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Now that Jersey City's seemingly endless municipal election has wrapped up, Mayor-elect Steve Fulop is starting to put together his upcoming administration.
Fulop's office yesterday announced Jeremy Farrell, an attorney who worked with Fulop's campaign, will be the city's top attorney, while Health and Human Services supervisor Muhammed Akil will be chief of staff.
These are the first key positions Fulop has filled since being elected mayor on May 14. On Tuesday, Fulop said he didn't want to announce any names until after that day's runoff elections.
"Jeremy and Muhammed are truly professionals and will be huge assets to the quarter-million-plus residents of Jersey City," Fulop said in a statement from his office. "I am not only thrilled but lucky that they have agreed to join my administration in these respective roles."
Fulop must receive council approval to appoint Farrell, but not Akil.
Farrell, 34, whose legal specialty at Morristown firm McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter includes municipal law, lives Downtown on Morgan Street.
He replaces current Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis, who has served in that role since 2004. Matsikoudis is an ally of Fulop rival Mayor Jerramiah Healy, and was a top-level official with Healy's ultimately unsuccessful bid for re-election.
Farrell's annual pay will be around $120,000.
Akil, 43, earns $85,012 annually as a systems analyst with the city Department of Health and Human Services, where he is responsible for hiring and supervising a staff of 25. He previously worked as a mayoral aide, a corporation counsel aide and an assistant business administrator.
Akil will replace current Chief of Staff Rosemary McFadden, who has acted in that role since September 2010. McFadden, former president and CEO of the New York Mercantile Exchange, received a $1 annual salary in addition to accepting health benefits.


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An ex-Navy seal (Mehcad Brooks), his girlfriend (Serinda Swan) and their friends head out on a road trip to New Orleans. The group decides to stop at a roadside convenience store owned by Chopper (Sid Haig), who tells them the tale of Lockjaw, a fabled god-like creature who is half-man, half-alligator.
The legend has it that an inbred local man by the name of Grimley (Daniel Bernhardt) lost his family to a monstrous white alligator, which then drove him to madness and some believe he was transformed into that very creature that now haunts the depths of the swamps. Their curiosity peaked, the group decides to play along with the local tourist trap and journey deep into the backwoods to find the old dilapidated cabin which is supposed to be the birthplace of the creature.
As they set-up camp for the night, their faith is put to the test when Lockjaw turns out to be more than just a myth and they realize the locals are hiding a horrifying secret that jeopardizes them all.
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New York — NEW YORK (AP) — An out-of-control van careered across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass today, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the nation's largest city zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children, authorities said.
The van apparently flipped over a 4-foot-high iron fence before landing upside-down on the Bronx Zoo property. The cause of the crash was unclear, and a city official said the guardrail's height would be one of the safety issues investigated.
The victims were three girls, including a 12-year-old and a 10-year-old, an 84-year-old man and three women, ages 80, 45 and 30, the Fire Department of New York said. Their names weren't immediately released.
The van was headed south on the highway that cuts through a working-class neighborhood when it bounced off the median, crossed all southbound lanes and hit the guardrail, police said.
The van landed in a wooded area on the edge of zoo property that's closed to the public and far from any animal exhibits, zoo spokeswoman Mary Dixon said. The vehicle lay mangled hours later, its right doors ripped off and strewn amid the trees along with items from the car. Next to the heavily wooded area are subway tracks and a train yard.
It's not clear what caused the van to go out of control. The southbound side of the highway was closed briefly this afternoon while police investigated.
The medical examiner's office said it expected to release the victims' causes of death on Monday.
The accident was the second in the past year where a car fell off the same stretch of the Bronx River Parkway. Last June, the driver of an SUV heading north lost control and the SUV hit a divider, bounced through two lanes of traffic and fell 20 feet over a guardrail, landing on a pickup truck in a parking lot. The two people in the SUV were injured.
City agencies will be asked to look at safety issues on the highway including guardrail height, Bronx borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said in a statement.


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Since Mike Rice was officially named the head coach at Rutgers on May 7, he and his staff have hit the ground running trying to change the culture in Piscataway. In addition to already receiving commitments for 2011 and 2012, Rutgers is still aiming higher. A person with knowledge of the program's recruiting dossier — who asked to remain anonymous because of NCAA rules about publicly commenting on recruits — says that Rutgers feels it has a legitimate shot at landing the following high-profile recruits for 2011:
Naadir Tharpe
3 stars
5-11, 170
Brewster Academy, N.H.
The word: Tharpe would give Rutgers what it has lacked for a while — a true PG. The class' No. 23-ranked PG originally committed to Providence before changing his mind in the beginning of June.
Kadeem Jack
4 stars
6-8, 210
South Kent Prep, Conn.
The word: Jack is a legit talent, who was a class of 2010 member but has since decided to prep for a year. Scout.com rated him as the No. 8 PF in 2010. Getting Jack would be a coup: He's received offers from UConn, Pitt and Arizona.
Myles Mack
4 stars
5-10, 157
St. Anthony
The word: Formerly at now-defunct Paterson Catholic, Mack is another true PG who averaged more than 14 points and nearly three steals per game as a junior. Rutgers is hoping Mack is swayed by the commitment by his former PC teammate, Derrick Randall.
Jerome Seagears
4 stars
6-1, 173
Flora Macdonald Academy, N.C.
The word: Associate head coach David Cox's D.C.-area connections have already landed Rutgers Jordan Goodman for 2012 and have the Scarlet Knights in on Seagears. He plays AAU for D.C. Assault — where Cox began as an assistant.
Jermaine Sanders
3 stars
6-4, 205
Rice, N.Y.
The word: A tweener, Sanders would likely be a shooting guard at Rutgers, though that's a spot where there currently isn't a lot of depth. He's a big body, something Rice loves in his guards.


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3H-GDC m.III - Winner: eal!!!
#41 Members - Reputation: 611
Posted 18 September 2005 - 08:22 AM
Now that I have a grasp on the language, i'll just install an actual IDE and finish in 3 hours next time. [smile]
#42 Members - Reputation: 877
Posted 18 September 2005 - 08:30 AM
Quote:Can we see the game that you finished?
Original post by Binomine
I finally finished my 7 hour game.
Now that I have a grasp on the language, i'll just install an actual IDE and finish in 3 hours next time. [smile]
#43 Members - Reputation: 611
Posted 18 September 2005 - 10:24 AM
Quote:It's a good thing you asked, because python turned out to be a pain in the buttox to compile.
Original post by H_o_p_sQuote:Can we see the game that you finished?
Original post by Binomine
I finally finished my 7 hour game.
Now that I have a grasp on the language, i'll just install an actual IDE and finish in 3 hours next time. [smile]
Window Crackers.
If the window closes, you didn't make it in time. No end screen because I forgot about the end in the design. It needs to be a bit faster and the times have to be a bit shorter, but otherwise it's a pretty fair game for 3 hours.
Edit: Arrows move, space opens the windows.
[Edited by - Binomine on September 18, 2005 4:24:11 PM]
#44 Members - Reputation: 1396
Posted 18 September 2005 - 03:53 PM
I'm PMing the good capn with my reviews and scores; I'll leave it up to him to decide whether to post them here or not. I personally was going to, but then I figured I didn't want to influence the opinions of the other judges by my oh-so-influencial opinions [wink]
crackers. lol.
#45 Members - Reputation: 877
Posted 18 September 2005 - 04:22 PM
The suspense is killing me
#46 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 5120
Posted 18 September 2005 - 10:46 PM
CrackerChomper gives me this (java Runtime not up to date?):
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
at Cracker.create_window(Cracker.java:168)
at Cracker.init(Cracker.java:49)
at Cracker.main(Cracker.java:275)
Cracka Attack:
This is neat, plays good. Would be nice to have a possibility to convert the houses back. It's almost impossible to survive with half the houses converted.
I see what the game could be like but there's no gameplay yet. Try to finish the gameplay just because!
#47 Members - Reputation: 877
Posted 19 September 2005 - 01:05 AM
Quote:All it needs is 1.4.2, but Cracker.java:169 is 'frame.setIgnoreRepaint(true);' which is only available since 1.4.0. You might need an update, but frankly I am amazed, most people have 1.4 or greater...
Original post by Endurion
Oh crap, totally missed the compo this time. Would actually have had time, but oh well :)
CrackerChomper gives me this (java Runtime not up to date?):
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
at Cracker.create_window(Cracker.java:168)
at Cracker.init(Cracker.java:49)
at Cracker.main(Cracker.java:275)
If you go into the commandline and type 'java -version' it would let me know...
#48 Crossbones+ - Reputation: 5120
Posted 19 September 2005 - 01:43 AM
I have no need for a more up to date runtime, i don't do java development anymore; if i do i use 1.1, and very very rarely run java apps.
Well, i'm not a judge anyway ;)
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Posted 19 September 2005 - 03:57 PM
I've got my picks, I'll post Mushu's picks, now we're just waiting on nagromo.
my picks:
#1 cracka attack by eal
The game with the most gameplay. I liked the humor as well, protect the clubs from being turned into a GAP that spews out more crackas. Two plays on the word cracker. Big points.
#2 crackers by snaily
a very unique concept (which is the point of the contest). When I first said that I could think of at least 4 different meanings to the word "cracker" some how I didn't think of "Firecracker" so big points there. The idea of navigating around based on recoil and blasts is pretty cool, too.
#3 CrackerChomper by H_o_p_s
pretty standard concept, a mouth eating crackers. There isn't much game other than that, and the lack of frame rate scaling was a bit annoying. The graphics were smooth, though, and the lips reminded me of something but now I can't remember what it is.
#4 Window Cracker by Binomine
I wanted to rate this game much higher. If only it were actually playable. I can't figure out what is going on. Huge points for the originallity of concept. It's sort of a Burger Time type game. However, huge point deduction for not being able to figure out how the hell to work it. Of all the games, this one was the least playable, to the extent of the play represented in the game. In CrackerChomper, I could figure out how to chomp, in cracka attack I could figure out how to shoot and move, in crackers I could figure out how to move the ship pretty well. For Window Cracker, after playing it 6 times in a row I still couldn't figure out when to open a window.
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Posted 19 September 2005 - 03:58 PM
Okies, here are my scores (out of 4, 4 being the best, since we didn't have nearly as many entries as last time [sad]):
I rated the entries based on how entertaining the game was to me. In case you were wondering ;)
H_o_p_s: Cracker Chomper - 3
While it was a fun game, the movement of the mouth is pretty erratic. It starts off as pretty fast, but as there are more crackers (which happens pretty quick) the speed drops dramatically. I'm thinking this is actually intended, ala Fantavision - more crackers = slower mouth. A nice intro page explaining this (or even a .readme) would have been helpful.
The other problem is the game goes by pretty fast. It only takes about a minute to lose, and I'm underclocked at 600mHz. Maybe I just suck.
All in all, it was pretty fun though!
eal: Cracker Attack - 4
I actually had to check the readme on this one first, I was like "lol wtf is going on?!" and then I figured it out. I really like the concept of the game, but there are a lot of areas to improve. But hey, you only had 3 hours right? ;)
The first problem was that I wasn't sure whether the objective was to defend the businesses or to save yourself. Since I could move around, I figured I'd better save myself, and then I noticed what happened when the businesses got taken over.
One of the fundamental problems with this game is that the cracker travels in a linear path, and most of the "cracker spawn points" are located in the center. Thus, by standing in the corner, I was able to focus all of the crackers into a pretty tight area, and was INVINCIBLE! So yeah, gameplay problem ;)
The addition of a health bar or scoring method (visible during gameplay) would have made the game more enjoyable, as would have a method to 'retake' businesses.
And finally one last nitpick: the crackers should be drawn on top of the crumbs, so those silly crackers can't hide among the bodies of their fallen comrades [lol]
snaily: crackers - 1
Heh, this is one weird interpretation of "crackers". I can't bash you for not having "crackers" because you have FIRECRACKERS in your game [lol].
Other than that, though, there wasn't much going on that I saw. Took me a couple of seconds to figure out that I had to stay on the screen, but after that it didn't take much time to essentially stabilize myself (despite the ferocious attempts of those space anomalies!)
But yeah, sometimes time just isn't very nice >:(
Binomine: windowcracker - 2
This game is tricky. Tricky tricky. The windows seriously don't stay cracked long enough given the speed of your cracker. I didn't stay focused long enough to determine if the time between "oh teh noes!" and the fart is constant or random, but if its constant the slow speed shouldn't have been a problem.
Oh, bonus points for saying "oh teh noes" in the game. [lol]
Just some other random tidbits, a score would have been nice (how many disasters averted today?) as would have an exit screen [wink]
But it wasn't bad. It was an interesting interpretation of "cracker". Gameplay tweaks hurt :(
#51 Members - Reputation: 676
Posted 19 September 2005 - 05:01 PM
Cracka Attack
This game probably caught my attention the most, and it feels the most completed. The difficulty really depends on the original position of the buildings, though; some setups were way too easy, and others killed me before I had gotten 100 crackers. Also, the in-game text displaying health and kills was very faint.
The mouth moved way too fast for this game to be playable for me. I could get some crackers, but it wasn't fun when I was just trying to hit the button for just the right amount of time.
I added 3 lines of code to slow it down to see how it would play more slowly. It was a lot better; you could get more crackers eaten that way and could concentrate on the fastest route to the most crackers instead of just the right keypresses.
This seems like a great idea, but sadly it's not yet to the state where I would call it a game. I really like how the ship moves; I think if you added some asteroids or enemies you'd have a great little game. As it is, though, it needs more work.
I think this could have been an interesting game, but a few things totally killed the gameplay. The combination of the timings didn't work out well; the PC moves so slowly and there's a much larger delay between 'Oh noes' and the fart than the window stays open. I could tell that the 'Oh noes'-fart delay is random by observing the order of their actions, so as is it's challenging to play.
You could fix this by changing the delays and speeds, and it would be able to keep my attention much better that way.
1st - Cracka Attack
2nd - Crackers
3rd - CrackerChomper
4th - WindowCrackers
[P.S. As I'm typing this, I'm sitting outside with my laptop because a fire alarm went off in my dorm. Thank God for wireless internet.]
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Posted 19 September 2005 - 05:38 PM
eal!!! eal will receive a first release copy of Morning's Wrath by Ethereal Darkness Interactive. (pm me with your mailing information)
H_o_p_s already has a GDNet+ subscription, so he may opt for a 3 month extension or cash. (pm me with your choice)
Runners up: snaily and Binomine did an excellent job, but unfortunately receive nothing.
#53 Members - Reputation: 611
Posted 20 September 2005 - 10:16 AM
The game you're looking for, capn_midnight, is Tapper, not burger time, although it was only after I designed it that it reminded me of it.
Flash Tapper.
Thanks for the comments. I've learned how to attack the next contest. Maybe after a few, I'll be able to get closer to winning.
[Edited by - Binomine on September 20, 2005 7:16:29 PM]


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All About Jazz: Congratulations on your latest CD, This Heart of Mine. It is an exceptional vocal album and certainly one of the best in the past few years.
Jackie Ryan Thank you so much, Roger. It was so fun to do... a labor of loveall the way through to the mix. I loved working with the engineers as much as I loved recording it. It was the most enjoyable project I have ever done. The musicians are all friends and we took our time with it. I am so glad you like it.
AAJ: Your beginnings? I think that I read that you are from a musical family. Where did the love of jazz begin?
JR: Yes, my parents were both singers, but they were more from a classical background. My mother sang in operettas in Mexico and my dad sang at concerts. He performed all the classical compositions of Brahms, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, etc., in all the languages they were written in. But they were also, I think, both very natural singers first and foremost. And they both came from a long line of singers also. My mama always sang sweet little Mexican folk songs around the house and my dad loved to sing songs from musicals like Tevya in Fiddler on The Roof. A lot of entertainment there! So there was always singing per se, but not jazz. I discovered that later somewhat by accident.
AAJ: When did you start singing?"
JR:I think I started at about 4. I used to just sing all the time. I sang myself to sleep at night and drove my siblings crazy...no one could shut me up! When I was about 15 I joined a band and wrote my own material and performed for local dances. Then I got into R&B pretty heavily. Otis Redding type stuff. When I was about 20 I had burned out my voice belting out all that heavy gospel. My mom had passed away when I was 15 and my Dad worked 11 hours a day. So no one was really around to give me much guidance. Didn't know the boundaries of what I could take like I do now. I ended up not being able to talk for 2 years. It put me through a big change. But in hindsight it was a blessing. When you can't talk what do you do? You listen. I started listening to jazz radio at home a lot. Wow! I fell in love with the music! Then I took a music class at college. There I met a record collector who turned me on to all the great music masters. I really owe him. He turned me on to Coltrane, Miles, Mingus, Monk, Charlie Parker, Eddie Jefferson, and Oscar Brown, Jr.... the woiks! I still have many of the tapes I made from that time. I was hooked. I remember the first two jazz tunes I learned were "Lush Life" and "Sophisticated Lady." I loved the challenge of their melodies. Jazz was it for me!
AAJ: Jazz is a minority art and jazz singing is a stepchild to that minority art. So, do you ever feel that you should have chosen another career? (I heard one musician say that "I did not choose jazz; it chose me.")
JR: No. And that's it exactly. If one "chooses it" I would think that would have to be a calculated decision. And then it could not be from the heart. I had no choice. Actually, I think that goes for just being an artist in general. It drives you, pushes you and eats at you every day. You can never rest. You are never satisfied for long. It is not always easy. There may have been safer roads. But, they would not have been easier. I tried at one time and I was miserable. So, as tough as it getsand trust me it gets REALLY tough at timesthis is my calling and I have no choice. I have thought a lot about it.
AAJ: Your sense of phrasing, your handling of a song's text is often stunning. Does this come natural to you or do you decide to focus on lyrics?
JR: Singing is as much about HOW you sing that lyric as it is about the lyric itself.
Just as speech is loaded with subtle tonal inflections that can make one sentence mean something entirely different from how it is written, so it is of course with a song lyric. Singing is a form of communication and speech. Your personality shows in your speech and humor, right? So it has to naturally come through in your music. How you "phrase" the lyric can give it your own special meaning. It is all about how you communicate those words. And to be playful is what makes it art.
AAJ: What attracts you to a song? Lyrics first or melody? How do you select them and your CD "themes?"
JR: Both. I like something that is not predictable. From a musical place you can find great surprises in jazz, because the possibilities for musical choices are absolutely endless. And so it is also with some Brazilian music. Some of their melodic turns are really thrilling. Of course the lyric has to touch me. I love to write, so I really appreciate a well-written lyric. And I hate bad, or lazy, lyric writing. You do find that in some jazz tunes where someone has taken a hip tune and put lyrics to it. I'm not talking about the vocalese masters like Jon Hendricks, or others in that class...but a few obscure ones I have heard. Some compositions are better left without a lyric. The melody speaks for itself. Also, a lyric needs to touch me in some way. It needs to be clever, it needs to be thought out well and most of all it needs to be honest.
I select songs for CDs by just whatever may be attracting me at that time. I'm not hugely into themes, per se. But if there is a theme, sometimes it will just come out after you have already recordedlike deciding what to name a painting after you have painted it, I guess.
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When the 20th anniversary Mother's Day Truck Convoy embarks from Burle Business Park in Lancaster at 1:30 p.m. on May 10, Carl Ellerman of Landisburg will be at the head of the procession.
Ellerman, 78, is a retired truck driver who has adopted the Make-A-Wish Foundation as his favorite charity for the past nine years.
Ellerman figures that over that time, he has raised about $60,000 for the foundation, which grants wishes for children suffering from life-threatening diseases.
"I raised $20,000 last year, $11,000 the year before. Each year it's gone up," Ellerman said.
His first-place finish in fund-raising among almost 400 truck drivers last year will put him at the head of the procession in 2009.
The convoy allows Ellerman to express his fascination with antique trucks. "I travel all over the country to shows.'
For the Mother's Day Convoy, Ellerman once again will be at the wheel of his 1972 Kenworth. "That's my wish truck.'
In addition to being the top fund-raiser for the convoy, Ellerman is one of only two wish grantors living in Perry County.
Wish grantors, in teams of two, interview children who are qualified to have their wish granted by the foundation. When he goes on interviews, Ellerman is paired up with his daughter, Bev Leigh of Loysville.
"I got her interested in it. Years ago she got me interested in the ambulance here in Landisburg and I told her I got her back.
"We've granted, I think, about nine wishes in the last year, five from Perry County," Ellerman said.
Christine Dombrosky, a development associate with Make-A-Wish Foundation, said that an estimated 400 trucks will participate in the convoy this year with the goal of raising $350,000.
"This event is so well supported by our community that we're pretty optimistic that we'll reach that goal," Dombrosky said.
The local chapter represents Perry, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties. Dombrosky said that 85 percent of the funds raised will go directly to granting wishes.
"Our goal for this year is 105 wishes," she said. "In fact, this last summer we met a pretty big milestone for our office. We granted our 1,000th wish.'
People who'd like to help keep Ellerman near the front of the convoy for 2010 can send their checks, payable to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to him at 42 Turkey Hollow Drive, Landisburg 17040.
Ellerman says that he often is asked how long he'll keep participating in the convoy.
His response?
"As long as the good Lord lets me.'


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BROOKLYN -- Veteran ESPN announcer Allen Bestwick had his head buried in his laptop Friday afternoon in one of the network's spacious trucks, doing homework for Sunday's big race.
Bestwick did poke his head up from his computer to review this weekend's biggest storylines with ESPN's Neil Goldberg, the network's senior motorsports producer.
Michigan International Speedway's 3M Performance 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday. MIS doesn't have one of the 10 coveted races in the Chase for the Championship, but it certainly will play a key role in who gets to participate in it.
"It's really the Chase," Goldberg said. "Look at how close the point standings are from positions 6th through 12th, and we only have four races to go. You have 126 points separating those drivers.
"Ryan Newman going to race for Tony Stewart? Nah. That story has already been out there."
Meanwhile, in another nearby ESPN hauler, analyst Tim Brewer was all alone, fidgeting with his iPhone. ESPN will cut to Brewer during its race coverage, and he will provide technical information with the use of a cutaway stock car.
"Tim will watch the whole race right here," said Andy Hall, ESPN's media manager. "People don't realize that he is at the track. They think he is doing this back in the studio.
"He has to be ready to go all the time. Sometimes he only has about 30 seconds to get ready."
Hall took me and Toledo Blade reporter Matt Markey on a one-hour tour of the ESPN compound prior to Friday's Sprint Cup qualifying session. Yes, ESPN, which will broadcast Sunday's race, has an entire compound to house its race coverage team.
It was an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to bring a NASCAR race into your living room each weekend.
Goldberg began working ESPN races in 1982, and back then when they arrived for a race at Michigan, they did so in one truck, which also was used for a variety of other sports, too.
Times have changed. ESPN now uses three trucks, built just for its race coverage teams. The network had just seven or eight cameras to cover a race over 25 years ago. They will have 65 cameras placed throughout the track this weekend.
"We will have 33 cameras for Monday Night Football," Hall said. "But with football, you have two teams. With a race, you have 43 teams."
"It's like you are trying to land 43 airplanes all at the same time," Goldberg added.
In all, ESPN's crew consists of approximately 250 people for each race.
They began arriving in Brooklyn this past Tuesday in preparation for this weekend's coverage, which includes Saturday's Nationwide race. They will pack up after Sunday's Cup race and hit the road for Bristol, Tenn., leaving Monday to begin preparing for the next event.
"ESPN's coverage has been built by a bunch of people who just love racing," Goldberg said. "It's people who love television and love racing."
I've been watching NASCAR races since 1988, and I always thought ESPN provided the best coverage.
Friday's tour showed me why that's so.


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As citizens of Millburn/Short Hills, it is incumbent upon each one of us to rigorously examine and evaluate the redevelopment plan (www.twp.millburn.nj.us.). This plan is the culmination of years of discussion, workshops, Planning Board presentations and public meetings. In fact, the revitalization of downtown has been a bipartisan effort supported by every member of the present Township Committee.
In November 2000, the DMDA commissioned a study and produced the Downtown Millburn Master Plan, calling for extensive improvements in the downtown. In October 2005, the town conducted a meeting with a range of stakeholders to discuss the development of the downtown business district and, in January 2006, a report was produced that recommended that development of downtown be explored. In July 2006, the Planning Board, with the authorization of the Township Committee, initiated an Area of Need Study, which resulted in the Redevelopment Area Study in December 2006. The Planning Board, in public meetings, then proceeded to select a planner. After several public sessions with the chosen planner, Wallace, Roberts and Todd, the redevelopment plan that is now on the table was produced.
During the process described, there has been a robust level of public input, and this activity will continue. The redevelopment of downtown is a vast and considerable project. Residents of this township need to feel that they have contributed their ideas and concerns in a transparent, accessible environment and that they have, indeed, been listened to. Open, vigorous discussions will also help to tamp down the misinformation and fear-mongering that has been at play recently. The costs associated with the revitalization of downtown will be considerable. However, the intent has always been to have the developer of the site cover the outlay with zero cost to township residents. In fact, the plan has been developed to create a funding scenario to more than cover all on and off-site costs.
There needs to be further discussion of the project's impact on the township's economy, traffic, parking, schools, and environment. This plan is the template for future visioning and creative thinking. It needs to be flexible to allow for changes that reflect market trends. The process does not end at the planning stage but continues with the selection of a developer. This is also an opportunity to continue to inform the process through public involvement. Plenty of opportunity remains to leave our mark on the plan.
Innovation begins with an idea, and this plan is just such an idea. It is one more step in the process that has occurred through the collaboration of many individuals. It establishes a framework, conveys the parameters of financial feasibility and provides the criteria for development. It is the citizens' job to impel their representatives to create a perfect final development plan. Millburn/Short Hills is at a crossroads. Together, we can create a revitalized downtown or we can sit back and watch as our neighbors in South Orange, Livingston and Summit move their towns forward, while Millburn/Short Hills remains stuck in time.
Editor's note: Jim Suell and Stephanie Nesser, Democrats, are running for Millburn Township Committee.


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Briana Urich is proving to be a quick study.
The bubbly Palmyra freshman has only been on the board since December after injuries forced her away from gymnastics and into diving.
Urich unquestionably made the right decision based on her performance Wednesday evening at Big Spring High School in the District 3-AA Diving Championships.
After executing a forward, 2 1/2 tuck in the second round, Urich took over the lead and never looked back to win 3-AA gold in her district debut.
"It feels great, starting two months ago with all of the hard work I put in, I didn't expect this at all," Urich said.
"To be honest, I was just looking for another sport to do after I quit gymnastics. It's a big surprise, but it feels great."
Schuylkill Valley's Emily Johns, who bested Urich in a regular season dual, finished second, while Big Spring's Amanda Negley and Rachel Kerver were third and fourth, respectively.
"She did a much better job focusing today," Palmyra coach John Ricci said.
"She lost to [Johns] in the dual meet earlier in the season, so this was a really nice accomplishment for her."
Wednesday's meet was also notable for who wasn't on the board.
Three-time defending champ Ashley Buchter of Trinity was a scratch as she continues to recover from a broken foot. She was, however, in attendance to cheer on her younger brother, Bradley, in the boys' meet.
"The meet was missing something tonight," Ricci added.
"The meet wasn't the same without Ashley in it. She's quite a kid. We were less of a District 3 without her tonight."
Urich admitted to some nerves coming into Wednesday's competition, but she said she was able to channel it.
"[I was nervous] a lot," Urich said.
"I didn't let it take control, I was able to focus on one dive at a time and control my heart.
"Once I got through the first couple of dives, I knew I had some big dives coming up and I've been practicing them over and over again this week and they had high degrees of difficulty."
Urich was referring to her final two dives - a back, 1 1/2 somersault with a half twist and back 1 1/2 tuck - which she used to hold off Johns. Urich finished with a score of 292.55 and Johns finished with 270.70.
"The last dive was hard, because I've always had trouble with the entry," Urich said.
"Training with the belt, though, really helped."
Urich, Johns, Negley and Kerver all advance to the PIAA Class AA Championships on March 13-16 at Bucknell University.
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(Also called Amandus , a name adopted in his writings). German mystic, born at Constance on 21 March, about 1295; died at Ulm, 25 January, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI, who assigned his feast in the Dominican Order to 2 March.
His father belonged to the noble family of Berg; his mother, a holy woman from whom he took his name, to a family of Sus (or Süs). When thirteen years of age he entered the Dominican convent at Constance, where he made his preparatory, philosophical, and theological studies.
From 1324 to 1327 he took a supplementary course in theology in the Dominican studium generale at Cologne, where he sat at the feet of Johann Eckhart, "the Master", and probably at the side of Tauler, both celebrated mystics. Returning to Constance, he was appointed to the office of lector, from which he seems to have been removed some time between 1329 and 1334. In the latter year he began his apostolic career. About 1343 he was elected prior of a convent, probably at Diessenhofen. Five years later he was sent from Constance to Ulm where he remained until his death.
Suso's life as a mystic began in his eighteenth year, when giving up his careless habits of the five preceding years, he made himself "the Servant of the Eternal Wisdom", which he identified with the Divine essence and, in a concrete form, with the personal Eternal Wisdom made man. Henceforth a burning love for the Eternal Wisdom dominated his thoughts and controlled his actions. He had frequent visions and ecstasies, practised severe austerities (which he prudently moderated in maturer years), and bore with rare patience corporal afflictions, bitter persecutions and grievous calumnies.
He became foremost among the Friends of God in the work of restoring religious observance in the cloisters. His influence was especially strong in many convents of women, particularly in the Dominican convent of Katherinenthal, a famous nursery of mysticism in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and in that of Toss, where lived the mystic Elsbeth Stagel, who turned some of his Latin into German, collected and preserved most of his extant letters, and drew from him the history of his life which he himself afterwards developed and published.
In the world he was esteemed as a preacher, and was heard in the cities and towns of Swabia, Switzerland, Alsace, and the Netherlands. His apostolate, however, was not with the masses, but rather with individuals of all classes who were drawn to him by his singularly attractive personality, and to whom he became a personal director in the spiritual life.
It has often been incorrectly said that he established among the Friends of God a society which he called the Brotherhood of the Eternal Wisdom. The so-called Rule of the Brotherhood of the Eternal Wisdom is but a free translation of a chapter of his "Horologium Sapientiae", and did not make its appearance until the fifteenth century.
The first writing from the pen of Suso was the "Büchlein der Wahrheit", which he issued while a student at Cologne. Its doctrine was unfavourably criticized in some circles -- very probably on account of its author's close relations with Eckhart, who had just been called upon to explain or to reject certain propositions -- but it was found to be entirely orthodox.
As in this, so in his other writings Suso, while betraying Eckhart's influence, always avoided the errors of "the Master". The book was really written in part against the pantheistic teachings of the Beghards, and against the libertine teachings of the Brethren of the Free Spirit. Father Denifle considers it the most difficult "little book" among the writings of the German mystics.
Whereas in this book Suso speaks as a contemplative and to the intellect, in his next, "Das Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit", published early in 1328, he is eminently practical and speaks out of the fullness of his heart to "simple men who still have imperfections to be put off". Bihlmeyer accepts Denifle's judgment that it is the "most beautiful fruit of German mysticism ", and places it next to the "Homilies" of St. Bernard, and the "Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis. In the second half of the fourteenth and in the fifteenth century there was no more widely read meditation book in the German language.
In 1334 Suso translated this work into Latin, but in doing so added considerably to its contents, and made of it an almost entirely new book, to which he gave the name "Horologium Sapientiae". Even more elevating than the original, finished in language, rich in figure, rhythmic in movement, it became a favourite book in the cloisters at the close of the Middle Ages, not only in Germany, but also in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and England.
To the same period of Suso's literary activity may belong "Das Minnebüchlein" but its authenticity is doubtful.
After retiring to Ulm Suso wrote the story of his inner life ("Vita" or "Leben Seuses"), revised the "Büchlein der Wahrheit", and the "Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit", all of which, together with eleven of his letters (the "Briefbüchlein"), and a prologue, he formed into one book known as the "Exemplar Seuses".
Besides the above-mentioned writings we have also five sermons by Suso and a collection of twenty-eight of his letters (Grosses Briefbuch), which may be found in Bihlmeyer's edition.
Suso is called by Wackernagel and others a "Minnesinger in prose and in the spiritual order." The mutual love of God and man which is his principal theme gives warmth and colour to his style. He used the full and flexible Alamannian idiom with rare skill, and contributed much to the formation of good German prose, especially by giving new shades of meaning to words employed to describe inner sensations. His intellectual equipment was characteristic of the schoolmen of his age. In his doctrine there was never the least trace of an unorthodox tendency.
For centuries he exercised an influence upon spiritual writers. Among his readers and admirers were Thomas à Kempis and Bl. Peter Canisius.
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By CASEY OLSON
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The new look the South Puget Sound League will undertake next school year is starting to get a little clearer maybe.
White River and Franklin Pierce high schools received invitations to join the Class 3A division of the SPSL in the fall, while Gig Harbors Peninsula High School was told thanks, but no thanks. Principals of the current members of the SPSL voted Monday to invite the two schools, which have until Nov. 15 to make an official commitment. The additions of White River and Franklin Pierce would bring the SPSLs total to 24 schools by far the largest in the state and split the league into three, eight-team divisions.
White River, located in Buckley, and Parklands Franklin Pierce will join the new Class 3A division of the SPSL along with Decatur, Federal Way, Sumner, Bonney Lake, Enumclaw and, most likely, Todd Beamer for the 2006-07 sports seasons. Thomas Jefferson will remain a Class 4A school and remain in the current SPSL South with Bethel, Spanaway Lake, Puyallup, Rogers, Emerald Ridge, Curtis and Graham-Kapowsin High School.
But there are still some questions that need to be answered in the Federal Way school district before things are finalized. Most notably, if Beamers enrollment numbers will allow the school to even be considered 3A. Last spring, Beamer clearly seemed headed for 3A status under the WIAAs new reclassification rules estimated to be about 1,300. But the school is growing faster than expected. Last month, Beamer had 1,334 students in the grades 10 through 12, which could mean the Titans might remain in the Class 4A SPSL South Division.
The new WIAA reclassification amendment, which passed last spring, sets the Class 4A cutoff number at a little over 1,300 students in grades 10 through 12. Decatur and Federal Way sit in the 1,200 student range, while Jefferson is well above the cutoff with over 1,450 students. Final enrollment numbers for the 2006-07 school year are due to the WIAA in December.
Beamer is right at the bubble, said Federal Way principal Randy Kaczor. So they might go 4A and that
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James Early: Deepwater drilling is a global phenomenon. Many of the nations that possess deepwater oil don't have the expertise to extract it -- Brazil's Petrobras (NYSE: PBR ) being an exception -- meaning they'll have to partner with knowledgeable companies, companies like Chevron. And to hit the BP nail on the head, not only is the spill looking better -- bad news for the Obama moratorium, which is under fire as it is -- but the Gulf of Mexico represents less than 10% of Chevron's current production. The moratorium is just on new drilling, mind you, so it's a lot less than 10% that we're really talking about. If anything, it's created a compelling time to buy.
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Early: Hey, I'm an eco guy, too. I rode a bike -- until it got stolen -- and replaced it with a Prius. For all BP's "green" hype -- pre-oil-spill, I should say -- Chevron outspends BP and its fellow supermajors on alternative energy as a percentage of revenue. It leads the world in geothermal energy production and is the only oil company to have created a legitimate business unit that gets paid to help clients use less energy. France's Total (NYSE: TOT ) also embraces a renewables-driven future, but it's willing to deal with some nasty regimes against the U.N.'s wishes, which I can't imagine a guy like you being OK with. Like all oil companies, Chevron has plenty of warts, but it's got a few bright spots, too.
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Early: Aside from standard concerns like the price of oil and state of the economy, I'm keeping an eye on Ecuador, where Chevron is involved in a legacy lawsuit stemming from toxic sludge that Texaco dumped in the Amazon jungle a few decades back (Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001). On a more positive note, it's worth noting how well Chevron partners with state-owned oil companies in the coming years, as its ability to partner with oil-rich nations will increasingly determine its profits.


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MORGANTOWN – Bonnie's Bus, a digital mammography center on wheels, will visit Jackson, Wirt, Pleasants and Wood counties offering digital mammograms and breast care education to women beginning Sunday.
A service of WVU Healthcare and the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, Bonnie's Bus will be at:
* Vandalia-Con Pink Block Party at the New Farmer's Market at Point Park in Parkersburg from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For an appointment, call 304-295-3331, ext. 7110.
* River Valley Health and Wellness Center in Ravenswood from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 20. For an appointment, call 304-273-1033.
* Coplin Memorial Clinic in Elizabeth from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 21 and May 22. For an appointment, call 304-275-3301.
* Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department in St. Marys from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 29 and May 30. For an appointment, call 304-684-2461.
The mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare if available. Mammograms for women who do not have insurance will be covered by the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program or through special grant funds from the West Virginia affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. No woman over 40 is turned away due to lack of funding. A physician's order is needed for a mammogram.
Since the startup of the mobile mammography program, Bonnie's Bus has provided more than 6,300 mammograms for women throughout West Virginia and led to the detection of nine cases of breast cancer. Many of those screened are uninsured or underinsured and qualified for screening through the WVBCCSP.
Bonnie's Bus works with a statewide partnership of clinicians, public health professionals, women's groups, and other community leaders working to help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer in West Virginia.
Made possible by a gift from West Virginia natives Jo and Ben Statler to the Cancer Center, Bonnie's Bus is operated with WVU Hospitals. The bus is named after Jo Statler's late mother, Bonnie Wells Wilson.
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FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio – A man who burglarized a Fairview Park home passed by the house in a Mercury Mariner before the residents left, police said.
The Mariner passed by the house several times as it was burglarized, police said, apparently looking out for the people who lived there to return.
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Around noon on Aug. 13, the people who live in a West 227th Street house left for a lunch date and as they backed out of their driveway and drove north, the Mariner passed them and drove toward their house, a police report said.
Minutes later a man walked up the driveway, broke into the house and took jewelry, police said. The Mariner drove by the house several times while the man was inside.
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New York City is testing hybrid sanitation trucks to see if the cleaner models could someday replace the old ones.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says three hybrid trucks will begin picking up residential waste in Queens next month. There are currently no plans to use the trucks on Staten Island.
Officials say today's trash truck gets about three miles per gallon. The hybrids are estimated to get about 25 to 30 percent more mileage.
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In the weeks following Kitzhaber's election last fall, The Oregonian's reporters for PolitiFact Oregon combed through his speeches, debates, position papers and other sources and pulled together a list of the promises he made. We collected a list of 34 on issues from health care to diversity to habitat restoration.
So far, we've been able to rate his progress on a third of those promises. Taken together, they show a governor who moved quickly to set in motion plans to change the way the state builds budgets, educates children and delivers health care. They also show a governor who made those promises a higher priority than tax and environmental reform. Those, he says, might have to wait until the 2013 session of the Legislature.
"It was really a matter of bandwidth," Kitzhaber said in an interview about the promises. "I think one of the reasons we were so effective with some of those priorities is that we really focused."
Jobs and economic development came first, he said, along with "big pivots of education and health care."
Many of the governor's victories this session were not promises in and of themselves, but they do lay extensive groundwork to help Kitzhaber make good on his many words.
In the area of education -- where a full third of his promises reside -- the governor persuaded lawmakers to create a board that would oversee all levels of state education (which he will chair) and name him the state's superintendent of public instruction. Those moves mean that several of his education promises -- linking data systems, creating early childhood education standards, shifting state education funding and tying teacher evaluations to student performance, among others -- now seem within reach.
The same goes for health care. There, Kitzhaber muscled through the creation of a health insurance exchange system, as well as a new system that will rework the state's health care delivery model. Both of those changes, like the education super board, are means to an end. In this case, that end is using national health care reform to set up a demonstration project. We've updated that pledge to In the Works.
"What we're really focused on, as you know, is changing the delivery system," Kitzhaber said. "The (Obama) administration is really looking for a state, or several states, that can really demonstrate that the Affordable Care Act is more than just an expansion of coverage."
The Democratic governor also changed the way the state approaches budgeting. In the past, budget talks usually revolved around the gulf between state revenues and the money it would take to keep current services running. Kitzhaber focused on appropriating the cash the state had to the areas he thought it could do the most good.
Again, this wasn't a promise itself, but it did help the governor make progress in other areas, like stabilizing the state's education budget, a promise we've moved to In the Works.
"He started the conversation (about budgeting) and he stayed with it clear through the session," said Rep. Bruce Hanna, the Republican co-speaker of the House. "I think he did look pretty closely at where we were from a revenue standpoint ... at a budget that starts with that we have, not where we wish we were."
To get those wins, the governor said he had to let some issues go.
A package of legislation that included a reduction in capital gains taxes and a plan to reroute some tax kicker dollars into a rainy day fund got left behind. We've rated both promises as Stalled.
Kitzhaber said those two reforms will have to wait until they can be wrapped up in a larger discussion with legislators about taxes.
The same goes for environmental reform, he said. There he promised to craft an energy and climate change plan, create a state agency to oversee state policies about those issues, include carbon accounting in planning processes and simplify habitat restoration permitting.
"We're going to start focusing particularly now on the clean economy and natural resources and the environment," he said. But "we're probably going to need some legislative help with that."
That'll mean starting discussions now -- Kitzhaber says he plans to meet with environmental advocates this month -- but waiting until 2013 for major action. In February, the Legislature is set to meet for a month-long session, but the governor said they'd focus more on shoring up the education and health care changes than tackling new policy.
The environmental community wasn't completely ignored. Ben DuPree, a spokesman for the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, points to Kitzhaber's plan to issue low-interest bonds to schools for green upgrades -- a promise he made during the campaign that we've updated to Kept. Some of the other promises, DuPree said, can wait, especially given that the Legislature is now meeting once a year.
"He's going to have more opportunities to affect change," DuPree said. "He isn't going to get just two bites of the apple, the way it use to be."
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While County Executive Ed FitzGerald's plan to give Cuyahoga County kindergartners $100 is well intentioned, this is not the best way to overcome the challenges facing kids in Ohio. The Ohio Tuition Trust Authority already offers an easy-to-use 529 college savings program for families. Instead of utilizing the OTTA, FitzGerald wants to recreate the wheel by developing a separate savings account.
FitzGerald also states his plan will cost up to $3 million per year, while providing $100 for nearly 15,000 students. If accurate, that means more than half of the cost to taxpayers is eaten up by bureaucratic management.
FitzGerald should work to increase tuition-cost-saving services for students at colleges in Cuyahoga County. He could also increase financial support for students at secondary schools or work with community leaders to develop a plan that would encourage parental involvement.
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Red Wings writer Ansar Khan analyzes the Western Conference finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Records: Red Wings 51-21-10, 112 points, second seed Western Conference, defeated Columbus 4-0 in first round and Anaheim 4-3 in second round; Blackhawks 46-24-12, 104 points, fourth seed Western Conference, defeated Calgary 4-2 in first round and Vancouver 4-2 in second round.
Season series: Red Wings won 4-2, outscoring Blackhawks 23-20.
Forwards: The Blackhawks are deeper, faster and have more scoring options than Columbus and Anaheim. Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp make a formidable top line, while Martin Havlat, Dave Bolland and Andrew Ladd provide scoring punch on the second line. Chicago also has gritty, physical players in Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager and Adam Burish. Third-line center Samuel Pahlsson is a former Selke Trophy winner as the league's top defensive forward (Anaheim in 2006-07).
For Detroit, Johan Franzen is a playoff force (21 goals in his past 27 games), Henrik Zetterberg is playing his best two-way hockey of the season, and Dan Cleary has stepped up big (11 points, team-leading plus-10 rating). Pavel Datsyuk (nine games without a goal, four points in the playoffs) and Marian Hossa are due. Darren Helm has provided speed, energy and even some scoring (two key goals vs. Ducks).
ADVANTAGE: Red Wings
Defensemen: Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook are good puck movers and form a solid and underrated top pairing. Brian Campbell, their big free-agent acquisition last summer, hasn't played up to expectations but still is an offensive threat. Having Brian Rafalski back for a whole series will be a huge boost for the Red Wings. Brad Stuart is playing more minutes and delivering punishing checks. Jonathan Ericsson continues to improve with experience and doesn't resemble a rookie. Kane, Toews & Co. will have difficulty finding room with Nicklas Lidstrom on the ice.
ADVANTAGE: Red Wings
Goaltenders: The Blackhawks tried to get rid of Nikolai Khabibulin after signing Cristobal Huet in the offseason. But Khabibulin, who won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay in 2004, outplayed Huet during the season. He has not been as sharp in the playoffs (2.76 goals-against average, .896 save percentage). Chris Osgood has been consistently strong throughout the postseason, more often than not making the big saves when his team needs it. He feels no pressure.
ADVANTAGE: Red Wings
Special teams: Both clubs have strong power plays, and Detroit's will be that much better with Rafalski in the lineup. But Tomas Holmstrom (no points in the Anaheim series) needs to snap out of his funk. Like Detroit, Chicago has gotten power-play goals from nine players in the postseason. Penalty-killing continues to be an issue for the Red Wings, who have allowed at least one power-play goal in nine consecutive playoff games, the longest streak in franchise history.
ADVANTAGE: Even
Coaches: Joel Quenneville has taken the Blackhawks to the next level after replacing Denis Savard four games into the season. But Quenneville has had little success against the Red Wings, who have eliminated his teams in each of their four recent Stanley Cup runs and have dominated him in the regular season. Mike Babcock is the first coach since 2002 to win a playoff series the year following a Cup win.
ADVANTAGE: Red Wings
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MARQUETTE - A Gwinn man wants to turn the abandoned Holy Family Orphanage into a transitional facility for homeless veterans.
Larry Stille is eyeing the former orphanage, located at Altamont and Fisher streets, for a place to house 68 to 70 residents. He said his original idea was to turn it into low-income housing. However, Stille said he spoke with Veterans Administrations staff in Iron Mountain, who suggested the building be turned into a place for homeless vets.
That struck a chord with Stille.
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Larry Stille of Gwinn wants to turn the abandoned Holy Family Orphanage into a facility for homeless veterans. (Journal photo by Christie Bleck)
"That sounds like a pretty good idea, because I'm a vet myself," said Stille, who served in the Navy from 1981 to 1985. "I used to be homeless."
Stille said the orphanage is owned by Meranto Living Trust in Las Vegas. Although he has been told the dilapidated building has no monetary value, it has been estimated it would cost between $5 million and $10 million to renovate it into a veterans home, he said.
For example, Stille said the roof would need to be replaced and the entire building gutted, essentially starting from scratch.
According to city documents, the structure was built in 1915 and has been vacant since 1981. The building has been found to have asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint and mold.
The city of Marquette and the Marquette County Land Bank Authority in 2012 requested $1 million from the Michigan Blight Elimination Program but did not receive the grant.
Stille said he hopes to start a nonprofit to raise funds for the project, and in doing so, prove to the community that "somebody really is doing something" with the building. He also plans to apply for a VA grant, which would cover up to 65 percent of the cost.
The project could be completed within three years, although Stille doesn't have a definite timetable.
"It's going to get done when it gets done," he said.
Stille said his proposed home would offer a training program to help vets get back into the real world.
"It's difficult," he acknowledged. "Once you get in that rut of being homeless, and think there's nothing out there, you get stuck."
It's Stille's belief the home will help the vets get away from that line of thought.
"It's just getting them in the right frame of mind," he said.
Christie Bleck can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 250.


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Over the past few years, the Georgia Tech Student Foundation (GTSF) has noticed an exponential increase in excitement among our peers about philanthropy at Georgia Tech. However, many students still do not realize the extent and impact of philanthropy that goes into Georgia Tech to make it the Institute we have all grown to love. Therefore, GTSF conceived Philanthropy at Tech.
Through strategically placed signage during the week as well as this celebration, we hope to educate students on the importance and impact of philanthropic giving and imbue in them a sense of responsibility and motivation to give back to the campus that allows them so many opportunities. To learn more about the campaign and philanthropy on Tech's campus visit our professional-grade website at philanthropy.gatech.edu!
This week-ending celebration, located in the heart of Tech's campus, is intended to connect students with top philanthropists and add a personal aspect to the campaign. John & Mary Brock will be speaking, and the Institute's top donors and endowed chairs have been invited to attend. Students will have the opportunity to learn more about the Brocks' story as well as interact with many prominent figures in the Tech community that have helped shape this campus, both in its cityscape and academic distinction.
The event will take place from 2:00 - 3:30 PM on Tech Green on Friday, September 20th. A tent will be set up on Tech Green where students can mingle with attendees, and Rita's Italian Ice and gourment popcorn will be provided for everyone's enjoyment. We hope to see everyone out there!


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Jamestown Lakers 3, Monroe Eagles 0
The A Automotive Used Auto Parts Lakers were led with two goals from Jackson Knupp and a goal by Mitchell Pascarella. Assists were earned by Pascarella (two), Dix (two), Jackson Taylor and Cameron Turner. Strong defense was played by Cade Poston and Samantha Davis.
Brandon Prestiss earned the shutout in goal.
Jamestown Lakers 3, Livingston Blues 1
The A Automotive Used Auto Parts Lakers defeated the Blues on goals by Andrew Dix (two) and Brian Burns. Assists were earned by Jackson Taylor and Kole Maytum. Strong defense was played by Tyler Lampert and Brett Sowa. Brandon Prentiss earned the win in net.
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Monday Night Mixed Couples - High team single: Taber Trucking I. High team series: Taber Trucking I 1,879. High individual single: Bob Paterson 238, Jen Logan 220. High individual series: Paterson. Jen Logan 535. Other high scores: John Taber 208-533, Winfield Doner 197-198-572, Paterson 194-184, Mike Wise 189, John Smith 185-180-533, Cheryl Doner 165.
Monday Night Mixed Couples - High team single: Taber Trucking I 702. High team series: Taber Trucking 2,019. High individual single: John Taber 235, Jen Logan 197. High individual series: Bob Paterson 644, Jen Logan 519. Other high scores: Bob Paterson 209-202-233, John Taber 193-198-626, Mike Wise 188-186-549, John Smith 194-532, Dennis Gould 192, Dave Taber 180, Winfield Doner 496, Jimmy Valenti 193-494, Carol Wise 174-480, Del Jusko 161-174-475, Eleanore Pacos 163.
Fredonia State Kids' Night Out
The Fredonia State baseball team will be hosting a Kids' Night Out on Saturday, Dec. 8. The team members will be directing supervised activities from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Steele Hall Fieldhouse and swimming pools will be utilized. Snacks and refreshments will be available.
For more information, call the Baseball Office at 673-3743.
NCCS Basketball Tournament
Northern Chautauqua Catholic School will be holding its 11th annual "Peg" Smith basketball tournament Dec. 6-9 at its refurbished gym on Washington Avenue in Dunkirk.
A total of 22 Parochial and public school teams (grades 4 thru 8) from Dunkirk, Fredonia, Jamestown, Gowanda, Lakeview, Hamburg, Orchard Park and Buffalo will be competing in four divisions, including both male and female athletes.
Chances for the Buffalo Sabres memorabilia and gift baskets will be sold. Foul shooting prizes and 50/50 raffles will also take place. Entrance to the games is free of charge.
For a complete listing of the games, visit the NCCS website at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Northern Chautauqua Soccer Association will hold its annual meeting Monday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. at St. Paul Luthern Church in Fredonia.
For more information, contact Betsy Lang at 673-5766.
DHS Baseball to Host Comedy Night
The Dunkirk High School baseball team will be holding a Comedy Night on Saturday, Jan. 19. Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the show starting at 7.
Featured comedians will include Nick Siracuse, Ralph Tetta and Ray Silva. Tickets for the event, which will include a Chinese Auction, will be available at Matt's News, DHS, from any parent of a player, or from head coach Frank Jagoda.
For more information, contact coach Jagoda at 785-4313.
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Rurouni Kenshin 4: False Prophet
- Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi
===Story=== The Hishi Manji, a group of vicious con artists, decide to come up with a fake illness to try and harm Megumi's medical practice as part of a plot to lure the town into a scam where people are healed by faith. Megumi figures their plot out, and knows that they must be ratted out when a girl is dying of a real illness and the Hishi Manji's scam doesn't cure her. When she tries to tell the truth and keep them from getting money off of their scam, they become violent. It's up to Kenshin and Sanosuke to save the young girl from lies and corruption. ===DVD Features=== *Outtakes *Liner notes
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State Senate President Stephen Sweeney is using the "carrot and stick" approach to increase New Jersey's minimum wage. I believe this is the best way to deal with a governor who is not leading on the issue, and who can't be trusted to do the right thing unless he's forced to.
The Legislature has passed a bill to increase the minimum wage, and Gov. Chris Christie has been given an opportunity to sign it into law. If he doesn't, Sweeney wants to bypass the governor by asking the voters to approve an amendment to the state constitution to get the job done.
Christie complains about the attempt to go around him and directly to the public, but that may be the only way to force him to do the right thing. Maybe the threat of a constitutional amendment will be enough to force him to sign the bill into law. If not, I think voters will do the right thing on this issue of economic fairness for working people, even if the governor doesn't.
Right now the minimum wage in New Jersey is $7.25 per hour. How can anyone support themselves or a family on that? I know people who work two or more jobs just to try to make ends meet. An increase to $8.50 with future increases automatically tied to the Consumer Price Index is the fair thing to do.
Sweeney and the Democrats are giving the governor a fair chance to do the right thing — but they are backing it up with a plan that will get the right thing done with or without him.
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Archive for Thursday, April 16, 2009
Bulldogs find a spark in suspended game
April 16, 2009
It took a little while for the McLouth High softball team to find its normal energy on Wednesday, when the Bulldogs started a previously postponed game with Pleasant Ridge in the top of the third inning.
MHS went scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning, when Jessie Troupe hit a three-run blast that led the Bulldogs to a 6-1 victory.
The game, which began April 9 but was suspended due to weather, resumed with McLouth up 2-1, with one out and one runner on for Pleasant Ridge in the third.
Senior pitcher Lezley Lawson didn't allow a run in 4 2/3 innings on Wednesday, and the big sixth inning for McLouth (6-0) gave the team some breathing room.
Leading by just one run entering the sixth, MHS coach Ballard Patterson said his team got fired up when PRHS intentionally walked Kendall Patterson to start the inning. Her base on balls was followed by a double from her younger sister, Kaley, giving the Bulldogs two runners in scoring position with no outs.
After Pleasant Ridge retired Lawson and Missy Rome, Troupe came to the plate and drove in the Pattersons with her home run over the right-field fence.
The four-bagger was followed by a stand-up double from Courtney Stauch. She advanced to third on a passed ball and Morgan Drinnon drove her home with a single to right field.
Coach Patterson said the team was "really flat" to start the game and it felt like McLouth was "walking in mud."
The coach begged his team for more energy and MHS finally responded in the sixth.
McLouth is back in action on Monday, when the Bulldogs travel to Jeff West for their first road game of the season.
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New Orleans police are asking for the public's help to locate a "person of interest" in a shooting this morning on Dodt Street.
Josh Tapp, 24, is not a suspect in the incident, according to New Orleans police, but detectives would like to speak with him about his involvement.
A 21-year-old man was shot to death after he and a 22-year-old man kicked in the door of a home in the 4500 block of Dodt Street about 1:30 a.m., according to police.
A 24-year-old man and a woman were inside the home when they heard the front door being kicked in. The man grabbed a gun and shot the suspects as they entered, according to a NOPD spokesperson.
The suspects ran from the scene and the 22-year-old collapsed a short distance from the home. He was taken to the hospital and is listed as stable. The 21-year-old man ran to a car waiting nearby. He later died at a hospital.
Detectives said they believe the men involved knew each other and that the incident stemmed from an argument. All three of the men had multiple arrests on drug and other charges. The 22- and 24-year-old were both on probation for possession of heroin.
Charges are pending at this time and the incident remains under investigation. The names of those involved have not been released pending notification of family members.
Homicide Det. Christopher Harris is in charge of the investigation and can be contacted at 504.658.5300. Citizens with information that can help locate Tapp can also call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111 or 877.903.7867.


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Evan Royster ran for a touchdown and caught another, and No. 7 Penn State contained quarterback Greg Paulus and rebuilding Syracuse in a 28-7 win Saturday.
Royster turned a short throw into a 49-yard touchdown on the game's opening drive, and added a 12-yard scoring run to give the Nittany Lions a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.
Penn State (2-0) throttled Syracuse's running game early, and the Orange (0-2) unsuccessfully tried to throw off the Nittany Lions' defense, at times alternating Paulus and backup Ryan Nassib at quarterback.
Paulus, the former Duke basketball player, finished 14 of 20 for 105 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He threw mostly quick passes to counter Penn State's pressure.
Royster finished with 41 yards rushing and 61 yards receiving.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Thomas Arnold Jr. of Harvey to the Louisiana State Mineral Board. The 11-member panel leases state property for the development and production of minerals, oil and gas.
Arnold is the chief executive of of Rice and Ice LLC and previously was the general manager of Timberlane Country Club.