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PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592 VOLUME 10 NUMBER FULL MOON OF CONTINUOUS SNOW NCAI Helps Shape Future of Indians DECEMBER 1,1980 Poison Councilman E. W. Morigeau, who happens to be the NCAI vice-president for the Billings area, filed the following report about the National Congress of American Indians' 1980 meeting. (Edited for brevity.) The 37th annual meeting of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) was held October 26-31 in Spokane, Wash. Sponsored by the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, this year's theme was "Family of Nations -Action for Survival". Sunday, October 26, was reserved for organization — registration and getting acquainted. Monday saw the conference get down to business. The first general assembly began at 10 a.m. Speakers included NCAI President Edward J. Driving Hawk, Spokane Mayor Ronald Bair, Lt. Governor John Sherbert, and Portland Area NCAI Vice-President Russell Jim. The second general assembly took place Monday afternoon. Speakers were Delfin J. Lovato - NCAI First Vice-President, and Senator John Melcher (chairman of the Senate's Select Committee on Indian Affairs). Routine business (treasurer's report, roll call, etc.) followed the speeches. Senator Melcher E.W. says of Melcher's comments: "the leadership roll [of Melcher's committee! is working with Indian people and their problems. All bills affecting this group go through the Senate committee. Melcher stated that eternal welfare is not the answer; that's a 'sink or swim' approach. The answer lies in Indian employment. "On a local level, there are problems that whites and Indians can, and should, solve for themselves. Congress will help — just try. "There should be more Indian management of Indian land and resources.. . water rights weren't mentioned.. .our tribal planners can be used for management and development. In this area. Melcher noted that his office helped cancel a BIA contract concerning Northern Cheyenne coal. He said that tribes are free to conduct their own negotiations with buyers. "Finally, Melcher said that the Senate now admits that the NCAI has a lot of clout in Congress. NCAI's executive director [Ronald P. Andrade] testifies for or against every bill /Continued on pop 11) New CETA Funding If you hm applied for employment under CETA, you must cell or come into the Manpower Office in Pablo to hove your application updated. Inside this issue.............. Northern Tier Pipeline - In Brief.................Page 2 BP A Workshops - A Summary..................Page 4 Live at Home, Learn a Trade...................Page 6 "Letters to the Editor"........................Page 7 Health Corner...............................Page 10 Council Minutes..........................Pages 16-20 December Calendar..........................Page 20 Foster Care & Group Home Standards........Page 21-15
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OAKLAND -- Second-year forward Harrison Barnes will miss at least the first two games of the season, coach Mark Jackson announced after Tuesday's practice.
The left foot inflammation that has kept Barnes out of the last three weeks is still bothering him. Jackson said he's made progress, but not enough to play.
"He's doing things now without pain," Jackson said. "But we want to get closer to when he was 100 percent healthy -- practicing, running with no issues. There are some restrictions right now and, because of that, it makes no sense to throw him out there tomorrow night."
The team hasn't revealed the details of Barnes' injury -- such as what's causing the inflammation, how it happened, how its being treated or how long Barnes could be out -- which is usually up to the player. But it's serious enough to keep him on the shelf, which is unnerving news for diehard Warriors fans.
Tuesday, Barnes could be seen smiling, shooting free throws and walking around without a limp. Jackson said Barnes, who missed just one game last season as a rookie, is making progress but some movements still cause him pain.
When and if Barnes does return to action, he will do so as the sixth man as Jackson also announced Klay Thompson will remain a starter.
Jackson previously said he was deciding between Thompson and Barnes. The first two preseason games, Jackson brought Thompson off the bench to see how it would work. Jackson never got a chance to see how Barnes fit off the bench, but he's seen enough.
So your Golden State Warriors starters: Thompson, Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, David Lee and Andrew Bogut.
"That's my starting five," Jackson said. "I don't want to cheat those guys. They've earned it."
Barnes -- being dubbed a rising star after his breakout playoff performance -- didn't make a strong case to be a starter. Hobbled by an ailing left foot, he totaled just 34 minutes of action in two games, checking out for good in the first quarter of a home game on Oct. 7. In his short stint, he managed just 10 points on 3 of 18 shooting with five turnovers.
Thompson, who came off the bench in three of the seven exhibition games, led the Warriors in scoring during the preseason. He averaged 16.9 points on 44.5 percent shooting.
"It's just a role I'm comfortable with," said Thompson, who has started 121 "It's just basketball. Coming off the bench or starting, it doesn't matter. I know me and Harrison can help the team win and be successful. So I'm not too worried about it."
That leaves the Warriors bench with some serious holes, especially for the first couple games. With no Thompson or Barnes coming off the bench, the second unit will be short offensive punch.
Jackson said he didn't know who would get the minutes. That, he said, would be determined by the situation.
"It depends on the flow of the game," Jackson said. "Who I think needs a breather or who I think would help us in that juncture of the game. Normally when we're healthy and whole, it would be Harrison. Right now, it could be anybody between Jermaine (O'Neal), Draymond (Green), Mo (Speights), Toney (Douglas). It just depends on the flow of the game."
Perhaps the most likely scenario is heavy minutes for the starters. Instead of playing four reserves with one starter, Jackson could just mix in a reserve or two here and there with the starters. That keeps his best players on the floor.
That's merely a stop gap, though. Even when Barnes returns, there are questions about how effective he can be coming off the bench. The former high school sensation and North Carolina star has never been a reserve. And in his short career, he's had bouts with consistency.
Will coming off the bench, and being the top option of the offense, be a position he can thrive? Or will his confidence take a hit from the demotion?
"Harrison will look to build on a standout rookie year and embrace the role," Jackson said. "I truly believe he can flourish in that role."
For more on the Warriors, go to Marcus Thompson's blog at www.ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/gswscribe.


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GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW) -- Leavelle McCampbell Middle School is a facility that's seen better days.
"And the area around the school is deteriorating very fast, and the community is almost a disaster area," said Joe Taylor, Graniteville native and president of the alumni association for Leavelle McCampbell School.
Taylor attended school there during its heyday. It was a high school then, but after Midland Valley High School opened its doors, the Graniteville school became a middle school.
Established in 1923, the three-story building is now plagued with dozens of problems.
"I went there. I graduated in 1965. My kids went to middle school there. It's about all the history we have left in Graniteville," Taylor said.
Deputy Superintendent David Caver says just since the year 2000, the district has had to repair air conditioning, plumbing, school floors, gym floors, asphalt outside and bleachers. He says workers have had to remove asbestos from the building. Caver says even simple tasks like painting are hard because the school is so old.
Now, the plan is to rebuild the school in just a couple years near the new Byrd Elementary off Bettis Academy Road. The county will get the property to build on for free, as they did the property for Byrd, from FineDeering.
While Taylor knows something is needed, he has concerns about what'll happen to the old current building that's recognized by the state for its historic value.
"I know it'll just sit there and deteriorate once the building's empty. The buildings will get knocked out, the dope-heads will go in it and steal the copper out and steal all the electrical and plumbing like they have the mills. Every mill's been completely stripped. It'd just be another eyesore," he said.
Caver says there is no plan for the current building right now. School board member Dwight Smith, who represents the area, also hasn't heard anything, but he doesn't think the school district will destroy this history. Well-known developer Weldon Wyatt told News 12 that he doesn't plan to purchase the land.
Caver says it doesn't make financial sense to keep pouring money into repairing the current school. Throughout the county, he says it's one of the schools they spend the most in maintenance on.
The school board will approve the plan Tuesday night. It's actually part of the Five-Year Facilities Plan that is also tackling major renovations at North Augusta and Aiken High Schools. The construction of a new Leavelle McCampbell Middle School was actually pushed up to begin in 2015. That means projects at Gloverville Elementary and New Ellenton Middle School will be pushed back.
According to district documents, the price tag of a new Leavelle McCampbell will be at least $22.4 million. Construction, according to the document, would begin during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. It would continue through the 2016-2017 year, too.


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BYRON -- A tight-knit middle school community in far East Contra Costa County was shaken to its core Monday morning after a seventh-grader riding his bike to school along a rural highway was struck and killed by a parent who had just dropped off her children.
Teary-eyed and visibly shaken students and faculty at Excelsior Middle School walked the open hallways Monday, almost in a daze. Many students and staff sought district-offered counseling to cope with the death of Burgess Hu just 10 minutes before school started.
A steady stream of concerned parents simply took their distraught children home early.
Hu, 12, of Discovery Bay, was hit by a black GMC Yukon turning right onto Byron Highway from the school driveway, California Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen said.
The driver heard what she called a thud, immediately stopped, got out and saw that she had run over and pinned the boy, Fransen said.
"She could not have been going any more than 10 (mph)," Fransen said. "She's devastated. The parents of the 12-year-old boy are obviously devastated. It's just a tragic event that is going to devastate the little rural community here in a very hard way."
Principal Kelly Basmagian addressed students early Monday about what had happened, and the campus was in shock, Byron Union School District Superintendent Debbie Burnette said.
Counselors will also be on the campus Tuesday, she said.
Burgess was a bright child who enjoyed helping others, according to parents, Boy Scout leaders and neighbors.
"He was really just a good kid, very smart and respectful," neighbor Jeremy Slack said. "Hard to believe we just saw him last night."
Slack said Burgess was friends with his son and involved himself in a variety of activities, such as Boy Scouts, volunteering and theater.
"We have lost a brother in Scouting, an energetic young man who enjoyed camping, fishing and the outdoors," said Kenn Knittel of Boy Scout Troop 514.
"His enthusiasm will be missed dearly. Our hearts go out to the Hus and the other families coping with this tragic accident."
Burgess earned merit badges for canoeing, climbing, fish and wildlife, and Indian lore. He completed 27 nights of camping and 43 hours of service to the community.
Burgess' parents were at the scene shortly after the collision.
At the family's Discovery Bay home Monday, Burgess' father declined to be interviewed, saying in a solemn voice: "I'm sorry. I just can't talk about it."
Burgess was the family's only child, neighbors said.
The family was in the process of selling their home and planned to move away in a week, Slack said.
Excelsior parent Chris Klemchuk said his daughter was in the same grade as Burgess. "It's just horrible. Horrific," he said. "It' probably the most horrible thing to happen here in a long time."
Burgess was recognized by many as the boy who rode his bike to school -- one of few to do so along the busy stretch of road.
He was riding south in the right shoulder -- against the flow of traffic -- along the fog line of the northbound lane, according to Fransen. The rural road has a hard shoulder but no designated bike lane.
It appears the boy had started to enter into the driveway of the school, Fransen said, when he rode toward the passenger side of the woman's SUV as she was turning right out of the driveway.
"We're assuming the driver was looking over to the left to clear traffic, and maybe that's why she didn't see the child," Fransen said. "She's saying she never saw the bicyclist -- she just felt like she hit something and was dragging something."
Burgess was wearing a bicycle helmet with a Contra Costa Sheriff's Office badge sticker, Fransen said.
Traffic safety at Excelsior, given its location off Byron Highway, has long been a district concern. Two years ago, the district moved the school's entrance from the highway to Byer Road.
District officials wouldn't comment Monday on whether the accident might spur additional safety precautions for the campus, saying they were focused on the grieving process.
Even before Monday's tragedy, the CHP's Contra Costa office had been planning a traffic safety fair, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Brentwood Senior Center, 193 Griffith Lane. Officers plan to educate kids about keeping safe while bicycling and walking, among other measures specific to child safety.
Staff writers Natalie Neysa Alund and Eve Mitchell contributed to this story. Follow Rick Hurd at Twitter.com/3rdERH. Follow Paul Burgarino at Twitter.com/PaulBurgarino. Follow Erin Ivie at Twiter.com/@Erin_Ivie.


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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Mary M. Perry, 96 of Biggs. Mary passed away on March 18, 2013, in Gridley.
She was born on March 20, 1916 in Gazelle California to Frank and Emily Rocha.
Just 2 days short of her 97th birthday, Mary Perry left us to be with her parents, brothers, sister and her wonderful husband Gabriel. She was a believer that great things will happen to you when we pass from this life to the next and that all of us will be able to share in this experience if we can just believe. She was a long time resident of Biggs, she enjoyed sewing and camping and crafts. She was a devoted homemaker, loved her family and volunteered many years at the food closet. She also worked at Libbys Cannery.
She is survived by her two sons, Gene (Marcía) Perry and John Perry, all of Biggs; two daughters, Arlene (Richard) Grein and Dorothy Steevs also of Biggs; seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Father Miguel Silva will officiate the Service.
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OAKLAND -- Mark McGwire stroked his goatee and furrowed his brow. He was asked to provide an example of Tony La Russa's brilliance as a manager, and McGwire pretended to be stumped.
After all, he only spent 18 years with La Russa as a player or a coach.
"Well,'' McGwire finally said, "there was that time in the 1992 playoffs when he had me bunt."
It's true. You could look it up. Big Mac really did play small ball.
In Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the A's manager asked his 42-homer, 104 RBI man drop one down to get the potential winning run to third base. It almost worked, too, but pinch runner Eric Fox made an ill-advised dash toward home plate when Terry Steinbach followed with a sharp one-hopper to the shortstop.
"The third base coach said, 'No, no,'''' La Russa recalled. "Fox heard 'Go, go."
The slugger's bunt is just one of the tales we collected in advance of La Russa's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The former A's manager is being enshrined Sunday in Cooperstown, so we asked his notable players, and the man himself, to share their favorite stories from the dugout.
Here's the stuff that won't fit on his plaque:
(One of the defining moments of La Russa's tenure with the A's was the decision to convert Dennis Eckersley, a veteran starter, into a reliever. The right-hander was 32 by the time he got to Oakland in 1987 and just trying to stay employed. The next season, 1988, he led the league with 45 saves).
I just slowly found my way. And then (closer Jay Howell) got hurt, and I was dealin'. The timing was right. There was the opportunity and I was chomping because I was dying to turn my career around, anyway. So I just sort of slipped in there."
(Eckersley saved 16 games in '87 and worked 115.2 innings. It was the next season, in '88, when he blossomed thanks to the way the A's used him. He pitched almost exclusively in the ninth-inning of save situation, which at the time was a novel concept. Eckersley worked only 72.2 innings).
General manager Sandy Alderson acquired Bob Welch in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Dec. 11, 1987, part of an offseason overhaul that also brought in influential veterans like Dave Henderson and Dave Parker. The '88 team went 104-58 and reached the World Series for the first time since 1974.
(McGwire, listed at 6-foot-5, said he was intimidated by La Russa's non-nonsense demeanor. But the manager had his lighter side, too. Players could press his buttons right back).
Dave Stewart, he was a little more subtle. If I had a bad day, he would walk by and say, 'Hey, did the gamblers get to you?'
So one day, everything against Stewart is being hit into the gaps. There's doubles, there's triples. It's about the fifth inning and it's 8-0. I asked (pitching coach) Dave Duncan and he said, "You get him. I'm afraid of him." So I go out there and he had his back to the dugout — probably because he was just watching another ball in the gap.
So he turns around with the ball and says — "Man, what are you doing here?" I said, "Look, I came to get you." He said. "Why?" I said, "I know you're not tired, but are outfielders are."
(Even on a team full of superstars, La Russa's best teams prided themselves on nuance. He insisted that even the mega-talents play fundamental baseball.)
And never come late to the ballpark. That was one of his biggest pet peeves -- "Never be late to the ballpark." ... So, yes, I had a few run-ins with Tony. You know traffic is bad out here!
Many of the players focused not on the way La Russa managed the game, but the way he managed people.
We got into Baltimore late. And I was crushed because I'd given up that home run. And Tony, he knew how I was — "sensitive" is not the right word -- but he knew how upset I got.
So I got to the hotel and all the keys are laid out, right? So I got my key and didn't think of it. And I got to my room and I opened it up and it said, 'Eck, you're the best."
What an effect that had. I had a tear in my eye. Because I'm down, and it just lifted me up. To me, that's managing, man.
(La Russa didn't invent situational relievers, but he refined the way bullpens operate. The modern concept of using the closer just for one inning and just in save situations stems from the way the A's used Eckersley. La Russa also created the blueprint for modern set-up men.)
(And that brings us back to the McGwire's bunt.)
In the top of the ninth, the leadoff hitter gets on and McGwire is due up. And he'd struck out three times because his back was killing him. So I pinch hit Kerry Robinson because all I wanted to do there is get the runner over.
So McGwire walks to the dugout. And when he gets there he says to me, "Why don't you just have me bunt?"
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Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 7:40 a.m.
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POLK CITY | A 26-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash Wednesday in Polk City.
Megan Wright, of 5610 Green Pond Road, Polk City, was driving a 1991 Mazda Miata eastbound on Old Polk City Road around 5:30 a.m. when she approached S.R. 33. She began to turn northbound on S.R. 33 but didn't stop at the stop sign, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
A 2012 Nissan Frontier, driven by Jeffrey Bedford, 52, collided with her while heading southbound on S.R. 33, officials said.
Wright was ejected from the vehicle and declared dead at the scene. The Sheriff's Office said it's possible that her seatbelt buckle broke, but deputies are continuing their investigation.
Bedford was treated for minor injuries at Lakeland Regional Medical Center and released. He was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags in his car were deployed.
Deputies closed S.R. 33 for about three hours this morning but it is now open to drivers.
Impairment doesn't seem to be a factor in the crash, the Sheriff's Office said.
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JUST ANNOUNCED: iHeartRadio Music Awards
We at iHeartRadio told you that we have been working on something big. An event for the music diehards like you… and us. We're making history again, and it's finally time to let you in on what we've been up to!
On Thursday, May 1st, NBC will air the first-ever iHeartRadio Music Awards -- an awards show where fans honor artists -- live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The iHeartRadio Music Awards will showcase the biggest artists and songs of the year and feature live performances, never-before-seen collaborations, celebrity guest appearances and live award presentations -- and the best part is the fans are in control of who wins! Real awards from the iHeartRadio Chart, determined by how many times you've thumbed up your favorite songs, created your own stations, used Shazam to discover music, and posted about your favorite artists on Facebook and Twitter.
Today's announcement also includes the introduction of the iHeartRadio Countdown, a new two-hour weekly program that highlights the top 20 songs on the iHeartRadio Chart. The new show will be co-hosted each week by a major artist and iHeartRadio's own Romeo on the Radio.
"What's unique about the iHeartRadio chart, Countdown and Awards is that all three are squarely focused on what the listener wants,"Â said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in a statement. Â "For the first time these three interconnected programs have shifted the power of how we measure an artist's success -- and in turn what's heard on the radio and celebrated with awards -- to the critically important listener." Â
The show will feature 13 different award categories across all genres of music, including Artist of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Country Song of the Year, EDM Song of the Year, Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year, Alt Rock Song of the Year, Best Lyrics, Best Collaboration and more. Each voting category initially features 10 nominees – listeners will then narrow down to five finalists during a four-week period, with the finalists to be announced during a one-hour special live event on March 26, 2014 at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. Fans will then vote over the next several weeks, to determine the winners in each category. Â
"With a reach of more than 240 million people every month, Clear Channel has an unparalleled ability to identify and track the biggest artists and songs in the country," said John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises for Clear Channel in a statement"The iHeartRadio Music Awards will be the first awards show in history to reflect America's favorite music, and which is truly powered by the people."
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The Saints lost their last regular season game to Blue Earth Area on Wednesday, Oct. 17 by a score of 48-8. For the regular season, SJA ended up with an 0-8 record.
It was a tall order for SJA in this game considering BEA was the second ranked Class 3A team in Minnesota.
For the game, the Saints were held to 163 yards of total offense against the BEA Bucs.
SJA found it especially tough running against the number two ranked team in the state. The Saints gained 33 yards on 28 rushes. BEA had 349 yards rushing on 30 attempts.
BEA was so dominant on the ground, that they threw only four passes, completing two of them for 15 yards. The Saints. Picked up 130 yards through the air. Sam Carlson was 5-18 with two interceptions. Walker Froehling was 3-6 with one interception.
Justin Henrich caught two passes for 63 yards for the Saints.
Zack Gleiter had the only TD for the Saints on a 14 yard run in the third quarter. Gleiter then caught the two point conversion.
BEA had a balanced scoring effort, as six different players had rushing TDs.
SJA picked up eight first downs - four on the ground and four through the air.
Luverne 30, Saints 0
Going winless in the regular season resulted in SJA being seeded eighth in Section 3AA. The Saints were matched against top seeded Luverne. The Cardinals were 7-1, as they lost their last game of the season to another unbeaten team, Marshall.
SJA traveled to Luverne on Tuesday night and fell to the Cardinals 30-0. Luverne scored all of their points in the first half and rested many of their starters in the second half.
The Saints had a hard time generating any offense. SJA had a negative 15 yards rushing on 27 attempts. Quarterback Sam Carlson was sacked several times and ended up with a negative 32 yards rushing. Isaac Carreon was the only Saint who got into double digits in the ground game and he had ten yards on six rushing attempts.
Carlson threw for 96 yards on a 10 of 23 passing effort. Walker Froehling was 1-6 with two interceptions for six yards.
Luverne ground out 234 yards on the ground. The Saints managed only seven first downs, with two of them coming be penalty.
While it was a tough season, it's hoped a new way of playing football and instilling a winning tradition was being developed this fall.
That included having more of the high school underclassmen scrimmage after school. They were learning the skills and the fundamentals necessary to compete at the varsity level in future years.
Building a winning program and tradition also requires establishing deep roots. That started this year with the new fifth and sixth grade team SJA fielded.
Page 2 of 2 - The success of this new football program was possible because of the efforts of volunteers like Keith Bloomquist who inspired the kids about playing football. Bloomquist taught these kids what it means to be a Saints football player.
Other fathers who helped the new program out included Dave Lenz, Matt Durheim, Rob Engelking, Mark Nielson, Mitch Doll, John Schmidt and it also required the help of all of the parents who got their boys to practice, and a team to play against like Cedar Mountain Morgan.
The goal of playing football in fifth and sixth grade is to keep all these boys excited about playing SJA Saints football in the future.
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You could sense that Jim Harbaugh was not amused by my question. And a little puzzled.
"You want to talk about drones?" asked the 49ers coach.
Yes. Specifically, I wanted to talk about drones and football.
"The only thing I know about drones," Harbaugh said, "is that I watch the television show '24' with Jack Bauer. Terrorists have the drones. And that's not good."
Well, no terrorists are expected to use drones in the NFL. But what about Bill Belichick?
If you've paid any attention to high tech news in the past year, then you know that drones are trending madly. The unmanned devices, which can be smaller than a microwave oven and fly or hover at very low altitudes, are the new go-to answer for everything. Police mount cameras on drones for surveillance. Amazon wants to equip them for product delivery. Last weekend, Oregon firefighters sent up drones to help identify trouble spots and plan attack strategy.
The world's safest bet, then, is that the NFL soon will be buying drones and finding ways to use them -- just because the NFL loves being on the cutting edge of high tech and often forges some sort of sponsorship agreement in the process.
If the 49ers and Raiders seek to go that route, they won't need to look far. The 3D Robotics group, which is pioneering the development of drones for civilian use, has a research-and-development facility in Berkeley. I spoke to one of the company's top executives, Colin Guinn, on the telephone.
"We sell drones all day, every day," Guinn confirmed, then warmed to the topic of how a football team might use them.
"The possibilities are many," Guinn said. "At practice, you could have the camera follow the coach around, or a player, above and behind him so everything he sees, the camera would see." Yeah, yeah, yeah. But what about something more juicy? Like, say, a drone with a video camera hovering just outside a closed fenced-in NFL practice to do some spying?
"You mean from another team?" Guinn said, then paused a beat to think. "Sure, they could do it. I don't know the ins and outs of all that. But yes, that could happen."
It might already have happened, for all we know. Did you see that recent World Cup report from Brazil? Police were asked to investigate when a drone device with a camera hovered for a while over the French team's training facility in Sao Paulo. The suspicion was, some opponent wanted to snoop on a practice.
"Apparently, drones are used more and more," said the France coach, Didier Deschamps, in a television interview. "It's very hard to fight these days."
Alas, it turns out that this particular drone was not espionage-related. A local soccer fan and hobbyist just wanted to have fun by checking out his favorite team.
Back at the 49ers' practice field, I told Harbaugh about the Brazil incident. And he finally grasped why I was raising the drones issue.
"We would not want them filming our practices," Harbaugh confirmed.
Except guess what? Right now, there's no specific NFL rule against it.
Harbaugh said he's never heard drones discussed at any league meeting. That's no shock. Laws and rules have failed to keep up with drone technology, in all parts of society.
What that means: For about a thousand bucks, any football team at the pro or college (or high school!) level could buy a small drone -- and then launch it for good or evil. And if you think "evil" is off the table, you must not be a football historian. Spying on other teams -- and being paranoid about it -- is an NFL tradition.
Hey, we all know about the Belichick "spygate" scandal that involved New England Patriots staff illicitly videotaping the New York Jets' sideline coaching signals. Back in the Raiders' Al Davis era, former Chargers coach Harland Svare once looked up at the ceiling light fixture in the Oakland Coliseum's visiting locker room and yelled: "Damn you, Al, I know you're up there!" Other NFL coaches have called the FAA to check out wing numbers of suspicious small planes that fly over their practices.
The fine folks at 3D Robotics, of course, are not marketing their drones as eavesdropping spy devices. Their retail targets are people who are high-tech-contraption enthusiasts, or amateur photographers, or businesses who use drones to be more efficient. Football could do that, too. At last week's minicamp, the 49ers' video cameramen were aloft in three bucket lifts on the edge of their practice fields. Why not replace them with drones for the best overhead angles?
"Uh, I'm OK with what we have now," Harbaugh said after pondering the matter deeply for about three seconds. "I think it doesn't need to be fixed."
More likely, said Guinn of the robotics company, NFL franchises will find other uses for drones -- as, say, security devices over tailgate parking lots. Television networks might also buy them.
"During a game telecast," Guinn said, "you could have live high-def camera shots from a drone instead of the Goodyear blimp."
That sounds cool, but far too innocent. I would still keep an eye on Belichick. Maybe with a drone.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Throughout the summer of 2012, GoIslanders.com will look back at the best moments and athletic performances from the 2011-12 school year.
Every Wednesday, we will bring you one of the top 10 individual performances, with Mondays bringing the year's top 10 moments. Be sure to keep tabs on GoIslanders.com throughout the summer to celebrate all the great moments.
Top Performance #3: Daniel Minor Throws 14 Strikeout Shutout Against UTSA
Daniel Minor saved his best game of his Islander career on the final day of the series against UTSA.
Minor fanned batter after batter as the UTSA Roadrunners stepped into the box on his way to tallying a career-high 14 punchouts and a complete-game shutout.
His performance led the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi baseball team to a 1-0 victory to clinch the Southland Conference series.
The Dripping Springs, Texas native went the distance, tossing 9.0 innings and giving up just four hits and one walk in addition to the 14 K's to improve to 3-1 on the year.
The 14 strikeouts were the most since 14 by Omar Gutierrez in 2008, also against UTSA, and were three short of the all-time Islanders record of 17 by Mike Garcia against Texas Southern in 2004.
Top Performances:
June 13 - #10: Ryann White Leads the Field Through First Round of Rio Verde Invite
June 20 - #9: Terence Jones Scores Career-High 33 in Islanders Win Over Texas State
June 27 - #8: Myles and Taylor Light It Up Against NW State
July 4 - #7: Gonzales' Fireworks Lead Islanders to Win at UHV
July 11 - #6: Mia Matuszak Seals Deal Against Texas State
July 18 - #5: Greta Cecchetti Scores Big Against SFA
July 25 - #4: Micah Nolan Posts School-Record 39 Digs Against Nicholls
August 1 - #3: Daniel Minor Throws 14 Strikeout Shutout Against UTSA
Top Moments:
June 18 - #10: Women's Basketball and Men's Basketball Sweep Turkey Tuesday Doubleheader
June 25 - #9: Krista Fenniak Knocks Home an Eagle from 110 yards at Southland Conference
July 2 - #8: Men's Tennis Wins Tight Match Over Cowboys in HEB Tournament
July 9 - #7: Softball Sweeps Doubleheader to Start Win Streak
July 16 - #6: Volleyball Makes Program History with Win over McNeese State
July 23 - #5: Dance Team Takes Title at ADTS Nationals
July 30 - #4: Hameed Ali Beats Buzzer to Clinch Road Game Over SHSU


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Grief is a collection of feelings that everyone experiences when there are losses in their lives. Grief is not the same as depression. It can come from any type of loss. The loss of a relationship can cause feelings of grief. Many people grieve when they realize that they have lost some of their physical abilities due to aging, injury or disease. Some may grieve over past friendships or even when they retire and lose their identity as a worker.
The most common cause for grief is the death of a spouse, child, parent, friend or pet. When someone very close to you dies it may initially feel as if you will never be happy again. You may experience many emotions including anger, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, helplessness and sadness. Sometimes people report feeling numb at first. All of these feelings are normal. You may even have good and bad days when you are grieving. It is normal to have times of laughter and happiness during the grieving process.
Sometimes grief can turn into depression or what is referred to as "complicated grief. " If grief turns into depression, the feelings of despair and emptiness become constant. Loss of motivation, hopelessness, fatigue, withdrawal, and difficulty concentrating are also signs of depression. People with complicated grief get stuck in the feelings and don't move on, deny the death, become preoccupied with the person who died, or avoid things related to the person.
Completing the grief process is important because it can help you to recognize and adapt to the reality of the loss and to live a healthy life without the person who died. There is no right way to grieve or a set time to complete it. All losses are unique and reflect the quality of the relationship with the deceased, the characteristics of the griever, prior experiences with loss, and the circumstances of the loss. A loss that occurs as a result of a prolonged illness will be different from the grief resulting from a sudden death. Grief from a sudden death may be more intense since there has been no opportunity to prepare for the loss. Grief resulting from the death of a child is different than that from death of a parent. Some people try to avoid the painful feelings of grief by keeping very busy and pretending that they are all right. Failure to address the feelings that come with the normal grieving process can prolong the grief process and possibly lead to depression later.
The grief process involves recalling a collection of memories and stories about the person that died. It may involve talking and writing about the good and bad memories about your time with the person. It is common to have regrets about things that you believe you should have said or done and you will need to let go of them. Grieving means allowing yourself to acknowledge, experience, and release the many feelings that occur when you lose someone.
Page 2 of 2 - Grief recovery can be defined as acceptance of the death of a loved one and return to your previous healthy level of functioning. A sign that you have completed the grief process may be the ability to increasingly choose happiness and smile when you remember the person. Just as an injured body gradually weaves itself back in a whole, death of a loved one tears at the spirit but grieving allows it to heal.
David Gannon, Ph.D., Psychological and Family Consultants, Canton, Ohio.
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Trainer Bob Baffert's horses are dying at unusual rate
ARCADIA Bob Baffert was in his regular place at Santa Anita Thursday morning, watching his horses exercise, work or gallop as he stood along the racetrack.
"I'll talk about Governor Charlie, but that's it," Baffert said of his colt that won the Sunland Derby to qualify for the Kentucky Derby and worked four furlongs Thursday.
Asked about the reports on the spike in sudden horse deaths in his barn, Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer who has won three Kentucky Derbies, said he had no comment.
Reports indicate Baffert has lost seven horses to sudden death – heart attacks or aneurysms -- in the last 16 months. The numbers reveal that Baffert trained four of the 19 horses that died in California of sudden death in 2011-12 and trained three of the 17 horses that have died under similar circumstances thus far in 2012-13, with the fiscal year ending June 30.
Meantime, the California Horse Racing Board's Bo Derek and the state's equine medical director, Dr. Rick Arthur, addressed the issue at the CHRB's meeting Thursday at Santa Anita. They both said the 17 racehorses that have died thus far of sudden death in this fiscal year that ends June 30 are about normal. The state averages about 20 sudden death cases in thoroughbreds a year, Derek said.
"The number of sudden deaths has not spiked in California," Derek said, and then she repeated it.
Arthur said the state, known for its comprehensive necropsy program at UC Davis for racing thoroughbreds, has completed necropsies on all the horses that have died in California thus far this year and in previous years. He said the investigations are over. He said he and others on the CHRB did not single Baffert out at Wednesday's Medication and Track Safety Committee meeting when the subject of sudden death in horses was addressed.
Arthur added that there "absolutely" was no spike in sudden deaths for racehorses in California.
"It is unusual for a trainer to have multiple sudden deaths in a short period of time, yes," Arthur said, without naming Baffert. "We followed the necropsies very carefully and there's very little that misses our attention. The work has been done."
Dr. Francisco Uzal of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System in San Bernardino told the CHRB's committee meeting Wednesday that his lab has been unable to find the cause of the sudden deaths in any of the horses. He said the necropsies mostly showed signs of acute respiratory distress.
"We have done extensive toxicological studies," Uzal said at the meeting. "We have done all sorts of things – pathology and histology. We don't know what's going on."
The reports were a hot topic at Clocker's Corner at Santa Anita early Thursday.
"I think it's a lot of hogwash," said Madeline Auerbach, a member of the Jockey Club, horse owner and founder of CARMA, an organization that raises money to place and care for retired racehorses. "I think it's a lot of jealousy. It was started by people with small minds and a lot of jealousy. I think the people in the Baffert barn are more concerned about it because they want to know what caused these deaths more than anyone.
"All I know is they have a lot of horses and it's hard to compare a trainer with a five- or six-horse barn and someone who has over 140 horses. We know he has good stock. They spend a lot of money on them, and for anybody to believe that he would intentionally do anything to compromise those horses, they're out of their mind."
Jim Cassidy, president of the California Thoroughbred Trainers, said in over 30 years as a trainer he has only lost one horse to sudden death, and that was after the horse had surgery.
"It makes us all look like a bunch of idiots around here," Cassidy said of the recent reports. "When I hear from the (CHRB's Medication and Track Safety) meeting yesterday that they had everything under control, how can they possibly have everything under control if you have seven or eight horses die like that in one barn."
Richard Mandella, a fellow Hall of Fame trainer like Baffert, said he was just learning the news on Baffert's horses.
"Heart attacks are not common place," Mandella said. "It's a rare thing, and I'm sure no one is trying to give these horses heart attacks. I had a horse have one about 15 years ago, and one more before that, maybe."
Mandella was concerned about traces of rat poison being found in two of the deceased horses, including one of them, reportedly, from Baffert's barn. Dr. Uzal said there were no findings to indicate the rat poison caused the deaths.


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NH Supreme Court hears Portsmouth Hospital ownership case
CONCORD - Both sides in the dispute over ownership rights to Portsmouth Regional Hospital made their cases Thursday to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
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Coos County surprised by Medicaid windfall
BERLIN - Coos County has received $2.77 million in Medicaid supplemental payments, formally known as Proportionate Share Payments - more than twice what the county had included in its 2013 budget.
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10-Day Festival Slated for Holiday Debut
MILWAUKEE, WI, Aug. 10, 2011 – Ice skating, snow globes and Holiday carolers may seem to be months and miles away, but that hasn't stopped civic leaders and community organizations from extending Milwaukee's reputation as the City of Festivals.
Plans were announced today for Milwaukee's Winter Fest, a 10-day festival at the Delta Center, to be held Dec. 21-31, 2011. The event will feature a broad variety of games, rides and indoor activities revolving around winter and the Holiday season.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett joined event organizers from the Wisconsin Center District, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism and Visit Milwaukee to provide details on the event's attractions and community appeal. In addition, several Winter Fest sponsors were on hand to celebrate the news.
Mayor Barrett said, "We're a community of festivals and family activity. This event adds to that flavor. It's a welcome continuation of Holiday schedules."
Dick Geyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wisconsin Center District, hosts for Winter Fest, said the event would be characterized by three key ingredients.
"First, it is primarily a family festival, providing special opportunities for families to enjoy the Holiday season. There will be events, contests and activities for everyone.
"Second, major events, activities and attractions will be scheduled throughout the course of the day. Select evenings will be devoted to concerts, movies and a New Year's Eve celebration.
"And third, while everything will revolve around winter, Winter Fest will occur indoors, including events normally reserved for the outdoors," Geyer said.
Centerpiece for the festival will be the Winter Wonderland rink, a spacious indoor synthetic ice rink that will be open for public skating throughout the course of Winter Fest. "We've taken the ice out of ice skating and created a rink with the fascinations of winter without the frustrations of the cold," Geyer explained.
Winter Fest will also feature a Snowy Mountain movie theatre where Holiday classic films, such as It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and others will be shown.
As with all Milwaukee festivals, music will play a central role with daytime entertainment on the Adirondack Mountain Stage including holiday choirs, ethnic dance groups and performances featuring magicians and comedians.
Evening performances will feature Strummerfest, a Mission River Band Concert on Dec. 22, benefiting Guitars for Vets, and a Winter Jam Concert with Night Storm on Dec. 29. At Strummerfest, 1001 guitar players will belt out a Bob Dylan tune in an attempt to break the American World Record.
"We want guitar players to unite, perform and become a part of history," said Frank Gimbel, Chairman of the Wisconsin Center District. He added another world record attempt will occur on Dec. 21st, the Read It To Beat It Guinness World Record attempt, when as many as 6,000 school-aged children will gather to break a reading record, the most children reading together led by an adult.
Winter Fest will conclude with a bang featuring Radio Disney's Family Fun program beginning at 7:15 p.m. and concluding at 12:15 a.m. on New Year's Eve.
"We're putting together a program with events and activities to make the Holiday season memorable and to get 2012 off to a rousing start. The entire festival is designed to make Milwaukee a place to come to, enjoy and remember. We look forward to making it part of families' Holiday traditions," Gimbel said.
Dave Fantle, Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, expressed appreciation for the new festival. "The new Winter Fest will be a draw for families and travelers throughout the Midwest. Not only will this event be fun for our community and tourists, but it will be good for the local economy," he said.
Paul Upchurch, president and CEO of VISIT Milwaukee, added, "Milwaukee's spectacular line-up of family-friendly festivals welcomes Winterfest to its ranks. An annual winter festival will make Milwaukee a destination for family fun over the holiday season and also tie in to the wonderland of Holiday Lights displays in downtown parks."
Jean Lynch, Director of Procurement, Professional Events & Consulting, coordinators of the event, said that local corporations and organizations, including the United Way, Brewers Community Foundation, Frontier Airlines, Brady Corporation, and professional spots teams have committed to serve as Winter Fest sponsors.
Other sponsors are being recruited. Details on sponsorships can be obtained by visiting www.milwaukeewinterfest.com or calling 414-376-6518.


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Plymouth State University recently held a reception in Concord to honor New Hampshire Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, known as NHASCD, for its national selection as ASCD's winner of the 2013 Affiliate Excellence Award.
At its annual conference in Chicago, ASCD recognized New Hampshire ASCD for its professional learning programs and conferences, its publications, and its overall services to support the 950 teacher and leader NHASCD members in promoting New Hampshire's schools and classrooms.
At the reception, Plymouth State University's President Dr. Sara Jayne Steen thanked NHASCD Executive Director Dr. Susan Copley of Peterborough, NHASCD President William Carozza, and the entire NHASCD Board for its support of Plymouth State's student chapter.


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A mother in Tampa put her 15-year-old son on a street corner wearing a sign that read "GPA 1.22...Honk if I need education." Apparently she tried everything to get the kid to get his grades up but nothing worked and shame, she realized, is a very powerful motivator. Maybe we should make this lady Secretary of Education or something.
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2012: Earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 as well as honorable mention Academic All-Pac-12 ... named a team captain prior to the start of the season ... started every game at linebacker ... started at linebacker vs. San Diego State, finishing with six tackles ... also had six tackles in start at LSU ... had six tackles, one for a loss, in the Huskies' win over PSU ... had six tackles, including an 11-yard sack, in the Huskies' win over No. 8 Stanford ... four tackles at Oregon ... five stops vs. USC ... six tackles at Arizona ... made six tackles and recorded an interception in the win over No. 7 Oregon State ... seven stops and a forced fumble in the victory at California ... nine tackles as well as a 13-yard interception return in the win over Utah ... four tackles in the win at Colorado ... notched 11 tackles at Washington State ... career-best 15 tackles, including one-and-a-half for a loss and a sack, vs. Boise State in Las Vegas.
2011: Played in 12 of 13 games, starting eight at one outside linebacker spot ... missed the Utah game due to an injury suffered vs. Cal ... season-high eight tackles, including one for a loss, and a forced fumble vs. Oregon ... matched that season-high with eight tackles, plus a fumble recovery, in the Alamo Bowl ... seven tackles, two for a loss, plus a forced fumble at Oregon State ... five tackles each in the wins over Cal, Arizona and Washington State ... four tackles at USC and three at Nebraska ... delayed enrollment while recovering from injury ... enrolled for the winter quarter of 2011 (Jan., 2011) and participated in spring football.
HIGH SCHOOL: Saw senior season cut short with an injury early in the second game of the year ... as a junior, was named the Moore League's player of the year as a quarterback ... passed for 1,395 yards and rushed for 642 in 2008 ... also accounted for a total of 20 touchdowns as a junior ... also an outstanding safety, punter and kicker for the Panthers ... a teammate of fellow Husky Princeton Fuimaono at Jordan ... received votes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram's "Best in the West" poll ... listed as the No. 61 safety prospect in the country by scout.com ... rated the No. 69 "athlete" in the nation and the No. 72 recruit in California by rivals.com ... a PrepStar all-region selection ... played under coach Scott Meyer.


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Edward Dwight Kilby, beloved family man and Northern California business leader, died on October 30, 2012 during one of the Montana hunting trips he made almost every year since his teens. He was 81.
Ed Kilby was born in Huron, South Dakota to Charles and Jeannette Kilby. During the Great Depression, the young Kilby family returned to California. After a time in Colusa they settled in Live Oak, where Ed Kilby attended public schools from kindergarten through his graduation in 1949. By this time, Charles Kilby had bought and begun to farm the ground on West Evans Reimer Road in south Gridley that Ed was still working with the fullest devotion at the time of his passing. After serving his country in the U.S. Coast Guard, Ed Kilby entered Yuba College to study engineering. It was there that his head was turned by Donna Lou Schmutzler, of Hammonton, who Kilby would take as his bride in October of 1955.
After earning an Associate's degree, Ed and Donna Kilby settled in Marysville and he began work for the California Division of Highways. While a career and a family were beginning for Kilby, he remained involved in his father's farming operation in Gridley. Everyone who ever worked with or for Ed Kilby knew that he was a designer, builder, and worker of the first order who could put in hours that would wear out lesser men. His signature contribution to orchard farming throughout the world, however, would come in the late 1950s because (as he told the Gridley Herald in 2000) he was "…too lazy…" to hand-pick prunes for his father, Charles, so he "…came up with building a shaker" because he "…needed to make enough money to go to Montana hunting again."
Ed Kilby's devotion to efficiency inspired production of what would come to be known as the world's finest mechanical harvesters and carriers of fruit and nut crops. "1960" is scrawled in the concrete floor of what was the paint shop and later the parts department of Kilby Manufacturing, and Kilby could be seen there and throughout the facility guiding work at his company until his retirement in 2011. Along with manufacture, sale, and service of equipment, Kilby's own fleet of custom harvesting equipment has harvested as many as 8,000 acres of pistachios in central and southern California in a single year. Products from throughout the Kilby line are still at work on several continents and about 1/3 of American states, and anyone driving the roads of Butte, Sutter, Yuba, or Glenn counties this summer and fall is likely to have seen several. Upon seeing one of these harvesters or bin carriers, one might consider the vastly increased acreage in orchard crops under production, compared with a half-century ago, because of the work that Kilby equipment can do. The list of innovators who have done more than Ed Kilby for Northern California's farm economy is short.
Page 2 of 3 - Just as the desire to invent came from the pursuit of a favorite pastime in Montana, the desire to build a great company came in part from Ed Kilby's desire to give his family and himself chances to enjoy the great beauty and action that life offers. He was an avid and skilled pilot. Anyone who flew with him saw he was as comfortable behind the stick of his plane as behind the wheel of his motor home or one of the many machines he used to tear through snow. Ed loved cutting through it, whether on skis, a snowmobile, or one of the several enclosed, multi-passenger "Snow Cats" that he designed and built. Kilby's family shared the love of mountains and snow with him, and this love led to the choice of Lake Almanor West as the family's weekend and wintertime retreat. Longing to be outdoors to hunt, fish, and go fast through snow were so central to who Ed Kilby was that it seems insufficient to use a word like "hobby" to describe those pursuits. Ed Kilby got to see the world because he was an adventurer and a success at business, but all who knew him know that three pieces of his heart were always in Montana, Chester, and Gridley. Long after the bulk of our sadness has receded, we'll smile when we remember that Ed was on his last hunting adventure in Montana when he left us.
No one could lead and live as generously as Ed Kilby without earning admiration and accolades. He was a proud supporter of community projects and Gridley High School athletics. He was added to Live Oak High School's Wall of Fame in 2005 and honored as a Sunsweet Grower of the Year. He served as President of the Rotary Club in Gridley as well as opened his home to three Rotary Club exchange students. Probably the outpouring of affection Ed Kilby would recount most fondly was at the Yuba City Bonanza Inn in 2005, where an overflow crowd of friends and family from around the country gathered to celebrate Ed and Donna's fiftieth wedding anniversary. Those who were there, down to the very last, would say that only a man of great productivity and generosity could attract such a gesture of love. He cared deeply about being a husband, father and grandfather.
Edward Dwight Kilby is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Jeannette Kilby; and two brothers, Lowell Kilby and Stanley Kilby.
Ed Kilby is survived by Donna, his wife of 57 years; a sister and brother-in-law, Charlene and Ross Oakman; three daughters and two sons-in-law: Suzanne and Dwayne Robinson, Patricia Kilby, and Katy and John Mitchell; four grandchildren and two spouses: Andrew and Jamie Robinson, Lisa and Michael Lopez, Audrey Mitchell, and Emily Mitchell; and four great-grandchildren: Kyler, Jace, Emory, and Gavon Robinson.
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The service will be held on Monday, November 12, at 11 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Reception following at the Gridley Moose Lodge.
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Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win.
Jeff Bezos
Source: Amazon CEO takes long view: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-07-05-amazon-bezos_x.htm
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The zero-sum game: that's the way it is if you're a competitive person and you see capitalism in that way. Zero-sum game implies winners and losers which I don't agree with. Somebody has to win and somebody has to lose, it all comes back to zero (minus eight, plus eight). But I don't agree with that because all boats can rise on a rising sea. Good films can help other films to be open. There's a different psychology at work. If you're overly competitive, you'll be exclusionary and say it's a zero-sum game (I must get eight and he must lose eight). Gekko simplifies it down to a painting. He says he bought this painting or this building for X and he sold it for Y and he made that profit and he assumes that somebody else got beat, but that's not necessarily true. You don't always lose.
Oliver Stone
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I'll admit it. I was against Taylor County building its own jail.
But here we are, preparing for the opening of the 200-plus bed detention center to house our - and hopefully other counties' - prisoners.
When discussions began about the possibility of building a new jail to go along with the state-funded judicial center, I was immediately reluctant.
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- Apr 8:
- Letter from the family of Elizabeth Butler
- Letter from the family of Sergeant Loran "Butch" Baker
- Mar 13:
- Panetta: Military 'ought to be transparent' on record of man who killed Santa Cruz police officers
- Mar 7:
- Motorcade, memorial for fallen Santa Cruz officers felt like a reunion
- Thousands mourn, celebrate slain Santa Cruz police officers
- Leon Panetta: Military 'looked the other way' in case of Jeremy Goulet, and Santa Cruz officers paid the price
- Santa Cruz police officers' funeral: Thousands pack service at HP Pavilion
- Live blog recap: Slain Santa Cruz police officers' funeral service
- Huge turnout, long procession expected for Santa Cruz officers' memorial in San Jose
- Mar 6:
- Mercury News editorial: Santa Cruz officers' deaths are an unspeakable tragedy
- Mar 5:
- Man who allegedly stole flowers from fallen officers memorial appears in Santa Cruz courtroom
- Mar 1:
- Why did Santa Cruz shooter, with so sketchy a background, have registered handguns?
- Feb 28:
- Court martial of Jeremy Goulet following alleged rapes in Hawaii was dropped
- Feb 27:
- Santa Cruz officer slain was mother of two served 'the community in the best way '
- Santa Cruz fallen officer: Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker always wore shorts -- and a big smile
- In confronting suspect Jeremy Goulet, Santa Cruz police officers found a troubling history
- Santa Cruz sheriff: Killer shot two plainclothes officers at his doorstep
- Raw Video: Witness videotapes Santa Cruz shootout between cops, gunman
- From the archives: Santa Cruz Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker has hands full patrolling main downtown drag
- Feb 26:
- Live blog: Two Santa Cruz police officers and suspect dead after shootout
- Two Santa Cruz police officers, suspect shot and killed
SANTA CRUZ -- Ronnie Boose stood on the North Branciforte Avenue sidewalk Wednesday morning, taking in the scene where an unspeakable tragedy had occurred just hours before and paying his respects to the two police officers who had been gunned down in this quiet neighborhood.
"I'm just trying to sort it all out in my mind," said Boose, 44. "What the heck is going on in my city? In less than 30 days, crazy things have suddenly come down. It's horrible."
Heartbroken residents of this eclectic beach town are coming to grips not only with Tuesday's shootings that resulted in first-ever deaths of Police Department officers in the line of duty, but other recent headline-grabbing crimes that have shaken the community.
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Santa Cruz, better known as the welcoming tourist-and-college town with great surfing and a hippy vibe, has became national news for far different reasons.
Detective Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker, a 28-year veteran who was near retirement, and Detective Elizabeth Butler, a mother of two young boys, were fatally shot by Jeremy Goulet when they went to his home to question him about inappropriate sexual advances toward a coffee shop co-worker. When Goulet was killed exchanging a barrage of gunfire with other law enforcement officers about 25 minutes later on nearby Doyle Street, he was wearing body armor and possessed three handguns -- including two belonging to the dead detectives.
This, stunned residents say, is not who we are. But a recent spate of violence that includes high-profile cases of murder, rape and home invasion has this usually mellow coastal city of 60,000 on edge, said resident Maria Boutell.
"You always say that some things couldn't happen here," added Boutell, 45, who heard the gunshots that killed Goulet from her kitchen. "After yesterday, none of us can ever say that again. I don't want Santa Cruz to be known as that sleepy little town that also has this terrible violence problem."
As curious onlookers gazed at the area of the final shootout -- a townhouse complex parking lot where bullet holes riddled wooden garage doors and masonry -- some told harrowing stories that were straight out of a Hollywood movie.
Ken Maffie, 53, was in front of a Whole Foods across the street when gunfire erupted. He instinctively dropped to the pavement and crawled behind parked cars to the protection of a pillar.
"It was pretty scary because you couldn't tell where the shooting was coming from," Maffie said. "I kept yelling to people, 'Get low! Get low!'"
Doyle Street resident Jesse Lemic shook as he described being questioned by Baker and Butler on Tuesday afternoon. Lemic had been walking in the alley where Goulet lived, and they wanted to make sure he wasn't "Jeremy."
"They were very professional and seemed like nice, decent people," said Lemic, 65. "They were insistent, but they were just doing their job. The male cop shook my hand and said he hoped I understood why they had to be so insistent." He paused. "I probably was the last one to see them."
At a somber news conference Wednesday, Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary Bryant said the city shared "in the frustration, the anger, the concern, the grief." Police Chief Kevin Vogel added there was no way he could adequately describe the anguish felt by his department, which has an allotted number of 94 officers but is even smaller because of vacancies.
The department was given the day off Wednesday as the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol guarded the city.
Meanwhile, residents were soul-searching as they looked for reasons to explain the city's violent turn. Voters in recent elections have favored moderates advocating law-and-order agendas, and statistically violent crime is down. But that has been no comfort this month.
A local martial arts instructor was fatally shot outside a downtown bar on Feb. 9. Two days later, a 21-year-old UC Santa Cruz student was robbed of her backpack and shot in the head while waiting at a bus stop near Natural Bridges State Park. The small-caliber bullet didn't penetrate her skull, and she since has been released from the hospital.
The sprawling, heavily treed UC Santa Cruz campus has been on alert since a woman was beaten and raped along a walkway on Feb. 17 in the middle of Sunday afternoon. Three days later, a Santa Cruz couple -- who were at home with their two young daughters -- awoke in the early morning hours and fought off two would-be burglars who were armed with a sword and screwdriver.
"It's all been very unnerving," said Ryan Coonerty, 38, a former mayor and councilman and now a UC Santa Cruz lecturer. "The frustrating thing for me is that, more often than not, the crimes are committed by someone who just moved to Santa Cruz. We love having people come here, but recently some of have come to the community to do tremendous damage."
Goulet was convicted in Oregon in 2008 on weapons charges and of peeping at a woman while she showered. He also had lived in Berkeley and had been fired from his coffee house job after being arrested Friday on a drunken disorderly charge. Goulet's father told The Associated Press that his son, who had served in the military, was a ticking time bomb who had contempt for police and the justice system.
Other residents, though, said Santa Cruz has other, deep-rooted problems that result from its long-standing image as being lax toward things like vagrancy and drug use.
"There is an element that considers Santa Cruz a sanctuary city, where we're pretty lenient," said Boose, a member of the advocacy group Take Back Santa Cruz. "They hand out needles. Drug crimes are rarely punished. But there's a fine line between compassionate and too lenient. We have some issues that just haven't been dealt with."
On Wednesday, Santa Cruz was confronting its collective pain.
"This community has dealt with other horrific crimes," Coonerty said. "We dealt with the '89 earthquake. But this is a very big deal. I don't know if Santa Cruz will ever be the same."
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Trey Anastasio Band,
Wednesday, 06/19/2002
Studio 8H, NBC Studios, New York, NY
Set 1: Alive Again, Push On 'Til the Day, Money, Love and Change
Notes: This in-studio performance was a taping for Last Call with Carson Daly; the show first aired on June 24, 2002. "Alive Again" was played in it's entirety; a small portion of "Push On 'Til the Day" was played as they cut to commercial break, and they played the intro to "Money, Love and Change" as the ending show credits rolled.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Dave Grippo, Russell Remington, Peter Apfelbaum, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Ray Paczkowski, Cyro Baptista, Andy Moroz


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Guests Can Get Their Coffee Fix with New 16 Handles Flavor [1]
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Frozen-yogurt brand 16 Handles announced the release of its newest flavor: Mocha Java Chip.
A proprietary new addition, Mocha Java Chip pairs a dark chocolate taste with fresh, micro-ground coffee beans for a refreshing pick me up.
As with all 16 Handles' flavors, Mocha Java Chip is Kosher certified and carries The National Yogurt Association's seal of approval. It is available in all 16 Handles' locations.
"The word decadent best sums up our new Mocha Java Chip," says Solomon Choi, 16 Handles' founder and CEO. "The new flavor is reminiscent of frozen cappuccino with premium dark chocolate notes and real, micro-coffee grinds. For those who love iced coffee, this will be your new better-for-you treat."
16 Handles features 16 rotating "handles" of frozen yogurt, along with a toppings bar that includes fresh, hand-cut fruit, nuts, candies, cakes, sauces, and other chef-inspired toppings.
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The North Face Impulse 1/4 Zip Women's Hoodie
Technical, lightweight, go-to layering hoodie for cool weather runs, this performance hood is designed with elastane fabric for easy arm turnover with mesh panels at side and under arms for breathability where you need it most. Interior cuffs/mitts let your hands retreat into coziness in cold weather. Body-mapped design provides increased comfort and temperature regulation.


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- Dec 24:
- Grading the 49ers' victory over the Atlanta Falcons
- 30 arrested at 49ers' last Candlestick game; some seats stolen
- Dec 23:
- Kawakami: NaVorro Bowman provides another memorable moment for Candlestick
- Purdy: 49ers give Candlestick a dandy farewell
- Thompson: NaVorro Bowman's interception return for touchdown adds to 49ers' Candlestick lore
- Former 49ers and fans relive the memories in Candlestick finale
- 49ers close out Candlestick with victory
- 49ers' Brock does more than 'make a play'
- 49ers' Mario Manningham out for Candlestick finale
- 49ers hoping to leave Candlestick Park on a winning note against Falcons
SAN FRANCISCO -- The best play of NaVorro Bowman's career just might go down as the one of the best in Candlestick Park history.
The linebacker's 89-yard interception return for a touchdown with 1:10 left secured San Francisco's 34-24 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Candlestick's regular-season finale Monday night and provided one final iconic moment for the venerable old stadium, home to the 49ers since 1971.
"Somebody just mentioned to me they're going to have to redo the top 10 plays at Candlestick," Bowman said. "I'll take it."
For coach Jim Harbaugh, the play shoots right to the top of his list of plays he's experienced.
"That was one of the greatest plays I've ever seen," Harbaugh said. "I don't think I've ever been involved in a football game where something that good happened."
The 49ers were on the verge of letting a 10-point fourth-quarter lead slip away after Atlanta scored with 2:09 to play and followed by recovering an onside kick at the 49ers' 30-yard line -- placing them in game-tying field goal range. The onside kick squirted right under the hands of Bowman.
The Falcons moved down to the 10-yard line and were in position to deliver a crushing blow to the 49ers' playoff hopes and spoil Candlestick's farewell. San Francisco dialed up an all-out blitz that was supposed to include Bowman. But he had other ideas.
"I aborted my blitz and read the quarterback," Bowman said.
Rookie safety Eric Reid hammered Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan as he threw, and Tramaine Brock knocked the ball out of the hands of Falcons receiver Harry Douglas. The ball squirted up in the air, and Bowman snatched it and raced down the sideline with Harbaugh and company going nuts alongside him.
"It's my best play yet," Bowman said.
It was perfect atonement for the failure on the onside kick.
"He made up for what happened before that," wide receiver Michael Crabtree said.
Bowman said he gained a new appreciation for what it takes to be on the hands team, while Harbaugh had already let that bad memory slip out of his mind.
"Whatever," Harbaugh. "I've got no fingers to point right now. I'm as happy as I could be."
Bowman credited linebackers coach Jim Leavitt with getting his mind right after the onside kick.
"My coach just said, 'Let it go. Move on to the next play. We still have a shot to win' " Bowman said of Leavitt. "That really got me through it."
Of all the iconic players to play for the 49ers, did Bowman ever imagine he would score the final touchdown at Candlestick?
"Not at all," he said. "It feels good. I can't lie and say it don't."


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The 3-day-old, 22,300-acre Sunnyside Turnoff Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation has slowed in spread, as containment reached 20 percent and some evacuees were allowed to return home. The fire reached the lower Deschutes River, prompting closure of a 39-mile stretch to rafters - but only for the day.
The blaze's new InciWeb page said the fire had a more precise infrared-flight mapping early Tuesday, at 22,320 acres, and was 20 percent contained.
Night operations made good progress prepping control lines and using burnouts to contain the fire on the east flank, they said. Tuesday's plan was to keep building and securing line and to try to keep the fire west of the Deschutes River -- but prepare for contingencies, if it crosses the river.
Residents have been allowed to return to the Kah-Nee-ta Resort and Charley Canyon areas, but they remain closed to the public, officials said. All other Warm Springs businesses remain open to visitors.
While the Charley Canyon area and the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort hamlet, where workers live, remained evacuated, fire spokesman Clay Penhollow said residents of the Wolfe Point area were allowed to return home.
Meanwhile, the Prineville BLM said Tuesday morning it was closing a nearly 30-mile stretch of the Lower Deschutes River as a precaution, as the fire had burned down to the river and has the potential to jump it, putting rafters in danger.
But the river segment was reopened at 6 p.m. Tuesday to rafting and camping, though officials warned visitors to be aware of and avoid spots where helicopters dip buckets in the river to fight the blaze.
Lisa Clark of the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville said rafters also should be careful hiking or camping in areas that recently burned, as there could be hot spots, root-holes, rolling rocks or other hazards.
If conditions change and the fire approaches the river, BLM could implement another emergency closure, Clark said.
The closure came at high season for rafters on the popular whitewater river.
Spreading smoke from the Warm Springs fire (and the one in northern Klamath County) also was starting to obscure the mountain views and put noticeable smoke in the air over much of the High Desert.
As of Tuesday evening, three DEQ Air Quality Index measurement stations at Bend, Madras and Prineville were reporting smoke in the "moderate" category.
'Aggressive firefighting' in early days commended
Monday night, the Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team No. 4 took over management of the fire.
In its first news release, officials said there were 329 firefighters on the blaze, located 3-5 miles north of Warm Springs, and Highway 3 remained closed to public travel south from Simnasho and north of Highway26 out of Warm Springs.
Incident Commander Brian Watts commended the initial and extended attack resources for their safe and hard work, with their "aggressive firefighting:" efforts successful in protecting Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and homes throughout the fires; path.
The fire lies south of the Mutton Mountains, east of Highway 26, northeast of Upper Dry Creek Road and north and west of the Deschutes River.
The fire has now raced across nearly 35 square miles, based on the more precise mapping. It's believed to be human-caused, but the specific cause remains under investigation.
The fire forced more evacuations and threatened Kah-Nee-Ta Resort Sunday night, but the resort was spared damage.
The Northwest Coordination Center said one old uninhabited homestead in Charley Canyon has burned. It was used as an outbuilding.
The fire's fast spread Sunday forced mandatory evacuations of the Charley Canyon and Wolfe Point subdivisions, about 40 homes and 120 people.
Meanwhile, the roughly 200 people who were evacuated from other areas Saturday were allowed to return to their homes Sunday.
Kah-Nee-Ta also offered thanks on its Facebook page to the firefighters who protected the resort property in another sweltering day of 102-degree temperatures, also noting there have been no injuries or structures lost.
The Indian Head Casino, closed due to a power outage across the reservation early Sunday, reopened Sunday night, according to its Facebook announcement.
The Sunnyside Turnoff Fire, which started Saturday morning, raced across 10,000 acres of rangeland Saturday, forcing evacuations and road closures. It kicked up again in Sunday afternoon's heat.
Late Sunday afternoon, the fire escaped the line on the north side. Shortly before 4:30 p.m., a Level 3 mandatory evacuation notice was issued for about 40 homes and 120 people in the Charley Canyon and Wolfe Point subdivisions, Wilson.
It was a second day of evacuations and road closures as the return of afternoon heat and wind pushed the flames across the Warm Springs River to the north and also threatened Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, which was evacuated overnight.
One of the structural protection task forces, made up of firefighters called in from over a wide area, was in place at the resort village, threatened by approaching flames on the west and east flanks, said Assistant Fire Management Officer William Wilson.


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United States Mint Opens Sales for Final 2012 Numismatic Products Featuring First Spouse Gold Coins and Bronze Medals
WASHINGTON -The United States Mint will accept orders for three products featured in the First Spouse Gold Coin Program beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on December 20, 2012.
2012 First Spouse Gold Coin Series -- Frances Cleveland (second term), Proof (product code PK5), and Uncirculated (product code PK6)
The coin's obverse (heads side) features a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland and the inscriptions FRANCES CLEVELAND, IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, 2012, 24th, and 1893-1897. The reverse (tails side) of the 24-karat gold coin depicts an event emblematic of her popularity with the public. Inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $10, ½ OZ. and .9999 FINE GOLD. Maximum mintage is set at 13,000 across both product options. Customer demand will determine the ratio of proof coins to uncirculated coins produced within the total maximum issuance of 13,000. Pricing will be based on the United States Mint's pricing structure for gold coins, available at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog.
2012 United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin and First Spouse Medal SetTM - Grover Cleveland (second term, product code XQ6)
The set includes an uncirculated quality Grover Cleveland Presidential $1 Coin (second term) and a bronze medal bearing likenesses of the designs that appear on the First Spouse Gold Coin (second term) struck in Frances Cleveland's honor. The coin and medal are encased in a durable plastic card that is enhanced with beautiful representations of the portraits of the President and first lady, with issuance information on the back. The set is priced at $9.95.
2012 First Spouse Bronze Medal Series: Four-Medal Set - (product code X84)
The set includes one each of the four bronze medals bearing the likenesses of the designs that appear on the First Spouse Gold Coins honoring Alice Paul and the Suffrage Movement, Frances Cleveland (first and second terms), and Caroline Harrison. The set is priced at $16.95.
The United States Mint accepts orders at its online catalog, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). Customers should add $4.95 to all domestic orders for shipping and handling costs.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792. This year marks the bureau's 220th anniversary. The United States Mint is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The bureau also produces numismatic products, including proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time of December 20, 2012, at noon ET, shall not be deemed accepted by the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175.
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