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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
Giffords was among at least 10 people wounded, and the hospital said her outlook was "optimistic" and that she was responding to commands from doctors. The hospital said a 9-year-old child was among the killed, and a U.S. Marshal said a federal judge was also fatally shot in the attack.
Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said an unspecified number of her staff members were injured in the shooting. Congressional officials said an aide to the Democrat was killed, but few details were released about the staff members.
Police say the shooting suspect was in custody, and was identified by people familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22. Pima County Sheriff's officials said he used a pistol to carry out the rampage. U.S. officials who provided his name to the AP spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release it publicly.
The shooting prompted an outpouring of sympathy from politicians and people around the country. President Barack Obama called the shooting "an unspeakable tragedy" and that such "a senseless and terrible act of violence has no place in a free society.
"I am horrified by the senseless attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and members of her staff," newly elected House Speaker John Boehner said. "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve. Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society. Our prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords, her staff, all who were injured, and their families. This is a sad day for our country."
Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, a Louisiana Democrat who knows Giffords well from their participation in Blue Dog Coalition of moderate and conservative House Democrats, was deeply shaken by the news.
"She's a very solid person, a very friendly person, very outgoing," said Melancon, who said her ability to get re-elected in a conservative district in Arizona was testament to how well-liked she is. "She's a centrist, it's not like she's right-wing or left-wing."
"This thing, it's scary," said Melancon, who with his wife, Peachy, and former U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., a founder of the Blue Dogs, and his wife, were gathered with friends in Washington to watch the Saints game when they heard the news.
Melancon said they were soon on the phone with U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., another Blue Dog. All were concerned about the recent rising tide of intolerance and anger directed at members of Congress, Melancon said.
"These talk-show people gin these people up, getting their blood pressure up and getting them mad at Democrats," said Melancon, noting that he got a taste of it from some tea party folks in Louisiana during his campaign last year for the U.S. Senate. "They were very loud and very disruptive and didn't want to hear anything you had to say."
The shooting, obviously, brings things to a whole other level.
"If this is what America is going to be like, it's a sad day for America," Melancon said.
Rep. Cedric Richmond, a New Orleans Democrat, said he wonders whether the incident is the result of an increasingly heated political environment, adding that he's eager to hear more about the young man in custody in the shooting.
"I think this less than respectful discourse that we're having, and the tone of the conversation, is not healthy for a country," Richmond said. "But I really just want to hear what this person has to say, if anything."
Richmond said he met Giffords in 2002 during a three-week program for senior government executives at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Both were serving in their respective state Houses of Representatives at the time.
"She's a true public servant. Here she was having a community meeting. Look at her and her husband, an astronaut, giving of himself for this country," Richmond said. "It's just so disappointing that we have people in this country who would do such a horrific thing, and to so many people."
In his 11 years in Baton Rouge and his campaigns for Congress, Richmond said he never worried about his security.
"I think it's something that I may have to think about now," he said.
U.S. Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, said he expects the shooting to lead to a re-examination by Congress about security for members, adding that he was particularly concerned that this first-of-its-kind event could lead to copycat acts of violence.
As members of the House, Fleming said, "we don't want anything that would represent a barrier between us and the people we represent." But, he said, he feared that in the wake of Saturday's events, "we may have to have better security than we have had in the past."
Minden called Giffords a very moderate and well-liked figure in Congress.
"I'm in total shock over this event," he said. "Though a Democrat, she was very much a moderate who fell on both the conservative and more liberal side on various issues and was not considered by anyone to be an extremist sort or to be controversial, and she was very well liked among members of the House.
"It's shock that any member of Congress would be attacked, and certainly Gabby was probably the last person you would think something like this would happen to," Fleming said.
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, weighed in almost immediately: "Wendy and I join all other Louisianians in praying urgently and fervently for Congresswoman Giffords and those others who were shot at her town hall meeting. This is a horrible, despicable attack on good people and on our very democracy. We'll continue our sincere prayer vigil."
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, also offered her thoughts: "I am deeply shocked to hear of this senseless attack on a sitting member of Congress. Congresswoman Giffords and her family are in my prayers. We also pray for the other victims and their families."
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican from Jefferson, said: "I am deeply saddened to hear about the tragic shooting of my colleague Gabby Giffords. There is no place in our free society for this act of violence. Jennifer and I have Gabby and her family, along with the others who were shot, in our prayers."
U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge. called the shooting "a terrible event."
"Our prayers are with Gabrielle, along with all the victims of this tragedy and their families," he said.
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, a Republican from Louisiana, said: "My thoughts and prayers are with Representative Gabrielle Giffords, her staff and their families, and all who were injured in this senseless attack. This act of violence is an assault on our democracy and our nation and has no place in our society. This is truly a sad day for our country."
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader in the House, released this statement: "This terrible act of violence is a national tragedy, and today is a very sad day for our country. My prayers, and the prayers of all Members of Congress, go out to her husband, Captain Mark Kelly, their family, and to all of the staff and others who were victims of this horrible attack."
"Congresswoman Giffords is a brilliant and courageous Member of Congress, bringing to Washington the views of a new generation of national leaders," Pelosi said. "It is especially tragic that she was attacked as she was meeting with her constituents whom she serves with such dedication and distinction."
After the shooting, members of Congress received a message from the Capitol Police, alerting them to the incident and advising them to "take reasonable and prudent precautions."
"Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities in Arizona are investigating a shooting in Tucson, Arizona in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot," the message stated. "Multiple others were shot as well. Congresswoman Giffords has been transported to a local medical facility with serious injuries. The suspect is in custody. No further details on the motive or other victims are available at this time. The U.S. Capitol Police are directly involved in this investigation. As more information is developed, it will be provided. In the interim, all Members and staff are advised to take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."
Three hours after the shooting, the L-shaped shopping center in Tucson was blocked off by police and had fire trucks and other vehicles in its parking lot that blocked the view of the store's front door. No shell casing could be seen from the area 500 yards from the store where reporters and photographers were kept.
Outside Giffords' office on Capitol Hill, a handful of congressional staffers could be seen walking into her office without comment, some with roller bags and one who was in tears. About a half dozen yellow flowers, placed by one mourner, sat outside the door.
U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press that U.S. District Judge John Roll also died in the attack.
Giffords, 40, was re-elected to her third term last November. She was a member of the Arizona House and Senate before coming to Washington.
Giffords tweeted shortly before the shooting, describing her "Congress on Your Corner" event: "My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind or tweet me later."
Giffords is married to astronaut Mark E. Kelly, who has piloted space shuttles Endeavour and Discovery. The two met in China in 2003 while they were serving on a committee there, and were married in January 2007.
Giffords was first elected to Congress amid a wave of Democratic victories in the 2006 election, and she won a narrow victory against a tea party favorite in the 2010 election.
She has been mentioned as a possible Democratic nominee in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Jon Kyl, who has not said whether he'll run again, or for the governor's office in 2014.
The shooting comes amid a highly charged political environment that has seen several dangerous threats against lawmakers but nothing that reached the point of actual violence.
A San Francisco man upset with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support of health care reform pleaded guilty to threatening the Democratic congresswoman and her family, calling her directly on March 25 and threatening to destroy her Northern California home if she voted for health care reform.
In July, a California man known for his anger over left-leaning politics engaged in a shootout with highway patrol officers after planning an attack on the ACLU and another nonprofit group. The man said he wanted to "start a revolution" by killing people at the ACLU and the Tides Foundation.
Giffords herself has drawn the ire of the right, especially for her support of the health care bill from politicians like Sarah Palin.
Her Tucson office was vandalized a few hours after the House vote to approve the health care law in March, with someone either kicking or shooting out a glass door and window.
Despite the animosity she has generated from the right, Giffords describes herself as a former Republican and current Blue Dog Democrat.
"You know, actually as a former Republican, you know, I consider myself someone who is pretty in the middle, I'm a blue dog Democrat, and one that is interested in making sure that our country maintains our prosperity and frankly, our superiority over other countries and that's where we look at these threat, obviously our defense budget, our level of education," she said in an interview with Fox News Channel this week.
Capitol police responded to the shooting by advising lawmakers and their staff to "take reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal security."
Amanda Lee Myers and Terry Tang of The Associated Press wrote this report. David Espo contributed from Washington. Jonathan Tilove of The Times-Picayune also contributed.


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Gurski has taught social studies in the Roselle Borough Public Schools for 41 years. A past president of the Roselle Education Association and past Roselle Borough Councilman, he also served as a member of both the Roselle Fire Department and the Roselle Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Gurski is a retired Military Police/Military Intelligence Officer, having served for more than 33 years in the Regular Army, the National Guard, and the Army Reserve. He is the former president of the New Jersey Arms Collectors Club, Inc.
Gurski's program will be part of the meeting of the Union Township Historical Society (UTHS), which will begin at 2 p.m. Non-members are cordially invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free.
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Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?
Christopher Marquis
Cornell University
Cuili Qian
City University of Hong Kong
April 26, 2013
Organization Science, Forthcoming
Harvard Business School Research Paper
This study focuses on how and why firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how different types of dependency on the government lead firms to issue corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk of governmental monitoring affects the extent to which CSR reports are symbolic or substantive. First, we examine how firm characteristics reflecting dependence on the government — including private versus state ownership, executives serving on political councils, political legacy, and financial resources — affect the likelihood of firms issuing CSR reports. Second, we focus on the symbolic nature of CSR reporting and how variance in the risk of government monitoring through channels such as bureaucratic embeddedness and local government institutional development influences the extent to which CSR communications are symbolically decoupled from substantive CSR activities. Our database includes all CSR reports issued by the approximately 1,600 publicly listed Chinese firms between 2006 and 2009. Our hypotheses are generally supported. The political perspective we develop contributes to organizational theory by showing (a) the importance of government signaling as a mechanism of political influence, (b) how different types of dependency on the government expose firms to different types of legitimacy pressures, and (c) that firms face a decoupling risk which leads them to be more likely to enact substantive actions in situations where they are likely to be monitored.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - First Stop Executive Director Tashaunda Weeks said the state's decision to shut down a large homeless camp under Interstate 565 will be a crisis for the camp's 20 or so residents.
But Weeks said it could also be a new beginning for those willing to work with First Stop and other homeless advocacy groups to transition into regular housing.
"A lot of agencies are going to come together to make sure these people are OK," Weeks told AL.com in a Wednesday interview. "It's going to be a change, but I think it's going to be a positive change.
"Whatever avenues we have, we're going to get them housed."
Johnny Harris, the Alabama Department of Transportation division engineer for the Huntsville area, said earlier this week that DOT cannot continue to allow people to camp on state right-of-way under the elevated portion of I-565 west of downtown.
A December 2009 fire that started in a trash barrel at the camp scorched two highway support columns. Last month, someone living near the camp complained to the Huntsville-Madison County Health Department that people were urinating and defecating underneath I-565.
Known as Tent City, the camp off Derrick Street has been around for at least 10 years. Many residents use wooden pallets to raise their tents off the hard gravel. Some have dragged in old sofas - a small slice of normal amid the clacking car tires overhead.
Harris said DOT wants to see the camp closed by "the first of the year."
Weeks said First Stop is already working to get Tent City residents - several of whom are veterans -- into a better situation.
Through programs sponsored by HUD and the Huntsville Housing Authority, First Stop can place about 30 homeless clients at a time into private apartments. All those units are full at the moment, so Weeks said the agency is urging Tent City residents to move temporarily to the Salvation Army shelter, Downtown Rescue Mission or Breaking Free Rescue Mission.
Weeks conceded that some Tent City campers avoid the shelters because alcohol is prohibited. Others might like to go to a shelter but can't because they have been banned for causing problems in the past, she said.
The worst scenario, said Weeks, would be for those living under I-565 to pack up their meager belongings and start a new camp in a different location.
"We don't want them to get comfortable in a new camp because who's to say it won't get shut down five years from now?" said Weeks. "We want to relocate those individuals into a situation that's more permanent."
When a First Stop client has trouble envisioning a life beyond homelessness, Weeks likes to talk about comedian Tyler Perry. Forbes magazine's highest-paid male entertainer of 2011 with income of $130 million, Perry once lived in his car in Atlanta.
"I always tell them, 'Look at your situation as temporary,'" said Weeks. "You can always do better tomorrow."


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Former Iowa prosecutor gets a little jail time
Published On: Mar 27 2013 09:03:10 AM CDT
A former Madison County prosecutor has pleaded guilty to an assault charge and been sentenced.
The Des Moines Register reports that 55-year-old Anthony Blessum had made a deal with prosecutors, who lowered or dropped charges related to the beating of Blessum's former girlfriend. The incident occurred on June 11 last year at Blessum's home in Waukee.
At his sentencing on Tuesday, Blessum was given seven days in jail, a suspended sentence of a year, probation, and he was ordered to pay the woman nearly $7,000 in restitution.
Blessum was Madison County attorney from 1987 through 1997.
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I Can't Believe This. A woman has filed an incident report with the police alleging that Lindsay Lohan "began pushing and shoving her" after she was talking to a male friend of Lindsay's in a nightclub last Thursday evening. The legal term for this is BATTERY.
Lindsay denies getting into any kind of altercation. She claims she was at home last Thursday. Of course, she initially claimed the same thing when she clipped that guy with her car (despite video evidence that she was, indeed, there).
This girl hasn't been off probation for two weeks yet! If Lindsay was at that club, then she needs to remember the judge's advice: Stay Out of the clubs!
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Anna Shershak looks huge standing next to the little grasshoppers!
Anna Shershak looks huge standing next to the little grasshoppers!
Alexandra Proklova looks sooo tiny and cute out there compared to the other girls.
Perushkina may not have had much else, but her jumping technique was quite impressive, tano 3T and 2A looked effortless, sadly all her movements looked both laboured and like she was putting no effort into them at the same time.
Maria Artemieva has an exquisite dress! Some of her jumps were questionable, but good for her going for the big 3 lutz - 3 toe. 57.07, looks like she was downgraded.
Proklova has some gorgeous lines and musicality
Great, great program.
Proklova is the cutest thing! Beautifully done program too, lots of detail and lovely positions and energy. If I were to be impartial I'd say this should surpass Serafima, but I hope it doesn't for selfish reasons. Although this going behind Leonova will be a travesty.
So happy that Elena did well, she is my favourite russian lady. I just love her SP this season. Also awesome that Leonova is making a comeback with a strong program!
I didnt got Proklova's score, she skated well
did it pass Sakhanovich ?
Proklova was scored fairly, she deserved around 63. Now if only Alena Leonova had been scored fairly.
Polina Agafonova with a beautifully expressive program to "The Piano" my favorite song! Nice strong spins too. 53.13
All of these girls have attempted a 3/3 so far! Not all have been good, but they are showing a LOT of depth.
1. Radionova 67.76
2. Leonova 67.03
3. Proklova 64.07
4. Sakhanovich 62.36
5. Medeveda 62.19
6. Artiemeva 57.07
7. Agafonova 53.13
8. Pervushkina 49.16
9. Kaiumova - 43.40
Gosviani skated well too
score = 63.20
Nikol Gosviani. 63.20. Nice score for her.
I like Gosviani, but I do question her placing above Sakhanovich by almost a point, especially with the wonky lutz.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- They're the usual suspects, and they're back behind bars again.
A trio of repeat felons has been swept up in an undercover sting targeting crack dealers in Stapleton.
Police this week arrested Damien (Drama) Rice, 39; Jay (Glasses) Daniels, 29; and Vigil (Viggy) Holman, 46, who have all done multiple stints in state prison, as part of a narcotics sting operation that dated to February.
Also arrested were Sean (Smokey) Whitted, 32, and Wornyonwon (Jeff) Jeffrey, 30.
According to indictments filed in state Supreme Court this week, Rice, Daniels, Whitted and Jeffrey are accused of selling crack to undercover detectives over the past few months.
They're all charged with third-degree sale of a controlled substance, as well as third- and seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, said Peter N. Spencer, a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Holman ended up arrested when police raided Rice's Targee Street home in Stapleton early yesterday morning and found crack, MDMA, heroin and marijuana hidden throughout the residence — inside a vase, in false-top cans, and on the floor of a bedroom, according to court papers.
Police also found a scale in the microwave, court papers allege.
That led to an array of felony and misdemeanor drug charges for both men.
Rice has a drug-dealing record dating to at least 1990, when he served what would be the first of three prison terms. He has a half dozen additional open cases in Stapleton Criminal Court.
Daniels, of Warren Street in Stapleton, has served two prison terms for drug-related convictions in 2001 and 2004.
In the 2004 case, Daniels had pleaded guilty two years prior to a drug-dealing charge, but skipped out on a court-ordered treatment program and fled to North Carolina. When the court caught up with him in 2004, he received a 10-year sentence, and was paroled this past February.
Holman, of Kimberly Lane in Clifton, who also goes by the first name of Virgil, has a more diverse criminal career.
He was sentenced to a two-to-four years prison term in 1988 after grand larceny conviction, and another two-to-four year term in 1997 for a robbery conviction. His most recent prison sentence was handed down in 2008 — up to five years for sale of a controlled substance, and he was paroled last July.
Whitted, of the 300 block of Richmond Terrace in New Brighton, is also no stranger to police —he was arrested on drug-related charged back in 1997 and 2004, Advance records show, though the outcome of those cases were not immediately available.
Jeffrey, of the 200 block of Osgood Avenue in Stapleton, has two open cases in criminal court on disorderly conduct and engine idling offenses.


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LONDON (AP) — The force of "Gravity" was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama "12 Years a Slave" that took the top prize.
Steve McQueen's visceral, violent story of a free back man kidnapped into servitude in the 19th-century U.S. South was named best picture. Its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, took the male acting trophy.
Ejiofor thanked McQueen, a visual artist who turned to filmmaking with "Hunger" and "Shame," for bringing the story to the screen.
Holding the trophy, the British actor told McQueen: "This is yours. I'm going to keep it — that's the kind of guy I am — but it's yours."
McQueen reminded the ceremony's black-tie audience that, in some parts of the world, slavery is not a thing of the past.
"There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here," he said. "I just hope 150 years from now our ambivalence will not allow another filmmaker to make this film."
Lost-in-space thriller "Gravity" — made in Britain by a Mexican director and starring American actors — won six prizes, including best director, for Alfonso Cuaron.
The 3-D special effects extravaganza also won the awards for sound, music, cinematography and visual effects, and despite its mixed parentage was named best British film.
Cuaron paid tribute to star Sandra Bullock, who is alone onscreen for much of the film.
"Without her performance, everything would have been nonsense," he said.
Con-artist caper "American Hustle" charmed its way to three prizes, including original screenplay and supporting actress for Jennifer Lawrence. Its spectacular 70s stylings took the hair and makeup award.
The best-actress prize went to Cate Blanchett for her turn as a socialite on the slide in "Blue Jasmine." She dedicated the award to her friend and fellow actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died this month, calling him "a monumental presence who is now sadly an absence."


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University of Michigan senior Jacob Axelrad, who's studying English, has written a new show called "Doing White Nights" – which combines theater with improv comedy, music and dance – and a student production of the show will go up at Ann Arbor's Yellow Barn this weekend.
Axelrad is producing the show, and U-M theater major Ellen Sachs is the director. The show focuses on two best friends from college who are on a cross country road trip when their car breaks down in an Ohio cornfield. Mike, recently released from a mental hospital, has run out of his medication, so when the young men find themselves stuck in the cold with no food or help available, Mike begins to relive the pivotal episodes in his life that brought him to this point, while Aaron struggles with his complicated feelings for Mike.
"Ellen and I first collaborated on a play during our sophomore year, which I wrote and she directed," Axelrad wrote in an email. "That play was produced through the University of Michigan's student-run theater organization The RC Players. That show was an incredible learning opportunity for the two of us. We had both been involved in theater throughout high school, but being responsible for the nuts and bolts of an entire production was definitely a new experience."
"Doing White Nights"
- Who: Two U-M students, Ellen Sachs and Jacob Axelrad, created this original show.
- What: Two best friends from college are on a cross country road trip when their car breaks down in an Ohio cornfield. Mike, recently released from a mental hospital, has run out of his medication, and with no food or help nearby, he begins reliving the pivotal episodes in his life that brought him to this point, and his friendship with Aaron is consequently tested.
- Where: The Yellow Barn, 416 W. Huron in Ann Arbor.
- When: Friday, March 28 at 10:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 29 at 9 p.m.; Sunday, March 30 at 9 p.m.
- How much: Admission is free; no tickets necessary.
A year later, Sachs approached Axelrad about pursuing another original project – one that would integrate various performance styles and stage artists.
"Moreover, we decided to produce the show at The Yellow Barn, a truly remarkable and one-of-a-kind space that seemed like the perfect fit for creating a collaborative, interactive performance like what we envisioned," said Axelrad. "I should add that while the style and venue for this show is different than the play we did our sophomore year, the themes for both plays are quite similar. Both plays are fundamentally about young, college-age men growing up and figuring out their relationship toward each other, all the while dealing with the real-world problems that affect all of us."
Admission to "Doing White Nights" is free.
Jenn McKee is an entertainment reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at email@example.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.


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A state veterinarian called the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to kill a cougar on the prowl Friday in Northeast Portland "unfortunate," but added that "it had to be done."
Colin Gillin, an ODFW veterinarian, said cougars in urban environments are usually hungry and could prey on domesticated dogs and cats.
"Neighborhood cats and dogs are fairly easy prey for them," Gillin said. "And from a public safety perspective, we don't want cougars in an urban environment."
State officials on Friday said the cougar – found in a cedar tree near the 2900 block of Northeast 121st Avenue – "had lost its fear of people." The ODFW tranquilized the animal, took custody and then decided to "humanely euthanize" it.
Reaction on social media to the OFDW's decision was swift and often critical. But Gillin described the animal as a "young male," about 100 pounds and likely between 2 and 3 years old. He said cougars are "hard to even keep in a cage" beyond several months old, so bringing it to the zoo wasn't an option. And releasing it into the wild could have been dangerous for the cougar, he said, because there would likely be "other large adult cougars that are going to defend their habitat."
"They don't live very long in these unfamiliar habitats," Gillin said.
Cougars released into the wild often end up back in urban environments, he added.
"They don't stay where you put them," Gillin said.
There had been cougar sightings in Portland all week long after multiple sightings in Hillsboro the week before.
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With decades to go before you need to tap your investments, you can take greater risks, weighing the chance of big losses against the potential for mind-blowing returns. But as retirement approaches, you no longer have the luxury of waiting out a downturn.
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- Size. Most retirees would rather not take a flyer on unproven businesses. Bigger companies may lack their smaller counterparts' growth potential, but they do offer greater security.
- Consistency. While many investors look for fast-growing companies, conservative investors want to see steady, consistent gains in revenue, free cash flow, and other key metrics. Slow growth won't make headlines, but it will help prevent the kind of ugly surprises that suddenly torpedo a stock's share price.
- Stock stability. Conservative retirement investors prefer investments that move less dramatically than typical stocks, and they particularly want to avoid big losses. These investments will give up some gains during bull markets, but they won't fall as far or as fast during bear markets. Beta measures volatility, but we also want a track record of solid performance as well.
- Valuation. No one can afford to pay too much for a stock, even if its prospects are good. Using normalized earnings multiples helps smooth out one-time effects, giving you a longer-term context.
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|Market cap > $10 billion
|$23.4 billion
|Revenue growth > 0% in at least four of five past years
|5 years
|Free cash flow growth > 0% in at least four of past five years
|1 year
|Stock stability
|Beta < 0.9
|Worst loss in past five years no greater than 20%
|Normalized P/E < 18
|Current yield > 2%
|5-year dividend growth > 10%
|Streak of dividend increases >= 10 years
|7 years
|Payout ratio < 75%
|Total score
|8 out of 10
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard and Poor's. Total score = number of passes. *This figure is a gain; General Mills stock did not suffer a loss during the past five years.
General Mills delivers a tasty score of 8. Certainly in recent years, it has done a great job of avoiding losses in a bumpy stock market and has begun to demonstrate a commitment toward rewarding shareholders with higher dividend payouts.
Within the food industry, General Mills is striving to become top dog. It has produced more consistent revenue growth and has had less volatile share prices than Kellogg (NYSE: K ) . And even though Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT ) is much bigger in terms of sales and market cap, General Mills trades at a much cheaper earnings multiple than Kraft.
The elephant in the room for General Mills is the prospect of food inflation. Along with Kraft and ConAgra (NYSE: CAG ) , General Mills has noted that higher costs for the raw food that the company uses to make its products are already having an impact on profitability and could continue to do so in the future. In response, the company has said it intends to pass on some of those higher costs to its customers in the form of higher prices.
Despite current challenges, though, the company's long history of dealing with the ups and downs of the economy suggests that General Mills is up to the task this time around. For retirees and other conservative investors, the stability that General Mills has shown would make a great part of an investor's complete breakfast.
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The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, with LPO Music Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, will present the gift of music to north shore audiences at a "Baroque Christmas" concert. It will be held Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mandeville High School auditorium, 1 Skipper Drive just off West Causeway Approach in Mandeville.
"The Baroque era, a period of history primarily between 1685-1750, provided some of the most substantive music ever written," said Sean Snyder, LPO director of marketing and communications. "Those who attend Baroque Christmas should plan to experience the technical mastery that both Bach and Handel demanded of instrumentalists and vocalists. It should definitely leave attendees feeling inspired and in the holiday spirit."
Music to be performed include Suite No. 2 for Orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring LPO principal flutist Heather Zinninger Yarmel performing with the LPO; and the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 by Bach, featuring LPO Principal Musicians Yarmel on flute, Jaren Philleo on oboe, Benjamin Thacher on violin and Vance Woolf on trumpet, along with the LPO. There also will be selections from the Messiah by George Frideric Handel, including the Hallelujah Chorus that will feature Sarah Shafer, soprano, David Weeks, tenor, Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone; and the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans, under the direction of Music Director Steven Edwards.
Tickets to the "Baroque Christmas" concert are $20-$55, depending on seating. They can be purchased by contacting LPO at 504.523.6530, online at www.LPOmusic.com, or at the door beginning one hour prior to the concert.
LPO's north shore concert series will continue with a "Gluzman and Sibelius" concert with Prieto as conductor, to be held on Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Covington. Violinist Vadim Gluzman will perform Violin Concerto No. 4 by Alfred Schnittke. The concert also will feature The Enchanted Lake by Anatoly Liadov and Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius.


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Reina returns to coaching at Advance Wrestling Academy in Eastern PennsylvaniaWrestling has a hold on people. Just ask Roger Reina, who retired as the head wrestling coach at the Univ. of Pennsylvania about five years ago.
Since then, he has worked in executive positions for Penn Medical and Ticket Leap Sports, which offered professional challenges outside of the wrestling arena. However, after the 2011 NCAA Div. I Championships was awarded to Philadelphia, Reina stepped up in a leadership role with the event as its local chairman, and the wrestling bug bit him hard.
"I got back involved with friends and colleagues in the wrestling business" said Reina. "Over the last six months, being in charge of the local organizing committee for the NCAA Championships, it hit me that it was time to do something in the community. I am really excited to coach again."
Reina has developed the Advance Wrestling Academy, which will provide high-level wrestling instruction for young athletes. The program will launch at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa. this fall, with Reina leading a talented staff looking to make an impact on the local wrestling community.
"We will take the system we developed at Penn, with the local Dave Schultz Wrestling Club in Philadelphia and at our youth camps" said Reina. "We know a system that works, and we have taught it successfully at all age groups. I was very fortunate to learn from those who have been in this area, including 1988 Olympic coach Jim Humphrey and Olympic champion Dave Schultz."
Although Reina has worked with elite athletes during his coaching career, part of the excitement he finds in coaching is helping any wrestler to find improvement.
"For me, the most rewarding and inspiring aspect of coaching was to take an athlete to the next level, his first varsity win, first varsity pin, first tournament title" said Reina.
There is no doubt that Reina has an impressive coaching record. Reina helped establish the Quakers as a national power, putting strong teams on the mat each year. During his 19 years at the helm, Penn was consistently in the Top 20 nationally, and finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships three times. Four years in a row, Penn won the EIWA Championships under his leadership.
He also developed many individual stars, including an Olympic champion and an NCAA Div. I national champion. Reina coached 63 NCAA qualifiers, 31 EIWA champions, 17 NCAA All-Americans and three NCAA finalists. All of this was achieved at an Ivy League school, where the athletes are held to a high academic standard along with their athletic responsibilities.
All along, he was very also active with USA Wrestling, helping develop successful Senior-level athletes with the Dave Schultz WC and working with youth athletes within the community. Penn hosted the U.S. World Team Trials a number of times under his direction. In addition, he helped coach Pennsylvania's national teams competing at the USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior Nationals.
Reina will have many other talented coaches helping with the Advance Academy. Steve Hill, the head coach at Germantown Academy, has been successful coaching at the national prep school level. NCAA qualifiers Matt Herrington and Andy Baker of Penn and Zack Doll of Pitt are among the other coaches.
The academy will have two different programs, one for athletes from second to seventh grades, and another for those from eighth grade through high school.
Among the guest clinicians who will help at the Academy are stars who competed for Reina, including Olympic champion Brandon Slay and NCAA champions Brett Matter and Matt Valenti. All are more than willing to provide testimonials about Reina's abilities as a coach.
"logo.jpgted in all these areas, and Roger Reina is extremely rare" said Slay, who currently serves as USA Wrestling's Assistant National Freestyle Coach.
"Coach Reina made me a better wrestler, student and overall person as he had the ability to push me and my teammates beyond limits we had previously thought possible" said Matter.
"I was fortunate to wrestle for Coach Reina and experience his technique and training systems first hand. I attribute much of my collegiate success to the training, skills and mentality that I learned during my years at Penn under Coach Reina" said Valenti.
Although Reina hopes to help develop great champions like Slay, Matter and Valenti through the academy, his main focus will be helping each of his wrestlers to improve beyond their current levels.
"We call the academy 'Advance.' It is not advanced, not an elite all-star club. It is designed to take any wrestler we train to the next step. It is like climbing a big hill, one step at a time. We are open to all abilities, skill levels and backgrounds" said Reina.
Building the Advance Wrestling Academy will not be the only major wrestling project in front of Reina this year. As chair of the local effort for the 2011 NCAA Championships, Reina will be continuing his efforts to promote the event all over the East Coast, as well as to help provide a memorable experience for the fans who attend the tournament.
Reina said that the competition is close to getting sold out, which would mean that there could be attendance records set this year. He expects it to be a very knowledgeable crowd coming from all across the region. It is the first time that Philadelphia has hosted the NCAA Championships, as well as the first time in a decade that it has been held back East. He is also very excited about some of the community activities associated with the event, as well as the many educational elements that it has provided.
"We are really excited. It will be very unique in a number of ways" said Reina. "We dug into the archives and found a quote from Ben Franklin, where he wrote about wrestling in a document about the education of youth. We are sending a message that sports and wrestling intertwine with the education of youth in our nation. This is a long-standing and good idea which goes back 260 years."
Roger Reina is back involved in wrestling again, jumping in both-feet first. It should be very good for the sport.


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Walpole, N.H. -A weekend scamper along a stretch of the Connecticut River brings a distinct riparian landscape into focus. The river, which separates New Hampshire and Vermont, begins humbly, in a pond a few hundred metres from the Canadian border in northern New Hampshire. From there, it meanders in and out of a series of lakes, flowing more than 650 kilometres south through four states to the sea at Long Island Sound.
Flowing past palisades and pastures, through forests and floodplains, under bridges and over dams, the longest river in New England exhibits a personality in flux, from gurgle, murmur and rill to rapid, roil and waterfall.
Our lingering view of the Connecticut River starts at Walpole, N.H. Home to prolific documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns, and the summer retreat for Little Women author Louisa May Alcott, this quiet village exudes an understated elegance through its Georgian and particularly stunning Federal and Greek Revival architecture and abundant geographical appeal.
It's also the hub for a burgeoning coterie of organic, homemade and artisanal food producers.
L.A. Burdick's, on Main St., is home to an Old World chocolate and confection store (there's one in Cambridge, Mass., too) renowned for its hot chocolate and, just steps away, a brasserie-style restaurant with outdoor cafe.
A perfect perch for people watching, the cafe, like the restaurant, features a wide variety of wines, fruits, vegetables, herbs, dairy and baked goods that imbue seasonal and special menus. Brunch is especially lovely, served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
No matter the weather, a Burdick's hot chocolate is a must, and selecting a stash of chocolates and confections for later fuelling is perfectly logical.
A Burdick's hostess suggests a stay at a local inn and, a few minutes later, past well-tended farmland and wild countryside, the Inn at Valley Farms appears. Situated on a 40-hectare organic farm, the inn started life as a worn, rambling 1774 homestead. In the morning, innkeeper Jacqueline Caserta serves a breakfast and tells us about the growing organic-food movement in the area.
Several rooms on the main floor offer libraries of games, books, magazines and a resident cat or two to pet. Since the inn is also a farm, the innkeeper cheerfully describes her various gardens and animals.
The immersion in all things food and fun continues across the road, where Alyson's Orchard sprawls along 200 hectares on a hilltop overlooking the river, the perfect place to really stretch legs and work off calories. Here, 21 hectares are planted with 20,000 fruit trees, including 50 varieties of apple, the main draw. You may pick your own or buy bags at the farm stand, where it's hard to pass up the local dairy's ice cream, homemade pies, turnovers and cider. The apples are joined by peaches, pears, nectarines, cherries, grapes and berries.
Old logging roads and trails invite walking (or skiing, depending on the season) and picnicking is encouraged. There's no admission fee to enter and enjoy the many amenities, such as the paddle boat in the orchard pond and bocce court. Two goliaths - a white oak and elm, both identified as champions by the state's Big Tree Program - are hard to miss; the oak dangles a swing with a stunning view of the river and the Vermont shore.
From Walpole, drive north on Route 12 and cross the bridge into Bellows Falls, Vt. Here, the Green Mountain Railroad offers a scenic two-hour ride aboard The Green Mountain Flyer to Chester Depot. In late May, a special Bonnie & Clyde train ride - one of Green Mountain Railroad's many special excursion trains - along this same route, re-enacts a train robbery.
As you continue north, take a short detour to the east to sample the wonder that is the Cornish Art Colony territory, north of old mill town Claremont. The first stop would be historic Plainfield, N.H., where resident Maxfield Parrish painted a stage backdrop at the Town Hall that still draws throngs of art lovers.
For more visuals, glimpse inside the Cornish Colony Gallery and Museum and stop by the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and the home of the great U.S. sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, open to the public. Also on view are his studios, gardens and galleries. Summer concerts, nature trails and sculpture classes, as well as treasure hunts for children, complete with maps and clues, called Valley Quests, make for a worthwhile diversion.
Take leisurely Route 12A north to White River Junction - the river hub for scenic train excursions. The White River Flyer carries passengers on a two-hour round-trip north to Thetford. The train stops at Norwich's Montshire Museum of Science with its exhibits and hands-on experiences devoted to the physical sciences, technology and ecology.
A stone's throw across the Connecticut River from White River Junction is Lebanon with its Opera House. Also not to be missed are the Tunbridge World's Fair in early fall and a trip along Route 4 to the Quechee Gorge State Park for a look at Vermont's "grand canyon" and the mid-June Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival.
Cross the river and head north on Route 10 to downtown Hanover, home to Dartmouth College, established in 1769. Walk the massive quadrangle on a campus noted for its medical, engineering and business schools. A stone's throw away is the Hood Museum of Art with its own collections and visiting exhibitions. Sketching pencils and stools are available for budding artists to draw inside the museum.
Family Days, on select Sundays, are geared toward children 6 to 12 and include demonstration, performance, or participation in stories, puzzles and games. May's family activities centre on the Textiles From Indonesia exhibition.
Route 10 points north to Orford, where camping accommodations are available riverside. Before settling in, walk along the charming Main St. for the front row views of Federal manses sitting on The Ridge.
Once a wealthy town, Orford is punctuated by the glimmering, fisherman-friendly Jacob's Creek at the north end of town, fetching public buildings in town, and a bridge crossing to cliff-studded Fairlee, Vt.
After the requisite trip to the Fairlee Diner for breakfast the next morning, follow the road north to the postcard perfect town of Haverhill. This community of restored homes and buildings stands on such a grand scale, that two, rather than the usual one, town greens balance the white facades of structures with an emerald splash for as far as the eye can see.
This 120-kilometre stretch of the Connecticut River, from Walpole to Haverhill, may be enjoyed by car or by canoe or kayak as described by author Michael J. Tougias in his book, River Days: Exploring the Connecticut River from Source to Sea (On Cape Publications, 2001).
For more information on bed-and-breakfast accommodations, camping sites, historic destinations and points of interest in the upper Connecticut River valley along the border of New Hampshire and Vermont, go to the website www.uppervalleychamber.com.
For more information and schedules for the trains, go to www.rails-vt.com
Time moves more slowly along charming Connecticut River
Walpole, N.H. -A weekend scamper along a stretch of the Connecticut River brings a distinct riparian landscape into focus. The river, which separates New Hampshire and Vermont, begins humbly, in a pond a few hundred metres from the Canadian border in northern New Hampshire. From there, it meanders in and out of a series of lakes, flowing more than 650 kilometres south through four states to the sea at Long Island Sound.
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Former Patriots player Ron Brace dead at 29
Former New England Patriots player Ron Brace has died at the age of 29.
Former New England Patriots player Ron Brace has died at the age of 29.
A man was arrested after causing a fatal accident that killed a woman on East Princess Anne Road Sunday morning.
Hampton Fire Marshals Office is investigating after a house fire in the 90 block of May Street Sunday afternoon.
A 20-year-old man is in custody after threatening to bomb Saturday's rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Waterbury.
Virginia State Police are investigating after several people were hurt in an early morning shooting Sunday.
Deputies are investigating a double fatal accident in Hanover that killed a Lee-Davis High School student.
On Saturday, federal and local law enforcement agencies encountered an active shooter situation that injured three officers. There is curren…
The Fire Marshals Office is investigating after a car was found on fire on Ethel Drive early Sunday morning.
Police are investigating after a person was shot in the 800 block of Windward Place Sunday morning.
Police are investigating a homicide in the 400 block of Hill Meadow Drive early Sunday morning.
Virginia wrapped up its spring football season with a 2 hour practice session that was open to the public.
Justin Fuente held his first Spring Game scrimmage as Virginia Tech head coach.
The Tides won both games of a doubleheader over the Durham Bulls on Saturday.
Prince was cremated and celebrated afterward in a small, private service by a group of his "most beloved" family, friends and musicians, his…
The Virginia Associated Press honored a few 10 On Your Side journalists for their work, Saturday.
The Coast Guard reports that a 16-foot boat was disabled with two men and a woman aboard 10 miles south of Cape Charles, Saturday afternoon.
Due to bad weather the Langley Air Show events have been cancelled for the rest of Saturday.
A single-vehicle accident kills one passanger in Brunswick County on April 22.
State police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident that killed a man on April 22 in Middlesex County.
Barry Behrman, the founder of the US Open 9-Ball Championship has passed away at the age of 70.


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Margaret Lange student notebook
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents of Collection
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
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Guide to the Margaret Lange student notebook, 1938-1939
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Lange, Margaret
- Title
- Margaret Lange student notebook, 1938-1939
- Extent
- 2 linear ft: 2 binders
- Summary
- Margaret Louise Lange's notebook, produced while a student of Costume Design and Illustration at Parsons, 1938-1939, includes lecture notes, sketches, color studies and fashion clippings.
Biographical note
Margaret Louise Lange Nickerson attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art beginning in 1938. She later married and resided in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Consists of a student notebook divided into the following sections: First Year Problems, Painting -- Miss Basky, Research, Perspective and Layout, Perspective in Drawing Clothes and the Figure, Color, Cut Dress Design and Rules of Design, Victorian and Edwardian Influence in Fashion. The section titled "Perspective and Layout" consists primarily of exercises in understanding Dynamic Symmetry, a system of composition devised by Jay Hambidge and taught at the school for many years.
Notebook pages consist of handwritten notes and reports; drawings executed in pencil, tempera, and watercolors; and clippings of women's apparel. Many of the pages also feature an unidentified instructor's comments.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives August 11, 201066 5th Ave./
lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: email@example.com.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Carolyn R. Guss, 2007.
Lange gave the notebook to the donor, a neighbor, in the 1970s.
Related Materials
Researchers may wish to consult the Kellen Design Archive's additional holdings of student work from the Costume Design Department to gain perspective on fashion design education.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- Parsons School of Design.
- Lecture notes.
- Student projects.
- Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
- Costume design -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Fashion design -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
Collection Inventory
|Notebook 1938-1939


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Chicken Fajitas - Crock Pot
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 8 hrs
Leave this to cook all day, and then serve in warm tortillas. Very tweakable to one's personal tastes.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch strips
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet fajita seasoning mix
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 green peppers, cut into 1 inch strips
- 2 red peppers, cut into 1 inch strips
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 2 1⁄2 cups salsa
- Mix fajita seasoning mix and flour in large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat.
- Add coated chicken and remaining ingredients into crockpot.
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Serve with warm tortillas, cheese, guacomole, and sour cream.
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I made the crock pot Fajitas and they turned out amazing. I also added some kielbasa which added a nice flavor. I read some of the previous reviews before I made it and saw that people had problems with it having too much liquid. so I only put in about 1.5 cups of salsa in it which was great. I couldn't have found a better recipe it is one of my favorites. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
Wow, Turned out wonderful, and i didnt realize I was out of seasoning but the salsa and peppers gave it a great taste. I only used 1 of each peppers and that seemed to be plenty. Thanks for sharing
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Not just the kindergarten class, or the second-graders, but the entire school — from the students to the custodians to the cafeteria workers and the teachers — everyone is reading the book about a very special dog.
The school chose the book as part of the "One School, One Book" program. The program is spearheaded by Read to Them, a Virginia nonprofit dedicated to getting families together to read aloud to help improve literacy.
According to the website, readtothem.org, "children who learn to listen eventually learn to read, and literacy skills provide the basis for a lifetime of learning and productivity."
To help kick things off March 7, the school welcomed four canines and their owners, from Ohio Air Dogs in North Royalton, to talk about an array of dog-related topics. The dogs even did some tricks.
Judging by the reaction, it is safe to say that dogs are like rock stars to a building full of young children.
"It definitely fosters a feeling of community, a feeling that the written word is important," said Eva O'Mara, Highland Drive principal.
This is the second year O'Mara has had the school participate in the program. Last year they read "The Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White, making the entire school swan experts.
As part of the program this year, the school was able to purchase a copy of the book for everyone at the building and parents of the school children received a letter from O'Mara. It explained to them the importance of reading and also asked that the parents and children read one chapter of "Because of Winn-Dixie" aloud each night.
"There is so much you can embed in learning using the book," O'Mara said.
Throughout March, teachers are incorporating the book in their lesson plans and the school has a daily trivia challenge from the previous night's chapter.
O'Mara bets that after this month, the children will become dog experts.
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"Dear God. Thank you for this nice new day. I laugh and run and eat and play.''
These are the words said each day at Camp Alphie.
Camp Alphie may look like any other camp. It has activities such as swimming, archery, arts and crafts and all that good stuff.
But Camp Alphie serves a special group of kids: children with cancer and cancer survivors.
"It gives children who have cancer or have survived cancer and their siblings a chance to get with other children who understand the situation,'' Camp Alphie Board Member Leslie Baker said.
This year Camp Alphie was conducted at Ceta Canyon Methodist Camp, south of Amarillo. A trained staff is on site during the weeklong camp along with a host of volunteers. An estimated 35 campers attended Camp Alphie this year.
"The children themselves aren't cancer kids. They are normal kids who happen to have cancer,'' said Betty Sterquell, founder of Camp Alphie and cancer survivor. "At camp, they are just like any other kid...that gives them a sense of self esteem.''
"It gives children the chance to be children,'' Baker said. "Lots of times they are facing a lot of grown-up responsibilities.''
Any child age 7-14 who has been diagnosed with cancer or is a cancer survivor and receives treatment in Amarillo or Lubbock, along with a sibling, can attend Camp Alphie at no cost to the child's family.
Sterquell said the camp is financed locally through civic clubs, individuals, sponsorships and donations.
Anyone involved in the camp is there on a volunteer basis.
"No one is on the payroll here,'' Sterquell said.
"We just involve as many people as we can and kids need to know how many people are behind them.''
But Camp Alphie isn't just for the kids.
Coinciding with Camp Alphie is Parent's Camp, a camp for the parents of Camp Alphie campers.
"Parents camp is really to give parents a needed dose of support,'' Baker said. "The parents do lots of fun things so they can learn how to relax.''
"The focus is on understanding the family effects when a child has cancer.''
Baker said that parents who attend Parent's Camp learn how to deal with anger as well as learn about humor and how it's important in treatment and recovery.
Parent's camp is about family fun and how parents can take some of those exercises and use them with their children.
"The whole family is effected when a child has cancer,'' Baker said. "Camp Alphie is really to direct attention back to the family.''
"Our dream and hope is that someday we will put ourselves out of business and we won't have cancer for children anymore,'' Sterquell said. "But as long as we do, we need to take care of the family.''
"We bring them in to a motel in town and we try to work with the parents to regain family structure again because the minute a child is diagnosed with cancer, everybody has a role they play,'' Sterquell said.
"We try to help parents put each other first and then together put the children first.''
Camp Alphie is named for the mascot of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, an Amarillo alumnae group that was instrumental in establishing the camp.
Due to laws and regulations, Camp Alphie staff members are not allowed to contact potential campers, but anyone interested in Camp Alphie can contact their doctor or the Ronald McDonald house.
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No negotiations are set before then.
Negotiators met last week and another session is scheduled for August, Superintendent Sandra Fellin said.
"We are going to continue this process throughout the summer and we'll do public updates as we go along," she said after Tuesday's school board meeting.Earlier this month, the school board approved a resolution that maintains the status quo once the contract expires and negotiations continue. The resolution cited a "substantial difference in bargaining positions."
Both sides said earlier this spring they hope to avoid contract strife. Negotiations between the district and the association in recent years have been contentious with three strikes over four years. Teachers first hit the picket lines in 2005 for one day and then for six days in 2008 and 12 days in 2009.
The district's budget next year does not include raises for members of the Saucon Valley Education Association teachers union. All other district employees have agreed to a pay freeze.
If a new deal is not struck before Saturday, teacher salaries will be frozen at the 2011-12 salary until a new contract is approved. Teachers will continue to be paid at that rate until there is a strike or a new contract. Employees will have to pay their health benefit premiums based on the plan they have selected until a new deal is inked.
The current contract was approved in December 2009 after two years of contentious talks that included two strikes. It costs the district $50 million and includes annual raises of 3.525, 3.625, 3.725 and 3.825 percent, a 0.025 percent increase from the school board's final contract offer.


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GULFPORT, MISS. — Gulfport city officials are investing in music, buying a portable stage and planning free concerts to build on the success of the Gulfport Music Festival.
The first concert in the Gulfport CityStage Concert Series, on Saturday, featured Tim Reynolds, lead guitarist for the Dave Mathews Band.
City officials say George Porter Jr. will perform Feb. 11, and Tab Benoit on April 14.
"We hope to take that momentum that was built during the music festival and continue it throughout the year and lead up to the second music festival in May," city spokesperson Ryan LaFontaine told Biloxi TV station WLOX.
He says they hope the free concerts will draw people downtown. "After the show, we hope they have a bite to eat, maybe have a few drinks at one of our places here in downtown," said LaFontaine.
He said officials hope that the experience will be enough to draw people back to downtown again and again. Sponsors and some city money pay the artists' fees.
"We catch them on tour, and they're happy to come here," LaFontaine said. "They know about Gulfport. And they come here, and they see what we did with the music festival and word spreads fast."


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SPRINGFIELD – If there are big shoes to fill in the city's high school boys basketball coaching ranks, one school will need a shoehorn to stuff more talent onto its roster.
Reigning Division I state champion Putnam Vocational will add no fewer than four transfers next winter, among them highly touted sophomore Tyonne Malone.
Springfield residents Malone and Justin Stewart will transfer from Williston Northampton School to Putnam, further strengthening the state's top program.
Malone, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound shooting guard, averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds for Williston his freshman season. He has reportedly been offered scholarships by the likes of the University of Massachusetts and Boston University.
"I've watched those two guys play in the Jack Troy (summer league) and they look like good fits ... the chemistry is there," Putnam coach William Shepard said. "It looks like they want to buy into what we do."
Two other players – Davidson Pacheco and Luqman Abdur-Rauf – will join Putnam, transferring from New Leadership after the charter school closed its doors after 15 years.
Pacheco averaged 10 points as a 6-5 freshman, while Abdur-Rauf (5 ppg) immediately adds depth to the backcourt.
"They work hard, they bring energy," Shepard said.
Putnam returns four starters to a 24-1 team that lost Lahovich Award winner Kayjuan Bynum to graduation.
First-team All-Scholastic choice David Murrell (15 ppg) is the top frontcourt returnee for the Beavers, who also return senior point guard Dizel Wright and juniors Jonathan Garcia, Ty Nichols and Kishawn Monroe.
"We have good pieces; only lost one senior starter," Shepard said.
Across the city, two rival programs will look to fill coaching voids left by retiring Mike Labrie and Gary Mindell.
Labrie stepped down at Central after leading the Golden Eagles to the 2012 Division I state title and two Western Mass. championships in seven seasons. That announcement was made earlier this week.
High School of Commerce must replace Gary Mindell, who counts the 2004 Division I state crown and three sectional titles among his 264 wins in 19 seasons at the State Street school.
CITY NOTES: Keith Caston, a 6-4 center who averaged 16 points and 14 rebounds as a senior at Sci-Tech, is headed to Elms College. Teammate Najee Nunnally will play at Framingham State ... Cathedral graduate Luis Garcia will play at WPI ... New Leadership graduate Joe Crapps will attend MacDuffie School in Granby as a post-graduate. He averaged 21 points for the Wildcats ... Central's 6-8 junior center Chris Baldwin has been offered by UMass, BU and La Salle ... Renaissance School graduate and 1,000-point scorer Ernest Johnson III will play at Plymouth State University ... Sabis International graduate Xavier Garcia is headed to AIC.


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The landing gear door that fell last fall in a Kent neighborhood marked at least the 19th time that similar part has fallen off one of the many Boeing 767 jets around the world over the last 12 years.
The main landing gear shock strut door on the cargo jet dropped from the sky at about 6:45 a.m. Sept. 7. The door landed in the street just outside the home of Maureen Rinabarger in the 12800 block of Southeast 231st Way on the East Hill. The approximately 50-pound part, about the size of a refrigerator door, did not injure anyone or cause any damage.
But it definitely raised a lot of questions about the how and why a door suddenly would just drop off a plane as it headed to Boeing Field.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Boeing and ABX Air, Inc., the Ohio-based operator of the cargo jet, determined a loose bolt caused the door to fall off, according to FAA documents obtained by the Kent Reporter through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
"You're kidding, oh my gosh," Rinabarger said when told by a reporter about the previous 18 incidents of the part falling off the planes. "It's one of those things where you wonder what if it had hit a home. And my husband had just come in the door from walking the dog."
A neighbor had just pulled his car out of the driveway a few minutes before the plane's door slammed to the street. Just moments later that morning school children were walking down the street.
"All the ways it could have been horribly devastating," said Rinabarger, who has lived with her husband in the neighborhood for 34 years. "Thank goodness it didn't hit my husband or the dog or a kid but landed in the street."
After the FAA declined to release further details about the incident besides that a landing gear door had fallen from a Boeing 767, the Kent Reporter filed a FOIA request in February with the FAA. The agency last week mailed to the paper reports, photos, emails and a compact disc connected with the incident.
A few pages were partially redacted by the FAA under FOIA exemptions that protect trade secrets, confidential commercial or financial information as well as inter-agency memos and letters that would be considered privileged because of attorney work product and attorney-client privilege.
The details that were released included investigations of the incident by the FAA, Boeing and ABX Air.
"We had just talked a few days ago and wondered what had happened with all of that," Rinabarger said about the investigation.
The FAA, Boeing and ABX Air, agreed that a loose bolt caused the door to fall off about nine miles from its approach to Boeing Field.
"The loose bolt caused the bolt to wear over time and eventually led to the failure of the bolt," according to the analysis by ABX Air. "Once the mid-forward bolt fractured, this forced the door backward causing the remaining attachments to fracture and departure of the door."
The report also included a background statement from Boeing.
"Boeing previously received reports of loose and/or fractured MLG shock strut door attach hardware," according to documents. "Between 2000 and 2009 Boeing noted 18 cases of shock strut doors departing the airplane. Boeing has released Service Bulletins and Service Letters that provide instructions to inspect and install improved attachment hardware on the shock strut doors."
The bulletins and letters for the 767 jets were issued five times between 1993 and 2003.
A Boeing service bulletin issued in 2003 reported "approximately 50 fitting fractures (on the main gear strut doors) from seven different operators." The report continued, "some operators are flying airplanes with the strut door removed or do frequent inspections that are necessary because of temporary repairs."
Doug Alder, a Boeing spokesman contacted Tuesday by email for further comment about the past problems with 767 landing gear doors said "at this point we can't offer any comment or details."
ABX Air, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has operated the 767-281 aircraft that dropped its door since 2003. All Nippon Airways and Airborne Express previously owned the jet built 28 years ago, according to www.planespotters.net/.
ABX Air inspected 33 of its 767 aircraft after the Kent incident, a total of 66 shock strut door installations. Inspectors found 54 parts to be fine, six loose bolts, five loose rods and one bushing worn.
"ABX does not consider these findings to be major or a deficiency with the ABX Maintenance Program," according to documents. But the company recommended improvements to the maintenance program to include more specific checks of the bolts and mountings on the landing gear doors.
The two pilots on the jet last fall over Kent didn't know the door had fallen off. Crews performing a post-flight maintenance walk around at Boeing Field discovered the right main gear strut door was missing.
Rinabarger called the Kent Police and the FAA when the part fell outside of her house. FAA inspectors picked up the part and took it the FAA's Flight Standards Division office in Seattle.
"We heard a big crash," she said. "My husband and I walked out and I saw a big metal thing. I thought it was a road work sign. But my husband walked over and saw it was a door to an airplane. It was crazy."
An FAA inspector told Rinabarger that planes lose little pieces all of the time. That wasn't much comfort to Rinabarger. The FAA also told her she could call after the investigation was complete to find out more details. Rinabarger said she never made that call but wondered what had happened.
For sometime after the plane part fell, Rinabarger and her neighbors looked at the approaching planes differently.
"We always notice the landing gear doors because they are at the same altitude when they are coming in," she said. "It was after they lowered the door that it fell off."
The crashing plane part onto Rinabarger's street certainly sticks in her mind.
"It was an interesting day for sure," she said.
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(WBNG Binghamton) AT&T on Monday announced the availability of its mobile Internet network in Chenango County, extending access for advanced mobile services, devices and applications to customers in:
• Bainbridge along Route 88 between Sidney and Afton.
• Greene and Oxford along Route 12.
• New Berlin on New Berlin/Chenango County Road between Norwich and the Chenango Lake area.
"As part of the community we're always looking for new opportunities to provide an enhanced customer experience, and our investment in the local wireless network is just one way we're accomplishing that," said Marissa Shorenstein, president, AT&T New York. "We're working to build a network that's smarter and better to provide our customers with a superior mobile Internet experience."


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Ever since finishing the Kingdom Hearts Timeline, I have been asked by many to update it to include Dream Drop Distance. While I do plan on doing that eventually, I feel it is too soon for me to completely spoil the story before most fans have gotten a chance to play. However, I do understand that many gamers are confused as to just what happened in the end. Because of that, I will do a kind of Kingdom Hearts Q&A. Feel free to ask anything about the series whether it's the old games, Dream Drop Distance, or something more general. Please leave your questions in the comments below, on the GameXplain Facebook page, or our Twitter account @gamexplain and I will answer all of them in a future article.
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Release: July 31, 2012
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|By Jlq3d3 (Jlq3d3) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 04:29 pm: Edit
I want to buy a calc bc book for both review and practice. Which is the best. I am thinking about PR and Barrons.
|By Jlq3d3 (Jlq3d3) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 04:42 pm: Edit
I am also considering the Arco.
|By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 06:36 pm: Edit
arco by far. PR and Barrons both suck for Calc. Arco and Cliffs > all.
|By Sherwin (Sherwin) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 07:21 pm: Edit
PR and Barrons both suck?? Those are the two that I have... great.
Well the two do seem inconsistant in what they both focus on, so maybe you're very right.
|By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 08:56 pm: Edit
well I used them both for AB and they really didn't help me; PR was too broad and Barrons was too boring. Arco on the other hand did. Arco also has a better BC section....it has about 500 pages of material and 4 practice tests (2AB and 2 BC).
|By Deepwood6 (Deepwood6) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:52 am: Edit
All i know is that i studied off the barrons ap book last year for calc bc and i also didn't have a class and i thought the actual ap test was a breeze after the preparation in that book (5/5 bc/ab subscore).
|By Edward (Edward) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 11:14 am: Edit
Arco explains concepts very clearly... But Barron's has better problems...
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WATCH: Gay Couple's 11-Year-Old Son Writes Letter To Justice Roberts
Headed by dads Bryan and Jay, the Leffews of Northern California started vlogging about their lives after Prop 8 passed. Usually its Bryan or Jay starring in the videos, but their 11-year-old son Daniel was excited about the upcoming Supreme Court marriage-equality cases, he wrote a letter to Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Explains Bryan:
Our kids know that Prop 8 is coming to the Supreme Court soon and that could be a very big deal for our family. When they found out that one of the Justices hearing the case had two adopted children, they said, "Hey! They're just like us!"… and so, in a moment that made his dads very proud, Daniel decided to write a letter to Justice Roberts in the hopes that he will see that our families are not so different.
Daniel's letter is both inspiring and heart-wrenching.
Oh lord, here come the waterworks.
That was a very well written letter.
This is one awesome video. Let's hope each anti-LGBT Judge gets hit with a few 100,000 letters from gay AND straight families in favor of overturning both Prop 8 AND DOMA in the process. Blessings to all GLBT families, sons and daughters!
Dakotahgeo, M.Div. Pastor/Chaplain
Beautiful letter. And probably the coolest room I have ever seen.
What a touching letter! Hopefully people will realize that love is love.
Tears in my eyes, this is outstanding. Hugs to everyone today, love this family.
I used to be addicted to men, but 7 years ago Jesus set me FREE! (YouTube video) I made the switch from being married to my first wife by ditching her and our 2 sons to go into the gay life-choice. Today I am FREE, DELIVERED and married to a beautiful woman of God. I won't go back! ALL HAIL KING JESUS!!!
I have NOT had ex-gay therapy, unless you consider Jesus my Therapist.