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The opening night of Rock the Rapids, featuring Mitch Ryder as a late replacement for Lynyrd Skynyrd on Monday night, seemed subdued in comparison to the pumped-up volume and crowd size of Tuesday's grunge rock performance from Stone Temple Pilots.
STP blasted through a 1 1/2-hour set of its biggest hits, including "Plush," "Sex Type Thing," "Wicked Garden" and "Interstate Love Song" in front of an estimated 4,500 fans.
"I dig the setting and I like the vibe of it ringing through the city as something fun happening here," Dan McCrath of Blue Cap promotions said. "We had a nice increase over yesterday and we overcame some obstacles. We're getting bigger as people see what we're doing at this site."
The crowd, for the most part, was well behaved, although there were a few isolated incidents of public urination and a handful of patrons full of liquid courage who had to be removed from the site by security staff.
All in all, it turned into a three-star performance from STP on a cool, clear summer's eve.
STP's string of hits from its "Core" and "Purple" heyday had the crowd grooving in the second half of the show, but new material from its self-titled and self-produced sixth studio album, released last spring, sounded fantastic.
"Between the Lines" is quintessential STP, while "Hickory Dichotomy" is a nice change of pace.
Singer Scott Weiland has never sounded better. He seems to have emerged stronger and more confident at the front of the stage after his repeated trips to rehab in the past. His vocal strength helped compensate for an uneven sound mix, which often happens at outdoor concerts.
The entire group, especially guitarist Dean DeLeo, sounded tight, but the band members still need to connect more with the audience.
Low point
The omission of "Sour Girl" from STP's set list was a huge disappointment. It represents perhaps the group's most poignant musical statement.
Stage quip
"I don't know about you guys, but I find it hard to concentrate with the word 'SAUSAGE' blinking in lights," bass player Robert DeLeo said while peering at the Festival Village concessions row in the background. "I love sausage!" He also salivated over the elephant ears trailer. "They're a lot better than bat wings."
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"I think they sounded really good for a '90s band. They sounded real polished for not having been out for a while. I really liked their new stuff a lot," Joe Kuzmicz, 25, of Grand Rapids, said. "I also like that it was downtown instead of at the ballpark this year. It's a lot better and a lot closer."
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"It's a blast. I'm really impressed with how well organized it is," father Tom Kuzmicz, 57, of Grand Rapids said of the downtown setting. "No doubt about it. I'll come back. I love outdoor concerts and it was a gorgeous night. I think I might come back to see Alice Cooper later this week."
Coming up:
• Wednesday — Willie Nelson, Robert Randolph, Rob Bliss Band
• Thursday — Alice Cooper, Bachman-Turner
• Friday — Blake Shelton, Bomshel
• Saturday — Ludacris, T-Pain, Due Diligence
More info: For ticket information and more details, visit rocktherapids.comor startickets.com.
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By DAVID BERGENGREN
AGAWAM - A Connecticut developer is proposing a retail project for the same 88 acres off Tennis Road that were the focus of controversy three years ago when a 563,000-square-foot shopping center was rejected for the site, according to a lawyer representing the property owner.
That project, known as the Agawam Pavilion, was defeated in November 2005 when city voters rejected a zone change for the property and a zoning ordinance amendment that would have allowed the development of a multi-building shopping center.
Bradford R. Martin, of the Springfield law firm Morrison, and Mahoney said a strong effort would be made "not to repeat the mistakes that were made last time" in trying to persuade the community that the new project would be good for Agawam.
Martin declined to name the developer involved, but said it was not National Realty & Development Corp., the company that proposed the Agawam Pavilion project.
Martin represents the owner of the 88 acres off Tennis Road, Agawam Real Estate Investors Inc. Elliot S. Jaffe, of Suffern, N.Y., founder of the national Dress Barn clothing chain, owns Agawam Real Estate Investors Inc., officials said.
In the spring Martin met with newly elected Mayor Susan R. Dawson and with the city's Director of Planning and Community Development Deborah S. Dachos, he said, "to try to work together to put something in there that would be of benefit to the town, and that would be viable."
Martin said the proposed project would be a retail use that would include several tenants, most likely including one larger anchor store.
Contrary to local rumors, he said, a Wal-Mart store has not been part of any discussions on what to build at the Tennis Road site.
A Wal-Mart would hurt local businesses, Dawson said. "It's not even something I would bring to the table," she said. "It would blight existing shopping centers, and I wouldn't do that."
Martin acknowledged that the traffic and other concerns that sunk the Agawam Pavilion project would have to be addressed better this time around if any project were going to be approved for the site.
"There are very few sites that are picture perfect, that don't have some attendant problems for development," he said.
Dawson plans to meet Tuesday with the developer, a real estate broker, Dachos, City Councilor Jill S. Messick and Corinne M. Wingard, who serves on several city boards and is chairwoman of the Go Green Agawam Committee, an environmental group.
Two other invitees - School Committee Vice-Chairman Anthony C. Bonavita and City Councilor Joseph Mineo - declined to attend, saying they did not want to be associated with a commercial project for the Tennis Road property.
Saying he thought the city should evaluate the developer's proposal, Bonavita added, however, "I don't want a misperception that I'm in favor of something that at this point I'm not in favor of."
With the proposed site so near Agawam High School and the Agawam Public Library, Bonavita said he had concerns - as he did with the Agawam Pavilion project - that already-difficult traffic problems in that area would only be made worse by putting a retail complex there.
Saying he had similar concerns, Mineo said, "The people spoke. They clearly spoke three years ago, and here we are again."
"I want to emphasize (that) I'm not against retail. I'm against the location," Mineo said.
Messick, who was a member of Citizens Against Reckless Development, which fought the Agawam Pavilion project, said she would keep an open mind going into Tuesday's discussions.
"I'm not making any comments until I sit down and talk with the builders," Messick said.
Wingard, who also plans to attend Tuesday's meeting, said she too opposed the project proposed three years ago.
Saying she believes Dawson "has the best interests of the town at heart," Wingard said she remains open to a new proposal "if it's appropriate to the town, and it doesn't bring more problems than it solves."
Dawson, who said she has sought to promote a positive business climate in Agawam in the face of the nation's economic struggles, said the new proposal should at least be evaluated.
"Even in these tough economic times, I still have dreams for this town," she said. "It'll be a very sad day if we lose positive development for our town because people won't even come to the table."

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THREE RIVERS, MI — Five people were arrested in a Three Rivers home Monday after a parole search turned up methamphetamine and weapons, police said.
Once on the scene, officers found meth in addition to a parole weapons violation, police said. Besides the parolee officers were checking on, there were also two more people within the residence who are on felony probation.
In total, three males and two females were arrested at the scene, police said.
Investigators said charges of possession of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house will be sought at a later date, although it's unclear how many individuals will be charged from information provided at this time.
The search was done as part of the Michigan Department of Correction's "Operation Night Hawk," a program aiming to increase parolee compliance by checking on them more often.
Citizens with information relating to this case are asked to call St. Joseph Area Narcotics at 269-467-9045 ext. 245.


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MANISTIQUE - The Manistique Emeralds survived a wild finish Friday night, qualifying for the state football playoffs with a 12-6 double-overtime victory over the visiting Harbor Springs Rams.
Z.J. Gonzalez scored the game-winner on a 1-yard run with his only carry of the contest.
"We were down there in the first overtime and they were flying on defense," Emeralds' coach Todd Kangas said. "We had to try something different in the second overtime.
"We used Kenner (Broullire) as a decoy and Z.J. made the most of it. I'm sure they were keying on Kenner and were flying after him."
In the first overtime, Manistique's defense stopped the Rams on fourth-and-one from the 1-yard line.
Emotions then got the better of the Rams as their top two running backs and coach were ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.
"I hadn't been in a game like this for a long time," Kangas said. "It was interesting, to say the least. Their fans were kind of rowdy, but that's how fans are."
The victory will likely send the Emeralds (6-3) to Negaunee or Calumet for their Division 6 playoff opener.
"We set a goal to get into the playoffs," Kangas said. "It has been a struggle. We started 0-2, then we got a couple wins under our belt.
"After our loss to Iron Mountain, we had to win the final three games to get in. And the closer you get to the end, the more the anxiety builds up. I think the kids respond better to it than I do as a coach.
"Right now, we're just glad to be in," he added. "Now, we'll just wait and see where we go. We can relax this weekend and see what happens."
The Rams (3-6) opened the scoring on a 62-yard dash by Tyler Hansen midway through the second quarter.
Manistique then tied the score on Broullire's 2-yard run on the ensuing possession.
"This was a big game for us, no doubt about it," Kangas said. "It was pretty hard fought on both sides."


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I have had to undo your edits twice now. Do not mess with the note to editors on ichigo's page. If you have a question, leave a message on a person's talk page. Ichigo was 16 in the agent of the shinigami arc. He is now 17--God (Pray) 21:22, October 30, 2010 (UTC)
As both the note and Godisme pointed out to you, Ichigo turned 16 early on in the story, but well after Rukia arrived, which is why we have him listed as 16 years old. If you need proof of it, this image (Image:Auguest8th1AM.jpg) shows an active date occuring after Ichigo's birthday, before he and his friends go to the Soul Society to save Rukia. Do not change Ichigo's age or the editor's note again, as it is there to clear up why we list Ichigo as 16 and not 15. Arrancar109 (Talk) 00:44, October 31, 2010 (UTC)
But sooner than that, when Ichigo and his family go to Masaka's grave, it shows the date as June 16, one month before his birthday. He introduces himself as being 15 years old, not 16. It is CANON that he is 15 years old at the beginning of Bleach. Even in the "Trivia" section of Ichigo's Wiki page, it says he's 15. Remember, when Ichigo goes to rescue Rukia, she had been there a few months already.
- He introduced himself as 15, which was before his birthday passed. The entire month of July passed before Ichigo went off to the Soul Society. We're not changing the age, since he was 16 throughout most of the story before Chapter 424. Arrancar109 (Talk) 01:02, October 31, 2010 (UTC)


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Had this problem for over a year now, I heard that it can be caused by the iac valve not moving quick enough I have tried two second hand iac valves from the wreckers with no luck is this a common problem? would it be worth paying for a brand new iac control valve?
if its only happening at the lights, i dont know. try checking your brake booster and vac lines if you havnt already...
I had the brake booster replaced with a brand new one 3 years ago
Is it surging?
About as handy as tits on a bull
I assume it gets serviced? One of the following could be an issue:
- Clean throttle butterfly, it may be sticking closed at off-throttle idle
- Fuel pump, though a year seems a long-arse time for a f/pump to take to die!
- And yeah, it does sound alot like a vacuum issue.
All else fails, get a new IAC valve, doesn't take alot of 'gunk' to make them play up.
Someone else may have a better idea, but without seeing/hearing it, its a bit difficult to diagnose.
Maybe ask a mechanic?
yea I took it to a mechanic he was no help at all he just said was come back when the problem is worse!
and yes it does surge when I pull up!
Sounds like a tip top mechanic! It still sounds like either a fuel or vacuum issue to me.
sounds just like my old vp the serging and nearly stalling etc etc not sure wat it was thou just sold the car off before it got worse wat ever it was lol
The IAC is not alwasy the problem ..
can be -->
cheap things -->
dirty air filter ,blocked fuel filter,dirty injectors,spark plugs and leads,throttle body dirty.
expensive things -->
coil pack/dfi heats up and is causing a miss at low revs , fuelpump on its way out , fuel pressure reg stuffed, inlet manifold gasket stuffed , alternator is weak and cant power car on low revs.
try this .. change all your spark plugs and leads , buy can carbie cleaner and spray 1/4 can into throttle body and open up throttle and spray in there and look in there and you will see the IAC air inlet so spray in there as well then let sit for few minutes then get can wd40 and then spray that in there while opening and closing the throttle as this will lubricate the moving parts , change fuel filter and put bottle nulon injector cleaner and fill up with 1/2 tank of premium and go for a drive on a long road or freeway.
If you still have problem then possibly coolant temp sensor is playing up... and the oxygen sensor can also cause idle issues but usually engine light comes on and fuel consumption increase greatly.
One thing to try is when cars first started in the morning , gently touch accelerator and listen to the low revs and if you hear a miss then its definately spark plugs,leads,coilpack dfi as this is what happened to me trying to sort out the miss even when engine was cold it had the miss and coil pack died year later so replaced with new vp one.
I have spent thousands on my vn only because it's 1 owner and got less than 220,000 it. replaced 90% everything ... only things original are the engine,transmission,diff and the computer.
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Vn executive 1990 200,000kms as of 13/6/08 , oil changes every 5000kms since it rolled out the factory , strut brace for hard cornering, kn pod filter, Ngk iridiums sports exhaust..what else can I say I love my holden


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BOSTON - A team that has specialized in walk-off victories wound up staggering off the field Friday night.
Boston's 10-3 loss to the New York Yankees exposed a
"Not one of our sharpest games, to be sure,'' Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
"It started with missed location (by Red Sox starter Felix Doubront). Two pitches cost him five runs (on home runs by Mark Reynolds and Alfonso Soriano).''
"It's reminiscent of our stretch in May,'' said Farrell, recalling a 2-9 slide that stands as his team's one slump until now.
"We're not going to make wholesale changes, though. We will continue to go about our approach, which has proven successful in the long run.''
Losers of three straight and six of eight, the Red Sox were on display as a battling, no-quit team that is nonetheless coming unglued in the execution department.
Their AL East lead is one game, as Tampa Bay defeated. The Rays have made up three games in three nights.
The Red Sox found themselves in a deep hole when Soriano's three-run homer made it 6-0 in the third. It came after shortstop Stephen Drew had committed an error on a potential double-play grounder.
Reynolds had slammed a two-run homer in the second. It was the first at-bat for the Yankees by Reynolds, a strikeout-prone slugger who was let go by Cleveland.
They weren't done yet, but they did not help themselves with three errors and bad baserunning. Jonny Gomes was picked off first in the fourth, souring the season-high crowd of 38,143 at Fenway Park.
David Ortiz was thrown out, trying to stretch a single with no out in the seventh. With their team so far behind, these mistakes could not be justified.
The Red Sox awakened in the seventh, driving Yankees starter Andy Pettitte out with a two-run burst that made it 7-3. The inning ended when pinch-hitter was called out on strikes, then ejected.
Carp had thought he had been hit with a previous pitch. Replay on TV showed the umpires probably got it right, but the ruling still cost the Red Sox a chance to send up Jacoby Ellsbury as the tying run.
Their self-inflicted blunders were not done. In the eighth, Shane Victorino was doubled off second on Ortiz' liner, the least egregious of the baserunning mistakes but still costly.
Victorino left the game as a precautionary measure. He is playing with a tender hamstring.
Soriano and Reynolds were acquired to bolster New York's anemic power supply from the right side.
Pettitte improved to 8-9 with his 253rd career victory. He allowed three runs and six hits in 6Ò innings.
Doubront unraveled quickly and left with a 7-0 deficit after four innings. He fell to 8-6.
Doubront's highlight moment came in the first inning, when he dueled Alex Rodriguez as the Fenway Park fans unloaded on the scandal-ridden Yankees superstar.
Rodriguez lined a 2-2 pitch to third base. Will Middlebrooks turned it into a double play.
Doubront's streak of starts in which he allowed three runs or fewer ended at 16. He winds up tied with Babe Ruth's 1916 streak as the longest by a left-hander in Red Sox history.
But a few dark clouds are on his horizon, too. In his previous start, Doubront had waded through a four-plus inning of 98 pitches at Kansas City, allowing six hits and four walks.
The Red Sox won that game 5-3. Doubront did not go the required five innings to qualify for the win, and he is 1-3 in his last five starts.
Rodriguez hit the ball hard four times and went 2-for-4. He is hitting .300 during his appeal for a 211-game suspension.
Ichiro Suzuki went 1 for 5. His ninth-inning RBI infield hit was the 3,995th of his career in both Japan (1,278 hits) and the majors (2,717).


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Tourism is an integral and driving component of the Washington County economy, sustaining 7.1% of salaried employment. Visitors to Washington County generated business sales of $191 million, directly and indirectly, in 2011. Tourism is a diverse composite of economic activities, including transportation, recreation, retail, lodging, and food & beverage sectors.
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Tourism industry promoters in New Orleans are describing the just-finished marathon of Super Bowl and Mardi Gras festivities as a success equal to an extended, super-sized Mardi Gras. Economic studies of the football championship extravaganza and full data on Mardi Gras 2013 are not yet available, but tourism officials pointed to encouraging evidence.
A poll of hotels in the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association before the Super Bowl showed occupancy rates above 99 percent. On the Saturday before Mardi Gras, the week after the Super Bowl, a survey of hotels belonging to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau showed the brisk business continuing with 97 percent occupancy.
"The Super Bowl extended the whole Carnival season," said Kelly Schulz, convention bureau spokeswoman. "I think it was really good for business."
And attention from the Super Bowl seemed to echo into Mardi Gras, Schulz said. Schulz and CVB President Stephen Perry did television interviews from their building on St. Charles Avenue as parade floats passed on Tuesday. They appeared on 34 stations nationwide, about double the number of past satellite media "tours" they've conducted, reaching an estimated 3.2 million people in 32 cities, which she attributed to lingering Super Bowl interest and the live timing on the culminating day of carnival.
But Schulz, along with Super Bowl organizers and other tourism leaders, argued that the publicity from the game, which was full of praise for New Orleans with the exception of the 34-minute power outage at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, has immeasurable value.
"It's an industry that's based very much on image and perception and how people feel about the destination," Schulz said about tourism. "We could never create the marketing campaign that would reach that far."
Mark Romig, president of the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation, said the threat of rain on several days of Carnival, which mostly failed to materialize into storms during the height of the celebrations, seemed to lower crowds for some parades but create pent-up demand that fueled a particularly vibrant Tuesday.
"When Tuesday turned out to have this great window," of workable weather, he said, "I think people poured out into the streets."
Romig said he has also heard strong results from hotels.
Crowd counts for Mardi Gras, including its earlier weekends, often come in around 1 million people, Romig said, though he hasn't yet seen estimates for this year. Super Bowl visitor numbers were projected between 100,000 and 150,000.
Some indicators, such as attendance estimates of 150,000 at the Super Bowl-affiliated music festival at Woldenberg Park, a number that includes New Orleans residents, suggest turnout for game week might have reached high into the expected range.
Although New Orleans took a break from Mardi Gras during Super Bowl weekend, Jefferson Parish proceeded with its Family Gras festival and reported a record crowd of about 100,000.
"Overall the last three weeks have been red letter days for the city," Romig said. "Small business gets a good pop out of it. Hospitality jobs are secured."
"It's something we can look back on and feel very good that it happened and we all pulled together and did it," he said.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Have you been following the concert calendar lately? If not, you may have missed announcements for these shows:
Pierce Pettis, Dec. 3, Chapel at Blount Springs.
Billy Joe Shaver, Dec. 9, The Nick.
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Dec. 10, WorkPlay.
Mike Cooley, Dec. 20-21, WorkPlay.
Black Jacket Symphony presents U2's "The Joshua Tree," Dec. 29-31, WorkPlay.
Bill & Kate Isles, Jan. 5, Moonlight on the Mountain.
Rehab, Jan. 12, WorkPlay.
Gordon Lightfoot, Jan 15, Alabama Theatre.
Old 97's, Jan. 20, WorkPlay.
Shelby Lynne, Jan. 23, WorkPlay.
Donna the Buffalo, Jan. 24, WorkPlay.
Eric Taylor, Jan. 27, Chapel at Blount Springs.
Winter Jam, Feb. 11, BJCC Arena.
Adler & Hearne, Feb. 11, Chapel at Blount Springs.
Yonder Mountain String Band, Feb. 12, WorkPlay.
Needtobreathe, Feb. 20, Alabama Theatre.
Kinky Friedman, Feb. 20, WorkPlay.
California Guitar Trio, March 5, WorkPlay.
Henry Rollins, March 6, WorkPlay.
Casting Crowns, April 7, BJCC Arena.


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Here you'll find an online, interactive calendar of all the events, classes, groups and meetings happening at Unity campus. You'll be able to browse the calendar and register or purchase tickets. We're sure you'll find something uplifting, exciting and intriguing to attend! Download this month's calendar, print it out and have it available anytime.
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Last year I used iSonic 86 and this year I replaced it with 94 wood/carbon 2010 (I did order 94 last year but by mistake I had 86). Yesterday I had the chance to set sail for the first time and I loved the board! I used 34cm fin with 6.2m sail (by suprise it was the recomended combination
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It seems like all anyone is talking about this week is the cold winter and the latest "Arctic vortex."
It's the jumping-off point for conversations about: overly-long commutes on snow-covered roads, the cost of home heating fuels, and why it is that so many women seem to dislike wearing coats while driving.
There are debates about where heated car seats should place on a "greatest modern inventions" list, the perennial "is it easier to warm up or cool down" and boasts by those who once lived north of the Garden State that start, "You don't know what cold is!"
It has led to disputes at home — and office — over thermostat settings and fairly widespread agreement that it's time to plan a vacation anywhere that the sand is hot and the drinks are cold.
And it's not even February.
Some people think we'd all be happier if we'd just embrace the season. The same could be said for those who grumble in July when a heat wave strikes.
Photographer Bill Brokaw has a studio in Frenchtown, and posted a summertime photo on a local Facebook page yesterday — later saying that he was inspired by a thermometer reading of 1 degree — of five young people getting ready to jump in a creek. He captioned it, "Anybody up for a swim?"
After someone replied, "rub it in," he promised to post photos taken that day on "sweltering, humid" August days.
He said today that he's collecting photos during the freeze and really will share them during a heat wave.
Our photos are a reminder of what's in store in oh, about four or five months.
Google "hate cold weather" and you'll find that you have lots of company. There's even a Prevention article with three reasons why you should "reconsider" the sentiment, including the possibility that it might make you live longer, citing research on worms and the life-spans of mussels in Spain (29 years) versus those in icy Russian waters (two centuries.)
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With an eye on trimming costs next year, the Parsippany school district could outsource its management of substitute teachers.
Already, school officials have heard from at least one staffing company about the idea.
Last week, an official from the Cherry Hill-based Source 4 Teachers told the school board that his company could save the district between 10 percent to 15 percent a year in expenses for substitutes.
A breakdown of the costs and benefits is expected to be available after school administrators publicly advertise the effort, according to the district.
However, the idea is already enticing, school board President Anthony Mancuso said. The district is bracing for some deep budget cuts next year to keep tax increases as low as possible, and it expects to ramp up its budget process earlier than usual.
By outsourcing the substitutes, school officials will be able to streamline their personnel costs, said Kevin Bush, president of Source 4 Teachers. The company would handle their paychecks, file their employee tax forms and review their performance.
Any teachers who expect to miss work can request a substitute by phone, e-mail or through the Web site, Bush said. All the substitutes provided by the company undergo background checks and a 15-week training period.
"We want the district to hold our people accountable," Bush said.
The company employs more than 2,000 substitutes who serve about 100 schools in the state, he said.
According to rough estimates by Bush, the district pays $173 each day for a substitute. Source 4 Teachers, he said, could lower that amount to about $150.
School officials last week did not say how much a substitute teacher typically costs, but Parsippany schools personnel chief Matthew McGrath said the district has budgeted more than $1 million for them this year.
Sandy Giercyk, president of Parsippany's Parent-Teacher Association, said she's open to the idea if most of the district's 220 substitute teachers are eligible to be hired.
Source 4 Teachers will consider them for jobs, Bush said, though each hire must be approved by the local school board.
"It has the potential to be a big win-win for everybody," Giercyk said.


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Dear Karen:
Our daughter recently lost her eleven-year-old rescued border collie to cancer. Molly was her best friend and "baby". The news of her cancer came as a complete shock and the death three months later was devastating. Even with surgery it was not possible to save her. She died in June.
Those two did everything together including hiking and trail runs. Molly had always been very healthy and enjoyed the constant companionship. Our daughter lives on the West coast, far from family support on a daily basis. She is dealing with loneliness and separation and concerned that wherever her "little girl" is that she's not happy. Do you have any recommendations as to what she might read to help her through her grieving?
Concerned Dad – Camp Hill
Dear Concerned:
Losing any beloved pet leaves a hole in our hearts, but when cancer or other terminal disease ends their life prematurely, the hurt can be unbearable. Your daughter is feeling a wide range of emotions, one of which may be profound guilt over the loss. She may feel responsible – thinking she may have missed something or could have done more to save her.
Numerous books are available on pet bereavement, but I will share with you the ones that have helped me through some very difficult losses over the years (all available on Amazon.com):
Losing Your Dog by Mickie Gustafson – an insightful paperback I would carry in my pocketbook to read whenever/wherever the sadness would hit. It helped me realize the need to express rather than internalize my feelings and lean on others for support.
Blessing the Bridge by Rita M. Reynolds – what animals teach us about death, dying, and beyond. A heartwarming look at the beauty of helping animals cross the threshold without pain or fear.
The Loss Of A Pet by Wallace Sife, Ph.D. – a comprehensive guide to understanding the grieving process and how to manage complex feelings that follow the death of a pet.
Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant – this beautifully illustrated picture book might help convince your daughter that Molly is happy -- floating on her special cloud with other dear departed pets. Someone sent me a copy when Rufus died in 2005, and I've since shared it with others who found it most comforting.
One of the better online resources for grieving owners is www.petloss.com. This site offers many inspiring writings including the Rainbow Bridge poem, book recommendations, an area to post a tribute to your lost pet, and various chat rooms for grief support, including one devoted to owners who have lost pets to cancer.
Your daughter might also check into pet loss support groups in her area that meet once or twice a month. Her veterinarian or local humane societies would be able to direct her. I attended one back in 1992 after losing two dogs in a terrible accident. Sharing their story and listening to others helped tremendously.
She was wise to not acquire a new dog so soon after losing Molly. Owners in emotional turmoil are often tempted to run out and get a replacement or "lookalike", which can lead to resentment, because what they really want is their old pet back. Hopefully she will begin her search for a new best friend when the pain eases.
One final suggestion to combat the inevitable loneliness is to vary her daily routine to include more time out socializing with people who understand how she feels—and to keep in regular touch with her caring dad via phone or email.
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I read your article about a kitten eating cat litter with interest. Our 2-1/2 year old female started eating cat litter back in March. This continued through April and we thought she was missing a mineral/vitamin in her diet. We took her to the vet and she tested positive for feline leukemia. The vet did research on cats eating litter and I will tell you that eating cat litter is never normal and that something is very wrong. With medication she is doing well but we don't know for how long. Please share this with your readers.
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LSU coach Les Miles said it's unanimous among SEC coaches: they want a post-Thanksgiving signing period.
Earlier signing dates are all the rage in college football recruiting, but one high-profile coach is going against the grain.
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini wants to eliminate signing dates altogether. He believes players should be able to sign as soon as they receive offers, and is confident that doing so will be better for both players and programs.
"If somebody has offered a kid, let him sign, it's over," Pelini told ESPN.com. "That will stop some of the things that are happening -- people just throwing out offers, some of them with really no intention of taking a kid.
"Make (the offer) mean something," he added, referring to athletes receiving upwards of 60 offers. "People will be like, 'Whoa, I've got to take this kid now.' It will slow things down for the kids, for the institutions. There will be less mistakes.
"Why does there have to be one specific day? And it will get rid of some of the stuff that goes on, kids pulling the hats and so forth."
Nevertheless, Pelini doesn't believe this will ever come to fruition, citing that the NCAA has operated under signing dates for so long and the institution fears change.
RUNNING BACK DOUBLES AS RAPPER: Sony Michel is committed to play running back at Georgia next year. Until then, he's focusing on his future in rap.
Michel is known for his combination of speed and burst, but perhaps we should be paying more attention to his ability to bust a rhyme.
Michel, known by his rap name 2Stackz, saw his track "UGA Anthem" go viral quickly. Listen here.
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Let's just say yesterday's 7-0 loss to the Oakland A's wasn't exactly the way the Yankees wanted to end June, let alone the first three months of the season.
I still can't believe how poorly we're playing.
As Jorge Posada put it, "It seems like at times we just go through the motions."
And that's clearly unacceptable. Again.
Just a couple of small observations. Again.
First of all, I have absolutely no faith in Kei Igawa whatsoever. The person who suggested to sign the bum should be fired immediately. Igawa goes through the first two innings exhibiting confidence with good location on his pitches.
But the second he faces adversity ... light-hitting Jason Kendall, who is barely batting above .200, hits a homer ... he falls apart. He proceeds to give up another homer, then back-to-back walks before barely escaping further damage.
Later, after getting squeezed on a strike three all that would have ended the inning, a clearly agitated Igawa serves up a two-run homer to Dan Johnson.
Simple put, we don't need someone with such a sensative psyche pitching for us. End of story.
As for the hitting, what can I say? As long as guys like Bobby Abreu, Hideki Matsui, Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera are contributing ZERO, we're are going to continue to struggle and go further and further away from a playoff spot. Chad Gaudin? This guy has a good upside and the sixth best ERA in the American League, but he got shelled in his previous two outings. We clearly let him off the hook with uninspired play.
Here's to hoping the second half of the season is completely opposite of the first half.
The bad news: We get started against Major League Baseball's ERA leader, Dan Haren, today.
Good luck, boys.
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LIBERAL, Kan. - Liberal city officials have a new tenant for the vacant Trailmobile trailer manufacturing building.
Gardner Cryogenics, a trailer refurbishing firm, will lease about 9,000 square feet at a monthly rate of $3.50 per square foot, according to Liberal City Manager Toby Miller.
On another front, Miller said that last week he received word that Trailmobile had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at a federal court in Chicago.
Miller said the month-to-month lease is temporary, until Gardner can build at its own site in Liberal. He said no site improvements are required.
Miller said lease provisions require the city to give 60-day notice should the building be sold and Gardner to give 60-day notice to vacate the property.
Meanwhile, Miller said, the city is moving ahead with efforts to sell the property. He said six trailer-building firms have shown interest in the property and several have toured the facility.
Miller declined to name the interested companies.
"It's a little premature to discuss that at this point," he said. "I am very optimistic."
With a standard bankruptcy format of prioritizing creditors to determine how much debt can be paid, Miller said, he anticipates an outside attorney will be hired to represent the city in the proceedings.
Miller said the city has filed a $17 million lawsuit against Trailmobile.
Trailmobile owes $12 million on a 15-year lease agreement, Miller said.
The 220,000-square-foot building on U.S. Highway 83 is a state-of-the-art facility for building dry freight and refrigerated trailers.
Trailmobile pulled out in January and made lease payments until August.
Trailmobile surrendered the equipment, building and premises Sept. 12 after the firm defaulted on the lease pact with the city.
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""CEOs go to their vacation homes just after companies report favorable news, and CEOs return to headquarters right before subsequent news is released. More good news is released when CEOs are back at work, and CEOs appear not to leave headquarters at all if a firm has adverse news to disclose. When CEOs are away from the office, stock prices behave quietly with sharply lower volatility. Volatility increases immediately when CEOs return to work." —David Yermack, a New York University finance professor, whose recently released study shows a correlation between when CEOs take their private jets on vacation and movements in their companies' stock price "
The technology behind VLJs
The engines are a new generation of lightweight turbofans that were offshoots of NASA research and lessons learned while building cruise missile engines during the 1960s and 1970s. About the time Cessna was introducing its first Citation, the 500, in 1972, Dr. Sam Williams, founder of engine-maker Williams International, was thinking about little engines for little jets. "He always thought anyone who could fly would prefer a jet," said Matt Huff, vice president of business development for Williams.
His first foray into the market was what would become the 2,300-pound-thrust FJ-44 turbofan. Williams designed it initially to compete as the powerplant on the Pentagon's JPATS training aircraft. It lost that contest, but was chosen to power the Sino Swearingen SJ30, the Beechcraft Premier I and the Cessna Citation CJ, an airplane that was lighter and faster than the original Citation 500. The engine entered service in 1993 and Williams already has produced 2,500 of them.
A downscaled version of the FJ-44, the FJ-33, would later be selected to power VLJs, including those from Adam, ATG, Cirrus, Diamond and Piper. The FJ-33 weighs just 300 pounds and delivers 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of thrust. It incorporates advances pioneered on the FJ-44, such as scalloped exhaust pipes that reduce engine noise and improve fuel efficiency. The fan stage features blades that are widely swept and rounded, which further contributes to lower noise and better economy. Williams pioneered the use of a single-piece, single-forged titanium fan blade and fan disk assembly called a "blisk" that reduces weight and the need for maintenance and is more damage tolerant than the conventional separate disk-blade-spacer designs.
But as early as the 1980s, Sam Williams was thinking smaller. He agreed to provide engines to one of the earlier failed attempts at VLJs, the FoxJet, and by 1996 Williams partnered with NASA to produce a 700-pound-thrust turbofan for light, four- to six-passenger aircraft. He hired aircraft designer Burt Rutan to build a futuristic aircraft, the V-JETII, to showcase an early version of the engines. Rutan, who is the closest thing the small-airplane community has to a rock star, would later proclaim, "Propeller airplanes are dead." The V-JET arrived at AirVenture Oshkosh [Wis.], the world's largest airshow, in 1997. Vern Raburn, an avid pilot and former computer executive, noticed it right away.
A year later, Raburn founded Eclipse, a company whose stated goal was to produce at least 500 twin-engine VLJs a year for $775,000 each (1998 dollars), using automotive-industry-style assembly lines and an advanced metal-bonding technique called "friction stir welding" that eliminated most of the riveting. The Eclipse was designed around the new Williams EJ-22 engines and the Avidyne Avio integrated computer screen avionics suite. The problem was that neither worked well enough on the aircraft as designed, forcing Eclipse to find other suppliers and redesign a good deal of the airplane, thus causing delays. And more delays. Eclipse eventually turned to Pratt & Whitney Canada for its 600 series engines, the same new generation of powerplant as on the Cessna Citation Mustang and Embraer Phenom 100, and a combination of companies to finish the avionics.
Meanwhile, one company, Spectrum Aeronautical, thinks more radical technology may be required. The firm, which Austin Blue runs, toiled in secret until 2005, when it removed the wraps from its 10-seat Model 33 jet. The company claims the aircraft will have a range of 2,000 nautical miles and cruise at 477 mph with the same hourly fuel consumption as the much smaller Eclipse. It will also be able to use ridiculously short runways. On its maiden flight from Spanish Fork, Utah (elevation 4,529 feet), in January 2006, the Spectrum 33's reduced-power takeoff roll was just 750 feet, less than a third of what a Cessna Citation CJ2 would have required.
Spectrum uses a proprietary and automated method of fabricating carbon fiber that provides stiffness and support. The entire aircraft fuselage weighs just 300 pounds. With full fuel and passengers, the Spectrum will weigh approximately 7,300 pounds or about half as much as a comparably performing aluminum business jet. Spectrum is in the process of developing the Model 33 and a larger sibling, the S-40.
Thank you for providing the WR-19 fan composition and the process in which it was produced, in my research on the "Original" WR-19 which was financed by Internal funds this civilian development was a breakthrough in Micro turbofans.
The WR-19 engine was "classified" and removed from civilian use.
Weight 68 pounds
Thrust 430 pounds
In producing the WR-19 I am attempting to be accurate in my efforts,since the Patent has expired and the WR-19 has been declassified it is possible for very determined individuals to pursue construction of this revolutionary engine.
I have learned almost any machine shop in 2012 can make the required components that were created by Sam Williams in 1963-1965.
It has been suggested there was a special fuel in 1963... that requirement by the Military did not exist, the 107-WR-101,400,402 are current military applications which require a "military fuel" which might be JP-8.
What made the WR-19 a true work horse, it had the same power as civilian aircraft engines in 1965, but it was 1/20th the size, and increase in the Fan provides additional thrust, but creates a corresponding reduction in component longevity.
A Military sailplane was created using the WR-19 430 pound thrust engine, this will be a fun project to copy as sailplanes are well known and the 1965 68 pound WR-19 is a suitable power plant.
A True Turbofan provides thrust that most propeller equipped engines can never match.
I want to thank Sam Williams,United States and the many many people that created the 1963 to 1965 WR-19 weight 68 pounds thrust 430 pounds Turbofan, the power to weight ratio even 45 years later is hard to duplicate, I look forward to following in your foot steps,Thank you for leading the way.
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STATE BASKETBALL: Enumclaw boys fall to Union in championship battle
The Enumclaw High boys took a nine-point lead into the fourth quarter Saturday night and stood poised to capture the first state hoop championship in school history, but Union High had other plans.
Union, a third-year school from the Vancouver area, rallied to outscore the Hornets 17-7 during the final eight minutes and claim a 51-50 victory in the Class 3A state finale at the Tacoma Dome.
The senior-laden EHS crew held a slim 23-22 lead at halftime and extended the margin to 43-34 with a strong third period.
The championship contest literally came down to the final seconds, which saw EHS clinging to a 50-49 lead. The tide turned with 8.4 seconds remaining to be played, when Union senior Chris Morgan stepped to the line and first buried the game-tying free throw and cooly nailed the game-winner.
Enumclaw had one final shot but couldn't convert.
Four of Enumclaw's seniors reached double figures in their Hornet finale. Taylor Myers and Riley Carel scored 11 points each, while Jayson Lewis and Tarren VanTrojan contributed 10 apiece. Myers hauled down a team-high eight rebounds.
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17th season opening day draws 62 horses at Emerald Downs | Horse Racing
Director of Racing Bret Anderson put together another solid season-opening lineup Tuesday, with sixty-two horses entered for Friday's eight-race card—7.75 per race—led by trainer Howard Belvoir with eight.
Belvoir, third all-time with 561 wins at Emerald Downs, comes off a superb 2011 campaign that produced 52 winners—just one shy of Leading Trainer Frank Lucarelli. A Martin Durkan award recipient in 2010 for his efforts to help fill races, Belvoir said he was impressed with the number of horses entered for Friday.
"The trainers have all done a good job filling up races," Belvoir said. "Now lets just hope for good weather."
Belvoir, who will saddle Advancement in Friday's feature race—a conditional $12,500 claiming race for older horses—also said that he would enter up to as many as 20 horses for this weekend's races. Entries for Saturday and Sunday will be taken Wednesday morning.
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John Karalis, Red's Army (35-47)
I actually don't think this will be a horrible team. I think they'll be better than this record indicates. But there are a couple of things that will hurt the Celtics early
[…] The silver lining here is that I think their second half will be OK, and it'll probably surprise a few people. I see them as a second-half "team no one really wants to face." The early struggles will saddle them with a pretty bad early record, though, which is probably just fine for Danny Ainge. In fact, early struggles, late success, miss the playoffs and get a decent slot in the lottery is probably a best-case scenario for Ainge.
KWAPT, Red's Army (35-47): I tend to be Mr. Positive, so I'm going out a limb here in saying Rajon, Jeff, Avery and Sully will form a nice nucleus. If they can all stay healthy, (big if) I think they can run with a lot of the teams in our conference.
ESPN Boston: Summer Forecast: A broken record?
John Karalis, Red's Army (Competitive, 9-12 in East): I think the East will have some DOGS. Boston will be better than Philly, Charlotte, and probably Orlando. I think they can be better than Toronto. That puts them at 11th. From there, it's a matter of who's playing well at the right time. They could go as high as 10th.
KWAPT, Red's Army (Early playoff exit): Boston is going to scrap, fight and claw its way to 30-plus wins, but will be ushered out of the playoffs in the first round again this year, I'm afraid.
ESPN Boston: Summer Forecast: Early end in sight
Yep, it's that time of year again…. wicked early prediction time… and once again Red's Army has been invited to take part in ESPN Boston's Summer Forecast series.
By the looks of it, KWAPT and I are living up to our reputations as the "glass half full" guys. We're not totally alone on this. A couple of guys come close to our win total (one picked 38 wins), but KWAPT was the only one with the marbles to pick them as a playoff team.
Jay is being a bit more… realistic with his picks:
Jay Ouellette, Red's Army (28-54): Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are gone. Doc Rivers has been replaced by Brad Stevens who, while I'm very excited about, has never coached an NBA game in his life (not saying this is a bad thing). It will just take him getting used to NBA schedules, practices (or lack thereof), players, etc. Oh and the health of Rajon Rondo.
There's no doubt if Rondo misses significant time early in the season, we're all going to have to adjust our numbers downward.
Feel free to add your two cents in the comments, and continue to check out our summer forecasts on ESPN Boston.
In other news, Roy Williams is sad about Paul Pierce.
"Yeah, I am a little sad," he said. "And I understand that it had to happen. They want to make over the team because everybody's getting older.
"Hey, I'm getting older myself. I turned 63 on Aug. 1. But I was just really hoping that Paul would be able to be a one-team guy.
"One of the reasons I thought seriously about staying at Kansas 10 years ago and not coming back to North Carolina was that I wanted to be one of those coaches that just coached at one school. I admire some of those professional athletes that just stay with one club, and I was hoping Paul would be one of them."
Williams paused and added, "Paul has done so much for Boston, and Boston has meant so much to him. I just thought that would have been neat."
I would have featured this, but honestly, everyone is sad about it. And I really don't want to think about it right now because we're all going to be bashed over the head with it all season long.
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New York state's retail sector has been shedding jobs since the onset of the Great Recession in September 2007.
Most of the area has seen the same trend, with only Montgomery County showing improvement over the past four years.
Since the onset of the recession, the state shed 14,400 jobs in the retail sector, ranking it 31st in job growth for that industry. However, that number is tempered by its percentage change of 1.6 percent over the past four years.
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Walmart is shown in the town of Johnstown on Thursday. Although jobs in the retail sector have been declining for four years, Walmart has recently posted with Workforce Solutions a recruiting drive for 80 customer-service employees in Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie counties for the holiday season.
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According to the state Department of Labor, the unemployment rates in Fulton and Montgomery counties is higher than 9 percent. Fulton County has the highest unemployment of any New York county outside of New York City at 9.5 percent for September, unchanged from last year. Only the Bronx is higher at 12.5 percent.
Montgomery County's unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent in September, up from 9 percent at the same time last year. Hamilton County's unemployment is down to 5.7 percent from 5.9 percent last year.
According to figures provided by Mark Barbano of the Labor Department, retail jobs in Fulton County hit a six-year high in 2008 of 2,351 before declining. During the first quarter of 2009, the county dropped below 2,300 retail jobs before hitting 2,080 during the first quarter of this year.
The results were similar in Hamilton County, which had 204 retail jobs in the first quarter of 2007. Before bottoming out in 2010 (171 jobs), the county had a slight rebound to 178.
The only county to show level numbers was Montgomery County, which has been enjoying a retail boom with the recent opening of Kohl's and the opening of Target and other stores in the Amsterdam Commons since 2009.
Montgomery County hit its six-year employment high in 2009's first quarter, several months after Target opened, with 2,614 retail employees. The number dropped to 2,590 last year, but the county picked up five more jobs this year.
Something else that could work against the job-loss trend is that this time of year, the retail industry usually looks for extra help with the approach of the holiday shopping season.
For the second straight year, Walmart is going through Staffworks to fulfill its employment needs for the holiday season. According to a flier posted on the Workforce Solutions website, the company is looking to fill 80 customer-service positions during the holiday season.
Right now, according to the Labor Department, several positions in the retail industry are in high demand. Positions that are being sought after include cashiers, retail supervisors and managers for individual stores, sales people and stock people and order fillers.
The department also projects to add 17,980 jobs, a 2 percent increase. The state had 895,940 jobs in 2010, and the total is projected for 913,920 for next year.
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Army officer and diplomatist; b. at Madoc, Canada, 20 April, 1859; d. at London, 19 Oct., 1911. The son of John I. and Elizabeth Squiers, he was educated at Canandaigua Academy, Minnesota Military Academy, Maryland Agricultural School, and Fordham University (A.M. and LL.D.); in 1877 he became second lieutenant, U.S. Army, and from 1885 to 1890 U.S. military instructor at St. John's College, Fordham ; he left to join his regiment, the 7th Cavalry, at the Indian Battle of Wounded Knee, and resigned as first lieutenant, 1891. In 1894 he became second Secretary at the legation at Berlin, and in 1898 first Secretary at the legation at Peking, where he and his family were received into the Church by Archbishop Favier; during the siege of the Legations, 1900, he was chief of staff under Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister to China, who with de Giers, the Russian Minister, pronounced "Mr. Squiers's services invaluable in keeping people and things together in the midst of exaggerated racial feelings"; for his "bravery and distinguished services" he was formally thanked by the British Government and by President McKinley. In 1902 he was appointed Minister to Cuba ; he resigned in 1905 but was the next year appointed Minister to Panama, in both of which offices his tact and firmness and his Catholic faith were of immense service to all in solving many complicated questions of these early days. He was devoted to his Church, and was very charitable but unostentatiously so. He helped many deserving students to a Catholic education. One of his last acts was to establish at the Catholic University two burses of $250 each for ten years. Broken in health by eight years in the tropics; he spent the last two years of his life cruising in European waters. His last words after receiving the last rites were: "I am alone with God ". His wonderful collection of antique Chinese porcelain was purchased for him by Mr. Pethick, the famous connoisseur. Many were bought to assist Chinese friends. His first wife, Helen L. Fargo (m. 1881, d. 1886), left him four children, Gladys (Mrs. Rousseau), Georgia (Mrs. H. Whitman), Fargo (d. 1906), and Helen. In 1889 he married Harriette Bard Woodcock, who survives him, with their sons Herbert G., Bard, and John Astor Squiers.
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What -- you haven't been tobogganing yet? The season is almost over! The twin refrigerated chutes, which do not need snow to operate, offer a 15-second rush you have to experience each winter. Riders must wear mittens or gloves. Kids must be at least 42 inches tall to ride and be accompanied by an adult.
Where: Chalet Recreation Area, Strongsville.
When: Weekend hours are noon-10:30 Saturday, March 9 and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, March 10. (Special for Sunday, the last day of the season: family four-pack -- four passes, four hot dogs, four sodas -- for $30.)
Cost: Unlimited-ride tickets are $10; $8, ages 11 and under.
Info: 440-572-9990.
Celebrate Women's History Month with a special program on hats -- from the making of them to their rich history -- with Cleveland author Cynthia Marek Lundeen.
Where: James A. Garfield National Historic Site, 8095 Mentor Ave., Mentor.
When: 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9.
Cost: Free.
Info: 440-255-8722.
Local and national exhibitors will showcase the latest in fine gems, jewelry, beads and minerals.
Where: Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Bagley and Eastland roads, Berea.
When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: $6; free for children under 12.
Info: gemstreetusa.com, 216-521-4367.
Around since 1993 and with a lineup unchanged since those first days, this Swedish rock band known for their live performances is in town for a gig. Ohio Civil War opens.
Where: House of Blues, East Fourth Street and Euclid Avenue.
When: 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: $20-$28.
Info: Tickets are available at the box office, at livenation.com or call 216-523-2583.
This woman is one reason that the blues may change, but will never die. She has opened for the Rolling Stones and performed for the Obamas at the White House. At the Chicago Blues Festival two years ago, she was dubbed the new Queen of the Blues.
Where: Winchester Music Hall, 12112 Madison Ave., Lakewood.
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9.
Cost: $25.
Info: thewinchester.net. Tickets are available at the club or 216-226-5681.
It's that time again for the annual concert featuring the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus. The two premier ensembles pool their talents in an eclectic program led by James Feddeck, featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Brahms' "Nanie," and Hanson's "Song of Democracy."
Where: Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
When: 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: $12-$20.
Info: clevelandorchestra.com, 216-231-1111.
The troupe performs works by Mozart, Weber and Haydn, with clarinetist Daniel Gilbert as soloist.
7:30 Saturday night, March 9: St. Stanislaus Church, 3649 East 65th St., Cleveland.
2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10: St. Mary Parish, 320 Middle Ave., Elyria.
Info: Free, though donations are welcome. Go to citymusiccleveland.org or call 216-321-8273.
The Singers' Club of Cleveland and Western Reserve Chorale team for "Cry of Freedom, Plea for Peace -- The Civil War in Remembrance" under conductor David Gilson. Soloists are soprano Marian Vogel and baritone Brian Johnson.
7:30 Saturday, March 9: Saint Ignatius High School's Breen Center for the Performing Arts, 2008 West 30th St., Cleveland.
3 p.m. Sunday, March 10: Cedar Hill Baptist Church, 12601 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights.
Cost: $15; $10, students.
Info: singersclub.org, 216-556-4405.
The group -- which stands for Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics -- presents Chamber Music in the Council Chambers, a program of works by Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others.
Where: Orange Village Hall, 4600 Lander Road, Orange.
When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: $25; $5, students; $40, patrons.
Info: starsintheclassics.org, 216-702-7047.
The Metropolitan Opera soprano gives a recital.
Where: Oberlin College's Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin.
When: 8 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: $47; $15, students; $42, seniors, Oberlin College faculty and staff. All tickets are $3 more at the door.
Info: oberlin.edu/artsguide, 800-371-0178.
A pair of authors are speaking at free events at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in Cuyahoga County:
Temple Grandin: The professor, scientist and author was diagnosed with autism at age 2, and has recounted her experience growing up "different," as she puts it, in her memoir "Thinking in Pictures." She wrote "Animals in Translation" and "Different . . . Not Less," and works as an advocate for people with autism and for animal rights. Info: Cleveland Public Library, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 525 Superior Ave., cpl.org.
Maria Isabella: The author of "In the Kitchen With Cleveland's Favorite Chefs," gives readers a peek inside the home kitchens of 35 local chefs, including Michael Symon and Jonathon Sawyer. Isabella will share recipes and tips; books will be available for purchase and signing. Info: Cuyahoga County Public Library, Mayfield branch, 6080 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield. Register at cuyahogalibrary.org.
Park Synagogue, the venerable Conservative Jewish congregation, is justly proud of its Main Sanctuary in Cleveland Heights, designed by the great German Expressionist architect Eric Mendelsohn and built in 1947-53. Several events are planned for this weekend.
Where: 3300 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights.
When: Exhibition is by appointment through Sunday, March 31. The synagogue will celebrate the building with Shabbat service at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9 and a sermon at 10:50 a.m. by Rabbi Joshua Skoff on the relationship between architecture and religious observance. At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, the synagogue will hold a free screening in its Kangesser Hall of "Incessant Visions," a recent documentary film about Mendelsohn, followed by a panel discussion with its director, Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror and Jay Geller, a professor of Judaic studies at Case Western Reserve University. The building and an exhibition of recently rediscovered Mendelsohn sketches of the synagogue design will be open for self-guided tours through 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10.
Cost: Free.
Info: parksyn.org/documents/mendelsohn, 216-371-2244.


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Brecksville Theater on the Square was founded in 1973. It stages a variety of dramatic and musical theater productions in its theater on Brecksville Public Square and conducts educational programs and workshops aimed at adults and young people in the community. It kicked off 2011 with a production of "A Nightmare Crime," an original piece written and directed by Baldwin-Wallace College drama professor Dr. Jack B. Winget. The World War II multi-media docudrama is based on the Sonderkommando, Jewish prisoners who were forced by the Nazis to aid in the extermination of their fellow Jews. The play was performed Feb. 25-27 and March 4-5.
The theater also is exploring the issues of teen suicide and bullying in staged readings March 24-25 of "May I Have Your Attention, Please?" and "Pickin'.'"
Performance venues
- Old Town Hall, 49 Public Square, Brecksville
Contact information
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 41002, Brecksville, OH 44141
Important players
- Scott McPherson, President
- Donald Albainy, Artistic Director
Latest news
This summer, Brecksville Theater on the Square will present "The Music Man" in conjunction with the Brecksville Bicentennial Committee. They will end the 2011 season with a November production of the musical "Annie."
Brecksville Theater on the Square also offers a variety of education programs and workshops for kids of varying ages. Check the website for details.
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In a family, a parent's love for a child -- unconditional, unquestioning, unwavering and endlessly self-sacrificing -- is one of the strongest, sweetest forces on earth.
Yet in a relationship, that kind of devotion can be endlessly, frustratingly self-destructive.
The lover and the beloved -- these are inherently unequal roles. Without equality, all the awful dangers of humiliation and exploitation come dangerously to the front.
That obsessive story is played out twice in James Gray's intense drama "Two Lovers." Leonard is in love with Michelle, the beautiful new neighbor across the courtyard. Sandra, the daughter of his father's business partner, is in love with him.
The relationships mirror each other. Leonard adores the golden Michelle, who says she thinks of him as "a brother" (but is happy to rely on him for errands). Sandra is immediately besotted by Leonard, who views her with a kind of fond sympathy (but is willing to take her to bed).
Neither relationship seems destined to end well. But then it is the nature of the lover always to think optimistically, and for the beloved rarely to think of anyone else at all.
"Two Lovers" is an interesting film, not only because it is so character-driven but because it comes from Gray, the Francis Ford Coppola of the outer boroughs. His other films -- "Little Odessa," "The Yards," "We Own the Night" -- have always focused on conflicts between fathers and sons, duty and freedom.
"Two Lovers" drops the crime genre but keeps the concerns. Michelle doesn't just represent beauty to Leonard; she's an escape from the life his family has planned for him. (Smartly, Gray and co-writer Richard Menello set this story in the immigrant Jewish community of Brighton Beach. It wouldn't play in a more modern, assimilated milieu.)
The casting is pretty close to perfect, with Gwyneth Paltrow as the unobtainable Michelle and Vinessa Shaw as the too-available Sandra, and the ever-eccentric Joaquin Phoenix as the conflicted Leonard. If there's a flaw, it's that they're all a little old for the parts. At 25, these people are understandable, but at 35 their aimlessness begins to annoy.
A more serious problem is Leonard himself, whom the script overloads with back story (a tragic love affair, two suicide attempts, a bipolar disorder). This threatens to turn him into a diagnosis, rather than a person, replacing a character with a case study. He doesn't need to be manic-depressive. That he's lonely is enough.
Phoenix is very good in the part, though, ingratiating and infuriating all at once, in the way the young Robert De Niro was. As always, Gray has a feel for the texture of things: the faded family apartment that always smells of brisket, the glittering Manhattan restaurants where a waiter's questioning "Sir?" can feel like a slap.
Even if Gray tries too hard to explain Leonard, he understands how inexplicable this sort of self-sacrificing love can be and how coded its dialogue is. How "I love you like a brother" can mean I don't love you at all. How "all I want to do is take care of you" may be a sign not of strength, but of weakness.
And how little of this will even register with the beloved, and how none of it will matter to the lover at all.


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- You may recall that it was William Wallace's sidekick, Stephen, who'd listened to the painted boss man rally those gathered Scottish fighters with passionate words during a certain scene in "Braveheart." This, with a massive horde of English soldiers just across the way.
And, while impressed, he did have a question.
"Fine speech," Stephen declared. "Now, what do we do?"
There may have been a smidge of that on Thursday morning down at the War Memorial where Ross Yates, the third-year coach of the Syracuse Crunch, collected his boys and laid out the facts of hockey life during one of those meetings nobody likes to attend.
Things, though, needed to be said . . . especially considering that the Crunch had been pummeled 6-0 only hours earlier in Cleveland by the unremarkable Lake Erie Monsters, who are not a last-place club only because Rochester is.
And things, likely harsh ones, were said to the just-off-the-bus Syracuse athletes, whose bones were as weary as their eyes were bleary.
Well, fine. But now, what do they do?
Turns out, Dan LaCosta, the Crunch goalie, has the answer.
"We need to have everyone push together," he offered early Thursday afternoon. "Not half of the guys. Not three-quarters of the guys. All of the guys. It has to be everybody buying in. And we have to do it every day -- not one game out of three, or one period out of three."
We're in the home stretch, folks. And with the regular season's quarter pole about to be passed this weekend, the sad arithmetic of the matter is that the Syracuse outfit has some serious issues as it hopes to skate again into the playoffs.
Facts? Stark though they may be, here they are:
(a) There are just 22 games remaining.
(b) Ten teams in the AHL's 15-team Western Conference have more than the 59 points so far accumulated by the Crunch, which is 27-26-3-2 and on a schneid that has seen it win merely 15 of its last 42 starts.
(c) Only eight of those squads will qualify for the postseason.
(d) The clock is ticking. Loudly.
"We have to come together and come together fast," said Trevor Frischmon, the Syracuse center. "Twenty-two games is not a lot of games. There's time, but we've got to get going. We have to play smart and simple hockey. And we have to compete for 60 minutes. At this time of the year, you've got to be ready to play every night and outwork the other team, and we haven't been doing that lately."
The Crunch will have one last chance to atone for those sins of commission because once again the scheduling gods have been kind to the locals. Indeed, beginning with this evening's bout against the Grand Rapids Griffins, a terrific bunch, 15 those 22 remaining contests will be played inside the War Memorial, including 10 of the next 11.
So, opportunity is not merely knocking on the door; it's pounding on the thing like Fred Flintstone looking for Wilma. However, as the Crunch has won only 14 of the 25 scrums it's played in its downtown barn this season, it seems to have a deaf ear.
"Last year when teams came into our building, they knew they were going to be in for a tough night," said LaCosta. "We have to establish that. Early in the games, we have to show people that things aren't going to be easy for them. And we haven't done that.
"And we have to learn from that game against Lake Erie. Talent-wise, they (the Monsters) were no better than us, but if we don't work hard, we're not very good. And to a man, we were not very good in Cleveland. I wasn't very good. No one was very good. We got what we deserved."
Specifically, the Syracuse guys got a fanny-kicking during which they got nine shots on goal over the affair's final 40 minutes, which is to winning hockey games what feeding nine kernels of corn is to feeding a cow. In other words, it wasn't much of a plan.
"I think our whole team was completely out of that thing right from the start," said Frischmon. "We took two early penalties and they scored twice right away. From then on, we were in penalty trouble all night. We gave them 10 power plays, which put us out of sync the whole game. On top of that, we just didn't compete the way we should have. It was one of those games were nothing went right."
There can, of course, be no more of that. Not if the Crunch plans to give more than mere lip service to its postseason aspirations. And not if it intends to drag down a fair number of those half-dozen groups immediately ahead of it in the Western Conference's points standings -- Peoria (60), Iowa (61), Houston (65), Rockford (65), Chicago (65) and Toronto (65).
Time? Oh, there's enough of it remaining. And there are 44 points still out there on the table. So, with that Thursday-morning meeting over and with those Griffins in town this evening (followed by Albany on Saturday), a solid run can be started.
"I mean, you have to be optimistic," said Frischmon. "You have to believe you can make it. Everybody has to get on board. Everybody has got to come together. Yeah, it's late. We know that. But it's not too late."
Nice speech. Now, all the Crunch has to do is win. A lot. An awful lot. And then, we'll see.
(Bud Poliquin's column and his "To The Point" observations appear regularly in The Post-Standard, and his on-line commentary is freshly written every weekday at syracuse.com. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI - -Athletic offerings at the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System will be discussed at a parent meeting tonight.
New Athletic Director Glen Metcalf will discuss plans for football and other sports at the charter school system that will open this fall. The meeting at the Muskegon Heights High School auditorium will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Mosaica Education Inc. recently hired Metcalf, a former longtime coach and assistant principal at Muskegon Heights High School, to oversee sports in the charter school system it will be operating at four existing Muskegon Heights school buildings.
"The Tigers will remain part of the Muskegon Heights school tradition," Metcalf said. "Having coached both football and basketball here, I understand how sports play a big role in building character and discipline, while providing community pride and spirit."
Muskegon Heights schools Emergency Manager Donald Weatherspoon said the district is preparing the high school football field for the upcoming season. Mosaica has not said what sports will be provided at the Muskegon Heights charter schools.
Mosaica is hosting parent meetings at the high school auditorium at 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays through the end of this month. In August, parent meetings will shift to the individual school buildings. Martin Luther King Elementary will house preschool through first grade, Edgewood Elementary will house second through fifth grades, Muskegon Heights Middle School will house sixth through eighth grades and Muskegon Heights High School will house ninth through 12th grades.
Parents who want their children to attend school in Muskegon Heights next year must enroll them. Enrollment forms will be available at the parent meetings and also can be picked up in the emergency manager's office at the Muskegon Heights Board of Education building, 2603 Leahy.
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The crew of the Oregon is engaged for a rescue mission that takes them deep into the Burmese jungle where the natural perils are hardly more deadly than the manmade ones. Their quest for the missing daughter of a Swiss billionaire, takes them all over the globe—and Juan Cabrillo and crew are caught up in a harrowing race to save the world. This installment in the Oregon Files adventures requires a narrator who can make the most of the drama and suspense without taking it over the top, and Jason Culp is up for the challenge. His voice's rich timbre makes for easy listening, and male characterizations are spot-on. Female voices, however, are not his strong suit: they're either nasal or throaty and make for uncomfortable listening. Fortunately the female dialogue is scant, and this flaw does not detract from what is a fantastical, exciting audiobook. A Putnam hardcover. (Mar.)


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Joan Cranston stands outside the Julia Ann Walsh Heritage Center (formerly the Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital) in Norris Point.
CORNER BROOK — Joan Cranston hopes a survey currently being conducted in western Newfoundland will help improve the delivery of health-care services to the region.
Cranston, a physiotherapist in Norris Point, is a member of the Corner Brook-Rocky Harbour regional council of the Rural Secretariat, a government-appointed entity that strives to advance the sustainability of rural Newfoundland and Labrador.
The council has combined with the Stephenville-Port aux Basques regional council to conduct a survey that focuses on access to health-care service. Similar to previous surveys it has done on transportation and education, the Rural Secretariat is now engaging the public with the goal of passing on people's concerns about the health-care system to the policy and decision makers in government.
The surveys are available online and paper copies can also be picked up at some health clinics throughout the region. Some town halls and community service groups also have copies for those who may not have easy access to the online version.
Western Health recently conducted a community needs assessment, but Cranston said steps have been taken to ensure the survey does not duplicate what that needs assessment set out to accomplish.
"We have heard about the stories and the troubles people have accessing services," said Cranston. "We wanted to see if we could capture that information in a more concrete way."
The survey includes space where participants can add their own comments about both the good and the bad experiences they may have had while seeking health care. The information will be compiled in a way that will allow it to be broken down by community.
"We are probably going to see pockets where this community has pretty good access to this service and not so good service to that service, while this community has no access at all," said Cranston.
It's not just the two regional councils working together on the project. The councils are also collaborating with the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research in St. John's, which will compile and analyze the data.
The surveys were launched shortly before Christmas and the Rural Secretariat hopes to have them returned by the end of January.
Engaging the public may not end with the anonymous surveys being submitted. Cranston is hoping that some of the participants will agree to participate in more detailed "kitchen table discussions" about their experiences later on.
"These sort of focus groups would be more intimate and informal and, hopefully, people will be more comfortable in sharing their stories in that kind of forum," said Cranston. "This will give us some more rich information and it is sometimes people's stories, and not cold statistics, that spark action."
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Corner Brook-Rocky Harbour
The Rural Secretariat Council for the Corner Brook-Rocky Harbour extends from Corner Brook, including the Bay of Islands, to Bonne Bay and White Bay, including the Humber Valley and Deer Lake.
Survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/healthservices_cbrh
Stephenville-Port aux Basques
The Rural Secretariat Council for the Stephenville-Port aux Basques Region extends from Stephenville, including the Port au Port Peninsula, south to Rose Blanche and along the southwest coast to Francois.
Survey link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/healthservices_stpb
Source: Rural Secretariat


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By Brendan Monaghan
It's one of the first things we learn in civics class: Governments are instituted to secure the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They are formed, by means of a social contract between governor and the governed, to guard against a state of nature in which life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," as Thomas Hobbes described it. In southern Oregon, this contract between an insolvent government and a destitute tax base needs mediation.
Last month's defeat of two public safety levies has made the provision of essential services almost untenable. A story that went viral recently recounts how a Josephine County woman about to be burglarized and sexually assaulted called 911 and was told by the dispatcher that the county couldn't send anyone to help. So, in comes Salem, riding to the rescue this week, to shield these cash-strapped counties from their own shortsightedness. Get used to this scene. Across the nation, state legislators have decided that local governments like Curry and Josephine counties are too small to fail.
Salem's plan is not treatment for withdrawal but another hit: House Bill 3453 would pick up half the tab for a minimum level of public services, an effective bailout of these local governments. The catch is that money from a higher, distant source -- federal or state -- is never free. It is paid by other taxpayers, as well as the same people receiving it. What's more, there are always strings attached. Salem seizes the right to raise local income taxes without a vote of the locals. So, residents in these counties would learn what people in Detroit already know: Home rule is not a God-given constitutional right, but a privilege extended by the plenary power of the state. In this sense, rural local governments are becoming an endangered species -- starved by their own citizens, poached by outsiders.
Yet, the one person in Washington, D.C., who can do something about the situation -- Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -- is pursuing only a halfhearted solution. The federal government, mired in sequestration and plagued by debt and deficits, should be liquidating assets to save money, or at least allowing them to be put to good use. Instead of a means of job and wealth creation, not to mention tax revenue, Oregon's timber is used primarily as fuel for the coming wildfire season. In exchange for some logging (how much?) in these timber-dependent counties, Wyden's framework threatens a tighter future subsidy spigot if residents don't raise property taxes themselves.
In an ideal world, the people of Curry and Josephine counties would be able, nevermind willing, to pay for the services we all know are essential. They are not alone in their quandary, no matter what their tax rates say, as otherwise resource-rich areas across the country are prohibited from succeeding. In fact, their ranks are growing, even in Oregon, with Coos and Klamath set to join them. Distant D.C. created these problems by taking away their ability to log.
Salem intends to respond by taking away their power to self-govern. These rural governments will be national trendsetters in the Oregonian pioneer tradition.
Brendan Monaghan, save for a four-year stint studying political science at Ohio State University, is a lifelong Oregonian. His columns appear on alternate Thursdays.


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Lawyers for the troopers, who have fought for more than two years to have their clients exonerated, blasted the attorney general's decision.
"It's just an attempt to stall the inevitable," attorney Robert Ebberup said. "It's a waste of the taxpayers' money. This case should have been done a long time."
The seven troopers allegedly met the 25-year-old college student at a Trenton nightclub in December 2007. She accused them of rape, but lawyers for the troopers say the sex, at the Ewing home of one of the troopers, was consensual.
The troopers have not been criminally charged or publicly identified but were suspended without pay in October. Internal investigations are confidential, but the troopers appealled the charges to the Office of Administrative Law, where proceedings are usually handled publicly.
To protect their privacy, their lawyers asked an appellate court to seal the case.
A two-judge panel agreed to close proceedings — overriding decisions from an administrative law judge and State Police Supt. Rick Fuentes — citing doubts about the woman's accusations and potential harm to the troopers "familial relationships."
The lawyer for the accuser, Nat Dershowitz, said it's "absurd" that the troopers appealed their case to a public forum and then sought to seal the record. He sharply criticized the appellate court for making assumptions about guilt in the case, calling it "grossly inappropriate."
On Monday the attorney general's office agreed with Dershowitz, saying in a letter that the appellate court had no business "stepping into the role of fact-finder."
"The court's comments suggest that it has pre-judged the matter ..." reads the letter.
Lawyers for the troopers say their clients should not be subject to discipline because the sex was consensual. But the state said their conduct "discredits the entire organization."
"Even if the student consented to sexual relations with several troopers in one night, the circumstances, at the very least, create the appearance that the troopers took advantage of and exploited a young woman in a precarious position," the letter reads. "Such conduct is contrary to the fundamental responsibility of state troopers."
Charles Sciarra, a lawyer for one of the troopers, said that contradicts previous statements by state authorities, pointing to a 2008 federal hearing where a deputy attorney general said "if there's off-duty sexual conduct which is of a consensual nature ... we wouldn't be here."
Lee Moore, a spokesman for the attorney general's office, declined to comment.