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Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Mark Lanegan - Duke Garwood Album is Coming. And I'm a Little Nervous
My love of Lanegan is well known throughout the world. Or, at least, throughout my little group of friends. Lanegan has a new album coming out soon with a gentleman named Duke Garwood. It sounds like it could be a bit of continuing embrace of the kind of Americana that Lanegan has often touched on, but there might also be a more "brave" aspect to the music.
And that makes me nervous.
Music, movies, literature that tries too hard to be brave-- to push boundaries too self-consciously-- tends to be the kind of music that I don't much listen to. I like my music to be lacking in pretension; I prefer it to be straight-forward and honest in its emotions. So, what will this new duo bring? Well, here's a taste:
Friday, June 22, 2012
New Site for the Ruminations of Zombyboy
I've moved.
I've moved because the spammers are trying to take over this site. Because I wanted something a little bit new. Because I wanted to break from these hundreds of posts and thousands of comments and do exactly the same thing somewhere else.
Or something like that.
Anyway, I hope that you'll visit the new site and take part in all the new conversations.
(Oh, and you can comment over there. Which is nice for everyone.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Receiving Friendly Fire
As much as I look forward to the day that President Obama becomes former President Obama, I can't help but feel a little sympathy. It's not for him, precisely, it's for anyone who occupies that seat and has to deal with the constant drone of noise coming from people absolutely demanding that their pet cause become the administration's main priority. I'm sure it's bad enough when it comes from the opposition party, but the truth is that much of the needling comes from supposedly friendly corners.
When I read some of this stuff, I can't help but think we've become a nation of children who no longer understand what actually constitutes an important issue. For all of my complaints about the current administration, for example, their speed in dealing with the urgent 1915 Armenian genocide problem doesn't really rank as one of the truly important bits.
Just sayin'.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Charlie Sheen Can't Even Fail Well
According to Fox, some people weren't impressed with the first show in Charlie Sheen's "Torpedo of Dumb" tour. I just can't figure out why.
What did they expect? Did they expect a better class of failure? A more fun kind of public self-destruction? Or perhaps they hoped for some life-changing wisdom from the colossal ego and his porn star/actress "goddesses." I know that when I want guidance, the first place I look is a hack actor who probably should have been jailed a number of times over for assaulting and threatening the women in his life. Maybe we can all learn something from a man who has managed to skate through all of his most disastrously dumb decisions and increasingly crazy behavior without having to pay anything resembling a real cost. Except, apparently, in his dental hygiene.
If they are really lucky, maybe he will share his way through the mound of cocaine that just has to be part of his rider.
I'm sure that what they really want is just the big drama and unhinged rants that made him even more famous than the exquisitely bad excuse for a comedy whose only redeeming value is that I kind of have a soft spot in my heart for Ducky. They want the car crash and he just didn't manage to deliver enough blood.
There's something sad about a man who can't even fail with enough panache to keep the mob happy.
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Friday, April 01, 2011
The iPad Gap: Pure Speculation
I find myself wondering how long it will be before someone starts complaining that the poor in America don't have access to iPads and that iPads are somehow key to their future opportunities for success. How long will it be before some government agency is asking tablet manufacturers to make special programs for the poor and carriers are bullied into some kind of subsidized plan for 3G network access?
What I find most intriguing is that if the government can't pay for something it deems desirable, it will search for opportunities to make companies pay for them. Those companies are often quite willing to acquiesce, but the cost of providing a good or service at below its actual value isn't a cost that the company will pay. It's a cost that we, who aren't subsidized, will pay.
Of course, all of this is done in the name of helping. Which is why so many of us wish the government would, maybe, help less.
Consider credit card reform. The changes made to protect consumers from the card companies had what I would consider to be an entirely predictable set of results: prior to implementation, cardholders saw rate increases and credit lines lowered. People on the lower end of the spectrum will have a harder time getting any credit (even though these are the folks that most needed "protection" and it will probably end up benefiting the high-cost payday lending outfits) and more cards will charge you an annual fee. So your over limit fees are capped at what the government considers a reasonable amount, but you'll pay the difference in some other fee or in those interest rate hikes that the card companies pushed out before the new protections went into effect.
I'm sure that there will be a few more rounds of government protection to card holders that are meant to deal with those nasty side-effects of the reform--and that there will be more surprises in store for consumers.
Which, again, is why so many of us wish the government would, maybe, help less.
Making it harder or more expensive for a company to do business isn't always the best way to protect a consumer. Ultimately, if that company wants to stay in business, it will simply pass on new costs to consumers. When Comcast is forced to provide services below cost, it won't just sit there dumbly wondering why the bottom line doesn't look as good as it used to; it will raise rates where it can to compensate. Some small percentage of their customers will get a service below its real value and the rest of its customers will pay more than they should.
So, when will we first see the call for free or cheap tablet computers for the poor? It will probably come from an education advocacy group and it will probably provide yet another distortion on what I wish were a much freer market.
What's my point? My point is that I am tired of a government that has such an overwhelming need to protect and help me. All those protections and all that help comes at yet another cost--and I'm already feeling overburdened.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bashing Bloggers?
I'm down with that.
Give your thoughts here and pass it on to all your loved ones. They probably want to bash some bloggers, too.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
Little Zomby Abroad: Zombyboy Goes to School Edition
Here's another scan for the masses.
The young gentleman on the left would be me walking from school. At the time, we lived in Bulawayo and I was phenomenally happy.
I'm also pretty sure that I never quite grew out of that same shade of pallid.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Grandpa, Salida Park, 1980
I took about a dozen trays of 35mm slides home with me from Arkansas. These date all the way back to the mid-70's.
I purchased a flatbed scanner with a slide attachment last night and tonight got around to trying the scanner. The film seems to be deteriorating. The clarity has suffered, the color seems to have shifted heavily toward red, and, of course, there are a good number of marks and scratches. This is the first one that I scanned and saved, so I'm still in the learning stage, but I'm worried that some of the older slides might be beyond saving.
I worked the curves on this to reduce red and introduce a bit more blue back into the mix and I'm reasonably happy with the results. It is still far too red in some areas, though, and I'll need to establish a decent workflow if I want these to be done before 2012.
Still, I like this picture. It was likely taken by my grandmother (or perhaps my Uncle Billy) and my grandpa is seen walking their little poodle. Sadly, they are all gone and no one is there to tell me about this trip. He passed away back in 2005 and I still miss him.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Hateful Things: Acura's Holiday Advertising
If you haven't seen Acura's holiday advertising--the "season of reason sales event"--you should watch this video. The ads dare to suggest that all of the overly ostentatious commercialism of the holiday season can be combatted by buying or leasing a new Acura. The logic, apparently, is that springing for a rental reindeer is a symbol of excess and buying a new car is a symbol of "over saving."
I have nothing against Acura, but these ads make me cranky every time I see them.
(Edited for clarity.)
Monday, December 27, 2010
Arkansas Christmas Miscellany
Merry Christmas to you all just a little bit late. I hope you'll forgive my tardiness.
Darling girl and I spent Christmas in Hot Springs with my parents. It's the second time we've made the trip, although it was complicated a bit this year by the awkward (for us) placement of the holidays. The trip home was done in one, long fifteen hour drive yesterday so I wouldn't miss any work after we decided that it wouldn't make much sense to leave late on Christmas to start the drive home. It wouldn't have been fair to my parents since they only see me once every few years.
This is a series of notes about the trip.
Firstly, Hot Springs is a fun little town. It reminds me of Colorado's own Manitou Springs only, perhaps, a little bit nicer.
We stayed at the Embassy Suites and it was absolutely wonderful. I used to work at an Embassy Suites and have stayed at a few here and there across the country, but this really was one of the nicest I've seen. The rooms were great, the setting beautiful, and the staff was uniformly warm, friendly, and helpful. I had chosen the Embassy Suites because I needed a place with a desk, enough room, and high speed Internet access so I could work for the first few days that we were in town. I wasn't much disappointed.
Not much but just a little. See, the hotel was wonderful, the free breakfast in the morning was perfect, the bar with some of my favorite vodkas didn't hurt matters, but I did have an issue with the "high speed Internet" service. Two issues, really. The first is that most hotels (like the Hampton hotels that I normally choose) offer free high speed Internet, but the Embassy Suites charged for daily access. At the price of the room, I'm surprised that the service isn't included in the deal. I won't complain too loudly on that front, though: I made the reservations knowing I had to pay extra but decided that it would probably be worth it since I was also able to make spa reservations for my wife on premises, there was more than enough space for my needs, and it the location was good for us.
But, having chosen to pay for something that I normally get for free, I was surprised at the flaky, slow connection that I got. The service was slow, when I logged in daily it offered an extra paid upgrade for faster download speeds, and it dropped connections somewhat regularly. The work that i was doing required me to be sending 70+ meg files to a printer and I ended up missing a few soft deadlines. Luckily I was working with a friend (if you ever need a printer in Denver, Bob at RM Printing is the most reliable and hardest working man that I know in the business--I can't recommend him enough) who was more patient with me than I deserved. I did end up getting the work done, but it was much harder than it should have been.
The kicker was that the wireless connection was so bad and so inconsistent that I ended up going old-school: wired connection to a data port in the wall. While my reliability went up, the speed didn't see much improvement.
If the network service hadn't been so flaky, it would have been the perfect place for the first half of our stay.
Secondly, I got my mom a Kindle for Christmas. I got her one because, largely, I couldn't afford to get her an iPad but I knew that the Kindle would be something she would really love. That meant helping her with the set-up and showing her a bit how to use the thing.
I like the Kindle. It's responsive, it works well, and it is really nicely priced--I think that my mom will love it.
I can't love it, though. I can like it, but not only is it too limited in comparison to my iPad, but even on its own terms it has some design compromises that really bug me. For instance, the tiny keyboard is hideous. The sub-chiclet sized keys are ridiculous and I can't understand why they didn't have room for not only larger buttons but more buttons. Why doesn't it have a set of number buttons? Why do I have to use an odd, on-screen pop-up for numbers and the alt-keyboard? I also, stupidly, mistook the "back" button for the "delete" button a number of times while I was setting up her account information--my fault, certainly, but it still bugged me.
Much of what I didn't like about it came down to unfavorable comparison to the iPad, though. While it was responsive and it had a very nice screen, while it was light and very nicely sized, it didn't have the same mix of size, convenience, and incredible breadth of capabilities of the iPad. I know it isn't a fair comparison (the Kindle is built for reading and nothing more), but I couldn't stop myself from making it. The same way that I judge netbooks negatively in comparison to my MacBook Pro, I can't help but judge the Kindle a little negatively in comparison to my iPad.
This has lead me to wonder, though, that with an iPad in my life, do I really need my iPhone? I might actually downgrade to a phone when my current contract is up.
That also brings me to my thirdly, too: the iPad played a big part in this trip, too. Instead of using my dedicated GPS, I used MotionX-GPS Drive HD. It provided a larger screen with bigger maps and instruction, a great set of extra features (a few button clicks to find a list of the nearest coffee shops), voice directions, basic iPod controls, and the option to pre-cache all of the maps that I would need for the trip. I bought a mount for it (that proved useless) and ended up with what I will term a field expedient method of mounting that involved a design feature of my 2008 Ford Taurus X and the particular case that held the iPad. It worked shockingly well.
Since it was hooked up to the car stereo, the music volume dropped every time the voice instructions came along to tell me where to turn. That was a nice change from the stand-alone GPS where the directions would sometimes get lost against the music.
There were a few negatives, though. We ended up a little confused in Hot Springs when we missed a turn and it couldn't find a new path for us against the quick turns we made to try to get back on track, for instance, and had a few other situations where it had a hard time finding a new route when we went off script. The stand-alone unit seems to be quicker in mapping new routes when necessary. Like the stand-alone unit, though, the MotionX app found some imaginary roads near where my parents live. Apparently the maps for the roads near Hot Springs Village have a few glitches.
The biggest issue came when the app crashed, though. About eight or nine hours into the trip home, the application froze. It came some 80 miles before my next turn, so it wasn't a big issue, but it was a surprise. A quick restart had it back directing us in just a few seconds, so there was no damage done, but it doesn't inspire the kind of confidence that you want from a GPS system. I'll be using it again on my trip to Vegas next month and I'll see how well that works out.
And, still on the subject, fourthly, the iPad makes a better workmate than you've heard. I was thrilled that I bought the 3G version on this trip. Whenever the flaky Internet service (and access at my parents' home was spotty, too) my cell service was fine. I answered emails, I took notes, I sent links to pdfs through the Dropbox application, I used the contact list and the task manager (I use Manage, a great .99 todo application that balances a nice interface and features with simplicity of presentation and some useful export options) to keep me in touch and on task. I won't be making my next 36 page brochure on the thing, but it's not just useful for entertainment.
What I found most surprising was that I was only out of cell phone contact a few times during the entire trip. Where 3G wasn't available, it was rare that I didn't have EDGE coverage. For all that AT&T is maligned for its network--and that isn't entirely undeserved--the breadth of coverage for me was still impressive. And for a good chunk of my stay in Hot Springs, the 3G connection was more reliable and faster than the "high speed" Internet connection that plagued me.
It's hard for me to spend $900 on a non-essential bit of electronic kit without feeling even a little bit of regret, but I can honestly say that I don't regret the iPad purchase at all. It has done more than I imagined it would and it has really changed the way I view tablet-based computers. It has a few shortcomings that I would like to see addressed, but the overall device is startlingly good.
After all that chatter, here's what I really wanted to say: it's good to be home.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Glad to be Home
I'm not a big fan of LA. The traffic is hideous, everything is expensive, and where I have to stay is about an hour away from the ocean. Flying in and out of LAX is fairly miserable (although the security lines are much quicker than what you find on a bad day at Denver International Airport) and you tend to run into people talking loudly on their cell phones about the TV shows that they've been involved in recently.
That isn't to say that the place doesn't have its charms. The weather was wonderful and there are some truly wonderful people in the area. While I never really think of it as a friendly town, the truth is that I usually have some great conversations with absolute strangers and in the most odd places.
The young lady who worked the front desk, the lovely lady and her son who were seated with my co-workers and me at Tokyo Wako one night (a place similar to Benihana), a serviceman coming home from a trip to Australia with his family, and a Rhodesian gentleman who left his home country after Robert Mugabe's government took his home all helped make my days a little happier. LA will never be my kind of town, but, if I were to be honest, there are far worse places to spend a few days.
Anyhow, these are a few pictures from the trip. All were taken with my iPhone and were then modified either on the phone or on my laptop.
This first picture is dark because I was more interested in the shapes and the shadows than I was in the colors. The view is from the hotel and the gentleman to the left is the Rhodesian man I mentioned earlier. After fleeing Zimbabwe in the early eighties with only what he could carry on the plane and a few dollars in his pockets, he made his way to the US and started a business. He provides limousine services and says that business is great. We chatted a bit while he waited for Doctor Suchandsuch and I waited for my ride to the office. Typically I rent a car when I'm in town but decided to let my co-workers shuttle me around this time. I'm glad I did.
I've never flown American Eagle, but after my last few trips on United I decided I needed to find a new carrier for my business trips. I wasn't disappointed. The folks at American and American Eagle were wonderful and the flights got me where I was supposed to be with minimal fuss and very nearly on time. Through my own stupidity, I also managed to miss my flight Friday morning but making changes and finding a later flight was easy and painless. It did leave me spending a good portion of the day at LAX, though, so I spent $50 for a day pass to the Admiral's Club where the seats were nice, I had high speed Internet access, and where I could find a clean bathroom. I don't fly often enough to need a membership, but it made the wait much nicer.
I plan to fly American again when I head to Vegas in January and look forward to giving them an opportunity to keep my business.
One of the odd things about flying American Eagle into LAX, though, is that the planes go into a small terminal a few minutes away from the main terminal. Passengers check in and go through security just like anyone else, but then they board little buses that shuttle them to the little building after driving around the runways. When we flew in, the bus driver played a canned tape that explained that we would be going to the main terminal and that the trip would take a few minutes. "Airplanes have the right of way," the recording helpfully explained.
This next picture was taken in that little terminal. I snapped it when I noticed that people had started to gather around when Bill Clinton came on to explain why Democrats should embrace the Obama-negotiated tax deal. Most of those people had been ignoring the TV until Clinton showed up and I was struck by a few things: first, that in the world of former Presidents, Bill Clinton is a bit of a rock star, and, second, for all that President Obama has been lauded for his speaking skills, he has nothing near the skill of Clinton. Clinton has warmth, humor, and an easier manner, he showed a better grasp of the political situation, and, simply, he has a charisma that our current president can't match.
Now, Clinton was also in love with the sound of his own voice (and his State of the Union addresses were testimonies to his own unbridled ego), but it was interesting watching him working the press corps with such skill.
I still can't decide whether it was brilliant to bring in Clinton to help sell the deal or if it was tremendously self-destructive because it showed President Obama to be a much weaker politician. It felt a bit like a Hail Mary pass from a president who still has two years left in his first term and that speaks of an administration willing to take a big risk for a small win. Perhaps that's not how the Democrats see it, but my Republican mind is smelling a little desperation.
Notably, that Christmas tree is very nearly the only holiday cheer that I saw in the town. It was surprisingly un-Christmasy throughout.
This last shot is taken from my seat while I was flying out. It never translates quite right, but it was a beautiful sunset and a great view.
I'm glad to be home.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Worth the Click Through
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Last Airbender: Ten Point Review
Before I jump into the ten points, let me say this: I really wanted to like this movie. I really wanted the M. Night Shyamalan of Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense to find a way to thrill us again and Darling Wife had the same hopes. Instead, what we got was a muddy story, a silly script, and some of the worst acting I've seen outside of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Is M. Night Shyamalan at all relevant as a director anymore? Not that I can see.
Warren Buffett Isn't Much Helping the Conversation About Taxes
Warren Buffett believes that the truly wealthy should pay more taxes, asserting, essentially, that his peers don't pay their fair share. He is a smart business man, but I'm not sure what he thinks a higher tax rate on the wealthy will accomplish. It won't balance the budget and the money won't be used well even if those taxes do increase.
If he wants the wealthy to be a force that helps the economy and helps the government's bottom line, then he should encourage the wealthy to invest in new businesses, to invest in ideas, to work to support what they believe will lead our nation to better days. And if our government wants to see jobs created, they won't get in the way. Every new job created is a productive, contributing citizen when that job comes from the private sector. Every new job created by the government, on the other hand, is another tax-funded drain on the coffers. We need more of the former and fewer of the latter--and Buffett is advocating for the wrong side of the equation.
If he wanted to help even more, he would encourage a smarter, more disciplined government less eager to spend money that it doesn't have. I doubt very seriously that he would dare to run a business using the same rules that our government does--and if his business were running into the same kinds of difficulties, he would be looking for ways to run leaner and more efficiently. Our government, on the other hand, has a pair of crutches to keep it from having to behave in an adult manner: taxpayers and the ability to manufacture money. Why make the hard decision to cut programs or benefits, why austerity, when it is so much easier to print more money or raise taxes.
Whatever the case, though, Mr. Buffett is encouraged to give give give to the government coffers. The money won't be used well and it won't be used efficiently and it won't make a difference in the final calculation. If it makes him feel like a better man to throw good money after bad, though, there is no one stopping him. If he doesn't, though--if he chooses to find smarter, better ways to invest and spend and give charitably--then it proves that he doesn't believe his own lie. It proves that he knows that the government isn't the path to the best results.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Drudge Links As They Should Have Been
Wait, wait, wait… Which one of these guys is the jerk? Because, you know, what a bunch of jerks.
They hate us. They really, really hate us.
For all the talk about the water, it's the bullets you really have to watch out for.
Seriously, though, what the hell is wrong with Mexico?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Broncos played well enough to win today. Almost.
The Broncos, though, were betrayed by a lot of little plays that, in themselves, wouldn't lose you a game. Taken together, they killed an opportunity at a big, home-game win that might have helped the Broncos in a week where the rest of the AFC West lost their games. Instead, they lost. Here's why:
Bad snaps. A bad snap early in the game killed off the chance at a short field goal. A bad snap on the last offensive play of the day for the Broncos got away from Kyle Orton and ended up in a turnover.
Dropped passes. There were a handful of potentially game-breaking passes dropped by the receivers. Drive extending passes that would have left less time for the Jets to mount their comeback in the end. Not a lot of them, but enough that it would have made a difference.
Bad passes. Orton was chased all day and some of the resulting passes were ugly. He threw into heavy coverage, he threw nowhere near open receivers, and at least once he didn't deliver the ball quickly enough to take advantage of an open receiver.
Offensive line play. This young offensive line is struggling mightily. They didn't do much to help the running game, they didn't do much to help Kyle Orton, and they aren't quite getting the job done. This remains the Broncos biggest problem area.
Missed field goal. After making a 59 yard field goal, Prater missed a 49 yard field goal. Those three points would have made a huge difference at the end. Instead of needing the touchdown, the Broncos would have been playing a very different game.
Wasting turnovers. The Broncos had three take-aways and only managed three points. When the defense gives you those kinds of gifts, the offense has to do its part. Today--and for much of the season--the offense didn't come up with enough.
Bad turnovers. The Broncos' first lost fumble came when the Broncos had just moved themselves into scoring position. Like the field goal, another three or seven points would changed the tenor of the game. The second lost fumble was the play that ended the Broncos' day (see number 1 above).
The running game is still broken. They were better today, but it wasn't enough. Too many strong first down rushes were followed by weak second down attempts leaving the Broncos in third and long. The Broncos running game needs to be better.
It was fun to see Tim Tebow contributing and I hope they keep finding ways to work him into the mix. Especially given the Broncos' rushing problems, having a QB on the field who can help with the running game isn't something that should be wasted. His rushing touchdown was a nice run and a great coaching call.
It was also good to see that the Broncos defense (playing a good portion of the day in 4-3 instead of 3-4) didn't fall apart with all of the injury problems. Young players really stepped up and Martindale had them well-prepared. There were a few ugly bits (the final pass interference penalty, for one, and Tomlinson's two touchdowns both looked too easy), but, on the whole, they played well and should be commended for the effort. The bigger problems were on the other side of the ball today.
The Broncos aren't really a completely hopeless team. There is talent on the team in all phases of the game and some of the players look like they have great futures ahead of them. Still, looking promising and having talent don't much compare to winning games. The Broncos need to start putting together better efforts in all phases of the game and carry the effort from opening whistle to the last play of the game. Too many lapses, too many missed, little plays, and too many bad decisions are sinking this season.
When Burqas Attack
From the Daily Mail:
I would suggest that Ruby is a little confused on the subject of the definition of "attacked." She might have, dumbly, felt attacked, but she sure as hell wasn't the one who was attacked.
I'm no fan of the burqa. What it symbolizes is repulsive and the treatment of women in some Islamic nations is horrendous. That doesn't make it in any way okay to attack a woman for wearing the thing--physically assaulting a woman isn't such a great corrective to what many consider to be a symbol of women's subjegation and abuse. In fact, it left the victim feeling terrified, humiliated, and abused.
Lovely work, that.
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NIAGARA FALLS – The struggle between Mayor Paul A. Dyster and the City Council for control of municipal finances will see its latest installment Tuesday when Dyster appears before the Council at 4 p.m.
Council Chairman Glenn A. Choolokian has asked Dyster to speak about the city's "financial plan regarding bond debt," a hot topic earlier this month.
Choolokian and Councilman Sam F. Fruscione said they were dismayed to find that Dyster has budgeted more than $5 million this year in slot revenues from the Seneca Niagara Casino.
That revenue – which the Seneca Nation of Indians has withheld for more than three years as it fights with New York State over gambling expansion – is expected by Dyster but not guaranteed.
That has pushed the three-man Council majority, which also includes Councilman Robert Anderson Jr., to cancel recent funding to block clubs and cultural groups even though the funds were adopted into the budget last year.
The Council majority sees the move as a necessary step in staving off another fiscal crisis that could come if the casino funds dispute is not resolved by the time a $5 million debt payment on the city's police station is due midyear.
Dyster and others see the steps as an unprecedented attempt to wrest financial control from the executive branch after the budget has already been adopted.
The mayor has said that the budget is a local law and that cuts made in this fashion decrease stability in all facets of city government.
The councilmen earlier this month warned that the cuts are only the beginning and that they will use some of the saved money for initiatives they deem more important to city residents.
A glimpse into that strategy came last week when the Council majority announced that it will spend $75,000 to put more police officers on foot in the city.
The initiative, already started by new Police Chief Bryan DalPorto, has gained praise from the councilmen as a way to keep the city safe above all else by putting police officers on the streets, on foot and on bicycle patrol later this year.
"Officer DalPorto is creative, he's driven, and he has a lot of ideas – the old blended with the new – that we fully support," Choolokian said in a statement. "There's been a good deal of talk for a long time about increasing our crime-fighting efforts, now it's being funded, and we're going forward with Chief DalPorto and his hardworking police force."
The city's tourism district and neighborhoods are "the logical places" to target with new crime-fighting programs, Fruscione added.
To fund the programs, the Council will use $25,000 in tourism bed tax money and $50,000 from the contingency account it created by slashing various spending items during the budget process. It has roughly $450,000 remaining in the account.
The Council cut $35,000 in cultural and community beautification funding earlier this month. Tuesday's Council meeting in City Hall, 745 Main St., will be Dyster's first public exchange with the councilmen, although Fruscione said he does not expect it to be combative.
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It always looked like they had one of Hollywood's most amicable splits, and Josh Lucas and his not-quite-ex-wife, Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, proved that appearances are sometimes true last week just after they took a significant step toward ending their two-year marriage.
"Jessica and Josh signed [divorce] papers on Thursday night and went out for a celebratory dinner," a source tells PEOPLE.
The chummy couple, who have a son, Noah Rev, who turns 2 later this month, are expected to be legally divorced once the papers make it through the court system.
"As far as I know, it isn't finalized. That is weeks, months away. They signed [the papers]. Now it's up to N.Y. state court," says the source.
Henriquez, 28, filed for divorce in January, but they have remained close friends throughout the uncoupling process.
"The marriage is over, but they will still be there for each other," a source told PEOPLE shortly after their split went public. "They are very supportive of each other, especially as parents."
Lucas, 42, told PEOPLE earlier this month that he and Henriquez worked really hard "to find that friendship" in their changing relationship. "We're basically now at a point where we're co-parenting in a way that's thoroughly and amazingly enjoyable," he added.
The family travelled to Colombia to visit Henriquez's family shortly after their split and were spotted together at a dog park in N.Y.C. in April. On Mother's Day, Lucas took his soon-to-be-ex out to dinner and a movie.
"They've been spending time in the Hamptons together before he starts working again in July," a friend of theirs told PEOPLE last month. "They're amazing co-parents right now, but there's still a lot of love between them."
Lucas's rep did not reply to a request for comment.
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April 29, 2013 Started in 1987 to support and honor the local shrimping and fishing industry, the town of Mount Pleasant Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival celebrated its 26th year on Sunday. Held at the Memorial Waterfront Park and Pier in Mount Pleasant, the event featured live music, local crafts, kids' activities, a boat parade, a ceremonial blessing of the shrimp and fishing fleet and more. The family-friendly event was a seafood lover's heaven as numerous local restaurants were serving up a variety of options, including Gilligan's Seafood Restaurant, Red's Ice House, A.W. Shucks and Zeus Grill & Seafood. Other options included Wild Wings, Sticky Fingers, Graze, The Shelter, among others. Live music was performed by Southwood and East Coast Party Band. A shag contest and shrimp-eating contest rounded out the festival. Funds raised this year went to the Charleston Port and Seafarers' Society.
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Two young sisters are recovering in hospital rooms after a motor vehicle crash Wednesday night in Elma.
They might not know it yet, but they owe their lives to a group of people who happened upon the scene and worked to keep them alive until they could be freed from the wreckage.
Mark Wetzel was headed out to dinner with his fiancee and her two children Wednesday when he turned the corner from Creek Road onto Jamison Road in Elma.
He saw brake lights. A cloud of dust.
"Debris flying everywhere," said the 52-year-old retired Elma man, recalling the heart-pounding moments that followed.
A car had crashed.
The driver had somehow lost control while eastbound on Jamison, according to a report from the Erie County Sheriff's Office. The car crossed over onto the west side, narrowly missing an oncoming car. It slid onto a front lawn before striking a tree and rolling over.
Wetzel found it upside down. As he rushed to the car, two other men who were driving by came running up, too.
The men raced to one side of the mangled vehicle. "There's a girl in there. We need to get her out."
Wetzel looked in and saw a bloodied young girl hanging upside down by her seat belt.
"She was very terrified," Wetzel said. "The look on her face … "
The roof of the car had been crushed in, jamming the car door, Wetzel said.
"Is there anybody else in the car?" the men said to the girl. But she was too dazed to answer.
Wetzel and two men grabbed hold of the crumpled car door and pried it open.
"One of the men bent down and tried to talk to her and take a look at her," Wetzel said.
Someone walked over to the other side and tried to look under the car.
"There's nobody else in the vehicle," the person said.
Wetzel knew that couldn't be right. The girl they had found was on the passenger side. There's got to be a driver, he said the thought.
About that time, a man who identified himself as a certified EMT arrived at the scene. He crawled under the crumpled wreckage.
"There's a driver here," he yelled. "She's got a pulse, but she's not responsive."
Wetzel explained to them that the crushed roof was pressing so hard against the driver's head that it was pinning the teenager's chin to her chest.
"She can't breathe," the EMT said. "… I'm losing her."
Wetzel and the two other passers-by grabbed the back corner of the car and lifted it just enough to take the pressure off the girls' head and open up her airway.
As they worked, the EMT carefully held the girl's neck and head steady.
She started breathing.
A couple more men arrived at the scene and helped the others keep the wrecked vehicle from moving.
"At that point, the car got lighter," Wetzel said.
"OK, let's put some rocks under it," someone yelled and the men wedged some decorative rocks under the vehicle to keep it from teetering back onto the girl's head.
Fire crews arrived and brought out jacks and blocks to stabilize the car, and firefighters used their jaws-of-life tools to slice open the car and get the driver out.
As Wetzel stepped back he saw that rescuers were already putting the passenger on a board to get her ready for the ambulance.
He looked back at the older girl and saw, as EMTs worked on her, that she moved her hand, as if to move hair out of her face.
She too was placed in an ambulance that would rush her to an awaiting Mercy Flight helicopter.
The volunteers, about a dozen by that time, all stood and watched as the ambulances left. "We kind of stood there," Wetzel said.
Then he got back into his car and drove his family to dinner as planned. His fiancee was shaking, he said. Luckily, someone had parked their car right next to theirs and her children couldn't see what was going on.
Wetzel believes what he and the other men did on Wednesday was what anyone else would have done.
"There was a whole bunch people who pitched in," he said. "It was the thing to do."
The girls, who are sisters, remained hospitalized Friday. The driver, identified by sheriff's officials as a 17-year-old girl, was in critical condition at Erie County Medical Center. The younger girl, who is 12, was in stable condition at Women and Children's Hospital. Investigators have not yet determined what caused the crash, said Traffic Sgt. Daniel Dytchkowskyj.
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Vincent Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway and Ellen Forney something in common: They're all creative artists with a history of mental illness. The main difference is that you've probably never heard of Ellen Forney (and she is also still alive).
In Forney's new graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me, she explores the sometimes blurry line between creativity and mental illness. The book is a 237-page journey that begins before Forney's diagnosis of bipolar disorder and ends years later in a more stable, happier existence.
A skilled artist, Forney renders simple cartoons, realistic self-portraits and reproductions of masterpieces from her favorite artists, all in black-and-white. But the power of her talent is in her ability to express, often without words, the feeling of her mental illness. In the illustrations of her manic episodes, the page is filled with lines and words and shapes and scenes. It is more like looking at a piece of art rather than reading a cohesive story like the rest of the memoir, your eyes flitting around without direction. It is loud. It is not easy to read.
Her illustrations of her depressive episodes are difficult to read as well, but for a different reason. They are barren and wordless, with only a few lines on the page. One page is just 14 small illustrations of a faceless person slowly moving from lying in bed to lying on the couch. You can't help but feel the quiet emptiness and isolation.
Forney leaves nothing off the page. In addition to documenting the minutiae of her mental illness, she asks the big, tough questions like, "Who gets to be crazy-brilliant, and who's just crazy-crazy?" and "If I get treatment, am I killing any chance to do my best work?" Forney was skeptical of the suggested treatment. She writes, "Maybe being bipolar is a gift! I don't want balance, I want brilliance! Meds would hold me down!"
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In the end, Forney finds balance. She admits that she kind of misses her manic episodes—but not really. Although she felt "powerful and sexy," she also was "restless, impatient, insatiable and obsessive." Living a balanced life does not mean living a boring, unproductive one, she finds. Forney's memoir, simply by its existence, is a clear indication of this revelation. — Stephanie Dinkmeyer, NAMI Communications Intern


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Kimber Walters and Garrett Fisher, both of McClure, were married on Sept.15, 2012, at Toftrees Resort in State College.
The bride is the daughter of Paula Wray and Donald Reed, Richard Walters and Mary Goss, all of McClure. The groom is the son of Mark and Kathi Fisher, of Middleburg.
Ashley Wagner, of McClure, sister of the groom, was the matron of honor. Brittany Rhodes was the maid of honor.
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The best man was Nathan Fisher, brother of the groom, of State College.
Bridesmaids were Roxanne Kerstetter and Sarah Suplee.
The flower girls were Kadence Miller, cousin of the bride, and Olivia Wagner, niece and goddaughter of the bride and groom.
Ushers were Jed Wagner, brother-in-law of the groom, Robert Baker, cousin of the groom, and Eric Renninger.
The ring bearer was Matthew Baker, cousin of the groom.
Pastor Don Peters performed the ceremony that also included Cassie and Caitlin Baker, cousins of the groom, as guest book attendants, and Devin Miller and Christopher Baumgardner, as ushers.
The cocktail hour and reception followed at Toftrees Resort.
The bride is a 2006 graduate of Indian Valley High School, a 2010 graduate of Lock Haven University, and a 2012 graduate of Lock Haven's physician assistant program. She is employed as a physician assistant with Geisinger Cardiology in Lewistown.
The groom is a 2003 graduate of West Snyder High School. He is employed as an HVAC technician at Fisher's Plumbing and Heating in McClure.
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A Venango County teenager allegedly raped a woman in a Tyrone park, according to police.
Tyrone police allege Robert V. Mertsch, 18, of Oil City pushed a 19-year-old woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her as the two walked on a trail in Reservoir Park about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said Mertsch and the woman knew each other.
One police officer said the attack occurred in a wooded area off the trail after Mertsch asked the woman if she would have sex with him and she refused. Police said the woman repeatedly rebuffed Mertsch's advances, and she struck her head after he pushed her to the ground.
According to court records, the woman had come to Tyrone to visit Mertsch and was treated and released from a Pittsburgh hospital following the alleged incident. She told the investigator that Mertsch told her, "Shut up. If you don't cooperate, you'll get hurt," as she screamed for him to stop. The woman told police she yelled for Mertsch to stop and screamed, "No" throughout the alleged attack.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - No one could have blamed Pete Massaro if he walked away from football, or, at least, from Penn State football.
After two major knee injuries, just being able to walk at all was a risk, let alone taking the chance for a team that had no chance of going to a bowl game and had lost some of its best players over the summer to sudden transfers.
Yet, there was the 6-foot-4, 256-pound graduate senior from Newtown Square putting it all on the line in the second half and hurrying Wisconsin quarterback Curt Phillips into a couple of incompletions.
"Tonight was a fairy-tale ending. I couldn't ask for anything more," Massaro said. "Getting down early. Coming back. Just fighting, fighting every step of the way. It's kind of symbolic of how our season went."
Those plays were among a number that helped the Nittany Lions finish the season 8-4 with a 24-21 overtime victory over the Badgers at Beaver Stadium on a frigid Saturday. It closed out one of the most tumultuous seasons any college football team has ever played through and sent out what has turned into one of Penn State fandom's favorite senior classes on a highly emotional winning note.
"You've definitely got to keep your emotions in check, seeing your family out there. They were crying, teary-eyed, but we had to focus on the task at hand. And there's no better way to go out as a fifth-year guy to go out than beating Wisconsin at home in overtime," said Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin, who was honored with 30 departing classmates a half-hour before kickoff. "It's been an exciting journey, and I'm happy with the way my guys played today."
McGloin's guys were an unlikely bunch that included a mix of star recruits, players that flew under the radar of other colleges, walk-ons and former walk-ons like himself, sons of former Nittany Lions, players like Massaro and Michael Mauti who were trying to come back from multiple catastrophic injuries and even some players who stayed at University Park because they just didn't have other options.
"I feel great for these kids, especially these seniors. You put in a lot of work, going back to when we first came here and all the things that came up during the offseason off the field," Lion coach Bill O' Brien said. "You just can't say enough about these kids. It may be a little redundant, but I've been around some special teams, and this is a special team because of the football players, and, especially, the seniors."
In the last year, they'd endured the firing and death of the legendary coach whose staff recruited the vast majority of them, the decision not to hire his popular defensive coordinator as his successor and unprecedented media scrutiny in light of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal that in turn resulted in unprecedented and controversial sanctions by the NCAA just a couple of weeks before fall practice began. Then they lost the first two games of the season in heartbreaking fashion.
Yet, as the seniors attended their final Penn State postgame press conference early Saturday evening, they wore smiles and, incredibly, talked of things largely in positive terms.
"If you said, 'Write up the way you want to go out,' I don't think I could write it up any better," senior center Matt Stankiewitch said. "It was just an awesome experience to have my family there, my friends, my close friends from home watching me. I couldn't be happier."
Stankiewitch was a multi-year starter, but even upperclassmen like little-used walk-on J.R. Refice echoed those thoughts.
"It definitely helped me grow up. It made me grow up and become a man," said Refice, who stayed with the team for his fourth year even though he never got on scholarship. "As much as I grew up since I got here, in the last five months, you really grew up. You really became tough. You realized life's not always going to be roses."
Cornerback Stephon Morris was one of the players that could have transferred immediately under the NCAA's sanctions and contributed somewhere else in their final year of college but decided to stay at Penn State. He already was sporting a lettermen's club baseball cap when he entered the media room.
"I learned not to run from adversity, especially with a group of guys that love you, that are in the fight with you," Morris said. "No matter what they throw at us, I know this team will stand there and just hold hands and give it all we've got. I learned I have a second family."
Morris might have gained perspective, maturity and closer relationships over the course of the ordeal, but he lost something else when Wisconsin kicker Kyle French's 44-yard field goal in overtime lined wide left to give the Lions the win.
"I can't find my helmet, by the way. I threw my helmet, and I'm still trying to get somebody to find it so I can have it for the rest of my life. When he missed, I just threw it and ran to the student section," Morris said.
The end of the game was an emotional climax to an emotional week that wrapped up the emotional season. The seniors spoke one-by-one to the team on Friday night.
"I went back to the hotel room last night, and you try to block all the thoughts out, but stuff keeps popping into your head. Last time in this stadium. Last time with these fans. I'm not going to lie. I shed a tear here and there," Massaro said. "I usually take a nap in the morning. But I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. I was trying to visualize going out there and having a great finish. It was emotional all the while."
At 3 p.m., the seniors were introduced and walked out to the center of the field, where their parents awaited. After that, a tarp was pulled from the face of the east-stand luxury boxes revealing their graduation year listed alongside those of other great Nittany Lion teams.
"I was like, 'Wow. I'm a part of something,'" Morris said. "My mentor, Troy Vincent, always joked with me that I don't have no accolades, but, you know what, I'd rather have '2012' go up than any other accolades."
Massaro and others, though, admitted that dealing with the intensity and the pregame ceremonies was a lot with which to have to deal, and it made channeling feelings and focusing on the game a fine line.
"I think that's what got us in the beginning. We had to worry more about hitting and doing our assignments. After we calmed down, the defense started to play our game. Then, coming out of halftime, the offense stepped it up. I think, overall, we had a pretty good performance," senior defensive end Sean Stanley said. "It's the best season of my career, by far. We had fun every game. We enjoyed each other."
This senior class's contribution wasn't lost on the underclassmen like junior Glenn Carson. After the game, Carson shared a hug with Mauti on the field.
"I don't think this senior class is ever going to be forgotten in the history of Penn State," Carson said. "I've learned so much from them. Me and Mauti made each other so much better. We were like brothers. I had a bunch of guys in the senior class like that that really helped me have an amazing season."
A famous coach once said that you are what your record says you are. The 2012 Penn State team would beg to differ.
"It's not the end result. It's what you go through that you really appreciate," Refice said.


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The high school lacrosse regular season is short, but the postseason is much shorter.
The Bishop England boys lacrosse team found that out the hard way Tuesday night, losing to Academic Magnet at home, 13-6. Raptors game statistics were not available at the time of this report, but Battling Bishops' Connor Canning had three goals and three assists.
Wando, the No. 1 seed in the Lower State bracket, enjoyed a 22-4 rout of Ridge View in the opening round at Wando Stadium. Carson Horner had five goals and CJ Andersen added four to lead the Warriors. They advance to host No. 4 Hilton Head, which defeated Spring Valley on Tuesday night. Academic Magnet, a No. 6 seed and the only boys non-favored seed to win its first round contest in the state, will travel to AC Flora, Thursday. AC Flora beat Lexington 13-2.
On the girls side, No. 1 Wando knocked off Richland Northeast via forfeit and will host No. 5 Academic Magnet, Thursday evening. Because of a high chance of rain, coach Jessica Stralkowski said "plans are in the works as we speak about potential Friday game."
The Raptors edged Spring Valley, 8-7, Tuesday. Academic Magnet stats were not available.
No. 2 Bishop England had no issues with No. 7 Hilton Head, winning 19-2. The Bishops were led by Taylor Kennington's five goals and one assist and Elena Bosco's three goals and six assists. They'll host No. 3 Chapin, Thursday night, which defeated Blythewood 13-5 on Tuesday.
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The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
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Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-45
In the past, non-practicing entities (NPEs) - firms that license patents without producing goods - have facilitated technology markets and increased rents for small inventors. Is this also true for today's NPEs? Or are they "patent trolls" who opportunistically litigate over software patents with unpredictable boundaries? Using stock market event studies around patent lawsuit filings, we find that NPE lawsuits are associated with half a trillion dollars of lost wealth to defendants from 1990 through 2010, mostly from technology companies. Moreover, very little of this loss represents a transfer to small inventors. Instead, it implies reduced innovation incentives.
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Leske Named to Preseason All-MIVA Team
MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State men's volleyball junior middle hitter Matt Leske (Highwood, Ill./Highland Park) has been named to the 2013 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Preseason All-Conference Team as voted on by the league's eight head coaches.
Leske was named to the All-MIVA Second Team as well as the Academic All-MIVA last season as a red-shirt sophomore. He started all 25 matches he played in and saw action in 92 of a possible 95 sets. He was named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week for Mar. 19. Leske ranked first in the conference and eighth nationally in blocks-per-set average at 1.32, he recorded at least one block in every match he played in during the 2012 season.
In addition to the honor given to Leske, the Ball State men's volleyball team was picked to finish fifth in the MIVA preseason poll with 29 points. Lewis was picked to win the conference with 62 points and six first place votes. Loyola and Ohio State were picked second and third with 54 and 52 points respectively. Grand Canyon was picked fourth with 35 points.
The Ball State men's volleyball team opens up the 2013 season on Saturday, Jan. 5 when it hosts its annual alumni match at 7:30 p.m. in Worthen Arena. Admission to the match is free.
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When wedding planning, many couples may seek to incorporate elements both old and new, traditional and contemporary. One Northern Virginia couple, Jenny and Ed incorporated some traditional ideas into their festivities. Jenny framed pictures of Ed and herself at various stages in their lives, and placed them around the Inn. It gave the Inn a warm and personal feeling, like a home away from home.
They also incorporated tradition from the Philippines, a country rich in traditions and the origin of Ed's delightful family. One of the Filipino customs is the money dance. The bride and groom dance to a Filipino love song and while they are dancing, the guests will throw money on the floor or pin the dollar bills on the bride and groom's clothing. The money dance has become a tradition at Filipino weddings. The idea of this is to help contribute to the wealth and happiness of the couple.
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Noises OffWhen Michale Frayn's brilliant Noises Off begins, a troupe of English actors is rehearsing the sex comedy Nothing On. As we eavesdrop, the director explains his theatrical philosophy: "Bang you're on. Bang you've said it. Bang you're off." If only things would go that smoothly. But with these thespians, including the dim-witted starlet, the method actor without motivation, and the leading lady on her last legs, it's total chaos and non-stop laughter.05/29/2014 - 06/29/2014O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Mozart's The Magic FluteThe Magic Flute is a whimsical, fantastical tale of two men who must face obstacles of magic and mystery to find their true loves. This fully-staged production with a cast and chorus of more than 60 local singers is accompanied by an orchestra of more than 25 local musicians and will be performed in English. The celesta that will be played is the one that was used for "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."05/29/2014 - 06/01/201405/29 - 7:00 pm05/30 - 7:00 pm05/31 - 7:00 pm06/01 - 2:00 pmLocation: Antonian Theater, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Vivaldi's Four SeasonsKorean violin prodigy Ye-Eun Choi, a protege of violin superstar Anne-Sophie Mutter, performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. The four concerti of this popular Baroque work represent spring, summer, autumn and winter. For the program's second half, conductor Nicholas McGegan presents musical gems from the classical period by Mozart and Haydn.05/30/2014 - 06/01/201405/30 - 8:00 pm05/31 - 8:00 pm06/01 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Singin' in the RainIn silent movies, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a hot item, but behind the scenes things aren't always as they appear on the big screen! Meanwhile, Lina's squeaky voice might be the end of her career in "talking pictures" without the help of a talented young actress to do the talking and singing for her. This extraordinary score includes: "Singin' in the Rain," "Make 'Em Laugh" and "Good Mornin'."05/30/2014 - 06/08/2014Location: Benedum Centerwebsite
The Sound of Music GalaPYSO annual fundraising gala includes cocktails, Hors d'Oeuvres, and a full-course dinner, silent and live auctions, and a tour preview concert including music by Smetana and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as selections from "The Sound of Music." Proceeds will benefit PYSO's scholarship fund and 2014 concert tour of central Europe concluding in Salzburg, Austria. Special guests include Jim Cunningham from WQED and David Newell from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.05/30/2014Time: 7:00 pmLocation: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Small Prints, Big Artists: From the Renaissance to BaroqueSmall Prints, Big Artists presents more than 200 masterworks from the museum's collection of nearly 9,000 prints. The intimately scaled woodcuts, engravings, and etchings reveal the development of printmaking as a true art form. Due to their fragility, many of these prints have not been on view in decades.05/31/2014 - 09/15/20144400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Francesco Attesti, pianoItalian pianist Francesco Attesti performs regularly in internationally prestigious concert halls and music festivals including Philharmonia Hall of Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow, Mozarteum of Salzburg, Philharmonie Essen, International Piano Festival of Warsaw, etc.. Concert proceeds will benefit ShelterBox disaster relief, the Zelienople Rotary Club and The Strand Theater.05/31/2014Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Strand Theater, 19 N. Main St., Zelienople, PAwebsite
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College of Charleston coach Doug Wojcik expected a tougher game the second time around against Wofford.
Wojcik got exactly what he expected.
After blowing out the Terriers by 29 points in January, Wojcik and the Cougars got a much more difficult challenge Thursday night.
Senior guard Andrew Lawrence finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in his final regular season game at TD Arena as the Cougars beat Wofford, 55-50, before a crowd of 4,428 on Senior Night.
Wojcik, who spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Michigan State, compared Thursday's night game with Wofford to a Big Ten matchup featuring the top two defensive teams in the Southern Conference.
"It was a grind," Wojcik said. "We knew it was going to be a grind to beat them. (Wofford coach) Mike Young has a built his program on toughness and defense and the kids always talk about how tough the Wofford teams are. It was a Big Ten game and we found a way to win and get going a little bit in the second half."
It was a sluggish first half for the Cougars (21-9 and 13-4 in SoCon) who shot just 38 percent from the floor, including just one of 11 from 3-point range.
Lawrence, one of the SoCon's top 3-point shooters, did not have a single point in the first 20 minutes, getting outscored by walk-on senior Bart Benton. Willis Hall was the only other Cougars player in double figures with 10 points.
"We struggled making shots, me especially, in the first half," said Lawrence, who finished the night three of 10 from the field. "Bart gave us a huge spark to start the game. I tried to treat it like any other game. We knew Wofford had a good defensive team and we knew it was going to be a grind. Winning a grinding game like this isn't always a bad thing."
Benton knocked down a 3-pointer on Charleston's first possession as all three Cougar seniors, including Lawrence and Matt Sundberg started against the Terriers.
"That's a great memory for Bart," Wojcik said. "We won by five points, so Bart hit a big shot for us. I couldn't be happier for him."
The Cougars found their offensive rhythm in the second half, shooting 58 percent from the floor and connecting of four of eight 3-pointers. Nori Johnson, Theo Johnson and Anthony Thomas hit 3-pointers during a crucial six-minute stretch early in the second half as the Cougars began to open up the game.
"We moved the ball better in the second half and we found guys in transition," Nori Johnson said. "We pushed the ball. The shots just starting falling for us and Andrew did a good job of finding us in the second half."
Wofford's Karl Cochran did his part in keeping the Terriers in the game. Cochran finished with a game-high 23 points.
Charleston sophomore guard Anthony Stitt missed the game with a knee injury. Had Stitt, one of the top defenders in the SoCon, been healthy it would have been his job to defend Cochran. Stitt held Cochran to just four points on two of 16 shooting in the first meeting back in January. Stitt's status for Saturday's season finale is uncertain.
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Sometimes it takes new eyes, a fresh spirit, to find ways to help someone. That's the way it seemed last week as the Exchange Club of Charleston read out the list of organizations and the grants they were awarded at the annual community service luncheon.
In case you don't know, the Exchange Club members run the Coastal Carolina Fair every fall and then give the considerable proceeds to local charities. For those working the fair, it means loads of volunteer hours. In fact, volunteers racked up 14,000 hours last year making sure the Ladson fair entertained folks for 10 days.
They are now the largest volunteer-run fair in the country, says Jerry Pitts, director of midway operations for the fair, and some of these men have been part of this effort for the 56 years they have been in operation. Even those whose days of manning the ticket booths are over were in attendance last Thursday to see the happy faces of those receiving grant money. And after you see all the needs met, you realize why.
At first, it seemed time-consuming to read out the names of each of the 77 organizations, introduce their representatives and then hear how the grant will be used.
But one of the interesting things about listening to each recipient was hearing the cumulative effect that the $802,921 would have on our community. If you divide the amount, it comes out to about $10,500 per organization, but it would not have been nearly as impressive to just hear they were getting a check.
The long list of needs, and the nonprofits that will provide them, is what is impressive.
For instance, Christ Episcopal Church will use its grant to provide weekend meals to recipients of East Cooper Meals on Wheels weekday meals. It's a real need to provide meals on Saturday and Sunday.
East Cooper Meals on Wheels also received a grant for its weekday service.
The Disabilities Foundation of Charleston County needs a new commercial-grade lawn mower. James Island Outreach needs to purchase a new refrigerator, food pantry shelving and a computer printer.
Lowcountry Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy wants a grant to provide 65 sessions on horseback for mentally and emotionally challenged children and adults.
The Lowcountry Pregnancy Center wants to purchase books to continue and expand the "Beginning With Mother Goose" literacy component of the "Ready to Parent" program. Carolina Canines for Service will provide working dogs for injured veterans, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation wants to fund a trip of an ill 6-year-old girl to Disney World.
The Trident Area Agency on Aging needs money to install grab bars and railings to enable seniors and adults with limited mobility to continue living safely in their homes. And the Walk for Autism needs money to purchase T-shirts for its fundraising walk.
All of these needs seem small in comparison with big, new buildings, additional staffing and operating income, something that almost all nonprofits need. But because the Exchange Club is faithful in its service to the community, every year these small grants are distributed and money that originally was raised by selling popcorn, cotton candy and thrill rides gets turned back to the community to improve lives in small and large ways.
This fall, when you think about heading out for a night of fun on the roller coaster, it's nice to think that you also may be easing the life of someone in our community who has lost the ability to get out of the house.
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The 2011 NBA draft lottery is upon us and the fate of 12 teams hangs in the balance (the Cavs have two picks in this year's lottery, as do the Jazz).
A number of scenarios will be up for debate once the draft order is set.
Is Kyrie Irving a lock to go No. 1 overall? Could Derrick Williams make a late surge and contend for the top spot? Which team will roll the dice and take a shot (no pun intended) with Jimmer Fredette?
Rumors and speculation will run rampant until June 23rd, the night of the 2011 NBA draft. Bleacher Report will source the most reliable information from around the web and offer our own analysis on the viable scenarios that will be most talked about between now and draft night.
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The princess, who is seventh in line for the British throne and the only royal living stateside, hit up the Dolce & Gabbana 19th Annual Artwalk NY Benefit Coalition for the Homeless on Tuesday.
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The princess, who is the daughter of Prince Andrew and Fergie (the Duke and Duchess of York), chatted with a handful of girlfriends and appeared to be without security according to the onlooker. She wore New York's signature black and looked chic with her short shaggy auburn hair.
Other guests at the charity event included new parents Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Jennifer Connolly and Carey Lowell, who recently split from husband Richard Gere.
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When a friend told UCLA freshman Rachel Isum she had to meet a popular jock named Jackie Robinson, she said, "I'm not interested," she recalls. "I thought he'd be arrogant." But she decided to test the waters anyway. "When I met Jack, he was so humble, so thoughtful – and handsome," she says. "I thought, 'I'm glad I was wrong!' "
The couple began a five-year courtship, finally wedding on Feb. 10, 1946. "We always said we'd get married once Jack got a job," says Rachel. "And then one day Branch Rickey called Jack."
The then-president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Rickey was committed to breaking the race barrier in Major League Baseball – and he was convinced Robinson was the perfect man to do it: talented enough to win the respect of fans and players; strong enough to withstand the inevitable firestorm that would ensue.
A key step in helping to pave the way for the civil rights movement, Robinson's Major League debut in 1947 – with Rachel cheering him from the stands – is chronicled in a new film, 42, which takes an unflinching view of the abuse and prejudice the couple faced.
"Racism was rampant at that time," says Rachel, 92, a widow since Jackie's death from a heart attack in 1972. "But we knew the end goal was important. We weren't going to lose because some crazies were shouting insults and throwing balls at his head."
The danger didn't end there. "Some threats were very specific," says Rachel. " 'I'm going to shoot Jackie in St. Louis.' Or 'I'm going to kill Rachel.' " Yet the couple refused to live in seclusion. "We really felt that as long as we were together, nothing could happen to us. And luckily nothing ever did."
At home in Stamford, Conn., the pair focused on insulating their three children – Jackie Jr., Sharon and David – from the chaos. "Jack and I made a pact," says Rachel, "that our home would be a haven."
To his kids, says Sharon, now 63, Jackie "was a giant of a man." She recalls a favorite wintertime ritual in which her dad would test the backyard lake for ice skating.
"He would step onto the deepest part," she says. "The amazing part was, he couldn't swim. To watch him step out there just to make sure it was safe for us made him even more of a giant in my eyes."
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A Nevada assemblyman who was banned from the Legislature building attempted to buy a gun at Scheel's Sporting Goods Thursday night in Sparks.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks allegedly tried to buy a hunting-style rifle at the sporting goods store, Sheriff Ken Furlong said.
"The transaction did not go through," Furlong said of the attempted purchase, adding that there is a waiting period for firearms purchases.
None of the cases Brooks has been charged with have been adjudicated, Furlong said. Until the cases are adjudicated, and in the state's favor, Brook's would not be added to a do-not-buy list for that reason, although he could be denied the ability to purchase for other reasons.
"We're looking to summarize what events took place in Las Vegas," he said.
The Department of Alternative Sentencing served Brooks a protection order on February 14, for Speakerwoman Marylin Kirkpatrick and Assemblyman William Horne. Alternative Sentencing called for assistance from deputies. Brooks and Deputies engaged in a verbal altercation but, through the help of Brooks' attorney, the orders were able to be served.
"We were able to calm him down and serve him the papers," Furlong said.
Brooks left Carson City that night and is believed to be staying in Sparks.
"We hope he does not come back to Carson," Furlong said, adding, "He has not broken any laws."
"He has not done anything wrong," Furlong said. "We're monitoring the situation very, very closely.
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Comparing Joe Thornton to Stevie Y is like comapring a Yugo to a Z06
Cmon man, are you serious?
A Yugo?
Kind of a stretch in the other direction, don't you think?
Not to take anything from Stevie Y, as I'm a big admirer of his, and his record speaks for itself, but Thornton did win the 2006 Art Ross Trophy. That alone put his name up there with Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe, and other hockey greats (not Stevie Y, but that doesn't mean he wasn't great), but Thornton also did something that only two other two players in the history of the NHL have ever done, and that's had consecutive 90-assist seasons. Wayne Gretzky did it (12 in a row, 1980-81 through 1991-92) and Mario Lemieux also did it (1987-88 and 1988-89) .
So while I don't know how (or even whether I'd want to) compare JT with SY, I'd say Thornton deserves at the very least a nice shiny Volkswagon Jetta rating in your analogy, don't you? Or a Ford Pinto, or something a little better than a Yugo.


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LEXINGTON, KY (March 9, 2015) – Keeneland sales alumni swept graded stakes across the U.S. and in Dubai on Saturday.
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