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Bobby Thomson hits the "shot heard 'round the world," Woody Guthrie passes away, Germany comes together, and O.J. Simpson is found not guilty, all on this day.
1955: The children's television series "Captain Kangaroo," starring Bob Keeshan as the title character, premieres. The show would air weekday mornings for nearly 30 years before ending on Dec. 8, 1984.


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Department of Land and Natural Resources officials say the effort became a priority after an incident last month where several hunting dogs attacked another dog that was off leash.
DLNR's trail specialist for Oahu, Aaron Lowe said it comes down to both hunter and hikers with dogs to maintain control of their animals.
"So the whole idea is to educate people so that we all can share the trails, get along and enjoy the forest," said Lowe.
Last month, an Alaskan husky was off leash on a hike with her owner on the Manana Falls trail in Pearl City, when a pack of pig hunting dogs approached and attacked the dog. The husky suffered about two dozen puncture wounds, broken and cracked ribs and a torn leg muscle.
In response, DLNR crews began posting signs at trail heads where public hunting areas are located to raise awareness and educate the public.
There is a leash law in place that requires hikers to keep their dogs on leash at all times while on the trail. Hunters are allowed to take their dogs off leash once they are out of public areas.
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Seeking Solutions: A participant (left) gets information at the interactive climate wall during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.
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"Scholars' Views Vary on Copenhagen Successes"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Spring 2010
Related: Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Member of the Board, Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
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Belfer Center participants in the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (UNFCCC) agreed that while the summit did not produce the treaty most wanted, it did make some significant progress. They disagree, however, on how much. Professors Jeffrey Frankel, Kelly Sims Gallagher, and Robert Stavins, all members of the Belfer Center Board of Directors, offer their takeaways from the event.
Jeffrey Frankel (James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Harvard Kennedy School)
The Copenhagen negotiations were doomed to fail because the positions of the parties were so far apart, particularly the United States versus developing countries. Matters were exacerbated by procedural chaos, in a way suggesting that important progress can only be made through small meetings of big countries. This principlewas illustrated by the lone bit of genuine progress at Copenhagen: the last-minute agreement between President Obama and a handful of other large emitters who have not yet accepted quantitative targets to move in that direction. The biggest question is whether the U.S. and major developing countries will be able, perhaps in G-20 meetings this year, to agree on specific numerical emission targets. I still believe that my formulas-based approach is the way to do this. http://www.rff.org /Publications/WPC/Pages/A-Pragmatic-Global-Climate-Policy-Architecture.aspx
Kelly Sims Gallagher (Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Senior Associate, Belfer Center)
The Copenhagen Accord is no substitute for a real-deal treaty, but world leaders became personally acquainted with the tough issues, directly and seriously negotiating for the first time. In his hours in the Bella Center, President Obama quickly identified the core elements of the package-emission reductions, financing, and verification-but because the Senate still has not passed a bill, Obama could not put finance on the table, nor could he beflexible about emission reduction targets or press the Chinese to do more. Everyone seemed surprised by Chinese reluctance to jump on board, but to put it plainly, what was in it for the Chinese? The U.S. needs to integrate across issues like trade and security to secure a lasting deal with China. Premier Wen and President Obama need to directly talk again, and soon, before frustrations harden into intransigence.
Robert Stavins (Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements)
Going into Copenhagen, the challenge was great, because of fundamental economic and political realities. But at the final hour, the leaders of a small number of key countries-led by President Obama-worked to identify a politically feasible path forward. Their roadmap , despite its flaws, offers a possible foundation for progress.
The Copenhagen Accord commits each nation to abide by its domestic climate commitments, whether those are in the form of laws and regulations or multi-year development plans. Unlike Kyoto, this accord establishes a framework for involving key, rapidly growing developing countries, and giving attention to the long-term path of emissions.Whether the next step should be under the auspices of the UNFCCC or a smaller deliberative body is an important question and one on which we are focusing in the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/project/56/
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A Lanikai woman has been charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the PTSA of charter school Lanikai Elementary.
Click here to watch Nana Ohkawa's report.
School officials told KITV she was a woman they trusted. However, that trust allowed her financial control without any official oversight.
Officials at Lanikai Elementary said they spent years wondering why PTSA money seemed to keep disappearing. Big donations, jumbo checks, all gone. Then a $24,000 grant went missing, and some staffers began to suspect former PTSA president Tonya Taylor.
"She was well-known and well-liked by parents and many of our staff members. It's a source of disappointment," said Philip Whitesell, vice president of the school board.
"This woman is a close neighbor of the school literally. She had her children at the school and she was a dedicated volunteer and it really divided the school on loyalties on who could actually believe it or not," said Marnie Ackerman.
Ackerman is the current parent-teacher organization president. She said Taylor was in a powerful position, and was involved in the organization until 2009.
"She was available and wanted to help and do it, and people were like sure, and I think that's basically how it happened. She was offering to do more and more and it got to the point where she was running it. It was a one-woman show," said Ackerman.
At some point, school officials said the PTSA checking account wound up in her name.
"Once we started digging through the paperwork and following the paper trail it became very clear that we had many years of dishonesty on the PTSA level," said Ackerman.
Years of dishonesty, and now investigators say, more than $50,000 in stolen funds. Taylor has been charged with theft in the first degree and money laundering.
Ackerman said the PTSA has since been disbanded. The new organization is called Lanikai School Ohana and she says it has better checks, balances, and financial oversight.
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- The Magellanic stream, high velocity clouds, and the sculptor group
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- Putman, Mary E.; Staveley-Smith, Lister; Freeman, Kenneth C.; Gibson, Brad K.; Barnes, David G.
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- The Magellanic Stream is a 100deg×10deg filament of gas that lies within the Galactic halo and contains ~2×108 Msolar of neutral hydrogen. In this paper we present data from the H I Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) in the first complete survey of the entire Magellanic Stream and its surroundings. We also present a summary of the reprocessing techniques used to recover large-scale structure in the Stream. The substantial improvement in spatial resolution and angular coverage compared to previous surveys reveals a variety of prominent features, including bifurcation along the main Stream filament; dense, isolated clouds that follow the entire length of the Stream; head-tail structures; and a complex filamentary web at the head of the Stream where gas is being freshly stripped away from the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Bridge. Debris that appears to be of Magellanic origin extends out to 20° from the main Stream filaments. The Magellanic Stream has a velocity gradient of 700 km s-1 from the Clouds to the tail of the Stream, ~390 km s-1 greater than that due to Galactic rotation alone, therefore implying a noncircular orbit. The dual filaments comprising the Stream are likely to be relics from gas stripped separately from the Magellanic Bridge and the SMC. This implies that (1) the Bridge is somewhat older than conventionally assumed; and (2) the Clouds have been bound together for at least one or two orbits. The transverse velocity gradient of the Stream also appears to support long-term binary motion of the Clouds. A significant number of the most elongated cataloged Stream clouds (containing ~1% of the Stream mass) have position angles aligned along the Stream. This suggests the presence of shearing motions within the Stream, arising from tidal forces or interaction with the tenuous Galactic halo. As previously noted, clouds within one region of the Stream, along the sight line to the less distant half (southern half on the sky) of the Sculptor Group, show anomalous properties. There are more clouds along this sight line than any other part of the Stream, and their velocity distribution significantly deviates from the gradient along the Stream. We argue that this deviation could be due to a combination of halo material, and not to distant Sculptor clouds, based on a spatial and kinematic comparison between the Sculptor Group galaxies and the anomalous clouds and the lack of cloud detection in the northern half of the group. This result has significant implications for the hypothesis that there might exist distant, massive high-velocity clouds within the Local Group. Cataloged clouds within the Magellanic Stream do not have a preferred scale size. Their mass spectrum f(MHI)~M-2.0HI and column density spectrum f(NHI)~N-2.8HI are steep compared with Lyα absorbers and galaxies, and similar to the anomalous clouds along the Sculptor Group sight line.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Biophysical Science and Electrical Engineering. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
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- Astrophysical journal, Vol. 586, no. 1 (2003), pp. 170-194
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- 2003
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Neshannock's fell to Claysburg-Kimmel 5-4 in the PIAA Class A State Semifinals at Hempfield High School.
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Traffic was backed up for nearly 2 miles on the freeway just north of the Meridian Road exit.
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The North-South All-Star football game will take place at Thiel College's Alumni Stadium this Saturday at 7 p.m.
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The Scrappers will head to Jamestown, New York to take on the Jammers in the 2014 season opener.
Pirates' New York-Penn League affiliate, Jamestown Jammers, will host the Scrappers in the 2014 season opener on Friday.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced Monday the arrest of two upper-level heroin dealers in Pittsburgh that resulted in …
The Scrappers' begin the 2014 season with a trip to Jamestown this Friday.
I understand it's only the beginning of June, is it too early to talk football? Nonsense. Here's a look at senior Logan Clarke at Mercer.
Police say about five incidents of vandalism have been reported recently, with ranch among the products used.
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A man was found dead with what police described as a massive wound to his face and neck on Sunday afternoon in Boardman.
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Basketball is helping students in Iowa City see local police in a whole new light, thanks to the idea of one officer's wife.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that South East Junior High students and police officers are getting together on Thursdays after school to play 3-on-3 basketball at nearby Scanlon Gym.
Michelle Cook, a teacher at South East and a police officers' wife, helped create the program after spring break this year and said its aim is to increase the availability of positive activities for students after school.
She says about 50 students have signed up for a spot on seven teams through the six-week program.
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Press release - AB Volvo
The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 111,823,202 Series A shares to a total of 111,823,202 Series B shares. The conversions were implemented with the support of the opportunity for Series A shareholders to request conversion of Series A shares to Series B shares, which was entered in the Articles of Association at the 2011 Annual General Meeting.
Today, December 28, the last trading day of the month, there are a total of 2,128,420,220 registered shares in AB Volvo. Of these 546,544,375 are Series A shares and 1,581,875,845 Series B shares. The number of votes in the company amounts to 704,731,959.50 based on the number of registered shares.
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Fees can take a bite out of your 401(k)May 05,2013
The other night, as my husband was channel surfing, he flipped onto PBS Frontline just as the opening credits were scrolling down the screen. A program called The Retirement Gamble was just beginning. That got our attention.
The program was about the decline of defined-benefit plans and the rise of 401(k) plans, but perhaps the greatest takeaway was about how important it is to be mindful of fees that you are charged on your retirement plan and to have a plan for retirement.
We have a retirement crisis in this country, and theres a lot of reasons for that. One is that retirement saving has changed dramatically in the past few decades not because of the stock market highs and lows, but because of the nature of retirement plans.
In 1970, the proportion of workers covered by a defined-benefit plan in the private sector was 40 percent. By 2011, that figure had fallen to just 3 percent. At the same time the number of people with a defined-contribution plan, a 401(k) plan, has risen from 7 percent to 31 percent.
What does that mean? It means that fewer workers will have in the future two guaranteed sources of income the employer-sponsored pension and Social Security.
But thats not all. Another reason for this crisis is reflected in statistics from the Labor Department that show that only half of all Americans have an employer-sponsored retirement plan at all.
In other words, a lot of Americans do not have a way to save for retirement at work. They must save voluntarily on their own, and while there are ways to do that, the truth is that most people dont save outside of work.
One statistic from the Frontline program: One-third of all Americans have no retirement savings at all.
Another reason is that those who do save at work are, on average, paying high fees to do so. In some cases, when you take into account administrative fees, expense ratios (thats investment-speak for mutual-fund fees) and other management fees, the figure can be 1 percent, 2 percent or more of your retirement savings.
Jack Bogle, the man behind the Vanguard Funds and a strong proponent of index funds versus actively managed funds (those are funds that essentially mimic an index like the Standard and Poors 500 rather than having a manager who makes investment decisions according to defined criteria) offered an interesting point on why fees matter.
If you take a retirement account and assume a 7 percent annualized rate of return and you subtract 2 percent in fees, you are left with a return of 5 percent. Over the course of 50 years (meaning you are saving for retirement from your early 20s to your retirement years), you will have given up 63 percent to fees versus what you would have kept for your retirement.
Bogle called it the tyranny of compounding costs. While none of the people Frontline interviewed from the brokerage industry could offer a response to his figures, clearly they were uncomfortable with the assertion.
Most Americans must take control of their own retirement destiny. You need to be paying attention and saving.
When I was 20, the last thing on my mind was saving for retirement. When I was 25, I got a job at a business that had a retirement plan. Looking back, I realize now that was truly a gift because it got me on the right road to saving.
I dont have room here to fully explain all Id like, but I would encourage you to watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/.
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EPA Response to Enbridge Spill in Romeoville, IL
Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes
US EPA emergency response personnel were deployed to Romeoville, IL on Thursday, September 9, to investigate and respond to an oil spill from a pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership. Initial assessments indicate that crude oil from the pipeline flowed through sewers into a retention pond at 719 Parkwood Avenue near Route 53.
Response by the numbers - November 1, 2010
- 20,476 barrels total oily liquids collected (oil & water)
- 1,325 barrels oil product drained up from pipeline tap
- 9,270 barrels spill volume of oil product recovered
- 10,696 barrels total oil product recovery estimate (449,232 gallons)
- 1,509,332 gallons of hazardous water
- 983,734 gallons of retention pond treated water discharge
- 4,403,900 gallons of treated lagoon sewage water
- 15,055 cubic yards of soil collected
- 1,329 cubic yards of debris (concreted, asphalt) removed
News releases
- Friday: EPA hosts (telephone only) government press briefing on Enbridge Romeoville oil spill response September 17, 2010
- Today Thursday: EPA hosts (telephone only) government press briefing on ongoing Enbridge oil spill response September 16, 2010
- Wednesday and Thursday: EPA hosts (telephone only) government press briefing on Enbridge Romeoville oil spill response September 15, 2010
- Media Advisory: EPA media briefing today at Enbridge oil spill site in Romeoville September 10, 2010
- EPA responds to Enbridge oil spill in Romeoville (IL) September 9, 2010
What EPA is doing
EPA successfully completed its response to the Romeoville oil spill on Thursday, Oct. 28. EPA has:
- Replaced all the contaminated utility infrastructure.
- Set up a network of 25 ground-water monitoring wells around the Parkwood Avenue leak location and the 135th Street sanitary sewer manhole leak location.
- Cleaned up and restored the drainage ditch, retention pond and wastewater treatment plant.
- Completed the Parkwood Avenue repairs and, as of Nov. 1, provided unrestricted access through the area to businesses affected by the spill.
- Begun to transfer oversight of long-term monitoring and cleanup of contaminated ground water to Illinois EPA.
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- Hotline Number for Oil Spill Questions: 877-440-7158
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Kiwanis Club of Lake Worth presenting the 4th Annual "Taste of Lake Worth" on Friday, February 22, 2013 6:00 – 9:00 PM.
Lake Worth, FL, January 31, 2013 – The Kiwanis Club of Lake Worth will be presenting the 4th Annual "Taste of Lake Worth" on Friday, February 22, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This evening event highlights the restaurants and businesses of Lake Worth on the evening prior to the Street Painting Festival.
Participants of the "Taste of Lake Worth" can expect to enjoy food and drinks provided by more than a dozen downtown merchants with the purchase of a $20 wristband from the Kiwanis Club of Lake Worth.
Additionally they can win jewelry, Personal Training and Gym Memberships, Dinner Certificates, and Gift Cards by participating in the raffle. The Gratitude community will be hosting a dance party with Jo as DJ, in the street from 6:00 – 12:00 PM and Jason Colannino will be performing live for the event from 5:30- 8:30.
The funds raised from the event will go to the club's efforts to help improve the lives of children in the Lake Worth area. The Kiwanis club of Lake Worth has been dedicated to the children of Lake Worth for the past 64 years. Activities include mentoring, Parks and Recreation sponsorships, refurbishing a soccer field at a local park, awarding scholarships through Dollars for Scholars, maintaining a school garden, intercoastal clean ups, the Lake Worth Holiday Festival and projects to feed the community.
Tickets can be purchased from The Central Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce (501 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33460) or any Kiwanis member. Space is limited, only 200 event tickets and 100 raffle tickets will be sold.
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How many laptops, desktops, tablets, and cell phones do you own?
Lohan is submitting Your Turn questions now?ReplyCancel
It's a TRAP.ReplyCancel
Thank you Lotta! I was wondering the same thing?ReplyCancel
Shouldn't this question be directed at Taryn Manning's stalker?ReplyCancel
Now this is very personal. We told u about online sex hook ups and bare twigs, berries and bushes, now this???ReplyCancel
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Enty 's trolling for investors in Mr. X's website.ReplyCancel
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Zero. I use the trade and barter system.ReplyCancel
The most expensive everything you could possibly imagine. My goal is to make Rich Kids of Instagram look like filthy peasants.ReplyCancel
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Don't be surprised if that becomes an upcoming Your Turn. Scheming ass enty.
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What's the point of finding out? They are all nearly obsolete.ReplyCancel
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@Runs. Ha. Guess I shouldn't have asked unless I had a suggestion. Back to primarily lurking for me!ReplyCancel
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Gays today, dogs next?March 26,2013
The Supreme Court is scheduled to soon take up cases that may make same-sex marriage the law of the land. I fear that the justices may find themselves behind the curve, as they say. How so? you ask. Well, I have just become aware of a movement that supports the idea of polyamory. This epiphany results from an article by Lisa Miller that appeared in The Washington Post on Friday. Polyamory, according to Miller, is the practice of loving and relating intimately to more than one person at a time. Proponents of this life style, from the realm of radical chicdom, believe that people polyandrous should have the right to have their union(s), whatever that means, blessed by a minister. Can recognition by state and federal government be far behind? Should not the U.S. Supreme Court declare that anybody may marry anybody in any number whenever they choose? Lets just be done with it. Think of the money that will be saved in legal fees and social unrest that will be avoided.
Now there is the question of intergenerational polyamory. You know if my grandson married my wife, hed be his own grandpa. Consummation of the marriage is a topic that probably is best left uninvestigated. A genealogist would go absolutely nuts trying to draw a pedigree, but no matter, all advances in civilizations have their costs. But, could this be a way to avoid death taxes over multiple generations? Theres something that might make the idea of polyamory palatable to even conservative Republicans. What about Social Security survivor benefits? One might be able to organize a polyandrous multiple-generation relationship that guaranteed perpetual payouts. Then, of course, we could go real weird and advocate for polyspecies marriage. You know I love my dog, despite the fact that he craps on my lawn and licks his private parts even when there is company in the house. But why not have church and government affirm our loving relationship?
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WILLIAMSTOWN – The Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport Authority Wednesday approved and increased the budget for a short spring marketing campaign.
"We have been doing pretty much the same campaign for the last two and a half years and we wanted to change thing up and talk about something else in the spring marketing campaign," said Tom Crooks with Stonewall Marketing, who has worked with the airport as the marketing partner for several years.
The new campaign will begin in mid-March and go through May and include the advertising trifecta of newspapers, television and billboards.
"We wanted to focus on the convenience of the airport and have fun with this campaign," Crooks said.
The new "truth in travel" campaign will list individual "truths" of traveling from the local airport as compared with major airports, such as "everybody loves free parking" and "an hour flight shouldn't begin with a two-hour drive."
All board members in attendance president Jeff McDougle, vice president Terry Tamburini, David Scott and Washington County Commissioner David White were supportive.
"The reaction to the ads is the best I have seen from the board since we started doing campaigns with Stonewall," said airport Manager Terry Moore.
The board had originally given Crooks a budget of $8,000 and after he explained the proposed campaign outline was over budget at $9,620, McDougle suggested the board increase the allowance.
"We have enough cash to do what Tom is proposing and, if we want to add other avenues, we are able to take it up to $10,000," McDougle said.
The board unanimously approved the increase in budget as well as the campaign. The added funds will be used to extend use of the billboard, which is expected to be the electronic one on Murdoch Avenue near Texas Roadhouse, through May and into June.
The fall campaign, which will be discussed this summer, is typically more important to the airport and is expected to have a budget of $15,000, Moore said.
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Its only on the one breast too...THANKS! I hope someone had some answers!


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Tell us something we don't know.
Everyone knew Manny took steroids recently but now it's David Ortiz.
The "list" of over 100 big name players that included Alex Rodriguez and others now includes Manny and Ortiz.....in case no one knew, Manny was found guilty for only using steroids early this year but now he was found positive back in 2003.
Manny should get triple the bad press that A-Rod got. And Ortiz talked down on players using steroids so let's see all of the hypocrites come out of their shells and admit their guilt.
Basically in MLB if you had a big year with home runs from 2003 to 2008 then you are suspect for taking illegal steroids....many more names to come out so this is just a small piece of one giant story.
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I love it. I wanna know where Curt Schilling is now... He was so quick to call out A-Rod when it all went down with him. Well what does he have to say now? Two teammates doing them right under his nose... I love it... Especially with redsox fans chanting "you take steroids" to arod every time he comes to the plate. Sweet justice baby... **** you boston, now you know how it feels... Great day
"I think you clean up the game by testing... You test positive, you're going to be out. Period."
-David Ortiz 2003
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
Steroids weren't against MLB's policy back then, so none of these guys are guilty of anything wrong by baseball's standards...
I've always felt that David Ortiz was always a really nice guy who did a lot for charity, and to be quite honest, was kinda suprised at his name coming out.
I wonder what would happen if the other names came out and it was
M. Rivera
Ken Griffey Jr.
Vlad Guerrero
Really interesting conversations would be had.
And Mariano is like every hard throwing closer...just that his pin point accuracy is why he is the best closer ever...not because he always over powers batters with his speed....its his accuracy.
Griffey Jr. is definitly and Vlad could easily be up there....also look at Ryan Howard going from over 50 homeruns one year to only 35 the next...big drop....
I dont know if he was already linked to steroids but Bartolo Colon would be another. Josh Beckett constantly throws high 90's in every game even to the late innings....could be suspect.
More pitchers should be investigated.
The next huge name will be Albert Pujols...or any hard throwing pitcher.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
I had been waiting for years to hear this story of Manny and Ortiz doing steroids. Its not surprising since Ortiz was a 18 hr hitter with the Twins prior to coming to the Red Sox. He then jump to 31, 41, 47, 54, to then lower to 35, 23, 15 this season. I have been mad for years for the Yanks not hitting him right in the coconut, as Jeter and A-Rod get hit in every game. Freaking Jorge Posada goes to much into scouting report and hitters lock in knowing it already. He is very predictable in calling games and he never moves players from the plate.
I'm Dominican but I can't stand Ortiz as he cons other players before games and then embarrases them once the game starts. I also hate Pedro Martinez for what he did to Don Zimmer. Beating the Sox in 2003 was very sweat. Now the Sox fans can finally shut to **** up.
Thanks Paul!
I think some people forget that you have to go back all the way to the 1989 A's to ponder how many guys have done steroids since then? Brady Anderson 1996, 1995-2001 Indians, 1990-2003 Rangers Juan Gonzalez, Palmeiro, Ruben Sierra, Canseco, Alex and Ivan Rodriguez. Those are the teams that jump of my head that I think did steroids. I forgot to mention Luis Gonzalez 57 hr season in 2001 along with Curt and Randy Johnson.
This made my day for 4 reasons.
1. All the annoying Bostonians can finally stfu about their team being clean.
2. Griffey Jr i think is GOAT clean offensive player to ever play.
3. Barry Bonds - Hall of Famer. 2nd Greatest player that ever lived besides Babe Ruth...and only cuz Babe Ruth was nice at pitching too. I really think media went off not just cuz he isn't a likeable guy, but because he is a black dude beating a record that for some reason white people think is clean. No way i don't buy Babe Ruth was clean either.
4. People can get off their high horse about cheating. Once you sign a contract, this **** is not a game anymore it is your job. I expect everyone on the team to be trying their hardest. It seems all the great players just had more ambition than other players...can't fault them for that.
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People have cheated in every generation of baseball whether it was using uppers/stimulants, scuffing balls with pine tar, etc. I don't understand why steroids should all the sudden dampen someones opinion on a player. Barry Bonds was the still one of the best players of this generation...and with PEDs his top end was the best of the best ever.
I love you guys who never see stuff racially. I never said he wasn't a jerk. Barry Bonds is an ******* very likely. You don't think that it was worse cuz he was beating the White GOAT. You don't think old Ass Peter Gammons who is from Boston area, one of the most racist places i have ever been to in my life, wasn't calling him a nig that day. Get out of here.
It's liek when McGwire Broke the record everyone was on his dick...All the sudden they don't like it when barry was using it....gtfo. I'm sorry, there is a racial component. It is an ugly truth about America....many times there is racial components in everything.
Personally i don't care that any of them were using PED's. Because there was no testing for the all time greats before hand. No one knows how legit these records are. However i do understand human ambition and do not see it being out of the question some former greats using.
I work in Finance..in IT. I'll tell you most of the traders have breaks to do Cocaine...Why cuz they work so hard, up to 16 hour days they need the stimulants to keep them on top of the ball. That is why they get paid the big bucks...500,000 plus a year. For some people that is an acceptable tradeoff. I went to a top 25 school...a lot of the students used to blow addirrol just so they could ace exams. Same thing.
Just like Steroids i have no problem with it. So it may shorten your life but it multiplies your earning potential by a lot. To many it is worth it....


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Gibson went to the Four Bands Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site to get his taxes prepared free of charge, received an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and enrolled in the Four Bands Individual Development Account (IDA) program to start saving for college.
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After approximately two years, Gibson had saved enough money to sufficiently pay for his college tuition, required fees, and miscellaneous expenses throughout the school year. In January 2010, Gibson withdrew his IDA funds and headed to Haskell University to obtain his associate's degree in business.
"I got to see how investing in something could build. It surprised me to actually see it happen," said Gibson. He also says the IDA program enhanced his financial skills and taught him about savings and assets, "I never really thought about investing before. Now I want to make my money work for me."
The Administration for Native Americans and the Office of Community Services' Assets for Independence Initiative are proud to be supporting organizations like Four Bands with the Native Asset Building Initiative, a joint funding opportunity of the Administration for Native Americans and the Office of Community Services' Assets for Independence Initiative.
Through this grant award, Four Bands will be able to expand their IDA program to serve youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation with an innovative Youth IDA program. They will serve 100 youth, where young people will work in a paid internship with an opportunity to earn matched savings in a non-traditional IDA. This opportunity for earned income is especially rare in areas like Cheyenne River Reservation, where unemployment has been as high as 88 percent, according to a recent Bureau of Indian Affairs Labor Force Report.
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Law enforcement officials said Wednesday the cause of death of a 9-month-old girl last week was blunt force trauma and the case is now being pursued as a homicide.
At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker said a preliminary report from the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator indicates Kyler Willis died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head. Hooker would not specify the number of blows the child received or whether there were other injuries.
No arrests have been made in the case, according to Hooker. However, interviews have been conducted with several people. He refused to say whether the infants' parents, Jimmy Willis and Rebecca King, were interviewed.
"I'm not going to give you a time frame now," Hooker said of the expected length of the investigation. "It will continue until the evidence has all been collected."
Hooker said the range of charges was still wide open and he did not rule out first-degree murder.
The sheriff said the baby's parents reside in Roosevelt County and between them had seven children. He said not all those children lived in the household, however. Kyler did live with her parents, according to Hooker.
Hooker said officials from Children, Youth and Families Division have been involved in the case, but he would not say if any of the other children are now in their custody.
"We're not going to let anybody be at risk that doesn't have to be," Hooker said.
Authorities said the infant was found not breathing at a baby sitter's home Sept. 5 in Portales. The child was taken to a Lubbock hospital, where she died the next day, Hooker said.
The sheriff said other locations in the county have been a part of the investigation. He has not said if the infant's residence was the location of an investigation.
"Our community is safe and our county is safe," Hooker said during the news conference.
He urged anyone with information in the case to contact his office at 356-4408.
Calls to Kyler's parents' attorney, Randall Harris, were not returned.


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Each year during Christmas Break, OCF's College Conferences host hundreds of college students from across North America for four days of fellowship, prayer, and exposure to reputable Orthodox speakers. Theme: Modern Martyrs: Witnesses of the Word This College Conference theme will address our calling to be martyrs for Christ by being witnesses of the Faith. As college students living in a secularized world, there are numerous opportunities for us as Orthodox Christians to be witnesses/martyrs for Christ on college campuses: in the dorm room, on social media, and in every aspect of our lives. This theme will also address the current-day persecution of Christians and provide some insights into how we can best aid our Christian brothers and sisters across the globe. Registration for College Conference East and West 2015 is now OPEN! Go to: http://www.ocf.net/college-conference/ To access the Registration Page click HERE
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Jan 1 – Jan 3 all-day
This program, which was the first all-chant concert ever given by Cappella Romana (to sold-out audiences in 2001), features Cappella Romana's specialist ensemble of Byzantine cantors singing a program of Medieval hymns and psalms for the feast of Epiphany. These performance include examples of Byzantine chant in Greek from Hagia Sophia and from Palestine, and selections in Latin of Old Roman Chant sung directly from 11th-century manuscripts. Please go to this website for dates, venues, and prices: http://www.cappellaromana.org/epiphany-medieval-byzantine-old-roman-chant/ Seattle, Friday, 1 Jan. 2016, 7:30pm, Blessed Sacrament Portland, Saturday, 2 Jan. 2016, 7:30pm, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral; and Sunday, 3 Jan. 2016, 2:30pm, St. Mary's Cathedral
Jan 5 – Jan 29 all-day
This event takes place between March 26 to April 2, 2016. The 2016 Mexico Mission Team will continue to assist the outreach efforts of the Diocese of Mexico to native Aztec Orthodox Christians in the villages of San Esteban and Pisaflores (northwest of Mexico City). The Team will offer youth and adult catechism to educate and strengthen the faithful. Team members will teach children basic religious education, crafts, and activities in a Vacation Bible School format. They will also offer adult catechism, and attend worship services with the local communities. For more information: http://www.ocmc.org/about/view_team.aspx?TeamId=167
Jan 5 – Jan 6 all-day
ELLADA will be performing at the largest and most famous celebration of "EPIPHANY". Ellada will be performing immediately following the retrieving of the CROSS from the Bayou of Tarpon Springs. A delicious dinner will be served by the community of St. Nicholas throughout the afternoon and evening. Also performing will be LEVENDIA, Tarpon's world famous folk dancers. Come one, Come all! Epiphany starts at St. Nicholas at 11am and goes through the early evening! Join the thousands of attendees and witness one of the most famous celebrations of the "EPIPHANY" For more information: http://musicofellada.com/Performance_Information.html and for Epiphany Liturgical Events – https://www.facebook.com/303807413133673/photos/a.303822773132137.1073741828.303807413133673/514422592072153/?type=3&theater
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We will be offering Byzantine chanting classes. Instruction will be in English and in Greek, if necessary. With simple steps we will learn the basics of byzantine chanting. The school will offer classes for beginners in a) the theory of Byzantine music b) its practical application and c) the proper behavior at the Analogion (Chanter's Stand). The mission statement of the programs is to teach, preserve and present the rich history and tradition of Byzantine Music of our Eastern Orthodox Church, to inspire persons to learn and serve the Church by participating in the Analogion during church services and to transmit Byzantine hymnology into the English language by enabling the chanter to effectively chant in English. For more information: http://bulletinbuilder.org/SNC-SanJose/current#NewsandEvents
Jan 9 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Combining the rich traditions of the Russian Music School with the best of European and American music, founder, artistic director, and conductor Peter Trofimenko has created a unique American orchestra. Each concert season the American Balalaika Symphony performs a stunning range of music— from beloved Russian folk melodies to classical favorites to rarely heard symphonic masterpieces, often with prominent virtuoso soloists from around the world. For more information: http://absorchestra.org/
Jan 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Theme: "Happiness and Spirituality: Health" A six-session guided meditation workshop presented by V. Rev. Fr. John Bakas, Dean of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Maria Baltazzi , Meditation Teacher and Purveyor of Happiness, and John Kopatsis, Huffington Center Director Workshop: Wednesdays from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (with a 15 minute break). Time will be given at the end for everyone's questions and feedback. For more information: http://www.stsophia.org/herald/herald_2015-11.pdf
Jan 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Alison Locke Perchuk (Art, California State University Channel Islands) considers the production of individual and communal identity as a complex process operating at the intersections of exterior and interior, of physical environment and mental structures, of bodily comportment and spiritual and intellectual practices. Through research in art and architectural history, political and social history, theology, liturgy, literature, and memory and landscape studies, Professor Perchuk's book project offers a new understanding of this process at work within a medieval European monastery. It reveals a community deeply invested in dominant political and social discourses emanating from Rome, yet also engaged in establishing its own sense of place and identity, rooted in its landscape and its sacred patrons, including the prophet Elijah. It also offers an example of how to tell history in the absence of texts, and indicates how seemingly peripheral monuments can offer ways through scholarly impasses concerning objects and events deemed[...]
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Theme: "Soil & Sacrament: The World as Gift" We're heading into our sixth year of organizing the Eighth Day Symposium and every single year it keeps getting better. After the most successful symposium to date, back in January, we fearfully wondered if we could outdo ourselves yet again. We're confident we have and we can't wait to see you in Wichita on January 14-16. – See more at: http://www.eighthdayinstitute.org/eighth_day_symposium_2016#sthash.lI7VEoEg.dpuf For more information: http://www.eighthdayinstitute.org/eighth_day_symposium_2016
Jan 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
The book of hours is one of the most familiar of medieval manuscript genres, and yet it has not played a large part in most histories of medieval reading. In this talk, Jessica Brantley (Associate Professor of English, Yale University) will explore the importance of the book of hours for English literary history. These wildly popular prayerbooks played a central role in many of the dramas of late-medieval literary culture: the rise of private reading, the development of lay literate piety, the emergence of female readers, and the growing influence of the vernacular as the language of literate practice of all kinds. The book of hours often shaped medieval readers' fundamental understanding of how a person should engage with a book, with enormous consequences for our sense of how medieval literary culture worked. The hours' multiple languages and systems of images made a rich hybridity of representation central to the[...]
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This year's theme will be P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens). In addition to the presence of H.G. Bishop Youssef, our guest speakers will be H.G. Bishop Angaelos (General Bishop in the United Kingdom) and Fr. Matthias Shehad (St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Houston, TX). We looking forward to seeing you all there! Due to the size of the retreat center, spaces are limited this year so please sign up early. Registration will be based on a first come, first serve basis. Space permitting, day registration may be available at a later time. No walk-ins will be allowed this year due to space. No exceptions. For more information: http://susgrads.org/2016-dates/
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Jan 16 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
"Preparing for the Journey of Marriage" is a workshop for couples marrying in the Orthodox Church. Register Online Here For more information: http://www.familylifeministry.atlanta.goarch.org/upcoming-events-2/ or http://www.familylifeministry.atlanta.goarch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Jan-16-2016-TARPON-Pre-Marital-Seminar-Information.pdf
Jan 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
ZOE for Life! will sponsor a pan-Orthodox "Akathist for the Unborn". The Very Rev. Andrew Harmon, the priest at St. Matthew, will conduct the prayer service. A free-will offering will be collected, and a speaker and refreshments will follow the service. The speaker will be Lisa Palivoda, a member of St. Matthew and a former co-coordinator of the post-abortion recovery program at the Oasis of Hope Pregnancy and Parenting Center in Medina who will join the ZOE staff in January. She will share her personal experience in the program and "God's compassionate, loving and faithful promise of redemption, restoration and renewal." The public is invited to attend the service.
Jan 21 – Jan 23 all-day
Theme: "Feed My Sheep: Crisis, Trauma, and Everyday Life" The Orthodox Church in America, on behalf of all Eastern Orthodox Youth Ministry/Camping Departments in America, is delighted to host this Annual Conference in 2016 at St. Seraphim's Cathedral in Dallas, TX. Clergy, campus ministers, youth workers, camp leaders, and volunteers gather every January for fellowship, worship, and continuing education. Apart from our Keynotes focused on Crisis, Trauma, and Everyday Life and Self-care For the Shepherds, there will be workshops focusing on: Campus Ministry Camping Programs Parish-based Youth Ministry Registration costs $150/person and is available here. For more information: http://orthodoxcamps.org/conference
Jan 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Lecturer: Georg Fischer, Visiting Fellow at the Program of European Union Studies at Yale University Theme: "North-South Convergence and Divergence in the European Union" Description: Georg Fischer is the 2015-16 European Union Fellow. He is on leave from his job as the analysis/evaluation Director at the Employment and Social Policy Department of the European Commission. He is a labor economist who, before joining the EU, worked for the Austrian Finance and Labour ministries in Vienna, the OECD in Paris, the Social Science Center Berlin and the Economic Cooperation Foundation in Tel Aviv. Mr. Fischer's main research interests are integration and divergence in the US labor market and welfare system as a source for reflection on how the EU can achieve a higher degree of labour market and social convergence – increasingly seen as condition for the long term sustainability of the European Economic and Monetary Union. He is also interested[...]
Jan 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
"The Diaconate in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches" is hosted by St. Nicholas Cathedral. Orthodox Speaker: Fr. Deacon Maxime Najim, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, San Diego, CA Roman Catholic Speaker: Deacon David J.Estrada, Director of Diaconate Formation, Archdiocese of Los Angeles Public welcome. A freewill Offering will be taken Organizer: Society of St. John Ch rysostom-Western Region Phone:760-212-4888, Email:Anne Petach <firstname.lastname@example.com> Website:http://lightoftheeast.org
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Jan 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
"Art and Papal Politics in Twelfth-Century Rome" is the featured presentation at this Annual Hammer Art History Lecture. Art and architecture were important vehicles of communication for medieval patrons, including popes. In this lecture, Dale Kinney (Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Research Professor, Bryn Mawr College) presents a range of papal images thought to convey political messages, some of which caused international scandals in their own day while others are mentioned only for being pretty. Professor Kinney explores both the twelfth-century context of this art as well as the… For more information: http://cmrs.ucla.edu/events/
Jan 28 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Plan on joining the Mothers, Sisters, Priest and others from the Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery as they come to St. George to celebrate evening Vespers and visit with us. This year's presentation theme will be on: Obedience: Individual & Family, Parish and Monastic Life. Mother Abbess Gabriella will be the keynote speaker. This event is for the benefit of The Dormition of the Mother of God Monastery. Seating is limited! We have grown by 20% or more each year so register NOW! Good drinks, appetizers, main course and dessert all fit for a cold winter night – along with our signature hot wine! For more information: http://www.saintgeorgeflint.org/news_151204_4.html Click HERE for flyer and registration form!
Jan 30 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Jan 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Reverend Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, will be the presenter at the 33rd Father Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture. The lecture is titled, "Toward the Holy and Great Council: Retrieving a Culture of Conciliarity and Consensus," and will be held in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of the John G. Family Rangos Building on our campus. Prior to the lecture, the seminary Board of Trustees and Faculty will award a Doctor of Divinity degree honoris causa to Fr. John. It will also award a Doctor of Canon Law degree honoris causa to former Trustee Charles Ajalat. For more information: http://www.svots.edu/events/33rd-father-alexander-schmemann-memorial-lecture-toward-holy-and-great-council
Feb 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Theme: "Pentecostalism". Pentecostalism, the Charismatic Movement, Word of Faith and the Prosperity Gospel. Speaker: Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, the popular lecture/podcast series (and book), is going to be presented in anewly revised, expanded and updated form at St. Paul's in Emmaus. This series began in Nov. 2015. Vespers at 6:30 preceding the lecture. Time for Q&A will follow each talk, which will be roughly an hour at most. The talks (but not Q&A) will be recorded and uploaded to Ancient Faith Radio. For more information: http://saintpaulemmaus.org/2015/09/29/orthodoxy-heterodoxy-nov-11-mar-9-what-are-the-differences-between-orthodox-christianity-and-other-religious-traditions/
Feb 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
KITKA is a women's vocal ensemble unlike any other. These sophisticated singers blend a contemporary sensibility with specialized vocal techniques from Eastern Europe that have been distilled over centuries. Using only the pure unaccompanied voice, they create a constantly shifting landscape of sound, pulsing with angular rhythms, where dramatic dynamics leap from delicate stillness to shattering resonance, and seamless unisons explode into lush incomprehensible chords. Wintersongs features material ranging from rousing Slavic folk carols to lush, meditative Eastern Orthodox sacred choral works…. from pre-Christian incantations for the longest night of the year to Medieval Sephardic Chanukah songs to original new pieces inspired by the beauty and mystery of wintertime. For more information: http://www.kitka.org/calendar/index.html
Feb 8 all-day
This event takes place on Feb. 8 to Feb. 11, 2016. Theme: "The Church as Shepherd and Man as Sheep: Renewing the Mystery of the Pastoral Life" Speaker: Archimandrite Irenei Steenberg (Dean and Director of Studies, Sts. Cyril & Athanasius Orthodox Institute) For more information: http://www.antiochianladiocese.org/news_100807_2.html or Register Online at: http://antiochianladiocese.org/seminarregistration.html


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Dordt College News
Lacrosse Travels To Omaha Saturday
April 12, 2013
The Dordt College lacrosse team is slated to travel to Omaha, Nebraska for one contest against the Regis Rangers on Saturday. The game will be played at the Creighton University baseball complex at 10:30 am.
Last time out…
The Sowers took on division rivals Missouri S&T and Creighton in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dordt won an 8-5 decision in game one against Missouri S&T. The Sowers and Miners were locked in a tight battle throughout the contest before Dordt turned things up to score three straight goals with less than five minutes to play to seal the win.
Mark Opp led all scorers with two goals and four assists. Nate Weigel poured in three goals and Jesse Anderson had one assist. Keeper Jordan Yntema made six saves and allowed five goals.
The second game pitted Dordt against the Creighton Bluejays. The Bluejays boasted a 9-3 lead in the second half before the Sowers mounted a comeback bringing the game within a point at 9-8.
Creighton put the game away with a goal with under two minutes to go and eliminated the Sowers from postseason contention.
Mark Opp had three goals. Nate Weigel had two goals and one assist. Jesse Anderson, Tyler Hoover and Joel Kranenburg each scored one goal. Seth Borchard recorded two assists. Jordan Yntema made 17 saves and allowed 10 goals for a .630 save percentage.
This week…
Regis comes from the RMLC division in Denver, Colorado. The Rangers are 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the its division.
This will be the first contest between Dordt College and Regis.
The Rangers have allowed 53 goals to 44 goals scored through its season. Edward Emery has registered 11 goals and five assists from the attack position. Jack Walsh has scored eight times and dished out six assists while Brooks Gallagher has seven goals. Morgan McDonnell rounds out the top scorers for the Rangers with four goals. Keeper Jack Doering has seen the most minutes between the pipes for the Rangers. He has made 74 saves and allowed 54 goals for a .578 save percentage.
Next up…
Dordt will host Benedictine at home on April 20 at 1:00pm.
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Homefront ReviewBy Jason D'Aprile - Posted Mar 15, 2011
THQ's first volley in the attack to create the next great shooter franchise offers up a scary what-if scenery that deftly utilizes familiar sights of Americana in a burned out war-torn landscape and a brutal enemy. It's just a shame that the single-player game is so rooted in old-school design sensibilities. The multiplayer, on the other hand, is dead on for fans of Call of Duty who want something familiar, but still a little new.
The Pros
- Great multiplayer
- Some intense large-scale battles
- Excellent variety of vehicles and weapons
The Cons
- Incredibly over-scripted
- Reliance on cheap effects like endlessly respawning enemies
- Incredibly short single-player campaign
Homefront Review:
THQ has been unleashing a monster of a hype machine for Homefront since the game was first announced. The company is clearly attempting to set Activision's Call of Duty and EA's Medal of Honor in their sights, with the game's mix of near-future, military-themed combat and effectively scary premise of what-if the North Koreans invaded America in the 2020's. Unfortunately, merely desiring to mix it up with the big boys doesn't equate to success.
Oh, Home on the Front
Homefront comes complete with an extensive back story that quickly explains how America could possibly be invaded by a foreign power. Largely basing the US downfall on the very-real economic recession, the 2027 setting for the game is realistic enough to make the plot line more than a little unsettling. Korean forces manage to violently take over major cities and small towns, and the game focuses on one pocket of the rebellion forces.
Starting off in Colorado, the ultimate goal of the game is to join up with the army in San Francisco to stage a major offensive against the Greater Korean Republic's occupation there. You take the role of an Air Force pilot who is captured by the Koreans, then rescued in a daring escape by a group of American guerillas. Why you were specifically rescued is only actually explained well into the game, when the skills of a pilot are needed for their daring plan to drive back enemy forces.
A Very Scripted Event
Through the whole game you're pretty much a standard, military action hero. The story was penned by John Milius, who wrote and directed Red Dawn and the original Conan the Barbarian, and was the screenwriter for Apocalypse Now. Just the same, aside from the overall setting there's nothing here you haven't seen before. The characters are mostly stereotypes—especially the player character, who is a nearly faceless soldier who never speaks and only follows the orders given to him. Homefront isn't very long—maybe six hours—and the game just sort of ends after a huge set-piece firefight.
Homefront is really just a series of events, as if it was designed to be a movie that focused entirely on big, explosive scripted sequences. At times, this works great. Many of the battles are tough and intense. Other times, the gameplay just feels trite and predictable. Part of the problem is that Homefront is completely linear. The game blocks you in with cheap tricks like endlessly respawning troops and invisible barriers.
The few stealth levels are effective, but all you're really doing is waiting for another member of your group to tell you when to move or stay hidden. As long as you do exactly as told, there's no challenge at all. Still other times, you're left to fend for yourself against overwhelming odds, while the rest of the team goes off to do something else. There are also vehicles, such as tanks, humvees, and a helicopter, which breaks up the action. The helicopter, however, is particularly unrealistic and able to bash against walls like a pinball.
Online Surprise!
AI is surprisingly good though. Both friendly and enemy forces act in a manner that makes the action feel like a chaotic battle most of the time, instead of all the bad guys shooting at you constantly. The Goliath RV tank is great as well, since it relies on you to target enemies before unleashing hell on them. So, without a doubt, the single-player game has moments of greatness, but the overall experience is too mired down in antiquated design standards.
On the flipside, the multiplayer is excellent. The maps offer a great sense of variety and scale amidst the bombed out American landscape, and taking over map points in old farm houses, burned-out Hooters, and other familiar locations is just a lot of intense fun. The game offers up team deathmatching and a CTF-variant at first, but as you rise in rank, more modes are unlocked. Even better is that as you gain experience with the various classes, you'll unlock new weapons, special abilities, and vehicles.
While none of this is new, Homefront offers a few interesting tricks. One distinction is the use of RC ground and aerial vehicles. You can remotely fly attack drones and helicopters for air strikes, or ground-based attack bots, in addition to driving or hitching a ride on tanks, humvees, and other vehicles. Initial progression is quick to get you going, and slows down just enough after that to keep you addicted.
Back and Forth
Homefront is definitely a game divided. The single-player game is entertaining in bursts, but far from great. Short and full of cliché and dogged linear design, it's mostly fun while it lasts, but not at all noteworthy. For multiplayer fans, however, Homefront offers a great alternative to Black Ops and Killzone 3, with a surprisingly polished online experience.


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BSC Alerts
News & Events
February 21, 2008
Members Present: Mr. John Shott, Ms. Gloria Stephens, Mr. Larry Morhous, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. James Palmer III, Dr. Lyn Guy (via conference call), Mr. Daniel Frost, Ms. Angie Lambert, Mr. Sylvester Myers
Members Absent: Mr. Jeffrey Forlines, Ms. Anne Crowe, Ms. Ashley Froy
Guests/Staff: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. John Cardwell, Mr. Jim Nelson, Dr. Tom Blevins, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Tracey Anderson, Dr. Sapphire Cureg, Ms. Karen Harvey, Ms. Leah Taylor, Ms. Anita Barilla, Ms. Lisa Neel, Mr. Chris DeWeiss.
Call to Order – Chairman James Palmer
Chairman Palmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Bluefield State College Othello Harris-Jefferson Student Center Private Dining Room.
Ms. Anita Barilla, Notary Public, conducted the Oath of Office for Mr. Sylvester Myers as a new member to the Board of Governors.
Approval of Minutes – November 15, 2007 (No December 2007 and January 2008 meetings)
A motion was made (LMorhous/NKantor) to approve the minutes of the November 15, 2007 as written. Motion carried.
President's Report – Dr. Albert Walker
- Dr. Walker announced that Dr. Brian Noland, Chancellor, WV Higher Education Policy Commission, would not be able to attend the meeting. The one time funding of $952,000 BSC received as a result of losing Title III funding has now been placed in the Higher Education Policy Commission's proposed overall budget and will be placed in BSC's base budget and will not have any restrictions for use. At this point there has been no opposition in the Legislature.
- Dr. Walker reported that the community colleges are asking to be relieved of the linkage to the four year colleges. Some of the institutions have now been accredited and their accrediting bodies are recommending that they not remain in the administratively linked status. He reported that with the level of entanglement there will be a time of transitioning needed. Mr. Frost asked how this would affect the classified employees and the administrative personnel who work for both BSC and NRCTC. Dr. Walker replied that some job responsibilities will need to be adjusted but that it is too early to know exactly what will need to be done. He stressed that this should not be an abrupt change that would be detrimental to the students. Mr. Frost state that classified employees had been told that they would be doing the same job and they were not upgraded. He stated that if the classified employees continue to do that same jobs after the split than why should be they be downgraded. Now that the institutions may be divided, Mr. Frost stressed the need to keep classified employees affected at the same level of employment.
Financial and Administrative Affairs – Ms. Shelia Johnson
- Mr. Chris DeWeiss of Suttle & Stalnaker was in attendance to review the Audit Report with the group. He explained how the audit process was conducted and reviewed the financial information and reported that BSC received a clean report. Mr. DeWeiss commended Ms. Johnson and her staff for an outstanding job of collecting and organizing information for the audit and he reviewed recommendations made by the auditors.
- Ms. Johnson reviewed the financial report as of December 2007. She discussed the contracted services between BSC and NRCTC and the challenges expected in the transition from being administratively linked to being separate institutions.
- Ms. Johnson called the group's attention to the Governor's Proposed Budget and reviewed some of the line items for BSC.
- College Budget Committee met on Friday, February 8, 2008. This committee was established to advise the BSC President and will be involved in tuition and fees and salary increases in the future. The committee members' number one concern was for BSC to remain solvent and not harm the institution with the loss of NRCTC funds.
- Mr. Frost asked about hiring faculty for a Business degree program on the Greenbrier campus from the money saved from retired faculty. Mr. Frost stated that he feels the people's educational needs are not being met in that area. He stated that he feels that the School of Business Program Accreditation is a hindrance to the growth of the institution. Dr. Walker discussed the need to comply with accreditation standards of the School of Business and the importance of maintaining that accreditation. Discussion followed.
- Ms. Johnson reported that an architect had to be hired to determine the extent of the repairs needed for the PE walkway on both sides of the building. She informed the group that the east walkway is finished but will remain closed until spring to avoid salt damage to the new concrete.
- Mahood Hall Renovation – Thompson and Litton architectural firm has done an assessment of the building and gave an estimated cost of $4 million which is much more than expected. Faculty representatives from the School of Business, Ms. Karen Harvey, the BOG Chair and Vice Chair, Dr. Walker, and Ms. Johnson are working on a strategy to secure outside funding for the project.
- Ms. Johnson reported that the RFP for a campus energy assessment is ready to go out.
Enrollment Management – Mr. John Cardwell
- Spring 2008 Enrollment Summary – records show that there is a 94.9% retention rate in the first-time full-time freshman cohort. Previously the highest percentage has been 86%. He projected that enrollment will be up approximately 25 students compared to last year.
- International student enrollment has increased to 33 students from 13 countries. Dr. Walker reported that a letter has been received from a college in the Caribbean hoping to send prospective nurses to BSC. These will be contract students who will have their tuition paid for by the government of that country. Discussion followed.
- Mr. Cardwell reviewed the enrollment trends over the past four years. He reported that the record shows the highest FTE for the fall 2007 semester compared to previous semesters. There are 314 new students registered in the freshmen class.
- Border County Enrollment – enrollment has grown from 39 students in 2005 to the current enrollment of 121 border county students this semester.
- Mr. Frost discussed information he received about active Army National Guard and military personnel attending college for in-state tuition whether stationed in the country or out of the country. He asked if a special fee could be offered to active military personnel with a program online. Ms. Johnson and Mr. Cardwell stated that special fees must be approved by the Board and then by the state. Mr. Frost stated that, with the approval of the Board, he will research the possibility of a program of this type for active military personnel.
- Mr. Cardwell reported that Enrollment Management is preparing to a complete overhaul of the orientation process to engage the students much earlier and provide mentoring programs. The long-term effect of these changes will be an increase in the retention rate and the success of the students.
Institutional Research and Effectiveness – Dr. Tracey Anderson
- Strategic Plan Update – Since HEPC came out with their Master Plan 2007 – 2012 the BSC Strategic Plan Steering Committee is aligning the BSC Plan with what the Policy Commission has implemented in their plan. She reported that measures have been identified for the Key Performance Indicators. The next step will be to identify one, three, and five year goals for each Key Performance Indicator as well as strategies and timelines.
Academic Affairs – Dr. Don Smith
- Dr. Smith called the group's attention to information provided earlier on accomplishments of faculty, students, and overall programs.
- He reported that the percentage of faculty with terminal degrees has increased to 63% from 61.5 % in the past. In order for the institution to offer graduate degrees, 66.6% of the faculty must hold terminal degrees. Dr. Walker reported that he and the Chancellor are planning to propose the introduction of legislation to change the standard to state the terminal degree percentage requirement be held in the discipline where the graduate program is being sought.
- HEPC Master Plan 2007-2012 – Dr. Smith discussed the Compact and the goals and guidelines for the institution. BSC will be required to provide reports to the Policy Commission on the institution's progress in achieving these goals.
Human Resources – Ms. Leah Taylor
- Revised Grievance Procedure Policy #40 (State Mandated Revisions) – A motion was made (LGuy/DFrost) to put the policy out for 30 day comment. Motion carried.
- Revised Travel Policy #22 (IRS Mandated) – A motion was made (NKantor/LMorhous) to adopt the revised Travel Policy mandated by the IRS. Motion carried.
- Institutional Bookstore Return Policy #45 – A motion was made a motion (NKantor/DFrost) to put Policy #45 out for 30 day comment. Motion carried.
Next Meeting Date – March 20, 2008
With no further business to discuss, a motion was made (DFrost/LGuy) to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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LaNeve recalls big day
MORGANTOWN – You need to go back about 60 years for the most memorable highspot in the basketball career of Ronnie LaNeve.
That's when the two-time Class "B" all-state star at Wells High School made 31 of 34 field goals against New Cumberland High for 64 points.
Robert N. "Red" Brown, then West Virginia's men's basketball coach, was a witness. So he offered the young star a four-year scholarship to play for the Mountaineers.
"I think that 64-point total still ranks in the top five on the state's all-time list for high school players," LaNeve said.
He went on to play two years for Brown and two years for Fred Schaus from 1953-56.
LaNeve, who now resides in Elkins, contributed to records of 19-7, 12-11, 19-11 and 21-9. The Mountaineers earned bids to the NCAA Tournament in his junior and senior years.
LaNeve also was a four-year letter-winner in baseball as a shortstop. He stood 6-foot-2, but weighed just 155 pounds as a Mountaineer.
He played at a guard position in basketball. The legendary Hot Rod Hundley was his teammate two seasons.
LaNeve, who turns 79 in September, and wife Nichey have been married 56 years. The two became sweethearts as freshmen at the university.
They have three grown sons and six grandchildren.
Stephen and wife Barbara live in Westchester, Pa.
Ronald Scott and wife Sally have three children. They live in Indianapolis, Ind.
Todd is the youngest son, and he is a lawyer in Clarksburg. His wife's name is Tammy. They have three kids.
Ronnie graduated from WVU in 1956 with a degree in biology and physical education. Then he spent 18 months at the University of Pittsburgh and got a degree in physical therapy.
"Then in 1970, I went back to Pitt and got a master's degree in public health," LaNeve explained. "I have been in hospital administration for 30 years.
"Before that, I had 25 years in the U.S. military (1957-1981). I started out in the Army, then switched to the United States Public Health and Service."
He retired as a full colonel in 1981.
Since then, he has been working in hospital and nursing administration, from which he retired in 2010.
But he's back on the job helping people in the Elkins area who are home following surgery or other hospital stays.
"I am working for the hospital, and it's probably the happiest time of my life," LaNeve stated.