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April 4, 2007 (Special Meeting)
April 4, 2007
Members Present: Dr. Louis Aikens, Mr. John Shott, Ms. Gloria Stephens, Mr. Larry Morhous, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffrey Forlines, The Reverend James Palmer III, Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. Daniel Frost, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, Dr. Norman Mirsky
Members Absent: Ms. Anne Crowe
Guests/Staff: Dr. Albert Walker, Ms. Anita Barilla, Mr. John Cardwell, Mr. Jim Nelson, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. Tracey Anderson, Ms. Dedriell Taylor, Ms. Karen Harvey, Mr. Fred Hardee, Ms. Carol Baldwin, Ms. Lisa Neel, Ms. Joan Buchanan, Ms. Michele Noe, Mr. Tom Harrison
Call to Order
Chairman Norris Kantor called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. in the Bluefield State College Conley Hall Conference Room and informed the group that the reason for the special meeting was to discuss the tuition and fees proposal which must be submitted to HEPC by April 9, 2007. He informed the group that pay increases would not be discussed until a later date because of a lack of information from HEPC at this time.
Financial and Administrative Affairs – Ms. Shelia Johnson
Ms. Johnson distributed the updated tuition and fees proposals information and reviewed the changes that were made in the material distributed earlier to the BOG. She explained that a $20 per credit hour ITV instructional fee has been added. Ms. Johnson informed the group that the discussion on pay raises will be deferred until the April BOG meeting because only verbal guidance has been provided from HEPC but nothing has been received in writing.
Ms. Johnson reviewed the proposed tuition and fees increases and the reasons for the various increases. Fees have been raised 84% over the last ten years but BSC continues to charge the lowest amount of any of the four year public institutions in West Virginia. The recommended regular tuition and fee increases were in-state of 9.21%, out-of-state of 5.15%, and metro rate of 4.48%. Special fee increases of $15 per credit hour of community college baccalaureate enhancement fee and BS Nursing, upper level courses; reduction of the BS Nursing programmatic fee of $60 and Kentucky web courses of $35; and implementation of a new ITV instructional television (PBS) fee of $20. Discussion followed.
Ms. Johnson reviewed the various increases expected for the coming year including faculty promotions (10% per rank), utility increases, salary increases, technology, and Beckley Higher Education center costs. She discussed the capital fee which supports renovations to buildings, building equipment, and ground maintenance. This fee has remained at $175 per semester for many years. The recommendation is to increase this fee by $50. Discussion followed.
Motion was made (LMorhous/JShott) to accept the tuition and fees proposal as written. Motion carried with one "no" vote (KPruitt) and one member to abstain (DFrost). Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to table the discussion on salary increases until the regular April 19, 2007 Board of Governors meeting by which time the guidelines should have been received from HEPC. Motion carried.
Executive Session (If Needed)
Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to go into executive session to discuss a personnel matter. The group entered executive session at 2:15 p.m.
Motion was made (LMorhous/DFrost) to return to regular session at 2:40 p.m.
Mr. Shott commented that he felt the proposed tuition and fees increase request should be accompanied by language that explains that the Board's proposed increase reflects the need to offset the institution's loss of Title III funds resulting from a consequence of SB 448. Thus, he noted, the Board has been placed in a position of, regrettably, seeking a 9.2% tuition and fees increase to counterbalance the loss of Title III revenue.
With no further business to discuss, motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to adjourn the meeting at 2:50 p.m.
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Hi ladies!
I have been back at work now for a few weeks, and I am starting to get a bit concerned about my supply. I have been pumping every few hours while away from my son (he is almost 11 weeks old) and I am starting to notice that I am getting more and more when I pump. I am a bit concerned that this can lead to OS issues. I just pumped out 10 oz, which is way above what I normally get. Should I be concerned about this?
My BF relationship with my son has been near perfect so far, there have been no issues of OS even though I was pumping an extra time in the day (at night during his long sleeping stretch) just to build up my freezer stash. But we never saw any implications from this (green poops, etc) and so I just figured it was like producing an extra 3ish oz a day.
But now that I am working, I think my son has shifted his eating habits a bit. He hates the bottle and only reluctantly takes it, but I end up pumping during the day as if he has been eating a ton. My concern is that he is reverse cycling and I am still pumping like a mad cow at work...and that this might lead to issues of OS.
What do other working moms do? Do you pump only what your baby eats in a day, if he is reverse cycling and say only eating 4 oz throughout a 8 hour period, should I only pump to that and not empty my breast? That will suck for me!... Or am I making a bigger deal out of this than it really is? I am just concerned to start causing problems when we have done so well.
Thanks in advance!!

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Be prepared for a lot more of this now that's out in the open, Newbie.
Anyone remember KnicksChick made a brief appearance on here a while back? There were posters - long since f'd off - that were just creaming themselves over her and it was no less than pathetic.
She is hot though!
Wonder if we could dig up that thread? Shotgun not being the one to search for it.


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State Board of Education
Immediate Release
September 19, 2002
For Information: 217/782-4648
The State Board of Education today adopted criteria for approving providers that will offer tutoring and other enriching Supplemental Educational Services (SES) to help improve achievement of low-performing, low-income students in schools that receive federal Title I funds.
Final approval of the criteria is another important step in implementing the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), State Superintendent of Education Robert Schiller said, and one that empowers parents.
"The State Board would use these criteria to solicit proposals and create a list of approved providers," Schiller said. "Parents whose children are eligible for SES would be able to use that list to select both the academic services they want for their children and the entity that will provide them.
School districts must notify parents about what supplemental education services are available and who is eligible to provide them, as well as a brief description of the services, qualifications, and demonstrated effectiveness of each provider. Parents should get the information from the district at least annually in a language and format they can understand.
After parents choose the services and provider they want, the school district enters into a contract with the provider. Parents must then work with the district and provider to identify specific goals and a timetable for improving student achievement, and how progress will be measured.
"SES will ultimately benefit students because it brings additional resources and efforts to improving achievement. One of the most important aspects our job to identify providers is to make sure they have a proven track record of high-quality, research-based programs and services specifically designed to increase student learning," he said.
Board members raised a concern about the cost of SES programs. They called for staff to build in some kind of assurance that the cost of the supplemental services will be relatively uniform across the state and, if necessary, perhaps even capped to protect school districts from additional financial burdens.
Supplemental Education Services are extra academic assistance for low-performing students who are attending Title I schools that have failed to improve student achievement by the required amounts each year – "Adequate Yearly Progress" for at least three consecutive years. With a particular focus on reading and mathematics, the supplemental services can include tutoring, remediation and other academic intervention provided outside the regular school day, e.g., before and after school, summer, etc. Districts are allowed to use a portion of their Title I funds to pay for SES.
The proposed criteria are attached.
Application for Supplemental Educational Service Providers


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The teams: The Green Bay Packers (5-5-1) vs. the Detroit Lions (6-5).
The time: 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The place: Ford Field, Detroit.
The TV coverage: FOX – WITI (Ch. 6 in Milwaukee), WMSN (Ch. 47 in Madison) and WLUK (Ch. 11 in Green Bay).
The announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth and Erin Andrews and Pam Oliver reporting from the sideline.
The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 85-47-1 (including 6-4 in the postseason) in his eighth season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. Detroit's Jim Schwartz is 28-48 (including 0-1 in the postseason) in his fifth full season as coach of the Lions and as an NFL head coach.
The series: The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series, 94-65-7, but the Lions hold a 41-39-3 edge in games played in Detroit. The Packers have won five straight games in the series and beat the Lions, 24-20, in the teams' meeting in Detroit last year. On Oct. 6, the Packers won, 22-9.
The rankings: The Packers' second-ranked offense is No. 6 in rushing and No. 5 in passing. Their 20th-ranked defense is No. 19 against the run and No. 20 against the pass. The Lions' sixth-ranked offense is No. 2 in rushing and No. 3 in passing. Their 22nd-ranked defense is No. 4 against the run and No. 28 against the pass.
The line: The Lions are favored by 6 1/2 points.
The injury report: Packers – Out: QB Aaron Rodgers (collarbone), RB Johnathan Franklin (concussion/neck), ILB Jamari Lattimore (quadriceps), DE C.J. Wilson (ankle).
Questionable: TE Brandon Bostick (concussion). Probable: LG Josh Sitton (back), DE Johnny Jolly (groin), OLB Mike Neal (abdomen), RT Marshall Newhouse (shoulder), CB Sam Shields (hamstring), RT Don Barclay (knee), OLB Nick Perry (foot).
Lions – Doubtful: CB Chris Houston (foot). Probable: S Louis Delmas (knee), S Glover Quin (ankle), DE Israel Idonije (knee), WR Calvin Johnson (knee).
No-huddle up: The admission came after the fact, after it had jump-started – along with the insertion of Matt Flynn into the ballgame – an offense that seemed to be going nowhere. Remember how the no-huddle offense was so effective last week in erasing the Minnesota Vikings' 23-7 lead? Yeah, well, Flynn's preparation wasn't exactly extensive.
"I thought the no-huddle was a great change," McCarthy said earlier this week. "But Matt Flynn wasn't really prepared to run the no-huddle. It's a credit to him to do that because we didn't prepare going into the game for no-huddle."
That's right, Flynn, who said he only had four snaps with the No. 1 offense, ran the no-huddle offense without having practiced it since he left as an unrestricted free agent in March 2012. And while he wasn't perfect, it didn't look vastly different than the last time he ran it, against the Lions in the 2011 regular-season finale, when he threw for a then-record 480 yards and six touchdowns (both marks having since been matched by Rodgers) using primarily the no-huddle.
"Hey, he has a lot of history here. We were drawing off things he has done in the past," McCarthy explained. "I've never called a game the way the game was called (against the Vikings), and we aren't going to call it like that anymore. It's a credit to the coaching staff, the quarterbacks, all those guys involved, trying to make things work. We needed a spark we needed to get going. And Matt gave us that. He did a heck of a job."
Added guard T.J. Lang: "We haven't been able to get into our no-huddle a lot the last three weeks. When coach called for it, I think it was an urgency thing, we were down by a couple scores, it's starting to get late in the game and we knew we didn't have a whole lot of time to waste."
The smart money is on the Packers utilizing the no-huddle again Thursday, not only because Flynn ran it effectively – and presumably got to work on it during the team's two light practices on Tuesday and Wednesday – but because of what it does for the offense in general.
"We like it. It's definitely a good change up," center Evan Dietrich-Smith said. "Teams are sitting there (when) we're rolling in personnel (in and out), they get a chance to sub. You get the no-huddle out there, you kind of press their conditioning a little bit. So if you can get them out there in a play, then (run) seven, eight plays, stuff like that, it really starts stressing out their guys that are on the field for that time because maybe they're not as used to it."
It also seems to be when the Packers' offense is most in sync. Certainly Rodgers' presence in the past has been a major factor in that, but there just seems to be a greater comfort for the offensive players to be in the same personnel grouping and running plays in relatively rapid succession.
"I think it just puts us at an advantage. I think any team that runs no-huddle, you get the defense on their heels, you kind of get them tired, gets us in a rhythm," wide receiver Jordy Nelson said. "Either way, I think the key thing is getting that first first down. I think if you look throughout the years, even this year, once we get that first first down, our possession usually turns out to be a positive, even if it's just flipping the field position."
McCarthy wouldn't say if he intended to use the no-huddle, but it seems like a no-brainer to use it at least some of the time – even without Rodgers running it.
"Face it, man, you play different football with Aaron Rodgers than you do with the other quarterbacks," McCarthy said. "They haven't been here."


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Turn one of summer's more humble fruits into dazzling salads, sauces, drinks, and sweet-tart desserts.
Neglected Plum No More
Stone fruits of all sorts jumble the farm stands each summer, none more diverse than the puckery-sweet but curiously neglected plum. The plum ranges from inky purple to burnished gold in color. Its flesh may be anything from astringent to syrupy sweet—sometimes in the same single fruit—and its diversity makes it as versatile as, say, the apple. Yet we Americans mostly like our plums fresh and don't cook them as often as we should. Check out these plum recipes to help you add the glorious plum to your go-to ingredient list this summer.


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Wisconsin's dairy industry is holding its breath while Congress battles over the Farm Bill.
The bill offers farmers dairy subsidies that are set to expire in January. Without them, milk prices will skyrocket, possibly to $7 a carton. For students at Westby Elementary School, that could mean forgoing their afternoon milk break.
"I love milk because it's so delicious," says 7-year-old Caleb Messer. What would he do without his milk break? "I would just go to the principal's office and say, 'We need milk. I'm thirsty.'"
He's not alone - kids from pre-kindergarten class to fifth grade get the milk break, provided that their parents pay for the benefit. According to food service director John Parkyn, about 95 percent of them do.
"They love it, they get out of class, they come down, they jump in the line... it's a pretty good time [for them]," Parkyn said.
About a third of children participating in the milk break also qualify for free or reduced lunch - and those are the kids who would be hurt worse by a hike in milk prices.
"We'd probably have less families taking [milk break] as an option," he said.
Milk isn't the only concern in the dairy state. Local creameries said if a farm bill isn't passed, cheese prices would double - hurting both the creamery and its customers.
Al Dekkum, owner of Nordic Creamery in Westby, said he's sick of the political gridlock that's affecting his industry.
"Us little guys are still out her,e and we are concerned over some of the stuff they're doing out in Washington," he said.
Dekkum doesn't expect prices to rise anytime soon - he believes a farm bill should be passed sometime in January, before the hikes set in.
The House of Representatives and the Senate have passed different versions that are entirely different. They have until the end of next week to pass a farm bill before they adjourn.


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The New York State Police at Wurtsboro announced the arrest of WILLIAM JOY, age 29, of Bloomingburg, NY for Rape in the Third Degree (Felony), and Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree (Felony).
Joy was arrested and charged subsequent to an investigation in which he was accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with another person less than 17 years old. On May 11, 2013 Joy was taken into custody without incident on the above charges. He was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Mamakating Court on May 23, 2013.


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About CyanogenMod
- 1 About CyanogenMod
- 2 Who Uses CyanogenMod?
- 3 Why Use CyanogenMod?
CyanogenMod (pronounced /saɪ.'æn.oʊ.dʒɛn.mɒd/) is an enhanced open source firmware distribution for smartphones and tablet computers based on the Android mobile operating system. It offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by vendors of these devices.
Features supported by CyanogenMod include native theming support, FLAC audio codec support, a large Access Point Name list, an OpenVPN client, an enhanced reboot menu, support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB tethering, CPU overclocking and other performance enhancements, soft buttons and other "tablet tweaks", toggles in the notification pull-down (such as wi-fi, Bluetooth and GPS), app permissions management, as well as other interface enhancements. CyanogenMod does not contain spyware or bloatware. In many cases, CyanogenMod may increase performance and reliability compared with official firmware releases.
CyanogenMod is developed as free and open source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code.
Read more about CyanogenMod, including its development and version history, at its Wikipedia entry.
What's a "firmware", anyway?
Okay, here's a little history:
In the past, many simple appliances and electronics-- everything ranging from advanced toasters to microwaves to industrial machines ran on "embedded", limited-purpose computer chips (micro-controllers and such) to control their operations and user interfaces. Those embedded systems would require miniature, specialized software to, say, let someone program the VCR or to receive input from a remote control to change a TV's channel.
Traditionally, this software would be written on small-capacity memory chips, usually to be written once during manufacturing and never upgraded during the life of the product. This embedded software was known as "firmware" (halfway between software and hardware), and it still exists on many electronic products, containing the programming/logic stuff that makes much of the electronic gizmos you own work. Sometimes this firmware can be updated and new functions or bug fixes may be added. For something like a refrigerator or microwave, updating the firmware is usually a torturous process, and for most electronic things, it isn't necessary.
In the case of Android phones and tablets, as well as iOS devices-- despite the fact that they may appear simply to be a phone that can run apps, what you actually have in your hand is a full-fledged, general-purpose "computer". So while in the past, the "firmware" was just the simple software to make a mobile phone work, the name "firmware" has stuck to describe the software you load onto your phone, much like you'd load any operating system onto a computer.
So to be clear-- today, your Android devices are in fact very similar to your laptop and desktop computers. Because they are now based on so-called SoCs, or "systems on a chip", modern Android devices are effectively tiny, low-power laptops, only with touch screens instead of keyboards. CyanogenMod, based on Android, is a full-fledged operating system, just like Windows, OS X, or Linux are on laptop computers. In fact, Android runs on a version of the Linux kernel, and you can even run a full Linux desktop on many Android devices just as you would on a regular laptop.
The term "firmware", then, is just a legacy terminology to refer to the software you put on your handheld devices. But speaking realistically, you may as well think of it as "software, particularly an operating system and apps, that can be put on my device."
Hope that helps.
But wait-- is the right term "ROM" or "firmware" or what?
The term "ROM" has multiple definitions. Technically, ROM stands for Read-Only Memory, which means you cannot write to it; it is read-only, like a DVD or (Game) CD.
Device manufacturers traditionally referred to a cell phone's included operating system as "ROMs" because they did not intend for you, the user, to replace it. And so, modders would use "ROM" as a shorthand for "ROM image" to describe what it was they were replacing. So today the files that you put in the system partition are also referred to as a ROM sometimes. You'll hear people say "flashing a ROM".
Whether you call CyanogenMod a "ROM" or a "firmware" or an "operating system" or a "distribution", it all means in this case the same thing. The ambiguous terminology is just the result of a decade-long transition from simple, non-replaceable software on hand-held devices to full-fledged, updatable operating systems on a small, portable computer that fits in the palm of your hand.
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So what is the difference between Android and CyanogenMod?
About 1-2 times a year, the vanilla Android operating system (known as AOSP, or the Android Open Source Project) is internally developed, then released to the public, by Google. They provide the source code to anyone who wants to download it. The CyanogenMod community, comprised mostly of unpaid volunteers and enthusiasts from around the world, takes this newest Android code and "ports" it to dozens of new and older (aka "legacy") devices. At the same time, other CyanogenMod developers start adding features, fixes, and improvements that Google didn't include to the CyanogenMod code, which benefits all the devices. The CyanogenMod community has a whole infrastructure for people to build and test experimental versions, report bugs, and contribute back to the source code.
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Count me among those skeptical of any real pension reform coming out of the Aug. 17 special session ordered Monday by Gov. Pat Quinn.
If the 2011 income tax hike is any indicator, "reform" will come with a last-minute, post-election, lame-duck vote.
This impending General Assembly special session has all the earmarks of a disaster for which Quinn's predecessor, Convict 40892-424, was infamous – he called 36 special sessions before he got impeached. (As for Convict 40892-424's gubernatorial predecessor, Convict 16627-424, I don't know how many special sessions he called.)
Does Quinn have a real plan? Will there be draft legislation by then? Will lawmakers dust off the proposal that passed the Senate last May and give it a whirl?
Quinn did announce his desire to shift the burden of teacher pensions to suburban and downstate property taxes (Chicago residents already pay for their teachers' pensions).
One at first wonders what Quinn ingested at the City Club of Chicago meeting where he announced the special session to make him think he could get not only meaningful reform, but also the three-fifths supermajority needed to pass it, in an election year.
In a redistricting election year with all 177 seats in the assembly up for grabs. On an issue in which you stick it to the taxpayers and the public-sector unions.
But Quinn knows what he's doing, and the secret is, it's not pension reform. This looks a lot like it's for show, at the very least to try to stave off yet another credit rating downgrade by showing that we're "doing something" about the $83 billion pension hole.
Lawmakers will travel down to Springfield (on our dime, of course), sit around for a day and contemplate their navels, and then drive home. The House, of course, already planned to be in town to vote on whether to expel indicted Democratic Rep. Derrick Smith.
I strongly suspect that the pension "fix" will come after the Nov. 6 election, and I'm not alone.
I talked to Sens. Pamela Althoff and Dan Duffy, and Rep. Mike Tryon for my story in today's paper about the special session. At the end of our interviews, I asked all three if they suspect the reform legislation will get rammed through after we find out who is coming back and who isn't.
All three of them said yes.
"I've been saying that for the past four months is that that's what will happen," Althoff, R-McHenry, told me. "Politically, many of the party leaders see a huge detriment to taking any action on pension reform prior to the election. It's going to happen in the lame-duck session because people who can vote on it won't be returning."
Tryon, R-Crystal Lake, called the special session an attempt to "fix a political problem, not a pension problem." Duffy, R-Lake Barrington, called the special session "Springfield 101 political posturing."
But while Althoff said the fix could come anytime during the fall veto session that begins three weeks after the election, Duffy, like me, suspects a last-minute vote, a la the 2011 tax hike.
"They'll bring us back in the final hours and try to jam something through," Duffy said.
That's the likely path in my opinion, because it worked to hike income taxes 67 percent on residents and 46 percent on businesses. The increase was approved in the last hours before the new General Assembly was sworn in.
Quinn needed every vote he could get for the big tax increase, and the 12 lame-ducks who voted for it in the final hours of their terms helped him secure it by one vote in both houses. As I wrote here, six of them ended up with government jobs, the most recent being Bob Flider, who is pulling down $133,273 a year heading the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
That's not halfway as cushy as the gig landed by fellow lame-duck tax hiker Michael Smith, who earns $94,000 a year on the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, which meets once a month. Yes, you read that right – $94,000 for one meeting a month that can be attended by telephone.
All of these hires were pure coincidence of course, or what the Chicago Tribune editorial board calls Quinncidences.
Quinn and other supporters of the teacher pension shift will know Nov. 7 who isn't coming back. Lame ducks leaving office, like the saying goes about dangerous people, have nothing to lose. That's almost two months in which the promise of state jobs and the luxurious pensions that come with them can be dangled in front of soon-to-be ex-lawmakers coming face to face with the grim specter of unemployment.
As I blogged here, government jobs are Illinois corruption's Medal of Honor – they are the ultimate patronage award that government can bestow for sticking it to the taxpayers above and beyond the call of duty.
I'm not going to Vegas with the odds of meaningful pension reform coming Aug. 17. If our property tax bills get socked with teacher pensions, it will very likely be January 2013, not August 2012, in which that happens.
And if that does happen, our income taxes from our paychecks will help pay the salaries and pensions of the new state jobs for the former lawmakers who made it possible.
Senior Writer Kevin Craver can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Surprise upset at Riverdogs on Parade
NARROWSBURG, NY — In a surprise upset at the Riverfest River Dogs on Parade, Rupert the cat took home the "Most Unique" prize. Presented by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Riverfest celebrated its 21st annual event this year on Narrowsburg's Main Street.
Water hotline idea no go in Bradford
TOWANDA, PA — At their July 21 meeting, the Bradford County commissioners said they were unwilling to support the development of a community phone-in service—a "public safety hotline"—for reporting of incidents of Bradford County water contamination.
According to activist Diane Siegmund, a proponent of the idea, the commissioners had indicated themselves open to the idea back in May. Supporters had viewed the project as a way to establish a meaningful and accurate record of the extent of the water damage in Bradford County. Pennsylvania does not formally keep track of citizens' health complaints linked to drilling.
At their July 21 meeting, commissioners told Siegmund that such a project was not their job. They said that too many people in the county have been "crying wolf" with regard to bad water, and commissioner Douglas McLinko said he believed Bradford water had been bad for a long time.
Entrepreneur seeks to repurpose firehouse
ROSCOE, NY — The Dimifini Group, an entity controlled by Phil Vallone of Roscoe, has announced the purchase of the old Roscoe firehouse. Vallone hopes to repurpose the structure to complement existing businesses in the town.
Vallone, a prominent figure in the Sullivan County business community, said, "We plan to develop the property to complement existing businesses in town and projects that are proposed by others. The building is a top prospect for a micro-brewery, featuring beer produced using water from the famed trout streams."
The purchase was approved through a public bidding process and made possible after the Roscoe/Rockland Fire District purchased the Kirchner Chevrolet auto dealership property on the corner of Broad Street and Old Route 17, and moved its operation there.
There is a similar project being proposed in Livingston Manor and Vallone feels an additional operation would help create a microbrewery destination in the town of Rockland, NY.
Tusten zoning rewrite nears unveiling
NARROWSBURG, NY — At its meeting on July 25, the Town of Tusten Zoning Rewrite Committee unanimously agreed to move its new draft zoning ordinance forward into the final approval process. A motion will be put before the town board at its monthly meeting on Monday, August 8 that it adopt a resolution of intent to become the lead agency for the new zoning law. At that time, the draft document will be made available to the public for comment, when a written comment period lasting through October 28 will commence.
A public hearing at which oral comment will be received is currently scheduled for September 26 and a second one for October 10, following which consultant William Pammer will create a document responding to all public input.
The committee's intent is that a final vote will be taken on the law in November. However, as noted by town superintendent Peg Harrison as a condition to her approval vote, the document has yet to be reviewed by the town's land use lawyers and adjustments may have to be made in the schedule to accommodate their input.


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Hello ladies,
My son has been doing fabulous with pureed food for a little over a month now. I'm wondering when I should introduce textured food - I was thinking of starting with yogurt and shredded pieces of fruit, adult oatmeal with bm, prunes, and other things with skins. I haven't tried finger fruits because he's getting his second tooth but always gags and chokes on anything he attempts to eat...so I think that through textured food we'll be able to wait for some more teeth and until he's more ready. Any advice tips, how did textured food work w/your lo?
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Boomers and Technology: An Extended Conversation is a unique, qualitative study of how the boomer generation thinks about technology, sponsored by AARP and Microsoft. The paper offers a fresh perspective on a generation often not considered when experts chart consumer appetites for technology, and it forecasts how boomers' use of technology will evolve in the years ahead.
This video (below) provides an introduction to the report's themes and issues. And for a lively half-hour conversation between Michael Rogers and Prime Time Radio host Mike Cuthbert, listen here.
The insights used to produce the paper were gathered during May 2009 in San Francisco, Phoenix, Chicago, and New York, when more than 60 boomers dined and then voiced their opinions in a directed discussion led by author and futurist Michael Rogers. Together, they shared their thoughts on, frustrations with, and enthusiasms as well as hopes for modern technology. The participants all had broadband Internet access at home and were clear and ready communicators. They represented what technology marketers call "influencers"—the vocal consumers whose opinions shape others' behavior.
Participants were encouraged to talk about the improvements they wanted to see in technology and to speculate about what they'd like to see next. As a result, the report includes both present attitudes and an extrapolation of the technologies boomers are likely to embrace in the future.
For full details, see Boomers and Technology: An Extended Conversation. (downloadable pdf file)
Key attitudes that emerged:
- When boomers start using new technologies, such as texting or personal videoconferencing, they are enthusiastic, engaged, and quick to share with their peers. For boomers, technology is contagious. And they don't consider themselves technology dunces. Instead, they blame manufacturers for excessive complexity and poor instructions.
- Boomers are the fastest-growing age segment on such social-networking sites as Facebook, and many log on at least once a day. While not early adopters, they have been drawn in by younger family members and also by business connections. Social networks will be a big part of boomer life in the future.
- When it fits their needs, boomers will embrace leading-edge technology—voice recognition, projection cell phones, even computer goggles (tools for experiencing virtual reality). They're eager, for example, to see medical records computerized; a surprising number would even be implanted with data chips holding their own health history. A majority have enthusiastically adopted online banking. And now they're open to seeing financial applications on mobile devices, even to turning cell phones into electronic wallets.
- Technology is a big part of boomer leisure and creativity. Boomers use technology for learning, music composition, shooting videos, rare-book collecting, playing DJ, planning travel, and more. For boomers—the first gamers, with "Pong"—video games are back, especially with the rise of physical interfaces. And while still fond of print, boomers are seeking fresh sources for news, from AP feeds on their smartphones to The Economist on the Internet. Television via the Web is their next frontier.
- Coming of age in an era when human rights and individual freedoms were central concerns, boomers apply that perspective to technology. They fear that their children, perhaps unwittingly, allow technology to shape their lives. Boomers want technology to fit the lives they have made and the values they hold dear. If their children are the technology pioneers, the first to explore new territory, boomers are the settlers, arriving later to set up schools and libraries, to sink deep roots, and to build permanent structures


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An Iowa fisherman recently found a strange fish hanging from his line, reported KCRG-TV.
At first the Manchester man who was fishing along the Maquoketa River thought that he had caught a piranha. The fish had oddly-shaped human-like teeth.
He decided to get it checked out by the DNR.
Officials said the fish is a Pacu, a South American fish and cousin to the piranha.
The DNR told KCRG they have found a few Pacu in the area recently. They think someone had an aquarium full of them and dumped them into a river when they got too big.
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4-10-10 Camden Yards
I decided to take a little road trip this weekend. My first stop was Baltimore's Camden Yards.
I had been to the stadium several times last season, with little success. My best showing was a six ball day against the Mets, but other than that I have had terrible luck there. Luckily, at least the weather had decided to cooperate, as it was a nice spring day.
I left about half way through the game to drive to Philadelphia. The
plan was to stay overnight in Philadelphia, and then wake up early the
next morning and drive the rest of the way to New York City.
I was able to watch the Pirates at Diamondbacks live on the drive from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
MLB At-Bat for the Iphone. Love it. Don't worry, I took this photo moments before leaving the Orioles' parking lot, I wasn't driving at that point. Also, I did put my seat belt on after taking the photo.
Today's baseballs:
Sweet spots:
Game: 3 balls (3 hit)
Season: 12 balls (8 hit, 0 thrown, 4 device)
Games: 3 games
Average: 4.00 balls per game
Career: 590 balls
Streak: 99 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 21,148
2009 through 3 games: 13 balls, 1 behind last year's pace.
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Oh, Erik. I wish I knew you were at this game. We were there. I actually just scanned my pictures and I found you in LF during BP. If you look on my entry and enlarge the panoramic shot from section 87 (the second panorama), I'm pretty sure you're standing in an aisle maybe about 8 rows up wearing a black Jays shirt, black hat and khaki shorts. Hope you had fun at Camden Yards. We had a blast for our first game of 2010.


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Opponents of decriminalizing marijuana has a new partner -- a powerful national figure who has made it a point to fight legislation through education.
"Adding marijuana to alcohol and tobacco is like adding gasoline to the fire," said former congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Kennedy is the co-chair of Project SAM -- Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
The national group works with local health, government and law enforcement leaders to talk about the problems with legalizing marijuana.
Those fighting the battle here say the help is welcomed.
"We do tell them about our problems enforcing the law, but we do need another voice there with us," said Keith Kamita with the Public Safety Department.
With just one-and-a-half months left in this legislative session, one marijuana bill is still alive.
"The bill that came out from the Judiciary Committee is very disturbing," said Rep. Sharon Har. "The only penalty that it offers to an adult who is caught selling to a minor is it basically would require the adult to pay for any damage that that child wreaks havoc on in the course of being high,"
"If you had marijuana in your car, there would be no penalty so you could transport it. If you're under 18 and have a small amount of marijuana there would actuallly be no ramification and no prevention. Nothing happening," said Project SAM Co-Chair Kevin Sabet.
The group plans to talk with lawmakers and the community. Their first stop on Monday was a meeting the Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
'Decriminalization, medical marijuana, legalization is not good for the future of Hawaii," said Kennedy. "We hope that before the governor signs any bill that they truly take into account what the implications of this is on the children, on the tourism and state and its future."
Project SAM Community Meetings
- Oahu
- March 18 at Kapolei High School, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- March 19 at Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center in Kaneohe, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- March 18 at Kapolei High School, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Big Island
- March 20 at Kane O Ka Aina Charter in Waimea, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- March 20 at Kane O Ka Aina Charter in Waimea, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Lanai
- March 21 at Koele Lodge, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
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11 NCAA Div. III individual championships
PELLA—Central College seniors Felicia Coleman (Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) and Josh Fleming (Caseyville, Ill., Collinsville HS) are the Iowa Conference outdoor track and field performers of the week in women's track and men's field events, respectively.
Coleman collected a pair of victories at the Monmouth College (Ill.) Invitational last Saturday. She captured the 100 meters in 12.22 seconds before running the third leg of the 4x100-meter relay, which tallied a season's best time of 48.5 seconds. Coleman also helped the Dutch finish fourth in the 4x400 relay (4:10.6).
A three-time all-American, Coleman has received track events performer of the week distinction four times, including twice this season.
Fleming posted a pair of personal bests at Monmouth in the discus throw and hammer throw. His toss of 162 feet, 11 inches ranks 14th on the NCAA Division III discus list. Fleming's hammer throw mark of 169-3 took third and he also finished fifth in the shot put with a distance of 47-2.5. It's the first time he's received performer of the week recognition.
The track and field squads will compete at the Iowa Conference championships this weekend at Dubuque, with Loras College playing host. The decathlon and heptathlon are slated to begin Thursday at 3 p.m. Field events will start Friday at 1 p.m. with running events at 3 p.m.


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Bruce Arena - General Manager/Head Coach
The only five-time MLS Cup winning head coach, Bruce Arena enters his eighth season with the Galaxy after taking over the team as the General Manager and Head Coach of the Galaxy on August 18, 2008. One of the most successful head coaches in MLS and U.S. National Team history, Arena led the Galaxy to their fifth MLS Cup in 2014, becoming the first coach in MLS league history to win five championships. Arena became the seventh coach in the club's history and has led the Galaxy to four MLS Cup finals, capturing the MLS Cup in 2011, 2012 and 2014. In his dual role, Arena oversees all of the club's soccer operations in addition to his responsibilities in coaching the first team.
In 2014, Arena was named the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Werner Fricker Builder Award, the highest honor that an individual can receive from the U.S. Soccer Federation. The the Werner Fricker Award is bestowed on an individual who has worked tirelessly on furthering the interest of the sport of soccer without regard to personal recognition or advancement.
Arena has thrice been named the MLS Coach of the Year, including winning it in 2009 and 2011 with the LA Galaxy and for the first time in 1997 as head coach of D.C. United. A member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Arena completely re-hauled the club's roster prior to the start of the 2009 season, bringing in 16 new players while helping the Galaxy reach MLS Cup for the first time since 2005.
The all-time leader in wins amongst coaches in U.S. National Team history, Arena led the U.S. to the FIFA World Cup twice, including an historical quarterfinal berth in 2002 in Japan/Korea. Arena took over as head coach in November 1998 and was in charge for nearly eight years, collecting a 71-30-29 all-time record, while leading the U.S. to the CONCACAF Gold Cup title in 2002 and 2005, the 2000 Nike U.S. Cup championship, as well as a third place finish in the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico.
Following the conclusion of the 2014 season, the 63-year-old has a career regular season record of 176-104-64 in MLS and a postseason mark of 30-10-5, including a 12-5-3 postseason record with the Galaxy. His 176 career regular season wins are the second most in MLS history, while his 30 postseason wins are the most in league history. Arena's five MLS Cup championships are three more than any other coach in MLS history and he is one of just two coaches currently in MLS, along with Schmid, to win both MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup.
Arena was the first coach in D.C. United history, joining the club for its inaugural season in 1996. He would spend three seasons with United, reaching MLS Cup three times, winning it twice, in addition to reaching the U.S. Open Cup Final twice and winning the tournament once. He also helped United become the first MLS team ever to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Interamerican Cup, winning each in 1998.
After a slow start to their inaugural season, Arena helped re-vitalize United and led the club to a second place finish in the Eastern Conference. Then, after losing their first postseason game against the MetroStars, Arena and United won their next five games to win the inaugural MLS Cup, culminating with a 3-2 extra time win over the Galaxy in the rain at Foxboro Stadium. Ten days later, United completed the "Double" by becoming the first MLS club ever to win the U.S. Open Cup, defeating the Rochester Rhinos 3-0.
Arena followed up that performance a year later by being named the MLS Coach of the Year for the first time after leading United to the best record in MLS and a second MLS Cup championship in as many years, defeating the Colorado Rapids 2-1 at RFK Stadium.
In 1998, his final season with United, Arena again led the club to the Eastern Conference championship, finishing the regular season with the second best record in the league. But despite becoming the first MLS club to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup in August of that year and the Interamerican Cup, United fell in their bid for a third consecutive MLS Cup title, falling to the Chicago Fire.
Following the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Arena parted company with U.S. Soccer and returned to MLS when he was named the Sporting Director and Head Coach of the New York Red Bulls in August 2006. He spent a year and a half with the Red Bulls, compiling a 16-16-10 record while helping New York reach the postseason both years. He helped to develop young stars like Jozy Altidore and Dane Richards while also signing players like Juan Pablo Angel, who was a finalist for the MLS MVP award and the Newcomer of the Year Award in 2007.
Following a brief stint at the University of Puget Sound (1976), Arena was named the head coach at the University of Virginia, in 1978. He held that position for 18 years, helping the Cavaliers to five ACC Tournament Championships and five National Championships, including four in a row from 1991-1994.
Curt Onalfo - LA Galaxy II Head Coach
An MLS Cup winner as both a player and a coach, Curt Onalfo was announced as the USL PRO side LA Galaxy II head coach earlier in January 2014 after spending two seasons as the Galaxy's Assistant Coach and Reserve Team Head Coach. In his first season with Galaxy II, Onalfo led the club to a 15-6-7 record and fourth place finish in the USL Regular Season while reaching the Semifinal match in the USL Playoffs.
A former MLS head coach with Kansas City and D.C. United, Onalfo played his college soccer for Bruce Arena at the University of Virginia and then served as his assistant coach with the U.S. National Team from 2003-2006. He was hired by the Galaxy in January 2011 and played a central role in the club repeating as Supporters' Shield winners and capturing their third MLS Cup last season.
A Galaxy original, Onalfo played 13 games for the club in 1996, helping them reach the inaugural MLS Cup. He went on to play in 23 games in four years in the league, spending time with San Jose and D.C. United in addition to the Galaxy.
After retiring from MLS in 1999, Onalfo moved into the world of coaching as an assistant coach with D.C. United in 2001. He spent two years with United before moving onto the U.S. National Team as an assistant coach. In four years with the U.S., Onalfo helped the team win the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup and qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Onalfo left the national team shortly after the 2006 World Cup and got his first heading coaching job in MLS in November 2006 when he was hired by the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City). The 42-year-old spent two-and-a-half seasons as the Kansas City head coach, leading the team to the postseason twice after seeing them fail to qualify for the playoffs in the two season prior to his arrival. He had a 27-29-22 record in his time with Kansas City before leaving the club in August 2009. Four months later, in December 2009, Onalfo was back in MLS as he was named the new head coach for D.C. United, replacing Tom Soehn.
Onalfo remained United's head coach for eight months before leaving the club in August. He led United to the semifinal of the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and played a pivotal role in the growth and development of eventual MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar. Originally born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Onalfo played four years of college soccer at Virginia, helping the Cavaliers reach the NCAA Tournament four times and win a share of the National Championship in 1989. A two-time All-ACC First Team selection, Virginia had a 68-12-13 record in Onalfo's four years in Charlottesville, including the 1988 ACC Championship. In addition to his play with the Cavaliers, Onalfo was a member of the U.S. U-20 team that finished fourth at the 1989 World Youth Championships and a co-captain with the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team. He began his professional playing career in 1991 with FC La Ciotat in France and later went on to play in Mexico with Tampico FC before returning to the United States to play in MLS.
He was selected by the Galaxy in the inaugural MLS Player Draft and spent one season with the club before being traded to San Jose in 1997. A year later, he joined D.C. United, helping the club win the 1998 InterAmerican Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup, as well as the 1999 MLS Cup before retiring at the end of that season.
Pat Noonan - Assistant Coach
A 10-year MLS veteran who appeared in 10 regular season games for the Galaxy in 2012, Pat Noonan won MLS Cup twice during his career, helping the Columbus Crew win their first championship in 2008 and the Galaxy to their second straight title in 2012. On January 11, 2013 it was announced that Noonan had retired as a player and had joined the club as an assistant coach.
In a 10-year MLS career that saw him score 42 goals and add 33 assists in 183 regular season games, Noonan helped his team reach MLS Cup five times, winning a pair of championships. An All-Star in 2004 when he finished tied for the MLS scoring lead with career-highs of 11 goals and eight assists, Noonan won the U.S. Open Cup three times during his career, helping the New England Revolution to their first Open Cup title in 2007 before winning the tournament again with Seattle in 2010 and 2011. A native of Ballwin, Mo., Noonan made his U.S. National Team debut in March 2004 in a friendly against Haiti and he scored his first international goal just under a year later in a 3-0 win over Colombia. He collected 14 caps in his international career, with all but one of those appearances coming when Bruce Arena was the coach of the National Team.
Noonan, who holds a U.S. Soccer Federation "B" coaching license, began his MLS career with New England in 2003, being selected by the club in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft. A finalist for the MLS Rookie if the Year award that season, Noonan spent five seasons with the Revolution, scoring 37 goals and adding 29 assists while helping New England reach three consecutive MLS Cups. Following the 2007 season, Noonan moved to Europe, signing with Aalesunds FK of the Norwegian Tippeligaen before returning to MLS in August 2008, joining the Columbus Crew, with who he won his first MLS Cup. He split the 2009 season between Columbus and Colorado before joining Seattle in 2010. After two seasons with the Sounders, the 32-year-old was taken by the Galaxy in Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Process. He appeared in 14 games in all competitions last season, scoring once in the league and once in the U.S. Open Cup while winning his second MLS Cup.
Kenny Arena - Assistant Coach
Kenny Arena joined the LA Galaxy coaching staff on January 2014 after spending the last two years as the head coach at Florida International University.
A former head coach in the Galaxy Academy, Arena was named the head coach at Florida International in March 2012. Arena led the Panthers to an 8-8-2 record in his first season in charge, giving them their most wins in a single season since 2005. FIU finished the 2013 season with a 6-10-1 record, giving Arena a 14-18-3 record in his two seasons in charge.
Arena began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Virginia in 2006 before joining the coaching staff at George Mason University in 2007. He first came to California in 2008, joining Jorge Salcedo's staff at UCLA. In four seasons with the Bruins, Arena helped lead his team to the NCAA Tournament four times, including a berth in the College Cup in 2011. Nearly 20 players that Arena coached while at UCLA went on to be drafted by MLS teams, including Chandler Hoffman, Kyle Nakazawa, Brian Perk, Brian Rowe and Michael Stephens, all of who went on to play for the Galaxy.
During his time at UCLA, Arena also worked as a coach with the Galaxy Academy, serving as the head coach of the Galaxy U-16's. While with the Academy, Arena coached current Galaxy Homegrown players Jack McBean and Oscar Sorto while helping lead his team to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-16 National Championship and the U-17 Generation adidas Cup in July 2011.
A former U.S. youth national team player, Arena played college soccer at Virginia and was selected by the MetroStars (now New York Red Bulls) in the fourth round of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. He would spend three years in MLS as a player, scoring once in 20 games over two seasons with the club before being traded to D.C. United, where he spent the 2005 season.
Matt Reis - Goalkeeper Coach
The 2013 MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year, Reis retired in December 2013, bringing an end to a 16-year MLS career that saw him reach MLS Cup six times. A member of the Galaxy from 1998-2002, Reis helped the club win their first MLS Cup in 2002 before being traded to the New England Revolution in January 2003. Over the course of his 16-year MLS career, Reis appeared in 288 games and made 282 starts while recording 110 wins, 1,114 saves and 75 shutouts, leaving him in the top six in MLS history in each category.
A native of Mission Viejo, Calif., Reis played his college soccer at UCLA, helping the Bruins win the 1997 NCAA Championship before being selected by the Galaxy in the third round (26th overall) of the 1998 MLS College Draft. He would spend the first five seasons of his professional career with the Galaxy, making 50 appearances in all competitions for the club, while helping them win the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup, the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2002 MLS Cup.
Ahead of the start of the 2003 MLS season, Reis was traded to the New England Revolution, beginning an 11-year stay with the club. A four-time All-Star and four-time finalist for the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award, Reis finished his career as New England's all-time leader in goalkeeper appearances (254), goalkeeper starts (253), goalkeeper minutes played (22,697), goals against average (1.31), wins (93), saves (989), shutouts (66) and saves percentage (72.3). He also finishes his career ranked second in the club's overall records in games played, games started and minutes played.
Reis, who also oversees the coaching of the Galaxy Academy goalkeepers, made two appearances with the U.S. National Team and was an alternate on the U.S. 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, replaces Ian Feuer as the Galaxy's Goalkeeper Coach. Feuer had held the role since September 2007, spending the last six plus seasons with the club.
Jovan Kirovski - Technical Director
Jovan Kirovski, who retired following the 2011 season and served as an assistant coach for the Galaxy during the 2012 campaign, is the first Technical Director in the club's history. Under the direction of Galaxy General Manager and Head Coach Bruce Arena, Kirovski, who spent the first 12 years of his professional career playing in Europe, scouts and evaluates players locally and abroad while also helping establish relationships with clubs around the world. Additionally, Kirovski helps implement a core curriculum throughout the Galaxy Academy while evaluating the Academy's coaches and players and helping to recruit the top local talent to join the club.
A native of Escondido, Calif., Kirovski began his professional soccer career in 1992 when he joined the youth ranks at Manchester United alongside players like David Beckham, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes. After four years with United, Kirovski moved to Germany, signing with Borussia Dortmund, where he became the first American to win the UEFA Champions League in May 1997. Seven months later, Kirovski became the first American to score a goal in the competition, doing so against Sparta Prague in December 1997 as Dortmund went on to reach the semifinals of the 1997-98 Champions League. He spent the 1998-99 season on loan with fellow German side FC Koln before heading to Portugal a year later when he signed with Sporting Lisbon. After one season in Portugal, Kirovski moved to England, spending one season in the Championship with Crystal Palace before moving on to the Premier League, signing with Birmingham City. He scored twice in 23 league matches for the Blues during the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, helping them retain their Premier League status.
After more than a decade in Europe, Kirovski first arrived in MLS in February 2004, signing with the Galaxy. An All-Star in his first year with the club when he scored an MLS-career-high eight goals, Kirovski spent the first year and a half of his time in MLS with the Galaxy, tallying 12 goals and six assists in 48 games. He was traded to Colorado in September 2005 and helped the Rapids reach back-to-back Western Conference Championships in 2005 and 2006 before finishing as the club's top scorer in 2007. After 12 goals in 61 games for the Rapids, as well as the first postseason goal of his career, Kirovski was traded to San Jose in midway through the 2008 season before he returned to the Galaxy in November 2008. Back with his first MLS club, Kirovski became a key veteran contributor to the club's renaissance, playing in central midfield and occasionally up front. He played in 56 games over the last three seasons as well as five postseason matches in that time, scoring six goals and adding three assists as the Galaxy reestablished themselves as the premier club in Major League Soccer. He finished his MLS career with 30 goals and 13 assists in 174 regular season games while helping his teams win a pair of Supporters' Shields and MLS Cup 2011 in the final two years of his playing career.
In addition to his club career, Kirovski, who holds his U.S. Soccer Federation's "A" coaching license, made 62 appearances with the U.S. National Team, scoring nine times for his country during an 11-year international career. He made his National Team debut in October 1994 and scored his first goal a month later in a 3-0 win over Jamaica. He helped the U.S. qualify for the World Cup in 1998, 2002 and 2006 while also appearing in the 1995 Copa America, the 1996 and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups as well as the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cups. Kirovski collected his final cap in a U.S. uniform in April 2004, coming on as a second half substitute in a 1-0 win over Mexico in Dallas.
Ivan Pierra - Director of Sports Science Department
After working with the Galaxy for over 10 years from 1996-2008, Pierra, the first trainer in Galaxy history, returned to the club as the Sports Science Department Director in September of 2014 after working for U.S. Soccer Federation. The veteran sports science professional is one of only two athletic trainers in Galaxy history, replacing Armando Rivas who accepted a position with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
In the Galaxy's inaugural season in 1996, Pierra began his initial stint with the Galaxy, where he worked as the athletic trainer for over 10 years before accepting a full-time position as Head Athletic Trainer for the U.S. Men's National Team in 2008. Prior to then, he had freelanced on the U.S. Soccer Federation staff, including time working with then head coach Bruce Arena. In all, Pierra has worked in four FIFA World Cup tournaments (1994, 1998, 2010, 2014) with the U.S. Soccer Federation, serving as the Head Athletic Trainer in 2010 and 2014 under head coaches Bob Bradley and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Pierra began his professional career in in 1993 after he started working as an athletic trainer for the soccer team Los Angeles Salsa in the American Professional Soccer League. He attended Cal State-Fullerton University from 1990-1993, where he earned a degree in physical education before receiving his Masters of Science in kinesiology in 1999.
Using sports science and medicine programs, Pierra is responsible for monitoring all aspects of player health and fitness for the LA Galaxy, LA Galaxy II and LA Galaxy Academy.
Kurt Andrews - Assistant Athletic Trainer
A native of Rochester, Mich., Kurt Andrews is in his fourth season as the Galaxy's Assistant Athletic Trainer. An athletic training intern for the Galaxy in 2010, Andrews was hired permanently by the club in January 2012. His primary role is to assist the club's head athletic trainer with all of the club's first team training and health related matters.
After graduating from Stony Creek High School in 2003, Andrews attended Oakland University in Michigan, where he majored in Exercise Science and worked with the men's soccer and women's volleyball teams before graduating in 2008. He then went on to the University of Arkansas, where he earned his Master's Degree in Athletic Training. During his time in Fayetteville, Andrews worked with the Razorbacks football, women's soccer, women's basketball, men's and women's track and field teams as an athletic training student. That opportunity allowed him to work with some of the nation's top track stars and a number of current and future NFL stars.
Andrews received his certification in both Functional Movement Screening and Selective Functional Movement Assessment in 2011 while at Arkansas. He uses these to assist and help implement rehabilitative exercises to better develop the players in there movement process to avoid possible injuries that can accrue during the season. He went on two receive his Functional Movement Screening Level 2 certification, enhancing his perspective on improving fundamental movement patterns.
Andrews is also a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES), and Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
Shunta Shimizu - Chiropractor and Scar Tissue Specialist
Shunta Shimizu enters his ninth season with the Galaxy as the club's Chiropractor and Scar Tissue Specialist. He was invited to be an intern with the Galaxy in the beginning of 2005 season after treating Cobi Jones and Peter Vagenas.
Shimizu specializes with the active release technique, which breaks down scar tissue build up as a result of wear and tear of the body, injury, and post-surgery. His role in Galaxy is to keep athletes on the field and speed up the recovery process after an injury.
A former college soccer player, Shimizu graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2001 where he majored in Psychology. He then graduated from Southern California University of Health Sciences in 2004 and became a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic in 2005. That same year he went on to become fully certified in Active Release Technique.
Daniel Guzman - Strength and Conditioning Coach
Daniel Guzman enters his second season as Head of Strength and Conditioning for the LA Galaxy. Previously Guzman started with EXOS at the StubHub center. While at EXOS, Guzman worked with a wide variety of athletes including: the U.S. Men's National Team, Chivas USA, LA Galaxy II, as well as MLB, NFL, and NBA athletes. Guzman worked with the LA Galaxy II to help launch the team's first season and work to implement strength, conditioning, and recovery systems for the team. Guzman earned a Bachelor's of Science in Kinesiology with an Emphasis in Exercise Physiology from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. While at Westmont, Guzman played for the Men's Soccer Team for four years and was named Captain by his teammates in his final year. Guzman is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.) through the NSCA.
Kristen Andrews - Sports Performance Dietitian
Kristen Andrews enters her first season as the Sports Performance Dietitian with the LA Galaxy. She works with the first team, LA Galaxy II, and the Academy teams to ensure the nutritional needs of all LA Galaxy athletes are met. Her primary duties include conducting one on one nutrition consultations with all players, collecting data through body fat testing, DXA scans, hydration tests, and blood tests to track athletes' health status over time, designing menus for each teams' daily meals, and providing nutrition education.
Andrews attended the University of Arkansas, where she majored in Dietetics and was a 7 time All-American on the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. While at Arkansas she won individual SEC titles in Cross Country, the Mile, and 3000 Meters; she set University of Arkansas school records in the Mile and Distance Medley Relay; she set an Indoor SEC Championships meet Mile record on her way to winning the indoor title in 2012; she was twice named the SEC female Runner of the Year; and she was named the 2012 South Central Region Track Athlete of the Year.
After receiving her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Arkansas in 2013, Andrews went on to California State University Long Beach, where she graduated after completion of her Dietetic Internship and Master's Degree in Nutritional Science in 2015. As a graduate research assistant at California State University Long Beach, she worked with a team of researchers to collect data on the efficacy of nutrition education intervention on eating behaviors and health outcomes among elite collegiate cross country runners. That research experience helped her prepare for a future in sports nutrition.
Raul Vargas - Equipment Manager
A member of the Galaxy staff since the team's inaugural season in 1996, Raul Vargas enters his 20th season as the club's equipment manager. One of the longest tenured employees with the Galaxy and in all of MLS, Vargas was honored in 2008 as the MLS Equipment Manager of the Year. His numerous responsibilities include the ordering and maintaining of game uniforms, practice gear and equipment, making certain these items are ready to go when the players are, wherever in the world the team may be playing.
A native of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Vargas is the only member of the team staff to have been a part of all gour of the club's MLS Cup titles, as well as the 2001 and 2005 U.S. Open Cup titles and the 2000 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
In addition to his work with the Galaxy, Vargas has long been involved in the sport of soccer in Southern California. A former goalkeeper, he spent several years playing in various local leagues in Los Angeles County as well as playing for five-time Lincoln League champion Deportivo Obrera and for Cobras of the Olympic Soccer League.
Rafael Verdin - Equipment Coordinator
A native of Long Beach, Calif., Rafael Verdin is in his fifth season with the Galaxy as the club's Equipment Coordinator. Verdin, who originally joined the club in May 2010, assists Galaxy Equipment Manager Raul Vargas in his daily tasks while also handling most equipment related tasks during the club's training sessions at StubHub Center. He is also in charge of organizing the player's uniforms for games and daily training sessions.
Verdin graduated from Millikan High School in Long Beach, where he played four years of soccer, in 2009. In addition to his work with the Galaxy, Verdin is currently a student at Long Beach City College. He played one year of college soccer at Cypress College before joining the Galaxy on a permanent basis.
EXOS, formerly Athletes' Performance, returns for its seventh season as the Official Performance Training Provider to the Galaxy. EXOS is recognized as the industry leader in offering the highest level of integrated performance training and performance physical therapy, as well as the most fully integrated training systems in the world. EXOS systems have helped to power the best of the best in sport: Green Jacket winners, Grand Slam Titles, World Series Winners, Stanley Cup Champions, Super Bowl and NBA Champions, Olympic Gold Medalists, World Cup Medalists and All-Stars from every major sport.
With training facilities at StubHub Center, EXOS is positioned to provide its world-renowned integrated training system to help the Galaxy players achieve their individual peak performance levels. Through the integration of performance training, physical therapy and nutrition, EXOS staff members create customized solutions for each Galaxy player helping to maximize productivity on the field and decrease injury potential.
Santa Monica Orthopaedic Group
The Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group provides the official club doctors for the LA Galaxy, with the team of Dr. Bert Mandelbaum and Dr. Byron Patterson leading the group's efforts with the club. SMOG has grown to be the premier orthopaedic practice in Western Los Angeles, and now consists of 12 physicians all of whom meet the highest standards of education, training and experience. In addition to their physicians, the group has assembled many of the top nurses, technicians and therapists ready to assist patients in any way possible, and their integrated practice includes the following services for better patient care and convenience:
- Digital X-Ray
- Extremity MRI
- Physical Therapy
- Outpatient Surgery Center
- Affiliated with St. John's Hospital
In addition to providing these services for their patients, SMOG physicians are constantly involved in the development of new techniques and treatments to remain on the cutting edge of orthopaedic medicine. This includes work with the National Institute of Health as well as some of the world's leading medical technology companies. In addition, SMOG has developed a nationally recognized fellowship program that annually trains 2-3 orthopaedic surgeons from around the country in the most advanced techniques of patient care for all aspects of sports medicine.


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The flash flood warning on Tuesday was for good reason.
Calls for help came from from a popular swimming pond known as "Ice Ponds."
Emergency crews staged at various points along Kalihi stream fearing the worst, and watching for an opportunity to assist. All they knew was that a group of teens was swept away in the currents.
Fire personnel recounted efforts to check the stream.
"We have gone all the way down to the abandoned Burmeister house. No victims found or seen at this time," said one firefighter.
"Four people were swept away from where they were crossing the stream, down stream, but they managed to free themselves," said Fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
The Pearl City teens looked relieved, but a bit dazed after their ordeal in a remote area of the valley.
"We were working with Emergency Medical Services and police to try to sort out where these people were, how many people were there and were they all accounted for. Very chaotic and confusing," Seelig said.
Rescue crews said the rain was concentrated on the Koolaus and that made for an unpredictable situation for what was a summer excursion for a group of friends.
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Conditions can change in a moment's notice as these teens found out. They told firefighters they were swept several hundred yards downstream.
"They all described it was a surge of water that came down and caused the stream to overflow and it became a raging torrent," Seelig said.
Three teenage girls and one boy were treated by emergency medical personnel and take to the Queen's Medical Center to be checked out.
Their injuries were described as minor, but it was a scary experience for all those involved
One girl told KITV she was rescued by her boyfriend. Others in the group said at one point the couple was stuck on a log in the middle of the stream.
"It was so confusing, and so spread out and difficult to gather information but Hopefuly, they all learned a valuable lesson that will help everyone realize you have to be careful when you are hiking anytime but especially when it's raining," said Seelig.


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Oprah helps her newly found half sister celebrate birthday
In early 2011, Oprah revealed to the world that she had a younger half sister who lived in Milwaukee.
The Associated Press and the Journal Sentinel's Jackie Loohauis-Bennett reported the story of Oprah introducing half sister Pat to the world. »Read Full Article
Ira Glass brings stories to stage in 'Three Acts: Two Dancers, One Radio Host' at Riverside Theater
If you're the one taking notes, Ira Glass speaks rapidly.
The measured cadence that is his "This American Life" voice is recognizable, to be sure. But his pace is faster. Or maybe it's just a bad phone connection from New York. »Read Full Article(2)
Pianist Joyce Yang takes a hands-on approach to Rachmaninoff's big concertos
Once upon a time, not very long ago, much of the music world believed you had to be a man with enormous hands to play the piano music of Rachmaninoff.
In case you haven't been paying attention, pianist Joyce Yang, who is decidedly not a man with enormous hands, has been dropping in on the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and music director Edo de Waart once a year for the past few years to play Rachmaninoff's four piano concertos. »Read Full Article(3)
WDJT-TV (Channel 58) adds a Madison bureau
WDJT-TV has added a permanent news bureau in Madison, the station announced today.
The reporter David Ade is a multi-media journalist who will be reporting politics and human interest stories from Madison. »Read Full Blog Post
Zia Haider Rahman's debut novel evokes Melville, David Foster Wallace
On its simplest level, Zia Haider Rahman's"In the Light of What We Know" is a classic bildungsroman describing a man who is born into poverty in rural Bangladesh, moves to England as a boy, wins a scholarship to Oxford, adds a law degree from Harvard, enjoys succeeding careers as a derivatives trader on Wall Street and a crusading lawyer in Asia, falls hard for an aristocratic Brit and falls apart when things don't work out. All before the age of 40.
But there's nothing simple about this dense, sprawling and thrillingly ambitious debut novel, which relentlessly calls into question how much we should trust paragraphs like the one I've just written — or, more generally, the stories within which we live and through which we lull ourselves to sleep. So let me try again. »Read Full Article
Danceworks goes pop, goes hip-hop, goes '80s, collaboratively
Danceworks' year of collaborations is coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the end to collaborations for the modern dance company.
Dani Kuepper, Danceworks' artistic director, took time out from preparations for the company's upcoming "Plugged In" program to look back at a busy year and ahead to coming seasons. »Read Full Article
New mystery make interns scary; Nordic Noir welcome again
Riddle me this. What's ubiquitous in a workplace? Moves unnoticed among employees? Is energetic, enthusiastic and sometimes exploited? Interns. And after you read Shane Kuhn's twisty (and twisted) comedic thriller "The Intern's Handbook" (Simon & Schuster, $25), you may want to get your own coffee at the office.
John Lago is an assassin, working for HR Inc., a company of killer interns. Their targets are high-profile professionals who deserve their pink slips. Written from Lago's cynical point of view to future HR employees, the racing plot records his final assignment (25 is "mandatory retirement") punctuated with lessons from his other "34 kills." »Read Full Article
Love turns a page in 'The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry'
Boswell Book Company could not have picked a more fitting new book for its fifth anniversary celebration.
Gabrielle Zevin's novel "The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" is a tale of love between an indie-bookstore owner and a publisher's rep, a bit of a bildungsroman about an orphaned girl who grows up in a bookstore, and a big wet kiss to readers and bookstore people. It features the questions that drive booksellers crazy (It was in the Times....It has a red cover.), rants about Amazon and e-readers, a stolen rare book, a lively book group (whose members are nearly all licensed to carry) and an author event that ends in mopping and scrubbing. Zevin's novel also mentions the children's book "Caps for Sale," practically guaranteed to start a Proustian reverie of mental images for those of us who loved that book as child or parent. »Read Full Article
Schoolboy Q answers 10 for Tap
"8:45?," Schoolboy Q asked backstage at the Rave Thursday, exasperated and annoyed by his set's start time. "Nobody's going to be out there."
Schoolboy Q must have known it was a school night (wah wah), but we've got to agree with the fast-rising rapper behind the terrific "Oxymoron," one of the year's most acclaimed albums--hip-hop or otherwise--that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts its first week in February. »Read Full Article
Listening to Lou Reed: 'Set the Twilight Reeling'
On Fridays I'm posting my thoughts on Lou Reed's solo albums, one album at a time in chronological order of release.
Just when a listener might have been tempted to think that Lou Reed, after two albums permeated with death and dying, had turned all grown-up grumpy on us, he plugs in, turns up the guitar and, as the opening track on "Set the Twilight Reeling" (1996), dishes up "Egg Cream": »Read Full Blog Post(2)
'Jersey Boys' trailer: Clint Eastwood's take on The Four Seasons
The 84-year-old director Clint Eastwood, when busy not interviewing empty chairs or making a Super Bowl commecial, continues to crank out crafstmanlike films like "J. Edgar" and star in them too, like "Trouble With the Curve."
His latest, "Jersey Boys," is based on the 2006 Tony Award winning musical about the early travails of the 1960s doo-wop-style harmony singing group the Four Seasons. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Chef change at Lake Park Bistro, a promotion at Bacchus
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Make reservations now: Milwaukee restaurants serving Easter brunch, dinner
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Availability already is limited at some restaurants, in terms of times available and party sizes. »Read Full Article
Schoolboy Q rules sold-out Rave show
Rest assured, the Rave is still standing after Schoolboy Q's sold-out concert Thursday night.
I'm only half-joking. A few days ago, the fast-rising rapper's sold-out show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore., had to be evacuated after a support beam holding up the floor was damaged. »Read Full Article(2)
Tochi brings ramen menu to Shorewood
Even before the menu clues you in, the dining room at Tochi lets you know this is no Anaba Tea Room, the former incarnation of this space under the Garden Room shop in Shorewood.
A Godzilla mural — lasers shooting from the monster's eyes beside images of cowering civilians and determined authorities — has replaced the display of fine art on the walls, just as the Japanese noodle soup ramen has replaced tea sandwiches at lunch and pan-Asian small plates at dinner. »Read Full Article(1)
On Tap Today: Bugs, laughs and music
It's Friday. Enjoy.
Introduce the kids to cool bugs and other parts of nature which been dormant for a season at the Outdoor Recreation Resource Fair. »Read Full Blog Post
Zakk Wylde: What music I'm listening to
Metal guitar whiz Zakk Wylde--in Milwaukee last month for the Experience Hendrix tour--is back April 25 with his own band Black Label Society. Photo provided by publicist. »Read Full Blog Post


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