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Title: Silver Code or Giniro-no-kigou
Artist: Ryokichi Mukai, Japanese (1918-2010)
Accession #: U2013.52
Dimensions: 80 ft. x 35 ft.
Materials: Mylar, nylon, polyester, silk, polyethylene
7 people. 4 months. 1 loom.
Photograph of weavers on the loom at the Kawashima Textile Mill in Kyoto, Japan. 1969.
Like a museum with shifting exhibits, Stephens Auditorium brings world-class performance art to Ames year-round. Between stage and audience hangs the auditorium's permanent exhibit: its massive 80x35-foot stage curtain, woven in Kyoto, Japan in 1969. Though this tapestry boldly transcends the blank-slate personality of a traditional red velour stage curtain, imagine that in 2013, this curtain didn't even have a title or designer on record. Last year, University Museums Director Lynette Pohlman organized a collaborative effort to research and conserve this impressive example of textile art, which has now been titled Silver Code and attributed to Japanese artist Ryokichi Mukai (1918–2010). When Iowa State's Art on Campus Collection — the largest public art collection among the nation's public universities —welcomed Silver Code into its ranks, the textile became grand, indeed. A gem not only of Stephens Auditorium, but of the University Museums collection itself, the curtain showcases a fusion of art and structure that embodies the visionary, interdisciplinary spirit of Iowa State University. The curtain presides, always on the clock, as a strong example of artist Ryokichi Mukai's preference for enduring, functional art that interacts with its viewers.
Although Ryokichi Mukai designed several tapestries, the artist's central medium was not textiles, but metal. His iconic towering abstract sculpture Ant Castle II —made in 1962 from factory scraps — still stands outdoors in Tokiwa Sculpture Park in Ube, Japan. Though Silver Code lives indoors, it channels Mukai's basic artistic tenets: just like his sculptures invite hands to their surfaces, so does the curtain's complex, architectural texture invite the touch of our eyes. Like Mukai's many public sculptures, the curtain's function as mediator between audience and performance positions Silver Code as more than just static, stationary art. Its abstract design, too, echoes design motifs employed across Mukai's repertoire: bull's-eye circles, matrices of dots, and "gears" infuse many of his sculptures and textiles with a sense of continuity, order, and subtle rebellion against technology. The exclamatory tufts of shiny mylar are one of Silver Code's most noticeable design elements, and echo Mukai's penchant for working with aluminum, which offered unique structural challenges and symbolized the post-war Atomic Age effort to negotiate a balance with burgeoning technology. Iowa State's Silver Code, as a grand and expansive example of Ryokichi Mukai's artistic themes and Japan's leadership in textile excellence, holds its own as an international cornerstone of the University Museums' collection and a dynamic player in C. Y. Stephens' broad artistic appeal.
Decoding Silver Code began with its local provenance as a generous gift from J. W. (Bill) Fisher (see sidebar). Creative, fair, and generous, J. W. Fisher repeatedly spun his advantages and worldly perspective into advancements both in technology and the arts. In 1969, Silver Code was much more than a $20,000 donation; it was a monumental, internationally significant textile. It was J. W. Fisher's way of crowning Stephens Auditorium so everyone would know that with the Iowa State Center, Iowa State was truly heralding a new era.
How did J. W. Fisher become familiar with Kyoto's textiles? And why did he commission a Japanese artist to design the curtain? The answer lies in Fisher's love of travel (in one classic photo, the industrialist and his wife Dorothy (nee Meyer; 1914–1998, Alum, 1936) sit astride camels in front of the Sphinx). In 1960 Fisher Controls built a factory in Japan, and in 1968, J. W. Fisher tempered business travel by experiencing Japanese culture: it was at the Chiba Cultural Hall in Chiba, Japan where the likes of Silver Code first spoke to him. There, a stage curtain of similar design to the one in Stephens Auditorium inspired Fisher to commission the curtain's creators — Ryokichi Mukai and Kawashima Textile Mills — to execute a version exclusively for Stephens Auditorium. Fisher requested that the curtain symbolize Iowa State's leadership in agriculture and technology, and include the colors cardinal and gold.
Photograph of the Chiba Cultural Center, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, ca. 1968. Photo courtesy of the Ames Historical Society.
Woven by hand on what was once the world's largest loom, the curtain's very construction represented an Iowa State appropriate fusion of progressive arts and impressive engineering. Outweighing expectations by 1600 pounds, the textile cost $50,000 just to ship, and required rigging adaptations once it arrived on-set in Ames. However, when Silver Code premiered with Stephens Auditorium opening night in 1969, its audience appeal was immediate. Some people read agricultural motifs into its abstract design; some, a gear recalling Iowa State's engineering excellence. The shared reaction was of recognition and appreciation for the glimmering curtain, decidedly beautiful in its solid construction and modern design. Even close to forty-five years later, the curtain conceals and reveals in continuous service and style, just like the award-winning architecture that houses it.
Ultimately, University Museums' goal is to restore the curtain to that captivating shine of its opening days, when the New York Philharmonic enraptured a sold-out house for five straight days and Silver Code was the talk of the town. Conserving this exemplary curtain contributes to Iowa State's greatest legacy: the union of the practical arts and sciences, roots of Land-grant education, with the humanities in creating, and conserving, a vision for a better life and a more well-rounded citizenry.
Rolling the tapestry in Kyoto for shipping to the United States, 1969.
In August 2013 conservators began work to clean and repair the curtain. After 45 years and more than 3,500 curtain calls, this tapestry was in urgent need of conservation and repair. As part of a joint effort between Iowa State's University Museums and the Iowa State Center, conservators conducted an 8 month cleaning process that was carried out in situ in the auditorium on days when there was not otherwise a performance. Much of the work was conducted by using an automated lift to reach the upper reaches of the curtain.
Kate Greder working on the curtain.
Because the top five feet of the curtain were unreachable because of the proscenium, auditorium foremen released the side guide wires and lowered the curtain for one week so conservators could reach the top of the curtain with their vacuum and paint brushes.
The rod pocket on the back of the curtain was ailing and conservators replaced the fabric, hand sewing an exact replica of the original stitch work done at the textile mill in Japan.
Officially accessioned into the Art on Campus Collection, Iowa State's University Museums will now protect the tapestry so it remains hanging in the auditorium for as long as possible.
The Red
The Silver
Below, before treatmen- Top, after treatment
This summer (2014) a team of people from Iowa State and the theatre rigging company iWeiss re-rigged the curtain. In an effort to fix the sag at the bottom of the curtain, replace the backing, and support the hanging system for the curtain, the curtain was laid down on the stage floor while conservators and theater technicians took life saving measures to ensure the curtain remains hanging for years to come.
Videos of the curtain raising and lowering:
Photos from iWeiss visit
To contribute to the conservation of Silver Code online go to www.foundation.iastate.edu/museums
Please make your donation to the University Museums Special Projects fund under Gift Designations, and indicate C.Y. Stephens Curtain Conservation in the notes field.
To mail your contribution to the conservation of Silver Code please indicate the University Museums Special Projects fund number 2311822 and C.Y. Stephens Curtain Conservation in your check's memo field. Checks can be mailed to the Iowa State University Foundation, P.O. Box 868, Ames, IA, 50010-0868.
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PRESS RELEASE with images
VIDEO by ISU News Service
Des Moines Register Article
The curtain has received a lot of attention recently. Most notably from:
The Des Moines Register in December 2014, when they featured an article in the Sunday paper.
Iowa Public Radio's Iowa Arts Showcase on March 8th, 2014.
The Spring 2014 edition of Iowa Architecture Magazine.
Ames Tribune
January 9, 2014
Iowa State Daily (campus newspaper)
November 21, 2013
VISIONS Magazine (ISU Alumni Magazine)
Winter Edition 2013
Visit Ames Webpage
December 16, 2013
Iowa State News Service
January 8, 2013
Inside Iowa State (ISU news for faculty and staff)
January 9, 2013
Iowa State Center Webpage
January 10, 2014


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Regarding "Trade agreement expansion includes talks of worker aid" (Business, Tuesday):
How many jobs will be created, and at what pay to the workers, versus the number of jobs that will be lost and at what pay? I would ask that question going back to the North American Free Trade Agreement. I believe we have lost high-paying jobs and gained back lower-paying jobs since NAFTA was passed.
Some say we live in a "global economy." That may be true, but if we want high-paying jobs in this country -- auto, steel and machinery -- we need to produce those items in this country and duty all imports coming into this country in those industries. Our people out of work would soon find good-paying jobs, and unemployment would be down to 5 percent to 6 percent.
We had it pretty good in the '50s and '60s with tariffs in place. Why not now?
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Miami wants to land a Super Bowl before it gives money to Dolphins
|Will we see this Super Bowl scene in Miami any time soon? (US Presswire)
While the city of Charlotte said it would put up $143 million to keep the Panthers happy and renovate their stadium, the city of Miami wants a little more commitment before it will give money to the Dolphins.
Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez said Monday, via the Miami Herald, that the NFL might have to promise to give the city another Super Bowl before it uses county hotel taxes to help fund $400 million in stadium renovations.
The last Super Bowl that occurred in South Florida was Super Bowl XLIV, and for now, there are none scheduled although Miami is a finalist for Super Bowl L, along with the new stadium in the San Francisco area.
Gimenez and the Dolphins, though, have agreed to let voters decide whether those local tax funds should be used for the stadium. A referendum will be held before the next owner's meeting in May when hosting cities will be named for Super Bowls L and LI -- which will be chosen between Houston and the losing host city of Super Bowl L.
Even if the voters approve the measure, Gimenez could allow the county to withhold the tax from being used for the stadium.
"I don't want to be eligible for anything," Gimenez said. "I'd like to see the results and actually land something."
This is not usually how the NFL operates. In just about every case, a city has to kowtow to the demands of the NFL (Build a new stadium! Or fix up your old one!) before the owners give that city the big game. Miami's tact, though, is a little different, and considering NFL owners usually don't prefer to be dealt with in this kind of matter, it seems that Gimenez's words are risky.
"A provisional award in May [by NFL owners] for the 2016 or 2017 Super Bowl is impractical and the request would not enhance South Florida's chances in a very competitive situation," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Herald.
Aiello then called back to clarify his statement: "If the bid is presented and there is no stadium renovation financing plan approved, then the statement I gave earlier stands. If you're saying the mayor's plan is [that] financing would be in place, and there are no further votes and approvals needed, and all that is needed is the Super Bowl to be awarded, that is a totally different scenario. I would not describe that as hurting their chances."
While the Dolphins publicly say they believe the voters will show their support for the team, it's not a stretch to believe the residents will simply be tired of funding pro sports' teams stadiums (especially with the way the Miami Marlins deal has played out).
"The Dolphins have shown to be a lot different than the previous organization we dealt with," Gimenez said. "The Marlins -- that's the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Let's say what it is. That was a bad deal, and a lot of things were kept in the dark. I don't deal that way. I'm sure the Dolphins don't deal that way."
Even still, the county is cautious moving forward with the idea to give more public money to the Dolphins. If it costs the area a chance at another Super Bowl, I guess that's the risk it's willing to take.
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MADISON, Alabama -- Bob Jones has made a living off its ground attack this season. But with time running down against No. 10-ranked Austin on Friday night and a region title at stake, the Patriots showed they could get by just fine throwing the ball.
Trey Bates hit Kevin Wright on a 5-yard slant with 14 seconds left in the game to cap a near-flawless 2-minute drill and give the Patriots a 17-13 win and their fourth straight Class 6A, Region 8 championship.
"I knew it was coming to me the whole time," said Wright, who had five catches for 22 yards and 95 yards on 15 carries. "(Bates) usually throws it to the inside receiver on that route. I knew he was going to trust me to make the play at the end."
"Roderick (Randolph) was my first read," Bates said. "Then I came off him and threw it to Kevin and he made a great catch."
Austin (7-2, 5-2) went ahead 13-10 on Philip Corlew's 30-yard field goal with 1:42 remaining.
Bob Jones (7-2, 6-1) got the ball back at its own 30-yard line and moved to the Austin 45. On fourth-and-8 with 40 seconds left, Bates hit Ben Washington for a 20-yard gain. After an incompletion, Bates found Spencer Smith for a 20-yard gain to the Austin 5, setting up the TD to Wright.
"When we were down with two minutes left, we knew we were going to go score," Bates said. "There was no doubt in our mind that we were going to take it in. It didn't matter if it was me, Jay (Rogers), Kevin or any of the guys out there. We knew we could make a play."
While the Patriots prefer to keep the ball on the ground, they practice each Tuesday for the exact situation they found themselves in against Austin.
"We have a two-minute competition with our first offense against our first defense," Bob Jones coach Kevin Rose said. "To be honest, we probably ran the same four or five plays that we ran on Tuesday and were very efficient and successful."
Austin got one final chance, starting a drive at their own 42 with 13 seconds left. Chris Sparkman completed a 17-yard pass, but on the final play, the Black Bears were unable to get a pass off.
"We've got to hand it to Bob Jones," said Austin coach Jeremy Perkins, whose team finishes third in the region after back-to-back losses. "They came back with a great drive at the end. They made the plays, we didn't and they won the ballgame."
Bob Jones' David Mitchell drilled a 28-yard field goal to cap a 14-play drive and tie the game 10-10 with 11:02 left in the game. Austin had gone up by three on a Chase Colon 3-yard run at the 8:14 mark of the third quarter. The score was set up by Malique Elliott's fingertip-grab off a Sparkman 56-yard pass to the Patriot 5-yard line.
Wright scored on a 3-yard run late in the second quarter to cap a 10-play, 85-yard march. The touchdown came one play after he broke off a 45-yard run.
Austin used a 13-play drive on its first possession of the game to set up a Corlew 27-yard field goal.
Sparkman completed 16 of 24 passes for 231 yards. Austin standout tailback Josh Walker was held to 50 yards on 22 carries.
Bob Jones 17, No. 10 Austin 13
Madison City Schools Stadium
The two-minute drill. Trey Bates completed 7 of 10 passes and moved Bob Jones 70 yards in 1:27 to score the game-winning touchdown.
Inability to capitalize. Austin forced two second-half turnovers - an interception and a fumble - but came away with just three points off the takeaways. The Black Bears also turned the ball over on downs at the Bob Jones 7-yard line in the final minute of the second quarter.
Facing fourth-and-8 from the Austin 45-yard line with 40 seconds left in the game, Trey Bates hit Ben Washington for a 20-yard gain to keep the game-winning drive alive.
Trey Bates bounced back from a third-quarter interception showed poise in leading Bob Jones' game-winning drive.
4: Consecutive Region 8 championships for Bob Jones.
Both teams close the regular season on Thursday. Bob Jones plays at Class 5A, No. 1-ranked Muscle Shoals, and Austin hosts reigning 5A state champion Hartselle.


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Zach Martin led Livingston Christian with 11 points as the Falcons used an 11-2 second quarter run to pull away for a 51-37 victory over visiting Ann Arbor Central Academy on Friday.
Faras Hassan led Central Academy with nine points.
"We wanted to play good defense, and we accomplished our goal by holding them under 40 points," Livingston Christian coach Jim Milanowski said. "We're facing Central Academy in the first round of districts, so this game gave us a good chance to see how we stack up with them."
Livingston Christian hosts Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner on Tuesday for its next game.
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NORWAY - Kenneth J. "Mook" Basso, 77, of Norway, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital.
He was born on Feb. 19, 1935, in Iron Mountain, the son of the late John and Adeline (DeRousha) Basso.
Ken served in the United States Navy. He worked as a conductor for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 37 years, until his retirement.
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Ken married Arlene (Mattia) Miksa on Jan. 3, 1987. The couple celebrated their 25th anniversary this past January. Ken and Arlene loved camping, and traveled through many states throughout the years.
Ken enjoyed fly fishing, crossword puzzles, being a handyman of all trades, and engaging in his favorite sport of all, golf. Ken was a member of Oak Crest Golf Course.
He is survived by his wife, Arlene; four daughters, Julie, Jill, Jodi, and JoEllen; three sons, Jay, Jeff, and Jim; three stepsons, Dean, Rodney, and Tom Miksa; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Ken was preceded in death by his children's mother, Helen Bouche; one son, John; and one brother, Albert.
Ken will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Per Ken's request and wishes, he will be cremated with no formal service.
Condolences to the family of Kenneth J. "Mook" Basso may be expressed online at ernashfuneralhomes.com.
The family has entrusted the Tondin-Ross & Freeman Funeral Home with the funeral arrangements.


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It's time to face a few facts. Yes, the Pittsburgh Pirates have 18 games remaining but, no, the playoffs are not a viable option this year.
Any team that in mid-August was 16 games above .500 and proceeded to lose 26 of 34 heading into Fridays series at Chicago isn't built for a postseason run.
This won't come as a huge surprise since the team has not only not been built for the playoffs for the last 19 years, they haven't been over .500 during those 19 seasons, either.
And they might not finish in the black this season, as tragic as that would be given the success they enjoyed for the first 4½ months.
Teams go hot and cold over a 162-game span; that's just part of the game.
Right now, the Phillies are hot because they're built to win. They've certainly underachieved this season, but there's little reason to believe at this point that they won't finish with a better record than the Bucs because they know how to win.
The Pirates pitching has gone stale, their defense has turned porous, the hitting — especially with men on base — has bordered on abysmal.
Their recent series with Cincinnati was one they could have swept by capitalizing on opportunities and playing a good defensive series (instead of allowing two runs to score on one passed ball).
Instead, the Reds won all three. The series wasn't important as far as the division title because Cincinnati has that wrapped up, but it was vital in the wild-card race that seems to attract a new team each night.
As an aside, the Bucs also had to deal with the drama of Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips, who accused Pittsburgh relief pitcher Jared Hughes of slinging a racial slur at him after hitting him with a pitch.
Replays clearly show that Hughes said no such thing and the two reportedly patched things up during a locker room telephone conversation that had plenty of witnesses, according to Pittsburgh media. Then Phillips went on a talk show later and accused Hughes of saying it all over again.
When the Reds come to Pittsburgh Sept. 28-30 and Phillips steps in the batters box, every Pirates pitcher should throw so far inside that he'll need a bat long enough to reach the plate from the on-deck circle.
But regardless of the antics of immature jerks — Phillips, not Hughes — the Pirates have far more to worry about.
The young talent in the lineup is promising and this stretch of games, regardless of how it turns out, will help them in future seasons. But they need immediate help from the people who have gotten them this far — A.J. Burnett, James McDonald, Andrew McCutchen, Pedro Alvarez — and that's not happening.
Opportunity has been knocking for quite awhile. But that window is closing, the panes are stained and no one is emerging from the dugout holding the proper cleaning ingredients.
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Weighed in and lost! Only 500g which I realise is nothing and probably more indicative of my stomach contents but it felt good to see a number lower than last time.
Dinner last night was the old faithful eggs and veges after coming home late from booty. 1/2 pear for dessert.
Breakdown for Tuesday:
1068 calories
Carbs: 70g or 26%
Fat: 56g or 45%
Protein: 80g or 29%
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Video by Spencer LeeThe Crossroads' Roadrunners fell 70-69 to Sierra Canyon in an even matchup on Tuesday.
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Sierra Canyon Hangs On For One-Point Win Over Crossroads
Photo by Spencer LeeSierra Canyon's Robbie Feinberg looks for an open teammate in the closing seconds of the first half against Crossroads in the Trailblazers' 70-69 win on Tuesday.
Roadrunners' Shot For Win Misses
Posted Dec. 14, 2011, 6:23 am
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The play worked. The shot was open. It just didn't fall.
Justin Blair's pull-up jumper just beyond the elbow missed to the left of the rim as time expired and Crossroads fell to Sierra Canyon 70-69 on Tuesday.
The Trailblazers' Jahmel Taylor led the team with 16 points, while Jamani Spencer added 12 points and Robbie Feinberg had 11 points.
In the losing effort, Roadrunner Myles Stephens led all scorers with 22 points. Leo Abbe-Schnieder added 11 points and Tommy Nowels finished with nine.


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In pushing voters to renew a $2.6 million property tax for St. Charles Parish Hospital, chief administrative officer Fred Martinez ticks off a list of services funded by the 2.48-mill levy: ambulance and paramedics, emergency room operations and the newly opened catherization laboratory for cardiac treatment. These are critical services that community polls and hospital data indicate residents need and want, he said.
"A lot of our (ambulance) runs are for heart attacks," Martinez said. "So we'll be able to support all of those services, from EMS to ER to the cardiac cath lab, with that millage."
The tax is up for a 10-year renewal on the May 3 ballot. The early voting period ends Saturday.
It costs about $30 per year for owner-occupied houses valued at $200,000. The owner of a $500,000 business pays about $185.
The tax accounted for 7 percent of the hospital's almost $40 million in revenue in 2013. Martinez said the revenue let the hospital buy three new ambulances at $243,000 each and upgrade the technology in eight emergency vehicles.
The new equipment included portable defibrillators and advanced hydraulic lifts for the stretchers in five ambulances. The lifts make it easier to transfer patients from stretchers to beds, he said.
To improve response times, the hospital plans to add another ambulance during weekday peak times, if the tax is renewed, Martinez said. Currently, the hospital puts paramedics around the clock at two ambulance stations, one on each side of the Mississippi River in Destrehan and Luling. A third ambulance is added during special events such as football games and festivals, he said.
Martinez said the hospital receives 430 ambulance calls per month and that its data indicates a bell curve between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. A third ambulance would help reduce the average response time, which is currently just under 10 minutes, he said.
Another factor slowing response time is the available service at the hospital. Martinez said about one third of ambulance calls result in patients being taken to other medical centers, because the Luling hospital lacks the services they needed, primarily is cardiac care.
Part of the tax, if renewed, would be used for operating expenses of a new cardiac care wing that is scheduled to open in July, he said. "If we can improve the services so that we can bring the patients here, then the response time is quick. We can get the patient to definitive services quick and keep our units from running out of parish, which ties them up, usually for several hours," Martinez said.
Money from the tax also would be used to operate a new out-patient and urgent care center under construction in Destrehan, he said.
While the hospital is expanding its services and facilities, it also faces financial struggles. A recent state audit said the public hospital ended fiscal 2012 with a $12 million budget deficit and that hospital officials spent $6 million in bond money on uses that were not approved by voters. The state ordered the hospital to repay the money into the proper construction fund.
Hospitals administrators attributed the shortfall to rising health care costs, lower state and federal reimbursements and expansion expenses.
Martinez said he is challenging the allegation that the bond money could not be used to recruit doctors and pay for construction costs associated with the new urgent care facility. He said voters were told about these uses before the 2012 bond referendum.
"We strongly disagree with this allegation," Martinez said. "The money spent on professional services was spent primarily to recruit physicians and medical staff for our expanded services. We said in our presentation for the bond renewal in 2012 that we would spend funds to "bring needed primary care and physician specialists to our community."
Despite its financial struggles and the audit's criticism, the hospital has drawn public support for the tax renewal. The River Region Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the measure, saying the hospital plays a "vital" role and provides "critical" services for St. Charles Parish.
"Allowing these renewals to expire will have a significant impact to the hospital and the hospital's ability to deliver the vital health care services to the parish," said Mike Palamone, public policy chair for the chamber.
When asked about the negative audit, Palamone said the chamber's focus and support is for the tax renewal and ensuring that the services it provides continues. "The hospital administration and the Board of Commissioners needs to provide the citizens of St. Charles Parish a swift, very detailed and transparent response to the audit report and be held accountable to the parish and its citizens with the final outcome," he said.
"In the interim, not supporting these renewals would be a disservice to the citizens, hospital employees and the parish's health care delivery system. The delivery of a comprehensive and competent health care system is what is on the table with the renewals. We need not throw the baby out with the bath water."


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The Heat is Back!!!
Just when you thought it was safe to put away all those tshirts and flip flops, the heat is back on. I had to swap my polo neck today for a tshirt and light cardi as I was sweltering!!
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Obama backed by Edwards
A boost for Barack Obama after
Hillary Clinton's landslide win in West Virginia
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West Virginia was a lost cause for Barack Obama. He knew
it and decided not to campaign too much in this state favorable to Hillary
Clinton. Was this a good
strategic move in order not to be too closely linked to the crushing defeat
or an error because West Virginia may be crucial to win in November? We will
get the answer after the presidential election.
After Hillary Clinton's landslide win in West Virginia with 67% and 239,062
votes against Barack Obama's meager 26% and 91,652 votes, some analysts
pointed out that the African-American senator had not only lost because of
Clinton's core voters, the women, the elderly, the poorer and less-educated
Americans, but he had also lost support within his best supporters, the
young, the well-educated and the more affluent voters.
In this crucial moment, Barack Obama finally got the long-awaited
endorsement from John Edwards. The former senator from North Carolina had
fought a lost battle as a populist left-winger against an African-American
and a woman. He is of course the white go who
"stands up" for the poor, the less-educated, the blue-collar voters and white
men, exactly what Obama needs right now.
John Edwards endorsement of Barack Obama in Grand Rapids, Michigan, had the
perfect timing, overshadowing Hillary's landslide win in West Virginia.
Obama will not forget this, and may well offer Edwards the hotly
contested place of vice-president on his ticket.
Barack Obama pledged to join John Edwards fight against poverty. He told the
"You should never be hungry, you should never be homeless, you should never face
the threat of poverty, ever!" A populist message for a cheering crowd. What
is his slogan again?
"Change you can believe in..."
Hillary Clinton's campaign is highly indebted again. The number circulating
now is $20 million. The New York senator may fight on in the remaining
states and may score two more wins in the primaries, which will not effect
the outcome: Barack Obama will be the Democratic presidential nominee.
As mentioned in previous articles, Clinton's only hope is that maybe a video
will surface showing Obama attending for instance Jeremiah Wright's sermon
accusing the United States government of having created HIV, trying to wipe
out African-Americans with the help of AIDS. Obama claims never to have
attended any of the outrageous sermons by Wright, and no such video has
surfaced yet.
The way until August is long. Hope dies last. But Hillary's campaign may
well die before, because of a lack of cash. Until that moment, she will
continue to hurt the chances of the Democrats, increasing the slim chances
of John McCain, the man who could really bring (some) change.
It is very likely that the Democrats will sweep both the House and the
Senate in a landslide election in November, but there is a small window of
opportunity for the Republican's to retain the White House, thanks to John
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Students in Hollie Oakes-Miller's Physical Geology 202 class at Portland Community College got an upclose look at nature's way Thursday when 1,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt crashed down onto the Historic Columbia River Highway.
The rockslide closed the highway just west of the Stark Street Bridge at 11:40 a.m. and will keep it closed for several days, Oregon Department of Transportation officials said.
Talk about an unforgettable field trip.
The students were examining the Troutdale rock formation in the Columbia River Gorge nearby when they heard about the slide and came to take a look.
Oakes-Miller said she was not surprised that the rocks came down.
"We have really steep slopes, and the rocks have been hydrothermally heated from below by volcanic activity, and we have tons of rain,'' Oakes-Miller explained. "They've been chemically weathered from the top. They are weak and susceptible to failure."
ODOT spokesman Don Hamilton said the short stretch of the highway will remain closed Thursday and Friday and probably into the weekend.
Both the Stark Street Bridge and the Troutdale Bridge are open.
"We are still waiting to make sure it's safe for crews to get in there and start removal,'' he said.
Hamilton compared the slide to one that closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 in February.
Rock scalers from Hi-Tech Rockfall Construction are expected to begin stabilizing the 100-foot high cliff Friday.
In February's slide, scalers used 4-foot-long scaling bars -- basically large crowbars -- and swung back and forth across the rock face in climbing harnesses, jamming the business end of the bar into voids in the rock and loosening earth, trees, and small and large boulders.Lt. Steve Alexander, spokesman for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, said removal would could be hampered by high-pressure water and high-pressure natural-gas lines that run along the highway where the slide occurred.
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Final Image of Mo Took Place Where It Was Supposed To
September 28, 2013 – About an hour after Mariano Rivera met with ballpark employees at Minute Maid Field for the 21st and final meet-and-greet of the season (see blog entry below about previous meet-and-greets), he met with the media for what will likely be the last time as a player.
A large group of writers fired questions at Rivera for about 20 minutes in the visitors' dugout, and during that time, the closer revealed that he will not take the mound in Houston. He said that he has nothing left.
With much respect for the fans of Houston, I believe Rivera made the right decision. After all, the incredible scenario that unfolded in the last game Rivera pitched in at Yankee Stadium is a moment that will live in the hearts of baseball fans forever. It's the lasting image that every athlete would want fans to have of them.
For Rivera to come back to the mound and make that moment not be his last would not have made sense. It was the perfect ending, and now we all know that it was indeed our final image of the great Mariano Rivera on the mound.
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DP CleanTech to convert coal power plant to biomass in Thailand
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D, Thanks, for the website info. This company has ridiculuous potential to be a big player in biomass industry and at that stock price is crazy. Needless to say i bought a bunch and hanging on for the long haul. r/Paul
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it is still very doubtful that GKG as the agro-energy crop would be economical viable for thermal biomass power plant. (1) So far there is only small back yard plantation with intensive in put of crop maintenance(Fully irrigated + Fertilization etc)to get the high yield in Fresh green tons. and then mathematical calculating the yield. In the reality of any crop. The big commercial scale will never be as good as the small back yard pilot plantation. The way to claim such high yield should not be correct. (2) The land for GKF should be reasonable good enough to generate the high yield. There is no way to plant GKG in the marginal land because marginal land will generate marginal result. (3) The heavy input for crop maintenance must put into account of economical viability. (4) Having teh Biomass of GKG feedstock with th high moisture Content over 70%. We also need to cost in the net DM we would get and the cost of the eenrgy to dry out such high moisture content done. The energy to dry the energy must be put into account.The cost will not be only the weight lose (70% down to 10% DM)but also we need to calculate the energy cost to dry (drive out the moisture in the biomass from 70% down to 10%) Before making any promotion of this crop. It must be the obligation / responsible of the promoter GKG to be careful for the current incorrect activities.promoter Need to knwo the actual cost to prepare the Biomass in eenrgy purpose. Technically is YES but practitioners it is still too far away for the future.
This is great news for biomass and clean fuel. This is should be the model for all biomass companies to emulate. Is this some super giant king grass? What is that? If that grass is half of what they say it is, we would not need to rely on corn stalk, straw or other biomass material for fuel.
First model probably gets tweaked in turns of the best feestock. Time will tell. My money is on GKG!
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Hey Paul check out Viaspace.com it will have what info you would like to know about GKG.
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RHS Grad, Former Senator Arlen Specter Dies
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Russell High School graduate and former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter died Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, according to a statement released by his family.
Specter was 82 and was first diagnosed with the disease in 2005. His funeral will be Tuesday, October 16 in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania followed by burial in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.
He graduated from RHS in 1947 after being born in Wichita and growing up in Wichita and Russell. After his high school graduation, Specter moved on to college at the University of Oklahoma and then to the University of Pennsylvania. He then resided in Pennsylvania for the remainder of his life, serving in the United States Senate for more than three decades.
In the above picture, Specter (standing) is pictured shaking the late Dean Banker's hand at the Dole-Specter Conference Center in Russell during the 2011 Prairiesta festivities. Russell native and former Senator Bob Dole is also pictured in the background.
Dole and Specter served on the Senate together for many years, making Russell during that time the only city in the country to have two sitting senators.
Specter's sister-in-law, Joyce Specter, still lives in Russell.
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HAMPTON — Both Verizon Communications Inc. and a union representing 35,000 of its workers from Virginia to Massachusetts filed formal complaints late last week, each alleging the other side wasn't negotiating a new labor contract in good faith.
The complaints were filed with the National Labor Relations Board, an independent government agency charged with conducting union elections and investigating claims of unfair labor practices.
"Discussions do continue, though, in spite of that," Harry Mitchell, a Verizon spokesman, said Monday.
About 35,000 members of the Communications Workers of America went on strike Aug. 7 when their three-year contract...


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department, reacting to a series of security lapses, says it will strip the University of California of its security and some management responsibilities involving nuclear weapons programs at two laboratories.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson told the university its contracts for managing the Los Alamos lab in New Mexico and the Lawrence Livermore facility in California "must be restructured ... to make much-needed improvements to security and other facility operations."
The university "will still be actively involved" in scientific aspects of the nuclear weapons programs, but some other management responsibilities, especially security, would be transferred elsewhere, Richardson said in an interview Friday. He called the university's security management unacceptable.
The restructuring is expected to be worked out by September as part of a renegotiation of the government's contract with the university, Richardson said.
"The university welcomes the opportunity to work with DOE in this effort and to create a path forward that meets all security needs," university President Richard Atkinson said in a statement.
Richardson said it was important to keep the university's "strong science and academic expertise" as part of the weapons program "so weapons scientists feel comfortable for their future."
The university, which has managed the nuclear weapons program at Los Alamos since 1943 and the Manhattan Project, which exploded America's first nuclear device in the New Mexico desert, has come under sharp criticism for security lapses in recent years.
The two-month disappearance of two computer hard drives from a vault at Los Alamos caused a growing number of lawmakers in Congress to question whether a university atmosphere can mix with security needs of the nuclear weapons programs.
"There's still a culture of lax security," Richardson said.
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Deli clerks need to be well-versed in the products and ingredients offered by their establishment, including being able to answer customer questions on these offerings. For delis that offer sandwiches by name, the clerk must be familiar with creating these sandwiches quickly and efficiently. The clerk may need to create customer-friendly, inviting counter displays. The clerk must ensure signage is accurate, and ingredients/products look as fresh as possible at all times.
Deli clerks must also work safely. They must have full understanding in using the various knives required by this job, as well as equipment such as slicers, salamander grills, and fryers. Normally establishments train new clerks on this equipment, but it is up to the clerk to ask questions and be familiar with proper operations before using it. In addition, the clerk must be aware of storage temperatures of individual items, as well as shelf life of products and contamination possibilities.
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The World's Greatest Chef Lives and Cooks in a Frozen Wasteland
"Here's something you've never tried before," says Tadashi "Buck" Helmslemsson, smiling as he hands me a delicate green leaf—the only living thing (besides the two of us) for at least 100 miles in every direction.
We're standing at the furthest reaches of Baffin Island, Canada, where the subarctic climate produces extremely long and cold winters: five to seven months out of the year are below freezing and there's very little rain. Roads, where they exist, are treacherous even in the summer, and most visitors arrive by float plane, landing in a nearby fjord before hiking an hour inland to Helmslemsson's aptly named restaurant, Siberia. It might seem like a lot of effort to make for a meal, but Siberia, most insiders agree, has a lock on one of the top spots for this year's San Pellegrino 50 Best Restaurants in the World list.
As David Chang told me during last year's Cook It Raw event in Japan, "Buck's doing things no other chef has ever dreamed of pulling off—and he's doing it in the goddamn subarctic, with no vegetation, no electricity, and no reservations. But I hear he does have a good supply of polar-bear bacon. I'm jealous."
I had to see Siberia for myself.
The dream for the restaurant was born when Helmslemsson—whose mother is Japanese, whose father is from Greenland, and who was raised in Alabama—visited the area in 2011 on a permafrost foraging trip with René Redzepi ("it's amazing what the Earth reveals in soil that's at or below the freezing point of water," said the Noma chef). Despite not finding a single edible morsel, he fell in love with Baffin and swore to open a restaurant there. The name Siberia was, however, pure coincidence, Helmslemsson swears.
"It was what I named my Shih Tzu back in Mobile," he says.
Siberia almost didn't make it. It started as a 120-seat restaurant with tacky decor, the result of a partnership gone bad with an out-of-town businessman Helmslemsson prefers to leave nameless.
"We needed that," remarks Helmslemsson. "It allowed us to focus on what we really want to be."
So, a tasting menu was put in place, the restaurant became an 11.5-seat chef's counter (the half seat is a symbolic high chair that represents summer and is removed when the season arrives in August), and the pricing structure was altered. Where before 22 courses cost $300 (not including wine, tax, tip), now Helmslemsson runs Siberia primarily on the barter system: animal pelts, solar panels, kombu, and Intelligentsia coffee (roasted within the week, please) are all accepted forms of payment.
For that, diners get dishes like Snow-Roasted Foraged Seal Skeleton, or Mossy Rock, which is served as a kind of lickable amuse-bouche. In a nod to his Alabama heritage, cheap white bread serves as napkins. But when a first course titled "Frozen Turnip, Naturally Thawed and Cooked In Its Own Frozen Soil" comes to the table, it hits you: You're really going to be eating 21 more courses that look exactly like this. But I wouldn't want it any other way—even if some say it looks lifeless, inedible, clearly the product of a place where it is below freezing seven months a year.
"He's just working with the product available," remarks my tablemate (and Bon Appetit contributing editor) Adam Sachs. "Remarkable."
Though the dishes at Siberia might not be classically French, there's real technique at work here. "At the French Culinary Institute, I cooked food most people would recognize: seared duck breast, poached fluke, a nice plate of swordfish," recalls Helmslemsson, whose sealskin outfits are not a hipster affectation but a practical means of keeping warm and dry. "But that taught me how to approach, say, a mysterious fish I found in a block of ice by the shore."
We're in Siberia's garden, which, given the environment, isn't much to look at. Mostly, it's rocks, stones, ice, and snow, though the beaver pelts (flown over from Quebec) on the banquette make it surprisingly comfortable. Still, the restaurant's chefs and unpaid stagiaires must all work in the garden, tilling soil with jackhammers each spring to prepare for the extremely brief growing season. The rest of the year you'll see them sharpening knives on rocks (polar bears have been known to frequent the area) or playing Canasta.
"Some chefs would get tired of farming in a nonexistent garden and playing a Uruguayan card game that's essentially a variant of 500 Rum," says Helmslemsson. "But the chefs here realize they're part of something larger."
And he's right. I came away from Siberia feeling like this was truly the future of dining. Oh, and that single green leaf? It tasted of the earth it was grown in: frozen, rocky, and utterly unique.
Siberia opens for the season every year on April 1. It has no phone or website and takes no reservations, but the wait for a table usually averages less than two hours.


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Jackson Rathbone: Things are finally going a good way for me. It was time!
I don't do the same thing twice.
Aside from the character he plays in The Twilight saga, Jasper Hale, Jackson Rathbone is currently on the poster of The Last Airbender from M. Night Shyamalan. A role that allows him to show the whole extent of his talent in the field of martial arts.
One magazine: In the United States Eclipse and The Last Airbender are out at the same time. What movie do you want to see at the number one spot in the box office?
JR: To be honest, I consider myself lucky just to be in two movies at the same time! Before that, I enjoyed a quantity of projects that nobody went to see in theaters. Things are finally going a good way for me. It was time!
ON: How did you land the role of Sokka?
JR: When I met M. Night Shyamalan, the film director, three years ago, we immediately got on. Initially, I auditioned for the role of Prince Zuko and he told me he was thinking of another role for me. Then I never heard of the film for a year. Then he got back to me and asked me to play Sokka and I was hired. I'm a fan of the animated series, I've always loved fantasy stories with such rich mythology. And with this role, I finally have a chance to show that I can do more than just to play a vampire. It also gives me the opportunity to be much less serious than Jasper, as Sokka has many comic scenes.
ON: Are you tired of the role of Jasper?
JR: No, but I try to play very different characters from film to film. I don't do the same thing twice. I gravitate naturally towads to projects in which the public don't expect to see me.
ON: What kind of training have you followed for this movie?
JR: I studied a form of kung fu called Gong Li Quan based on the teachings of Shaolin monks. The movements of the fists are extremely rapid and aggressive. I also learned to fight with stick and even a boomerang. Then we had to make me look less experienced to look like the real Sokka, a rebel who engages in battle with everything he has and no special technique. I loved my training for the role several months in advance before the filming. It was a fascinating experience.
ON: What is your favorite memory of filming?
JR: All the scenes we filmed in Greenland. I had never been there and it is a truly magical place. It was very physical, since climatic conditions are extreme, but the nature is wonderful. This isn't the kind of place where you can go on vacation in general and I think I'd never go there without the film. So it is an experience in itself which I will remember until the end of my days. It's precisely to live this kind of thing that I've become an actor. We started every morning landing on the top of an iceberg by helicopter. We can't imagine a more exotic destination than that.
ON: You have not suffered too much from the cold, right?
JR: I had to wear seven layers of long leggings under my clothes not to freeze and I had gloves made of neoprene to avoid frostbite. One can easily lose a finger or two without realizing it in such a climate. (Laughs)
ON: In your opinion, are there any similarities between Twilight and The Last Airbender?
JR: Yes, because both films are about family and, more specifically, stepfamilies. In both cases, the characters are from very united clans that go beyond beyond blood ties. And then, as it should and Twilight normally see several suits at The Last Airbender. I, in both cases, signed for trilogies and I hope that day will come.
ON: What are your new projects?
JR: Soon I intend to return to the studio and to the concert halls with my band 100 Monkeys. We released a new single called Future Radio and we will continue touring in the United States. Then, I intend to make further appearances on the TV screen in several shows. I loved playing a role in an episode of Criminal Minds and I'll repeat this experience. The television offers fascinating perspectives for an actor like myself who likes to vary in his roles. I dream of playing in such a comedy like the sitcom Philadelphia.
ON: Was it strange for you to act with actors you didn't know after Twilight, in which you're
friends with everybody?
JR: Yes, it was a bit strange to arrive on a set and to see that there were unfamiliar faces. But it's more in line with the reality of an actor than the reverse. In Twilight, we are a great group of friends with the actors and crew. We meet together periodically and to returm is like returning to a summer camp. But in The Last Airbender, I also made friends and was very emotional to say goodbye to everyone at the end of the shooting.
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No newspaper columnist in history has made a living by defending banks, and I am not insane enough to try it.
But I can, based on lush personal experience, give advice on the best way to show outrage to a bank.
Bank of America currently is our most hated bank because it announced a $5 monthly fee for using debit cards.
Important people, including the vice president of the United States, have come to the defense of ordinary Americans by expressing important disapproval. The fee evidently is entangled in motivations behind protest movements.
"Bank of America's decision to impose that fee for debit card use did not precipitate the Occupy Wall Street protests," wrote Leonard Pitts Jr., a columnist just like me except he has a Pulitzer Prize and I have sandwich contests. "But it does seem to embody much of what has driven thousands of people to the streets."
My own past is littered with repeated spurts of outrage over bank fees.
Years ago, I switched banks in Jackson over a fee charged whenever I failed to maintain an unreasonably high minimum balance in my checking account, which was every month.
That bank is out of business now, but I doubt the loss of my deposits was a major factor.
Later, I closed my account at a second Jackson bank because it started charging a fee to accept coins I save in a jug beside my dresser. Coins are real money to me and the U.S. Mint, so I wanted my bank to feel the same way.
Still later, I closed my account at a Jackson bank that mailed me a letter announcing my free checking would no longer be free.
Most recently, I pulled out of a Jackson credit union that inexplicably began charging $1 every time I used my ATM card, even at its own machines. They blamed a computer glitch but failed to fix it for months. So I again moved my tiny speck of money elsewhere.
Never did my grievances against bank fees warrant sympathy from the vice president or marching in the streets.
Banks, especially big ones, impose objectionable fees. It's in their nature. This does not mean ordinary Americans are helpless.
If I had an account at Bank of America, I would refuse to pay $60 a year to spend my money.
Using cash instead of a debit card would be one option. More likely, I would again move my money, coins and all, to a different financial institution.
Customers have power of choice, and using that power is the best way to show outrage to a bank. Sometimes it feels good, too.


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Fans of Disney's "Enchanted" have waited seven years for a sequel to that thoroughly charming live-action/animated hybrid. Now there's movement on the sequel front, as two screenwriters have been hired to craft the follow-up, and they're the same people behind "Shrek 2" and "The Smurfs 2" (via Deadline). That story tops this morning's Popcorn Breakfast, my regular three-minute(ish) movie-headlines roundup.
Also in today's episode: Could "The Expendables" franchise land a former James Bond actor for a future outing? It looks like it's a possibility (via Coming Soon). Plus, we get three new movies landing in theaters today rather than on the traditional Friday -- "Tammy," "Deliver Us From Evil" and "Earth to Echo." But do any of them stand a chance of unseating "Transformers: Age of Extinction" as the box-office champ? In a word: No. (via Variety).
Find out the details on all of those items in today's Popcorn Breakfast, in the embedded video above.


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The former chief operating officer at Hoboken University Medical Center will receive a $600,000 severance package, even though the city agency that oversees the hospital was not obligated to pay it.
While Spiros Hatiras, on the job as CEO for two years, will benefit from the largess of the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority, who approved the package, vendors who are owed thousands of dollars may receive nothing. That's because the company that was formed to operate the hospital declared bankrupcty shortly after Hatiras' severance package was approved.
Hatiras, who took over as CEO at the failing hospital in 2009, resigned to clear the way for the sale of HUMC to HUMC Holdco, a group whose principles also own the Bayonne Medical Center. The sale is awaiting the approval of the state health commissioner.
The HMHA resolution approving the package said that HUMC Holdco is responsible for 80 percent, ot $500,000 and the HMHA, or the city, is responsible for the other $100,000.


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Any cartoon showing the 2013 newborn in
Nevertheless, these horrific stories should be remembered. These specific events should be kept in mind throughout 2013, because they underscore the fact that the murders ripping New Orleans affect all of us, whether we think we are in the firing line or not.
That's because, first, there is no clearly defined firing line. A look at the last Sunday paper The Times-Picayune published in 2012 proved that. The metro story roundup - these tales of seemingly inexplicable violence didn't even make the front page - left one bewildered, angry and afraid.
Take the case of Dementrius Adams, whose demise was
detailed by reporter Helen Freund.
I mean, what the hell is going on here? It's bad when teenagers get gunned down left and right in Central City neighborhoods, and it's a shame so many of us -- I do it sometimes, too -- shake our heads and chalk it up to one more street thug meeting an end everyone saw coming. There has to be some recognition that this virus has infected the city beyond its infamous killing fields, else the potentially lethal disease could lay you low as well.
It should be noted -- and the New Orleans Police Department often does -- that many more times than not a murder victim knows his killer. That is, there was something going on before most slayings we don't know about, or don't know about immediately.
From what we know thus far, however,
There's a kind of fury that grips you when you hear about a crime like this, a rage tinged with despair. The second story, a home invasion related in remarkable detail by reporter Naomi Martin, is like that: the victim here, in the 7th Ward's dangerous turf, is the son of a father murdered not far away nearly three decades ago.
This tale is perhaps not as clean as Adams' -- the intruders used urban slang that suggests they were after drugs -- but once more we have a victim who doesn't appear to fit one of those categories that allows New Orleanians to brush the crime aside with the alleged knowledge that won't happen to us.
An employed 27-year-old homeowner, living across from his widowed mother, answered his door around midnight. Three armed men burst in and proceeded to beat him mercilessly. The victim's fiancée and the couple's 2-year-old son cowered upstairs in a locked bathroom while the battered homeowner wrestled with an intruder below and wound up getting shot in the wrist. The bad guys then fled, loosing off more shots that shattered house windows.
If this had happened in a Korean fox hole or around Fallujah the homeowner would get a medal. This is a war story, not anything that should ever happen to people in their home.
Now, judging from the conversation the story launched at NOLA.com, he should procure an arsenal or get out of town. I'm more comfortable with the Second Amendment than blanket gun control, but have we reached a point so low that the only options for people in wide swaths of
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HANCOCK - Fans of straightforward, raw rock and roll will get a heavy dose of it Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre.
Detroit bands Speedy Greasy and Rocket 455 are making a mini-tour of the Upper Peninsula, and are stopping by the Orpheum.
Speedy Greasy is composed of four veteran musicians - Craig Marrerro on guitar and lead vocals, Rob Dey on guitar and vocals, Chris Kro on bass and vocals and Mike Latulippe on drums and vocals - that decided to form a band in 2007 and have been playing together off and on since.
"We got together to jam, and Rob and Craig had some songs from a previous band, and we just started working those out," Latulippe said. "We were together for about three years, then we took a little break, but we came back together in October of last year and recorded a single."
Speedy Greasy mostly plays original rock and roll songs, but will dust off a cover or two by bands like The Who, The Black Keys and The Passions.
"People can expect a good time with high volume, some loud rock and roll," Latulippe said.
The other band on the marquee, Rocket 455, was part of the late 1990s rock and roll scene that spawned The White Stripes. Although the band broke up in 1999, they recently reunited and are playing a handful of shows.
"They were just always a really great show, high-energy, and it was always a great party when they played," Latulippe said of Rocket 455. "Rocket was one of those bands made up of a group of soon-to-be veteran musicians, a small group of people in the Detroit circuit in this style of rock and roll."
Also playing at the show will be Electric Park/Boone Fiala.
For more information on Speedy Greasy, visit myspace.com/speedygreasymusic.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Kendall College of Art and Design will host a special collection of short films for International Animation Day.
The free event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in room 217 of the Kendall building at 17 Pearl St. NW. The program will include animated shorts from China, India, the U.S.A., Brazil, Greece and more. It will also feature "Monster, Me," the film by Grand Rapids-area filmmaker Milt Klingensmith - a graphic artist for The Grand Rapids Press and MLive - which won the audience vote at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts' Open Projector Night earlier this year.
Here are more upcoming film events in West Michigan:
• Michigan-made horror film "Fear the Crooked Corpse," from Grand Rapids director Aaron Russman, will debut Sunday, Oct. 27 at Wealthy Theatre. The premier will include a Halloween party with costume contest and other activities. The party begins at 6 p.m., followed by the film at 8. Tickets are $10, available online here.
• Filmmaker David Schock's latest documentary, "The Road to Andersonville; Michigan Native American Sharpshooters in the Civil War," recently won an award from the Historical Society of Michigan, and will air on local PBS affiliates in Nov. The film will debut at 1:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 on WGVU-HD, and show again at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 on WGVU-Create (35.2). Schock is a former Hope College instructor who directed 2003 documentary "Who Killed Janet Chandler," which helped re-open a long-unsolved criminal case.
• The Saugatuck Center for the Arts will present a free screening of the documentary "Girl Rising" at 7 p.m. Nov. 4. The film, about the importance of educating girls in the developing world, is intended for middle- and high-school students. It is presented in conjunction with the organization's 11th annual Children's Film Festival, which takes place Nov. 18-22. The festival will present a series of short films for students ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade, and will feature a screening of Michel Ocelot's "Tales of the Night."
• Grand Rapids-based production company Gorilla Pictures will debut its latest feature, "Beautiful Prison," at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. The opening night screening on Nov. 1 is sold out, but additional screenings have been added at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and 8 p.m. Nov. 3. All screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions with filmmakers. Tickets are $4 for UICA members and students or $8 for non-members, available here. Filmed partly in Mexico and Manistee, "Beautiful Prison" is about a man who develops supernatural powers after he's brain-damaged in an accident.
John Serba is film critic and entertainment reporter for MLive and The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.


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Mayor Denny Doyle told a couple hundred guests at Wednesday's State of the City Address that Beaverton is looking strong after "a year of recovery" in 2013.
He outlined 14 priorities for 2014, among them:
- Moving Beaverton City Hall to The Round and revamping the current city hall into a new public safety center
- Planning for the South Cooper Mountain community's future development needs and encouraging further growth within the city, including affordable housing projects like the Barcelona at First and Lombard.
- Expanding the space and children's program and the Murray-Scholls branch of the Beaverton City Library
- Working to update the Urban Planning Area Agreement with Washington County to redefine the boundaries of Beaverton, hopefully creating more logical divisions between the city and county
- Pursuing state and federal grant funds for local projects, such as Canyon Road construction or the Beaverton Community Health Collaborative
Here's what else Doyle had to say.
On the past year:
"When I look back on the year 2013, I think of it as being a year of recovery. For some time now, we knew that the economy was bound to bounce back. And boy did it ever."
"I have not been shy these past five years with my enthusiasm for branding the crossroads city of Beaverton as being open for business. But that takes work. It's a paradigm shift; those words can't stand alone. It takes hard work to bring that vision to life."
On City Hall and the Public Safety Building:
"If all goes well, our remodel of the South Office Building at The Round will be complete by the end of June – I've given up on May, but you never know. I just cannot overstate how important it is for us to continue breathing life into the fits and starts – we know it happened – of this critical area of our community and of our downtown."
"Make no mistake, for me (the public safety center) is not a want, it is a need. Just like hospitals and fire stations need to withstand natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods – and they do happen; you might have seen them around the county – a police facility is also an essential building that must be built to the same standards … We have no excuse not to be ready."
On diversity:
"Beaverton is a diverse city … more than 90 languages are spoken in the homes of our schoolchildren. I have made it a city-wide priority, and this is no surprise, to break down cultural and language barriers in our city."
"My commitment to you is that we will always encourage our diverse public to share their voice, share their ideas, share their heritage and help us learn about the world without having to get on an airplane. We will listen, we will learn, we will stumble but we will move forward together and we will create a city that is a role model for the United States."
On partnerships:
"We're a vibrant city because of our people, because of our partners and because we have strong leaders, here and throughout the region, that get it."
"It is my profound pleasure to report that the state of our city – of Beaverton Oregon, United State of America, planet Earth – is strong. And by working together, working with our regional, state and we can't forget our federal partners, we will continue to bring our community's vision to life … Many hands make light work."
--Kari Bray


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It's been a strange afternoon. My spirits rise each time I review another entry in my annual reading contest. They plummet each time I read a little more about the fate of public libraries in Jackson County.
As the Medford Mail Tribune reported Sunday, the 15 Jackson County libraries will close April 6. Their demise owes to the steady erosion of timber receipts and the failure of Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Self Determination Act, which generated $273 million annually for Oregon counties and schools.
The resulting $23 million shortfall in the county budget has forced county commissioners to make dire choices, none worse than the shuttering of the main library in Medford and branches in Applegate, Ashland, Butte Falls, Central Point, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Prospect, Rogue River, Ruch, Shady Cove, Talent and White City.
Those 15 libraries cost county residents $39.16 per capita, according to a 2005 state survey, considerably less than the tab for libraries in Eugene ($61.50) and Multnomah County ($64.84). But a 2006 survey of those same residents suggests that 45 percent of those living in the county "rarely" or "never" use them.
I guess that explains the rather unbelievable comments the Mail Tribune's Damian Mann elicited from one Doug Forsyth, a 59-year-old Ashland resident who believes public libraries have been rendered superfluous by the Internet. Forsyth argues that library users alone should pay for their upkeep, rather than burden the taxpayers who never use them.
"We've got to stop thinking that to fix any problem we just throw money at it," Forsyth told the Mail Tribune. "In the end analysis, we are all responsible for ourselves." And those parents who can't afford an Internet connection and still want their children to grow up in the world of books and ideas? "If you can't feed them, don't breed them," Forsyth said.
If you think the bad news and wretched thinking ends at the Jackson County line, consider this: Libraries in Josephine and Klamath counties are also in serious jeopardy. The Grants Pass library is only open 15 hours each week. And only 433 of the state's 1,290 schools can afford a school librarian.
This is scary stuff. And I don't know what's more frightening: That rural Oregon is so stretched to pay for public services -- were it not for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Jackson County libraries would have precious few computers, the portals into the Internet for those who can't afford a laptop and an ISP -- or that an increasing number of rural Oregonians no longer believe anything, even the local, neighborhood library, has a public benefit.


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On the Campaign Trail
SOURIS - Tory Leader Olive Crane is promising to help the primary industries attain stronger advocacy in government by taking large-scale processors out of the agriculture and fisheries ministers' portfolios.
Crane held a news conference at a Souris farm Tuesday morning, outlining her commitment to work with farmers and fishers to help them increase their markets and find new ways to add value to their yields.
But one of the biggest concerns she said she has been hearing from people who work in these sectors is they are not feeling respected by the Robert Ghiz government.
"Agriculture and fisheries is the backbone (of rural P.E.I.)," Crane told reporters.
"What they're so disappointed with is there's just no respect there for their industries. It's like no one wants them anymore. But we do."
To give Islanders in these sectors more voice and representation by government, Crane made an election promise to separate the responsibility for food and fish processors out of those departments and move it into the Department of Innovation.
Crane said having the agriculture minister representing both farmers and big food processors like McCain's, for example, is a conflict of interest.
"Our agriculture minister should be your biggest advocate for the agriculture community," Crane explained.
"We need an agriculture minister that their priority is not only working with the industry and other provinces, but really working on getting that respect back."
Crane was joined in Souris Tuesday by two of her fellow Progressive Conservative candidates with farming and fishing backgrounds.
Mary Ellen McInnis, dairy farmer and PC candidate for Vernon River-Stratford, said she has heard many concerns from farmers especially on the doorsteps. They are worried about the future of these industries on P.E.I., McInnis said.
"We need to be able to keep our youth here and keep them involved in farming and be able to continue to grow our industry," she said.
Colin LaVie, who is challenging Innovation Minister Allan Campbell for the riding of Souris-Elmira, spoke of how he has seen first hand the difficulties faced by fisherman on P.E.I. He was highly critical of Campbell and the fact that he sold his lobster license in 2008 after being offered a cabinet post.
"My opponent, who is supposed to be our MLA and fisherman by trade, has traded in his fishing boots for a bright red tie and then forgotten where he came from," LaVie said.
"He has forgotten what it feels like for fishers in the area to struggle with low prices."
Crane pledged to work with the agriculture and fisheries sectors to find new markets and opportunities for products and to help increase value-added components to these products.
She also promised to negotiate with the federal government and try to establish greater stability for the prices of primary products.
Further, she promised to allow farm-plated vehicles to use marked diesel when operating on Island highways.
"The new PC team believes in the strength of our farming and fishing families as the strength of our rural economy," she said.


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All-Star Retailer line-up set for Global Retailing Conference
March 9, 2011-- Home Textiles Today,
Tucson, Ariz. - Sixteen retailing powerhouses will address next month's Global Retailing Conference at the University of Arizona's Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing.
The conference will be held April 7-8 at the Loews Ventana Canyon here under the theme of "Inspiring Innovation."
Speakers for the event are:
- Terry Lundgren, Chairman, President & CEO, Macy's, Inc.
- Martha Stewart, Founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
- Mike George, President & CEO, QVC
- Alan Dabbiere, Chairman, Airwatch
- Javier Polit, CIO of the Bottling Investments Group, The Coca-Cola Company
- Barbara Turf, CEO & President, Crate & Barrel
- Raul Vazquez, EVP, Global eCommerce, Walmart
- Roberto Orci, President & CEO, Acento
- Ira Kalish, Director of Global Economics, Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Susan Lyne, Chairman, Gilt Groupe
- Jiri Nechleba, CEO, 4R Systems
- Michael Archbold, CFO, Vitamin Shoppe
- Jesse Curlee, President, Supima Cotton
- Claudio Del Vecchio, CEO, Brooks Brothers
- Jeff Elder, Vice President of Marketing, J.G. Boswell Company
- Tommy Hilfiger, Principal Designer & Visionary, Tommy Hilfiger Group
Details on the conference, including a complete agenda, are posted on www.globalretailingconference.org, with pages on Facebook.com (keyword Global Retailing Conference), Twitter.com/globalretailcon, and LinkedIn.com.
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LANCASTER - The numbers are in.
And because of those numbers, four L-L League football teams will be on the move for the 2014-15 seasons, including a pair of teams that just moved for the 2012-13 seasons.
So don't get too cozy in Section 1 there, Lancaster Catholic.
According to male enrollment numbers, Cocalico, Conestoga Valley, Garden Spot and Lancaster Catholic - which recently added Lancaster Mennonite as a football-only co-op partner - will all switch sections after the 2013 season.
Here's the damage:
* Conestoga Valley will go from Section 2 to Section 1.
* Lancaster Catholic will go from Section 1 to Section 2.
* Garden Spot will go from Section 3 to Section 2.
* Cocalico will go from Section 2 to Section 3.
Lancaster Catholic just jumped up to Section 1 and Garden Spot just went down to Section 3 for the current cycle.
Conestoga Valley will give Section 1 all Class AAAA programs; Lancaster Catholic is playing as a Class AAA team in the current cycle.
The moves must clear a pair of votes; the L-L League Board of Control meets later this month and league athletic directors will meet in May.
But the L-L League has always constructed its sections in every sport by enrollment. So this is going to happen; only the Hornberger Rule could potentially prevent some of the switching.
The rule, named after former Garden Spot athletic director Dennis Hornberger, allows teams the chance to find a switching partner to stay in - or leave - a section.
Schools have a 10-day window after the votes become official to challenge via the Hornberger Rule.
"We always strictly go by the male enrollment numbers provided by the schools," said Annville-Cleona athletic director Tommy Long, the L-L League football chairperson. "Schools will have the option of using the Hornberger Rule. They can use the Hornberger Rule to try and switch, but not until after the sections are approved. I'm not sure at this time if any schools will try and switch."
The Lancaster Catholic/Lancaster Mennonite co-op was officially approved by the PIAA in Hershey two weeks ago. The move gave Lancaster Catholic more male boys than Cocalico and triggered the switch to put Cocalico back in Section 3; the Eagles have been in Section 2 since 2004, and won the section championship last fall.
How close were the numbers?
"By just a handful of kids," Long said.
Lancaster Catholic/Lancaster Mennonite and Cocalico will both have just over 400 boys in the next enrollment cycle. Cocalico will have less - by less than 10.
More about the pending moves ...
* Conestoga Valley has been a fixture in Section 2 since 1981 - Jim Cantafio's second year in the program. The Buckskins played in Section 1 from 1972-1980, sharing the section title in 1972 and winning an outright crown in 1974, both under Art Grimm. In its first five seasons in a row in Section 2, CV shared or won outright section titles under Cantafio. Not having a CV-Manheim Central game on the schedule will be weird; that rivalry - although lopsided at times - is arguarbly the granddaddy of all L-L League football rivalries, dating back to the Cantafio/Mike Williams early days.
* Cocalico called Section 3 home from 1975 until 2003, winning or sharing 12 section titles. The Eagles played in Section 2 from 1972-1974 before rejoining Section 2 prior to the 2004 season. Cocalico has gone 43-20 in section games since 2004, including 7-0 and a section crown last season. The Eagles also went to the District 3 Class AAA championship game in 2010, representing Section 2. Just a hunch, but Cocalico is the most disappointed team in this mix. Under coach Dave Gingrich, the Eagles have found their niche and created rivals the last nine years. Plus, dropping down to Section 3 will make it tougher for Cocalico accumulate district power points; Garden Spot, also a Class AAA program, went 10-0 playing in Section 3 last season but earned just a No. 6 seed for the playoffs. It would be a shame to lose the Cocalico-Manheim Central game, which has become a hotly contested rivalry the last several years.
* Garden Spot dominated in its return to Section 3 this past fall, going 8-0 in league games to capture the section crown. The Spartans also had a 10-0 regular-season run before falling to Manheim Central in the first round of the District 3 Class AAA playoffs. Garden Spot previously played in Section 2 from 1972-73, 1985-1988 and 1994 until 2011. Prior to this two-year cycle, the Spartans played in Section 3 from 1975-1984 and 1989-1993. Garden Spot's Section 3 crown last fall was the fifth outright or shared section gold in program history. After a two-year hiatus, it looks like the Spartans will be back in familiar territory in 2014.
* Lancaster Catholic had one previous stint in Section 2, from 1989 to 1993. The Crusaders went 6-28-1 over that clip under Sandy Guilfoyle and Tony DiPaolo; Manheim Central won three of the five Section 2 titles with Lancaster Catholic on board. The Crusaders spent their first 14 years in the L-L League in Section 1, and were in Section 3 from 1994 until 2011, winning six section titles in a row before bouncing up to Section 1 last season; the Crusaders went 5-2 in their new home last fall, on the way to nine wins and a trip to the District 3 Class AAA semifinals. If nothing else, it'll be exciting having Lancaster Catholic vs. Manheim Central back on the schedule. They had a couple of nice non-league clashes in 2008 and 2009. Now they could meet with the Section 2 title hanging in the balance.
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