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Please use the interactive menu below to find the information you are looking for.
What are the entries types on offer at the Games
What is included in my entry fee?
What is the difference between the Games entry fee and the sport entry fee, and where does this money go?
How can I register into the Games?
How can I login to my existing account?
How can I change or reset my password?
What are the payment options available to me through the registration system?
Can I make changes to my registration?
Can I enter more than one person at a time?
I am no longer able to attend the 15th Australian Masters Games. How do I withdraw from the event?
Can I transfer my registration fees to another person?
Where can I find a copy of my confirmation email and/or payment invoice?
How do I register for doubles when my partner is not yet registered?
What are the entries types on offer at the Games?
There are multiple ways for you to enter and experience the festival atmosphere of the Games. These include:
A participant who has registered in any sport as part of the 15th Australian Masters Games.
This is intended for coaches, managers, scorers, team trainers and all other support staff.
Please note, some sports may require officials to enter as a full competitor.
This is intended for anyone who wants to experience all the fun and festivities of the Games, without taking to the sports arena and is perfect for friends and family members of Games participants.
There are two types of entry fees - Games fees and Sport fees.
For the 15th Australian Masters Games the following Games fees will apply.
FINAL REGISTRATION (8 August – 11 September)
Non-playing official
|* Please note: a $6.00 service fee is payable per person at the time of submitting your registration. Further details available in the Games Entry Terms & Conditions.
What is included in my entry fee?
The entry inclusions for 2015 are still being finalised.
By way of example, the entry inclusions for the 2013 event were:
NOTE – Personal accident/injury insurance coverage is the responsibility of each individual competitor. AMG strongly encourages each participant to investigate their own requirements and needs to ensure they have adequate cover in place should an accident or injury occur during the Games.
What is the difference between the Games entry fee and the sport entry fee, and where does this money go?
The Australian Masters Games is managed by a not for profit entity via a joint venture partnership between the owners, Confederation of Australian Sport and Australian University Sport.
The Games entry fee is the same for all participants and is set by the Australian Masters Games organising committee. This Games fee component is directed towards the operational costs of staging the event, to ensure a well conducted event for all competitors. This includes the overall Games costs such as the entertainment hub and social program, ceremonies, and centralised services such as accreditation, staffing, first aid, etc.
The sport entry fee is paid by all participants in addition to the Games entry fee, but differs by sport and/or event, depending on what you are entering. This fee is set by the sport organiser, and goes towards the costs of conducting the individual sport competition, including venue hire, equipment and timing costs, etc.
How can I register into the Games?
The only way to register is via our online registration system. You can access the 15th Australian Masters Games registration system by clicking here. If you do not have a computer, or require further assistance, please contact our registration team on (08) 7070 1451.
How can I login to my existing account?
If you have previously participated in the Australian Masters Games (Geelong 2013 and/or Adelaide 2011 ONLY) you will most likely already have an account with us. In order to login to your account, you will simply need to enter the email address and password used when you last registered.
If you have changed your email address since last participating, please email your new address to firstname.lastname@example.com. Our registrations team will update this on the system for you.
Important Note: Please do not continue to create a new account if the system identifies that you already have an existing account. If you are unsure what to do, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
How can I change or reset my password?
If you can't log into the registration system and need to reset your password click the "Forgot your password?" link available to you on the Login or Create Account page.
If you simply wish to update your password, you can do this via the MyMastersGames portal.
Please Note: your password will need to be at least 6 characters in length and contain at least one upper case letter and one number. Your new password will not save if it does not meet these criteria.
What are the payment options available to me through the registration system?
Payment method for online entries is credit or debit card (Visa/Mastercard). If you do not have a credit or debit card, Australia Post provides a prepaid card service. Please visit your nearest Post Office or the Australia Post website for further details.
Can I make changes to my registration?
Yes, however the changes that can be made by participants themselves are limited.
Participants have the ability to update personal information and/or register into additional sports/events via the MyMastersGames portal.
All other changes, including withdrawing from a sport, swapping events, changing from one division to another, and/or updating race information (e.g. time/distance) will need to be made by the AMG registration team. Please email email@example.com detailing your request.
Can I enter more than one person at a time?
Each participant must complete their own online registration. At the end of the registration process you can select to "add another person", however this functionality is available to new registrations only (i.e. the person you are trying to register does not have an existing account with AMG). You can add as many people as you wish, making sure that all entry details are correct before proceeding to the checkout. Please make sure that you carefully check the summary page before making your payment.
If the person you are trying to register already has an existing account and/or shares the same email address you will need to run through the registration process separately (i.e. register and make payment for the first participant, then register and make payment for the second participant). The benefit of registering separately is that the system will automatically pre-populate the participants pre-existing details.
I am no longer able to attend the 15th Australian Masters Games. How do I withdraw from the event?
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com notifying us of your withdrawal.
Request for refund may be considered at the discretion of the Organiser for instances of personal injury, illness or family caring responsibilities. For further information please refer to our Refund Policy.
Please note the refund application close date: Friday 11 September 2015
Can I transfer my registration fees to another person?
Yes. For further information please refer to our Refund Policy.
Please note the registration transfer close date: Friday 18 September 2015
Where can I find a copy of my confirmation email and/or payment invoice?
Participants can access a copy of their confirmation email and/or payment via the MyMastersGames portal. To view or print your confirmation email please select 'My Registrations'. To view or print your invoice receipt please select 'Invoice History'.
How do I register for doubles when my partner is not yet registered?
Please refer to the Doubles Guide for assistance.


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Oklahoma State unanimously holds the No. 1 spot NWCA/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll, for the second straight week.
Moving up one spot to join the Top 10 this week is Michigan, with a 4-2 record on the season.
Rounding out this week's Top 10 are: Oklahoma State, Iowa, Penn State, Minnesota, Cornell, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Michigan.
Kent State jumps to No. 16 after beating No. 14 Missouri. Binghamton also moves into the Top 20 this week with an 8-2 record.
There are currently five undefeated teams ranked in the Top 25: Cornell, Hofstra, Maryland, Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh.
Out of the Top 25, the following teams will be competing in the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals starting on February 11 (in order by rank): Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Cornell, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Missouri, Kent State, Oregon State, Central Michigan, Virginia Tech, and Rutgers.
The NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll Committee is made up of one coach from each conference. A number one ranking is worth 25 points and a number 25 ranking is worth one point.
This poll is based on a dual meet ranking.
A new poll will be released every Tuesday from now until the week of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament and can be found at www.nwcaonline.com.
NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll
Others Receiving Votes: American, Chattanooga, Iowa State, North Dakota State, Penn, Purdue, and Stanford.
The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in academic environments. The membership embraces all people interested in amateur wrestling. The three core competencies of the NWCA are: Coaching Development, student-athlete welfare, and promotion of wrestling.

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Boeing Wichita has more than 2,160 employees and is the base for the company's Global Transport & Executive Systems business and its B-52 and 767 International Tanker programs, according to a company statement. The facility also provides support for flight mission planning and integrated logistics.
Over the past five years, contracts in Wichita have matured, programs have come to a close or are winding down, and the site does not have enough sustainable business on the horizon to create an affordable cost structure to maintain and win new business.
"In this time of defense budget reductions, as well as shifting customer priorities, Boeing has decided to close its operations in Wichita to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and drive competitiveness," said Mark Bass, vice president and general manager for BDS' Maintenance, Modifications & Upgrades division.
"We will begin program transitions in the coming months, with the complete closure of the site scheduled for the end of 2013," he said. "We do not anticipate job reductions as a result of this decision until early in the third quarter of 2012."
Future aircraft maintenance, modification and support work will be placed at the Boeing facility in San Antonio. Engineering work will go to Boeing's facility in Oklahoma City. Although work on the KC-46 tanker will now be performed in Puget Sound, Wash., the 24 Kansas suppliers on the program will be providing vital elements of the aircraft as originally planned.
Boeing said it is providing employee assistance including retirement seminars, job search resources, and financial counseling, as well as help finding jobs inside or out of Boeing.
"We recognize how this will affect the lives of the highly skilled men and women who work here, so we will do everything possible to assist our employees, their families and our community through this difficult transition," Bass said.


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GARDEN CITY, L.I. -- Richard and Mary Morrison have plans for their $165 million lottery jackpot: paying off their mortgage, opening a restaurant, and helping the poor, as well as Richard Morrison's pet cause of celebrating the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.
But authorities in New York's Suffolk County have plans, too. They are seeking to collect nearly $1 million of the Morrisons' winnings, saying the couple overbilled the county for homeless shelters they once ran.
"The money that is due to taxpayers is supposed to be paid," said Gregory Blass, Suffolk's commissioner of social services.
The couple did not discuss the $950,921.90 in question at a news conference in Garden City, where New York State Lottery officials presented an oversized check for $165 million.
"We're not saying anything," 59-year-old Richard Morrison said.
The couple opted for a lump-sum payment instead of $165 million spread out over 26 years, so they actually got $51 million each before taxes.
"It feels fantastic," said Mary Morrison, 57, who has already bought a Lexus.
The dispute with the county grew out of contracts the Morrisons had over 20 years to run a network of homeless shelters.
Richard Morrison was the executive director of Love'M Sheltering Inc., which ran homeless shelters until going out of business in 2005.
A 2004 audit by the county comptroller's office found that Love'M Sheltering owed $612,000.
Blass said the audit found numerous irregularities, including inflated salaries and missing equipment purchased with county funds.
The Morrisons challenged the county's authority to audit them, but a judge upheld the audit in 2008. With interest, the sum that the county seeks has grown to $950,921.90.
The Morrisons' attorney, Michael Solomon, said his clients owe nothing because the audit involved the nonprofit corporation, Love'M Sheltering, and not the Morrisons as individuals.
"This is the first time that they ever heard that the county was attempting to claim that Richard and Mary Morrison, as individuals, had any responsibility," Solomon said.
"These are the most honest, giving people in the world," Solomon said. "If they believed that this was their legal responsibility to pay, they would have made arrangements to pay a long time ago."
Blass said the Morrisons owe the money and are "hiding behind the corporation."
Lawyers for Suffolk County went to court Wednesday seeking to block the state from paying the Morrisons $950,921.90 of their winnings.
Solomon agreed to hold the money in escrow while the case proceeds. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20.
The Morrisons met in high school, married nearly 40 years ago and said they will now treat themselves to the big wedding they never had.
Richard Morrison got down on one knee at Thursday's news conference and asked his wife, "Would you marry me?"
A next-door neighbor, Stephen Garritano, said his family often borrowed milk or sugar from the Morrisons.
"They're very nice people," he said. "They were happy to share."
The couple listed plans for their Mega Millions winnings in interviews with Newsday at their home in Miller Place, N.Y.
Mary Morrison said she and her husband would help disadvantaged children, while Richard Morrison said he hoped to back programs that encourage people to work their way off public assistance.
Richard Morrison said a top priority is financing his book about the Preamble to the Constitution, which he called "the most magnificent constitutional sentence in the history of mankind."
Morrison wore a T-shirt with the Preamble written on it Thursday, but declined to discuss the book.
The couple also told Newsday they hope to pay off their mortgage and open a seafood restaurant.
Blass said the Morrisons can help the downtrodden by paying the money they owe. He said he would ask to have the funds earmarked for homeless shelters.
"We have hundreds of homeless families that could benefit from a windfall like this," he said.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Rather than a standard rating system that assumes an institution will be relevant for all prospective students, regardless of what area of study they want to pursue, an Ohio State University official proposes the federal government explore adopting a business model that helps people find successful partnerships, such as Match.com and eHarmony.com.
The comments by Julia Carpenter-Hubin, assistant vice president for institutional research, regarding President Barack Obama's proposed college rating system, were among thousands of pages of documents released last week by the government, which had sought input.
Obama's system is focused on access, affordability and outcomes.
The president envisions using metrics including average tuition and loan debt, graduation and transfer rates, graduate earnings and the number of graduates who obtain advanced degrees.
The ratings could determine how much federal financial aid is awarded to institutions.
Comments, which were divided about the validity of the system, were submitted by 14 national associations, six regional associations, 12 advocacy groups, four businesses, six university systems and 53 institutions, Inside Higher Ed reported.
Ohio associations and the Ohio Board of Regents did not submit comments. But Ohio State, the Cleveland Institute of Art and Ohio Wesleyan University weighed in.
Carpenter-Hubin proposed a new approach and used an example of two students who want to become engineers, one who completed no Advanced Placement courses and another who took AP and college courses while in high school.
"An overall rating based on average outcomes and costs will tell neither of them which institution will best serve their individual needs," she wrote. "But what if we can use large datasets to find the outcomes and costs for students with similar backgrounds, characteristics, and interests? We can tell these prospective engineers that students like them have successfully completed engineering degrees at ten different schools, providing the median and the mode for time-to-degree, total cost, and salary in the first job and five years out."
Grafton Nunes, president of the Cleveland Institute of Art wrote he had "little confidence that a single set of measures, metrics or ratings can validly or productively assess the diversity of institutions of higher education, or adequately assist the diversity of needs they serve among diverse populations."
He wrote that is especially true of colleges of art and design because the U.S. Department of Education has not been able to account for the range of professions for graduates.
"Our college has existed since 1882 as a private, non-profit institution, and our graduates designed everything from the Tiffany lamps of the 19th Century, to inventing the cab-over-engine truck, designing the first Mustang, Corvette and Thunderbird, the Crossfire and the Genesis, hold the patents on products such as the Dirt Devil, the spin brush and the Swiffer, designed the Moen fixtures in your home and all the lawn mowers from Sears and Cub Cadet that you ride," he wrote. "Yet none of these professions are reflected in the Department of Education lists of jobs available to students of art and design."
Ohio Wesleyan University President Rock Jones wrote that he believed a rating system that uses a single set of measures for all institutions is fundamentally flawed.
"A state research university, a liberal arts college, and a community college can all be the best choice for particular students to best meet their needs," he wrote. "Furthermore, measuring the performance of a college on the income of its most recent graduates is misleading; some occupations have higher starting salaries but only moderate growth; others have lower starting salaries but high potential for growth. Furthermore, if universities are penalized when graduates have lower starting salaries, they may be less inclined to support or invest in important societal programs in areas such as primary education and social work. Simply, a ratings system as proposed would almost certainly provide students with an inaccurate analysis of their higher education options."
Kent State University names new dean: Dr. Allan M. Boike has been named dean of Kent State University's College of Podiatric Medicine.
Boike currently serves as the director of the podiatric medical and surgical residency training programs and section head of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in the Foot and Ankle Center of the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.
His primary practice locations are at the Cleveland Clinic's main campus and the Strongsville Family Health Center.
Boike, who will begin July 1, succeeds interim dean Bryan Caldwell, who has served since October 2013. Caldwell, who has been with the podiatry school since 1994, will return to his position as assistant dean of the College of Podiatric Medicine. The college is located in Independence.


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The 43-year-old mother told police a man she didn't know fired two shots into the home shortly after 11 p.m. after she broke up a fight between the suspect and another man unknown to her, according to a police report.
Her three children, ages 26, 18 and 16, were inside the home at the time of the incident but they were not harmed.
Photos and evidence were taken from the scene by the police department's Investigations Bureau, but no arrests have been made at this time in connection to the case.


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We present 20 and 90~cm VLA observations of an unusual extended nonthermal radio source near the galactic center, G359.87+0.44. This source was recently discovered on a wide-field VLA B-C-D 90~cm image of the galactic center (LaRosa et al 2000). It is located approximately 0.5\arcdeg\ northwest of Sgr A. Although the source morphology is somewhat different at 90 and 20~cm, the strongest emission comes from a linear structure with a length of 7\arcmin\, similar to the nonthermal filaments also found in the GC region. However, the 20/90~cm spectral index (the spectral index~\alpha of a source to be S \propto \nu\alpha , where S is its flux density and \nu is its frequency) along the length of this source decreases uniformly from -0.6 to -1.4, in constrast to the constant (as a function of position) spectral indices exhibited by the nonthermal filaments. We present several alternative interpretations and plans for future observations.
Basic research in radio astronomy at the NRL is supported by the Office of Naval Research. TNL acknowledges a NAVY-ASEE summer faculty fellowship at the NRL.
If you would like more information about this abstract, please follow the link to http://rsd-www.nrl.navy.mil/7213/lazio/GC. This link was provided by the author. When you follow it, you will leave the Web site for this meeting; to return, you should use the Back comand on your browser. [Previous] | [Session 5] | [Next]


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Record numbers of Alabama voters kept the state Republican red Tuesday, but it mattered little on a day that saw Democratic Sen. Barack Obama defeat Sen. John McCain to become the nation's first African-American president.
"It's a wonderful piece of history, a wonderful time in history, almost a miraculous time, from my point of view," said Richard Arrington as, at his home, he watched television networks declare Obama the winner; he will be the nation's 44th president. Arrington knows a little something about making history: He was elected Birmingham's first black mayor 29 years ago.
At the Bottle Tree Cafe, on Birmingham's Southside, a crowd of about 200 Obama supporters went a little crazy when Obama was declared the winner. Supporters danced on top of the bar, chanted Obama's name, exchanged high fives and one danced around the place with a life-size cardboard cutout of the next president.
That capped a day when voters across the state swamped the polls, with a majority of them casting their ballots in a losing cause for McCain but splitting their votes down ballot, putting Democrats in position to win in places where voters haven't elected one in years.
Voters in the Alabama 2nd Congressional District elected Montgomery Mayor and Democrat Bobby Bright on Tuesday, putting a Democrat in a seat that one has not held for 44 years.
For the first time since the civil rights era, Jefferson County voted Democratic in the president's race, with Obama carrying 53 percent of the vote.
Incomplete numbers through late Tuesday showed more than 2 million Alabamians voted, a record. State voting officials estimated that 79 percent to 81 percent of active voters cast ballots, another record. Those records created long lines of voters in many locations that forced some polling spots to stay open past their 7 p.m. scheduled closing time.
In Moody, in St. Clair County, voters snaked out the door at one voting place and down the block. Across the state, voters chatted on cell phones, flipped through work papers and sat in lawn chairs to pass the long waits to vote.
In a race that was settled early, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions easily won a third term, beating Mobile state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures.
A key race still hanging late Tuesday was the heated contest for the Alabama Supreme Court, where Republican Greg Shaw held a narrow lead over Democrat Deborah Bell Paseur.
Obama in his speech Tuesday night paid homage to the foot soldiers of the civil rights movement that culminated with his historic victory. He described a 106-year-old Atlanta woman who stood in lines
For many on Tuesday, casting their vote was emotional.
Sara Dawson of Hueytown, an Obama supporter, said she thought of her late mother when she filled out her ballot at Hueytown City Hall.
"I remember when my mom first voted, how she had to take an exam and pay a poll tax," said Dawson, who is 69. "I said, 'Mama, this is for you.'"
Willie Mae Billingsley, one of the first blacks allowed to vote in Marion, in Perry County, said she never had forgotten the responsibility to vote and wasn't about to forget this year, even at age 86.
"I voted for the person who was best qualified for the job," said Billingsley, who supported Obama. Asked if she had thought she would live to see a black nominee for president, she said, "Yes, in my dreams."
Teresa Smith of Selma struggled right up to Election Day with the choice of McCain or Obama. She voted for McCain.
"I feel he has more experience behind him," Smith said. "I know there are some questions behind him with the pick as vice president. But he's tough. I don't think he's going anywhere any time soon."
News staff writers Robert Gordon, Kim Chandler, Tom Gordon, Dana Jaffe and Victoria Coman contributed to this report.


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Spools of orange cable
Q. Several readers at lunch wondered what the big wood spools are that we see along the roadsides with huge orange cable on them.
A. Stephen Shultz, assistant engineer for the city of Alpena, explains, "The wood spools have orange conduit on them. Conduit is a small pipe normally used to carry wire or fiber optic cable under ground. In this case it is being used to carry fiber optic cable.
"Merit Networks, who has a large American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant, is currently installing fiber throughout Michigan to expand its network which serves educational, medical, governmental, and other not-for-profit institutions. Alpena is one of northern Michigan's hub communities for this fiber. For more information, check www.merit.edu/meritformichigan/ ?
Alpena County population
Q. "What was the highest number of people living in Alpena County?" is a follow-up question to the previous column on the population of the City of Alpena.
A. Alpena County's highest population was 32,315 in 1980, according to U.S. Census figures compiled by Carol Shafto, planning and evaluation director of Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency. This figure compares to the county's population of 29,598 in 2010, the most recent U.S. Census. Population was 18,254 in 1900, 19,965 in 1910; 20,766 in 1940, and 30,605 in 1990. County population was 31,314 in the year 2000, and 29,598 in 2010.
Early Alpena County population figures from Wikipedia show a dramatic increase during the lumbering era. The 290 early settlers in 1860 (Alpena's first census) grew to 2,756 in 1870 and 8,789 in 1880. Then, in 1890, the population leaped to 15,581.
Goody two shoes
Q. Reader Jennie Kerr asks, "Where does the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes" come from?"?
A. Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase and Fable"(16th edition), gives this description of the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes": "This nursery tale first appeared in 1765 under the full title "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes; Otherwise Called Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes, With the Means by Which She Acquired Her Learning and Wisdom, and in Consequence of Her Estate." It was written for John Newberry (1713-67), a notable publisher of children's books, probably by Oliver Goldsmith. Its heroine owned only one shoe and when given a pair she was so pleased that she showed them to everyone, saying 'Two shoes!'"
Please send questions and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com or to "Questions, Anyone?" The Alpena News, 130 Park Place, Alpena, MI 49707.


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About Information Assurance
Why would you want to major in Information Assurance?
- If you want to be prepared for future graduate studies in Information Assurance, Computer Science, or MIS
- If you want to pursue a career as a Computer Crimes Law Enforcement Official or Systems Analyst
- Not interested in any of those? How about a career as a System Security Administrator or Network Security Professional?
- Still not convinced? What about pursuing a career as an IA Researcher, Computer Security Specialist, or Secure Systems Developer?
An Information Assurance degree will
- Provide students with a foundation for graduate study
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In the upcoming election there will be two ballot questions which every voter who sees fit to go vote will have to answer "Yes" or "No". Usually these questions don't get the time of day in the media but have serious and important consequences to our daily lives as well as to the long term welfare of the state.
The League of Women Voters of New Jersey are, and always have been, a wonderful resource to find out about those questions and even more important - to fully understand those questions and understand the pros & cons of each.
The first question (public question #1):
Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which
provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution?
Basically they are asking whether state authorities should seek voter approval before borrowing money or issuing bonds. At this time only approval from the legislators is needed before State authorities can borrow money.
"Some examples of State authorities are the Economic Development Authority, Garden State Preservation Trust Authority, Health Care Facilities Authority, Sports & Exposition Authority, and the Transportation Trust Fund Authority."
On the surface it looks like a no-brainer, the New Jersey government has been spending our money like a drunken sailor or a teenager at a mall sale - of course some restraints are needed since we cannot trust our elected officials to spend our money in a responsible manner. However, be aware that this bill also will make it more difficult to get funding for local projects which do not affect the whole state.
The second question (public question #2) :
Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved?
So what are they trying to say?
Currently, if Springfield wants to appoint a Judge to the bench, Mayor "Diamond" Joe Quimby & Chief Whigham may do so.
However if Springfield & Shelbyville want a joint municipal court the Governor appoints a judge. If a county wants a centralized municipal court the same rule applies since the country's jurisdiction includes more than one municipality.
If this question passes it takes away the appointment power from the Governor but a legislation must still be written which will establish how to appoint a judge to a joint and/or central municipal court.
To read more about these questions as well as other interesting and informative information go to the League of Women Voters of New Jersey's website http://www.lwvnj.org.


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JV BASEBALL: New Riegel dropped Columbian 14-4. Aaron Sostaric belted three hits for TC, John VanCamp had two and Tyler Gillig doubled.
JV TENNIS: Columbian's Adam Young won a singles match against Shelby.
GOLF: Doug Tanner shot a 40 for the low gross and Kyle Tanner carded a 33 for the low net in the P.J. Brickhouse League at Loudon Meadows. Prizes went to Kevin Brickner (long putt No. 15), Greg Arbogast (closest to pin No. 18), Bill Norris (most penalties 5) and Dale Thaxton (most penalties 5).
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When the yellow fever hit New Orleans in 1867, the German priest Rev. Peter Leonard Thevis prayed for intercession of St. Roch, considered the patron saint of good health, to protect his parishioners.
A cemetery honoring St. Roch, along with a chapel, was completed in 1876 at 1725 St. Roch Ave.
Aside from mementos left at graves, the solemn statues and religious symbols, it also features offerings left by visitors to the chapel, ranging from crutches to false limbs, as people have asked for help with their afflictions.
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In the 1990s, he'd built two hot rods, both '37 Chevies — one a sedan, the other a "pro street" coupe. He was looking for something newer — a '60s-era Chevy — in 2005 when he saw an ad in the paper.
"On a whim," he called the owner in Cinnaminson, who'd had a 1953 Chevy 210 in his family for years but "wanted to get rid of it."
Gene made an offer and left his phone number — and three days later he went to claim the car with a friend and his flatbed. They took it to the friend's place in Williamstown, where it sat for six months. During this time Gene figured out what he wanted to do with the car, first moving it to the garage of another friend. Before he was done, there was no part of the car that he had not improved in some way.
He took the body off and the engine out and started in earnest on the chassis, sandblasting, painting, replacing as he went. After buying an "independent front end" and a 1995 Chevrolet differential with disc brakes — and cutting everything to fit — he set the body back on and began stripping it to bare metal.
He didn't like what he found: "Tack-welding and Bondo all over the damaged areas." And, even though the floorboards were good, some of the fenders had to go. In Hemmings Motor News, he found a guy in Colorado with the very scarce passenger front fender. The CO guy brought the fender to a Hershey, Pa. swap meet and Gene was delighted by its condition, buying it on the spot. Then he had to re-make a custom firewall and weld it in.
He had to buy a lot of New Original Stock parts as well and scour eBay for usable old pieces, but no parts were harder to find than the headlight "doors." Complicating matters were three types used on the '53s — riveted, stainless, and chromed. After an exhausting search, a guy in Wyoming said he had three: one stainless and two chromed. Gene bought all three, using the two chromed ones on the car.
He fabricated the console and did the upholstery in gray vinyl — with much help from friends — even including a fabric much like the "mouse fur" original for the headliner. Then came the gauges, the new steering wheel and floor shifter. And satellite radio! The original chrome radio speaker housing hides some of the air conditioner outlets to maintain a period look, but finding a plain glove compartment door was yet another challenge. (And don't ask about the fuel filler door he had to make out of flat stock!)
The color scheme, however, was relatively easy. Gene applied many coats of Viper Gray paint to the top and many coats of Chili Pepper Red to everything else. Both hues are 2000 Chrysler colors. And they look great together.
The power is awesome from the 454 Chevy big-block with two Edelbrock four-barrels on top. The 700R4 Overdrive transmission handles the power well. The custom exhaust system is really free-flowing and Gene has tried "three different sets of mufflers to quiet the car down somewhat."
The suspension work makes the car handle surprisingly well: firm, but not harsh. The disc brakes and power steering allow it to drive like a much newer — and safer — car. Just be careful when applying the throttle! At first, Gene had Torquethruster wheels and blackwalls on it, but switched to wide whites and stock-looking hubcaps and trim rings. But they're only slightly larger than the stock tires. One must restrain one's right foot until the car is moving along at a decent speed.
In October of 2007 it was all done — after a little over two years of intense work. Gene has no answer for the number of hours he's spent on it — but it has to be quite a few. What does he get out of it?
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Each year, the team typically selects three tactical (fighter or fighter/attack) jet pilots, two support officers and one Marine Corps C-130 pilot to relieve departing members.
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First off, Jason Quick says Brandon Roy will play tonight, but is at about 70%. I'll take Roy at 70% over a lot of other players at 100.
Take a look at where CBS Sportsline ranks Roy among shooting guards (hint: his rank is his jersey number).
The Raptors played the Clippers last night and squeaked away with an 80-77 win behind Chris Bosh and the Toronto bench:
Toronto shot just 37.5 per cent from the field, a percentage point and a half worse than the Clippers. But the Raptors made five more free throws over the course of the artistically horrible game to provide the final difference.
"We feel pretty fortunate," said Chris Bosh. "That's why you have to play good defence every night because you're not going to shoot the ball that well every night."
Let's hope Bosh and Co. shoot as poorly tonight.
Speaking of poor shooting, Christopher Reina at RealGM says the Blazers' winning streak is due to the zone defense.
Remember the guy who was runner up to Roy in last year's Rookie of the Year voting? Well, he's having a bit of a rough go in his second season:
Bargnani had a marvelous rookie campaign, averaging 11.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 25.1 minutes, and was named to the all-rookie first team. But this season, his numbers are way down. In his four games before last night, the seven-foot Italian had averaged just 2.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 11.95 minutes. But what has Mitchell even more frustrated is Bargnani's defensive play, which has, more than anything else, limited his minutes.
Dave at Blazer's Edge previews tonight's game, and offers up what he would like to see from the home team tonight:
Assuming Lamarcus plays he and Bosh should be an epic battle. If Lamarcus can keep close in scoring it will go a long ways towards winning.
Despite the success in recent games I don't believe we can just pack the lane and dare them to shoot tonight. We've done a reasonably good job of closing out on shooters when it counts (i.e. the fourth quarter) during this winning streak but we're going to have to keep that up for 48 minutes tonight. If you leave Jason Kapono you will pay.
The guy that scares me to death (besides Bosh) is Jamario Moon. He's quick, athletic, can rebound, and he can finish at the cup if you let him inside. We need to make him shoot over the top, keep him from running, and not let him dominate the boards.
He also looks ahead to the possibility of the p-word (playoffs).
Quick also says watch out for Moon.
See for yourself:
He can also belt out the National Anthem.
Hey guess what, Blazermania is back! Not according to John Canzano, though.
Brian Hendrickson has all the various Blazers rankings, comparing this week and last.
If the Pistons can take care of business tonight, and the Blazers do the same, Portland would be the owners of the longest current win streak in the league. So on that note, who doesn't want to hear Rasheed Wallace sing jingle bells. Answer: No one.


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AMSTERDAM - The Amsterdam football team celebrated homecoming with a lopsided 56-19 win over South Glens Falls in a Class A Northwest Division contest at Lynch Literacy Academy on Saturday.
The Rugged Rams raced out to a 28-7 lead after one quarter and led 49-13 at the half on their way to the victory.
Hector Diaz opened the scoring with a 50-yard touchdown run before
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Amsterdam's Alonzo Martin (22) looks for a way around South Glens Falls' Cody Lane during Saturday's Section II Class A Northwest Division contest at Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam. (The Leader-Herald/Bill Trojan)
Bryan Stanavich made it 14-0 with a 15-yard run.
Alonzo Martin hauled in a 47-yard pass to give the Rugged Rams a 21-0 lead.
Julian Gallup added a touchdown run in the opening quarter to make it 28-7 after one quarter.
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Stephen Hubinsky returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown for South Glens Falls' lone touchdown of the first quarter.
Stanavich caught a 50-yard touchdown pass from Gallup to open the second-quarter scoring.
Jon Magaletti and Brady McGillin scored on touchdown runs of 1 and 52 yards, respectively, to give Amsterdam a 49-7 lead in the second quarter.
Louie DeRidder threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Fish in the second quarter for South Glens Falls (0-7 overall, 0-4 Class A Northwest).
After leading 49-13 at the half, Martin scored on a 43-yard run to give the Rugged Rams a 56-13 advantage after three quarters.
South Glens Falls scored the lone touchdown of the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Reggie Viger to make the final score 56-19.
Amsterdam kicker Marcus Pritchard was 8-for-8 on extra-point attempts in the game.
Pritchard has 34 PATs on the season, a new single-season record for the Rugged Rams.
Amsterdam (4-3 overall, 2-2 Class A Northwest) now awaits their pairings for the Section II Class A Tournament, which will be announced today.
The Rugged Rams are expected to earn a date at Class A Southeast runner-up Averill Park (4-3 overall) next Friday at 7 p.m.
Amsterdam defeated the Warrior sin a wild 56-44 contest on Sept. 6 at Averill Park in the season opener for both teams.
Amsterdam 56, South Glens Falls 19
South Glens Falls7 6 0 6 - 19
Amsterdam28 21 7 0 - 56
First Quarter
A - Diaz 50 run (Pritchard kick)
A - Stanavich 15 run (Pritchard kick)
A - Martin 47 pass from Gallup (Pritchard kick)
SGF - Hubinsky 92 kick off return (kick good)
A - Gallup 2 run (Pritchard kick)
Second Quarter
A - Stanavich 50 pass from Gallup (Pritchard kick)
A - Magaletti 1 run (Pritchard kick)
A - McGillin 52 run (Pritchard kick)
SGF - Fish 5 pass from DeRidder (kick blocked)
Third Quarter
A - Martin 43 run (Pritchard kick)
Fourth Quarter
SGF - Viger 1 run (run failed)
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Queensbury 47, Gloversville 7
QUEENSBURY - Brett Rodriguez scored three touchdowns and gained 166 yards on 10 carries, leading Queensbury to a win over Gloversville.
Rodriguez scored on runs of 33, 80 and 11 yards for Queensbury (7-0 overall, 4-0 Class A Northwest), which outscored Gloversville 20-7 in the second quarter to take a 26-7 lead at the half.
Kalen Minott scored on runs of 33 yards and 6 yards for the Spartans, while Kody Bruno added a 46-yard touchdown run. Ian Kirkpatrick added a 6-yard touchdown run for Queensbury, which outgained Gloversville 393 to minus-6 yards on the ground.
Asa Barnhill scored the lone touchdown for Gloversville (4-3 overall, 1-3 Class A Northwest). Barnhill scored on an 8-yard run in the second quarter for the Huskies.
Both teams now await the pairings for the Section II Class A Tournament, which will be announced today. Gloversville is expected to earn a quarterfinal date with Class A Southeast Division champ Troy (5-2 overall) on Friday in Troy.
Queensbury 47, Gloversville 7
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First Quarter
Q - Minott 33 run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
G - Barnhill 8 run (VanDenabeele kick)
Q - Rodriguez 33 run (run failed)
Q - Minott 6 run (Bruno run)
Q - Rodriguez 80 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
Q - Rodriguez 11 run (Morrell kick)
Q - Bruno 46 run (Morrell kick)
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DOTHAN, Alabama -- A Dothan man is accused of installing a hidden camera system before moving out of the home he shared with his wife.
Hunter Parrish, 35, of Fortner Street, was arrested and charged with installing an eavesdropping device. He was held on $10,000 bond.
According to Dothan Police, officers responded to a residence on Designer Circle on Wednesday after the resident discovered the hidden camera system in her home.
Police seized the equipment and began a search for Parrish.
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ARLINGTON — On Monday, April 30, at approximately 3:15 p.m., an Arlington Police officer on patrol came upon the scene of a two-car head-on injury collision in the 5200 block of 172nd Street NE that had just occurred. The roadway was blocked between the 5100 and 5900 blocks of 172nd Street NE for about three and a half hours following the collision.
The collision involved a 2006 GMC three-quarter-ton pickup and a 1992 Ford Probe with two occupants in each vehicle. A female passenger from the Ford Probe suffered serious injuries to her lower body from the impact and had to be extricated by Arlington Fire Department personnel. She was transported by Arlington Fire Department personnel to Providence Hospital, Colby Campus, for further treatment. The two drivers and the passenger in the truck were transported to Cascade Valley Hospital for further evaluation. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening at the time of transport.
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LANGLEY — Two games into the Cascade Conference season, and the South Whidbey Falcons already surpassed last season's conference win total.
Falcon junior Ellie Greene scored 19 points to lead all scorers and Falcon senior Lacy Williams blocked a late field goal to defeat Granite Falls 45-37.
"It's huge. What you start to do is you start to convince yourself, 'Hey maybe we have improved,'" said Falcon head coach Andy Davis. "That's the same team that finished third in our conference, and we just beat them."
South Whidbey took the lead on its first possession. Williams grabbed a rebound and scored a putback layup that spurred a six-point run before Tiger junior guard Rhiannaon Alexander scored a layup. Williams scored all of her six points in the first quarter that helped South Whidbey take a 15-4 lead.
"That wasn't really the plan. It's just how it kind of worked out," Williams said.
Falcon junior Hayley Newman swished the only three-pointer of the night for either team at the end of the first quarter for the 11-point cushion.
The Falcons led by 19 points in the second quarter. Falcon senior Brittany Wood stole a pass and sent it cross-court to Greene who spun toward the basket for an acrobatic layup.
"In the beginning it went fast, and I liked it," Greene said. "A little bit in the second quarter we kind of started to get tired. We brought it back in the third quarter and stayed strong to the end."
Greene also grabbed 15 rebounds.
"Ellie is just dynamic," Davis said. "She's athletic and she's playing with confidence and that's just what we need."
Granite Falls head coach Mark Neuman called a timeout to regroup his team with 2:52 left in the opening half. It worked, as the Tigers scored eight straight points before they headed to the locker room for halftime with the score 25-14.
Turnovers were again the Falcons' worst enemy. South Whidbey committed 12 turnovers of just about every type — traveling, throwing out of bounds, three-in-the-key and jump balls — in the first half.
As the Falcons swooned, the Tigers leapt up in the score box behind three steals and a jump ball.
"They do a good job of changing up defensively a little bit," Davis said. "One thing we didn't talk about was 1-3-1 pressure, the 1-3-1 trap that they ran."
"When they went (man-to-man defense), we weren't real confident knowing if it was man or not, because they were really good at covering it up."
The Tigers' leading scorer Peyton Spencer scored the final four points of the first half on two free throws and a layup. The senior guard finished with 15 points, a dip in her 20-point average coming into the Tigers' first conference game. Granite Falls was 0-for-5 in three-point shots through two quarters.
In the first half, she led the Tigers with six points, followed by Alexander with four points and senior guard Jamie Alexander, also with four. Several Falcons defended Spencer, including Greene.
"We were just trying to defend Number 42 (Jamie Alexander) and 22 because they're the most effective people on that team," Greene said.
Practice paid off in the second half. The Tigers continued their full-court press defense to trap the Falcon ball handlers and force turnovers.
South Whidbey was ready.
The day before, the Falcons did a walk-through of breaking press defenses for the first half of practice. Then they played against the boys junior varsity team.
"We understood their scheme," Davis said. "We were able to walk through it."
South Whidbey, in the third quarter, returned to what worked at the start and got the ball to Williams in the paint. She was promptly fouled and missed both free throws.
"We were more prepared than they were in terms of what their scheme was," Davis said.
"Lacy is getting more and more confident. She's always in the right spot, she's getting better at finishing shots, she's getting rebounds, she's more athletic than she even knows."
Granite Falls cut South Whidbey's lead to eight points on a baseline cut layup by Spencer. Wood put the Falcons' lead back to double digits on a layup at 33-23. Errors stifled both teams' offenses as only four points were scored in the last three minutes of the quarter. The ball changed possession 10 times in that same span, thanks to steals created from the Tigers' press defense.
"We've been practicing that a lot," Williams said. "We knew coming into this game that they were going to press us a lot."
South Whidbey held on in the fourth quarter as Granite Falls became more physical. With 26 seconds left, the Tigers pressed the Falcons on an inbound pass. Wood got it to Newman along the sideline near midcourt. As Newman turned, Alexander slammed into her as she went for the ball.
With 10 team fouls on Granite Falls, Newman had two free throws. She missed the first and sank the second for the final point of the night.
"It feels great to be 2-0 in league (play). It's so much better than last year," Williams said.
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Honda's Johnny Campbell had a miserable day in stage three of the Dakar Rally today, the Californian having to replace a fuel pump on the course. He ended up 158th in the stage and dropped to 146th in the overall standings.
"It was supposed to be a short day, but it became a long one for me," Campbell said. "Early in the stage the bike had some hesitations and at km 20 I had to stop and diagnose the problem. It was an issue with the fuel pump and I had to replace it. It took me a long time to fix the problem. Then the bike was okay, but after 140 km I was struggling again with the machine so I had to ride conservative to finish the stage and arrive at the bivouac."


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A Lehigh Valley school district is throwing its support behind plans to rebuild an aging middle school.
At a committee meeting Monday night, the Bethlehem Area School District recommended rebuilding Nitschmann Middle School.
The school, located at 909 W. Union Blvd., was built in the 1920's and its fate has been discussed for years.
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Jonathan Riddel recently announced that Canonical is stopping the funding of Kubuntu project. Jonathan wrote, "Today I bring the disappointing news that Canonical will no longer be funding my work on Kubuntu after 12.04. Canonical wants to treat Kubuntu in the same way as the other community flavors such as Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu, and support the projects with infrastructure. This is a big challenge to Kubuntu of course and KDE as well."
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Gloria Jean (Mase) and David Zeafla, of Liberty, observed their 50th wedding anniversary today, Feb. 9, 2014.
They were married by the Rev. Harry Billow at Liberty Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Zeafla, a native of Liberty, is the daughter of the late Winifred and Foster Mase. She graduated from Liberty High School in 1961 and from Harrisburg Institute of Medical Arts in 1963. She is employed by Divine Providence Hospital as a laboratory technician.
Mr. Zeafla, a native of Liberty, is the son of the late Catherine and John Zeafla. He graduated from Liberty High School in 1960 and is the owner of Blacks Creek Farms.
They are the parents of two sons, Paul and Ronald, both of Liberty, and a daughter, Kimberly Bledsoe-Culpeper, of Virginia.
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While on vacation last month, I made a solemn vow: no doughnuts for a year.
For someone whose breakfast in the past few years has too often consisted of doughnuts and coffee, this is serious stuff. The four foods I would take to my desert island: doughnuts, wings, ribs and more doughnuts.
So why are there two dozen doughnuts on the seat of my car?
"Work doesn't count," I blithely told someone on Twitter shortly after my momentous decision.
It's still going to be tough, and I'll let you know if I waver or weaken.
Thank goodness I don't live near DOCO, or there could be a problem.
The 3-month-old shop, located across the highway from the Roadside Diner, offers made-to-order doughnuts, hand-dipped or rolled in glaze or cinnamon sugar, with your choice of topping.
"New Jersey really does not have any great doughnut shops," says co-owner Vincent
DePaola. He reconsidered. "Or very few."
Glad he amended that statement. There are certainly few made-to-order doughnut shops out there. It's time-consuming work; who wants to be bothered? Crank out the doughnuts, put them in the display case, toss out or give away the leftover ones.
"A hot doughnut — there's no comparison to what was made even hours ago," explains DePaola, a former chef who has also done catering work. "Our doughnuts stay fresh for two days."
The DOCO online menu lists 13 kinds of doughnuts and six kinds of stuffed doughnuts, plus beignets and the inevitable croissant-doughnut hybrid, called kronuts here.
"Everybody does kronuts — and everyone does them badly," DePaola says.
You've got to admire this guy's confidence.
"They have to be made fresh; they have to be made with French butter," DePaola says "You can't just make them with Crisco and expect them to come out right."
So how are the doughnuts? They're good. Real good. I went straight for the chocolate, and cinnamon sugar, and somehow managed to eat just one of each before delivering the rest of the doughnuts to the office. I have witnesses.
The doughnuts (most are $1.20 each, $7 a half dozen, $12 for a dozen) are lighter-tasting than most, which is good news for your conscience.
"A lot of it has to do with the fry oil temperature and the fry oil used," DePaola explains.
Cronuts are the most overrated food of the past five years — why do people act as if the wheel has been reinvented? — but DOCO's version ($3 each) is a model of its kind, light, crispy, cakey.
The beignets? Go to New Orleans.
The most popular doughnuts at DOCO include the Smoking O's Honey Glaze, the Asbury Rainbow (dipped in vanilla glaze and topped with rainbow sprinkles) and the Route 66 (chocolate glaze, topped with chocolate chips and coconut).
Others include the peanut butter chip, the Snow Drift (topped with powdered sugar and French toast (dipped in maple glaze and topped with cinnamon).
Stuffed doughnuts include strawberry, apple, chocolate mousse and s'mores (chocolate topping, marshmallow filling and graham crackers).
There's nothing like DOCO in the area, which has led to online hosannas about these being the "best doughnuts ever" — likely from folks whose doughnut experience has been limited to Dunkin' Donuts and Entenmann's. Or maybe Wawa, which is right down the road.
These are first-rate doughnuts, make no mistake. Best made-to-order doughnuts in the state? No. Shore Good Donuts, in Ship Bottom, and Brown's, on the Ocean City boardwalk — both open weekends this time of year — are better.
But not by much. DePaola talks of opening several more locations early next year.
That's good news to those, like me, who can't live without doughnuts.
Somehow I will have to for a year. But work, as I quickly made clear on Twitter, doesn't count.
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It's not quite up there with conspiracy theories about the
John F. Kennedy assassination or the "overdose" death of Marilyn Monroe, but it's
a theory nonetheless. Some Man United supporters are wondering if Alex Ferguson
was persuaded by club ownership or upper management to retire. I suppose
anything's possible. Listen to the video to make up your own mind.
It is a bit odd that Ferguson recently wrote in United's program against Chelsea that he hopes to manage the team for another year or two and then a week later announced he was stepping down. Doing it with just two games to go in the season is also a little strange. It appears that he's changed his mind almost overnight.
But perhaps with the upcoming hip replacement operation looming he just feels it's the right time to say goodbye. Also, according to statistics, Ferguson has managed United for 1498 games and his last game in charge will make an even 1,500. Perhaps this was some sort of goal he set for himself?
It could be possible that the club wanted to make sure it secured David Moyes as a replacement before he signed with somebody else. With Moyes' contract being up at the end of June he may have signed a new long-term deal with Everton or may have signed elsewhere. If Ferguson retired after two more years in charge they may have not been able to get Moyes at that time.
But if Ferguson was more or less pushed out of his job, the Glazers must have known they would take a hit on the stock market. After Ferguson made the announcement United shares reportedly fell 4.5 per cent in New York.
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So, regardless of your political orientation, it is time to heed the call for energy independence. Global warming and all humanitarian concerns aside, our own lifestyles and prosperity demand it.
For nearly 100 years, energy policy in this country has been based on large-scale production and use. The benefits of this are obvious. We have the most available and cheapest energy in the world — for now. The downside is that a worldwide scale is not conducive to the personal and local changes needed to re-establish our energy independence. Big companies, like big ships, don't change direction quickly.
Fortunately, new technologies allow us each to create energy where we use it and to share it over the grid. We are lucky that New Jersey legislators have done a fine job of encouraging the development of various alternative-energy initiatives that foster energy independence here in our state. Happily the private sector, made up of individuals and local enterprises, is ready to run with this opportunity. Hundreds of solar, wind and bio-fuel installations have been built in our state over the last few years.
We could have thousands or tens of thousands of profitable local power producers, but under the state Board of Public Utilities' misguided interpretation of our state laws, local electrical power generation is limited in many cases to the amount used at the place the power is created. This arbitrary limitation is counter to our national, state and personal goals, because it severely limits our ability to achieve energy independence.
On the other hand, it does maintain the monopoly of the grid owners over power generation.
Unfortunately, the utilities and the BPU are one single large ship and, as I said, turning really big ships is not easy.
Our state could contribute so much more to energy independence if the BPU would simply interpret the law as written to give individuals and businesses a bit more independence from our utilities.
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People have called me a lot of things over the year, but "bracketologist" hasn't been one of them. The rest can't be printed.
I have, however, had a moderate rate of success when it comes to analyzing the brackets.
Granted, I haven't won an actual pool since the O'Bannon Bros. were playing for UCLA, but if nothing else, I provide a unique perspective. And by unique, I mean disturbing-bordering-on-profane.
That's why I'll be hosting the first of what hopefully will be many live Internet chats on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until everyone decides that they've had enough.
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As it turns out, despite her hockey references in her songs over the years, it doesn't look like Edwards can really skate,
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Bollywood celebs take to the micro-blogging site to offer their condolence
New Delhi Bollywood artists Abhishek Bachchan, Shekhar Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar, Diya Mirza and author Shobhaa De condoled the passing of music maestro Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on Monday, saying his music will live on forever in their hearts.
Singers, actors and musicians took to social networking site Twitter to mourn the death of the 88-year-old legend, who died at a Pune hospital due to old age related ailments.
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Abhishek Bachchan: Very sad to hear the news of the passing of Pandit Bhimsen joshi. RIP (rest in peace)
Shekhar Kapur: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away. Those of us lucky to have heard him live will never ever forget.
Madhur Bhandarkar: Loss of Bharat Ratna Sh. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi ji... So Saddening. An irreparable loss for our nation... R.I.P.
Shobhaa De: How lucky are the gods in heaven - Bhimsen Joshi will be singing for them. Those of us who heard him live, are truly blessed. Angel of Music, RIP.
Shreya Ghoshal: Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away... May his soul rest in peace. His voice echoes...
Riteish Deshmukh: Bharat Ratna in true sense - the greatest Indian classical singer Bhimsen Joshi. It's a big loss to the Indian classical and cultural heritage.
Dia Mirza: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. You will live forever in your songs. I was introduced to you in school and I will make sure my children know you.
Anupam Kher: Bhimsen Joshi mesmerized the world for decades with his Voice. Now it is time for gods to be mesmerized. Will miss him. RIP.
Swanand Kirkire: Bharat Ratna Pandit BhImsen Joshi...Shastriya sangeet ke ek swarnim adhyaay ki samapti !! Shraddhanjali!! (The end of a golden era in Indian classical music. Tributes!)
Vishal Dadlani: Saw an eight-hour concert of his once. Consider myself fortunate and blessed. RIP Panditji. Music will miss you. God has taken back one his most precious gift. When you sing for him, maybe he'll forgive some of mankind's flaws.
Kailash Kher: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's sad demise. I pray to the Almighty to give him place in his own heart, and he attains Moksha (salvation).
Sophie Choudhry: Thank you god for blessing us with his great presence!He is in a better place now but will live on in our hearts forever. R.I.P Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Aftab Shivdasani: A music great Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passed away.. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
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I've always been afraid of snowmobiles. Once, while I was walking through a pedestrian walkway on my way home from school, two snowmobiles came roaring down the path (illegally, I'm sure), and I reacted the only way I knew how: I threw my backpack over the fence and then scrambled over myself. Only after the roar of the engines died away in the distance did I notice my best friend standing calmly and rationally on the snowbank at the side of the walkway, rolling her eyes at me in disgust.
During my first marriage, snowmobiles became a point of contention. My position was that (a) we don't have $4000 to spend on a snowmobile, (b) if you choose to borrow $4000 to buy a snowmobile, you need to tell me about it and not keep it a secret for two weeks, and (c) once you reveal the existence of the snowmobile, you really can't expect me to ride it – not, at least, if you've ever met me before and thus realize that the only thing I hate more than fast-moving machinery is being frozen on a fast-moving machine.
I always considered it shallow and unreasonable of then-husband to expect me to accompany him on his various camping, bungee-jumping, and snowmobiling excursions. I had never pretended to be an outdoorsy or athletic type, and I couldn't see why it mattered. Since then, I've realized that it did matter: for him, these peak experiences were not mere hobbies – they were essential to his well-being; they made him feel fully alive, and it was important the he be able to share such experiences with his partner. Long conversations over a candlelit dinner just weren't going to cut it for him.
Since anniversaries are a time to reflect on the state of one's marriage, I've been thinking about the currencies of marriage – the habits and activities that promote a sense of intimacy. I think I've always measured my relationships with family, friends, romantic partners in terms of word-count: talking is the currency my heart most readily recognizes. And this goes back a long way, to the days when the purpose of liking a boy was to have secrets to whisper at sleep-overs, to create an inner circle of girlfriends to whom such top-secret information could be entrusted. In the same way, my relationship with my mother was negotiated over the dishes: each night after supper when I picked up the tea towel, the problems of my day would be dissected, analyzed, put into their proper place. It was a comforting (and one-sided) ritual of talking and listening; our hands were busy and our tongues wagged freely.
In my dating relationships (all two of them), the qualities I sought were similarly conversational: I was looking for someone who would converse with me about books and politics and religion (and I underestimated the extent to which an interest in such subjects might be feigned by someone whose ultimate goal was less, um, verbal). After my first date with the ex-husband, I reported to my diary the topics of conversation covered: "At the end, he went on a tangent about how everyone is different and you have to know what will make you happy, which is why he's learning to play the drums, and that got a little tedious, but other than that, here's what we talked about: (1) Italy, (2) alcohol, (3) hockey, (4) the crisis at Oka, (5) school, (6) writing, (7) the secret of happiness."
Early-relationship conversation has to be its own genre, I think, incorporating several features that are no longer typical in the later, more comfortable, years:
- Showing Off: This is the kind of conversation that is designed to display one's intelligence, incisiveness, and wit. References to books and movies abound; ideally, one combines the arcane with the popular, analyzing the Nietzschean politics of Survivor, for instance, or the faulty theology of Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss," so as to seem well-read yet ironic.
- Mutual Discovery: As Harry puts it in When Harry Met Sally, this is the part where "she tells you all her stories, you tell her your stories." (For Harry, the story-exchange occurs post-coitally, which is why he panicked after having sex with Sally – what do you say to a woman you've just had sex with if you've already heard all her stories?)
- Compliments: Ah, the wonderful language of compliments. I understand that there are some husbands who continue to compliment their wives even after the initial getting-to-know you period is over. Fortunately for me, I have a husband of exceptional foresight who warned me in advance that he hates to repeat himself, so once he had comprehensively complimented every aspect of my appearance and personality, the well would run dry. In this he spoke nothing but the truth (and luckily, I wrote all his compliments down for future reference).
To return to Harry's question, though, what do you talk about once you already know one another's stories? When all the compliments have been paid, and when the need to show off has blessedly subsided, what is left for a husband and wife to say to one another?
Without including the words exchanged for purely utilitarian purposes ("Do I need to pick up anything for supper?" "Did Bub have a nap this afternoon?" "Don't forget to put extra soothers in the Pie's crib."), I would estimate that around 60% of my conversation with my husband revolves around the children: their sweet and winning ways, their latest milestones, their status as evidence of our amazing genetic compatibility. (About a year ago, I asked hubby to come up with a new compliment. It took him a few days, but he finally managed it: If I died, he said, he'd be reluctant to have more children with his second wife, because once you've found the perfect genetic combination, you really don't want to mess with it. Technically, that's not a compliment for me so much as for (a) the children and (b) my DNA, but I'm willing to take what I can get.)
The other 40% divides as follows: me boring him with talk about blogging (20%); him boring me with talk about comic books/card games/movies about comic book heroes (10%); fun conversations on topics of mutual interest (10%). Ten percent seems like a fairly low number, really. Clearly we need a few more shared topics of conversation. The return of the fall television schedule should be a good start; even better would be a few social gatherings that would produce the kind of gossipy post-analysis that we used to indulge in with so much enjoyment. One of the hazards of procreation is that our social life is conducted separately: I go out to the spa with my blogging buddies, he goes to the Versus tournament with his crew. When we do go out together, it's for a romantic dinner that, far from providing conversation fodder, simply highlights the lack of it.
So what do you talk about with your spouse? Any ideas for a conversation-deprived wife?


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