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Mike Bozzuto tied a season-high with 33 points to lead as Wolcott qualified for the state tournament for the second straight season with a 78-62 win over Torrington on Friday in NVL action in in Wolcott.
Nick Japs added 21 points and Matt Cyr recorded 10 rebounds and six blocks for the Eagles (8-5) and Christian Parafati chipped in with 15 points, six rebounds and six assists.
David Canny had 25 points for Torrington (7-7) and Jimmy Moran added 11.
St. Paul 78, Holy Cross 75: Brendan Carroll scored 12 of his 16 points in the two overtimes to lead the Falcons in Waterbury.
St. Paul's Kyle Dube (22 points) hit two free throws in the closing seconds of the first overtime to tie the score at 65-65 and force a second OT.
Tyler Jones had 13 points.
Nick Warren had team-high 20 points for the Crusaders (4-10) and Matt Cammett added 13.
Ethen Mester chipped in with eight.
Naugatuck 69, Derby 44: Mick Pernell scored 19 points for the visiting Greyhounds in NVL play.
Jarome Love added 11 points while Matthew Bradley and Brandon Kuczenski each finished with 10 for Naugatuck (7-7).
Ferris Korenic had 18 points with 14 rebounds while Eric Hicks added eight points for Derby (1-12).
Sacred Heart 43, Ansonia 37: Malik Petteway had 22 points for the visiting Hearts in NVL action.
Vincent Lombardi added six points Sacred Heart (5-7).
Vinny Constantino and Tyron Black scored 10 points each for the Chargers (4-8).
Cheshire 50, Amity 43: Eric Dietrich scored 20 points to lead the Rams in Cheshire. Collin Jordan added eight points for Cheshire (8-4) and Tyler Post and Erik Pettit each had seven.
Terryville 47, Wamogo 35: Tyler Trillo and Jacob Johnson scored 13 points apiece for visiting Terryville in BL action.
Shea Tracy added 10 points for the Kangaroos (11-2).
Nick Nemergut scored 16 points for the Warriors (6-6) and Mark Davis added 12.
Thomaston 74, Litchfield 30: Alex Gagne scored 26 points for the host Bears in BL play.
Drew Gagne added 16 points while Brian Sousa, Jack Kelley, Brian Butkevicius, Andrew Stern and Mike Milius finished with six points apiece for Thomaston (6-7).
Darrin Newbury had 10 points and Steven Rinquist nine for Litchfield (3-10).
Nonnewaug 59, Lewis Mills 39: Ben Timme scored 22 points for the host Chiefs in BL play.
Greg Porcelli added 18 points for Nonnewaug (9-4), ande Dylan Martland added nine.
Dan Kryzanski had 12 points for the Spartans (3-10) and Alex Daigle added 11.
Shepaug 62, Housatonic 40: Lucas Guliano scored 18 points for the host Spartans in BL action.
Peyton Kay added 12 points while Dylan McAward and Spencer Ylagan both had 10 for Shepaug (3-10).
Jeremy Stiewing had 20 points for Housatonic (0-13).
Kaynor Tech 70, Goodwn Tech 54: Tre-Kel Douglas scored 29 points with 13 rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Panthers in New Britain.
Terrance Thompson added 22 points for Kaynor (13-1) and Tre'Von Gibbs recorded 13 rebounds with four blocked shots. Rayon Thompson had seven rebounds, eight assists and six steals for the Panthers.
Weston 50, Pomperaug 46: Charlie DiPasquale knocked in 21 points to lead Weston over Pomperaug in SWC action.
Asher Lee-Tyson sank a free throw to give the Trojans (6-5) the final margin of a back-and-forth game with under 10 seconds remaining in the fourth. Lee-Tyson finished with nine points.
Nathan Rubinstein led the Panthers (4-8) with 14 points, while Lucien Fortier added 12 points, 16 rebounds and five assists.
Nico Rosa chipped in with two points and 10 rebounds.
Taft 82, Canterbury 76: Quinton Dale had 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Rhinos in Watertown.
Joey Flannery added 22 points, and Tim Drakeley had 12 points and five assists for Taft (10-3).
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points for Canterbury (8-7), and Temar Hernelijn added 17 points.
Wilcox Tech 49, Wolcott Tech 45: Roosevelt Shider scored 17 points to lead host Wilcox Tech in CSC action.
Luke Pergola had 25 points and Danneij Diaz 10 points for Wolcott Tech (0-11).
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'Glee,' Season 4, Episode 12, 'Naked': TV Recap
The New Directions guys get semi-naked to raise money for Regionals and Rachel has to decide if she wants to go topless for a new role. Plus there's some stuff with Jake and Marley, and Quinn and Santana make an appearance in NYC. Let's get started! The Glee universe doesn't cross this week, so I'll write about NYC and Rachel and then McKinley and the Glee Club.
Rachel did well at an audition for student director's senior thesis, and she'll have to do a topless scene. She thinks she's OK with it, but here comes Old Rachel, who says she's not (Rachel makes Brody turn the lights off when they are cuddling). "Are you really ready to expose yourself to the world?" she asks. Old Rachel says exposing your soul and flesh are two different things, and New Rachel isn't a porn star, even though her new hair and make up make her look like one. (Truth! The make up is a bit much.). So obviously the only way to deal with is is to sing about it! New Rachel and Old Rachel sing "Torn" – Natalie Inbruglia's version. Unfortunately, New Rachel wins (and I only say unfortunately not because she chooses to do the scene, but because I feel like Rachel is rushing herself and trying to be someone she's not just to prove she's moved passed Finn and Glee Club and Lima, Ohio).
Brody did move in with Rachel — and Kurt. Poor Kurt. Also, Brody doesn't believe in wearing shirts or clothes. He's walking around naked because 1. he's not ashamed of his body and 2. he wants to support Rachel in her choice to do the topless scene. (So is Brody supposed to be the counterpart for Sam in this episode?). Brody says if you want to win an Oscar you have to show your boobs, and references Kate Hudson, Jennifer Connelley and Kathy Bates. Kurt says Rachel has changed – a year ago she was all plaid skirts and 'do you think Finn likes me?' and now she's slutty Barbie, asking Misogynist Ken to move in with her and doing porn. (She's not doing porn, but she is doing something she's not comfortable with). Rachel says "I'm growing up Kurt, and maybe you should try it too." Ouch.
Well, Kurt doesn't fight clean– he calls in the big guns, aka Santana and Quinn (does anyone else wonder how these college kids can travel across the country so easily?). They're there for an emergency intervention about the nude scene. Quinn advises her to think about the 2-2-2 rule — how will you feel about it 2 weeks from now, 2 months from now and 2 years from now. Rachel counters with Santana's sex tape — which Santana says follows her around to this very day. If you google Santana Lopez, it comes up forever. Santana and Quinn say that a student film isn't worth it and "for once we actually have your best interest in mind." They beg her not to do it.
But does Rachel ever listen to anyone? No. She' s at the theater, ready to get all naked. Rachel can't take off her clothes in front of the crew…so she tells them they have to take off their shirts. They do and they represent all sorts of bodies. Will this help Rachel? Nope. She can't do this, she's not ready. "I just realized that I'm not ready to be naked now." Thank goodness. She feels much better so starts to sing "Love Song" (Sara Bareilles) and is joined by Santana and Quinn. I love how the band remains topless throughout the whole number. It's nice to hear Quinn and Santana again, there definitely isn't enough of them this season. And they also set it up for Santana to move to the Big Apple.
McKinley High
Good, but not surprising news — the Warblers are officially disqualified from Regionals due to their use of performance-enhancing drugs. Hunter Clarington even has a press conference with roid rage. (And didn't we all love Andrea's break down on the news?). The New Directions are celebrating and now Finn has a purpose in life. He proposed a bake sale, which of course nobody goes for. Joe says he'll cut off his hair, Sam said he'll sell his semen. (uh…). Tina has the best idea of course, The Men of McKinley calendar. There's 6 guys so that means they each get 2 months, and of course Blaine should get December and be Sexy Claus. Artie isn't thrilled with the idea, he wants to objectify the girls too. kitty says no, because girls buy things and they are the ones that move the economy along (for example, see the Twilight books– poop on paper, and now they're a billion dollar industry. And just wait for Fifty Shades of Grey, the movies).
Fondue for Two is back! Brittany invites Marley over (the girl with the fat mom who ruined Sectionals for everybody). Brittany asks Marley if she relates to the Hunger Games because she's hungry (and there's a flash that says Marley is a bulimic). So Marley changes the subject to Lord Tubbington. Blah, blah blah. The most interesting part of the conversation is when Brittany asks Marley to admit she's in love with Jake, and since Jake is taking off his clothes for the calendar, Marley should also be honest and vulnerable and tell him how she feels. Brittany does have good points time.
Also, Brittany and Sam receive the highest and lowest S.A.T. scores at McKinley. Three guesses as to who got what score. Sam got a 340, a score that is routinely bested by monkeys. Brittany tells Sam he can be a personal trainer or a greeter at Abercrombie, while Brittany plans to go to Harvard or Stanford and Son or the University of California at Charles Barkley's house. You know something isn't right when Brittany is "one of the smartest people in America."
Tina asks Blaine to go to the mall with her after school so she can go clothes shopping — and then Sam walks into school, with no shirt on, in a bathing suit. "Are you sure you're not overcompensating a little?" Blaine asks. Blaine tells Sam that there are retests so not to worry, but clearly Sam is taking this too far. (And so is Tina with her crush on Blaine, who is, and always will be, unavailable). "Put down the Haterade and come to my seminar," Sam tells him. It's called Modern Centerfold, Techniques that Work for the Day's Hot Young Posers. It's really a broga – a yoga seminar for bros complete with downward dog and pigeon. Artie says not everyone is for CW, some are more PBS (aw, Artie!). Sam's clinic is interesting – shaving your chest, packing baby socks into your pants to make your package look bigger. And then there's the song. "It's Getting Hot In Here" (Nelly) mashed with "Centerfold" (J. Giles Band). It's funny, but the weigh-ins and Sam's crazy dedication kind of ruin it a bit. We already know Sam has body issues, where are they going with this?
On another note, Finn is going to drink his first cup of coffee. Sue calls him the under-age, smut-peddling, non-teacher. Of course Sue doesn't like the calendar idea and Finn tells her to suck a hot one because she's a hypocrite. Finn recalls a rumor about Sue posing for Penthouse. This whole scene is disturbing so I won't repeat it.
In teen love land, Marley sings "A Thousand Years" (Christina Perri) with Jake. How adorable. While it's not riveting TV, it's not as annoying as Rachel and Brody and whatever they have going on (which probably mirrors a lot of college romance these days). Sealed with a kiss, but Marley can't say "I love you" instead she says she loves the song but it's not right for Regionals.
Finn is obsessed with finding Sue's Penthouse centerfold. Artie tells Finn he's not sure he wants to pose for the calendar, his body is … broken .. and he's not comfortable showing it off. Artie doesn't want the photo to be just of his chair. It's not just girls that have body issues, guys aren't cool with it either. Finn says Artie doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to, and is very supportive. Aw Finn, you're growing by leaps and bounds.
In the gym, Ryder wants to name his shoulders after guns, good thing Jake tells him that you name your arms after guns. Then they have a gun-show contest. I'm not sure who won, actually. Tina and Kitty tell Ryder that he's February and July (heart boxers and a sexy Uncle Sam) and Jake is June and October (beach and Jake-o-Lantern). Ryder comments that it looked like Kitty was going to jump Jake, but Jake says that since he's been seeing Marley, he has eyes for nobody else. Ryder says that although it stings sometimes, it's ok because he can tell Jake's really into her. (This friendship is much better than Marley/Kitty's). Jake tells Ryder that Marley almost said "it" to him, and Ryder says that Jake has to tell Marley first, and Jake has to get naked emotionally for Marley. So he sings Ne-Yo's "Let Me Love You (Until you learn to love yourself) — which I think is a great song choice, and the toned-down version sounds great. Brittany asks Jake who the song was for and Ryder prompts him to say something else, but Jake balks. (Obviously he's not going to say "it" in front of everyone else!).
It's photo shoot time. Ryder makes a cute Uncle Sam. Speaking of Sam, Sam Evans is going crazy. He doesn't want Joe in the shot with him; Sam says it should have been a Sam Evans calendar and Sam says he lost his pump (seriously? people say that?) and rushes to lift weights before the August shoot. Blaine follows him and tells him that he's out of control. "You're not some body obsessed muscle-head!" Blaine tells him. Sam says that Blaine is more successful than he is. Sam believes that when he walks into the room, he has to announce his presence because otherwise nobody will notice him. He also believes people laugh at his impressions because they are already making fun of his looks. Sam thinks his body is all he has — he's exhausted watching what he eats and his two-a-day workouts. Blaine says everyone is going to love Sam no matter what his body fat is.
Finn presents Sue with an envelope, claiming he found the centerfold. Sue is impressed, she thought she bought every last one off eBay. But what's in the envelope? Highlights. Ha. Didn't see that one coming. Why? Because now he has Sue's confession on phone. "I'm not ashamed of that centerfold. In fact, i feel like taking a gander at that glorious taco right now." Finn, that was hilarious.
Blaine goes to Emma (remember Emma?) for help regarding Sam. Emma comes through with colleges who don't judge on scores and a list of scholarships that he can apply for. Blaine, you're a good friend. (And at least you aren't creeping me out with your crush, like Tina is creeping me out all episode.). Blaine gets everyone to make a video of how great Sam is to help him write his essay for college. (Mercedes and Santana make an appearance!). The video testimonials are really nice, especially Finn's, and they bring Sam to tears.
Sam finds Artie and asks Artie to fill the empty months in the calendar. Sam shows solidarity with Artie and poses with clothes on. The calendar is really funny, the costumes were cute. The guys sign them too. They raised almost $350 and Sue recognizes that Finn is a worthy opponent. But she seriously wants to see him roasting over a spit.
The Marley and Jake storyline ends nicely. Jake signs a calendar for Marley that says I love you and Marley says I love you back. Great. Glee has a happy ending this week, so the New Directions sing This Is the New Year. These are my favorite songs that are on the show — the energizing group numbers.
(Next week, it's Diva Week).


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'Tis the season for giving and generosity. We dig deeper into our pockets to help share comfort and joy. But while there are ever increasing ways to contribute, the stumbling economy makes it harder to do so.
With so many organizations and groups seeking help, it's increasingly difficult to decide where to spread the limited dollars. Locals in East Contra Costa talked about how they make their choices.
"I concentrate on those organizations that have the lowest overhead. If there's less for the administrators there's more for the needy," said Lisa Williams of Oakley. "When my heart is touched by people really in need I give money gladly. But, if I donate clothing it goes to individuals rather than the Goodwill who just sell it to anyone."
Sparky Livenspargar of Brentwood said giving for him is mostly spur of the moment. "I'm a believer that charity begins at home, but when an individual touches my heart I open my wallet. I like to see where my money goes."
Brentwood's Susan Wood relies on her faith in God to make the choice for her. "He leads me to where the need is greatest. Each year it can be different. I always follow the guidance I get from my prayers," she said.
Ruth Middleton of Oakley just lost her job. "I usually give to the church, Salvation Army and the SPCA, but I can't do it this year. Everybody has less money. It's unfortunate but the charities also will have to get by on less," she said.
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Wally DeAngelo of Antioch is big-hearted. "I try to save a percentage of my income each year for charity. Where it goes depends on circumstances. Right now, the causes dedicated to poverty and hunger get most of my attention," he said.
For Rosemarie Helberg of Brentwood, giving is a very personal thing. "Forty-five years ago I had a daughter with birth defects, so my contributions are aimed at helping disabled kids. The Shriners always are included. Also since I'm a dog lover, I donate to animal shelters and to research on animal illnesses," she said.
Stu Andrews of Brentwood takes a world view. "Compared to others on this planet, I'm rich," he said. "I've worked with charitable health organizations and feel it personally. The amount varies from year to year, but I give my time and money gladly. Currently, my biggest effort goes to the Antioch Community Outreach Center."
Irwin Lewis of Antioch admits that holiday giving is harder to figure out this year, but the amount he's giving is unchanged. "My goal is to help those who are the most deserving and I find it safer to contribute to the well-established organizations," he said. "At the top of my list are veterans, cancer research, needy women and children."
Antioch's Sally Westfall has become a skeptic. "I used to contribute to the big organizations, but I got turned off by what it leads to," she said. "Some of the highly respected charities started selling my name and address to other organizations. I ended up being hounded by them. You have to be careful how and to whom you make contributions."
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Arlington, Va. – In a rare letter, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have weighed in on the urgent need to de-trigger sequestration by issuing a stark warning to Congress laying out the impacts of this misguided and unworkable policy. We agree – the stakes are too high for our elected leaders to play political games with our armed forces.
The Defense Department will be forced to cut training, furlough civilian personnel and raid investment accounts. Sequestration will render our defense strategy unexecutable and leave us with a hollow force incapable of resetting capabilities or responding to emerging national security dangers. It will also cause massive disruption in the business world as program contracts are renegotiated, triggering layoffs and sending unit costs through the roof.
Worst of all, it endangers the ability of future generations to address the security issues of the future. We join the Chiefs in urging Congress to take immediate action on a legislative solution that President Obama can sign which preserves a military force that is second to none.


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Robinsons Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Published: Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 5:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 2:22 p.m.
Charles Herbert and Kathleen Jones Robinson of Etowah, NC were united in marriage in Hendersonville, NC on November 22, 1962 by Rev. Galileo Osteen. The couple were introduced 52 years ago by their dear friend, Earl "The Squirrel" Plemmons, and have been together ever since.
The couple are devout members of Etowah Baptist Church where they have attended and served for many years. Charles worked and retired from DuPont in Cedar Mountain, NC after 25 years of service. Kathleen chose to leave her work with General Electric in Hendersonville, NC, 47 years ago to become a devoted mother and homemaker.
Celebrating this momentous occasion are their children, Kim Robinson, Terry Robinson and wife, Sharyan Robinson, their grandchildren, Chris Helton, Josh Robinson, Kayla Cashmore, Bryce Williams and Hope Robinson and their great grandchild, Garrett Helton.
Their family and friends wish to congratulate and honor them on 50 wonderful years together.
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By Chris Floyd
The picture below
(from the New York Times) speaks most eloquently on the essence of the
Bush Regime's brutal, grubby Babylonian Conquest: fat mercenaries
guarding the construction of yet another prison.
The picture comes from a story on the "overhead costs" of reconstruction projects, based on a report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, who found astonishing amounts of waste and cost overruns by the crony contractors who came to feast on the carcass that Bush killed for them. Two main points emerge from the report.
First, that the IG's catalogue of gouging, feather-bedding and other profitable forms of war-profiteering is by no means complete, because "the United States has not properly tracked how much such expenses have taken from the $18.4 billion of taxpayer-financed reconstruction approved by Congress two years ago." In fact, the IG's office was only able to examine only $1.3 billion of the contracts.
In other words, as oft reported here (and here and here), much of that money has simply disappeared -- into corporate coffers, into copious baksheesh for the Bush-backed Iraqi government, into kickbacks for Congressional vultures, and doubtless into slush funds both for covert ops (including perhaps the Bushists' deliberate formenting of terrorism and arming of militias) and domestic politics. We are most likely seeing the fruits of some of this blood money wash up on American screens at this very moment, as the GOP's last-ditch "Smear and Fear" campaign goes into hyperdrive.
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The second salient point is the fact that most of this "overhead" is not going toward security costs. Apologists for the Dear Leader's war crime have been quick to answer any criticism of the woeful dearth of "reconstruction" -- and the fact that the Iraqi people now have lower levels of electricity, fuel, health care, sanitation, etc. than before the invasion -- by blaming the colossal waste and fraud on the insurgents. But the Inspector General -- appointed by the Bush Administration itself -- tells us that the war-crime apologists are dead wrong:
"The government blew the whistle for these guys to go to Iraq and the meter ran," said Jim Mitchell, a spokesman for the inspector general's office. "The government was billed for sometimes nine months before work began."
The findings are similar to those of a growing list of inspections, audits and investigations that have concluded that the program to rebuild Iraq has often fallen short for the most mundane of reasons: poorly written contracts, ineffective or nonexistent oversight, needless project delays and egregiously poor construction practices.
"This report is the latest chapter in a long, sad and expensive tale about how contracting in Iraq was more about shoveling money out the door than actually getting real results on the ground," said Stephen Ellis, a vice president at Taxpayers for Common Sense in Washington. "These contracts were to design and build important items for oil infrastructure, hospitals and education, but in some cases more than half of the money padded corporate coffers instead," he said.
None of this is surprising. War profiteering by favored corporate cronies was one of the primary benefits envisaged by the Bush Regime as it drove so relentlessly and deceitfully toward the baseless and unprovoked attack. This "waste" and "overhead" was and is a key part of the whole operation. Certainly, the betterment of Iraqi lives was far down the list of priorities for the "reconstruction" program. As we noted here last week, the whole war has been a cash cow that will swell the personal fortunes and fuel the partisan agenda of the Bush Faction players, even if they are turfed out of office in 2008. Thus it was inevitable that the $18 billion boondoggle would produce results like this:
The highest proportion of overhead was incurred in oil-facility contracts won by KBR Inc., the Halliburton subsidiary formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root, which has frequently been challenged by critics in Congress and elsewhere.
The latter finding on KBR is "news" on the order of "sun rises in the east" or "pigs eat swill." In fact, Halliburton's unconscionable gulping of blood money -- and the fact that Dick Cheney still receives huge annual sums from the company -- are so well-established now that they pass almost unnoticed. "Halliburton, Cheney, yeah, everybody knows that. Even Leno's stopped telling jokes about it." This stark corruption -- an unprecedented scandal in American history: a sitting vice-president openly taking cash from a war industry during a war of which he himself is a prime instigator -- has almost lost its power to shock.
(Of course, KBR played a very similar role during the Vietnam War, when huge wads of its massive war profits were certainly kicked back to serving politicians like Lyndon Johnson and others in the then-Democratic majority, as well as to key Republicans. But in those days, bought pols had the decency to trouser their bribes on the QT, not serve openly on the payroll. Here, as in so many things, the Bush Regime is openly embracing -- and often codifying in law -- dark practices once thought shameful to acknowledge. I suppose we must at least admire their refreshing candor in being so forthrightly corrupt, bloodthirsty and belligerent.)
The IG's report is devastating: but again, all this waste was built into the system from the start. Halliburton and the other swill-swallowers were given "cost-plus" contracts (many of them simply handed out like Halloween candy, without any of that silly-billy nonsense about competitive bidding). This means that they are guaranteed a certain set profit, no matter how far their costs balloon. There is simply no incentive for them to even try to bring a project in at cost -- or indeed, to even complete it at all. There's just too money to be made by running up the meter, throwing away material and buying it again, cutting lucrative side deals with suppliers (and re-suppliers), mercenaries, local officials, etc.
This ethos of waste, corruption and utter disregard for the money of the American people -- and the lives and well-being of the Iraqi people -- is characteristic of the entire malevolent enterprise. A war of aggression launched without any justification whatsoever beyond the greed and power-lust of a band of corrupt authoritarian militarists -- led by two men who squirmed and weaseled mightily to avoid combat in their youths but have no compunction whatsoever about sending other people off to kill and die -- was bound to produce the moral horror that we see in Iraq today. And make no mistake -- despite all the White House PR about "timetables" and strategy shifts, despite the rising hopes of ousting Bush's bootlicking rubberstamps from control of the Congress, the stark truth (which I noted here in May) remains: There is no good solution to the hell Bush has wrought in his arrogance and folly. There is only blood and horror all the way down.
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Toddler drowns ahead of birthday party
Published: Monday, October 7, 2013 at 8:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 10:39 a.m.
As she put the finishing touches on her 2-year-old's birthday cake, Lorenia Bourg realized she could no longer hear his playful noises.
The boy's birthday was Sept. 27, and the party was planned for Sunday.
Josiah Picou had been within earshot just minutes earlier, she said. "I looked around and I said, 'Where is Joe?' "
The five adult family members at the Redwood Circle home searched the house and backyard, calling his name. They found him facedown in the above-ground pool.
Panicked and confused, "we didn't stop CPR" until paramedics arrived, Bourg said.
Bourg blew air into his tiny month, while another family member performed chest compressions.
When Josiah arrived at the hospital, the family quickly realized he'd been in the water too long, Bourg said. Doctors couldn't save him.
"I went preparing his birthday party to planning his funeral," the grieving mother said.
The drowning shocked Bourg, who said the family took every safeguard to ensure the toddler's safety. A fence surrounds the pool, the gate was locked and the backdoor was closed.
"Josiah got out," she said. "He was being a 2-year-old. We don't know how he got in the pool. This is a tragedy."
His mother said she'll miss his sweet smile, making his favorite foods and his giggle.
"He'd eat any kind of tomatoes," she said. "Chopped, sliced, in sauce. He wouldn't eat anything else if there was a tomato."
Josiah liked playing with blocks and toy cars, but he loved to dance to fast music.
"He wouldn't laugh," as he boogied, she said. He'd belly laugh.
He'd get mad when the music got slow like a lullaby, because then he knew it was time for bed, his mother said.
"He would drum on everything," Bourg said. "He'd just sit there and dance and dance and dance and not stop."
The family is accepting donations to help pay for Josiah's funeral.
"I'm a single mom," Bourg said. "I don't have burial insurance."
As of this morning, it held more than $2,000. Go to www.gofundme.com/4o3lmg for details.
We took every precaution. It can happen to you."
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- Feb 18:
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- Figure skating: San Jose's Polina Edmunds earns Olympic berth
SOCHI, Russia -- She is only 15 years old. Keep remembering that.
On the ice, Polina Edmunds is so good that she will fool you into thinking she is much older. Her skating is willowy smooth. Her arm movements are evocative. Her jumps are remarkable. You'd swear that you were watching a mature adult out there.
But she is not an adult. Edmunds is a high school sophomore. She has brought her homework from Archbishop Mitty High in San Jose. She likes eating chicken tenders. She likes to make goofy videos with her friends and post fun stuff on Twitter.
"A typical American teenager," her coach, David Glynn, calls her.
Except for this: The typical American teenager is seldom asked to step into an arena with 10,000 people inside and become part of the world's biggest skating reality show.
Edmunds will do that here Wednesday night at the Winter Olympics. She will perform 12th of the 30 competitors in the ladies figure skating short program. Back in San Jose, that should happen at about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday.
Ever since Edmunds finished second at the national championships last month, her star has been ascending. Her name has acquired major buzz, locally and nationally.
Edmunds received well-publicized big send-offs in San Jose at her school and at Sharks Ice, where she trains. Edmunds' unique background -- her mother is a Russian native who married an American businessman but still has relatives in this country -- has gained much attention here. Russian media is delighted that Polina understands their language and has embraced her.
The result: When the music starts Wednesday night and her skates begin to move, Edmunds will carry far bigger expectations than anyone could have imagined even just six or seven weeks ago.
She is only 15 years old. Keep remembering that.
Edmunds might wish to take inspiration from the Bay Area's first Olympic figure skating star. In 1964, Peggy Fleming was also 15 years old when she earned a spot on the USA Olympic team for the Innsbruck Games.
"This experience will open Polina's eyes to another world," Fleming said by phone from her Los Gatos residence. "I just remember what it was like for me. There's a whole lot going on. It'd be great if she could win a medal. But it will be good for her to see what it feels like at an Olympics, to get her feet wet, to observe the different skaters from around the world and their styles."
At those 1964 Games, Fleming finished sixth. Four years later, she returned at age 19 and won a gold medal in Grenoble, France. Might Edmunds be following the same path?
Tuesday, Edmunds was on the practice rink here for some final pre-competition training. She was perfect in some areas. She was not so perfect in others. Edmunds had difficulty landing one particular triple axel. She fell several times. She rose and glided over to converse with coach David Glynn.
"This is the first practice that's been a little iffy," Glynn said afterward. "In Austria where we trained last week, she ran through clean programs every day. The other practices here have been very good, too."
Glynn knows it's all a learning experience for Edmunds. Having a few nervous hiccups before such competition is natural. Over the next 24 hours, she simply needs to regain the focus for which she's famous.
"I have no doubt she'll get it," Glynn said.
She is only 15 years old. Keep remembering that.
Nina Edmunds, Polina's mother, was seated above the practice rink Tuesday. Nina, a figure skater in her Russian youth, was Polina's first coach. Nina is as proud a mom as you'd imagine her to be. But she does not prefer to address one question:
What would be considered a good result for Polina at these Games?
"Of course, I want to say my student will do well," Nina answered with a smile. "But the field is very strong. Everyone here is ready."
So is a top-10 finish realistic for Polina? Top six or seven?
"I don't want to say," Nina said, "because I am respectful for the other skaters."
Understandable. So let's consult another skating expert and ask the same question.
"Top seven would be fantastic for her," said Brian Boitano, the 1988 gold medalist from Sunnyvale, who is a big Edmunds fan. "Top 10 would be a great result. Usually with people, their first time doing anything ... top 10 is very respectable. It's when you go under the top 10 that people start going, 'Well, I don't know ... ' "
Nina Edmunds did make one interesting stop in Olympic Park this week here. She sought out the pavilion erected by South Korea, which is hosting the 2018 Winter Games. Edmunds would be 19 years old then.
Was Nina pondering what might happen there?
"I was just thinking about it," Nina admitted. "It's a long way off. You never know. Enjoy the moment now."
This week, Polina should enjoy not just ever moment, but every millisecond. If she shocks the world, that would be awesome. But if she doesn't, no one should be disappointed. She's earned this trip and she's having the time of her life.
For example, a few hours after that hiccup-filled practice with the triple axel stumbles, Polina tweeted the following from her Olympic Village room: Just talked to one of the housekeepers in Russian ... So fun to interact with them in their language!
She is only 15 years old. Keep remembering that.
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St. Ann's Warehouse Breaks In New Space With 'Mies Julie'
"Is that fog or haze?"
St. Ann's Warehouse artistic director Susan Feldman asked that question to set and lighting designer Patrick Curtis, less than 72 hours before the first performance in the company's new venue at 29 Jay Street in Brooklyn. It seemed like a mundane question with a major deadline approaching, but it was evidence of how smoothly everything was going elsewhere.
Her smoke-based question pertained to a special effect for the space's opening production, "Mies Julie." A South African adaptation and expansion of August Strindberg's sexually charged "Miss Julie," the play is reset from 19th century Sweden to present day in the barren karoo, where the restless daughter of an oppressive Boer farmer escalates the sexual attraction between her and an African worker.
Originally mounted by the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town, "Mies Julie" was a hit at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, prompting a quick decision by Feldman to inaugurate the new St. Ann's space with the production. It opens tonight and will run through Dec. 2.
"It's very bold, very sexy," Feldman said. "It captured a sense of South Africa in a way we don't know in America, and it's not taken from one point of view or another. Within two weeks of seeing it, we booked it."
While that may have accelerated the timetable for opening – St. Ann's had originally planned a "soft opening" with a few concerts, followed by a full launch with "Opus No. 7″ from Russia in January – Feldman thought it would be worth it. "I didn't want to end this conversation about 'Mies Julie' and start again in May."
As of last Tuesday, there was wet paint in ample evidence in public areas and stencils awaiting paint for signage, even as the "Mies Julie" team was running a dry tech and awaiting the arrival of the actors for the first time (the show had been touring, and so it required minimal rehearsal in Brooklyn). Fortunately, although they had been under an evacuation order from Hurricane Sandy, the new venue was left untouched, requiring only minimal compression of production time on the show.
The 29 Jay Street venue is officially a three-year interim space for St. Ann's while it works to secure and develop Brooklyn's old Tobacco Warehouse near its former 38 Water Street home.
"When I went into the church [where the company was founded]," Feldman said, "I had no idea that it would be for 21 years. Water Street was a temporary space for 12 years. We know there's a future beyond three years, assuming conversion works in the Tobacco Warehouse. But we have made our new theater to work just as our last theater functioned."
Indeed, the two venues are similar, and similarly flexible. While the stage and seating for "Mies Julie" echoes that used for Daniel Kitson's recent show, the layout for "Opus No. 7″ will resemble the expansive playing area of "Black Watch."
"When we packed up Water Street, we realized that we'd only built one and a half walls there. It helped me not to feel tremendous loss," Feldman said.
The new venue required steel work in order to hang a lighting grid, curtains and support future scenery, a new set of exit stairs and the rehanging of heating units. Unlike more polished arts complexes, the work on Jay Street was economical. "The fit out here took between $900,000 and $1 million," said Feldman, adding that was exclusive of rent. It did result in some adjustment, such as a merging of the box office and production office into a single space, or, in Feldman's compression, "the prox office."
Despite producing in an untested space, the adapter and director of "Mies Julie," Yael Farber, said that she wasn't subjected to restrictions, comparing the space to a "widening aperture." "The conversation was always 'how does the space accommodate the work'," said Farber, upon arrival for the first time at St. Ann's. "Not 'how does the work accommodate the space'."
The move is only a few blocks from St. Ann's previous space at 38 Water Street, and its potential future space at the Tobacco Warehouse. While there is the potential for audiences to feel a sense of dislocation, Feldman said that's not the case, given the very public wrangling over the company's search for a new home, necessitated by new development of the Water Street site.
"There was a lot of drama over the Tobacco Warehouse, so when we told our audiences [about 29 Jay Street], there was great relief and joy, especially from this side of DUMBO," she said.
As mirrors and strip lights were being installed in makeshift dressing rooms (flexible dressing spaces being standard for all St. Ann's productions) on Jay Street, the company's executive director Andrew D. Hamingson said they had already begun the design process for their next home at Tobacco Warehouse, pending full approval of the site.
"The conversion process begins this month, and will take from six to nine months," he said. "We are the designee for the land, which will be converted from parkland to land for private use, within Brooklyn Bridge Park. Then we can go forward with the lease. We expect the process to be favorable."
This follows what was originally expected to be a more direct move to the Tobacco Warehouse, with the company operating on an itinerant basis for perhaps a year, that was scuttled when park regulatory issues came to light.
But perpetual change, show by show, and now perhaps theater by theater, seems to be the standard for St. Ann's Warehouse. Describing the past few months, Feldman said, "We went from 'Festen,' to our Puppet Lab, to moving out, directly into our build here. It's been an intensive six months for the staff and crew."
From the perspective of an audience member attending only the second performance, on Friday evening, the transition was seamless, right down to the signs greeting patrons with the warning, "Theatrical haze and fog effects will be used in this production."


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One by one, Obama read the names of the six educators receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal, saying they had no idea when they woke up on a chilly December morning of the sacrifice they would soon make for their communities.
"They could have focused on their own safety, on their own well-being. But they didn't," Obama said. "They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care.
For all the grief-filled vigils and agonizing funerals that have marked the two months since a shooter killed the six adults and 20 first-graders at the school, Friday's ceremony was markedly optimistic. In place of tears, there were smiles on the faces of some of the victims' relatives, as Obama presented the medals in a memorial affirming the devotion to citizenship he said the six exemplified.
"It defines our way our life," Obama said. "It captures our belief in something bigger than ourselves—our willingness to accept certain obligations to one another and to embrace the idea that we're all in this together."
Two of the educators honored, principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach, are believed to have lunged, unarmed, at the gunman to try to stop him.
Among the 18 people honored Friday was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a renowned pediatrician who developed a leading behavioral test for newborns.
Obama credited another honoree, Jeanne Manford, with inspiring a movement. In the 1970s Manford launched a campaign for tolerance for gays and lesbians after her son, Morty, was assaulted at a gay rights demonstration. She created a support group that evolved into Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, a national organization that now has more than 350 chapters.
"These folks participate, they get involved, they have a point of view," Obama said. "They don't just wait for somebody else to do something, they go out there and do it, and they join and they become part of groups and they mobilize and they organize."
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One of my favorite ways to warm up and fill up on a chilly fall day is to kick back with a bowl of mac and cheese. Something about it just reminds me of childhood… or possibly no-brainer college dorm food.
Either way, sometime last year, I decided to change up the old routine and add a little spice to the old mac and cheese combo. I'm a huge fan of anything buffalo chicken (wraps, salads, what have you), so the marriage of the two seemed obvious. How had I not thought of this before?!
It makes for an quick and easy weeknight dinner, side, or even a decent game-day dish (go Broncos!)
I'll be perfectly honest with you… it's not often that I have the time or will-power to make things from scratch, so the original recipe started with "the blue box." But after doing a bit of research, I found a way to make your mac and cheese from scratch, and possibly just as quick as stirring in that sketchy powdered cheese mix.
I found this mac & cheese recipe on a website called picky-palate.com, which has great tips for family style recipes, specifically geared toward picky eaters. I am anything but picky when it comes to food, but the recipe was too great to pass up.
Here's what you'll need: (Makes 4 servings)
- ½ pound cooked pasta of your choosing. I typically go with elbows. Shells are a great option as well, but feel free to get creative.
- 2 cups shredded cheese. Also a chance to personalize the dish. I like a colby-jack mix.
- 1 cup milk. I'm a fan of 2%, but picky-palette's recipe calls for whole.
- Salt & pepper
- 2 Chicken breasts
- Frank's Red Hot sauce
That's it. Seriously. I kid you not.
And here's how easy it is…
1. Cook pasta until it's al dente (firm but not hard). About 8 minutes should do it.
2. Meanwhile, get your chicken cooking. Heat cooking oil in a skillet on the stovetop. Season chicken lightly with salt & pepper. Cook whole chicken breasts about 2-3 minutes on each side.
3. Take chicken off skillet, slice in small pieces.
4. Heat Red Hot sauce in same skillet for less than a minute. Put cut chicken back in skillet and add Red Hot as desired. Toss in sauce until chicken is cooked thoroughly.
5. Take pasta off stove. Strain, but do not rinse.
6. Place pasta, cheese, milk, salt & pepper in microwave safe bowl. Stir to mix.
7. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and microwave for three minutes.
8. Stir and microwave for another two minutes.
9. Add in buffalo chicken, stir. Here, you can add additional Red Hot if desired.
10. Serve immediately, and enjoy!
I hope my method works for you!
Feel free to send us your recipe ideas as well. Just head over to our facebook page, 11 News Live Today: The Morning Show. You can add photos and tips there, and we'll share some on the air this Friday, September 28th on KKCO 11 News Today.
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"Printing" Your Own Makeup at Home: The Next Big Thing?
How one Harvard grad plans to turn the beauty industry on its (well-coiffed) head
Them's the fighting words behind Grace Choi's plan to revolutionize the cosmetics industry as we know it.
It was while studying at Harvard Business School that Choi, a self-professed "serial inventor" realized that anyone could use their color printer to make makeup.
The concept is really pretty basic -- even for those of us without an Ivy League diploma.
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To create their color palettes, makeup brands rely on the same substrate found in your everyday, run of the mill color printer. Choi says, "They charge a huge premium on something that tech provides for free. That one thing is color." So, she did what any entrepreneurially minded girl would do -- invented a printer that can go ahead and make color cosmetics.
As she explained during this week's TechCrunch Disrupt convention, her invention, "The Mink," has, "an inkjet [that] handles the pigment, and the same raw material substrates can create any type of makeup, from powders to cream to lipstick. Implementing this ability on the Mink is not hard to do, it's actually more of a business decision.
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"What we're doing is taking out the bullshit," Choi said to a room chock full of industry big wigs and tech geeks (pardon the redundancy). "Big makeup companies take the pigment and the substrates and mix them together and then jack the price. We do the same thing and let you get the makeup right in your own house."
The Mink, which Choi plans to sell for $200, is going to target the 13-21 DIY demographic who remain un-tethered to specific brands.
Using the printer, users can "satisfy the desire for instant gratification while still having access to any color in the world at an affordable price."
Dubious? This "how it works" video will more than likely change that -- and blow your mind. We're certainly not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
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Around 40 people, split into groups of five or six, joined local hunting guides and landowners on Saturday for the 10th Annual Montevideo Goose and Pheasant Hunt.
Last year, at the ninth opener, there were slim pickings due to a harsh winter. This year, each group managed to bag between six and eight birds.
"It's fun ... all over Minnesota, people love the outdoors. It is a generator of revenue all over the state," said Sen. Al Franken, who, along with Rep. Collin Peterson, DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr and other officials and politicians from around the state, took part in the hunt.
Franken's words point out the importance of the annual hunt's goals.
"It brings recognition of the hunting opportunities in our area," said Angie Steinbach, Montevideo's community development director.
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Cotonou Meeting 1998
Proposal for the establishment of an African Regional Network Information Centre
17 December 1998
0. Status of this Document
This proposal was adopted by a resolution at the African Regional
Conference on Internet Governance, in Cotonou, Benin, on 17
December 1998. Section 10 contains more details about the adoption
1. Background
The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) has overall
responsibility for the allocation of IP address space, but this
responsibility is in the process of being transferred to the
Address Supporting Organization of the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As described in RFC
2050, the IANA grants a few regional registries the authority to
allocate IP address space within their respective geographical
areas (which are of continental scope).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and certain other organisations
that satisfy certain criteria listed in RFC 2050 obtain IP address
space from the regional registry that serves their area. In order
to encourage topological address space assignment, other
organisations should ordinarily obtain their IP address space
from their ISP.
At present, there are three regional IP registries: the RIPE NCC
(serving Europe and surrounding areas, including parts of Africa),
APNIC (serving the Asia and Pacific Rim region), and ARIN (serving
the rest of the world, including parts of Africa). All the existing
regional IP registries are funded by membership fees or fees
for services provided, or both.
This document proposes that an African regional registry called
AfriNIC be formed, along similar lines to the existing regional
registries. It is expected that African organisations that presently
obtain IP address space from RIPE or ARIN will in future obtain
IP addresss space from AfriNIC.
Such an African regional registry will allocate IP address space,
autonomous system numbers, and other identifiers that might
from time to time be appropriate, maintain databases of registry
information, make appropriate views of the databases (for
example, DNS and WHOIS) available for queries from the public
(for example, via WHOIS and DNS queries), and generally perform
the tasks expected of a registry.
2. Guiding Principles
The authors of this proposal have been guided by the following
An African regional IP address registry should operate as a neutral,
transparent, impartial, non-profit organisation, and should act in
the long term best interests of the entire community which it serves,
managing scarce resources such as IP address space in the public
trust. In particular, it will not sell address space, but will transparently
manage it according to widely supported guidelines.
In order to make good decisions about the long term best interests
of its community, and to ensure that its policies are adapted in a
timely manner to meet changing circumstances, an African regional
registry should liaise with the IANA or the ICANN Address Supporting
Organization, with other regional registries, and with any other entities
that may from time to time be appropriate.
The management of the IP address space should be under the control
and administration of those that depend upon it. Those that depend
upon IP address space are end users such as ISPs, corporate entities,
universities and individuals.
A non-profit organisation, acting as a regional registry serving the
African region, is an appropriate vehicle to allow end users to exercise
their control over allocation of IP address space in the African region.
3. Objectives
The objectives of AfriNIC are:
To provide the service of allocating and registering Internet
resources for the purpose of enabling communications via open
system network protocols and to assist in the development and
growth of the Internet in the African region;
To assist the African community in the development of procedures,
mechanisms, and standards to efficiently allocate Internet
resources as a service to the community as a whole;
To provide educational opportunities to increase understanding
within the African community of Internet technical and policy issues;
To develop public policies and public positions in the best interest of
the Members and to seek legislative and regulatory consideration of
issues of general benefit to the Members, where and when appropriate.
4. Management Structure
AfriNIC shall be composed of the following:
General Assembly;
Board of Trustees;
Executive staff.
4.1. Members
Membership will be open to any natural person or legal entity in Africa
wishing to participate in the affairs of AfriNIC. Members will pay an
annual membership fee, and must abide by the rules and regulations.
All members will be entitled to attend membership meetings, to vote
(in person, by proxy, or by appropriately authenticated postal or
electronic means) in elections (such as the election of the Board of
Trustees), and to enjoy any other Member benefits that might apply.
Membership will be optional. AfriNIC will allocate IP address space to
Members and non-Members following the same policies and guidelines
for each. Both Members and non-Members will pay appropriate fees
for services that they obtain from AfriNIC.
Wherever mention is made of Members being elected or appointed
to positions of office within AfriNIC, it shall be understood that only
natural persons may be so elected or appointed. Where a Member of
AfriNIC is a legal entity other than a natural person, then the Member
shall appoint a person as their representative to AfriNIC, and that
person shall be eligible for election or appointment in the Member's
stead, and shall be eligible to attend and vote at meetings in the
Member's stead.
4.2. General Assembly
A General Assembly of the Members shall be empowered to amend
the Articles of Association, dissolve the association, appoint or dismiss
members of the Board of Trustees, vote on any matters that are legally
required to be voted on by the Members, and adopt the charging
scheme upon proposal from the Board of Trustees.
4.3. Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees will have the ultimate legal responsibility for
the business affairs and financial wellbeing of AfriNIC. The Board
of Trustees will manage the affairs of AfriNIC in a manner consistent
with guidance that they receive from the Members, and consistent
with stewardship of a limited public resource. The Board of Trustees is
also expected to liaise with and seek guidance from appropriate
external entities, and to set up and seek guidance from task forces
or committees of experts, whenever appropriate.
There shall be seven voting members of the Board of Trustees, and
each shall have an equal vote. The Board of Trustees will elect a
Chairman from among themselves. One Trustee shall be an expert
appointed by the ICANN Address Supporting Organisation every year,
and need not reside within the geographical region served by AfriNIC.
The remaining six Trustees shall be elected by the Members of AfriNIC
and shall represent the following six sub-regions of Africa:
Northern Africa,
Eastern Africa,
Western Africa,
Central Africa,
Southern Africa,
Indian Ocean.
In addition, an alternate Trustee for each of the six sub-regions
shall be elected by the Members of AfriNIC. Alternate Trustees
may attend meetings but shall have a vote only if the primary
Trustee for their region is unavailable. Where feasible, the primary
and the alternate Trustee for each subregion will come from
different language groups.
Trustees will be elected to three-year terms of office, and may serve
no more then two consecutive terms.
Trustees may but need not be Members of AfriNIC. Trustees will
not be paid for their service.
The Executive Director shall act as the Secretary of the Board of
Trustees, but shall have no voting rights.
4.4. Executive Staff
The Board of Trustees shall appoint an Executive Director, who will be
responsible to the Board of Trustees for the day to day operations of
AfriNIC. The Executive Director will be an employee of AfriNIC, and will
be responsible for hiring and supervising all other employees; however,
the Board of Trustees shall have the power to approve or veto the
appointment of senior staff.
5. Legal Status of AfriNIC
AfriNIC will be registered in an appropriate jurisdiction as a
non-profit organisation. Income or dividends will not be distributed to
members, trustees or other officers.
6. Office Location
The day to day registration business of AfriNIC will be conducted out
of an office in an appropriate location chosen by the Board of Trustees.
The chosen location must offer good Internet connectivity, good
general telecommunications infrastructure, good general economic
conditions, safety for equipment and personnel, and must be in a
jurisdiction with an appropriate legal and regulatory environment.
Certain information (such as WHOIS service, DNS service, and
documents) should be mirrored in other locations, to increase
robustness and performance.
7. Funding Model
The following funding model is proposed to recover the costs incurred
by AfriNIC while performing management and administration of IP
address space. This model is based on the ARIN model, which in turn
is patterned after the RIPE and APNIC funding models. The fees are
intended to provide the funding needed to operate AfriNIC in an
effective and efficient manner and to allow AfriNIC's operations to keep
pace with demand. AfriNIC will be a non-profit entity, and the
membership, registration, and maintenance fees proposed in this
funding model are to function solely as a cost-recovery mechanism
to ensure the continued operation of AfriNIC.
It is important to note that AfriNIC will not be selling address
space, but will charge for the services of allocating address space and
maintaining databases. Entities that apply for allocation of address
space from AfriNIC must satisfy the guidelines determined from time
to time by the Board of Trustees (who will consider the advice of
appropriate external entities). Initially, the guidelines made by the
IANA and documented in RFC 2050 will be followed.
The following sources of fees are proposed as cost recovery
mechanisms for AfriNIC:
Membership fee for those interested in participating in AfriNIC;
Subscription fee for bulk registration services (for ISPs);
Registration fee for individual address space assignments;
Maintenance fee for non-contiguous non-ISP address space
Registration fee for individual address space transfers;
Registration fee for autonomous system number (ASN) allocations;
Maintenance fee for ASN allocations.
The fee model, as with all other aspects of AfriNIC's operations, will
continue to be reviewed by the Members and the Board of Trustees for
its ability to meet the operational needs of AfriNIC, and for fairness to
Members and other users of AfriNIC services. For example, if it
transpires that AfriNIC is receiving more income than necessary, then
the fees will be reduced.
8. Auditors
A reputable international firm shall be appointed by the
General Assembly as AfriNIC's auditors.
9. Acknowledgements and Authors
Earlier versions of this proposal were prepared in the first half of 1997
by the following authors:
Alan Barrett, South Africa
Nii Quaynor, Ghana
Sana Bellamine, Tunisia
Nashwa Abdel-Baki, Egypt
The above authors used or adapted many of the words in this proposal
from various RIPE, APNIC and ARIN documents.
In 1997, useful comments were provided by the following people:
Jon Postel
Randy Bush
Kim Hubbard
David R. Conrad
F. Jacot Guillarmod
Russell Vincent
Mark Elkins
Andras Salamon
In December 1998, some amendments were made following the
Francophone workshop hosted by the ACCT, the AIG and the UNDP.
Finally, the delegates to the African Regional Conference on Internet
Governance, held in Cotonou, Benin, 15 to 17 December 1998,
requested the following eleven authors to prepare a version for
presentation at the conference:
Thierry Amoussougbo, Benin
Alioune Badara Traore, Mali
Alan Barrett, South Africa
Kouma Cyriaque Didier, Gabon
Pierre Dandjinou, Benin
Muditha Gunatilake, Seychelles
Tarek Kamel, Egypt
Eberhard Lisse, Namibia
Samuel Nogha, Cameroon
Zakaria Ould Amar, Mauritania
Nii Quaynor, Ghana
10. Adoption
On 17 December 1998, at a plenary session of the African Regional
Conference on Internet Governance, a few modifications were made
to the previous version of the proposal, and the proposal in its present
form was adopted. In addition, a provisional Board of Trustees was
elected and given a mandate.
10.1. Provisional Board of Trustees
The following people were elected to the Provisional Board of Trustees:
Northern Africa
Tarek Kamel, Egypt
Zakaria Ould Amar, Mauritania (alternate)
Eastern Africa
Charles Musisi, Uganda
Ibrahim Ahmed, Djibouti (alternate)
Western Africa
Nii Quaynor, Ghana
Pierre Dandjinou, Benin (alternate)
Central Africa
Samuel Nogha, Cameroon
Kouma Cyriaque Didier, Gabon (alternate)
Southern Africa
Alan Barrett, South Africa
Silvio Almada, Angola (alternate)
Indian Ocean
Yann Kwok Kem Yen, Mauritius
Haja Ramboasalama, Madagascar (alternate)
10.2. Mandate for the Provisional Board of Trustees
The Provisional Board of Trustees was given a mandate to do the following:
Announce the creation of AfriNIC to ICANN;
Finalise the legal documents relating to the formation of AfriNIC;
Prepare terms of reference for the choice of the host country;
Make a public call for proposals for host locations;
Select the host location;
Register AfriNIC;
Organise the first General Assembly of Members.
10.3. Tasks of the First General Assembly
The first General Assembly will need to perform the following tasks:
Adopt the statutes and internal regulations of AfriNIC;
Adopt an action plan for the forthcoming year;
Approve the operating budget;
Elect the Board of Trustees.


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By now you've likely heard about Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston and her response to a viewer who chastised her via email for being overweight. The viewer said, among other things, that she was setting a bad example for little girls in the area by basically choosing to be obese.
Curious, I got on YouTube and watched her response to the guy, a personal injury lawyer named Kenneth Krause. Then I found a photo of him posted on Gawker -- he seems a fit, middle-aged, white, mountain biker with big biceps.
I seriously hope this guy doesn't have daughters.
The 4-plus-minute video of Livingston -- which she decided to do only after her husband posted the email online, prompting lots of discussion -- was impressive. Here's a well-spoken, intelligent, professional woman with the courage to face the issue of her weight in front of the world and, as such, is anything but a bad example to little girls.
She's also the mother of three and has struggled with her weight since having her first child. I'm sure that makes her someone a male, white, middle-aged mountain biker with big biceps can relate to.
Pandora's box
The clip clearly deals with issues other than being overweight, like bullying, self-worth, the challenges of being a career woman with a family and the Internet's wonderful ability to let people say things they would never say to someone's face.
But the idea of being a bad example for little girls really struck a chord with me, a guy who has two daughters and two stepdaughters, a guy who once heard his oldest say she wanted to be a singer like Mariah Carey, but she'd have to get skinnier and dress a lot skimpier.
She was 10. I was, to put it mildly, horrified.
Which brings me to her two younger sisters who now happen to be 10 (the youngest is 4 -- her biggest concern is why the fish don't answer questions).
Pressure on kids
A few months back, one of the 10-year-olds suddenly announced she needed to lose weight. I don't know where she got the idea -- it could have been just about anywhere, or from anyone, considering that the idea of skinny equating successful surrounds all of us in daily life.
Not that she -- or any of my girls -- couldn't use more exercise (except for possibly my oldest, who sacrificed her career as a skimpy-dressed pop star to become a kayak instructor). It's an uphill battle, and there are days when my wife and I have to announce that electronics are off-limits and that anyone left inside the house has to scrub floors while simultaneously eating broccoli.
But what really annoyed me was how this sudden, unnecessary weight issue was brought about by a guy who, just maybe, doesn't know what he's talking about. Girls that age are just starting to experience growing pains; it's hard enough without being hit over the head with the skinny-equates-beautiful garbage. My other 10-year-old has also made noise about "being fat." She's so thin, I once mistook her for a broom and starting sweeping the floor with her.
Kids have to be steered in healthy directions. But a guy like Krause, who discounted what Livingston has done and what she stands for by ripping her weight, make the job of a little girl's father that much harder.
Contact Tony Hicks at email@example.com or at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks.


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July 19, 2013
Mary Ostrowski, the most decorated female basketball player in the history of Parkersburg, passed away in Abingdon, Va., on Friday at the age of 51, her brother, Eric Ostrowski, reported....
an absolutely fabulous athlete. I remember her pitching against the boys in the Worthington Little League. Condolences to her family and friends.
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I had the genuine pleasure to report on her high school basketball successes while at The Parkersburg Sentinel. She was an inspiration to many others.
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I was older than Mary at PCHS so we didn't have much interaction. But not only was she a FANTASTIC athlete, she was a FINE student and a WONDERFUL human being! She took all of her honors in stride and NEVER let it go to her head. Mary put Parkersburg on the map, and we should all be proud of her accomplishments and that she was indeed a hometown girl.
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