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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the United States, with an estimated six million people having heart disease. Studies have shown depression is associated with increased risk of disease and death in patients with cardiovascular disease. In patients with heart disease, the prevalence of major depression is nearly 20 percent, with 27 percent of patients having minor depression.
Within the past 20 years, the medical community has increasingly recognized that behavioral health interventions can improve the physical well-being of patients diagnosed with heart disease.
How will this program help me?
Summa Cardiovascular Institute (SCVI) has added a component to its heart care programs to address depression and other issues that can impact the physical health of patients.
Led by a clinical psychologist, SCVI's behavioral health program offers heart patients and their families:
What can I expect during visits?
Psychologists use a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), relaxation and mindfulness techniques to help patients learn how to cope with depression, stress, anxiety and other issues associated with coping with a cardiovascular disease. Mindfulness techniques encourage people to stay in the moment and avoid making judgments about what they are feeling or experiencing.
You also may receive referrals for assistance with smoking cessation, caregiver stress, diabetes education or other programs which can help you (and your family) effectively manage your cardiac condition.
How can I participate or learn more?
Self- or physician-referrals to the program can be made for adults (ages 18 years and older). To schedule an appointment with Dr. Jessica Moeller, call (330) 375-4116.
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A FAMILY STOOD arm-in-arm by the China King takeout in Nicetown last night, their hands gripping a stop sign tightly as if a wave of grief were about to wash them off the corner of Hicks and Bristol streets.
There were close to 1,000 people crowded around them, nearly a whole block of Hicks Street dressed mostly in black, holding balloons and candles that reflected in the tears running down their cheeks. They came to remember Terrance "Bird" Cox, 25, who was shot dead a few feet from the stop sign Thursday night, with police still looking for the gunman who killed him and injured two others in what they described as an "execution-style" ambush.


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On Sunday, the NCAA Selection Committee rewarded the Syracuse Orange for its 31-2 overall record and 17-1 mark in the Big East with the No. 1 seed in the East Regional.
In 2010, Syracuse also received a coveted No. 1 seed. Those are the only times that SU has been a No. 1 since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
But there is one major difference between the 2010 team and this year's squad.
"We weren't healthy two years ago," SU senior Scoop Jardine said Sunday night. "We're healthy now."
The Orange entered the 2010 NCAA Tournament minus starting center Arinze Onuaku, who had injured his knee in the Big East Tournament. Onuaku did not play in the NCAAs, and the Orange suffered a 63-59 loss to Butler in the Sweet 16.
"Certainly, it hurt us two years ago not to have Arinze," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "This year, we're going out there ready to go and healthy. That's a positive thing."
Syracuse will play UNC Asheville in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at 3:10 p.m. Thursday at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The game will be televised on Tru-TV. UNC Asheville (24-9) dominated the Big South Conference this season. The Bulldogs went 16-2 in the Big South and beat Virginia Military Institute by 16 points in the conference tournament title game.
"UNC Asheville is, I think, a very, very good team," Boeheim said. "They've been a good team all year. They're very consistent."
UNC Asheville is making its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs lost to Pittsburgh in last year's tournament. This year, they played an aggressive schedule that included games against North Carolina, North Carolina State, Connecticut and Tennessee.
Boeheim said the Bulldogs will be a difficult test despite their 16-seed. Since 1985, no 16-seed has ever beaten a 1-seed.
"The tournament's very difficult," Boeheim said. "It's filled with a lot of good teams. There's no easy games anymore. It used to be if you had a one seed, you might get an easy game. There's no such thing anymore."
Syracuse lost just two games this season, but the Orange will enter the NCAA Tournament after losing to Cincinnati in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament on Friday. Boeheim said the Orange can learn from the loss to the Bearcats.
"I think we've learned a little bit," Boeheim said. "We didn't play well in New York and we lost. I think when you lose a game, we haven't lost many, when you've lost seven or eight, it doesn't matter. But when you've only lost one and then you lose, that next game you pay attention a little bit more. I think we realized what we have to do to be successful."
The Syracuse players watched the selection show inside the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center where earlier in the day they had gone through a particularly rigorous practice.
"Watching the brackets was fun," SU sophomore Dion Waiters said. "Practice was not fun. We went hard."
Waiters was named to the Big East's all-tournament Team after scoring 18 points in SU's quarterfinal win over Connecticut and a career-high 28 in the semifinal loss to Cincinnati. But he was the only Orange player who performed well in both games in New York.
Jardine and Kris Joseph, Syracuse's senior leaders, both struggled in the tournament. On Sunday, Jardine and Joseph said they have to play better.
The two veterans led Syracuse to its most successful regular season in school history. The Orange's 30 regular-season victories set a school record. Syracuse enters the NCAA Tournament with 31 wins, tying the 1986-87 NCAA championship team for the most in school history.
With such a gaudy record, it was no surprise when Syracuse's name came up as a No. 1-seed along with Kentucky, North Carolina and Michigan State.
"Both years we kind of expected to be a one seed," Joseph said, referring to 2010 and this year. "We worked hard all season. We deserved it. It's a great feeling, seeing your name up there as a one seed, but it could all mean nothing if we just go out there and lose our first game."
To make it to the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2003 title, Syracuse must overcome several challenges in the East Regional. The bracket includes No. 2 seed Ohio State, Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champion Florida State and Southeastern Conference tourney champ Vanderbilt. Syracuse's potential third-round opponents are Kansas State and Southern Mississippi.
"Yeah, it's exciting," Jardine said. "You work hard all year long for this. This is a special moment for our team. You always want to see your name called in the NCAA Tournament. We worked all year long to get a No. 1 seed. We got it. Now it starts over. We're 0-0. We've got to try to win six games."
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Telephony with an Asterisk phone system
An old computer is all you need to build your own do-it-yourself personal phone server.
Technology that supports the easy exchange of audio data across the Internet offers many benefits. Voice quality over Internet connections is often better than the quality of landline connections, despite rumors to the contrary. Additionally, Voice over IP (or VoIP for short) makes transatlantic telephone calls, which formerly cost a small fortune, free. Reason enough to take a closer look at the technology involved. Register First If you decide to start using the Internet as your telephone service, you will soon discover that you can't simply pick up a phone and talk. Instead, you first need to register with a VoIP service provider, who will give you the necessary login credentials to let you use your Internet connection to log on to the provider's SIP server. SIP is the name of the protocol that supports VoIP telephony. After completing this step, you also need a VoIP phone (a softphone – that is, telephone software – will do as an alternative) before you can start.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes received rare negative recruiting news Monday night, when wide receiver Lonnie Johnson revealed on Twitter that he backed off his verbal commitment to the program. Head coach Urban Meyer has built one of the nation's top 2014 recruiting classes, but the 4-star Gary, Ind., prospect is no longer part of it.
Ive officially decommitted from Osu sorry fans but it happened— the real lonnie J (@Lonnie30johnson) November 12, 2013
Johnson, a 6'3", 190-pound playmaker at West Side High School, opted to reopen his recruitment process after a six-month commitment to Ohio State. He initially created a verbal pact with the Buckeyes in May and spent time in Columbus this season.
Johnson attended the team's Oct. 26 game against Penn State.
He aimed to avoid speculation that Ohio State may have rescinded his offer, declaring on Twitter that it was entirely his decision.
"They did not pull the offer," Johnson wrote. "I did this on my own."
The Buckeyes' 2014 class includes 17 commits. The loss of Johnson dropped Ohio State from third to fifth in national recruiting rankings, according to 247Sports.
Where will former Ohio State commit Lonnie Johnson play college football?
Meyer lost his grip on a promising pass target, but still holds commitments from several other options at receiver. Four-star prospects Parris Campbell (Akron, Ohio), Terry McLaurin (Indianapolis, Ind.), Curtis Samuel (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Noah Brown (Sparta, N.J.) each have potential to make an impact at the position next year.
Johnson, who could also play safety at the next level, landed on the national radar with an impressive junior season. He caught 31 passes for 777 yards and 13 touchdowns, according to 247Sports.
With Ohio State out of the equation, Johnson will sort through several other options. He is strongly considering South Florida, Cincinnati and Western Michigan, per 247Sports.
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Although there are locations of this Berkeley-based chain scattered all around The Bay, we have to say our favorite resides in The Castro. This large outpost is jammed with easy-to-navigate racks, which are organized by color and garment, making it a cinch to score an H&M dress for $5 or a 3.1 Phillip Lim jacket for $150. Let the bargain hunting begin!
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection congratulates kayakers Marc DeLuca and Jim Windle for finishing the entire 1,515-mile Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail, as mapped and developed by the Department's Office of Greenways & Trails. The two retired police officers from Charlotte, N.C., began their four-month journey Nov. 2, 2013 at Big Lagoon State Park near Pensacola and finished March 1, 2014, near Fort Clinch State Park just south of the Georgia border. They are the 12th and 13th paddlers to complete the entire trail since it opened in 2007. The two men faced extreme weather, large ocean swells and ... Read More »
Opera Naples Announces Cast of "Nabucco"
Naples is pleased to announce the cast of Nabucco which will be presented in partnership with ArtsNaples World Festival at North Naples Methodist Church on Friday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m. Nabucco propelled Verdi into musical prominence in 1842 as Italy's leading opera composer. Although it is the biblical story of the Jews repressed then exiled from Babylon, it actually stood to represent the Italians struggling against the bonds of Austria. The chorus of the Hebrew slaves Va, pensiero, has heretofore become the adopted national anthem of Italy's citizenry. The famed Italian baritone Andrea Zese will embody the role of ... Read More »
Annual Easter Sunrise Service on the Beach
The 26th Annual Marco Island Easter Sunrise Service on the Beach will be held at 7 a.m., April 20, at the Marriott Marco Beach Resort, 400 South Collier Boulevard, Marco Island. Beach access is north of the Marriott Spa and the public access north of the Madeira Condominium. Participating clergy are Marco Presbyterian Church's Senior Pastor the Rev. Dr. Steven Schoof, New Life Community Church's Pastor the Rev. Thomas McCulley and Wesley United Methodist Church's Pastor the Rev. Kirk Dreiser. The guest soloist is Dawn Birch of the duo Billy Dean and Dawn. The prelude will begin at 6:45 a.m. The Marco ... Read More »
Dottie's Duck Derby
Join your friends and come to the Marco YMCA on Saturday, April 26 and celebrate Healthy Kids Day and cap off the day's activities with the Duck Derby at the Dottie Weiner Aquatics Center. Activities, games, arts & crafts are on the schedule from 10am to 1pm. The 19th Annual Dottie's Duck Derby races are scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Race your rubber ducky down the pool with the help of the Marco Island Fire Rescue Department. For more information, contact Steve Reynolds, Communications Coordinator at 239-394-YMCA, ext 228. Read More »
The Odd Couple
The Marco Players Children's Theater presents The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. A compulsive neat-freak, uptight Felix Unger moves in with a slovenly, easy going friend Oscar Madison during a period of emotional stress. This mismatch is a source of hilarious comic situations, involving a circle of kooky acquaintances and neighbors. Show dates run from April 25 through April 27. Buy your tickets now; adults, $20 and children, $10. Visit TheMarcoPlayers.com or call 239-642-7270. Read More »
2014 ORV Advisory Committee Meetings
The 2014 Off-Road Vehicle Advisory Committee meetings for Big Cypress National Preserve will be held on Tuesdays, April 22 and October 7, from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The meetings will be held at the Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center auditorium at 33000 Tamiami Trail East, Ochopee, FL 34141. For more details about the committee meeting agendas and minutes go to –http://www.nps.gov/bicy/parkmgmt/orv-advisory-committee.htm Read More »
End of Season Food Drive
United Church of Marco Island, 320 North Barfield Dr., has set up a food donation point for residents of Marco Island. Seasonal residents returning north who find themselves with a surplus of unopened, non-perishable foodstuffs can bring them to the church office, and Pastor Ron Thompson will distribute them to food banks and shelters in the Naples area. Donations may be taken into the church between the hours of 9-5 Monday thru Friday and on Sunday morning during services. Please do not leave your food outside any of the church doors. For more information on the following, contact Deanna Yates at email@example.com Read More »
Pumping Polluted Water Must Stop
A major decision in federal court today will put an end to government-sanctioned pollution that's been fouling Lake Okeechobee for more than three decades. The case, first filed in 2002 by Earthjustice, challenged the practice of "back pumping." For years, South Florida sugar and vegetable growers have used the public's waters, pumped out of giant Lake Okeechobee, to irrigate their fields. They wash the water over their industrial-sized crops, where it is contaminated with fertilizers and other pollutants. Then, they get taxpayers in the South Florida Water Management District to pay to pump the contaminated water back into Lake Okeechobee, where ... Read More »
Naples a Finalist in USA TODAY's 10Best Golf Destination
Naples is one of the nominees in USA TODAY's latest 10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest. The USA TODAY 10Best expert panel selected Naples as a contender for the Best Golf Destination category, which just launched. The contest, which is being promoted by USA TODAY, gives voters four weeks to vote for the candidate of their choice at http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-golf-destination/. A person can vote once a day for the run of the contest. Voting ends Monday, April 21st, 2014 at 11:59am EDT and the winners will be announced on 10Best on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 at 11:59am EDT, then later on USA ... Read More »
Nesting Shorebirds Need Peace and Quiet
During spring and summer on Florida beaches, shorebirds build nests out of sand and shells and hatch chicks that can barely be seen. So well-camouflaged are the nests, eggs and chicks of shorebirds like the snowy plover that they can easily be stepped on or missed unless people know to watch out for them. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding beachgoers to be on the lookout and avoid disturbing bird nurseries on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida. Among the state's beach-nesting shorebirds facing conservation challenges are the snowy plover, least tern, black skimmer, American ... Read More »
Treadmill Challenge To Benefit Harry Chapin
At high noon on Saturday, April 5th local media figures will go head-to-head on brand new Precor treadmills at the grand opening of Anytime Fitness Ft. Myers,9211 College Parkway. The grand opening event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the competition from noon to 1:00 p.m. Anytime Fitness owners, Cordula Reichardt and Jim Stewart, will donate $100 to the Harry Chapin Food Bank for every mile covered by both teams. In addition to the head-to-head challenge, there will be free food and refreshments. An annual membership to the gym will be given away, as well as personal ... Read More »
Selling Southwest Florida to Open on Fifth Ave
Selling Southwest Florida, a new, internationally-focused, residential real estate brand, is pleased to announce that it will open for business on April 15 at 300 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 213 in Naples, Florida. Managing members and licensed REALTORS®, Steven Segar and Adriano Pagnotta, are the team behind Selling Southwest Florida. The company will offer unmatched expertise in a variety of fields including new construction, renovation, investment analysis, income producing property, commercial, lot and land, as well as financing. For more information about Selling Southwest Florida, please visit www.SellingSWF.com or call 239.682.8285. Read More »
Research Reserve Gets "Green" Grant
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve announced today that the National Estuarine Research Reserve System has awarded more than $613,000 for construction, retrofitting and renovations at the GTM Research Reserve and the Princess Place Preserve in Flagler County. The project, which begins in September, includes cabins for visiting investigators and public use, museum upgrades and an Americans with Disabilities Act compatible nature trail. On-site overnight facilities will allow for immediate access to the estuarine system and support the establishment of additional nearby long-term research projects. Research at this site will also provide many learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, ... Read More »
Record Number of Florida Tourists
The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association today released data supporting the efforts of VISIT FLORIDA and the millions of dollars spent on marketing tourism programs used to bring visitors to the Sunshine State. Florida currently enjoys a $79.34 RevPAR rate, which is above the national average of $68.69. Growth in revenue is 8.3 percent for Florida in 2013 over 2012 versus 5.4 percent for the United States. Florida consistently has led the nation when comparing hotel occupancy rates, average daily room rates (ADR) and RevPAR statistics. RevPAR, or revenue per available room, is calculated by room revenue divided by rooms ... Read More »
Panther Captured Near Beach Relocated
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists and law enforcement officers captured and relocated an endangered Florida panther found near the beach at Clam Pass Park in Collier County. Beachgoers spotted the panther in the mangroves as they were walking over a boardwalk that leads to the beach. FWC biologists and law enforcement officers responded to the scene and darted the panther with a tranquilizer. After a brief health assessment, biologists determined that the panther was in good condition. Biologists will use a radio collar to track future movements of the approximately 2-year-old male panther, which they estimate to ... Read More »
Moran Edwards to Host Seminar Series
Tom Moran and Bob Edwards, Managing Directors – Investments Senior PIM Portfolio Managers of Moran Edwards Asset Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors (www.MoranEdwards.com), will be conducting a series of seminars titled "The Case for Equities: Dividend Investing" on Tuesday, April 1 through Thursday, April 3. The seminars will be hosted at the Moran Edwards office located in the Wells Fargo Building at 5801 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Suite 200 in Naples on the following dates: Tuesday, April 1, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Thursday, April ... Read More »
Joe Dickman: the hermit of Kice Island?
COASTAL HISTORY Craig Woodward email@example.com South of Marco Island is the well known Cape Romano with its famous, dilapidated dome house tilted on washed out pilings above the Gulf of Mexico. Kice Island, located north of Cape Romano and just south of Marco Island, received almost no attention until recently, when a number of pilot whales beached themselves there. Kice Island is a beautiful island, running parallel to the Gulf with a long, sandy beachfront; leaving us to wonder, how did it get its name and what can we find of its history? Almost 100 years ago, on Sept. 27, 1915, ... Read More »
Shooting Down Kids Cancer 2014
By Noelle H. Lowery firstname.lastname@example.com About five years ago, Don Henderson and Gary Landis were brainstorming ideas for fundraisers for the American Cancer Society-Marco Island. Henderson came up with the idea, and Landis agreed. Both men were survivors of prostate cancer, and Henderson's family had a history with the dreaded disease. The result of their exchange was "Shoot Down Kids Cancer," a clay target shooting event to raise money for pediatric kids cancer research. On Saturday, March 22, some 60 shooters gathered at Gulf Coast Clays (formerly Port of the Islands Gun Club) to participate in the Fourth Annual Shoot ... Read More »
MPC's Mission: Story of a Shoebox
Submitted His last name means, "I pray to God," and his life has come around full circle. Alex Nsengimana, a 1994 Rwandan massacres survivor, was orphaned at age four, and was later adopted by a loving Minnesotan couple. But the transforming moment is his life was when he received a little shoebox. Nsengimana, a recent Crossroads College graduate, national spokesperson for Operation Christmas Child — the shoebox project — spoke at Marco Presbyterian Church's Mission's Conference on March 14. He shared the power and joy of a little shoebox that lead to acceptance, love and forgiveness. As a child, he ... Read More »
K of C Bingo Crowd Surpasses 300 Mark
Submitted The 10th bingo session of the season for the Knights of Columbus at San Marco Church was one to remember, as 303 players packed the parish hall. It was the most ever for the fraternal organization's bingo fundraising program. The attendance surpassed a previous record set earlier this season. The Grand Knight of the San Marco K of C said, "It's been a perfect storm for our bingo program this year. The weather has cooperated both here and up north — good here, bad there. More people seem to have come to the island this season. The economy is ... Read More »


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A young man is recruited by a labor agency to head east. Convinced that working on farms in Hawaii would make him more money, he signs a three-year contract with the agency, takes out a loan to pay for the travel expenses and leaves his country.
He ends up on Oahu with workers from his own country. He lives in substandard housing infested with rats and insects. He is told by his supervisors that if he doesn't follow the rules, he'll be deported. His wages are too low to pay off his loan. Desperate and scared, he runs off the farm and becomes homeless in Honolulu.
This is not campaign literature for a local politician talking about his or her ancestors. Samphong Medera was recruited from Thailand in 2003 and is one of many Thai workers accusing local farms of dehumanizing abuse and degrading conditions.
They say that after arriving in Hawaii their passports were confiscated and they had to sleep on the floor with other workers. Twenty-six people shared a single bathroom. A field supervisor (known around here as the luna) used a gun and a baseball bat to enforce a curfew on workers. One laborer claims he was hit with a stick in order to make him work faster.
The stories from the Thais are a horrible throwback to the early days of industrial agriculture in Hawaii. They managed to get the attention of the federal government but surprisingly almost no one else.
In 2010, the Department of Justice started investigating some of the farms in Hawaii and their labor recruiters. At first, the feds tried to prosecute the companies and business leaders with criminal charges. They indicted two brothers who run a local farm on Oahu.
Workers came to the Sou brothers' Aloun Farms in Kapolei after taking a loan to get there, and the plan was to pay it off through wages. But once there, they said, they were underpaid, released in just five months, and were forced to live in a storage container near the jobsite. Mick and Alec Sou vehemently denied these claims.
The brothers were looking at decades in prison if found guilty. It looked like a showdown in federal court, but the Sous decided to take a plea deal and pleaded to the offenses of visa fraud and forced labor. As the Sous geared up for sentencing, an outpouring of support came from prominent members in the community. Former Gov. Ben Cayetano wrote a letter in their support. Community leaders pointed out that the Sous themselves were immigrants (they come from Laos) and that Alec Sou was an advocate for helping the homeless.
But the sentencing never happened. Federal prosecutors dropped all charges and the judge allowed the Sous to withdraw their pleas. Why the about-face? The feds said that they made a mistake when advising the grand jury about the law. The federal prosecutors - who flew in from Washington - moved to dismiss the charges (even though the Sous pleaded guilty) and then left the islands.
But the feds were not done yet.
Mordechai Orian runs Global Horizons, an L.A.-based labor recruiting business. Global Horizons sent hundreds of workers from Thailand, Micronesia and the Philippines to agricultural companies all across the state - including Aloun Farms - over the past decade. Again, as with the Sou prosecution, workers accused the company and its client farms of abusive supervisors, deceptive labor contracts and bad working conditions.
Instead of seeking criminal charges, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Global Horizons and six farms in Hawaii. This time a federal judge found them liable for discrimination and responsible for bad working conditions.
This week it was announced that more farms settled. Mac Farms, Kalena Farms, Captain Cook Coffee Co. and Kauai Coffee Co. have all agreed to pay amounts ranging from $100,000 to $1.6 million.
There's only one farm that hasn't, and trial is scheduled in November - our own Maui Pineapple Co., the same company that has links to the original Maui Land & Pineapple Co.
Our local culture owes a great deal to the mass migration of agricultural laborers. Politicians love to invoke the image of Japanese, Korean or Filipino workers who arrived to the islands to toil in sugar and pineapple fields. Their descendants moved on to become prominent members of the middle and professional classes.
To think that appalling working conditions on farms in Hawaii are still happening is deeply troubling. Then again, the farmers and the labor recruiters deny these claims. Who's right? Maybe a trial will illuminate some of these things.
What is certain, however, is that despite these stories and despite the vehement denials, the plight of the Thai workers has failed to capture the imagination or interest of most folks in Hawaii. Given our islands' labor history, the local apathy is just as troubling as the stories themselves.
* Ben Lowenthal is a trial and appellate lawyer who grew up on Maui. His email is email@example.com. "The State of Aloha" alternates Fridays with Ilima Loomis' "Neighbors."


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HEREFORD -Aurelia "Bunny" Urbanczyk, 83, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004.
Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today in Gililland-Watson Funeral Home Rose Chapel. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Anthony's Catholic Church with the Rev. John Valdez, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Anthony's Cemetery.
Mrs. Urbanczyk was born Nov. 20, 1920, in Evansville, Ind. She married Conrad Urbanczyk on June 3, 1941, in Hereford.
Survivors include three sons, Connie Urbanczyk, Martin Urbanczyk and Bill Urbanczyk, all of Hereford; three daughters, Vicky Schmucker and Evelyn Morrison, both of Hereford, and Julia Burton of North Redington Beach, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to St. Anthony Catholic School Endowment Fund; or a favorite charity.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- The Mobile Police Department has confirmed that the male victim of a stabbing around 3:15 p.m. in Plateau has died. Police are considering the incident a homicide.
The name and age of the victim have not been released. Police at the scene said he had multiple stab wounds and was taken to USA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The location of the stabbing was a yellow, single-story, wood-frame house east of the intersection of Cherry Street and Greene Street, north of Whitley Elementary School.
Police said they are looking for individuals who reportedly left the scene before authorities arrived, so they can be questioned.
More details will be posted as they become available.
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Tony Hawk: SHRED
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An all-new Tony Hawk experience created for a younger audience, Tony Hawk: SHRED allows kids to "GO BIG" and feel the exhilaration of skate and snowboarding like the pros using the game's innovative, motion-sensing board controller right at their feet. With coin-op, arcade style gameplay and pro athletes, including Chaz Ortiz, Lyn-Z Adams, Travis Rice, Torah Bright, and the godfather of skate himself, Tony Hawk, SHRED is packed to the brim with larger-than-life moments, huge jumps and gaps, incredibly steep drops and decents, and a veritable goody bag's worth of motion activated, jaw-dropping tricks – enticing kids to get off the couch, be physically active and get immersed in the action
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We are frequently asked, "What is going on in the world of wine?" or "What are the newest trends in wine?" Now that we're in the first quarter of the year, we have looked at how 2010 clocked in and what we can expect in 2011. We'll tell you that we're cautiously optimistic that 2011 will ring in better times, deliver more bang-for-the-buck, and offer wine lovers a greater selection of affordably-priced wines.
The recent recession has certainly left us with many lessons. Regarding the wine industry, the biggest of them is that value has superseded price in terms of wine purchasing. Many people have finally discovered (or rediscovered) that wine costing $25 can be just as good as wine costing $75. Price doesn't necessarily equate to quality. Fortunately, people have come to realize that there are many, many wines out there that are great wines under $25.
In spite of this new trend, there are still many wines that continue to be priced out of the reach of most consumers. In speaking with several wineries, they are working hard to promote their brand, price their product and deliver good quality at prices that consumers are demanding. Those without large budgets will work hard to create a grassroots groundswell of interest by tempting the taste buds of wine industry influencers, such as bloggers, wine geeks and boutique wine store owners.
We're happy to report that another big trend on the horizon is a newfound confidence in one's own palate. While ratings, scores and points are nice to have, we've always encouraged customers to realize that wine is mostly subjective, not objective. Discovering one's own palate is a very personal journey and not something that can be determined in a textbook-like fashion. It's important to understand that the best wines are the ones you like the most.
Tastings will become more prevalent, as will experimentation with new wine-growing regions and countries. We've always been committed to bringing new regions and varietals to our customers to expand their wine lifestyle. In that respect we expect vintners to go out more and meet customers in their own towns through tasting events, such as Vino 100's Meet the Winemaker series. This is a wonderful way to learn about wine straight from the winemaker or owner.
Imports are best positioned this year for delivering flavor and value. We've always been a fan of wines from Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Spain and South Africa. These countries continue to produce well-priced varietals and are expected to do well in the coming year.
So which wine varietals are expected to deliver value, flavor and sales this year? Surprisingly, Riesling is one of the top picks. We all seem to be on the same page with this prediction terming the varietal as "the single most food-friendly white wine." We have seen an uptick on Riesling sales and agree this varietal offers a broad range of styles.
Another varietal making an explosive move is Sauvignon Blanc. This tried and true white is no longer taking a back seat. We won't be surprised to see these crisp whites on more dinner tables as the temperature warms.
We also expect Oregon Pinot Gris, Argentine Torrontes, and Spanish Albarino to increase in popularity. These white varietals are nice alternatives to Chardonnay, deliver lots of fruit and flavor, and are delightful with a variety of foods.
On the red side, Spanish Tempranillo, Portugese blends, Argentine Malbecs, and Chilean Merlots will do very well this year, especially among people looking to expand their wine spectrum. These are distinctive, wonderful wines that offer great value, while being less widely known. Wines from up and coming regions in California such as Lodi, Clarksburg and Contra Costa continue to delight us with their juicy, ripe fruit profiles and certainly deliver on price.
Overall, we're excited to find new wines to introduce to our customers this year, while staying true to many labels that never waver in popularity. While it's true the recession brought about tumultuous change for both consumers and the world of wine, it is also true that the economic by-product will be greater selection and value on the shelves this year.
We're looking forward to a delicious 2011! Cheers !


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"Jazz is the great grandfather of hip hop"
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Robert Glasper plays his jazz with flair and style, underpinned by hip hop grooves and swagger, with subtle musical threads, writes LAURENCE MACKIN
IT'S TRICKY trying to corner Robert Glasper for even a moment. "I'm on my way to Madrid and I'm in the Czech Republic," he says between mouthfuls of airport food, and gulps from a drink that he is suddenly quite upset isn't in a bottle. "I'm in a restaurant, you order a drink and you want it in the bottle, and then I poured it into a glass without thinking. The bottle is a different experience and now I won't have it."
Glasper can be forgiven for being a little distracted. He's tearing around Europe touring his latest album, Double Booked, and this Saturday he's bringing it to the Workman's Club in Dublin, his first show in the capital, and his second time here after last year's Cork Jazz festival.
Glasper seems to live in two musical worlds, jazz and hip hop, and the album reflects this. It is essentially two albums in one, though not because of some historical homage to the era of vinyl, when albums were split into A and B sides.
"It's two different bands, not necessarily an A and a B side, but when you slip it over, it's musically a whole different ball game," he says. What you get is a band of serious jazz intent, in the pristine shapes of the Robert Glasper Trio; then the more wide-ranging, hip hop-influenced Robert Glasper Experiment flex their muscles, with a selection of guests, most notably Mos Def.
Fact: Not all jazz players wear black polo necks. Nice
"There are parallels, in the very first half the middle one when Mos Def comes on," says Glasper. "All you are really getting is 3.5 minutes of hip hop. I'm not making a hip hop/jazz record but I think with a band you can feel the hip hop aesthetic and have that vibe without necessarily playing it."
This is Glasper's calling card: jazz played with flair and style, underpinned by hip hop grooves and swagger, decked in subtle musical threads. It's given him success with the prestigious Blue Note label, he gets regularly mentioned in the same breath as jazz luminaries such as Herbie Hancock, and he's worked with some of the biggest names in hip hop, including the Roots, Erykah Badu and Kanye West.
It's consistent, and after a few tracks, there is no doubt that when not touring the world, there's only city he could call home. "Well I've been living in NYC for 15 years now and it's a melting pot of music, so what you are hearing is all that influence."
Glasper is originally from Houston, Texas, but that twang is a little more muted these days. As a child, he performed with gospel choirs, and these musical experiences still shape his approach. He says the grooves in gospel are similar to hip hop, and he traces a natural trajectory from gospel to hip hop to jazz, and back again.
"Even if you aren't necessarily a church musician, just being around it, it's in the blood, it's in your family, and you come up with it without even realising it. Modern gospel now, within the last 12 or 15 years, has been influenced by hip hop. Growing up playing in churches, especially playing in the Baptist church, automatically you are incorporating a little jazz, a little hip hop.
"Jazz has been influencing hip hop since the very beginning, it's always been there. Strange hip hop, more hip pop, doesn't have much of this, but the hip hop I look to, the more backpacker as its called, I think its totally there. Jazz is the great-grandfather of hip hop."
Glasper reckons the essence of the music is polluted by the more crass end of the market: the bling, the gun culture, the money worship. Does he find himself fighting this with each release?
"Exactly, without a doubt. But at the same time, people like the music, I'm not necessarily trying to change the people around it. My whole thing is just giving regular people who don't get the chance to hear my record something different, to have this person who is not into jazz to listen to it."
The Robert Glasper Experiment play the Workman's Club, Dublin on Saturday. Double Booked is out now on Blue Note


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Windsor Elementary School fifth-grader Casey Ellis, 11, did not reach the semifinals of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee that began Tuesday in Washington D.C.
Casey completed a written test Tuesday and two oral rounds Wednesday.
She spelled both of her oral words, "hipparch" and "tritium," correctly, according to the national bee's website.
She earned 19 points in the three rounds but needed 23 points to move on to the semifinals, her mother, Mary Ann Ellis, said.
"She's competitive and wanted to make it, but she's really determined to try again," Mary Ann Ellis said. "The words on that written round were unbelievable."
Casey competed against 277 contestants from second through eighth grade in the national event, according to information from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Casey was the second consecutive Amarillo student to reach the national competition, following Crockett Middle School student Ariel Chen, who competed as a seventh-grader last year.
Fifty spellers advanced to the semifinals of the bee, including the sister of the 2009 winner and two of last year's finalists.
Vanya Shivashankar, a 10-year-old fifth-grader from Olathe, Kan., was the only competitor to earn a perfect score in the preliminary rounds. Those rounds included two words spelled onstage and a 50-word computer test.
Shivashankar's older sister, Kavya, won in 2009.
Six-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Lake Ridge, Va., the youngest speller in bee history, did not make the semifinals. Spelling Bee director Paige Kimball said "it was close."
Mary Ann Ellis said the family will stay in Washington, D.C., for the rest of the week to attend the final rounds and take a tour of the city.
"We've met lots of really friendly people here, really great kids. They're all real supportive of each other, and the families are, too," Mary Ann Ellis said.
"It's been a lot of fun.''
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Grimm's alluring villainess wed her Prince Charming – musician Chris Thile of the Punch Brothers – Dec. 23 in an intimate Smoky Mountain wedding, PEOPLE confirms.
The duo tied the knot at Blackberry Farm, a rustic luxury resort in pastoral Tennessee, after two and a half years together.
The couple made it a decidedly small, family-oriented affair.
"[There were] 20 people in attendance TOTAL," Coffee tells PEOPLE. "Our immediate family and grandparents, plus Chris's best friend Rob Moose [of Bon Iver], who played Bach on violin for my walk down the aisle."
Coffee said her sister Abbie officiated the ceremony, which they wrote themselves, aside from the traditional Irish vows they used to swap "I do's."
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The hard-working newlyweds don't have time for honeymoon, Coffee shares, but "we spent Christmas with our families at Blackberry after the wedding."
It was presumably there that she first discovered one of the fringe benefits of marriage.
"Forcing @christhile to listen to the new Beyoncé album in its entirety because as his wife it is now legal for me to do so," she Tweeted earlier in the week.
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Grant Support: In part by the Department of Veterans Affairs, by grant DK 39919 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, by the U. S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Center, and by Hilda Schwartz. The ranitidine was supplied by Glaxo and the Pepto-Bismol tablets by Procter and Gamble.
Requests for Reprints: David Y. Graham, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111D), 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030.
Current Author Addresses: Drs. Graham, Evans, Evans, and Ms. Lew: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111D) 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030.
Dr. Klein: Children's Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030.
▪ Objective: To determine whether antimicrobial therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection accelerates the healing of duodenal ulcers.
▪ Design: Single-blind, randomized, controlled trial.
▪ Setting: Veterans Affairs hospital.
▪ Participants: One hundred and five patients with endoscopically verified duodenal ulcers.
▪ Intervention: Patients received either ranitidine, 300 mg/d, or ranitidine, 300 mg/d, plus "triple therapy" (2 g/d of tetracycline, 750 mg/d of metronidazole, and 5 or 8 bismuth subsalicylate tablets per day). Triple therapy was administered for only the first 2 weeks of ulcer treatment.
▪ Measurements: Videoendoscopic assessment of ulcer status was done until ulcer healing was complete. Evaluations were done after 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks of therapy.
▪ Main Results: Ulcer healing was more rapid in patients receiving ranitidine plus triple therapy than in patients receiving ranitidine alone (P < 0. 01). The cumulative percentages of patients with healed ulcers in the group receiving ranitidine plus triple therapy and in the group receiving ranitidine alone were as follows: 37% and 18% after week 2; 74% and 53% after week 4; 84% and 68% after week 8; 96% and 80% after week 12; and 98% and 84% after week 16.
▪ Conclusion: Combined therapy with anti-H. pylori agents and ranitidine was superior to ranitidine alone for duodenal ulcer healing. Our results indicate that H. pylori plays a role in duodenal ulcer disease.
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Anyone own one of these yet? Im thinking of saving for one to have a big bore revolver (To go with the DE :P) I like the fact that it can handle a .45 LC and .454 casull. But how much accuracy can you get out of the .45 caliber rounds. Arent they a little undersize, or is the .460 just rounded up?


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The most rewarding feedback – and often the most nerve-wracking – is that received from your peers. Dubbo City Council has been planning the hosting of the Local Government Association (LGA) Conference for the past 12 months and we are now right in the middle of it. Delegates began arriving in Dubbo last Friday so they could experience the City before the official opening on Sunday evening and as feedback trickles in from delegates, the scorecard so far is very positive. As much as this conference is organised by Council, it really is an opportunity to put our best foot forward and really make a lasting impression on all delegates.
Our staff have are focused on ensuring a wonderful experience for delegates and the community has picked up on that desire. I heard yesterday that someone from Blacktown, who had attended 32 LGA Conferences, said she had never felt a welcome like this one. A number of little touches have made all the difference – a welcome sign and welcoming staff at the airport; flags at the conference centre representing every single LGA in attendance; a welcome sign on the bridge; and, most importantly, welcoming attitudes and smiles from all our staff and citizens.
Our staff will go above and beyond at every opportunity. Yesterday a Shoalhaven Councillor who thought her motel was a 10-minute walk from the conference centre (it was more like a 30-minute walk) made an offhand comment to one of our staff that she wished she had brought her bike. Early the next day, a loan bicycle and helmet was waiting at her motel.
A Councillor from Coffs Harbour, who experienced the conference's opening ceremony at the DRTCC and the Archibald exhibition at the WPCC, was so blown away that she asked me for advice on how her council could and add such brilliant cultural facilities to its area. A Port Macquarie Councillor was very impressed with our conference facilities, comparing them favourably with their city's $54 million venue.
With 703 people in our City, including Ministers and Presidents of various associations, it is very easy to be excited and proud as we get to show off our City to our colleagues. The positive stories keep flowing and I look forward to the economic benefits and flow-on tourism from this conference – one that all of Dubbo has contributed to, and all of Dubbo will benefit from.


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Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Donohue of Marilla celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Mass in Annunciation Catholic Church, Elma, followed by a family gathering. Mr. Donohue and Mary Lee Higgins were married Oct. 13, 1962, in Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. He is a retired model maker for Fisher- Price. They have four children and five grandchildren.


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Ingredient of the Week, July 28: Cherries
Cherries are members of the Rosaceae family, a distant cousin to peaches, plums, apricots and almonds.
The sweet cherry originated in Asia Minor, in the fertile area between the Black and Caspian Seas, and was probably carried to Europe by birds.
Cultivation of sweet cherries likely began with Greeks, and later Romans, who valued the tree's timber as well as its fruit.
Sweet cherries came to America in 1629 with English colonists, and later to California with Spanish missionaries.
Cherry Selection
Fresh cherries should be clean, bright, shiny, and plump with no blemishes. Sweet cherries should have firm, but not hard flesh, while sour cherries should be medium-firm. The darker the color, the sweeter the cherry.
Avoid cherries with cuts, bruises, or stale, dry stems. You'll find stemmed cherries less expensive, but be aware that cherries with the stems intact will have a longer shelf life.
Unopened canned cherries can be stored on the shelf up to a year. Once opened, keep the canned cherries in a covered container in the refrigerator and use within one week. Maraschino cherries will last six to twelve months in the refrigerator. Unopened dried cherries will last up to 18 months.
Allow one cup serving of sweet cherries per person when calculating quantities, less for sour cherries.
Cherry Storage
Store unwashed cherries in a plastic bag in the refrigerator, and wash just before eating. Before eating fresh sweet cherries, leave them out on the counter for a few hours as the flavor is much better at room temperature. Fresh cherries should be consumed within two to four days.
How to Freeze Cherries
You can freeze fresh cherries, but they should be pitted first, otherwise they will take on an almond flavor from the pit. Beware the juice when pitting cherries, as it will stain clothing.
Freeze whole, pitted sweet cherries in 40 percent syrup (4 cups water plus 3 cups sugar) with 1/2 teaspoon ascorbic acid (or citrus juice) added per quart of liquid.
They may also be pitted and frozen without liquid in plastic bags with all the air removed. Some cooks prefer to freeze separated cherries on a cookie sheet and then pack in bags for freezing.
To freeze sour cherries for pie filling, stir 3/4 cup of sugar into each quart of pitted, whole sour cherries. Pack in rigid airtight containers with 1/2-inch headspace or airtight bags. Frozen cherries will last ten to twelve months in the freezer.
Cherry Cooking Tips and Hints
When using cherries in baked goods, you might notice a blue discoloration around the cherries in the finished product. This is due to a chemical reaction between the cherries and alkalines such as baking powder or baking soda. To prevent discoloration, substitute buttermilk or sour cream for milk in the recipe or add an acidic liquid such as lemon juice.
Pure almond extract is a natural companion to cherries. Less than 1/4 teaspoon added to cherry mixtures really brightens the cherry flavor.
When using dried cherries in recipes, you can plump them up just as you would raisins, by covering them with hot water and letting stand about thirty minutes.
Serving Suggestions
Freeze fresh Cherries and enjoy them lightly frozen, or serve them as treats after your kids' sporting event.
Serve 2-3 Cherries on a cocktail skewer in a Lemon Drop martini, adding a touch of sweet to a sour drink.
Pit some Cherries and slice them into lettuce salads with Gorgonzola cheese, for a color - and flavor - combination that can't be beat.
Dip fresh Cherries into chocolate sauce, freeze on wax paper, then defrost lightly to serve as a cool summer dessert.
Cherries are perfect in fresh fruit salads. De-stem and take out the pit for an unusually fun fruit in salads. Cherries are best paired with melons, tree fruit and pineapple as a complimentary flavor!
Do you like cherries for eating out of hand? Do you use them in any recipes?
We're at the end of cherry season in our area. I have a sour cherry tree that produced for the first time this year, giving me enough cherries for a couple of pies and a couple of canned pints. Yesterday I spent a few hours pitting a lug of sweet cherries, then dehydrated 1/3 of them and froze the rest. I'll use them as snacks, pies, and add the dried cherries to pancakes or cookies.
I love cherries. I got some fresh ones earlier in the summer and we had homemade pie and we made cherry jam.
Thank you for sharing all this good info!
We usually eat cherries fresh, and once in awhile have a cherry cheesecake. I really like dried cherries in cereal or salad, but I don't always have them on hand. I'll try the chocolate dipped cherry suggestion - I think my family would enjoy that!


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Samarcand Manor
Samarcand Manor, officially the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, was a humane correctional institution for young women established near Eagle Springs by the North Carolina state legislature in 1918. The purpose of the school was to reclaim and train delinquent girls by providing a "homelike place where those who have fallen may find temporary shelter, and under a firm yet kind discipline, begin to live morally." The school, built on 230 acres in Samarcand (named for the Muslim city conquered by Alexander the Great that served as his empire's seat of learning and culture), was one of the first institutions of its type in the South. The original clients were young girls or women who had been convicted of being prostitutes, vagrants, or habitual drunkards or who were guilty of any misdemeanor suggesting that they were "not virtuous." There were no definite terms, but the clients could not be held more than three years and were to be released on good behavior.
Agnes B. MacNaughton became Samarcand's first superintendent, and by 1919 more than 200 women between the ages of 10 and 30 had arrived. In the 1920s the daily program emphasized Bible study, manners, cleanliness, music, nature, and sports in addition to the regular academic subjects. The girls also received vocational training in sewing, weaving, canning, laundry work, and poultry and dairying activities. The program stressed self-reliance and pride in one's work. Between 1928 and 1930 a total of 296 girls were admitted, most between the ages of 12 and 16. By 1930 Samarcand had a hospital and an accredited high school.
In 1931, 16 Samarcand inmates set fire to two dorms and were charged with arson, then a capital crime. While awaiting trial, the girls burned their jail cells. Eight of the 12 involved were eventually sent to prison. Samarcand survived this notorious 1931 incident and other difficulties but was unable to withstand the financial strains of the Great Depression and the siphoning off of staff during World War II. In 1974 the state changed the name of the institution to Samarcand Manor and placed it under the purview of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Youth Division. Samarcand became one of five state training schools designed to rehabilitate delinquent children (both male and female) between the ages of 10 and 17. The school shifted its emphasis to treatment and therapy. In the early 2000s Samarcand had approximately 190 clients (40 females and 150 males) and 210 staff members.
Ida Briggs Henderson, "The Work at Samarcand," The State (4 Apr. 1936).
Lisbeth Parrott, "Samarcand Opens Door of Hope to 1,000th Girl in Tenth Year," Raleigh News and Observer, 7 Oct. 1928.
Samarcand Manor: 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968 (1968).
Additional Resources:
State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.). Biennial report of the Board of Directors and Superintendent of the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, Samarcand Manor, Samarcand, N.C. Samarcand, N.C. [N.C.]: The School. 1926-1938. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/4894 (accessed May 24, 2013).
"Samarcand." N.C. Highway Historical Marker K-34, N.C. Office of Archives & History. http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=K-34
McLaurin, Melton Alonza, and Russell, Anne. The Wayward Girls of Samarcand: A true story of the American South. Wilmington, N.C.: Bradley Creek Press. 2012.
Steelman, Ben. "Review - McLaurin, Russell write a gripping yarn." StarNews Media. July 8, 2012. http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20120708/articles/120709845
Gilkeson, Florence. "Samarkand Makes Case to Stay Open." ThePilot.com. September 24, 2009. http://www2.gosandhills.com/stories/20090925/news/local/20090925Case.html
Image Credits:
Samarcand Building, 1926. Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call #: N_98_9_187.
"Playtime, children on the wagon." Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call #: N_98_9_188.
"Our Three Youngest." Image courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina, call#: N_98_9_189.
1 January 2006 | Pleasants, Julian M.
Anonymous replied on Permalink
i am a male and i was there in 92 for 4 months. no beatings, weird trips to the dentist, no slave activities, and anyone who compares it to a concentration camp obviously is a moron. i learned a lot and am a better man now.
Pamela mcneill replied on Permalink
Well I'm happy for you then! Unfortunately it wasn't as pleasant for others I was one of them!
Donna replied on Permalink
I would simply be thankful that you were blessed to be there for only four months and that you were apparently not mistreated. It disturbs me greatly that you feel the need to belittle anyone else that wasn't as fortunate while I sit here in tears after finding out my 88 year old grandmother was once an "inmate" at age 15. It certainly does explain alot of the questions I have had over the years and certainly does nothing to ease the emotional trauma and pain that she and the rest of our family have silently wondered about and endured for years and years and years...please consider how times have changed and how laws and lawyers and even the general public itself has changed in the years since this place first came into being and consider it carefully before you call ANYONE ELSE a MORON for expressing their OWN REALITY of what they had to endure. There is nothing moronic about it. Some of these people had to endure treatment that you will fortunately never even hear of or have to consider BECAUSE someone finally had the courage to speak up and stand up and start trying to put an end to it. Our juvenile justice system/foster care system/ corrections -whatever you want to call it, has a long way to go, but look how far it has come... it sure wasn't because of morons.
Brenda replied on Permalink
Donna, would you or your grandmother be interested in doing an interview? I'm working on a project. Reply and I'll provide some details.
Rose replied on Permalink
I was a student there in the 60s. I know a lot. I was Ms. MITCHELLS assistant. I wore the highest honor button possible there. It was a place of many colors. All the stories people have said are true. I use to have to get up in the middle of the nite and ride with ms mitchell and thr men in tge woids with fladh lights looking for runners. Very scsry as there was quick sand jn the woods. I was a kid there. Not an employee. I assisted ms mitchelk in trajning the girls to build an amphi theater out by the lake. Is it still there. We built it. I traveled with the choir and sang solos. You can contact me. Rose Upchurch
Joe Wachacha replied on Permalink
My mother said she was placed here because she didn't have a home to live in when her mother abandoned her. She said she felt like a slave. She said the kids that didn't have anyone that cared about them was mistreated. She said she has to use a sling blade.
Martha Bentley replied on Permalink
My name is Martha.. I was at the school in 1962 -1964 and am looking for my friend Jane Gainey. We were in the school all these years together.. Please look me up in Sevierville, TN.. as for now I am a Watson..I have thought a whole lot about you over the years... This place taught me how to live my life without trouble.
Sylvia J. McGhee replied on Permalink
I was at Samarcand Manor in 1971. At the time I lived in Hillsborough, N.C. I realized years ago, being there helped me be the person I am today. I am very thankful for being put there. The court system was not on my side. I was wrongly put there as many other girls. I must defend Samarcand. It was not run as concentration camp. I remember quite well the white table cloths with napkins, excellent food, prayer before meals, two week vacation to beach, fishing, swimming pool, cookouts, my own room, most of all the gracious and caring staff that took time to listen to you after they clocked out. I was on the honor roll the full year. People stereo type Training Schools as to what they have seen on TV. In looking back Samarcand was similar to a resort. But with out family and friends. There were plenty of bad apples such as the person above at Samarcand. I am positive the issues above was caused by that person alone. If anyone was locked up so to speak, they were in a big room with large window. One person need not be allowed to disrupt the lives of others due to their own ignorance. Dental work was done only when needed. So all of you who spent time there please think of the good things and times we had. Don't down grade a good thing. I was in cottage B when I left. My only regret
I feel Samarcand should have turned into a museum.
Sherry Mason replied on Permalink
Your description describes my experience there exactly, when I look back at my time there in 1967-1969 I only wish I had stayed there until I was 18. My experience there was very positive and a heaven compared to what I left behind at home. My name then was Sherry Mason then I now live in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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If there's a thin line between confidence and arrogance, Ti West straddles it. Not unlike many of the characteristics ascribed to his films, however, that's a compliment rather than a criticism: his sense of self-worth as a filmmaker is predicated on personal responsibility, and because he participates in the writing, directing and editing of his films (among other duties), he is eager to take the credit, or blame, for the end result, which is why he's insistent – or, as he admits, "a little difficult" – about the fact that he wants what makes it to the screen to be his vision rather than the result of test-marketing or some other form of studio interference.
The House of the Devil is his latest film, and thankfully it arrives in theaters this week unimpeded by any such changes. Cinematical recently sat down with West at a Los Angeles press day for a short one-on-one discussion of the film, which follows a college sophomore (Jocelin Donahue) who gets more than she bargains for when a lucrative babysitting job turns into a night of abject terror. In addition to discussing the film's note-perfect recreation of 1980s horror conventions, not to mention period details, West talked about striking a balance between mundane boredom and mortifying terror, and finally, learning lessons even from lackluster filmmaking experiences.
Cinematical: How did this evolve, and how did you develop the aesthetic for House of the Devil? It's an incredibly faithful recreation of a 1980s horror movie.
Ti West: Well, the idea to do a satanic movie, it only made sense to set it in the 1980s, when there was the height of the 'satanic panic' cultural phenomenon in the United States. I was always obsessed with that. I was obsessed with the fact that my mom would be like, "you can't go out by yourself down to the park because someone will come by in a van with no windows and kidnap you and sacrifice you to the devil." What a weird thing for everyone to be obsessed with! It was perpetuated by Geraldo and people like that, and you can Youtube some really awesome Geraldo clips where it's just like putting the fear into everyone that cults are coming; it wasn't really true, but everyone believed them. So when I set it in the '80s, a lot of people call it a homage or a throwback and I don't really see it that way. I'm not so ignorant to say there isn't a few nods in the movie, but really just wanted to make an authentic period piece; if the movie had taken place in the '50s, I'd have made it as authentically '50s as possible. I'm sort of obsessive compulsive with detail, so I tried to be as accurate and as realistic [as possible] because so much of the movie is about realism, and it's played out like a realistic movie about a girl babysitting. So I wanted that to be cohesive in the cinematography and the production design and the costume design, and we had a lot of conversations about the real '80s, not "Video Killed the Radio Star," movie '80s.
Cinematical: Were there any specific filmmakers or films that inspired the visual style of your movie?
West: Not directly, but I think subconsciously, sure. I mean, I certainly think Polanski's apartment trilogy – Repulsion, The Tenant and obviously Rosemary's Baby – but I think The Tenant, pacing-wise and style-wise, I really love those movies. Of course, I really love Rosemary's Baby also. There wasn't anything directly, like I sat down with the d.p. and said, "watch this movie," or "I want it to look like this movie." It wasn't like that, but there were movies that I was influenced by just like those movies, or The Changeling with George C. Scott, The Shining, or The Exorcist – evocative horror movies that were kind of auteurish and not lowest common denominator, and treated the [material] with a lot of respect. I think those movies always sort of resonated with me and I think that's just in my head somewhere. As far as the style of the movie, zooms and things like that, that stuff just came out while we were shooting it; I'd be like, "put the zoom lens on it," and I operate the camera, so I'd find myself just doing it. The movie, once you put her in that outfit in that dressed location, it just felt like this is how it has to be; the movie dictated what it wanted from me.
Cinematical: How difficult or easy is it to sell producers on the idea that you're doing something that is anachronistic in a way that may not be immediately commercially appealing?
West: I think the movie I made before that, Trigger Man, takes that to a whole different level, and borders on an experimental movie, so the fact that I was not going to do it that far made them relieved. But I think that's just my style; I like long takes, I like long, choreographed sequences more than I like fast editing. That's just a personal preference. Also, this is a movie about a real girl doing realistic things, so I liked seeing the mundane, and to me, what makes horror movies – particularly this movie, but any horror movie – effective is contrast. It makes art accessible and I think it makes horror more effective. So I like seeing her walk all of the way down the hallway. I like seeing her have to deal with all of these little minute bullsh*t details. Because all of that realism and all of that sort of day-to-day, mundane stuff in contrast to waking up on a pentagram makes waking up on a pentagram more effective. If you just got to it, or she didn't have enough time to kind of live with the audience, you wouldn't care; it would just be about seeing a girl on a pentagram, and that to me would have been like a failure. So first and foremost, it was a movie about this girl and about understanding who this girl was and kind of relating yourself to that, so that it could be a personal experience and a pro-active experience for the audience, and then hitting you over the head with all of the horror stuff.
Cinematical: What is the secret for you knowing how to balance that sense of anticipation – for the audience not to be bored by that buildup?
West: Well, I definitely think it's subjective. Believe me, plenty of people are bored to tears with this movie. But you can't make a movie for everybody, and I think I'm sort of a personal filmmaker, and I think you can't make a movie for an audience; you've got to make what you want to make and be true to that, and then let it find an audience. I think that's to me, the best movie – movies that are very serious about what they're doing. Maybe you like them, maybe you don't, but they have a very clear voice to them. So as far as how long to do it, I guess it's different for everybody, but for me this is what made sense. I read a thing a long time ago with Polanski about Repulsion where he said, "I tried to lull people just to the brink of boredom," like right on the brink of boredom, and then all of a sudden hands are coming out of the wall, and you sit up going, what? What happened? What did I miss? That proactive response is I think infinitely more valuable; I think it make repeat viewing of the movie a necessity, and it makes the movie all of a sudden rise above. I like challenging movies; I like enigmatic things in movies where you leave the movie going, I didn't quite understand that - is it my fault or is it the movie's fault? I like sort of treating movies intellectually, so for me there's like Hitchcock elements to it, but it's like I'm doing my best at what I think is a mystery suspense movie, and then that turns into a horror movie. If it works for some people, great, then I did my job; if it doesn't work for some people, maybe it's my fault and maybe you just don't like it.
Cinematical: I told a couple of my colleagues that I was a little bored in some of the early scenes in the way I was in '80s slasher flicks – and I mean that as a compliment.
West: I don't think boring is such a bad thing, necessarily. I don't associate that with "I don't like the movie." I also think of myself as a very tonal filmmaker, so it's all about setting sort of a tone and this sort of overall vibe of the movie that people can lock into. But I didn't mean to interrupt you...
Cinematical: I was only going to say that you create a real sense of the mundane, so that when things happen at the end of the film, the stakes are heightened.
West: What's interesting is that if you had a home invasion in your house and get killed, you most likely could have been watching "fail" videos on Youtube the moment before. And how ridiculous is that? It was just like you were [hanging out] and somebody broke into your house, and that's the same thing with this. It's like, I was saying to someone how whenever you see something horrible on the news, like someone really dying, it's not the blood and gore that affects you; it's the way when they fell they dropped something, or the way that their face looked kind of weird. It's those elements that stick with you - that clumsiness, that awkward realism – and that to me what was kind of important about this movie, just having a sense of reality that isn't in most horror movies. Most horror movies today, as soon as that movie starts, as soon as the logo comes up, you're in a horror movie! I'm not so interested in that.
Cinematical: Another really effective part of the film is the score, which seems like a pastiche of John Carpenter and Jerry Goldsmith and Krzysztof Komeda. Were there specific points of reference, or even specific artistic goals you had when collaborating with Jeff Giles?
West: No. I always wanted there to be three sounds to the movie. There was going to be '80s synthesizer stuff or '80s drone stuff, feedback or just the creepy ambient stuff which I do with Graham [Reznick], the sound designer; that was a prerequisite because that was what makes some of the scenes scary and just puts an overall tone under things to make them creepy. I was very adamant about the movie having a consistent piano theme a la a TV movie from the '60s, '70s or '80s.
Cinematical: Like the Incredible Hulk music by Joe Harnell.
West: Well, not the Incredible Hulk walking away, but I think The Changeling has that great music box theme, so something along the lines of that. That was very difficult, because you walk a very fine line with that, and I think Jeff did a really good job. And then at the end, I want it to be just an all-out, just huge almost like attack on the audience with huge percussion and strings and all this stuff. We used artillery shells and all of this weird stuff for that, so again, it was about that element of contrast, about having this throughline and then the stark change at the end.
Cinematical: Without the context of the 1980s, do you think that you can make a contemporary horror movie that could operate the same way, possess that patience, and be successful?
West: Yeah. I think so. I think Antichrist isn't a fast-paced movie. I don't think Let the Right One In is a fast-paced movie – although that might be period, but I don't remember. But either way, it's like cell phones create a lame problem with storytelling, and the internet is not really cool for movies. Those things are effective, but there's no reason that a movie has to be paced like this [snapping his fingers quickly]. There's no reason that you have to abandon suspense. Because I've been through it with a studio situation; I have a friend right now who has a movie, it's not a horror movie, but it's a really good movie and they're happy with the way it turned out and the studio is very happy with it, but it didn't test well. Now, the studio's going, oh now we have to change it, and he's like, but you like it! And you know it's good! So why don't you just leave it alone and just expect that some people are going to like it and some aren't? They're just going to change it because no one has any personal accountability for anything any more, and I think that's a huge, huge part of the problem. You have too many people involved, and too many people that worry, "what if some people don't like it?" Some people are going to hate this movie, and some are going to love this movie, and there's not going to be a lot of middle ground.
But if someone were to say to me, "people are going to hate the movie, we've got to change it," it's like, no, f*ck them. Because if we change it then the people who loved the movie will hate it. You can't win, and it's all subjective. It ended I think in the late '80s, this idea of making serious movies; in the '90s, MTV-style editing and mass marketing, research, testing, all of that stuff became a huge part of the process, and it's become too dependent on that, and it's made [it] lowest common denominator. The studios, the people in charge are idiots – most of the time. Not all of the time. But a lot of the time it's like frat dudes that got a job; they're in control of the kind of movies that you want, and you wonder why there's not better movies. Well, you've got to demand it, and you've got to support the good stuff and not support the bad stuff.
Cinematical: Do you consider yourself a genre filmmaker?
West: No, not entirely. I'd like to make mostly horror movies, but not only horror movies.
Cinematical: What's coming up for you next? I know there was some hullabaloo about Cabin Fever 2...
West: There certainly is hullabaloo. That's an Alan Smithee situation for me, though I can't actually use the credit, but yeah, that's a bummer. I have a web series coming out on the 26th for IFC called Dead & Lonely, that I'm excited about. And then another movie seems like [it will happen] very soon after that, knock on wood.
Cinematical: I know there was some contention about the cut of House of the Devil that was screened at Tribeca, which has now been restored. But how have those experiences with this film and Cabin Fever 2 maybe affected what you're doing going forward? Is there a lesson to take away from those battles you can apply to future projects?
West: You've got to trust your gut. I always look at it like, okay, I wrote, directed and edited this movie, and no matter what, I take the blame for everything. So if people hate the movie because they think it's boring, fine, understood. It doesn't upset me at all because I'm very happy with the movie that I made, but if I'm not happy with the movie I made, then I can't take the responsibility for it. it's a personal experience for me and I believe, like, what if I never make a movie again? I'm going to compromise and the last movie I make in my life was compromised? That sucks. So as long as I have the energy to fight, I will always be very adamant about trying to do things that I feel support the art that I'm making. I'm a little bit difficult because of it, but this is not so much a career for me as much as it is a lifestyle.
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Gov. Terry Branstad this morning declined to jump into the legislative irritability that has surrounded property tax reform.
"Listen, I'm not going to criticize anybody. I'm going to try to work with everybody," Branstad said when asked this morning if House Speaker Kraig Paulsen's weekend comments calling the Democratic plan "junk" was ill-advised.
The overall objective is to cut the percent of assessed value that a commercial and industrial property is taxed. Currently those properties are taxed at 100 percent while homeowners are taxed on roughly 50 percent of their values, which members of both parties say creates inequities among property classes.
The debate has been ongoing for years but last week both Democrats and Republicans released another version of their ideas.
Both versions would essentially accomplish about the same level of business property tax reductions if fully implemented. That's a savings of $320million to $360 million, or about 25 percent off what businesses now pay.
But the House version would also limit local governments from raising property taxes beyond a level based partly on a consumer price index and set by the state. It would take effect automatically, mostly over a five-year period. The Senate version would be contingent largely on future state revenue growth.
Democrats say their plan helps assure that tax changes are done responsibly and don't leave state or local government treasuries cash-strapped.
Republicans, on the other hand, say their plan further assures that homeowners won't get hit with a mammoth tax shift. Additionally, they say their version assures that the tax cuts will be carried out, something they say would boost economic development efforts.
Branstad and his staff met frequently with Democrats for several weeks before the Senate plan was released last week. His administration has said it has some of the general framework that they believe is necessary in gaining agreement on the issue.
"We know it's complicated," Branstad said. "We want people to understand it. We want them to communicate to their legislator the importance of not again leaving own without doing something on this."
The Legislative session's 100th day – the day lawmakers stop receiving their per diem pay – was April 17.
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