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Students enter the healthcare administration major after earning an associate degree in an approved Applied Science area (such as Nursing, Radiation Therapy and Healthcare Support) with at least a 2.7 grade point average. This major allows students to earn a baccalaureate healthcare administration degree without any additional clinical courses.
Graduates with a healthcare administration degree are prepared to work in a variety of healthcare administration jobs such as director of nursing, healthcare administrator, health information manager, health service manager, hospital administrator, medical director, nursing home administrator, nursing recruiter, etc.
The healthcare administration degree is available in the campus program as well as through online classes in the Woods Online program.
Ready to pursue a master's degree? Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College now offers a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree to help you advance in your career.
General Studies:
Meet SMWC general studies course requirements; must take the following as a requirement of the major:
- MA 253 Statistics is required
- PS 111 General Psychology is required
- Proficiency in Computers (Test required) (2 hours)
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Emphasizes management functions and management systems. Enhances understanding of the managerial role and its influence on organizational performance. Facilitates understanding of managerial activities involving human, technical and conceptual skills within behavioral, classical and management science approaches.
Surveys the process of product design, packaging, pricing, advertising, distribution and sales of goods and services. Emphasizes not only management decisions made in each of these processes, but also usable management tools. Emphasis is also placed on the marketing concept of discovering and fulfilling human needs.
Studies and applies communication theory and communication as a management tool.
Focuses on the nature of law-making, the legal processes by which law is applied to resolve disputes, the value and policy that are the basis for our law and legal processes and the role of law and litigation in the conduct of everyday business affairs. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of the legal system, both philosophical and technical, which facilitate business operations and discourage or control harmful business practices. Ethical implications and standards to which business conduct should conform are considered and stressed.
Introduction to roles of professionals in meeting standards of regulatory agencies and voluntary organizations in healthcare delivery systems. Application of the concepts of financial management within healthcare organizations. This will include: budgeting, financial planning principles, reimbursement procedures, governmental regulation, and legal restraints.
This course is intended to teach the skills needed to keep organizations competitive in the constantly changing healthcare environment. The course discusses developments in the healthcare field that require managers to have heightened skills in strategic planning and competitive analysis. The course also examines the models that exist for delivering quality service to consumers and how to build a base of loyal customers.
An introduction to ethical issues in the helping professions and the legal context of the practice, with emphasis on the development of ethical competence for the undergraduate helping professional.
Provides an overview of crisis theory and interventions for working with clients in crisis. Crisis and conflict management theories, strategies and skills will be examined and applied to a variety of situations including those involving suicide, physical and sexual assault, natural and manmade disasters, grief or traumatic loss and violence in the workplace, the home, or the school.
Human Resource Management Track
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Studies the processes in the personnel management system to meet human resource requirements, develop effectiveness in human resources, create a productive climate and behaviors and develop leadership and decision-making abilities to accomplish individual, organizational and societal objectives. Incorporates results of research in the behavioral sciences and stresses applications in the organizational structure. Prerequisite: BU 241.
Goes beyond the basic foundation of human resources management to focus in more detail on resources management in terms of implementing compensation, providing economic, physical and emotional security for employees, creating a productive work climate, understanding employee rights and discipline, strengthening employee-management relations and understanding global enterprises. Prerequisites: BU 241 and BU 341.
Examines individual concepts, individual-organizational interface, the organization itself and organizational processes and characteristics. Prerequisite: BU 241.
Covers various legal issues that will face those employed in the human resources field. Some of the topics which may be covered include: compensation issues, equal employment opportunities, affirmative action programs, introduction to OSHA, employment and medical testing, sexual harassment issues, employee rights to privacy, as well as some specific laws such as ADA and NLRA. Prerequisites: BU 241 and BU 371.
Covers current readings and current and directed topics in the field of human resources management that are not covered in other classes. Topics will change as the field of human resource management changes. Prerequisites: BU 341 and BU 342.


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The state Department of Finance released its latest population estimates on Thursday. They show a growth rate of 0.7 percent, the same as last year's rate.
California added 256,000 people between July 2011 and July 2012. That brought the state population to more than 37.8 million people.
The bulk of the growth was driven by natural births. Over the past year, the state logged more than a half million births compared to 234,000 deaths.
The report found that the state lost 14,000 people due to net migration, meaning more people left California than the number of people moving in.
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The third annual Vail Automotive Classic is bigger than ever, accelerating rapidly toward success as its engines rev going into this weekend's events.
Four events will be held from Friday afternoon through Sunday at locations ranging from the Vail Valley Jet Center at Eagle County Regional Airport in Gypsum to Beaver Creek and Vail.
The show benefits Jack's Place and Eagle Valley Senior Life Inc. This year's theme is "The Great American Hot Rod."
Two events are new this year - a car auction at the Jet Center on Friday and a fly-over on Saturday at the airport by eight WWII warbirds.
"The airport is closing its airspace from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday so the warbirds can do an aerial show," said Gabrielle Higbie, a marketer of the event. "That's pretty unheard of for the airport to do that."
Saturday is the Wheels and Wings event at the Jet Center, in which cars and airplanes will be on display.
"Wheels and Wings is the biggest event of the Vail Automotive Classic," said VAC President Doug Landin.
But rewind to Friday, when the action starts with the auction and barbecue at the Jet Center.
"The auction is open to the public - you can go even if you're not bidding," Higbie said.
Viewing of the 14 auction cars starts at 4 p.m. Live music by Hardscrabble accompanies a cash bar and barbecue reception at 5 p.m. The barbecue costs $20 and includes a soft drink. Bidding starts at 6:30 p.m. There are reserve and non-reserve cars. "Non-reserve" means the item can sell for whatever the highest bid may be, as opposed to a reserve price, which is basically a minimum bid.
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"It's a cool car. I drove it," Landin said. "I would like to win it in the auction but I probably can't afford it."
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"There will be food, activities for kids, a model airplane display and a NASA display, among other things," Landin said.
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"We hope to grow this into a premier summer event for the Vail valley," Landin said. "We're anticipating around 200 cars. Some are coming from New York, New Mexico, Montana, Arizona and Utah."
Around 40 aircraft will be on display on Saturday.
Last year's event aired on Race Central Television, MavTV and Dish Network.
"It has definitely grown in its scope and is basically now four events," Higbie said.
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Saturday: Wheels and Wings - cars, motorcycles and airplanes will be on display at Vail Valley Jet Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $10 at the gate for ages 13 and older. Kids under 12 are free. Warbirds will do an air show from 1 to 2 p.m.
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Post subject: **JANUARY MUMMIES 2014**
Hi all is anyone due in january ???? Im about 4weeks 5 days and worked out I'm due around 24th.
I have a history of early miscarriages and had to go on medication to carry my son.
We had decided not to gave anymore so this is a total surprise! Im not on any medication at all this time and when I found out last week I didn't think It would be a sticky.
Ive had my bloods taken and everything so far is going ok. Bloods were. ...
11 dpo - 28
18 dpo - 888!!!
They have more than doubled!
I have more bloods tomorrow then a scan towards the end of next week if bloods tomo have doubled.
Hope someone joins me soon its very lonely in here!!!!
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 8:57 pm
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Hi Faye i did post asking the same so if its ok i think i will jump in this thread with you?
Our due date is the 8th of Jan (although will prob be earlier but when i did my test i told myself i would be a Jan mummy I've not been on much as Mia keeps me busy (shes 10 months now) we did plan another baby close in age to Mia as my other children are much older (Mia was a sterilisation reversal baby ) but never in our wildest dreams did we ever think we would be expecting identical twins!! Have had a bit of a scare over the weekend and have a scan tomorrow.
Hope your feeling well XX
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 1:31 pm
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Omg congratulations on carrying twins! Thats amazing!
How did your scan go? All ok I hope?
I cant believe how quiet it is on ab now its not the same is it!
Im feeling ok apart from having the most vile sore boobs! They were never this bad with my other 2, they wake me up in the night they are so bad! Ive been and bought 2 maternity bras today hoping they will help.
Been feeling slightly nauseous too first thing but it only lasts about 20mins.
Im shattered too! I hate this exhausted stage!!!
I bet your getting all these symptoms but twice as strong? ?!!!!
I have a scan Thursday where ill be 6+1 or 2ish, I just hope we can see a heartbeat then.
When did you have your first scan with this pregnancy?
Keeping my fingers crossed that all goes ok with your scan, please pop in and let us know how it went xx
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 5:54 pm
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Hi Faye,the scan went really well saw both babies,she saw a small bleed inside which is prob to do with the bleed i had on sat but she said there is no active bleeding and it is outside of the sack so no harm done to the babies
ive had 3 scans so far,i had my first at 5+5 where we saw the 2 yolk sacks then had a folllow up last thurs where we saw both the heartbeats,one baby was slightly smaller but not much,then todays scan showed in the last 6 days the smaller one has caught up with the bigger one and they have both doubled in size and on the markers both babies and my uterus is bigger than average and she said i am prob going to be huge all of my babies have been on the bigger side so i best invest in some scaffolding poles to support me
Symptom wise ive had all day nausea but only been sick once,im ok energywise until about 3 in the afternoon then i feel like ive been run over by a bus!
I think the maternity bras will prob help as they support more in the right places so fx it eases off a bit for you
I didnt come on for a while after Mia was born as she had a bad reflux and we barely got a min to ourselves but i would have a look when i got a min but it never seemed very busy?
Hopefully things will pick up a bit soon,otherwise you will be stuck with just me
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 5:48 pm
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Looks like its just the 2 of us then lol!!!!
So pleased that your scan went well that must have really put your mind at rest, really good news that they are growing well!!!
Had my scan today, I was a little disheartened but I think im just being paranoid! We saw the yolk sac & fetal pole which measured 2.6mm which she said was in line for where I am at 6 weeks, I thought I might be 6+1 or 2 but it seems im only just 6 weeks today, we didnt see a heartbeat, sonographer thought she did see something flickering but she wasn't 100% so didnt want to say for definite.
Ive gotto go back on june 10th for a re scan where I should be 7 1/2 weeks then but it just feels forever away! Im so impatient!
I guess I just wanted to go in there today & see a fully formed baby with a strong hb lol! !!!!
Kind of wish id have been scanned early next week instead now, been reading that it grows 1mm per day in these early weeks so if it was just a few days further ahead we may have seen more.
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:16 pm
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Hi Faye,Ive just replied to your other post,have not been on for a few days as my daughter has not been very well,but she is on the mend now.
How are you feeling now?
I cant believe this tiredness,i know im having 2 but ive never felt anything like this before,its all day everyday,im the type of person that gets up and is unloading the dishwasher whilst making a coffee,getting the kids breakfast and putting a wash load on,then after the school run come home and do all the housework,ive not had the energy for anything this week and ive not even been at work! Had my booking in app with the mw,she came out to my house in the end she said i have to eat more as ive got keytones in my urine when i had a read up on it it says that your body thinks it is going into starvation mode have been trying to eat more but struggle when i am feeling sick.Oh and also got my scan date,its the 1st of july
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:30 am
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Mummy flint....welcome!!! 3rd time for me also and defintely the last!!!! It's nice to have an extra person in the group!
Mand, I was reading up about symptoms of carrying twins because when my bloods were coming back higher than they should have been I was worried that I might be!! Everywhere I read it said that exhaustion is the worst when your pregnant with twins, it must be awful for you, I'm feeling absolutely drained too, just got no energy whatsoever from the minute I get up!! I've been ill though with a really bad sinus infection (on antibiotics) so I'm wondering if its to do with that too.
But if I feel like this I dread to think how you're feeling you poor thing!!
I've hit 7 weeks today only a few more days to wait now til my scan (Monday).....can't come quick enough.
Had my midwife ring me this morning for my first appointment which is next Friday, she was my midwife with both my other children, she made it all seem real when she called this morning!!!
She told me though that I've been referred to the consultant again so my pregnancy will be consultant led because of my previous history.
Will you have to have a section with your twins mand?? I've had 2 sections and because this one is my last I'd really like to try for a natural birth, but I don't know if its too risky. I'm gonna speak to MW about it but if she says its too dangerous ill go with another section, I'd never forgive myself if anything happened and I didn't go on the advice of the professionals!!!!
Anyway that's enough waffling from me!!! Hope your enjoying the sunshine xx
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:40 am
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Hi Mummyflint,welcome!
Hiya faye,not too long until your scan!
I also said after my thrid that it was my last and thats why i got sterilised,then 9 years later had it reversed,never thought that would happen when i had it done!
I think i have an answer as to why i am feeling stupidly tired,just had a call from the gp and my vit d levels are low again,prob pregnancy related so she has asked me to get in contact with the mw so that i can get a quick app with the consultant to see what dose i should be taking now,am currently on 2000mg a day plus whatever is in the pregnancy multi vits i take
With my second and thrid babys i had a c section,the first was a non productive labour and he was getting tired and my third i was told i had to have one because i had a section before,but with Mia i was adamaent that i was going to try a natural birth,we had to fight every step of the way and my cons at the time even handed over my care to somebody else because i stood my ground,be prepared for a fight but do not back down if thats what you really want because you can have it,they try and scare you with rupture of scar storys and death but if you look on the Aims website you can go loaded with information,thats what we did and in the end they backed down,however when i was in labour with mia i had a secondary pain which scared me,i called the mw and she said if it does not go away go and get checked out at the hosp,which we did,the cons touched my scar and the pain was horrible,he said i think we should deliver you now as it may be the start of a rupture,so we were code red and it turned out there was no rupture
When i booked in with the mw last week (she is the vbac queen and is hated by most cons at the hosp ) she said when the team found out i had a section she looked through my notes and saw nobody came out to me and checke me and if they had of done then they could of told me that the scar pain was normal so the plan for the twins is play the cons game and nod my head when they say a planned section,then when we get to 34 weeks and babys and healthy and fine then tell them that i would like to attempt a natural birth obviously with identical twins there is a high risk of things going wrong but that said the mw said there is no reason why i shouldnt have a good pregnancy with healthy babys so we will see what happens,i feel much better having her as my mw as i know she will back me in what i want to do but she is also quite straight talking so if i am not thinking straight she will tell me
Hope you start to feel a bit better soon,sinus pain is the worst thing ever
Right better go and pick Mia up from nursery
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:20 pm
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Hi Girls
Hope it's ok that I join you. After almost 2 and a half heartbreaking years of trying we were blessed with the gift of our little boy in February.
Was a bit of a shock then to discover I'm pregnant again and due around 21st January. Hope you are all keeping well
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:48 pm
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Hi, tiggerloveshugs
Welcome,how are you feeling?
How is everybody else? I picked up both heartbeats yesterday on my doppler,2 little steam trains,we are not going to find out what we are having but my gut feeling has been boys since i had the gut feeling i was having twins,i suppose time will tell,was such a lovely feeling to hear them xx
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Hi ladies, tigger.....welcome & congrats hun xxx
Well had my scan last week & everything was perfect lovely little heartbeat & a good size,
Mand.....I want your mw as mine she sounds fab!
I work in a hospital and our ward is next door to maternity so we share a kitchen with the maternity staff. I asked one of the midwives what they thought about delivery after 2 sections.....she didn't even hesitate and straight away said definitely not!! The risk was too high blah blah and id be stupid to go against their advice etc!!!
I shall see what my mw says on friday when I see her.
Hope everyone is well???
Im still shattered and so nauseous im fine first things but once 1 oclock ish comes I have all day feeling sick til I go to bed. Hate it!!
I have my 12 week scan date for 15th july, which I think is 4 weeks today! Ill panic until then!!! Xx
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:48 am
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Hi Faye i saw your other post about your scan,great news and it gives us a little bit of relief when we see their little heartbeats
I know what you mean about worrying though,even though i have a doppler i still worry every day,ive got my scan on the 2nd of july,cant come soon enough,i just need to see the both of them and know that they are ok.
I had to see the gp about my sickness in the end and they gave me some tablets which didnt stop it but it eased it off a bit,am still sick randomly in the morning,but every evening without fail at 5pm i start to feel really sick.
Have you had a look on the aims website about vbacs? it has loads of info on there
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:24 pm
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Hi ladies! ! Where are the weeks going??!! I cant believe im almost 11 weeks.
Mand how did your scan go today? All well I hope???! I have mine on 15th july. It cant come soon enough!
I also have a doppler I bought it when pregnant with aiden, best thing I ever bought, and I was amazed when I picked this little ones heartbeat up at 8+4 took a while but I got it and can get it pretty quickly now, its so reassuring isn't it while your waiting for scans.
Id started to feel alot less tired last week but its back full force this week! I feel exhausted. I cant wait to feel like I have energy again. I can barely keep my eyes open past 7pm.


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How Can We Change This?
Let me just say up front that I believe in and support charitable organizations and most certainly sympathize with all who are in need. And I do my best to share my good fortune with those who might not have such good fortune. But currently I am pissed off at all of those charitable organizations that send me "gifts" in an attempt to procure funds from me. In the past two weeks I have received no less than ten standard (USPS) mailings, all asking for donations. No problem, as such. You can beg until the cows come home and I'll either give or not give, depending on the status of both my hormones and my pocket book. What really cheezes my chit though, is when I get "free" address labels, and sticky note pads, and calendars, and greeting cards, and book marks, and then when I'm forced to think about how much of my donation is actually getting to the needed party, I have to accept and realize that so much of that money and effort is basically being wasted on teasers to earn more donations. That's crazy. It's insane, even!
Yesterday I received a plea from an organization that stickied a dime to its request. Can you imagine how many dimes were sent out in an attempt to draw more dimes? Can you even imagine how many people threw out those dimes? Junk mail means different strokes to different folks and I can totally see a fair number of people tossing that mail into the trash without even opening it to squirrel away that dime. You know what that means? YOU ARE THROWING AWAY MONEY... March of Dimes, St. Jude, Heart Association, Diabetes Foundation, Alzheimer's Association, Easter Seals... etc, etc, etc.
Here's my vow... and don't even try to call me on this, because I've decided it's so.
If you want my money... STOP sending me stuff. I will NOT support your cause if you continue to waste my money, yours, and most importantly THEIRS by sending me note pads and address labels and sticky dimes. Just stop it already.
I really don't have the solution to this problem, and I apologize to all of you who devote your time and efforts to charity, but can't we find another way to make sure that our money is spent in the best possible way? For starters, how about you wait to send me my address labels, calendars, sticky notes and such until AFTER I send you a donation.
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- HoneyB said...
Totally agree with you here. We live in a wasteful world - many people could use their money, time, and talents in a much better way.
- September 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- Lady P said...
my mom was just commenting on the very same thing the other day and i could not agree with you more
just more paper for the dumpsites of the world - which we sometimes have sent overseas to have a poorer nation than ourselves dispose of for us
- September 20, 2009 at 12:42 AM
- Carole said...
My grandmother used to have the same complaint and used to actually call charities she gave to regularly and said "take me off of your mailing list b/c I don't want you wasting money on pretty brochures and other such things." which of course got me to thinking and I totally agree. I'm with you - I'll either give or I won't. Sending me mailings won't change my mind. But at the same time, if I have donated in the past I don't feel guilty about using said address labels etc...
- September 20, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- Jane said...
I completely agree. One needs to be really selective when deciding which organizations are using charitable dollars in the best way. (And, hey, if you can't speak your mind on your own blog, where can you?)
:) Jane
- September 20, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- bewitchingkitchen said...
Once, a couple of years ago, I fell into this trap and donated to the March of Dimes, as well as to the "calendar" AND the "address label"
You would not believe the amount of mail arriving at my door afterward
Live and learn, I don't do it anymore.
totally agree with you...
- September 20, 2009 at 7:54 AM
- June said...
I'm behind you one hundred percent on this Mags. You really wonder exactly where the money is going and I'll be darned I'm going to have my donations spent on some rich executive's salary or for labels I can print myself for next to nothing. For sure, don't get me going on telemarketers either - I make a point NOT to use their businesses -particularly drives me insane when they keep calling even though we're on a do not call list.
- September 20, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Alice said...
I agree completely!! It's so irritating to receive all that crap in the mail. Such a waste.
If the fund raisers were smart, they'd do as you suggested and send the token thank-you's after the contribution or donation has been made.
I believe in funding research, not second and third party businesses.
I'll get off my soap-box, now.
- September 20, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Moogie said...
Mags, can you spare a dime? I know you've got one, you shared that fact with the blogosphere.
By the way, look out world. When you get your panties in a wad, you are fierce.
- September 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Mags said...
Thank you all for commenting. It's nice to know that I'm not alone in feeling this way.
Moogie: Ohhh, I've tempered considerably. You shoulda been around about five years ago when I was at the bottomless pit called menopause!
- September 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- stephchows said...
I got the dime one too!!! And i thought the EXACT same thing!! It bugged the crap out of me!!
- September 21, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- John said...
:-) I'm late to the comment party re this blog. Somehow I'm reminded of that scene in that old horror flick "Frankenstein"..the townspeople form an angry mob and go after Boris Karloff..or was that Lon Chaney in "The Werewolf?" oh well ::grabs lighted torch and joins mob:: let's go get em, Mags!!! : )
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The Yellow Jackets lit them up for 68 points and 588 total yards last year in the highest-scoring game in ACC history, a 68-50 victory over UNC.
The Tar Heels (1-1) are determined to keep that from happening again this week when they meet in Atlanta.
North Carolina defensive tackle Tim Jackson missed that game with a knee injury. He said Monday that "seeing those points on the board, it hurt for me, so I know it hurt for those guys on the field."
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by Ryan Kennedy - November 2, 2011 2:04 PM UTC
The NHL standings have a very strange look to them right now, but how many of those upstart teams will stay on pace?
All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet. And what fools we'd be to defy it. Hunter S. Thompson may not have been a big hockey fan (I can't think of him mentioning the sport, even though he lived in Colorado), but he was certainly on to something there, particularly when one considers the early results of this NHL season.
by Ryan Kennedy - October 26, 2011 3:41 PM UTC
The time for the NHL to mandate visors came long ago because it just makes sense for everyone involved.
So I'm about as hawkish as anyone in the THN office when it comes to fighting, violence and all those good things, but the visor debate doesn't really seem like a debate anymore, does it? The gruesome eye injury to Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger earlier this week provided a terrible yet perfect example of why visors should be mandatory and why the arguments against wearing one simply don't fly.
by Ryan Kennedy - October 19, 2011 3:43 PM UTC
A suggestion from Bob Nicholson that the NHL bump its draft age up to 19 would not have the desired effect.
Bob Nicholson made a lot of waves this weekend when he brought up the idea of the NHL going to a 19-year-old draft and though I believe the Hockey Canada president has the best of intentions, I still don't see the point.
by Ryan Kennedy - October 7, 2011 12:30 PM UTC
Nine players selected in the 2011 NHL draft made the opening night roster, but which will stay beyond a nine-game tryout?
Jumping straight from the draft to the NHL is an amazing accomplishment, even if the feat is fleeting for some prospects. After all, once the rookie has played nine games, the decision must be made as to whether he will be returned to junior (or Europe, in some cases) so that his entry-level contract won't be activated for another year.
by Ryan Kennedy - September 30, 2011 1:30 PM UTC
Buffalo Sabre Brad Boyes was hit for two games for a head shot, but there's no complaints coming from his corner.
Despite a litany of suspensions in the pre-season, the returns on new NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan have been positive. But what do the players involved in his crackdown think? Buffalo's Brad Boyes was dinged two games for a headshot on Toronto's Joe Colborne, but even the Sabres sniper can't argue with 'The Shanahammer.
by Ryan Kennedy - September 23, 2011 11:52 AM UTC
With the retirement of an American legend, Ryan Kennedy argues why Mike Modano was so influential in the growth of the game.
With the retirement of Mike Modano, there's going to be a lot of reflecting going on around the player who meant so much to the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars organization.
by Ryan Kennedy - September 16, 2011 2:51 PM UTC
The Maple Leafs GM and coach have been messing with each other since their college days in Providence.
In THN's latest cover story, I examined the rise of American influence on the NHL and the mentorship that has resulted in more U.S. minds in positions of power.
by Ryan Kennedy - September 9, 2011 1:38 PM UTC
The hockey world will unite behind the Russian League team in a season dedicated to its deceased players.
I was driving down the highway alone Wednesday night with a thought I could not shake. In the wake of the Yaroslavl plane crash, there was already news that a Lokomotiv team would be reborn, possibly with minor leaguers or juniors.
by Ryan Kennedy - September 2, 2011 1:55 PM UTC
As he does to kick off every season, Ryan Kennedy writes about three Canadian League teams he's looking forward to checking out this winter.
The Quebec League and Western League are already playing exhibition games, so it's time for me to roll out my annual list of major junior squads I'm excited to see this season.
by Ryan Kennedy - August 26, 2011 2:07 PM UTC
The last generation of American stars was stellar, but it's quickly being topped by the newest version.
It has almost become conventional wisdom that the greatest generation of American hockey players was the cohort that ran from Pat LaFontaine to Mike Modano, with Chris Chelios the constant throughout.
by Ryan Kennedy - August 19, 2011 1:55 PM UTC
Given the style of play employed by last season's Cup finalists, can we expect more borderline play this season?
It has been said the NHL is a copycat league. That is, whichever team wins the Stanley Cup will influence how their rivals build for the next season.
by Ryan Kennedy - August 5, 2011 10:35 AM UTC
An Islanders relocation would be like no other due to the history and business importance of the franchise. That's why New York must remain their home.
There has been ample reason to trash the New York Islanders over the past two decades, but with owner Charles Wang's latest attempt to get his team a suitable arena falling to the sword of tax-concerned voters, let's also remember the importance of this franchise.


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One of the darkest hours of the 2008 financial crisis came when Congress voted down a bill creating the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 700 points on the news, forcing proponents like Sen. Judd Gregg to press colleagues for approval of the legislation that led a few weeks later to the bailout of the nation's banking system.
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Executive Chef Michelle Bailey of Season's at Highland Lake Inn is the first woman chef to win the Fire on the Rock competition dining series in Asheville.
Bailey pumped a triumphant fist in the air on Monday night as Got To Be NC Competition Dining host Jimmy Crippen announced that her team had won the competition, which is in its third year. According to a news release, the Season's team won a close battle with Asheville's Sam Etheridge of Ambrozia Bar + Bistro with the dessert course.
Eight chefs from Asheville, Boone and Flat Rock competed in the seven-dinner series that began March 10 and concluded Monday at the Lioncrest at Biltmore in Asheville. Diners watched tensely as the final scores and numbers posted for each dish. Bailey triumphed by almost three points.
Bailey and teammates Stephen Hertz and Todd Mallin took home a $2,000 check, a handmade chef knife by Ironman Forge in Charlotte, and the coveted red chef's jacket only a Competition Dining winner can wear.
The final Fire on the Rock battle challenged the chefs to use two featured ingredients, Lusty Munk Mustard and Beulah's Bavarian Pretzels, both based in Asheville. The chefs are not told what the featured ingredient of the night will be until noon on the day they compete.
Bailey's highest scoring dish of the evening was dessert: Chipotle Mustard Chocolate Cake, Buttermilk Altar Boy Ice Cream, Beulah's Bavarian Pretzel Tuile, Fizzy Blackberry and Lemon Relish, Lusty Monk Raspberry Coulis and Salted Pretzel Caramel Sauce.
For Etheridge, the top-scoring dish was Lobster Sausage, Arugula, Citrus Honey Mustard, Beulah's Bavarian Pretzel Beer-Battered Smoked Shrimp, Chipotle Mustard Tartar Sauce, Slaw, Blue Crab Cheesecake with Pretzel Crust and Champagne Mustard Cream.
(See complete scores and dishes at http://www.competitiondining.com/results/battle-ambrozia-v-seasons.)
Culinary and professional judges for the evening included Charlotte-based journalist, caterer and cooking school instructor Heidi Billotto; Chef David Ryba from the Inn on Biltmore Estate; and Chef Adam Hayes, formerly with the Red Stag Grill at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville. Hayes is the reigning Final Fire 2013 Champion/Fire on the Rock Champion 2013; he will soon lead the culinary team at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville, Ga.
Bailey will compete in November in Raleigh at Final Fire: Battle of the Champions against the Got To Be NC Competition Dining Champions from Wilmington, Charlotte, the Triad, and the Triangle.
In another event first, Fire on the Rock agreed to donate a meal for each ticket sold during Fire on the Rock to Asheville's The Downtown Welcome Table at the Haywood Congregation. The program offers fine dining quality meals to homeless neighbors in Asheville, creating an atmosphere of respect and a feeling of worthiness. Crippen announced tonight that 331 meals will be donated to the charity based on ticket sales. Another $126.45 was donated through the CompetitionDining.com website, which equates to more than 30 meals.
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Photographs by Enrique de la Uz are presented in "Cuba Zafra," on view at PHOTO Fine Art Photography through Feb. 22. A reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Feb. 1, with a talk by curator Charles Anselmo at 3 p.m.
For de la Uz, who was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1944, photography first captured his interest during a two-year stay in Moscow. Upon his return to Cuba, de la Uz apprenticed with Swiss photographer Luc Chessex.
It was painter, designer and photographer Raúl Martínez who taught de la Uz that he could use photography to create what Anselmo calls "a very personal statement about reality."
In the early 1970s, de la Uz "contributed significantly to the visual articulation of a new social ideal and the figure who was to exemplify this new society: the worker," Anselmo notes.
In addition to showing his photographs in group exhibitions both in Cuba and abroad, de la Uz's work has been included in several anthologies on Cuban and Latin American photography, among them the 2001 publication "Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution."
Other work includes approximately 15 documentaries in film and video as well as film and photography reviews for the Cuban press. His books include "Fabelo," about a noted Cuban artist, and "Hemingway in Cuba" with writer Norberto Fuentes.
PHOTO Fine Art Photography is at 473 25th St., Oakland. Hours are noon-6 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, or by appointment by emailing email@example.com. Note that the gallery will be open until 9 p.m. on Feb. 7 and 8 p.m. on Feb. 20.
Memories and creativity
The Peninsula Jewish Community Center is showing "My Judaism Unlocked," a series of paintings with paper by Ronnie Jolles, through March 27. This new body of work was created specifically for the PJCC.
Jolles reports taking inspiration from "Israeli folk dancing, lighting the Shabbat candles, scenes in Jerusalem and the tree of life." The works represent an attempt to capture the essence of the feelings that arise from various moments or scenes.
The artist uses paper from all over the world, cutting, tearing and layering it to create her three-dimensional scenes. Later she adds acrylic paints and sealants.
The wealth of colors and textures she finds in paper are at the heart of her work. "It's the medium itself that causes my work to constantly evolve and continually surprise me," she says.
Eileen Mitchell of the PJCC feels that the show is "truly the most stunning art we have ever featured," and notes that the show already has had a huge response.
The PJCC gallery is at 800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City. It is open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free. Call 650-212-7522 or visit www.pjcc.org.
Multiple medias
Work by Jane Ferguson, Jeanne Gadol and Kathleen Mitchell is on view in "Patterns, Textures and Colors" at the Caldwell Gallery. The exhibit will continue through Feb. 27.
Ferguson, who was born and educated in England, has been drawing and painting since 1994. Her work can be seen online at www.janewferguson.com.
Gadol has studied with National Geographic photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins and color landscape photographer and environmental activist Robert Glenn Ketchum. Her art can be seen online at www.jeannegadol.com.
Mitchell has been exploring layered painting surfaces. She earned her M.A. in painting and drawing at San Jose State University. Visit www.kathleenmitchellstudio.com.
The Caldwell Gallery is at 400 County Center, Redwood City. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
The "California Wildlife Art Show" is on view at the Coastside Land Trust Gallery through March 21. Twenty-nine works by 21 local artists are done in a variety of media, including oils, batik and photography.
The gallery is at 788 Main St., Half Moon Bay. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 650-726-5056 or visit www.coastsidelandtrust.org.
Poetry reading
City Arts of San Mateo presents a reading by poet Casey FitzSimons on January 30 at Kaffeehaus, 92 E. Third Ave., San Mateo. Her poems have appeared in a number of journals, both in print and online, including Midwest Quarterly, Sand Hill Review and Red Wheelbarrow.
FitzSimons' chapbooks include "The Breeze Was Mine: Poems in Form," "Riding Witness" and "No Longer Any Need." She is the host of the Not Yet Dead Poets Society in Redwood City. Her master's degree is in fine arts from San Jose State University.
An open mic period will follow the reading by FitzSimons. Sign-ups will be taken at the beginning of the evening. The event runs from 7-9 p.m.
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"The BBB does not feel comfortable with an 'A' rating at this time based on the concerns that have been raised," said Gigi Turner with the Better Business Bureau.
Pro Resources went from an A+ rating to no rating after our News 12 investigation.
Pro Resources markets itself as a premier employment service. Its website states: "We work hard to find 100's of available positions in your community."
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A search is on for an albino monocled cobra on the loose in Thousand Oaks, prompting Los Angeles County officials to alert the public to be watchful of the venomous snake.
A resident reported that his dog was bitten by the snake on Monday, and he promptly alerted officials.
Not generally found in California, cobras are native to Southeast Asia. They can grow up to five feet long, and it is illegal to own one, said Los Angeles County spokesman Brandon Dowling. He said the owner has not been found.
"This is not something you would encounter in the wild," Dowling said Wednesday.
Officials said cobras may move at any time of day but are more active during the cooler morning or evening hours. They will strike if cornered, officials warned.
L.A. County officials notified the Ventura County Medical Center emergency room and have identified a source of anti-venin at the San Diego Zoo, if necessary.
The dog was taken to a local animal hospital, where the vet confirmed the pet suffered from a cobra bite, Dowling said.
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A good win tonight will set us up for the weekend as we'd be beyond a 3pt lead, anything less and I think it gives the Woolwich bunch a much bigger incentive.
I just hope that AVB has sorted the post Christmas blues that we've shown in the past.
Goals still seem to be my main concern. Whilst Bale is scoring, he's not providing and Ade is doing neither. Daffy was on form and then tailed off. Dempsey/Dembele/Sig/Lemmon et al don't appear to be filling the void either. Maybe Holtby will be the saviour, or Daffy will come back on song.


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Published: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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FAYETTE | An elderly Fayette couple perished in a house fire early Saturday, according to Fayette Fire Chief Tony Ellis.
The victims were identified as Johnny Clive Williams and his wife, Ina Musgrove Williams. No age was given for the victims.
Ellis said firefighters think the fire started in the garage area but that it was too soon to determine the cause.
"We haven't gotten that far yet," Ellis said. "But I can tell you that the Fayette Fire Department, in cooperation with the State Fire Marshal's Office, is continuing to investigate."
Ellis said firefighters were notified about 4 a.m. Saturday. When they reached the brick and veneer home at 38 County Road 32, heavy smoke was coming from the garage area, he said.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced but will be handled by Norwood Chapel of Fayette.
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"The comeback call is used when ducks don't respond to your greeting or you want an immediate response, such as in timber. It's more urgent sounding and faster, like Kanckanc, Kanc, Kanc, Kanc," says Haydel. "Also, I have found live hens only call to others after they have flown over the pond or passed their location. Usually she'll give them only one comeback call." Olt adds, "Just remember that a comeback call is fast and hard, with about 5 to 7 notes. Don't overcomplicate it."
The lonesome hen is an often overlooked call that can be very effective, especially when ducks are call-shy. The call is nothing more than widely spaced, irregular, nasal, drawn-out Quaaaaink quacks. Some callers have used it to pull birds sitting on the water for long distances. "You can derive your lonesome hen call from your basic quack. Learn to quack correctly and the rest will come from that," says Jim Olt. "Your lonesome call should be spaced out, and quick, with several seconds between. If the quacks are too close together it scares the ducks. And keep in mind that the lonesome hen is somewhat low and throaty."
"The pleading or begging hail call is used to get the attention of ducks flying 75 to 200 yards above you," says champion caller Greg Brinkley. "This call is a series of 5 t o 6 quacks that are really dragged out to sound like you are begging the ducks to land. A pleading call is a Kaaanc, Kanc, Kanc, Kanc sound, and its first note is usually held a little longer. The pleading call is a drawn-out, slightly faster variation of the comeback. Many callers save the pleading call for stubborn ducks that refuse to come in. It's the caller's way of literally pleading with the ducks to come into or return to the spread.
Whistling works! Rod Haydel swears by a whistle. "Most of our most successful hunts last year were late in the season using whistles in conjunction with our mallard calls. We try to identify the ducks before we call to them so that we can speak their language," he says. "Whistles are also a great way to get youngsters involved in hunting, because there's no way they can mess it up."
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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Officials continue to move on stadium bleachers
Complicated process will take time
January 3, 2013
PARKERSBURG —Officials are continuing to work toward the repair or overhaul of the bleachers at Parkersburg High School's Stadium Fiel....
What happened to the money that the school board collected on every ticket sold.i was told 1dollar of every ticket went for malntance where is it.
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PSHS had to "work" for the staduim they have. It took them years to get. PHS gets everything handed to them - cry babies.
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As a life long resident of Parkersburg, I don't want to see the stadium go away. It's been an icon of this city for years. That being said...I wonder, does the engineer's report indicate a total rebuild? I would submit that after so many years that maybe it's time to think about doing just that. It could be rebuilt to look exactly as it does now. They could even salvage some of the brick and reuse them in rebuilding the stadium. I hope they don't try and put another "band-aid" on it. I truly think that would be a waist of tax payers money.
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Don't worry folks, we're not going to let some trifling issue like safety and security cut into our football budget.
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gflap wrote:Congrats to the Crew once again for moving up to #34 from #48 on DGCR!
We moved up thanks to some good 2012 reviews, for the most part. If you look in the DGCR thread at the tab for courses with more than 10 reviews in 2012, we were #4 A couple reviews are holding us back from being higher but, as you see stated on DGCR all the time, the reviews are only peoples opinions and everybody's got one good or bad. I think there are only a handful of people on there that are good at subjectivity, trusted reviewers with quite a few courses played under their belts. Also, there is a lot of homeboy bias which is why none of the crew decided to ever review the course.


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Megan Rapp, assistant director and group sales manager for the Hannibal Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently represented Hannibal at the American Bus Association (ABA) annual convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. ABA is the largest marketplace for tour operators to meet with members of the tourism industry and learn about new destinations and experiences that appeal to the group market.
Rapp met with over 20 operators and connected with many others she met during her time at ABA.
Missouri will host the ABA in St. Louis in 2015.
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2011 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 43 games and made 19 starts on the season … hit .288 with a double … scored 15 runs and went 4-for-4 on the bases … tied for the team lead with eight sac bunts … made Islanders debut going 1-for-1 with two walks and a steal against MVSU (2/18) … went 2-for-5 at Texas (2/22) … had two hits and two runs against Oregon State (2/26) … scored two runs at HBU (3/1) and against Texas State (3/5) … had two hits against Iowa (3/14) … went 2-for-5 against McNeese (3/25) … delivered a ninth-inning single against Texas (4/5) … had an RBI single at Sam Houston State (5/20).
ALVIN JUNIOR COLLEGE: Played one year for Bryan Alexander at Alvin Community College … hit .365 to go along with 30 runs and 11 steals … was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year … helped Dolphins to a 33-22 record … also played one year at Grayson Junior College.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won three letters for Rick Carpenter at Elkins High School … helped Elkins to three district championships and a regional semifinals appearance in 2007 … team went 23-8 and 15-1 in conference in 2006.
PERSONAL: Andrew Nolen Vest was born on July 16, 1990, in Sugar Land, Texas … son of Melanie and Matt Vest … has two brothers, Clint and Will … intends to major in sport management.


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Barcelona outclassed by Tottenham. This Newcastle Brown's strong stuff. H
The question is we can compete with europes finest at this level, but how many will actually come through and make the first team? very few I suspect. Last season we went unbeaten in this competition beating Inter 7-1 on the way, and now beat Barca 1-4 so why dont our youth progress to first teams whilst european teams bring them through?


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Before looking ahead, one thought on what we've just witnessed -- specifically: Florida State's place among the champions of the BCS era.
The Seminoles are not as good as Miami '01, USC '04, Texas '05 or Alabama '11; that quartet is in a class by itself.
Does FSU warrant a position on the second level?
Despite the undefeated record, it's not an obvious call because the Noles blew through a second-rate league and faced only two top-tier opponents (Clemson and Auburn).
They're certainly among the most dominant teams of the BCS era -- their only close game was Monday night -- but again, competition helps define greatness. And the Seminoles had very little of it.
Now, about next season ...
Here's the latest installment of my annual, ridiculously-early top 25 for next season -- an exercise in (hopefully) entertaining, (perhaps) enlightening futility.
Because numerous elite talents have yet to state their intentions, the following rankings will be updated after the NFL Draft declaration deadline (Jan. 15).
For the time being, I'm assuming that Johnny Autograph is headed to the pros.
Also considered: North Carolina, Arizona, Washington, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, UCF and Bowling Green.
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Friday, Feb. 8, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The accidental death of 13-year-old Kristen Burnette by one of her close friends last October has been put to rest in the court system.
The teen charged with involuntary manslaughter stood before the judge Friday morning in front of his family and friends awaiting a decision.
"He will have a probated sentence and that means that he does not go to jail at this point," said Adam King, the attorney for the charged teen.
Although he did not receive jail time, he will have to put in two years of probation along with ongoing counseling.
The judge also ordered the teen to speak at area schools on gun safety to make sure incidents like this don't happen again.
Ashley Lunsford, Kristen's mother, says the teen and her daughter were close friends.
"He really cared about her," she said.
She says she just wants the teen to get help and to really learn more about guns and how dangerous they can be.
That was the message in the courtroom as the judge made his final recommendations.
"It's going to start with the parents first and them having an awareness, even if they love or hate guns, they just need to be aware of how dangerous they can be," Lunsford said.
For Lunsford, it will be a lesson that she will likely never forget, and one that she will share with other parents.
Before that final decision was made, Judge Doug Flanagan spoke to those in the courtroom saying, "Sometimes the adults have to go the extra mile to make sure that even though they are teenagers and we think they are grown, they are not grown."
According to Columbia County, this is the third case in less than a year that involved juveniles at home with firearms.
Initial report:
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW) -- The 14-year-old Grovetown boy who shot and killed his friend last year will not be sent to the Augusta Youth Development Campus.
On Friday morning, a judge handed the boy 24 months of probation and counseling. He was also told he has to talk to area schools about gun safety.
Kristen Burnette, 13, was shot and killed at her home on Halloween. She, the boy and two others had just come back from a party when the boy found Kristen's mother's gun.
Investigators say he came out of the room and attempted to clear the gun when it went off and hit Kristen.
The boy was facing involuntary manslaughter charges and a year in the YDC.


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El-P wrote: My very good friend passed away, and that made its way into who I was when I was making the album. It was hard for me to wrap my head around; it got me thinking about death and living a lot. Something like that is so big that you almost don't want to approach it directly. So the album process started out with a tragedy, and I ended up with a record about wanting to live.
In my head, the record is about dealing with the idea that you are the problem and everything else isn't. That's the "Cancer for Cure". We have that destruction in us, whether we run with it or not. I have a tendency to dip my foot in self-destructive behavior. I struggle with that, but it's also a world perspective. There's a segment of the world that looks at the average individual like me and you as the problem-- something to be solved, an annoyance or a blight on an otherwise potentially perfect world. All the mechanisms and manifestations of that line of thought are in all the shit that's going on right now. This is a fight record. Like, "Goddamn it. Enough is fuckin' enough."
Hellen Earth wrote: Jesse - unrelated - but your exchanges with Dante Ross on Twitter were extremely entertaining.
Jesse wrote: Hellen Earth wrote: Jesse - unrelated - but your exchanges with Dante Ross on Twitter were extremely entertaining. I'M WORRIED FOR HIS EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.
I walked past him, El-P, Action Bronson, Himanshu, and Despot a LOT in the hotel at SXSW. Oh and Riff Raff. Despot was the only one I had the guts to big up.
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cap have you watched the twin peaks movie yet?
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The Yreka Miners and Mount Shasta Bears volleyball programs are set to open the season against each other today.
The varsity game begins at 6:30 p.m. The freshman game is scheduled for 4 p.m., and the junior varsity game is set for 5 p.m. All three games are at Mount Shasta High.
On Saturday, the Lady Miners host the Miner Blast Tournament.
The JV games are at the high school while the varsity games are at Jackson Street School.
Local teams taking part besides Yreka are Etna, Weed, and Mount Shasta.
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I've made some changes in r800 that will help.
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- Sep 3:
- Los Gatos football: New coach, veteran talent this fall
- Sep 2:
- Mitty football: Defense is the key for Monarchs in the tough WCAL race
- Valley Christian football: Led by its star tailback, the sky is the limit
- Prospect football: Last year's Plan B becomes this year's Plan A
- Bellarmine football: New group of Bells ready to make a run at another WCAL title
- Westmont football: Goal is the same as always for Warriors--compete for league title
- Santa Clara Valley is--and has always been--a hotbed for QBs
- St. Francis football: Familiar name back as Calcagno steps in as head coach
- Harker football: Veteran receivers, a young QB keys to the season
- Saratoga football: Division's 'big 4'? Lugo thinks it's the 'big 5'
- King's Academy football: Talented junior class the key for Knights' in their bid to rebound
- Cattolico leaves a legacy on the football field, and on report cards
- High school football preview: Players to watch
Monta Vista's 2013 football team will be its smallest in many seasons, both in physical size and in numbers, but veteran head coach Jeff Mueller hardly seems worried.
The Matadors, who finished 2012 in a tie with Fremont and Gunn for the championship in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (after coming oh, so close to winning the title outright), started summer practice in mid-August with just 29 players on the roster. And of those, only four are as big as 200 pounds.
The biggest player is the quarterback, junior Ryan Manley (6-foot-4, 210 pounds), who earned an all-league first team award last season for his play on the defensive side of the ball. With senior Nathan Facciolla handling most of the chores at quarterback, Manley contributed mainly as a wide receiver and defensive end. He also did the bulk of the punts and kickoffs.
Manley, who was an all-league quarterback on the frosh-soph level during his freshman season, will be the new leader of the Matadors' Navy Option double-slot offense, as Facciolla graduated and is trying to make an impact on the De Anza College team.
One of Manley's options will be to hand the ball to senior running back Justin Cena (5-foot-7, 190), an all-league performer in 2012. Cena rushed the ball 105 times for 698 yards and six touchdowns. Other running backs are senior William Major (5-foot-8, 165), who had limited carries as a junior (24 runs for 128 yards), junior Max McCann (5-foot-7, 155), who ran for 555 yards and seven touchdowns for the league champion frosh-soph squad, returning seniors Won Lee (5-foot-10, 180) and Ontick Khan (6-foot, 180) and returning junior Amol Pande (5-foot-8, 190).
Backing up Manley at the quarterback spot will be junior Annoy Podder (5-foot-10, 155), an all-league frosh-soph selection last year, and Khan.
Among the receivers will be senior Milanko Plavsic (6-foot, 180), who caught seven passes as a junior, three for touchdowns; senior Rami Dwider (5-foot-8, 160); and junior Nikhil Goel (5-foot-9, 160), who averaged more than 20 yards per catch on the frosh-soph.
The offensive line will be led by senior all-leaguer Faris Karaborni (6-foot-1, 195) and his twin brother Tijani, also 6-foot-1, 195, as well as junior Nolan Hurtado (5-foot-9, 190), a frosh-soph all-leaguer last fall.
"We have eight or nine guys that we will rotate to keep them fresh," Mueller said. "You don't need a huge offensive line to run our offense; you need to have good foot quickness."
Returning seniors Tristan Saldivar (6-foot-2, 185), Paul Grandy (6-foot, 200) and Kyle Barry (5-foot-10, 170), along with juniors Wells Chang (5-foot-9, 205) and Drew Jones (5-foot-9, 210) and sophomore Jason Lee (6-foot-1, 190), also will be in the rotation.
"Although we are short on numbers this year and we have a lot of question marks to get answered on offense, we will be experienced defensively," Mueller said.
Lee (61 tackles, two interceptions) and Major (32 tackles) give the Matadors a pair of all-league defensive backs. Mueller expects contributions in the secondary from Plavsic, Cena, McCann (51 tackles, four picks on frosh-soph), Podder and sophomore Gerard Maggiolino (5-foot-8, 165). Other defensive backfield hopefuls include junior Sean Sakima (5-foot-6, 145) and seniors Akush Pang (5-foot-8, 165), Takuto Doshiro (5-foot-8, 155) and Akash Rama (5-foot-9, 160).
The linebacker corps will include T. Karaborni, Grandy, Lee, Khan and juniors Danny Takahashi (5-foot-10, 170) and Jasraj Ghuman (6-foot-1, 195).
In the middle of the defensive line will likely be F. Karaborni, who had 30 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception last season, and Hurtado, who had 46 tackles, four sacks and three fumble recoveries on frosh-soph. Barry, Jones, Chang and junior nose guard Tommy Orvick (5-foot-9, 150) also will get time up front.
Mueller recruited sophomore soccer player Amir Bashti (5-foot-8, 155) to do the kicking chores.
"We just want the kids to stay healthy," said Mueller, whose team will get ready for El Camino play with four non-league games, two on the road and two at home.
The Matadors' opener will be at home against Overfelt on Sept. 6. After road contests at Sequoia of Redwood City and Westmont, they will host Fremont for homecoming on Sept. 27.
The El Camino opener will be at Homestead on Oct. 4.
Key Players
Justin Cena (5-7, 190), Sr., RB/SS
Faris Karaborni (6-1,195), Sr., OL/DL
Tijani Karaborni (6-1, 195), Sr., OL/LB
Won Lee (5-10, 180), Sr., RB/DB
William Major (5-8, 165), Sr., RB/DB
Ryan Manley (6-4, 210), Sr., QB/DE
Tristan Saldivar (6-2, 185), Sr., OL/DL
Milanko Plavsic (6-0, 180), Sr., WR/DB
Monta Vista
Sept. 6, Overfelt, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 13, at Sequoia, 7 p.m.
Sept. 20, at Westmont, 7 p.m.
Sept. 27, Fremont, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4, at Homestead, 6:15 p.m.*
Oct. 11, at Lynbrook, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 18, Cupertino, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 25, at Los Altos, 3:15 p.m.*
Nov. 1, Gunn, 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 8, Harker, 7:30 p.m.*
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As vividly as she can remember anything, Anita Bernal Laguna remembers when her only brother, Raymond Bernal Jr., joined the Army, and how she learned he would never return.
"I begged him not to go," she said on the telephone from Las Vegas, where she now lives in retirement. In 1965 she was a spunky, smart young woman from San Jose's old Northside neighborhood. She used to closely monitor the grisly Vietnam body counts on television and had come to oppose the war in Southeast Asia.
—'Nobody can kill a Bernal!' That's what he told me,' " Laguna recalled. "When he left he was so proud. I decided I would have to be OK with that." And she was, until a year later when her brother was 19 years old. That's when two soldiers appeared at the door wanting to speak with her mother, who cried out, "No, not my son!" All Laguna remembers is one of the soldiers quietly mumbling, "I'm sorry."
On March 30, city officials and veterans will unveil a "Sons of San Jose" monument for the 142 city boys like Raymond Bernal who died in the war. Unlike today's revered soldiers, Vietnam era warriors were not lauded as heroes and had precious few chances to become revered figures in the public eye. Their sacrifices were shrouded in protests and shame.
Now, nearly half a century later, an elegant hunk of black granite, etched with local names, might help the public finally honor those soldiers. Here are three of San Jose's proud homeboys.
Tormented memory
Antonio Chavez hung out with Bernal at San Jose High in a tight-knit group of nine friends. All of them joined the military.
"Raymond was the only one who didn't come home," said Chavez, a retired Santa Clara County social worker.
The tall and chubby Bernal was a sweet dancer who was also destined for musical greatness. He played sax, clarinet and bass guitar in his own rhythm and blues band. He performed in nightclubs before he was of legal age, and often got hauled home to his mother by the police. Bernal was so good, he played with the Righteous Brothers at the Civic Auditorium, and James Brown's entourage was recruiting when Bernal joined the Army.
Chavez said Bernal was wounded twice in Vietnam and could have come home early, but he rejoined his unit out of loyalty. He was killed in a fire fight in November 1966 with only a month to go on his combat tour.
"My own life spiraled out of control," said Laguna, and the family unraveled from "internal blame." Laguna dropped out of school, married and divorced an abusive guy and struggled as a single mother. It took years for her to finish college and reclaim her own life and even become a business owner.
Bernal wasn't forgotten. The city named a small park on the north side after her brother, but something was always missing. Until the memorial was born.
"The names of all the other guys from San Jose," needed to be together, she said. "Raymond will be with them. That monument will finally bring him home. He can rest now."
Holding out hope
Leo Flores still thinks about his best buddy from the Vietnam War, Army machine-gunner Robert Susumu Masuda of San Jose. Actually, Flores still thinks about Masuda a lot, every time he sees reports about Afghanistan and Iraq, or attends a therapy session for the post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt he brought back from the war.
"I was supposed to be his assistant gunner that night," Flores said by telephone from his home in Hollister. "They sent a new guy instead."
Masuda and Flores were both short, but Masuda was stocky and strong enough to carry a heavy machine gun and the ammunition belts.
"The other guys used to make fun of us for being short, but when they saw him use that gun, that got him respect." He remembered Masuda as friendly, devoted to his girl back home and to his Japanese-American friends, family and culture.
The two buddies had bonded after several fire fights, including a two-week battle for one hill in the Mekong Delta. But on a routine mission, Masuda was sent to guard a trail leading to a village in May 1969. He and his new gunnery assistant simply disappeared. Flores said all they found of Masuda was his infantry patch, torn from his shirt and nailed to a tree. He was only 21.
"They always did that to try and scare us," Flores said.
Masuda's body was never recovered and is now listed as "died while missing." It took years for the memorial organizers to track down the Masuda family, some of whom still live in San Jose.
"Our father passed away a year after my brother became missing, from a heart attack," Ronald Masuda wrote in an email. "We feel it was too much for him not knowing what happened to Bob. We still hope he might come home, but it's been 44 years now."
Chosen to speak
Karen Nastor Paulson never knew her uncle, Army paratrooper Tony Nastor Jr., but she's the one her surviving uncles have chosen to speak about him.
"It's still painful for them," said Paulson who only knows her Uncle Tony through family folklore. "I remember sitting with my grandma ... and she would always say, 'The good die young,' when she talked about Tony."
The Nastor family lived in San Jose and all of them worked together in their ancestral occupations as fishermen and farmers.
Together they fished and dived for shellfish, oysters, mussels and abalone off the Santa Cruz and Monterey county coasts. As the oldest son, Tony headed up the collection of the daily catch. When his younger brothers were old enough, he taught them how to free dive and bring up abalone.
"It was always a competition with the three boys," Paulson said.
Tony graduated from San Jose High in 1965 and enrolled at San Jose City College in hopes of becoming a police officer. But he asked his dad for permission to drop out and join the military after a friend was killed in Vietnam.
"He wanted to take revenge," Paulson said.
Paulson recently found an emotional letter to Nastor written by his father, urging him to carry on. But Nastor died before it arrived and the letter found its way home, where it remained sealed until Paulson opened and read it last week.
The high school near downtown, oldest in the city, has a plaque listing every graduate who died in the Vietnam War. Paulson said her uncle was killed, at 21, by a booby trap when he was on patrol in Binh Dinh Province shortly after the Tet Offensive in 1968. That horrific North Vietnamese attack was widely credited with convincing the American public that the war was not worth the sacrifice.
"Until the day my grandmother died," Paulson wearily remembers, "she always said, 'The good die young.' "
Contact Joe Rodriguez at 408-920-5767.
Dedication ceremony at noon, Saturday, March 30, at Guadalupe River Park near HP Pavilion, San Jose. www.sjwarmemorial.com.
Names inscribed on San Jose Memorial
Ronald Lee Aleshire
Jimmie Marron Alvarez
Warren Lester Anderson
Joseph Antognini III
Alonso Aragon Jr.
Stephen Anthony Balters Jr.
Jeffrey Thomas Beardsley
Robert Eugene Beaumont
Leslie Allen Bellrichard
Thomas Howard Bergren
Raymond Bernal Jr.
Thomas George Brocker
Kermit Edward Burkey
Michael Edward Burns
Gary William Butler
Charles Byrd
George J. Carrillo Jr.
Timothy Michael Carroll
Jackie Charles Carter
Manuel Angel Castillo
Gerald Cervantes
Armando Chapa Jr.
Roberto Cobarrubias
James Miles Combs
Christopher Corwin Cook
William Donald Cook Jr.
Richard James Coston
Jimmy Douglas Curry
Kenneth Alan Dahl
David Michael Davison
Thomas Joe Dawson Jr.
Louis Scott Di Bari
Wolf-Dieter Dietz
Juan Leon Guerrere Duenas
Richard Monroe Dyke
Joseph Escamilla
Jaime Esquivel
Gerald Francis Filippi
Edwardo Flores
Richard Allan Forbes
William Holt Fowler III
Bruce Gary Friel
Richard Garza Jr.
Kenneth Gilbert Gellerman
Robert Gonzales
Michael John Grecu
Scott Craig Griswold
Dallas George Grundy
Phillip O. Guillen
Ernest Lemas Gutierrez
Robert Ralph Hammer
John Lewis Harley
Dean Allen Harris
Robert Earl Harris
Michael Maxwell Hatzell
Dan David Hayes
Glenn Elden Heflin
James Reeve Heimbold
Leroy Hensley
Robert Francis Hinkston
Melvin Douglas Holcomb
Fred Lee Hottinger
Howard Eugene Hurst
John William Irving Jr.
Robert Allen Jans
Robert Stevens Jernberg
Larry Michael Jordan
Theodore C Kappmeyer
Daniel Duane Keyes
Michael George Kindred
Loyd Eugene Kinsworthy
John Michael Koenig
Walter Koeppe Jr.
Russell Walter Krill
Jeffery David Kuersten
Marion Dominic La Rosa
Joseph Ledesma
John Edward Lopez Jr.
Chester George Lyons
Cesar Jabonillo Mamon
William A. Mansergh Jr.
Ernesto Martinez
Robert Susumu Masuda
John Albert McGehee
William David McGivern
Richard Harold McGuire
David Phillip Medina
Rudolph Melendez
Joseph Louis Mendoza
Michael Mereno
Robert Gail Miller
Angelo Raymond Morales
Carlos Garcia Munoz
Tony Valdez Nastor
Kenneth Lawrence Neal
Steve Masao Ohara
Jack Coleman Owens
William Allen Palenske
Richard Michael Patrick
Raymond Allan Petersen
Donald Ray Phipps
John Richard Poso
Timothy Cole Proudfoot
Miguel Angel Puentes
Alex Leon Quiroga
John Arthur Ramirez
Lynn Murray Randall
Rudolph Sotelo Renteria
Duane Lawrence Richard
Jose Anto Rivera-Bermudez
William S. Robertson III
Floyd Irwin Robinson
Joe Ignacio Rodriguez
Gilbert Ruiz
David Frank Santa-Cruz
Gilbert Serrano
Samuel Arthur Sharp Jr.
David Howard Shoemaker
Rosendo Flores Silbas
Charles Lenet Smith
James Douglas Smith
John Calvin Smith
Matthew Edward Smith
Eusebio Solis
Kenneth Lyle Spitzer
Daniel Edwin Strobbe
Jon Tasch
Kenneth Carl Titsworth
Grady Thomas Triplett
Richard Lee Trisler
Homer Urrabazo
Patrick John Vasquez
Jose Louis Vieras
Donald James Wade
George Allen Waldron
Thomas James Walker
Craig Leslie Walton
Larry Ellis Williams
Donald Ray Williamson
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