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Jayson Werth officially did what everyone unofficially thought he would do. Werth declined the Phillies arbitration offer just before midnight last night and will head into free agency looking to cash in.
The prized 31-year old rightfielder joins some names like Adam Dunn, Carl Crawford, Cliff Lee, Adrian Beltre, and others who have declined arbitration from their respective clubs in order to test the open market. Werth certainly will be one of the hotter names, as you know, with teams like Boston, Detroit, and the Phillies all linked to him.
Werth said last week that he will allow this process to breathe a little and likely won't make a decision on a team in the short-term.
A few guys who declined arbitration yesterday that may entice the Phillies are relievers Scott Downs (Blue Jays), Randy Choate and Chad Qualls (Rays), and Pedro Feliciano (Mets).
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It will be interesting to see what Werth is offered in his free agency and by whom……
why did he wait so last minute… he couldnt have actually been considering accepting
For the money that this guy wants, I hope he walks. The last two or three years of his desired 6 year deal will become a bad cotnract. Happens all the time.
So what if he waited til the last minute. It's all just posturing. We'll know soon enough what he is offered and what he accepts. Until he makes a decision I will continue to hold out hope that he and the Phillies can come to an agreement.
Six years is not unreasonable given some of the other contracts that have been handed out the past few years. It's also probably just a starting point and he may settle for less. As for the money he wants, I don't think any rumored dollar amounts are believable and even if they are, they too are merely starting points.
We'll know only when he signs somewhere, but I don't expect that to be very soon.
One other note: Amaro must still think there's a chance Werth will re-sign. If he didn't think so, I'd think he'd be pursuing corner outfielders more aggressively.
I have to agree with Geoff on this one. I would not give Werth any more than a four year deal and especially not at the amount he is asking for.
6 Years is absolutely unreasonable for a 31 year old power guy for any NL team. It ONLY makes sense for an AL team to sign him, and hes mostly only been linked with AL teams because when he cant move around anymore hes useless in the field. Guys like Werth crash hard when they do crash. We should forget about him and move on. I'm sick of NO Phillies news, this sucks. Ruben needs to get aggressive.
I've seen more activity in a nursing home during Bingo hour. What are the Phillies doing?
Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something just for the sake of doing something. And maybe….just maybe….this is the calm before the storm. Maybe….just maybe… something BIG is gonna happen.
Relax, dudes. All will be good.
"..Greed, for lack of a better word, is good"..says Gordon Gekko. Ahh..h yes, dollar signs are dancing in Werth's head. Thoughts of his inflated self worth prevails over common sense and no doubt the usual line would be…"I need to support my family (and lifestyle)". ◄ chuckles
Jayson Werth has earned the right to get whatever he can from what will be his one chance at a big contract. He would be silly and stupid not to and anyone on here that says that they, too, aren't driven by the dollar….well, then they're liars.
Do we have a source on this "six year" demand. Other than Jim Salsbury?
The Dipsy
Salisbury, Maryland Steak seems like a nice enough fellow, but I do indeed question his legitimacy at times (and by legitimate I'm not referring to the marital status of his parents when he was conceived.)
There are speculations that certain clubs may offer Werth a contract in the neighborhood of 4 years and $80 million. Phillies reported offer is 3 years and $55 million. That's averages to $18 million+ per year compare to $7.5 million last season. By offering arbitration which Werth declined, the Phillies will receive two compensatory draft picks if he signs elsewhere.
Goodbye Werth (he with the .139 BA for RISP/2 outs) ..welcome Dom Brown.
Here's the source on the six-year deal thing:
Chuck – I didn't see that in the link. Anyway. I would be glad to give him 7 years. 7y55m. He can have as many years as he wants just as long as he understands that his per year goes down. How about 100y55m?
The Dipsy
Dipsy, this guy Silverman form the Boston Herald suggests that Carl Crawford is looking for an 8 year deal and Jayson a 6 year deal.
This what I think. I think Jayson and Boras probably realize that 4 years guaranteed is about the max they can get. The Phillies offered 3 with an option, right? So just increase it to 4/70 with an option and buyout for the 5th year. Jayson would be nuts not to take that….and the Phillies wouldn't be breaking the bank in the process.
I don't think hes even worth that. I would not resign him, unless somehow we were in the AL with a DH slot.
Heck, I would even deal Matthew Rizzotti, Domonic Brown, Vance Worley, and two other lesser prospects for Justin Upton if he can pass a physical.
Yes, trade ALL the decent prospects for an outfielder who's only advantage over Werth is that he's younger, but also has the disadvantage of having a bum labrum.
Werth is not the usual "power hitter" who declines at an early age, because he happens to have some athleticism to go along with the power. AL teams are the ones making the most noise because they happen to be the ones who need him the most, not because they're thinking "Well, at least he'll still be able to DH when he's 35."
"…this guy Silverman form the Boston Herald suggests that Carl Crawford is looking for an 8 year deal and Jayson a 6 year deal."
Is that even a real rumor, or just a bunch of hooey designed to gain readers?
George, I didn't make up the article that Silverman wrote. It was in the Boston Herald. What are his sources?? I have no idea. But does it really surprise you that Werth is starting with an asking price of 6 years? I was saying that a year ago.
Now…I don't think he'll get that. But I DO think that four guaranteed with an option/buyout year is something that could happen.
My point was that a "suggestion" by a writer is not even a real rumor, it's simply conjecture; the same thing you or I might do based on what we might only feel or extrapolate or guess and not on any actual facts. He may not even have any sources. In no way was I indication that YOU had made up the story.
And no, it wouldn't surprise me if Werth is asking for six years. I just think those claims should be based on real information from real sources, and not on some writer's "suggestion."
I mean, I know Jayson's a talent. I know he's very important to the Phils lineup. I know the free agent pickings are sparse as far as OFs but, dammit, Jayson Werth is NOT worth 17m a year. Not even close. Its insane if you stop and think about it for a moment. Bay, Holliday, Drew, etc. None of those dopes are worth even close to what they are all being paid YET people hold them up as the standard bearers for what the market is. WRONG! In my view, If you are getting paid 15m you better be a special player and Jayson is not that. Think about taking two 5m players (and you can get two pretty good players at 5m apiece) and platooning them and you would probably get better production (if they're the right two players) than Werth and at 2/3 the price, which is further discounted because you are paying for two roster spots and not one. These obscene numbers about what Werth, Crawford, blah, could command have been tossed around for so long that its become generally accepted that its what their actually what they're worth. That the amount these guts should sign for has almost become a self fulfilling prophecy, which is the atmosphere that a good agent seeks to create. Why don't we all drink some hot coffee and come to our senses? I'm not a child and I know overpaying is necessary, but getting fleeced is not. 4y60m. Take it or leave it. And I would love to see someone put it up Boras' kiester (like we did with J.D. Drew). What a career destruction that was. The guy actually took a year off to play in a league with girls…literally. No offense, Kate. You ladies are soft and cuddly but you can't hit fastballs very well.
The Dipsy
I agree, it's better to let another team give out the bad contract this time. The most I'd go would be three years and an option. Some team out there will surely overpay him in years and dollars – but it shouldn't be the Phillies. Despite what some people think, history shows that a player's skills rapidly decline after 35. In the past 20 years we've seen some anomalies due to PEDs – but hopefully that era is over. Jayson is a good player, but his splits this year suggest he could be a product of CBP. The guy had 34 RBIs away from home and he's still about to cash in big time.
I'm Ted Bell.
Obscene? You're kidding, right. Okay, everyone calm down. If we're going to talk 'obscene' then let's begin with the Howard deal please. I think we're getting ahead of ourselves claiming any Werth deal discussed in the newspapers would be obscene. There's no foundation in fact for the alleged numbers; speculation at best.
Chuck's right; who cares what Werth asks for. He's earned it at this point in his career. Any of us in his place would do the same. It's not as if he's stealing from a poor blind match-girl in the street. They're ball-club owners. Most of their incomes dwarf that of several countries.
George is right. Even if thse numbers are close to what's really being discussed, they're just a point from which each side starts to argue. Posturing. Let them go at it. No offense Dipsy, but you guys don't seem to understand the bargaining process very well.
If Werth is such an UNspecial player, it makes me wonder how he managed to set Phillies & NL records & why the Phillies get so much in return if he signs w/another team.
Great, well they should be able to replace him easily then. But so far they haven't been able to come up with anyone. In any case, it won't be Domonic Brown w/his .222 avg & iffy judgement & throwing from last season, or his .053 avg in winter ball. And it won't be Ben Francisco who cost us 2 runs on a misplayed ball in LF in the 4th game of the NLCS either.
Phan. I am crystal clear on the bargaining process, believe me. Jayson Werth has put in two good years. Has never hit .300 nor knocked in 100 runs. I like Werth, but as The Smiths' say "you just haven't earned it yet, baby". In America, an employee is entitled to as much as he can get out of an employer, whether he is intrinsically worth it or not. Milk him dry, I say. What Phillies and NL records has he set by the way? I honestly don't know. God bless Jayson Werth and good luck to him and may he get so much money that he could never possibly hope to spend it all. All it takes is one team to go insane and you've got yourself a deal as we have seen over and over and over again. I just don't wan't that team to be the Phils.
Ryan Howard averages 50 hrs and 140 RBI a year (approx). Is he overpaid? Sure. But as I have said before, the only thing worse than paying Howard would have been to let him go. The PR backlash would have been devastating. It was a no win situation. Jayson Werth is NOT Ryan Howard. He's just not worth anything even CLOSE to the money he wants. I know what posturing is and I know two parties meet in middle but Jayson isn't even worth what the middle would be.
The Dipsy
4/70 with a fifth year as a club option/buyout. MORE than fair. Jayson gets a nice payday and the Phils, while "overpaying", won't have the bank broken over it.
IMO – Worth (not Jayson) can only be measured in one way. There is no grey area here, you're worth whatever you can get someone to pay you. You can opine that Jayson is not worth 15,17,18 m whatever- but if someone pays it, he is.
I'm with Chuck on this one, it's JW's last chance, he should get whatever he can if these idiots continue to pay it. It won't cost me a cent one way or the other. (I only go to games when a business or other person pays)
If you let a guy go for more than you think he's worth, and he does well, you made a bad decision. If you let a guy go and he tanks, you made a good decision. The risk is inherent. It's the same as when you keep a guy, pay him well, and he doesn't perform- you blew it. If he does well, you're a genius.
I think RAJ will let Jayson walk without much fight, and I think that risk assesment was made a long time ago. Personally I like the guy and would be happy if he remains a part of our team, but I don't see it happening.
I must be slightly insane today, because I 100% agree with Dipsy on this one. I do not think some ones worth is whatever somebody will pay him, it is that teams perception of what he is worth, but does not make it right.
Jayson is not a a 20 million dollar baseball player period, if he gets it good for him. And 6 years, really, he is going to be worth 18 million when he is 37, not likely. I think the 3 years 55 million, is too much, but a good offer. If he can not set his family up for life with that contract he needs some help. And he will only be 34, so this is not his last contract, even at 35 if he keeps the same numbers he has for the last 2 years he could get another 3 years at 10-14 million per.
And I can say I am not driven by money if I was I would still be in sales living in the city making 3x what I make now, but I choose to live in Vermont make less money and be happy with what I am doing. Out of college I made more money but my job sucked living in a crowded suburb of Philly, taking 3 hours to go 20 miles to get to where I needed to go to make the money sucked. So now I live in Vermont, can get 20 miles in 25 minutes and love what I do and make less money. I know I am different, but if I could play the game like Jayson and was offered 55 million for 3 years and live in a city that loves me and I like on a team that has a chance to win every year. I take it. Now if he does not like living in Philly, or has a problem with the team than fine go good luck. I like Jayson and hope he will find a way to stay in Philly, but to pay him any more then what they offered would handcuff this team. And all you saying the FO and RAJ are doing nothing, have a little faith, they brought in Lee, Halliday, Oswalt, Poly, and some other role players that did a real good job last year, oh, yea they picked up Jose also. Have they made some mistakes, Baez, holding on to Dobbs maybe, trusting JC too much maybe, but when they need to make a deal they have had some pretty good deals, and pick ups, so lets wait until the dominos start to fall before we crush them for not doing anything
BTW- I didn't mean to sound like the fans who pay are dumb, I love our fans. I meant the owners who pay outrageous salaries are idiots. I shouldn't have put the two in the same paragraph. I only don't pay because I don't have to. I would if I had to.
And I think the greatest point, the most important point of all, is that we as fans should only care about what a player makes in the context of how it affect the team in terms of making other moves going forward. When you overpay a guy, it takes money away from a pot the team has to work from. Its a finite number. If the Philadelphia Phillies were a bottomless pit of money and no amount of overpaying would ever keep them from making whatever move they wanted to, I would say "pay them all whatever they want, I could care less". Honestly, is it a personal affront to me that Jayson Werth wants X amount for X years? No. It is only because that player would be taking an inordinately large % of the Phillies resource pool that I would be angry because it is taking money that the Phils may/will need for other areas. Thats why I was pissed that Jamie and Raul and Eaton and Jenkins, etc were on this team. They were not giving the team value for the money they were being paid. Sometimes I blame the FO, sometimes the player. Save for the Yankees, baseball teams have capped resources and they must get the most talent for the buck. Thats the name of the game. And that is why, when a player asks for what I think is too much in terms of how it will affect the Phillies going forward, how it will keep them from getting that extra hitter, that arm at the all star break, etc. I.E. resources we need to win the World Series, it makes me see red (no pun intended). And that is why we can take a pass on Jayson Werth.
The Dipsy
werth's not coming back. time to bring in manny for 6 mil a yr plus incentives.
Labrum aside(since I'm no medical expert), the biggest difference between Upton and Werth isn't age, it's money. Upton is under team control for 5 years, only $50 million(2011/$4.25, 2012/$6.75, 2013/$9.75, 2014/$14.25, 2015/$14.50. If he's healthy I make the edal Geoff proposed in a heartbeat. Career OPS over .910 against lefties. Career sounds funny for a 23 year old.
Team control or not, the talent isn't all that much different, and Upton costs you several years of talented players who'd be paid even less than Upton. How much will Brown or Rizzotto or those others make in their first five years? Less than Upton, I'm sure, and Brown might turn out to be the better outfielder. Upton is ONE player, prospects might be FIVE players.
Sure, it'd be nice to have Upton, but I wouldn't pay all those prospects for him, especially since they might be replacing some aging players in the not-too-distant future.
And I'm sorry, psujoe, you can't just put that labrum aside.
Werth came cheap for a few years but now will probably move on. And as I see it, Upton would only be cheap for three years, not five. $14.25 million isn't exactly chump change, and the $14.5 mil is getting into Dipsy's "special player" range. What's so special about Upton?
The owners who pay outrageous salaries are idiots, yet if they don't sign someone of magnitude in the offseason, they hear if from the city and the fans that they didn't sign anyone, and they aren't going to buy any tickets this year, and this team is a disgrace, etc, etc. etc. So it really is a double edged sword, isn't it? The reality is that ALL these guys are overpaid. The market is so ridiculous that a middle relief pitcher now commands 2-3x more than Mike Schmidt used to earn in a season. A guy has a bad year and STILL qualifies for a raise. Where else on earth is that possible??
George the one point you are missing, is yes 14 million in 2011 would be in that special player range, but in five years will it be. And when Upton is 28 he may be a special player, yes he would have to go through a physical, before this is discussed, but if he is healthy I would easily take Upton for five years over hoping Dom Brown can be special, Upton has proven to be able to hit at the major league level and he is what 1 2 years older then Brown. If
Brown becomes a special as we all hope he will onlly be cheap in dollars for four years.


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The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority meets from 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library Ingram Room.
This is the first meeting for the authority since the Ute Water Project was authorized and funded by Congress.
The authority will oversee the construction and maintenance of a pipeline to deliver water from the Ute Reservoir to the authority's eight entities.
Agenda items include:
• Discussions over steps to take on the appropriation process. Project Manager Scott Verhines said a trip to Washington, D.C., is planned April 27-29, with many details still in the works.
• A discussion of the possibility of funds through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to fund the intake structure at the reservoir, allowing members to draw reserved water quickly.
Verhines said the Bureau of Reclamation sent him a letter last week detailing the possibility of funding eligibility, and requested information was sent to the bureau Friday.
Verhines said the intake structure will cost about $24 million, but, "We don't have any idea how much (money) Reclamation has, or how much they'd spread over (how many) projects."
• Avenues for Grady and Melrose to release some of their reserved water. Verhines said the communities don't need all of the water they have reserved at the reservoir, and there will be a discussion over the possibility of other cities entities taking the water and the legal steps needed.

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WATERLOO Andrew Medeiros of Wilfrid Laurier University has been awarded a W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research on Arctic lakes to understand how climate change is affecting the region. The fellowship, awarded through the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, is valued at $50,000.
Medeiros is looking at both the water chemistry and biology of the lakes. On the biological side, he looks at what species of insects (who live in lakes during their larval stage) inhabit a lake as indicators of change in a system. Most of the insects survive at narrow temperature thresholds if its too hot or too cold they will die and some are simply outcompeted by species that migrate from the south as the lakes warm.
I found the diversity of insect species in lakes was determined primarily by temperature, but there is also a secondary relationship with nitrogen which indicates the amount of nutrients in a lake, said Medeiros. If there are more available nutrients, even if lake is cold, I found diverse communities too.
This discovery led Medeiros to work with Laurier Associate Professor Brent Wolfe, who studies the geochemistry of Canadas northern lakes. Combining Wolfes research with the biological aspect of his research, Medeiros can learn more about what governs the distribution of these species: whether or not climate temperature has a specific role in their life histories or if nitrogen and nutrients are also playing an important role.
Medeiros is focusing on the southern end of Nunavuts Kivalliq Region, an area about the size of Sweden that has warmed about 2 to 2½ degrees C over the past century.
This is a huge area we know nothing about, he said. These are environmental changes in an area that historically for thousands upon thousands of years has been very cold, and now its warming up. We need to know how these systems will change under continued warming and continued nutrient additions.
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i`ll just going 2 sit here and watch it
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this oughta be cool
two sasukes!!!!!!!!! (blushes)
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Students Making a Difference: Pink Panther Night
These days it seems like everyone knows somebody who has fought or is fighting against breast cancer. And when it gets personal and touches someone close to you, it can be the inspiration needed to make a difference.
That's what spurred West Salem Senior Chloe Stauffer to use her senior exit project as a fundraiser to find a cure.
"Two years ago my Aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer," says Stauffer, "I know my family isn't the only one struggling."
That's why Stauffer has been organizing "Pink Panther Night" for almost a year. It's a fundraiser at the varsity girls basketball game West Salem is hosting against Westby.
"Chloe has done a great job promoting and talking with people and presenting herself as a responsible adult," says Mike Mallott, the girl's basketball coach, "she's representing West Salem High School and our basketball program, and I can't speak any more highly of anyone."
The goal is to have everyone in the gym wearing pink, with as many as possible wearing the shirt she's selling for her fundraiser. Chloe is hoping to sell 500, and at last check was a little less than 200 away from her goal.
Every penny raised will benefit Gundersen Lutheran's Steppin' Out in Pink, and annual fundraiser that supports breast cancer patients in our area.
It's not just West Salem on board either. Players on Westby's team are also selling shirts at their school.
"The response I got from them, how they were just as excited as we were, that was really exciting, because we are rivals on the court, but we are all on the same team in the fight against breast cancer," says Stauffer.
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We want to add to a recent story which ran in the Victoria paper and would like to say to the residents of Refugio County, Jennifer Perez Lara was the first female Hispanic principal of Refugio Stricklin Elementary School.
We as parents do not wish to take anything from Melissa Gonzales, for we know she will make a very good principal at the high school, and we are very happy for her.
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this shows the futility of making expansion teams go through the championship as any kind of proving ground
for whatever reason wrexham are a stronger club than CC, they have been set up better.
In what way? I've shown how when their attendances have settled they are no better and their team is essentially the same team they would have been likely to have in Bridgend.
They saw growth in the Championship too but were promoted far too early. They still only had a core of around 1000 fans when they came up. They only sold 250 season tickets when they entered Super League, that shows how unprepared they still were. They were still a top down promotion to Super League, no doubt about it.


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|Dr. Robin Ware, Bluefield State College Beckley Campus Coordinator, addresses Wyoming East High School students during their recent visit to BSC at the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center. The students' visit was a highlight of Wyoming East's participation in the West Virginia GEAR UP program, a federally-funded initiative designed to help students plan, apply, and pay for training after high school.
(Beckley)—More than 125 Wyoming East High School students visited Bluefield State College at the Erma Byrd Center in Beckley, taking advantage of an opportunity to meet BSC faculty, staff, and administrators and learn about educational opportunities beyond high school.
The students' visit was a highlight of Wyoming East's participation in the West Virginia GEAR UP program, a federally-funded initiative designed to help students plan, apply, and pay for training after high school.
"The students were actively engaged in the program," observed Dr. Robin Ware, Beckley Campus Coordinator. They interacted with admissions, and financial aid staff, nursing and radiologic technology faculty, and others during their two hours on campus. It was a pleasure to work with the students, principal Barry Smith, and assistant principal Steven Walls."
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Students in one Massachusetts school district are staying home Thursday because the floors are too slippery.
According to the Amherst Regional School District website, all six of its schools had to be closed because of "weather-related building issues."
All of the schools' floors had been waxed this summer.
However, Wednesday's hot temperatures melted that wax and made the floors slick, causing at least 22 falls throughout the district, Amherst Regional High School Principal Mark Jackson told The Associated Press.
No serious injuries were reported.
Middle and high school students in the Mount Greylock Regional district in Williamstown were dismissed early Wednesday for similar reasons, according to the AP.


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By Dave Wagner
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When you ask Eastern New Mexico University's men basketball coach Andrew Helton what needs to improve for the Greyhounds to be successful when the season resumes this week following a two-week holiday hiatus, he has a quick response.
"We've lost five games by (21) points," he said. "We just haven't defended as well as we need to, and we haven't played as well as we need to."
The Greyhounds (4-5), who face host South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on Wednesday and Johnson & Wales (Colo.) on Thursday at Rapid City, S.D., before getting into Lone Star Conference play next week, have a sub-.500 record despite outscoring their opponents by just over nine points per game.
Their most lopsided loss so far has been by seven points. Meantime, three of their wins have been by more than 20.
The team returned from the break and practiced twice on Monday, then left later in the day for South Dakota.
"We're just trying to fix some things, mainly on defense," senior forward D.J. Hardwell said. "If we can fix those things, I think we'll be OK."
Led by senior point guard Rodney Blackmon, the LSC's leading scorer (20.9 ppg), the Hounds come into the new year with four players averaging in double figures.
Although the Hounds have had almost no practice time since returning from the break, Helton is hoping they can use these games as a springboard to the rest of the season.
"It's a huge advantage to play non-league games before you jump into the conference," he said. "That's why I wanted to do it."
ENMU has led in six games so far at halftime, and hasn't trailed by more five points at the break in the other three. They've had a little trouble finishing.
It comes down to playing a complete game, Helton said.
"If you don't play good, you're going to lose," he said. "If you play good and you play hard, you have a great chance to win."
The senior-laden squad has much of its roster back from last year, when the Hounds finished in a four-way tie for fourth in the LSC at 9-9.
That should pay dividends when LSC play begins, Hardwell said.
"A lot of us have been here two years now," said Hardwell, a junior college transfer last year who is from Los Angeles. "I think everybody knows what to expect in the conference, and what we have to do to win."
ENMU opens its LSC schedule a week from Wednesday at home against Cameron (5-5).
Record: 4-5
Scoring leader: Rodney Blackmon 20.9 ppg
Rebound leader: Cornelius Cammock 5.3 rpg
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Patrolman Chris Haller stopped a silver Mercedes-Benz for speeding just after 8 a.m., and his suspicions kicked in when he noticed that at least one of the three females in the vehicle seemed nervous.
Haller was told that the trio, a grandmother, her daughter and a granddaughter, had left the Houston area (Cypress) and were bound for Roma, a city on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Detective Chris Vasquez and Patrolman John Berry, who is cross-training as an investigator, said Haller asked if he could search the vehicle.
The officer quickly found more than $24,000 in cash in the car.
When he asked whose money it was, the grandmother, 56-year-old Maria Vasquez, said it was hers.
Haller took Vasquez into custody, and she was later booked into the Bee County Jail on a charge of money laundering.
The charge is a third degree felony. If convicted, Vasquez could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Python Programming On Win32
As mentioned in Chapter 4, Integrated Development Environments for Python, PythonWin is a framework that exposes much of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) to Python. MFC is a C++ framework that provides an object-based model of the Windows GUI API, as well as a number of services useful to applications.
The term PythonWin is a bit of a misnomer. PythonWin is really an application written to make use of the extensions that expose MFC to Python. This means PythonWin actually consists of two components:
We focus primarily on the MFC functionality exposed to Python so we can build a fully functional GUI application.
As PythonWin mirrors MFC, it's important to understand key MFC concepts to understand how PythonWin hangs together. Although we don't have room for a complete analysis of MFC, an introduction to its concepts is in order.
The Microsoft Foundation Classes are a framework for developing complete applications in C++. MFC provides two primary functions:
The object-oriented wrapping is straightforward. Many Windows API functions take a "handle" as their first parameter; for example, the function
SendMessage() takes a handle to a window (an
DrawText() takes a handle to a device context (an
HDC) and so forth. MFC wraps most of these handles in objects and thus provides
CWnd and
CDC classes, both of which have the relevant methods.
So, instead of writing your C++ code as:
HWND hwnd = CreateWindow(...); // Create a handle to the window...
EnableWindow(hwnd); // and enable it.
You may write code similar to:
CWnd wnd; // Create a window object.
wnd.CreateWindow(...); // Create the Window.
wnd.EnableWindow();// And enable it.
There are a large number of objects, including generic window objects, frame windows, MDI child windows, property pages, fonts, dialogs, etc. It's a large object model, so a good MFC text or the MFC documentation is recommended for anything more than casual use from Python.
The framework aspects of MFC provides some useful utility classes, both for structuring your application and performing many of the mundane tasks a good Windows application should do. The mundane but useful tasks it performs include automatic creation of tool-tip text and status-bar text for menus and dockable toolbars, reading and writing preferences in the registry, maintaining the "recently used files" list, and so forth.
MFC also provides a useful application/template/document/view architecture. You create an application object, then add one or more document templates to the application. A document template knows how to create a specific document, meaning your application can work with many documents. A "document" is a general concept; it holds the data for the object your application manages, but doesn't provide any user interface for viewing that data. The last link in the chain is the view object that's responsible for the user interaction. Each view defines a way of looking at your data. For example, you may have a graphical view and also a tabular view. Included in all of this are many utility functions for managing these objects. For example, when a view notifies its document that data has been changed, the document automatically notifies all other views, so they can be kept up-to-date.
If your application doesn't fit this model, don't be alarmed: you can customize almost all this behavior. But there is no doubt that utilizing this framework is the simplest way to use MFC.
Think of PythonWin as composed of two distinct portions. The
win32ui module is a Python extension that provides access to the raw MFC classes. For many MFC objects, there is an equivalent
win32ui object. For example, the functionality of the MFC
CWnd object is provided by a
PyCWnd Python object; an MFC
CDocument object by a
PyCDocument object, etc. For a full list, see the PythonWin reference (on the PythonWin help menu).
For the MFC framework to be useful, you need to be able to override default methods in the MFC object hierarchy; for example, the method
CView::OnDraw() is generally overridden to draw the screen for a view. But the objects exposed by the
win32ui module are technically Python types (they aren't classes) and a quirk in the Python language prevents these Python types from having their methods overridden.
To this end, the
win32ui module provides a mechanism to "attach" a Python class instance object to a
win32ui type. When MFC needs to call an overridden method, it then calls the method on the attached Python object.
What this means for the programmer is that you can use natural Python classes to extend the types defined in
More from this Chapter:
pywin.mfc package provides Python base classes that interface with many of the
win32ui objects. These base classes handle the interaction with
win32ui and allow you to use Python subclassing to get your desired behavior.
This means that when you use a PythonWin object, there are two Python objects involved (the object of a
win32ui type and the Python class instance), plus an underlying MFC C++ object.
Let's see what this means in practice. We will examine a few of these objects from the PythonWin interactive window and create a dialog object using one of the standard PythonWin dialogs:
>>> import win32ui
>>> from pywin.mfc.dialog import Dialog
>>> d=Dialog(win32ui.IDD_SIMPLE_INPUT)
Looking at the object, you can see it's indeed an instance of a Python class:
>>> d
<pywin.mfc.dialog.Dialog instance at 1083c80>
And you can see the underlying
win32ui object:
>>> d._obj_
object 'PyCDialog' - assoc is 010820C0, vf=True, notify=0,ch/u=0/0, mh=1, kh=0
It says that the C++ object is at address 0x010820c0 and also some other internal, cryptic properties of the object. You can use any of the underlying
win32ui methods automatically on this object:
>>> d.CreateWindow()
>>> button=d.GetDlgItem(win32ui.IDC_PROMPT1)
>>> button.SetWindowText("Hello from Python")
The prompt in the dialog should now read "Hello from Python."
During the rest of this section, we will develop a sample application using PythonWin. This will lead us through many of the important MFC and PythonWin concepts, while also leveraging the dynamic nature of PythonWin.
MFC itself has a tutorial/sample called Scribble, which delivers a basic drawing application. We will develop a version of Scribble written in Python.
We will make use of some of the features of PythonWin to demonstrate how rapidly you can create such an application. Specifically, we will develop the Scribble framework first to run under the existing PythonWin framework, then make changes to it so it can run standalone. This is in contrast to the traditional technique of developing MFC applications, where the application object is often one of the first entities defined. A key benefit in using the PythonWin application object is that you get the full benefits of the PythonWin IDE, including error handling and reporting in the interactive window. This makes development much easier before we finally plug in our custom application object.
The general design of the Scribble application is simple. Define the document object to keep a list of strokes. A stroke is the start and end coordinates of a line. The document object also can load and store this list of strokes to a file. A view object is also defined that can render these strokes onto a Window.
The first step in the sample is to provide a placeholder for the document template, document, and view objects. Once this skeleton is working, we fill out these objects with a useful implementation.
Our first step is to develop a simple framework with placeholders for the major objects.
We define three objects: a
ScribbleTemplate, a
ScribbleDocument, and a
ScribbleView. These objects derive their implementation from objects in the
pywin.mfc.docview module. The
ScribbleTemplate object remains empty in this implementation. The
ScribbleDocument object has a single method,
OnNew-Document(), which is called as a document object is initialized; the implementation defines an empty list of strokes. The view object is based on a
PyCScrollView (i.e., an MFC
CScrollView) and defines a single method
OnInitialUpdate(). As the name implies, this method is called the first time a view object is updated. This method places the view in the correct mapping mode and disables the scrollbars. For more information on mapping modes and views, see the MFC documentation.
The final part of the skeleton registers the new document template with the MFC framework. This registration process is simple, just a matter of calling
AddDocTemplate() on the application object. In addition, this code associates some doc strings with the template. These doc strings tell the MFC framework important details about the document template, such as the file extensions for the documents, the window title for new documents, etc. For information on these doc strings, see the PythonWin Reference for the function
The term doc strings has a number of meanings. To Python, a doc string is a special string in a Python source file that provides documentation at runtime for specific objects. In the context of an MFC document template, a doc string is a string that describes an MFC document object.
A final note before we look at the code. This application has no special requirement for a frame window. The standard MFC/PythonWin Frame windows are perfectly suitable for the application. Therefore, we don't define a specific Frame window for the sample.
Let's look at the example application with the described functionality:
# scribble1.py
# The starting framework for our scribble application.
import win32ui
import win32con
import pywin.mfc.docview
class ScribbleTemplate(pywin.mfc.docview.DocTemplate):
class ScribbleDocument(pywin.mfc.docview.Document):
def OnNewDocument(self):
"""Called whenever the document needs initializing.
For most MDI applications, this is only called as the document
is created.
self.strokes = []
return 1
class ScribbleView(pywin.mfc.docview.ScrollView):
def OnInitialUpdate(self):
self.SetScrollSizes(win32con.MM_TEXT, (0, 0))
# Now we do the work to create the document template, and
# register it with the framework.
# For debugging purposes, we first attempt to remove the old template.
# This is not necessary once our app becomes stable!
except NameError:
# haven't run this before - that's ok
# Now create the template object itself...
template = ScribbleTemplate(None, ScribbleDocument, None, ScribbleView)
# Set the doc strings for the template.
docs='\nPyScribble\nPython Scribble Document\nScribble documents (*.psd)\n.psd'
# Then register it with MFC.
Notice there's some code specifically for debugging. If you execute this module multiple times, you'd potentially create multiple document templates, but all for the same class of documents (i.e., the
ScribbleDocument). To this end, each time you execute this module, try to remove the document template added during the previous execution.
What does this sample code do? It has registered the
ScribbleTemplate with MFC, and MFC is now capable of creating a new document. Let's see this in action. To register the template in PythonWin, perform the following steps:
To test this skeleton, select New from the File menu. You will see a list of all the document templates registered in PythonWin. The list should look something like Figure 20-4.
You can now select the Python
ScribbleDocument and see what happens. You should see a new Frame window, with the title
PyScribble1. MFC has given the new document a default name based on the doc strings you supplied the template.
Because you haven't added any code for interacting with the user, your application won't actually do anything yet! We will now develop this skeleton into a usable Scribble application.
Although MFC and PythonWin support multiple document templates, there's a slight complication that isn't immediately obvious. When MFC is asked to open a document file, it asks each registered
DocumentTemplate in turn if it can handle this document type. The default implementation for
DocumentTemplates is to report that it "can possibly open this document." Thus, when you're asked to open a Scribble document, one of the other
DocumentTemplate objects (e.g., the Python editor template) may be asked to handle it, rather than your
ScribbleTemplate. This wouldn't be a problem if this application handled only one document template, but since PythonWin already has some of its own, it could be a problem.
Therefore, it's necessary to modify the
DocumentTemplate so that when asked, it answers "I can definitely open this document." MFC then directs the open request to the template.
You provide this functionality by overriding the MFC method
MatchDocType(). It's necessary for this function to first check if a document of that name is already open; this prevents users from opening the document multiple times. The document template code now looks like:
class ScribbleTemplate(pywin.mfc.docview.DocTemplate):
def MatchDocType(self, fileName, fileType):
doc = self.FindOpenDocument(fileName)
if doc: return doc
ext = string.lower(os.path.splitext(fileName)[1])
if ext =='.psd':
return win32ui.CDocTemplate_Confidence_yesAttemptNative
return win32ui.CDocTemplate_Confidence_noAttempt
As you can see, you check the extension of the filename, and if it matches, tell MFC that the document is indeed yours. If the extension doesn't match, tell MFC you can't open the file.
As mentioned previously, this
ScribbleDocument object is responsible only for working with the document data, not for interacting with the user. This makes the
ScribbleDocument quite simple. The first step is to add some public methods for working with the strokes. These functions look like:
class ScribbleDocument(pywin.mfc.docview.Document):
def AddStroke(self, start, end, fromView):
self.strokes.append((start, end))
self.UpdateAllViews( fromView, None )
def GetStrokes(self):
return self.strokes
The first function appends the new stroke to the list of strokes. It also sets the document's "modified flag." This flag is used by MFC to automatically prompt the user to save the document as the program exits. It also automatically enables the File/Save option for the document.
The last thing the document must do is to load and save the data from a file. MFC itself handles displaying of the Save As, etc., dialogs, and calls Document functions to perform the actual save. The function names are
OnOpenDocument() and
OnSaveDocument() respectively.
As the strokes are a simple list, you can use the Python
pickle module. The functions become quite easy:
def OnOpenDocument(self, filename):
file = open(filename, "rb")
self.strokes = pickle.load(file)
return 1
def OnSaveDocument(self, filename):
file = open(filename, "wb")
pickle.dump(self.strokes, file)
return 1
OnOpenDocument() loads the strokes from the named file. In addition, it places the filename to the most recently used (MRU) list.
OnSaveDocument() dumps the strokes to the named file, updates the document status to indicate it's no longer modified, and adds the file to the MRU list. And that is all you need to make your document fully functional.
View object is the most complex object in the sample. The
View is responsible for all interactions with the user, which means the
View must collect the strokes as the user draws them, and also draw the entire list of strokes whenever the window requires repainting.
The collection of the strokes is the most complex part. To collect effectively, you must trap the user pressing the mouse button in the window. Once this occurs, enter a drawing mode, and as the mouse is moved, draw a line to the current position. When the user releases the mouse button, they have completed the stroke, so add the stroke to the document. The key steps to coax this behavior are:
View must hook the relevant mouse messages: in this case, the
LBUTTONUP, and
MOUSEMOVE messages.
LBUTTONDOWN message is received, remember the start position and enter a drawing mode. Also capture the mouse, to ensure that you get all future mouse messages, even when the mouse leaves the window.
MOUSEMOVE message occurs when you are in drawing mode, draw a line from the remembered start position to the current mouse position. In addition, erase the previous line drawn by this process. This gives a "rubber band" effect as you move the mouse.
LBUTTONUP message is received, notify the document of the new, completed stroke, release the mouse capture, and leave drawing mode.
After adding this logic to the sample, it now looks like:
class ScribbleView(pywin.mfc.docview.ScrollView):
def OnInitialUpdate(self):
self.SetScrollSizes(win32con.MM_TEXT, (0, 0))
self.bDrawing = 0
def OnLButtonDown(self, params):
assert not self.bDrawing, "Button down message while still drawing"
startPos = params[5]
# Convert the startpos to Client coordinates.
self.startPos = self.ScreenToClient(startPos)
self.lastPos = self.startPos
# Capture all future mouse movement.
self.bDrawing = 1
def OnLButtonUp(self, params):
assert self.bDrawing, "Button up message, but not drawing!"
endPos = params[5]
endPos = self.ScreenToClient(endPos)
self.bDrawing = 0
# And add the stroke to the document.
self.GetDocument().AddStroke( self.startPos, endPos, self )
def OnMouseMove(self, params):
# If Im not drawing at the moment, I don't care
if not self.bDrawing:
pos = params[5]
dc = self.GetDC()
# Setup for an inverting draw operation.
# "undraw" the old line
# Now draw the new position
self.lastPos = self.ScreenToClient(pos)
Most of this code should be quite obvious. It's worth mentioning that you tell Windows to draw the line using a
NOT mode. This mode is handy; if you draw the same line twice, the second draw erases the first. Thus, to erase a line you drew previously, all you need is to draw the same line again.
Another key point is that the mouse messages all report the position in "Screen Coordinates" (i.e., relative to the top-left corner of the screen) rather than in "Client Coordinates" (i.e., relative to the top-left corner of our window). You use a member function
PyCWnd.ScreenToClient() to transform these coordinates.
The final step to complete the
View is to draw all your strokes whenever the window requires updating. This code is simple: you iterate over the list of strokes for the document, drawing lines between the coordinates. To obtain this behavior, use the code:
def OnDraw(self, dc):
# All we need to is get the strokes, and paint them.
doc = self.GetDocument()
for startPos, endPos in doc.GetStrokes():
And that's it! You now have a fully functional drawing application, capable of loading and saving itself from disk.
The simplest way to create an application object for Scribble is to subclass one of the standard application objects. The PythonWin application object is implemented in
pywin.framework.intpyapp, and it derives from the
CApp class in
pywin.framework.app. This base class provides much of the functionality for an application, so we too will derive our application from
This makes the application object small and simple. You obviously may need to enhance certain aspects; in this case, you should use the
pywin.framework modules as a guide. The minimal application object looks like:
# scribbleApp.py
# The application object for Python.
from pywin.framework.app import CApp
class ScribbleApplication(CApp):
def InitInstance(self):
# All we need do is call the base class,
# then import our document template.
import scribble2
# And create our application object.
To run this, use the following command line:
C:\Scripts> start pythonwin /app scribbleApp.py
An instance of Pythonwin.exe now starts, but uses the application object you defined. Therefore, there'a no Interactive Window, the application doesn't offer to open .py files, etc. The Scribble application should look like Figure 20-5.
There is also a technique to avoid this command line, but you need a copy of a resource editor (such as Microsoft Visual C++). You can take a copy of Pythonwin.exe (name it something suitable for your application), then open the .exe in the resource editor and locate an entry in the string table with the value
pywin.framework.startup. This is the name of a module executed to boot the PythonWin application; the default script parses the "/app" off the command line and loads that application. You can change this to any value you like, and PythonWin then loads your startup script. See startup.py in the PythonWin distribution for an example of a startup script.
As we've discussed, MFC provides a framework architecture, and much of this architecture is tied together by resource IDs, integers that identify Windows resources in a DLL or executable.
For example, when you define a
DocumentTemplate, you specify a resource ID. The previous example doesn't specify a resource ID, so the default of
win32ui.IDR_PYTHONTYPE is used. When a document is created, MFC uses the resource ID in the following ways:
Another example of the reliance on resource IDs is in the processing and definition of menu and toolbar items. Each command in the application is assigned an ID. When you define menu or toolbar items, you specify the menu text (or toolbar bitmap) and the command ID. When MFC displays a menu item, it uses a string defined with the same ID and places this text automatically in the application's status bar. When the mouse hovers over a toolbar item, MFC again looks for a string with the specified ID and uses it for the tooltip-text for the button. This architecture has a number of advantages:
However, it also has a number of disadvantages:
PythonWin can use resources from arbitrary DLLs, thus you can define your own DLL containing only resources. PythonWin makes it easy to use these resources; just load the DLL (using
win32ui.LoadLibrary()), and PythonWin locates and uses the resources in this DLL.
If you are writing a large application, you'll probably find it worthwhile to define your own resource DLL when using PythonWin. The benefits offered by the framework make it worth the pain of initially setting everything up. On the other hand, it does make PythonWin somewhat cumbersome for defining these applications purely from Python code.
For the vast majority of Python users in Windows, PythonWin will never be more than an interesting IDE environment for developing Python applications. But many other Windows developers are beginning to use PythonWin to develop Windows applications. When comparing the three GUI toolkits available in this book, you will probably come to the conclusion that PythonWin is the least suitable for simple, small GUI applications written in Python, and this would be fair. However, depending on your particular circumstances (usually either because you have an existing MFC investment or it's important to use some user-interface features offered only by PythonWin), it may be a good choice.
PythonWin suffers from a lack of decent documentation. A Windows help file is included that contains a reference guide for all of the objects and methods exposed by PythonWin, but PythonWin doesn't include a comprehensive overview of the MFC framework. There are many good MFC books available, so a specific recommendation is impossible. Information from Microsoft on MFC can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/.
Mark Hammond is an independent Microsoft Windows consultant working out of Melbourne, Australia.
Andy Robinson is a London-based consultant specializing in business analysis, object-oriented design, and Windows development.
Discuss this article in the O'Reilly Network Python Forum.
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Vote for the budgetMay 10,2013
I write to ask the citizens of Barre City for their support at the polls on Tuesday.
In his remarks at the recent grand opening of Accuworx USA in Barre, Gov. Peter Shumlin said, The renaissance that you see taking place here in Barre is one of the greatest municipal turnaround stories in recent history.
I thank the governor for his kind words and support. I couldnt agree more with his assessment. With the completion of our North Main Street reconstruction project, the reconstruction of Summer Street, the continuation of our successful 10-year street reconstruction plan and the construction/renovation of City Place, the Central Vermont Community Action Council campus, the Blanchard Block and the Aldrich Block, Barre has and continues to accomplish more in the previous few years than we had in the previous few decades.
As proud as I am of these accomplishments, I take more satisfaction from the change in attitudes toward Barre and our future. Quite simply, the turnaround in Barre seems to be the buzz everywhere I go. From the Statehouse and fifth floor in Montpelier, to virtually every city and town I visit, people congratulate us on our successes and want to talk about everything were doing in Barre and how were doing it. Thats a refreshing change from just a few short years ago.
Looking back, I suppose people had reason to doubt us. Our plans were ambitious. Others had talked about a new Main Street and urban renovation. Unfortunately (and while I dont doubt their good intentions) they failed to deliver on promises. We havent.
At the budget forum Monday, I opened my remarks by asking the citizens who had assembled to hear our budget presentations a question. I asked if those assembled who believed that Barre was better off now than we were five years ago would please raise their hands. By rough estimate, approximately 95 percent of those attending raised their hands, signaling their belief that we as a city are better off today than we were five years ago.
As I continued my remarks, I told the audience the same thing that I tell well-wishers every day: Were not done yet not even close.
I believe that Barre has a very bright future as long as we continue to grow and develop as a community. With your support, well clean up and rehabilitate Depot Square and Merchants Row. Well implement one of only six state-supported tax increment financing districts in Vermont. Well plan for and build Summer Street Center, which will provide housing and recreational activities. Most importantly, we will attract businesses, young professionals and families and provide them with a community that theyll be proud to work in, live in and raise a family in just as we are.
Im fairly certain that there are still those among us who read these words and scoff that it cant be done. Theyre just waiting for the wheels to come off. To the naysayers, I hear you. I heard you six years ago. I heard you four years ago. I heard you yesterday. I just dont think like you. Im proud of Barre. Im proud to live in Barre. Most importantly, I believe in Barre, and I believe in the people I serve with. With the help of many, many fine people, were going to honor the trust of our fellow citizens and work as hard as we can to make everyone proud again.
One of our greatest strengths is the team weve assembled. Unlike most municipalities, we dont have an assistant city manager. We dont have a director of finance. We make do with what we have. What we dont have, we make up for with hard work and enthusiasm. It really is just that simple.
On May 14, we need your help and support in order to continue our progress.
The revised municipal and education budgets being presented call for a total tax rate increase of 2.67 percent (roughly the rate of inflation). On the municipal side, were asking for nothing new. No new programs. No new positions. The proposal to increase our police force by two officers has been eliminated. At the request of the citizen budget committee charged with developing a new budget, every department and program was reviewed. On the municipal side, we have reduced our original budget request by approximately $236,000. On the school side, the School Board has stepped up and done its part, eliminating hundreds of thousands of dollars from its budget.
The combined increase of 2.67 percent is reasonable, affordable and sustainable. Most importantly, the proposed budgets maintain the programs that are integral to our continued development and success.
In closing and with all due respect, I believe that the results were producing justify and support a 2.67 percent increase. I hope you all agree.
The polls at the auditorium will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday. Please take a moment to support our community with your vote. Thank you.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Presents The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Premiering October 22 at 7 pm
New six-part, six-hour series takes viewers on an unprecedented journey through African-American history—from slavery to freedom, and from the plantation to the White House
This fall, noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking new six-part series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premiering Tuesdays, October 22, 29 – November 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2013, 7pm. Written and presented by Professor Gates, the six-hour series explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed — forging their own history, culture and society against unimaginable odds. Commencing with the origins of slavery in Africa, the series moves through five centuries of remarkable historic events right up to the present — when America is led by a black president, yet remains a nation deeply divided by race.
Professor Gates travels throughout the United States, taking viewers on an engaging journey through history. He visits key historical sites, partakes in lively debates with some of America's top historians and interviews living eyewitnesses — including school integration pioneers Ruby Bridges and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, former Black Panther Kathleen Neal Cleaver, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and many more.
"The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience," says Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University professor at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. "Since my senior year in high school, when I watched Bill Cosby narrate a documentary about black history, I've longed to share those stories in great detail to the broadest audience possible, young and old, black and white, scholars and the general public. I believe that my colleagues and I have achieved this goal through The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross."
The series will take viewers across five hundred years and two continents to shed new light on the experience of being an African American. By highlighting the tragedies, triumphs and contradictions of the black experience, the series will reveal to viewers that the African-American community, which abolitionist Martin R. Delany famously described as "a nation within a nation," has never been a uniform entity, and that its members have been actively debating their differences from their first days in this country.
Throughout the course of the series, viewers will see that the road to freedom for black people in America was not linear, but more like the course of a river, full of loops and eddies, slowing, and occasionally reversing the current of progress.
Below are brief overviews of each episode in this six-part series.
Episode One: The Black Atlantic (1500 – 1800) Tuesday, October 22, 7pm
Episode Two: The Age of Slavery (1800 – 1860) Tuesday, October 29, 7pm
Episode Three: Into the Fire (1861 – 1896) Tuesday, November 5, 7pm
Episode Four: Making a Way Out of No Way (1897 – 1940) Tuesday, November 12, 7pm
Episode Five: Rise! (1940 – 1968) Tuesday, November 19, 7pm
Episode Six: A More Perfect Union (1968 – 2013) Tuesday, November 26, 7pm
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is the centerpiece of a multiplatform project including educational outreach events, a robust website, social media, and a companion book. Accompanying the broadcast is an ambitious national outreach initiative to extend the impact, utilization, and "life after broadcast" of the series, which will include development of digital educational resources, an educational poster and an educator's premium. The initiative will also include partnerships with PBS stations across the country, which will produce local broadcasts and host live professional development workshops.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross' website (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/) will include video from the series, including all six full episodes for a limited run, as well as scenes not included in the films. In addition to video, the website will elaborate on and explore the rich history covered in the series with text, timelines, images and other multimedia; include a collection of graphics featuring quotations from well-known African-Americans for individuals to share on a number of social media platforms; feature a blog by Gates that highlights 100 interesting and unexpected facts from African-American history; and invite viewers to submit and browse stories about and reactions to significant moments in history. The website will offer visitors the chance to personalize their experience and share series content on social platforms.
The anchor of the series' presence on social media platforms will be Gates himself — sharing content and behind-the-scenes photos from his own accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Fans on social media will be offered early access to particular content and opportunities to connect with Gates and scholars from the program via live online social viewing events.
A companion book of the same name, written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone, which further explores the events portrayed in the series, will be published by SmileyBooks on October 1.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Girls' Cargo Pocket Jackets
Units: About 600
Importer: Byer California DBA Amy Byer, Philly, of San Francisco, Calif.
Hazard: The drawstrings on the neck and waist of the jacket can pose a strangulation or entrapment hazard to children. In February1996, CPSC issued guidelines (which were incorporated into an industry voluntary standard in 1997) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments such as sweatshirts and jackets.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves girls' brown cargo pocket jackets sold in sizes small through extra-large. Style number 2029G1J is printed on the tag inside the jacket.
Sold at: Burlington Coat Factory, Bon Ton Stores and juvenile clothing retail stores nationwide from December 2008 through September 2009 for about $12.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should remove the drawstring immediately or return the jacket to the store where purchased for a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Byer California at (800) 998-2937 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the Web site at www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com
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Around town
First Baptist Church hosts free lunch
There will be a free community lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at the First Baptist Church, 301 Fourth St.. All are invited to attend this free lunch.
Benefit gospel sing at Cutler center
A benefit gospel sing, auction and dinner for the Cline and Hysell family will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Cutler Community Center. The family had a house fire and lost nearly everything. Singers will include LuLu Mayle, Kayla Sparkman, Kay Cook, Irvin Mayle, Jeff Norman and Tim King. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish. Donations for the auction and family are being accepted.
For information: Irvin Mayle, 551-2204 or Amanda Mayle, 525-3580.
Archeology Day
at Campus Martius
Digging the Past: Archeology Day will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Campus Martius Museum on Second Street in Marietta. The cost is regular museum admission.
The event will include an artifact identification clinic, lectures and flint knapping demonstrations. Private collections of historic and prehistoric artifacts will also be on display. Contemporary items will be on sale for the day.
If you would like to have your artifacts on display for the day, please contact Bill Reynolds at 373-3750.
For information: Campus Martius Museum, 373-3750 or www.campusmartiusmuseum.org
Life Line screening in Williamstown
First Baptist Church in Williamstown will host a Life Line Screening Jan. 15 at 431 Highland Ave, Williamstown. Residents living in and around Williamstown can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. Packages start at $149. All five screenings take 60 to 90 minutes to completed. Pre-registration is required.
For information: 877-237-1287 or www.lifelinescreening.com
Beginner ballroom dance class
A new beginner ballroom dance class will begin in Marietta in the Betsey Mills Club gym at 5:45 p.m. Friday. Classes will be taught by Bill Held and are open to all ages. Partners are required. The cost is $100 per couple for the 10-week session. New students are requested to pre-register for the January class by email to Sue Montera at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 376-0775.
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Kevin Mcdowell
Representing: USA
Gender: Male
Athlete Year of Birth: 1992
Athlete Place of Birth: Geneva, Illinois
Athlete Weight: 150lbs
Athlete Height: 6'
WTS Ranking: 49 789pts
ITU Points List:: 35 1984.47pts
Athlete Biography
I started swimming when I was seven, and I loved to run. When I was 10 my friend asked me to do a triathlon with him, and from then on I was hooked. I joined MMTT (Multisport Madness Triathlon Team) the following year.
My favorite ITU race has been the 2009 Gold Coast World Champs because I have always dreamed of racing in Australia. I loved how enthusiastic the fans were, how great the beaches were, and how friendly everyone was.
The biggest obstacle that I have overcome is having hand and knee surgery within six months of each other when I was in middle school.
Athlete Language: English
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2002
Athlete Other Sports: Hiking, rock climbing
Athlete Education: High school
Athlete Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, boating, listening to music
Athlete Proudest Moment: My proudest moment within triathlon has been placing 4th at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Australia.
Athlete Coach: Romas Bertulis/Keith Dickson


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An evening of F-U-NMarch 18,2013
I must say it was very flattering, thats f-l-a-t-t-e-r-i-n-g, to be included in a group of local authors in a recent spelling bee to benefit the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. Rick Winston, friend of the arts and wordsmith extraordinaire, asked me a year ago if Id be a contestant. Come on, Rick, I said. Im the worlds worst speller. I cant even spell kat.
He said not to worry, that it would all just be part of the fun. I agreed to it since a years a long time, but as the Feb. 23 date approached, I regretted it big time.
I had mixed emotions when Betsy insisted on going with me. Maybe Ill somehow benefit through osmosis by having my smart wife in the audience, I thought, but I mostly viewed her attendance as just having one more person to witness my humiliation.
When we arrived at the library, a stately granite landmark built back in 1895, it was filled to capacity. I left Betsy and joined the authors who were gathering for orientation. Being the home-grown author that I am, I cringed at some of the well-known folks whose company I shared. All great spellers, for sure, I thought.
The bee started when Sydney Lea, Vermonts poet laureate, assumed the podium and began calling us up alphabetically by last name. Since Morse is in the middle of the alphabet, I was able to witness half of the writers spell or not, swim or sink, and sink they did; amazingly, several writers went down on words that I could have spelled. In fact, when I was called, I survived my first word, which was c-a-p-i-t-u-l-a-t-e. I went down, however, on my second word, reconnoiter, for reasons much less legitimate than ignorance. Out of complete nervousness, I began it with ri but spelled the rest of it perfectly.
My mother, Dot Morse, was my fourth- and fifth-grade teacher up at Morse School. She was a great speller and had high hopes for me, but I let her down to the day she died.
I remember a Dot Morse spelling lesson one time that I got kind of by default. My sister Susie and I were quite young, and for lack of a baby sitter, our parents took us to a grange meeting. It was over at East Montpelier Center Community Hall and we were to stay out in the kitchen for the duration of the meeting. Our parents told us that grange proceedings were very private, the goings-on only to be witnessed by members themselves. Mother set us up in chairs facing the old kitchen wood stove and gave us a list of spelling words to practice.
Of course, kids being kids and secret meetings being secret meetings, they had no sooner closed the door to the grange proceedings when we were both taking turns viewing the meeting through the keyhole. I remember seeing grangers with banners across their chests carrying flags from one side of the room to the other. Susie and I stifled our giggling over finding out their secrets.
Since we could not hear what was said, we eventually tired of spying and took our seats by the wood stove. It seemed as though the meeting went on forever, and we never did get to the spelling words. We were bored, bored to death, and sat, feet against the stoves warmth. We focused on its ornate scroll work and the word Chattanooga emblazoned in chrome letters across its front. After what seemed like an eternity, the meeting was over and the grangers came out. When Mother asked if we had practiced our words, we lied and said we had, only to be found out later when she drilled us herself. To this day theres just one word we learned for sure that night, the word Chattanooga.
In spite of my misgivings, the library spelling bee was a huge success and a lot of fun to boot. As we took our places at the microphone, we all rose to the occasion with either a spelling-related anecdote or a bit of off-the-cuff humor. Thanks to Rick Winston and his wife, Andrea Serota, the event generated over $2,000 for the library. Libraries, like Kellogg-Hubbard, are struggling in these changing times, and its so important to keep them going. They belong to us. They provide a safe, comfortable haven where we can go read or borrow a good book, use a computer, or just rest our weary bones and sit for a spell.
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May 15, 2007: Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter that formed long ago during a titanic collision between two massive galaxy clusters. The ring's discovery is among the strongest evidence yet that dark matter exists. Astronomers have long suspected the existence of the invisible substance as the source of additional gravity that holds together galaxy clusters. Such clusters would fly apart if they relied only on the gravity from their visible stars. Although astronomers don't know what dark matter is made of, they hypothesize that it is a type of elementary particle that pervades the universe.
This Hubble composite image shows the ring of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17. The ring-like structure is evident in the blue map of the cluster's dark matter distribution. The map was derived from Hubble observations of how the gravity of the cluster Cl 0024+17 distorts the light of more distant galaxies, an optical illusion called gravitational lensing. Although astronomers cannot see dark matter, they can infer its existence by mapping the distorted shapes of the background galaxies. The map is superimposed on a Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys image of the cluster taken in November 2004.See the rest:


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History of the Peace Corps in Bangladesh
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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Peace Corps Volunteers first began serving in the area that is now Bangladesh when it was known as East Pakistan, and the Peace Corps remained active in the area throughout the 1960s. Tensions that had existed between East and West Pakistan for years came to a head in 1970 when the central government declared that Urdu would be the official language of all Pakistan, thereby supplanting East Pakistan's native Bangla. In the midst of political tension and impending war, the Peace Corps had to close its program in East Pakistan. At the end of the war of independence in 1971, East Pakistan declared itself an independent country called Bangladesh.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Bangladesh
The Peace Corps did not reestablish a program in the area till November 1998, when the first group of Volunteers to serve in Bangladesh arrived in Dhaka, the capital. With a tremendous need to improve the English language skills of Bangladeshi teachers, Volunteers initially worked exclusively as English teachers at primary-teacher training institutes. Two more groups of Volunteers arrived over the next three years, and Peace Corps/Bangladesh was beginning to establish its roots when the events of September 11, 2001, created concern for the safety of Americans living abroad. When political tensions heated up prior to Bangladesh's parliamentary elections in October 2001, Peace Corps/Bangladesh decided to suspend operations. But less than a year later, in August 2002, a small group of Volunteers arrived to restart the program. This group was assigned to work in youth development centers, which provide vocational training to adolescents and young adults from disadvantaged rural and urban backgrounds. These Volunteers were free to develop projects based on community needs. Because of the tremendous demand for teachers of English as a foreign language, many of the Volunteers started TEFL classes at the youth development centers. For that reason, Peace Corps/Bangladesh nowprovides all Volunteers with TEFL training, though Volunteers in this area remain free to work with center staff to develop projects that reflect their own knowledge and skills as well as community needs. In February 2003 and August 2003, two more groups of Volunteers arrived, with about half the Volunteers in each group assigned to community development through youth development centers and half assigned as TEFL teachers at government secondary schools. In addition to their primary assignments, Volunteers in Bangladesh have plenty of opportunities to establish secondary projects in their communities, including working with community health programs and other worthwhile programs established by the many aid organizations that operate in Bangladesh. In 2004, Peace Corps/Bangladesh plans to initiate an environmental health project.