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It was the sort of conversation presidents are supposed to have on the margins of international summits. No senior aides, no microphones, no notebooks, just whispers. This is where deals are done, and understandings consummated. During a tête-à-tête at a nuclear disarmament summit in Seoul in March, President Barack Obama leaned over and whispered to his counterpart, Russia's Dmitry Medvedev: "This is my last election… After my election I have more flexibility," Obama said, referring to the planned deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe, to which Russia has strongly objected. "I understand," Medvedev said, reaching out a sympathetic arm. "I will transmit this information to Vladimir."
However, both men's privately shared anxieties about "Vladimir" were about to become part of the news cycle. As they looked up from their quiet conversation, they found that their microphones were still on. In the annals of modern superpower summitry, their gaffe might go down as the most embarrassing moment two leaders have shared since George W. Bush's abortive neck rub on Angela Merkel in 2006. On the podium were two of the most powerful men in the world, broadcasting their painfully obvious preoccupation with Vladimir. Obama needed "Vladimir" to give him some "space" on missile defence, while Medvedev – having voluntarily agreed to surrender the presidency of Russia on May 7 – wanted to make sure that Vladimir didn't encounter any rude surprises.
For the Russians, their president's promise to take Obama's message up the command chain largely confirmed what everyone already suspected about Medvedev's lame-duck presidency. For the next 48 hours, the phrase "I'll transmit this to Vladimir" became a national joke, used after any declarative statement. "I'd like a cappuccino." Answer: "I will transmit this to Vladimir". The hashtag #владимиру, Russian for "to Vladimir", briefly appeared in the trending top 10 on Twitter.
Over the past six months, Russians have become used to such displays of unintentional glasnost by the Kremlin, as the country's famously well-oiled machine of conspiracy and intrigue has begun to wobble dangerously, amid the worst political crisis in 12 years. As crowds took to the streets in December to protest against a rigged parliamentary election – in which Putin's United Russia party won nearly 50 per cent of the vote – camera-phone videos of ballot stuffing flooded the internet, feeding the unrest; private rebellions by senior aides were broadcast on Twitter; and Alexei Kudrin, a former finance minister and erstwhile pillar of the regime, spoke on the podium at an opposition rally.
Then, in a fit of uncharacteristic big talk, the usually self-effacing Medvedev claimed his share of credit for the turmoil, telling a group of students in January that the demonstrators included many of his supporters, angered that he would not seek a second term as president.
No one let their guard down more than "Vladimir" himself, however. In one media appearance after another, Russians got an earful of the world according to Putin: the demonstrations had been caused by a "signal" sent by Hillary Clinton, he said; white ribbons worn by protesters reminded him of condoms; and, in a particularly hallucinogenic homage to Rudyard Kipling, he impersonated the python, Kaa, from The Jungle Book in the middle of a televised talk show. "Come to me, Bandar-logs," he said, referring to protesters as the leaderless monkeys of Kipling's novel.
"Putin is surrounded almost exclusively by sycophants and favour seekers, and there is no one to tell him when he is sounding weird and scary," said Yevgenia Albats, chief editor of the opposition weekly The New Times. "Suddenly, everyone is getting a good look at what it is like inside his head."
While 12 years in power may have taken a toll on his sense of perspective, Vladimir Putin will be back in the driver's seat of the Kremlin for the third time, after his presidential inauguration on Monday. A much-reduced Medvedev will step down, to become prime minister. Hopes once harboured – by officials inside the Obama administration, Russian democrats, and even some of the country's richest men – that Russia could take a course of more liberal reforms, under a continuation of the Medvedev presidency, now seem, like the protests of the winter, to have melted away with the snow.
While the proximate cause of the crisis that rocked Russia was the rigging of the December 4 parliamentary elections, the roots go much deeper. Opposition demonstrations against Putin, numbering 50,000–100,000, showed that a critical mass of educated, above-average-income Muscovites were unhappy with the direction the country has taken over the past 12 years.
As more and more information trickles out of the previously leak-proof Kremlin, it is becoming clearer that what happened was not just a run-of-the-mill social explosion driven by a new, iPad-wielding middle class; instead, the protests intersected with a struggle behind the scenes inside the Kremlin, over the future direction of the country. Those backing liberalisation and economic reform included a number of tycoons who made their fortunes in the 1990s under previous president Boris Yeltsin. They were banking on the fact that Dmitry Medvedev would win a second term in 2012. Conservative forces, however – including a number of other billionaires who made their fortunes during Putin's time in office – backed Putin to return for a third term. Putin had a more conservative vision: under his 12 years of de facto rule the state had increased its dominance over the economy, democracy was in retreat, and Russia, in the slang of the political elite, was run by "manual control".
In 2011, Medvedev had begun to attack conservatives. Last June, at an economic forum in St Petersburg, he called for a rapid acceleration of privatisation, a rollback of the state's dominance of the economy, and political liberalisation. Visiting dignitaries, such as Lord Mandelson, left the forum saying they were convinced they had just heard a stump speech from a man who wanted to lead his country for another four years.
In one of his boldest moves, Medvedev ordered the firing of state officials from the boards of state companies. The biggest target was Igor Sechin, the Putin ally and former spy who had been a gatekeeper to Putin since the early days of their careers. Sechin was simultaneously deputy prime minister, responsible for the energy sector, and chairman of state oil company Rosneft – personifying the conflicts of interest that pervade the Russian ruling elite.
"It is the progressives against the conservatives. This is the battle that's going on," said Igor Yurgens, head of a think-tank which advises Medvedev. "It seems to me that Putin feared we were not ready for serious progressive reform: that traditional groups of economic influence were not ready for the liberalisation that Medvedev had drawn up."
Few would have guessed the tensions under the surface from the backslapping display of unity put on by Putin and Medvedev, as they gathered in the southern resort town of Sochi every August for a "tandem" holiday, riding jet skis and playing badminton. The two men rowed publicly only once, over the UN resolution on a no-fly zone over Libya. However, Andrei Kolesnikov, who has covered the Putin beat at Kommersant newspaper for the past 12 years, and wrote the first authorised biography of Putin, said that maintaining the placid exterior was the central principle of competition within the Kremlin. "The various teams are expected to fight with each other, to compete for everything on behalf of their boss," he said. "But the cardinal rule is that the principals should never be dragged into these battles unless they want to be."
Konstantin Remchukov, the editor and owner of Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the influential Moscow daily newspaper, said that competition among staff was obvious. "Putin would make an appointment to see a minister at 10:15 in the White House, in downtown Moscow, while Medvedev would make an appointment with the same minister a few hours later at his residence outside the city," meaning it was nearly impossible for the minister to make both appointments on time. "It was a kind of managed chaos," said Remchukov.
The US embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan recorded a similar observation by Russian defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov, in a March 2009 cable published by WikiLeaks. One evening, Serdyukov reportedly confided to his Azerbaijani counterpart ("after the second bottle of vodka", according to the cable): "Do you follow the orders of your president?… Well, I follow the orders of two presidents."
A forceful, merciless and omnipotent ruler has been a near-permanent fixture inside the red brick walls and onion domes of the Kremlin since it was first built in the 15th century. And yet, this image of the tsar has always been at least partly the result of a co-operative effort by the Kremlin court, in which the notables and barons conspired to make even the weak, sickly, absurdly young, or the utterly disinterested in ruling appear fearsome, while painting themselves as quivering supplicants.
In a classic essay published in the 1970s, at the height of the cold war, Harvard historian Edward L. Keenan argued that the notion of an omnipotent, autocratic tsar has largely been a myth throughout 500 years of Russian history; instead, the rule has been a system of Kremlin court politics, within which the guiding principle is consensus. Clan politics within the Kremlin, he wrote, was "symbolically expressed in a kind of self-imposed fictional subservience to an autocratic tsar, and ensured by the awareness that the fiction was the central element of a conspiracy against political chaos that would ensue if clan were to be set against clan".
Keenan's conclusions appear every bit as valid today as they did 30 years ago. While Putin is unquestionably the most powerful figure in Russia, it is clear he doesn't entirely lay claim either to the aura of absolutist tsar, as projected by his supporters, or autocratic despot, as proposed by his detractors.
"You know, Putin is not in fact a dictator," said Oleg Vyugin, chairman of MDM Bank, and former deputy head of Russia's central bank. "A dictator is when you really do control the elite, and each day decide, 'Today you're getting this and tomorrow you're getting this, and you're not getting anything'… For Putin, the situation is more complicated. Putin has to take into account very many different interests in politics, and try to combine them."
Instead of an Olympian throne, it would seem that Putin sits at the nexus of modern-day boyar clans in perpetual conflict, in the form of the state corporations, oligarchic financial-industrial groups, bureaucrats and the police.
Political competition and the order of succession were something that Putin and Medvedev "almost surely never discussed except in very general terms", according to Gleb Pavlovsky, a former political consultant to the Kremlin, who was sacked in April 2011 for championing Medvedev's candidacy too energetically. "There are some things that two people just won't discuss, because they are hard to talk about," he said.
With a warm, owl-like, unflappable countenance, enhanced by ever-present spectacles dangling from the tip of his nose, Pavlovsky claimed the events of the past six months amounted to a power struggle between Putin and Medvedev supporters. "I think that there was a campaign to make Putin afraid of Medvedev, and Medvedev afraid of Putin," he said. "Each was made to understand that the other was plotting something … that the other was dangerous."
Putin, he said, suspected that Medvedev was preparing "some sort of first strike" in spring 2011. Constitutionally, Medvedev could call for the resignation of the government, along with the prime minister, up to six months prior to presidential elections. Meanwhile, Medvedev became convinced that it was too dangerous to enter into conflict with Putin. "Medvedev continued to say that he wanted to be president, but on the inside he continued to prepare to surrender," said Pavlovsky.
Pavlovsky added that the decision on the future of the "tandem" was taken in Sochi last August, where both men spent most of the time deep in conference. "They went on vacation and came back as different people, behaving differently," he said.
On September 24, Moscow was stunned when the two men told a United Russia party congress that the decision as to who would run for president in 2012 had been made long ago – and that Putin would take over from Medvedev. Medvedev justified the announcement by saying "we saw such a scenario back when we began our comradely alliance." However, Pavlovsky dismissed the notion that it had always been thus, and emphasised that Medvedev had told his supporters on numerous occasions (both in public and in private) that he hoped to run again this year. "Some pressure was brought to bear on him, that is for sure," he said.
Succession in the Kremlin has always been a matter of conspiracy. Boris Yeltsin came to power in 1991 amid the bizarre coup by hardliners against Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin then won the 1996 election, helped by seven oligarchs, who funnelled cash and advisers to his campaign in exchange for cheap state assets. Putin succeeded Yeltsin during a similarly opaque process, known to insiders as Operation Successor, in which Yeltsin chose Putin as his anointed heir and abdicated in his favour on New Year's Eve 1999, in a plot known only to six or seven people at the time.
In many ways, the September rokirovka, as the Putin-Medvedev job swap is known in Russian (after the Russian term for castling in chess, whereby the rook and king trade places), was too good a conspiracy. So few people knew about it (probably only Putin and Medvedev) that there was no one to tell the two men they were making a major blunder.
By claiming that he and Putin had decided on the presidential handover four years ago, Medvedev was contradicting the numerous statements he had made to the effect that they had yet to make a decision. And on September 26, two days after the joint declaration, Moskovsky Komsomolets, a tabloid newspaper whose chief political commentator is (perhaps only coincidentally) the husband of Medvedev's press secretary, ran a blistering editorial. The country "has just received a lesson in unbridled cynicism," the paper wrote. "Russia consists not only of government bureaucrats… and everyone whose consciousness has not been demolished by ecstatic glee [over Putin's return] has understood that you have lied to us for four years."
A day later, the Kremlin court was rocked by a political earthquake, as Alexei Kudrin, long-time finance minister and Putin's closest friend in cabinet, lashed out at Medvedev, saying he would not work in the new government, having clearly expected the prime ministership himself. The next day, Medvedev fired him. The smooth running, managed democracy of the Putin era was in crisis.
Following the announcement of his return to the presidency, Putin's popularity began to fall dramatically. The number of Russians answering yes to the question "Do you trust prime minister Vladimir Putin?" dipped from 54 per cent at the end of September to 46 per cent in November.
"Putin was assured that once he announced his return, his popularity would shoot into the heavens," said Pavlovsky. "The opposite happened."
In the run-up to the parliamentary elections, Putin came under increasing pressure. In November, stepping into the ring of a martial arts match to congratulate the winner, he was abruptly booed by the crowd. He stammered through his lines but was clearly flummoxed by the reaction. A few days later, his staff cancelled a similar public appearance he was scheduled to make in St Petersburg.
Parliamentary elections on December 4 added fuel to the crisis. Marred by fraud, they were followed on December 10 by street demonstrations, culminating in a peaceful protest that drew an unheard of 50,000 people to Bolotnaya Square, near the Kremlin. The largest anti-Kremlin demonstrations since the 1990s were stoked by Russia's new middle class, angered at election fraud.
"These were people who, for most of the past decade, had been focused on getting by," said Robert Shlegel, a parliamentary deputy of the United Russia party. "Suddenly, they decided, 'Well, we pay taxes, and we want the state to work for us too.'" There was another factor at work, argues Alexei Mitrofanov, a garrulous deputy from the opposition Just Russia party. "The protests did not happen without some help from high places," he said. The Kremlin's famous "corridor games" had fanned the flames of the protest, as different factions of the elite struggled to seize the political momentum.
What made these protests different was the granting of legal permission for tens of thousands of people to gather. This had never previously happened under Putin: in fact, demonstrations usually consisted of more grey-clad Omon riot police than demonstrators. Mitrofanov, however, does not agree with the majority opinion that allowing the demonstrations to go ahead was a pragmatic step designed to "let steam out" of the opposition. Before the big protests started in December, a series of much smaller, unsanctioned protests against vote fraud had been put down with ease by the police. "The protests had been beaten. There was no reason to allow them to go ahead, but someone made such a decision nonetheless."
Mitrofanov believes this someone was Medvedev. Many opposition leaders likewise believe that Medvedev gave personal sanction to the protests and personally intervened to ensure the protesters' safety. However, confirming this is next to impossible (a Medvedev spokesperson declined to comment, and Putin's spokesman said it was the mayor's office that made the decision). And even if it were true, it is only possible to guess at the reasons. Yevgenia Chirikova, an environmental activist and one of the organisers of the demonstrations, said it was clear that the president's administration – in the person of deputy chief of staff Vladislav Surkov – gave the go-ahead. "I was there when the deputy mayor called Surkov to ask his advice about the demonstrations," said Chirikova. Surkov could not be reached for comment, but some maintain that his abrupt transfer a few days after the protests, to a new job as a deputy prime minister, may have been the result of an internal power struggle.
According to Konstantin Remchukov, Medvedev asked Vladimir Kolokoltsev, chief of the Moscow police force, "to ensure that the demonstrators were not driven away, that they were not arrested, and no obstacles were put in their way".
A few days later came an even bigger demonstration on Sakharov Prospekt, numbering 80,000– 100,000 people. The headline news was that none other than former finance minister Alexei Kudrin had addressed the crowd – one of Putin's most trusted cadres, who had been fired by Medvedev after he publicly questioned the president's ability to lead the government in September.
Medvedev's attitude to the protests is difficult to read. Gleb Pavlovsky pointed out that Medvedev did not publicly endorse Putin's candidacy for president after the parliamentary elections, and did not until after Putin had won the presidential elections on March 4. And Medvedev flirted with demonstrators on January 25: addressing students at Moscow State University's journalism faculty, he said: "Among those who came out on Bolotnaya Square, on Sakharov Prospekt were perhaps people who had hoped for a different political outcome, including for my participation in the presidential elections.
I absolutely accept this. It's fine."
All this fed the paranoia in Putin's circle. "From the standpoint of a large part of Putin's circle – and, likely, [from] Putin as well – the December demonstrations were inspired by Medvedev's circle, if perhaps not by Medvedev personally. I think this is what Putin was thinking as well," said Pavlovsky.
Putin himself seems to have suspected unseen foreign hands. "[Opposition leaders] heard the signal and with the support of the US state department began active work," Putin said, after Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, expressed concern about the conduct of the parliamentary elections.
Putin's rhetoric grew more paranoid, more nationalistic and more confrontational. "We will not allow anyone to interfere in our internal affairs!" he told a stadium crowd in February. "We will not allow anyone to force their will upon us, because we have our own will… We are a victorious people! It is in our genetic code. It is transferred from generation to generation, and we will have victory!"
"By the end of the campaign it was already a campaign of fear," said Pavlovsky. "Fear of losing Putin. 'Putin is in danger, we might lose him, and we have to save him.'"
Putin's energetic appeal to the Russian heartland – outside the restless urban centres, to a majority of the population that wants stability above all else, and that still fears the west – helped him win handily in the presidential elections on March 4. Putin's total share of the vote (63 per cent) was widely questioned, but his win was not. "Putin won cleanly," said Igor Yurgens, head of a think-tank that advises Medvedev. "Of course they added 10 or 12 per cent. But everyone admits that he won."
Putin has undeniably been weakened by the protests. A straw poll of movers and shakers in Moscow reveals that most are pessimistic about his chances in the 2018 presidential elections. Alexander Khinshteyn, a deputy from Putin's ruling United Russia party, put it bluntly: "I don't think he will run again," he said, adding that he believed Putin would move to a more symbolic position, "like Deng Xiaoping". "I can guarantee you 100 per cent that Putin is not going for a fourth term," said Andrei Kolesnikov, at Kommersant newspaper.
However, not all Russians are so sure. In a poll conducted in late April by Moscow's Levada Center, 40 per cent of Russians said they believed Putin would rule beyond 2018, while 38 per cent said they thought he would serve just one more term; a further 6 per cent believed "he would barely be able to stay in power two to three more years".
While Dmitry Medvedev, who becomes prime minister after Putin's inauguration, would clearly like another shot at the presidency in 2018, few believe he is electable. He "committed political suicide" by voluntarily stepping down from the job, said one Duma deputy, who asked not to be named. "Who would work for him now?"
In other words, the issue of succession, which has consumed Moscow's political circles for the past four years, is not about to go away. The "corridor games" of Kremlin intrigue look set to dominate the next six years as well. 6
Charles Clover is the FT's Moscow bureau chief. Catherine Belton is the FT's Moscow correspondent. To comment on this article, please email: email@example.com
The man in the middle
Moscow's winter protests led to the downfall of a key political figure, former Kremlin deputy chief of staff Vladislav Surkov, whose removal from his post abruptly – on December 27 2011 – prompted speculation that he was the victim of a power struggle between the Putin and Medvedev camps.
Having served under three presidents, Surkov was the chief architect of the Kremlin's system of "managed democracy".
Konstantin Remchukov, Moscow newspaper editor, said Surkov had begun to reject politics as authoritarian theatre, and supported political liberalisation under Medvedev. "Surkov became a carbonaro," he said, invoking the secret society of liberal reformers in 19th-century Italy. Others believe Surkov was simply following orders. "When he worked for President Putin he was Putin's man. And when he worked for President Medvedev he was Medvedev's man," said Marat Gelman, a former political consultant to the Kremlin.
According to protesters, Surkov was a key figure in gaining official permission for legal demonstrations, and had given an interview to Izvestia newspaper calling the demonstrators the "best of our society".
Four days later he was transferred to a relatively peripheral post: deputy prime minister in charge of modernisation. Evoking French revolutionary Georges Danton, standing before the guillotine, Surkov wryly observed: "Stabilisation has eaten its young."


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Lower Opel costs to help government aid
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Germans have voted for change. A centre-right government with a clear parliamentary majority will replace the ungainly grand coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats that ran Europe's biggest economy for the last four years.
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SPRINGFIELD – It looks like Bryan Pitton's team now.
With the callup of Devan Dubnyk to the Edmonton Oilers this week, and the loan of J.P. Levasseur to Bakersfield Thursday, Pitton figures to handle the goaltending for the Springfield Falcons against Binghamton Friday night at the MassMutual Center.
The Falcons completed a five-game road swing last weekend.
Pitton, 22, has played for the Falcons in preseason, but not in a regular American Hockey League game. He has been with Stockton of the ECHL this season, going 9-9-3 with a 2.85 goals-against average.
Pitton's 92.1 save percentage was tied for second in the ECHL.
Levasseur, 23, had been ticketed as the No. 1 Falcons goalie until Thursday. He was sent back to Bakersfield of the ECHL by the Anaheim Ducks, who own his rights and have organizational goaltending issues of their own.
Levasseur had been sent to Bakersfield at the end of February, when Dubnyk was in Springfield. He went 2-1 for the ECHL team, with a 2.02 goals-against average.
Levasseur returned to the Falcons Monday. He practiced all week in Springfield, but left Thursday before playing a game.
That left Pitton as the only goalie in town.
The Falcons were unsure of who would join him in their goaltending rotation. Aaron Sorochan and Andrew Perugini are both with Stockton, and one might be called to Springfield.
Each has spent time with the Falcons this year.
Whoever plays goal will have a depleted Falcons defense in front of him.
With Edmonton's own backline altered by injuries and trades, the Oilers called up Falcons defensemen Theo Peckham and Taylor Chorney, along with Dubnyk, when the NHL's break for the Winter Olympics ended.
"It's the nature of the business," Falcons general manager Bruce Landon said.
For the Falcons, the callups were predictable, but their timing was unfortunate. Defense and goaltending lifted Springfield to back-to-back 2-1 victories at Hartford and Syracuse last weekend.
The Hartford victory came on Rob Hisey's overtime goal. The win at Syracuse was delivered by Chad Wiseman's goal with 19 seconds left in regulation.
But Dubnyk was the backbone of each victory. In what were likely the final games of his AHL career, the third-year Falcons goalie stopped 67 of 69 shots over the two games.
He has alternated between Edmonton and Springfield since November, but his return to Edmonton, which became official Monday, had been anticipated.
He is expected to remain with the Oilers for the rest of the season.
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Doug Spady, owner of Doug's Boats, shows Duvall officers Bob Akey (left) and Mark Leitl the finer points of the department's new police boat.
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DUVALL--Using a program offered by boat manufacturers, the Duvall Police Department will be able to patrol the Snoqualmie River this summer with a brand-new jet boat at no cost to the city except for maintenance.
Officers picked up the new boat last week at Doug's Inboard Boats of Woodinville. Under the program, the department will have use of the $10,000 craft for one year. After that time, the department can either purchase the boat at dealer cost or return it. The boat is a Sea Doo Explorer, a Zodiac-type craft that can hold five people.
According to Doug Spady, owner of Doug's Boats, which is donating set-up time for the craft, the law loan program is offered to governmental agencies by boat manufacturers for public safety use. "It's a cost-effective way to get enforcement on the water," he said.
The Bombardier Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of boats, makes the Explorer, Spady said. The corporation also makes Lear Jets, bullet trains, and electric cars.
Also using the loan program this summer will be the King County Marine Patrol which will be using jet skis, otherwise known as personal watercraft (PWC), to patrol Lakes Washington, Sammamish, and Sawyer, and the Sammamish Slough. The water scooters they use are on loan from Yamaha Motors.
Ironically, it was a group of reckless jet skiers who plagued the Duvall waterways last summer that galvanized the department into taking action. "A lot of people were reminding us that summer was fast approaching and hoping we would be able to protect the beachgoers this year," said Duvall Police Chief Glenn Merryman.
Referring to a San Juan County law banning jet skis, which was challenged by the industry and currently being heard by the Washington State Supreme Court, Spady said that many people think the logical thing to do would be to ban them. "But they're just like a car," he said. "It's the operator that's at fault, not the machine."
The county banned the craft citing noise and environmental hazards. "San Juan County is telling the public they can't be there," Spady said. "That's unconstitutional. Everybody has a right to free passage."
The Duvall Police Department is currently working on a joint agreement with King County Police on patrolling the river, said Officer Bob Akey. "Right now, there is a two-mile stretch of river in the city limits we will be patrolling," he said.
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New director has 'a blast' with MC3!
Camden — Toki Oshima, the new director of MC3! — the Midcoast Children's Chorus — has been singing all her life and believes singing is "an essential part of life ... almost part of human development."
She sang with her family as a child and attended an international music camp as a teen. As an adult, she has played with a variety of old-time, folk and bluegrass bands, she said. Now she belongs to a contra dance band, Henry Road, and a world music group called Redbird.
Oshima, who has a master's degree in music education, taught at the Ashwood Waldorf School for 12 years and currently is a co-teacher at the Morning Glory Garden School in Belfast, a Waldorf kindergarten school. She became director of MC3! last fall, about a year after the chorus was founded by Midcoast Community Chorus Artistic Director Mimi Bornstein.
Bornstein said she had wanted to start a children's chorus for a long time because "everybody has a voice that deserves to be heard" and she wanted to have a safe place that celebrates children's voices. She said she had met many adults who had been told as children that they could not sing, and she wanted today's children to get a different message.
MC3! has recitals in May and December, and sometimes shares the stage with the Midcoast Community Chorus at its January and June concerts. At its December recital, MC3! drew a crowd of more than 100 and raised money for PAWS, following the model of the adult chorus at its June concert, Bornstein said. Oshima said she would like to continue to have recitals benefit an organization chosen by the children, but a beneficiary had not yet been chosen for the May recital.
With responsibility for the 150-member adult chorus and her work as a composer and workshop leader, Bornstein found she did not have time to direct the children's chorus. She said Oshima is "a fabulous folk musician."
Oshima said rehearsals are broken up into two sessions of 45 minutes each, with 6- to 9-year-olds in one group and 10- to 12-year-olds in the other, though there is some flexibility, depending on individual members' developmental ability. The group is made up of about two-thirds girls and one-third boys, she said.
The chorus sings mostly in unison, but also does some rounds and harmony. She incorporates plenty of movement, especially for the younger children, because "it's almost like they can't help it [moving]."
In selecting music for MC3!, Oshima likes to have a core of traditional American folk songs — she said "Home on the Range" is a favorite with the children. She also brings in music from other cultures, such as a Japanese piece with unusual rhythms the chorus learned for its December recital. Contemporary songs by artists such as Jack Johnson and Cat Stevens are included as well.
Oshima said she plans to work with the older children on sight reading and some music theory concepts, but it is important to keep it fun.
"I want to make it easy and welcoming," she said.
She spoke about the special bond that is created among people who sing together, saying "Singing is such a wonderful way to create community … Together you're creating something."
In a culture where almost everything can be purchased ready-made, people have a need to make things for themselves, Oshima said. Making our own music with our voices "is right at your fingertips all the time." And as an early childhood teacher, she enjoys the enthusiasm of the children and the opportunity to share her love of music and music-making.
"I'm just having such a blast with it," she said.
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Joseph and Jane Clementi -- parents of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, who killed himself after two other students used a webcam to spy on his tryst in his dorm room -- intend to sue college, claiming in court papers that "it appears Rutgers University failed to act, failed to put in place and/or failed to implement, and enforce policies and practices that would have prevented or deterred such acts, and that Rutgers failed to act timely and appropriately," the Star-Ledger reported yesterday.
The notice of intent, first reported by The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick, did not list how much in damages the Ridgewood family would seek.
Rutgers spokesman E.J. Miranda responded to the news with a statement that the school is not to blame.
"We at the university share the family's sense of loss of their son, who was a member of our community. We also recognize that a grieving family may question whether someone or some institution could somehow have responsibility for their son's death," Miranda said. "While the university understands this reaction, the university is not responsible for Tyler Clementi's suicide."
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NEW ORLEANS -- According to the web site StubHub, a national ticket service, there are still lots of seats available for tonight's Final Four national semifinal games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Perhaps more shocking is the fact there are several tickets that would be considered quite affordable, though not in great seat locations in the huge building.
As of Friday afternoon, the cheapest ticket available was selling for a base price (minus any handling fees and such) of $69. As expected, those seats are located in the highest areas of the Superdome, well away from the floor. Those who wish to get closer to the action will have to dig deeper - a whole lot deeper - into their pockets. Tickets available in sidecourt seats close to midcourt but in the second section of seats, not the front, were selling for $3,429! Each.
One news report stated that of all the tickets being bought the past few days for Saturday's games, Kentucky fans had purchased 40 percent of those tickets.
Only 1 No. 1: Kentucky gains an interesting accomplishment by reaching the Final Four this year. The Wildcats, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed, is the only No. 1 seed to reach the Final Four the past two seasons. This year's other No. 1 seeds - Michigan State, Syracuse and North Carolina - failed to make it this year.
In 2010, only one No. 1, Duke, reached the Final Four and it won the title. In 2009, two No. 1 seeds (North Carolina, UConn) made the Final Four and UNC won the crown. In 2008, all four No. 1 seeds (Kansas, Memphis, UNC, UCLA) advanced to the Final Four. Kansas won the title, beating Memphis in the championship game. Memphis' coach was John Calipari, now Kentucky's head coach. And it's possible there could be a rematch of sorts this year if Calipari and Kentucky beat Louisville and Kansas and head coach Bill Self beat Ohio State tonight.
Two is nice too: Kansas senior guard Conner Teahan has the chance to make Jayhawks history as the only player in Kansas' long and successful basketball history to claim two national championship rings. He was on the team when it won the crown in 2008. He makes history if the Jayhawks beat Ohio State and the Kentucky-Louisville winner Monday night. "I have heard that,'' Teahan said. "The thought definitely has crossed my mind. That would be awesome for me. I think that winning a national championship would just be awesome for this university. We are worried about taking care of business Saturday and we will see what happens after that.''
Happy anniversary: This is the 25th anniversary of Louisville coach Rick Pitino's first Final Four appearance as a coach. Back in 1987 with the help of guard Billy Donovan -- now head coach at Florida -- Pitino led Providence to the Final Four right here in New Orleans. This marks the sixth time Pitino has lead a team to the Final Four and three of those times (1987, 1993, 2012) the Final Four was played in the Superdome. So far, Pitino is 0-for-2 in those games, losing in the semifinals both times.
International attraction: In addition to its national telecast by CBS and availability online via March Madness Live, the Final Four will be distributed to more than 200 countries around the world. That list includes Australia, Japan, Egypt, Canada, Russia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, China, France, Spain, Israel and India. Since 2004, the number of countries broadcasting the Final Four has grown 75 percent.
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The people of Vashon are known for their caring and generous ways. They pull cars out of snow drifts, assist a nurseryman to restore his storm-damaged greenhouses and look after home-bound neighbors. My neighbor cleaned up a garbage spill on her street, putting it in her garbage can — which leads to this suggestion that we all could carry a clean trash bag and rubber gloves in our car.
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We are in an era where video-game adaptations are once again a hot topic of conversation and gamers everywhere are hoping filmmakers will finally do their favorite properties justice. Back in 2012 it was announced that a film adaptation of the popular video game series Splinter Cell, brought to us by Tom Clancy, was in development. It was also being reported that Tom Hardy was attached to star, but not much movement has been seen on the project since.
It's now being reported that Doug Liman has officially been brought on to direct the film. Liman has previously directed such action films as "The Bourne Identity" and "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" as well as the upcoming Tom Cruise film "Edge of Tomorrow". He has also dabbled with comedy and more edgy films such as "Swingers" and "Go".
A director like Liman seems like a very solid choice to bring a Splinter Cell adaptation to the big-screen, as he's proven he can handle properties in similar veins. Hardy also seems like a great choice to star as the protagonist of the series, Sam Fisher. Hopefully he officially signs on soon and we can get this awesome game adaptation to the big-screen, sooner than later.
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Biodiversity benchmark
10 December 2011
Biodiversity management has been an important part of Met Office life since 2007 when a small group of volunteer staff got together to make a difference. Since then, things have really grown and in July 2011 the Met Office's headquarters in Exeter was awarded the Wildlife Trusts' prestigious Biodiversity Benchmark Award.
To date, only 15 companies in the UK have attained the Biodiversity Benchmark Award, meeting the rigorous standards set by the Wildlife Trusts. Of these, the Met Office is the only public sector organisation leading the way, integrating environmental considerations into our day to day operations.
As Neal Pearce, Met Office Environmental Advisor explains: "The key to getting this recognition has been recognising and encouraging biodiversity around our headquarters. We've worked just as hard inside the organisation too, making sure that the environment is taken into account in the decisions we make every day. So much so, biodiversity is now fully integrated into our management systems."
Work started in 2007 when some Met Office staff in Exeter volunteered to clear an area of invasive weeds and establish a wildflower meadow. With a combination of meadow stewardship and selective planting of native wildflowers - which the volunteers grew from seed at home - the site's biodiversity quickly improved and the wildflower meadow was extended.
Man-made creature habitats such as bee hives have since been added, along with nesting boxes for swifts, which have been installed as part of a regional project supported by the RSPB and Devon Wildlife Trust.
Peter Burgess, Devon Wildlife Trust's Wildlife Advocacy Manager describes how the Devon Wildlife Trust and the Met Office are developing a partnership building on the existing work:
"The Met Office grounds will showcase how wildlife-rich habitats can be incorporated into a busy working environment. Staff and visitors alike will benefit from closer engagement and appreciation of the stunning displays native wildlife can provide. A comprehensive five-year Biodiversity Enhancement Plan will be produced to identify new and exciting projects which will be delivered in conjunction with the Exeter Wild City project. As a link between rural and urban environments, the Met Office occupies an important location. By enhancing the grounds, wildlife can move more freely and adapt to a changing climate."
The work of our volunteer staff was formalised in 2010/11 with specific sustainability objectives based on biodiversity management. We also set up a Biodiversity Working Group to pool staff ideas and continue to make a difference. We're now introducing similar projects to enhance the biodiversity performance across all our sites, sharing best practice and widening our commitment to biodiversity management.
Neal concludes: "This standard is very tough to achieve and maintain as it requires the grounds of our headquarters to be managed to a very high level. The Award reflects the Met Office's commitment to minimise our impacts on the environment and promote biodiversity. We're now working to make sure that our other sites meet the same very high standard."
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MIFFLIN – Bernette K. Crozier, 85, of 325 Academia Road, went into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 at Locust Grove Retirement Village.
Bernette was born on Jan. 25, 1928, at home on 4th Street (Fairview), Port Royal, Pa. She was the daughter of the late John L. & Rebecca E. Kunkle.
She is survived by her twin sister Berniece B. Isenberg of Port Royal and many nieces and nephews. Her brother Brady L. Kunkle died in 1964.
She graduated from Juniata Joint High School in the Class of 1946. She then went on to graduate from the Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing in 1951 as a Registered Nurse. She began her nursing career at Lewistown Hospital and Black's Hospital as an Obstetrical Nurse. Next, she worked at the American Viscose Corporation as an Occupational Nurse, after which she served a number of years as a Shift RN at Brookline Manor Convalescent Center in Mifflintown. Bernette completed her nursing career as a Supervisory RN at the Selinsgrove Center. She also volunteered with the American Red Cross Blood Drives.
Bernette enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, Bible studies, cooking, reading and gardening. She loved her cats and enjoyed quilting and doll making. She was always generous with her time and her resources. She was a member of the A New Beginning Church in Spruce Hill and the Juniata County Library.
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'Real Housewives of Orange County': Are you Team Alexis or Tamra?
In theory, everyone attended Tamra's dinner party to celebrate the opening of her gym and watch a psychic clear the place of bad spirits. But man alive, the only really bad spirits in the place were the girls themselves, who could only stop screaming at one another long enough to misinterpret what everyone else was saying.
In short (and really, it could not be short enough), Alexis still feels she's being bullied, Tamra thinks Vicki has betrayed her, Vicki thinks Tamra has anger management issues, Gretchen doesn't like Vicki for all sorts of reasons, Lydia thinks all these bitches cray-cray, and Heather just wants to go home, I think. I would hope everyone had guzzled enough booze to black out and forget the whole evening ever happened, but no such luck, because the ladies each find someone else to bitch to about why they're right and everyone else is wrong. Really, my deepest sympathies lie with the significant others and family members of these women, who have to listen to a play-by-play only slightly more tedious than an extremely detailed recounting of a curling match.
I cannot imagine what Lydia must be thinking, having been thrown into the deep end of crazy housewifery hard, like Louie Anderson on "Splash" hard. Poor thing. She keeps trying to be sensible and reasonable and really, she might as well try to teach math to a fish. She offers to help Alexis unpack and takes the opportunity to tell her that everyone needs to be "a functional human being and sit down and talk about it." She says this to Alexis. Yeah, stop laughing. She was serious. Like I said, poor thing.
Lydia keeps trying, though. She likes everyone and can't understand why they can't get along! God says you must have unlimited forgiveness! I feel like this is the scene before the sweet little squirrel in the animated movie is squashed like a bug. Alexis does not want to be forgiving. She's had to take Xanax! Her world is full!
At the dinner, Tamra wanted to know if Vicki was Team Alexis or Team Tamra. Vicki insisted she was Switzerland, or Team Vicki, which isn't really Switzerland but an island of lunacy all its own. Probably expensive and with really nutso visa requirements.
I'm not sure which team I'm on. I think Team Tamra might win a lot of games and be fun right up until the point Tamra stuck an icepick in my head for a perceived slight, while Team Alexis would provide all the Xanax I can eat, but wouldn't have many other positives. I might try to join Team Lydia, though I suspect that, with a little more time spent on the show, she might choose to sneak out in the middle of the night to escape all this silliness. Maybe she can take the rest of us with her.
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I have two 622's. Experiencing the same issue on both of them.
What's happening is that I'm getting periods of a blank screen when playing on demand shows. It will go blank for about 2 seconds then come back on. This happens at least a dozen times during a 50 minute show. Maybe more often. Again, on both devices. Audio stays on without issue.
One 622 is connected directly to my router, the other is connected through a switch to the router. Most of the time I do the on demand request ahead of time and watch it later after it's fully downloaded.
Tried rebooting the devices. Still the same issue.
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There have been a few questions about the schedule for the Kings' alternate jerseys this season. As noted last month, the Kings will honor three former players as part of their "Legends Night" series and will wear their vintage purple-and-gold uniforms for those games. The Kings will also wear their third jerseys — which are last year's home jerseys — six times. Here's the rundown…
Dec. 10 vs. Dallas (Bernie Nicholls Night)
Jan. 2 vs. Colorado (Daryl Evans Night)
Feb. 18 vs. Calgary (Charlie Simmer Night)
Nov. 3 vs. Edmonton
Nov. 8 vs. Nashville
Dec. 8 vs. Minnesota
Jan. 5 vs. Phoenix
Jan. 12 vs. Dallas
Feb. 16 vs. Phoenix
The Kings will also wear the third jerseys for two road games, at St. Louis on Nov. 22 and at Dallas on Nov. 23.
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The event will feature performances from Junior Brown, Lydia Loveless, Pine Hill Haints, Rayland Baxter, Have Gun, Will Travel, Shivering Timbers and Belle Adair beginning at noon.
This is a rain or shine event. Food and artisan vendors will also be set up for attendees to browse and check out. No dogs, glass or smoking on the lawn will be allowed.
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OLDMANS TWP. — Oldmans Township Committee has adopted its $1.27 million 2010 municipal operating budget — a feat township auditor Ed Paul described as impressive.
"You're one my first to introduce, and my first to adopt," said Paul of the various municipalities that make up his clientele. "Most in the state haven't adopted theirs yet."
And Oldmans Township Mayor William Miller said the committee managed to adopt a municipal budget for 2010 that won't raise local purpose tax at all.
"We were able to have a zero local purpose tax increase," said Williams. "But we did have to use a significant amount from our surplus to make that possible."
He estimated the township took around $24,000 from its reserves to try and offset the $80,000 state aid cut Oldmans Township took.
To compensate for the rest of the reduction, Miller used a step-by-step approach. By looking at the budget line item by line item, the committee made small reductions in each. Miller said those small cuts added up to a sum large enough to keep locals from seeing a tax increase.
"It's quite an accomplishment not to have to raise property taxes," said Miller. "A significant number of people in town are on a fixed income, and a significant number are laid off."
And he said adding to locals' lists of financial woes was the last thing he wanted to do.
According to Miller, the line-by-line cuts, coupled with using some of the town's surplus, was even enough to prevent cutting township programs and resources.
But while Miller said cuts and tax increases were prevented this year, this year may also bring the end of the good old days.
"We didn't cut this year, and I stress 'this year,' because next year could be a totally different situation," said Miller. "I am under the impression that next year's going to be worse, and the cuts are going to be deeper."
Though homeowners in Oldmans Township won't see a local property tax increase, Miller said they may see a slight increase in county taxes.
And Oldmans taxpayers won't see an increase in school taxes for 2010, either.
But keeping tax hikes at bay has come from efforts in every area, said Miller, including from the township committee and those employed by Oldmans.
"None of our township employees had their salaries increased this year — we were able to hold employees' salaries at the same amount they were in 2009," said Miller, adding that having no salary increase is better than taking a decrease, as many have had to do.
With most municipalities in the State of New Jersey far from budget adoption, Oldmans Township's debt-free track record may have helped balance things out for 2010.
Regardless of which factors may have helped make 2010's no-tax increase possible, Miller said Oldmans Township is extremely lucky in the grand scheme of things.
The municipality managed to introduce its 2010 budget in March, hold its public hearing in April — only to finalize and adopt it on May 5, the following month.
"Our budget is relatively small, but given the times we're in, when things are pretty rough out there — I'd say we did a pretty good job with the circumstances," he said.


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TRENTON -- Stanley "Muscles" David, the half-brother of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack today pleaded guilty to two counts of official misconduct for directing Trenton Water Works crews to perform private side jobs using city equipment and billing the city for the hours.
As part of the plea deal he struck with prosecutors, Davis faces six years in prison when he is sentenced. Davis has been ordered to make restitution to the city, with the amount to be determined later.
Davis, a Water Works supervisor, was arrested in December 2011 and has been suspended without pay.
In making the plea, Davis agreed to forfeit his job at the plant, lose his lifetime benefits, and cannot accept public employment again.
Assistant Prosecutor Jim Scott said that because Davis cooperated in the investigation against himself and others, he was offered a deal that called for a parole ineligibility term that is one year less than the five-year term required by statute.
The deal calls for Davis to testify against other defendants in the case should the need arise, Scott said.
Davis, Robert Keith Williams, and Wally Nance were accused of participating in a scheme that had Davis' work crew performing paid side contracting jobs with city-owned equipment while receiving emergency overtime, prosecutors have said.
The charges against Davis related to work done on three houses.
Williams pleaded guilty in October in exchange for a three-year prison term. Charges against Nance remain pending.
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The glorious thing about the holidays is that you're never too old to believe, as the following letters attest ...
Dear Santa,
I know I said I'd give myself an early Christmas present of more leisure time this year. But can't a fella ever have second thoughts?
It's not like this would be the first time a politician has ever gone back and, you know, reworded something he said!
So this year, Santa, all I need is for you to rewind the calendar a little.
Maybe then everyone would forget about my quote-unquote early December retirement and quit buggin' me about it.
Jeez, hasn't anyone around here heard of Strom Thurmond?
Sincerely yours,
Bill Copeland
Dear Santa,
Let me just say that I know it looks bad, all right? But the fact is, I did my best. I mean, I'm only as good as what they give me to work with.
This was just not my year. Heck, this was just not our year.
Santa, do you have any idea what it was like this year to be a Democratic party leader anywhere in this nation, let alone at the county level?
I mean, we're way past Election Day; everyone else is humming "Jingle Bells,'' but I just can't get that old Bloodhound Gang tune out of my mind: "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire ...''
And wouldn't you think I'd already suffered enough over the Lucas County Commission? You'd think a party chairman could catch a break in December, but nooooooo.
Now I've got some sweet old guy up there who's doing the hokey-pokey with his retirement date.
He puts his left foot in, he puts his left foot out, etc., etc.
I'm not asking for much, Santa. Just a little peace and quiet, OK? Please?
Thanks very much,
Paula Ross
Dear Santa,
I have been SUCH a good girl this year - just ask the Democrats how good I was!
That is, if they're up out of their self-dug hole yet.
Tee hee.
No, wait. Sorry about that.
I don't mean to gloat, Santa. I'd lose holiday bonus points with you for gloating, wouldn't I?
Anyway, unlike every other greedy soul who's writing you this time of year (read: Democrats), I don't want anything. Not one single thing! Why would I?
We Republicans have it all!
Oh, wait. Spoke too soon. I forgot one thing: As a matter of principle, please slip a little tax cut under the tree.
Gratefully yours,
Bernadette Noe
Dear Santa,
I have been a very, very, VERY good girl this year!
I have, as usual, made the Republican party proud of me by delivering a supposedly unwinnable election.
Santa, all I want for Christmas this year is a cherry on top.
Oh, and a scepter would be nice, too.
Thanking you in advance,
Maggie Thurber
Dear Santa,
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BARRY COUNTY, MI -- A medical helicopter has been dispatched to a crash in Barry County near Gun Lake, with reports of a woman with lacerations to her face.
The crash was reported about 12:50 p.m. in the area of Gun Lake Road and Norris Road.
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A state tax amnesty program has received $303.7 million in collections so far, more than twice the amount government officials had estimated and a boost to the state's budget woes, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced today.
Individuals and businesses that owed tax money to the state were allowed to settle up in September and October with reduced penalties. Some applications are still being processed, which will push the collections total higher.
Most of the money is already spoken for because of actions taken in the spring legislative session to meet expenses for hurricane costs and higher education. Jindal wants to use the remaining $127.7 million to offset reductions in federal health-care financing currently slated for next year.
The Legislature will decide during its spring 2010 session how it wants to allocate the available dollars. Before that can happen, a state revenue panel will determine later this year whether the extra money should be considered a one-time windfall or if it can be counted as a type of revenue expected to reoccur in the future.
The difference is significant because of state limitations on spending one-time cash, which might not be attributable to Jindal's targeted health care expenses.
Under legislation passed in the last session, $90 million of the amnesty money will go to repay the state's coastal restoration and protection fund, which had been tapped to pay the state's share of emergency response costs for the 2008 Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The federal government did not pick up as much of the tab for those costs as the state had hoped.
The state will move $86 million of the amnesty money to the Rainy Day fund, which had been tapped by the same amount during the spring session for colleges and universities.
Some amnesty money will go toward administrative costs and fees to an outside consulting firm to run the program.
Of the amnesty collections so far, $256 million came as a result of state audits showing taxes owed.


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Theo Epstein, Tito Francona, Jonathan Papelbon, Jed Lowrie, Kyle Weiland, Josh Reddick. None of these names will be with the Red Sox on Opening Day 2012.
That list will undoubtedly grow over the coming weeks, but one name stands out as perhaps the most difficult to replace of all.
Heidi Watney.
As NESN's on-field reporter for all Red Sox TV broadcasts, the lovely and sexy Ms. Watney was bright enough and capable enough to overcome the initial "eye candy only" snickers. Yes, she is stunning to look at, but she was also a National Merit Scholar and went to the University of San Diego on an academic scholarship, graduating with honors in 2003.
While there, she became Miss San Diego, and was the first runner-up in the 2002 Miss California pageant.
Prior to joining NESN, Watney was a weekend sports anchor for KMPH in Fresno. She was also a sports talk radio host for 1430 ESPN Radio KFIG Fresno.
At NESN, she hosted The Ultimate Red Sox Show and The Red Sox Report, and also became the on-field reporter for TV broadcasts.
The sad news of her departure was reported in mid-November by CSN New England's Sean McAdam, who announced that Watney was heading back to California to cover the sidelines for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Media and fan reaction was immediate, and certainly stronger than the mere ripples created by the departure of Lowrie or Reddick.
"Say it ain't so!" wrote one Yahoo! Sports blogger. "The post-collapse exodus from the Boston Red Sox has officially gone one person too far."
"Heidi is the latest departure from NESN's pulchritudinous lineup of jock talkers," bemoaned the Boston Herald.
Tina Cervasio, Hazel Mae, Kathryn Tappen and Jade McDonald were capable reporters who also added significantly to the sports scenery.
The silver lining is that NESN will undoubtedly want to maintain its reputation for developing fantastic sports babes. I am sure the powers-that-be at the network are hard at work over the holidays, seeking the most dynamic and bodacious talent available.
To help you armchair recruiters out, I've assembled 27 prospects for your New Year's weekend review. I've left out the most obvious superstars (e.g. Erin Andrews), for whom a gig with NESN would represent a step backwards. I've also left out a few other pretenders who have nothing going for them but looks. After all, this is a savvy sports town, and while we enjoy the eye candy, nothing is sexier than a good-looking woman who also knows sports and can talk about them effectively.
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Yo Yo Moe didn't really deserve to go, but it was Olympic sprinter Maurice Green, once hailed as the fastest man on earth, who was stalled in his run for the mirror ball trophy on "Dancing with the Stars."
Coming in a respectable fifth place in the contest, Green was lauded by pro partner Cheryl Burke as being the hardest working star she had worked with in her years on the show.
"You'll always be the 'winner, winner, chicken dinner' of my heart,'" she said, referring to Green's hallmark phrase.
Joining Green in the bottom two was Cody Linley, a two-timer now in the basement who should be back to the set of "Hannah Montana" by next Tuesday.
Next week: Cody Linley, Lance Bass, Warren Sapp, and Brooke Burke have all made it to the semi-finals. Who will be the last twinkletoes standing?
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Have you compared the changed eeprom with the orginal one ? It seems that changing the region code doesn't change the data hash at all. Wondering why it is so.
Another question is, can you post or mail me the middle message hash for the new eeprom key ? Even though I still don't quite understand the internals, I believe just plug that in should work.
EDIT: BTW, When I am reading the old hdtool code and the new working one, I noticed that the working one has one more set of hash for version 9(?), why is it so ? Has this anything to do with why the old one doesn't work with some specific eeprom ?
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The Village of Acquesalate
The village of Acquesalate belongs to the municipality of Macerata, in the province of Macerata, region Marche.
The village of Acquesalate is 6,22 kilometers far from the same town of Macerata to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Macerata also belong the localities of Acquevive (4,11 km), Case sparse (-- km), Cervare (8,01 km), Cimarella (5,91 km), Cincinelli (1,77 km), Collevario (3,29 km), Consalvi (1,04 km), Corneto (2,42 km), Corridonia Stazione (-- km), Helvia Recina (4,29 km), Isola (7,80 km), Madonna del Monte (6,24 km), Montalbano (2,48 km), Montanello (2,69 km), Mozzavinci (5,29 km), Piediripa (5,78 km), Santa Maria del Monte (5,22 km), Santo Stefano (1,81 km), Scuola Agraria (2,43 km), Sforzacosta (5,26 km), Valle (5,23 km), Vallebona (3,04 km), Valteia (3,32 km), Villa Potenza (2,98 km).
The number in parentheses following each village name indicate the distance between the same village and the municipality of Macerata.
Please notice that in what follows no statistic nor population data are available at the moment: the same are available for the Italian places having al least the status of municipalities ad for most of the villages too.
The distribution of the most commun family names is equally unavailable.
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The Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone is set to hold its second free hands-on seminar for business owners looking to expand their business through Facebook.
On May 15, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Networking Cafe on 418 Broadway, business owners can attend the social media workshop run by the Lenox Group, a firm specializing in public relations, social media, web development and internet commerce.
"Many local businesses lack a presence on the Internet, and they have not tried social media to improve their sales,'' said Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith. "This SID/UEZ seminar will teach local enterprise owners the practicalities of using laptops to build a presence on Facebook. When local businesses do well, they improve the local economy and provide more jobs in our community."
The workshop is the second in a series of social media events the UEZ has hosted for Bayonne businesses. The first Facebook seminar took place on March 20.
Light refreshments will be served and interested parties are asked to bring their laptops to the workshop for an in-depth take on expanding their business on Facebook.
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