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Their social media campaign was much more effective than the actual turnout.— Hanna Tetteh (@HannaTetteh) July 1, 2014
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@HannaTetteh if govt acted with same swiftness with which you tweeted about #OccupyFlagStaffHouse turn out, Gh wud have been a beta place— YesiYesi Ghana (@YesiYesiGhana) July 1, 2014
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*Gov. Christie says a Giants Super Bowl parade should be held in New Jersey (nj.com)
Gov. Chris Christie, an outspoken Jets fan, is rooting for a victory parade in New Jersey if the Giants win twice more this postseason to capture a second Super Bowl title in four seasons.
*Rolle keeps rolling: Giants safety calls out 49ers TE Davis (NFL.com)
*Giants passing game could slip against 49ers if weather is bad (New York Post)
*Giants quarterback Eli Manning turns out to be the right fit for New York, just like Ernie Accorsi, John Mara and Archie Manning thought on draft day (Daily News)

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Esther Rittenbach, 94, Jamestown, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, with her family by her side, at Ave Maria Village in Jamestown.
Esther Edith Hills was born Aug. 23, 1918, on a farm in Egg Creek Township, Granville, to Ernest and Minnie (Miller) Hills. Esther grew up on the farm and attended grade school at Egg Creek Township #2. She later attended and graduated from Granville High School in 1937. After graduation, Esther briefly enrolled at the Minot Business College where she attended classes from February to May of that year.
Esther married Hilbert Rittenbach on Oct. 8, 1939, at the pastor's home in Butte. Hilbert and Esther lived on a farm near Granville until purchasing a large farm in 1966 near Cleveland. They continued to live there until they moved to an apartment in Jamestown in 1993. After Hilbert's death in 2004, Esther was able to move to a new apartment in Garden Hills, which she greatly enjoyed. Esther moved into the Ave Maria Village in October 2007 where she resided until her death.
Esther was a longtime member and devoted attendee of the Cleveland Seventh-day Adventist Church. Esther was a member of the Community Service and taught Sabbath School for many years. She became a member of the Jamestown Seventh-day Adventist Church after Hilbert and she moved to Jamestown. She truly loved the Lord and had a strong faith. Esther loved gardening. Her flower beds on the farm were a riot of color and she loved working in them. She also had a large vegetable garden, putting up numerous quarts of vegetables so that nothing would go to waste. Esther enjoyed talking on the phone and writing letters to numerous relatives and friends. Hilbert and Esther liked to travel and would drive all over to see family. She was always willing to lend a helping hand whether it was to a neighbor or a stranger. Esther will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Esther is survived by: four sons, Rudy (Patti) Rittenbach, Pendleton, Ore., Warren (Donna) Rittenbach, Lodi, Calif., Donovan (Shelley) Rittenbach, Dublin, Calif., and Jerry (Teree) Rittenbach, Jamestown; one daughter, Kathleen (Victor) Trautman, Petersburg, Alaska; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; four brothers, Clifford Hills, Lyle Hills, Floyd Hills and Glen Hills; and one sister, Mildred Wrolstad.
Funeral service: Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Jamestown, with Pastor Darren Purdy officiating.
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Jamestown.
Prayer service: Today, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Eddy Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Visitation: Today, Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
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Council grinds out sewer ordinance
Members of the Oak Harbor City Council found themselves at loggerheads at their last meeting of the year as they verbally sparred about a proposed sewer ordinance that will affect a peeved group of Dillards Addition residents. But they eventually passed the proposal on a decidedly split vote.
The so-called grinder pump ordinance first raised the shoreline communitys dander when it was introduced in October following the councils decision to purchase the much maligned low-pressure, grinder pump sewer system for $124,434 from developer Robert Anderson. As drafted, the ordinance required residents to hook into the grinder pump system within five years, extending the current 60-day time limit. For a group of homeowners loath to connect to the sewer system in the first place, adding years did little to placate the residents.
The council, after recommending to City Attorney Phil Bleyhl an even longer extension, tabled the ordinance decision at an earlier meeting when Councilman Larry Eaton called for an investigation into the citys conduct surrounding the sewer debacle.
An amended ordinance last Tuesday, Dec. 18, increased the timeline from five to 10 years, which would buy time for the city and residents. Language was also included to address state and federal laws.
The final meeting for Mayor Patty Cohen and three council members turned out to be contentious and convoluted. Motions were made and left to die as the same issues arose repeatedly and the circuitous route to a solution failed to reach its destination.
Councilwoman Sue Karahalios strongly suggested, to properly show agencies due diligence, including in the ordinance a mechanism to ensure acknowledgment of septic system testing after five years.
There are grave concerns for what we are setting the city up for, she said.
City Administrator Paul Schmidt told the council that five years would be ample time for the city to put a program in place that would address the inevitable, more stringent regulations in the pipeline.
Councilman Paul Brewer made a motion to table the decision until Karaholios concerns could be investigated. After the motion was voted down 4-3, Brewer lamented what he felt was the citys tendency to rush decisions.
Why not do it right the first time? he asked.
Council members Sheilah Crider and Jim Campbell both disagreed with the 10-year timeline.
My concern is that 12 to 24 months from now well be looking down a huge barrel, Crider said.
That will just shove this 10 years down the pipe, Campbell added.
Resident Duane Dillard said he supported the five-year increase in the amended ordinance, but he could not support language that would essentially require him to discontinue use of a working and maintained septic system.
Allow properly functioning septic systems to be used indefinitely and/or until the state of Washington mandates abandoning functioning septic systems in Washington state, Dillard offered as additional language to be embedded in the ordinance.
Arguments regarding the merits and drawbacks of of the proposed timelines ensued. Brewer once again watched a motion to temporarily end the impasse fall 4-3. Likening the discussion to the recycling emblem, he said the council members were counterproductively going in circles.
Were not accomplishing anything. If we cant come with a solution, we need to table this, he said.
Crider and Campbell repeated their support for a five-year connection requirement, the same timeframe in the original ordinance. And Brewer again voiced his discontent, explicitly laying out his resolve.
This is my last council meeting, but I dont care if we stay here until midnight, he said.
Cohen pointed out the implausibility of building all contingencies into one ordinance. The new administration could later modify any approved regulations.
Theyre going to have the opportunity to come back and improve this, the mayor said.
In the end, everything did indeed come full circle when the council voted 4-3 to pass the ordinance with the 10 years reduced back to five.
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Yesterday, I talked about how Chesapeake Energy's (NYSE: CHK ) new joint venture with Total SA (NYSE: TOT ) in the Barnett shale would help shore up the firm's lightly hedged production profile. Clearly I hadn't read the firm's financial update, also released yesterday.
Back in November, Chesapeake had just 14% of its anticipated 2010 natural gas production covered by swaps (a common form of derivative used by folks like XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO ) for hedging purposes) at $9.53 per thousand cubic feet (mcf). Now, the firm has 43% covered at $7.49/mcf.
It's important to note that Chesapeake's estimate of total production, at 892 billion cubic feet, is unchanged. That actually implies significant production gains compared to previous guidance, since 25% of the firm's Barnett flows belong to Total as of the closing of this deal (expected later this month). But my point is that Chesapeake's swap coverage comes entirely from the addition of additional contracts, not a downward adjustment in estimated production.
While Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC ) has taken a very cautious approach toward its natural gas exposure, with 75% of 2010 production hedged as of the third-quarter report, Chesapeake, alongside EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG ) , has been quite vocal about the prospect of higher gas prices, and kept hedging to a minimum. So why the sudden pop in swaps?
Well, at the time of Chesapeake's fall investor day, the company was modeling 2010 natural gas prices of $6.50 to $7.50/mcf. That remains the case today. It doesn't appear like any great capitulation on Chesapeake's part to lock in a chunk of production at the upper end of that range.
Anyone formerly questioning Chesapeake's competence or sanity with regards to hedging might need to reassess that position. By delaying the initiation of these substantial hedges, the company has secured significantly better prices than were available a few months ago. As the second-biggest producer and the most active driller in the industry, Chesapeake has a nearly unrivaled view into the dynamics of the U.S. natural gas market. That insight has translated directly to better hedges and, in turn, stronger projected cash flow.


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The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new album from Italian power metallers KALEDON can be seen below. The CD was recorded at Outer Sound Studio in Rome, Italy by Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE). An early 2013 release is expected.
KALEDON's best-of album, "Mightiest Hits", was released in January via Scarlet Records.
The band's most recent studio CD, "Legend Of The Fogotten Reign: Chapter VI - The Last Night On The Battlefield", came out in July 2010 via Scarlet. The sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 was previously described as a return to the band's power metal roots: powerful, melodic and extremely captivating. The artwork was created by renowned artist J.P. Fournier (EDGUY, AVANTASIA, IMMORTAL).
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How can a reusable bag, like those so many people use at the grocery store, solve three problems at once?
The Pittsburgh Tote Project will answer that question.
The program is designed to give new and gently used reusable totes to area food pantries.
"Our goal is to make it easier for people to carry food home from the pantry," said Sue Kerr, founder of the Pittsburgh Tote Project "To reduce the use of disposable bags and also to save money for the pantries, so they can spend that money on buying food instead of buying bags."
The Pittsburgh Tote Project has collected 25,000 reusable tote bags in the past year and half, which results in 25,000 plastic and paper bags not being tossed into area landfills.


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WASHINGTON TWP. — The developers of a proposed mixed-use project on Hurffville-Cross Keys Road came back before the township council last week to update the newest members on the proposal and on their request for a tax abatement to jump-start construction.
It's been two years since Washington Square Partners LLC received planning board approvals to develop a 36-acre portion of the 360-acre redevelopment zone on Hurffville-Cross Keys and Fries Mill roads.
The project calls for 70,000 square feet of retail space, 90,000 square feet of office space, 330 luxury apartments and 100 townhomes.
Because the land is located in one of the township's three state-approved redevelopment zones, a long-term tax abatement known as a PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, is one of the tools the township can provide to the developer.
The developers, led by principal Scott Fishbone, had requested a PILOT agreement in 2009 when the township council was 5-0 Democrat.
With three Republicans now on board, Fishbone said it was time for them to come back before the council to show them the details of the project and open up a dialog.
"It's been a slow time, and there's been some change both on our side and your side, and thought we'd come down and reorient everybody with what we are doing and discuss briefly the PILOT program — that is one of the major tools in redevelopment," Fishbone said.
Fishbone presented a package of information to the township council that explained the project and how the PILOT program works. Rather than having each taxing district receive funding based on the tax rate for the taxable property, payments are made instead of taxes and 95 percent of them go to the municipality.
Under a regular tax structure, according to the developer's calculations, the property would be responsible for a $1.6 million annual tax bill. The school district would receive 55 percent of that, followed by 20 percent to the county and 19 percent to the municipality — or $329,566.
With the PILOT program, the developer would pay less, but the municipality would receive 95 percent of the payments— $953,021 a year when fully built out. The county would receive 5 percent.
Over the 25 years of the PILOT agreement, if approved as presented, the municipality would collect about $32.8 million in payment, compared to $12 million if was taxed based on the property value.
The land, which is currently farmland with one single family home, generates a total of $8,000 in taxes a year, which is divided among the school, town, county and fire district.
Some changes have been made to the proposal since they last presented it to council, Fishbone said. The 100 townhouses that would be development would not be included in the PILOT and would be taxed regularly, which he estimated would generate $500,000 a year in taxes for the municipality.
"It's very important to remember... the PILOT is one of the tools of which to get us and get you where we're trying to go with the project," Fishbone said.
Upon the developers' request, the township council voted to form a bi-partisan subcommittee to review the PILOT and work with the developers so they could move forward with hopes of an introduction and first reading of an ordinance. Republican Council President Chris Del Borrello and Councilman Ray MacDowell, a Democrat, volunteered to be on that committee.
"I think for the purposes of the new council members, we would have obviously have to look at this, the new proposal versus the old proposal, and the history of the project," Del Borrello said.
"We'll also get the acting mayor involved," Del Borrello said adding that they would review their schedules and work to set up a meeting as soon as possible.


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Twice, the Westfield High School girls swimming team rode the momentum of an undefeated season into the Western Massachusetts championships.
Twice, the Bombers watched as Minnechaug Regional hosted the first-place trophy.
Thanks to a staggering amount of depth, this year's Bombers believe the third time is a charm. Westfield and three-time defending champion Minnechaug are the top contenders to win the title Sunday at Springfield College's Art Linkletter Natatorium, with the Bombers earning the edge on paper with a talented lineup.
"All the girls have had super years for us, and we've been building for this day since the beginning of the season," Westfield coach Tom Lewis said. "It's the one thing we haven't accomplished as a group."
While Westfield only has one swimmer seeded first in an event – Erin Lewis in the 100-yard backstroke – this is the one team that serves to benefit most from this year's new scoring format. The top 16 placers in each event will score points, as opposed to 12 previously.
The change was made because most of the big postseason meets are held in eight-lane pools. Thus, this rewards every swimmer who competes in the top two heats – from where the top finishers usually come.
It also benefits teams that have large numbers of swimmers in the meet. A team like East Longmeadow, which is extremely talented but only has five swimmers and a diver qualified, won't be able to score as many points as a Westfield or a Minnechaug, whose numbers are larger.
"It's a tough competition, and a few more swimmers would be nice," East Longmeadow coach Gil Gonsalves said.
However, both Lewis and Minnechaug coach Erik Mandell cautioned observers not to rule out East Longmeadow as a contender. Melanie Avdoulos won Friday's diving competition, while Julie Lajoie, Emily Lajoie, Kelly Lajoie and Callie Phillips are all seeded highly in their events.
"If you have a lot of scorers, you can have a small contingent and still finish quite high," Mandell said.
Perhaps the best race of the day will come in the 500 freestyle. Top seed Meriza Werenski of Holyoke Catholic hopes to prevent Julie and Emily Lajoie from repeating their 1-2 finish of a year ago.
That event might shake up the points, as Westfield has two or three likely scorers and Minnechaug has nobody entered. If Westfield's Lauren Longley can move up from her No.¤6 seed, the shift could be even bigger.
Two other potential spoilers are Easthampton standouts Amanda Lucia (No.¤2 in 200 IM and 100 butterfly) and Jess Harper (No.¤1 in 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke).
"I always tell the kids that you win a meet like Western Mass. by swimming the best you can and getting some help from your friends," Lewis said. "But it's up to my girls to raise their level to score enough points where we can win."
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Medley Relay: Westfield 1:57.08; 200: Julie Lajoie (E. Long.) 1:58.11; IM: Meriza Werenski (Holy. Cath.) 2:06.94; 50: Delaney Dyjak (Holy. Cath.) 25.12; Fly: Christiana Greco (Minn.) 59.06; 100: Jess Harper (E'hamp) 54.45; 500: Meriza Werenski (Holyoke Cath.) 5:02.75; 200 relay: East Longmeadow 1:42.34; Back: Jess Harper (E'hamp) 59.87; Breast: Erin Lewis (Westfield) 1:10.11; 400 relay: Holyoke Catholic 3:47.66


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One of the nation's most powerful dairy farm lobbying groups, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), will have a new leader at the beginning of next year - and he's from Wisconsin.
The federation, which includes 30 of the nation's dairy cooperatives and represents more than 32,000 dairy producers who are member-owners, announced last week that Jim Mulhern would take over leadership of the organization on Jan. 1, 2014.
Mulhern has been Chief Operating Officer for the NMPF since January, and since that time has managed the communications, government relations, and membership functions of the organization.
His appointment to that position marked a return to NMPF - he had directed the organization's government relations program earlier in his career.
The Portage, WI native, will take over as President and Chief Executive Officer at the beginning of next year when current federation leader Jerry Kozak retires.
The NMPF Board of Directors has officially appointed Mulhern to the new position.
"We are very excited to have such a knowledgeable and capable leader at the head of our team in the coming years," said the organization's chairman Randy Mooney, a Missouri dairy producer.
"The importance of experience cannot be underestimated in a complex industry like ours. Jim's impressive and extensive track record working on dairy issues made him the ideal choice to be the next President and CEO of NMPF."
Mulhern left Wisconsin behind in 1983 for the nation's capital, where his first job was on Capitol Hill; in the mid-1980s he worked for NMPF and then returned to the Hill to serve as Chief of Staff for Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl.
Mulhern also worked in senior management positions for Fleishman-Hillard, the Fratelli Group and Watson/Mulhern LLC.
During this period, he maintained a close relationship with the dairy industry and NMPF by working as a consultant on numerous projects.
"I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to lead a membership organization that has meant so much to me throughout my career. I look forward to building further upon the relationships and successes of the past, but with a clear focus on addressing the challenges to dairy farming's future," said Mulhern.
The organization also announced that after Kozak retires from the top job at year's end, he will continue his involvement with the organization's Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program, which provides export assistance to its member cooperatives.
He will oversee the program and administrative operations and will report directly to Mulhern.
"We are very pleased that Jerry will be available to help us manage the CWT program in the days ahead," said Mooney. "CWT has been a critical factor behind the phenomenal growth in American dairy exports over the past few years, and we appreciate that Jerry's commitment to its success will continue after this year."
Kozak has been in the federation's top job since 1997.
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Geddes, NY -- A Geddes resident running for town clerk was once convicted of a misdemeanor for submitting false documents to the Geddes Town Court.
Barbara J. Maestri, now 47, of Pleasant Beach Road, confirmed she pleaded guilty to the falsifying business records charge in 2007. Maestri was given a conditional discharge, according to DeWitt Town Court officials.
Here's how the charges came about, according to police records.
Maestri was issued appearance tickets by Geddes Dog Control Officer Mark Kulak for a barking dog on Dec. 27, 29 and 31, 2006.
In mid-January 2007, her lawyer submitted records to the court stating the dog was at the Fairmount Animal Hospital from Dec. 26, 2006 to Jan. 2, 2007, according to Maestri.
"It was a situation I said fine and then I said, 'Ah, not a good idea,'¤" she said. "By then it was too late. So I took full responsibility because it was my choice of who I chose to represent me."
Geddes officials found the records were not prepared by the Fairmount Animal Hospital, Geddes police said at the time.
Maestri was charged with first-degree falsifying business records and first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, both felonies. Her plea on May 29, 2007 satisfied both charges.
Maestri says she took responsibility for what happened and she's put the conviction behind her.
Maestri is challenging first-term incumbent, Geddes Town Clerk Joseph L. Ranieri, who previously served on the town board. Maestri also ran in 2005, but lost to long-time clerk Frances A. Marino. The Geddes town clerk receives $45,730 annually, and serves for two years at a time.
Maestri said she's been going door-to-door, campaigning over the last several weeks, and no one has asked about her conviction.
When asked if she would falsify a document again, Maestri responded, "no I don't think I would."
"The choices I made, yes I regret," she said. "If I had known, I would have made a better choice, as far as who I had helping me. But at the time I thought it was the right choice. I should have been more aware of what was going to happen."
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Eric Gordon has been cleared for full contact and will begin practicing next week, according to GM Dell Demps.
Russell Westbrook just missed a triple-double in 36 minutes during a 103-97 win against the 76ers on Wednesday, scoring 32 points with 12 rebounds, nine assists and one 3-pointer in 36 minutes.
Enes Kanter scored 17 points off the bench against the 76ers on Wednesday, adding 12 rebounds, one steal and one block in 24 minutes.
Sergio Rodriguez made his 76ers debut against the Thunder on Wednesday, scoring 12 points with four rebounds, nine assists and two 3-pointers.
Tim Frazier double-doubled in his first start for the Pelicans, scoring 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting with 11 assists, five rebounds, two steals, one 3-pointer and just one turnover.
Jusuf Nurkic opened the 2016-17 season with a career-high 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, to go along with nine rebounds, three assists and one block.
Giannis Antetokounmpo posted 31 points, nine rebounds, five assists, one steal and one block during Wednesday's home-opening loss, going 13-of-21 from the field and 4-of-6 from the line.
The Hornets defeated the Bucks on Wednesday, aided by Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's 23 points (10-of-18 FGs, 3-of-3 FTs), 14 rebounds, one steal and one block.
Joel Embiid made his NBA debut against the Thunder on Wednesday, scoring 20 points with seven rebounds, two blocks and one 3-pointer in 22 minutes.
Anthony Davis exploded for 50 points, 16 rebounds, seven steals, five assists and four blocks vs. Denver on Wednesday, making 17-of-34 field goals and 16-of-17 free throws.
DeMar DeRozan set a Raptors' opening-night record on Wednesday with 40 points, making 17-of-27 FGs and 6-of-6 FTs in 34 minutes
Jonas Valanciunas poured in a career-high 32 points in 35 minutes on Wednesday, making 10-of-15 FGs and 12-of-14 FTs, with 11 boards (six offensive), one assist and one turnover.


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Two of Canada's biggest banks are raising some of their mortgage rates, effective Tuesday.
The changes affect closed mortgages with terms of three, four or five years at RBC Royal Bank (TSX:RY) and TD Canada Trust (TSX:TD).
Rates for mid-term mortgages like these tend to reflect the banks' borrowing costs on bond markets.
The Bank of Canada is also expected to begin raising its key lending rates this summer, which tend to have more influence on short-term lending rates.
The biggest increase announced today affects five-year mortgages. Both banks are hiking their posted rate by six-tenths of a per cent to 5.85 per cent.


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This new offering from Blue Sky Studio promises to break new ground and be an audience pleaser. Set for release on May 24, critics have called it a cross between Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Gladiator.
According to the film's director, Chris Wedge, the film is loosely based on William Joyce's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. Set in a lush rain forest, the forces of 'life' battle the forces of 'decay.' While flashes of the humor for which Blue Sky films are known do crop up, the film has made an effort to tell a story with more depth than its previous family fare.
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Café Di Luna is one of the popular "go-to" coffee shops in Harrisburg. They are located at 1004 N. 3rd street in the heart of Midtown and just stones throw away from Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (If you want to catch a live show later in the evening). Café Di Luna takes pride in each cup of coffee they sell. Each cup is perfected in every way possible. More importantly, they take price in the idea of creating a gathering place where "coffee acts as a catalyst". Café Di Luna is truly committed to their customers and community, as they care for each and every one of their health and well-being.Café Di Luna is proud to announce that they are opening their second location in New Cumberland in April. So, if you can't make it into the city, be sure to check out their new location where they will bring the community together one cup of coffee at a time.
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By Mary Kay DeVore
Contributing writer
Students and teachers at a Syracuse school have found a way to turn trash into cash.
Roberts K-8 School, at 715 Glenwood Ave., is participating in a recycling effort through the New Jersey firm TerraCycle Brigade Program, which gives credits or money to organizations such as nonprofits and schools. In the case of the Roberts school, the money-maker is empty Capri Sun drink pouches.
Second-grade teacher Cara Kirkby heads the school's recycling project.
"The Brigade Program is great because it teaches kids about recycling and reusing," Kirkby said. "I have a bag made out of Capri Sun pouches that is used to collect the items so they can see that it has another use."
Teams are responsible for each floor in the building — fifth-graders cover the first floor, second-graders the second floor and the middle school students the third floor.
The Capri Sun pouches are collected at school, with many students bringing them in from home, as well. Once there is enough to fill up a copy paper box — about 500 flattened pouches — Kirkby sends them to TerraCycle.
TerraCycle Brigade Programs collects non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle items and converts them into new products such as park benches, picnic tables, pots and even plant food.
TerraCycle turns the drink pouches into bags, backpacks and pencil cases, as well as plastic products such as plant caddies on wheels to move large plants around a home or office, said Stacey Krauss, public relations manager for the company.
There is no cost to join and no fees along the way. Any school, business or group can participate. Paid shipping is also provided to send in the collected waste to TerraCycle.
Points or cash are then credited to the school or non-profit organization of the participant's choice.
There are a variety of options available for redeeming points. They can be used to obtain recycled products for a non-profit or donated to one of TerraCycle's charity partners dedicated to environmental preservation, meals for the homeless in America, wells for people throughout the world who lack clean drinking water, to empower impoverished families or to provide school supplies for a homeless child. Points also can be converted into cash to support an organization that the donor selects. In the case of Roberts school, the funds are directed to the Parent Teacher Organization.
To date, the school has sent in 6,644 Capri Sun pouches, and at two cents per pouch, the school has netted nearly $133, Kirby said.
Currently, there are more than 40 Brigade Programs.
While Kirkby has been coordinating the TerraCycle program for three years, she has been recycling at the school for 14 years.
She credits her strong environmental focus to the time she spent at State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where she majored in resource management. She earned her master's of education degree at State University College at Cortland.
"It's kind of in your blood after going to ESF," she said. "It stays with you throughout life."
It is this philosophy that she shares with the students at Roberts. In addition to the Capri Sun pouches, Kirkby and students collect paper, bottles and cans. Nearly 200 students participate in the program.
Kirkby would like to take advantage of the other Brigade Program opportunities such as collecting pens and markers to benefit the school. To do so, though, she said she it would take someone to coordinate that aspect.
She also wants to spread the word to parents, businesses and community members to spark their interest in becoming a part of a Brigade Program in an effort to support the school.
"Our students take ownership and responsibility for the cleanup of our school and classrooms. This goes further to teach them about their citizenship and global responsibility to keep our Earth clean, healthy and a nice place for everyone to live," said Janet Kimatian, Roberts' principal. "The funds that are generated from recycling go to the PTO who then distributes money to the school for class trips and supplies that are not purchased by the district.
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The time Zone wont matter as The game will be released into england and america has to wait.
I doubt japanese people will enter.
I'm gonna try to get the game as soon as possible tho
I'd love to help out with the tournement if youa nd lee need any help.


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In discussions of Protestantism's winners and losers, what often gets lost is how much both liberals and conservatives have changed internally.
In a recent interview with the Century, historian David Hollinger talks about his preference for the phrase "ecumenical Protestants" to describe non-evangelical mid-20th-century American Protestants, instead of the more frequently used terms "liberal" and "mainline."
"Ecumenical" refers to a specific, vital and largely defining impulse within the groups I am describing. It also provides a more specific and appropriate contrast to evangelical. The term evangelical comes into currency in the mid-century to refer to a combination of fundamentalists and Holiness, Pentecostals and others; ecumenical refers to the consolidation of the ecumenical point of view in the big conferences of 1942 and 1945.
I appreciated this shift in vocabulary because I have long disliked both the terms "liberal" and "mainline" to refer to whatever-kind-of-Protestant it is that I am.
It's not about the size of government
Public and private efforts to meet human need aren't squared off in a zero-sum game. And there's more than enough work to go around.
Misleading terms
The words liberal and conservative, Garry Wills once observed, are the most misleading terms in the world.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Port Richmond residents Stefanie Sabler and Anthony Pizzuto are engaged. The future bride is the daughter of Sharon and Steven Sabler of Port Richmond, who have announced the engagement. The bridegroom-to-be is the son of Benedict Pizzuto Jr. of West Brighton and the late Phyliss Pizzuto.
Miss Sabler is a graduate of Port Richmond High School and received a certificate in office specialist studies from the former Drake Business School, New Dorp. She is a legal secretary with Kasowitz, Benson, Torres and Friedman in Manhattan.
Mr. Pizzuto is an alumnus of McKee High School. He is a diesel automotive mechanic with the city Department of Sanitation in Brooklyn.
The couple is planning an April 2011 wedding.


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Fire: Short Stories
In his introduction to Lisabet Sarai's Fire, an anthology of erotic short stories, M. Christian begins: What makes an erotic story a good story? What makes the average extraordinary? What makes the "so-so" into "wow?"
The "wow" factor is very much in evidence with this collection of highly charged, erotic writing. This anthology is a perfect showcase for Lisabet Sarai's reputation as an accomplished novelist and short story writer who has previously been appeared in many prestigious anthologies including Maxim Jakubowski's The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica Tristan Taormino's Best Lesbian Erotica 2004, and Rachel Kramer Bussel's Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z.
Her often lyrical touch gives the reader those two desired qualities in erotic fiction; a good story well told combined with descriptive, erotic prose. Her timing is finely tuned, her attention to detail is convincing, powerful, as she delicately exposes the often complicated sense of humanity's sexual foibles.
Contrary to the stereotypical view of erotic fiction, many of these stories have a darker side, a touch of irony and absolute realism that enhances the sexual elements. But what is compelling about these stories is the lighter, sparking surface that reveals the warmth, the consistent joy at the heart of her prose.
"Fire", the eponymous opening story, reveals just how adept Lisabet is at capturing the darker side of humanity but at the same time making her characters sympathetic. Fire tells the story of an arsonist; "It's just a harmless little quirk. That's what I've always told myself." who gets his sexual thrills from setting fire to derelict buildings. There is, inevitably, unforeseen consequences to his predilection:
The story makes for uncomfortable reading in places, as it should do. It is bold, exciting, masterfully told. Lisabet has an enviable knack of making her characters so believable. It's as though she inhabits them, breathes fire into them, yet we never shy away from them, they fascinate and delight us. We see our own reflections in them, our own desires, weaknesses.
My favourite and in my opinion, Lisabet's masterpiece, is "Making Memory", which tells the tale of Nicole, stranded for the night in a strange town, who shares lodging and ultimately the bed, of another woman, Maggie. But how she tells it! Both women share a common bond in that the significant men in their lives have been taken from them. Their sense of loss provides the catalyst for their lovemaking. Unlike other more explicit pieces, Lisabet draws a finely made veil over their lovemaking:
There's not many erotic writers who can get away with such tantalising glimpses and still manage to arouse the reader. Lisabet accomplishes this because she creates powerful characters we can relate with, and her use of sexual tension is incredibly defined. But the variety and tone varies greatly. She never adopts the same approach to erotica. The range of her technique and word use is extensive so each story, each sexual encounter is fresh, vivid, compelling. Some stories are raunchy, rollicking porn; "Crowd Pleaser", "Quiet Evening At Home" to name two. Others are more reflective; "Butterfly", "Communion". There are noir pieces, including the book's centrepiece: "Bangkok Noir". A sense of menace crawls across the pages of this dark tale as you turn them, and there's a darkness to it that compliments the eroticism and keeps the reader in suspense until the end.
Nothing is quite as it first seems with these stories. The plots frequently twist and turn, and the characters, more often than not, aren't quite who you expect them to be. If there is a recurrent theme to Fire, alongside the undercurrents of BDSM that feature in many, it is that there are few concrete realities in Lisabet's writing. "Very few of us are pure tops or bottoms," says Margot in "Détente", a story about a woman who shares her life with her vanilla husband and her Dom Master. Even the vampires in "Prey", are not what they seem. Here too, a playful hint of BDSM hinted at in the narrative:
And further on, having had their feast for the evening, the vampire couple quell their other appetites:
Needless to say, Lisabet finds her own, unique take on these vampiric beings and puts a haunting sting in the tale, which is both tragic and beautiful.
Lisabet writes intelligently, teasing, beautifully, and outrageously, but never without insight: "So, here I am. The older woman, The woman who remembers. Yes, I remember, I swear, remember what life was like, what sex was like, before the plague," she writes in "Before The Plague", a letter to the reader that allegorically is not just about the dangers of promiscuous sex, but a well-timed warning about the pernicious governmental crack-downs aimed at the erotic industry:
Truly, this is one of the best collections of modern erotica I've read. Frank, carnal and exquisite, it will not disappoint the reader who is eager for the new, the unexpected, and above all, unforgettable sexual fantasy. I highly recommend it.
Gary Russell.
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And he's off!
Lance headed Northward yesterday on a five day trek to Cooperstown, NY.
He's accompanied by a group of bike riding beer lovers inc. Don "Joe Sixpack" Russel and Brian O'reilly's father-in-Law, Peter.
You can follow his travels at the Brew Lounge, where Lance will be journaling daily their love of the ride (and the beers they drink along the way).
July 28, 2008
For the love of the ride: Lance and crew leave for Ommegang
And he's off!
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Woodrow Wilson: The First Fantasy Baseball Player
Yes, it's a provocative title but a startling new find has me believing it's true. Like the protagonist in Robert Coover's 1968 novel The Universal Baseball Association, J. Henry Waugh, Prop., the 14-year-old Thomas Woodrow Wilson—known as Tommy—created a whole universe of players, statistics, and a pennant race, with or without the aid of dice. But unlike Waugh—who invented a table game using three dice, a "Stress Chart," and an "Extraordinary Occurrences Chart"—the young Wilson did not create players or teams. He used only the cast of characters in the real-life National Association of 1871, which he surely read about in the sporting weeklies. And now, from deep in the archives of the Library of Congress, we have come upon Tommy Wilson's complete handwritten record of that fantasy season. George Wright, Al Spalding, and Cap Anson cavort on an imaginary field, along with all the other worthies of that first year of professional league play.
How do we think of Woodrow Wilson today? Professorial, idealistic, sickly—the President of Princeton University, he became the nation's 28th President in 1913. He promised us peace but took us into war "to make the world safe for democracy." We recall his Fourteen Points and his belief in the League of Nations; some will reflect on his Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918. We think of his stroke in October 1919 that largely incapacitated him for the last year of his Presidency, when his second wife, Edith, whom he had married in 1915, sort of ran the White House; this scenario gave rise to the 25th Amendment, regarding the disability of a President.
But Tommy Wilson was not a sickly or especially bookish lad. Born December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia, he and his family moved to Augusta, Georgia one year later. In 1870, Wilson organized the Light Foot Club for "various secret, mysterious and adventurous purposes," including a baseball team for which he played second base. (In 1873 he went on to Davidson College, where he played on the varsity baseball team.)
Wilson recorded the starting lineup of the Light Foot Base Ball Club in his copy of Elements of Physical Geography. These ninth-grade textbook doodlings have been preserved, along with a list of racehorses "arranged by age and speed." One year later, before moving from Augusta to Columbia, South Carolina, he went from listmaker to perhaps the inventor of fantasy baseball. Here's the previously untold story.
On October 29, 2013 Amber Paranick wrote to the Baseball Hall of Fame:
I'm a reference librarian at the Library of Congress and have, along with a colleague, discovered a rare item in the Woodrow Wilson Collection. It appears to be a hand-written newspaper, entitled "Professional Record" for 1871. As far as I can tell, a serial publication with this title was not in existence in 1871. Can I ask for your advice? Do you know of a publication with this title that related to baseball?…
Ms. Paranick supplied a scan of the first page of the "newspaper." Jim Gates was unable to locate anything that matched it but suggested that she contact early-baseball experts Tom Shieber, Peter Mancuso, and myself. With their concurrence, I followed up.
Some quick internet sleuthing turned up evidence of the sale of a manuscript, much like the one described at Parke-Bernet Galleries (today's Sotheby's), on May 14, 1946. In its description of Lot 58, the auction house attributed the manuscript to Henry Chadwick, but while he did provide year-end summaries to the New York Clipper and other outlets, he is clearly not the author of this work. Not only is the name of the purported publisher, sporting goods merchant E.I. Horsman, misspelled–Horsman went on to win greater fame as a manufacturer of dolls and toys, and coined the term "Teddy Bear"–but so is the first word of the title ("Proffessional"). Tommy Wilson copied the Chadwick format and puffed up his own commercial prospects, including a 200,000 print run. From the catalog:
58. BASEBALL. HENRY CHADWICK. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of "Professional Baseball Record for 1871. Price 25cts. Published by E. I. Horseman." Closely written on 17 small 4to pages.
A MOST INTERESTING AND UNIQUE ITEM BY "THE FATHER OF BASEBALL," written while Chadwick was Chairman of the National Association of Base Ball Players. The manuscript is a record of a tour made by the teams in the season of 1871, and gives the names of the teams, where played, names of the players, and the results of the games, in all about 139 games, with the box score of each game, and with the batting and fielding records of the players. The teams included the Bostons of Boston; the Eckfords of Brooklyn; the Athletics of Philadelphia; Forest City of Cleveland, Olympics of Washington, etc.
The introduction to the manuscript reads: "All are familiar with New Championship Rules, and perusing these few Games all of which were for the Professional Championship of the Country it will be seen readily who are or ought to be Champions of the United States…" [Emphasis mine—JT.] The manuscript is written in a microscopic hand, and shows a number of corrections by the author.
Who purchased this manuscript back in 1946? I have no clue, but somehow it made its way to the Woodrow Wilson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Claire Dekle from the Library's Preservation Department was able to procure images of the entire "Proffessional Record" for me, and then the real fun began. Wilson's recording of detail was thorough in the extreme—not only in the presentation of box scores but also in the clubs' year-end summaries, which split out earned runs scored and allowed and detail individual batting and fielding totals and averages in the manner of the day. (I offer low-resolution images here to permit reasonable download times.) This was the record of a magical mystery tour, played between the young Wilson's ears.
What first alerted me to the utter fantasy of the statistics was chancing upon a game Wilson created for June 30, 1871 between the Forest City of Rockford, Illinois and the Olympics of Washington, DC. Not only does Anson hit a home run for Rockford (in the real 1871 season he hit none) but pitcher Cherokee Fisher tosses a no-hitter, in which the only opponents to reach first base do so through errors. This would be professional baseball's first no-hitter, and nearly a perfect game … except that it never happened.
I believe Wilson commenced his work here in March-April of 1871. The National Association (NA) was formed on March 17 in a meeting at Collier's Saloon in New York at Broadway and 13th Street. Of the ten clubs represented at that meeting, eight plunked down their $10 entrance fee. The Eckfords and Atlantics, however, who were thought certain to be original members, demurred, preferring to play independent of the new circuit. In the days that followed a surprising ninth club entered the NA: the Kekionga of Fort Wayne. In his proprietary league, Wilson includes all eleven clubs, and even some players who, as holdovers from their 1870 clubs, were thought to have renewed for 1871, but were released or quit.
Some nerdy highlights (abandon hope, all ye casual fans who enter here):
The actual 1871 NA champion Athletics of Philadelphia (21-7) finished in Wilsonia with a ho-hum record of 11-16, scoring 178 runs while allowing 176. Their top batter was Al Reach, with an AVG of 1 .00 runs per game while registering 3.6153 outs per game.
The Chicago White Stockings, who lost the NA flag in a final-game contest with the Athletics, fared well in Wilsonia, at 16-11. Their leading batsman was the otherwise obscure Ed Pinkham, at 1.1166 runs per game (the extra decimal places are Wilson's not mine).
The Boston Red Stockings, third-place finishers in the real NA with a mark of 20-10, disappointed in Wilson's World, at 10-15 while being outscored 209-176. George Wright, limited by injury to playing in only 16 real-life games, was healthy enough to play in all but three of Wilson's imagined Boston games.
The Brooklyn Atlantics, who did not compete in the NA of 1871, won 16 and lost 6, outscoring their opponents 183-111. Among Wilson's players were the perhaps mysterious Coffey, Munn, Bunting, and Carney. None of these men played on the Atlantic Club in the NA of 1872, although Horatio Munn (whose first name had gone undiscovered for more than a century) did appear in a single game in 1875. The other three did in fact open the 1871 season with the Atlantic nine of 1871, reconstituted as an independent. Left fielder Jack McDonald was their leading batsman, with a Runs Per Game Average of 1.1428. (Computing the Batting Average as we do today, using hits as th enumerator and at bats as the denominator rather than runs/games, did not come into practice until a few years later.)
The non-NA Eckfords went 12-15, being outscored 263-253. When they actually entered the circuit the following year, they registered a won-lost mark of 3-26. Among the obscure players Wilson included were Josh (Jim) Snyder, later of the 1872 Eckford, and Eddie Shelly, a former Union of Morrisania player who in fact joined the Eckfords in 1871 but never played for an NA club and thus is not in the encyclopedic record.
Wilson's Forest City of Rockford went 15-12, scoring more runs than they allowed. In fact the club finished last in the NA at 4-21 and folded before season's end. Anson, in his freshman year as a professional, went on to play four years with the Athletics before landing for good in Chicago.
Wilson's Cleveland Forest City went 11-13, better than its actual mark of 10-19. Non-NA players who sent me scurrying to establish identities were substitutes Smith, Clark, and Hanna. Peter Morris wrote of the man who I suspect to be the last named: "The umpire of this noteworthy game was a man who was making his only appearance on a major league diamond. Identified in game accounts only as 'Doc' Hanna,' his name still appears in some listings of major league umpires as 'Dr. Hanna.' In fact, the now-forgotten Leonard C. 'Doc' Hanna…." [http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bc8cc834] Smith is presumably A.J. "Pikey" Smith, former captain of the amateur Cleveland Forest City of the 1860s. Clark is presumably the president of the 1867 club.
As to the Kekionga Club of Fort Wayne, which I covered in depth in Baseball in the Garden of Eden, they were terrors in Tommy Wilson's Eden, going 16-9 while shortstop Wally Goldsmith terrorized pitchers to the tune of 1.2608 runs per game. The unknown name (to me at least) on the fantasy roster was Chenowith, but he turned out to be Bill Chenoweth, who had played with the Pastimes of Baltimore in 1870, which provided later NA players George Popplein and Frank Williams (who played as Sellman with the Kekiongas in their only NA season).
Wilson's Olympics of Washington (in the true NA, 15-15) went 11-16, being outscored 239-179. Their leading batsman was right fielder John Glenn, at 0.9565 R/G. He would become notorious in the game's annals for allegedly attacking a twelve-year-old girl and then being shot by a policeman trying to protect him from a lynch mob.
The Unions of Lansingburgh (a.k.a. Troy Haymakers) went 11-14 for Woodrow Wilson, outscoring opponents 197-196. Esteban Bellan, baseball's first player of Hispanic birth, had the top batting mark with 1.0400. In Wilson's "newspaper" a Penfield plays for Troy, though he was not on the 1871 roster. He had played with the Haymakers in previous years. George Ewell appears as a sub though he too did not play with Troy in 1871, instead playing one game with Cleveland in 1871.
Wilson's New York Mutuals went 11-13 and were outscored 167-152. Their leading hitter was third baseman Charley Smith, who had been a star with the great Atlantics clubs of the 1860s but left the Mutuals midway in 1871 after suffering a mental breakdown. Wilson's "unknown" Mutual substitute is "McMahone." Surely this is Billy McMahon, who played for the Mutes from 1859-70 and then opened a notorious Tenderloin saloon called at first "The Argyle Rooms" and later "The Haymarket" at Sixth Avenue and 30th Street.
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What an amazing find …. and story! Thanks for sharing that John!
This is an extraordinary find. I wonder how many other literate, imaginative youngsters like Tommy Wilson created similar baseball universes in this era–I doubt Wilson was alone. Time to dive deeper into local archives for more!
How do we know for certain that Wilson wrote this? I read this entertaining article a few times but don't see the definitive evidence. Thanks.
I did virtually the same thing in the early to mid-80's as a youth …
I, too, missed why this paper is attributed to Wilson. I understand it is among Wilson's papers, but I am certain his papers contain a large number of things authored by others.
What am I missing?
It's not often, if ever, that one thinks of Woodrow Wilson and Jack Kerouac in the same thought, but I suppose it's just more proof, if more is needed, of the universality of baseball. . . . do we now amend the history books to say "Fantasy League of Nations"?
Thank you, John. I have always thought of Wilson as a somewhat tortured genius; this seems consistent with that. He was a remarkable intellect.
Thank you John. It's a fascinating find and an interesting read. A celebration of the creativity of youth. However, it is probably the earliest version of Strat-O-Matic rather than Fantasy Baseball.
Great article Mr. Thorn!
AMAZING. Once again, it proves that the information about the early baseball players was available to people in the 19th century, if anyone then had cared to compile it in detail. Including, perhaps, even first names. (Now we have David Nemec, and Peter Morris, and David Block, etc., etc., etc., not to mention the lovely and talented John Thorn!)
A truly fascinating man was Woodrow Wilson (See: "Wilson," movie), whose polished manner could not disguise his love for life (baseball) and people. And when he left office in March of 1921, a shell of the man (stroke) that was in 1913, tried to keep us out of the Great War, led America bravely when our entrance was necessary and saw the future in League of Nations (UN), who did his nation put in the White House: GOP'er Warren Harding of Tea-pot Dome shenanigans, laissez-faire Cal Coolidge and Herb Hoover (best of 3), all leading up to the Great Depression.
Interesting topic, John, but your summation of this great man's life ("Professorial, idealistic, sickly") was patheticly uninformed. History and baseball go together like beer & pretzels. Delve deeper next time and have one on Woodrow (Volstead was passed over his veto).
NewspaperArchive includes 158 articles about the Ku Klux Klan in & around Fort Wayne in 1871 — quite a lot of ink for the Klan anywhere at that time. I suspect young Thomas Woodrow Wilson was aware of the association of the Klan with Fort Wayne.
As part of my research for my article on early baseball in the South ("'The Inauguration of this Noble and Manly Game Among Us.' The Spread of Baseball in the South Prior to 1870," Base Ball, Fall, 2012), I looked into the players on "Tommy" Wilson's "Lightfoot" junior team of Augusta. The Wilson Museum in Augusta has photos and a listing. They were members of Augusta's "First Families" such as the Lamars and the Stovalls.
Wilson appears to have been the first US president to have played NY-rules baseball.
Interesting. I am the Director of the President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C. We have over 8,000 artifacts from President Wilson's life (art, state gifts, awards, mementos, clothing). Most of his books and papers were donated to the Library of Congress.
We are aware of the Light Foot Base Ball Club and the roster and rules that you display in your first document image. Isn't it amazing to consider that the statesman who gave the world the League of Nations thought, as a 13-year old boy, that his baseball club needed by-laws … and wrote them!
As an adult, Woodrow Wilson was a devoted baseball fan. He threw out the first pitch in several games as President. After he and Edith Bolling announced their engagement in 1915, their first public appearance together was at a World Series game (held in September in those years).
We have in our collection several baseball-related mementos, including a baseball signed by King George V of Great Britain (given to President Wilson after the United States entered World War I) and a 1917 American League season pass (No. 1-A) given to the President. We are lending these to the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library for their upcoming exhibition on Presidents and baseball.
Mr. Thorn— I am looking for a very unique gift for a friend that is on our State Supreme Court. He loves baseball, has coached in the past, has a passion for Woodrow Wilson and just visited the Woodrow Wilson Library in Virginia. Your story about President Wilson is wonderful and was wondering if you are aware of anyone or place that could or would sell any Woodrow Wilson Baseball memorabilia?? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I just purchased your book for him and look forward to his read. Thank you and Very Best…………


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Tim Gunn Isn't Too Sure About Trans Models On The Runway: "I Think It's Horrible"
Comments made by fashion guru and Project Runway host Tim Gunn about transgender models walking the runway are returning to the spotlight this week, following news that 22-year-old Australian model Andreja Pejic had come out as a trans woman.
Pejic has walked for some of the most prestigious designers in the industry — a "dicey issue," according to Tim Gunn.
His comments were made in an interview with HuffPo in February:
"I'm conflicted. On one hand, I don't want to say that because you were a man and now you're a woman, you can't be in a women's fashion show. But I feel it's a dicey issue. The fact of the matter is, when you are transgender — if you go, say, male to female — you're not having your pelvis broken and having it expanded surgically. You still have the anatomical bone structure of a man."
Ironically enough, Gunn clarified his stance further when asked about "androgynous models, like Andrej Pejic." He added:
"The fact that fashion designers would put basically adolescent-shaped boys or men in women's clothes is head-scratching for me because, anatomically, women and men have different shapes. So, to be looking at women's fashion on a tall, skinny guy with no hips, there's no way you can project yourself into those clothes.
It underscores all of those body issues that we know women have. It's the world telling us that there's something wrong with us and that we'd look better in our clothes and the world would think us more beautiful if we looked like this. I think it's horrible."
You can check out Gunn's full interview over at HuffPo.
h/t Gay Star News
You just used what he said regarding women having body issues to make it seem hateful against trans people. This is very disappointing, queerty.
""The fact that fashion designers would put basically adolescent-shaped boys or men in women's clothes is head-scratching for me because, anatomically, women and men have different shapes."
Has Tim not seen what has come down the runway from the major Fashion Houses? The women walking the runway are so shapeless that they don't look any different from 12 year old boys. Jutting Collar bones, no hips, thighs no wider than their knees, frankly health wise, it would be better for the models if they DID just put wigs on 12 year olds and send them down the runway because what you have now are adult women starving themselves trying to look like they haven't hit puberty yet.
As for Transgender models, how they identify is irrelevant, modeling is only about appearance. If they look the part and want to do it, good for them.
While Tim Gunn has some valid points, I doubt he will have a major impact in designers choices. It's going to be women if they see a problem with a transgender model whose impact will be heard and felt.
Why does Queerty have a vendetta against Tim Gunn?
He has some valid points. In a sense some of those haute couture runway fashion designers are misogynists. They are not designing for real women or functional clothings. Rather create a piece of art draping over walking statute purely for visual impact. On the other hand there are other designers who create wearable fashions that would seek out more realistic body type models to display their designs. There should be no limit to who can and cannot walk for runway. His quote was out of context if you want to use it to highlight a political point of view. I do not think he should be misunderstood as transphobe without actually asking more valid questions.
Those are very odd statements coming from Tim. Considering his age, sexuality, and exposure to many types of people, one would think he would know better. As far as a trans women not having hips, and not having the anatomical shape of a woman, Tim is wrong on that one. Most trans people I know ( male to female) even before the " final" nip and tuck: if they choose, have already been on feminizing hormone therapy for yrs, which has given them, hips, butt, breast, very much an anatomical shap/ structure of what is required of a runway model. If Tim indeed made these comments, then he is deliberately being blind.
Tall skinny guys with no hips? That pretty much describes 99% of female runway models, so what 's new?
I'm starting to love Tim. Good guy, Gunn.
I'd guess in this case Tim Gunn is trapped in his long lasting teacher profession in fashion design where fashion forward means going further with the fabric, cuts, proportions, etc. and not changing the body underneath beyond losing weight.
From all the gay celebrities who are out there it's Tim Gunn I admire the most, but in this case I do not agree with him. The fashion industry has always been promoting a Barbie doll like ideal only very few people can come close outside the media entertainment industry. Adding the male bone structure of a male to female transexual or post OP in the visual presentation of female fashion runway collections isn't much of a leap at all given that people 'dress to impress' and pick what they think/believe/hope looks good on them.
Tim Gunn needs to get laid….or at least an enema, he's becoming and tired old queen
More sensationalism and click-baiting from Queerty. Yawn.
Such crap. At least TRY to maintain some professionalism.
He's right. Androgynous, anorexic, and trans models confuse and blur body images and identity and make haute couture ridiculous and inaccessible. Although heaven forbid, we go in the other direction and favor women with hips and asses like Khloe and Kim Khardashian.
@Daveliam: Absolutely. I'm done with Queerty's lack of professionalism. In the last year I have seen Queerty misrepresent Darienne Lake (and just plain be mean to her), Michael Urie, and now Tim Gunn. Frankly, I'm surprised there was any time for this with the wall to wall coverage of every fart escaping the arses of Tom Daley and Cheyenne Jackson. Farewell Queerty, this is the last straw.
@badtungsten: Especially when you click on the link to the original Gay Star News article where the article is titled, "Project Runway's Tim Gunn admits to feeling 'conflicted' about trans models being on runway." Queerty really is the WORST!
Congratulations on your most intentionally dishonest headline ever. A new low that will be hard to beat, but I'm sure you'll keep trying.
He's already been quoted saying that Hillary Clinton looks confused about her gender, and he has made a career telling women what is and isn't beautiful, working with models who have unrealistic bodies for everyday folk. Read closer. He did NOT say that he thinks women's body issues are terrible – he thinks transgender models are horrible.
The title was more honest than Tim Gunn, it called it like it is. He's just so full of himself, he can't even admit his own bias, shrouding it in pseudo-liberal rhetoric.
"We have to discriminate against transgender people! It's for the women!!!" Ugh.
@Desert Boy: Because Queerty has decided that being a total cheerleader for whatever the trans community (transgender community? non-cisgendered community?) is being Thoroughly Outraged about this week is somehow going to drive eyeballs, and hence ad revenue, to their site. It's just more nonsense.
Tim obviously knows his profession well and is simply being honest. He didn't state his opinion in a disrespectful way at all. There are some legitimate conflicts when it comes to men modeling women's wear. Good for Tim for speaking his mind instead of just following the herd.
The fashion industry exploits women. The female models enjoy being exploited because they are rewarded for it.
Wrong answer, Tim.
Please change this headline. It's terribly misleading.
Tim Gunn is awesome and his comments are right on the mark. That headline is horrible and disrespectful to Gunn who has a huge heart and has proven over the years that he is an advocate for all of us.
Queerty Editors: I'm with the vast majority that are telling you how awful this headline is. It's actually quite unforgivable. I think most of us are getting used to these "click-bait" headlines to a certain degree but they can't be flat-out dishonest like this one. Just because you guys may not be traditional journalists doesn't mean you can throw out the basic rules of journalism.
And you've also lost the right to criticize the loons at Fox News ever again; you've been engaging in the same type of disingenuousness since Queerty was rebooted. If this is the new Queerty, well, then honestly it was better off dead.
I decided to try Queerty again and this article is what I got. A sensationalist headline that was purposefully taken out of context. That was embarrassing. You know fully well what you were doing when you twisted those words. That's some Fox News bullshit. Shame on you, Queerty. Shame on you.
Put Chaz Bono on the cover of GQ. That's equality.
Gunn makes a very valid point about using models who do not "look like" regular women. Though it is in the context of trans-models, his point applies across the board.
Qweerty went for a cheap headline based on spinning, if not outright misrepresenting, what Gunn actually said.
The only reason I am enjoying this headline is because it sorts out those who take a minute to actually read the article and those who jumped to an indignant conclusion.
Trans is the new "thing". can't wait to move onto something more worthy like HIV prevention for ALL of us.
After reading this article and comments, I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair and broke my pelvis!
No interest in getting it "expanded surgically," though.
@sosodeformed: Ditto.
Andreja IS a woman, therefore she has a woman's body.
You actually take from the discussion by pretending to be blind to what the actual post is about.
If Andreja identifies as female and has a penis, does that mean that a penis is what somebody is referencing when they say "A Women's Body"? No, Gunn is talking about the most commonly referenced differences between male and female bodies, Hips, Breasts, Shoulders etc…
I think his comment is foolish considering the common behavior among designers of hiring anorexic models who already look like 12 year old boys, but your comment for all it's Kum Ba Ya sunniness, doesn't deal with the actual posting.
Wow Queerty. You've become very lazy. This headline doesn't even begin to represent the content. What happened? Queerty: Your Source for Stupid Lists About L.A. (now with 500% more clickbait!)
he's RIGHT!
No, Cam.
Andreja's hips are female hips. Her breasts are female breasts. Her shoulders are female shoulders.
She is a woman. Her body is the body of a woman.
@sosodeformed: THIS IS NOT ABOUT WOMEN'S ISSUES!!! THIS IS ABOUT BIGOTRY PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!! HE SOUNDS LIKE A DELUDED TERF SPOUTING PSUEDO-SCIENCE REASONS WHY TRANS SHOULD BE SEGRATED FROM WOMEN'S EVENTS FOR SUPERFICIAL REASONS AND HERE YOU ARE CLAPPING YOUR HANDS LIKE HE'S SOME KIND OF HERO WHEN HIS KIND OF HYPERBOLE IS THE REASON'S TRANS HAVE NO RIGHTS WORLDWIDE.
@bubblebutts: IF YOU CANNOT TELL HE IS IGNORANT OF TRANS FACTS BY HIS USE OF THE WORD MAN THEN YOU SIR ARE THE IDIOM.
I enjoy keeping updated on LGBT news but Queerty is starting to annoy me. Is there another lgbt news site that is maybe more professional or are they all tabloid-like sites.