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Sabina Turner will display her nationally known art at Gallery 10 during the month of September. Turner was one of the original ten founding members of the gallery. She will be showing some of her Native American series of paintings in oil, watercolor and charcoal. She will also be showing the painting, "With Hands Of Love," that was exhibited this year at the Oil Painters of America National Show, in Bennington, Vermont.
Both her parents were interested in the arts: her mother as a ballet dancer and her father creating the sets for the original Star Trek series. Her greatgrandfather was a noted sculptor in Germany, best known for his work, "Bremen Horsemen" which was exhibited at the World Fair, in Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1900s. Seeing a natural talent in their daughter, Turner's parents encouraged her to pursue art as a career. Shebegan studying at the Chicago Art Institute at the age of eight. Since then, she has attended Chabot College, where she studied with Jack Ward and Guy Diehl; Diablo Valley College, where she studied for two years with Jade Fong; and has been able to study with many more of the most prominent artists alive today. Her greatest mentor was Juan Pena. She attended his portrait atelier for many years, working from live models. She also graduated from Bay Cities Dental College. Turner passes what she has learned on to her students in the Wednesday morning art class she teaches at her studio, and at other various workshops, where she leads demonstrations for other art organizations.
Early on in her career, Turner worked as a graphic designer for Pacific Bell. After moving to the gold country, she decided to pursue her fine art, full-time.
Turner has been honored with many awards, both nationally and internationally. Recently, she had paintings included in both the 2012 and 2014 Oil Painters of America National Exhibits. These exhibits are extremely competitive. This year, there were more than 3,000 entries from artists throughout the North American continent, 200 of which were selected for the show. In 2011, one of her watercolor paintings was chosen by the National Watercolor Society as part of its traveling exhibit. It spent a year touring various museums and cultural centers in the United States. Turner has earned two international-level credentials: one as a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, which promotes artists painting in any water-based medium; and another with Watercolor West, which focuses on transparent watercolor only. She is also an exhibiting member of Oil Painters of America, and holds memberships in AmadorArts, Amador County Artists Association, the American Watercolor Society and, as a member of the California Art Club, she will be hosting the group's Fall Paint Out at her studio in Fiddletown, on Oct. 11. All artists are welcome to attend.
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A reception in Turner's honor will be held on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m., at Gallery 10, located at 15 Eureka Street, in Sutter Creek. Visitors will have the chance to confer with one of California's great artists.
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In regard to the Tribune Chronicle's political cartoons, and editorial page in general, how in God's name can anyone not notice the political bias to the right and the Republican Party by your newspaper?
Sure, it's proper to have opinions, but the Tribune carries its "agenda" to the extreme. One wonders if your editors get their cue, or shall I say mandates, from the likes of the Murdochs and Aileses of the world.
In addition, the local radio stations, WPIC in Sharon, Pa., and WKBN in Youngstown, where the public is bombarded hours on end to a daily rebuke of one ideology and party over the other (always them vs. us mentality).
You do the local community, and the nation, a disservice by spewing propaganda continuously favoring the Republican Party over the Democratic or Independent ones. Where is the desire to show unity over division? Surely, one ideology and party cannot always be right and the opposition always in error.
We, as citizens, need to see a fair and unbiased news channel in your newspaper. Do you advocate finding the very best solutions to the great problems facing the nation, or are you just in the business of answering to the "calling" of your right-wing mindsets?
Think about it.
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"Corunna's a scrappy team, and they played very well on the road. This was going to be a tough game for us no matter what."


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If you live in Greenwich Township, you have seen the results of the many positive actions of Republican Mayor George W. Shivery. These include improvement of all phases of our water system — wells, piping and chemical treatment. A new tidegate was constructed with improvements to the levy. The paving of many township roads has been completed.
The Democratic-majority members of the township council did not wholeheartedly support these improvements. Only with the help of long-term Republican Councilman Ray Williams was the mayor able to achieve these results.
At one time, Greenwich Township was one of only a handful of local municipalities with a Republican-majority governing body. Then the Democrats targeted Greenwich for conversion. Few local governing bodies in Gloucester County remain Republican-led. The saying, "You can't beat city hall," applies.
At this point the Democrats now control all the professional appointments of both the school board and the township council in Greenwich. We need people to vote for Ray Williams, who is seeking re-election, and his Republican running mate for council, Fred Stigale.
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Porn Star Jason Creed Suspected Of Choking 3-Legged Dog To Death
Score another one for porn stars behaving badly: Shane Thompson, who spent the past year performing under the name Jason Creed, faces charges of animal cruelty after allegedly choking to death "his three-legged wolf-dog mix to death and [trying] to play it off as if 'Moonshine' had a seizure." Taking it to vet for cremation, the dog's death raised suspicion with the pet docs, who called in the police, who found folks claiming Thompson once bragged about biting its ear off and beating it.
[BPBNT; interview video via GayLifeNetwork]
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What a low life scum sucking motherfucker. Fucking ugly ass pansy……………Please tell me he is one of those closeted gay for pay porn actors………………and STOP calling him a fucking star because he is a DOG KILLER.
Vet NEVER get involved in shit like this unless there is proof.Oct 22, 2010 at 1:29 pm · @Reply ·
You know that's early serial killer behavior. Be glad they caught it when they did.
Should we be so shocked?
Name six well-adjusted, non-drug using porn stars, gay or straight, who actually use the names they were born with and whose families know and approve their careers.
What a pig (IF he's guilty).
Well at least he has experience being everyone's bitch if he goes to prison.
now, WHO is he?
and what a difference a haircut and goattee makes? looks totally different to me b/w those 2 pics.
So where are all the folks coming on here screaming that it's so unfair to talk badly about porn actors that they are all just sweet guys blah blah blah…
He's ugly.
This dog could have had a happy life except for this piece of shit. How can you take the most loyal creature on earth and do something like this??
He looked so sweet, and yes he is gay for pay (though he pretty much only bottoms now), anyways, he is a disgusting piece of shit for harming the sweetest most innocent being there is.
Um, I used to work in a city animal shelter where we put dogs to sleep all the time (actually, we euthanized an average of 100 to 150 dogs a day). Choking a dog is a very difficult thing to do. We used to us 1 cc of sodium pentabarbitol per 15 lbs of bodyweight.
And even if this fellow did manage to choke his dog, I can't imagine anyone being so dumb as to take it to a vet for cremation.
He'd be more likely to choke his chicken, IMHO.
@dvlaries: Hell, name one.
I'm reserving judgement until I see how big his cock is.
@dvlaries: What an odd question. "who actually use the names they were born with…" Really? And who cares if mommy or daddy approve of what you do for a living.
What an anti-porn wacko.
I say someone should see how he feels being chocked to death. I hate how the law is so lenient towards animal abusers and killers. It's disgusting.
he should be treated the same way he treated the dog. Scum.
He really serves no purpose on this planet. His life should only be a living hell. There is no coming back from doing something like this. He will certainly do harm to a human next if history is any indication. And to Backdoor dumbass thinks he is funny disco fag….fuck you fucking animal hater. You are a DICK!
ooooo Phil, callin somebody a 'fag'. Bully much dude?
Jason Creed is a fag…….a lowlife scum sucking shit eating fag. He killled dog…..
Now tell me asswipe TSk Tsk…..who is the fuckin bully?
I call a spade a spade. Your defense of this worthless piece of shit means that you support the kiilling on animals.
I only supporting killing animals if they make a tasty meal.
He's a sadist. Probably a sexual sadist. He enjoys inflicting pain and humiliation. Sadist are the most evil people on Earth, all serial killers are sadist.
Looks completely harmless in that interview,doesn't he? It's an act. That's how guys like him get away with their hobby.
thats a shame that he is behind bars cuz hes sexy
I'm sure that "sexiness" will serve him well in jail.
You need to quit lying about your post Phil, it's still there for all to read. You were calling another commenter a 'fag' in a self-righteous rage. Sure sounds like a typical gay basher to me.
Why is anyone surprised? People don't do porn to pass the time until their Rhodes Scholarship starts. They do it to pay for drugs. Most of them are trailer park trash, just like the producers who use them.
He should of choked his chicken instead.
No but on a serious note someone should cut off this guy's 3rd leg.
He sounds like a real jerk:but please, people don't get a wolf-dog mix as a pet. It almost always ends badly for every one concerned especially the wolf-dog.
Typical homely, trailer trash drug addicted loser. Dudes not even hot. Looks like a fucking pussy. All he's good for is to dump your nut in his hole and throw him to the street. Worthless piece of human garbage
I went to middle school with him.. He didn't have many friends, never would have suspected something like this from him..how sad.
How many of you eat cows, pigs, fish, chicken, etc? You insist on eating animals that died for your selfish food needs, that were slaughtered, and yet you point the finger at him and say all this crap about him over a dog?
Dogs are not humans. They are animals, just like the ones you kill and eat without a second thought. Why can't a cow or pig be valued as much as a dog or cat? Why don't you eat a dog or cat and see how good it tastes?
You're all hypocrites.
@Adam: And you're an idiot!
@Adam: We're hypocrites because we think someone who abuses a pet that relies on them for care is a sick piece of crap? No, I think we'd be sick if we didn't believe that.
A 19 year old porn…That must have been one messed up childhood….
@kayla: You got that right!
@Adam: Since you obviously have mental issues, Adam, I'll explain to you that slaughtering an animal humanely for food and torturing an animal to death for sick pleasure are NOT EVEN REMOTELY THE SAME THING! It beggars the imagination how profoundly stupid you must be to not know that. Please, die without reproducing. Any animal is worth more than you will ever be. You are a stain on humanity, and a shame to the species.
It's seems like he acted in "Kamasutra the sensual lovemaking" guide video.
One of the cast name is "Jason Creed" maybe is he.


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Franc D'Ambrosio's career is the stuff of legends. He's been singled out by casting agents and mentored by some of the most familiar icons of the late 20th century.
"Theater is my love," he told me when we talked last week. You can hear all about his rise to stardom on Sunday afternoon when he does what he loves to do, performing his autobiographical show onstage at The Forum.
- IF YOU GO: "Franc D'Ambrosio's Broadway" 3 p.m. Sunday, The Forum, Fifth and Walnut Sts., Harrisburg. Tickets: $35, $15, students. Information: bethlproductions.org or 888-718-4253.
This is D'Ambrosio's second visit to Harrisburg. Last year, he wowed the audience when he appeared on Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra's Pops series. HSO conductor Stuart Malina was so enthralled by his performance that he encouraged D'Ambrosio's return to the midstate and agreed to emcee this weekend's show.
Malina calls D'Ambrosio "one of the most charismatic performers I've ever worked with." When he speaks, Malina said, he sounds like a real New Yorker, but when he sings, he has a voice like that of famed tenor Mario Lanza.
As was Lanza, D'Ambrosio is the progeny of Italian bakers. His Broadway career started almost 30 years ago when he snagged a spot in the chorus of "Sweeney Todd." Spotted by movie director Francis Ford Coppola, D'Ambrosio was then cast as Al Pacino's son, Anthony Corleone, in "Godfather III."
His performance of that film's theme song "Speak Softly Love" won an Academy Award and brought him to the attention of Luciano Pavarotti, who proceeded to mentor him at his home in Italy.
For 10 years, he held the title of the "world's longest-running phantom," as he crisscrossed the country, touring in "Phantom of the Opera." That led Barry Manilow to cast him in the main part of Tony in the show, "Copacabana," that also toured nationally.
Communication through song is D'Ambrosio's real love, he said. Despite his successes in film and theater, what he enjoys doing most of all is Sunday's presentation — a one-man show with music director Michael Tilley as his accompanist.
"From Bronx to Broadway" is not what he called "a park and bark." Although it is meant to look as off the cuff as possible, it's scripted, produced and highly structured. "Our job is to make it look easy," he said.
He credits Manilow with teaching him how to be a showman, "how to break through the fourth wall, how to play to the audience." And to Pavarotti goes the credit for teaching him how to communicate. "Never abandon the words," Pavarotti told him.
"A huge portion of our communication has to do with merging musical intent and dramatic intent," D'Ambrosio explained. "The body, an extension of our desire to communicate, will take over to assist." Physicality is a by-product of that desire, he said.
How does D'Ambrosio maintain his sanity and health with his full touring schedule and residences in New York and San Francisco? "You watch what you eat," he laughed. "You don't spend a lot of time around high-maintenance people, like interview vampires." He quickly assured me that I was not in that category.
As for his Harrisburg experience, D'Ambrosio called The Forum stage "one of the most beautiful and unique theaters" he'd ever worked in. Another pleasant association with performing here was the handwritten fan letter he received from Gov. Tom Corbett after his 2011 HSO performance. "I'm so looking forward to getting back into that theater," he said.
"He works the audience so wonderfully," Malina said, interspersing anecdote and song, resulting in what Malina called great entertainment. "I'm happy to be a part of it," he added.
D'Ambrosio said that Sunday's concert would be "good family entertainment." Audience members will "come in smiling and leave humming." That's why Franc D'Ambrosio loves what he does.
Ellen Hughes writes about fine arts, classical music and performances in the area. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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8:45 a.m.: Traffic beginning to ease somewhat as police clear a series of accidents:
- I-65 northbound at Green Springs
- I-65 southbound at Valleydale
- Alford Avenue: Minor wrecks at Ivy Lane and Pine Lane
- I-20/59 eastbound at 20th Avenue in Ensley
- U.S. 31 northbound near Valley Elementary in Pelham.
8 a.m.: A number of accidents are being reported across the region as the heaviest portion of the morning commute continues.
An accident has blocked the right lane of I-65 southbound at Valleydale Road. Heavy delays northbound from Pelham through Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Homewood.
Another accident has been reported along U.S. 31 northbound in Pelham near Valley Elemetary. That wreck is blocking the right lane.
7:15 a.m.: Area interstates and major highways continue to flow well as congestion begins to build.
Heavy traffic has been reported in the usual morning trouble spots: Along some portions of U.S. 280, along Helena Road through Pelham and on I-65 northbound through Hoover and Vestavia Hills.
No reports of major accidents or serious delays at this time.
6:40 a.m.: Roads remain mostly clear across the region.
Stalled vehicles have been reported along I-65 northbound and I-20/59 westbound near downtown.
No major accidents or serious delays reported at this time as traffic congestion gradually builds.
6:05 a.m.: Birmingham police report low-hanging power lines near 24th Street South and Second Avenue South.
Elsewhere, no reports of any major incidents. Estimated travel times (based on conditions at 6:02 a.m.):
- 16 minutes on I-59 southbound from the Argo area to the I-20/59 split, average speeds 60 to 65 mph
- 20 minutes on I-20/59 eastbound from I-459 to downtown, speeds 60 mph down to 45 mph near downtown
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With 18 verbal commitments already on board and six months remaining until National Signing Day, we break down the top remaining targets on the board for Alabama in the 2014 recruiting class.
1. Leonard Fournette, RB, 6-1, 225
The 2014 class is rich with future NFL-caliber linemen but no other player in this cycle is more dangerous with the football in his hands than Fournette. The nation's most dominant offensive playmaker, Fournette will visit several schools this fall but most believe his decision will come down to either staying in his home state with the LSU Tigers or joining the list of recent superstar running backs in Tuscaloosa. Alabama has passed on several other elite backs in the hopes of landing Fournette so Nick Saban and his staff appear to feel confident in their chances to land the New Orleans star.
2. Cameron Robinson, OL, 6-6, 300
Rated by some services as the nation's No. 1 overall prospect, Robinson is the prototypical franchise left tackle, the kind of player you can build an offense around. Like Fournette, Robinson is likely a two-horse race between LSU and Alabama with the Crimson Tide holding an early advantage with the massive tackle.
3. Da'Shawn Hand, DE, 6-5, 247
Alabama has come achingly close to landing the nation's last two superstar defensive end prospects in Jadeveon Clowney and Robert Nkemdiche and hopes not to strike out this time when it recruits this Virginia pass rushing monster. Hand has Alabama among his top two along with Michigan and will take an official visit to Tuscaloosa this fall before making his decision in early November.
4. Lorenzo Carter, DE/OLB, 6-5, 232
Perhaps the most impressive overall athlete in the 2014 class, Carter is the state of Georgia's top prospect in 2014 and has received lots of personal attention from Kirby Smart over the course of his recruitment thus far. Carter's mix of outlandish athleticism (including a 40-inch vertical) and unparalleled instincts make him an ideal prospect for outside linebacker in Smart and Saban's defense. Alabama will battle nearly every major program in the Southeast, including Georgia and Florida, for Carter's signature.
5. Marlon Humphrey, CB, 6-1, 175
It almost seems unfair when the nation's top cornerback (Nick Saban's favorite position) lands in Alabama's backyard (Hoover High School) and happens to be the son of a former Crimson Tide great (Bobby Humphrey). That said, Humphrey has been unusually quiet about his recruitment and raised eyebrows recently with a visit to Mississippi State. Is Humphrey the slam-dunk Alabama lock that everyone assumes he is?
6. Raekwon McMillan, OLB, 6-2, 242
Another elite Georgia defender, Alabama has worked its way into contention for this aggressive tackler. McMillan has become close to fellow Georgia star Lorenzo Carter and the two have mentioned the appeal of potentially playing together in college. Landing either player would give Alabama an elite threat on the outside; landing both would be downright scary.
7. Ronnie Clark, S/LB, 6-4, 210
The state of Alabama's most versatile athlete is being recruited by both Alabama and Auburn as a safety and has become the focus of the most heated in-state recruiting battle of 2014 so far. Clark, who has the size to play in the front seven with the athleticism and speed to play in the secondary, is looking to take one more visit to each school before making his decision in the next few weeks.
8. Matt Elam, DT, 6-6, 350
Alabama has already landed commitments from two sleeper defensive tackle recruits but the Crimson Tide is on the lookout for the next space-eating nose guard a la Terrence Cody and Jesse Williams. Elam, with his massive frame and powerful lower body, could be the ideal prospect in the 2014 class to fill the Crimson Tide's need in the middle of their defensive front. Elam is also considering both Kentucky and Ohio State and plans to take an official visit to Tuscaloosa in December.
9. Rashaan Evans, OLB, 6-3, 215
Evans has had one of the state's most perplexing recruitment stories to date, with many assuming early on that he would choose the hometown Auburn Tigers only to find Gus Malzahn's program in fifth place on his early list of favorites. Evans has since moved the Tigers into a tie for first with three other schools, including Alabama. The Crimson Tide are pitching early playing time to Evans as a potential third-down pass rusher at outside linebacker and the Tide's history of playing true freshmen could give them a legitimate shot at landing the Auburn area star.
10. Davion Hall, S, 6-2, 185
Alabama has stepped up its recruitment of this Texas safety despite his commitment to Baylor. Hall, an instinctive, rangy safety prospect with excellent coverage skills, is scheduled to be among a big group of official visitors for Alabama's showdown with LSU in November and while Hall is one of several elite defensive backs being looked at by the Crimson Tide, he could be the one most ready to contribute at the college level.


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WOODBURY — City Council voted yes on an ordinance Monday night to amend its master redevelopment plan to accommodate the potential Bottom Dollar food market's move to town, not surprisingly to the dismay of a handful of people who have repeatedly expressed distaste for the preliminary renderings of the structure and the negative affect it may have on nearby Acme supermarket.
Before 2011 wrapped up, council and Bottom Dollar developers drafted a Memorandum of Understanding to indicate, not necessarily legally, that their goal to bring the market to the vacant O'Neil Buick lot was mostly a mutual one.
The MOU agreement, which expires by the end of February, called for the city to change four items in the redevelopment plan — the most significant modification concerning setbacks for the structure, which isn't uncommon in many cases.
"Some of the things we're allowing them to do and change will help them move the project along," Councilman Harry Trout said, after every council member but Council President Heather Tierney voted to amend the redevelopment plan.
"Did we have to give them too much? Maybe... But a little patience here is probably required."
Last month, Planning/Zoning Board Chairman John Belko said the developers wanted to place the $5 million, 20,000 square foot-development more than 60 feet from the sidewalk — which doesn't exactly follow the same pattern most other structures on Broad Street that reach the sidewalk do.
"The rendering has significantly improved," Councilman William Fleming said of a more recent drawing of the structure and parking lot in front of it. "But I'm not ecstatic about it."
Certain residents have previously complained about the windowless, warehouse-like appearance a circulating rendering had shown.
Other contentious items residents and zoning and planning officials have spoken up about was the fact that the MOU was signed before reaching the planning/zoning board for advice.
The combined planning and zoning board ended up voting down any change to the redevelopment plan when it was later referred to them by council, only to be amended by council on Monday night.
"Yes, we want redevelopment. But we want it done correctly from start to finish," local business owner Lee Weatherby said to council. "We don't have to jump on everything."
There is still room for negotiation with the developer, according to council, but the next step is for the planning/zoning board to hear the developer's application at a special planning/zoning board meeting on Feb. 16 and then go from there.
According to Economic Development Director Ronda Abbruzzese said the new store, if it were to become a done deal, would usher almost 75 job opportunities and increased tax revenue for the city.
Among some push back from opponents of the project and its appearance, council members believe the move to bring the market to town — if successful — is one that will contribute to the city council's overall intention to revitalize Woodbury.


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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
I spy with my little eye...
I thought I would share some pics of the tables I use for art.
Is this a good idea? Probably not. I am pretty sure it's a bad idea.
But maybe I am looking at this all wrong.
Do you think these pics would make a good children's book?
I'm seeing some potential here.
There could be anything in there. Tarantulas. Bologna sandwiches. Wallets and car keys.
Maybe they could be used like a Rorschach test.
Or on a special episode of Hoarders - "Crafters Gone Wild!"
Anyway, you should all be feeling much better about your work spaces now.
Happy to be of service.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Playing with paper and a lovely surprise in the mail!
When I am older and grayererer, all they will have to do to amuse me is to give me paper, glue and scissors. And I will promise to use the glue as instructed. He he.
Before I show you my paper creations, look what I won from Lizzie on her blog! She made this beautiful print while in Spain taking a printmaking class from Mariann (it's on my life list, Mariann!). I love it, and can't wait to get it framed and up on the wall. Thanks so much, Lizzie! Lucky me. :)
Back to playing with scissors (but not running with them). Last Christmas, I saved some of the smaller, sturdier boxes that gifts came in - thinking I would use them for something arty. I finally got around to making a little Frida box.
And while I was on a Frida roll, I made a paper doll. I had some tiny silver brads that worked great for the arms (after I stabbed myself with the clay tool I used to make the holes).
And then I went thrift shopping. Here are some dollar frames and a little wooden heart candle holder I bought. Aren't they fun? I love the one that looks like a little TV.
I found some Easter things, too. I spent a whopping two bucks for the two bunnies and the painted egg. Better than Vegas, baby.
Happy almost Spring!
Happy almost Spring!
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Some new stuff...
I've been busily writing every day. Some days I get a lot done, other days I stare at the screen and drool. Other times, I watch the dust mites floating across my keyboard. It's like that. One step forward, fifty-nine steps back. In between, I have sewn some new dolls.
A little Frida
Me, in the morning (kidding, her hair is nicer).
This is Maribel.
William, a cat
That's what I've been doing. That and staring a lot. And on a completely different topic, I was at the post office the other day, and I heard this older lady talking to the post-person (what are they called?) about international shipping, and when she found out the rate, she said, "That's cool." I think she was about eighty. It struck me how weird it is that our bodies change, but inside (if we are lucky) we hang on to that younger person we once were. It's funny how some people get really old at forty and act like old geezers and other people stay young, even if they are old. If you know what I mean. It gave me hope.
She was pretty cool.
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Next 'Journey' tells 3 more Big Ten stories
With Hitchens, our crew profiles the story of his upbringing. For Hawthorne, the East St. Louis, Ill. native overcame a scary collision earlier this year to return to the field. And for Cosgrove, many of his teammates and classmates showed their support for is fight by shaving their heads in a sign of support. The show also has highlights from Michigan vs. Minnesota and Iowa vs. Indiana – sneak peaks at those videos in this post.
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BEDFORD – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is reorganizing the way it provides health care in central and western Massachusetts to improve access and eliminate long trips.
The VA New England Healthcare System announced on Thursday that outpatient clinics in Fitchburg and Worcester will realign with Northampton VA Medical Center. Those clinics are currently aligned with Bedford VA Medical Center and Boston VA Healthcare System respectively.
The new alignment is scheduled to take effect in October.
Veterans who want to keep their specialty providers at more distant sites will be allowed to do so.
VA New England Healthcare System is also in talks to strengthen its academic affiliation with University of Massachusetts Medical School.


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Since this blog is based in the Washington DC area and today is election day I figured I should at least post something. If you "like" DCHeavyMetal.com on Facebook (page is here) then you probably saw me posting metal songs all day relating to voting and elections. Now I've conveniently posted them all below as a big playlist so give these songs a listen as you watch the election coverage, or just avoid it all together, and decide for yourself which is the best metal election day song. And of course if you know any that I missed feel free to post them in the comment section at the bottom.
Corrosion Of Conformity – Vote With A Bullet – 1991 Blind
Ministry – Git Up Get Out 'n Vote – 2012 Relapse
The Hammers Of Misfortune – Election Day – 2006 The Locust Years
Carcass – Rock The Vote – 1996 Swansong
P.L.F. – Bullshit At The Ballot Box – 2002 Swarming Industrial Cancer
Nux Vomica – The Final Election In A Crumbling Empire – 2007 A Civilized World
Master – Cast One Vote – 2002 Let's Start A War
Alice Cooper – Elected – 1973 Billion Dollar Babies
Malignant Tumour – Vote For Death – 2000 split with Unholy Grave
Tiamat – Vote For Love – 2002 Judas Christ
Thou – Don't Vote – 2009 split with Mohoram Atta
Megadeth – Washington Is Next – 2007 United Abominations
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The National Heritage Scholarship aims to promote and encourage interest in the history and fundamentals of the American experience.
The scholarship offers $2,000 to one graduating senior from each of the Chantilly, Oakton, Westfield high schools who demonstrates a strong passion for civics, history and engaging in the long conversation about our republic.
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- Story courtesy of the Syracuse Chiefs
The Syracuse Chiefs dropped an 8-0 decision to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Wednesday. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored four runs in the second inning en route to the win.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (27-31) started the scoring in the second inning. Brennan Boesch led off with a double to center field. Addison Maruszak then doubled to score Boesch for the first run of the game.
The next batter, Bobby Wilson, laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on a throwing error by Syracuse (24-35) pitcher Paul Demny. Maruszak scored on the play and the RailRiders led 2-0.
They got two more runs in the frame thanks to Walter Ibarra. He hit a two-run home run over the right-field wall for a 4-0 and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead. The rip came on Ibarra's first Triple-A at bat.
The RailRiders added to their lead in the fourth. With the bases loaded and Dan Johnson at the plate, Demny threw a wild pitch that allowed a runner to score from third base. Johnson then hit a two-run single to center field and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre extended its lead to 7-0.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre tacked on another run in the eighth. With one out, Melky Mesa reached on an error by Syracuse shortstop Carlos Rivero. Josh Bell then doubled to center field to score Mesa and gave the RailRiders an 8-0 lead.
Syracuse and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre start another two-game set in Syracuse at 7 p.m. on Thursday . Right-hander Ryan Tatusko is set to go for the Chiefs, while the RailRiders send right-hander Chien-Ming Wang to the mound.


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WARE — Police arrested a Leicester man overnight after they allege he broke into a Main Street tattoo parlor and head shop, and once discovered inside ran through a plate glass door in an attempt to escape capture.
Ware PoliceSgt. Shawn Crevier said Robert J. Roy Jr., 18, of Leicester, was arrested after a short foot pursuit shortly after midnight Friday. Crevier said Roy suffered lacerations from the shattered glass and was taken to Mary Lane Hospital for treatment. He was later released into police custody.
Crevier said police were called to the Ink-a-bod tattoo parlor in downtown Ware at 12:25 a.m. There, Officer Christopher DeSantis found a rear window smashed and Roy inside the shop. When DeSantis ordered Roy to come out of the store, he ran straight through a plate glass door and away from the scene. Crevier and Trooper Edward Domingues from the Belchertown State Police barracks gave chase and caught Roy after a short distance. Crevier said Roy tried to carry an armload of products sold in the parlor/store, including knives, a sword and glass smoking pipes.
Roy was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail pending an arraignment in the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown later today. He is being charged with breaking and entering in the night, malicious destruction of property valued over $250 and larceny over $250.


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Twin Planets Survive Solar Blow-Out
A team of astronomers have discovered two new planets orbiting giant stars, bringing to 118 the total number of known extrasolar planets. At least seven substellar companions have been found orbiting K-type stars, providing evidence that a planet can survive the evolution of its host star into a giant.
|Sloan Digitized Sky Survey image of the star HD 59686. Credit: SDSS/PlanetQuest
Several billion years from now, our Sun will evolve into a giant star similar to those the team has observed. The Earth will receive about 60 times more radiation than it does today and the temperature will rise to several hundred degrees Celsius. Observing the fate of companions of other stars late in life provides a glimpse into the future of our own solar system.
|Aging star encroaches on orbits of inner planets
Credit: David A. Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
In a report at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the team described four new companions to giant stars, two of which are of brown dwarf mass. One of the planetary candidates orbits the star 91 Aquarius, 146 light-years away [92 parsecs].
It has a minimum mass about three times that of Jupiter and orbits its host star once every 182 days. The other planet orbits the star HD 59686 once every 303 days and has a minimum mass of six-and-one-half Jupiters.
Located 299 light-years away, the star has a magnitude of 5.5 and should be visible to the unaided eye under favorable circumstances. K-type stars are sometimes referred to as 'orange stars', because they represent a class of relatively cool stars with surface temperatures in the range of 3,500 to 5,000 degrees Kelvin, a typical spectral region for orange coloration.
The discoveries were made with the Doppler technique, where the gravitational pull of the planet causes a wobble in the measured velocity of the host star.
Geoff Marcy of Berkeley described the challenges of finding such new planets: "The discovery of planets around other stars is extraordinarily difficult. The problem, in a nutshell, is that a planet is about 1 billion times fainter than its host star, so the planets get lost in the glare of the host star. The reason we're finding planets now, by this doppler technique, is that now we have big telescopes, fast computers and most importantly, exquisite optics."
The observations were carried out with the Hamilton echelle spectrograph at the University of California's Lick Observatory as part of a survey of 182 K-giant stars. Observations of HD 59686 began in June 1999, and the other three stars were observed beginning in June 2000, with observations continuing to the present.
Dust to Dust
Finding a giant star with surviving planets is only part of whether any life on that planet could survive the inevitable expansion of its host sun.
|"The luminosity of the sun-like stars changes very gradually, over millions of years. This is enough time to mount a massive technological program to move outwards in the planetary system." -Frank Drake
Image Credit: AnimaTek Int.
The lifecycle of such burnt-out stars, as they age toward a giant phase, has been considered by paleogeologist, Peter Ward, author of the book, Rare Earth: "Our Sun has about another 7 billion years before it enters the Red Giant phase. Surely, then, we could expect a long period of habitability. But the reality is that it takes more than the correct amount of solar energy to make a planet habitable."
"This is especially true for complex organisms such as animals," said Ward, "which have a very narrow range of temperatures and nutrient requirements compared to microbes. The presence of complex life on the Earth will end in no more than a billion years (and perhaps much sooner), due to a sequentially predictable breakdown of habitable systems on our planet. The systems in question are those that serve to regulate the Earth's temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide content…The period of time that one can expect complex life to exist will vary from world to world. Our 'Rare Earth' hypothesis is that on most planets, this will be too short a time to allow complexity to arise at all. "
"For our own star", Ward concluded, "the flaring into a red giant will be followed by a stellar retreat into a dwarf stage that will last untold billions of years. As astronomers gaze out into the heavens with their powerful telescopes, they see billions of such stellar tombstones. The galaxy is littered with dead stars, the markers of how many dead planets, and of how many dead civilizations that for a time circled these stars when they were young and vigorous."
Frank Drake, of the SETI Institute, considers that advanced technologies may even counteract something as catastrophic for a civilization as losing its energy source. In addition to a civilization just migrating to outer planets far enough away from their expanding star, Drake imagines ways to put such an aged sun onto emergency life support: "Once a species has developed high technology, there are many strategies for dealing with the changing brightness of the home star. It has even been suggested by Gregory Benford that the main sequence lifetime of stars can be greatly extended by developing a technology which stirs the star, bringing fresh hydrogen to the core – after all, about 90% of a star's mass is intact when the giant stage is approached. A far-out idea to be sure, but it reminds us that clever technologies may be as yet unrecognized by us."
What's Next
Scientists hope to launch six new space-borne missions over the next few years to search for terrestrial planets.
They include France's small-scale COROT, NASA's Kepler mission and Space Interferometry Mission (SIM).
The French COROT mission, approved and due for launch in late 2004, will study asteroseismology, or oscillations within stars, and likely will be the first orbiting telescope to search for extrasolar planets.It will look at 50,000 to 60,000 stars and should find a few dozen terrestrial planets and several hundred close-in gas-giant planets during a two- to three-year mission, says Pierre Barge, an astronomer at the Laboratory of Astrophysics in Marseille and leader of COROT's exoplanets group. COROT – for Convection, Rotation and Planetary Transits – is a mission of CNES, the French National Center for Space Studies, in partnership with ESA, Italy, Belgium and Germany. When searching for extrasolar planets, COROT's 27-centimeter (10.6-inch) telescope will use a method called photometry, in which sensitive light detectors look for a slight drop in a star's brightness as a small planet "transits" the star (crosses the face of, or eclipses, the star as viewed from COROT).
|SIM, scheduled for launch in 2009, will determine the positions and distances of stars several hundred times more accurately than any previous program.
Credit: NASA / JPL
The Kepler mission is scheduled for launch into solar orbit in October 2006. Kepler will simultaneously observe 100,000 stars in our galactic "neighborhood," looking for Earth-sized or larger planets within the "habitable zone" around each star – the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where liquid water might exist on a planet. To highlight the difficulty of detecting an Earth-sized planet orbiting a distant star, it would take 10,000 Earths to cover the Sun's disk.
|Geoff Marcy, a planet hunter from UC Berkeley
Image Credit: astron.berkeley.edu
In space, the Kepler Mission can achieve 100 times better photometric precision than Earth-based telescopes looking through the atmosphere, and this will allow the team to search for much smaller planets, like Earth. The Earth is 100 times smaller in area than Jupiter. Kepler has the opportunity to discover and confirm through detection of repeated transits that there are Earth-size planets in Earth-like orbits around other suns.
One NASA estimate says Kepler should discover 50 terrestrial planets if most of those found are about Earth's size, 185 planets if most are 30 percent larger than Earth and 640 if most are 2.2 times Earth's size. In addition, Kepler is expected to find almost 900 giant planets close to their stars and about 30 giants orbiting at Jupiter-like distances from their parent stars. Because most of the gas giant planets found so far orbit much closer to their stars than Jupiter does to the Sun, during the four- to six-year mission, Kepler will find a large proportion of planets quite close to stars. If that proves true, scientists expect to find thousands of planets.
Due for launch in 2009 is the almost $1 billion NASA-ESA Next Generation Space Telescope, or NGST [James Webb Space Telescope], a near-infrared telescope that will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope. Planet hunting will be a secondary part of its job. Like Hubble, NGST will be a general-purpose telescope with an emphasis on cosmology. But it will investigate stars with dusty disks – the early stage of planet formation – and may also be able to study Jupiter-size planets.
Marcy concluded: "We are witnessing the birth of a new observational science: the discovery and characterization of extrasolar planetary systems…What fraction of the twinkling stars you see out there are going to have Earths? We're going to have the answer in 10 years or less.
Related Web Pages
Star chart
Kepler mission
Space Interferometry Mission
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
Info on the PLANET collaboration
Extrasolar Encyclopedia site in France
Jupiter Mass Planets: Scientific American
Frequent Wet Earths?
Habitability: Betting on 37 Gem
Discovering New Worlds
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Sunny skies are on tap for Monday with a high near 70, according to the National Weather Service.
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PORTAGE -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is holding its popular "The Sky's the Limit" workshop on Saturday, May 16, at the Air Zoo.
The 16th annual aviation/aerospace workshop attracts teachers from across the state and shows how aviation and aerospace concepts can be integrated into the classroom.
It is designed for kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers, but anyone with an interest in aviation and space, including students, can attend.
The keynote speaker will be astronaut David Leestma, a Muskegon native whose career with NASA includes three space shuttle flights, during which he served as a mission specialist and logged 532 hours in space.
Leestma is in charge of the Johnson Space Center's Advanced Planning Office, which involves developing strategies for future missions to the moon and Mars.
For the first time, the workshop will be held in conjunction with an annual TiViTz math tournament for students. TiViTz, a strategy game, is used by 4,000 fourth- through eighth-grade teachers and more than 120,000 students across the country. Players describe it as simple as checkers to learn but as challenging as chess to master.
A reduced Air Zoo admission rate is available for spouses, children and guests of workshop participants on the workshop day. The workshop registration fee is $40, including lunch and all resource materials.


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- Reciprocal trade agreements gaining importance
- Trade diversion
- Until a method can be designed to achieve consensus on a new WTO agreement, reciprocal trade agreements will continue to grow in importance.
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The data indicate that trade diversion (bloc countries reorient trade from low-cost, nonmember countries toward higher cost, bloc countries) has occurred in the countries of the EU, GAFTA and SAPTA. Because of the EU agreement, U.S. commodity exports to the EU countries declined from 1975 to 2005 by 66 percent and non-U.S. suppliers had a 29 percent decline compared to not having an agreement. The EU countries do not appear to discriminate against U.S. or other country suppliers of manufactured foods. GAFTA countries lowered imports of commodity and manufactured foods from the U.S. by 8-9 percent annually since it began in 1998 and from other suppliers by 3-4 percent. U.S. commodity exports to the SAPTA countries declined by 12 percent per year on average since 1996, but non-U.S. suppliers had no declines. Both the U.S. and other countries suffered diversion in manufactured foods with the U.S. down by 10 percent per year and others down 3 percent.
The authors concluded, "The majority of the 11 trade agreements examined in this study created trade in the commodity and manufactured markets while diverting comparatively little trade away from outside suppliers, with the exception of commodity food imports by the EU. This finding suggests that the benefits of RTAs generally outweigh costs in the international food marketplace.
Some agreements not in the analysis like the U.S.-Central America FTA have come into force in recent years and will impact trading relationships. Plus, there are dozens of new agreement concluded in the last few years that include some of the advanced developing countries, such as the U.S.-Korea FTA and the EU-Korea FTA. Studies on these in coming years will tell us more about how RTAs impact trade. Much has also changed in older agreements since 2005, the last year of data for this analysis.
Interest in these agreements should not diminish the importance of the current WTO agreements or the value of a new one like the hoped for Doha Round agreement. All of these RTAs operate under the umbrella of WTO article XXIV as long as they apply to "substantially all trade", which is open to interpretation. Despite valid concerns about RTA being 'stumbling blocs' to freer trade, the ERS analysis reinforces the concept of RTAs as 'building blocks' on the road to freer trade. Until a method can be designed to achieve consensus on a new WTO agreement, reciprocal trade agreements will continue to grow in importance.
Ross Korves is an Economic Policy Analyst for Truth About Trade and Technology


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ORADELL — A financial adviser admitted stealing more than $1 million from the accounts of eight elderly clients.
Brian Anderson, 45, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newark to a single count of embezzlement.
He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine, although the actual sentence is likely to be less under federal sentencing guidelines. Sentencing is scheduled for June 29.
Anderson admitted he misled elderly clients into withdrawing money from their bank accounts in the belief that he would invest it for them. Instead, he deposited the money into an account he controlled and kept it for his personal use.


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Rex Ryan has become a cult hero to Jets fans with his oversized personality, his trash-talking and Super Bowl guarantees.
He would reach near-legendary status in New York sports if he were able to deliver on his championship promise. But, as the Jets get ready to open the season Monday night at home against the Ravens, he also must worry about how quickly it can all fall apart.
*In ad wars, Democrats shy from ties to own party (New York Times)
*Justice at long last looming in family slaughter (New York Post)
*Drastic LIRR service cuts take effect today (WPIX.com)
*Thousands take part in 'Race for the Cure' (NY1.com)*N.J. temporarily halts work on tunnel project (ABC.com)
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PITTSGROVE TWP. — The Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 27th Annual Salute to Business Awards on Tuesday night at the Centerton Country Club, presenting honors to local businesses and recipients with a theme of "Celebrating Inspiration, Innovation, Involvement and Integrity."
Community advocate and long-time activist in the Democratic Party Nancy Sungenis was honored as this year's Francis "Binks" Sharp Award recipient, a lifetime achievement award recognizing Sungenis' service to the greater Bridgeton area.
Sungenis received a standing ovation as she went up to receive her award.
"It's an honor," Sungenis said. "I want to thank God. Through the ups and downs — those moments growing up when we didn't know if there was going to be anything to eat ... I've always tried to give it everything I had and I know my mother and husband are looking down at me smiling and proud."
This was the second consecutive year that the Chamber has selected one of the area's prominent and influential female leaders as the recipients of the lifetime achievement award.
Laurie LaTorre, chairperson of the awards dinner, introduced Sungenis and described her as a leader who has inspired and influenced countless women throughout her career.
Sungenis' business career started in 1963 when she and her late husband, Anthony Sungenis, founded Sungenis Insurance Agency, located in Hopewell Township. Sungenis went on to become an award-winning insurance agent. She served in the National Association of Insurance Women, became one of the first women inducted into the Cumberland County Women's Hall of Fame and has been an active member in the Democratic Party, both locally and nationally, for more than 52 years — to name only a few of her lifetime achievements.
In addition, the Chamber honored Bridgeton Rotary Lunch Club and the Bridgeton Rotary Breakfast Club with the Gary Simmerman Community Leadership Award. On behalf of the Bridgeton Rotary, awards were accepted by Wade Sjogren, president of the Bridgeton Rotary Lunch Club and Gia Guyton, president of the Bridgeton Rotary Breakfast Club.
Big John's Pizza, of East Commerce Street in Bridgeton, was honored with the Chamber's Retail Division Award. Big John's Pizza has served Bridgeton area residents for almost 45 years and the Chamber commended them for being inspiring examples of success.
The Chamber's Commercial Division Award was presented to Joe Garner on behalf of English Sewage Disposal, of Bridgeton. Starting as a family business in 1970, English Sewage Disposal has become the most recognized septic maintenance company in South Jersey.
Ultra Clean Technologies, of Bridgeton, received the Industrial Division Award. Company owners Bruce and Debby Riley were honored by the Chamber and described as owners who run their business with integrity that inspires excellence.
Freeholder Carol Musso presented Butch and Cindy Sparacio, of Sparacio Farms & Farm Market, in Deerfield, with this year's Agriculture Division Award on behalf of the Chamber.
"We are very honored and humbled to receive this award," Cindy Sparacio said. "We believe in maintaining an integrity within our business and selling a product that we would want to buy ourselves."
This year's Professional Division Award was bestowed upon Internal Medicine Associates, of Old Deerfield Pike, in Bridgeton.
And finally, the Chamber honored Farm Credit East with this year's Service Division Award for providing high quality service to its customers.


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Jose Fernandez in trouble? No way, he was watching '24'
The Marlins played a little prank on Jose Fernandez before delivering his All-Star news.
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Miami Marlins rookie pitcher Jose Fernandez thought he was being dragged into manager Mike Redmond's office because he was being sent back to the minors ... or was in trouble.
Fernandez walked into the office and saw Remond and the other Marlins coaches. Their faces indicated it wouldn't be good news. But the joke would soon be on Fernandez, as he told FOX Sports Florida's Kristen Hewitt.
Redmond and Marlins general manager Mike Hill began the prank by telling Fernandez that they couldn't believe that he had disappointed them.
"I promise you I've been in my room for the past five days watching '24,' " Fernandez said.
Then they put owner Jeffrey Loria on the phone to continue the ruse. Fernandez again insisted that he had been relaxing and watching Kiefer Sutherland on "24."
And then the smiles broke. Loria delivered the news -- Fernandez, who doesn't even turn 21 until July 31, would be the second youngest pitcher in All-Star Game history when he joins the NL roster for Tuesday's game. Fernandez is 5-5 this season with a 2.83 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 98.2 innings.
Fernandez also took time to visit The Miami Children's Museum, and he spent time meeting summer campers, taking photos, playing on the slides and talking with the boys and girls. His day with the kids will be chronicled in a Billy's Bunch on Aug. 3 on FOX Sports Florida.


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Auburn woman to receive access ramp
Penelope Popvich, a disabled Auburn resident, was selected to receive a free wheelchair access ramp as part of the 15th annual Rampathon, organized by the Master Builders Care Foundation.
Since 1993, Master Builders Care Foundation volunteer builder-remodelers have designed and constructed 230 free wheelchair access ramps for low-income disabled homeowners in King and Snohomish Counties.
Popvichs need for greater mobility at her home, 808 26th Place SE, resulted in the Care Foundations decision to award a custom-built wheelchair access ramp for her.
Additional free access ramps will be designed and constructed for disabled persons in several other cities.
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CENTRE, Alabama -- The 16th annual Cherokee County Home and Garden Show is set for this weekend, Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12.
Gardening, remodeling and home decor aids will be on display at Gadsden State-Cherokee Arena, 801 Cedar Bluff Road. Admission is $3 at the door.
The show will take place Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There will be more than 70 vendors, featuring food, children's games, the Weiss Lake Antique Tractor Club and other attractions. There will be handicapped accessible parking.
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PAW PAW — The dispute between South Haven and Van Buren County over 911 funding may be resolved.
The Van Buren County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a pact that would give the city $250,000 for five years of back payments. In addition, South Haven will receive $30,000 per year from 2011-14.
"I think this is a fair resolution that gets us moving beyond this issue," Commission Chairman Christopher Randall said. It must be approved by the South Haven City Council to become official.
Calls to 911 are dispatched in two locations in Van Buren County — at the county Sheriff's Office in Paw Paw and in South Haven. The South Haven center serves only that city, while the Paw Paw dispatch center covers the rest of the county.
Van Buren County collects money from telephone surcharges to fund 911 dispatching and for years gave South Haven a portion, but that arrangement ended in 2004 and the two sides have been negotiating ever since. If the agreement OK'd Tuesday by the county board is ratified by the city, the financial dispute will be resolved.
The proposed agreement goes beyond money, though. Some of its language calls for centralizing 911 services.
"We're going to be working on that over the next few years," Sheriff Dale Gribler said. The target date for centralization, according to the agreement, is July 1, 2014.
The two sides will work out an agreement for the county to assume all dispatching of police, fire and ambulance, including in the city of South Haven, according to Randall. "We believe that's in the best interest of the public in providing a fast response time," he said.


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PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer baseball finishes second, playoffs next
The Todd Beamer Titans baseball team continued their impressive late-season push with a 1-0 win over Rogers in their South Puget Sound League South Division regular season finale Friday.
The win moved Beamer (11-5 SPSL South) into second-place in the division and earned them a shot at the Tahoma Bears in the SPSL Tournament. The Titans and Bears, who finished second in the SPSL North, will play for the league's third/fourth seeds into the West Central/Southwest District Tournament. The game will be around 7 p.m. at Heritage Field in Puyallup on Friday, May 4. The game will follow a game between Graham-Kapowsin and Kentlake, which kicks off at 4 p.m.
Against Rogers, Scott Sunitsch was impressive on the mound, picking up the win and giving up just three hits. The win moved Sunitsch to 3-0 on the season and continued the impressive pitching that the Titans have displayed all year.
The Beamer pitching staff ended the regular season with an ultra-impressive earned-run average of 2.19 and an opponents batting average of just .218. The Titan staff has given up only 87 hits in 109 innings this season.
Beamer leadoff hitter Lawyer Braun scored the only run of the game in the top of the third inning against Rogers. The Titans had only five hits on the day.
Federal Way — The Eagles finished their season with an impressive 4-0 shut out of Graham-Kapowsin Saturday. Senior Darrien Moran threw a two-hitter and struck out seven in his seven innings of work.
The win moved Federal Way to 7-9 in the SPSL South Division, which was good enough for a tie for sixth place. They were 8-10 overall on the season.
Moran was also 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Zack Hobbs, Derek Klaas and Chris Shimer also contributed two hits each for the Eagles.
Jefferson — The Raiders finished one spot out of the postseason in the SPSL North with a 6-10 league record. Top-ranked Kentwood remained unbeaten on the season with a 13-2 win over TJ Tuesday in their season finale.
No details were reported about the game.
Decatur — The Gators were beaten by Auburn Mountainview, 6-3, Friday and finished the SPSL 3A regular season at 3-11. Kyle Robbins finished the game 2 for 3 with a solo home run for Decatur.
Jefferson — The Raiders (11-3 SPSL North, 13-3 overall) won their eighth SPSL North game in a row Tuesday over the Tahoma Bears, 4-3, in eight innings. Jefferson currently sits third in in the SPSL North behind Kentlake (11-2) and Tahoma (11-2) with three games remaining.
Against Tahoma, the Raiders tallied a run in the top of the eighth to take a 4-3 lead and senior Katie Jackson held the Bears scoreless in the bottom of the inning to get the win. Jackson threw all eight innings for TJ, allowing only five hits.
Offensively, the Raiders were led by Lexi Goranson and Michaela Patton. The pair both finished 2 for 4 with a double and a run.
Jefferson also downed Kentridge on Saturday, 8-5 and Kent-Meridian Friday, 16-2.
Against Kentridge, Greenheck and Patton both finished with two RBIs and Reno Whitcomb was 2 for 3 with two runs. Rocky Hale earned the win on the mound.
Against Kent-Meridian, Nicole Greenheck finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Jackson was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and also threw a two-hitter on the mound, striking out nine.
Beamer — The Titans fell to the Emerald Ridge Jaguars Friday, 9-1. The loss dropped Beamer to 9-6 in the SPSL South with one league game remaining.
The Titans had only four hits on the day and Analee Scott tallied Beamer's only run after finishing 1 for 3 with a stolen base.
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HERE'S THE message President Barack Obama should take home from today's visit to Alabama and Mississippi: Make it right.
We know the president can't stop the leaking Deepwater Horizon well.
It's too late to keep the oil off the coast, no matter how much we debate about what should have been done to keep it out.
What President Obama can do is make sure that every bit of beach is cleaned up, every effort is made offshore to prevent further damage, every estuary is protected and every person who has suffered a loss of income or business is compensated by BP.
On top of the recession, the oil spill threatens to wipe out the entire summer season for the tourism industry along the Gulf Coast. Fishing, whether recreational or commercial, will depend on what waters are open and free of oil, and so will shrimping and oystering.
Those people who are employed by the oil industry may well be out of work as a result of offshore drilling restrictions. And with lost jobs and lost business go tax revenues that won't be taken in by local and state governments.
The Obama administration must insist that BP pays, and pays quickly. People are suffering. Some may not be able to wait even a month for a check to pay their bills.
If it takes the president personally kicking butt, then he should do it.
The oil spill was not a natural disaster, like a hurricane, that raises questions about people choosing to live on the coast. The economic suffering taking place here is not a result of bad investment choices made by individuals or inflated expectations of getting rich.
The oil spill is BP's fault. BP knows it and has admitted it. BP officials say they will make it right.
Mr. President, we need you to make sure they do.


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GDANSK, Poland (AP) — FC Barcelona with Lionel Messi and debuting Neymar surprisingly drew 2-2 with Lechia Gdansk of Poland's premier league in a friendly match Tuesday.
Poland's Jaroslaw Bieniuk opened the scoring in the 16th minute, then Roberto Sergi made it even 10 minutes later with a goal for Barcelona.
Messi failed to give Barca a first half lead from a free kick in the 46th minute. Piotr Grzelczyk put Poland ahead again in the 50th, but the score was 2-2 after a lob by Messi in the 57th.
Neymar entered the game at the 79th minute, but Barcelona wasn't able to get another score.
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KENSINGTON - The NYPD says there's a person of interest it would like to talk to in the murder and near-decapitation of Kensington business owner.
Police say Mahuddin Mahmud, 57, was found brutally murdered in the basement of his store People Tech on McDonald Avenue. His burned and dismembered body was found by one of his brothers.
Relatives say Mahmud was a native of Bangladesh and the father of two young boys. Mahmud's brother says he had never been involved with anything criminal and doesn't know who would have done anything like that to him.
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Police have not yet made any arrests, though NYPD Commissioner William Bratton says there was an apartment in the building's basement and they want to talk to its tenant.


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[JetBlue Airways] reportedly wants to get into the hotel business by partnering with New York-based hotel developer MCR Development to turn the landmarked terminal into a 500-room hotel. The deal isn't final—the parties are in 'advanced negotiations'—so things could still fall apart...The Port Authority previously chose hotelier Andre Balazs as the developer, but Balazs backed out after realizing how long the project would take. He told the [WSJ] his company had 'more interesting opportunities.'

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 Bolles+Wilson was commissioned to redesign the historic Hanomag "U-Boat Hall" into an RS+Yellow Furniture Outlet in Hanover, Germany—yet another example in the repurposing of unused industrial spaces and fusing the past with the present.

 The contemporary furniture pieces and the U-Boat Hall's warehouse atmosphere are an interesting juxtaposition, and both vie for visitors' attention. Wooden flooring and bright-colored accents contrast against the rusty columns of the structure, an intended U-boat production site that halted construction in 1944. A brick wall on one side of the building's interior adds hip appeal that complements the outlet store's colorful inventory. On the other hand, the structure's original components—in addition to its enormous size—are hard to ignore, almost to the point where it becomes the main showpiece.

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For Tulane Coach Lisa Stockton, the difference between victory and defeat was as plain as the black and white on the stat sheet before her. Louisiana Tech outmuscled Tulane 53-26 on the boards. The truth was humbling.
Louisiana Tech used physical play in the paint to beat Tulane 78-72 on Friday night at Fogelman Arena, snapping the Green Wave's three-game winning streak. A second-half run broke open a tight game and put the Lady Techsters (6-3) in front of the Green Wave (7-2) for good.
The second half featured a series of runs. Louisiana Tech scored 10 straight points to take a 60-46 lead midway through the second half. But Tulane responded with a 12-1 run to climb within 61-58 with 6:02 left. Tulane closed to 68-67 with 1:50 left on a basket by sophomore guard Olivia Grayson, who finished with 13 points.
But Louisiana Tech held on, making enough free throws in the final minute to prevail. The Lady Techsters never trailed in the second half after the teams were tied at 30 at the half.
"We definitely got outrebounded, and we should have boxed out," said Tulane guard Tiffany Aidoo, who had a team-high 16 points. "So all we have to do next time is be determined and play better defense, and I think that will turn things around for the next game."
Senior guard Danielle Nunn returned to the starting lineup after missing the first eight games because of a broken right pinkie finger sustained in the preseason. She wasted little time becoming involved. She scored Tulane's first points about two minutes into the game when she fought off two Louisiana Tech defenders in the paint with her elbows to create space. Nunn finished with 12 points.
Nunn was a key factor during Tulane's success last season. She averaged 11 points, which ranked second on the team. She was a third-team All-Conference USA selection in her first season at Tulane after transferring from TCU. She was named the Conference USA Tournament MVP after averaging 12.7 points in the Green Wave's title run.
Nunn was one of six players picked to the preseason All-Conference USA team.
"It was good to have her back out there," Stockton said. "I think she gives us some energy."
Senior forward Brittany Lindsey also returned. She missed Tulane's victories over Cal St. Fullerton, Saint Joseph's and Detroit after sustaining a concussion in a loss to Portland State on Nov. 27. She scored a season-high 19 points against Portland State, going 7-of-7 from the field. Entering Friday, she had averaged 11.8 points and had scored in double figures in three of five games played.
Lindsey was largely ineffective against Louisiana Tech. She was held to seven points, a season low, and had one rebound in 11 minutes.
In the end, rebounds led to Tulane's demise.
"It's positioning," Stockton said. "It's being disciplined and boxing out and getting in position."


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