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Tony La Russa, who will manage the National League in the 2012 All-Star game, has elected to go with Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants over New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey as his starter tomorrow. To me, this confirms that the city of San Francisco has somehow struck a deal with the devil and in the fine print was a clause that handed the franchise rights to this year's All-Star game. With Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey getting voted in as starters over more deserving counterparts in David Wright and Carlos Ruiz, the stage was set for La Russa to look downward, tip his cap to Beelzebub, and go with Cain over Dickey.
Some people, such as Jon Paul Morosi of Fox News, have tried to justify the decision:
So with the first half over for both right-handers, here's where they stand:
Cain: 9-3, 2.62, 120 1/3 innings, 24 walks, 118 strikeouts, 0.96 WHIP, two shutouts, one perfect game.
Dickey: 12-1, 2.40 ERA, 120 innings, 26 walks, 123 strikeouts, 0.93 WHIP, two shutouts, back-to-back one-hitters.
Yes, Cain recorded exactly one more out than Dickey over the past three months.
Good luck, Tony. The decision is due Monday, in advance of Tuesday's All-Star Game (MLB on FOX, 7:30 p.m. ET).
If La Russa asks my opinion — and he won't — I will recommend that he start Cain. There are two reasons for that: Dickey's midgame arrival could have a spellbinding effect on the American League hitters; and Cain has put together a better body of work over his career, with relatively little fanfare (at least, until the perfect game)."
Others, such as Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News,make a strong case for Dickey:
Dickey, who is tied with Gonzalez for the NL lead in wins, second to Strasburg in strikeouts and fifth in ERA, has done enough this season to be the All-Star Game starter.
And don't get us started on larger metaphors about being penalized for being unique or on how the Mets were already rooked by the process because David Wright isn't starting.
There's plenty to like about the idea that an All-Star start would surely mean that more people would hear — and perhaps find comfort in — Dickey's personal journey. He revealed in a memoir released this year that he was sexually abused as a child.
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We are reminded, early and often, by Major League Baseball that the All-Star Game now "counts" and, at the same time, it is a showcase for baseball's best. If we're being told to care about these things, they might as well be done right — Dickey fits both bills.
He's good enough that starting him could help the NL win home-field advantage in the World Series and his knuckler has been perhaps the best single pitch in the game this season.
Heck, it makes more sense to start Dickey rather than bring him out of the bullpen. That would give Dickey and Posey the most amount of time to work together before Dickey even got to the mound at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. They would share the entire pregame warmup, including Dickey's bullpen session, giving Posey a crash course in knucksie nuance."
For me, as a numbers guy, there simply has not been a better pitcher the first half of the 2012 season. If you want to make it a full calendar year, both pitchers were 4-6 after the All-Star break in 2011 and Cain's 2.64 ERA was only slightly better than Dickey's 2.87 earned run average. More emphasis has to be put on this year and the fact is that Dickey started out hot, has remained hot, and hasn't lost a game since April 18th of this season. In the end, I think Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner best summed things up with the following tweet from earlier today:
His numbers warrant a start, and his story is great for baseball.. A seemingly flawed system will not start two deserving Mets in the #ASG
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WAILUKU - For what a judge called an attempt to use a man as "human kindling," a defendant was sentenced Wednesday to a one-year jail term in the robbery of a man who was punched, kicked, beaten with baseball bats and doused with gasoline at a Honokowai apartment complex last year.
Noah Thomas-Francis, 35, of Pukalani also was placed on five years' probation and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service as part of his sentence.
In deciding on the sentence of probation instead of a 10-year prison term, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo said she weighed the good described in letters by Thomas-Francis' family and friends against the "extreme kind of cruelty" in his actions during the attack on Andy Burkhart at about 9:15 p.m. March 21, 2013, at the Maui Sands complex on Lower Honoapiilani Road.
"You basically tried to turn him into human kindling," Loo told Thomas-Francis. "Thank goodness these matches did not light that night."
During a trial this year for co-defendant Brok Carlton, 32-year-old Burkhart testified he had left his second-floor unit and was going to pick up his girlfriend from her job when he saw Carlton coming up the stairs, with Thomas-Francis behind him.
Carlton lunged at Burkhart before he punched Carlton in the face, then grabbed him in a chokehold, Burkhart said. He was moving back toward his apartment, using Carlton's body as a shield from Thomas-Francis, when Burkhart said he was struck from behind by two men with baseball bats.
Burkhart said Carlton tried to use zip-ties to bind Burkhart's hands and feet, and Thomas-Francis poured gasoline on Burkhart. The attackers tried to light a match, Burkhart said, before running away as police sirens neared.
Thomas-Francis took the keys to Burkhart's BMW and left with Carlton in the vehicle, according to trial testimony.
Burkhart described being kicked in the head by Carlton and Thomas-Francis, who was wearing boots.
Thomas-Francis said that if Burkhart didn't pay back the money, "this is going to keep happening to me," Burkhart testified.
He said Thomas-Francis was referring to $100,000 that had been reported stolen from a safe in Carlton's house in Kihei, where Burkhart had been living. He was working for Carlton, who had an air conditioning and refrigeration business.
Thomas-Francis had been scheduled to go on trial with Carlton, who was found guilty as charged of kidnapping, first-degree robbery, second-degree assault and unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. But shortly before the trial began, Thomas-Francis pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of second-degree robbery.
In court Wednesday, Thomas-Francis asked for leniency and a chance to keep the conviction off his record.
"I'm extremely sorry for my actions and my decisions - my bad, stupid, terrible decisions," he said. "It was humiliating for me and for my family as well, to be seen at my worst moment."
Thomas-Francis said he has been sober for 13 months, the longest period in his adult life.
Defense attorney Ben Herren said Thomas-Francis has no prior criminal history and was "extremely intoxicated" that night.
Since being released on $175,000 bail soon after his arrest, Thomas-Francis has attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings four to five times a week and gone to regular counseling, Herren said.
He said Thomas-Francis has a landscaping business, employing some family members, and he also provides financial support for his sister and her three children.
"He's always been a peaceful person who's dealt with confrontation and conflicts in a peaceful way," Herren said. "He's gone out of his way to help people, as opposed to hurt them."
More than a dozen people were in the courtroom gallery to show support for Thomas-Francis, Herren said.
He said Thomas-Francis didn't pour gasoline on Burkhart or try to set him on fire, as Burkhart testified. A statement Burkhart gave to a police officer that night attributed those actions to others involved, contradicting his trial testimony, Herren said.
Deputy Prosecutor Emlyn Higa, who had argued for the 10-year prison term for Thomas-Francis, said police reported difficulty in initially getting information from Burkhart because of his emotional state at the time.
Burkhart "expressed befuddlement" over Thomas-Francis' involvement, Higa said.
"He couldn't understand why Noah was involved in this and why he did the things he did," Higa said.
"But this wasn't something that was a moment's mistake," Higa said. "This was an event that took planning and preparation."
In a letter read in court, Burkhart said he had moved to Florida because while he remained on Maui, "I had to remember the fact that two of the four guys that participated were still out there, knowing where I lived and what I drove."
Burkhart said Thomas-Francis had chances to tell police about the other men involved but didn't.
"You and Brok changed my entire life, and it wasn't in a good way," Burkhart said in the letter. "I forgive your part in the events that took place that night, but I will never forget."
Judge Loo said she also couldn't understand why Thomas-Francis got involved that night.
"Are you that much of a follower?" Loo said. "You do all these nice things and yet why would you act as you did?
"I don't know whether it was the alcohol working that night or some kind of big-body thing going on with the boys."
She said Thomas-Francis had described being scared when he was in a fire when he was young, yet he became involved in the attempt to set fire to someone who thought of Thomas-Francis as a friend.
At the time, Thomas-Francis reported drinking alcohol daily and having had 15 to 20 drinks in his system the night he went with Carlton to Honokowai, Loo said.
"I am extremely concerned as drunk as you were, you went along for the ride," she told Thomas-Francis.
Loo denied Thomas-Francis' request for a chance to keep the conviction off his record.
He was ordered to pay $1,843 in restitution.
Higa said he would seek consecutive prison terms totaling 50 years for Carlton when he is sentenced June 6. Carlton, 40, has been held without bail at the Maui Community Correctional Center since his convictions.
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A woman is conscious but suffering serious head injuries today after a man allegedly hit her in the face, causing her to fall and strike her head on the pavement.
A 25-year-old Tujunga man is now charged with assault causing serious bodily injury.
The assault happened at about 2.30 a.m. in a parking lot near Soledad Canyon Road and Bouquet Canyon Road, said Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
"There was a fight in the parking lot between a male and a female," he said. "The male punched her in the face and she fell backwards. She was knocked out.
"She has serious head injuries," he added.
The woman, identified only as in her 20s, regained consciousness and is being treated at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.
Sheriff's deputies were able to identify and locate a suspect based on information from witnesses including a partial license plate of the attacker's vehicle and a first name.
At about 7 a.m., local detectives drove to Tujunga and arrested a man as he reportedly left his house and got into his truck.
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The summary below is from the full report titled "Relative Importance of Borderline and Elevated Levels of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors." It is in the 15 March 2005 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 142, pages 393-402). The authors are R.S. Vasan, L.M. Sullivan, P.W.F. Wilson, C.T. Sempos, J. Sundström, W.B. Kannel, D. Levy, and R.B. D'Agostino.
In the United States, coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death and disability in middle-aged and older men and women. Coronary heart disease blocks the flow of blood through the arteries of the heart. If a blockage lasts long enough, a heart attack occurs and parts of the heart muscle die. There are many risk factors for developing CHD, including older age, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, high levels of total and low-density lipoprotein ("bad") cholesterol, low levels of high-density lipoprotein ("good") cholesterol, and a family history of a parent or sibling having CHD at an early age. Many studies show that most heart attacks occur in people with elevated risk factors. However, few studies have assessed whether borderline levels of risk factors account for many heart attacks.
To describe numbers of adults who have different levels of CHD risk factors and to see how often heart attacks occur in those with borderline rather than high levels of risk factors.
White non-Hispanic men and women in the United States. All were between the ages of 35 and 74 years, and none were known to have CHD.
First, the researchers used data from a large ongoing study in Framingham, Massachusetts, to find the 10-year rates of CHD events among white adults with different levels of 5 risk factors. They defined CHD events as heart attacks or death from CHD. They categorized each adult's blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, glucose level, and smoking status as optimal (normal or absent), borderline (suboptimal but not clearly abnormal), or high (clearly abnormal). Second, the researchers used data from a national survey and the 2000 U.S. Census to find numbers of white non-Hispanic adults in the United States with the various levels of the 5 risk factors. Third, the researchers applied the CHD event rates from the Framingham Study to the survey data so that they could estimate the fractions of CHD events in white non-Hispanic persons in the United States arising from the different levels of risk factors.
About 60% of the men and 50% of the white non-Hispanic women in the United States had high levels of 1 or 2 risk factors. About 25% of the men and 40% of the women in the national survey sample had borderline levels of 1 or more risk factors but no elevated ones. Very few persons had optimal levels or no risk factors. More than 90% of the CHD events over a 10-year period occurred in those with high levels of 1 or more risk factors. Nearly one sixth of the events in men occurred before age 55 years. Fewer than 10% of the events occurred in adults with only borderline levels of risk factors (without a single elevated one). Very few events occurred in those without risk factors.
The research involved only white non-Hispanic men and women. Some risk factors, such as obesity and inactive lifestyle, were not studied.
Most middle-aged and older white non-Hispanic adults in the United States have high levels of 1 or more risk factors for CHD. Borderline levels of risk factors are also common, but borderline levels alone without elevated levels probably account for only a small proportion of CHD events over a 10-year follow-up period.
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Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of former Hoboken City Council President E. Norman Wilson, who passed away Tuesday morning.
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"My thoughts today are with his sister, Carol Ann, his friends, and all of those whose lives he helped improve," Mayor Dawn Zimmer in a statement. "I am thankful for his decades of service to our community."
Wilson was lifelong Hoboken resident, was a member of the City Council from 1979 to 1995 and served two terms as president.
He was a graduate of St. Peter's Prep, St. Peter's College and Fordham University School of Law and for more than 20 years was the director of HOPES, a local antipoverty organization.
He was the lead counsel representing the City of Hoboken in the reclamation of the Hoboken Waterfront from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority appointed Wilson vice-chairman in March 2010.
Reached today by phone, former Hoboken Mayor David Roberts, who served with Wilson for several years on the City Council, said he was very sad to hear of Wilson's passing.
"Norman Wilson was a very decent and honorable man," Roberts said. "He set the bar for honesty and integrity in public office."
The Funeral Mass will be on Saturday Sept. 15 at Our Lady of Grace Church on Willow Avenue and Fourth Street in Hoboken at 10 a.m . Entombment will follow at Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington. Visiting hours will be held at Earl F. Boswell Funeral Home, 311 Willow Ave. Friday Sept. 14 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.


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Long road to Final Four for Mercyhurst soccer
The soccer season started with three losses, with the first of eight straight games on the road. The past three games, all victories in the NCAA Division II tournament, again were away from home.
The journey continues for the Mercyhurst men, who are in Evans, Ga., for the Division II Final Four, with a semifinal matchup with Lynn (Fla.) Thursday at 11 a.m.
Saginaw Valley State (17-2-4), a former foe of Mercyhurst's in the GLIAC, meets Simon Fraser (19-1-1), a Canadian NCAA school from Burnaby, British Columbia, in the other semifinal.
Lakers star Alex Manea, who scored the game-winning goal at Southern New Hampshire to vault Mercyhurst to its third appearance in the Final Four, loves to play on the road. Never mind that the graduate student comes from Vaslui, Romania.
"I don't know what it is, but I love playing on the road,'' Manea said. "We started with eight games away, and we thought it would make things difficult, and it was. But I wasn't bothered by the challenge. It was definitely tougher, and we had the crowd against us (at Southern New Hampshire). But I thought we were stronger playing away.''
The Lakers (17-5-1) of coach Dale White have peaked in the past six weeks, winning nine straight, including the PSAC championship (two home wins followed by a victory at West Chester), a 1-0 NCAA victory at Charleston, W.Va., then 2-1 wins over city rival Gannon, 580 miles away in Manchester, N.H., and then the host Penmen.
Their last loss was a 1-0 setback to Shippensburg at Tullio Field Oct. 16.
The season certainly started as if 'Hurst was the worst potential Final Four candidate, beginning at a tournament in Slippery Rock with a 4-0 loss to 2011 GLIAC champion Tiffin, which finished 5-9-2 this season, and 1-0 to former GLIAC foe Ashland, which finished 8-8-2.
The Lakers fell 1-0 at District of Columbia, but the day of the loss, Sept. 7, seems to have evaporated from the team's focus.
"Our poor start probably had to do with losing some of the people from last season,'' Manea said. "That worked as a minus, then a plus. We lost the players that were good players, but the players we gained helped us play the way we do now, which is different, with more passing, more offensive kind of play than before. It took a while to grow together.''
White, who joined the program in 2003 and is in his third season as head coach, said his club is more balanced, with a strong combination of defending and attacking.
But team chemistry, partly developed with camaraderie of road trips, is a big reason for success.
"Definitely, the leadership has stepped up,'' White said. "The leaders are really relaxed, and that gives the younger guys the freedom to grow into their roles, rather than the leadership putting pressure on them. You have Alex, the captains, Diego (Gustin, a goalkeeper who is injured), Austin (Solomon, a midfielder), and Ryan (Lund, a defender), who's a sophomore with extreme maturity. They're all laid-back guys, but it doesn't mean they're not hungry or have desire. They're focused, and let the younger players grow into their positions.''
Manea is like a majority of the players at Mercyhurst, with 16 of the 24-man roster from foreign countries. White, a graduate of Gannon where foreign players also are prevalent, is from Scotland, while director of soccer operations Keith Cammidge, the Mercyhurst women's coach, comes from England.
Manea has 16 goals, with six game-winners, and seven assists for 39 points this season. Sophomore midfielder Fernando Martinez, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, has seven goals and nine assists, while senior Solomon, from the same high school as Martinez, had eight goals and five assists.
Lund, from South Euclid, Ohio, and freshman defender Sten Marcson, from Onsala, Sweden, both have three goals.
"We have guys in the back that score pretty well for defenders,'' Manea said.
Manea came to the United States in 2008 and played two seasons at Hagerstown (Md.) Community College.
"My mom was already here, and she left when I was 11,'' Manea said. "I came here when I was 20 and got a scholarship to Hagerstown. I played two years there, and Dale called and offered me a good scholarship. I love it here, and I love meeting people from all of these countries. It just works good.''
Manea majors in administration of justice at Mercyhurst, which has a strong criminal justice program.
"I was a bit confused, and my main focus was soccer, not academics, when I came here,'' Manea said. "I got a two-year social degree. Then I heard that Mercyhurst had one of the best criminal justice programs, which was a factor in me coming here.''
Thursday's game with Lynn (17-3-1) will feature sides of mirror images, with the Fighting Knights of Boca Raton, Fla. And coach John Rootes has 20 foreign players, with 15 graduate students.
"They definitely have experience, and we're a young club (14 sophomores or freshmen), but we're not afraid of their experience,'' White said. "I think we match up well with this team.''
A victory would put Mercyhurst in the championship for the first time.
"We haven't gotten this far in the past few years, but now that we've won, I feel like we've gotten more confident,'' Manea said. "And we want more. We won't settle for the semifinals.''
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The 2011 Montana Office of Public Instruction State Title I Conference will be held March 9-10, at the Red Lion Colonial Inn in Helena, MT. The theme of this year's conference is "Making the Difference." The featured speakers are State Superitendent of Schools, Denise Juneau, and Dr. Zollie Stevenson, Jr., retired Director of Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs at the United States Department of Education. The focus of the conference is on the development, implementation, and evaluation of high quality Title I programs, and on discovering research-based instructional practices to increase student achievement.
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PERU, Ind. (AP) - For seven days in January 2005, a jury in a federal courtroom heard tales from a now-notorious Indiana hunting preserve of deer being drugged and even a sick deer propped up in a 1-acre pen so a hunter could shoot a $15,000 trophy.
Jurors heard testimony from an outdoor television celebrity, a corporate CEO, a country music star and an ex-NFL quarterback, some of whom paid substantial sums to shoot deer in enclosures so small that prosecutors dubbed them "killing pens." One shot his deer only minutes after it was released from a trailer.
When the prosecution rested its case, the defense team called only one witness - an accountant. He testified that the preserve owner, Russ Bellar, had paid taxes on the deer.
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Boomer, a 2-year-old who's the son of famed deer X-Factor, stands in a pen at Russ Bellar's place in Peru, Ind. Beller, left, served nine months in prison for violating federal wildlife charges. Each state regulates the captive-deer industry differently. Some have resolved basic issues about whether the animals are classified as livestock.
The message was clear to those familiar with the legal complexities surrounding the captive-deer industry: Bellar was saying that he owned the deer; they were no longer part of the publicly owned wild herd from which their ancestors had been taken generations ago. To Bellar, these deer were livestock. His livestock. And the clear implication was that he could do whatever he wanted with them.
Bellar ended up spending nine months in a federal prison. But his argument lives on, and the laws that put him in prison might not. In fact, the principle behind Bellar's argument has been used by lobbyists across the country and has taken root in the law in numerous states where farms and preserve owners seek to fend off stronger disease controls and hunting ethics rules.
As chronic wasting disease continues to spread - helped along by the captive-deer industry's brisk interstate trade - deer breeders argue that the current rules are more than adequate. Idaho lawmakers, for example, passed a bill this year that would let elk farms conduct CWD tests on only 10 percent of the animals that die, instead of 100 percent.
Since 2011, lawmakers in at least 14 states have introduced legislation that would loosen regulations on the industry or let it expand into places where either fenced hunting or deer breeding currently is not allowed.
As the lobbyists push their agenda, the crucial debate on those disease and ethics issues appears tangled in arguments about definitions and which agency has oversight. In effect, Bellar's argument is carrying the day.
With such lobbying, the preserves have already carved out a free-wheeling niche between the laws and the agencies governing livestock and wildlife. The killing of livestock and wild deer is regulated in most states. But an Indianapolis Star investigation revealed that in most states that allow fenced hunting, virtually anything goes on the preserves. Baiting deer? Shooting deer in small pens? Selling specific deer to be shot? It's all good. Practices that landed Bellar in prison are perfectly legal in some states.
Shawn Schafer, executive director of the North American Deer Farmers Association, says hunting preserves should be exempted from some of the rules violated on Bellar's Place, and his organization is fighting to change them. The more unsporting practices he can't condone. But he said market forces will ensure they don't happen on preserves in states where there is no hunting oversight.
"Hunters don't want to do that stuff," Schafer said. "Customer satisfaction regulates that right out of business."
The video evidence and testimony about Bellar's Place tell a different story.
In the raw footage from Bellar's trial, a white-tailed deer with majestic antlers was dying of pneumonia, so sickly that a ranch hand had to poke it with a sharp stick to get it to stand.
On wobbly legs, it toppled over in a snowy thicket. In the next video clip, it appeared to be propped into a standing position, a branch through its antlers.
A few yards away, a camouflaged hunter crouched in the snow, his rifle at the ready. A cameraman stood behind him filming the action, all part of a service for which the hunter paid $15,000.
In the video, the hunter fires and the deer collapses, legs twitching in the snow.
The videographer testified at trial that the hunt took place inside a 1-acre pen.
In an interview late last year, Bellar told The Star it was no big deal.
"He'd have been dead in a couple hours anyway," he said. "He would have absolutely been dead. That deer was not tranquilized. He was just sick. He paid for the deer. He absolutely paid for it."
Each state regulates the captive-deer industry differently. Some have resolved basic issues about whether the animals are classified as livestock. Indiana has not.
Its experience is an example of what can happen when those issues aren't resolved and agencies try to shoehorn a hybrid industry into regulatory structures that were created separately for agriculture and wildlife.
The captive deer industry has aspects of both, which irks its critics.
"These are livestock while they're being raised, but the moment they're released into the game preserve, they become wildlife and available for the hunt," said Jerry Wheeler, founder of Hoosiers for Ethical Hunting. "It's a magic transformation."
Is it really hunting if the animal was raised in captivity from birth? Is it really agriculture if the animal is hunted, rather than slaughtered? And what other farmer lets people pay to shoot his livestock for trophies? Such questions have surrounded the captive-deer industry for years, and they were central to the Bellar case.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources considered Bellar's deer to be wildlife subject to game laws. And when Bellar agreed to plead guilty to violating a federal game law and two counts of conspiracy in 2005, the DNR's argument appeared to have won. Bellar was sent to a federal prison for nine months and agreed to pay $575,000.
Within a few months, the DNR issued an order attempting to shut down the dozen or so high-fence preserves then in Indiana. The preserves filed a lawsuit, and the DNR action was blocked.
Around the time of Bellar's indictment, state Rep. Bill Friend, R-Macy, asked Indiana's attorney general to examine the laws governing captive deer. The attorney general's report revealed that Indiana law contained a number of inconsistencies. One area of the law said all wildlife was considered part of a public trust, owned by the state and managed by the DNR. But various laws also let breeders own deer as long as they had permits from the state. Other provisions even allowed for some deer to be classified as domestic animals or livestock.
But there was a catch.
The attorney general's report said deer classified as livestock could not be hunted. They had to be killed in licensed slaughterhouses using humane slaughter techniques. The law clearly did not anticipate the deer industry as it evolved.
"Indiana's existing statutes and rules do not directly address many of the questions surrounding the complicated and controversial issue of hunting privately owned deer kept on private property," then-chief counsel Greg Zoeller wrote.
Zoeller, now the state's attorney general, called on the legislature to clear up the law. Legislators, however, balked. It wasn't until 2013 that a county court ruled the animals were livestock and the DNR therefore had no jurisdiction. The state plans to appeal. For the time being, the DNR is not enforcing hunting laws on the four preserves still operating in Indiana. For now, the preserve owners are free to set their own standards.
Another county court in Indiana issued a contradictory opinion last year, ruling that the DNR has at least some oversight.
Such ambiguity is not limited to Indiana. The Indianapolis Star investigation found a similar conflict in a Missouri case involving the reimbursement of a farmer for deer that were killed by a neighbor's dogs. A lower court ruled that the deer were wildlife, and the neighbor therefore was not required to reimburse the farmer. But the decision was overturned by an appeals court that ruled the animals were livestock.
The matter is unresolved in Kentucky, too. Deer behind fences are classified as both livestock and publicly owned wildlife.
"It sounds counterintuitive because it is counterintuitive," said Kristina Brunjes, the deer and elk program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
Brunjes said that even with classifications as "clear as mud," the deer born and raised in captivity "are treated as livestock," and the state doesn't set rules about how they can be hunted.
Kentucky preserves have no bans on hunting at night, using dogs and shooting animals in small pens. Virtually any method a preserve owner deems appropriate is allowed.
Jeff Wickersham, a former Miami Dolphins backup quarterback, testified at Bellar's trial that he didn't get a deer on his first afternoon hunting. That evening, Bellar and his preserve manager, Hinds Tom Jones, showed Wickersham a picture of a big deer and asked if he "wanted to hunt that deer." Wickersham said he was willing to pay $20,000 to kill it.
When he woke up the next morning, the deer was in a trailer parked outside a pen. Wickersham climbed a tree with a videographer as the trailer door was opened, and the deer wandered into the enclosure.
Frightened and unsure of its new environment, the buck ran into a corner of the pen. After 10 minutes, Bellar, Jones and a farmhand went in and shooed the buck into range of the tree stand where Wickersham was perched with a bow. A videographer filmed the action. The whole episode, from the time the trailer doors opened until the kill shot, took about 30 minutes.
Wickersham, now president of a hose, fittings and industrial supply company in Louisiana, didn't respond to messages left there. He was one of more than 30 hunters accused of breaking state hunting laws on Bellar's property. The hunters were never charged but were called to testify as witnesses. ...
Shortly after Bellar's trial, Friend introduced legislation, which failed, aimed at removing the DNR's authority to regulate farm-raised deer. It would have put captive deer under the jurisdiction of state agriculture officials.
It was not only meant to help preserves get out from under game laws. Breeders prefer agriculture departments because their mission includes the promotion of farmers and rural economies. Many ag agencies even have marketing arms: "Got Milk?" or "Eat Beef."
"When's the last time you saw your local Game and Fish (departments) do that?" asked Schafer, the executive director of the deer farmers association.
The same battle has been fought across the country. Today, each state has its own approach to deer behind fences. In Texas, the wildlife agency has primary authority. In Idaho and Nebraska, agricultural agencies do. Most, like Indiana, have a joint regulatory structure.
Meanwhile, deer breeders are lobbying for more changes, some of which could inhibit wildlife agencies' ability to manage disease. Some states have exempted hunting preserves from testing for chronic wasting disease. Others limit the number of animals that need to be tested. ...
Those who have pushed back against the industry on the state level think a national dialogue would help establish standards and limit the risk of disease.
At the top of that agenda for some is the call for an end to interstate traffic in live deer.
"The feds should slam the door and say, 'Boom, this is done,'" said Matt Dunfee, coordinator of the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance, a group made up of national deer and elk hunting and advocacy groups.
Some also question the wisdom of letting so many preserves operate without basic hunting ground rules.
"There's opportunities for setting standards and requirements for licensing on private game farms that could potentially be on a national level, so there's some standards ... to kind of ensure humane care," said William Karesh, executive vice president for health and policy at EcoHealth Alliance, an international wildlife conservation group.
A couple of laws provide an opportunity to apply rules. Congress could amend the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act to cover cervids, which include deer, elk and moose. Or it could amend the Animal Welfare Act, which regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition and transport and by dealers.
"Yes, the public supports fair chase hunting, as long as the meat's used," said Jim Miller, professor emeritus at Mississippi State University's Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture. "But I think if the public ever realized all of these things are going on at these captive cervid facilities, they would absolutely abhor any kind of operation like that."


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People of various positions pressurize and threaten affairs of the Judicial Service Commission states its Secretary Manjula Tillekeratne in an announcement issued to the media.
The announcement further states these individuals are attempting to destroy the independency of the Judiciary and supremacy of the law to fulfill their petty intentions.
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Expressions of anger compete with attempts to understand as online readers grapple with the story of a 49-year-old man who was knocked off his bicycle and beaten by a group of young people Tuesday evening in Kalamazoo MI.
Racial implications real or imagined, poor parenting, ineffective after-school and social programs and not enough police presence are all being cited by those commenting as contributing causes.
Many of the posts got caught up in speculating on the racial identities of both victim and attackers. They blamed both the police and Gazette for not providing that information. For the record, there was no racial information in the original press information provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
By late afternoon, the Gazette had learned the assailants were primarily black and the victim is mixed race.
Here are a few of the online comments, identified by the screen names of the posters:
Malkne: "The 'answer' to the problems in the northside community is not more money thrown at social or school programs, but for parents to step up and make some effort at properly raising and supporting the children they've created."
Mushroommell: "Where did the respect go? When I was young you listened to your elders. Kids today have no respect for anyone, including themselves. They have no rules, no discipline, no structure."
Prayhard: "The man who was beaten and left there like so much garbage, is a product of rage and uncontrollable anger. We are losing our kids daily to the street gangs who thrive on terrorisim."
Harrybrowne: "I suspect a number of people thinking of moving to Kalamazoo to take advantage of the college tuition guarantee will now consider how other socioeconomic factors concerning life in the 'zoo might affect their family."
Autoacct628: "Today, for the first time in my nearly 28 years as a resident, I am not proud to say I live in Kalamazoo. That these thugs robbed me of my joy and pride of being part of this city makes me, and every citizen of Kalamazoo, a victim of this crime as well."


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The Afternoon Read: Will we see 'Doctor Strange' in theaters in 2013?
Welcome to The Afternoon Read.
What a morning. I've already suffered one heartbreak today, and I'm not even done with my e-mail. I can't believe it's already August. Hopefully you guys checked out The Travis McGee Book Club this morning, which was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon here at the house. There's so much going on this morning that it's worth diving right in to share it all with you.
For example, I love that Twitch has been giving the trades fits lately by publishing scoops before the trades can. There have been a few public fits as a result, and the response from Twitch has just been to get better and better and to publish more. Today's story about the possibility of a "Doctor Strange" film in 2013 from Marvel is an exciting one. Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have evidently turned in a draft of the film that has gotten Marvel confident enough to now go out and pick a director for the film. I love "Doctor Strange" precisely because it's so weird to see them drag magic and demons and other realms into the "reality" of the Marvel Universe. And since this will be one of the Marvel Studios movies, expect to see the character layered into the exact same cinematic world that the Avengers already inhabit. There have also been rumbles lately that "Ant-Man" is finally picking up steam, with Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish still attached as writers.
I'm intrigued by the descriptions of the new Lars Von Trier film that won't even shoot until next year, "Nymphomaniac," and I guarantee whenever it's released, there will be plenty of controversy attached. It's movie that follows the sexual development of a woman from birth to the age of 50, and Von Trier said over the weekend, "I can't make [that film] without showing penetration." Von Trier is said to be deeply rattled by the revelation that Anders Behring Breivik, the lunatic behind the Oslo bombing and the attack on the youth camp that left 77 dead last week, was a big fan of "Dogville," a Von Trier film that features a harrowing ending that must have made Von Trier deeply uncomfortable as the Breivik story was breaking.
Speaking of which, it appears that Pam Geller is determined that when she gets to Hell, she's not just going to have a good seat, she's going to move straight into a management position.
I love blog projects. It's one of the coolest things about Internet publishing, and it's amazing to see the way people take the basic idea of blogging and then redefine it any number of different ways. For example, have you seen "Dear Photograph" yet? It's where people take a picture from the past back to the original location and photograph it now. The execution of that basic concept is heartbreaking and emotional and beautifully-handled. Another one I love that I was just recently turned onto is the Lawrence/Julie & Julia Project, where a blogger decided to watch the movie "Julie & Julia" once a day for an entire year. His slow descent into madness has become amazing to witness, and the guy's so sharp and funny that he's turned this bad idea into a way to explore pretty much anything. And there is also the unusual case of the beans that went 'round the world.
I don't understand this, but I find it hypnotic anyway:
cinemetrics from fb on Vimeo.
Cinemetrics, eh? Grooooooovy.
This interview about humiliation and a new book on the subject is illuminating, and it makes me want to pick up the book and check it out. We have become a culture that is driven almost entirely by a desire to watch the misfortune of others, and it's important that we dig in and try to understand why.
It's going to be a huge year for Ernest Cline with the upcoming publication of his novel Ready Player One. He's living the geek dream right now, and the best external example of how is the DeLorean that he drives. I'm excited to check out Ernie's book, and it sounds to me like it's already allowed some of his dreams to come true. Geeks with money are entertaining in a way that almost no other rich people are.
We may have finally killed the Space Shuttle program, but we haven't abandoned space completely yet, and this upcoming Juno Mission is fascinating to me:
"Arrietty" is about to be released in the UK, so Empire decided to do a major look back at the work of Hayao Miyazaki that is worth your time this morning.
I don't even know what to make of this. It's disturbing to me because of the huge betrayal of trust it represents and because of the systematic corruption of something that is meant to be a solace to people. It's unreal how widespread this has become, but at least it seems like it's harder and harder to cover this sort of thing up.
I wish I'd been able to attend the "Hudson Hawk" screening at the Aero in Santa Monica, if for no other reason, just so I could see the Q&A. As it stands, at least I got to read this breakdown of the event from Peter Peel.
I never got a chance to meet the great Polly Platt, one of the largely unsung heroes of '70s American cinema, and I was sorry to hear of her passing last week. From the way people wrote about her, it's obvious that her contributions to some of the great movies of one of the great eras of film are appreciated and understood, and I have a feeling history will be kind to her. I thought Alonso Duralde's piece about his encounter with her was a particularly great way to pay tribute to this quiet giant, and worth a look.
I love the documentary form, and I've been impressed with the selection of docs on Netflix Instant, but it looks like that might be changing soon.
The thing I love about fandom is just how laser-focused fans can become on the strangest things, and in the case of Chuck Klosterman's recent love letter to Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein," I can't imagine anyone else ever even contemplating a piece like this, but that's what makes it so wonderful.
I used to have a fantastic collection of '80s novelizations, but I got rid of them near the end of college, and I deeply regret it now. They were always such a strange piece of movie collectible ephemera, and there were some truly great ones out there for the most unlikely films. This piece totally speaks to me. If nothing else, I wish I still had all of my Fotonovels.
I was a big fan of Lucky McKee's new film "The Woman" when it played Sundance, and now there is a distinctly NSFW trailer for the movie. I warn you… it is strong stuff, and not for the easily upset:
Did "TRON: Legacy" convince you that there's more life in the franchise, or did it turn you off to the world? For those of you still onboard, there's a trailer for the upcoming Disney show "TRON: Uprising," and I have to say… it's a really slick introduction to what they're doing with the series:
Finally, while I love and respect geek art, I have a mortgage to pay and I don't have the money to spend on custom-designed posters or tribute pieces. It's obvious that the guys over at /Film are head over heels for this stuff, and Germain Lussier just put up a piece about a new documentary that looks at the entire scene around this sort of work right now.
On that note, I've got some reviews to write and post, and it's going to be a busy week overall. We're just a month away from Toronto and Fantastic Fest, and I can't believe the year's racing by this fast. See you back here Wednesday for more of what's going on around the Internet, and hopefully I'll be a little less rusty at putting one of these together.
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Shadowgun: DeadZone released as a public beta in the Play Store, final release coming in a few weeks
0. phoneArena 12 Oct 2012, 02:23 posted on
MadFinger Games are doing an interesting experiment by releasing a public beta for their Shadowgun: Deadzone at the Google Play Store. This one has been prepped for over a year now, so it is definitely worth a ride, being one of the best FPS franchises for mobile out there...
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1. Jurdiales (Posts: 133; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
I would like to buy a Tegra 3 phone... but i'm scared because its an Nvidia, and remembering the Atrix and Photon case...
3. ManuelMelgar (Posts: 6; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
What happened to those devices?
8. Jurdiales (Posts: 133; Member since: 10 Oct 2012)
They wont be updated to ICS, rumors are from: the Fingerprint Scanner from the Atrix, the Tegra 2 chip from both phones, or something...
2. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Installed it on my 1x ,really superb ,but random gitters ,thats all
4. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
Is it any different from the original Shadowgun??(in graphics and gameplay and plot)
5. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
Very ...no longer has the closed environments( closed buildings) ...most of the time its like unreal tournament with different open environments and characters look waaay awesome ....try it
6. RaKithAPeiRiZ (Posts: 1488; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
In terms of graphics this makes NOVA3 look outdated , huge improvement over the standard game ,
7. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
Will definitely buy it after it comes out for devices other than Tegra..
Eagerly waiting for it.. :-(
9. jshan (Posts: 200; Member since: 25 Dec 2011)
Is this multiplayer only trough wifi ? Or with 3G network too(cellular network)???


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CAMDEN — An 8-year-old girl was injured by one of two vehicles involved in a crash here Thursday morning.
The girl was hit at about 8:35 a.m. She was standing on the corner at Magnolia and Wildwood avenues when she was hit, police said.
She was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, then transferred to Cooper Medical Center.


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New Looks: Romantique by Claire PettiboneJuly 9th, 2014 – 1 Comment
ADELAIDE | Re-embroidered lace with crepe lining and lace straps.
AMOUR | Below-the-knee lace dress with sheer back, satin lining and re-embroidered appliqués.
BIANCA | Crepe blouson sleeve gown with delicate web net sash and train.
CASABLANCA | Floral lace mini with flowing chiffon panels and re-embroidered lace appliqués.
CEYLON | Chiffon gown lined in satin with flutter sleeves and sash.
CLEMENTINE | Sequined eyelash lace lined in satin with chiffon sash and train.
ESTELLE | Eyelash cotton lace lined in satin with scalloped bodice and sheer back.
GARDENIA | Dramatic floral lace with sheer back, satin lining and re-embroidered appliqués.
KASBAH | Striped cotton Leaver's lace lined in crepe with boho sleeves.
LAUREL | Rose lace bodice with flowing chiffon sleeves and low back.
LILITH | Delicate web net lined in cotton with Leaver's lace bodice, shirred long sleeves and detachable train.
PATCHOULI | Re-embroidered lace lined in crepe with ¾ lace sleeves and scalloped edge neckline.
PHAEDRA | Chiffon layered over floral lace with low-back lace bodice adorned with roses.
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE | Cotton Leaver's lace with tulle lined in cotton with satin sash and beaded appliqué.
RHAPSODY | Hi-lo layered chiffon and crepe skirt with eyelash lace bodice and flutter sleeve.
ROBYN | Toile cotton pencil skirt with lace bodice and tulle overlay with satin sash.
ROSEMARY | Floral Chantilly lace mermaid gown with low back and lace shoulder appliqués.
SERAPHINA | Chantilly lace layered gown with chiffon flounces, and sheer lace back and bustle.
THYME | Toile cotton gown with tulle and Leaver's lace tiered overlay.
TOPANGA | Lace boho gown with delicate web lace sleeves and sheer skirt and train.
YOLANDA | Cotton cluny lace lined in satin with satin sash and silk flower.
Photography: Anton Oparin
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Real Brides: Love NotesJune 24th, 2013 – Comment
See the entire collection at Clairepettibone.com
Photography: Feather and Stone see the workshop here
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Musings: Pink and Blue • I DoJune 3rd, 2013 – Comment
Grandma's china makes for a perfectly charming compliment to our vintage lace Grace gown.
See more of Grace and the entire collection at Clairepettibone.com
China photo: via Pinterest
Claire Pettibone 'Grace' wedding gown featured in the January/February Issue of Bridal Guide Magazine
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New Looks: Decoupage Details • FloralMay 16th, 2013 – Comment
I've never had the time to scrapbook or craft much, but I love looking at hand made decorative objects, and obviously, my creative energies all go into creating my own "crafting" of wedding dresses! This season, inspiration struck while looking at some Victorian decoupage. From the French word "to cut" this art of assembling and layering paper cutouts (often from floral greeting cards, wallpaper, and such) is still quite popular. As I was working with the layers of lace, appliques, vintage ribbons and hand-made flowers, I loved this idea of layering and almost creating a "collage" with my materials. My daughter saw me working on the Charlotte belt, and couldn't resist helping out! Maybe I will have a future assistant!
See the entire collection at Clairepettibone.com
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Events: Claire Pettibone mentorship at Otis Part IMay 1st, 2013 – Comment
I took on an exciting project this season (and a walk down memory lane), mentoring the incredibly talented students at my alma mater, Otis College of Art and Design. Here's Part One for a peek into the design process, from design direction, sketches, muslin fittings, all leading up to the juried show voted on by the leaders in the fashion world. I'm so proud to report that all of my students made the cut for their work to appear in the gala scholarship benefit and fashion show to be held this weekend at the Beverly Hilton. I'll be attending, and will report back with final show photos and my winner for the Golden Thimble award…tough choice, the students all did a fabulous job!
to be continued…
For more information about the college: Otis College of Art and Design
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Big Isle utility in biomass deal
HILO - Hawaii Electric Light Co. has agreed to purchase biomass electricity on the Big Island.
The Big Island utility and Hu Honua Bioenergy on Monday announced the signing of a power purchase agreement to provide the island with 21.5 megawatts of renewable energy.
Over the 20-year term of the agreement, Hu Honua would supply electricity at pricing not tied to the price of oil.
The company is converting the former Pepeekeo Sugar Mill into a generation facility using renewable biofuel, including locally grown biomass such as eucalyptus.
Hu Honua estimates supplying about 10 percent of the island's electricity needs.
The agreement requires approval by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, with input from the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.
Hoku cuts 100 Idaho workers
HONOLULU - Honolulu-based commercial solar power company Hoku Corp. says its subsidiary is laying off about 100 employees at an Idaho manufacturing plant.
Hoku said in a statement Tuesday Hoku Materials needs to lay people off to save cash while it pursues restructuring alternatives.
The Pocatello plant was to have made silicon for solar panels. All contractors stopped construction work at the facility last month.
Hoku says some lienholders have started foreclosure proceedings against the plant in Idaho courts.
In January, the Nasdaq stock market warned that it may delist Hoku because its stock was trading below $1 a share. The company has until July 10 to maintain a minimum bid closing price of at least $1 for 10 straight business days.
On Tuesday, Hoku shares closed down 3 cents at 20 cents.
Surgeon joins Retina Institute
HONOLULU - Dr. George Papastergiou, has joined the team at the Retina Institute of Hawaii as an ophthalmologist and surgeon specializing in the treatment of retinal, macular and vitreous diseases.
He along with two other doctors will be serving patients on Maui on various Fridays.
Surgeries still will be done on Oahu only.
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The key to creating eye-catching balloon bouquets on a budget is to buy one "star" balloon for each bouquet (for a casino themed event, the cards & dice mylar balloon is a great example). Surround it with less expensive latex balloons that will color-coordinate.
Casino balloons are a perfect accent for an Alice in Wonderland themed dance or party. The club shaped mylar balloon, along with other playing card balloons, are perfect for the Queen of Hearts in Alice's story. Guests won't be shouting "Off with their heads!" when they see these attractive balloon displays!


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Lynda La Plante, creator of Prime Suspect, was one of the producers of this failed pilot, now served up as an unexciting two-hour movie about rival prosecuting attorneys in the New York City DA's office. Michelle Forbes (Homicide: Life on the Street) has a hint of Sigourney Weaver's steeliness, and Stockard Channing, embittered and in a wheelchair, has Stockard Channing's blasé sarcasm. Neither has Jane Tennison's grit.
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DUMAS - Robert Louis Smith, 90, died Monday, June 8, 2009, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel at Dumas with The Rev. Sam White, pastor of North Plains Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery with flag detail by American Legion Post No. 224 of Dumas.
Robert was born Sept. 18, 1918, to Clarence and Lorene Watson Smith in Sedan, N.M. He was the eldest of eight children.
He entered the U.S. Army in 1943, serving as a technician fifth grade in the 64th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion as an Azimuth Setter. During World War II, he served as a patrol leader of security patrols on the Island of Guam in the Pacific Theatre. He was awarded the Bronze Star and credited with 34 enemy killed and eight enemy wounded, displaying uncanny ability and great initiative in evaluating the nature of enemy bivouac areas and trails, in hunting out enemy forces, and untiring efforts to free the island of Guam from the remaining enemy. He was honorably discharged on Dec. 22, 1945.
Robert married Juanita Doris Shaha on Feb. 26, 1947, in Clayton N.M. He farmed in Sedan until he and his family moved to Dumas in 1953, and was employed by Shamrock Refinery. He later retired from the postal service after carrying mail for 26 years. He was a member of the VFW Post 9022 and a regular at the Senior Citizens Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Juanita, on April 13, 2001; a son, Robert Keith, who passed away at birth; and his seven brothers and sisters, William Smith, Ethelene Hendershot, Virginia Spriggs, Oneta Dye, Oleta Davenport, Clarence Smith Jr. and Bonnie Roland.
Survivors include a son, Dexter and wife Lisie of Tetonia, Idaho; a daughter, Penny and husband David Green of Dumas; seven grandchildren who called him "Grandpa," Crystal Griffin, Lindsay Abromaitis-Smth, Chris Green, Frank Green, Jason Green, Kim Green and Shay Smith; three great-grandchildren, who called him "Papa 2," Hannah Green, Kelton Green and Hayden Griffin.
The family suggests memorials be to North Plains Christian Church, 702 Birge St., Dumas TX 79029; or VFW Post 9022, 330 W. First, Dumas TX 79029.
The family will be at 301 Floyd St.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 9, 2009
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Porsche's spectacular design for new museum
February 24, 2005 Porsche is presenting to the public the entries of the ten architectural practices that participated in the competition for the planned new Porsche museum building. From today until March 6, the models will be on view daily between 11 am and 6 pm in the Meidinger-Saal in "Haus der Wirtschaft" in Stuttgart. Interested visitors will thus be able to visualise the plans for the Porscheplatz in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen in detail. The new Porsche museum, which is one of the most spectacular architectural projects in the history of the sports automobile manufacturer, is to be completed in 2007 and is expected to attract over 200,000 visitors each year.
The centrepiece of the exhibition in Stuttgart is the model by the Vienna architect's office Delugan Meissl, which emerged as the winner of Porsche's architectural competition and will undertake the realization of the construction project. A total of 170 European architectural offices had applied for the project, ten of which were selected for participation in the competition by a specialist jury.
At a press conference on the evening before the opening of the exhibition the chairman of the jury and architect Professor (ret.) Fritz Auer (Stuttgart/Munich) highlighted the distinctive features of the winning concept: "With its bold perspectives, the tectonic tension between supports and loads and the intelligently organized interior the winning entry identifies with the Porsche philosophy and product in its own way. The new museum shows that even as David, one does not need to hide from the Goliaths of the industry."
Roman Delugan, co-founder of Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, added: "With our concept we wanted to translate the dynamism of Porsche into architecture. Our objective is to create a place in which sensory experiences can be felt by everybody - those qualities typical of Porsche such as power and passion."
The Delugan Meissl concept is a construction for Porsche's parent plant that will attract attention due to its unconventional form alone. A dynamically shaped monolithic body appears to float above the ground and the first floor level. At first sight, it is a provocative and unusual spectacle, but it is precisely this that appeals to the beholder. Stuttgart's Urban Planning Mayor Matthias Hahn on the new museum: "It is a building with a highly individual architectural accent in Stuttgart's museum landscape which lends Porscheplatz a powerful appearance and frame".
Anton Hunger, Head of Press and Public Relations at Porsche AG, also underlined the special attraction of the new museum at the press conference in Stuttgart: "The architecture of the new museum alone will arouse the curiosity of those who see it to come in - and it will definitely be worth a visit. On approximately 5,000 square meters of exhibition space not only will 80 valuable vehicles and other exhibits from the history of the company be displayed, but also interesting insights provided into the workshop for historic sports cars."
The focus of the exhibition is the period from 1948, when Porsche began producing sports automobiles. A chronological overview enables visitors to follow the history of Porsche's products. In addition, more in-depth information is provided in special topic-based arrangements - on Porsche's motor sport activities for example, or on individual vehicles. The achievements and experiences prior to the production of the first Porsche vehicles in 1948 will also be reflected in the new museum - for example, exhibits such as the wheel hub drive of the Lohner electric car are to be displayed.


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