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Choose what you'd like to focus on today: that it's nearing September and Mo has a 3.00 ERA, that Chien-Ming Wang is struggling, or -- and this is what we'd emphasize -- that this team is winning games in just about every way. They can beat up a team by scoring 21 runs, they can come from behind after a blown save, they can get great pitching out of the 'pen (thanks, Joba). That's pretty darn good.
Yesterday the Yanks got Rivera off the hook after he surrendered a run in the ninth. How? Jason Giambi, kids, has been great since returning. He delivered a pinch-hit single, which put runners on the corners, and Derek Jeter delivered another hit to score the winning run.
By the way, the Yankee bullpen has really turned things around in a short time. Over the last four games, the 'pen has pitched a full nine innings, giving up eight hits, just two runs, striking out 10 while walking none. Take the slumping Mariano out of that calculation, and the other pitchers (thanks to Joba, mostly, of course) have gone 6.1 innings, allowed two hits, no runs, and struck out eight. To compare, in the previous four games preceding last night's victory and the Indians' sweep, the 'pen had pitched 14.2 innings, given up 15 hits, 12 runs (eight earned), while walking 10 (!) and striking out 13K.
Meanwhile, we're a little disappointed that Ian Kennedy isn't making his debut tonight, but perhaps putting the spotlight on Jeff Karstens (0-2, 10.13) will snap him out of his recent slump. Pete Abraham talks more about Karstens. The O's counter with Daniel Cabrera (8-12, 5.14 ERA).
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CHEERS — To a good day of fishing. The Gloversville Recreation Commission presented the annual Youth Fishing Derby at Wohlfarth's Pond in Gloversville last Saturday, and it was a great success....
Private industry run like OUR government?
Just for giggles I just looked up GM's profits in the US last year... Net income Decrease US$ 5.346 billion (2013)
Is it any wonder that they have been hiding recalling anything with profits like this? A feather in Obama's cap... he saved GM?
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I just read the contact for Laura Laurence / Campione. No where in the contract does it state that she is eligible for the terms that she received upon her resignation. The contract states that the contract can be voided upon the decision of the Board. Something is fishy here.
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Except Grant, this is Gville, and we don't have any true investigative reporters. $250,000 over two years pretty much looks like salary and bennies, a buy out. Anyone can FOIL her contract and look at the seperation clause. Doesn't have to be someone from the press.
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Re: Laura Laurence - last year her name on the payroll records at SeeThroughNY was Laura Campione. A good investigative reporter might be able to ferret out whether there is any connection between her change of last name & her resignation.
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Taxpayers are forever, "other" employers not so much. Why would Ms. Lawrence even consider such a move? She could not get a sweeter deal anywhere else. Another kick in the butt to property owners saddled with this fiasco!
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Oh Hilltopper, I'm sorry to hear that as well. He certainly is one person around here that isn't replaceable. It's a shame there isn't anyone to pick up that torch. I saw him frequently at the grocery store, and I'll miss him a great deal.
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I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Jack Kinzie. Throughout the years I have had countless personal conversations with Jack and bottom line is that he saw so much potential for Fulton County that all he wanted was for Fulton County to become all it is capable of being. If your toes deserved to be stepped on Jack was willing to oblige, but you could not ask for a better gentleman or friend. Fulton County's loss is heaven's gain. M.M., thank you from all of us who know what you did. "Always remember to forget The friends that proved untrue. But never forget to remember Those that have stuck by you.
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August 2, 2012: Ambassador Stevens sends a cable to D.C. requesting "protective detail bodyguard postions" -- saying the added guards "will fill the vaccum of security personnel currently at post... who will be leaving with the next month and will not be replaced." He called "the security condition in Libya ... unpredictable, volatile and violent." Over the next two hours, Sec. Panetta holds a series of meetings and issues several orders: Two Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) platoons stationed in Rota, Spain prepare to deploy - one to Benghazi and the other to the Embassy in Tripoli; A special operations team in Europe is ordered to move to Sigonella, Sicily - less than one hour's flight away from Benghazi; An additional special operations team based in the U.S. is ordered to deploy to Sigonella. BUT NEVER WERE ORDERED TO DEPLOY!! There is a reason that these people cover these things up. It is because they are GUILTY!
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JEERS once again to the Obama administration. This week an email, one among many that were requested almost a year and a half ago was released and as we all suspected showed the reason that this administration has covered the Benghazi story with these lies and misleading information. President Obama promised to hunt down and bring to justice those that perpetrated this act of violence. Why then was the only arrest from this terrorist act the producer of the video that in reality had nothing at all to do with the violence in Benghazi? I want to know why the added security was not provided.(July 9, 2012: Amb. Stevens sends a cable requesting continued help from military SST and State Dept. MSD (Mobile Security Deployment team) through mid-Sept. 2012, saying that benchmarks for a drawdown have not been met. The teams are not extended.) I want to know why there was no help sent even though the attack lasted over seven hours.
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There isn't a video of it, sadly, only of their Chocolat FD from the same time frame, their first year in juniors. S&Z were not their coaches at this time.:
There isn't a video of it, sadly, only of their Chocolat FD from the same time frame, their first year in juniors. S&Z were not their coaches at this time.:
This continues to be another great thread.
Earlier , I also wanted to echo the point doris made about V/M and D/W's programs. When you think of it , these couples could still be around for a number of years.That they each already have a variety of standout programs to their credit is a testament to their choreographer.
And doris, even as a V/M devotee, I must admit that I'm a little more anxious about their chances of regaining their title since D/W's Fledermaus announcement. Sure , I felt D/W could do Rota justice, but as soon as I heard about the change, I thought , "Genius !"..and I didn't know about their baby selves' OD . I think we really have a horserace now.
NorthernDancers..good, meaty post !
I know where you're coming from . I guess we just have to breathe and try to go with it , we can't know for sure how these changes will work out . I'm sure in the bad old days a lot of talent probably withered on the vine , despairing of ever being able to move up .
I haven't really liked the SD format so far ( although there have been a handful of teams that have done about as well as could be done with it) and I really miss the CDs.I enjoyed being able to compare all those apples...not quite so satisfying now , for a tech non-expert like me... And I miss the OD, too.It has given us some gems.
I know the scoring system needs some tweaking, agreement on and adherence to standards ... just don't ask me exactly how to fix it ... I suppose the ISU seminars for judges should help, in the long run. In the meantime, I guess we have to hope for the very best tech callers, observant and knowledgeable judges , etc. etc. and keep reminding ourselves how much more fair the system is nowadays , even with it's imperfections. ( At least , I've decided that adopting that attitude may keep me from tearing my hair out , on occasion )
Re; W/P ..really looking forward to their programs. I was also one of those who thought they were undermarked on their SD at World's and might just as easily have found themselves in 3rd , intead of 5th..But I loved the Shibs as well. This year, depending on their programs ( I'm not universally thrilled with Camerlengo's choreography , though when I like it ,I really like it )..I think they might have a very good chance of moving ahead of the Shibs..even though I quite agree with Mrs. P about the content of the Shibs' program.
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Interesting discussion. What Marina does so well is that she really knows her skaters' strengths and works to highlight that aspect in their programs more than some other choreographers.
The Shibs are such good skaters with whisper quiet blades and wonderful flow, which makes their skating look "easy" - something the judges really, really like. Hopefully they will continue on past Sochi so we can enjoy watching their overall performance skills develop.
Looking forward to Skate America and seeing Davis & White's new programs. Like the idea of Die Fledermaus as they do a wonderful waltz. I like their power and speed.
Octoberfest results and details for P/I (2) and K/G-S (1) :
with .42 between them...this could be fun...
I. Has anyone seen the film The Five Obstructions? If not, check it out. The basic idea is that limitations and restrictions actually enhance creativity, not limit it. The idea is that one director tells another director to remake one of his films, with particular restrictions. For example: For the first short, von Trier decrees that Leth must film his remake in Cuba, without a set, and that there must be an edit at least once every 12 frames, or half second. COP is like that.
II. COP, in my mind, has improved dance the most precisely because every element can be athletic and artistic/creative at the same time. Not merely the placement of the element, but the element itself. The restrictions are about how to achieve the most points while still being creative.
III. So a lift can be gorgeous, complicated, athletic, perfectly expressive of the music, and still achieve the highest levels. Using Virtue/Moir as an example the final, rotational lift in Mahler is absolutely exquisite. Its suffused with romance. Its actually expressive and matches the music. Its insanely difficult, with the movement and transition. And its a level four lift that earned all GOEs +3 at the Olympics and Worlds.
IV. Buttercup, if youre telling me that I convinced you to like F/S without having convinced you about V/M, I might have to turn in my uber card (:D).
V. Phantom vs The Immigrants: Heres where creativity is diminished by a lack of expression. It never really occurred to me that D/Ws Phantom program was trying to tell the story of the music. Ignoring the fact that POTO is a blight on musical theatre (whereas The Godfather and its sequel are among the greatest American films ever), I never once bought Charlie as the Phantom. He cant (at the moment) convey love, passion or obsession, imo, so that the lifts, despite doris assertion, dont come off as metaphors for abduction so much as ungainly and unpleasing to the eye. Conversely, The Immigrants works because Massimo is so emotionally fluid on the ice (indeed, he blows Frederica out of the water there shes way too one note), so that his expression in the first lift really sets the stage for what were about to see (his arms outstretched, the look on his face, Frederica clutching onto him with all her power). I see that reading in the construction of the program because I see it in his face too.
VI. And the aforementioned is rather why Im uncomfortable with an increasing weight placed on artistry. Its so subjective! Yes, we can point out objective underpinnings, and yes TES themselves are subjective as well (the range of GOEs on any given element in any discipline puts lie to the theory of objectivity), but the application itself is so specious and vague. There are a whole host of factors at play here. Buttercup, you mentioned that Bin Yao deliberately westernized Shen/Zhao in order to make them more palatable to the judges. Theres no denying that the culture of the judges would influence their perception of what is artistic, as an example.
VII. NorthernDancers, what about the current standard of GOE application and PCS do you feels is poorly structured? Using S/Z as the example (heh), they were considered to have good PCS. Not Very Good/Superior/Outstanding. Good. Were they on more? How would you compare the elements? Do you think the program (SD) was as well choreographed? Did they make any errors? More two-foot skating? Well, someone correct me, but isnt the cha-cha more on two feet than the rhumba, and doesnt it take up more of a program? If both teams were perfect, what would the ideal score separation be? They received no +3s nor anything in the 9s for PCS (they got five scores 8.00 or higher, but four were from one judge ). You really do seem to implicitly be returning to the days of 6.0 (the top scores should be for the top skaters), an idea I find troubling, especially considering how youre expressing it.
VIII. Mrs. P, I take your point about people not looking inside, but I dont like Apple either. This is a very specific case where (a) what these talented skaters are doing isnt in my wheelhouse and (b) ergo, their technical improvements dont mean a whole lot to me because the whole isnt more than the sum of its parts.
IX. NorthernDancers, one thing youre neglecting to mention is that those skaters who stuck it out and developed as seniors simply didnt have the junior grand prix circuit to develop on in the first place. Victor Kraatz was twenty when he paired with Shae-Lynn Bourne. At that point, V/M and D/W had already been together 11+ years. How many people in the top ranks of ice dance are in their thirties? Not many. No, of course not many.
X. I loved Deans choreography for Crone/Poirier. I never got the dated feel at all that jcoates mentioned in another discussion. If it didnt entirely suit Crone/Porier, Ill be completely honest Im not sure what program did.
Seriously, I definitely obviously see it differently. I believe these technical elements will be key to making it a great program by the end of the season. Going back to the iPhone 4S again. People at first glance were like "No, there's nothing new. Blah blah blah!" But now that people are playing with it (the phone was released it) it's more like "OH my gosh I love this phone." Again, functionality ultimately wins people over. Likewise with the Shibs, I can see why people don't think highly of this program when it's new and fully polished, but somehow, I think they're going to refine it over the course of the year, mastering those elements will allow them to be more free to express their FD later.
And let's mention one more point 40's Big Band is a good way to bring casual fans in. My husband, who is not a skating fan at all (in fact jokes that he loses his wife for several months during the season) LOVES the Shibutanis. He loves their polish. He loves their personality. When he looked at this FD from Finlandia after I told him about all the criticism they've been getting he said: "I don't get it. Why do people dislike this again?"
Wow, Meryl and Charlie in '03 - incredible edges and unison, even then as juniors!
And IP, I can't believe that you didn't think of abduction with Phantom. Of course, you completely hate the book & the music, so it's hard to be quite objective then.
It's equally hard for me to be objective about Funny Face, particularly the S'Wonderful part of it. I detest that music so much that it's hard to see the skating is excellent.
But about the Immigrants, we will have to agree to differ--however, you apparently watch mostly Massimo, and I watch mostly Faiella. It does make a difference, as you pointed out. When someone over emotes that much, it's hard for me to shift my attention away. Mostly what I see when I watch them is botched elements and excellent staging, and the one time I notice Massimo, he's making what I see as a rather corny praying hands gesture while in a totally inappropriate posture for praying (with a girl on his lap).
Davis/White's Phantom of the Opera was all about power and speed. It was not about being "pretty" or aesthetically pleasing. Once you realize that, all their lifts (and the choreography, for that matter) make sense. The lifts fulfilled the choreographic intention of that program. I disliked POTO as a piece of choreography for a long time until I saw this.
Also, jcoates, your commentary is brilliant.
I did not mean for any of my comments about C/P's last FD to imply that I thought the choreography had a dated feel. It was all classic Chris Dean and had a very modern staging. I simply wanted to point out back in the spring that all the cries of brilliant originality regarding it were somewhat misplaced. I referred to it in this thread only for purposes of comparison with how Dean and Zoueva approach choreography. I actually love Dean's artistic sensibility, but some of his methods of execution bug me sometimes.
I agree with you that the cultural and stylistic preferences of judges and fans can play a very influential role on how a skater or team is perceived and that that reason alone merits allotting a reduced level of weight presentation scores. I also think that given how different D/W and V/M are, it's pretty remarkable that the same choreographer has succeeded in packaging them to equal levels of acceptance by judges and fans alike.
Doris makes a good point about F/S. I too tend to focus most of my view on her and less on Massimo. I will re-watch their Olympic programs for your points Pogue. But like Doris, I tended to see them as beautifully costumed and very good storytellers, but less able to keep up with the rapidly increasing technical standard of not only lifts but also greater speed.
Roman numerals! Wow.
F/S, it was the 2009 Oberstdorf winter gala that got me interested. They did their OD and it was fantastic, and it was then that I realized that watching Massimo makes them so much more enjoyable, which kind of echoes what you wrote in the next point. I would urge anyone who's gone the traditional route in the past and focused on the girl to take a look at the Euros version of The Immigrants and focus primarily on Scali. He's wonderful and it's his expression that really makes the program.
Yes to all of it. And the reason I keep writing that D/W aren't good at relating to one another in a romantic/passionate way is that they try, but it's not believable. They skate very fast and do difficult things, but it leaves me cold.V. Phantom vs The Immigrants: Heres where creativity is diminished by a lack of expression. It never really occurred to me that D/Ws Phantom program was trying to tell the story of the music. Ignoring the fact that POTO is a blight on musical theatre (whereas The Godfather and its sequel are among the greatest American films ever), I never once bought Charlie as the Phantom. He cant (at the moment) convey love, passion or obsession, imo, so that the lifts, despite doris assertion, dont come off as metaphors for abduction so much as ungainly and unpleasing to the eye. Conversely, The Immigrants works because Massimo is so emotionally fluid on the ice (indeed, he blows Frederica out of the water there shes way too one note), so that his expression in the first lift really sets the stage for what were about to see (his arms outstretched, the look on his face, Frederica clutching onto him with all her power). I see that reading in the construction of the program because I see it in his face too.
So says The Second Mark, at least, though there are some timeline issues with the claim as presented in the book. But I agree with what you wrote about the judges cultural background, and that's one reason why I am skeptical when conspiracies are mentioned - not because I believe the judging is always pristine clean, but because I do feel cultural preferences can come into play, and the judges may not even be aware of how this affects them (note: as a social psychologist, I find the process quite interesting for several reasons).Buttercup, you mentioned that Bin Yao deliberately westernized Shen/Zhao in order to make them more palatable to the judges. Theres no denying that the culture of the judges would influence their perception of what is artistic, as an example.
But I still want to see more emphasis on artistry than there is now. I don't know how to best do that while protecting the integrity of the results, but skating is getting too techy for my liking.
Lichtman and Copley did their FD at Evening with Champions. Some kind person took a video. It is to Austin Powers. They seem to like comedic movie scores. Last year they did Beetlejuice.
Thanks Doris. It's becoming clear that most of the Canton teams have been given FDs this season that are different takes on fun and whimsy. Some character driven, some straightforward.
On another note, given all the recent discussion about lifts and differences in height between partners, it's interesting to note that this team is quite similar in height. It will be interesting to see how or if that fact affects their success over time as a team.
I almost didn't look at that , thinking I've seen enough Austin Powers to last me a very long time.. but I'm so glad I did ! That's the most engaging AP program I've ever seen..( She's just so..GoGo )
I'm putting in a word for the costumes , here..I think they're just spot on..perfect for the era , and they don't make the mistake of being a parody on what was already a parody to begin with.


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NEWS: Iowa Central Community College students performed "The Pajama Game."
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Adobe arrives on Mac App Store with Photoshop Elements 9On the eve of the launch of Apple's Mac OS X Lion, rival software maker Adobe has released a version of Photoshop Elements 9 for the Mac App Store.
Adobe quietly released its Photoshop Elements 9 Editor on Apple's Mac App Store on Tuesday, as noticed by MacCentral. The offering is Adobe's first foray onto the Mac App Store, which many of Apple's competitors have chosen to avoid.
The $79.99 consumer-focused photo editor lacks the Adobe Elements Organizer that the version on Adobe's website has, but otherwise has the same features. The 1.02GB download requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 and is available only in English.
According to Adobe, Photoshop Elements 9 is meant to "complement iPhoto" by offering more advanced photo editing tools, such as Group Shot, Panorama and Style Match Photomerge.
The software giant recently brought some of its Photoshop tools to iOS with a series of iPad apps. In addition to the Photoshop Express tool, Adobe offers Eazel, Color Lava and Nav apps for integrating with Adobe CS5.5.
The company also recently launched a publicity campaign in hopes of capitalizing on user dissatisfaction with Apple's new Final Cut Pro X. Earlier this month, Adobe initiated a "switcher" offer that provides a 50 percent savings to customers who are switching from either Final Cut Pro or Avid Media to Adobe's rival video editing software Premiere Pro.
For its part, Apple opened the Mac App Store for business in January with the release of Mac OS X 10.6.6. The company has moved aggressively to make the digital storefront the primary source for Mac software, as evidenced by Wednesday's Mac App Store-exclusive launch of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
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The state Board of Ethics has cleared Dr. Jullette Saussy, New Orleans' former longtime director of emergency medical services, of allegations that she might have violated state ethics laws by moonlighting for a company that sold equipment used in city ambulances. Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked Saussy to resign in October 2010 after The Times-Picayune, the Metropolitan Crime Commission and others raised questions about her relationship with Vidacare, which makes a device called the EZ-IO that offers a way to inject fluids and medicines when access through veins is impossible. The device is used in New Orleans ambulances.
The city purchases the EZ-IO devices through a third-party company that distributes them, spending $40,000 in a typical year. The Oct. 20 opinion from the ethics board says that because the city has no direct business relationship with Vidacare, Saussy did not violate Louisiana conflict-of-interest laws, which forbid public officials from drawing paychecks from private firms that contract with their employer.
Saussy, who said she now works for Louisiana State University, said she feels vindicated by the ruling, which she requested in hopes of clearing her name.
"I was shocked that someone would question my ethics," she said. "It was very important to me to be cleared. As a medical professional, when someone questions your ethics ... that's all you have. It probably hit me harder than someone in some other position. I took an oath to do no harm."
When the questions about her outside employment arose last fall, Landrieu administration officials asked her to seek an ethics opinion.
But they asked her to resign before that opinion was rendered, and Jeff Elder took over as head of EMS. A month later, the board deemed Saussy's request for an opinion moot, as she no longer worked for the city or for Vidacare.
Saussy had to request an investigation to get the final ruling. Because the investigation found no wrongdoing, the board has yet to make it public, but Saussy shared the result with The Times-Picayune.
Saussy's resignation came in the wake of a string of embarrassing exits by high-level city officials. First, Dr. Joia Crear-Perry stepped down as acting health director after it became public that her medical license had been suspended. Next, Kenneth Ferdinand, who had remained in his position as director of the French Market Corp., was forced out amid questions about his use of an agency credit card for personal expenses. And in late September, Deputy Mayor Greg St. Etienne resigned amid revelations that as president of a nonprofit finance agency, he steered federal grants to his brother's companies.
Saussy said Deputy Mayor Jerry Sneed, her boss, told her "the mayor couldn't take any more heat," and asked her to quit. Sneed, through Landrieu's press office, disputed that account.
The handling of the matter still rankles Saussy.
"I just wish he had stood by me," she said of Landrieu.
Landrieu spokesman Ryan Berni had no comment on Saussy's characterization of her departure. He issued a short statement saying that "The Mayor believed a change of leadership in the department was in the best interest of the City, and we are extraordinarily pleased by Dr. Jeff Elder's leadership of the department since he became EMS director."
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Auburn School District receives Road Map Region Race to the Top grant
The Auburn School District was recently awarded $222,365 as part of the Road Map Region Race to the Top grant. The funds will be used for classroom-level mentoring.
The executive committee for the Road Map Region Race to the Top grant recently issued preliminary awards of $1.2 million in Investment Funds for Project 3B (pre-K to third grade systems) to districts participating in the consortium. A total of $4 million will be awarded through Project 3B in three disbursements.
"The academic success of children in later years depends heavily upon their kindergarten readiness," said Project lead Martha Teigen. "Learning that takes place in the first years of life is crucial to establishing a solid foundation from which children learn successfully. We commend the Road Map districts for developing powerful PK-3rd grade systems with the community."
An independent panel was assembled to score the proposals and make recommendations to the Race to the Top executive committee. Award recommendations were made based on points received as well as other factors that impact the region such as return on investment and scalability.
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CMC's Coyote Informer reporter, Emlee Lotspeich,
was cruising around the campus looking
for a good story or photo for Halloween.
CMC President, Roger Wagner, PhD,
dressed up as Raggedy Andy for Halloween.
New Multi-Media
Club Opens
There is a new multi-media club which has opened up on the Copper Mountain College (CMC) campus as of Thurs. Sept. 9, which is when the first meeting was held between the hours of 3 and 4 p.m. in Rm. 219.
Professor Spelman Downer, the club advisor, stated that the club would be participating in, "video shoots for individuals, school events, advertising, and would also review proposals to cover musicians, bands, and plays at Theater 29."
The multi-media club currently has fourteen members and is in the process of looking for more people who are willing to join. The club has already begun filming bands in the area and is in the process of editing its first video tape. They met on Sat., Oct. 9 in Rm. 219 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to begin editing.
During the first club meeting, Downer stated, "I can teach people the basics of video editing, but we could use more people who are experienced at it."
Although video editing is necessary, the club does have other interests. These include, but are not limited to: acting, directing, graphic design, digital photography, writing, and animation.
Some of the members of the new multi-media club have come to the club to learn more about things such as photography, and Downer appears excited about aiding them in these endeavors.
During the first meeting, Downer talked about projects for the club and animatedly discussed things like celtx.com- something many club members had never heard of. Celtx.com, according to Downer, "puts a script in Hollywood convention formats."
The multi-media club is also looking for new projects as well as more members. Those who are interested contact Professor Spelman at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Copper Mountain College's "Budget Downturn"
By: Ashley Owens
By: Danielle Thien
On Nov 20-21 the team will travel to Grossmont College in San Diego to compete in the "Griffin Swing" for their first competition.
"Students will be competing in various events at the novice level."It's not just debate", Coach Reyna says, "Forensics includes Oral Interpretation (like acting), Platform Speeches (like in your public speaking class), and limited preparation speeches."
Coach Reyna Velarde described the competition as "the perfect opportunity to find out if you love it or if it's not for you". She reminded the team to "have no expectations; it's just the initial exposure".
Reyna is a member of Grossmont alumni and is excited to take her own team to her old college. She is also excited to coach a team at this competition because her first coaches are running the show.
The team will travel on the money they raised at their first fundraiser. The concert they put on was a success and they met their fundraising goal. They plan to put on more fundraisers in the future because tournaments, hotels, and traveling add up.
It is not too late to join the team or be a part of this competition. If any students wish to participate and travel with the team they can attend meetings in room 104 on Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. Other arrangements can be made for students that cannot make the meetings. For more information contact President Danielle Thien at email@example.com, Coach Reyna Velarde at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Upcoming Improv Comedy Night at CMC
By: Emlee Lotspeich
The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honors Society of Copper Mountain College (CMC) plans to host an Improv Comedy Night at CMC during this November while honoring students on the President's List and holding a fundraiser for the Art Mitz Scholarship.
"The society's [PTK] theme this year is the Democratization of Information, and we'll incorporate this theme in our event. Volunteers of PTK will provide the entertainment but we encourage audience participation on the stage as well," PTK's Advisor, Cathy Itnyre, states.
The Improv Comedy Night will be formatted as a dining and entertainment event. This event will be expanded to the CMC community as well as the public. The Improv Comedy Night will also hold a special portion of the event to acknowledge the honor students of both the society and CMC.
"PTK is an international honors society for community college students with a 3.5 or above GPA, who have completed at least 12 college credits….We plan to honor CMC's President's List students by inviting them on stage and praise their academic success. This will hopefully recruit new members to join the honor society if they had not heard of PTK before now," Itnyre continues.
Additionally, PTK's Improv Comedy Night will be conducting a fundraiser to promote donations for the Art Mitz Scholarship, which is established by Art's wife, Mimi Mitz, for students majoring in social sciences. PTK committee members are planning to hold a silent auction or raffle to use as the fundraiser.
PTK's Improv Comedy Night is set to occur on the evening of the first or third Friday of November. PTK's head committee chair members of this event are currently requesting to use CMC's Bell Center as preferable location vice CMC's Alumni Courtyard. PTK members will be posting flyers of the Improv Comedy Night within the next few weeks.
For more information, please contact:
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Saving Snoqualmie
Last week's paper announced that WRECO had just filed a formal
request with King County for the expansion of Snoqualmie's Urban
Growth Area (UGA), so WRECO could begin building the next 1,700 houses
in Snoqualmie Ridge.
WRECO can't build the next 1,700 houses unless the King County
Council approves the expansion of the UGA. The majority of the
King County councilpersons are pro-developer and will vote to expand the UGA.
If Dave Irons, Jr., is elected in the November elections, he will cast
another pro-developer vote.
If you want to save Snoqualmie, and the rest of the Valley, and to
prevent the building of these 1,700 houses, you have a chance to do
so. Cast your vote for Di Irons by writing in her name on the November ballot.
Di is definitely not a friend of the developers. She will cast a vote
for slow growth and may be able to block the expansion of Snoqualmie's UGA.
Her name is not printed on the ballot; you have to actually write her
name in.
If this is important to you, talk to your friends and neighbors about it.
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Less Than 100 Seats Remain for Brewers Chance 2 Advance!
Fewer than 100 tickets remain available to purchase for the "Brewers Chance 2 Advance Ticket Plan Presented by Potawatomi," which begins in less than two weeks on Tuesday, May 6. The unique ticket promotion – now in its second year – allows fans the chance to upgrade their seats to the next highest ticket category every time the Brewers win during the promotion.
Last season, the Brewers won six of the nine games during the promotion. Fans that purchased this ticket plan advanced to the Field Outfield Box.
Here's how the Ticket Plan works:For just $99, you get tickets to nine select Tuesday games at Miller Park, plus the chance to advance all the way to the Field Diamond Box. You start with seats in Bernie's Terrace for all nine games, but with each Brewers win, you upgrade your seating area. On Tuesday, May 6, you'll sit in Bernie's Terrace for the first game of the plan against the Arizona Diamondbacks. If the Crew wins, you will advance to the next seating tier for the following game in the plan.
Every time the Brewers win, you will simply exchange your Bernie's Terrace ticket for a ticket in the next best seating area for only $2. You remain in that seat location until the Brewers win the next game in the plan. If the Brewers don't win, simply exchange your Bernie's Terrace ticket at no cost for a seat in the same section where you last advanced – no backsliding.
For details, such as game dates and advance locations, visit Brewers.com/advance.


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By Karl Terry: PNT columnist Some years in eastern New Mexico we can go all summer with just a handful of 100 degree-plus days. Apparently this isn't going to be one of them. With a week nearly full of temperatures above the century mark what little rain we've received lately has been more than offset. […]
Missing my swamp…not really
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• Portales High School graduated 165 students and the Portales News-Tribune has learned that only 57 (34 percent) have indicated they will attend college. • Eastern New Mexico golfers head to Burlington, N.C. to compete in the NAIA golf championships. • Swamp Coolers on sale at Poyners for $99


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile businessman Jerry Lathan has been tapped to lead a new, statewide fundraising campaign for the Alabama Republican Party.
Party chairman Bill Armistead said the Foundation for the Future campaign is designed "to grow the new Republican majority in Alabama through candidate recruitment and training, fundraising, and strengthening of local GOP committees and grassroots organizations."
Lathan, a resident of Theodore, is a long-time Republican activist who currently serves as finance chairman for the state party. His wife, Terry Lathan, serves as chairwoman of the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee.
"The Foundation for our Future campaign is the most ambitious in our party's history," Jerry Lathan said. "I am thrilled to lead this effort to build a foundation of Republican officials in the counties and to hold and expand our majorities in the state Legislature."
NFL stars bet big on bingo
Alabama politicians weren't the only ones burned by the ongoing bingo corruption trial in Mongtomery. Several of the state's top professional athletes could lose millions as a result of their involvement in an Alabama casino at the center of the controversy.
YahooSports.com reported that wide receiver Terrell Owens is one of about 25 NFL players who could be forced to divest and face discipline from the league in connection with Country Crossing, a Houston County bingo and entertainment complex that is attempting to re-open late this month or in July.
Under the NFL's rules barring an employee's association with any gaming operation, Owens and other current players such as fellow wide receivers Santana Moss and Santonio Holmes, defensive tackle Gerard Warren and linebacker Adalius Thomas, could be forced to cease involvement. Owens, a native of Alexander City, did not respond to a request for comment.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather was also an early investor and has legally sought a return of his money. Retired NFL players Jevon Kearse and Cornelius Bennett, a former University of Alabama star, also invested in the project, but face no disciplinary action from the league because they are retired.
Yahoo Sports, citing multiple sources associated with the players, said the athletes in question invested approximately $20 million total in the Houston County project, now known as Center Stage. The operation, which was known as Country Crossing under developer Ronnie Gilley, was shut down in February 2010 when electronic bingo halls in the state were closed for using illegal slot-machine lookalikes.
"I know four players with $7 million in this thing," a source closely connected to some of the athletes told Yahoo Sports. "They keep getting told, 'It's going to re-open,' then it gets pushed back again and again. This is a bad situation for a lot of these players."
Mitt Romney in Birmingham
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will visit Alabama for a fundraiser Aug. 30 in Birmingham, according to an email from Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey.
Tickets for the evening reception, to be held at The Club, are available for $1,000 per person through the Romney campaign. Seats on the host committee — which include a photo opportunity with the former Massachussetts governor — are available for $2,500 apiece.
Ivey is serving as Alabama chairwoman for the Romney campaign.
Seafood marketing board names officers
Pete Barber with the Alabama Seafood Association was elected chairman of the newly formed Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission on Friday.
Wayne Eldridge with J&W Marine and Bayside Seafood was also elected vice chairman.
The two men were elected at an organizational meeting held on Dauphin Island at the offices off the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The 15-member commission was set up by executive order from Gov. Robert Bentley. Its mission is to promote and market Alabama seafood nationwide.
Other members of the commission include Bayou LaBatre Mayor Stan Wright, Buffy Donlon, owner of Wintzell's Restaurants, and Chris Hastings, chef/owner of Hot and Hot Fish Club restaurant in Birmingham.
Mike Hubbard recognized for GOP success
Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard was named as one of the nation's "GOP Legislators to Watch" by Governing magazine.
Hubbard, of Auburn, was listed among lawmakers who showed "unusual initiative" and demonstrated "ability to strike alliances across party lines," while earning "a record of leading his or her party to noteworthy gains."
Hubbard helped lead the GOP to sweeping wins in November 2010 election cycle, capturing control of the state Legislature for the first time in more than 130 years.
"First elected to the state House in 1998, Hubbard has won kudos for both his fundraising and party-building skills," the magazine wrote. "He was rewarded by becoming the first Republican Speaker in Alabama since Reconstruction."
Hubbard comes from a sports media and marketing background, where he worked with Heisman Trophy winners Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson. He credited GOP lawmakers with delivering on the promises they made to voters in 2010.
"Anytime you have the kind of success we've had over the last several months, it is bound to get noticed around the country," he said.
Mowery named as a political Rising Star
Alabama political consultant David Mowery was named as a 2011 Rising Star by Campaigns & Elections magazine.
The award recognizes political operatives age 35 and under who have a track record of achievement and the promise of future greatness.
Mowery, 33, is founder and president of Mowery Consulting Group LLC, a Montgomery-based campaign consultant. He has worked for Mobile candidates including Mayor Sam Jones and John Tyson, Jr., in campaigns for Mobile County District Attorney and Attorney General.
The magazine recognized 40 Rising Stars in its latest contest. Previous winners include David Axelrod, Donna Brazile, James Carville, Mike Murphy and George Stephanopoulos.
Nicholas named to ALAJ board
Mobile lawyer Steve Nicholas was named to the board of directors for the Alabama Association for Justice at a recent meeting.
Huntsville attorney Rebekah McKinney was named be president of the 1,400 member group, replacing Birmingham attorney Courtney French, who will stay as an Immediate Past President. The 2011-12 officers and board members were sworn in at ALAJ's annual convention this past weekend.
Political announcements
- The Common Sense Campaign will hold a Tea Party rally at 6 p.m. Friday at the Adult Activity Center, 260 Club House Drive in Gulf Shores. The featured speaker will be Dale Peterson, former candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 251-626-7808.
- The Common Sense Campaign will hold a Tea Party rally at 7 p.m. Thursday at the American Legion on Highway 29 North in Andalusia. The featured speakers will be U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, and Rev. Clyde Northrop. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 251-626-7808.
- The Alabama Patriots will hold a Tea Party rally at 10 a.m. Saturday at the covered beach pavilion at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Danny Joyner at 251-867-3200.
Today's column includes contributions from David Holloway and George Talbot.


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It's a simple formula: upgrades equal sold. For a home to sell quickly and for the price desired, it must be "finished" with as many structural and interior design upgrades as possible.
Consider these property value-enhancing upgrade ideas from Robert Jenson, CEO of luxury Las Vegas real estate purveyor The Jenson Group:
* Commercial grade appliances such as Viking or Wolf in a kitchen, along with dual appliances such as ovens, dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers, add greatly to resale value and are always a desirable upgrade.
* The "outdoor living room" concept is extremely popular right now. Whether a gazebo or other covered section, an outdoor furnished lounge area complete with wiring for lighting, fans, TV and surround sound, fire pit/fire place, and built in BBQ grill will add tremendous appeal.
* Other custom upgrades and finishing such as front entry doors with decorative glass inlays, decorative wrought iron stairway balusters, and faux painting treatments will readily set a home apart from the pack
* Fixtures should be considered even beyond the kitchen and bath. Door handles, for example, with modern finishes such as brushed nickel, are a great way to add custom appeal to an interior.
* Granite countertops need not be reserved for the kitchen. Master bathrooms in particular, if not all baths in the house, should utilize some kind of stone counter - marble, granite, travertine.


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With previous trailers having covered just about every aspect of Batman: Arkham Aslyum, this one takes a different angle, highlighting some quotes from pre-release reviews.
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of Rocksteady's detective comic beat 'em up arrive at North American retailers tomorrow, with the PC version due out September 15. While you're waiting, why not check out the playable demo and the various deals? There are some good savings to be had, especially if you hit Toys R Us tomorrow morning.
Having announced earlier today that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be released on March 3, 2010, EA has released new screenshots and a trailer for DICE's shooter. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is slated to hit PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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Senate rewrites State Parks funding measure
The future of Washington's state parks' financial viability may depend on a legislative agreement to expand an access pass program first implemented last July.
Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2373, concerning the state's management of its recreational resources, passed the Senate 30-17 on March 6, but with substantial amendment. It returns to the House for reconsideration.
The bill concerns the implementation as well as the sale of the Discover Pass.
Sen. Kevin Ranker (D – 40th District, Orcas Island) crafted what is termed a striker amendment that replaced the original language of the bill that passed the House Feb. 28. Ranker's amendment was adopted with bipartisan support.
Ranker's amendment removes a number of sectons found in the House version of the bill. The Senate bill eliminates a $10 state parks support fee on recreational vehicle registrations. The fee would have gone into effect immediately but would have expired on July 1, 2015. The earned revenue would have helped maintain State parks.
The Senate version also removes certain provisions that would have given discounts to senior citizens, to those permanently disabled and individuals who qualify for a lifetime veteran's disability pass.
The Discover Pass was created during last year's legislative session and went into effect July 1. An annual pass costs $30 while the day-use permit is $10. It is required on all vehicles that access or park on recreational lands.
The original legislation was created to make up for the loss in state general fund support. During the 2007-09 biennium, State general fund support made up 66 percent of the parks' operating budget. That support has shrunk to 12 percent of the parks' operating budget.
The remainder of the operating budget consists of revenue generated through park fees for services, donations and dedicated funds from the federal government.
According to state Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mark Brown, the current revenue from Discover Pass sales is 60 percent less than what was originally projected.
The original projected revenue from Discover Pass sales through the month of December 2011 was $19.38 million. The actual revenue realized was only $8.8 million.
That shortfall and the threat of state park closures have led many legislators to attempt to revise the original Discover Pass law as an effort to boost sales and help state parks.
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The bill would make the pass transferable between two vehicles. The pass would provide space for two license plate numbers, and it would become active once it has been marked, not when it is purchased.
The legislation also grants State Parks, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources the authority to create a family discover pass as long as the price does not exceed $50. The family pass would be fully transferable among vehicles. It would not require a license plate number on the pass to be valid.
State Parks is also granted the authority to use unstaffed collection stations to sell the permit. The stations are essentially pay boxes. Park officials provide envelopes at the pay stations that are like registration forms requiring users to list their names and addresses. Park patrons deposit the fee amount, using cash or check, into the envelope, which they then put into the collection station. They then tear off a receipt and display it on the dashboard of their vehicle. A parks' employee collects and verifies the accumulated funds daily.
The legislation clarifies the use of the Discover Pass during events held on recreational lands by leaving it to the discretion of officials at the parks agency. Officials may waive the requirements of the pass or set fees they deem appropriate depending on a variety of details including the costs and benefits to the state, the public service provided by the event and other public interest factors.
Currently, when vehicle owners renew their tabs at the Department of Licensing, a $5 donation to State Parks is included in the total cost, but owners may decline the optional fee. Sen. Nick Harper (D – 38th District, Everett) proposed an amendment on the Senate floor to expand the opt-out donation program to include mopeds, off-road vehicles, trucks and buses. The amendment was adopted.
As a result, some legislators who supported Ranker's version of the bill ultimately decided to vote against the measure including Sen. Mark Schoesler (R – 9th District, Ritzville). "Senator Ranker and I negotiated the striking amendment in a give-and-take process," said Schoesler. The expansion of the opt-out program wasn't a part of the deal, he stated. "It's something I'm strongly opposed to," he said.
Sen. Randi Becker (R – 2nd District, Eatonville) also voted against the measure for the same reason.
Senators Brian Hatfield (D – 19th District, Raymond) and Doug Ericksen (R – 42nd District, Ferndale) proposed an amendment to eliminate a provision in both the House bill and Ranker's revision that would allow hotel and motel tax collected on state park land to be distributed into the state parks renewal and stewardship account, an account established to help fund maintenance and operation at the parks. Currently, revenue generated from sales of lodging services helps fund local tourism promotion. It was approved.
Ranker was pleased with the package that passed in the Senate. Speaking on the floor, he urged his colleagues to vote for the measure. "If we do not pass this bill today, we will be closing state parks," he said.
According to Ranker, he worked with Schoesler to get the 25 votes necessary to pass the bill out of the Senate. He attracted 30 votes despite losing Schoesler's support on final passage.
Parks Commissioner Brown said, "It's a big life line. It allows us to undo some of the staff changes we were forced to make, and keep all 125 parks open."
Brown hopes the House accepts the measure. "We're running out of time," he said.
House members now must vote to either accept the Senate's amended version, or send it to a joint committee to reach a compromise before it can be sent to the governor for final approval.
The original House bill was sponsored by Representatives Kevin Van De Wege and Steve Tharinger both Democrats from the 24th District who live in Sequim.
"I have been in constant contact with my counterparts in the House," said Ranker. However, the senator remains uncertain of how the House will treat the measure.
The amended bill has an emergency clause allowing immediate implementation upon passage and the governor's approval.
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The Clear Lake girls ended the regular season on a high note Thursday, July 3. They topped Clarion-Goldfield, 10-9, to enter post-season play Tuesday night, July 8, with a 4-22 record. They finished with a North Central Conference record of 3-13.
Newman 12, CL 0
Newman scored seven runs in the second and finished the game with five runs in the fourth in a 12-0 win over Clear Lake Tuesday, July 1.
The number 11 (1A) Knights took advantage of Lion errors. Just two of their 12 runs were earned.
Reagan Brackey took the loss on the mound. She gave up six hits, walked five and struck out two.
Tori Fyfe had Clear Lake's only hit in the game.
St. Ed's 8, CL 3
A three-run sixth inning broke open a tight game against St. Ed's on Wednesday, July 2.
The Gaels, raked sixth in Class 2A, jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one inning, but the Lions came back with two in the second and one in the third to pull within 4-3.
Micheala Niles had two hits for the Lions. Tori Fyfe, Michala Ouverson, Carney Fraham and Chloe Mueller had one hit apiece. Lindsay Kearns was credited with two RBIs, while Katie Hewett had one.
Kirsten Baalson was the losing pitcher. The freshman threw four innings and gave up five hits, walked three and struck out two. Reagan Brackey pitched two innings, surrendering five hits. She walked three and struck out two.
Hampton-Dumont 6, CL 2
In their second outing of the day the Lions were involved in another close game. This time Hampton-Dumont won, 6-2.
Michaela Niles had another strong game, recording three hits in four trips to the plate. Tori Fyfe had a pair of hits, while Erin O'Tool and Chloe Mueller each had one.
The Lions scored their runs in the first and third innings. The two teams were tied at 2-2 before the Bulldogs plated three runs in the fifth and added an insurance run in the sixth to win, 6-2.
CL 10, Clarion-Goldfield 9 (8)
The Lions were again steady when they traveled to Clarion-Goldfield Thursday, July 3. This time they withstood a charge by their opponent to win in eight innings, 10-9.
The Lions were up, 1-0, after four innings and added two more runs in the top of the fifth for a 3-0 lead. But the Cowgirls stormed back with six runs in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead. They added two more in the sixth to make the score 7-3.
Five runs crossed home plate in the seventh inning to tie the score and send the game to extra innings. Clear Lake scored two in the top of the eighth, then stayed strong as the Cowgirls rallied. The rally fell short and the Lions got the exciting one-run win.
Michaela Niles continued to swing a hot bat, picking up four hits in five at-bats. Erin O'Tool, Tori Fyfe and Chloe Mueller each had two hits, each with a double. Michala Ouverson had one hit and contributed four RBIs. Fyfe finished with two RBIs and Mueller had one.
Reagan Brackey earned the win, pitching all eight innings. The Cowgirls scored their nine runs on nine hits. Brackey struck out one and walked none.


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25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
That was the response I received from a corrections officer as I was being escorted across the compound on my way to attend the weekly prisoner gathering early in 2012.
This arose as the officer took me across the grass instead of walking on the sidewalk and I had commented that I had been coming in for 15 years and that the prior week had been the first time I had been allowed to walk on the grass (which is against prison policy) and now this was the second time in two weeks I had been escorted in that manner. The officer then asked me, "How long did you say you've been doing this?" I said, "Fifteen years," which elicited the response above.
The officer then asked me if I knew what "these guys" (prisoners) are like and I said I understood what was meant. I tried (in the 15 seconds we had left) to explain what I do and why I do it and the response was just, "All I know is that when I'm old and don't remember much, I'm going to remember some of the things I've seen here because they'll never get out of my mind."
Not having been a corrections officer of member of prison staff, I cannot pretend to know what she has seen in her time at that prison – which she said was almost the same as my fifteen years (at that time) of volunteer service.
Yes, many corrections staff see us as "Bible-thumpers" and "do-gooders." That's OK. If they are as yet unregenerate, one could expect nothing less and I don't mean that in a derogatory manner. It's just a fact. They – if unregenerate – cannot understand why we do what we do there. Yes, one cannot deny that some prisoners feel that same way as we hear the mocking comments from prisoners who may be walking on the same sidewalks we walk or from prisoners well across the prison yard.
Several years ago I had occasion to have a conversation with an officer who had been one of those who checked us in every week. That officer happened to mention that some of the prisoners who attended our study mocked us (volunteers) after we left. Whether it was said truthfully or just to get a rise out of me, I don't know, but my response was, "I don't care. As long as they'll let me, I'm coming in here." The officer then responded, "You know, that's exactly the attitude you should have."
Then I told the officer, "I know some of your colleagues aren't too wild about us coming in here, either." "Yeah," she said, "you're right about that. There are some who wish you guys would just go away." The officer was a little taken aback when I said, "Well, I don't come in here to make the staff happy. I come in here because I have a message to bring and I'm coming as long as they let me whether the staff likes it or not." Her response? I was then the one surprised.
"That's exactly the attitude you should have."
Unbelieving staff members cannot understand why someone would do what we do. The comment in the title – "Do you think you really save anybody here?" – is a common one, whether spoken or not. That's OK. We go there to proclaim a message. We're not the ones who bring dead people to life. We're the ones who proclaim a message which Almighty God uses to bring those dead people to life. We understand we are inconvenience to them – officers have to walk up to half a mile in escorting us in and out and when it's below zero and the wind is howling, that's a long walk – for both of us.
We indeed don't save anybody in there – but we proclaim the message of the One who can – and does – save, and He saves to the uttermost.


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Tending to the game
Before the Tennessee Titans drafted Taylor Lewan – a 6-foot-7, 309-pound offensive lineman out of Michigan – 11th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft, months of scouting and hours of research had to be utilized.
Same goes for their five other selections in the draft.
And hundreds of other college prospects who were vying for a spot in the NFL.
"We need to have medical grades for up to 500 potential players," said Todd Toriscelli, a Steubenville native who is the Titans' director of sports medicine. "We need to know them inside and out.
"You don't want to draft a guy who is going to have injury problems. It's all about trying to predict their durability."
Toriscelli is a seasoned veteran of football scouting and injury treatment. The 1979 Catholic Central graduate is entering his 18th year in the NFL. This is his first with Tennessee after spending nearly two decades with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He began as the head athletic trainer for 13 years and held the Director of sports medicine title for four seasons.
"Not one day have I ever taken working in the NFL for granted," Toriscelli said. "It's a privilege to do what I do."
Toriscelli was born in 1961 at the former St. John Hospital in Steubenville. At Central, he played offensive guard and linebacker for the Crusaders.
"I grew up just dreaming about playing football for Central," he said. "I was fortunate to start there for three years."
And beat Big Red for two.
"That was a great experience," Toriscelli said. "Everybody in town came together when Central played Big Red. We beat them my junior and senior seasons and we were on top of the world."
He started college at the University of Akron and walked on to the football team for spring practice midway through his freshman year. That summer, he came back to Steubenville and worked in the steel mills.
Toriscelli actually planned on staying there for a while.
"I was thinking about quitting school at that time," he said. "My good friend, Greg Campbell, said, 'You don't want to do that.' He talked a lot about what he was going to school for and that was athletic training.
"He showed me a book about it and it was something I was really interested in."
So, Toriscelli wouldn't go back to Akron. He wouldn't stay in the mills, either. He enrolled at Ohio University in the athletic training program that fall. He earned his bachelor's degree at OU and a master's at the University of North Carolina.
"It all just took off from there," Toriscelli said.
A devout college football fan, Toriscelli had a vision of working for a program in a power conference.
"My goal was to be the head trainer at a major college," he said. "I never really thought much about the NFL back then."
His initial dream job quickly became a reality when he was named the head trainer at Kansas State in 1990. At 28, he was the youngest leader of a medical staff for a major college team.
Current Youngstown State head football coach Eric Wolford was a player for the Wildcats when Toriscelli was there. Toriscelli spent three years in Manhattan, Kan., before assuming the same role at the University of Miami.
"There were some great players there," Toriscelli said.
He was on the move again after two years with the Hurricanes. Toriscelli became the head trainer for Stanford in 1994.
"Which was also awesome," he said.
In 1997, though, he received a phone call from an assistant coach he worked with in Miami. He was told of an opening with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"He told Coach (Tony) Dungy, who was with the Bucs at the time, that I'd be the perfect fit for what they were trying to do there," Toriscelli said.
The Buccaneers interviewed 11 people and "fortunately, I got it," Toriscelli said.
Dungy was fired from Tampa Bay before the 2002 season. Jon Gruden was hired and he led the Bucs to a 12-4 regular season and their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.
"We were close a few times before that, but Gruden came in and everybody bought into his philosophies," Toriscelli said.
In Super Bowl XXXVII, Tampa Bay faced the Oakland Raiders – Gruden's former team – and won 48-21 in San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium.
"I've had the opportunity to work with a number of great players,' Toriscelli said. "Warren Sapp, John Lynch, Derrick Brooks all come to mind.
"Those guys were all the same type of guy -physically and mentally committed to football. They were intense players and focused men. We won a Super Bowl because of them."
Toriscelli received a Super Bowl ring, too.
"I keep it in a safe," he said. "I look at it a lot, but i don't wear it. It has 64 diamonds; just a beautiful piece. It's so awesome for the players to get that."
He wore the ring for the second time just last month, at Ronde Barber's retirement party.
Throughout his career, Toriscelli has worked closely with thousands of collegiate and professional players.
"Ronde's the guy who really stands out above the rest," Toriscelli said.
Maybe more known for being the twin brother of Tiki Barber, Ronde spent all 16 years of his NFL career with the Buccaneers.
The cornerback recorded 1,172 total tackles, 47 interceptions (a Tampa Bay record) and 28 sacks. He was a five-time Pro Bowl selection, three-time All-Pro honoree and member of the 2000s all-decade team.
"The guy was literally super-human," Toriscelli said. "He is the toughest guy I've ever been around. He fought through injuries and never missed practice; never missed a game. He was only 178 pounds, most people don't realize how small he is."
Barber announced his retirement in May 2013 and recently had a party with former players and colleagues.
"He told everybody about all I had done for him," Toriscelli said. "I really appreciated that, even though he was so fit and strong that he pretty much could take care of himself."
While millions around the world will tune in for NFL coverage on autumn Sundays, it's not necessarily the busiest day of the week for Toriscelli and his staff.
"The biggest day is Wednesday," he said. "You have guys get hurt in a game on Sunday, then you evaluate them on Monday. There's always a number of players who you won't be sure if they will be ready for the next week or not.
"You then have to prepare the back ups. There's only so many reps in practice and the gameplans change from game to game.
"If I tell the coaches that somebody is going to be ready for the game and they end up taking all the practice reps and, maybe, they can't play – the guy who will actually play won't have any practice down at all. That's alarming."
In the offseason, Toriscelli manages free agents like he does for prospects in the draft.
While still with the Bucs, Toriscelli had to evaluate Darrelle Revis as he was traded from the New York Jets to Tampa Bay for draft picks. Revis negotiated one of the biggest contracts in the NFL with a six-year, $96 million deal.
It made him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history.
"We invested $96 million in Revis," Toriscelli said. "But he wasn't quite halfway through an ACL reconstruction. It was on me to make sure he was ready for the season."
He was. Revis went on to start in all 16 games with a sack, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and 50 tackles. He was also named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
"If he, or any other high-profile player, misses one game, it's a multi-million dollar check going to a guy who didn't even play," Toriscelli said.
Revis was released by the Buccaneers on March 12. He signed a one-year deal with the New England Patriots that same day.
Sometimes, players can stay with the same NFL team for many years. In college, players participate for four, maybe five years.
"That's a major difference between the two levels," said Toriscelli, who has ample experience in the NCAA and NFL. "You also have to learn how to manage older players. In college, you work with teenagers and guys in their early 20s."
The field is still 100 yards long, though.
"And a sprained ankle is still a sprained ankle," Toriscelli said. "Medically, the game is the same."
While football is a major moneymaker for colleges, the players still are not directly paid.
"We have a $133 million payroll," Toriscelli said. "You don't want to invest in guys who have injury issues, whether it's through the draft or free agency or trades.
"That's obviously something that doesn't exist at the college level."
And even though the regular season in college football is deemed the most important in all of sports, it still doesn't quite compare to the legacy of victories in the NFL.
"At this level, the pressure to win enormous," Toriscelli said. "It's big in college, yes, but it's bigger and unlike anything else week by week in the NFL. It's all there is. Winning is what it's all about.
"That's the nature of the business. If that's not for you, you can't be part of it."
Toriscelli is thankful for his career and never really wonders "what could have been." In Tennessee, he's working with professional football veterans like Brian Robiske, Jake Locker and Alterraun Verner.
He left the steel mills behind as a teenager in the early '80s, but he may have been just as happy working alongside the gritty, blue-collar laborers of the Ohio Valley.
"I still have a lot of pride and love for the people back home," Toriscelli said.
His parents, Ossie and Frances, along with brother, Gregg, still live in Steubenville.
In his heart, Toriscelli does, as well.
"I've been across the country," he said, "but Steubenville will always be home."


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Mustard gets 50-year sentence for 2009 murder
Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Leila Mills on Monday sentenced 19-year-old Daniel J. Mustard to a 50-year prison sentence for murdering his 87-year-old neighbor, Ruby Andrews in April 2009.
"This is about the victim," Mills told Mustard. "It is about the community, and it is about holding you accountable for your actions."
"Make no mistake about it, Mr. Mustard," she said. "You're not the victim. Mrs. Andrews is the victim."
Mustard also spoke at the sentencing.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I've destroyed lives. Not just one life, but many. I'd give my own life to undo that."
Mustard's parents and grandparents also begged Mills for mercy before she pronounced her sentence.
"He was so remorseful that he was placed on suicide watch," said Jim Morasca, Mustard's grandfather. "Daniel wants to help others and live a life of service."
But Mills said Mustard's actions before, during and after the murder didn't show regret.
"You had a plan," said Mills.
Mustard went to Andrews' house pretending to do a school survey, according to testimony from Mustard.
Andrews invited him inside and offered him a glass of water because, "She was a loving, kind and trusting person," Mills said.
Then, when her back was turned, he attacked her.
"There were three things you wanted," Mills said. "Medications, guns and money."
He found and took all three, Mills said, "and you took her wedding ring — a symbol of the love two people have for each other.
"You didn't choose to injure her or scare her," Mills said. "You stabbed her 14 times."
Then, Mustard took pictures of her body with his cell phone and showed them to his friends.
"That was an incredible act of savagery," Mills said. "It wasn't an act of sudden remorse."
Moreover, Mustard must have known that his actions were wrong, despite his lack of remorse.
"It's clear to me that you knew what you'd done, because you tried to hide what you'd done," Mills said.
He cleaned off the knife and changed his clothes, for example, after killing Andrews.
He also told several of his friends about the murder, and one of them asked what he would do if he got caught.
"She was an 87-year-old lady," Mustard allegedly replied. "How bad could it be?"
"Is an older life of less value?" Mills asked Mustard.
"A younger life has potential," she said, "but an older life has contributed.
"It seems the prosecutor's comment about you being a schemer may be true," she said.
While Mustard was in prison, she noted, he pretended to swallow pills but saved them in his mouth.
Then, he sold them to other inmates.
A jury found Mustard guilty, in December, of crimes including first- and second-degree murder and first-degree robbery, which carry standard sentencing range of 25.75 years to 32.71 years.
Consequently, Mills' sentence was almost double the low end of the standard sentencing range.
"I do this because, Mr. Mustard, you have failed to show any moral compass," she said. "By sentencing you to this exceptional term, I believe you will never be able to destroy another life."
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From Kabbalah to Class Struggle: Expressionism, Marxism, and Yiddish Literature in the Life and Work of Meir Wiener
Stanford University Press, 2010
Cloth: 978-0-8047-7007-1 | eISBN: 978-0-8047-7725-4
Library of Congress Classification PJ5129.W52Z74 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 839/.1309
From Kabbalah to Class Struggle is an intellectual biography of Meir Wiener (1893–1941), an Austrian Jewish intellectual and a student of Jewish mysticism who emigrated to the Soviet Union in 1926 and reinvented himself as a Marxist scholar and Yiddish writer. His dramatic life story offers a fascinating glimpse into the complexities and controversies of Jewish intellectual and cultural history of pre-war Europe.
Wiener made a remarkable career as a Yiddish scholar and writer in the Stalinist Soviet Union and left an unfinished novel about Jewish intellectual bohemia of Weimar Berlin. He was a brilliant intellectual, a controversial thinker, a committed communist, and a great Yiddish scholar—who personally knew Lenin and Rabbi Kook, corresponded with Martin Buber and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and argued with Gershom Scholem and Georg Lukács. His intellectual biography brings Yiddish to the forefront of the intellectual discourse of interwar Europe.
Mikhail Krutikov is Associate Professor of Slavic and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the author of Yiddish Fiction and the Crisis of Modernity, 1905-1914 (Stanford University Press, 2001).
"This fascinating book offers the first complete evaluation of the legacy of Meir Wiener, one of the most prominent Jewish intellectuals and writers of the twentieth century. Wiener was, until now, deprived of well deserved interest and fame because he chose to share the fortunes of the Soviet Yiddish Communist establishment and dedicate himself to the study of modern Yiddish literature and its classics. Krutikov is an ideal commentator, equipped with all the erudition and sophistication the assessment of Wiener's multi-faceted legacy necessitates."—Dan Miron, Columbia University
"This groundbreaking study pushes the boundaries of the monograph genre beyond the recovery of a much neglected great Yiddish scholar and writer, Meir Wiener, to revolutionize how we do Jewish cultural history. Krutikov lays out in fascinating detail the story of the unlikely marriage of German expressionism, Jewish mysticism and Soviet Marxism, showing that embracing such contradictory trends was in fact the norm in 20th century Jewish avant-garde literature. An extraordinary achievement of multilingual archival research, this book leads us through the life and afterlife not only of its protagonist but also of European Jewish modernism as a whole, all the way to its coded but stubborn survival in the heart of Soviet socialist realism."—Chana Kronfeld, University of California, Berkeley
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Bremerton schools hope to plug budget gap
Staffing cuts will be needed in Bremerton schools to make up a $2.8 million budget gap for next year.
The district faced a May 15 deadline to notify teachers who would be cut through a reduction in force (RIF). Originally, 22 teachers faced RIF, but Bremerton Schools Superintendent Bette Hyde said three of those have already been called back. Those teachers are Kristi Fenton, Shannon McMahon, and Lyle Miller.
Hyde attributed the callbacks to an additional three teachers retiring at the end of this school year, keeping the total reduction in teaching positions at 34.
Declining enrollment combined with an increase in the apportionment of per-student funding by the state is to blame for the budget gap the district faces, said Kevin Ferguson, director of finance and operations.
This budget is, of course, contingent on input from the Citizens Finance Committee, Hyde said, adding that the committee began meetings this week.
Administration and classified staff will also face cuts due to the budget concerns. Hyde explained that a principal position will be cut, since the recently passed bond will allow the district to operate just one middle school. The assistant director position at West Sound Technical Skills Center will not be filled when the current administrator retires, nor will the assistant superintendent position.
Ferguson said it is unfortunate that personnel cuts have to be made to balance the budget, but most other expenditures are fixed such as heating, lighting, and replacing old and worn equipment.
We are tightening our belts on the areas we can, he said, mentioning travel and office supplies as examples.
Ferguson said the district has saved money by combining with Central Kitsap schools to do bus maintenance.
As we can work common things together, we will do that to save dollars, he said.
Hyde pointed to the efforts of librarians to rally around one another and make cuts in supply usage and ordering new books for a year, in order to prevent a reduction in elementary school librarians positions to half-time.
The school board heard passionate pleas at its May 19 meeting on behalf of classified staff facing cuts, including elementary interventionists who faced reduction to half-time. Elementary interventionists have since been brought back to full-time at the districts largest and neediest schools: View Ridge, Naval Avenue and West Hills.
In regards to other classified staff, the districts spokeswoman Krista Carlson said, Principals are working on reductions at the building level and administrators are working with the unions. The district hopes to finalize those staffing decisions early this month.
Ferguson said the cuts have
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