text: Maury Wills - Hall of Fame Bound Home | Biography | Hall of Fame | Photos/Cards | Links | FAQ | Contact Us | News/Press | Store Hall Of Fame Background Special thanks to Andrew Guilford for the following commentary! Click here to sign the HOF Petition! ACT NOW TO GET MAURY WILLS INTO THE HALL OF FAME! HALL OF FAME UPDATE! If you are interested in getting Maury Wills into the Hall of Fame (and we hope we're right in thinking you are), NOW is the time to act. In the three Veterans Committee votes since 2003, Maury has been among the leading vote getters, and among those who have increased their votes the most. If you want to help, here's what you can do: VOICE YOUR SUPPORT TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE. The Hall of Fame web- site says "Fans wishing to voice their opinion in support of their favorite candidates may do so in two ways: by sending a single letter to Hall of Fame Veterans Committee, 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or by logging on to http://www.baseballhalloffame.org and sending an e-mail." PASS ON THIS INFORMATION to all the baseball fans you know! SIGN THE HALL OF FAME PETITION by clicking here! IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEDIA, TELL THE STORY! If you're not yet convinced, review the following irrefutable arguments, and then do the four things above! MAURY WILLS, HALL OF FAME SHORTSTOP After he broke Ty Cobb's 47 year-old stolen base record by stealing an incredible 104 bases in 1962, Maury Wills was often referred to as a "Future Hall of Famer." He was generally thought to be the very best shortstop of his time, appearing on 7 All-Star Game rosters. In 1962, he was thought to be the best player in all baseball, winning the National League Most Valuable Player award, and other awards among those listed below. His lifetime batting average is higher than many Hall of Fame middle infielders. For example, his average is 21 points higher than Bill Mazeroski, 19 points higher than Luis Aparicio and Ozzie Smith, 12 points higher than Pee Wee Reese, and 8 points higher than Phil Rizzuto. Most dramatically, his place in the Hall of Fame is revealed by the following chart, which shows his statistics alone compare favorably with other Hall Of Fame middle infielders playing near his time. Player Batting Average Runs Stolen Bases Hits MVP Awards Gold Gloves Pennants WS Champ Wills .281 1067 586 2134 1 2 4 3 Aparicio .262 1335 506 2677 0 9 2 1 Reese .269 1338 232 2170 0 0 7 1 Rizutto .273 877 149 1588 1 0 9 7 Fox .288 1279 76 2663 1 3 1 0 Mazeroski .260 769 27 2016 0 8 3 2 O. Smith .262 1257 580 2460 0 13 3 1 Sandburg .286 1318 344 2386 1 9 0 1 MAURY WILLS, CHOICE OF EXPERTS During his playing days, and over the last three decades, Maury Wills has been viewed by baseball experts as a Hall of Fame shortstop. Joe Morgan regularly states that Maury deserves to be in the Hall, and Joe has been joined by Lou Brock and Orlando Cepeda supporting Maury's election to the Hall. As recently as February 16, 2007, Justice B. Hill of MLB.com said, "Not since Babe Ruth in the 1920's had one player changed the game of baseball the way Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills did in the 1960s. . . . [His] credentials should earn him a plaque in Cooperstown." On December 6, 2006, Bruce Jenkins said he repeatedly voted for Maury's election, and that Maury was "just as influential as Willie Mays, Henry Aaron or Juan Marichal." On July 13, 2006, Steve Bisheff wrote that "plenty of us" think Maury should "be in the Hall of Fame". In July 2002, ESPN.com carried an article calling for Maury's election because he changed the game, and in 2003 and 2004, Ross Newhan, in the Los Angeles Times, concurred. Here is a sample of what baseball experts like Joe Morgan, Jackie Robinson, and Tom Seaver have said over the years. "Here's a fast fact for you: Wills should be in the Hall" T.J. Simers, L.A. Times, February 27, 2007 "Not since Babe Ruth in the 1920's had one player changed the game of baseball the way Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills did in the 1960s. . . . [His] credentials should earn him a plaque in Cooperstown." Justice B. Hill, MLB.com, February 16, 2007 "It is an injustice that Maury Wills is not in baseball's Hall of Fame." Bill Werndl, XX Sports Radio, February 3, 2007 "Did he change the game? I always voted for Maury Wills for this reason, because Wills reintroduced the stolen base as an offensive weapon. Without Wills, it's likely Lou Brock and Rickey Henderson don't have the careers they had." Jim Alexander, The Press-Enterprise, January 9, 2007 "I repeatedly voted for Maury Wills, for his baserunning changed the game in the early '60s. * * * I saw enough of Wills to realize he was just as influential as Willie Mays, Henry Aaron or Juan Marichal." Bruce Jenkins, S.F. Chronicle, December 6, 2006 "Stick Maury Wills into the Hall of Fame. Nothing against those others who deserve to be in there like Gil Hodges, but Wills changed the fabric of baseball in 1962 when he broke Ty Cobb's stolen base record with 104. He wound up with 2,134 hits and 586 steals during his 14-year career, and played on four Dodger teams that won National League pennants and three that won the World Series. One of the fiercest competitors ever to play his sport." Doug Krikorian, Long Beach Press Telegram, August 28, 2006 "If you are naming an all-time Los Angeles Dodgers team, Wills has to be the shortstop. And there are plenty of us who think he should also be in the Hall of Fame." Steve Bisheff, Orange County Register, July 13, 2006 "[G]uys who revolutionize the game . . . always get extra consideration. [T]hat's why I used to vote for Maury Wills -- because more than anyone, he brought the steal back into the modern game." Tom Gage, DetNews.com, July 31, 2006 "There should be automatic entry for anyone who changed the game: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, even Maury Wills for his singular impact on the National League's style of play." Bruce Jenkins, S.F. Chronicle, December 24, 2000 "Maury brought back the stolen base. He changed the dynamics of the game. You knew most home run hitters would hit a home run or strike out; you could just play your position. When Maury was on first base, you had to pay attention to him every pitch." Joe Morgan, N.Y. Times, March 13, 2002 "Wills . . . restored the stolen base as an offensive weapon and deserves a niche in the Hall of Fame . . . ." Ross Newhan, L.A. Times, May 2, 2004 "Maury Wills started a trend with his 104 steals in 1962. . . . Maury is a phenomenon of modern baseball. He is an all-time master at getting on and around the bases on his own momentum." Jackie Robinson, Sport Magazine, 1966 "Lou Brock, along with Maury Wills, are probably the two players most responsible for the biggest change in the game over the last 15 years - the stolen base." Tom Seaver, 1987 "The Hall of Fame should be made up of the very best of three types of players: those who were great leaders, those who dominated their era statistically, and those who 'changed the game.' By those criteria, Maury Wills, despite just 20 career homers (Ozzie got there with 28) was considered a Hall of Fame-caliber player during his career, should have been in the Hall a decade ago, and, with the inclusion of Rizzuto, Aparicio and now Ozzie Smith, might be even more deserving now." Bob Stevens, ESPN.com, July 23, 2002 "[I]t will now take a Veterans' Committee push to induct [Maury] into his rightful spot in the Hall of Fame." Bill Plaschke, L.A. Times, September 22, 2002 "What am I doing in a Hall of Fame if Maury Wills or Enos Slaughter can't get in one?" Hall of Fame Journalist Jim Murray, April 6, 1978 "In perhaps the biggest error in baseball, the sportswriters failed to vote Maury into the Hall of Fame. Now it is up to the Veterans Committee to remedy the mistakes. * * * His numbers compare favorably to . . . [Hall of Famers] Pee Wee Reese and Phil Rizzuto. And Wills fits the most important criteria: If he played the game, would it be different? The answer is yes. He was a very unique player who changed the game and should be honored for it." Jeff Torborg, FOXSports.com, July 13, 2000 "What player deserves to be in the Hall . . .? One that immediately comes to mind is an old teammate of mine in Los Angeles. Maury Wills." Al Downing, FOXSports.com, July 13, 2000 "While active, I think it was generally assumed that Wills was a Hall of Fame-caliber player. . . . He was a smart player, and, as a Gold Glove winner, .300 hitter and base-stealing champion on an outstanding team, a player with too many positives to be lightly dismissed." Bill James, Historical Baseball Abstract, 1985, p. 372 "Here's a list of non-Hall of Famers, mostly players of the last five decades, who in their day were considered superstars: Gil Hodges, Phil Rizzuto . . . Maury Wills . . . Nellie Fox. . . . A strong case could be made that some of the shunned were better or as capable players as the incumbents." George Vass, "These Greats Belong in the Hall of Fame", Baseball Digest, January 1981 "Wills belongs in the Hall of Fame with Mantle." Allan Malamud, L.A. Times, August 14, 1995 "In the minds of those baseball writers who vote in the Hall of Fame elections, at least five old shortstops have disappeared -- Luis Aparicio, Harold (Pee Wee) Reese, Phil Rizzuto, Marty Marion, and Maury Wills. . . . Each of the forgotten five certainly deserve to be enshrined." Dave Anderson, N.Y. Times, March 15, 1982 "People who grew up in California . . . lectured me that Wills was as skillful and as accomplished as certain other shortstops in the Hall. * * * Maury Wills is a Hall of Famer." Mike Downey, L.A. Times, January 8, 1992 "I don't think [Rollie Fingers] deserves to make it ahead of . . . Maury Wills. . . . . Wills changed the entire structure of baseball in 1962 when he stole a then-unthinkable 104 bases and . . . he played on four Dodger pennant teams and three World Series winners and . . . he gathered 2,134 hits and . . . he always was at his best in crisis situations." Doug Krikorian "Maury Wills . . . deserves [making the Hall of Fame] as much as some who might and more than some who have." Jim Murray, L.A. Times, January 10, 1988 "There is at least one player at each position whose statistics stack up to the game's greats but who, for one reason or another, have been left out of Cooperstown. We've assembled an all-star team - by position - of players who aren't in the Hall but whose play warrants it. * * * Shortstop -- Maury Wills, Dodgers (1959-72). He was the offensive catalyst on teams that reached the World Series four times and won three of them." Fred McMane, "Hall of Fame Voters Bypassed these Stars - Would You?", The Baseball Journal, July 23, 2002 Hall of Famer Joe Tinker's "credentials for the Hall of Fame are as good as, and no better than, those of Pee Wee Reese . . . and Maury Wills." Bill James, Historical Baseball Abstract, 1985, p. 370 "If I had a vote, my 10, using the history theory, would be Hodges . . . Wills . . . and Martin." Dave Anderson, N.Y. Times, December 13, 2002 "It's time for Maury Wills, who revolutionized the stolen base, to be elected to the Hall of Fame." Allan Malamud, L.A. Herald Examiner, November 30, 1987 "I still believe Hodges, Santo and the game-changing Wills are deserving of induction, as I did during their years of eligibility on the BBWAA ballot." Ross Newhan, L.A. Times, January 3, 2003 MAURY WILLS, REVOLUTIONIZER OF BASEBALL When Maury Wills stole 104 bases in 1962, he revolutionized the game, and made it much more interesting. Incredibly, Maury got caught only 13 times while breaking the record of Cobb who had gotten caught 38 times in stealing 96 bases in 1915! True fans of baseball know its great beauty lies in its inner game of using strategy and skill around the base paths to turn runners into runs. In the fifties, baseball had moved away from this inner game looking to power over speed. Maury brought back to baseball, single-handedly, the beauty of base running. As Sandy Koufax liked to say, "Before Maury it was just a bunch of slow white guys playing." The following chart shows the total number of stolen bases in the National League from 1950 to 1970. Maury entered the Majors in 1959, and broke the Major League stolen base record in 1962. That is exactly when the stolen base totals of the National League began to spike upwards. The year before Maury entered the Majors, the National League had a total of 388 stolen bases. In 1962, Maury Wills alone stole over 25% of the league total for the year before he made the Majors. Year SB 1970 1045 1969 817 1968 704 1967 694 1966 737 1965 745 1964 636 1963 684 1962 788 <= Wills breaks record--SB totals explode 1961 468 1960 501 1959 439 1958 388 1957 399 1956 371 1955 377 1954 337 1953 342 1952 396 1951 453 1950 372 MAURY WILLS, CHAMPION As noted, Maury Wills came up to the Dodgers in 1959 and immediately helped them win the Pennant and the World Series that year. In the short period between 1959 and 1966, Maury helped the Dodgers win 4 Pennants and 3 Championships. They missed another Pennant and possible World Series by one pitch in the third game of the 1962 playoff with the Giants. (Maury did all he could to win that third game, stealing 3 bases, setting the National League stolen base record at 104, and going 4 for 5.) Most people think post season play is important in electing Hall of Famers, and Maury certainly fits the bill. Fairness should also be a factor. The Giants from 1959 to 1966 won no World Series and only one Pennant (by that same one pitch in the 1962 playoff). Yet that Giant team now has 5 players in the Hall of Fame: the magnificent Mays (who came in second to Wills in the 1962 MVP voting), the majestic Marichal, the mighty McCovey, Perry, and Cepeda (who publicly has stated that Maury belongs in the Hall). The dominant Dodger team from that era has only 2 players in the Hall: Koufax and Drysdale (Snider and Sutton were only involved on the margins of the 1959 - 1966 period). Fairness demands that this great Dodger team have at least one more player in the Hall compared to the 5 players of their Giant contemporaries, and Maury Wills is the player most obviously a part of that dominant Dodger team, playing a major role in all seasons during the dominant run from 1959 to 1966. MAURY WILLS, BASEBALL AMBASSADOR TO THE WEST COAST After Major League baseball moved to the West in 1958, Maury soon became the "original" L.A. Dodger superstar on the West Coast as the central focus of excitement that riveted a star-studded Los Angeles to baseball's beauty. That's why in 2002, fans voted Maury to be the "most exciting Dodger player in Dodger Stadium history." Maury's running style and intelligent, engaging personality captivated everyone from the biggest entertainment stars to the man on the street in Los Angeles and indeed, around the country. And with this excitement came championships! The Dodgers finished next to last in 1958, the year the club moved to Los Angeles. The next season, they won the World Series! The principal difference between the seventh place team and the one that won it all was Maury Wills. Everyone else on the roster (except Wally Moon, coming in a trade from St. Louis and helping to stabilize the Dodgers) had been on the team when it came from Brooklyn. Those living in L.A. in the early sixties know that Maury Wills brought the excitement and championships that made L.A. one of the most successful baseball franchises, setting incredible attendance records. It is impossible to overstate Maury's importance to the new L.A. Dodger franchise, and thus to baseball itself. He was the exciting difference between a team near the cellar and a team winning championships--lots of them. Maury has also been an ambassador for baseball by committing himself to a lifetime of community service for many different worthy causes. MAURY WILLS, PROFESSOR OF THE GAME Many students of baseball admire Maury Wills for his intelligent, thoughtful analysis of the game. Mr. Wills would sometimes purposely drop a pop up to the infield with a fast runner on first and a slow batter, thus brilliantly forcing the fast runner at second base, replacing him with the slow batter. Many who have watched baseball for many years have never seen this intelligent, intriguing play made by anyone other than Maury. His great knowledge of the game made Maury Wills the third black manager in the Majors. MAURY WILLS, INSPIRING PERSONALITY Maury's life is a story of determination. After lingering in the Minors for 8 1/2 years, he made himself a Major Leaguer through perseverance and dedication. Central in this process was learning to switch hit, under the guidance of Bobby Bragan, at a difficult time in the middle of his career. That same intensiveness is probably what created his addiction problem, and then allowed him to overcome that challenge as well. Maury has also given hope to many by showing that there is a place in baseball for smaller players who work hard and play hard and smart. The 1961 baseball season was all about the power hitters Mantle and Maris chasing Ruth's record of 60 homers. Almost overnight, in 1962, Maury turned the nation's attention to a smaller player chasing Cobb's stolen base record. Thus today, it has been said that baseball, unlike football and basketball, is open to players of average or even diminutive size! MAURY WILLS, GOLD GLOVE SHORTSTOP As a shortstop, Maury Wills combined the speed of a sprinter and the quickness of a base stealer. Maury began his career as a pitcher, so he added a great arm to his speed and quickness. The result was a shortstop with great intelligence, great range, and a great arm. Twice he won Gold Glove Awards. MAURY WILLS, AWARD WINNER Over the years, even up to 2002, Maury has been honored with countless awards. The following is just a partial listing. Set all time record for stolen bases with 104 in 1962 1961 winner of the Gold Glove Award 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, & 1965 leader in stolen bases 1961 Sporting News Outstanding National League Shortstop 1962 National League Most Valuable Player 1962 Sporting News Outstanding National League Shortstop 1962 Hickok Belt winner as the Pro Athlete of the Year 1962 Sporting News Major League Player of the Year 1962 Sport Magazine Man of the Year 1962 Associated Press Athlete of the Year 1962 winner of the Gold Glove Award 1962 Frederick Miller trophy as Top Male Athlete of 1962 1965 Sporting News Outstanding National League Shortstop Tied NL record for most years (4) leading league in singles Named Outstanding Citizen of Spokane Washington Received Sid Mercer Award, New York Chapter, BBWAA Selected to 7 All Star Games 1962 All Star Game Most Valuable Player 1971 Major League Shortstop of the Year First $100,000-a-year shortstop In 1962, was 1 hit short of 1922 shortstop hits record Was 1 at bat short of season record for at bats in 1962 Tied for league lead in triples in 1962 Set record, most regular season games played, 165 in 1962 Hit homers from both sides of the plate in 1 game Led NL shortstops in game assists & total chances in 1965 In 1965 World Series, tied record with 4 hits in 1 game In 1965 World Series, Game 5, tied shortstop record by starting 3 DP's In 2002 voted "most exciting Dodger player in Dodger Stadium history" MAURY WILLS, THE COMPLETE PACKAGE (PASS IT ON!) 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The Miners took eight wrestlers to Divisionals Friday and Saturday and five of them placed to remain alive and will be heading to Masters this weekend.
Medalists from last week's Sierra Foothill League Tournament competed at Vintage High School in Napa with the top eight medalists advancing to the Stockton Arena for Masters. Leading the way for coach Gary Sumner's Miners was 138-pound divisional champion Jonny Callas.
Other qualifiers are Keaton Richards, who took sixth place at 120 pounds, Kashe McHugh who finished seventh in the 126 class, TJ Hart who also won seventh in the 195s and Nate Story who captured eighth place in the 220-pound weight class. The top six at Masters will qualify for the California state championships.

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The up and down season of top Thunder outfield prospect Melky Mesa hit another road block Saturday, when he was placed on the seven-day disabled list, retroactive to May 27, with stiff back.
Class A Tampa outfielder DeAngelo Mack took Mesa's spot on the roster and played left field for Trenton in Game 2 of yesterday's doubleheader against Portland at Hadlock Field. A delay at Tampa International Airport prevented Mack from joining the team in time for the opener.
The Thunder took Game 1, 8-7, as Corban Joseph, Austin Romine and Cody Johnson each drove in a pair of runs. Johnson's came via his seventh home run of the season.
Wilkins Arias (2-0) picked up the win in relief of an ineffective Kei Igawa (4 IP, 5 ER), and new closer Josh Schmidt recorded his fifth save. Stephen Fife (5-3) took the loss for Portland.
However the nine-game winning streak was snapped as the Thunder lost the nightcap, 7-5, in front of 7,368 at Hadlock Field.
The nine straight victories were the most since a 10-game winning streak from May 6-16, 2010.
Mesa has shown flashes of brilliance, both at the plate and in center field, but was hitting just .214 with three home runs and 14 RBIs. Mesa's 54 strikeouts through Friday were second on the team only to the record-breaking pace being set by the designated hitter Johnson (66).
The best athlete with the top arm in the Yankees' farm system, according to Baseball America, Mesa was tied for second on the club with 21 runs scored.
Mack, 24, was selected in the 13th round of the 2009 draft out of the University of South Carolina and has had a productive start to his pro career.
In 216 pro games, Mack has batted .272 with 22 home runs, 112 RBIs and 89 extra base hits. At Tampa this season, Mack was hitting .291 with three homers and 15 RBIs. He batted eighth in his Double-A debut, while Ray Kruml moved over to play center field in place of Mesa.
In the second game, the Thunder jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. RBI singles from Jose Gil and Addison Maruszak kept the team rolling offensively. However, the Sea Dogs scored seven runs in the bottom of the second off starter Cory Arbiso (3-2).
Will Middlebrooks led off the inning by hitting his seventh home run of the season, a shot to straight away center. After two quick outs, the Sea Dogs loaded the bases by as Mitch Dening walked, Vladimir Frias was hit by pitch, and Jeremy Hazelbaker walked.
Hee cleared the bases by hitting a double down the third baseline. Chih-Hsien Chiang kept the two-out rally going by doubling home Hee. Middlebrooks came up a second time and hit a two-run single to right, scoring Ryan Lavarnway.
Arbiso, who has been solid for the Thunder in relief, was charged with seven runs on six hits in 1⅔ innings with three walks and three strikeouts.
Pat Venditte pitched the rest of the game, going 4⅓ innings. He allowed only two hits while recording four strikeouts.
Trenton chipped away at the lead by adding runs in the third and fifth innings with RBIs from Gil and Pirela, but their comeback fell short.
Eammon Portice (1-1) picked up his first win, after tossing 3⅓ innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Mack went 0-for-3 in his debut.
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Hadlock Field.
Starting pitchers: Thunder LHP Shaeffer Hall (3-3, 3.57) vs. Portland RHP Michael Lee (1-4, 4.89).
Radio, Internet: 91.3 FM WTSR, trentonthunder.com.
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I don't know what got into the formerly sane Gene Hoyas. It's a little late in history to be signing on to the nutty neocon cause.
In any event he's embarrassing himself with stuff like his recent attack on Ron Paul:
There is the uncomfortable matter of the Barbary Wars (conducted almost exactly two centuries before the War on Terrorism) that were directed against Muslim pirates operating out of – believe it or not – what is present day Libya.
Believe it or not? Hasn't this guy ever heard the Marine Corps hymn? I knew it by heart by the time I was 6 thanks to my World War II Marine father singing it incessantly.
It begins:
"From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the Shores of Tripoli."
I thought every kid over the age of 10 knew Tripoli was where the Barbary Pirates hung out. And that they started screwing with American ships and that's why the Marines went over there to kick their butts.
Protecting American shipping was the proper constitutional role of the Department of the Navy, which of course includes the Marine Corps. As for policing the world, I can recall my father telling us kids why he left the Corps at the end of the war even though he had worked his way up to officer training at Quantico: He had heard the U.S. was going to be the policeman of the world. He was willing to die for the U.S., but not for some other country.
Someone should tell this recent convert to liberal internationalism that's exactly what Ron Paul is talking about.
And as Pat Buchanan noted before the first Iraq War, getting involved in the Mideast is like punching a tar baby, if I may employ an un-p.c. metaphor. It wasn't Ron Paul who said the 9/11 attacks were a reaction to the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia. It was Osama Bin Laden.
Paul long ago framed what should have been the proper reaction to the 9/11 attacks: A waron Al Qaeda in particular not terrorism in general. The War on Terrorism might as well have been termed the War on Scariness. You can't be scared if you don't panic, but that's exactly what the neocons did. As Paul notes, historically it's been the left not the right that has embarked on Wilsonian efforts to improve conditions in foreign countries at the expense of Americans.
But the kind of guy who's shocked to learn Tripoli is in Libya is not about to learn from history.
What's next on the foreign policy front from this newly minted neocon? Perhaps he'll discover Montezuma was a Mexican.
I can't wait.


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on December 10, 2012 - 12:01 AM
Passage of term limits would save the voters
With the approval rating of Congress at an all-time low, I find it somewhat puzzling that the issue of term limits for our senators and representatives hasn't been more of a talking point by our political pundits in the media.
Whether you're in support of progressive or conservative values we, the American electorate, complain that our government in Washington is broken and that many of our federal legislators seem to be interested only in how to get re-elected and further their own personal agendas, and not in doing the work of the people who elected them. If this is true, why then do we keep sending the same bunch of do-nothings back to Washington?
I know that having term limits isn't the only solution to fixing the problem of gridlock and self-fulfillment in our nation's capital, but it's a start.
This would give our representatives less ability to satisfy their own personal power and financial interests and allow them to do what is right for the voters. Some would say that they wouldn't be there long enough to understand the inner workings of Washington, but I say they wouldn't be there long enough to be corrupted by it.
Because we as voters can't seem to stop re-electing these obstructionists, perhaps we would be able to save ourselves by voting for the passage of term limits.
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and Sketches and Spells by The Focus Group, the label has
gone on quietly proliferating parts of the strange and
immaculate parallel universe those records created. It may
well continue until it has completely annexed reality, and
releases in this one have become the esoteric and evocative
The Transactional Dharma
of Roj feels like a perfectly logical extension of the Ghost
Box world. To the gauzy cut-ups of Radiophonic Workshop,
stereo effect records, public service announcements and
Library Music, it adds oblique nods to Burroughs, Gysin and
Brian Jones in Morocco, spiritual spoken word records, and
early documents of hippy trail ethnomusicology. Roj (a
former member of Broadcast who now lectures on electronic
music) excels at creating little musical ecologies in which
no element, whether bubbles of analogue bass, or
tape-delayed xylophone or wood block, ever clicks into neat
overlaps, yet everything coalesces nonetheless into coherent
wholes. Its interest in rhythm is perhaps where it differs
from previous Ghost Box releases more interested in running
together patches of texture and atmosphere.
Though Transactional
Dharma never exactly sounds like either Woebot's album or J-Dilla's
Donuts, it nonetheless reminded me of both, for the ascetic
refractions of rhythm in the former and in the latter, the
evanescent 'here and gone again' quality with which crabwise
grooves come together then disperse. The best tracks here
unfold into a kind of uncanny life, like little clockwork
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The Illinois Department of Transportation has named the Vermilion Regional Airport the 'General Aviation Airport of the Year.'
The award is for Category A, and was one of seven awarded Wednesday at the Illinois Aviation Conference in Collinsville.
Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider said ''We are very proud of the commitment made to ensure the comfort and safety of Illinois travelers.'' Schneider said ''These airports set the bar for excellence, and we are happy to partner with them to continue to advance aviation and further safe and efficient air travel throughout Illinois.''
Each year, senior staff from IDOT's Division of Aeronautics convenes to determine which airports should receive special recognition as ''Airport of the Year''. The criteria for the award are based on cooperation and coordination with the Division of Aeronautics by airport management and their staff, the facility's safety record, maintenance of the facility and the promotion of seminars and aviation events.


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With a late-night menu and a bar emphasizing American beers and spirits, Jack's American Pub opens at 4 p.m. today at 1323 E. Brady St.
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True to its title, Jim Farrell's "Trailer Park Prophecies" — now receiving its world premiere, in a Farrell-directed production by Splinter Group Theatre — really does feature a psychic who lives in a trailer.
Charlie Wendel (Joe Picchetti) dwells there with his mother (Linda Loving), and that's where we first meet them, as the geeky and hyper Charlie dive bombs the Wendel couch, hoping it will cough up enough loose change to warrant a trip to the Tastee Freez. »Read Full Article
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, Brandy Clark coming to Riverside
Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles is going solo for a new album, "That Girl," and a new tour that takes her to the Riverside Theater March 14.
But for some country music fans, that may not be the most exciting part of the show announcement: Up-and-comer Brandy Clark is opening. Clark's album "12 Stories" received rave reviews and was named top country album and one of the 10 best albums of 2013 by the Journal Sentinel. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Board games, pinball and something everyone does
We now proclaim Monday night as game night.
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Testimony wraps up in theft case against former Erie contractor
Twenty-one homeowners sat before a microphone in Erie County Central Court on Monday and described various home- improvement projects for which they hired a longtime Erie contractor and paid money to get the work started.
An $8,334 deposit for a two-car unattached garage. A $1,525 deposit for five second-story windows. A $400 deposit for a small roof repair. Deposits totaling $6,700 for an addition to a home.
But the work was never done, and the money was never returned, despite numerous attempts to reach the company, they said.
Left for a district judge to decide is whether the actions of the now-closed Deniziak Siding Inc.'s president, Martin Deniziak, are criminal violations.
Deniziak, 50, of Millcreek Township, faces counts of theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception and receiving stolen property in 23 cases filed between early October and late January. Erie police filed charges in 17 cases, state police in three and Millcreek police in three.
Deniziak also faces 23 counts of home-improvement fraud after Erie 4th Ward District Judge Tom Robie granted a request by Erie County Assistant District Attorney Michael Burns to add one count to each of the cases. The request was made at the end of Deniziak's preliminary hearing in 21 of the cases Monday, prompting an objection from Deniziak's lawyer, Philip Friedman.
Hearings in the other two cases were delayed Monday after the alleged victims were unable to attend the hearing. The new hearing dates were not set Monday.
Police and prosecutors allege that Deniziak, through Deniziak Siding, acted criminally by accepting deposit money from people for various home-improvement projects they agreed to do, but did not start. One of the projects was initiated in August 2011. The rest were initiated in 2012.
Burns argued that the "systematic pattern" of taking deposit money, cashing the checks, promising to do the work in a certain amount of time, failing to do any work, failing to produce any materials and failing to make contact with the homeowners fit the criminal charges filed in the cases.
He also argued that Deniziak, through his position as president of the company, was criminally liable.
In one case, Burns said, the homeowner learned that permits the company said they had were never obtained. In another case, a homeowner who thought her windows were ordered learned that they hadn't been ordered, he said.
Friedman argued that the money was given to representatives of Deniziak Siding and was deposited in the company's accounts. He said the failure to do the work didn't make it a crime, but a civil obligation of Deniziak Siding.
The obligation was never Martin Deniziak's, Friedman said.
"It doesn't make him civilly liable, and it certainly doesn't make him criminally liable," he said.
Friedman noted that the company was involved in the community for 30 years. When the "economy tanked," and for a number of other reasons not disclosed in court, Deniziak Siding failed, he said.
Friedman also argued that prosecutors presented no evidence that Deniziak profited from the alleged theft.
Twenty of the 21 cases heard in court Monday involved a property owner who told police they paid a portion of the cost of a home-improvement project that wasn't done. The total amount of deposits lost in those cases was $51,870, according to testimony.
The other case involved a subcontractor who said Deniziak Siding never paid him $511.75 he was owed for a job done in October.
Robie did not rule Monday on whether to hold the 21 cases for trial. He instead granted requests by Friedman and Burns to file briefs arguing their cases. The lawyers have seven days to file the briefs.
TIM HAHN can be reached at 870-1731 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNhahn.


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From your baby's first day, doctors will keep track of weight, length, and head size. Growth is a good indicator of general health, and babies who are growing well are generally healthy, while poor growth can be a sign of a problem.
Just like adults, newborns come in a range of healthy sizes. Most babies born between 37 and 40 weeks weigh somewhere between 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2,500 grams) and 8 pounds, 13 ounces (4,000 grams).
A newborn who is lighter or heavier than the average baby is probably perfectly fine but might receive extra attention from the doctors and nurses after delivery just to make sure there are no problems.
A number of things can affect a baby's size at birth. The length of the pregnancy is important. Babies born around their due date or later tend to be larger than those born earlier.
Other factors include:
Premature babies generally are smaller and lighter than other newborns. A preemie's weight will be largely determined by how early he or she was born. The time the infant has missed being in the womb was growing time, so the baby has to do that growing in the outside world.
Many pre-term babies are classified as having "low birth weight" or "very low birth weight." In medical terms, "low birth weight" means a baby weighs less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2,500 grams) at birth. That's the case for about 1 in every 12 babies in the United States, so it's quite common. "Very low birth weight" means a baby weighs less than 3 pounds, 5 ounces (1,500 grams). Most babies with low or very low birth weight were born prematurely.
Premature babies are given special medical attention immediately after birth, and a pediatric specialist called a neonatologist may be involved in their care. Many premature babies spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) while they receive medical care, including feeding and observation of growth.
In the old days, a "bouncing" baby with chubby cheeks and dimpled thighs was many people's picture of a healthy newborn. But a baby born much larger than average may have special medical problems that need attention.
Some exceptionally large babies — especially those born to mothers with diabetes, including gestational diabetes — may have problems for a few days keeping blood sugar levels up and may require extra feedings, or even intravenous glucose, to prevent those levels from falling too low.
Yes, at first. Babies are born with some extra fluid, so it is perfectly normal for a newborn to drop a few ounces when that fluid is lost in the first few days of life. A healthy newborn is expected to lose 7% to 10% of the birth weight, but should regain that weight within the first 2 weeks or so after birth.
During their first month, most newborns gain weight at a rate of about 1 ounce (30 grams) per day. They generally grow in height about 1 to 1½ inches (2.54 to 3.81 centimeters) during the first month. Many newborns go through a period of rapid growth when they are 7 to 10 days old and again at 3 and 6 weeks.
Newborns are so small, and it can be hard to know if your baby is gaining weight the way he or she should. You may worry that your baby has lost too much weight in the first few days or isn't taking enough breast milk or formula. If so, talk to your doctor, who may ask you about:
Being small or large at birth doesn't necessarily mean a baby will be small or large later in childhood or as an adult. Plenty of towering teenagers began life as small babies, and the biggest baby on the block can grow up to be a petite adult.
By the time they're adults, kids tend to resemble their parents in size. Genetics, as well as good nutrition and your attention, will play a large part in determining how your baby grows in the years to come.
Whether your baby starts out large, small, or in between, in the next few months you can expect your infant to keep growing fast.
Reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: December 2014
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i just realized this is one of the main characters of shakespeares a midsummers night dream.
i loved the fact that to understand how to do something you had to learn from your own failure good job...
extremely good game, of course
I guess after playing a bit, I would have to say that it can be more frustrating than say difficult due to the absence of the "continue" feature or even something that allows you to restart at the same level you left off at.
The controls to me are not an issue, the graphics of course extremely gorgeous and the voice acting and sound is sweet (orchestral scores are great...! what a gem). Definitely an awesome play but I'm sure there are a couple tweaks that it could be updated with to make the replay value for a lot of people quite a bit higher. Maybe functionable armor and the continue ability is all I could think of.
Almost perfect obstacle-course game
Good job making this game folks!
This is about as good as an obstacle-runner can get.
It's challenging , mostly fair , has good atmosphere and feels rewarding to complete due to the progressing story.
Also compliments to the artist who managed to pull off a '300' style in his artwork and the folks who gave the game their voices.
Only one tiny nitpick though: Having only one male voice actor.
He did a good job and tries to give a different impression for each enemy , but seeing as you are pretty much dependent on voice cue's to identify the next enemy , it's unfortunate that they all sound alike.
This can get especially problematic in the later stages where enemies will sometimes attack in such quick succession that the voices overlap and you'll have a hard time figuring out what to do.
Nevertheless one of the best games of this type I have ever played.
Great stuff
I do have one issue with your games - they really do put a drain on the internet connections for lag bases, so I've got to do this when connected to the power and it's never good to swear at a machine in the office when you're supposed to be working, but because a game won't work for you :P
Now that I've got that rant over and done with, I must say, you've given us an absolute treat here. A great story, lovely animation and some pretty simple, but awesome gameplay. Your style for this makes the game simple to grasp but very difficult to master, which I do like about this. The only difference from Punk-o-Matic is really the artistry, which does make such a difference to the gameplay, as you start to try and stare out the machine, giving a really nasty challenge and making Epic Fail one of the easiest medals ever to achieve.
I think that the voice sounded more Russian than Greek, so I'm not sure what the angle was on that. Perhaps it was just me that hasn't heard many Greek accents, so I'll step back.
Perhaps a tutorial level could have been given at the start, since when she broke out, I was thrown in at the deep end, almost earning said medal before I'd even figured out the controls. With this in mind, some sort of extension of the story, or more probably a tutorial level that is available on the menu, in order to get us on the ground running, so to speak.
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On Feb. 17, Christians will recognize Ash Wednesday, a time of repentance and preparation for the season of Lent. In order to grow more like Jesus, many Christians make sacrifices during Lent.
"Lent is a particular time we focus on [fasting] because Lent is a time we prepare to die and rise with Christ," said Monsignor Robert Mazur, rector and director of liturgy at the Altoona Cathedral.
"The whole purpose is to help us focus on the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, and how that applies to our life," he said.
In the Catholic Church, Lent involves fasting and abstaining.
"Abstain means you abstain from meat. Fasting means you're fasting from something [in particular]," said Mazur.
This could be anything from television to shopping to a meal a day, he said.
Different churches have different specifications for fasting, but all agree that it is a spiritual discipline linked with prayer.
"It's not complete abstinence from food," said The Rev. Stephen Lourie of St. George Orthodox Church in Altoona.
"Part of the idea of fasting [in the Orthodox Church] is that during Lent, we want to give the animals a break, so to speak, by not eating any meat or dairy products," he said. It goes back to the days before Noah's ark, when people did not eat any animals, he said.
Orthodox believers fast twice a week, except for three annual celebration weeks. They also have four extended periods of fasting during the year, including Lent.
"The way fasting is viewed in the Orthodox Church is that it's a regular part of life," Lourie said.
"When we cut back on these food groups, we also cut back on the amount we eat so we eat a lot less. ... When you accompany that with more prayer, services in the church, and attention to the poor, you find your soul being lightened," he said.
"It becomes easier to connect with God," he said.
Churches with less specific fasting guidelines also agree that fasting results in nearness to God.
The Rev. Jeanne Jacobsen of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hollidaysburg said when fasting, she spends her time and money on prayer and charity instead.
"If I fast a meal and spend that time in prayer, meditation or reading the Bible or some other devotional literature, I have chosen to feed my spirit rather than my body," she said.
Jacobsen fasts "one meal per day, spending that time in prayer and meditation and putting aside the money I would have spent on that meal to contribute to Episcopal Relief and Development," she said.
"Setting aside even a small amount each day can result in a significant monetary contribution at the end of the 40-day season of Lent. The combination of all these things gives fasting a multi-dimensional benefit," she said.
Pastor Greg Harbaugh, the new pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Hollidaysburg, also recommends tying fasting with almsgiving.
"I could give up my lunch and contribute it toward a cause, Bread for the World or Haiti relief or the food pantry, so that fasting and almsgiving are joined," he said.
"It's mostly a discipline oriented to bodily self control or making sure that I'm in tune with some of the ethical parameters of scripture," he said.
"The discipline of fasting itself helps to remind me who I am and how I ought to be living," he said.
"I don't think anyone should fast without prayer, because prayer is what then orients our fasting to God and seeks God's help with our fasting," he said.
"I find prayer while fasting to be a more intense experience," Jacobsen said.
"My mind seems more clear both in articulating my prayers and being attuned to hearing God's voice on a spiritual level," she said.
"Fasting must be linked with prayer. If you just take away food, that's just a diet. And fasting is not about a diet, it's about getting closer to God," Lourie said.
Although churches agree that fasting is a beneficial spiritual exercise, everyone advises caution when starting out.
"If I'm working with someone [with diabetes], I recommend they consult with either a dietician or physician to make sure they don't have difficulties," Harbaugh said.
"People need to be cognizant of their own health and the health of their children," he said.
"When able, you take on a practice of fasting that fits your life and [medical requirements]," Mazur said.
Lourie agrees, saying that when people practice abstinence from certain food groups, they grow more disciplined. They have the strength to say no to other things when temptation comes.
"I think in a society where overconsumption in all sorts of ways is part of the lifestyle and part of the culture, fasting can be a very important discipline," Harbaugh said.


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I saw these adorable little fishies that were free for printing on Tricia-Rennea's blog and fell in love with them. She had made them to make a fishie mobile (which would also be super adorable), but I thought that I could make a fun fishing game for the kids with them. I was right, the kids LOVED this. The kids played together really well at first, until Cam had other ideas. You'll see what I'm talking about in the pictures below. He is such a boy. This was really simple to make and I know it's a game my kids will want to play with often. Here's some pictures and the directions:
The fishies
The fishies in their bowl
The fishing rods
The go fish game
Playing together nicely, at first
Kirsten really got the hang of the game and was really proud of all her 'catches'
Cam is a whole other story – first he had a little taste, of course!
Then he dumped the whole game and wanted to wear the bowl as a hat
Then he decided to stand on the bowl
Then he broke Kirsten's fishing rod – you can see her broken rod in the above pics
Then he decided to eat the broken fishing rod
What am I going to do with this little guy! Oh well, they still had lots of fun. Here's how I made this fun game:
What you'll need:
Tricia-Rennea's awesome printable fishies – get them here
paper clips
blue bowl – mine's from the dollar store
1. print out the fishies and cut out the shapes.
2. glue them together, placing a paper clip in between, just sticking out. Allow to dry.
3. when dry, place in a big blue bowl.
4. put a little glue on the end of a stick and wrap a piece of yarn around it, have the yarn hang a bit, and then wrap a magnet with some glue around the other end. Allow to dry.
5. let your kiddos have fun!


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Twenty-three deaths in South Carolina due to influenza, commonly called the flu, have been reported, as of Jan. 18, according to Columbia's WISTV.
As of Jan. 11, two of those deaths were in Aiken County.
Lately, though, the numbers have shown promising signs. A little over 2 percent of patients had "influenza-like illnesses" the first week of January, compared to the nearly 6 percent the week before, according to The State newspaper.
Those hospitalized with lab-confirmed flu in early January fell from 229 to 198.
However, only one death was reported in the state last flu season, according to WISTV.
The best way to prevent getting the flu is getting the flu shot, although you can wash your hands with alcohol-based products like hand sanitizer, according to Dr. Gerald Gordon, Aiken Regional Medical Centers internal medicine associate.
"While this year's flu shot will prevent 60 percent or more people from getting the flu, if a person has a flu shot and that person gets the flu, the disease symptoms that person may get are much more mild," he said.
The flu generally starts off with a sore throat and a low-grade fever. That fever rises over a few days, hitting 102 degrees or higher. Coughing, headaches, runny noses and muscle aches usually come along with it.
The flu lasts for around a week, hitting the height of its severity by day three or four, according to Gordon.
It is more severe than the common cold.
The cold is marked with a scratchy throat, runny nose, cough and headache.
"Illness due to influenza results in severe prostration and the possibility of contracting a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection generally within two to seven days after developing symptomatic influenza," Gordon said.
Medicines are available to help aid colds and the flu. It is often recommended to consult a doctor on the best option.
"Physicians may also have difficulty in making a diagnosis of influenza early in the course of an infection, and often the tests used in offices may be falsely negative in a person who may have influenza," Gordon said.
This year, the flu season started early, as it normally peaks in February, the Aiken Standard reported earlier this month.
The last time this happened was in 2003.


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Cab Driver Accused Of Falling Asleep Behind Wheel
INDIANAPOLIS -- The city has issued an emergency suspension of the license of a cab driver accused of falling asleep behind the wheel.
Haile Ghebre Tensae, who drove for Indy Airport Taxi, was told Tuesday that he can no longer operate a cab after two separate complaints were lodged with the Department of Code Enforcement, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported.
"The cab driver, while providing transportation to a woman and her small child, fell asleep and veered into the opposite lane of traffic," said Licensing Administrator Adam Collins. "She had to shake him to wake him up."
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poor guy
plz get sleep… Life is to short to work till you are putting your and others life in danger..
Foolish! He was suppose to sleep with one eye opend.
please, I know it is not enough to support all your family with one low paying job. You shouldn't risk your life either by working extended hours. You are not going to be healthy if you don't get enough sleep. You are not the only person. I had to wake up one cab driver on the street before train tracks. When he get there around 3 a.m. the train was passing then he put the selector on p (park) and decided to take 2 mins nap until the long train passes. When I get there I saw this cabby with the headlights on in the middle of the road. I am not sure how long he had been there. When I woke him up he startled and looked to the front, then said, 'where is the train'. The train probably passed half an hour ago. Anyways there should be limit.
lol degu yes u are right he should do that akkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
work smarter not harder!!!
work smarter not harder!!!
Let God protect us all!!!
There is something I know for sure and that is anytime you are picked up at an Airport, Train station, Bus station and hotel be careful they are robbing you. They are rude and if they are nice it is because they are looking for another angle to work. The Ethiopians are nicer when they think you are one of them but they are just as bad when they can't tell you are Abesha. I have a look that could go ether way and I have seen it all. DC is the worse because it goes by zone and seating in the back in the dark you cant always see the map. The filth that comes out when they talk on the phone and they think you don't understand… The non Ethiopians, anytime they ask if am Ethiopian, I know they are playing me. I had one the other day. I told him exactly how I wanted to go where I was going but he starts talking about knowing Ethiopians. He said things like selam, dena nesh and of course I responded like he was my long lost brother. He was on the lane to go on to the Interstate and there was no making mistakes but he manges to do it. He makes a sharp turn to go through downtown. I am like what are you doing. He says he could make a U turn. I didn't know what to say because I now there is no where to make a U Turn. I couldn't yell at my brother while he is driving. I had to sit there and bit may tongue. By the time I got to work I was ten minutes late. The Ethiopians when ever something is fishy to me I start speaking Amharic and they become nice. I have been to more than 25 states in America and it never fails. Seattle it was so bad but thank god they have a great public transportation other than the cabs.
bere hoy bere hoy
sar sarun setaye
elem kalew gedel gebteh kereh weye
indiana qima yelem ende? aweday+tikus shai make your night fly.
I've observed Ethiopians work upto 16 hours a day. And I'm talking about the ones that have wives and kids. No wonder their kids grow up to be ugly and turn to crime & prostitution to fill the void.
Working hard is good but upto a certain point. If you have family ( wife and kids) work as much as you can provide and invest wisely so you don't have to sleep at the wheel of your cab.
So pathetic. You don't get to live to be a hundred. The single ones work hard to build " Foq" in Senga Tera, Kofele, Gulele, Kotebe and Sebbeta lol
C'mon everybody knows you are not going to move back to Ethiopia. Why not invest here where the return is fairly predictable, political climate stable and the return on your investment is far better than in that of third world shithole?
This is greedyness, Bekagno Iyakum , there is is no enough, too quick to get rich, not too fast Jack.
degu,you are Hilarious man
oh man! We are working our self to death in america. Money is good but we need to live too God damn!
my sister is a Rn Nurse she makes 30 bulcks an hour , but she works 3 Jobs 2 full time one part time. And she is just another Ethiopian in america who thinks money is going to fix all the problem. No it wont
Worship the Almighty Allah,then everything will be easy on you.
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I'm not a Costco member, but a friend of mine who is e-mailed me photos of MSLP on the shelves at his store. Price is $42.99.
Doing a nice push on their website and social media to get the news out about COSTCO. It looks like people are excited and can finally go and pick up their combat instead of waiting a week for it to ship.
is it contra indicated for high blood pressure or kidney problems?
Thanks for sharing! Now lets hope it does well.
Sentiment: Buy
Wow, that IS expensive.
umm no, standard if not on the cheap side.
No, that's actually cheap.
Online, 4 lbs. of Combat powder is now $42.99, up from $39.99 last month.
Costco is selling 5 lb. containers, and at the same price, it's like getting a pound free.


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so how long for maine renewal?
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COLUMBIA - Nearly a third of state Department of Social Service workers shoulder larger than recommended caseloads and many say they are working off the clock to try to prevent children from falling prey to neglect and abuse.
A review of DSS internal documents obtained by The Post and Courier reveals 29 percent of workers had 16 cases or more, as of May 18. Those numbers differ from a reported statewide caseload average of six per worker, a number frequently repeated by agency leaders even as several lawmakers have called for the ouster of agency Director Lillian Koller.
The National Association for Social Workers recommends the average number of cases per worker should be 12 to 15. Lexington County had six workers with 40 cases or more, including one staffer with 47 cases that totaled 96 children, as of May 18.
"If you have a caseload of 47, that's a disaster," said Carla Damron, executive director for the South Carolina chapter of the social workers association.
Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, said it was "appalling" to learn a worker had so many cases.
"This is not acceptable," Shealy said. "I'm distressed over my county."
In Charleston County, 39 percent of the office's 33 workers had 20 cases or more, while 60 percent of workers had to see 21 children or more in a month.
"While there are no national standards for caseworkers, the Department of Social Services is currently developing a system and set of state based standards that will reduce caseloads and help DSS effectively respond to the needs of children and families," said Koller in written statement Tuesday.
"The fact is, caseworkers are some of the hardest working people in our state and are responsible for saving the lives of countless children every year," she said. "There is nothing more important than the welfare of our children and DSS will never stop fighting to give our front-line workers the support and guidance they need to be successful in protecting the most vulnerable among us."
Yet, DSS staffers say they work off the clock and on weekends to get their work done. They disregarded the idea of sticking to a 37.5-hour work week, fearing for the safety of the children they are charged with protecting.
"We don't want to be the next Richland County," said one, under condition of anonymity.
Earlier this month, Gov. Nikki Haley said she'd take a hands-on approach for the Richland County office, including adding extra caseworkers and creating a second shift, in light of serious child welfare issues there.
Internal DSS documents also show a Charleston County worker was dealing with as many as 32 cases, totaling 75 children, as of May 18. Another had 29 cases with 69 children.
Caseload distribution, Koller said, depends on the type of job the worker is doing. Those who handle foster care cases will have different caseload numbers than those who investigate cases.
And workers are required to see all of their children in a month. That means that the case worker with 96 children, working five days a week, has to see an average of 5 kids during a 7.5-hour day in order to meet her goal. That timeline doesn't take into account that the worker may have to be in court some days or spend extra time with a family on another that requires closer supervision.
DSS officials say they obtained the average of six by dividing the number of cases among workers statewide.
But averaging out cases among workers is not an accurate representation of what's happening at each county office, something Koller acknowledged during the May 21 hearing.
It was then when Koller said for the first time since the hearings started in January that there are workers with "too many cases."
Though 12 to 15 cases per worker is ideal, realistically, getting them under 20 is a good idea, Damron said.
"People who work at social services are trying really hard," she said. "If you get them in an impossible situation, it's a formula for burn out."
DSS officials say the reports are tools used to keep track of what's going on at every office to manage caseloads and that their intent is not to be used to discipline workers. But sources from within the department say managers use the reports to discipline workers who don't see all of the parties involved with their cases on time.
Further, during the May 21 hearing, Koller said she was "personally making a commitment" to the panel that she would stay involved with caseload distribution numbers and would personally call any county DSS director over frontline workers with more than 30 cases.
But a review of the documents reveals very few already exceed 30 statewide. Only 4 percent of workers - 17 total statewide - have 30 or more cases.
"If six was right, why did we suddenly increase?" Shealy said. "I don't know where six came from, but I don't know where 30 is coming from."
The number of children for which the agency is responsible, however, is much higher. In Richland County - what Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Columbia, has dubbed "ground zero" for the agency's ailments - a worker with 26 cases had 68 children. Another with 27 cases had 59 kids to see - in a month.
Haley announced changes for the Richland County office on May 13 following a case in April in which an infant died while a DSS staffer was searching for the baby's family.
Five-month-old Bryson Webb died in his car seat on April 22, after he stopped breathing. DSS has said the agency repeatedly tried tracking down the boy's family, who were allegedly living in different locations.
But the worker assigned to Bryson's family had 37 cases on March 2, according to a DSS document. By March 9, the worker had 49 cases.
Lourie said addressing Richland County's issues won't solve statewide concerns. He added the agency has to be restructured and officials must search for ways to keep good workers from leaving.
"They can't hire people quickly enough to fill the gaps," Lourie said. "And that defines a crisis."
Koller said during the hearing that the agency has established preliminarily that a family preservation worker - those who work with families once a claim of abuse or neglect is sustained - cannot have more than 26 families.
In Charleston County, the only family preservation workers who had less than 28 cases were newly certified workers, as of May 18. Even then, the newcomer with the lowest number - 20 - had to see 42 children in a month; 2 to 3 kids a day.
Whether or not Koller steps down, Damron said she'd like to know what will be done to fix the agency's issues. Staffing the agency and training them adequately should be a priority, she said.
"When we make decisions so that we're not adequately staffing offices that are responsible for the safety of children, those decisions have consequences," Damron said. "We have to decide that children are important enough and keeping them alive is important enough that we're going to put funding and resources, and yes, X amount of dollars towards that."
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The fire was reported about 1 a.m. Wednesday at the Morning Tree Park Apartments in the 8100 block of 83rd Ave. SW.
West Pierce Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Hallie McCurdy said arriving firefighters found heavy flames and people fleeing. Neighbors reported two residents missing. After firefighters knocked down the flames, they found the bodies of the 64-year-old man a 78-year-old woman believed to be his wife, said Lt. Chris Lawler with Lakewood police.
Heather Fraga told KOMO News she was sleeping in an adjacent unit when her brother woke her up, tossed her his phone and told him to call 911 to report a fire. He then grabbed a fire extinguisher and headed out while Fraga summoned firefighters, then helped bang on doors to alert other neighbors to the fire.
Fraga said when her brother went outside the first time, he saw the man who lived next door out there, who asked him to call 911 to report the fire. As Fraga's brother ran into his unit to toss the phone to his sister, he raced outside to find the man was now missing.
"And he said, 'Oh God, I hope he didn't go back in there,' and then he screamed and crashed the window and was yelling, 'Get out! Just get out!' " Fraga said.
Firefighters were there moments later, and soon, both bodies were removed from the charred unit.
"I'm hoping he just went in to be with his wife," Fraga said. "You know, like 'help me, but I need to get my wife out.' "
"I remember seeing a guy going into his apartment," said neighbor Cara Holm. "And I know people were yelling at him to come out."
By daylight you could see the damage to three apartments with the middle one gutted by fire where the couple lived.
"I didn't realize he was trying to save his wife which is really honorable," said Holm.
Neighbors the man was a war veteran, but otherwise didn't know much about the elderly couple. "It's honoring to know," said Holm, "that he went back inside to try to save his wife."
While fire investigators look for a cause they say there were smoke detectors in the apartment, but they don't know if they were working. They say it's a good reminder to check your own batteries as we come up off Daylight Saving Time.
Officials have not yet released the names of the victims. Investigators are still looking into what sparked the blaze but say there is nothing suspicious.
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They didn't misrepresent what I said, but what I said isn't a full representation of how I feel about the topic as a whole. All five topics. He asked me about gay marriage, homosexuality, abortion, the Catholic Church being forced to pay for contraception against their religious conscience, and who would make the best president over the next four years. All, during an interview that was supposed to be about this new film, Monumental. I was surprised at that, for sure—particularly the way he did it. I didn't appreciate the way he did it. I thought it was insensitive. I thought it was heartless, to tell you the truth, to take a few subjects, which are very important, he crammed it into a rapid-fire, machine-gun format where my ideas got reduced to four-second sound bites. In my opinion, those subjects can only be properly addressed in the context of a relationship, with the person who is asking me those questions. When my friend who came to me and said you're the first person I'm telling this to, I've known you for 10 years, I'm gay. I could tell how difficult it was. It's personal. It's sensitive. It's difficult. He was nervous what my reaction would be. I said, "Dude, you know me. I love you. There's nothing you could ever tell me that would make me not love you and care about you." If Piers had asked me that: what do you think about homosexuals? What do you think about the gay community?
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Any number u want it to mean.
Your in a math test, a bunch of questions like 35646 x 24617549375 = come up and u have forgotten your calculator, only one thing u can do, answer everything as bajillions and u r sure to pass!
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Bajillion is the highest number in the world, surpassing infinity. It can be used to describe an amount of love or affection, happiness, or any other crap you'd want to count.
Ty is my favorite x038467346bajillion.
dari BrittneyS Senin, 25 Juli 2005
The largest and best number ever.
Naruto is 22 bajillion times better than DBZ.
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A number equal to 1 commonly misused as a non-specific though very large quantity.
Man, that felt like it took a bajillion years!
dari Shadowsouled Kamis, 13 September 2007
Another name for the number one.
There are three bajillion feet in a yard.
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Celebrities have the ability to influence people's decisions on everything from what to wear, eat and drink to where to party or vacation.
Sadly, more often than not, fans have a way of emulating the most frivolous of these celebrity trends. At their worst, celebrity antics can inspire lewd, garish and surprisingly immature behavior. Luckily this is not always the case!
Some of today's biggest trendsetting A-listers have quietly shifted away from extravagant and ostentatious automobiles towards environmentally conscious hybrids and electrics. Hopefully these celebrities have enough clout with their fans to finally make greener vehicles attractive enough to buy.
After all, now if you want to drive the same car as A-listers like Brad Pitt and Billy Joel (an A-lister in my book) you don't need a Porsche or Lamborghini. All you need is a Prius!
The Toyota Prius is already the most purchased, widespread hybrid car in the US, both for celebrities and regular Joes. The list of celebs zooming and zipping around town in their Prii includes Harrison Ford, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonard DiCaprio, George Clooney, and Cameron Diaz. While I imagine their electric hybrids are fully pimped and loaded, you have to respect these celebs for embracing and flaunting vehicles that are both better for the environment and attainable by the average Joe.
Tom Hanks has gone a step further than most in his green car quest.
Wanting to slash his carbon footprint as much as possible, Hanks wasn't going to settle on a mere gas-electric hybrid.
Before Scion even had a fully electric car, Hanks took a standard gas-powered one and ripped out the engine and drive train to make his own 100% Electric vehicle. Of course, as soon as Scion developed the xB, their all electric car, Hanks was the first to receive one. Nowadays when not in his tricked out electric Scion "e-Box," Hanks drives to and from his L.A. production company in an adapted Toyota Rav4. Hanks is so proud of his electric 4WD's over 47,000 gas-free miles, that he's even made a youtube video about it.
It's a nice change of pace to see Hollywood's biggest A-list stars coming down to Earth and embracing the same simple, pro-Earth changes that so-called "regular folks" can make in their lives. Hopefully as more and more A-listers champion green causes and Earth-friendly products, their changes will be picked up and emulated by fans the world over!
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Most tennis players feel that they know all of the rules of tennis. After taking the following quiz on tennis rules some players may think differently.
Situation I: During a close doubles match Team A's partner hit a shot that landed near the service line of one of his opponents. The player on team B slammed the ball directly at Player A's partner. Fortunately, the ball went into the net and landed on their side of the court. However, in trying to get out of the way Player A's partner touched the net with his racquet. The players on Team B claimed it was their point because one of Team A players touched the net before the point was over and had hit the net and then the ground. Players on Team A claimed the point was over when the shot hit the net and therefore it was their point. What is the correct decision?
a.) The A team is correct. b.) The B team team is correct. c.) Replay the point.
Situation II: During a singles match Player B hit a shot that landed on a ball that had rolled back from the fence on Player A's court. However, the ball was outside the court. Player B said it was his point. Player A argued and said the point was his because the ball was not inside the court lines. Who was correct?
a.) Player A. b.) Player B. c.) The player who had more experience with line calls.
Situation III: At 5-5 in the first set of a USTA 4.5 doubles match a player on Team A was about to serve. Due to the fact that the A Team player had a powerful serve that had been timed as high as 120 mph the receiver on Team B stood at least five feet behind the baseline to receive his first serve. The player on Team A badly mishit the serve, so much so that the ball hit the receiver in the chest before the ball bounced. The player on Team B claimed it was his point because the ball that hit him in the air was behind the baseline. The server on Team B claimed that even though the ball hit the player behind the baseline, that according to the rules, it was his team's point because the ball hit his opponent in the air before it bounced. What is the correct decision?
a.) Team A. b.) Team B. c.) Replay the point and tell the server to serve easier.
Situation IV: During a doubles match a player on Team B served a fault. The player and his partner both quickly realized that the wrong player was serving. They immediately switched places and the other player was ready to serve two serves on the first point of the game. Before he served a player on Team A stopped him and said, "According to the rules you should be getting only one serve because your partner faulted when he he hit his first serve."
What is the correct decision?
a.) Team A is correct. b.) Team B is correct. c.) The first server should still be serving.
Situation V: During a local 3.5 singles match, Player A hit a deep shot to his opponent's baseline. Player B stopped play and said, "Let's play the point over because the ball was hit so hard I couldn't tell whether the ball just missed the baseline or caught the edge of the line." Player A quickly said, "It is my point if you are not sure whether the shot was good or not." Player B argued, "According to the rules you should play the shot over if a player is not sure if the point was good or not." What is the correct decision?
a.) Player A is correct. b.) Player B is correct. c.) Ask a player who was watching the match whether the shot was good enough and abide by his decision.
Situation VI: During a 4.0 doubles match a player on Team A bounced an overhead over the back fence behind Team B. A player on Team B ran through the gate behind him and miraculously returned the ball over the net. The players on Team A were so startled that they didn't even return the shot; thinking that they had won the point because it was illegal to go outside the enclosed area to return a shot. Team B argued that their return was perfectly legal. What is the correct decision?
a.) Team A is correct. b.) Team B is correct. c.) If the player had jumped over the fence and returned the shot to his opponent's court, the point would be theirs.
Situation VII: During a high school's girls match Player A had two tennis balls in her hand when she commenced serving. After getting her first serve in she threw the other ball behind her into the fence because she had a two-handed backhand and couldn't hold the ball in her left hand. She also did this on other first serves that she got in during the first game. At 30-30, Player B stopped play and called for the tournament director to come out. Why?
She told the tournament director that she was very distracted by her opponent throwing the ball behind her when she was serving. Of course, her opponent thought there was nothing wrong by tossing the ball behind her and wanted to continue the match. What was the tournament director's decision?
a.) She agreed with Player A. b.) She agreed with Player B. c.) She told Player A to switch to a one-handed backhand.
Answers: 1.a; 2.a; 3.b; 4.a; 5.b; 6.b; 7.b (Player A was given a ball holder to clip onto her shorts; therefore solving the problem).
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Chris Atkins, who splashed to stardom in The Blue Lagoon with Brooke Shields, collapsed from severe chest pains while filming a shower scene with comely newcomer Sandra Beall in the recently wrapped flick Heaven and was hospitalized for three days. The diagnosis: pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac around the heart. "It was awful," says Atkins, 22, who plays a male stripper in the film. "It felt like I couldn't breathe." Though feeling fine now, Chris still hasn't recovered from his "wild" love scenes with "great kisser" Lesley Ann Warren.
Word is that Scott (Urban Cowboy) Glenn, who will be playing Alan Shepard in the upcoming The Right Stuff, is being considered for the role of Harvey Milk—the gay San Francisco supervisor who was slain, along with Mayor George Moscone, in 1978. The film is to be based on Randy Shilts' book The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. Glenn hasn't signed yet, but producer Joe Hamilton apparently is optimistic. Some months back there was talk about Hamilton's estranged wife, Carol Burnett, playing a small but pivotal role in the flick. Though the terms of their separation are said to be amicable, the terms of her contract might be less so. After recently completing HBO's Nobody Makes Me Cry with Elizabeth Taylor, Burnett joked, "I learned a lot from Elizabeth. At the end of the filming, I got to keep my wardrobe."
Speaking of wardrobes, imagine Christina De Lorean's consternation when she learned that the Los Angeles trial of her hubby, John, had been postponed until August. As you'll recall, she ordered an 18-piece wardrobe from designer Albert Capraro (at a wholesale cost of $200 to $1,500 per outfit) to wear at John's April trial. But Christina, who has been wearing her Capraro courtroom clothes here and there, need not fret that she'll be out of style come August. According to Albert's brother and assistant, Vito, the clothes are "trans-seasonal." Thank goodness.
The first couple of high finance, William Agee and Mary Cunningham, just bought a house in Oyster Harbors on Cape Cod for a mere $1,966,500. They put $966,500 down, and like ordinary folk took out a mortgage—for a cool $1 million.
If serenading your sweetheart just isn't your scene, you'll be glad to know that greeting card records will debut in card shops and record stores this summer. Called Musigrams ($2.50 retail), the blank cards contain vinyl stereo discs with songs by such artists as Rod Stewart (You Send Me), Melissa Manchester (Whenever I Call You Friend), Aretha Franklin (Love Me Forever) and Kool and the Gang (Celebration). Special occasion Musigrams are due out later this year. One will feature Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to Jack Kennedy—but the JFK reference probably will be edited out.
Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md. has lined up Robot Redford as commencement speaker later this month. Apparently, Robert wasn't available, so the 4'4", 175-pound high-tech version will substitute, becoming the first robot ever to deliver a college commencement address.
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