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Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Cornelia "Nina" T.L. Pillard to the influential Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Pillard is one of President Obama's three nominees to fill vacancies on the court, which is currently operating with nearly one-third of its seats empty.
Pillard is a fair-minded, nationally recognized law professor and experienced appellate lawyer with an extraordinary record of service. She has won historic Supreme Court victories: she opened one of the last male-only public colleges to women, and protected the Family and Medical Leave Act. She has served two tours as a high-level government lawyer and is currently a distinguished and beloved professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Her expertise in appellate litigation led to her appointment as a co-director of Georgetown's Supreme Court Institute, which assists lawyers from around the country in preparing for Supreme Court arguments, without regard to which side they represent. Her record demonstrates her superb character, judgment, and fundamental commitment to upholding the principles of our Constitution and laws.
Right-wing bloggers are already making nasty and untrue attacks on Professor Pillard, but here are the facts:
The National Review Online cited unnamed sources in a blog calling Professor Pillard a "complete ideologue." In reality, Professor Pillard is a fair-minded, highly accomplished litigator with broad experience and an outstanding reputation for public service. She has litigated major constitutional cases brought or defended by Republican Administrations, and Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents have often written the majority opinions agreeing with Professor Pillard's legal arguments. And prominent officials in Republican-appointed officials are supporting her nomination.
FACT: Because of Pillard's unbiased approach to the law, which has earned her the respect of her colleagues, she was asked to chair an American Bar Association Reading Committee that evaluated Judge Samuel Alito's qualifications to serve on the Supreme Court. Her committee's evaluation led to the ABA rating Alito "well qualified."
FACT: Pillard serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association, the world's largest alternative dispute resolution provider.
FACT: Pillard has a long track record of fair and unbiased work, including litigating major constitutional cases brought or defended by Republican Administrations. And Supreme Court justices appointed by Republican presidents have often written the majority opinions agreeing with her legal arguments.
FACT: President George W. Bush's Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh signed a letter of support for Professor Pillard citing her unbiased approach to the law.
The Family Research Council has attacked Professor Pillard, claiming she has radical liberal ideas on abortion, motherhood and abstinence only education.
The FRC wrongly attributed a quote to Professor Pillard which was actually a quote belonging to former Chief Justice Rehnquist.
The Family Research Council wrongly accuses Professor Pillard of broadly claiming that abstinence only education is unconstitutional, saying, "Pillard is so fiercely opposed to abstinence education that she has said publicly she would declare it unconstitutional."
The FRC claimed that Professor Pillard has 'extreme pro-abortion' views when in fact Professor Pillard's academic writing on abortion seeks ways to bridge the gap between abortion rights advocates and opponents by finding common ground for ways to reduce reliance on abortion.
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way today applauded the Senate confirmation of Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor. Marge Baker, Executive Vice President of People For the American Way, released the following statement:
"Anyone who cares about the fair treatment of workers or civil rights should be thrilled by the confirmation of Tom Perez. During his time in the Justice Department, Perez's commitment to protecting the rights of Americans – whether they are women, people of color, LGBT people, or people with disabilities – has been extraordinary. He has spent his career fighting for the rights of all Americans and now he will be able to take that passion and commitment to the Department of Labor.
"Even though today's vote is an important step forward, we must continue to confront the partisan gridlock in the Senate that is hurting the American people. We must ensure that the President's judicial nominees, like his executive nominees, also receive up and down votes. The American people understand that when senators decide they'd rather play politics than do their jobs, it harms not only Congress but all of our country."
The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing for the first of President Obama's three recent nominees to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, attorney Patricia Ann Millett. Republican committee members, having no actual objections to Millett's qualifications, used the opportunity to grandstand about what they see as the enormous injustice of a Democratic president nominating people to open seats on the federal judiciary.
Chief among the grandstanders, of course, was Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who spent most of his time telling Millett that Republican opposition to her nomination has nothing to do with her and has everything to do with President Obama's supposed effort to "pack" the DC Circuit.
Very little of what he said had any basis in reality. He started out by claiming that the DC Circuit is currently "evenly divided" between Democratic and Republican nominees and that President Obama and Democrats are now trying to "pack the court" with Obama's nominees:
Right now, the DC Circuit is evenly divided among active judges, with four Republicans and four Democrats. And you find yourself one of three nominees from the president. The president and senior Democrats on this committee have made clear that they want to pick a fight on the DC Circuit. They want to pick a fight on the DC Circuit, and unfortunately I believe part of this pressure, part of the effort of stopping qualified Republican nominees and then deciding to pick a fight now, is a desire to pack the court.
While it's true that there are currently four Democratic nominees and four Republican nominees in active service on the court, Cruz obscures the fact that the court has an active backbench of six senior judges – five of whom are Republican nominees:
This imbalance exists because Republican presidents have nominated the bulk of DC Circuit judges in the past three decades -- 15 of the last 19 confirmed to the DC Circuit were nominated by Republicans. Far from "packing" the court, President Obama has had fewer judges confirmed to the DC Circuit than any of his four most recent predecessors.
Cruz continued, insisting that President Obama is trying to "pack" the court because it is "holding this administration accountable, and in particular, holding rule-making accountable that has been contrary to federal law":
The DC Circuit has been a court that has been holding this administration accountable, and in particular, holding rule-making accountable that has been contrary to federal law. And I believe that there is an activist base that is pressuring the president, that has been pressuring senior Senate Democrats to get judicial nominees on the DC Circuit to protect the regulations coming from this administration. And I think any effort to pack the court because the administration doesn't like the outcomes of judges applying the law fairly should be decried.
What Cruz is referring to is the fact that the D.C. Circuit is currently dominated by right-wing Republican nominees, who have delved into far-right legal theory to strike down common-sense protections for workers, consumers and voters – you can read about some of their most appalling decisions here. President Obama is not trying to "pack" the court to get the decisions that he wants, as Cruz alleges. Instead, he is using his mandate from American voters to pick judges who will restore some ideological balance to one of the farthest-right courts in the country.
Finally, Cruz declares that his objections to Millett have nothing to do with her "very fine professional qualifications" and instead have to do with too much "partisan politics" in judicial confirmations – partisan politics which he seems to have very little interest in putting aside.
Because I think partisan politics has driven this committee's approach to the DC Circuit for over a decade. And I think that's unfortunate, I would rather see a situation where able judges are confirmed irrespective of that. But it is not consistent with our responsibility to let one party prevent qualified judges from going to the court, and at the same time to enable packing the court to reach preferred outcomes. So I thank you for being here, and I think it's regrettable, the overall context of this dispute, which as I said is irrespective of your very fine professional qualifications.
So, Cruz is refusing to support Millett, who he thinks is unquestionably qualified for the job, for purely political reasons… because he thinks the judicial nominations process has become too politicized.
Today, President Obama nominated three people – experienced appellate attorney Patricia Millet, Georgetown law professor and former civil rights attorney Cornelia "Nina" Pillard and D.C. District Court judge and former public defender Robert Wilkins – to the influential Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
All three have stellar qualifications. Yet, Senate Republicans were threatening to block all three even before they knew who the nominees would be.
In a Rose Garden speech introducing the nominees, President Obama blasted Republican obstruction and urged the Senate to quickly review and hold votes on all three. "The Constitution demands that I nominate qualified individuals to fill those seats," he said. "What I am doing today is my job. I need the Senate to do its job."
So one of the most important responsibilities of a President is to nominate qualified men and women to serve as judges on the federal bench.
And Congress has a responsibility, as well. The Senate is tasked with providing advice and consent. They can approve a President's nominee or they can reject a President's nominee. But they have a constitutional duty to promptly consider judicial nominees for confirmation.
Now, throughout my first term as President, the Senate too often failed to do that. Time and again, congressional Republicans cynically used Senate rules and procedures to delay and even block qualified nominees from coming to a full vote.
As a result, my judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor. Let me repeat that: My nominees have taken three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor. These individuals that I nominate are qualified. When they were given an up or down vote in the Senate -- when they were finally given an up or down vote in the Senate, every one of them was confirmed. So this is not about principled opposition. This is about political obstruction.
Despite that, some Republicans recently have suggested that by nominating these three individuals, I'm somehow engaging in -- and I'm quoting here -- in "court-packing." (Laughter.) No -- people laugh, but this is an argument I've made. For those of you who are familiar with the history of court-packing, that involved Franklin Delano Roosevelt trying to add additional seats to the Supreme Court in order to water down and get more support for his political agenda. We're not adding seats here. We're trying to fill seats that are already existing. Each of the past five Presidents has seen at least three of their nominees confirmed to the D.C. Circuit. Since I've been President, obstruction has slowed that down to one.
Right now, there are three open seats on a critical court. I didn't create these seats. I didn't just wake up one day and say, let's add three seats to the District Court of Appeals. These are open seats. And the Constitution demands that I nominate qualified individuals to fill those seats. What I am doing today is my job. I need the Senate to do its job.
For more background on the D.C. Circuit, see PFAW's Marge Baker's piece in the Huffington Post yesterday, "Five Things Republicans Don't Want You to Know About the D.C. Circuit."
When the Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last month, Republicans patted themselves on the back for cooperating in a relatively efficient confirmation process. But, by any objective standard, Srinivasan's confirmation process wasn't that efficient at all. In fact, Republican obstruction of Srinivasan started when they delayed a hearing on his nomination for ten months, from June 2012 to April of this year.
But Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is now pushing an alternate history of this delay on Srinivasan's nomination. In a floor speech the day Srinivasan was confirmed, Grassley insisted that Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, "made no effort to schedule a hearing on this nominee until late last year."
In a press release this week, Sen. Leahy explained why this argument is just plain false. In fact, he wrote, it was Senate Republicans who kept insisting that Srinivasan's hearing be pushed back:
By July 19, 2012, I had determined that the paperwork on the Srinivasan nomination was complete and the nominee could be included in a hearing. It has been my practice as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee to give the minority notice and allow consultation before scheduling a nomination for a hearing. At that time, the next July hearing had been discussed as one devoted to the nominee to head the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice, a nomination that itself had been delayed and to which there was Republican opposition. During the August recess, my staff asked Senator Grassley's about holding the hearing on the Srinivasan nomination in September. They raised objections and concerns about proceeding with the D.C. Circuit nomination at that time but agreed to proceed with four district nominees and a Court of International Trade nominee.
In November, 2012, after the American people reelected President Obama, we raised the need for a hearing on the D.C. Circuit nomination anew. Republicans objected, again, in spite of the precedent of holding a hearing for one of President Bush's D.C. Circuit nominees during a similar lame duck session. Instead, they wanted to proceed only with district court nominees during the lame duck. Republicans insisted that the Srinivasan hearing be put off until the new Congress and the new year. In deference to the Republican minority, I held off. They agreed that he would be included at the first nominations hearing of the 113th Congress.
Then, in early January of this year, when called upon to hold up their end of the bargain, Republicans balked.
This isn't just a matter of settling a complicated Senate score. Instead, Sen. Leahy is pointing out yet another incident of Sen. Grassley's twisting the truth about judicial nominees and the judicial nominations process in an attempt to cover for slowing down Senate business and ultimately the business of the federal courts. As Leahy says in his statement:
Those erroneous Record statements have me wondering whether I should be so accommodating to Republican scheduling demands given that they forget their demands in their efforts to avoid responsibility and blame others.
People For the American Way today applauded President Obama's announcement that he would nominate Cornelia (Nina) Pillard, Patricia Ann Millett and Robert Leon Wilkins to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Today's announcement is an important step toward filling the remaining vacancies on one of our nation's highest courts," said Marge Baker, Executive Vice President at People For the American Way. "These nominees all have accomplished records. They should receive prompt hearings and votes in the full Senate without delay.
"These nominations are a clear statement by the President that he won't be held hostage by the relentless obstruction by Senate Republicans," continued Baker. "Nearly five years after he was elected, President Obama has had only one nominee confirmed to the DC Circuit, but Republicans are insisting that fulfilling his constitutional obligation to nominate individuals to fill open seats on this Court is somehow 'court packing.' That's ridiculous. Republican Senators should stop playing political games with the courts and end their mindless obstruction of President Obama's nominees."
The New York Times reported this week that President Obama is planning to nominate three judges to fill long-vacant seats on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This is hardly unheard of: every president since Jimmy Carter has placed at least three judges on the D.C. Circuit, and Obama only just had his first nominee confirmed to the court.
But Senate Republicans and conservative activists really, really don't want President Obama to put any more judges on the D.C. Circuit – perhaps because it is currently dominated by Republican nominees who are intent on rolling back things like clean air regulations, cigarette labeling requirements, and National Labor Relations Board rulings.
So the Senate GOP is threatening to filibuster anybody Obama names to the court and even trying to push through a law permanently deleting the vacant judgeships in order to prevent Obama from filling them.
What has resulted is one of the more bizarre manifestations of Obama Derangement Syndrome. The talking point that Senate Republicans and their allies have landed on to defend this planned obstruction is that President Obama, in nominating judges to existing judicial vacancies as is required by his job, is in fact "packing" the D.C. Circuit in the style of FDR. (Or, in the words of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, like a "king").
In a column for Breitbart News yesterday the Family Research Council's Ken Klukowski goes even further, writing that by merely planning to nominate judges to the court – a constitutional requirement of his job fulfilled by every one of his predecessors – Obama has launched an "attack on the independence of the federal courts," "declared war on judicial independence," and is "trying to declare law by executive fiat."
Now that Obama has declared war on judicial independence, Republicans are planning a counter-strategy. There are 13 federal appeals courts. The D.C. Circuit's caseload is light, while several other circuits are overloaded. Sen. Charles Grassley and Senate Republicans are proposing moving those three seats to courts that could very much use them. Obama would still appoint those three judges, but not to the D.C. Circuit.
It takes legislation to create or move federal judgeships, so this is shaping up as a major part of the battle over courts that are independent of political manipulation.
There are only 80 slots on the Supreme Court's docket every year. For 20,000 federal appeals each year, whatever the appellate court says is the final word. Obama is hoping that if he can overhaul the judicial balance of the court, his unprecedented claims of federal power might withstand court challenges. From Obamacare to EPA requirements, labor rules, and IRS rules, all these topics and more are going before the D.C. Circuit.
Obama cannot enact major liberal legislation now that he's lost the House and might also lose the Senate next year. Instead, he's trying to declare law by executive fiat. Whether he gets away with it likely turns on whether he can change Senate rules and then pack the D.C. Circuit with sympathetic judges.
This attack on the independence of the federal courts should be of concern to all Americans.
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins signed on today as a cosponsor of a blatantly political bill meant to deny President Obama, unlike any of his predecessors, the ability to fill vacancies on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The D.C. Circuit is the second most influential court in the country, behind the Supreme Court. It has the final word on scores of federal laws and regulations, from consumer protections to workers' rights to environmental protections.
For more than 30 years, presidents of both parties have placed numerous judges on the D.C. Circuit:
Senate Republicans prevented President Obama from placing a single nominee on the court during his first term and the first four months of his second, despite the fact that one-third of its active judgeships were vacant. They were so eager to keep the court dominated by Republican-nominated judges that they twice filibustered President Obama's first nominee to the court, the eminently qualified Caitlin Halligan. Yesterday, after a ten-month delay, the Senate finally confirmed an Obama nominee, Sri Srinivasan, to fill one of the court's four vacancies. But Republicans are indicating that their cooperation will stop there.
Senate Republicans are not only vowing to block any Obama nominees to the remaining three seats on the D.C. Circuit, they are actually proposing a bill that would eliminate those three seats entirely in order to prevent President Obama from filling them.
The bill, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley and cosponsored by every other Republican member of the Judiciary Committee, just gained its first non-committee cosponsor: Sen. Collins.
The bill's backers claim that the D.C. Circuit doesn't have a great enough workload to justify filling the remaining three judgeships. However, Sen. Collins' own voting record provides a perfect refutation of that argument.
Sen. Collins and her allies object to Obama's filling the 9th, 10th and 11th seats on the D.C. Circuit. However, when George W. Bush was president, Sen. Collins had no such reservations about the need to fill the court's vacancies. In 2006, Collins voted to confirm Bush nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the 10th seat on the D.C. Circuit. In 2005, she voted to confirm Bush nominees Janice Rogers Brown to the 10th seat on the court and Thomas Griffith to the 11th.
Following the Griffith confirmation, which Collins supported, the D.C. Circuit's caseload was 119 cases per active judge. If every one of the D.C. Circuit's 11 seats were filled today -- including the three seats that Sen. Collins wants to eliminate – the court's caseload would be slightly higher than it was then, at 120 cases per active judge. Sen. Collins evidently thinks that what was a reasonable caseload for the court under President Bush is somehow wastefully low under President Obama.
Meanwhile, here is Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse refuting Sen. Grassley's absurd claim that President Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit by filling its vacancies:
One of President Obama's most important long-term achievements has been his concerted effort to bring qualified judicial nominees from a wide variety of backgrounds to the federal bench. 42 percent of President Obama's confirmed judicial nominees have been women, compared with just 22 percent of those nominated by the second President Bush and 29 percent of those nominated President Clinton. Likewise, 46 percent of his confirmed nominees have been people of color, a dramatic change from the previous administration, in which 82 percent of federal judicial nominees were white. And President Obama has nominated more openly gay people to federal judgeships than all of his predecessors combined. (All of these numbers are available in this pdf from our friends at Alliance For Justice).
The four new judicial nominations that the White House announced last night are perfect examples of this effort to make the courts better reflect the people they serve. One, Judge Carolyn B. McHugh, who has been nominated to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, would be the first woman to sit on a federal appeals court in Utah. Pamela L. Reeves, nominated to the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Elizabeth A. Wolford, nominated to the Western District of New York, would be the first women to serve in their respective districts. And Debra M. Brown, nominated to the Northern District of Mississippi, would be the first African-American federal judge in her district and the first African-American woman to serve as an Article III judge in Mississippi.
Another important type of diversity among federal judges – one where there has been some progress but where there is still room for improvement – is diversity of professional background. Judges who have worked as public interest or legal aid attorneys bring a perspective to the bench that is different from that brought by prosecutors and litigators representing corporate clients. One example of this professional diversity is Iowa's Jane Kelly, who was recently confirmed to the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals with unanimous bipartisan support from the Senate. An Associated Press profile yesterday explained the important perspective that Kelly will bring to the federal bench from her experience as a federal public defender:
The 48-year-old attorney has spent her career as a public defender representing low-income criminal defendants, a rarity in the ranks of appeals court judges who are often former prosecutors and trial judges. She'll become just the second woman in the 122-year history of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases in seven states from Arkansas to the Dakotas.
Associates say she is a smart legal thinker who has zealously defended the rights of even the most publicly despised clients, including a notorious mailbox bombing suspect and the biggest white-collar criminal in Iowa history. Even prosecutors who disagreed with her in court praise Kelly, who will take the oath of office privately.
"Her story is compelling all the way around," said Debra Fitzpatrick of the University of Minnesota-based Infinity Project, which advocates for more women on the 8th Circuit. "Her credentials and her background and her career sort of set her up to be the right candidate at the right time."
A long-distance runner, Kelly's life almost ended when she went for a morning jog on the Cedar River Trail in June 2004. She was tackled and beaten by a male stranger, then dragged to a creek and left for dead. Passersby found Kelly in a pool of blood, in and out of consciousness and struggling to call for help. Speculation swirled that the attack was linked to Kelly's legal work, but no one ever was arrested.
Kelly quickly returned to representing criminal defendants after spending months in recovery. Her colleagues gave her the John Adams Award, which recognizes an Iowa lawyer's commitment to the constitutional right to criminal defense. And hundreds gathered one year later for a "Take Back the Trail" event, where Kelly jogged there again for the first time.
Kelly grew up in Newcastle, Ind., and graduated from Duke University in 1987. She earned a Fulbright scholarship to study in New Zealand before enrolling at Harvard, where she and Obama were acquaintances but not friends. She clerked for U.S. District Judge Donald Porter in South Dakota and then for Hansen.
She taught one year at University of Illinois law school before returning to Iowa as one of the first hires for the new public defender's office. She's been a fixture ever since, often representing "not the most popular person in the room," as she put it in her confirmation hearing, including drug dealers, pornographers and con artists.
Other pending nominees with public defender experience include Michael McShane (Oregon), Luis Felipe Restrepo (Pennsylvania), Jeffrey Schmehl (Pennsylvania), Rosemary Márquez (Arizona), and William Thomas (Florida).


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OSHA News Release – Region 7
U.S. Department of Labor
Region 7 News Release: OSHA 05-1831-KAN
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Contact: Rich Kulczewski
Phone: (303) 844-1302
LIBERAL, KAN. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Seward County Community College (SCCC) have joined forces in two alliances -- one to promote workplace safety and health for workers in the oil and gas industry and another for warehousing industry workers.
OSHA alliances are part of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's ongoing efforts to improve the health and safety of workers. OSHA has created more than 350 alliances with organizations committed to fostering safety and health in the workplace.
Through one alliance, OSHA will provide SCCC with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help protect employees' health and safety, particularly reducing and preventing exposure to work-related injuries for oil and gas industry workers in the southwest region of Kansas.
The second alliance will provide SCCC and Springhouse Frozen Foods, a local supplier of food to distributors, with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help them reduce and prevent work-related injuries for warehousing industry workers in Kansas.
"This cooperative effort is designed to achieve three goals -- better training and education, more outreach and communication, and increased public awareness of workplace safety and health," said OSHA Regional Administrator Charles E. Adkins, CIH.
During these two-year alliances, OSHA and SCCC will work jointly to develop oil and gas industry training and education programs that emphasize recognition and prevention of workplace hazards. Workplace safety and health curricula will be designed and made available through the university covering such topics as hazard awareness and recognition, benefits of effective safety and health programs, and OSHA recordkeeping.
OSHA, SCCC and Springhouse Frozen Foods also will work jointly to develop general warehousing training programs that emphasize recognition and prevention of workplace hazards. A workplace safety and health curriculum will cover such topics as plant sanitation, general warehousing, forklift operation and plant mechanical maintenance. SCCC and Springhouse Frozen Foods will deliver or arrange for the delivery of these courses.
Outreach efforts to employees and employers will include safety and health conferences, seminars, workshops, and Web site information for the local community.
Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA's role is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
U.S. Labor Department (DOL) releases are accessible on the Internet at http://www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when placing your request. Call (202) 693-7765 or TTY (202) 693-7755. DOL is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.
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The Slug Queen is takes on the role of being the unofficial ambassador of the city for the Eugene Celebration festival.
There were four contestants who each had to perform a talent as well as answer a question from one of the former Slug Queens to determine who would be the best Queen.
At the end of the show, the judges deliberated and the 2014 Slug Queen was crowned. After his fourth attempt, this year's winner was Professor Bulbus Slimebledore (Daniel Borson).


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Donna and James Bullock of Amarillo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on a southern Caribbean cruise.
Bullock married the former Donna Hurst on Feb. 14, 1959, at Frederick, Okla. They have lived in Amarillo for 44 years and previously resided in Elk City, Okla.; Tulsa, Okla.; and Shawnee, Okla.
Bullock is a retired senior vice president of Texas American Bank and Tascosa National Bank. He is past president of South Amarillo Kiwanis, Sons of American Revolution and Friends of Amarillo Library. He also delivers Meals on Wheels. Mrs. Bullock is retired from Amarillo Independent School District as a speech pathologist. She is a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and volunteers for Tomorrow's Promise and Adult Reading and Writing. They are members of First Baptist Church, where Bullock is a deacon, and they have served as directors, teachers and on various committees.
They have one child: Kelly Torman.
The couple have two grandchildren: Ellen and Holly Torman.
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BP (NYSE: BP ) is to raise capital spending on its crucial upstream division, the company announced in an investor presentation. From 2014 through to 2020, BP is to spend $24 billion to $27 billion annually on exploration and production activities, a significant increase from previous levels. In 2011, the company's expenditures in upstream activities totaled around $19.1 billion.
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Pumpkin Pie Filling
Combine everything a large bowl and whisk until smooth and evenly combined. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle.
Coat 10 (4 to 6 ounce) ramekins (or, alternatively, a 9 1/2 inch deep dish pie plate) with baking spray and divide filling evenly among containers. Bake until filling is just set in the middle, about 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before serving or chill and serve cold, if desired. (Can be made up to 5 days in advance and stored refrigerated until ready to use.)
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and arrange a rack in the middle. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and stir to combine evenly. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper then coat with a very thin layer of baking spray.
Turn streusel onto sheet and bake, stirring a few times, until just brown on the bottom, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from sheet pan to cool completely. (Can be made up to 5 days in advance and stored at room temperature in an airtight container.)
Note: Make sure to drain and rinse the tofu before using.
Source: Chef Aida Mollenkamp for The Biggest Loser. Nutrition analysis by Cheryl Forberg, RD for The Biggest Loser. Photography by Christopher Kalima.
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Camp Olympia
Winter Break Horseback Riding Camp: Dec. 29-31 & Jan. 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Ages 7 & up. Great introduction to Horseback Riding! Two mounted riding lessons per day, plus learn about horse care such as grooming, saddling the horse, etc.
camp-olympia.com , 5511 Muncaster Mill Rd., Rockville, MD, 301-926-9281.
Tiny Dancers
Tiny Dancers invites your children, ages 3-8, to two special 3-day long camps filled with dancing, games and crafts as we party our way through the holiday season. Locations in Fairfax, Gainesville and Alexandria.
tinydancers.com , email@example.com, 703-385-5580.
Adventure Theatre - MTC School's Out Winter Break Workshops
Send your kids to come play with Adventure Theatre MTC. Kids will enjoy a full day of themed games, activities and dramatic play while you put in your hours at the office worry-free! Visit website for more information about pricing and registration.
adventuretheatre-mtc.org ,
Ballet Petite Winter Holiday Camp
Dec. 15-26 (no camp Dec. 25). Bethesda, Potomac & McLean. 301-229-6882.
balletpetite.com , 301-229-6882.
BeanTree Learning Holiday Camp
BeanTree Learning and The Pavilion at BeanTree offer exciting Holiday Camps for students ages 6-14! Enjoy sports, games, art, computers and more. Westfields Campus: 703-961-8222. Ashburn Campus: 571-223-3113. wwww.beantreelearning.com and www.beantreepavilion.com
www.beantreelearning.com/page.cfm?p=411 , 571-223-3110.
C3 Cyber Club
2014 Dates: Dec. 22, 23, 24, 29, 30. Ages: K-8th Grade. Full Day Camp Hours: 7:30am to 6pm. Half Day Camp Hours: 9am to 12pm
www.c3cyberclub.com/index.php?page=seasonal , 44710 Cape Court #118, Ashburn, VA, 703-729-0985.
Create Arts Center Winter Break Camp
Dec. 22-24 & Dec. 28-31. Ages 6-14. When school is out, art is in at CREATE! Flexible day-by-day enrollment - sign up for a few days or a whole week! Each camp day features different art adventures. Will it be cartooning? Collage? Painting? Join us to find out! Before & after care available.
createartscenter.org , 816 Thayer Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 301-588-2787.
Dynamite Gymnastics Center Winter Break Camp
Leave your kids with us for gymnastics (instructed and free play), snacks, crafts and lots of fun! We offer: half-day (AM & PM), half-day+lunch time and full-day. We also offer pizza for lunch at an additional cost. Dec. 28-31
dynamitegc.com , Rockville, MD, 301-770-2700.
Imagination Stage Winter Break Arts Blast
Dec. 29 and 30, 2014 and Jan. 2, 2015; grades preK-8. Sign up for one day or all three.
www.imaginationstage.org/classesacamps/wintercamps , 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD, 301-280-1660.
Mad Science at The Hill Center
A winter break camp at the Hill Center. Dec. 21-31, 9:00 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 28-Jan. 1 at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Gaithersburg, MD. Explore the science all around you in this exciting break camp. Each day covers a different engaging science topic. Includes forensic fundamentals: biology, chemistry and crime scenes (formerly crime scene and chemistry)
dc.madscience.org , 921 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, D.C., 301-593-4777.
McLean Community Center Winter Break Trips
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mcleancenter.org/teens/camps , 703-790-0123.
Michael & Son SportsPlex at Dulles Winter Break Camp
If your child enjoys sports, or wants to try news sports, this is the camp for you. Your child will have fun learning and playing sports.
dullesportsplex.com , 703-430-9966.
Michael & Son SportsPlex at Rockville Winter Break Camp
If your child enjoys sports, or wants to try new sports, this is the camp for you. Your child will have fun learning and playing sports.
rockvillesports.com , 301-838-4455.
My Gym Alexandria Winter Break Camp
Dec. 23-24, 26-31.
mygym.com/Alexandria , 703-971-5437.
My Gym Bethesda Winter Break Camp
Dec. 24-Jan. 2, 1-4 p.m. My Gym kids have tons of fun with fitness games, gymnastics, sports skills, arts & crafts, music, dance and more during our half-day camps! See website for daily themes.
mygym.com/Bethesda , 301-652-2820.
My Gym Burke Winter Break Camp
Call or visit their website for details and dates.
mygym.com/Burke , 703-425-5327.
My Gym Chantilly Winter Break Camp
Dec. 23, 26, 30 & 31; ages 2 1/2-8; Fun with fitness games, gymnastics, sports skills, arts & crafts, music, dance and more. Different theme each day! mygym.com/Chantilly, 703-378-3100
mygym.com , Potomac & Bethesda,, MD, 301-983-5300.
My Gym Kentlands Winter Break Camp
Dec. 23-24, 26-31. Winter Camp is a 3 hr. drop-off program for children 2 1/12-9 years old. Themed days incorporate games, tumbling, sports, arts & crafts and more. A new theme each day.
mygym.com/Gaithersburg , 301-926-5969.
My Gym Potomac Winter Break Camp
My Gym kids have tons of fun with fitness games, gymnastics, sports skills, arts & crafts, music, dance and more during our half-day camps! See website for daily themes.
mygym.com/Potomac , 301-983-5300.
Silver Stars Gymnastics Winter Break Camp
Winter break registration now open for Bowie and Silver Spring locations.
gosilverstars.com , Silver Spring, MD, 301-589-0938.
Westminster School Winter Camp
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16 x 20
A. Harbor River
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A. Salt Marsh - Sold
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A3. Boats on the Grand Canal,Sallins
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A5. Southern River with Boat, evening
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A5. Winter Portrait of Rachael
20"x 16"
A6. Stephens Green,Dublin
Oil on Panel AVAILABLE
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A6.Cape Cod View Towards Provincetown
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A7.Commercial Street, Cape Cod
24"x 30". SOLD
A8. Stephens Green, Dublin
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AA. Museum of Arts and Sciences. SOLD
One Man Show SOLD
Autumn Evening Interior
36"x 38"
Autumn Evening Interior, Detail
Barges at Battersea Bridge
32"x 38"
Bay Cottages, Cape Cod
5 1/4" x 3 3/4"
Beach Houses near the old cannery, Cape Cod
10"x 14"
Blessington Basin, Dublin
Oil on Panel SOLD
9.5"x 11"
Blue Light Morning, Lake Proctor
12"x 14"
Boat dock at Baptiste,Canada
Boathouse off Saint John's river
Oil on Canvas SOLD
22"x 26"
Boats in Harbour
Boats in Howth Harbour
12"x 16"
Broken Dock and Shrimper
24 x 40
Canal at Lucan Bridge,Dublin
Oil on Panel SOLD
7.5" x 9.5"
Cave Hill Cemetary, Louiseville
Chapel at Rollins College, Orlando, Florida
36"x 36"
Cherokee Park, Louisville
Children playing Cherokee Park, Louisville
20"x 24"
Choppy light at Baptiste, Canada
Oil on Canvas AVAILABLE
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Crossing the Overflow
Dreamy Roses
Early Morning, South Anne Street, Dublin
El Parador, Granada, Spain
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Evening River
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Evening Wekiva
Field near Baldonnel
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Fishing House, Florida, No.2, Florida
36"x 32"
Florida Brush
24"x 28"
Florida House Boat
19"x 23"
Florida Morning
Furry Glen, Phoenix Park, Dublin
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Getting started
Gunnera along the Liffey,Ireland.
24"x 36"
Harrods Creek, Louiseville, Kentucky
12" x 16"
Hayfield near Alhendin, Spain
9" x 11"
House Boat on the Saint Johns river
House Boats at Marina Isle
Impressionist Interior
32"x 36"
Impressionist Walk, Florida
Kevin Mc Namara. American Beauty
8" x 7"
Kevin Mc Namara. American Landscape
28"x 34"
Kevin Mc Namara. Artists Excursion,Wekiva
Kevin Mc Namara. Artists Painting Trip, Wekiva
Kevin Mc Namara. Backlit Woods, Florida
32"x 32"
Kevin Mc Namara. Banana Tree, Florida
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Kevin Mc Namara. Beach House, North Truro
Kevin Mc Namara. Boats at Saint Augustine
37"x 40"
Kevin Mc Namara. Boats in Provincetown, Cape Cod.
16"x 20'
Kevin Mc Namara. Boats on the Thames
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Kevin Mc Namara. Burrow Beach, Dublin
Kevin Mc Namara. Burrow Beach,Dublin
Kevin Mc Namara. Cars and Poles
5" x 7"
Kevin Mc Namara. Commercial Street
11 x 14
Kevin Mc Namara. Creek behind the Houses
42"x 44"
Kevin Mc Namara. Fishing House, Florida No. 1
30"x 24"
Kevin Mc Namara. Lake Proctor Morning
Kevin Mc Namara. Liffey at Island Bridge, Dublin
Kevin Mc Namara. Liffey,Dublin
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Kevin Mc Namara. Sunny Grapefruit
Kevin Mc Namara. Twilight, Grand Canal
Kevin Mc Namara. Wekiva, Florida
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Kevin Mc Namara.Algonquit, Maine
11"x 14"
Kevin Mc Namara.Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna
One Man Show
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La Chapperal, Granada, Spain
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Lake in Osceola, Morning
Lake Proctor
Last House
Leafy Passage, Canada
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Lighthouse, Cape Cod
24" x 20"
Lily Pond
Little Wekiva
Long Shadows
Marina Isle, highway 46
Merrion Square West, Dublin, Ireland
8" x 10"
Mid-Day Winter Light
Misty Morning Lake Proctor
7 x 9
Morning Bathroom
Morning Palms, Florida
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Palms along the St. John's River, Forida
28"x 30"
Parked Cars
31" x 28"
Perkins Cove
Pilgrim Pond
4" x 8"
Playing at the Beach
Pond in Corcaigh Demesne,Dublin
Pond Village, Cape Cod
7"x !0"
Reflection Pond 1
44"x 46"
Reflection Pond II
32"x 28"
Reflets du Soir
36"x 48"
River in St Alban's, England
20" x 24"
River Liffey at Evening
River Light, Cherokee Park, Louiseville
34"x 36"
River L'Indre near Monte
32 x 32
Rivers Bend
23" x 24"
Roses at Leu Gardens
24"x 24"
Roses near a Gazebo, Leu Gardens
San Miguel in mist
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Siesta 1,Seville, Spain
Siesta 2, Seville, Spain
Silvery Sandy Light
10"x 12"
Still Life
Study drawing
Charcoal on paper
8"x 11"
Summer afternoon at the Marina, Louiseville
Tall Palms #2
40" x 30"
Tall Palms, Florida
14"x 25"
The Forgotten Eco Garden, Peterborough, Canada
22"x 24"
The Island Pond, Phoenix Park,Dublin
30"x 30"
The Lake, Early Morning
The Living Room
24"x 32"
The Turquoise Boat
Through the long grass
Torquoise Canoe
18"x 20" AVAILABLE
Trails in Cherokee Park, Louiseville
28"x 32"
Trees in Phoenix Park, Dublin
Truro Evening
View from Michaelangelo Square, Florence, Italy
Oil on canvas SOLD
Villanueva Del Cauche, Spain
40"x 42"
Wekiva River
Wekiva, Marcum woods area
Wellfleet Marsh, Cape Cod
Wetlands on the St Johns River
Wicklow Harbour, Ireland
Winter Interior
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Winter Light
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my best friend.
Cal is always there for me
di livlivj28 28 giugno 2011
a guy who has really great friends but has trouble communicating. he has trouble showing how he feels. Cute. Funny. Athletic. smart. If only he could take a little risk, and go for it.
Super cute, but a little shy... he is a Cal.
di dragonfly0057 18 marzo 2010
another slang word for gun because 'cal' is a shortened form of caliber, the measurement of the diameter of a gun barrel.
Don't trip fool, I got the cal on me if you want beef.
di thuqsta 31 ottobre 2009
Somebody who is a known fascist or fascist sympathiser
"That guy hates minorities and oppressed peoples? What a Cal!"
di thebuttface 17 gennaio 2015
a secret society of three close homies that has highly exclusive admission. a society that turns up all day erryday to FMS and has no fucks to give about anything. whose motto is fuck the haters, do you boo boo. #swaggy
I wish I was cool enough to be in CAL.
di AYEEdeeb 11 maggio 2014
A local gang based in Canterbury, Run by B-Man
C.A.L is out on tha ave Blud!
di Runnin C.A.L Click Bwoi 13 ottobre 2007
word meaning "shit" in nad-sac
I beat the cal out of the guy.
I got yelled at and all that cal.
I got yelled at and all that cal.
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[1] August 22, 2016 at 2:23pm
In reply to Maji's comment on the story 'Good Morning America' Anchor Apologizes For Using 'Offensive' Racial Slur on Live TV
[4] June 7, 2016 at 2:40pm
Butchered? It's that he added different parts, like mimicking the "bombs" after that line of the song,
And I'm someone that doesn't like when they drift far from the original melody and cadence of the song. But when it comes to a rock version – Jimi.
[1] June 7, 2016 at 10:11am
Grew up on Metallica. An all time favorite band.
But I came here to say the same thing.
[1] March 30, 2016 at 6:37pm
"We learn very fast…" ….no, apparently you don't.
Exactly SDFFT. She feels alienated. There is a huge push, that is basically selling Christianity as the 'white man's religion' and islam as the black man's. Prison conversion rates were skyrocketing last I read. This administration and the left as a whole are very complicit in fostering this thought process.
In reply to SDFFT's comment on the story 20-Year-Old Mississippi Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join Islamic State
[18] March 30, 2016 at 6:18pm
Who IN THE HELL is still pulling for this guy over Cruz?!?
I was just like to know who.
[16] March 22, 2016 at 3:22pm
They are just drunk on reality right now.
Drunk because the true hardships of reality are foreign to them.
You know, the world most of us remember.
The world where we commonly heard phrases such as:
"Life isn't fair."
"Life ain't easy."
"You have to work hard for a living."
"No one's going to give you anything."
They'll sober back up to their fantasy land in no time.
In reply to solo1's comment on the story Watch as 'The View' Hosts Seemingly Stun Themselves With Admissions About Trump in Wake of Brussels Attacks
[6] March 22, 2016 at 3:47pm
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March 22, 2016 at 2:02pm
How in the world could you say such a truthful thing?!?!?
[4] March 21, 2016 at 8:14pm
This is the road to a Contested Convention.
The New World Order doesn't want Trump or Cruz.
And they know their Democrat rep, Billary, is a hard sell.
In reply to Marnin's comment on the story Why Glenn Beck Believes Kasich Won't Drop Out
[15] March 21, 2016 at 2:24pm
We have Republicans and Democrats.
Sweden has an Anti-Immigration party. That's all you need to know.
[11] March 20, 2016 at 9:40pm
He has no chance of winning – check.
So he's either paid to keep votes from Cruz or to keep Trump from reaching the 1237 (or however many) needed so the NWO can put in another one of their guys.
If the NWO can't get one of their people in, they'll just knock you off, i.e., JFK, Reagan.
In reply to IthinkIam's comment on the story Kasich: 'Maybe Ted Ought to Get Out' of GOP Race
[2] March 20, 2016 at 2:41am
What is kkk gear?
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[2] March 20, 2016 at 3:13am
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Maybe I'm a red neck, MF.
You, on the other hand, are a complete idiot.
And prove it out with your own words.
We're the red necksicans.
You, on the other hand, are an elitist.
In reply to symphonic's comment on the story Violence Erupts at Trump's Arizona Rally
[4] March 11, 2016 at 11:37am
He stole my line, kind of: "more government equals less freedom".
I say this when I talk politics and preach it to my kids all the time.
If government is growing, they'll need something new to govern.
[43] March 9, 2016 at 11:10pm
It didn't take a 47 minute video to explain.
They're both constitutionalists. Explained.
In reply to rickfromthecape's comment on the story 'Some of You Will Be Angry At Me': Mark Levin Makes 2016 Endorsement
[130] March 9, 2016 at 7:40pm
Something so small and trivial and seemingly insignificant as another person endorsing a candidate is what causes you to 'take a closer look' at them?
What the Fk are you, a democrat?
Ohhh!! McCain's daughter. Makes sense.
In reply to calmglass's comment on the story Meghan McCain Stuns With Comments on Ted Cruz: 'Honestly, I Have Been Hesitant...'
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Muhammad, judgement be upon him, received his 'revelations' while convulsing and foaming at the mouth, routinely came up with 'exception laws' that only applied to himself, and had sex with Ayesha at the age of either 6 or 9!!!!!!! Just the thought makes me very angry.
I'll happily take beheading before I ever follow that evil cult.
[1] March 9, 2016 at 11:28am
When it happened a guy I worked with said that.
But even then it doesn't make sense to run threatening suicide.
In reply to Nevermind's comment on the story O.J. Simpson's Ex-Manager Says He Knows 'Who Did It' — and It Wasn't O.J.
[7] March 8, 2016 at 1:08pm
Let's use a "cross-dresser detector" on Matthews.
In reply to Indianacornball's comment on the story Chris Matthews Wants to Use a Lie Detector on Ted Cruz
[18] March 3, 2016 at 5:20pm
Evil? Yeah.
But this just makes me think of how STUPID they are.
Mind boggling stupidity.
[3] March 2, 2016 at 11:08am
Exactly what I came to say, Eda.
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"Chris Rogers is going to be the next Ramzee Robinson…," Kines said. Reporters ears perked up, "…as far as working goes."
Still, that's pretty good. Robinson is known as one of the hardest workers on the team. He won the 2004 "Jerry Duncan I Like to Practice" spring award and he's played and practiced through a lot of pain over the past couple of years.
Kines launched into a story dating back to last fall. Rogers was already designated as a redshirt and he wasn't on the dress roster. The team, Kines said, was on its way to the hotel for a pre-game meal, when Kines forgot something in his office and doubled back to pick it up.
"I look outside and Chris is there going over the hurdles," he said. "Here we are fixing to play a game and he's out there working… That's what's really helped him."
Sometimes it really is what you do when you think no one's watching that makes a difference.
Mike Shula one-upped Kines when talking about Rogers later in the day. He said Rogers had played well, and that he is "probably the hardest worker on the football team."
Ramzee Robinson chimed in, "Chris learned that hard work pays off. He has been working his butt off. It's great for this unit. He's got his mind right."
Rogers has steadily gotten more work as fall camp has gone along. The redshirt freshman is behind Robinson and Simeon Castille, and battling with Lionel Mitchell, Eric Gray and a handful of freshman for playing time at either cornerback this season. He's worked at left corner, right corner and some at nickel back. The secondary depth chart doesn't have rigid lines past the starters.
What was known about Rogers before this week was his affable personality. He loves talking. He loves football. And he loves talking football.
"I love to hit," he said. "I love Jason Allen. I'm not a Tennessee guy, but I like the way he came up and hit." Agreed. Jason Allen was a heckuva football player, worthy of respect beyond the team he played for.
There should've been some clues about Rogers' work ethic. He's physically one of the most well-defined players on the team. He's always looking for repetitions in practice, and was at even the more sparsely attended early summer pass skeletons.
"Basically I felt like I had a lot to prove," he said. "I let a lot of people down back home."
That sounds odd, for a freshman to feel that strongly about redshirting, but it's certainly kept Rogers motivated.
"When I first got here I was being over aggressive and trying to make plays all over the field," he said. "Coach is giving me a chance and that's all I can ask for. I feel I have been doing good with the chances I've had."
Thanks to that redshirt year - for a year of development and perhaps a little motivation - Rogers has four years worth of chances left in a crimson jersey, and if the work he's done continues, he is likely to make the most of them.


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Call for Papers: Virtually Third World Literature (4/1/03; Southern Comparative
Literature Association, 19-21 September 2003)
Southern Comparative Literature Association (SCLA) Annual Conference
Theme: Going Global – the Futures of Comparative Literature
Time: Sept. 19 – 21 2003
Place: University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Panel: Virtually Third World Literature
Proposals are sought for papers that deal with, in one way or another, the impact of internet technologies on the nature, character, definition, dissemination, or meanings of third world literatures. Clearly, internet technologies have displaced many third world regions from a network of global capital and communication and network-building. Poverty, poor infrastructures and national IT policies mean that computers and the power of the internet is extended to very few. In other ways, though, the internet has facilitated the movement of information globally like never before and empowered and connected third world independent journalists and writers to self-publish, sometimes under pseudonyms.
This panel proposes to explore the multitude of ways the internet has
influenced the futures of third world literatures.
Areas of exploration include:
300 – 500 word abstracts via email by April 1. (in email or attachments accepted)


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The key to winning in the NFL is the draft. The San Francisco 49ers should be the model for this. Jim Harbaugh acquired his franchise quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the second round while also managing to rejuvenate longtime bust Alex Smith.
Most of the stars on the Niners have come from quality drafts. The offensive line is 80 percent homegrown. Playmakers Frank Gore, Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis were all acquired via the draft. On defense, superstars like Patrick Willis, Aldon Smith, NaVorro Bowman and Dashon Goldson were the product of strong drafts.
Playing the free-agency game is tricky. The Philadelphia Eagles learned the hard way when they went through their "Dream Team" splurge in 2011, trying to bolster their roster through free-agent signings.
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DAYTON—The Dayton Benefit Club is having a chili cook off and dance on Saturday from 4-9 p.m. This event is open to the public and will be at the Dayton Community Hall. Guests may enter red or green chili at $10 per crock pot. There will be chili, cinnamon rolls, carrot and celery sticks and applesauce sold for $5 a plate. For more information call Judy Taylor at 752-1932.
SHERIDAN — The Big Horn Mountain Polka Club will meet Sunday at the Elks Lodge, 45 W. Brundage St. From 1-5 p.m. there will be music by "Just Us Two", a band from Billings. For more information call Jean Arzy at 672-3623.
SHERIDAN— The Sheridan Senior Center is having a bluegrass music night on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Free and open to the public. The event is located at 211 Smith St. For more information, call Bill Bradshaw at (307) 751-1852.
STORY— Story is having their second annual chili cook-off Thursday as part of their Fall Festival at the Story School. Contestants are needed and entry forms are available at the Story school, Story store and the Story library. For more registration information call Stevie Phillips at 752-6140. The Fall Festival is from 5-7 p.m. and features the chili cook-off, family photos, cake walk and tons of activities and games.
SHERIDAN—The Sheridan County Historical Society will hold their annual meeting Thursday at the Holy Name Parish Center at 260 E. Loucks St. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. with a short business meeting followed by a program presented by Warren Mischke. The event is free and open to the public. Mischke will have a presentation focusing on the history of elk in the Bighorn Mountains. Mischke is a retired Wyoming Game and Fish professional with 36 years of experience. His career began at the fish hatchery in Tensleep before moving throughout the state with postings in Star Valley, Rock River, and Sundance. He transferred to Sheridan as an Information Specialist. There will be light refreshments served following the presentation. For more information related to the meeting, contact John Woodward at the Sheridan County Museum (307) 675-1150.
BIG HORN — The Big Horn High School choir will present a fall concert on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the BHHS auditorium.
Choir selections will include "A Tribute To the Armed Forces," arranged by Lloyd Larson, "Ashokan Farewell," arranged by Carole Stephens, "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Sing, Sing, Sing," arranged by Tom Anderson, "Home," arranged by Greg Gilpin, and "One Day More," arranged by Mark Brymer.
As an added feature, a sneak peak of the BHHS Drama Club production will be included in the concert. The cast will present one scene of the play "Just A Little Crazy" by Renee Rebman. The full production of the play is set for 7 p.m. on Nov. 13-14 in the BHHS auditorium.
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Board of Agriculture will meet from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Sheridan.
During the meeting, the board will receive updates from Wyoming Farm Bureau, the University of Wyoming, WDA Director Jason Fearneyhough, and review Applied Producer Research Grant Program applications. The board will also discuss a letter of support for the Sheep Experiment Station and address other business as necessary.
There will be a chance for public comment during the meeting.
The Board of Agriculture enforces the rules and regulations of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Seven board members are appointed by the governor for six-year terms to represent geographical areas of the state.
A full agenda with call in information for the meeting can be found at http://wyagric.state.wy.us/boa/agenda.
For more information, call the Wyoming Department of Agriculture at 777-7180.
The Sheridan Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Drive.
SHERIDAN — "Celebrating our Heritage…Pursuing our Future" is the theme for the 95th annual meeting of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. The meeting will be Thursday through Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Sheridan.
Policy discussion is the main purpose of the meeting and guides the work of the organization. According to Ken Hamilton, WyFB Executive Vice President, the resolutions range from support for CDL driver's license changes to groundwater control areas; and from trespass laws to Big Horn and Domestic Sheep issues.
The featured speaker from the American Farm Bureau Federation is John Anderson, deputy chief economist for AFBF. Anderson will speak Friday at 2:15 p.m. about the importance of trade to agriculture and he will provide a cattle market outlook.
A screening of the film "Farmland" will be shown at 9:45 a.m. on Friday.
Young Farmer and Rancher events will also showcase some of the many opportunities available for our younger leaders in the agricultural community of Farm Bureau.
Sheridan College will host the YF&R collegiate discussion meet at 5 p.m. Thursday. Students from Sheridan College, Eastern Wyoming College, Northwest College and the University of Wyoming will compete.
Elections, awards, and a "Harvest for All" food drive round out the meeting events.
The meeting agenda is at www.wyfb.org.
The Sheridan Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Drive. Sheridan College is located at 3059 Coffeen Ave.
SHERIDAN — International Guitar Night will come to the WYO Theater on Wednesday beginning at 7:30 p.m.
For the 2015 North American tour, IGN founder Brian Gore will be joined by classical innovator and fellow Californian Andrew York, Brazilian jazz master Diego Figueiredo and contemporary Iranian-Canadian steel string prodigy Maneli Jamal.
Tickets for the event are $26 for adults and $21 for seniors and students.
Tickets can be purchased at the WYO Theater box office, by calling 672-9084 or online at wyotheater.com.
For additional information about the event, call 672-9084 or see internationalguitarnight.com.
The WYO Theater is located at 42 N. Main St.
SHERIDAN — The Service Group ladies of Trinity Lutheran Church will host a quilting bee Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.
No experience is necessary to attend and the event is open to all ages.
Children planning to attend should plan to be with parents or grandparents in attendance.
Those planning to attend can come for part or all of the bee.
Lunch will be served.
All aspects of the Lutheran World Relief Quilts will be set up including cutting, laying out, assembling fronts to back, machine stitching and tying.
In May, quilts created by the group will be sent to Lutheran World Relief headquarters in South St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 2013, 500,000 quilts were distributed through the group to disaster areas and displaced persons.
For additional information, call the church at 672-2411.
Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 135 Crescent Drive.
SHERIDAN — Groundloop Records will present Songwriters in the Round Saturday from 7-9 p.m. at the Carriage House Theater.
The event will feature Sarah Sample, Julie Szewc and Tris Munsick.
Tickets for the event are $12 apiece and are available through the WYO Theater box office, online at wyotheater.com or by phone at 672-9084. Tickets will also be available at the door 60 minutes before the event.
The WYO Theater box office is located at 42 N. Main St.
The Carriage House Theater is located at 419 Delphi Ave.
SHERIDAN — Sheridan AARP members will meet at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Sheridan Senior Center.
Wayne Schatz will present the "Wyoretired.com" website he built for a class sponsored by the National office of AARP. The session was called "Volunteer Leadership Institute" or VLI and was offered to current AARP volunteers who were interested in learning new leadership skills and tools. The VLI was held over the last six months through webinars, virtual/online classes, books, teleconference calls, PowerPoint presentations and in-person sessions.
Candidates were nominated by AARP state office personnel and selected by the national office staff. Each participant was asked to develop a project that would help in a learning track (advocacy, community outreach or external representation). Schatz chose to build a website designed to share information and resources with Wyoming retirees. He will share highlights of the VLI class and visit the website with our local Sheridan AARP chapter.
All members of the community are welcome to this free event.
The evening will begin with a potluck at 5:30 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring their own place settings and a covered dish to share.
The Senior Center is located at 211 Smith St.
SHERIDAN — The Big Horn Woman's Club will meet March 15 at 12:30 p.m. at the Big Horn Woman's Club clubhouse.
The annual "Guest Sunday" meeting will include a carry-in lunch. Members are encouraged to bring family and friends, as well as food to share, for an afternoon of good food and visiting.
Tom Ringley will also present at the meeting.
For additional information, contact Kathy Hosford at 674-7656.
The Big Horn Woman's Club clubhouse is located at 314 S. Second St. in Big Horn.
SHERIDAN — The Northeast Wyoming Sage-Grouse Local Working Group will consider recommendations for updating the Wyoming Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan's core area and connectivity area maps on March 16.
The group's recommendations will be passed along to the Sage-Grouse Implementation Team that will then make recommendations to Gov. Matt Mead.
Anyone proposing a change to a core or connectivity area boundary should provide the local working group with maps or written descriptions with a rationale for the proposal in advance of the meeting. Those documents can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Northeast Wyoming Sage Grouse Local Working Group is one of eight local working groups statewide. Each is composed of citizens representing various stakeholder groups interested in sage-grouse conservation and associated land management issues.
The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Johnson County Fire Station meeting room, located at 709 Volunteer Lane in Buffalo.
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan High School Jazz Band will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the school's Sue Henry Auditorium.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The band will play songs performed at the Northwest College Jazz Festival and other jazz standards such as "Sentimental Journey" and "Sing, Sing, Sing."
The SHS Jazz Band is directed by Diane Knutson.
For additional information, contact SHS at 672-1127.
Sheridan High School is located at 1056 Long Drive.
SHERIDAN — The Bowhunters of Wyoming will hold an annual winter meeting and dinner banquet March 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn.
The event brings together new and existing members to review recent success and future opportunities.
The conference will begin at 6 p.m. Friday with the executive council and a Wyoming Game and Fish presentation at 7 p.m. Also on Friday evening, Terry Waugh and the Wild Night Outlaw Band will perform beginning at 8 p.m.
Activities on March 21 will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a poker run. Other activities will include a fly fishing workshop, an afternoon safety workshop and a membership meeting.
The banquet dinner March 21 will begin at 6 p.m. It will include a guest speaker and silent and live auctions. Tickets to the banquet are $35 for adults, or $7 for children 12 and younger.
Registration for the banquet must be purchased in advance and forms may be picked up at Vacutech, Xtreme Auto Body, Nationwide Sports and Big Horn Trading Company. Tickets for the banquet may also be purchased online at bowhuntersofwyoming.vcn.com.
For additional information, call George Rogers at 763-1003.
The Sheridan Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Drive.
BIG HORN — The March meeting of the Big Horn Historical Society will be held Sunday, March 22, at 1 p.m. at the Big Horn Woman's Club Clubhouse.
The meeting will feature a presentation by local historian Scott Burgan on General George Crook and the 1876 campaign of the Indian wars from the perspective of his scouts.
The meeting will begin with a potluck lunch, followed by the presentation.
The event is free and open to the public.
For additional information, contact Judy Slack at 674-6363 or email@example.com.
The Big Horn Woman's Club Clubhouse is located at 314 S. Third St. in Big Horn.
SHERIDAN — The next meeting of the Cloud Peak Backcountry Horsemen will be Tuesday, March 24, at the Masonic Building in Buffalo.
Projects and events for the coming year will be discussed.
The Masonic Building is located at 155 Cedar St. in Buffalo.
SHERIDAN — The Cozy Corner will host a fundraising party for the Senior Center's Keystone Awards on March 27 from 3-7 p.m.
The event will include music, drinks and a chance to give back.
Admission is free, but tickets for the raffle packages to be awarded at the April 23 Keystone Awards will be available for sale.
For additional information, call Vanessa Larson or Brittany Hoblit at 672-2240.
The Cozy Corner is located at 112 Coffeen Ave.
SHERIDAN — The Josties will perform March 27 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Bethesda Worship Center.
The Christian concert by Dale and Lisa Jost and their family will include toe-tapping music with a message.
The concert is appropriate for all ages and is free and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted to help cover the family's expenses.
For additional information about the Josts see josties.com.
For additional information about the event, call 655-3036.
The Bethesda Worship Center is located at 5135 Coffeen Ave.
SHERIDAN — The Jazz Ambassadors — the official touring band of the U.S. Army — will perform at the WYO Theater at 7:30 p.m. March 31.
The free concert will feature the 19-member ensemble formed in 1969.
Concerts by the Jazz Ambassadors are designed to entertain all types of audiences. Custom compositions and arrangements will highlight the group's talent and soloists.
The band's repertoire includes big band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals and patriotic selections.
To reserve your seats, call the WYO Theater box office at 672-9084.
The WYO Theater is located at 42 N. Main St.
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan High School Symphony and Baroque orchestras will perform April 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the school's Sue Henry Auditorium.
The Baroque Orchestra will perform pieces by Mozart and Brahms and the Symphony Orchestra will perform pieces by Weber, Elgar and Lalo. Jacob Jahiel will be featured as a soloist.
In addition, Pippin Robison will perform Stamitz's violin concerto in G and Mariah Grant will perform a violin concerto in G by Haydn.
For additional information, call SHS at 672-2495.
SHS is located at 1056 Long Drive.
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan-Johnson County chapter of the Wyoming Archaeological Society will meet at 6 p.m. April 2 at the Sheridan Holiday Inn, in the Le Gourmet room.
Dinner will be ordered from the menu, however it is not necessary to order dinner to attend the free program.
Following dinner, at approximately 7:15 p.m., Billings Bureau of Land Reclamation archaeologist George Shannon will give a presentation on the Mystic Maze site, located in Needles, California. Numbers of geoglyphs have been located on the large 100-acre site. The geoglyph designs were created with stones from the site. The Mystic Maze site is considered a portal to the Mojave Indians afterlife. It is also subject to a Chrome IV spill and is currently undergoing a cleanup action.
Shannon holds a doctorate in anthropology from Michigan State University and has practiced archaeology in the Arctic, Midwest, Eastern Seaboard, Southeast, Texas, Southwest, California and Great Plains over the past 40 years.
Reservations are not necessary to attend the free program and members of the public are encouraged to attend.
The Sheridan Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Drive.
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Arts Council in collaboration with the First Baptist Church will host a concert by Land's End on April 2 at the church.
Land's End is Canada's premier classical chamber ensemble and will be joined by WYO Theater Executive Director Gerard Gibbs on oboe and Marcin Swoboda on viola.
A pre-concert talk will begin at 6 p.m. and the concert will start at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and military and $5 for students.
Tickets are available at the WYO Theater box office, online at wyotheater.com, by phone at 672-9084 or at First Baptist Church.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
First Baptist Church is located at 3179 Big Horn Ave.
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College/Community Wind Ensemble will perform a concert, "Pneumatic Portal: 'P' Music," April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Sue Henry Auditorium at Sheridan High School.
The ensemble will be playing "Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo" (Malcolm Arnold, 1963); "Pageant" (Vincent Persichetti, 1954); "Paper Cut" (Alex Shapiro, 2010); "Pathfinder of Panama" (John Philip Sousa, 1915); and "Paris Sketches" (Martin Ellerby, 2004).
The concert is free and open to the public.
For additional information, call director Dr. Brian Casey at 674-6446, Ext 3009.
SHS is located at 1056 Long Drive.


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Monday March 3, 2014
Basically, Charley has turned our life upside down, backwards and forwards, and zig-zaggy straight!
And everyday I'm trying to figure out how to life this new life. It's hard — because my emotions are all over the place.
Luckily, we honestly have the sweetest baby EVER. He is good. Real good.
There is so much more to say, but for now this is what I've got (a back posted March post to pretend like I've got it all together).
Charley's first sink bath from Grandma Mary and Aunt Kate!
So much cuteness.
Friday February 14, 2014
p.s. He's totally filling out this outfit! Full belly baby!
Wednesday February 12, 2014
Yesterday, Charley turned six weeks old, and I can't believe how fast the time has gone. There is so much to say about how our life has changed…how we're transitioning into parents, and life with a new baby. So many sweet moments that make me feel like we're the only people in the world, and that nothing else matters.
It feels like time is flying by, and Charley is changing from moment to moment. He wasn't even two weeks old when we had newborn photos taken by Melissa Oholendt Photography, and we are beyond thankful for the beautiful images she captured. It's amazing to see how much he's grown. These photos will forever remind me of this incredibly special time – don't we look like we've got it all together? We were showered and dressed in real clothes, and Judy even had a bath!
We didn't have it all together. We were 12 days into an epic life event, and just hoping Charley wouldn't poop in his cute outfits.
We still have no idea what we're doing or how we're going to do it — but sometimes it doesn't matter. We get to call him ours, and that is the most amazing feeling ever.


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Why does SPCHB trade at a discount to A? Aren't they the same except B has the voting rights? Do I have it backwards? something I'm missing? thanx in advance...note: also posted on the SPCHB board
You are perfectly correct. There are many less shares of "B" outstanding therefore the liquidity tends to be less. While the price should at least be equal in theory, the lack of liquidity tends to be a discouraging factor to some. Great question and the only real posting on SPCH for a long time with all the incessant spamers and their trash.
Hi,I'm not sure I follow. You said "the price should at least be equal in theory." But, as you mentioned, there are a lot less shares of SPCHB outstanding, 10 million less. Does that mean 6 SPCHA share = 1 SPCHB share?From what you said, I understand it doesn't. By liquidity you mean how easy it is to buy and sell shares at the same price, right? So does this mean the 3/4 difference between SPCHA and SPCHB ($0.18 and $0.68) is due to people [61% insiders] trading [selling] a lot more SPCHA shares than SPCHB shares?Accourding to Thomson Reuters, insiders own 61% or 7.32 million shares of SPCHA and 0 shares of SPCHB.References:http://moneycentral.msn.com/ownership?Symbol=SPCHAhttp://moneycentral.msn.com/ownership?Symbol=SPCHb