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Welcome to today's New Orleans Saints Mailbag. Today we look at what at least one reader believes is political bias in reporting on the NFL lockout.
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Q: As I read the national articles about the lockout I see lots of pro player stuff and almost no, except for one CBS article, pro owner articles. For example, the majority or national articles mention how conservative the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is. A CBS writer even called them the tea party of the courts. Yet no one, and I mean no one, has mentioned how liberal Judge Susan Nelson is. She worked for the
A: Rob, You do have a point. Before we address it, however, I must take issue with your claim that, "no one, and I mean no one, has mentioned how liberal Judge Susan Nelson is." Here is a paragraph from my story in The Times-Picayune on April 6: "For those who stake much on judicial resumes, Nelson would appear to be a much safer bet for the plaintiffs than the owners. An Oberlin graduate, she was a trial lawyer who worked on huge tobacco litigation cases in the 1990s. She was nominated for the federal bench by President Obama and took up her gavel last December. All of those planks suggest her legal pedigree favors unions."
Furthermore, The Times-Picayune has reported on how federal District Judge David Doty, also a force in the various courtroom sagas shaping the country's most popular sport, has always sided with the union - a position that dovetails with the owners' and the NFL's statements (also reported in The Times-Picayune) that the league has historically fared much better at the appeals than the district level. We aren't the only papers to report most of this, and my point is only that readers of The Times-Picayune, I'd argue, are getting both sides.
That said, I agree with my co-worker Jeff Duncan in the sense political bias hasn't been a "problem" with the lockout reporting. My experience in
Still, it's a safe bet most sports reporters, particularly on the national level, are liberal Democrats. For example, the reporter you say called the 8th Circuit the, "Tea Party of courts," is obviously a liberal. And, if it was a 'straight' news story, it's telling the editor (odds are also a liberal Democrat) let it go. But maybe it was a column. Jeff Duncan, for instance, could write something like that (although, to his credit, he doesn't) whereas Mike Triplett and I should not. So perhaps the CBS guy wasn't indulging in leftist editorializing, but rather expressing an opinion in an opinion piece. And it's worth noting that it is true the 8th Circuit is among the most conservative courts in the country - almost all the judges there were appointed by Republican presidents. The conservative makeup of the 8th Circuit makes it almost the opposite of the liberal 9th Circuit on the West Coast.
So, on the one hand, it is factually accurate to say Judge Nelson is liberal and most of the 8th Circuit judges are conservative (in the 2-1 ruling that stayed Judge Nelson's injunction, the dissenting judge was one of the only Democratically-appointed jurists in the circuit). The problem is when a reporter labels one side but not the other.
Finally, though, the question is this: is it a serious issue if a reporter on the NFL lockout favors the players over the owners (full disclosure: I'm a conservative and I think the players have the better case)? Is that really the same as, say, smearing a president in an election year with obviously forged documents or ignoring a murderous rouge Army unit in Afghanistan now when earlier Abu Ghraib garnered relentless front-page attention? I would argue it is not and that the difference is unquestionably political. But we aren't talking about
That does not mean sports reporting matters less or should be taken more flippantly. Sports are undeniably a matter of public interest; not all of it is 'in' the public interest, or ultimately impacts what is in the public interest as much. It seems to me knee-jerk pro-player reporting in, say, stories about a star player's contract negotiations with management, or knee-jerk pro-owner stories about ticket price hikes would be a real disservice to readers and reflect sloppy or biased reporting. I see a throwaway line in a story about the lockout (which should have been cut) as less of an indictment.
I guess what this diatribe comes down to is, Rob, you're absolutely correct: liberal bias permeates American journalism. And Jeff Duncan is correct this hasn't been a genuine problem in lockout coverage.
Q: Have the Saints said yet what they will do about season ticket purchases if any games are lost due to the lockout?
James Richard
Shreveport, LA
A: They have not, James. The snide answer would be they are too busy chortling over their success in selling out 73,000 seats in a newly renovated Superdome. And you can't blame them for being a bit chesty about that - there are plenty of teams in the NFL (whose owners' heels are probably deeper in the dirt on the lockout than others) who would love to be in the strong financial position the Saints are in. What's more, the Saints have not, to date, cut anyone's pay or laid anyone off, something that can't be said of what may soon be a majority of clubs.
But the reason for this, at least publicly, isn't that the Saints don't have to worry financially because they are a very good team with a committed fan base. I think it's because the club is operating on the assumption the lockout won't last forever. Certainly that is the public position of team officials and I see no reason to doubt them at this point in time. I don't even think you could tar the Saints as hypocritical if that changes, say, two months from now. After all, if the lockout has continued to drag on and Judge Doty has slapped the owners with a hefty fine because he ruled they operated in bad faith by pooling television revenue then the Saints would be looking at a completely different environment than they are now.
At that point I think the Saints would be compelled to address your legitimate question.


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The Panthers just took a 7-0 lead with 2:43 left in the first quarter on a 41-yard TD pass from Matt Moore to Steve Smith. Smith torched New England cornerback Shawn Springs on the play. Springs got no safety help and even though Moore's pass had enough air on it that Smith had to slow down just a hair, it was plenty good enough for the TD.
The two-play, 48-yard drive was set up by a great defensive play. On New England's third possession, Chris Gamble made a fine interception of Tom Brady on a sideline pass.
Brady made a poor throw, Randy Moss didn't seem to try that hard to get there and Gamble -- the only one with a chance to catch it -- hauled it in at the New England 48. Jonathan Stewart then ran for seven yards before the Panthers went deep on second-and-3.
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Panthers up 7-0 on Smith TD
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Go Gamble! Go Moore! Go Smith! I'm loving this! Let's keep this up!
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The West Chester University men's basketball team apparently likes playing in tournaments.
The Golden Rams (9-2) have won three consecutive tournaments dating to last season. Their latest tournament championship came in the Doc Jacobs Classic in Vermont during the holidays. They won it with a 70-59 victory over Mercyhurst and a 67-60 triumph over Queens College.
Senior co-captain Damien Blair, a Haverford School graduate, is setting the pace for WCU. He had 32 points in the two tourney games. Entering Saturday's game against Edinboro, the 6-foot, 2-inch Blair was averaging 19.9 points a game. He also had 16 steals and 32 assists this season.


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Earning date got announced today. 2weeks we shall know how the company has been running.
Will a repeat of the last earning happen where the stock hit a new low the day before the announcement?
That spring (shake out) to $4.80 turned out to be a great buying opportunity as the stock price subsequently went up 27% over the next 3 weeks. But it was hard to buy....a new low on 1.37M shares...scary. In hindsight however, that spring with 1.37M shares went under March 8th which had 7.45M shares....1.37 vs 7.45.......a false break down.


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Eric Rudder: .Net's General
Position: The exec behind Microsoft's .Net initiative
Contribution: Pushed this Microsoft megaproject for sharing and using information over the Internet quickly into the mainstream, winning big customers such as Citigroup and Marks & Spencer
Challenge: Winning over customers suspicious of Microsoft's track record on security and privacy
At age 35, Eric Rudder has already had a full career. For four years, longer than anyone else has held the slot, Rudder served as Bill Gates's technology assistant, a position akin to chief-of-staff. Having survived that -- and demonstrated both his technical acumen and loyalty -- Rudder was rewarded with the confusing title of senior vice-president for developer and platform evangelism. Put more simply, he's in charge of Gates' latest "bet the company" initiative.
Primarily, that means making sure the software development community cottons to Redmond's massive .Net (pronounced dot-net) initiative, a package of software and tools that will let coders easily integrate the disparate systems within companies that until now have been difficult and expensive to mesh. That, in turn, will make it possible to move larger amounts of information around the Internet and across a wide variety of devices.
Equally important, Rudder has to make sure that Microsoft's squadrons of software engineers make .Net as pleasing as possible to a large lineup of potential corporate customers. At stake for Microsoft are both billions in future software revenues and a key role in building the architecture that will underlie much of the next-generation Internet.
Clearly, the pressure on Rudder is enormous. Gates likes to jest that the estimated $5 billion per year Microsoft is spending to develop .Net is "our moon shot," says Rudder. Gates never has revealed the true total cost, however. And, in fact, he might not know exactly, since .Net is so embedded in Microsoft's overall strategy. When asked how many people actually work on the project, Rudder jokingly replies by asking how many people work at the software king.
It's a fair answer, as Microsoft isn't alone in betting that the entire computing universe will one day depend on better sharing and use of information -- the basic idea behind both .Net and the nascent Web-services industry. ".Net is at the core of linking all these things.... Microsoft Office with Web services connected to an SQL [database] server using .Net software is much stronger than just Office alone," says Rudder.
To persuade the computing establishment to put so much trust -- and power -- in the hands of Microsoft will be a tall order. In fact, much of the software development world remains divided into pro- and anti-Microsoft camps.
It's no surprise, then, that Rudder has championed the use of so-called open standards in .Net, including SOAP (simple object access protocol) and XML (extensible markup language). These standards serve as the syntax that lets different flavors of Web services from different companies easily communicate over the wires. "As we walked through the scenarios, it was clear we needed to encompass a large number of devices and work with a large number of partners," says Rudder.
This time around, Microsoft has shown a new sensitivity about stepping on people's toes. Redmond has already backed away from some of the seemingly more enveloping aspects of .Net, such as its vision of ubiquitous use of the so-called Passport Wallet to store data about Web users.
And Rudder concedes that security is a key concern of his coders as they push forward toward more intelligent uses of .Net, such as informing everyone due at a meeting via e-mail and pager that one of the participants is late because of a delayed flight.
So far, Rudder says, he's pleased with customer response. Citigroup is using .Net to create financial "dashboards" that people in its organization can use for everything from finding bond yields to getting breaking market news. And British retailer Marks & Spencer has used .Net to connect complicated antifraud software to transaction stations in department stores, making it easier to spot bogus credit cards. Those are two of the first steps on the very long journey the affable Rudder must travel to make .Net live up to its hype.
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Parkour, Parkour!
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So, today was our first family Parkour lesson with NZ Parkour Association!
It was a fun, two-hour intro class which they do once a month (first Sunday of the month), and there was a group of about 10-12 with DH being the oldest and DS being the youngest!
I had a great time. My legs petered out around the half-way mark, which was after a warm up, working on basic jumps and landings. We did a few other movements such as a side-leap thing (name i cannot remember) over a waist-high bar, and then some great quadriped movements there and back again, and then cat-walking on a ledge.
Then we started on rolls, which was fun but confusing -- though I managed to get one right -- and then we did some conditioning for the last half hour where I got chicken and didn't do two things, and my legs were wobbly which made doing the quadriped movement upstairs backwards really awkward and seriously difficult. Made me laugh the whole time.
The kid was absolutely game for the first hour or so, and then played with sticks and watched us, and then demanded ice cream (which he didn't get. he got eggs and oranges!).
All in all, an awesome time. They meet casually every sunday for some fun group training, and then the intro class is beginning of the month. We'll probably do several intro classes just to have the instruction and insight into the form.
Did I mention that I'm sore?
It's awesome!
Parkour, Parkour!
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I thought that was funny in The Office. We think of it a fair bit when we do these things.
I'm jealous, Zoe. Wish there was a parkour somethin'-somethin' where I am. I'd be curious to do an introduction, anyway.
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Jealous!! Sounds awesome. I've always wanted to try and would be stoked to find a good starting point!
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This might be a resource for you, Kakes.
And for anyone else who comes on the thread, it's easy. Go to google. Type in "parkour and [your city]" and guess what? Resources!
I wish there was parkour in NYC....
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lol iniquity. there def is!
A great resource for Parkour training vids: DemonDrills - YouTube I subscribe to their channel and they post exercises pretty often.


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When Jeremy Barfield broke spring training and received his assignment to Double-A Midland, he was prepared to spend the entire season there given the talent above him in the outfield on the organizational depth chart.
"I mentally prepared myself this year that I was going to be in Midland for the entire year," Barfield said. "If that changes, that would be an awesome surprise. Midland isn't an awesome park to hit at, but sure enough I hit seven home runs there. If I can do that in Midland, then who knows what I can do in a hitter-friendly league."
And get to a hitter-friendly league he did. Barfield was promoted to Triple-A Sacramento on May 8, moving up a level during the season for the first time since he was drafted in the eighth round by the A's in 2008. The outfielder is off to a nice start with two home runs in nine games, after hitting eight to start the season with the RockHounds.
As a hitter, Barfield had been known as a free swinger needing to work on his plate discipline. In 2009 through 2012, Barfield's walk rate decreased as he ascended through the minor league levels. But through a series of physical and mental adjustments, Barfield nearly doubled walk rate in his first 26 games with Midland to 12.3 percent from 6.6.
"Now, you see a much better, more disciplined hitter with a lot of power," River Cats manager Steve Scarsone said. "He's putting the ball in the play. Overall, I like the progression he's seen here."
The relationship between Scarsone and Barfield dates back to 2009 when they were both with Low-A Kane County. Since then, the duo has risen through the minor leagues together at each stop from Stockton to Midland, and now Sacramento. The first month of this season was the first time since 2009 Scarsone wasn't Barfield's manager since coming to the organization.
"He's a great manager, he's going to manage in the big leagues some day," Barfield said.
Barfield, 6'5'' and 220 pounds, has always possessed the tools to make it to the major leagues, but his approach left something to be desired. In the Texas League, his power potential was there, but his career .321 on-base average kept his OPS to just 731. Like other outfielders in the organization, Barfield may have been a victim of the numbers game given the recent influx of outfielders to the higher levels of the A's organization (including the big leagues). As time went on, Barfield became less focused on the big picture.
"At the end of the day – they even told us this in spring training – you're not just playing for us, you're playing for 29 other teams out there," Barfield said. "If I can open the eyes of my organization or other organizations out there, it opens up more possibilities."
The son of former big leaguer Jesse Barfield and the brother of former major league infielder Josh Barfield has worked on compacting his movements at the plate, particularly in his load as the pitch arrives. Pairing his new mechanics with his patience has benefited him greatly in the season's first two months.
"We like to use the term 'clicky,'" Barfield explained. "It wasn't a smooth transition with my load. I'm a big guy, just to be able to use my leverage to the most of my ability."
"Midland can be a tough place to hit," Scarsone added. "That's a grind there. He's paid his dues with that.
"I would say the playing conditions have improved from there and you find a lot of guys that become better hitters as they move up because pitchers are more around the plate, especially for a guy that, earlier in his career, was a free swinger. He got himself a little shorter and a little more selective."
Barfield was near the career 300-game mark for the RockHounds before getting called up and admitted his weariness of the Texas League grind. But coming to the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League should allow the organization a better chance at assessing Barfield's major-league potential.


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On the occasion of Václav Havel's seven week residence at Columbia University, Czech Studies and the Harriman Institute have organized several remarkable events that will be of interest to Habsburgers. Our marquee event will be a one-day symposium featuring appearances by some of President Havel's closest associates from both his dissident and presidential years, and the leading North American experts on his literary and theatrical work. We look forward to seeing you at this event, and encourage you to visit Columbia's Czech Studies website, at http://sipa.columbia.edu/regional/ECE/Czech.html for information on other events. For more information about the dozens of events surrounding President Havel's residency, please see http://www.havel.columbia.edu.
A Symposium - The Examined Life:
The Literature and Politics of Václav Havel
Saturday, 11 November
Room 1501, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Catharine Nepomnyashchy: Director, Harriman Institute
Morning Session on Literature: 10:00-12:30
Moderator: Christopher Harwood, Lecturer in the Slavic Department, Columbia University.
Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz: Professor Emerita in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia, author of The Silenced Theatre: Czech Playwrights Without a Stage, and co-editor of Critical Essays on Václav Havel.
"Václav Havel's Theater: Plays for Our Times"
Paul Wilson: Freelance writer, editor (Havel's Open Letters, among others), and translator of Škvorecký, Hrabal, and Klíma and many of Havel's plays, letters, speeches and essays.
"Reading Havel: Remarks on a Life in Translation"
Peter Steiner: Professor in the Slavic Department, University of Pennsylvania, Director - Penn in Prague, and author of The Deserts of Bohemia: Czech Fiction and its Social Context.
"The Power of the Image: Vaclav Havel's Visual Poetry"
Carol Rocamora: Professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and author of the new biography Acts of Courage: Václav Havel's Life in the Theater.
"Havel's Drama on the English-Speaking Stage"
Afternoon Session on Politics: 2:00-4:30
Moderator: Bradley Abrams, Associate Professor, History Department, Columbia University.
Ambassador Martin Palouš: Czech Ambassador to the United Nations, former Czech Ambassador to the United States and former spokesperson of Charter 77
"What Antipolitical Politics Is and What It Is Not"
Jiří Pehe: Director, NYU in Prague, former Director of the Political Department of Havel's Presidential Office.
"Václav Havel: From a Political Dissident to a Dissident Politician"
Petr Pithart: First Deputy Chairperson and former Chairperson of the Czech Senate, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, and leading dissident in communist Czechoslovakia.
"The Dissident and Intellectual in Politics: The Three Roles of Václav Havel"
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In the last few days, ads were hung up in Mt. of Olives in East Jerusalem announcing the depositing of plan no. 51870 for the construction of the Israeli Military College. The public is granted 60 days to file any objections or reservations to the plan, after which the Regional Planning Committee can discuss the objections and approve the plan. The planned college would serve as the academy for training senior commanders in the Israeli Military and the Security Forces.
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Mountain Dulcimer
The Cabin Creek teardrop-shaped Mountain Dulcimer is in
the historic Southwestern Virginia style. It is patterned after an historic instrument
over 100 years old from this area. The Cabin Creek hourglass model is reminiscent
of early mountain dulcimers from Kentucky.
The shapes of both style Mountain Dulcimers are
aesthetically beautiful and properly proportioned. Each is made from
"scratch". They are not assorted pieces bought from a supplier and put
together. Every instrument is made by me, from rough lumber to finished
instrument. Each Mountain Dulcimer is crafted with an aesthetically pleasing
overhang, like a violin/fiddle and is signed, numbered and dated. Most of the woods used are native to appalachia and
harvested from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Included with each instrument:
Extra strings and an electronic tuner/pickup are available--see the accessories page
Mountain Dulcimers pictured below are available for immediate sale:
The Hourglass Dulcimer
The Teardrop Dulcimer
This mountain dulcimer is constructed entirely of CHERRY
It has vine patterned sound holes
The sound is clear, sweet and on the quieter side
This instrument is not to be played in a large room without being miked
Item # HGDUL1077......$389.00
The soundboard of this teardrop shaped mountain dulcimer is very straight grained REDWOOD
It has vine-patterned sound holes
The sound rings out and is very responsive with a good amount of sustain
The drone strings also stand out
Item # TDDUL1092......$389.00
This entire mountain dulcimer is constructed of BLACK WALNUT except for the fret board which is wormy maple, and it compliments the black walnut very well
The sound holes are moon and stars
The sound is very pleasing and balanced from end to end
The 4th string (drone) blends in perfectly with the other strings. The instrument is medium loud
Item # HGDUL1084......$389.00
This teardrop shaped mountain dulcimer is constructed entirely of CHERRY
It has moon and stars sound holes
The sound resonates nicely and is balanced
Item # TDDUL1093......$389.00
RED CEDAR graces the soundboard of this hourglass mountain dulcimer with vine patterned sound holes
The rest of the instrument is medium brown butternut (white walnut)
The sound is full, rich and medium loud. It has a nice balance of overtones and sustain.
Item # HGDUL1080......$389.00
This mountain dulcimer soundboard is straight-grained clear (no knots), deep red RED CEDAR with vine motif sound holes
The rest of the instrument is black walnut
The sound is balanced, clean, melodic and medium loud
Item # TDDUL1094......$389.00
The soundboard of this hourglass mountain dulcimer consists of WHITE CEDAR that has dark brown streaks running lengthwise
The rest of the instrument is a richly colored mahogany
It has a vine pattern for the sound holes
The sound is medium loud and sounds clean, with a nice melodic ring
Item # HGDUL1081......$389.00
BUTTERNUT comprises this entire mountain dulcimer
There are a few worm holes on the sound board and back causing no problem whatsosever, just exhibiting character
There is also a couple of worm holes grouped together on the left side of the fret board (see photo)
The sound holes are a moon and stars motif
The sound is very lively, it rings out and is moderately loud
Item # TDDUL1095......$389.00
The soundboard of this mountain dulcimer is straight-grained WESTERN RED CEDAR with vine motif sound holes
The sound is very balanced from end to end and has a nice full rich sound
Item # HGDUL1082......$389.00
This entire mountain dulcimer is constructed of AMERICAN CHESTNUT of various shades, grains and worm and nail holes
This wood came from a school house in Ashe County, NC that was torn down in the late 1970s
It has traditional f-holes for sound holes
The sound is more mellow than the hourglass models, yet is full and resonant
Item # TDDUL1097......$389.00
The soundboard of this mountain dulcimer is RED CEDAR
It is marked by some creamy white streaks along the entire top, making for a nice contrast
The back, sides and rest of the dulcimer are black walnut
The sound has a medium ring balanced and pleasant
Item # HGDUL1086......$389.00
The soundboard of this mountain dulcimer is YELLOW POPLAR though its actual color is greenish (that really doesnt show in the photo)
The sound holes are 4 f-holes
The sound is very pleasant, full, rich and melodic
Item # HGDUL1087......$389.00
This mountain dulcimer is made from absolutely gorgeous AMERICAN CHESTNUT
The color is rich brown dotted with a fair amount of small worm holes
The wood comes from a demolished school in Ashe County, NC, circa 1979
The sound holes are f-holes
The sound is warm, clear and soft-to-medium loud a nice personal instrument
Item # HGDUL1091......$389.00
This is an interesting mountain dulcimer because it is constructed of different shades of MAHOGANY
The sound board is light toned, the sides are a little darker and the back is a deep red, as are the end blocks and fret board
The sound holes are traditional f-holes
The sound is very resonate with moderate sustain. It is also medium loud and just a good sounding instrument
Item # HGDUL1083......$389.00
The soundboard of this mountain dulcimer is a beautiful piece of straight-grained solid red RED CEDAR with vine patterned sound holes
The back, sides and rest of the instrument are black walnut
The sound is quite balanced, melodic and resonant. It is also medium loud
Item # HGDUL1088......$389.00
This entire mountain dulcimer is constructed of CHERRY
The sound holes are a vine pattern
The sound is sweet, warm and clear. A great sounding dulcimer
Item # HGDUL1089......$389.00
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To the Editor:
Recently, I had the privilege of meeting Jason Dougherty, the Republican candidate for Logan Township Council. He impressed me with his interest in my personal views regarding issues that I consider important to the residents.
These issues include the impact of recent property reassessments on county and local taxes, as well as potential long-term effects of consolidation on the level of services that Logan residents currently enjoy.
It has been a long time since someone has reached out in my neighborhood to seek my opinion. Dougherty disproved my opinion that Logan candidates consider elections as a mere formality with no need to reach out to the residents.
I want my fellow residents to know that they do have an alternative to Democrat Bernadine Jackson, the candidate offered by the current township leadership. The council currently maintains a 5-0 majority with no voice of opposition.
I believe that Logan Township would be well served by having Jason Dougherty elected to the township council.
Don Wallin
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September 30, 2013
SMS Undergraduate Awarded NSF Travel Grant
Late last week third-year SMS undergraduate Tyler Carrier was awarded $1,000 travel by the National Science Foundation to attend and present at the North American Echinoderm Conference held at the University of Western Florida in June 2014. Tyler's talk will be titled: Responses of Dendraster excentricus larvae when exposed to Pleurobrachia bachei.
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On a sunny July day , Jeffrey Dubois hops into a boat at the dock of the University of Maine's Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Wearing a blaze orange life vest, cargo shorts, T-shirt and a baseball cap, he starts the motor and heads out to the right side of the pier. He steers the boat toward one of four trapping stations he has set up along the shore in the Damariscotta River estuary. Accompanied by a fellow researcher, he hauls a trap from...
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Walpole, Maine — In the wake of dramatic glacier retreat and ice shelf collapses on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, a University of Maine marine scientist will explore how Antarctic corals, which provide habitat for thousands of connected species, cope with warming ocean water.
Rhian Waller, an associate research professor in the School of Marine Sciences, received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $381,384 for the two-year project titled "Cold Corals in Hot Water —...


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FLUSHING, Michigan — The staff of the Flushing School District's 17-year-old summer latchkey program have playing, learning and having fun down to a science.
The program, which begins the day after school ends and culminates Aug. 15, provides parents with a safe and affordable place for their children to spend weekdays.
Children ages 3-12 can participate. Parents do not have to commit to a set schedule — they only pay for the days their child attends, and drop-in prices are no more than daily prices.
"During the summer, we accept anyone. We have a lot of parents who work in Flushing but don't live in Flushing," said Terri Kangas, program coordinator, who has worked in the latchkey programs for 20 years. The schools also have latchkey programs at the elementary schools and Early Childhood Center during the school year for Flushing students.
A staff of 14 cares for the approximately 72 children attending the summer program, which takes place at the Early Childhood Center, 409 Chamberlain St. All staff must pass a background check, have a health appraisal, and be certified in child and adult first aid and CPR. Full-time employees take 12 hours of child development training each year.
"It's play-oriented," Kangas said of the program. "But we also like to take the skills they learned in school and make sure they don't lose them during the summer and learn some new skills."
Children take classes taught by Longway Planetarium staff to learn more about science.
They go to the Flushing Township Nature Park on Mondays, where they do such activities as go on nature hikes, observe birds or learn about recycling.
The children go to Tucker Pool on Tuesdays, preceded by an A&W meal, of course.
Field trips include outings to the Ligon Center, where they can pretend to be archeologists by digging up hidden objects, or going to the Saginaw Children's Zoo.
Staff also walk children to nearby Central Elementary School, where they can play baseball in the field or enjoy the playground equipment. Equipment for the younger children is available at the Early Childhood Center.
The children have use of two gyms, an arts and crafts area, blocks, games and more at the Early Childhood Center.
"They don't go back to school and say, 'I didn't do anything this summer,'" Kangas said.
Many staff members have worked in the program more than five years and several are school staff members.
"I love working with the kids. The staff is wonderful and the parents are wonderful. I like all the different things the kids do. We have a diverse group of children," said Nancy Smith, who has worked in Flushing's latchkey programs for 20 years. She is a special education paraprofessional at Springview Elementary School during the school year.
"The latchkey kids we had years ago are now bringing their kids here. It says a lot for the program," Kangas said.


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The literati descend on New Orleans for the Tennessee Williams Festival. Find more things to do in New Orleans on Thursday (March 20).
- Art in Bloom features lectures, a luncheon, and a fashion show.
- The New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity joins forces with the Academy of the Sacred Heart and Metairie Park Country Day School to present student art depicting the theme "Home Dat," with music by Country Day students, plus food and drinks.
- The National World War II Museum celebrates the opening of its new exhibit, "From Barbed Wire to Battlefields: Japanese-American Experiences in WWII," with a reception; a presentation by Shizue Seigel, author of "In Good Conscience: Supporting Japanese-Americans During the Internment"; and a book signing.
- The New Orleans Moonshiners perform as part of the Thursdays at Twilight concert series.
- Ogden After Hours presents a performance and interview with the Nashville Songwriters Round, featuring Jim McCormick and Kristin Diable.
- HandsOn New Orleans presents the Spring Bacchanalia, a competitive wine tasting fundraiser. Teams (up to 3 people) bring 3 identical bottles of French red wine for blind tasting, and the crowd votes for their favorite, at a party with raffles, passed hors d'oeuvres, and a cash bar.
- David Freedman, general manager of WWOZ-FM, and Mary Ellen Carroll, a New York artist, discuss Thomas Bernhard's novel, "The Loser" as part of the continuing P.3 Reads series.
- Mercy Endeavors Senior Center, which is raising money to build a new facility on Jackson Avenue, presents the Jazzin' on Jackson gala with food and drink from local restaurants, an auction, and music by Phillip Manuel.
Scholar Elijah Wald investigates Jelly Roll Morton, rap, and the tinted lens of history at Tulane lecture.
- Lyrics, Beats and Masterpieces at Ashe Cultural Arts Center brings together the underground hip-hop, spoken word, dance and soul scenes for an evening of collaborations, this time focusing on Latino hip-hop and visual artists.
- The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto, performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 15, featuring guest artist Juho Pohjonen, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad").
- Helen Gillet holds it down at Chickie Wah Wah.
- New Orleans Literary and Performance Series presents a tribute to the late Tom Dent, featuring Quo Vadis Gex Breaux, Dr. Jerry W. Ward Jr., Gaynielle Neville, and Dave Brinks, followed by an open mic. The free show at the Gold Mine Saloon starts at 8.


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June 21, 2013
From the first time he proposed it, Ohio Gov. John Kasich's plan to increase taxes on the oil and gas drilling industries was controversial....
Tax the Frackers. The Big Oil & Gas Companies can afford to pay their fair share. On this one, Kasich is right on and the Big Gas & Oil Lobbyists wrong on.
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Elfwyn's Sagaby David Wisniewski
In this wonderful fairytale, a girl, who is blind, becomes the village hero by maintaining her courage and by helping them return to their values. A beautiful, wise and brave girl, a magnificent horse, a curse, the Hidden Folk and how we got the Northern Lights all blend to make this a delightful and exciting story. This book includes picture descriptions. Other books by David Wisniewski are available from Bookshare.
Golemby David Wisniewski
Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski's unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. The afterword discusses the legend of the golem and its roots in the history of the Jews. A Caldecott Medal Book.
Halloweeniesby David Wisniewski
"Get ready to shriek...with laughter! Within these covers lurk five horror spoofs just waiting to tickle your funny bone. Can it survive the shaggy shenanigans of "Frankenstein's Hamster"? Can it endure the galactic giggles of "Attack of the Space Toupees"? Yes, you say... Well, grab your popcorn! The lights are going down! The curtains are going up! It's time for the first showing of... " Publishers Weekly In five stories modeled on creature-feature movies, Wisniewski, working more in the vein of his The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups than his Caldecott-winning Golem, [available from Bookshare] warms up old gags. Pen-and-inks of three movie-going boys imply the intended audience, and so do lowbrow jokes about a castle's "big buttress" and a sherpa named "Duk Pin Bo Ling." A pushy cosmetologist turns a werewolf into a "werewuss," and, in "Attack of the Space Toupees," the wives of exclusively male government officials thwart a UFO plot (the vanquished aliens respond with sinister "space girdles"). Ages 7-up. Pictures are described. Other books by David Wisniewski are available from Bookshare.
The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Upsby David Wisniewski
From Publisher's Weekly: Caldecott winner Wisniewski (Golem) [available from Bookshare] spoofs conspiracy theories in this "confidential" volume, with a jacket designed to resemble a sealed manila envelope and illustrated with intricate cut-paper collages. "As a parent, I went along with it all at first: going to secret meetings... preparing for the day when my kids would want to know why this and why that. But not anymore!" confesses the narrator, whose typewritten words fill a crumpled sheet of brown paper. On the pages that follow, bulletins labeled "TOP SECRET" offer classified information. For example, "Grown-up Rule #31: Eat your vegetables" is followed by "Official Reason: They're good for you." This leads to "The Truth: You don't eat vegetables because they're good for you. You eat vegetables to k...." Here the document is torn as if by an enemy, and a turn of the page reveals, in oversize type: "to keep them under control!" A tyrannosaurus-style broccoli stalk marauds across the accompanying illustration, joined in its depredations by equally sinister carrots, radishes, etc. The engagingly silly formula repeats throughout, the text and the art consistent in their over-the-top humor and sure execution. The mock-official presentation gleefully contrasts with the utter ridiculousness of the "facts," just as the painstaking cut-paper technique contrasts with the loony wit of the compositions themselves. Yet, strangely, the findings seem to prove that young readers should comb their hair and stop blowing bubbles in their milk-could this exposé be the work of a double agent? The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups: The Second File continues the fun and is also available from Bookshare. This book includes picture descriptions.
The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second Fileby David Wisniewski
IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN! DAVID WISNIEWSKI has completed another daring raid into the vault of parent rules. Within these forbidden pages lurk the real reasons why grown-ups want you to brush your teeth, eat your breakfast, and clean under your bed. The truth has been hidden for centuries, but the time of mystery is over. Grab a flashlight! Get under cover. It's time for ... finding out why your stomach throws tantrums; knowing why your teeth might leave you at home; chewing bubble gum might explode you; and, (but certainly not most important of all) discerning why cleaning under your bed may prevent dust grizzlies! Other books by David Wisniewski are available from Bookshare. Picture descriptions are included.
Sundiata: Lion King of Maliby David Wisniewski
In the thirteenth century, Sundiata overcame physical handicaps, social disgrace, and strong opposition to rule the West African trading empire of Mali.
The Warrior and the Wise Manby David Wisniewski
From the book: Tozaemon was the greatest warrior in the land. His twin brother, Toemon, was the greatest wise man. Their father, the emperor, set them a task: to bring him the five eternal elements. The brother who returned first with the elements would become the next emperor. Toemon carried no swords, and his humble donkey was no match for Tozaemon's fiery steed. To gallop across the countryside, overcome the guardian demons, and be off with the precious elements would surely be easy for Tozaemon, brave and fierce and superbly trained in the arts of war. How could his thoughtful, gentle brother hope to claim the throne? The cut paper illustrations are described. Other books by David Wisniewski are available from Bookshare.
The Wave of the Sea Wolfby David Wisniewski
From the book: In a coastal bay in the land of the Tlingit, huge waves arise without warning, engulfing even the largest war canoe in an instant. The young Tlingit princess Kchokeen knows that a spirit called Gonakadet, the Sea-Wolf, lives in these waters, and wonders if it is responsible for the destructive waves. Kchokeen also knows that wealth and honor come to those who see Gonakadet. But when an adventure near the bay concludes with a vision of the Sea-Wolf, the gifts she receives are unexpected, and make her the instrument of profound changes in the destiny of her people. The Pacific Northwest is the setting for this dramatic original story, which draws on Tlingit myth as well as accounts of the Tlingit's first contacts with European adventurers. In addition to the beautifully told story, the book includes a short history of the area where these Indians live. This is a fine book for a school report. Picture descriptions are included.
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Wednesday's Erie region forecast: Sunny, cool
Today should be sunny and cool around the Erie region, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland.
The high temperature will be around 68 degrees.
Clear skies are expected tonight, with a low near 52.
It will be sunny and a bit warmer Thursday, with a high near 74. The low will be around 55.
Friday's forecast is for sunny skies, a high near 78 and a low around 61.
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Milwaukee pubs, restaurants develop taste for aged beers
Some things get better with age. Beer is one of them.
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In Tandem Theatre moves back to funny, perceptive 'Apartment 3A'
Can one argue that really great sex proves the existence of God? Can a play in which a woman verbally counts out her simulated, onstage orgasms still be described as wholesome and old-fashioned? Is actor Jeff Daniels' "Apartment 3A," the comedy triggering these questions, really funny?
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Monday, June 30, 2014
College of Charleston's Bailey Ober and Nick Pappas were named to the Baseball America Freshman All-America First Team, the organization announced Monday.
CofC was one of just two teams with two players on the first team, joining Miami.
The award adds to Ober's trophy case in the 2014 offseason. He has already been named a Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger and the NCBWA, earning the NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year award. Ober was also selected to the ABCA All-Region Second Team. The award marked the first national honor for Pappas in his debut season at CofC.
A freshman from Huntersville, N.C. that's currently competing with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, Ober led all NCAA freshmen pitchers with a 1.52 ERA in 2014. He posted a 10-3 record and won the CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. His WHIP of 0.86 set a new school record and ranked seventh in the country. He finished the season with 85 strikeouts against just 19 walks and opponents hit just .192 off of him.
In three postseason starts, Ober averaged eight innings per start and allowed just five total runs for an ERA of 1.88. He struck out 11 batters and walked just one in wins over William & Mary and Long Beach State and a narrow 1-0 loss at No. 10 Texas Tech in the super regionals.
Coming to CofC from Irmo, S.C. and Dutch Fork High School, Pappas made a big late-season impact as Charleston's first baseman. In eight postseason games, he hit two home runs and three doubles while driving in six RBIs for a slugging percentage of .621. He was named to the CAA All-Tournament team and led CofC with four RBIs in the Gainesville Regional.
On the season, Pappas earned CAA All-Freshman honors after hitting .269 with five homers and 26 RBIs. He slugged .406 while finishing second on the team in doubles (12).
Pappas made his mark at first base with a .993 fielding percentage, putting out 386 batters and tallying 27 assists against just three errors. His fantastic glove work at first base anchored a CofC defense that set a new school record with a .973 fielding percentage.
College of Charleston was the only school from the CAA represented on the list, while South Carolina's Wil Crowe was the only other state school representative.
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'Wingnuts': An Autobiography?
The curious case of John Avlon and the "scary new GOP poll."
Suppose you're walking down the street and some wide-eyed guy comes up to you and says: "Barack Obama is doing many of the things Hitler did. Do you agree?"
That's roughly what the Harris Interactive polling company, inspired by a book called "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America," has done. And they think they've proved you're crazy.
"Scary New GOP Poll," reads the headline at The Daily Beast. In the article, "Wingnuts" author John Avlon declares that "Obama Derangement Syndrome--pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism--has infected the Republican Party." The poll, he claims, "demonstrates the cost of the campaign of fear and hate that has been pumped up in the service of hyper-partisanship over the past 15 months. We are playing with dynamite by demonizing our president and dividing the United States in the process."
In truth, the poll is so deeply flawed that it demonstrates nothing. We already knew that there are people on the fringes of the right who believe crazy things about President Obama, just as there are people on the fringes of the left who believe crazy things about George W. Bush. Harris and Avlon vastly exaggerate the influence of the former group in what appears to be an effort to demonize dissenters. And in this effort, Avlon himself has shown an increasing willingness to employ extreme rhetoric. The self-proclaimed scourge of "wingnuts" is in danger of turning into one himself.
Let's begin with the poll, whose results are detailed in a Harris press release. It prefaced a series of statements with the following question: "On another subject, here are some things people have said about President Obama. Please indicate for each whether you believe it is true or false." Of the 15 statements listed, only two--"He is a Muslim" and "He was not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president"--are straightforward (and false) factual assertions.
The other 13 are matters of opinion ("He is a socialist," "He may be the Anti-Christ") or speculation about his motives ("He resents America's heritage," "He wants the terrorists to win"), most of which almost anyone would agree cast the president in a harshly unfavorable light. The central finding--that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to offer assent to truculent statements about Obama--is not exactly stop-the-presses material.
There are two problems with this survey: the methodology and the questions. Call them the science and art, respectively, of public-opinion research. First the science: When you think of a public-opinion poll, you probably imagine a series of phone calls. But Harris Interactive doesn't use the phone. Here is how the press release described the methodology:
This Harris Poll was conducted online within the United States March 1 and 8, 2010 among 2,320 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Therefore, Harris Interactive avoids the words "margin of error" as they are misleading. All that can be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different probabilities for pure, unweighted, random samples with 100% response rates. These are only theoretical because no published polls come close to this ideal.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in Harris Interactive surveys. The data have been weighted to reflect the composition of the adult population. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate in the Harris Interactive panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
This approach has its defenders, including (naturally) the folks at Harris. But it is controversial in the polling world. We asked our friend Kellyanne Conway, CEO of The Polling Co., a GOP-leaning firm, for her professional opinion, and she replied via email:
This type of methodology is useful for certain research endeavors, like with a highly technical audience or when a finite population exists, e.g., conference attendees or teachers within a school district. It is far more limited than a probability sample survey, which respects the pillars of randomness and universality critical to ensuring a survey is scientific and representative of the population its data purports to reflect. When sample is based on a self-selected population and not a probability sample (in which everyone in the population has the same nonzero chance of being selected), no conclusions can be drawn with respect to sampling error. Like any other traditional telephone survey, online polls are subject to many types of error. Calculating a margin of error is not easily achievable, since interactive research such as this lacks a probability sample.
Online, opt-in surveys such as this tend to produce higher numbers of interviews (better response rates), so some folks imbue them with greater credibility because of the sheer numbers alone. This is a mistake. Although an adequate sample is essential to the legitimacy of a poll, the scientific focus should remain on who is and is not in the survey as well as how they were selected.
The better way to classify these results is: "a survey of 2,320 adults nationwide. While these weighted data may be demographically proportionate to the nation's adult population, they are not representative of the nation as a whole, but reflective of these respondents' viewpoints." It can never "become" a true probability sample because not everyone has the same non-zero chance of being selected. Harris admits this in its methodology section on the final page of the press release. They state they choose not to talk in terms of margins of error, but the fact is they have no way to do so, given their choice of methodology.
There's another methodological problem, which points to the nexus between the science and the art of polling. The survey includes only people who actually answer the crazy questions asked. So if your reaction to the guy on the street at the top of this column was to step up your pace and get away from him (which corresponds to saying "this is nuts" and closing your browser window), your opinion would not affect the outcome--but if you happen to be a Republican, Harris's methodology imputes to you a likelihood of holding crazy views.
It's hard to avoid the conclusion that the survey was designed to make Republicans, and only Republicans, look unhinged. The press release states: "The very large numbers of people who believe all these things of President Obama help to explain the size and strength of the Tea Party Movement." This presupposes that the tea-party movement centers on crazy beliefs about Obama, a view that the poll provides no evidence to support.
For balance, such a poll might have included a series of crazy statements about polarizing Republican figures like George W. Bush, Dick Cheney or Sarah Palin. This would at least give some indication of whether Republicans have a greater propensity than Democrats to believe "scary" things.
Further, this is a test not of belief but of assent, which is to say that these are leading questions. Those of us whose jobs require that we be knowledgeable about politics are well aware of the crazy ideas that bubble around on the fringes, and we typically know enough to reject them. Avlon, who has written a whole book on the subject, is deeply aware of them. But how much thought does the average American give to such questions as whether President Obama "is a domestic enemy that the U.S. Constitution speaks of" or whether he "wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a one world government"?
In other words, a poll that purports to be measuring the prevalence of these beliefs likely is propagating them instead. If the first time you hear of an idea is when a respectable polling firm informs you that "some people" believe it, that lends it some air of credibility, especially if it is an idea that reinforces your unfavorable feelings toward a prominent politician.
In his Daily Beast piece on the "scary" survey, Avlon writes: "This poll is the latest and most detailed evidence of the extent to which Wingnuts are hijacking our politics." In a way, perhaps that's true--but inasmuch as the poll is magnifying the importance of "wingnut" ideas, it is an example, rather than a reflection, of such hijacking.
And for whose benefit? The Democratic Congress has just enacted legislation vastly expanding government, in a manner so ugly and so heedless of public opinion that critics are arguing that it lacks political legitimacy. In response to that criticism, Democrats have sought to delegitimize Republicans by suggesting that they are racists, that they support political violence--and that they believe crazy things about President Obama.
Avlon does not identify himself as a Democrat. He worked for Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign, and his first book was called "Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics." But for a political moderate who presents himself as the leading critic of "wingnuts," Avlon has engaged in some remarkably intemperate rhetoric in his demonization of dissenters.
Consider these facts, reported by the Washington Post:
The pitched battle over health care has unleashed a rash of vandalism and attacks directed at politicians, with at least 10 House Democrats reporting death threats or incidents of harassment or vandalism at their district offices over the past week.
Here is the reaction of blogger Josh Marshall:
I'm not sure it's hyperbole any more to say that we've now got a small scale domestic terror campaign going on against members of Congress who voted for Health Care Reform.
Marshall is a very partisan Democrat, but he is careful to hedge his words ("I'm not sure . . . small scale"), implicitly acknowledging that what he is saying is inflammatory and speculative. Here, by contrast, is Avlon, in The Daily Beast:
The parallels, intentional or not, to the Nazis' heinous 1938 kristallnacht, or "Night of Broken Glass," so-named for the 7,000 storefront windows that were smashed, are hard to ignore.
This Avlon article has been edited since it was posted yesterday. Originally the very first sentence read: "In a disturbing parallel to the Nazi's [sic] kristallnacht, windows are shattering in Democratic offices nationwide." Kristallnacht was a nationwide pogrom carried out under the direction of a totalitarian state. It is in no way "parallel" to small-scale acts of vandalism spurred by impotent rage against the party in power.
Political crime is intolerable. Avlon's comparison is obscene. Unlike the hapless 20% of Harris poll participants who answered "true" when asked if Obama "is doing many of the things that Hitler did," Avlon issued this comparison unbidden. Delve too deeply into the world of wingnuts, it seems, and you risk turning into one yourself.
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