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By now, we shouldn't be surprised by any story involving the Richmond City Council. Whether it's a highly unpopular ballot measure for a one-cent-per-ounce soda tax, a council member sued for flagrant property code violations, or a call for police to restore calm at an unruly meeting, controversy surrounds Richmond's governing body like no other in the East Bay.
But all the fun and fireworks pale in comparison to its current plan to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages and provide cheaper loans for homeowners through a third-party lender. Current mortgage holders would be forced to release claims on selected properties for a "fair value" determined by the city -- say, 80 percent of market price -- and new loans would be offered by Mortgage Resolution Partners.
You can see why folks who prefer smaller monthly mortgage payments might like this deal. It greatly reduces the debt they're obliged to pay. But what of the obvious hairball in this soup? If the city can whimsically seize and discount mortgages through eminent domain, why would any lender again fund another home purchase in Richmond?
That this approach seems to distort the definition of eminent domain -- the government's right to take private property for public use -- is another tiny concern. Allowing a select group of borrowers to skip out on their debts wouldn't seem to be a "public use" benefit to the greater community.
Plus, MRP isn't offering its services because of its fondness for Richmond. It's doing so because there's money to be made. CalWatchdog.com, a nonprofit journalism venture in Sacramento, explains how it works:
"A home with a $300,000 mortgage is now only worth $200,000 in the open market. The mortgage reseller (MRP) would buy that $200,000 loan for, say, $160,000 based on a 20 percent discount of the value of the real estate. A new loan for $190,000 would be offered the homeowner. The mortgage reseller would make a $30,000 profit."
For now, Richmond has targeted 624 mortgages. But there are another 4,000 or so over-mortgaged homes in the city. Who knows how much further this practice will spread?
Then, there's another consideration that's barely been mentioned in what Mayor Gayle McLaughlin has positioned as a crusade against predatory lenders.
Individual banks typically do not hold these mortgages. They more often are held as mortgage-backed securities in the secondary market -- retirement plans, 401(k)s and pension funds such as CalPERS -- which would absorb the losses resulting from the loan seizures. So Richmond's actions wouldn't punish banks so much as they'd punish individuals and pensioners.
This idea is so brilliantly outlandish it could only originate in Richmond, the first city in the nation to use eminent domain as a weapon against lenders.
Oh, one other thing, as reported by Alejandro Lazo of the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 13: The feds are uneasy about this plan. The newspaper quoted a letter by Elliot Mincberg, an assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development: "Pending legal developments and possible further execution of the plans in question, HUD does not know whether any new mortgage which might be created would qualify for insurance by the Federal Housing Administration."
Otherwise, it sounds like a heckuva plan.
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Real estate auction flips former drug house
Money will benefit York County programUPDATED 1:26 PM CST Nov 19, 2012
A York County home that was once used for dealing cocaine goes up for bid, and the proceeds will benefit the county drug task force.
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Brian Scalabrine reported to work with the Santa Cruz Warriors on Thursday as the team's new player development coach.
Santa Cruz head coach Casey Hill told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that he expected the 6-foot-9 Scalabrine, who played 11 NBA seasons, to concentrate on the team's power forwards and centers.
One of Scalabrine's roles with the Warriors had been working out individually with center Andrew Bogut.
"I had a great relationship with Scal," Bogut said Thursday. "Obviously you never want to see anybody go, but at the end of the day, Coach makes the decisions, and I don't think it's going to affect chemistry too much. Players have their chemistry, coaches have their chemistry."
Warriors head coach Mark Jackson announced Scalabrine's reassignment Tuesday due to a "difference in philosophies." Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told a Boston radio station he had spoken with Scalabrine, adding, "I think Brian takes responsibility for it." Whatever the reasoning or timing, Bogut said he respected Jackson's decision.
"It doesn't matter if it happens in October or February, it's something you've got to adjust to and move on from," Bogut said. "You can't sit there cry about it. You're professional. At the end of the day, we've still got to come out and play when the lights come on."
"He's the coach. He makes the decisions. We're not silly enough to believe anything else. He chooses his staff, and he decides which players play minutes and which players don't, so we respect Coach wholeheartedly for that. He's the head honcho, and everybody else kind of has to be his support staff. If he felt like it wasn't getting done that way, it's his decision."
Hill told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that Scalabrine would bring "tons of energy, tons of enthusiasm" to the Warriors' NBA Development League affiliate.
"My focus is having him here and making this a positive experience for everyone involved, and that's what we're going to do," Hill said. "And he's been great so far."
"He was at practice today and already proved valuable."
For more on the Warriors, see the Inside the Warriors blog at ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow Diamond Leung on Twitter at twitter.com/diamond83.


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The Hockey News ranks the teams 1-30 based on a combination of last week's play and a squad's overall outlook throughout the regular season.
by Adam Proteau - April 22, 2013 3:50 PM UTC
Not many would have guessed the Islanders would be a playoff team, but here they are in the final week of the season.
Not many people would have imagined the New York Islanders would be hovering near the top 10 (and ahead of the cross-town Rangers) of THN's NHL Power Rankings at any point in this lockout season, but that was exactly where they were – and at the most important time of the regular season.
by Rory Boylen - April 15, 2013 5:25 PM UTC
Washington is on a tear and starting to gain momentum in Stanley Cup picks, but it's not all rosy.
When THN staffers gathered Monday morning and began the process of picking our Stanley Cup favorite for our Playoff Preview edition, the usual suspects were naturally mentioned.
by Rory Boylen - April 1, 2013 6:50 PM UTC
Minnesota has won 10 of its past 12 and is all of a sudden giving the No. 2 ranked Ducks something to worry about.
This is more what GM Chuck Fletcher envisioned when he signed the two biggest free agents last summer. The Minnesota Wild started this season a very mediocre 4-5-1.
by Rory Boylen - March 26, 2013 9:40 AM UTC
In this week's list, the hottest team in the NHL sits on top, while the underdog Blue Jackets make a serious jump.
They've won seven of their past 10 games and, after a slow start to the year, are back up in the playoff race, one point out of eighth.
by Rory Boylen - March 11, 2013 5:25 PM UTC
When the Kings found their offensive groove last season, no one could stop them. This year, they've found it early.
Last season, the Los Angeles Kings finished with the 29th-ranked offense in the NHL, averaging 2.29 goals per game. Even Jonathan Quick's Vezina caliber performance was barely enough to keep them in the playoff hunt; on March 3, 2012, the Kings were 10th in the West.
by Rory Boylen - March 4, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Despite all the trade rumors, playoff drought and dismissed GM, Toronto is playing like a playoff team.
Here we are, approaching the halfway mark of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are still a top 10 team in our Power Rankings. Yes, OK, so the shortened season will taint any potential playoff appearance for some, but this is the most legit Leafs team in the salary cap era.
by Adam Proteau - February 25, 2013 3:40 PM UTC
Some teams, like the Sharks, have been both terrific and terrible. But not our No. 1. The Blackhawks have been tip-top from puck drop.
The San Jose Sharks began this season as one of the NHL's strongest teams, but their abysmal play in what will be their longest road trip of the year has dropped them down THN's Power Rankings and put all members of the organization on the hot seat.
by Adam Proteau - February 11, 2013 5:05 PM UTC
Who would have guessed the Capitals of all teams would be sitting dead-last a quarter of the way into the season?
The Washington Capitals have hit rock bottom, dropping to the basement of THN's Power Rankings for the first time in recent memory. The dubious honor is well-deserved: they're the worst team in the NHL, one point behind Columbus for 29th place overall, and are just one of two teams (the other is Minnesota) who have yet to win on the road.
by Rory Boylen - January 28, 2013 5:45 PM UTC
After making it back to the playoffs for the first time in a decade last season, the Panthers head to the bottom of the pile.
It's time for the Florida Panthers to panic. In a year where the margin for error and the leniency for an extended losing streak is zilch, Florida could not be starting worse.
by Rory Boylen - January 21, 2013 5:10 PM UTC
From Jaromir Jagr, to Marian Hossa, to Josh Harding, there were plenty of good stories to ring in the new NHL season.
Day 1 of this 48-game season really took a page out of the shortened 1995 season after veterans Jaromir Jagr and Teemu Selanne each tallied four points.
by Adam Proteau - April 2, 2012 3:05 PM UTC
In the final edition of the season, the Rangers stay on top, but a few teams are making gains with the playoffs around the corner.
The New York Rangers grab top spot in the final edition of this season's THN.com NHL Power Rankings, but another Atlantic division team – the Pittsburgh Penguins – are going to be right up there with them in the minds of pre-playoff prognosticators as the biggest Stanley Cup favorites.
by Adam Proteau - March 26, 2012 6:28 PM UTC
After tumbling for a little while, the Boston Bruins are making their way back up our weekly list ranking the best teams in the NHL.
The Pittsburgh Penguins remain the best in the latest THN.com Power Rankings, but the Boston Bruins – a team that spent much of the year at or near the top of those rankings – are slowly rediscovering their groove and could be back near the top by the end of the regular season.


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Garden-supply store owner Kostas Stasinos is a social and political leftist, and a loving and easygoing father to two teenage children in suburban Athens. But after masked thugs break into his home, tie up his family, and rape his daughter, he begins to lose his grip on reality. When his militaristic neighbor stops by to inform him he caught the whole break-in on camera and can identify the intruders, Kostas decides to take the law into his own hands, abandoning his lifelong ideals, alienating his family, and bringing even more violence into their lives.
Yorgos Tsemberopoulos's nuanced and calculating moral maze questions not only what he sees as the violence and lawlessness of contemporary life in Athens, but whether a man can return from the disintegration of his own long-held moral beliefs.
A revenge thriller for the 21st century, The Enemy Within dispenses with the notion of muscle-bound thugs tearing rival gangs apart and instead asks us (as well as Kostas's wife and children) to side with a less black-and-white type of vigilantism.
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STANFORD --Top-ranked Stanford advanced to the NCAA women's soccer quarterfinals Sunday with a convincing 3-0 victory over Denver in a Sweet 16 match at Cagan Stadium.
The Cardinal (20-1-1) will play host to Pac-12 rival UCLA on Friday for a chance to reach its fifth consecutive College Cup, soccer's version of the Final Four. Stanford defeated the Bruins 2-1 last month in Westwood. UCLA (18-2-2) advanced Sunday with a 3-0 victory over San Diego State.
"It will be a great game," said senior midfielder Nina Watkins, who scored her third goal of the season Sunday. "They've grown so much and we've grown so much."
Coach Paul Ratcliffe's teams coalesce in the post season. The current group has done it again through three NCAA games this year.
"People said we couldn't do what we do this year," Ratcliffe said.
But the Cardinal has 10 seniors who are 93-3-4 during their careers. The Stanford seniors also are 51-0-1 at home in the past four years.
The team handled unranked Denver (17-3-4) with an aggressive defense and steady attack. The Cardinal took the lead in the ninth minute on Alex Doll's goal off a strong buildup by Courtney Verloo and Chioma Ubogagu on the left. Verloo, who leads the team with 10 goals and 10 assists, found Doll alone in the penalty box for an easy left-footed tap in from 12 yards out.
Stanford doubled the lead in the 57th minute when Watkins fired a 25-yard laser into the upper right corner out of the reach of Pioneers goalkeeper Lara Campbell. Lo'eau LaBonta made it happen by holding possession underneath the defense and passing back to an open Watkins.
Watkins rarely shoots left footed but said, "when opportunity comes you don't want to pass it up."
Ubogagu got the final goal in the 78th minute when Sydney Payne delivered a great through ball on the left. Ubogagu collected the ball from 12 yards out and slammed it past Campbell inside the near post for her fifth goal of the season.
"We were very disciplined," senior fullback Rachel Quon said of the overall effort. "From the beginning we wanted to play our soccer. Once we scored one goal we couldn't just let up."
Denver upset No. 9 Maryland in the second round Friday night to advance to its first Sweet 16. But the Pioneers struggled to mount an attack after forward Kaitlin Bast went out in the 33rd minute. The team's second-leading scorer collided with Stanford defender Laura Liedle and didn't return as a precautionary measure. Coach Jeff Hooker said his forward is OK.
But losing Bast's scoring prowess -- 12 goals and eight assists -- hurt the Pioneers. Hooker said the team also missed her senior leadership as the school lost twice in its final four matches of the season.
The reigning national champion Cardinal, meanwhile, has a 151-game winning streak when scoring a goal. Stanford also extended its home unbeaten streak to 66 games and its home NCAA tournament winning streak to 19 matches.
The senior class wants more after playing in three consecutive College Cups.
"We've been there," Watkins said. "We've felt all the emotions. We don't want to go home without a national championship."
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865 and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond


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Community Strategy
Local authorities have a requirement to prepare a Sustainable Community Strategy which sets out how the area will develop in a sustainable way over the period of the strategy. It identifies the important issues for an area, to be addressed through the work of the Council and its partners.
The original Community Strategy was adopted in 2004, with updates in 2007 and 2010. This recent update has been refocused to link with the Council's function and organisational structure. Many projects and programmes have been delivered and work continues with partners and outside agencies.
This update has also provided an opportunity to revise how the Council delivers the Community Strategy and monitors is progress. A series of Portfolio Plans have been created which reflect the Administration of the Council and provide direct links between the priority outcomes, objectives and Portfolio Holder responsibilities.
- Delivery At present the Community Strategy is delivered by actions outlined in individual Portfolio Holder Plans produced by the Council and updated regularly
- Evidence Existing plans and strategies produced by the Council in conjunction with its partners and communities have been examined to identify common issues, purposes and objectives
- Portfolio Holder Plans Portfolio Holder Plans 2014 - 2017
- Winchester District Community Strategy and Portfolio Plans 2014 Council last night adopted the revised Community Strategy together with a series of Portfolio Plans which will deliver the Council's Priority Outcomes
- Winchester District Sustainable Community Strategy 2010 Local authorities have a requirement to prepare a sustainable community strategy setting out a vision for the future of their area.


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I want to throw out a question to people who are using PMS on their Samsungs and other TVs and NOT PS3s. As this program is fairly complex with multiple targets I'm trying to figure out what is working and what may be broken after spending a day with PMS and a debugger, I'm not left with a warm fuzzy feeling about things like subtitles using SRT files and thumbnails at all.
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Penn Township trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the town hall.
Ruth Scott, a 30 years retirement party for son P. Michael Irvin at Greyland, Mich. from the Guards were called back the following week to teach firefighters.
Rita Martin, Becky Martin and Margaret Dougan attended the West Ohio Conference Annual Day on Saturday, Nov. 10.
Joshua Sealock went to the doctor last Tuesday in Columbus and got a good report on his toe that has healed and will go back to have it checked out in April.
Keirr and Caleb Warren had Title 1 zoo trip at Harmar Elementary in Marietta. They are in the third grade.
Gary, Malachi and Joshua Sealock moved to Marietta a few weeks ago.
Pennsville United Methodist Women met at 7 p.m. Nov. 13. Purpose was said by four members. Roll call answered by four members present. Discussed business and sent several cards. Rita Martin presented the program, "Thank Offering," the members had parts to read. Margaret Dougan gave response and the message of fruits of mission. The Dec. 1 meeting with each member is to take a Christmas reading, bring a dessert and bring their Christmas gift for their secret sister.
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Indie pop band Never Shout Never will perform at 8 p.m. today at Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg.
Formed in Joplin, Mo., the band includes Christofer Drew, lead vocals and guitar; Taylor MacFee, bass; and Hayden Kaiser, guitar and percussion. Three of the group's albums, including 2011's "Time Travel," have charted inside the top 40 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Joining Never Shout Never will be Man Overboard, Mod Sun and Me Like Bees.
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17.08.2012 - Dr. Ilka Diester has received the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award. The Frankfurt-based neurobiologist got a price money of €25,000 at the Forum of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies in Barcelona.
The award was dedicated to her research at Ernst-Strüngmann-Institut where she and her team analyse sensomotoric circuits with help of optogenetic and electrophysiological tools. Their research aims at developing neuroprotheses which can compensate neuronal functional disorders. The price is sponsored by the FENS and Boehringer.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2012-2/ilka-diester.html


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The first day of fall classes starts on Aug. 22 at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. For Head Coach Robert Robinson and his women's basketball staff, that day cannot come soon enough.
With the addition of six newcomers to the 2011-12 roster, half of the team will be in action as an Islander for the first time this upcoming year. With all the newness among players, Robinson is eager to see the first workouts of the year once school starts.
"It'll be interesting when everybody gets here," said Robinson. "I'm looking forward to that to see what we have. There are a lot of new faces this year, and I think it helps us address some key issues that hurt us last year. On paper, what we have is going to work for us, and it will be exciting to actually see it come to fruition in August."
Although the coach has not seen the players in action together due to NCAA rules on summer workouts, many of the newcomers and returnees have taken it upon themselves to get better during the break.
"We are about a month away and all the new kids aren't here yet," said Robinson. "But I trust that a lot of the kids that are here have been working hard over the summer. That was my challenge to them with the coaches not being around to watch them, to get better over the break."
He is expecting the players to come in with a good attitude after putting the onus on them to come back for the semester prepared to work.
"We wanted them to challenge the mental part of their game," said Robinson. "If that was done, they should come in with the right frame of mind."
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Black Friday Sales Don't Say Much About Fourth-Quarter Growth
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The U.S. holiday shopping season is becoming so drawn out retailers may soon be introducing "Black Halloween doorbusters."
Early reports are that Black Friday sales increased from last year's levels. According to the National Retail Federation, sales for the weekend were up 13% from year ago.
From an economic outlook stance, Black Friday sales don't say much about fourth-quarter growth. The double-digit gain doesn't mean gross domestic product is expanding faster than a 2%-or-so annualized pace.
After all, four days (if one includes Thanksgiving) are a small portion of the quarter's worth of shopping days. Economists already think spending started the quarter weakly. The median forecast is that nominal consumer purchases were flat in October (although that comes after a strong 0.8% jump in September).
More importantly, it is unclear how much of last weekend's shopping–and Monday's cybersales–pulled forward holiday spending.
If consumers completed only half of their gift-buying this weekend, retailers can expect more sales in December. On the other hand, if consumers marked off their entire lists, retail activity will be a bust in December, bringing consumer spending down with it.
Moreover, this year's deals may not be as attractive as in the past.
Steve Blitz, chief economist at ITG Investment Research, looked at SKUs (stock-keeping units) at soft-line retailers to determine the discounts offered online. He calculated the same number of items were put on sale this year compared to 2011, but the average discount rate is less this year than in the past.
If the trend holds, the gain in nominal holiday sales might look healthy on a year-over-year comparison. But on a price-adjusted basis, real spending–the kind that goes into GDP–won't look as strong.
The biggest positive to growth from this year's Black Friday sales is that they are over with, while the fiscal cliff still looms ahead. Retailers always want to grab consumers' money earlier than later, but that goal is more justified this year than in the past.
Washington politicians still need to hammer out a deal, but consumers could face a return of normal payroll tax rates or a rise in marginal income tax rates. The end of extended jobless benefits will also cut into total personal income.
As consumers realize they face less take-home pay in 2013, they may turn Grinchy on gift-giving.


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Racing for a reason with TranSystems
March 23, 2011 - MMH Editorial
Supply chain consulting and integration firm TranSystems (Booth 4279) and a driver for an Indy Racing League (IRL) team it sponsors see similarities between lean supply chains and successful IRL teams.
At a Tuesday press conference at ProMat, IRL driver Justin Wilson and Scott Pribula, president of TranSystems Management and Supply Chain Consulting Group, discussed the need to be efficient with logistics. Like the rest of the economy, said Wilson, race car teams have had to do more with less, and can no longer simply throw more people and cash at having parts like tires and gear ratios in place for races. "The teams that tend to win are the ones that are the most efficient and organized," Wilson said.
Wilson was on hand to discuss the Racing for Kids Foundation, which Wilson is involved in and which TranSystems supports both financially and by volunteer efforts. Under the program, Racing For Kids drivers visit children in hospitals near where they race.
Pribula and Wilson agreed that being involved in the program has been uplifting. "It's great to see the change in these children's faces [during visits]," said Pribula.
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BERKELEY -- Georgetown sophomore Stephen Domingo announced he will return home to the Bay Area and continue his basketball career at Cal.
Domingo, who starred at St. Ignatius High in San Francisco, totaled 29 points in 39 games over two seasons at Georgetown. Scout.com rated Domingo as a four-star (out of five) prospect his senior year in high school.
The 6-foot-6 wing, who must sit out next season as a transfer, said he is excited to play for new Cal coach Cuonzo Martin.
"Georgetown was just not the right basketball opportunity for me," Domingo said in a phone interview. "I'm going forward and Cal will be a place I can flourish and show what I can do.
"Coach Martin said I'll be able to use my length and athleticism on the defensive end and I can be a matchup problem on offense."
Domingo said Cal was among his finalists when he first chose a college out of high school.
Domingo is the second player Martin has added to the Cal roster since being hired last month. A week ago, he signed incoming freshman Kingsley Okoroh, a 7-1 center from England.
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I was influenced by the multiculturalism of Ezra Pound, and the cultural nationalism of W.B.Yeats, the innovative writing of Nathanael West, and W.H.Auden's use of vernacular while attending the University of Buffalo, then a private university.
In 1978, I was among those who received a $5,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to begin a project whose aim was to distribute little magazines edited by Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian Americans and African Americans. Thus The Before Columbus Foundation, named for Ivan van Sertima's book, "They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America," was founded. It was required that I name a partner. I chose poet Victor Hernández Cruz, one of the Puerto Rican writers whom I met on the Lower East Side.
Before Columbus became more than a distribution project.It became a service organization for writers, sponsoring symposiums, panels and readings throughout the country.The late Bob Callahan, the Irish American Langston Hughes as a result of his contacts with writers of different cultures, requested that white ethnics be let in. Bob was one of those who was responsible for the Zora Neale Hurston Renaissance,when he published her book, "Tell My Horse." We added Irish, Italian and Jewish American writers to our board. In 1979, noticing that the major awards recognized only tokens from our literary cultures, B.C. began the American Book Awards to begin a more expansive look at American storytelling traditions and to present a more inclusive reading of American story telling.
We held our first awards ceremony at The West Side Community Center through the arrangement of poet and Miles Davis biographer Quincy Troupe. Among that first group of winners, in nineteen eighty, was the late poet Jayne Cortez.
Joseph Papp, director of the Public Theater, sponsored the second annual awards.The event was hosted by Troupe. Among the presenters were Donald Barthelme and Toni Morrison, a future ABA winner(1988). Among those in the audience was former New Jersey poet laureate Amiri Baraka,who would also receive an award from us in 1984. Famed South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, and the late hoofer, Howard "Sandman" Sims were among those who provided the entertainment.
Since that time,we've held events in different cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami,Washington, D.C.and Berkeley, Calif., where, for the last two years, the awards were sponsored by the English and African American Studies Departments. Several of the awards ceremonies, including the last two, have been broadcast by C-SPAN. I watched last year's event in a Beijing hotel room.Ours were the only major awards received by Audre Lorde and Andrea Dworkin during their lifetimes.
The Before Columbus Foundation's office is located in Oakland's Preservation Park, a landmark site,which consists of historic Victorian homes that were relocated from other parts of the city and placed in the park. We were the subject of a Time magazine story.
Our members include writers from three generations. Rudolfo Anaya, author of the classic "Bless Me, Ultima," and recipient of a presidential medal for literature; Cruz, a chancellor of the American Academy of Poets; Juan Felipe Herrera, current poet laureate of the state of California; translator Marie Anderson, poet James Bertolino; Lawrence DiStasi, author of "The Big Book of Italian American Culture"; poet David Meltzer, poet, playwright Genny Lim; novelist and former University of Washington chair Shawn Wong; NBA recipient Joyce Carol Thomas and Acoma Pueblo poet Simon Ortiz subject of a CBS "Sunday Morning"special. The younger members include, the chair, Justin DesMangles, host of a cultural program from the University of California at Davis radio; poet Jack Foley, host of a KPFA book show; and president, award winning playwright, Wajahat Ali, co-host of the program "The Stream," broadcast by Al Jazeera network. Our executive director for many years, has been Gundars Strads, the son of a professor, author, journalist and immigrant from Latvia. He is the managing editor of California Management Review, a business magazine, published the University of California's Haas School of Business. Another young member is poet Ishmael Hope of Alaska's Tlingit Clan, whose members can trace a storytelling tradition that existed thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus.
Over the years, distinguished authors, Don DeLillo, John A.Williams, Gloria Naylor, Edwidge Danticat, Lerone Bennett, Jr. and Terry McMillan have traveled to receive their awards at their own expense. When we held the awards in Los Angeles, Danticat brought her mom and dad. A few years ago, The Washington Post called us the American League to the NBA's National League.
Do book awards mean anything? We've observed that some of the best of our writers, even those with international reputations are unknown to the general reader as a result of what we feel is the narrow focus of our reviewers and awards cultures. While attending a Kyoto writers' group, named for Langston Hughes, Japanese scholars and critics mentioned American writers who are unknown to guardians of American literary tastes. The feeling seems to be that any story telling traditions that exist outside of Manhattan are like the proverbial tree in the forest.
Those writers who receive awards from B.C. get known. Their books receive a longer shelf life. If they are academics, they receive promotions and and jobs.
Granted we lack the glitz and glamor of the more publicized awards, and we are sometimes cash strapped, but we continue to exist as a result of what Gundars calls, "blind persistence."
Tonight, The American Book Awards will be held as part of the Miami Book Fair International at the invitation of NBA winner Mitchell Kaplan. The book fair is celebrating its 40th year.
We'll be celebrating our 34rd. The American Book Awards are alive and well! We insist that American storytelling traditions constitute an ocean and not just a mainstream.
Ishmael Reed, the recipient of a John D. MacArthur fellowship, is the author of such novels as "The Free-Lance Pallbearers" and "Reckless Eyeballing." His online magazine Konch is at konchmagazine.localon.com
The 2013 American Book Award Winners are:
Will Alexander, Singing In Magnetic Hoofbeat: Essays, Prose, Texts, Interviews, and a Lecture, Essay Press
Philip P. Choy, San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide To Its History & Architecture, City Lights
Amanda Coplin, The Orchardist, Harper Collins
Natalie Diaz, When My Brother Was An Aztec, Copper Canyon Press
Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Harper Collins
Alan Gilbert, Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence, University of Chicago
Judy Grahn, A Simple Revolution: The Making of an Activist Poet, Aunt Lute Books
Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave: A Memoir, W.W. Norton & Co.
Demetria Martinez, The Block Captain's Daughter, University of Oklahoma Press
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, Blood Songs, The Ecstatic Exchange
D. G. Nanouk Okpik, Corpse Whale, University of Arizona Press
Seth Rosenfeld, Subversives: The FBI's War On Student Radical and Reagan's Rise to Power, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
Christopher B. Teuton, Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liar's Club, University of North Carolina
Lew Welch, Ring of Bone: Collected Poems, City Lights
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It has been nearly a decade since Tim Lincecum burst onto the Cactus League scene, drawing executives and radar guns every time he stepped on a mound. Kyle Crick doesn't have quite the same résumé, but plenty of curious eyes were watching when Crick threw two innings in a "B" game in Mesa on Monday morning.
When Crick returned to Scottsdale Stadium, he knew just where to go: Lincecum's locker.
"I've learned more (this spring) than I have in my whole minor league career," said Crick, a former first-round pick who has made a habit of peppering veterans with questions.
Crick is the organization's top prospect, a title Lincecum held briefly during his meteoric rise to big league success. If all goes according to plan, the two will one day share the same clubhouse at AT&T Park. On Monday, they had similar results.
Lincecum breezed through his first inning of the spring, getting back to the dugout in less than three minutes thanks to three ground outs. He briefly lost his command in the second inning against the San Diego Padres, giving up a ringing double and walking Ryan Jackson on four pitches, but Lincecum recovered to keep the game scoreless. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one in two innings.
"(The grounders), that's what I was looking for, especially in that first inning," Lincecum said. "It's kind of discouraging in the second inning when everything is up again, but those are things I've got to work on. That's why we're here."
Lincecum didn't wait for his next bullpen session to work on a fix. As Jackson jogged to first, Lincecum stood on the mound and mimicked a couple of pitches. He said he was at times "gliding" toward the plate, not rotating, so his arm was dragging a bit and his fastball was staying up. Lincecum made the adjustment between hitters.
Crick's adjustment came in the dugout after he gave up a run to Chicago Cubs prospects in his first inning as a member of big league camp. The 21-year-old said he was nervous, but not because manager Bruce Bochy, general manager Brian Sabean and the majority of the front office attended the game.
"It was the first time, there were butterflies," Crick said. "The fact that I was on the mound in a big league game, even if it was a "B" game, it was still a big deal to me."
Crick acquitted himself nicely after a few minutes of gathering his thoughts on a dugout bench. He struck out the side in his second inning, using an overpowering fastball to edge top prospects Kris Bryant and Jorge Soler.
"He was overthrowing a little bit early, but he regrouped and threw well," Bochy said.
Bochy thinks Lincecum is as sharp as he has ever been this early in spring, and No. 55 is not the only one shining on the mound. One time through the rotation, Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Hudson and Ryan Vogelsong have allowed just three hits in eight scoreless innings. (Matt Cain's first spring start was rained out.)
"The first time out has been impressive," Bochy said. "To throw the ball the way they've been throwing says a lot about the type of shape they're in and where they are with their stuff."
Affeldt was pleased with his curveball and fastball and said his command "was scary good" for this time of year. Injuries limited Affeldt to 39 appearances last season, and he wasn't right when on the field. Affeldt allowed 53 percent of inherited runners to score and never found the form that has made him such a versatile weapon for Bochy. When locked in, Affeldt can pitch anywhere from long relief to the ninth, and he's the rare left-handed reliever who can excel against right-handed batters.
"He should feel good about this one," Bochy said. "I think we all get the same sense that it was a frustrating year for him and he wanted to bounce back."
The September surgery repaired two muscles and was supposed to strengthen Affeldt's core. After Monday's successful outing, Affeldt said this is the healthiest he has felt since 2009, when he had a 1.73 ERA in 74 appearances.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
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Motorcyclist Arrested in Confrontation on West Side Highway
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New York City police arrested a motorcyclist who was allegedly among a band of riders who chased a Range Rover on the streets of Manhattan, forced the driver to stop several times and beat him in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter Sunday, officials said.
More than six minutes of the melee were caught on a video recording from a helmet camera used by one of the cyclists and posted on video-sharing websites.
The SUV struck one of the motorcyclists—who on the video appeared to be driving very close to the vehicle— on the West Side Highway near 116th Street, setting off a high speed chase. The cyclist was identified as Passaic, N.J. resident Christopher Cruz, 28 years old, and he was charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving, menacing and endangering the welfare of a child, New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Mr. Cruz suffered injuries to his back, police said. Mr. Kelly would not say what Mr. Cruz told police about the chase.
The incident caused the motorcycles and the SUV, driven by Manhattan resident Alexian Lien, 33, to come to a stop on the highway. The motorcyclists then surrounded the SUV and slashed its tires, Mr. Kelly has said. The SUV then accelerated, hitting several motorcyclists including Edwin Mieses, Jr., police said.
Mr. Mieses is in a coma after suffering broken ribs and a broken spine that may ultimately leave him paralyzed, his wife, Dayana Mieses, said at a news conference outside St. Luke's Hospital. Ms. Mieses said she was outraged that Mr. Mieses was being treated as a criminal instead of a victim. "I just want people to know that the only victim is not" the driver of the SUV, she said.
Ms. Mieses said her husband was visiting the city for the motorcycle event from Lawrence, Mass., where he works as a studio engineer.
She added that while she understood the driver was scared because he was surrounded by motorcyclists, "he should have stopped. He should have just stopped."
"Who is going to pay for these bills," she asked.
Police issued a flyer offering a $2,000 reward for anyone who could identify two men who allegedly assaulted Mr. Lien. One of the men on the flyer turned himself in to police Tuesday afternoon and was being questioned, a law-enforcement official said.
Mr. Lien suffered two black eyes and lacerations to his face and torso, police said. He was treated and released from New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Investigators believe the cyclists were in town for an unsanctioned event called Hollywood Stuntz, where riders drive around Manhattan performing tricks on their motorcycles, Mr. Kelly said, adding that the city provides permits and escorts for other bike events.
Police received more than 200 calls on Sunday for erratic driving related to bikers who were in town for the event, Mr. Kelly said. He said police confiscated more than 50 motorcycles and issues 68 summonses to those involved in the event.
Mr. Mieses's father, Edwin Mieses, Sr, a pastor in Hazleton, Pa., drove in to New York City after receiving a call during a church service.
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RIO VERDE, Ariz. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi golf team shot a second-round 317 to finish in 15th place at the Rio Verde Invitational, played on the White Wing Golf Course. The event was shortened to 36 holes due to rain on the opening day of the Invitational.
Senior Nikki Dunn shot a 75 on the second day to finish with a 150 for the tournament, finishing in a tie for 13th place. Taylor Slagle finished in 54th with a 157 (77-80), while Lindsay Biehler delivered a 158 (78-80) to sit 63rd at the event. Vanessa Johnson shot a 160 (78-82) and Krista Fenniak posted a 162 (80-82).
Northern Arizona took the team title by shooting 597 (288-309) at the event. The Lumberjacks held off a hard charge from Xavier, which shot 296 in the second round to finish three shots back with a 600. Eastern Michigan (295-306) and Arkansas-Little Rock (305-296) tied for third at 601.
NAU's Savana Bezdicek took individual medalist honors with an even-par 144 (71-73) for the Invitational. Xavier's Shane Crutchfield (74-71) and Northern Arizona's Stephanie Kim (70-75) tied for second at 145, while UALR earned a fourth-place finish from Emelie Westrup at 146 (73-73).
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Thursday, 27th September, 2012, 06:23 PM #1
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What should be the 5E default setting?
I haven't seen any specific confirmations, yet, but it sure seems like Forgotten Realms is gearing to be Next's default setting. I don't have anything in particular against the Realms, it just has never caught my interest. I would not look forward to FR being the default, and would prefer other options.
I really liked 4Es PoL: in my opinion it harkens back to D&D's history and inspires new ideas and adventures.
But what does everyone else think?
Something entirely new
4E's PoL, Astral Sea/Elemental Chaos
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Thursday, 27th September, 2012, 06:32 PM #2
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guh. If the Realms is the default setting, that'll be a strike against it in my book. Unless it reverts to the grey box; I'd be okay with that.
I expect Greyhawk to be it, though. And I'm largely good with that... Greyhawk does have a genre* which differs from other gameworlds, but it's also the longest associated with the game.
I'm not sure if it will be 3e's pseudo-Greyhawk or actual Greyhawk, though.
It will not be anything weirder than the Realms or Greyhawk, though. PoL is unlikely, though it's generic enough, too.
* Alignments as meaningful factions and the frequent meddling of demons and devils in the everyday affairs of the world are the biggest parts. I also think "Neutral as Balance" is fairly Greyhawkian, along with mad gods/wizards and the dungeons they created out of whimsy.
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I'd like to see them pull something entirely new out of the hat - relatively generic fantasy, sure, but without the various baggage* older settings tend to accumulate.
* - defined as assorted storylines, NPCs, history, etc. that fans of the setting insist be present but that might conflict with my own ideas.
Failing that, I'd vote for Mystara/Known World as default. It's a fine setting, and hasn't been used enough to build up much baggage as defined above.
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I wouldn't be excited by the Realms or Greyhawk, but it wouldn't turn me away.
Points of Light never really grabbed me because, in my mind, it was never really a setting. The idea of a default setting that's basically a kicking-off point for homebrewing has its merits, but I don't need it.
Of the ones I'd consider running, the only one I think is remotely appropriate for a core setting is Eberron.
Thursday, 27th September, 2012, 06:56 PM #5
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What of the psuedo-setting of Nerath and environs? Its never really been supported explicitly, but there is enough bits to give it teeth without too much baggage. 4E fans would be (might be?) happy, since many of the 4E modules assume that setting already (Thunderspire Mountain, eg).
I prefer Greyhawk over the Realms, but I would be fine if was the Realms or even Mystara.
I voted for something new. I would say "Greyhawk-ish". Give me jungles, deserts, tundra, etc with all the tropes: Barbarian hordes, jungle pygmies, huge city-states, empires, kingdoms, confederacies, etc. My biggest beef with Dark Sun is that its too exclusive: no pirates of the caribean e.g.
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Man I love Eberron, but I don't think it should be the default setting. For one, there is a lot of stuff unique or endemic to the setting (warforged, dragonmarks, artificers, psionics etc.) that would pretty much need to be included to run it, and the PHB looks like it's going to be crowded already. It's also more of a niche setting, and not the best intro (IMO) to the shared D&D gamer culture they seem to be chasing after with DDN.
I voted 3.5's Greyhawk mashup, largely out of nostalgia for the edition I really got into D&D with, I suspect. Greyhawk and the Forgotten Realms both seem like fine choices, though if they use FR everything should be carefully worded to imply as little about the time period it takes place in as possible. Points of Light was fine and I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but it's probably worth avoiding just for the mindless nerdrage it would incite if it ever became the Core Rulebook assumption again.
I suppose it would also be fine to make up another vague setting just for DDN, but it seems to be more work for less reward than just choosing an existing, largely accepted setting.
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Ideally, the book would stress that your world can be whatever you want it to be, while constantly referencing the Realms as an example of a typical D&D world.
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No default is where I voted. Especially if WOTC is adamant on giving us an abundance of " story fluff like they have been doing with classes and the monster articles. By trying to shoehorn races into GH for example, like Dragonborn, or Tieflings , or warforged and shifters in Dragonlance it just ends up pissing fans off. This has been the major issue with FR (and to a slightly lesser extent GH) through every edition since 2nd rolled out. Enough with the Homogenization.
Second choice would be a new setting.
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I think there is wisdom in having a light touch of a default setting in the core, much like 3e did with Greyhawk. And, while i would prefer Greyhawk or something new, Forgotten Realms is probably a better jumping off point for new players.


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Published: Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 7:49 a.m.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise.
The female Texas cooter arrived June 18 and will go on display Thursday at the zoo's Friedrich Aquarium.
Zoo spokeswoman Debbie Rios-Vanskike (van SKYKE') said Wednesday that the two-headed turtle appears healthy and is able to swim and walk. She says experts at the zoo don't foresee any health issues for Thelma and Louise, named for the female duo in the 1991 Oscar-winning road movie of the same name.
The San Antonio Zoo is no stranger to two-headed reptiles. The facility was home to a two-headed Texas rat snake named Janus from 1978 until the creature's death to 1995.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. - Eighth-ranked Mississippi and second-ranked LSU played a college baseball game worthy of some national notice Friday night.
Alas for the Bulldogs, the Tigers got in the final shot.
Mason Katz's two-run home run in the top half of the 10th inning lifted LSU to a 6-4 victory in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Dudy Noble Field.
LSU improved to 17-1 overall and 1-0 in league play, while MSU fell to 18-3 and 0-1. The Bulldogs and Tigers have now gone extra innings in three of the last five meetings.
"I think our kids will bounce back from this but it's our job to make them aware of things that are good in this game and not so good so we'll do that," MSU head coach John Cohen said. "We'll review and hopefully they're excited about getting out there and competing tomorrow."
The Bulldogs got things started in the first inning when Hunter Renfroe hit a mammoth two-run home run to left center field. For Renfroe, it was his sixth home run of the season and third in as many games. C.T. Bradford preceded the round-tripper with a single, as MSU grabbed a quick 2-0 lead.
LSU cut the lead in half on a Christian Ibarra RBI-single in the fourth inning.
The Bulldogs appeared ready to take control by scoring twice more in the fifth inning. After two were out, MSU pieced together four straight singles. Adam Frazier and Bradford had hits, while Renfroe and Alex Detz had run-producing hits.
LSU came right back with two scores in the sixth inning, chasing MSU starter Jacob Lindgren.
Lindgren worked 5.2 innings, allowing five hits and three runs (all earned), with no walks and seven strikeouts.
"I thought Lindgren was phenomenal but again phenomenal is all about one pitch," Cohen said. "We let Katz beat us and that was not in our game plan. We had no problem with him walking there but we serve him a belt-high breaking ball that left the ballpark. We served up their best hitter two great opportunities for him to leave the ballpark and to his credit, he did it. Hopefully we'll execute a little bit better on the mound and defensively as well."
A two-run home run by Katz - the first of his two in the contest chased Lindgren and brought the guests within 4-3.
MSU also chased LSU starter Aaron Nola in the sixth inning. However, the Bulldogs could do nothing with a walk and hit batsmen.
LSU scored the game-tying run on an error and wild pitch in the seventh inning.
In the 10th inning, relief pitcher Will Cox (2-1) walked Raph Rhymes and was touched for the game-winner by Katz.
For LSU, Joey Bourgeois (2-0) picked up the win and Chris Cotton worked a perfect bottom of the 10th for his sixth save.
The Bulldogs finished with 10 hits, including three hits by Detz and two hits by both Renfroe and Bradford.
Alex Bregman, Katz and Ibarra each had two hits for LSU, which totaled seven hits.
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Since 1994, Forward Sports in Sialkot in north-eastern Pakistan has been producing footballs for Adidas, the world's second-largest sporting goods manufacturer. It has supplied Adidas footballs for the German and French national leagues and for the UEFA Champions League, but the company had never won a World Cup contract.
Then, last year, Forward's CEO, Khawaja Masood Akhtar, heard that Adidas' Chinese supplier for the 2014 World Cup couldn't keep up with demand, and he invited executives to his football manufacturing plant. The move paid off and Forward Sports was given a contract to produce the 3,000 Brazuca footballs in use at the month-long tournament in Brazil, and an estimated two million Brazuca balls of various grades that are now on sale across the globe.
Forward Sports' success is a sign that Sialkot, an established leather products centre located in Punjab province, is starting to win back orders lost to rivals in east and south-east Asia during first decade of the new century. Pakistan was the world's leading football manufacturer until the 1990s, and Forward's Khawaja Hassan Masood hopes his country can regain its position. He told Bloomberg, "Pakistan can regain much lost share of football manufacturing from China, Vietnam and Indonesia", adding that it can raise its share of world football production from its current 18 percent to 50 percent in four years. "We get an edge with our labour wages as they are cheaper than China."
But it is not just more competitive wages that are bringing a resurgence in demand to Sialkot's leather industry. Companies like Forward Sports have had to increase productivity, improve quality and working conditions, and embrace new technology in order to comply with the requirements of foreign buyers.
These challenging tasks are being met with help from the Leather Products Development Institute (LPDI), a training centre established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in March 2001. The LPDI equips local leather companies and their workers with the knowledge and skills needed to compete on the international market.
According to Muhammad Atif, LPDI's former project manager, Forward Sports is one of the Sialkot-based leather companies that have benefited from the services the Institute provides. He said that some of Forward's 1,400 workers have received "training in quality control and more efficient production techniques", and that the company has been tested for compliance with required working conditions and environmental standards, including its ability to provide "clean drinking water and low noise levels" and its capacity to deal with waste water and reduce emissions.
Forward Sports has also benefited from the LPDI's focus on providing training to aspiring female workers. Nearly a quarter of the company's entire workforce are women, an unusually high ratio for Pakistan's manufacturing sector. These women workers say they are the first females in their families to have jobs in the formal sector. Ninety percent of those working on the production of the Brazuca ball are women because, according to Khawaja Masood Aktar, they are more diligent and meticulous than their male colleagues.
For more information about UNIDO and its support for the leather industry see: UNIDO Leather and Leather Products Industry Panel
Also see BBC News on "Brazuka: Official World Cup ball to be used in Brazil"
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February 21, 2013
PARKERSBURG — When the Wood County Board of Education meets next week to look at funding repairs to athletic facilities, particularly Parkersburg High's Stadium Field, President Tim Yeater said ther......
Provide services for education,Athletics secondary. Yeater must have had use of the one collective braincell that night. Now if he could get the talking head to pull the astro turf from Stadium and put it on Erickson and use that one until funds are raised to rebuild Stadium,if it must be done.
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They need to just fix it and stop all the whining. I think all the football fields in Wood County are getting way to expensive for this area.
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Take all the money the board can afford to spend on football fields and divide it evenly between PHS, PSHS and Williamstown. Let the boosters do the rest.
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I think it is amazing that last year PSHS and Williamstown asked for money that totalled $205,000 and the board declined to give them the money. They did spend $35,000 at both schools. Now, you have PHS asking for $900,000 and all of a sudden the comments from the board are we need to help take care of our athletic facilities. I know PHS has their facility shutdown, but there needs to be some consistency. The article in yesterday's paper said there was one board member willing to write the check at that meeting. I think that if they are going to do this for PHS, they need to look at what they can do for the athletic facilities at PSHS and Williamstown as well.
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To ssatisfiy all the needs of all 3 campuses, the board needs put a bond issue together and present it to the voters.
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1.) Board member Jim Fox has a kid who plays football at PHS. Therefore, Mr. Fox should recuse himself from any further participation in decisions related to the PHS stadium.
2.) The people involved need to leave fantasyland and step into the real world. You can't have a new stadium AND have it ready by August AND have it constructed to maintain the "tradition" of the current stadium.
3.) The PHS turf is 10 years old. My recommendation, bulldoze the entire thing, and build a new facility that will be less costly to maintain in the future. Deal with the ramifications and scheduling issues as they arise.
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The turf at Stadium Field is NOT ten years old, and the type of turf has a very long life, even when outdoors. It was installed August 2006.
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To bad they didn't have this meeting of the minds before the stadium requires million dollars in repairs
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ONCE AGAIN...A state or locally-chartered Bank of Parkersburg could have loaned the money, utilizing the power of fractional reserve lending. Then, the loan is simply repaid to the bank. If we had this kind of system that North Dakota already uses, then we would not even have meeting after meeting and article after article.
Erickson would have been funded with the loan. Stadium Field could be funded with the loan. Williamstown could be funded with the loan. There would have been no questions and no arguments about the issue.
It's simply time to utilize what the banks already do for the good of the people.
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When they were trying to build Erickson Stadium the Wood BOE did not want to help out. "Raise your own money if the need is there". Now that it is Mighty PHS that needs a Stadium the story has changed. Let's do a bond levy and throw South and Williamstown a carrot and let's spend Millions on PHS.
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A couple of thoughts.. Tim Yeater WAS spot on...the BOE does have a responsibility to provide safe facilities to the school. Jim Fox should NOT be recused. Any child of a BOE member is not receiving a monetary benefit from playing in a safe venue. He should be involved in this process. Since 1915 the BOE has allowed volunteers to take care of stadium issues. However, the cost of stadium renovations has increased dramatically and they have a duty to be involved. They need to do a review of all 3 PUBLIC stadiums and see what is needed to be safe and up to code...then find a way, through a bond or otherwise to see to it that these for 3 high schools are adequate. Any extrafacilitie's should be privately funded. PHS should lean on its athletic director alums for insight...Shane Lyons (Alabama) and Craig Walkup (Ohio) surely help out.
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Wow...delusions of grandeur? I think so! The board didn't give $200,000 to South and Williamstown...but YES they will write you a $900,000 check becuase you are so special. The last fix was temporary and everyone knew it. Now...fix it properly yourself.
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Why does an area this size need three football fields/stadiums? Careful scheduling at one state of the art stadium could likely accommodate the area's schools's events. Suggestion: upgrade Erickson; I-77 provides access from all areas.
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STOCKTON – Around 10:20 p.m. Monday, two men knocked on the door of a residence in the 700 block of Belvedere Avenue requesting to use the phone. When the 27-year-old resident opened the door, the men pushed their way in and one of the men displayed a gun before heading to the back of the home, police reported.
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The Rockingham County Fire Marshal's Office along with the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office, announced Wednesday that the man and the car were seen near the church at the time of the fire. The 1988-89 Honda has flip-up style headlights, faded paint and a loud muffler.
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Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Pie (from the Nestle website)
2 cups (about 22) finely crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (I used Oreos)
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 3/4 cups plus 1 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, divided
1 1/2 cups (9 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons peanuts, coarsely chopped, divided
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup peanut butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Chill mixing bowl and whisk.
Combine the cookie crumbs, 2 TBSPS of the sugar and the melted butter in a medium bowl. Press onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Cool on cooling rack for 15 minutes. Freeze for 15 minutes.
Heat 3/4 cup of the cream just to a boil. Remove from heat. Add 1 1/4 cups of the chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of the peanuts. Stir until chocolate is melted. Spread chocolate mixture over bottom and up sides of pie shell. Freeze for at least 15 minutes.
Beat 1 cup of the cream in chilled mixer bowl to stiff peaks, adding vanilla extract one tablespoon at a time.
Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large mixer bowl for 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Gradually beat in peanut butter. Fold in whipped cream mixture. Spoon mixture into pie shell.
Combine remaining chocolate chips and remaining cream in small, heavy-duty plastic bag. Microwave on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; knead. Microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut small hole in corner of bag; squeeze to drizzle over pie. Sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Freeze for 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Cover.
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- Premium Macbook Sleeve
- Reusable Bag
- Round Puzzles
- Strap
- Trader Card
- Water Bottle
- Wine Bag
- Photo Puzzles 10x8inch
- Tray Puzzles
- Invitation Card Puzzles 5x7 inch
- Heart-shaped Puzzle
- Gift accessories
- Playing Cards 1, 13 or 54 photos
- Button Magnets
- Button Pin
- Dog Tag
- Photo Pendant
- Photo Tile
- Greeting Cards
- Invitation Cards
- Photo Memory Matching Games
- Tote Bag
- NoteBook
- Magnetic Puzzles