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An Oregon man who describes himself as the nation's largest broker of licenses for medical marijuana has been arrested and charged with failure to pay state income tax for two years.
Paul Stanford, the 50-year-old founder of the Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, was charged on Monday with failing to file personal income taxes in 2008 and 2009.
His arraignment is scheduled for March 21. Stanford did not return calls or text messages from The Associated Press on Tuesday afternoon.
The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, founded in 1999, operates offices in nine states. According to its website, it has helped more than 100,000 patients obtain state permits for medical marijuana.
It lost its federal tax-exempt status last year. Stanford also hosts Cannabis Common Sense, a weekly local cable access show.
-- The Associated Press


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Josh Akman, Columnist
Jon Huntsman did not participate in the CNN Debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. Short of his family and small (and getting smaller) campaign staff, no one really noticed. In a bizarre and counterproductive effort toimpress New Hampshire voters Huntsman skipped the debate to protest Nevada moving its caucus ahead of New Hampshire's, which has always been the nation's first primary. It's bizarre because no one else skipped the debate. It's counterproductive because right now, Jon Huntsman is polling 6% in New Hampshire. 94% of the Republican primary voters in New Hampshire think someone else would be a better President. To change their minds and prove that he's the best candidate, Huntsman decided to skip an opportunity to debate his opponents. Still, unless you were on the lookout for awkward jokes or obscure cultural references, you probably didn't miss Huntsman at the debate. And that's why his presidential campaign has been such a letdown.
The Jon Huntsman 2012 Presidential campaign was never going to be conventional. As President Obama's Ambassador to China, Huntsman knew it would be an interesting sell. To win, he'd have to convince the far-right Republican primary electorate that he was conservative enough, even though he worked for Obama, and he'd have to convince the general electorate that he was the stronger candidate then President Obama, his former boss. For this reason, his path to victory was never quite clear. And after formally announcing, his chances only worsened. One botched roll out, a campaign shakeup, and a Hail-Mary strategy later, the Huntsman campaign is almost out of money and nearly out of time. The reason is clear; he never explained why he was running in the first place.
In this ever increasing sound bite political climate, candidates (deservingly or not) get put into buckets. The good ones take advantage of it: Romney is the jobs candidate, Cain is the outsider candidate, and Obama was the change candidate. The bad ones get trapped in it: Bachmann is crazy, Pawlenty was boring, and McCain was out of touch. For better or for worse, this is the narrative; it's up to the campaigns to embrace it or to change it. This raises the fundamental question about Jon Huntsman's campaign; who is he? On which topic is he running on? He seems completely unable to articulate his message, and when he does seem to change the electoral momentum, he is completely unable to capitalize.
Competing in a primary during the Arab Spring, the European debt crisis, and an increasingly competitive China, how did Huntsman not run on foreign policy? He was the Ambassador to Singapore, Deputy Trade Representative, and Ambassador to China. He is fluent in Mandarin, while Rick Perry is barely fluent in English. In a race filled with foreign policy lightweights (Romney) and foreign policy lighter weights (Cain), the fact that Huntsman has not made the race about his one overwhelming strength is mystifying.
He also seemed to be flirting with above-the-fray elder statesman candidate. His campaign had its best news day when he went on Twitter to criticize his opponentswhoquestion global warming. It was a brilliant tactical move; he seemed reasonable and funny, and they seemed ridiculous and outside the mainstream. Then he went practically went dark, and has failed to capture that sort of excitement since. It's no secret that Huntsman finds himself to the left of his fellow candidates; on issues such as immigration, gay marriage, and defense, Huntsman is admittedly moderate. In a campaign season with seemingly countless debates, Huntsman has barely mentioned his decidedly moderate views. Certainly there's some political risk there as being pro civil union isn't exactly a winner in Iowa or South Carolina. But what's the purpose of a debate if not for the candidate to distinguish himself?
See, Huntsman had to know that his candidacy was a long shot. He was running from the left of a party that is moving forcefully to the right. Why didn't do he do a better job of fighting for the center? Better yet, why didn't he do a better job of fighting at all? Huntsman was absent in body from the Las Vegas debate on Saturday. But he's been absent in message for the entire race, and that's why he's going to lose.


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What were you like in high school? Were you ever a believer? Did you have religion when you were younger?
Richard Leakey: I didn't ever have religion, but I had an uncle who was very much a senior churchman. I referred to him, the Archbishop of East Africa, and he had the school chaplain as a friend of his, and they tried extremely hard to coerce me into religion, and I became very anti. More anti than I think was necessary, but I simply would not accede to being forced into this, and would frequently be kept out of classes because of irreverent comments and mocking this religious stuff. Frankly, it stayed with me to this day. In fact, don't get me going. I'm almost as bad as Richard Dawkins on this issue.
You were, after all, white growing up in an African country. How did that affect you?
Richard Leakey: I was at an entirely white school. It was a segregated school. My father, Louis, had grown up in a mission family. He had been inititated into the Kikuyu tribe. He was an expert in Kikuyu custom and folklore, and during the years of the Mau Mau, the revolution that led to the British granting of independence of Kenya, he had worked quite closely with the government of the day, but had also retained and maintained very close relationships with the local people.
I grew up with a sense that I belonged with the Africans, I belonged with the Kikuyu, I belonged with the local people, and that somehow my contemporaries at school were children of settlers, children of administrators who clearly had racist instincts, had no pleasant ideas or social contacts or experience with people of darker skin, which I did through my father's work. And so I always felt a bit puzzled and a bit irritated and certainly used to get very angry at some of the insults and attacks. I suppose that in some ways, they managed to turn me into a racist, but I became anti-white in the process, and I was often known as a -- to use the terrible epithet, but it was one that was used against me on frequent occasions -- as a, quote, "nigger lover," close quotes. I felt very glad to have earned that epithet, in the sense that I believed that the majority of the people were the people that I belonged to, and had no wish to be associated with the settler community or the others. And that's gone through to the present day.
Was there ever any doubt about what you would do with your life?
Richard Leakey: Oh, I think there still is.
I wasn't at all sure that I wanted to do what my parents did. As I got older, it was very clear that they were very successful, and it's quite difficult to be successful in the shadow of successful people. That was one part. Two, I had done so badly at school that the options that I hoped were available to me obviously weren't. I was unemployable. My school leaving certificate, I found many years later, the headmaster had said to my father that he couldn't think of anything in which I could be usefully directed as a career, and he thought maybe the British Army, entering as a private, might be one option. So, I don't know. I was pretty glad to leave school and pretty glad when my parents said, "If you leave school and don't go on with your education, you are on your own." I thought that was the best I'd heard for a long time and was delighted to have that.
So, I kind of made my way from there, and I did a few odds and ends. I made a little money trapping animals. I eventually realized that you could exploit this family shadow by trading in its name.
I started taking tourists on safari using the name Leakey, which was fine until they met this child and thought what on earth had they got into. But I did quite well for a few years and managed to survive, managed to keep myself together. And then I thought I'd try getting back to an academic training and tried to get into a university as an undergraduate and was reminded in very quick order that I didn't have any of the necessary qualifications, and that it would be extremely difficult to see me as a scholar. So, I sort of went and looked for something else to do. So that's been my life.
How old were you when you left school?
Richard Leakey: I dropped out of high school at 16. I had two more years to go, chose not to do that, and really have never -- apart from a brief flirtation with the idea of getting into a university. In fact, I went to Cambridge. Three or four generations on my parents' side had been scholars at Cambridge, and I had heard about the old-boy network, the old school tie, and thought they would take a fifth generation just on the name. They made it very clear that that was not an option to me. So Cambridge rejected me. Quite rightly, although at the time I thought it was a little churlish. So, I had to do it without any university training.
What did you do after you dropped out of high school?
I knew the fossils. I knew the background. I had a lot of energy, and I was fairly cheap, and so I would be sent off with a vehicle and a couple of men to explore the possibility of A or the possibility of B, and so I got into field work and prehistory that way. Fortunately, my first real venture into looking for fossils in a small group resulted in a very important discovery. That was in late '63 or early '64, where we discovered a lower jaw of an Australopithecus that had not been found before. It was in perfect condition. We found it on the first attempt, and so that got me very excited, and I began to realize that there were probably a lot more of these things, and that if you find these things, you get a position in the ladder which you can't get to unless you have either got an education or something else. So by finding important things, you immediately get into the game, which you'd been excluded from otherwise.
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Recently, I made the case that Aramis Ramirez was a must sign third basemen based on the VORP numbers. If you don't know much about VORP, a summary of it, found in Wikipedia says:
In baseball, value over replacement player (or VORP) is a statistic invented by Keith Woolner that demonstrates how much a hitter contributes offensively or how much a pitcher contributes to his team in comparison to a fictitious "replacement player," who is an average fielder at his position and a below average hitter. A replacement player performs at "replacement level," which is the level of performance an average team can expect when trying to replace a player at minimal cost, also known as "freely available talent."
In other words, the higher the VORP, the more above average the player. Here is how our catching situation looked based on the VORP.
1. Joe Mauer – 66.9
What can you really say about Joe Mauer other than Wow!!! Oh yeah, how about good call by the Twins picking Mauer over Mark Prior. Many people felt that the only reason Prior went number two was due to signability issues. Mauer was a high school prospect and generally considered a few years away. Prior was considered MLB ready, which he proved by pitching the next year.
2. Brian McCann – 54.8
I think it's safe to say that the Braves are not hurting since the loss of Javy Lopez. McCann has stepped into that role admirably in his second season in the Major Leagues. Not many people know about him since last year was his breakout year, but if he can repeat the numbers that he had last year, people will know his name very quickly. In 2006, McCann hit .333 with 24 homeruns and 93 RBI in 130 games behind the plate.
3. Victor Martinez – 47.8
The Indians were certain Martinez would hit for average in the big leagues based on his minor league track record, but they weren't sure about his power. Martinez ended that debate when he was put in the cleanup spot May 3. He hit .286 with 19 homers and 99 RBI the rest of the season. The switch-hitting Martinez, with more power lefthanded, swings for contact and would just as soon get a runner home from third on a grounder as a hit. He has a quick, even swing from both sides of the plate, but can be beaten by splitters and sliders.
Controlling the running game is Martinez' biggest weakness. He calls a good game and has soft hands, but his throws to the bases, especially second, are often high and off target. Martinez threw out only 22 percent of the basestealers he faced, though he improved after starting the season 1-for-21. Martinez blocks the plate well, but was charged with nine passed balls. He was slowed on the bases by hamstring and ankle problems. ~ STATS Inc
4. Jorge Posada – 38.0
Posada is a rarity as a switch-hitting catcher. He controls the strike zone with a more than functional plate discipline. Continually among the league leaders in walks, Posada is no easy out. From the right side he has more pop, a result of his pull conscious approach versus lefthanders. As a lefthanded hitter, he favors the ball just above the belt. Posada gets himself in trouble when he presses or attempts to do to much. This could help explain his postseason travails.
He has steadily improved his composite defense. He very seldom takes bad at-bats into the field anymore and by most accounts calls a good game. His rapport with the pitching staff is also noted, and this cannot be overlooked when assessing a catcher's defense. Defensive measures like passed balls or stolen-base percentage place him somewhere in the middle of the catching spectrum. His arm is sometimes short, but accurate. Posada is a bad baserunner and paid the price by having his nose broken when he didn't get out of the way of Angels shortstop Alfredo Amezaga's throw on the back end of a double play in May. ~ STATS Inc
5. Michael Barrett – 31.3
Fifth in the Major Leagues is more than acceptable to me. Barrett, when you consider the shape he was in when Jim Hendry found him has turned into a great catcher for us and a very nice leader. Say what you want about his defense, which to me is fine when you factor in his bat, but the fact remains that he's one of the top catchers in the game right now. That has to be a bright spot in a not so bright season last year.


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Yes you can watch youtube.Originally Posted by RjPunk47
You can browse the internet and play flash games.
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Can i watch youtube stream off the wiis browser? What can i do on the wiis browser?
Yes you can watch youtube.Originally Posted by RjPunk47
You can browse the internet and play flash games.
www.wiicade.com is good for wii flash games
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You could visit the chat rooms on my site, MiiWiiChat.com and instantly find online gamers, like yourself, to talk and exchange friend codes to play online with.
The main site has a forum like "Quick Chat" and updated Daily News to keep you in the know.
It's a great site for a homepage on the Wii as it was Designed FOR the Wii, although it does work very nice on the PC as well so you can keep up with friends even if your away.
The "Quick Chat" was designed to post a message on the front page for group gatherings such as, "Play MOH:H2 at 6pm EST Tonight!".
Hardcore fan or casual browser, it definitely deserves a bookmark.
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James Dempsey: Netflix tries to change TV with first 'event' shifting attention from the goggle box to the Google box
Published 01/02/2013 | 09:53
HOUSE of Cards opens with the sound of a car crashing, but the driving forces behind this $100m Netflix vehicle really need it to be a smash. This remake of a 1990s' BBC political-thriller marks Netflix's first entirely original production, and with House of Cards the on-demand streaming TV site is hoping to trump the cable studios at their own game.
With the first two episodes directed by David Fincher, and starring Kevin Spacey as a shady politician with a thick southern drawl, House of Cards is perhaps the first big television event of 2013. Having ordered 26 episodes across a two-season agreement, however, this is the first event ever designed to turn your attention away from the goggle box, and redirect it towards the Google one.
With an audience of 25 million subscribers in the US, not to mention the one million that have signed up since the service launched in the UK and Ireland a year ago, Netflix has identified original programming as a key feature to its development. Out of the $6b licencsng budget for the next three years, Ted Sarantos, the company's Chief Content Officer has designated $300m for its own shows, with the goal of launching five shows each year.
Last year saw a co-production with the Norwegian national broadcaster, NRK, on Lilyhammer, a comedy-drama about a mobster who relocates to rural Norway. It aired on BBC4 here, and a second season is in production. In April, cult sitcom Arrested Development finally gets its fourth season, five years after it was cancelled by Fox. Then there's Hemlock Grove, from horror director Eli Roth, and Orange is the New Black, a women's prison comedy, including an episode directed by Jodie Foster.
But House of Cards is Netflix's gamble; a big-name cast, big-name directors, and an ambitious and highly publicised launch. They need this to be a success, to entertain current subscribers, but to also generate enough buzz to bring in new ones. But the network feels they have an ace up their sleeve here, and have decided to release the entire show, all 13 episodes, on the same day.
By releasing all of the episodes right from the get-go, laying their cards on the table so to speak, Netflix and its creative team have thrown down the gauntlet to traditional notions of television entertainment. In a single day, by launching the complete first season of an un-cancellable series simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic, it is very possible that we've seen the beginning of the end of the cultural impact of serialised scheduling. In effect, is the well starting to run dry on the water-cooler moment?
In a recent GQ interview, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings addressed head on his thoughts on the drip-feed culture of television, describing how he believes viewers are firmly ready to break out of the prime-time prison. When consumers finally "… give up on the artificiality of managed dissatisfaction – that is having to wait to watch the things we want to watch – they'll never miss it."
There may well be method to this madness; when Netflix posted the second season of the hit AMC show The Walking Dead online in October of last year, 200,000 viewers watched all 13 episodes in 24 hours. Zombies watching zombies, perhaps, but who amongst us can honestly admit to never having gorged their eyes on a few discs of a boxset in a single sitting?
That is not to say that there are no downsides to this sort of floodgate release. For critics writing for websites traditionally running show-by-show reviews, House of Cards is a nightmare. But more dangerously for the creative forces behind the show, it can't adapt to the ebb and flow of the viewers' reception.
House of Cards has arrived as a complete package, with no possibility for a mid-season correction should the public fail to take it to their hearts. Hate one of the characters vehemently? Tough luck, you're stuck with them – and so are the producers.


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Find local midwives, doulas, and childbirth educators in the Natural Childbirth Directory
The first step in writing a birth plan is to find out what your options are. Different doctors will give you different options for handling the same situation. Different hospitals will give you different options and have different policies. Differences in health between pregnancies can impact the options that are available.
Your first job is to find out what options are available to you. If you are not sure yet what possible options might be, review the Birth Plan Checksheet. It is an exhaustive list of options you might have. It is a good tool for beginning conversations with your caregiver too. Read through the list and determine what options appeal to you, and what options you don't think you want. Use this to find out what options your caregiver feels comfortable with.
Take the Birth Plan Checksheet on a hospital tour to find out how the policies may affect your options. If possible, make several copies and tour several hospitals. You may find that some hospitals appeal to you more based on the services they provide.
Once you know what options are available to you, it is important to determine how you feel about the options. Some things will be very important, and others will seem small or unimportant. There is no right or wrong, it is simply a matter of understanding who you are and how you want things handled.
You may find that there are several options that you feel very strongly about. In this case, it might be necessary to try to decide how the options rank in importance to you. The Ideal Birth Worksheet can help you work through your feelings about the options.
After you have decided what you want, you need to take a hard look at the reality of your situation. Are the choices you have made realistic given your health? Does your caregiver and hospital support your decisions? Do your birth partners (doulas, spouse, friend, family) support your decisions?
If you have made choices that are not possible you need to reevaluate your decisions. Do you need to change your plan, or do you need to change your care team. Can you increase the support for your choices by changing hospitals or midwives? Or would you prefer to change your decision about the options and stay with the practice, hospital and birth partners you've chosen. Only you can make that decision.
With your choices written out, talk with your doctor or midwife about what choices you have made and why. If your midwife has concerns about an option, find out what they are and where he or she recommends you go to do further study.
Be sure to be assertive, but not aggressive when discussing your options. Do not allow your caregiver to brush off your decisions or suggest that this is unimportant. At the same time, don't assume your caregiver will be hostile or uninterested in hearing what you have to say.
Talk first about how you want to handle a normal, uncomplicated labor. Then move on to your decisions in case of a complication. Be sure to let your midwife share thoughts and opinions about your decisions. Listen carefully to what is said. This will be your first real chance to determine if this is the midwife for you.
As you begin to plan for your support team, your birth plan can help you determine the best ways for loved ones to be involved. Share your birth plan with the loved ones you want to invite to attend your birth, notice their reaction. Are these family members supportive of your decisions, or will they be a source of conflict as you make decisions during labor. Loved one's who may not be as supportive as you need during labor can be asked to provide other assistance - such as watching an older child, prepareing the home for your return, preparing meals and groceries for the first week home, or being central command to prevent unnecessary phone calls at the birth place.
Having a birth plan gives your loved one's the ability to support you according to your wishes. It becomes much easier to give suggestions when they know it was the type of help you wanted. Let's face it, when a woman is in labor it can be hard for anyone who cares about her to want anything but relief for her. While family members may not be willing to suggest you not get medication because you wanted to go natural, they can use your birth plan to remind you with phrases such as, "In your birth plan you said you wanted to try the tub. Do you want to try that before asking for an epidural?"
Your birth plan introduces your family to staff who may not know you. It lets them know what type of support you want or need, and how much assistance you would like if things happen as expected. This is important information that can help the staff, who doesn't know by looking at you what type of person you are. Do you want medication as soon as it is possible or do you want medication not to be offered? Do you want to have your whole family with you, or do you want help making sure it is just you and one or two helpers? Do you have any specific concerns, allergies or other issues that might make your care different?
Your birth plan will achieve this purpose simply by being read. Have your midwife put a copy in your file, and take several copies with you if you plan to give birth outside the home. Have a family member give a copy to the nurse, thanking her for taking the time to read it.
Your birth plan does not change because of an unexpected situation. One of the reasons birth plans are so valuable is because they can help you make decisions in unexpected situations. Not only does a birth plan let your birth team know what is most important to you, it can also let them know how you want to approach the unexpected. You cannot control the way staff respond to your labor, but you can use your birth plan while being part of the decision making.
Be sure to ask questions about the risks and benefits of moving along in your birth plan. For example, you may ask, "My birth plan says to try this first, do you feel it is no longer safe to try that way?" You may also find your family using your birth plan to help you make decisions. Your family can ask questions such as, "Your birth plan said if that didn't work to try this, do you feel ready to move to this next step?" In all cases, the decision to move to the next step of your plan should be yours. Having the birth plan just helps others know what the next step is for you.
Some women get to do EVERYTHING on their birth plan. They get to try every position and pain relief technique and when complications arise, they get to have a cesarean done the way they wanted.
Other women get to do very LITTLE from their birth pan. The nurse keeps the right atmosphere, but labor moves so quickly she has no chance to try the tub and walk the halls.
Regardless of the circumstances of your labor, use your birth plan to help you determine how you will react to labor.


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IRON RIVER - Vada J. Kostreva, 82, of Iron River, was called to the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, at Northstar Health System, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Aug. 30, 1930, in Gibbs City, the daughter of the late Joseph and Santa Ponozzo. She attended the Iron River Schools, graduating with the Class of 1948. She later attended CNA School and Realtor School. Vada was employed as a realtor by Century 21 and Riverland Real Estate for many years, retiring in 2005.
Vada was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church of Iron River. She enjoyed reading, knitting, and going to the casino. She especially loved her dog, Cooter.
She is survived by her son, Sonny (Lynn) Kostreva of Menominee; daughters, Reinelle (Charles) Dennis of Iron River, Joan (Bill) Whettam of Green Bay, Wis., and Jane (Ken) Maki of Iron River; brother, Harvey (Elna) Ponozzo of Iron River; sister, Diane Ponozzo of Burbank, Ill.; grandchildren, Renee Studebaker (Bill Bialek), Andrea (Jeff) King, Addie (Matt) Waterstradt, Rick Christensen (Jessica Aho), Stephen (Rachel) Popp, Eric (Nikki) Popp, Ashley (Jeremiah) Haile, LaRae Kostreva, and Jason (Deb) Fish; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
She was preceded in death by her son, Rick Kostreva; brothers, Rudolph and Leonard; sisters, Esther and Daisy; and nephew, Harvey Ponozzo.
Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church of Iron River, with Rev. Gregory Veneklase to offer the Mass of Christian Burial.
Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery.
Condolences may be expressed to the family of Vada J. Kostreva online at jacobsfuneralhomeir.com
Funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River.


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Cazenovia -- A candidate running for a seat on the village Board of Trustees dropped out of the race Tuesday night, citing dirty politics by associates of her opponents.
Gretchen Powell, one of four candidates for two seats in next Tuesday's election, said personal attacks by "handlers" of her opponents prompted her to leave the race.
» Read the full story: Cazenovia candidate quits village board race


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Playwrights wanted for San Juan Community Theatre festival
Playwrights: get ready to share your works in hopes of seeing them come to life at the San Juan Community Theatre.
SJCT is gearing up for its annual Islands Playwrights Festival and is now taking submissions for plays to be presented in 2009.
All residents of San Juan County are invited to participate. The festival categories have changed, and are as follows: 30-minute plays, 10-minute plays and 5-minute monologues.
The deadline for submission is Aug. 15. Plays can be sent to the theater at P.O. Box 1063, Friday Harbor, or dropped off at the theater business office. Submission fees, which will be used to pay for professional judges, are $40 for each 30-minute play; $25 for each 10-minute play; and $15 for each monologue. A check for the total fee must be included with four copies of each play/monologue.
A free information packet is available for pick-up at the theater box office. If you have questions, call Merritt Olsen at 378-3211, ext. 29.
The 2009 Islands Playwrights Festival is scheduled for Feb. 6-8 and 12-15, in SJCT's Gubelman Theatre.
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Ed Stinson has resigned as head football coach and director of college placement for student-athletes at Queen of Peace, where he had been the last two years.
``I've decided not to return,'' Stinson said. ``Under the circumstances, I've taken the program as far as it can go.''Stinson would not elaborate on those circumstances at Queen of Peace, where he was 8-12 in two seasons.
``I'm confident that I'll be coaching high school football in the fall,'' he said.
Stinson has been coaching football for 40 years. He has been head coach at Queen of Peace in North Arlington, Hoboken, Park Ridge and Pascack Hills in Montvale for a total of 30 seasons. He has a 232-72-4 record. He was also the defensive coordinator at William Paterson University in Wayne for three years.
While at Hoboken for 22 seasons, his teams appeared in the championship game in all of the four public groupings, winning the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 title six times.
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Steele Devitto of Don Bosco Prep and Dan Foose of Paramus Catholic have been selected to the USA Football 2010 Junior National Team, which will compete in the Team USA vs. The World game on Jan. 30 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Devitto was a First Team All-State selection last fall by The Star-Ledger playing for a 12-0 Don Bosco team that won the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 4 championship and finished with the No. 1 national ranking. The linebacker from Ridgefield, Conn., will attend Boston College. Foose, a 6-6, 310-pound lineman who hails from Saddle Brook, is undecided on his college choice. He was a Second Team All-Bergen County selection by The Star-Ledger.


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Drake says he "Started From The Bottom," but if you've ever wondered how he got "here," a brand new Drake-themed website has launched and it's dedicated to answering that exact question. The URL, startedfromthebottom.ca, is a poke at his song of the same name, and the website's content itself offers a look at everything from his childhood in Toronto (when he was better known as Aubrey Graham) to the recent announcement of his hosting of the ESPYs.
This isn't the first time we've seen a Drake themed website, as a DrakeWeather site was launched back in January, but this platform takes a look at milestones in Drake's career and social life, and sheds light on some lesser known facts such as his experiences playing Hockey and where the nickname "Drizzy" actually comes from.
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The Minneapolis Theater District: Near The Grand Hotel
Your stay at the iconic Grand Hotel puts you in the heart of the vibrant Minneapolis theater and entertainment district. Dubbed the Hennepin Theatre District, this downtown area boasts more theater seats per capita than any other U.S. city outside of New York. These theaters sparkle with award-winning productions and talent.
Out theatre district hotel puts you a short three blocks away from Hennepin Avenue, where some of the city's most historic and architecturally important theaters make their home. There you'll find:
- Pantages Theatre
- State Theater
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- Hennepin Center for the Arts
The renowned Guthrie Theater is also nearby, as are multiple other venues for the best in the performing arts. It all adds up to a rich cultural atmosphere that continues to develop. The new Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts exemplifies the ongoing Minneapolis' ongoing commitment to the arts.
Indeed, downtown Minneapolis is already a world-recognized center for the visual arts. The Walker Art Center is one of the "big five" modern art museums in the United States, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is another of the country's major museums.
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I found some 1Lbs packages of 100% grass-fed ground beef at VONS/Safeway this past weekend. That was pretty surprising to me. I "cast my vote" for more GF beef by buying all of them!
Sounds like they're getting the hint. Good timing too, the Trader Joe's here doesn't have the GF beef anymore... bummer.
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What's up with TJ's? I went there a couple of times recently, and they've stopped carrying almost all of their meat, except for some sandwich/deli stuff.
TJ's seems to just get in whatever's cheap at the moment. If they have a disagreement with one of their suppliers, they can be out of something for months.
For the most part I love 'em, but their habit of randomly stopping carrying things drives me nuts.
My TJ's has had the GF ground beef thank goodness, but they have been out of Macadamias for months! I was meaning to eat less of them anyways so perhaps this is a good thing. They are my favorite treat though and the ones from the grocery store are too salty and too expensive. Grrr...


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Senior defender Kevin Molnar was an easy pick to lead the Delbarton squad that is currently No. 3 in The Star-Ledger Top 20. The captain was unanimously chosen by his teammates and has not disappointed.
The center back is the keystone of a defense that has allowed a state-low three goals and shutout 12 of its 14 opponents.
"He wins every 50-50 ball, he's vocal as a leader and he's a warrior," Delbarton coach David Donovan said. "He's just a gamer and a great guy to have on your side."
For the second straight game, Molnar spearheaded a defense that did not allow a shot on goal.
His physicality, awareness and ability to win balls in the air are some of his most valuable traits on the field, but his leadership and intangibles are unparalleled, Donovan said.
"He's the kind of guy that can do anything we ask him to do," he added.
He'll be called upon to lead Delbarton's defense through its run of the Morris County Tournament and NJSIAA Non-Public A bracket.
Mendham made the adjustments to compensate for the loss of its center midfielder, Stephen Matthews, who tore his MCL three days before the team took the field in the Morris County Tournament quarterfinals.
Gavin Coutts was shifted to center midfield and Sam Button stabilized the defense with a transition to center back to help 10th-seeded Mendham defeat 15th-seeded Madison on Sunday.
Before its semifinal match against sixth-seeded Randolph, coach Russ Raffay will make one more change -- putting James Petriello into the starting lineup.
The junior scored two goals in a two-minute span to set up Mendham in its quarterfinal triumph. He will now start in the midfield.
The Morris County Tournament semifinals are on Sunday at noon and 2 p.m.
All four semifinalists are teams from the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference-National Division.
The first game features sixth-seeded Randolph and 10th-seeded Mendham followed by top-seeded Delbarton against 12th-seeded Morristown.
In non-tournament action, Morris Hills travels to Mount Olive for a 4 p.m. tilt of Morris County Top 10 teams. Mount Olive handed Morris Hills its last loss back on Sept. 24, behind Guiellerme Tiago's two-goal performance.


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Second terms have been notably difficult for second-term presidents in modern America. Richard Nixon had Watergate, Ronald Reagan had Iran-Contra, Bill Clinton had Monica Lewinsky and impeachment proceedings, and George W. Bush had his "weapons of mass destruction."
President Barack Obama's second term, due to his political organizing skills and the mainstream media's penchant for ignoring anything less than triumphant about his presidency, was expected to break the mold.
In the aftermath of his lopsided Electoral College victory last fall, President Obama seemed unstoppable. Most Republicans in Congress cowered whenever the president and his fellow Democrats flexed their political muscle. It was a heady time for liberals as conservatives realized their worst nightmares.
But then the political pendulum seemed to slightly shift. President Obama's sequestration stunt, which came out of his office, was designed to make calculatedly unpopular cuts in programming and then place the blame for the cuts exclusively on the Republicans. It backfired.
The horrific shootings of innocents by a madman at Sandy Hook Elementary ripped apart the psyche of America. Employing his former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's doctrine of "never letting a crisis go to waste," Obama and his party opportunistically pounced to get long coveted anti-Second Amendment legislation approved by Congress. It backfired.
Once again, President Obama and the majority of Democrats underestimated the passion of those who support the constitutional right to bear arms and oppose any governmental efforts to diminish or eradicate that right. The left energized a sleeping political giant and today bipartisan opposition to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's federal legislation and Oregon state Sen. Ginny Burdick's state bills appears to have derailed their passage.
While Obama's sequestration skullduggery and attacks on the Second Amendment may have marred his second-term honeymoon with voters, President Obama still enjoys relatively high public approval. This week, the resident faces the first real potential "Waterloo" of his presidency, the congressional hearings to find out "what really happened in Benghazi?"
Will the hearings be televised? Will the whistle blowers who claim the president and his then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton purposefully misled the American people about what happened last Sept. 11 be credible?
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Transport for Cape Town will be issuing free myconnect cards to the residents of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha until 31 August 2014.
The City of Cape Town urges residents from the Cape Flats who are stranded or experiencing significant delays due to the cancelled Metrorail trains, to please collect a free myconnect card which will enable them to travel on the MyCiTi N2 Express service as cash is not accepted on the buses. The first phase of the N2 Express service was launched on 5 July 2014 and provides a safe, regular and convenient alternative for traveling between the Cape Flats and the Cape Town CBD and beyond. The MyCiTi buses that are operating on this route make use of the dedicated BMT (bus, minibus, taxi) lane on the N2 freeway, thereby ensuring that passengers spend less time traveling between their houses and the workplace.A myconnect card usually costs R35, but over the next five weeks residents can collect their free cards at various outlets on weekdays in:
Residents will have to pay R30 for the Mover Points which will be pre-loaded on their free myconnect cards and they are requested to please take along their identity documents or birth certificates for children four years and older in order for the cards to be registered in their names (passengers younger than four travel for free on the MyCiTi service).'Due to the problems with the Metrorail service, we have decided to extend the deadline of the issuing of free myconnect cards to the residents of the Cape Flats. We are acutely aware of the fact that some of these households have already spent a significant proportion of their income on Metrorail tickets and therefore do not have extra resources to buy a myconnect card to travel on the N2 Express service. We believe these free cards will go a long way towards giving more residents access to the MyCiTi service,' says the City's Mayoral Committee Member: Transport for Cape Town, Councillor Brett Herron.


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Title: Investigate and Define Mechanisms of Nerve Agent Induced ConvulsionsFY95 Funding: $185,000 Primary Contact: Public Affairs Office Organization: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Address: MCMR-UWZ-I City: Washington State: DC Zip: 20307-5100 Performing Organization: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Address: City: Washington State: DC Zip: 20307-5100 Objective and Approach: Develop an anticonvulsant that can be used to pretreat or treat soldiersexposed to chemical warfare agents so that agent produced seizures are prevented.Test potential anticonvulsants for adverse neurobehavioral side effectsin animals using a variety of tasks suitable for animal-to-man extrapolation.Test potential anticonvulsants in whole animal models of seizure activity(NMDA, flurothyl and electrically stimulated seizures) for efficacy andin neuronal cell culture for mechanism of action information. Test behavioraleffects of potential anticonvulsants in animal models of performance. Synthesis of novel bimodal prodrugs that are carbamate and anticholinergics;specifically bifunctional carbamates with aprophen substitutes will be synthesized.Animal models will be developed and carbaphens will be tested. Packagingof carbaphens for storage and stability and delivery will be examined. Indexing Terms: lab animals rats primates anticonvulsants dextromethorphan carbetapentane pharma cological protection behavioral side effects cognitive performance NMDA antagonists memory decision making vigilance carbaphens bin ary antidotes organophosphates Research was conducted in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and other Federal statutes and regulations relating to the use of animals inresearch and was reviewed and approved by the Institute's Animal Care andUse Committee.


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MIDLAND, MI — The Midland Exchange Club has selected one law enforcement officer from the city of Midland and one from Midland County to receive the annual Gerstacker awards.
Officer Robert Booth of the Midland Police Department and Midland County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sherrie Sutherlund were selected from among the nominees to receive the awards in their respective categories.
The award recipients will be recognized during a ceremony at the Midland Elks Lodge #1610, located at 3622 N. Saginaw, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, said Midland County Clerk Ann Manary. The ceremony is for the law enforcement officers and firefighters of Midland County and their families.
Roger Dufresne, Edenville Township Fire/Rescue Department chief, and firefighter Matt Schieber of the Midland Fire Department will also be awarded at the ceremony.
Each of them is to receive a plaque and $1,500, Manary said. The money is donated
by the Carl and Esther Gerstacker Foundation.
"If you happen to see one of these folks tell them 'good job,'" said Manary, a member and past president of the Midland Exchange Club. "It's actually quite a prestigious award for these individuals."
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As part of the XMM-Newton Performance Verification phase, observations were made of M87, a giant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Virgo Cluster. These observations include a ~60 ksec observation simultaneously using the reflection grating spectrometer (RGS) to obtain high resolution spectra of the region, and with the EPIC-MOS and PN cameras, to obtain images of the central 30' of the Virgo Cluster. A 50 ksec ultraviolet observation with the Optical Monitor was also taken at the same time as the X-ray observations. We present analysis of M87 and the inner part of the Virgo cluster in X-ray and ultraviolet. These include spectral analysis of emission from cluster gas at center of the Virgo Cluster, including a possible small scale cooling flow and enhanced emission from a large-scale (~8') arc-shaped region of cooler gas centered on M87, possibly caused by interaction between outflows from M87 and the hot cluster gas. High resolution RGS spectra also presented, revealing a wealth of emission lines from the central region. Analysis of the core and jet of M87 are also presented and multi-wavelength comparisons are made utilizing the simultaneous X-ray and UV data from XMM-Newton.
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Early Betting Favorites for Sunday's WWE Extreme Rules Pay-Per-View
– Based on early betting odds for Sunday's WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view, below are favorites. These usually don't mean much until a few hours before the show.
* Daniel Bryan over Kane
* Evolution over The Shield
* Paige over Tamina Snuka
* Cesaro over Rob Van Dam and Jack Swagger
* Alexander Rusev over Xavier Woods and R-Truth
* Bad News Barrett over Big E
* Bray Wyatt over John Cena
* El Torito over Hornswoggle
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For smaller tables (a few tens of elements) alists may still be faster because hash tables have a more-or-less constant overhead. @item The correspondences in a hash table are in no particular order. @item There is no way to share structure between two hash tables, the way two alists can share a common tail. @end itemize Emacs Lisp provides a general-purpose hash table data type, along with a series of functions for operating on them. Hash tables have no read syntax, and print in hash notation, like this: @example (make-hash-table) @result{} #<hash-table 'eql nil 0/65 0x83af980> @end example @noindent (The term ``hash notation'' refers to the initial @samp{#} character---@pxref{Printed Representation}---and has nothing to do with the term ``hash table.'') Obarrays are also a kind of hash table, but they are a different type of object and are used only for recording interned symbols (@pxref{Creating Symbols}). @menu * Creating Hash:: Functions to create hash tables. * Hash Access:: Reading and writing the hash table contents. * Defining Hash:: Defining new comparison methods * Other Hash:: Miscellaneous. @end menu @node Creating Hash @section Creating Hash Tables @cindex creating hash tables The principal function for creating a hash table is @code{make-hash-table}. @defun make-hash-table &rest keyword-args This function creates a new hash table according to the specified arguments. The arguments should consist of alternating keywords (particular symbols recognized specially) and values corresponding to them. Several keywords make sense in @code{make-hash-table}, but the only two that you really need to know about are @code{:test} and @code{:weakness}. @table @code @item :test @var{test} This specifies the method of key lookup for this hash table. The default is @code{eql}; @code{eq} and @code{equal} are other alternatives: @table @code @item eql Keys which are numbers are ``the same'' if they are @code{equal}, that is, if they are equal in value and either both are integers or both are floating point numbers; otherwise, two distinct objects are never ``the same.'' @item eq Any two distinct Lisp objects are ``different'' as keys. @item equal Two Lisp objects are ``the same,'' as keys, if they are equal according to @code{equal}. @end table You can use @code{define-hash-table-test} (@pxref{Defining Hash}) to define additional possibilities for @var{test}. @item :weakness @var{weak} The weakness of a hash table specifies whether the presence of a key or value in the hash table preserves it from garbage collection. The value, @var{weak}, must be one of @code{nil}, @code{key}, @code{value}, @code{key-or-value}, @code{key-and-value}, or @code{t} which is an alias for @code{key-and-value}. If @var{weak} is @code{key} then the hash table does not prevent its keys from being collected as garbage (if they are not referenced anywhere else); if a particular key does get collected, the corresponding association is removed from the hash table. If @var{weak} is @code{value}, then the hash table does not prevent values from being collected as garbage (if they are not referenced anywhere else); if a particular value does get collected, the corresponding association is removed from the hash table. If @var{weak} is @code{key-and-value} or @code{t}, both the key and the value must be live in order to preserve the association. Thus, the hash table does not protect either keys or values from garbage collection; if either one is collected as garbage, that removes the association. If @var{weak} is @code{key-or-value}, either the key or the value can preserve the association. Thus, associations are removed from the hash table when both their key and value would be collected as garbage (if not for references from weak hash tables). The default for @var{weak} is @code{nil}, so that all keys and values referenced in the hash table are preserved from garbage collection. @item :size @var{size} This specifies a hint for how many associations you plan to store in the hash table. If you know the approximate number, you can make things a little more efficient by specifying it this way. If you specify too small a size, the hash table will grow automatically when necessary, but doing that takes some extra time. The default size is 65. @item :rehash-size @var{rehash-size} When you add an association to a hash table and the table is ``full,'' it grows automatically. This value specifies how to make the hash table larger, at that time. If @var{rehash-size} is an integer, it should be positive, and the hash table grows by adding that much to the nominal size. If @var{rehash-size} is a floating point number, it had better be greater than 1, and the hash table grows by multiplying the old size by that number. The default value is 1.5. @item :rehash-threshold @var{threshold} This specifies the criterion for when the hash table is ``full'' (so it should be made larger). The value, @var{threshold}, should be a positive floating point number, no greater than 1. The hash table is ``full'' whenever the actual number of entries exceeds this fraction of the nominal size. The default for @var{threshold} is 0.8. @end table @end defun @defun makehash &optional test This is equivalent to @code{make-hash-table}, but with a different style argument list. The argument @var{test} specifies the method of key lookup. This function is obsolete. Use @code{make-hash-table} instead. @end defun @node Hash Access @section Hash Table Access This section describes the functions for accessing and storing associations in a hash table. In general, any Lisp object can be used as a hash key, unless the comparison method imposes limits. Any Lisp object can also be used as the value. @defun gethash key table &optional default This function looks up @var{key} in @var{table}, and returns its associated @var{value}---or @var{default}, if @var{key} has no association in @var{table}. @end defun @defun puthash key value table This function enters an association for @var{key} in @var{table}, with value @var{value}. If @var{key} already has an association in @var{table}, @var{value} replaces the old associated value. @end defun @defun remhash key table This function removes the association for @var{key} from @var{table}, if there is one. If @var{key} has no association, @code{remhash} does nothing. @b{Common Lisp note:} In Common Lisp, @code{remhash} returns non-@code{nil} if it actually removed an association and @code{nil} otherwise. In Emacs Lisp, @code{remhash} always returns @code{nil}. @end defun @defun clrhash table This function removes all the associations from hash table @var{table}, so that it becomes empty. This is also called @dfn{clearing} the hash table. @b{Common Lisp note:} In Common Lisp, @code{clrhash} returns the empty @var{table}. In Emacs Lisp, it returns @code{nil}. @end defun @defun maphash function table @anchor{Definition of maphash} This function calls @var{function} once for each of the associations in @var{table}. The function @var{function} should accept two arguments---a @var{key} listed in @var{table}, and its associated @var{value}. @code{maphash} returns @code{nil}. @end defun @node Defining Hash @section Defining Hash Comparisons @cindex hash code @cindex define hash comparisons You can define new methods of key lookup by means of @code{define-hash-table-test}. In order to use this feature, you need to understand how hash tables work, and what a @dfn{hash code} means. You can think of a hash table conceptually as a large array of many slots, each capable of holding one association. To look up a key, @code{gethash} first computes an integer, the hash code, from the key. It reduces this integer modulo the length of the array, to produce an index in the array. Then it looks in that slot, and if necessary in other nearby slots, to see if it has found the key being sought. Thus, to define a new method of key lookup, you need to specify both a function to compute the hash code from a key, and a function to compare two keys directly. @defun define-hash-table-test name test-fn hash-fn This function defines a new hash table test, named @var{name}. After defining @var{name} in this way, you can use it as the @var{test} argument in @code{make-hash-table}. When you do that, the hash table will use @var{test-fn} to compare key values, and @var{hash-fn} to compute a ``hash code'' from a key value. The function @var{test-fn} should accept two arguments, two keys, and return non-@code{nil} if they are considered ``the same.'' The function @var{hash-fn} should accept one argument, a key, and return an integer that is the ``hash code'' of that key. For good results, the function should use the whole range of integer values for hash codes, including negative integers. The specified functions are stored in the property list of @var{name} under the property @code{hash-table-test}; the property value's form is @code{(@var{test-fn} @var{hash-fn})}. @end defun @defun sxhash obj This function returns a hash code for Lisp object @var{obj}. This is an integer which reflects the contents of @var{obj} and the other Lisp objects it points to. If two objects @var{obj1} and @var{obj2} are equal, then @code{(sxhash @var{obj1})} and @code{(sxhash @var{obj2})} are the same integer. If the two objects are not equal, the values returned by @code{sxhash} are usually different, but not always; once in a rare while, by luck, you will encounter two distinct-looking objects that give the same result from @code{sxhash}. @end defun This example creates a hash table whose keys are strings that are compared case-insensitively. @example (defun case-fold-string= (a b) (compare-strings a nil nil b nil nil t)) (defun case-fold-string-hash (a) (sxhash (upcase a))) (define-hash-table-test 'case-fold 'case-fold-string= 'case-fold-string-hash) (make-hash-table :test 'case-fold) @end example Here is how you could define a hash table test equivalent to the predefined test value @code{equal}. 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CeeBees, Mount Pearl left without a league: 'They don't fit our game plan'
Avalon East Senior Hockey League vice-president Joe Maynard said a decision to turn down an application from the Conception Bay North CeeBees to join the circuit was simply a case of the league not being able to accommodate the team.
The decision was made at a recent meeting "after a lot of thought," according to Maynard.
The league will continue with four teams, including the St. John's Toyota Plaza Caps, Northeast Eagles, Pugliesvich Southern Shore Breakers and Bell Island Family Drug Mart Blues.
Lack of available, quality players is one of the issues why the league won't expand.
"We had difficulty filling the four rosters of last year's teams,"noted Maynard. "There were times last year when had only 15 or 16 players available for some teams."
He said he's hoping graduating junior players from the very successful St. John's league will eventually broaden the base for the senior clubs to choose from.
"But right now, there's not enough players out there to add another team to our league."
He said CeeBees gave the Avalon league a list of nine players that might form the nucleus of a roster, but Maynard added that the rights of some of those players belonged to existing AESHL teams.
"Where do you suppose they will get the rest of their players?" asked Maynard.
The Conception Bay North Eastlink Stars and Mount Pearl H.J. Bartlett Electric Blades had once belonged to the Avalon East league, but left to become part of a six-team Newfoundland Senior Hockey League the last three seasons.
However, they found themselves out in the cold when the provincial league's four other teams left to form the Central/West Senior Hockey League, which was given the official go-ahead at Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador (HNL) annual general meeting in Gander in June.
Now, the Avalon East door has been shut on them. Also affected would be those who were interested in having a Whitbourne-based team in the AESHL.
Maynard said the way teams, such as those based in Mount Pearl and Harbour Grace, operate won't work in the AESHL
"It didn't work when they were in our league before and it's not going to work now because we've tightened it up even moreso," said Maynard. "You can't even pay a coach in our league now. We have strict guidelines"
"They (CeeBees) shouldn't be upset with us. The ones they should be upset with are the four teams that kicked them out. We didn't kick them out. They left us," added Maynard.
The bottom line, according to Maynard is, "They (CeeBees) don't fit our game plan and we don't fit their game plan."


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Brett Weber never let losing the use of his legs slow him down.
Even after multiple sclerosis took away his motor skills, the Allentown man crossed the finish line of the city's West End St. Patrick's Day 5k for three straight years in his motorized wheelchair.
Weber died at age 44 on Sunday, one week before this year's race, and even in the days leading up to his death, he planned to participate and cross the finish line again.
"You could just tell it was an activity that brought him a lot of joy," said Michael Drabenstott, 5k organizer and West End Alliance president. "He wanted to make the most of every moment he had, and this was one of the ways he did it."
Weber, a professor with a doctorate in neuroscience as well as a painter, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997, just one week before completing his Ph.D.
Over the years, Weber's family watched him lose the use of his legs, then his arms, and eventually the ability to talk or eat solid foods. But Drabenstott said they never once saw him complain.
Weber had been a runner and participated in several races before his illness. As it grew more severe, his family suggested he enter the St. Patrick's Day 5k in his wheelchair.
"He just loved it," said William Ford, Weber's friend, who ran alongside him in the races. "He felt it was an accomplishment for him."
Drabenstott found Weber especially moving because many runners who become unable to run tend to avoid watching others run because it is such a "wonderful and fulfilling feeling."
"Runners, you think you're invulnerable, that you're going to be running for the rest of your life," Drabenstott said.
"Instead of withdrawing from that, he wanted to put himself right into the middle of the race," he said. "It's almost an unmistakable reminder of everything he could no longer do, but that didn't stop him. I think that's amazing."
His funeral was Thursday, and Christine Sanner, Weber's companion, said the family was unavailable for comment for this story.
"He really was an amazing person," Sanner said.
Weber taught graduate students at Chatham College in Philadelphia and Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia before his career as a professor was cut short by his diagnosis.
After a severe attack left him paralyzed in his legs and forced him into a wheelchair, Weber turned to his interest in painting as a method of coping with his illness.
"It was an emotionally difficult time for me," Weber wrote on his website, BrokenArtGallery.com.
"My close friend suggested that I do something with all the paintings I was creating," he wrote. "She said, 'Why don't you at least start showing them. Make people understand what it's like to have MS.'"
His abstract paintings were presented at several shows, including the Agora Gallery in Soho, N.Y., and the Omma Center for Contemporary Art in Greece, as well as locally at Cedar Crest, Moravian and Muhlenberg colleges.
Weber also started the Broken Art Wellness Creativity Class at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, and helped raise money for the National MS Society's research, serving as keynote speaker at several national multiple sclerosis conferences.
Some proceeds raised at the West End St. Patrick's Day 5k will be donated to the National MS Society in Weber's honor, Drabenstott said. A basket for donations will include the "Brett O'Weber" runner's bib he previously wore in one of the races.
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The Derry Township School Board during a special meeting tonight approved $7.5 million in projects.
A $4.7 million project at the middle school will expand the cafeteria and renovate the kitchen, add a media center and a new entrance and turn the former library into four classrooms.
The project also includes spending $1.9 million for bus corrals at the high school and elementary school and early childhood center, renovating a parking lot in front of the middle school and adding faculty parking at the early childhood center.
The board also approved $862,800 to add a large group instruction/music room to the elementary school. Superintendent Linda Brewer said the addition would make it possible for Derry Township special education students now educated at Capital Area Intermediate Unit facilities to return to their home district, a transfer expected to save the district $100,000 a year.
The board turned down spending $94,000 for more parking at the high school. The lot would have compensated in part for spaces being lost because of the bus corral.
Derry Township supervisors Tuesday approved the school district's plans for the projects. Most of the work is to be done by the start of the 2010-11 school year in the fall. The elementary project will take until December and converting the library into classrooms until July 2011, said Ed Consalo, district director of buildings and grounds.


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Bridge inspections on Interstate 310 and the Hale Boggs Bridge are expected to cause periodic lane and ramp closures between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, according to state highway officials.
Other periodic closures include the U.S. 61 westbound entrance to southbound I-310 and the I-310 northbound entrance to Interstate 10.
On and off ramps from the Hale Boggs Bridge on the West Bank will be temporarily closed during the day. The closings will last about an hour each.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Don't treat the accused terrorist like a teen idol.
GOP Assemblyman Joe Borelli slammed Rolling Stone magazine for featuring accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of its Aug. 1 issue, and said Staten Island stores should pull the counterculture icon mag from its shelves.
"I have tremendous respect for the First Amendment; they can print whatever they want," said Borelli (R-South Shore). "But I'm going to use my First Amendment right to remind my constituents what a piece of garbage this magazine has become."
The Rolling Stone cover features a selfie taken by Tsarnaev in a rock star-like pose and posted to Twitter.
Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, are accused of the April 15 marathon bombing that killed three and injured 264.
Said Borelli, "Just about every Staten Islander knows someone who was killed by terrorism and to glorify him like some teen idol is disgusting."
The cover sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with bombing victims slamming Rolling Stone and at least two New England-based retailers, CVS pharmacy chain and Tedeschi Food Shops, announcing that they will not carry the issue.
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Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty in the bombings. His brother was killed in a shootout with police.
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Oly shows improvement in victory over PA
"As barometer games go, this one was a doozy.We feel pretty good, Olympic High School fastpitch coach Robin Campbell said after the Trojans' 8-2 victory over Port Angeles last Friday, April 27, at the Fairgrounds. They beat us 4-0 the first time we played.Megan Tetzlaff got two innings of relief from Celeste Kajiyama in a combined five-hit pitching performance as the Trojans posted their fourth Olympic League victory of the year, and did it against a Port Angeles team that lost for just the second time in league play.We're like the Mariners, first-year coach Campbell said of Oly. We have to have timely hitting, pitching and defense. We don't have a lot of high-average hitters, so we have to get it done other ways.We're learning how to do that, he said.Exhibit A is last Friday's win over the Roughriders. Oly got its decisive runs in the fourth inning, mixing three base hits, a walk and a wild pitch to ring the bell three times. The Trojans then turned it into a game of minimums and maximums - they minimized the damage when they made mistakes, and made PA pay the maximum for its miscues.Both teams have suffered significant attrition since the first time they met. Campbell can list a half dozen players who have been at best hampered, at worst lost for the year because of injuries. Most recently, starting catcher Sarah Pedroza was felled by a knee injury she suffered playing in a tournament with her Diamond Dusters select team.Likewise, PA has been weakened by injuries to key players, notably starting shortstop Liz Money.Despite the adversity, though, Olympic's barometer is inching upward. Players that have had to move ahead in the learning curve have delivered when they've been needed.Friday, it was Pedroza's replacement behind the plate, junior varsity promotee Roxanne Johnson, who had the first big hit for Troy after three scoreless innings. Her one-out single up the right field line allowed Kara Baumgartner to score the game's first run. She moved up on the throw in, took third on a wild pitch and was one of two Trojans to score on Michelle Gutierrez' bloop single to right center.Kajiyama and Nina Rosario led off the fifth with singles, and both scored on an error.Among the other things Troy showed it has learned this season is a putaway move. Up 5-2 in the sixth, Oly scored three runs on three straight hits - Stacy Stone singled and scored in front of Kajiyama when her clean single got behind PA center fielder Katrina Fraser. Rosario capped things with a booming home run to center.Gutierrez, Kajiyama and Rosario each had two of Oly's 10 hits on the day.Campbell admitted that his team is a long way from being a league title contender, but said that might be a blessing in disguise as the Trojans prepare for the league tournament.We've talked about having a tough time (this season) playing under pressure, he said. Well, the pressure's probably off now, and that might be why we've played more relaxed. You'll execute better if you're relaxed, and today we had some bunts, executed some contact hitting ... we did some small things that helped us win.Tetzlaff might've gone the distance had she not aggravated an injury, more or less forcing Kajiyama - also fighting off an injury - to come in and finish up. She gave up an unearned run in the sixth and two tough-luck singles in the seventh (a blooper to right and a line shot off her own glove) before getting Fraser to fly to center to end the game.The key was, we didn't just rest on the three runs, Campbell said. We kept trying to tack on some more. "
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Too many times I have limited my thinking of the use of technology in career counseling to the administration of assessments, job search services, and career research strategies. Recently, I was confronted with a much more difficult case and was able to bridge a cultural gap by using several tools available on the internet during my meeting with this international individual. I was able to learn a great deal on how to utilize technology to fill in communication gaps regarding a language and cultural barrier.
The person was from Japan and could speak basic English. She had been in the United States for a short time and was taking classes to improve her speaking and comprehension. The individual consulted with me concerning difficulties she was having with not wanting to stay in the US and finish her degree program. She had been experiencing much anxiety about trying to decide to return to Japan and giving up her original career plan. Our first encounter was an attempt to get to know each other and for me to gain a greater understanding of her difficulty. I have travelled extensively and I know that I often run into communication difficulty with non-native English speaking people.
I tend to have a habit of using a lot of metaphors when I talk and this is often confusing for non-native English speakers. Since I knew this about myself, I openly discussed this with this individual. I asked if it would be okay for me to use the dictionary and other internet resources to help us more fully communicate. She also used a Japanese to English electronic dictionary to aid her in communicating and understanding. We first made sure we understood what metaphors were and that we could relate metaphors from one culture to another. This actually became easier as we typed phrases into the internet and used pictures and other media to more fully understand the metaphors. An example of a metaphor with which we worked to find a common meaning was "when someone talks out of both sides of their mouth". We found many fun and interesting symbols and pictures to represent the phrase on the internet.
As we talked and used the electronic resources, she began to risk more with me concerning her desires to return home. I asked her to talk with me about her home. She was from a large city in Japan and I was able to use the internet to find pictures and read about her home city. This helped her describe her home to me and she was able to relate more about why she wanted to return home. In summary, we were able to use these electronic resources to develop a greater understanding of each other and enhance the meaningfulness of our communication.
I have been one that usually dislikes technology as entertainment or for online counseling. I have experienced technology as a barrier to developing a counseling relationship and more recently in teaching online courses. I usually view technology as a necessary tool. However, after my experience with this individual, I now see technology in a different light. I was able to use technology to enhance the counseling relationship and gain better understanding of this person. Office technology can be a critical resource for helping people understand each other. Really, I credit the technology for adding much clarity to our conversation.
What are your views of incorporating technology into your counseling with clients especially cross cultural counseling?
Kevin Stoltz is counselor and an assistant professor at The University of Mississippi. He specializes in career counseling and Adlerian Psychology and has a strong interest (no pun intended) in early recollections related to work life.


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LANSING, MI -- Karen Hughes and Robert Gibbs have seen the White House from different perspectives, but they'll share the same stage this week in Michigan.
Hughes was a strategic adviser under Republican President George W. Bush, who said he wanted her "in the room whenever a major decision was made." Gibbs, now an MSNBC contributor, previously worked under Democratic President Barack Obama, first as press secretary and later as a senior campaign adviser.
They'll work the crowds together at Michigan State University's annual Michigan Political Leadership Program dinner on Thursday in Livonia and breakfast on Friday in Grand Rapids. Political observers will note the timing, which coincides with scheduled implementation of automatic federal spending cuts known as the sequester.
We spoke with Hughes and Gibbs ahead of their visits, and we'll be sharing highlights of both discussions over the next two days, breaking them up by topic.
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Michigan by 9 percentage points in 2012?
Hughes: "I think a couple of things happened. Unfortunately, the Republican party had a very unwelcoming tone and message in the last campaign. That was true for immigrants, for women and in some cases young people. I know a lot of college-age daughters of friends who were voting for the first time, and they voted for Obama despite reservations because of some unfortunate comments Republican men made about rape. They made it sound like a backwards, almost neanderthal party. I joked that I was going to threaten to take out any GOP man who said something about rape other than it is a horrible crime. That cost us with younger voters. I think we also need to do a better job speaking to the economic aspirations of people. We've been the party that spoke to people's ability to work their way up to the middle class. We didn't do a great job explaining that. Obama defined Romney early and defined him as a corporate raider who was going to ship jobs overseas, which isn't a good message in Michigan or anywhere else. I don't think it's true, but I think it's the way he was defined."
Gibbs: "There's no better example than the auto recovery. For a long time, despite the fact that Michigan is so much a part of automotive history, Republicans' reactionary and reflexive response to the auto recovery was out and out opposition. Because it had something to do with government. They're gone from the party of limited government to the party of absolutely no government, and there are times in which government has to step in and can play -- as in the auto recovery -- a very important role in sustaining an industry that supports millions of jobs. What voters saw in Michigan was a party so determined to say no, even when it came to helping the state, and I think voters in the state rewarded President Obama for having the foresight."
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Derek Hagino's one-year reign as L-L League boys' tennis Class AAA singles champ is over.
Say hello to the new champ: Cedar Crest junior Colin Muraika knocked off the defending champ on Monday, spotting Hagino the first set before earning a hard-fought 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over the Black Knights' junior at Conestoga Valley.
Muraika outlasted Hagino's barrage of powerful forehands, delivering winners and taking advantage of unforced errors when it counted most: In the decisive third set.
Hagino, who beat Conestoga Valley's Darren Mast in last year's league singles finale, was the No. 2 seed coming into this year's field; his lone loss this regular season was to Warwick's Tony Deimler, the No. 1 seed.
Muraika won gold from the No. 4 seed spot.
Up a set, Hagino bolted to a 4-2 lead in the second set, and he was up 30-love looking to take a commanding 5-2 lead before Muraika rallied out of that hole for a 6-4 win to knot the match and force a deciding third set.
Two tournaments and two gold medals this season for Muraika, who topped Elco's Adam Bahney in straight sets for the Lebanon County Championship singles title earlier this month.
Muraika will try and make it three tournament wins in a row next week, when he'll have some bull's-eye on him in the District 3 singles tourney, set for May 3-5 at Hershey Racquet Club.
Muraika's two losses during the regular season were to Hagino and to Deimler, the No. 1 seed in the field when the tourney kicked off last Thursday.
Muraika knocked off Deimler 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals before beating Hagino in the finale — getting some sweet revenge for a pair of regular-season losses.
Muraika — "I don't know if I expected to win this coming in, but I do know that I played really solid tennis all three days, and that's a good thing. … I wasn't really nervous at all. (Hagino) was the clear-cut favorite, and he crushed me during the regular season. … In the second set I started moving my feet a little more. I think I came out a little too relaxed and a little too sluggish. He's the type of player who can crush forehands. But I know with his aggressive style of play that can break down, so I wanted to make him win points. I wasn't going to give him any free points. That was my game plan coming in."