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Friends For Fullerton's Future
Fullerton BooHoo
A BooHoo is a knee-jerk supporter of government activity – whatever it may be. Most BooHoos are self-proclaimed liberals, but very many avowed "conservatives" are nothing but titanic BooHoos – using conservatism to get themselves elected.
We Get Mail: A Most Unhappy Neighbor
Posted by Disillusioned Ex-Hippy in Boohooism, Chronic Failure, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council, Hidden Government Agencies, Home Town Hero, I Ain't a Swallerin' That, No News Is Bad News, OC's Fourth District, Orange County Government, Shawn Nelson, Transparency, Watch Your Wallet on January 31, 2013
Friends, here is a letter sent to Mayor Bruce Whitaker and thoughtfully provided to us from a citizen who live in the Chapman Park neighborhood across the street from the proposed site of a County homeless shelter.
I omit this individual's name and number to spare them annoying calls from the bureaucrats but it was included in the letter to Whitaker:
Subject: proposed homeless shelter
Watch Out For The Tricks
Halloween is Coming!
Posted by The Fullerton Shadow in Chronic Failure, Dead heads, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council Candidates, Gin Flurry, Setting The Bar Low, The Culture of Corruption, Union Goons, Watch Your Wallet on October 19, 2012
A playful friend sent in a picture.
Welcome To Floryland
Posted by The Fullerton Shadow in Chronic Failure, Former Fullerton Councilmembers, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council Candidates, Gin Flurry, I Ain't a Swallerin' That, Setting The Bar Low, Sharon Quirk, The Culture of Corruption, Transparency, Union Goons, Watch Your Wallet on October 18, 2012
When you have an inflated sense of self-worth it must be hard to come up against a wall of objective facts that square with the reality everyone else sees. Thus narcissists and paranoiacs must concoct a narrative that seems to embrace those facts and yet tell the myth you want everyone to believe about yourself.
And so we have Jan Flory: a rigid, humorless, sometimes near-hysterical defender of an ideology that has placed California on the edge of financial insolvency. Think Greece.
Flory's ridiculous muumuus and wooden beads are symbolic of a much more sinister problem: a fundamental dishonesty about herself and her corrupt mind set.
But don't take my word for it. Lets examine Flory's own Facebook rants. Like this latest, with added commentary by me.
At 12:15 a.m. last night, the City Council took up the question of how to refund $7.3 million to people who overpaid their water bills in our city over the past 3 years. Mayor Sharon Quirk moved to continue the matter to the next city council meeting because of the late hour. Doug Chaffee concurred. Bruce Whitaker, Travis Kiger and Greg Sebourn voted to go forward no matter how late or how tired the council members. It also might have had something to do with the fact that the audience had dwindled to a handful by that time. So much for transparency and accountability.
Or it might have had something to do with the fact that hours and hours of time had been unnecessarily wasted by Quirk and Chaffee promoting the candidacy of Danny Hughes as Chief, despite the fact that the Council had already decided it wanted to do a wide recruitment instead of ramming home the inside goon. Transparency? Check. Accountability? Check.
Reality? If Flory is tired and can't stay up past Murder She Wrote reruns on cable she shouldn't be on any city council.
A little history first: To begin with, the water fee was never an "illegal water tax".
Lie number one. Keep counting.
The water tax was first adopted in 1968 at 2% of the water bill. The purpose of the tax was to pass through to the ratepayers (you and me) the city's cost of getting water to your tap. Fair enough. The tax increased to 10% in 1970. We had aging reservoirs, pumps and water lines that needed replacement and ongoing maintenance. The water fee was a way to do that.
Now that's just another series of outright lies. But let's not let the facts stand in the way of a good story, right? The 10% was originally cooked up to divert revenue into the General Fund to pay for the City Attorney and City Administrator. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. Flory could have actually read the ordinance but that wouldn't have been as fun making something up.
In any case there was never any accounting to see how bad the rip off really was, and in the old days water was dirt cheap, right?
In 1996, the California voters passed Proposition 218 which required there be a connection between a fee charged and the services rendered. In other words, you couldn't just pull a number (like 10%) out of the air.
One truth accidentally tumbles out!
Proposition 218 was tested and upheld by the courts beginning in 2002.
Aha! Flory slips in a date to give herself an alibi for her own approval of the illegal tax for six years! Too bad that upon learning the truth she and her cohorts continued to steal the 10% each and every year for the next NINE YEARS. No talk about fixing the rip-off, apologizing to the ratepayers, trying to reclaim even a small mole hill of moral ground. Nope.
The Water Rate Study Committee was authorized by the OLD council long before the Recall to address concerns about the 10% charge to the Water Fund.
And at whose behest? Not city staff or you, Flory, we can be sure of that. It was political pressure that did it.
Ultimately, the study committee determined this summer that the city should have been charging in the neighborhood of 7% rather than 10% in order to comply with 218.
Another outright lie. The Committee determined no such thing. The staff-chosen consultant cooked up a phoney number to keep as much of the rip-off as possible including exorbitant rents paid to the City! Even Quirk said it was ridiculous!
The committee relied on the work of an independent financial consultant, Municipal Financial Services Group (MFSG), to determine the City's cost in providing water to its customers, and outside legal counsel (Best, Best & Krieger) to make sure that the outcome comported with Proposition 218.
Independent? Now that's just comical!
The results were even submitted to the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association that concurred with the methodology used in the study.
Wrong, again. But by now is anybody counting?
The NEW council majority threw all that out the window, disregarded the recommendations of the Water Rate Study Committee, and completely eliminated the "in lieu" fee. That will have the effect of reducing city revenues annually by $1.7 million which could have properly been charged by the city to bring water to our homes.
Let's all gloss over the fact that no one has ever said a proper water rate shouldn't cover costs of maintenance and infrastructure. If it doesn't Flory has only her own beloved staff to blame – those same incompetent bureaucrats like Chis Meyer and Joe Felz who have let the City's infrastructure go to hell as they feathered their own nests handsomely. In the meantime, the "in-lieu" fee had no legal rationale for existing since it wan an obvious triple dip. Step one was to get rid of it. Step two is find out what the true costs of running the water utility really is, and charge it to the ratepayers.
Because the city had charged its water customers 10% (rather than 7%), the Water Rate Study Committee found that the city had overcharged the rate payers the sum of $7.3 million over the last 3 years.
Once again, those were the cooked up findings of the hired "consultant."
It recommended that the overpayment of the water fee be accomplished by an incremental transfer from the General Fund to the Water Fund to be used for infrastructure repairs,–something that desperately needs addressing. This would also avoid the City's incurring debt to pay the debt.
Um, see comment above. How did the water infrastructure get so bad, Mrs. Flory? You were on the City Council for eight long years. Do want to take responsibility for that? What? Speak up!
What did the new Libertarian majority do? It voted to rebate the entire $7.3 million back to the rate payers. It is estimated that this will be a onetime payment of $100 to $400 per household depending on how much water was used during the 3 years.
The horror. Government giving back something it stole!
It's an accounting nightmare for several reasons. The overpayment has to be calculated for each household in the city. Some residents have moved or died; thus, creating the dilemma of finding out where to send the money.
But Jan, are you saying your beloved staff can't figure out a way to print and send out some checks? Hell, they manage to send out the water and trash bills every month.
Finally, the question of where the money is to come from must be determined. We don't have enough in the General Fund to pay the lump sum. Staff suggested that a debt issuance might be necessary, with an estimated yearly debt service of $500,000.
Put away the violin Mrs. Flory. Step up and take your medicine. You and Bankhead and Jones and McKinley ripped us off for 15 years. YOU figure out how to make it right!
So now we not only have a decrease of $1.7 million in revenue, but we need to add $500,000 for debt service. This totals $2.2 million if you're counting.
See, it's all about government revenue, the altar at which the egregious muumuu clad priestess Flory worships. Yes we can count and we know whose balance sheet this belongs on – even though it's on ours.
Last night, the council majority (Whitaker, Kiger and Sebourn) directed staff to find "creative ways" to pay off the debt such as selling off surplus properties. In other words, asking city staff to remove the rope the council majority had put around its own neck.
Wrong, again, Flory. They are asking city staff to do the right thing, and remove the rope YOU put around our necks for all those years.
Change on the Council cannot come quickly enough. Drip, drip, drip.
It's coming all right. be careful of what you wish for.
Sooner or Later, Social Justice For Kelly Thomas
Posted by Mr. Peabody in A Step in the Right Direction, Dead heads, Dick Jones, Don Bankhead, Fullerton BooHoo, Gin Flurry, Home Town Hero, Pam Keller, Patdown Pat McPension, Sharon Quirk, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Crime Beat, The Culture of Corruption, The Observer, Up In The Attic, Watch Your Wallet on October 16, 2012
It's funny, in a sick sort of way, but the very types who used to bray the loudest about the need for "social justice" have been virtually silent in Fullerton in the wake of the Kelly Thomas murder at the hands of members of an out-of-control police department.
The graying establishment Democrats had been hiding behind their drawn chintz curtains, curled up in an intellectual fetal position on their plastic slip-covered Naugahyde sofas. It was just too scary and, well, controversial to say anything, let alone actually do anything.
Fortunately, others, such as Stephan Baxter, Marlena Carrillo and Lauren Becker are willing to keep up the pressure.
Here is a link to Becker's website that reminds us exactly what a Culture of Corruption can do, and try to get away with, when left to its own devices. It also reminds us what we can do to push back against an entrenched system.
Democrats like Jan Flory, and Molly McClanahan and Pam Keller didn't say a word in the aftermath of the murder. No, they only got outraged when people outside their cozy little circle took the reins of government out of the hands of three incompetent old fools.
These people are a lot more worried about the fate of the bureaucracy than they are about the people of Fullerton. All of them.
We Get Mail
Posted by Joe Sipowicz in Behind Closed Doors, Boohooism, Chronic Failure, Dead heads, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council Candidates, Gin Flurry, Pam Keller, Setting The Bar Low, Sharon Quirk, The Culture of Corruption, Union Goons, Watch Your Wallet on October 12, 2012
I just picked up these missives from the FFFF in-box this morning. First this:
Hey, FFFFsters, I just want to point out the obvious. Jan Flory just got fourteen grand, cash, from the corrupt cop union. She also got ten grand from some land developer named Phelps. The rest of her dough came from "retired" individuals, most of them former public employees.
Cops, developers, massively pensioned government workers. Wow. Talk about special interests!
– Sick of BooHoos
Good point, S.o.B. And then this:
I was driving along Chapman a few days ago and saw Pam Keller on the corner of Harbor. She was holding up a sign promoting the candidacy of Rick Alvarez, a Republican! Here's what I want to know. Why won't the establishment Dems in this town support a real good candidate like Jane Rands? Why the Hell not? What is wrong with Keller, and Quirk and Flory and their ilk?
Are they so in bed with the FPOA thugs and baboons that they can't recognize an authentic progressive? I guess that question answers itself.
– ACLU Mom
Good point, Mom. The Old Guard liberals in Fullerton don't stand for anything, of course, except for the prerogatives conferred upon the department heads in City Hall (see first letter, above). Please address you questions to Keller herself and see if you can get an intelligible answer. Or you could ask this gentleman:
Jan Flory Wants to Get Something Off Chest
Posted by Mr. Peabody in Dead heads, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council Candidates, Gin Flurry, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Culture of Corruption, Union Goons, Watch Your Wallet on October 10, 2012
Seeing Jan Flory in action I have come to recognize a bitter, humorless shrew who happens to be a cheerleader for the department heads in City Hall and the worse their actions, the less accountability she requires.
Is she also losing her marbles? I don't know. But I do know she wrote this weird entry on Facebook in which, among other things, admits that she employed "undocumented" domestics:
You're going to love this one.
Last night I picked up a cryptic email message from O.Co. Register reporter, Tony Saavedra, asking me to call him today. We talked about 10:30 this morning. Apparently Tony had received a copy of a letter from an anonymous "concerned court employee" that had been sent to Shawn Nelson, our esteemed county supervisor. Tony said that Shawn had turned the letter over the District Attorney for investigation. WHAT! Tony wanted to know if I had been contacted by the D.A. WHAT!
My next 2 questions were: 1. Am I going to be arrested for something? That would be a bummer for the campaign, and 2. What was the letter about?
As described to me by Tony, the anonymous letter described an encounter that the writer had with me mid-August when I appeared in North Court with a 19-year-old friend of mine, Jackie, to deal with a traffic citation Jackie received the month before. Jackie was cited for an illegal left hand turn and driving without a license. The letter accused me of asking the court for some kind of special favor for Jackie. (I'm still trying to get a copy of the letter.)
Let's back up. Jackie is one of the "Dream" kids. She was brought to this country by her undocumented parents when she was 8 and has lived here since then. Because Jackie has no documents herself, she (like hundreds of thousands) cannot get a driver's license. I've known Jackie for 10 years, and she is a good girl who has done everything asked of her. She earned a 3.9 GPA in high school and has just finished her first year at Fullerton College with a 3.7 GPA. She volunteered as a poll worker for the June election. She has applied to work as a cadet for the City of Anaheim, but cannot get a job because she has no papers.
Once upon a time, Jackie's parents worked in my home cleaning my house, and I developed a friendship with Jackie. Although her parents haven't worked for me for a while, Jackie and I keep in touch. She was terrified of going to court by herself because she didn't know if she might be arrested by ICE officials and deported. I offered to go to court with her to help out if I could.
When Jackie's matter was called, I stood up with Jackie and notified the court that I was an attorney appearing to vouch for Jackie's character and ask the court to cut Jackie a break if it had any discretion at all in the matter. The judge heard me out, and asked if Jackie was driving without a license. Jackie admitted that she was, and pled guilty to both counts. Jackie and I went downstairs where she had to pay nearly $600 for the fine.
This is what gets me. Based on the facts set forth above,
1. Why would Nelson (an attorney himself) turn such a letter over to the D.A. for investigation?
2. How did Tony Saavedra get the letter conveniently "leaked" to him?
3. Does this have anything to do with my being the frontrunner in the city council election? YA THINK! And more important,
4. Does this have anything to do with Shawn's tight relationship with Tony Bushala who has been attacking me on his blog for the past 4 years.
Mr. Nelson, you owe me an explanation.
Apparently the progeny of these illegal aliens recently got a citation including driving without a license. What the girl's GPA or employment status has to do with the ticket is anybody's guess. It sounds like Flory did what the anonymous letter claims: asked the court for a favor.
Apparently Flory has got her corset in a twist; in her warped worldview she is the "frontrunner" and Shawn Nelson turned over an anonymous letter to the DA to derail her frontrunnership. I don't know about any of that, but I do know that her obsessive paranoia about Tony Bushala doesn't seem to fit the profile of a frontrunner – or even a completely balanced person.
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure Flory didn't break any laws. However that letter should be turned over to the California Bar Association to let them decide if that was appropriate behavior.
Drunks For Flory?
Not surprising to see a downtown liquor purveyor supporting one of their own. Flory helped turn downtown Fullerton into an open air bar.
Dead People For Flory
Posted by admin in Boohooism, Chronic Failure, Dead heads, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council Candidates, The Culture of Corruption, The Fullerton Recall, Union Goons, Up In The Attic, Watch Your Wallet on October 1, 2012
It seems that Jan Flory is bringing a little bit of charming Chicago politics to Fullerton, i.e. raiding cemeteries for supporters. Now you know why we have a category called "Deadheads."
Here is Flory's 2012 voter guide:
Opps. Bob Root is dead. So is Gwen Ferguson; likewise Majorie Pogue!
Did you spot any others?
Also of high amusement value are the names of me and my ex-wife! How I got on the list is anybody's guess since I have never given Flory authorization to use my name for anything.
I believe this is just a matter of utter incompetence, but it isn't surprising. When Flory says she is ten years older and 10 years better she is half right.
Jan Flory's Poisoned Park
Posted by The Fullerton Shadow in Chronic Failure, Fullerton BooHoo, Fullerton City Council, Fullerton City Council Candidates, Gin Flurry, Redevelopment, Setting The Bar Low, The Culture of Corruption, Watch Your Wallet on September 27, 2012
Just the other day Fullerton City Council candidate Jan Flory was heard to remark about needed reform: protecting the poor, underpaid and overworked city staff that used to bring her all those important projects when she was "on council" right after the last ice age.
Well here's a staff-driven project that her beloved staff dumped on her and which she happily voted for: The Poisoned Park.
We did a whole series on this fiasco that you can read about here and here. In a nutshell, the City bought contaminated property from the Union Pacific Railroad on West Truslow for a community park. Forget the basic fact that nobody in the neighborhood wanted a park, let alone a gang hang out; the land was there and a private party wanted to buy it.
Fullerton's stellar bureaucracy led by Susan Hunt (Parks Director), Bob Hodson (City Engineer), Jaim Armstrong (City Manager), Gary Chalupsky (Redevelopment Director), and Paul Dudley (Planning) just couldn't get in the way of a pending deal fast enough. The City steeped in and bought the land for over a million bucks, then they built their park. More millions spent. All approved by Jan Flory.
And then disaster. It transpires that there was a toxic flume under the site. A fence was set up around the offending park and it remains closed to this day, over ten years after it was purchased, falling into decay. Nobody had ever bothered to to a proper environmental assessment and make the sale contingent upon its results.
The Poisoned Park may well be the exemplar of an incompetent collection of boobs from whom no accountability was ever demanded and from whom none was ever delivered.
But to Jan Flory's "lights" these are the "heart of the City." Hmm.


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to ban powdered alcohol is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
A bill to prohibit the possession, sale or use of the substance passed the state House on Thursday and was sent to the Senate.
Supporters of the ban say alcohol in powdered form would be dangerous in the hands of children and could too easily lead to overconsumption.
Earlier this year, the Wolf administration backed a decision by state liquor regulators that prohibits the sale of powdered alcohol in the state.


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For more than five years, Osserritta Robinson has struggled to endure the loss of her husband and best friend, Louis Robinson, an Elm Park resident killed in the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash.
Mrs. Robinson, 31, who now lives in Mahwah, N.J., was just dealt another harsh blow.
A federal appeals court has ruled the Jamaican immigrant cannot remain in the U.S. because she and her husband were not married long enough.
Mrs. Robinson is one of about 170 immigrants who have been denied residency status because of what some call the "widow penalty": a U.S. law that requires an immigrant to be married for two years to remain in the country if the American spouse dies.
The Robinsons were married for eight months. Robinson had submitted a petition for an immigrant visa on his wife's behalf seven months before his death. It was still pending when he was killed.
"She is very upset, but she's a resilient lady," Mrs. Robinson's Manhattan-based lawyer, Jeffrey A. Feinbloom said today. "She's been through quite a bit [but] she intends to keep up the fight."
Feinbloom said his client, who will appeal the ruling, would have no comment. He said he was "disappointed" with the decision.
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia issued a 2-1 decision saying an immigrant who has been married to a U.S. citizen for less than two years is not necessarily entitled to permanent status if the American spouse dies. The decision reversed a May 2007 ruling by a New Jersey federal judge ordering the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service to treat Mrs. Robinson as "a surviving spouse" in her application for permanent residency.
The appellate majority, however, disagreed with that view.
"Congress created a balance between the goal of family unity and the legitimate expectations of an alien-spouse whose connections to the United States were likely to have become solidified during the two-year marriage period, " Judge Dolores K. Sloviter wrote. "We conclude that a spouse ceases to be an immediate relative when the citizen spouse dies unless the couple had been married at least two years at the time of death."
Robinson, 50, a chef at the prestigious Renaissance New York Hotel in Times Square, was ill and returning home on Oct. 15, 2003, when the ferryboat Andrew J. Barberi crashed into a maintenance pier near the St. George Ferry Terminal. Eleven people, including Robinson, were killed and scores were injured in one of the worst mass-transit accidents in city history
In papers filed for a wrongful-death suit in Brooklyn federal court, Mrs. Robinson struggled to come to grips with her husband's loss.
"My sense of grief, depression sadness and hopelessness have not lessened over the course of time," she wrote the court. "He was like a best friend to me, always sharing every aspect of his life and offering advice, assistance and love on a consistent basis."
In May, she settled the suit with the city for almost $1.4 million.
Siding with Mrs. Robinson, the dissenting appellate judge, Senior Judge Richard L. Nygaard, faulted government inefficiency.
Nygaard reasoned that, if Mrs. Robinson's petition had been processed more quickly, she would have been a legal permanent resident at the time of the crash.
"Osserritta Robinson will be removed from the United States ... simply because the petition filed on her behalf by her deceased husband is stuck in the government's bureaucracy," Nygaard wrote. "It is inconceivable to me that Congress intended an alien's status to be contingent upon the amount of time that the executive department takes to process a timely and proper petition - a factor completely outside the control of the alien.
"[Mrs. Robinson] has committed no crime. She is innocent of any misbehavior. She is a grieving widow."
Feinbloom, the lawyer, plans to ask the full circuit court to hear the case because he believes the two-judge majority misinterpreted the statute.
Should that fail, he would petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.
"I think it's crazy that taxpayer resources are going toward fighting this issue nationally," said Feinberg, adding it is unlikely, although not beyond possibility, that his client would be deported before the case is resolved. "These people are victims. They've already been through the ultimate tragedy. They're just being re-victimized."
Chris Rhatigan, a spokeswoman for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, did not immediately return a message left Monday.
Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, asked her staff last week to review the issue and others involving noncitizen spouses.
Associated Press material was used in this report.


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Former Westhill High School lacrosse standout Danny Eipp of Harvard has been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week. It's the second time this season that Eipp has won the award.
Eipp, who played for the Warriors until his senior season when his family moved to Massachusetts, scored four goals and added an assist in Harvard's two games last week. The freshman midfielder had a goal and an assist in Harvard's 11-9 win over Massachusetts. He had a hat trick in Harvard's 12-11 loss to Albany.
Cornell junior attackman Rob Pannell has been named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the third time this season after he scored nine points in leading the Big Red to a 19-8 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday.
Pannell recorded his 200th career point in the process after scoring four goals and five assists in the win over the Big Green. The nine points matched a single-game high for NCAA games this season.
Pannel has 25 goals and 28 assists on the season. He leads the nation in points per game (5.9) and assists per game (3.1).
Cornell visits Harvard on Saturday. The 2:10 p.m. game will be broadcast nationally on CBS College Sports.


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Last week's Go Seek picture was taken at Key Bank at Mayfield and Green roads in South Euclid. Readers who recognized the scene were Shirley Nixon, Bill Niverth, Margaret Marino, Ronnie Theus, Marie Cinadr, Don Hosack, Maureen Maruna, Carol Braden, Melinda Schlessel, Marianne Chordas, Holly Reilly, Zach "the Man" Madan, Tayler Madan, Justin Krantz, Fran and Carla Campanella, Patricia McGuan, Sam Corea, Julie Smith, Mary Mathewson and Carol O'Brien.
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David Hartman didn't just get by on his endearingly toothy smile as the original host of ABC's "Good Morning America."
This "every man" journalist logged more than 5,000 hours of live television and 12,000 incisive interviews with world leaders, Hollywood heavyweights and families in the American heartland from 1975-87.
Since opting for independent agent status, Hartman has produced lower-profile but critically acclaimed documentaries for the networks, cable and PBS.
Now, the 72-year-old double Emmy winner lends his resonant voice to a subject that's particularly close to AWE's heart: Staten Island.
"A Walk Around Staten Island," airing Monday at 9:30 p.m., completes PBS Thirteen's initial cycle of travel programs exploring all five boroughs. After 11 installments (including a few inexplicable stops in New Jersey before we got our turn), it's about time, right?
In the 60-minute show, Hartman and co-host/historian Barry Lewis enjoy a ride on the Staten Island Ferry, just as thousands of tourists do every year. But when they reach St. George, they do what most visitors don't -- they leave the ferry terminal.
The duo travels from the North Shore's beaux arts Borough Hall and the restored baroque-vaudevillian glory of the St. George Theatre to Tottenville's Conference House, where Benjamin Franklin met in 1775 with Britain's Sir William Howe in an attempt to prevent the Revolutionary War, to Sandy Ground, one of the nation's oldest free black communities, and Fresh Kills, the world's largest garbage dump turned future parkland.
Along the way Islanders share their local history, the continuing immigrant story and find some of the best pizza in the world.
The righteous hometown pride captured on camera is palpable, Hartman said.
The Rhode Island native -- and longtime New York transplant -- recently took the time to talk to AWE about "A Walk Around Staten Island" from his Durham, N.C., home.
I hate to start on a negative note, but S.I. is always getting saddled with trashy stereotypes. Did that play a role in this production at all?
We did talk with people in Staten Island about that. It's a bum rap. You're not as highly represented in City Council. Other boroughs have more political power, so Staten Island is always going a beggin, I guess. It doesn't help that it's the smallest borough in terms of population. And geographically, it's slightly removed. The greatest percentage that visits makes the trip to pass the Statue of Liberty and go right back. There's lots of ignorance about it.
In your opinion, what are the biggest surprises to be found in the so-called forgotten borough?
The tremendous diversity of what's on Staten Island that people don't know anything about. Again, it's ignorance. They don't visit these remarkable things because they don't know they exist. And who knew there was this wide swath of beautiful park in the middle that conservationists have brilliantly been able to hold on to and expand.
How did you get from NYC to Durham? You graduated from Duke University, were you revisiting your college roots?
I lived in New York City for 32 years and Westchester for years after that. About 10 years ago, my wife died and my four children were grown and all in high school. (Hartman remarried in 2000, to a woman he met at a North Carolina Symphony Concert he was hosting for public radio.) I can live anywhere. I work on the road, so I come back and forth.
Speaking of work, in 1987 you bailed on one of the most high-profile, lucrative gigs imaginable. But you didn't quit working, instead you've used the documentary form to explore everything from the U.S. constitution and national defense to freedom in Russia. Was it a tough decision? Were people shocked?
Yes, many colleagues said 'You what!?' But I walked away, not because I wasn't offered a raise or anything like that, but because of a conflux of circumstances. The management had just changed at the network. I had been there over 11 years. I had just turned 50 or 51, something like that, and the oldest of my four children was 12. My contract was up. I thought, if I'm going to be young enough to do something else and still spend time with my family, this seems like the perfect time to walk away. For me, it was never about being a star or making money. I wanted to do the work I wanted to do.
Do you see the gravitas/irony of your decision in an era when respectable, often talented people are now groveling for featured spots on any number of humiliating reality series, just for the chance to eke out a little more TV time?
Yes, and thank you for bringing that up. In TV, we have the chance to present, in an interesting way, information to people that they can use in some way to make their lives better. That was my mission at GMA and I still feel that way. I'm fortunate not to have to work around the clock like I used to, so if a project strikes me or someone brings it to me, I do it.
Are you distressed at the current state of the talk-news-entertainment format that you helped create 32 years ago?
Part of problem is, TV has changed since cable came in 20-25 years ago. The common denominator is getting lower and lower. As one TV drama series producer said, 'No matter how low you lower the bar, they keep crawling underneath it.' While there is a lot of wonderful, valuable, interesting programming, especially if you like niche stuff -- HGTV, the Food Network, sports or whatever -- there's less information. Now we're communicating and getting our information from the Internet so the whole system has changed. The competition has put a lot of people in the news business in a precarious predicament: Do we blow up the headline or do we risk losing our audience?
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Snohomish swims past Wildcats
Prior to the start of Thursday afternoons swim meet at John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool against Snohomish, Oak Harbor coach Erika Miller said her team thought the Panthers were big, fast and scary.
It was true. Snohomish did have a big team with many more swimmers, but Oak Harbor hung right with the Panthers before losing a narrow 96-82 decision.
The Wildcats won just four events, but had a number of strong second and third-place finishes.
Junior Carolyn Vasquez was a gold-medal winner in three events, the 50 and 100-meter freestyles in times of 29.79 and 1:07.21, respectively, and as a member of the winning 200 freestyle relay team.
It was good to win against Snohomish, Vasquez said at the conclusion of the 50 freestyle. But my time wasnt my best so Im a little disappointed in that.
KeriAnne Wright had two first-place finishes for Oak Harbor.
She won the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:40.68 and was also a member of the 200 freestyle relay team.
Other members on the winning relay team were sophomore Kim Klieman and freshman Rachel Weinstein. The team finished the event with a clocking of 2:03.16.
Wright was trailing after the first leg of the individual medley, but took the lead after the 50-meter breaststroke leg.
At a prior meet, she said the breaststroke was not one of her stronger strokes.
I guess my breaststroke has improved during the season and Ive gotten stronger, she said.
Wright also had a strong second leg in the 200 freestyle relay to put the Wildcats in front to stay.
Oak Harbor now has a 6-3-1 record in meets this season.
Thursday, Oct. 11
Snohomish 96, Oak Harbor 82
(Oak Harbor results)
200 medley relay 2. Lily Doyle, Rachel Weinstein, KeriAnne Wright and Carolyn Vasquez 2:20.13.
200 freestyle 2. Tori Nickerson 2:28.19. 200 individual medley 1. KeriAnne Wright 2:40.68. 50 freestyle 1. Carolyn Vasquez 29.29; 3. Kim Klieman 30.30.
100 butterfly 3. KeriAnne Wright 1:15.03. 100 freestyle 1. Carolyn Vasquez 1:07.21. 400 freestyle 2. Rachel Weinstein 5:05.54.
200 freestyle relay 1. Kim Klieman, KeriAnne Wright, Rachel Weinstein and Carolyn Vasquez 2:03.16. 100 backstroke 2. Lily Doyle 1:19.59; 3. Abby Rankin 1:26.58. 100 breaststroke 2. Rachel Weinstein 1:28.52; 3. McKenna Yockey 1:35.57. 400 freestyle relay 2.Kim Klieman, Maddie Shipley, Lily Doyle and Tori Nickerson 4:58.50; 3. Erica Gregory, Marie Hossfeld, Lindsey Hall and Abby Rankin 5:24.24.
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Carcosa, The Yellow King and The Spaghetti Monster
Are these three different people? The old Tuttle domestic helper asked, "You know Carcosa?" So is Carcosa a place or a person? Is the Yellow King different from The Spaghetti Monster or are they the same person? Help!
Re: Carcosa, The Yellow King and The Spaghetti Monster
The references are from a book from the late 1800s, "The King in Yellow," by Robert Chambers. It is still in print.
It's a book of loosely connected stories written about a fictitious play set in a strange, perhaps other-dimensional or off-planet place called Carcosa.
The first act of the play is pleasant and banal. The second act exposes the reader to a GREAT TRUTH that drives the reader permanently insane. The second act apparently involves the King in Yellow, a horrible figure who is the essence of madness and pestilence.
So, Carcosa is a fictional place in a play.
The King in Yellow is a fictional horror in the second act of that play.
The Spaghetti Monster has nothing to do with either.
BTW-- It is said that Lovecraft was greatly inspired by the K in Y.


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Sports reports are often loaded with words about fighters and battles, but standout Sean Brett and the rest of the Colonial Valley Conference boys' lacrosse players and coaches recognize who the real warriors are in the world, and that's why they selected the Wounded Warrior Project to be the beneficiary of the group's annual fund-raising efforts.
Through donations and the sale of T-shirts, the CVC boys' lacrosse unit surpassed its goal of $5,000 by more than $600.
The bulk of the monies were presented during halftime of the Mercer County Tournament championship game last month in Robbinsville.
Brett scored 2½ minutes into "sudden-death" overtime to lift Notre Dame to an 8-7 victory over Princeton for the first MCT crown for the Irish.
The excitement and the success of Brett and his teammates will forever be a fond memory, but they took away much more than that from the game.
"It was really emotional," Brett said. "Our coach came over and told us the game didn't matter so much, that this (the Wounded Warrior Project) is what you guys are playing for. It really brought the matter home. It's because of (our servicemen and women) that we can play this game and live in freedom."
Making the moment more special was the appearance of Maj. Edward J. Dowgin, 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion-West Trenton, who was accompanied by the Color Guard of the local Army Reserve Unit.
Dowgin was on hand to accept the donation on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project.
Notre Dame's Jerry Middlemiss, Princeton's Peter Stanton, West Windsor-Plainsboro North's Rich D'Andrea and WW-P South's Matt Foret represented the CVC boys' lacrosse coaches.
Everyone, especially Brett and Middlemiss, were inspired by their involvement in the season-long fund-raiser.
Middlemiss said the CVC coaches thought it was a good idea to support the Wounded Warrior Project, their athletic directors agreed, and it took off from there.
"We are extremely pleased with the outcome of this event," Middlemiss said. "It is by far the most money ever raised by our little group (they have conducted two other fund-raisers).
"We used it also to let our players know that sacrifices they're making to win games are important, but the sacrifices made by others are even more important.
"We reminded them that there are kids — sometimes just two or three years old than them — that are making more important sacrifices of life and limb."
Middlemiss, Brett and many others in the CVC boys' lacrosse community have friends and relatives in the military.
"I have a son who's a captain in the Army," Middlemiss said, noting that the fund-raiser was an excellent way to provide monetary donations and recognition to the project for the veterans as well as to raise awareness about lacrosse, a sport that is in a growth spurt in the CVC.
Brett is sold on the project and lacrosse.
A two-sport standout at Notre Dame, Brett will soon matriculate at McDaniel College where he will study business administration and economics and play lacrosse.
"Most of my family has been in the service," Brett said. "I have two cousins serving right now.
"Just that alone makes me glad to have been involved in this, but it's a very good cause regardless."
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Rangers hoping to find some heat
"BREMERTON - Legion Field doubleheaders in March - when the breath of winter still blows in like a frigid hand-slap off Port Orchard Bay - don't sound like much fun. They're tediously long, it's bitingly cold and the games don't count in the standings.But the early-season twin bills are Corky Franklin's friends.The third-year coach of the Olympic College baseball team said his team will be constructed from what he sees - or rather by what his young players show him - during the chilly marathon sessions.We're trying to look at a lot of people during this time, says Franklin, whose teams have been caught in the pack the last two seasons of Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Northern Division competition. There are a lot of chances right now for people to show their wares.If last Saturday's Legion Field split with visiting Shoreline - a 3-2, eight-inning victory in the first game and a 7-2 loss in the nightcap - is any indication, what Franklin will be looking for the most is consistency. In fact, the Rangers' early-season schedule - three splits in three doubleheaders - would seem to illustrate a penchant for on-again, off-again play.It's been that kind of season so far, and I don't know why, Franklin says. He added that it would behoove the young Rangers to play a little hotter while the weather's cold.We've only got two more doubleheaders left, and then league starts, he said, adding that players who haven't shown him anything by that time might see their playing time diminish.OC, Franklin says, isn't the kind of team that's going to skate through the NWAACC season on its sheer ability - not by a long shot.Don't make too much of our talent, he cautions. We're OK. We're not going to dominate anybody, and we're not going to overpower anybody.We're the kind of team that needs to come out and play well.In other words, the 2001 Rangers are a lot like last year's model, with perhaps a little less experience and a bit more depth. When OC executes and hustles, it'll be in a lot of ball games. When it doesn't, well ... that's when Franklin's stare can turn as icy as that swirling winds that can turn March doubleheaders into agonizing ordeals.Franklin has a lot of sorting out to do before the conference season begins March 28. Of the 26 players on his roster, only eight are sophomores. Of that group, several were more role players than regulars, and will have to battle along with the incoming freshmen for playing time.We've got a few guys who are probably going to have to be on the field most of the time for us to have much success, Franklin says, including sophomores Ryan Donaldson and Doug Brisbon and freshman Shaun Marshall on the short list he clicks off. Other than that, there's a lot to be decided.Donaldson and Kyle Baumgartner, sophomores from Olympic, both look like they could be key components for the Rangers - Donaldson as a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder and Baumgartner on the left side of the infield. Brisbon and Ryan O'Connell, both North Kitsap products in their second years of OC eligibility, will be counted on at shortstop and behind the plate, respectively.On the mound, Donaldson is joined by Central Kitsap's Chris Skilbeck, Sequim's Jim Shier and North Thurston's Matt Densley as the sophomore contingent. Shier is the lone left-hander in that group, so there could be innings available for newcomers like CK's Eric Dickinson, Oly's Jon Clapper and Lake Washington's Colin King, provided they earn them.Offensively, Marshall - a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder from Juanita - already had established himself as a force before last Saturday's brace of games against Shoreline. He improved his credentials in the opener, driving in all three runs with a home run and two-run double in the eighth that rescued the Rangers from a 2-1 deficit.In general, Franklin seems to have roamed farther afield in his recruiting efforts. Clapper, Dickinson and Bremerton catcher Spencer Stark are home-grown, but the team also includes players from far-flung stations like Marysville (Jeff Carlson), Everett (ex-Kamiak pitcher Tyler Boyer) and, of all places, Chugiak, Alaska, which yielded not one, but two players - freshman siblings Joe and Josh Wilson.What the Rangers lack, first and foremost, is experience. That, in addition to their purpose as a protracted audition, is what the doubleheaders are for, Franklin says.It gives our guys a chance to play and get ready, he says. "
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Ernestine Bush
COLUMBIANA – Ernestine "Ernie" Bush, 90, of Columbiana, formerly of New Springfield, died Tuesday evening at St. Mary's Alzheimer's Center in Columbiana with her family at her bedside.
Born Oct. 2, 1922, in Williamson, W. Va., she was the daughter of Baz and Maggie (Wilson) Wellman.
Mrs. Bush retired from the Ohio Turnpike Commission after 25 years of service as a toll collector. She was a member of Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ in North Lima.
Survivors include two daughters, Jane (Bill) Strohecker of East Palestine and Diane (Brian) Seybert of Columbiana; a son, Robert (Cindy) Bush of Winchester, Calif.; three sisters, Dorothy Smith of Columbiana, Louise Detwiler of Salem and Anna Detwiler of Niles; three brothers, Lowell (Jan) Wellman of Sebring, Pete (Shirley) Wellman of North Lima, and Lonnie (Carolyn) Wellman of Burnsville, W. Va.
She was preceded in death June 4, 2002, by her husband, Mervin "Dee" Bush, whom she married Oct. 30, 1946.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ with the Rev. Melinda Q. Lacefield officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Seederly-Mong and Beck Funeral Home in North Lima and one hour prior to the services at the church Saturday.
Material contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, Attn: Dept. 4, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, N. Y., 10001.
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Skip to comments.Phrases that like really bug us all, basically
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
Readers have responded in their thousands to The Daily Telegraph's call to select the worst phrases in the English language.
Since our invitation was issued in February, more than 3,000 of you have submitted personal inventories of the damned, containing the phrases, aphorisms and clichés that irritate the most.
High on the list of grievances was the increasing use of slang, poor grammar and the incorporation of Americanisms into everyday speech.
Many of you shared frustrations over the misuse of "forensic" and "literally", while management jargon such as "downsizing", "brainstorming" and "thinking outside the box" also received plenty of nominations.
The Daily Telegraph has responded with its own compilation of annoying phrases, and She Literally Exploded: The Daily Telegraph Infuriating Phrasebook is now available on Amazon.
Here is a selection of your comments so far:
"It's not rocket science". Rocketry is engineering, not a science. - Tony
The phrase "up close and personal" was irritating to start with and has become hackneyed and meaningless e.g. I went on a river trip and was thrilled to get up close and personal with a crocodile - Margot Lang
I can't stand "to die for". Nothing's that good and even if it was, you'd be dead and wouldn't be able to enjoy whatever it was. - Vivsy
"Pushing the envelope" always conjures up for me some ridiculous scene in a mailing room or post office. - Nigel Brown
Why, when someone famous dies, do tributes always "pour" in? Also, when a plane crashes in the sea, the media is quick to remind us that the waters are always "shark-infested". - S.Winrad
Only £1,999.99. - P.H.Heilbron
"This door is alarmed". Is it really frightened? - Alan Lawrence
The infuriating rising inflections at the end of sentences that make everything sound like a question? - Steve Grant
I hate being addressed as "hallo there". My name is not "there". And why have all the cookery books and frying pans disappeared? What is a "cook" book and a "fry" pan? - Susan Byers
When the waitress plonks the plate in front of you and says, "there you go". Where do I go? Where's there? - Ken Clarke
"It will be in the last place you look". Well of course I'm not going to continue to look for it when I have found it. - Tom Batt
I've got to go clean the yard.
There is a small tree I will chop down, and then chop up.
I've been driving on the parkway, now I am going to park in the driveway.
Same difference.
I cannot stand "winningest"
bump for later read
Early morning, slow post day filler.
OK, I'll stop whinging.
"multitasking" which apparently means (at least at my job) banging your own head against the wall while your boss simultaneously kicks you in your ass.
I never understood "your personal" whatever from nose hair trimmers to pan pizza. I suppose it's meant to appeal to people who grew up in orpanages and had to share every worldly possession with the other kids.
"at the end of the day"
No, that's a good one.
"At the end of the day"
That one annoys me, but it's a pretty descriptive aphorism.
Here are some that annoy mean because the original meaning is (mostly) lost: Mixed bag, cakewalk, decimated.
"I could care less" when they really mean "I couldn't care less."
I think we've, at least partially, like the word 'liberal' managed to turn 'multicultural' into a bad word. Even 'diversity' is coming to be recognized as a synonym for 'bullshite.'
sleeping in.
"The fact of the matter..."
"At this point in time."
Means the EXACT SAME THING as "At this time" yet takes longer to say.
For some reason, it's impossible for any sort of official to give a press conference without saying "at this point in time." I don't get it.
"For all intensive purposes" isn't annoying, just funny that people mishear "for all intents and purposes" so badly.
Oh ... MY ... GOD ... that is like ... sooooo annoying! I hate thawt.
When the waitress plonks the plate in front of you and says, "there you go". Where do I go? Where's there? - Ken Clarke
I hate it when the restaurant wait person stops at the table to ask, "Are ya still working on that?" For heaven's sake, it's not a term paper. My fellow diners and I are not cows chewing the cud. Just ask, "Would you like me to remove any of these plates?", or something similar.
Two words that irritate me:
1. Awesome...some people apparently know no other word to express their feelings of being overwhelmed by something.
2. More importantly...should be "more important". Importantly is apparently used to make one feel more important.
Someone ACTUALLY typed all that stuff in. They ACTUALLY collected all these silly phrases.
I always heare that "pre-registration" starts soon. How does that differ from good ole registration? Now that I've mentioned it, can annoy everyone else.
Don't go there.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Importantly \Im*por"tant*ly\, adv. In an important manner. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 2.0:
importantly adv 1: in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" [syn: significantly] 2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion"
Thank you for that great laugh. I'm still trying to imagine someone standing up and shouting "____" in a meeting, then getting to explain him/herself.
"At this point in time.
Means the EXACT SAME THING as At this time yet takes longer to say."
.........and, can be expressed in one word...
"We're a nation of immigrants."
I hate it when some PC thug is said to "Speak truth to power..."
When I was a youngster, and doing dictionary exercises, we were never allowed to define a word by using the root of the word, or any form of the word in the definition. For example, we could not use "important" to define "importantly."
"No guts, no glory."
Using "less" when one means "fewer".
"There were less people at the party then we expected."
"Less" is a description for volume, nor a description for discrete units.
When I say, "Thank you, and told, "That's okay." That is a pet peeve.
"That's okay" is never an appropriate or correct response to "Thank you." The correct response is, "You're welcome." Or, "You're very welcome," or "quite welcome," or, "It's my pleasure."
But not, "That's okay." Unless you want to sound like a 15-year-old.
"Look Outside Of The Box"
Using the pronoun "I" where "me" is appropriate.
"He sent an email to Joe and I". It should read "... to Joe and me."
Google Juice
Wow Factor
Think Outside the Box
Customer Facing Performance
Knowledge Transfer
Game Plan
Customer Oriented
Off the Shelf
Bottom up
On The Same Page
Go Public
Team Building
Heads up
Reach out
I could go on and on with this.
How about spelling / usage? (Your / you're)
"Something bigger than yourself"
Including that Bingo game in a movie sequence could be very funny if it were done so the audience understood what was happening and the right character was playing the game / standing up and shouting.
I could care less when they really mean I couldnt care less.
Not to mention, "supposablee" for supposedly
and...."irregardless" a joint mangling of irrespective and regardless
Paradigm shift.
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The Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti sent shockwaves across the world and has rocked homes in southern Idaho. Including ours.
As many of you know, our 24-year-old daughter Charisa was among the 10 Americans who detained and held in a Haitian jail on Jan. 30. Eight were released Wednesday and have returned to Idaho, Texas and Kansas. Our daughter and one other member of the group remain in jail for further testimony.
The volunteers, affiliated with churches in Meridian and Twin Falls, traveled to the Haitian capital of Port au Prince to provide relief and hope for Haiti children. Their intent was to establish an orphanage in the Dominican Republic for some of the earthquake's youngest survivors.
None of the 10 could have predicted, in their wildest imagination, the events that have transpired over the past three weeks. Surreal may describe it best. It seemed as if family members and friends were on the set of a Hollywood movie, with Stephen King writing the script as we watched.
We will emerge from the ordeal, just as the resilient Haitian people are emerging from the earthquake – with hope renewed daily, and with promises of a brighter tomorrow. My wife Brenda and I, along with the rest of our family, remain faithful, trusting the outcome to divine intervention. At the same time, we are forever grateful for the support of our colleagues and friends. It would have been a long, lonely journey without so many people walking beside us.
I want to thank all of you who expressed concerns and offered encouragement the past three weeks. You'll never know how much that has meant. I also want to thank my colleagues for stepping to the forefront while I focused on freedom. I guess that's how you define friends.
I am proud to work with people who are so compassionate and understanding. ITD is a very special place and you are very special people. Thank you.
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Camp Lejeune: Navy corpsman killed on bike
CAMP LEJEUNE - A service member riding a bike on Highway 172 was struck and killed by a vehicle, according to base officials.
Nat Fahy with Camp Lejeune Public Affairs said the incident happened this morning at the Hammocks Bay Road intersection.
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Of all the honors he's received during a fruitful career, pianist Jeff Lorber told the happy crowd of about 5,000 at Onondaga Community College for the 28th edition of the Syracuse Jazz Fest, this is the first time he's ever had a day bestowed upon him.
Before the set that tied up fest Day One on Friday night, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney gave Lorber and plaque, telling everybody it was Jeff Lorber Day.
Lorber went on to show he deserved it. His passionate piano play sparked Jeff Lorber Fusion to an exhilarating set.
On a day that was full of fantastic ensemble chemistry, Fusion had the best teamwork of them all.
Randy Brecker's ringing trumpet, Eric Marienthal's silky saxophone, Jimmy Haslip's supple left-handed bass and Lionel Cordew's relentless drumwork was top-shelf for every one of the invigorating 100 minutes they played.
All but Cordew played on Lorber's new album – and that was because the drummer lived on the wrong coast to participate, Lorber told the crowd – so they knew how to pull the crowd deep into "What Is Time," "Chinese Medicinal Herbs" and "Night Sky." The cover of Weather Report's "Mysterious Traveler" was sublime, too.
Throughout the set, it was impossible to pick out the best player. A favorite, maybe, as each musician took a turn front and center, but all were in top form.
Richard Bona, a native of Cameroon who now calls Brooklyn home, is known as one of the best bass players on the planet.
On this night, Bona was a great band leader. He drew great measure of joy out of his happy ensemble of Tatum Greenblatt on trumpet, Andrew Hunter on trombone, Jean Christophe Maillard on guitar, Etienne Stadwijk on keyboards, Gilmar Gomes on percussion and Ernesto Simpson on drums.
He was an interesting vocalist, too, whether he was singing, "baby, don't stop doing what you're doing" in English or leading the crowd in a sing-along with the words "sen, sen, sen" or scatting in his own language.
Bona was a charismatic Simon for the crowd, too. When he told everybody to get up and dance so the band would play an encore, up many folks got to dance.
As happy and joyful as the set was, though, it didn't showcase Bona's bass wizardry as much as all those other admirable traits as he went in the direction of allowing the band to shine. One thumping solo, however, would have put a pretty bow on the performance.
Kimberly Jordan kept the crowd hopping with red-hot jazz and inspirational words.
Jordan, an ordained minister from Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C., showed fiery style on the piano and keyboards.
She worked the keys aggressively and sang soulfully.
Jordan's song "Free to Be" was about shaking off the constraints that record industry folks had put on her for 20 years, she said.
Her own way is a good way, as Jordan demonstrated with a standout band that included Howard Riley Jr.'s silky saxophone work, Sonny May's rollicking beats and Terrence Richburg's solid bass.
Jordan told the fans that they should create their own path on this earth, too.
For fun, she turned to a trio of TV themes. "Hillstreet Blues," "The Flinstones" and "The Andy Griffith Show" were given the full-bore jazz treatment. Sweet.
Evan Knight, who hails from a few dozen miles north of Syracuse, told all how proud he was to be the only Syracusan to take the main stage.
He's loved jazz fest for his whole life.
"I don't know about you, but when Syracuse basketball ends, I say, When's Jazz Fest," said the native of Phoenix.
Indeed the 2010 fest had started with the fine work of saxophone star Knight and his funky band. His original song "Cool Breeze" was hot with the work of Brother Wilson on guitar, Ronnie Young Jr. and Bobby Reese on keyboards, Marv Parker on bass and Darneal Jackson on drums.
Knight's Michael Jackson tribute was a poignant touch on this first anniversary of the King of Pop's death.
The details
What: Syracuse Jazz Fest.
When: Friday night.
Where: Onondaga Community College.
Crowd: 5,000 (estimated).
Times of performances: Evan Knight 1 hour; Kimberly Jordan 1 hour; Richard Bona 50 minutes; hour; Jeff Lorber Fusion 105 minutes.


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Now that the Detroit Red Wings have re-signed Valtteri Filppula to a 5-year deal with an average salary cap hit of $3 million per season, Red Wings GM Ken Holland tells the Windsor Star's Dave Waddell that he's more than willing to let the Wings' cap issues sort themselves out during training camp and the exhibition season:
July 30, Windsor Star: "We have some options (Darren) Helm, (Jimmy) Howard, (Jonathan) Ericsson and anybody on a two-contract because they can go down," Holland said. "We can also trade. We have some young players, if they don't fit, we'd have no problem moving them. We'll let the 21 days of training camp sort that out."
Waddell says that the Wings' cap figure is at $55.7 million (the salary cap is set at $56.7 million for the 08-09 season) with Kyle Quincey, Chris Chelios, Darren McCarty, and Aaron Downey still on Holland's radar. Holland believes that the Wings will be able to whittle out space so that their averaged club salary figure is under the NHL's upper limit before the "last day of training camp" (that's what the CBA says, but it's actually the last day of the exhibition season):
"It'll be hundreds of thousands not millions (over the cap)," Holland said. "We want to have a cushion for injuries during the season. We'll have no problem clearing room."
Waddell says that Chris Chelios will now be re-signed as he's willing to accommodate his teammates' salaries:
"Chris and I had talk and he knew what we could pay him would depend on if we were able to do anything major this summer," Holland said. "Getting Marian Hossa unexpectedly and signing Filppula long term means there's going to be less. He understood that. He also understands his role. If Mike Babcock feels the best chance of winning on nightly basis is with one of the kids over Chelly, that's what he's going to do."
Holland did tell Waddell that there's going to be a cap crunch of the best kind in Tomas Kopecky's case. The forward's ahead of schedule in his recovery from ACL surgery:
"Piet Van Zant (trainer) told me he thinks he'll be ready right around opening night," Wings GM Ken Holland said. "He's worked real hard in rehab and he's definitely ahead of schedule. That just gives us another good, young player who was really coming on when he got hurt."
The Wings hope that Kopecky will be able to fill Dallas Drake's forechecking shoes, but, overall, there aren't many jobs that aren't for grabs on the third and fourth lines, third defensive pair, and in the after-Ozzie-anyway crease:
"We're deeper than at any point I can recall," Holland said. "We feel we have 28 players capable of playing in the NHL. Plus, we have some more young kids like Jakub Kindl, who we feel is a year away, and Justin Abdelkader, who are really pushing from below. It's a nice problem to have. We're going to have some real tough decisions."
That's why the players will be given every opportunity to determine their own pecking order...But Holland wants to add a personal touch when it comes to "setting the tone" for his negotiations with Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen. Waddell says that Holland intends to speak to both players personally to outline his
"I want to be able to talk to the player and explain what I'm thinking rather than have everything go through the agent," Holland said. "I want them to have a clear understanding of what are plans are."
I might suggest that the Globe and Mail's David Shoalts presents a highly unlikely scenario when he suggests that the Red Wings still have an outside shot at Mats Sundin's services, cap issues included.
Sundin update: Sportsnet reports that Sundin's agent has confirmed that the Wings have taken themselves of out the mess that is the, "When will Mats make up his mind?" game.


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A Bethlehem Township, Pa., homeowner who was evacuated Sunday because of a massive sinkhole is back in her Second Street home today.
Doris Jenkins said she was back in her home after she was forced to vacate it Sunday because of the opening of a large sinkhole, 25 to 30 feet wide and 10 to 12 feet deep.
Bethlehem Township officials today oversaw excavation work being performed on the sinkhole by RGC Group, an East Allen Township excavation company.
The township had recently repaired a sewer line at Second Street and Wilson Avenue, which caused several small sinkholes to open in the area. Township officials on Sunday said they weren't sure if the large sinkhole was connected to the sewer work.
Township Manager Howard Kutzler didn't respond to calls for comment today.


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A note from a reader on the future of Alliance Bank Stadium:
Here is my two cents. I'll try to be brief. I've been a season ticket
holder for about the last 12 or 13 years. My issue, aside from the location
of the stadium which we can do nothing about at this point, is the playing
surface. I think all other complaints are secondary to the field surface.
Nothing else is even close. We need real grass. It's also true that the
proliferation of all the high school stadiums has changed the need for the
multi-purpose stadium that was anticipated back when Allaince was
constructed. If Field Turf has to be used, at least install dirt in the
infield where it is supposed to be and make it look like a real baseball
field. Do away with those dirt squares around the bases that are
reminiscent of Three River Stadium and all of the other antiseptic bowls
built in the '70's. That being said, I hope the use of FieldTurf could be
avoided. Thanks for caring and bringing attention to this issue.
Hopefully, we can get it right.
Bob Sekowski
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Margaret A. Beisel
Mrs. Margaret A. Beisel, 93, long time resident of South Williamsport, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Williamsport Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Beisel was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church at South Williamsport. She retired from the South Williamsport School District where she had taught elementary school.
She was a graduate of the former Lock Haven State Teachers College, now Lock Haven University.
Margaret was the widow of the late Daniel Lloyd Beisel. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 2004.
Born Sept. 14, 1919, at Hillsgrove, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Sarah (Wood) Priest.
Margaret enjoyed reading, flower and vegetable gardening and her card club which she was a member of for more than 60 years.
Mrs. Beisel is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard P. and Bobbie Beisel of Lakewood, Ohio; her two granddaughters, Lisa (Gerry) Beisel-Linn of Lakewood, Ohio and Megan (Bill) Allford of Lakewood, Ohio. Also surviving are her four grandchildren, Rose, Sam, Jaden and Gavin.
In addition to her late parents and her late husband, she was also preceded in death by her late sister, Elizabeth Priest.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Charles M. Noll Funeral Home, 1 E. Central Ave., South Williamsport. Her pastor, Rev. Susan P. Lynch, will officiate. Interment will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Hughesville.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation on Tuesday morning from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Charles M. Noll Funeral Home, 1 E. Central Ave., South Williamsport, PA 17702.
Margaret A. Beisel
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One of three boys charged in connection with a series of bomb threats at Orange High School last November pleaded guilty Monday (June 25) to eight counts in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
The teen is a minor and so his name is not being released. He pleaded guilty to seven counts of inducing panic and one count of possession of criminal tools. He and the other two suspects, all Orange High School students, were indicted in January on 17 counts of inducing panic, two counts of telecommunications harassment and one count of possession of criminal tools.
The boy has agreed to testify against the other two boys at trial as part of a plea deal.
The teen is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 6 and faces imprisonment up to his 21st birthday. The other two suspects are scheduled to go on trial Sept. 24.
The boys are accused of sending email bomb threats to Orange school officials last November, forcing district leaders to cancel classes for several days. Investigators were able to trace the threats to them about a month later.


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PRICHARD, Alabama -- A Prichard spokesperson on the scene of a fatal Tuesday evening motorcycle accident said it was "worse than a homicide" after a man was severed.
"Speeding around the curve, it is evident that he hit the rail and hitting the rail, he was split into two parts and the other person was thrown from the motorcycle," Prichard Police Department Public Information Officer Melanie Baldwin said.
The motorcycle a man and a woman were riding hit a guardrail on the I-165 overpass, throwing them onto the southbound lanes of I-65 below.
Baldwin said she believes the motorcycle was traveling 73 mph in a 55 mph zone, and the road was wet from rain.
One of the victims was in their 40s and the other in their 50s, and they are not from Alabama, Baldwin said. Tuesday night police were attempting to notify the family of the incident, and Baldwin is not sure if they have been contacted yet.
"I haven't been doing this very long, but even in relation to homicide this was probably worse because the man was severed into two pieces," Baldwin said. "It was a very horrific situation...our prayers and condolences go out to the family."


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On what strongirl was talking about about a guy's "expectations". I think there is some truth to the theory that a guy you attract with padded or fake breasts, may be expecting larger breasts. I think that if a guy is attracted to you as you are, he is much more likely to not only be accepting of small breasts, but to celebrate them.
I have a tendency to over-analyze people (which is why I'm a psych major), but I think that a guy's attitudes toward breasts may be shaped in part by his expectations of what is "feminine".
For example - My boy has always loved my small breasts and petite size. His mother is a gorgeous woman of Chinese heritage who has smaller breasts than I do, so his subconscious definition of what is "feminine" may have been shaped by that.
I'm not saying that this can be stretched to every guy, but it's an idea.
And I've never had a guy who was less than appreciative of my (32A) breasts. But then again, I wouldn't give the type of guy who is boob-obsessed the time of day.


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Two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference will square off tonight at Joe Louis Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings entertain the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Red Wings are fourth in the East with a 9-5-3 record, one point behind Tampa Bay, which is 11-4-0 and shares first place with Pittsburgh and Toronto.
The game marks Valtteri Filppula's return to Detroit after spending the first seven seasons of his NHL career with the Red Wings. Filppula signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent last summer.
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If Team USA somehow finds itself in a close game during the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, who takes the last shot?
Is it LeBron James, clearly the best basketball player in the world and a man who just won his first NBA title?
Is it Kobe Bryant, who has been an alpha dog throughout his career and is more used to taking the last shot than anyone else?
What about Kevin Durant, the best scorer in basketball?
Most basketball teams have a closer. They know to whom the ball is going when the game is coming down to the wire and they find themselves trailing or tied on the last possession of the contest.
Team USA doesn't have that luxury.
However, in the case of these Olympics, that's a positive.
For Team USA, the player who takes the last shot is whoever is open. Unless, of course, that player is Tyson Chandler or Anthony Davis, the two players who are much more offensively challenged than the other players on the squad.
The Americans should put the ball in LeBron's hands and trust him to make the right decision with the game on the line.
If the upstart opponents choose to let him go to work in a one-on-one situation, James can take the ball to the hoop or pull up for a game-winning jump-shot attempt. If they double-team him and leave someone else uncovered, then LeBron is fully capable of using his playmaking skills to find the open guy.
Who should have the ball in the closing seconds of a close game?
Ideally, Durant is the guy left open and his pure shooting stroke swishes the ball through the net for two or three points. Even if it's not the Oklahoma City Thunder small forward taking the shot, the other options aren't exactly bad.
LeBron is the man who must control the situation, though. You know, if it's actually necessary.


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GLOVERSVILLE — The Gloversville District Management Association — operated and known as the Business Improvement District — will place banners on light poles throughout the district to promote loca......
Speak of lipstick on a pig. Does anyone actually think a visitor will look at these banners and overlook the disrepair and dilapidated appearance of our once proud Main/Fulton Streets? Are their even enough visitors to warrant 4K in banners? Reality is that present buildings are so old that there is nothing that can be done to change their appearance in a positive way. I honestly wish I could offer optimistic input but, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken droppings no matter how much relish and mayonnaise you add.
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BLANDFORD – Selectman Robert R. Nichols denied operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs, the result of a school bus crash Thursday morning, at his arraignment in Westfield District Court Friday.
Nichols, 50, of Main Street, also denied a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle before Judge Philip A. Contant.
Contant ordered Nichols to return to court July 15 for a pre-trial conference. The selectman was released on personal recognizance pending his next court appearance.
The accident happened at about 8 a.m. on South Street when Nichols allegedly crashed his 2005 Landrover into a school bus carrying four Chester Elementary School students.
No injuries were reported.
State police investigating the accident said they found two pill bottles containing various pills and tablets in Nichols' vehicle.


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By Eric Velasco
The people behind Asian Rim Sushi Company, the new restaurant in the Colonnade plaza off U.S. 280, want you the customer to know they're very glad to see you and they hope it's a pleasant experience.
The message is delivered constantly, starting before you reach the entrance when an employee opens the door for you and a hostess cheerily offers a welcome. It continues inside. Servers. Managers. Owners. Cooks. Bartenders. All engage the customer at some point in the dining area. A person making several visits might miss only the dishwasher among the well-wishers.
These people are nice. Genuinely nice. Through some decorative touches – an ocean-wave motif, compartmentalized seating, an open kitchen and separate bar areas for sushi and drinks – the owners also have managed to avoid the feel of being in a strip mall, open-air lifestyle center or whatever kind of commercial label the Colonnade adopts.
What: : Asian Rim Sushi Company; 3419 Colonnade Parkway; 490-1444
Prices: Appetizers: $5-$14; Soup, salad: $4-$14; Sandwiches: $9-$11; Entrees: $12-$30; Desserts $5; sushi: $3-$15.
Hours: Mon-Thu: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri-Sat: 11 a.m.-midnight; Sun: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. .
Info: Full bar; credit cards accepted; reservations accepted
Bottom line: Review gets three stars out of five
Asian Rim has an interesting menu. It is recognizable to fans of authentic Asian food, accessible to the P.F. Chang's crowd and made somewhat adventurous by the Seattle-based food consultant who designed the menu.
Asian Rim bills itself as serving culinary fusion with a twist. Hummus, for example, is made with edamame (boiled green soybeans) instead of chickpeas, with fried won-ton wrappers included for scooping. In another appetizer, long beans (a type of Asian green bean) get a thin coating of tempura batter and are flash fried.
Many times it works. Perhaps that explains why, when an intriguing menu item didn't work, it was an extra disappointment to a fan of the varied Asian cuisines.
Lovers of Japanese-style seaweed salad, a standard item at all sushi bars (and now even grocery stores and no doubt soon to come to a gas station near you), will find a bonus in the Asian Rim version. It has the standard bright-green seaweed wakame (the menu uses its Korean name, miyeok), dressed with sesame oil, soy and other seasonings. Mixed in is a second kind of seaweed, hijiki. Its leaves are smaller than wakame, darker in color with a more earthy taste that enhances the overall dish.
But Banh Mi was less enlightening. For those unfamiliar, banh mi is one of the great sandwiches of Asia (in this case Vietnam). It's made with a crusty French torpedo loaf, with flavorful meats – often barbecued pork, a pate spread, pork loaf – julienned vegetables including cucumber, marinated carrots and daikon radish; cilantro, mayonnaise and fresh chiles.
Don't judge banh mi in general by the glorified chicken hoagie version at Asian Rim. Or perhaps the folks at Asian Rim could do a little bahn-mi tour at Birmingham area Vietnamese restaurants and use their skills to re-engineer their own version. The consultant steered them wrong on this one.
The opposite is true for items such as the appetizer, Pan Seared Shrimp Dumplings in Broth, and the entrée, Miso Butterfish. The former was sheer pleasure: five huge curls of cooked shrimp encased in dough wrappers and fried crisp, floating in a spicy broth that tasted like it was spiked with Thai red curry sauce.
In the latter dish, a chunk of alabaster-hued fish is marinated for 72 hours in miso, the umami-filled Japanese fermented soybean paste. The miso enriches but does not overwhelm the fish, which is roasted and served with sautéed spinach and an odd side billed as daikon cake. The accompanying sauce, with a touch of orange peel flavor, almost was unnecessary but was enjoyable.
Ribs get varied treatments on the Asian Rim menu – rib tips in a Vietnamese-style honey glaze, St. Louis-style ribs with a sweet and sour glaze and cross-cut beef short ribs marinated in spicy coconut milk and grilled. The beef ribs had a very nice flavor, but were a tad fatty and skimpy for the $18 price tag.
Peking Duck Crispy Spring Roll provides another example where concept, execution and price don't quite come together. A spring roll filled with duck is a great and exotic idea. And when the roll achieves the right balance of duck and shitake mushroom, it is sublime. But on too many bites recently, the mushroom overpowered the duck (mine had the concentrated taste of reconstituted dried mushroom; if so, fresh shitake might blend better). Even two fat rolls, each cut in half, weren't $11 worth of appetizer.
Even though the company has "sushi" in its name, the offerings at Asian Rim are hit and miss. Nigiri – slices of fish placed on top of formed, seasoned rice – was overpriced. Hamachi (yellow tail), normally rich and buttery with fat, was bland at Asian Rim and seemed barely thawed. Salmon roe also tasted substandard. Scallop Ceviche Roll was so subtle, the flavor eluded entirely.
Asian Rim smokes its salmon in-house. Don't look for a light smoke like the Japanese do. This is the American IPA of smoked salmon; it socks you right between the eyes with big flavor. It works, if you know what to expect.
Sushi allows for creativity, and Asian Rim hit a few home runs in that department. Its Lolly Pop roll has regular tuna and spicy tuna, asparagus and other fillings, rolled in seaweed and rice, then encased in cucumber and sliced. Each round has its own lolly pop stick.
Tempura-fried items tend to do well in Asian Rim sushi rolls. The fried soft-shelled crab in the Spider Roll was crunchy and crabby. But most of the best parts were sticking outside the roll, leaving too little meat in some slices.
Both Alabama and Auburn fans are well-represented in the maki rolls, Yellow Hammer and Toomer's Corner (which is made with seasoned tempura shrimp). Torching the salmon in the Yellow Hammer roll ratcheted up the flavor.
Desserts are relatively inexpensive and fun, familiar yet following the Asian theme. An example is Green Tea Crème Brulee, in which the tea affects the color more than the flavor. House-made candied ginger pleasantly enhanced a chocolate-rum mousse.
Asian Rim has a great selection of sake, including premium styles (top grades there include Junmai Ginjo or Junmai). Most brands of the rice wine are served chilled, as sake should be served. Bottles of sake and (grape) wine also are half-price on Thursdays.
The price niche at Asian Rim can be difficult to pin down. Many entrees are priced in the teens, putting the restaurant on a middle tier. But double-digit prices on some of the appetizers (even with house-made sausage, $10 seems steep for lettuce wraps) reach toward a higher tier. Sandwiches, which are $9-$11, might stretch a lunchtime budget. Four dollars for miso soup is obscene. On the other hand, that $24 Miso Butterfish is worth every penny.
Yes, Asian Rim needs a little work here and there. Staff training on some of the more exotic items and drinks also would help. Servers shouldn't need to get sake lessons from customers or ask diners how a dish tastes so they can better describe it to other customers.
As technological advances make the world smaller, cultural and culinary distinctions move closer to homogenization. For occidentals, the people behind Asian Rim do a credible job.
It is a good place to dip a toe into different Asian styles of food. The atmosphere and service make it a great and different spot to gather friends to graze and talk, or for a couple's night out. And when the weather improves, the outdoor seating at Asian Rim will be inviting.