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GLASTONBURY (04/17/2012) -- When I was younger, I was just going through the motions. Every Sunday, I'd get dressed up and attend Sunday school. I'd read the passages in my beginner's Bible, accompanied by many colorful illustrations. I memorized the Lord's Prayer, and recited it on cue. I followed the practices, but there was no meaning in anything I did.
As I got older, I struggled with my faith, trying to find the answers to my questions, but there was so much I didn't understand. It was hard for me to see past the sadness and sorrow that I had experienced in my life. I felt as if everything I was practicing was pointless, and had no effect on the many loved ones in my life that had passed. Is God really hearing my prayers?
I felt alone and discouraged, not knowing where to turn, lost in my doubts, when my faith journey took an unexpected turn for the better when I became a member of the Congregational Church UCC in South Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Becoming a part of the South Church community was one of the best decisions I could have made, and it completely changed my perspective. South Church provided me with the opportunity to deeply discuss my thoughts and concerns, to explore possible answers to my questions, and to strengthen my faith. I've undergone so many life-changing experiences since joining this community, from mission trips to "Wednesday school" discussions, to my whole confirmation year. When I was asked why the church matters, I thought of one defining moment that truly portrayed the answer for me.
As a part of confirmation, we were assigned the task of creating a "life map" that showed five distinct moments where we saw God in our lives. As the weeks went on and people presented, I never would have expected how personal and emotional the process would be. Our classmates poured their hearts and souls out to us, sharing their struggles and deepest darkest secrets.
My heart ached as I sat and listened to the pain and misfortune my friends had been going through. I could not believe how courageous and open they were to our class. There was so much trust and love that encompassed the room, and even though I completely broke down while giving my presentation, I knew that I was in a safe and supporting environment. These people truly cared about me, and from that day on, I considered them my family.
The church matters to me because it fulfills me and everything I do. I've become a part of a new, loving family, who supports me in all that I do. I've received so much wisdom and guidance in my times of need, even when it's not requested.
South Church means everything and more to me, and my life has changed because of it. I am a part of a big happy family that wants nothing more than for me to succeed, and it's the best feeling in the world.
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KALAMAZOO, MI — Wings Stadium, which is also home to "The Annex" and "The Cube," announced Tuesday that the complex will host its annual Halloween Spooky Skate from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26.
The Spooky Skate will give the community a chance to skate on the same Orange Ice that the Jr. K-Wings and K-Wings will play on the following day.
The Wings Stadium staff is also encouraging people to come dressed in their Halloween costumes, as the K-Wings mascot, Slappy will be on hand to present the prize for best costume.
Admission is $6 and includes the Spooky Skate; individuals that need skates can rent them for only $3.
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Environmental group the Sierra Club and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop today applauded President Obama's proposal to cut carbon pollution at the nation's power plants by 30 percent by 2030.
In a joint press release, the Sierra Club and Fulop said the plan will "clean up the industries that create the lion's share of carbon pollution in our county." The new safeguards will protect communities, spur innovation and strengthen the economy, the statement reads.
"We know firsthand in Jersey City the effects that climate disruption has had on our community and we commend President Obama and the EPA for this important proposal," Fulop said. "Policies that require these industries to reduce carbon pollution will not only benefit the health and well-being of our residents, they will have lasting impact for generations to come."
Obama's plan, if implemented, could lead to the closures of hundreds of power plants. The president is making the move by executive order.
"These life-saving protections could not come at a more critical time," said Christine Guhl-Sadovy, Sierra Club organizing representative. "We now look forward to a strong state implementation plan to protect New Jersey and urge Gov. Christie to be a leader for clean air, healthy children and a strong economy."
Fulop is scheduled to speak at a screening of a portion of "Years of Living Dangerously," a nine-part Showtime documentary on climate change, at New Jersey City University on Tuesday, June 10 at 7 p.m.


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On Monday, the Kentucky Republican once again prevented a vote on a bill that would extend eligibility for enhanced unemployment benefits and subsidized health insurance for laid-off workers by 30 days.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) asked for unanimous consent to move forward with the bill.
"Six times last week, Democrats asked to extend their unemployment benefits for a short time while they work on a longer extension," Reid said. "Six times, Republicans said no."
Make that seven.
After Reid spoke, Bunning raised his objection and blamed the Democrats for failing to extend benefits with an earlier bill that Reid scrapped. He repeated his insistence that the Senate not add an additional $10 billion to the deficit.
When pressed by reporters seeking comment, the Senator from Kentucky became a bit unhinged and refused to answer questions from ABC News about his decision to block a bill extending unemployment benefits.
Even if Senate Democrats get around Bunning and pass an extension this week, some recipients of unemployment benefits could miss a check.
Before last week, workforce agencies in some states were already sending out letters notifying recipients that they would be ineligible for any of the federally-funded "tiers" of additional benefits provided by the stimulus bill. Eligibility for those benefits ended on Feb. 28; the bill under consideration would push the deadline back to April 5.


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It won't exactly be a battle of the bands tonight along the Susquehanna River. More like a confluence of orchestras, one a raucous R&B outfit from Philadelphia, the other a distinctly more sedate ensemble known as the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. Each will be playing free concerts at roughly the same time a few hundred yards apart, with the Urban Guerilla Orchestra launching first, at 7:30 p.m. on the Star Stage in Riverfront Park, just north of Shipoke. HSO will begin its annual program of patriotic music around 8 p.m. on nearby City Island.
There's some question about whether the sound from one venue will be audible at the other, but HSO conductor Stuart Malina doesn't expect a problem with musical cross-contamination. "I think it's much more likely we would hear them than that they would hear us," Malina said. "But I'm not anticipating any trouble. We'll just make the best of it."
Fans wishing to see both headliner acts — and realistically, they may be few in number given the difference in musical styles — have one main option. They can catch the first half hour or so of UGO's rock, jazz and hip-hop, then dash northward and cross the pedestrian bridge that connects park and island, where they can listen to what remains of HSO's violin-fueled program of patriotic music. The HSO show will be followed by fireworks.
It's an awkward situation, because HSO traditionally would the one be playing on the Star Stage instead of UGO. The orchestra has been part of the city's Fourth of July festivities for more than 30 years, but this year will not be participate in what is now known as the Jazz and Multi-Cultural Festival under Mayor Linda Thompson. Instead, the orchestra will be in the middle of the river, gathered around second base in Metro Bank Park, playing to an audience that will be seated in the same stands used to watch Harrisburg Senators baseball games.
The shift is not a question of musical taste by either party, but rather indecision born of fiscal uncertainty for the city and turnover in the Department of Parks and Recreation, which organizes the Jazz and Multi-Cultural Festival. As a result, city and orchestra officials never talked about having HSO play at the festival this year. "We had not heard from the city, and never got a sense one way or the other whether they wanted us or didn't want us," HSO executive director Jeff Woodruff said.
It wasn't clear the festival would be held at all until last month. Only after the city, which is deep in debt and facing financial reorganization under Act 47, was able to find enough sponsors to avoid using any taxpayer dollars did Parks and Recreation Interim Director Brenda Alton get the final go-ahead to hold the event. Among other changes, the festival has been reduced to two days, today and Sunday, rather than the traditional three-day weekend. HSO officials ultimately decided they could not wait on the city and several months ago made their own deal with the Senators team, which is playing out of town today. The Harrisburg concert is one in a series of five free concerts HSO gives annually in central Pennsylvania around the Fourth of July holiday.
Both city and orchestra officials expressed hope this is a temporary separation rather than a divorce. "I don't in any way want to alienate the city," Woodruff said. "We are not mad at them. We were not mistreated by them, and if they want to work with us in the future, we would welcome that."
Bob Philbin, spokesman for Mayor Linda Thompson, said the city "very much wants HSO to be a part of events in the future." He said that by the time Alton got on board at Parks and Recreation, HSO had already made its deal with the Senators. In an e-mail sent to the Patriot-News on Friday in response to questions about the situation, Philbin wrote, "As with other organizations, a request to be part of the program should be sent to the Department (of Parks and Recreation). No preference is given to any organization."


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SAGINAW, MI — A "quick inch" of snow is expected to fall in portions of the Great Lakes Bay Region, reducing visibility for drivers on the morning of Friday, Feb. 22.
Some pockets of moderate to heavy snow will reduce the visibility a half mile or less, particularly from Freeland and Midland westward, according to a statement from the National Weather Service.
"Within these areas, a quick inch of snow can be expected by 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., with lighter amounts further east through 8 am.," according to the statement.
"Drive with care as roads will become snow covered and slick and make travel difficult early this morning."
Snow will fall for three or four hours in Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties, with 2 to 3 inches of accumulation possible along with light freezing drizzle this afternoon, according to the NWS.
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Memorial Parkway overpasses, elevated portions of Interstate 565 and Bankhead Parkway from Gaslight Way to Fearn remained closed throughout the night.
Earlier Saturday, some roadways that were closed in the morning had reopened in the afternoon during a break in the snow and rain.
Only light snow, less than half an inch, was expected overnight and today, and the National Weather Service dropped its winter weather warning, said meteorologist Dana Griffin late Saturday.
Officials urge drivers to be extra careful as overnight temperatures in the 20s may have created icy patches on the wet roadways, and highs today will only be in the lower 30s.
"It will dry," Griffin said, "but it will be a very gradual drying trend."
"If you don't have to travel, don't," said Rusty Russell, director of the Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency. "If you do, be careful."
It was, by far, the heaviest Rocket City snowfall ever to occur on Christmas.
"This is only the second time in our records that Huntsville has recorded snowfall on Christmas Day," said Christina Crowe, a journeyman meteorologist with the NWS.
The first time was in 1989, she said, and was only .83 inches. Saturday's snowfall was double that, with two to four inches falling in some places, according to unofficial measurements.
There has been more snow than this on the ground in Christmases past, Crowe said, but it always fell in the days leading up to the holiday.
The Christmas of 1963, for instance, was certainly white, with more than nine inches on the ground in some places. But that snow had fallen on Dec. 22 and lasted through the holiday.
As far as snow coming down on Christmas Day itself, 2010 sets the new record.
The sun should return on Monday, pushing temperatures into the mid-30s and melting much of that record away.
Authorities reported a number of vehicle accidents Saturday, including some that slid off the roads, but few major problems.
The wet flakes did make for good snowmen, igloos and snowballs, and a number of area residents took advantage of the rare opportunity.
It all seemed like just another present for Jackson Osby of Huntsville, who turns 4 in a few days. He was lying in wait for visitors Christmas morning.
"As soon as we got out of the car he came charging at us with snowballs," said his grandfather, Terry Howser.
The encounter quickly escalated and a friendly family fight broke out in a parking lot of the Paddock Club apartments in the Village of Providence.
"We love it!" said Jackson's aunt, Rachel Osby, alumni director at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
"I like to throw snowballs and make snow angels," Jackson said, starting an energetic litany of things he likes about snow.
"I like to go -" and then he took off on a short run, stopping suddenly to sliiiiiide along the sidewalk.
Julie Gallow was among those who ventured out Saturday afternoon, in her case for a food run to the Waffle House on South Memorial Parkway. She and her husband, Tom, moved here from Atlanta about 7 months ago with their 14-year-old daughter and three dogs to find new jobs. She's still looking for some temporary work, but Tom is now a full-time employee of a dental laboratory.
"It's our first white Christmas," she said.
Being lifetime Southerners, they knew it wouldn't last, Gallow said. So she woke up 14-year-old Jessica before doing anything else Saturday morning.
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ST. CHARLES transfers filed Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Primrose Drive 1250, Unit 32. ARE Ventures LLC to Charles W. Alley Jr, $$155,000.
Ormond Meadows Drive 41. Phu Van Le to Tommy Scott III, $119,500.
Ormond Meadow 323B. Federal National Mortgage Association to Vernice Simon, $41,700.
Dunleith Drive 261. JP Morgan Chase Bank to Federal National Mortgage Association $184,149.93.
Keller Acres subdivision, lots 17 and 18. Susan Arcement and others to Ruben J. Madere, $155,000.
Lac Calcasieu Drive 410. Messinger Homes LLC to Ugo A. Fernandez, $70,000.
Milling Ave. 412. Lionel J. Troxler, Jr. and Marcia B. Troxler to Keith P. Truxillo, $90,000.
Asphodel Drive 137. Perry L. Branch and Jeni S. Branch to Daniel M. McMillan and Randi G. McMillan, $249,500.
East Easy St. 806. First National Bank to Gregorio Burgess and DeShawn K. Burgess, $82,000.
Bayou Gauche Road 510, lot 1. James T. Dufrene Jr. and Barbara W. Dufrene to Gary M. Simoneaux Jr, $225,000.
River Oaks subdivision, block ,D, lot 8. McClendon Real Estate Development LLC to Jennifer M. Hahn, $80,000.
Legend Oaks 325. Kristopher J. Donnaud and Kourtne D. Donnaud to Aaron B. Breaux and Michelle N. Breaux, $50,000.
Almedia Plantation subdivision, square 6, lots 129-133. First Baptist Church of St. Rose to John C. Andrews and Rhonda A. Andrews, $25,000.
Location unavailable, lot 99. Homesales Inc. to Percy A. Richner, $70,000.
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Trellis restaurant's Chef Scheehser wins award
Six of the country's most exciting chefs and food service professionals representing an array of culinary styles and backgrounds will be honored this May as part of the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program.
The award winner for fine dining restaurants was Chef Brian Scheehser of Trellis restaurant in Kirkland.
Sponsored by Pro*Act LLC, and now in its fifth year, the program honors chefs and their companies for their innovative and influential use of fresh produce in the culinary arts. The United Fresh Produce Association will formally recognize the six winners at United Fresh 2012, the association's annual convention and expo in Dallas, May 1-3.
The six winners were selected from nearly 120 nominations submitted by produce companies and food service operations across North America.
A panel of produce and foodservice industry leaders reviewed each nominee's demonstrated incorporation of fresh produce into menu development, use of protocols for correct storage and handling of produce, leadership in produce related community service and special events and recognition by their company and industry peers.
The six winners, along with an executive from their company, will attend United Fresh 2012 in Dallas. All six winners will participate in panel session, Top Chefs! Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award Winners that will take place at 3 p.m. May 2. For those not able to attend, a recording of the session will be posted on UnitedFresh.TV.
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Allard Auctions pecializing in the sale and auction of Native American artifacts.
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Auction Date: August 15, 2009
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City says fight against tolling on I-90 is yielding results
The city believes that it has made positive steps toward stopping tolling on I-90.
After the City Council agreed to a comprehensive work plan earlier this year with a $150,000 budget, the city began working on blocking the tolling proposal on several fronts.
The city hired outside attorneys and lobbyists to work with government officials to insist that a hard look must be taken regarding the impacts of tolls on Islanders and to demand that other sources of revenue for finishing SR-520 be fully explored before turning to tolls.
City officials are pleased to report that a full EIS will now be part of the process.
A bill initiated by Sen. Steve Litzow and supported by Rep. Judy Clibborn, which requires a full Environmental Impact Statement on the tolling proposal, passed the Legislature prior to the end of the regular session.
The city has also reached out to other cities that will be affected by tolling.
To that regard, the city produced a 'Regional Tolling Study' letter sent to Seattle, Bellevue and other communities, as well as three states and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), asking that tolling be studied in a systemwide manner and alternative funding options be explored.
Via email, City Councilman Dan Grausz updated Islanders recently about the progress of the Island effort.
"There have been many encouraging developments that you should be aware of in the city's efforts to prevent unfair tolls on Interstate 90," he said. "We are in a very different place now than we were only a few months ago."
One effect of the new law that will require a comprehensive EIS is that such a study will likely not be completed until the end of 2014 or even 2015.
"Until that EIS is completed, there cannot be any decision to implement tolling," Grausz wrote.
Another positive development is the banding together of other communities that will be affected by I-90 tolling, Grausz said.
"We have been able to get the public support of almost every Puget Sound local government for a comprehensive study that will look at options to I-90 tolling as part of an analysis of regional transportation projects and needs," the Councilman wrote.
"While some of these governments do support tolling, they all recognize that the state's proposal is not the way forward and that funding for regional transportation needs cannot be done on a piecemeal basis," Grausz said.
The city also continues to work with the Federal Highway Administration through legal consultants and a lobbyist.
It will be expensive. Treat acknowledged that the original $150,000 set aside for the work plan has now been spent.
But Grausz remains optimistic.
"What this shows is that with the right policies, with dedicated, professional and qualified people, with a willingness to talk with others and not at them, with a policy of always seeking to find common ground with our regional partners, and with the conviction of our beliefs, we can make progress to ensure that people living and working on Mercer Island are not the victims of unfair tolling," he said.
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Employees at Omega Photo to exhibit their own work
A new photo exhibit at Omega Photo feature work from the employees that work there. Each employee has a piece of work that displays their style as they view their world through the eyes of the lens.
If manipulating photos through Photo Shop is your thing, you'll see an interesting example of turning an ordinary photo into something extraordinary. Landscape and lightening blasting through the skies of Montana are on display along with some great humor, off the wall sort of photos and classic photography.
Featuring the work of their employees is something Larry Meece and Barbara Klempnow of Omega Photo take a lot of pride in.
"Our employees understand what it takes to produce good photos," explains Klempnow.
Omega Photo is located at 1100 Bellevue Way NE. The store is open from 9:30 a.m. to 7b p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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The Baldwin Business Council, a local business referral group with members throughout Baldwin and Mobile counties, is sponsoring The BBC OPEN Charity Golf Tournament at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at Lake Forest Golf Club in Daphne.
The four-player scramble golf tournament will benefit The Shoulder, a 501(c)3 nonprofit substance abuse treatment center with outpatient services for both men and women located in Spanish Fort and Foley. The Shoulder has the only residential treatment center for men in Baldwin County and operates mainly on donations. Organizers of the BBC OPEN are seeking players, sponsors and donations for the charity event.
The cost for players is $100 per player or $360 per team, which covers course fees, golf cart, range balls, lunch, door prizes, awards etc., silent auction and raffle. Hole sponsorships start at $150 (18-inch golf ball sign), $300 (24-inch golf ball sign), tournament sponsorships start at $500 (name on tournament board) up to $10,000 (main title sponsor).
All fees, sponsorships and donations are tax-deductible.
The BBC OPEN offers a wide range of contests prior to and during the tournament: putting contest prior, closest-to-the-pin, longest drive and four hole in ones during the tournament. The hole-in-one opportunities have great prizes attached: Hole No. 13, $30,000 Ford F-150 Truck; Hole No. 17, $5,000 store credit; Hole No. 9, $5,000 cash; and Hole No. 4, $5,000 entertainment system.
For more information or to register, sponsor or donate visit www.BBCOpen.com or call 251-229-9990 or 251-622-8402.
Submitted by Tom Malone, BBC OPEN chairman


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NEW YORK -- Wacky witches, scary skeletons and masked madmen took over the streets on Thursday as tens of thousands of people marched in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.
A light drizzle didn't stop curious onlookers and wildly dressed marchers from strutting their stuff along Manhattan's Sixth Avenue in the annual parade, which was canceled last year due to Superstorm Sandy and was put on this year only after an emergency online fundraising campaign netted more than $50,000 in donations.
Opera singer Melanie Gall, wearing an all-black witch costume, complete with a pointy hat, said the parade was a chance for New Yorkers "to really show off."
"Tonight is our chance to walk the red carpet," Gall said.
The fanciful nighttime parade has been going on for 40 years and maintains its small-town feel: Anyone who shows up in a costume can participate.
That's what banker Andy Padre did, when he helped craft lederhosen out of $3 table cloths for himself and a dozen friends.
"This is what makes New York unique," Padre said as his crew sang "The Sound of Music" show tunes and cruised along the parade route on Citi Bike cycles.
As in years past, there were plenty of hockey mask-wearing Jasons from the horror flick "Friday the 13th" and variations of the blood-soaked zombie. But some new costumes emerged to reflect the times: Many people dressed as Walter White, the fictional high school chemistry teacher turned meth producer from the hit AMC series "Breaking Bad."
Organizer Jeanne Fleming said the parade was revived this year after 900 donors shelled out cash to the group's online Kickstarter campaign, which raised $55,000.
"We found the people who think of community," she said. "That felt really good to us. They were committed to helping us do it. They think beyond themselves. They think, 'This matters for my city, and I'm going to step up.'"
The event started in 1973 with a puppeteer marching with his family and grew into an event that draws thousands of spectators and is televised.
Ben Lemerle, a carpenter who on Thursday was manipulating one of the 12-foot skeleton puppets that have become a staple of the event, said the crowd's energy was especially electric this year, after the Sandy and money woes.
"You can really feel it," he said. "People are really excited."
About 50 music groups, from steel drums to marching bands, provided the soundtrack to Thursday's march, and television host Kelly Ripa acted as grand marshal.
A slightly stunned Abi Sales, visiting from Nottingham, England, watched the revelers from a prime spectator's spot.
"It's a little bit mental," Sales said. "It's amazing. We really have nothing like this."


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• Travis Ford:
On the Minutemen's energy boost: "The energy level, the sense of urgency, the understanding of what they had to do to win, was at the highest level we've had."
On Gary Forbes' big night (26 points, 13 rebounds): "Gary played the hardest I think he's ever played. He was very focused. And he showed what he's capable of doing, as far as going out and literally willing our team to a victory."
• Chris Lowe & Etienne Brower:
Lowe (21 points, 6 assists) on UMass outrebounding and outmuscling the Rams: "Rhode Island is known for their physicality... we just kept fighting and fighting."
Lowe on the team's attitude: "Coach Ford's been preaching that he thinks we've been playing tentative and scared and not having fun. So he told us to go out there, he said, for the rest of the season... just go out there and have fun. If you make mistakes, you make mistakes."
Lowe on Brower: "Etienne was just an animal on the boards. I'm just surprised he got that many 'cause he's goofy."
Brower on his 17 rebounds: "When C-Lowe shoots bricks, somebody's got to get 'em..."
• Gary Forbes:
On playing with Danny Ainge on the sidelines: "I seen him. Definitely did. I couldn't help but notice him, but I wasn't really focused on that."
On taking a looser approach: "I've got eight games left in the regular season of my college career -- I'm trying to play as hard as I can and have fun with it."
• Rhode Island Coach Jim Baron:
On the difficulty of guarding Chris Lowe: "He's very athletic, he breaks you down and creates problems. You've got to play off him."


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Holiday Inn, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence. Irish American Archives Society "Walks of Life" award dinner. Cash-bar reception before dinner. 6 p.m. $75. 216-941-5727.
Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus, 11000 Pleasant Valley Road, Parma. Walk-in tax assistance. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 30. 216-987-5000.
St. Michael's Woodside, 5025 E. Mill Road, Broadview Heights. Padua Franciscan High School Parents Club spring fashion show. Lunch, fashion, 50/50 and Chinese raffles. Noon-3 p.m. $30. 216-642-9499.
Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive, Independence. Independence Art Guild. Sophie Cayless discusses scratch-board painting. 7:30 p.m. March 12. Members $6, non-members $8. 216-524-1045.
Busch Community Room, 7501 Ridge Road, Parma. Antique Collectors Club. Program: A history of wind-up toys. 7 p.m. March 14. 440-845-7046.
3 Summit Building, 3 Summit Park Drive, Independence. Independence Primary School PTO spring kids resale and bake sale. Early bird sale starts at 8 a.m.; admission $5. General sale runs 9 a.m. to noon; admission $1. March 16. 216-447-0402 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Parmatown Mall, 7793 W. Ridgewood Drive, Parma. Meet the Easter Bunny with Q104. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. March 16. 440-887-2641 or parmatown.com.
Send Calendar listings to email@example.com, fax to 216-986-2380 or mail to Jarrod Zickefoose at Sun News, 5510 Cloverleaf Parkway, Cleveland 44125.


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A 102-year-old Tauranga man kicked off the general election in Tauranga yesterday as the first person to cast an advanced vote in the Tauranga electorate.
Jim Owen had voted in every election since his 21st birthday and yesterday arrived 40 minutes early to the communal area in his rest home to cast his 28th vote.
"If there was something good on TV I might forget," Mr Owen said, explaining his eagerness.
It was quick and easy for him to decide, having voted for the same party, National, for the past 81 years.
"I've known what to do for 100 years," he said.
The Electoral Commission was undertaking advanced voting at all the care homes in the area for staff, residents and visitors which began yesterday at Cedar Manor.
Mr Owen had always been very interested in politics, spending a lot of his time after he left school canvassing for the National Party with his dad.
He had also worked as an election scrutineer, observing and monitoring the voting process.
More than 80 years experience had taught him to look beyond the dirty politics.
"It shouldn't make any difference to the election because people should be voting on things like the economy not all the dirt that's floating around."
Voting was very important for every New Zealander, he said, and he hoped people would stop and take the time to think about it.
"Everybody should vote. Then, when you have a Government, you can't complain which one you've got."
However, he left the decision up to the other residents at his Cedar Manor home yesterday.
"They're old enough to please themselves," he joked.
Mr Owen said he watched both New Zealand and Australian Parliament TV to keep learning, despite the arguments between MPs.
"That's where you learn things or I'd get bored.
"They try to score points against each other, especially Winston Peters."
Mr Owen was feeling confident of MP Simon Bridges and the National Party heading into the 2014 election.
"The way I look at it, if you do change the Government then what's the alternative?"
Anyone could cast an advanced vote starting yesterday leading up to election day on Saturday, September 20.
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By Dave Wagner
Because of an ankle injury to teammate Reggie Wallace, Eastern New Mexico University's Jolen Montoya has played extended minutes at point guard at the start of the season.
The graduate of Espanola Valley High School in northern New Mexico has taken advantage of the opportunity, averaging 17 points and shooting 67 percent from the field (10-of-15) as the Greyhounds split their first two games. He's played 67 of a possible 80 minutes.
Still, he said he won't mind seeing Wallace back in action this weekend when the Hounds travel to Topeka, Kan., for the Washburn Holiday Classic.
"Reggie's a real critical part of our team," said the 5-foot-9 Montoya, a transfer from Neosho County (Kan.) Community College. "He's as quick and fast as anybody I've ever seen, and I've had to guard him in practice.
"His coming back will be a real positive for us."
Injuries have hampered the Hounds to this point, but they erased a 13-point deficit in the final 10 minutes to pull out a 72-67 road win over Adams State on Saturday night at Alamosa, Colo.
"We didn't play very good interior defense in the second half, but we found a way to win," said Montoya, who hit 6-of-9 field goals (including 4-of-6 from 3-point range) and converted all six free throws against the Grizzlies.
His only down side so far is the fact that he has 11 turnovers in two games.
"I think I've done good," Montoya said. "I've just tried to thread the ball into places where it can't go. The people we've played are so quick, and before you know it the ball's going the other way."
ENMU coach Shawn Scanlan called Montoya's outing at ASC "a quality performance," adding that he was one of several who stepped up in the clutch.
"First of all, Jolen's tough and he's really competitive," Scanlan said. "But he can also hit some big shots for us, as he showed Saturday night.
"He just needs to do a little better job of taking care of the ball."
With difficult games against Fort Hays State and possibly Washburn looming this weekend, the win over Adams provided a needed boost.
"It was (a good win) from the standpoint of this group figuring out how to come back from adverse circumstances," Scanlan said. "It did show a little bit of character."


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Andrew Dennis is living his dream.
The former Huntsville High star has been a minor league baseball player for a week, after being drafted in the 37th round of last month's MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is now playing for the short-season, Single-A Jamestown (N.Y.) Jammers of the New York/Penn League.
"It's awesome," the 20-year-old Dennis said in a phone interview today. "I love it. It's something I've always wanted to do."
Dennis hit a single-season school record 18 homers to lead Huntsville High to the AHSAA Class 6A state baseball title and spent the last two seasons at Wallace-Hanceville Community College. Now, he's chasing his baseball dreams.
"In school, you might have a test at 8 a.m., and that's what you're worried about," he said. "Now, you don't have that. Baseball is your job now.
"I just felt like it was the right time" to turn pro, Dennis added. "Everybody I talked to said that if you got this opportunity to take it. It only comes around once. That's what I did."
He signed with UAB, but opted for pro ball instead of continuing in his college career. He called it "a huge decision."
Dennis joined the Jammers July 4 and immediately moved into the lineup, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He hasn't played since, saying he's been busy becoming acquainted with the team's pitchers, learning the team's signals, and learning how to become a pro.
He said Single-A players earn $1,100 per month.
"At the end of the day, I got the opportunity to do something not a lot of people get to do," Dennis said. "I decided to take it. I'm trying to make the best of it."


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9 - Error on zoning
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Entering any instanced area, or hearthstoning
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected output is nothing, instead you get an lua error
What version of the product are you using?
errr, v1.5 (latest) i think. Have also tried many versions of libquixote as well.
Do you have an error log of what happened?
Hi there, getting an error message with this lib, used in Quest Progress Sounds.
[2009/09/05 13:43:24-4148-x1]: LibQuixote-2.0-90076:353: attempt to index field '?' (a boolean value) LibQuixote-2.0-90076:115: in function <...ProgressSound\Libs\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0.lua:114
Please provide any additional information below.
Seems to be a common issue, and a google search shows the error up in numerous quest addons, but they all link to the lib as the cause of the error.
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passionh Nov 29, 2009 at 21:03 UTC - 0 likes1) What steps will reproduce the problem? First login of the day creates this error and eventually hearthing or portaling into or out of zones creates a LUA error 2) What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected is no error at all. I don't see anything in any mods affected directly but I'm sure something under the hood is not working with any mod that uses this library. See question #4 below 3) What version of the product are you using? # A: r82 for 3.2.0 on 12 Aug 2009 4) Do you have an error log of what happened? Yes, here it is: Date: 2009-11-27 07:19:34 ID: -1 Error occured in: Global Count: 1 Message: ...Ons\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0.lua line 357: attempt to index field '?' (a boolean value) Debug: [C]: ? ...Ons\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0.lua:357: ?() ...Ons\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0.lua:119: ...Ons\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0\LibQuixote-2.0.lua:118 5) Please provide any additional information below. Sometimes logging in or portaling gives this error and sometimes it doesn't. I do not how to reproduce this error 100% of the time but it mainly shows itself when first logging in and when taking a portal from city to city or from instance to city.Last edited Nov 29, 2009 by passionh
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SC Life is currently formatting a curriculum of natural history based lesson plans. Below you will find two samples:
Myrtle Beach Wildfire
Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
We continuously develop lesson plans highlighting various aspects of South Carolina flora and fauna with the help of teachers and scientists that have previously participated in SC Life courses. These lesson plans address state curriculum standards designed specifically for middle school students, however, they can also be applied to standards from other grades.
The following is a list of select lesson plans available along with student handouts, teacher supplements, and a slide show (requires PowerPoint to open) featuring public domain images to use along with the lesson plans. The lesson plans, student handouts, and teacher supplements require Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to download. If you do not already have Adobe Reader, you can download it for free, just click here and follow the prompts.
SC Life materials are available for use only in non-profit educational activities. Any other uses, including activities involving fees for instruction and/or materials, must receive permission from the SC Life Project Director.
Introduction to Adult Insects and Their Adaptations
Adaptations to the Environment: A Living Fossil - the American Horseshoe Crab
Aquatic Insects Found in Mountain Streams and Their Adaptations
Mammal Teeth and Skulls - Adaptations and Identification
Using Abiotic and Biotic Parameters to Monitor Water Quality: A Field Experiment


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Han Woo-Ri Festival delayed until Spring
Han Woo-Ri, the annual Korean sports and culture festival, will tentatively take place in May 2009 instead of its usual September timeframe, said Patrick Doherty, Federal Way's economic development director.
The festival's organizers were unable to schedule the next Han Woo-Ri this fall due to lack of time for planning as well as conflicting events in the area, Doherty said. The festival, held at The Commons mall in years past, features traditional dancing, crafts, games, sports, music and food as well as family activities.
Memorial service at CFC will honor fire chief
The Christian Faith Center will host a memorial service on Aug. 7 for Dan Packer, the fire chief who died in the line of duty fighting fires in California. He was also a member of CFC. Call (206) 779-3703 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Go Green event features free concert
Federal Way's Go Green or Go Home Team, a group of youth who aim to increase environmental awareness, will host a free benefit concert at noon Aug. 15 in the parking lot at The Commons mall.
Bands including New Heights, Push Push Pull and Sirens in the Sky will perform. For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
Preschool open house
The Federal Way Co-op Preschool will host an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave. S. in Auburn. The school is now enrolling children ages 2 through 5. Call (253) 486-7949.
Master Gardener program on Aug. 21
King County residents interested in the Master Gardener program are invited to an informational meeting to learn more about the program before they submit their application. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 at the King County Regional Library, 34200 1st Way S., Federal Way.
Elaine Anderson, King County Master Gardener Program Coordinator, will outline what Master Gardeners do, the training available to them, the application process, and what the program looks for applicants.
Training classes will be held on Tuesdays from Jan. 13 through March 31. To learn more, visit http://king.wsu.edu/gardening/BecomeaMG/ or e-mail email@example.com. Also call (253) 838-4713.
Home-school news
Academy Northwest, a private school extension program, is accepting enrollments for the 2008-2009 school year. The non-profit organization works with families who are home-schooling their children. Call (800) 877-4586.
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Catwalk show on water – well, sort of
From the organisers who staged catwalk shows on the London Tower Bridge and Malaysia's Petronas Towers Skybridge comes a much anticipated runway presentation of nine emerging fashion houses, including the UAE's own Muazan, at the end of this month.
J Model Management is showcasing new fashion talents from France, USA, Austria, Spain, Poland, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and the UAE for the international J Summer Fashion Show on the 30th July 2012 on the Seine, Paris.
The grand 60 metre long catwalk will be held on none other than the river's largest glass boat, Le Jean Bruel, cruising through Paris hot spots including The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Louvre, and Grand Palais des Champs Elysees.
With a vision of developing a whole new fashion show experience, Jessica Minh Anh will create the illusion that the models are walking on water, by arranging for guests to sit facing the multi-facetted glass windows surrounding Le Jean Bruel.
Thanks to a 360 degree view from the boat, the world's architectural masterpieces along the Seine and the 37 bridges will become a natural backdrop for the grand catwalk.
The J Summer Fashion Show will start at 7:30pm on the 30th July 2012 with a glamorous VIP entrance before the highly expected one hour catwalk, end with a press conference and an exclusive two hour VIP networking party.
Participating brands, besides Mauzan, include America's leading swimwear brand Verano High, Spanish fashion house Chula, Paris's luxurious boutique Les Folies De, Polish creative talent Bitru Fariel, Filipino couture designer Joyce Pilarsky, Austrian fashion house Rosbora, Malaysia's representative Limkokwing, and Vietnamese celebrity designer Hoang Hai.


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Blue Jays closer Janssen speaks out
On the deadline…
"For us not to do anything, most of us had some ideas that we were going to
improve this club a little bit. It's unfortunate we didn't. At the same time, we just have to do what we have to do to win games and try to find ways to get into the playoffs. Yes, it was frustrating but we have to play tonight and (inaubible)…"
Beside the big names, are missing out on Martin Prado and guys like that even more frustrating?
"I just think from an overall perspective of all these teams getting better, we know it's going to be a tough time for us. One that isn't impossible but we're going to have to do everything right. Obviously, we value our prospects, we value our players, I'm sure the other teams do as well. Maybe they just value the player or the opportunity to get into the playoffs more. It takes something to get something and congratulations to those teams that got those guys."
On this being first opportunity to contend…
"We've heard '92, 93 and I think we're tired of hearing it. We want to put our stamp on Toronto and across baseball. For me in my eight years here, I've never been this close, never had such an opportunity to make it into the playoffs and I think that's where this excitement level for this trade deadline was. It's finally our time, it's finally beating down the door and we wanted to come on the scene as strong as we can. Like I said, it didn't happen, we just have to regroup and go about our business again."
Anthopoulos address lack of activity at deadline
Here is a partial transcript of today's conference call with Alex Anthopoulos. There is plenty more to come but I have some more work to do in the clubhouse. Will finish this before tonight's game vs the Astros.
On the deadline…
"It's been similar every year. It's not like today was the only day that we were talking to teams. It's just a continuation. Obviously it comes to an end at four, without having to expose players to waivers. Really, it has been steady, maybe a little more intense the last day. But really, the last few days, you're on the phone a lot, back and forth, proposals, counteroffers, ideas, things like that. So very similar to years past. Obviously, now with the deadline having passed, the dynamic changes with having to put guys through trade waivers and we'll see how that develops."
Disappointing on not getting a deal done especially considering rivals added pieces…
"You're always trying to get better. We weren't going to do deals we didn't think were going to make us better. Ultimately, if the deals had been there for us, we would have done them. But we didn't line up on any deals that we thought were going to improve the clubs."
Valencia officially joins Blue Jays
Here's a transcript of today's media scrum with recently acquired infielder Danny Valencia. On the main bluejays.com site you'll find the notebook with more on Valencia, plus Gibbons' approach to the Trade Deadline and Rasmussen getting sent to the Minors:
On going from the AL Central race to one in the AL East…
"It's a great opportunity here. Obviously this is a tough division, teams that are always really, really tough. I was fortunate enough to play in this division last year with Baltimore and see it on the other side, it's definitely going to be a fun time and I think this team is going to be great. Im looking forward to helping the Toronto Blue Jays win."
On traditionally hitting much better vs lefties…
"I was never able to really pinpoint the reasoning why I hit left-handers better. Traditionally your splits should be better against left-handed pitching but I can't really pinpoint anything. Obviously I feel comfortable in there but it's one of those things that I carved something out for myself. You want to be able to hit lefties and righties and I feel I can do that pretty well."
On playing for five organizations in five years…
"The first trade was definitely the toughest to understand because you're being traded from the organization that you came up with. I've been a little surprised to move around as much as I have, obviously everybody wants to stay in one spot and really dig down some roots in one particular place. I'm hoping Toronto is that spot. I've been fortunate enough to live in a lot of great places and play on some good teams and I'm really looking forward to this experience."
On being surprised about the deal…
"We had something good going in Kansas City but I'm happy to be on a team that's also in a playoff race, it's always nice to play meaningful games as the year goes on and I'm really, really excited to be here."
On familiar faces on the Blue Jays…
"I know a good bunch of guys. I played against some coming up, a couple of these guys have been teammates of mine in the past, so I know a pretty good handful and it's a great bunch of guys and I'm fortunate to come to a team like this."
On roles in the team…
"We went over it briefly. I'm sure I'll probably play against left-handed pitching, certainly probably play third base, maybe some first, some DH, I played a little bit during this year at second. Wherever he wants me I'm going to be willing to go."
Comfort at first?
"I feel fine over there, I've played some games at first base before, in the minor leagues I played first base, in college I played first base. I would feel more comfortable maybe playing shortstop.
Transition to platoon? "It's obviously tough, everybody's goal is play every single day but at the same time you want to help teams win and you want to be part of teams trying to win World Series. If they need you to do something specific, so be it."
On the left-hand injury he dealt with earlier this year…
"I took a funny swing at the end of May in Anaheim that sprained my hand a little bit. It was starting to die down a little bit, then I got hit by a pitch in Chicago and it flared up a little bit. I've been dealing with it all year, it's nothing that holds me back or restricts me, but it's definitely something in the back of my mind, and it's nothing that's going to stop me from playing."
Bautista speaks out
Jose Bautista has never been known to keep his feelings about umpires to himself but he took it to a whole new level following Saturday night's 5-1 loss to the A's. Bautista was upset that a call involving Melky Cabrera at home plate wasn't overturned in Toronto's favor.
There will be more coverage on this, plus news on Edwin Encarnacion who felt a pop in his right leg on Saturday, up soon on bluejays.com. But in the meantime, here are Bautista's comments in their entirety:
"He missed him by a good foot or two. I don't really know which replay they were looking at but clearly they must have had a different video feed than the one we had. It's pretty frustrating for you to battle as a team, keep the game close, for our pitchers to be doing what they're doing, for us to keep grinding through games, and facing some touch pitching, and somehow be able to get an opportunity to tie the game in the eighth inning, it all goes down the drain because somebody first, initially, made a bad call to begin with. And then it gets upheld by god knows who, in some room in New York supposedly.
"This whole replay thing has become a joke in my eyes. I think they should just ban it, they should just get rid of it, I don't really understand the purpose of it, but getting the right call on the field is not the purpose. That's pretty obvious and evident. I don't know what kind of agenda the people that are doing the replays are on, what their plan is, what their purpose is, who they're looking after. But obviously getting the right call on the field is not what they're doing.
"Not only the one tonight, for us, that have gone against us when they had a chance to get the right call and reverse a bad one that has been made on the field. I can remember another one in Baltimore, another one or two in Baltimore, that same thing, to tie or go ahead in the game like that when you're on the road, I don't see the point of having this replay system that doesn't work."
This was what you were visibly angry about in the dugout? Not over something else?
"It was over this. It's not frustration over anything else, that situation, that moment. I feel like there was a chance for Adam Lind to tie the game in the eighth inning was taken away from us. Man on second, two outs, 3-2 ballgame, we were right in it. Unfortunately some people, I don't know what the right word is, lack of integrity, lack of accountability, or some really good comraderie that are looking after eachother, are not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Because getting the right call on the field, which is why instant replay was instituted, is not the purpose of what's happening. The best evidence is what happened today."
Are you hearing this from other players around the league too…
"I have no idea what other people think or want to say, or anything. That's my opinion. That's it."
Edwin's injury…
"I know his leg is hurting but that's about it. I don't know much other than that."
So many injuries on the team…
"Losing Edwin in any lineup, on any team, would be tough. It's for some short period of time, or considerable period of time, which we don't know what will happen yet, he's got to get an MRI and see what they say. I don't think the fact that a couple of us are hurting right now makes it any worse. Losing him with everybody healthy would still be bad for us. As a winning team, you have to figure out how to win and that's what we have to do."
Playing the field on Sunday…
"I might be able to do it. First, third, outfield, whatever he needs. We didn't know Edwin was going to be out, so there's more holes to be filled now. There's a couple of us that are banged out. I'm sure they're going to try to decide the best combination of players, where everybody plays, is going to be for us."
Transcript of Anthopoulos' availability with the media
Here's the full transcript of today's availability with Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos. He attempts to explain the reasoning behind Steve Delabar's demotion to the Minors, various injury updates, Draft news and a few questions about next month's trade deadline:
Why send down Delabar?
"We're trying to avoid placing anybody on the DL. We think Adam is days away, he's really day-to-day at this point. The fact that we had the off-day, our bullpen is fresh and we needed to make a move, Delabar hasn't performed as well as he did last year, he can use the consistent work, it's just a combination of things. We needed to clear up a spot to get an infielder up here, and out of the relievers that were there, Chad provided us a little more length right now, and we can get Steve the work as well. That was the move for us unless we were going to go the DL route."
2014 Draft: Day 1 in the books
On the main site you'll find today's articles on the Blue Jays top picks. Right-hander Jeff Hoffman was the first player taken by the Blue Jays at ninth overall, Max Pentecost went 11th overall and right-hander Sean Reid-Foley surprisingly dropped all the way into the secound round at No. 49. There will be more on Reid-Foley tomorrow but in the meantime in addition to the main articles here are some additional quotes from Hoffman:
Jeff Hoffman:
On being a potential top three pick until he underwent Tommy John surgery in May…
"Obviously with everything that happened, it was a little bit of a disappointment when it all went down, when I found out I needed the surgery but I didn't really let that feeling hang on for too long. I wanted to keep that positive attitude and get right back to it as quickly as I can. Once I got under the knife and got the surgery, I got right back to work, right back into the rehab and now I'm just really excited to get back into business with a great organization."
Anthopoulos talks finances
*** As always, these questions aren't necessarily taken word for word from the scrum. It instead provides a general assessment of the topic but the quotes from general manager Alex Anthopoulos are exactly as he said them. The only thing that might be eliminated from this transcript is a little back and forth from the reporter to the GM. ***
Here's the full transcript of today's media scrum with Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos as he addressed the club's current financial situation:
Is there money available from ownership?
"I believe so. We're not at that point right now. We've had a nice nine games but you don't really even start to engage in trade dialogue until mid-June, after the draft. At that point, what would normally happen is you would talk to other teams about needs, people get dispatched to see affiliates or big- league players. You rekindle talks in July, just before the all-star break and if things move fast and you're aggressive, maybe get something done just before the break. If not, it carries over after.
"I hope we're in that position. It's late May and we need to see how we play in June and we'll re-evaluate things at the beginning of July. If we're in a good position then, we'll know the landscape a little bit more with respect to our needs. I can have that conversation with Paul and Paul will have that conversation with ownership. We need to still be playing well at that time and we're far away from that."
Could you take on pro-rated salary at the deadline?
"We have a number that we work with and I always have the ability to have that conversation. We came into the season at the number we expected to be at and as the year goes on, we have needs. Depending on how we're playing and what's available, if we have a need come the trade deadline, I have every confidence we'll have the resources to do that. I have no doubts about that at all."
Gammons report on payroll being "maxed out"…
"We're at a number to start the year. I think that's fair. I don't think it varies from anything we've ever said. It's always fluid. even when we did the deals last year, we were supposed to be in an area and then something came up.
"Nothing at this time has come up. We are having no dialogue whatsoever. If there is any (rumours) out there that we're engaged with players, we're not having any active talks at all. We're really immersed in the draft right now. I expect that when that draft is over, the Monday after, that's when everyone is going to start making their calls again."
Lot of changes at Rogers; anything to do with ballclub?
"Guy Lawrence came to a game on the weekend. The directiove and mandate was 'Keep winning.' I got a slap on the shoulder and he left. Seems pretty straight-forward to me."
You said you're not engaged in anything right now but how much ear-to-the-ground stuff are you doing to avoid another team getting the jump on you…
"I don't know. Not any more so than any other time. In terms of getting the jump, you just can't do anything about it. If you want to get the jump on someone I guess you could be aggressive and do things but you can't prevent what other teams are doing. I will say this, though, this is the time of year where a lot of gamesmanship goes on, there's a lot of false reports out there for various reasons and some of them are pretty obvious. Just like anything else, I know I do this every offseason, if there's anything out there about us being engaged, we have nothing at all going on."
You've previously said Rogers has never said no to you before. Has that changed? (ex-Santana, etc)
"No, no. Like I said, we have areas we stay in. There are certain things that make sense and there are some things that if you really don't think is going to move the needle that much, and look, I never specifically addressed the Santana scenario but the only thing that I can say about that is, people make it like we were getting Santana for free. Money was going to be spent on Santana. How that payment was going to be structured, when it was going to come out, but money was coming out of the bank account of the Toronto Blue Jays. That money was being spent and it was an add. So, how things are structured, just like we've done certain contracts, or how the Marlins did their contracts.
"I think people lose sight of the fact that we were still adding payroll at that point and we had the go ahead. There may be reasons to
structure things certain ways and obviously some of those things are internal. We've been able to add payroll, we may need to be creative, we may need to do some things but we've been able to add payroll when needed."
On whether he's content with starting depth outside of the current five…
"I would hope so. You're always hoping. Sanchez pitched today and gave up some runs but you're looking for other things. I think he got 12-1 groundball to fly. He went six innings but gave up six runs. You're hoping for him it clicks at some point. Obviously a guy like Stroman we're very high on and we think he can certainly factor in for us and I think the next time he is here he'll be that much better having already gone through it. And look, you see it with the guys like the Pillars, the Goses, you want to get those firsts
out of the way for the young kids.
"And Morrow, I think Morrow is a wild card as well. We expect him back around the All-Star Break, we'll have more of a report by the end of June. If he's going to be around the All-Star Break, by late June he should be going out on a rehab assignment. I think it can
actually time well because, again, I remember the deals we've done before the trade deadline, we did the Yunel Escobar deal and that was early, that was being really aggressive, most times, even the Colby Rasmus deal I think was right after the (All-Star Break) we had a lot of dialogue before. By that time, we'll know that much more. There may be other needs on this team, maybe we didn't perform well in June and that changes things. Morrow's recovery, the development of guys like Stroman, Sean Nolin should be back from a groin (injury), what if he starts to click and things like that. We're a long ways, so much can change in the next six weeks or eight weeks really."
On performance of current rotation…
"Obviously they've performed well. I haven't looked at the stats but I think I read or heard that all five starters have ERAs below four right now so does that continue? Who knows but for the most part, I was telling somebody today and I said this last year, I know I sounded like a broken record, we were 14th in starter ERA and the won-loss reflected it. I think we're fifth in the American League and we're performing well and if you look at it, I think the top five in the AL last year, four of those teams were playoff teams or won the division and so on. There's a correlation, there's no doubt about it, and for us it's going to be key. I know the offence has been great, we're hitting home runs and it's been fun to watch but we will go as far as our rotation takes us, there's no doubt about that."
The payroll range that you previously mentioned, does that include the draft?
"No, No. Those are separate. Big-league payroll is totally separate than other areas, they're not linked. You have a total baseball operations budget but payroll is payroll, draft is draft, development is development and all that kind of stuff."
On whether there's a scenario he'd try to save money in the draft and use it on additions for the 25-man roster….
"I think the draft is something that's always very important to us. It's something that you can never neglect. It's just so key, it's so important especially with where some of the salaries have been going, free agency and things like that. The draft is always going to be extremely important for us."
So is this year any different then? From the previous ones you've had?
"No, it's the same. We have two picks in the first round so that can impact things. But it all depends on what's out there in the draft as well, what the opportunities are and things like that. We'll see how it goes. I love the draft, I always get excited for it. It's a fun week for us and I expect everything to be the same."
Spending decrease in draft year-over-year of late…
"Number one, we didn't sign the 10th pick. I think it was around a $3-million slot or right around there, $2.9, so right there you're at the number. Part of it is where you sit. Did we have sandwich picks? Did we not have sandwich picks? Things like that. I do think with the changes to the draft, the CBA, the way bonuses are capped, the slotting, that can impact some things. I find some players, we would have loved to have sign some players that just were unwilling to sign. They wanted to go to school and you do have some limits if you don't want to be penalized or go over slot.
"The dynamic has changed since the first year or two that we did it just because the rules are in place. We're not going to spend for the sake of spending. The other thing is slotting has lowered some of the total dollars spent. After the 10th round, $100-thousand is now the max. The structure itself has impacted what teams are spending. I would say, as a whole, we're probably spending less."
If guys are unwilling to sign wouldn't you get a sense of that beforehand?
"You do, but you know what, there's so much gamesmanship. They're not willing to sign, and then you do more work and if it's the right number they are willing to sign. I remember last year there were two guys we would've loved to have had and they just really wanted to go to school. Their parents really wanted them to go to school. We loved the talent and we thought, round two, round three, they could be a factor for us. There was no dollar amount, they just really wanted to go to school.
"There's times where kids say that, as you get close to the draft, all of a sudden things change. It could be for various reasons. Just because you might hear on May 15 someone wants to go to school, you don't quit on it until really it comes time to draft. You'd be amazed too, the numbers that people throw out Day 1, their expectations and so on, that day comes, they sleep on it, reality starts to set in – 'Oh, I didn't get picked,' or day two, you expected to go in the top three rounds, you didn't get picked – now your bonus demands totally change. You wanted to go to school may have been a negotiating component, and then, 'I want to play, I want to sign,' and your tune changes. So you really can't quit on keeping in contact and having information. That's why your scouts are so important."
Prioritize differently in higher rounds, college over HS, because of signing likelihood?
"Each year we try to get better. We tweaked some things from a philosophy standpoint. I wouldn't necessarily divulge that specifically, but I do think we try to make adjustments from year to year. You hope you get better and you refine your process. I'm big on going back and looking at where we made mistakes and why. I am adamantly against the, 'it happens, no big deal.' Let's take something from it and let's see why we made a mistake and what can we change in our process. It's a constant search to try to get it right.
That's what's so much fun about scouting."
Would you draft someone you've drafted before?
"Sure, as long as that player signed the re-consent card. Tyler (Beede) signed it. If he's there for us, and we have him lined up accordingly, we wouldn't have a problem at all."
State of the franchise with Anthopoulos
Here's the full transcript of today's media scrum with Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos:
Any thought of moving Lawrie to 2B on a full-time basis to open a spot in the lineup for Juan Francisco?
"He's a third baseman. We did talk, just the fact of just interleague. Francisco's done well for us in a short period and it's just like Gibby talked about, wanted to keep his bat in the lineup. He's the one who brought it up to me and I said, hey, it made sense, want to keep his bat in the lineup."
"There hasn't been any talk of full time like that at all. No, it's strictly for right now. We know he can do it, I know he had a two or a three -game stint last year but Brett's athletic enough you could put him anywhere on the field, I really believe that. I do believe that if you gave him enough time at any position and you gave him enough reps he could be a gold glove defender anywhere."
"When we first got him and I saw him take ground balls at third base for the first time at Rogers Centre, it wasn't pretty. To see what he's become today is incredible and I just give him all the credit in the world and obviously all the guys who've worked with him."
Stray thoughts from a Thursday afternoon
The Blue Jays just finished Game 1 of a doubleheader here in Minnesota and it wasn't exactly pretty. R.A. Dickey actually handled the cold weather a lot better than I thought he would and after the game said the frigid temperatures weren't an issue. It's sort of hard to tell based on his pitching line, though, as Dickey's control problems continued again and he has now walked 15 batters in just 23 innings this season.
The full game recap is available here which goes into a lot more detail about the command issues. As I mentioned in the game story, he certainly seems to be falling into pitfalls of a what everyone usually stereotypes a knuckleballer to be. That usually includes a high number of walks and an overall ability to command the pitch. That's not really something that happened to Dickey when he was with the Mets but there were glimpses of it last season and the issue has carried into 2014.
But let's not get too carried away about this. There was a lot of talk on Twitter today about what the Blue Jays should do with their Opening Day starter. Let's get one thing straight, for better or worse, Dickey isn't going anywhere. His job isn't in jeopardy, there's no threat of being moved to the bullpen and even if the club were to consider something that drastic it's not like J.A. Happ, Todd Redmond or Esmil Rogers provides a viable alternative.
Dickey went through similar issues last season. His numbers from his first few outings of 2013 are eerily similar to what he has done so far this year. Keep in mind, this is a pitcher that still had an ERA above 5 as of June 21. The Blue Jays can't afford to have Dickey's struggles continue that late into the year this season but he's going to get every opportunity to turn this thing around. It's an incredibly small sample size and there's no reason to believe the numbers won't eventually even out but that won't overshadow another slow start. One thing with Dickey seems to be a tendency to let starts get away from him, in 38 outings with the Blue Jays he has alllowed five-plus runs in 12 of them.
Here are a few other random thoughts from this week:
- A lot was made of J.A. Happ's comments to the media this week about his frustration of being put in the bullpen. It's clear that Happ believes he should be in the rotation and is definitely not happy about his current role with the team. Personally, I don't agree with him but I also don't have a problem with the public comments. A lot of people immediately jump to the conclusion that just because Happ is saying this publicly it must mean that he is a problem in the clubhouse. That couldn't be further from the truth. Happ is one of the most mild-mannered athletes in the game and for the most part keeps to himself. He's causing a stir within his team and I don't think anyone in that dugout really cares one way or the other whether he decides to give an honest opinion about his current circumstances. That being said, he belongs in the bullpen for now but I certainly wouldn't be cutting him loose just for the sake of it. If a starter goes down with an injury in the relatively near future, Happ is still a viable option — at least in comparison with Esmil Rogers and even Todd Redmond, who I think is a perfect fit in long relief because of his tendency to struggle two and three times through a batting order.
- The Blue Jays are going to have to make a decision in the very near future on the status of Adam Lind. John Gibbons said he's taking a day-by-day approach for the immediate future but if Lind's not ready to go this weekend in Cleveland the Blue Jays simply can't afford to wait any longer. Lind was barely able to move after tweaking a back muscle on Tuesday and even though he was better two days later it still didn't seem to be close to the point of playing. With a three-man bench, unless the Blue Jays ditch a reliever in the near future, they just can't afford to keep an injured player on the active roster. Toronto has yet to make any official announcements but I fail to see how a stint on the DL can be avoided at this point.
- In my opinion, the odd-man out in the bullpen should be Esmil Rogers. He has gotten off to an awful start this season and his tendency to give up a lot of home runs — and a lot of long fly ball outs — has become a major liability. At this point, he can't be trusted in close games and he's behind Redmond on the depth chart for long relief. Carrying three long relievers — Rogers, Redmond and Happ — is extremely redundant and there's a big problem if a valuable piece like Neil Wagner gets optioned to the Minor Leagues when Casey Janssen returns. I understand the desire to protect assets, and losing a pitcher because he's out of options (like Redmond and Rogers) isn't ideal but at some point the roster configuration has to be based on performance, especially for a team that views itself as a contender. Rogers may eventually pan out somewhere but it hasn't worked in Toronto and if someone has to go, it should be him.
Blue Jays pitching schedule
March 19 vs Phillies:
J.A. Happ (four-to-five innings)
Sergio Santos (one inning)
Brett Cecil (one inning)
Aaron Loup (one inning)
Steve Delabar (one inning)
Minor League outing — Drew Hutchison (one inning)
Work — Todd Redmond


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Social media and email users in Louisiana won't have to fork over
their personal account login information to employers, educators and school officials if
ultimately approve a bill passed by the Louisiana House on Monday.
House Bill 314 was passed by a vote of 87-0. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, would prohibit employers and educators from making hiring or acceptance into an academic program contingent on an applicant handing over personal online account information.
Employers and public school teachers would also be prohibited from disciplining, penalizing, firing or expelling anyone for refusing to reveal usernames or password information; the bill would not apply to private academic institutions.
The bill was filed in the wake of several high-profile cases in other states where employees and students were threatened with removal or punishment after rumors of improper behavior documented on social media sites became public knowledge.
In perhaps the most notorious instance, Michigan teacher's aide Kimberly Hester was fired last April for not providing her Facebook password after rumors surfaced that she had posted a Facebook picture of a co-worker with her pants around her ankles.
The bill sailed through committee last week and now heads to the Senate side for further debate.
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A Closet Named 'Iron Eagle'
Many homeowners dream of adding a walk-in closet or home office. Some are installing ones that can withstand winds of up to 250 miles per hour and, in some cases, the weight of a loaded tractor trailer.
Often made of concrete or steel, the spaces are also aboveground storm shelters meant to replace the cellar or below-ground structures long used to ride out hurricanes and tornados.
Sometimes dubbed "safe rooms," many models are prefabricated units boasting action-movie names such as "StormRoom" and "Iron Eagle II" and lead double lives of offices, tool sheds, or wine cellars. One model even comes with bullet-resistant Kevlar walls.
After a decade of several high-profile and sometimes devastating storms—from the recent Hurricane Earl to Katrina and the 1999 Oklahoma City twisters—more homeowners are investing in the new shelter designs, which typically cost between $4,000 and $15,000, and can be bolted to concrete floors in the garage or even inside the house.
"To me, the ideal location is the master bedroom closet so that even if you are bedridden, you could get that far," says Ernst Kiesling, executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association, a nonprofit trade group.
While safe rooms' main mission is to protect inhabitants from wind and flying debris, homeowners also pack them with valuables such as jewelry, important computer data and documents, or even art and gun collections.
Some fancier models, such as DuPont Co.'s "StormRoom," which is infused with Kevlar, can be equipped with electricity, wireless reception and keypad entry to function, among other things, as a panic room in case of intruders.
People who have put their shelters to test rattle off weather-survival stories. When a powerful tornado roared through Murfreesboro, Tenn., last year, David Glass ducked into his newly installed "TornadoSafeRoom," a $4,300 galvanized steel shelter bolted to the concrete floor of his garage. Mr. Glass waited out the storm in the shelter with his brother-in-law who was visiting and Mr. Glass's two cats, Buggs and Lady Buggs. (His wife was at work.) They emerged to find the home battered but still standing. Five doors down, though, a neighbor's house was flattened.
Says 39-year-old Mr. Glass of his shelter: "When I bought it, I thought, 'This is crazy—$4,000 just because I'm a scaredy-cat?' " But squirreled away amid first-aid supplies and a battery-powered TV/radio, he says he felt like "the smartest person in the neighborhood."
While there's no federal mandate for homes in storm-prone regions to have shelters, according to the website for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which publishes safe-room construction guidelines, "an increasing number of homeowners are building safe rooms" as protection from hurricanes as well as tornadoes. Its shelter guidelines are now the agency's most requested publication.
In some storm-prone states, such as Mississippi, homeowners can obtain FEMA-funded grants to help pay for qualifying shelters. Virgil and Doris Ott of Yellville, Ark., say they received $1,000 in grant money to install a $7,000 DuPont StormRoom in an office near the garage. They've used it half a dozen times in three years, including in 2008 when a tornado spared their tiny town but ruined nearby Gassville.
"It's a security blanket —nice to know you've got it to run to," says Ms. Ott. "And I love it better than being down in a hole."
In many homes, storm rooms are cleverly disguised. When Betty and Michael Wilson of Lonoke, Ark., built their dream house two years ago, their contractor constructed a $5,000 custom fireproof storm room that could serve as a home office. The room looks like any other in the home: The floor is tiled, the door is fitted with trim and walls sport a textured concrete surface. The only hint of its true identity: a steel door with four locks.
Richard Gallop recently installed a $5,995 "Iron Eagle II" from stormsaferoom.com beside his Martinsville, Va., carport, painted it white and wrote "ICE" on the side to mimic a commercial ice chest. His wife then planted wisteria vine nearby to help hide the shelter.
Many people grew up with backyard or basement cellars that could provide cover in storms. While in-ground shelters remain popular, over the past decade, more designs have shifted to easily accessible aboveground models that wouldn't force occupants to stray far during disasters. The devastating May 3, 1999, Oklahoma/Kansas tornado outbreak, which involved 74 tornados, sparked a rush of new shelter makers. Dr. Kiesling of the storm-shelter association estimates there may be 250 such companies today.
Most units are constructed of steel or concrete, have ventilation holes, a multi-bolted door and often built-in seating. Some homeowners outfit units with battery-powered lamps, whistles to alert rescuers if the shelter is covered in rubble, radios, water supplies and a portable toilet.
At least five square feet are typically allotted per person for tornados and 10 feet or more for hurricanes, where occupants may be inside longer, according to Dr. Kiesling. Sizes often range from around 50 square feet to upward of 200 square feet or more on larger models.
In some areas of the U.S., builders now regularly include safe rooms in new home construction. In Arkansas, "When someone wants a custom home, one must-have item is a storm room," says Rhonda House, owner of Uniquely Southern Homes in Ward, Ark. "Here, everyone has experienced the fear of cramming in a bathtub or interior closet and not having confidence in that holding."
An aging population may account for some of the new interest for the aboveground shelters. Marty Strough of Storm Solutions LLC in Berryville, Ark., says in the past five years he has put in 100 DuPont StormRoom units. Mr. Strough says wheelchair access is a key selling point, particularly for families that might have underground shelters but a loved one who can't navigate stairs anymore.
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"That leaves everyone unprotected because you won't say, 'Good luck, Ma—hope you make it' and leave her there," he says.
Quality control is improving. In addition to FEMA's guidelines, shelter standards for wind and debris impact resistance recently were added to the international building and residential codes. And members of the decade-old National Storm Shelter Association must expose designs to rigorous tests—including 2x4 wood "missiles" fired at 100 mph—and have them inspected by a third-party engineering company.
Some manufacturers devise their own experiments. For instance, Floyd Arnold of TornadoSafeRoom Inc. says he has fired shots at his TornadoSafeRoom unit using different caliber guns resulting in "no penetration." The website stormsaferoom.com shows a 1989 Lincoln Continental being dropped 40 feet onto its "Iron Eagle II." "Not a dent or even a scratch," the site boasts. According to DuPont, the walls of its StormRoom withstood more than 70,000 pounds of pressure, about the average weight of a loaded tractor trailer, during structural tests commonly used by architects.
"It's kind of a 'My Daddy can whip your Daddy,' kind of thing," says Dr. Kiesling of the storm-shelter association.
Shelters are also gaining traction outside the home. Starting this year, new public schools constructed in Alabama must have a designated safe space or hallway approved by the state's building commission. And when Dennis House moved into new office space in Cabot, Ark., this June, it was fitted with a 12-foot by 8-foot safe room to house computer servers for the office, which provides marketing and communications services for a unit of Japan's Topcon Corp. "It protects our folks and our data," he says.
Not all areas are suitable shelter candidates. FEMA cautions against installations in flood-prone areas, since residents could get trapped under water, though at least one manufacturer tried to address that issue.
Richard Beal who lives in the Florida Keys designed his 800-pound "Storm-Safe" hexagon-shaped aluminum shelter in 2004 to be a "floating" option. So far, though, there have been no takers for the shelter, which sells for $6,900.
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Metro Car Wash began in 2002 at our location on Oracle. Craig and Sean, the owners, left behind a national car wash company to start their own endeavor. They had an idea about what a car wash should be like: something different, something with a personal touch.
Since that time, Metro has been a fast-growing business. We believe our success is a direct result of our commitment to quality and our fast and friendly service. The owners do their best to ensure this by a simple, effective trick: they work side by side with their employees, they lead by example, and they get to know their customers on a personal basis.
In 2006, the Company opened its second location on Speedway, just west of Craycroft. Craig and Sean built this facility, from the ground up, to be the most technically advanced car wash in Arizona. The wash equipment is the best in the industry. The track is outdoors; nothing is hidden. Customers can watch the cleaning process up close. There is no other experience like it in Tucson. And the grateful comments from our customers have been overwhelming.
That's Metro Car Wash. We ensure top quality and service by making efforts other car washes (and most businesses in general) don't. So stop by. Wash your car. Meet our managers. Meet the owners.
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A Level Deferred Entry
Deferred entry is when you apply to university in one year, but actually apply to study at the university in the following year.
So for example, if you were to apply in 2005 for deferred entry, you would enter the university in 2006.
Some universities allow deferred entries for 2 years also.
Deferred entries are taken mostly by those wishing to take a gap year, or to earn some money for university.


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Results tagged ' 2013 Bobbles '
Designs of Final Brewers Bobbleheads Revealed
We are at the halfway point in terms of the 10 All-Fan Giveaway dates for 2013. So far, we've given away the following bobbleheads: Nori Aoki; George Scott; Corey Hart; Ryan Braun; and Carlos Gomez.
Coming up next homestand, we've got a Polish Sausage bobble (6/23), followed by Hank Aaron (7/7), and Harvey Kuenn (8/4).
Gorman Thomas and Ben Oglivie will round out the bobble lineup for 2013 and the designs of those final two Brewers bobbleheads for 2013 are in!
Gorman Thomas' likeness in a Seattle Pilots uniform (the first ever first round draft pick by the Pilots) will be given to all fans on Sunday, September 1. That bobblehead is presented by the Wisconsin National Guard.
On Sunday, September 15, the Brewers will give all fans a Ben Oglivie bobblehead presented by Waukesha Metal Products. Oglivie will be wearing the classic pinstripe "ball-and-glove" uniform.
This completes the announcements of designs of all ten Brewers bobbleheads for the 2013 season.
How many have you collected so far?
-John & Cait