in shallow tidal-water flats and roosting on the open water in the
creek and in the Potomac River.
February 28,
2002: Captured on Popes Creek, Virginia. This swan was
caught near George Washington's Birthplace National Monument in
Westmoreland County. Over 600 tundra swans have spent the winter
in this small inlet off the Potomac River, feeding on submerged
aquatic plants and invertebrates in this tidal creek.
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