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Summit School is about music for everyone
MONTPELIER For the organization behind this weekends folk music festival in Montpelier, its part of a focus that harmonizes music-making with helping musicians make a living.
It is part of our mission to contribute to the creative economy for artists and musicians here, says Ted Ingham, 50, an instructor and board member the Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture.
The schools third Winter Folk Festival at venues around the city this weekend continues its efforts to enrich the central Vermont arts community and cultural history.
When you bring people here, for workshops and concerts that might be on their tour path, sometimes people end up here because they love Vermont and want to be a part of the school. It allows us to tap into some impressive musical arenas, says Executive Director Mary L. Collins, 54.
The Summit School was founded in 2007 by two area musicians, Rebecca Singer and Katie Trautz. Collins took over the executive directors duties in September from Trautz, who has stayed on as a teacher and board member but wanted to focus on her own music.
Collins musical background is in the broadcast business, marketing and writing and producing. Ive written thousands of jingles, she says. But I didnt sing in front of anyone until I turned 50. When that happened I said, I dont care what other people think anymore.
She now sings with two bands.
Ingham says that is an example of one of the initial impetuses for the school. One of the things we were convinced about when putting this whole thing together was that there are a lot of folks out there with instruments in their closets and songs they arent singing in front of people, who wouldnt participate in a one-on-one lesson but might come to a class. We wanted to provide some classes for adults to get those instruments out, to get those folks into bands, and create some opportunities to get them to play for each other and family and friends, Ingham says.
Another motivation was keeping the areas thriving arts and music scene alive.
There arent a lot of opportunities for musicians and teachers to make money in central Vermont. We saw the school as a kind of teachers collective trying to provide those opportunities to teach and earn income, says Ingham.
With the support of Montpelier City Arts, local businesses, grants and fundraising, the Summit School has offered hundreds of classes and workshops and has brought many renowned traditional and folk artists to the area.
The educational component to visiting artists and the opportunity to do workshops with them is really our signature distinction, says Collins. There are a lot of people who present concerts, but what we do thats fairly unique is cultivate that relationship between the artist and the people who love their music, the opportunity to sit in with them for a couple of hours and learn something from them. ... It kind of harkens back to the real oral traditions of how people used to share information.
This weekends festival boasts several concerts and seven workshops, as well as a meet-and-greet at Positive Pie, a dance party at the Skinny Pancake, a film screening and a free guitar pull.
Whats a guitar pull? Great guitarists come together and play tunes, share repertoires and talk about how they play, says Ingham.
The Summit Schools winter semester begins at the end of January and runs eight weeks. Sixteen classes are offered, everything from beginner banjo, mandolin and ukulele to recording basics for women and songwriting.
In addition to the adult classes there are two just for kids: West African drumming and folk songs. There are fall and spring semesters, but during the summer the school focuses on its Traditional Summer Camp for kids, which last year collaborated with the Young Tradition Vermont camp out of Burlington.
One of the schools goals is to further its focus on kids by branching out into schools and offering traditional music and culture education within the context of existing music programs.
Its our hope to become much more involved and collaborative with a lot of other organizations and businesses in town. If there is an opportunity to bring music into something, or if there is a need for a school music unit involving traditional music and culture, please call on us, please utilize us as a resource, says Collins.
The schools success in stoking an interest in cultural and music traditions, both native to Vermont and beyond its borders, is growing. A lot of people whove taken classes have gone on to do things of their own. For example, theres a regular old-time weekly session that came out of a class and has been going for five years. A lot of folks who get this group sense in class continue to play music outside of a formal school structure, which is again part of what were trying to do spin off music into the community, says Ingham.
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Man, you can practically smell it in the air. Baseball is back, with 14 official Spring Training games and two exhibition games being played today. Unfortunately, the Padres are only playing an exhibition game, but it's baseball just the same. Starting for my San Diego Padres on this beautiful spring day is #44, RHP Jake Peavy!
And now for the starting lineup this fine afternoon:
- #12 CF Scott Hairston
- #3 2B David Eckstein
- #23 1B Adrian Gonzalez
- #5 DH Kevin Kouzmanoff
- #7 LF Chase Headley
- #2 3B Edgar Gonzalez
- #25 RF Will Venable
- #4 C Nick Hundley
- #15 SS Luis Rodriguez
Very interesting lineup today. It's very logical that Scotty is at the top and in center. I think they've planned to have Eckstein batting second so that makes sense too. Adrian, he's good. Having Kouz DH is perfect, because he's still rehabing that shoulder and it's best that he's not fielding yet. Chase in left is good. Edgar at third is interesting. I don't think he's played much third at all. And Will in right? I don't think he played that at all last year when he was up here. Nick is going to get the majority of the time behind the plate, so he's definitely back there. And Luis will be fighting for a spot at short.
Now, Buddy will probably switch out the whole lineup after a few innings. If you like to keep score, be careful with these Spring Training games. They can get very complicated!
Also pitching today are:
Heath Bell, Cla Meredith, Chris Britton, Wilton Lopez, Mark Worrell (who has a very funky sidearm delivery), Scott Patterson, Mike Ekstrom, and Oneli Perez.
The pitchers will basically only do one inning of work (that includes Jake). The pitchers are no where near top form yet, and so they will be taking it easy for the next few weeks. Each pitcher will throw 15-20 pitches today.
BTW, if you haven't seen Worrell pitch yet, check out the video at the end of this entry on Corey Brock's blog: http://coreybrock.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/02/all_eyes_on_worrell.html It's pretty wild.
I also wanted to mention a full-page ad that was in the San Diego Union Tribune last Sunday. It was from Trevor. I seriously cried when I saw it, man. It was a great, great move by Trevor, and I am very thankful he did it.
"As I sat down and put pen to paper thinking about the best way to express my gratitude to the many people whom have had a profound effect on my time here in San Diego, a recurring theme kept coming up, just say THANKS!!
Thanks go out to my family, friends, teammates, managers, coaches, trainers, clubhouse personnel, medical staff, front office, members of the media, Qualcomm and Petco employees, and to you the fans young and old, it is all of you who give this game life. We've experienced extreme highs and lows; it is this that makes the risk worth the reward.
Thank you for the 16 seasons to represent San Diego both on and off the field.
My family and I will cherish the memories.
'Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are; reputation is merely what you are percieved to be.' -John Wooden "
Well, the Padres game is starting in about 40 minutes. GO PADRES!!!
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Hoffy must be a great guy to have taken out that ad. I would have cried too. But on the bright side, there's baseball today and Peavy is still there! I wish my Yankees were on TV or MLB.TV (something), but I'll have to wait until tomorrow, I guess.
It just shows how classy Hoffy is! I hope the Padres' season goes well Kaybee!
AHHHHH!! Trevor, I really really miss you😦 He was great for us and San Diego. We were so lucky enough to have him for 16 years. At least the Padres won today! Gosh, you have so many details. I love it! Thanks for the info. I TOTALLY missed the game! Edgar played third? Strange. I kind of wished Jody can play instead of Will but, oh well. Maybe next time. Overall, the lineup looks good. Hopefully we can win more games and have a terrific season that's coming up. Oh yeah, go Padres!
I was a Padres season ticket holder when I lived in San Diego (2005-07), and I loved watching Hoffman pitch… he was such a big part of that town (what's going to happen with all of his so-bad-they're-awesome television commercials?)… what a classy guy.
Good luck this year, guys.
Aw Kaybee,
That's so sweet what Trevor did– he's a really nice guy! Nice to see Peavy pitching for the Padres today– they won didn't they? I'm about to check out Worrell's delivery, thanks for the vid!
Worrell's delivery reminds me of somebody skipping stones. What kind of velocity does he get?
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
JANE, yeah, it's a great thing that Jake is still here!
BOB, thanks!
JULIA, thank you!
HYUN YOUNG, it was a really cool game.
ROUND ROCK, oh yes, Trevor's commercials🙂 We're going to miss him a lot…
ELIZABETH, yes, we did win!
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#40380 - 09/01/01 05:34 AM Re: Languages without Diphthongs?
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Japanese is another. Any vowel combination can occur and each takes two morae (beats): kao, ue, nai, ie, au, etc.; and each takes as long as a long vowel, so Oosaka and Tookyoo and Yokohama and Aomori are all four beats.
In Japanese you have to be careful not to make a semi-consonant glide between vowels: pairs like ia and iya can both occur and are quite distinct.
Swahili is like Japanese and the Polynesian languages in that groups like ai, au are disyllables, like any other vowel combination. Presumably then this is widespread in the Bantu family.
Some other languages don't have vowel combinations because they do always use glides. Philippine languages typically only have groups such as uwa, iya, a'a (with glottal stop).
Australian languages are (typically) similar but tend not to have glottal stops: so the two-vowel combination aa is a long vowel but otherwise they have glide-separated groups like awu, uwu, iyi, ayi.
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#40382 - 09/01/01 09:50 AM Re: Languages without Diphthongs?
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Dipthong? Isn't that a woman's swimming suit even skimpier than a bikini?
How about Hawaiian?
#40383 - 09/01/01 12:06 PM Re: Hawaiian language
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Long post on basic Hawaiian language pronunciation, skip if not interested.General info in later half
Hawaiian has five vowels - a, e, i, o, u, and eight consonants h,k,l,m,n,p,w and '(an okina)
The okina, a glottal stop is a *real consonant sound like all the others. It should be written as leaving it out is like omiting a k or a p or any other letter and the word will be misspelled. In English this sound occurs as a break between the two "O"s as in "Oh-Oh, here comes the boss!"
All vowels have a long and short form. The sound does not change; only the length is different. The length mark, which goes above the vowel aeiou is callled a kahako (long o) or a mekona (macron.) Sorry I do not have the capability to make the macron over the aeiou cited.
It should be enunciated or written whenever it occurs because omitting it changes the pronunciation and often the meaning of the word.
Two other sounds occur in Hawaiian that do not change the meaning of the word. These sounds ae the "w" and the "y" glides that are automaticcally produced between certain vowel combinations.
Hawaiian has only two kinds of syllables V (Vowel) or CV (consonant+vowel) and combinations of these two syllables.
Hawaiian words never have two consonants together and they never end with a consonant.
The ' okina is a consonant so it can never go next to another consonant or at the end of a word.
With words of fewer than four syllables, the stress is on the second to last (penultimate) syllable.
I could go on and on .... the above is from "Ka Lei Ha'aheo" (beginning Hawaiian) by Alberta Pualani Hopkins. Pub. University of Hawai'i Press Copyright 1992
A teacher's Guide and Answer Key to the "Ka Lei Ha'aheo" is part of the "set" by same publisher.
For further information about pronunciation see Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary" (1986, pp xvii-xviii and Sylvia Kamana The Hawaiian Language, Its Spelling and Pronunciation."
General info
My Hawaiian friends noted that in spoken Hawaiian every syllable is pronounced.
Further the Hawaiian friends -- mostly native speakers (Hawaiian as a first language)-- tell me that the Boston accent "... is the kindest to the Hawaiian language."
This may be attributed to the fact that the Hawaiian language was first written down by American missionary folk ... all of the early one came from the Boston area and so heard the spoken language with a "Boston ear!"
At least that is the theory.
Before the missionary contingent wrote down the Hawaiian language there was no written language.
Once the language was written the King said everyone should learn to write the language and, according to scholars, the entire population was 95 percent literate in the written language within a year.
Note : The real okina ' looks like the single quote when properly written. My computer does not have it but when I wrote for the Hawaiian newspaper "Ka Wai Ola O OHA" (The living Waters of OHA) the computer had the proper okina available. However the macron we had to put in, very carefully - with an extra sharp felt tip pen - in galleys before the pages went to the printer. (a tricky manuever!) I understand that since my time at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs the macron has been made part of the program.
So, the name of the Hawaiian Island on which Honolulu is located (O'ahu) is properly pronounced O-ah-hoo and, please, note that Honolulu is Honolulu not the usually heard Hon-uh-lulu. Thank you.
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#40385 - 09/01/01 06:08 PM Re: Hawaiian language-Honolulu meaning
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re meaning of Honolulu ---
Pukui Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary ( the accepted authority) notes that Hono with big H means:
" nvi -Bay, gulch, valley (as part of a place name as in Honolulu)"
The word hono, small h, means
1."to stitch, sew, mend, patch, a joining as of mountains
2. n.- back of the neck, brow of a cliff.
3. n. Rite at the end of kapu loulu rituals during which chiefs sat without shifting positions while a kahuna prayed for as long as an hour.
lulu : "calm, peace, shelter,lee, protection, shield, shelter, cloak, to lie at anchor; to be calm, to shield
honolulu with small h is: to lie quietly in calm waters, as a ship in port; to be calm , to gather together,. etc"
In Hawai'i Honolulu is generally accepted among Native Hawaiians to mean (loosely translated into English) :
"The Gathering Place."
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#40387 - 09/02/01 12:22 PM Re: Hawaiian language
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So are you guys implying that Maaori and Hawaiian are basically the same language just spelled slightly differently? Or are they just very similar, like Dutch and German? Can it be assumed that "native" Hawaiians came from the New Zealand neighborhood?
And what exactly is this macron you're talking about? I know you talked about it before, but I fell asleep in class.
#40388 - 09/02/01 12:39 PM Re: Hawaiian language
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Trustees from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) made a trip to visit Maori and discovered they can understand each other pretty well when each speaking their own language.
There is evidence that some early Hawaiians came from "The Land of the Long Cloud" (NZ) Imagine! Over that distance, in outrigger canoes with just stars and tides as a guide!
The macron is a short line over a letter to elongate the sound. That's why Max Q uses Maaori - because we have no macron and seeing Maori doesn't lend itself to the long a pronunciation which a macron would make clear. Oh, dear! Am I being clear? (muddled thinking-e) Macron and okina explained, in depth, in earlier post. (huge west-of-Ireland sigh)
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Lidge Says: I feel great.
Lidge Means: The pain is unbearable!
Lidge Says: I am not concerned.
Lidge Means: I am totally freaking out here!
Lidge Says: No need to panic.
Lidge Means: Red alert, red alert…PANIC!!!
Lidge Says: It is a setback.
Lidge Means: This is the END of my career!
Lidge Says: This is disappointing.
Lidge Means: I am going to crawl into a hole with a vat of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and eat and cry until I vomit.
With Lidge out of the picture, closing duties will fall either to Ryan Madson or Jose Contreras. While it is good to know the Phillies have options, this does create major issues in the bullpen. The Phillies failed to re-sign Chad Durbin, which may come back to haunt them as they now have to rely on less experienced arms in the middle innings.
The Lidge injury is magnified when you think about the loss of Chase Utley, Domonic Brown and questions still lingering about Placido Polanco's elbow.
So, should Phillies fans be worried? The short answer is, not yet.
The team seems to have back-up for Utley. Luis Castillo finally got a hit today and also walked twice while showing solid defense in the field. Wilson Valdez continues to impress as well.
As for Brown, Ben Francisco is doing well in what may have been Brown's spot in the outfield. John Mayberry Jr. is also capable and the two may wind up rotating in right field.
Another good sign is that Polanco did play today in the 3-1 victory over the Braves. Polly looked a bit tentative and was sore after the game, but he expects to play again on Sunday. Or perhaps, much like Lidge, I am being a tad too optimistic about all this? I hope not.
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Thanks for the Lidge translations. He's a tough nut to crack (not literally of course… the dude is a China doll).
Love how you almost always need a translator to get between the cliche`s and the bull hockey pucks sometimes when chatting with a ballplayer. They really do have their own language sometimes.
Starting to think LIdge is suffering from the same illness as Utley. Maybe Spring is not the time for either to start playing ball. Seriously, when was the last time both werehealthy heading into April without a single ache, pain or concern.
I guess it is better to have a worry now when the record is 0-0 than when it is late September and you have a 1 or 2 game lead in the division.
Maybe a sacrifice to Jobu, or a live chicken is in order for their health in late February….just a thought.
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To review agenda items, consulting with the deans and provost prior to the faculty meeting to set an appropriate agenda. Issues which the agenda committee agrees are only extensions of existing tradition and policy may be settled by the committee in consultation with the provost and deans and then reported subsequently to the faculty for review. Other issues will be brought to the faculty for discussion (and perhaps for a vote), by means of reports. The agenda committee may both receive and request reports on matters of concern to the faculty from the provost, deans, planning unit coordinators, and other agencies of the college. These groups may also request meetings with and reports from the committee.
To decide if an issue is best brought before the faculty in one large body, in smaller discussion groups such as
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To review with the provost and deans the charges, constitution and membership of all Disappearing Task Forces (DTF's)*, committees, and planning and governance bodies (of the faculty and college-wide). The agenda committee will review and approve all faculty members recommended to serve on such bodies before they are officially charged. It may also negotiate with expectation of result with the appointing officer the number or proportion of faculty members in the group. Members of the agenda committee may themselves represent the faculty in such important efforts as strategic planning, college-wide governance and the program review committees; or (alternatively) the committee may work with the provost and determine faculty representation. Faculty who are serving on DTF's will inform the agenda committee of the progress of their work, particularly when they need guidance from the committee or faculty, or when they are ready to report.
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If you haven't had quiche lately, it is time to remedy that situation. I could eat quiche for breakfast, lunch, and dinner without ever growing tired, but quiche is an especially good dish for a big Easter brunch or other spring-time gathering. You make it the day ahead, slice it just before serving, and then pass out the plates. This fool-proof recipe has yet to disappoint.
Quiche is essentially an custard made with milk and eggs poured into a pie crust and baked. You want just enough eggs to set the milk, but not so many that the quiche becomes rubbery. You want a bit of wobble in your quiche as it comes out of the oven. Wobble means silky, melt-away custard in every bite.
The fool-proof part comes courtesy of the French. They are masters of the quiche and long-ago settled on the perfect formula of one part egg to two parts milk. A standard large egg weighs two ounces and a cup of milk is eight ounces, so a good rule of thumb is two eggs per cup of milk. I like to bump this up a bit to make a more substantial quiche and usually go with three eggs and a cup and a half of milk in a nine-inch pie crust.
Cheese makes a luscious custard even more luscious. There's no hard and fast rule here. Two cups of cheese makes an especially rich quiche, good for a family brunch or dinner party. Cut it back to a cup or so for a weeknight dinner.
The other fillings just need to be cooked through and fairly dry. Aim for one to two cups cooked ingredients -- fewer lets you enjoy the silkiness of the quiche while more make a more substantial meal. Wilted spinach, crisp bacon bits, sauté mushrooms, caramelized onions, and asparagus are all favorites in various combinations.
I'm always surprised by how easily a quiche comes together. I'm still working on my pie-crust skills, but luckily, this is maybe the one dish where the crust is secondary to the filling. That first bite of soft eggy custard makes all other thoughts fade away.
What is your favorite quiche?
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What You Need
1 9-inch pie crust
1-2 cups filling ingredients, like bacon, mushrooms, onions, and spinach
1-2 cups (3 oz - 6 oz) grated cheese, like Gruyere, Swiss, or Cheddar
3 large eggs
1 cup (8 oz) milk
1/2 cup (4 oz) cream
1 teaspoon salt
9-inch cake or pie pan - straight-sided is traditional, but a pan with sloped sides works fine
1. Blind-Bake the Crust: Line a 9-inch cake tin with parchment and spray the sides with non-stick spray. Roll out the pie crust and fit it into the tin. Trim away any overhang and reserve for patching up any cracks that appear during baking. Freeze the crust for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 350°F. Line the pie crust with parchment and fill with pie weights or beans. Make sure the weights are snug against the sides of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes and remove the weights and parchment. Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes until just starting to brown. Cool.
2. Prepare the Filling: While the crust is baking, prepare your quiche filling. Make sure all ingredients are cooked through and fairly dry. (Ie, make sure spinach has wilted and that cooked mushrooms have released all their moisture.)
3. Prepare the Quiche Filling: Sprinkle half the cheese over the bottom of the pie crust and top with the fillings. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over top.
4. Prepare the Custard Filling: Whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, and salt until frothy. Pour the custard into the pie crust.
5. Bake the Quiche: Bake the quiche at 350°F for 30 to 40 minutes, until the edges are set but the quiche still jiggles a little in the center. Cool for at least 20 minutes, but ideally overnight.
Quiche can be served cold, room temperature, or warmed. If serving warm, heat in a 300°F oven until just warm to the touch.
Filling Ideas:
• Quiche Lorraine: 6-8 slices chopped bacon, 1 diced yellow onion, 1 cup gruyere cheese
• Mushroom Quiche: 16 oz mushrooms, 1/2 diced yellow onion, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme, 2 cups gruyere cheese
• Ham and Asparagus Quiche: 1/2 diced yellow onion, 1/2 pound chopped asparagus, 1 diced ham steak, 2 cups swiss cheese.
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DD just turned 6 months. We started solids last week, some cereal once a day. I just started back at work last month (reduced hours), and pump 3x a day and get JUST what she needs the next day (12 oz). Up until last week, her feeding schedule looks like this:
7:30 am - nurse
9 AM - bottle
noon - bottle
3pm - bottle
5 PM - nurse
7 PM - nurse and bed
She's been waking up 1-3x a night, but she's also been quite sick since starting daycare. The problem is that now I'm back to full time, and that 5PM feed has shifted to 5:30. The when it's time for the 7pm feed, she's frustrated because my bbs aren't as full. I can distract her with books, but the past week (since full time started) she's been waking up 10:30-11:30 wanting to eat, presumably because the 7pm feeding isn't big enough. I'm toying changing her schedule to:
7:30 am nurse
10 AM - bottle
1pm - bottle
4pm - bottle
7pm - nurse
I hope this will make her last feeding more satisfying and eliminate that first feed before midnight. I expect she will still want to nurse at least once overnight (she wants to eat 95% of the time she wakes). Do you think that dropping the one feeding will lower my supply significantly? I worry because I can JUST pump what she needs for the next day.
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Lary Bump: Joe D., Lofton deserving of Hall [6:07 PM]
Shout! reports: We knew that the Hall of Fame would be opening its doors to a number of Bills over the next few years, but who would have expected the two who will be going in this year?
Distant Replay [1:19 PM]
Washington Times reports: '"They scared every team in the league but us," Banks said. "When we broke down the films, we saw they had abandoned the running game the last six games of the season. Their running game was a swing pass to Thurman Thomas. We said we were gonna play the pass and basically try to intimidate the receivers, punish them every time they got the ball. They ran a lot of crossing routes, similar to what the Raiders do."'
Forcing Success [10:13 AM]
WGRZ-TV reports: 'In fact, as I see it, even red zone stats, or third down stats, or opposing QB rating stats, aren�t nearly the measure of a championship defense as much as a defense�s ability to force turnovers.'
Bucs reinforce Donahoe faith in balance [9:00 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"We've got a lot of work to do," Donahoe said. "I like a lot of things I saw with our offense this year. We have the potential to be balanced. We probably threw the ball more than we'd like to in the future. Our defense made some strides, but we have to get a lot better."'
No. 2 QB couldn't find his way to San Diego [10:52 AM]
San Diego Union Tribune reports: '"(The Super Bowl) sunk in when Disney asked me to sign a waiver sheet to cover their (rear end)," Johnson said. "To me, backing up is more stressful. You don't practice all week. But once you get in there, the butterflies go away."
DeLamielleure, Lofton reach Hall [9:22 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'It was a landmark day for the Bills franchise.'
'D' Day is family affair [9:15 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '...if ever there was a Bill who was a Buffalo type of guy, it was DeLamielleure, a reliable offensive guard who exemplified the town's blue-collar ethos during his 13-year NFL career - eight of them with the Bills.'
Ex-Bills DeLamielleure, Lofton named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame [5:20 AM]
D and C reports: 'The Bills public relations department supplied voters with testimonials from scouts, coaches and former players, along with a chart researched by historian John Turney of White Sands, N.M., comparing DeLamielleure�s career vs. the modern-era linemen already enshrined.'
Browns hold spot with lineman [5:19 AM]
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: '"I will be representing the city of Cleveland and the Browns as much as I will be the Bills."'
DeLamielleure a by-the-numbers Hall of Famer [5:18 AM]
Charlotte Observer reports: 'DeLamielleure said he started to think about seven years ago that he wouldn't be elected. It wasn't until this year that he survived the cut to 15 candidates. "The longer you wait, the sweeter it is," he said.'
HOF is dream come true for �Joe D� [5:17 AM]
Canton Repository reports: 'During his football life, Buffalo became home.'
Former Brown headed to Hall [5:16 AM]
Akron Beacon Journal reports: 'DeLamielleure, a salesman who lives in Charlotte, N.C., said he would have played football for ``a cap and a T-shirt,'' but appreciates the comfortable living the game provided his family.'
Teague: I think the Raiders will win the Super Bowl [5:15 AM]
Jackson Sun reports: '"I think I was able to help us become a better team," said Teague, a former star lineman at University School of Jackson and Tennessee. "But we're not going to be satisfied with 8-8 next year. We have a lot to build on."'
Steelers opt for experience in filling position [5:14 AM]
Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports: 'Cowher also had talked to former Cincinnati Bengals head coach Dick LeBeau about joining his staff as a consultant/secondary coach, where he would be working under Steelers defensive coordinator Tim Lewis. But LeBeau plans to discuss a coaching position with the Buffalo Bills this week. The Bills do not have an opening on their staff, but they are willing to create one to hire LeBeau.'
DeLamielleure, Lofton selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame [5:13 AM]
AP reports: '''No one blocked me better than Joe DeLamielleure,'' hall of fame defensive tackle Joe Greene once said.'
'Convoluted' logic ends long process [7:36 PM]
ESPN reports: The Hall of Fame, suggested Paige, in reshaping an old Supreme Court opinion, is a little bit like pornography. You might not be able to define it, or even deign to try, but you pretty much know a Hall of Fame player [but NOT an owner] when you see one.
The 14 modern-day finalists are first cut to 10 and, falling out on that vote were Monk, Lester Hayes, Stabler and Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson.
Lary Bump: Coaching staff improves a tick [5:56 PM]
Shout! reports: Let's look a little closer, though. Blackmon was defensive coordinator for the 2001 Falcons, who couldn't stop a sloth. Steckel was offensive coordinator for the 2000 Bucs, who couldn't move the ball against the '01 Falcons, and that helped keep Tampa Bay out of the Super Bowl until now. There's a reason neither coach was employed in the NFL last season.
Mike Doser: Winfield crushes fellow Buckeye at Madden Bowl [5:55 PM]
Shout! reports: The annual tournament, held during Super Bowl week, features the NFL's top Madden video game players. Unfortunately, Winfield and Springs were nor part of the main tournament. Winfield tried to get into the regular eight-player, single elimination tournament, but EA Sports determined he wasn't a big enough name among player.
Reports: Bills, Steelers interested in LeBeau [5:20 PM]
Cincinnati Enquirer reports: 'Various newspaper reports would have LeBeau assisting the defensive coordinator of either the Steelers or Bills and working with defensive backs.'
Cowher makes addition to staff [5:19 PM]
Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports: 'But LeBeau told Cowher he was not interested in returning to the team where he served as an assistant coach for five seasons (1992-96) -- three as secondary coach and the final two as defensive coordinator. LeBeau is considering taking a similar position with the Buffalo Bills, where former Steelers director of football operations Tom Donahoe is team president.'
Allen, four others elected to Hall of Fame [3:41 PM]
AP reports: 'A day before his estranged former team plays in the Super Bowl, Marcus Allen was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Joining him in the Class of 2003 will be Elvin Bethea, Joe DeLamielleure, James Lofton and Hank Stram, who went in as a seniors candidate.'
Class of 2003 [3:31 PM]
Pro Football Hall Of Fame reports: 'DeLamielleure, is the most honored member of the Buffalo Bills famed "Electric Company" offensive line of the 1970s. Best known as the lead blocker for O.J. Simpson, the NFL's first 2,000-yard rusher, Joe was a six-time Pro Bowl selection during his years with the Bills and Cleveland Browns.'
Three Buffalo Bills await election results for Hall [11:36 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Three Buffalo Bills will contend today for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr., former guard Joe DeLamielleure and former receiver James Lofton are among the final 15 candidates for election.'
Thurman talks of trouble [11:35 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'On ESPN's sports issues program "Outside the Lines" (9:30 a.m. Sunday), Thomas tells reporter Tom Rinaldi that he lost purpose and became an alcoholic after retirement. In his first interview since rehab, Thurman tells ESPN: "I was completely out of control. I didn't have anything to do. We were going to restaurants having dinner, and I kept excusing myself to go to the bathroom, when in reality I wasn't going to the bathroom. I was going to the bar."'
Bills send six to Europe [11:35 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'The Buffalo Bills signed six free agents Friday and assigned them to NFL Europe.'
DeLamielleure shouldn't have to sweat Hall [11:34 AM]
Charlotte Observer reports: Of the 13 offensive linemen who have been elected to the Hall of Fame since 1970, DeLamielleure's numbers are comparable or better than everybody's but those of Anthony Munoz and John Hannah.
Wilson deserves to bust into Canton [5:43 AM]
D and C reports: '�I can�t say enough about Ralph Wilson as a leader,� he said.'
DeLamielleure has been lost in the Hall shuffle [5:42 AM]
D and C reports: 'The Class of 2003 will be announced today and if the voters do their homework, they will tell the folks in Canton, Ohio to start casting bronze busts of �Joe D� and the man who drafted him, Ralph Wilson.'
Advice on losing from a Bills fan [5:41 AM]
Leesburg Daily Commercial reports: 'Stop and appreciate just getting there. Realize this, every Bills fan that died before January 1991 never saw the Bills advance to a Super Bowl in their lifetime. The same applies in Tampa for those no longer with us as of two weeks ago. Putting it bluntly, think of Cubs fans.'
Tortoise beats the hare [5:40 AM]
San Diego Union Tribune reports: 'I can still see that ball, etched against the Florida night. Four years of Super Bowl frustration had begun for the Bills.'
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I really like the video. I think it is great to interview different ballhawks. Pittsburgh is a great stadium. It sounds like a lot of fun to go ballhawking there.
Oh, and keep voting for the entries you want to read:
Oh, and since Ballhawk Profiles is the next up, here is where you get to choose which ballhawk I should "profile" first:
I only get one vote in the poll? Damn.
Tim- I guess you just have to get 10 game home runs next year. If it's any consolation, you got two votes to be the one I interviewed. That and the Pittsburgh people got really involved in these two more than really anyone else, and you know there was that whole "we're the capital of the ballhawk world! 'No, we are!'" thing a couple years ago. I don't know; I was kind of surprised myself.
I was only being sarcastic. Doesn't matter to me at all!
Tim- Oh, I know. That's why I returned the favor.
I really like the video. I think it is great to interview different ballhawks. Pittsburgh is a great stadium. It sounds like a lot of fun to go ballhawking there.
Quinn- Thanks; as much fun as it was, though, I'd like to do every entry type before I start doing repeats, so it might be a while before I do another one of these.
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May 2012 Keynote: Bringing Back the Front Porch: Reclaiming Inclusive Communities Peace and Diversity Symposium, Brantford, Ontario.
April 2012 Keynote: What we Claim to be True, Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Claimants, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Coalition, April, 2012.
November 2011 Reflections of a Garage Sale Academic: Understanding UniversityCommunity Collaboration, Centre for Community Research, Learning and Action, Community Psychology Program, Wilfrid Laurier University.
November 2011 Keynote: Perception and Diversity in Municipal Community Outreach Efforts, Human Library Initiative, Kitchener, Ontario.
November 2011 We are a Sensitive Bunch: Promising Practices in Clinical Supervision in the VAW Sector, Workshop, Violence Against Women Symposium, Central West Region of Ontario.
November 2010 Working with Survivors of War, Torture and Organized Violence: Contexts of Best Practices for Social Service and Health Care Providers, Metropolis Project, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
June 2010 Keynote: Thriving in Infertile Ground: On the Merits of Competing Philosophies, Collaboration and Innovations in VAW Work, Violence Against Women Forum Central West Region of Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario.
May 2008 Exploring the Impact of Co-operatives on the Lives of Minority Francophones in Southwestern Ontario, SSHRC Symposium on the Social Economy, OISE, Toronto.
May 2008 Keynote: InsiderOutsider Gazes in Volunteer Work, Community Justice Initiatives, AGM, Kitchener, Ontario.
June 2006 Keynote: The Dance of Dysfunction: Harmonizing Mandated Work within a Context of Community Engagement, Region of Waterloo Human Resources Conference, Waterloo.
May 2006 Working with Fractured Communities, SSHRC Symposium on the Social Economy, OISE, Toronto.
May 2006 Keynote: When Tyrannies Meet: On the Merits and Challenges of University and Community Collaboration, Community Psychology Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University.
May 2006 Why Social Work Educators Should Address Matters of Spirituality in the Classroom: Case Study of the Survivors of War and Torture Project, Hamilton, Ontario, First North American Conference on Spirituality and Social Work, University of Waterloo.
May 2004 Presentation on issues of diversity within Schools of Social Work in English Canada, Regroupement universitaire francophone des écoles de travail social, Association canadienne-française pour lavancement des sciences, Montréal,Québec
May, Oct, Dec, 2003 Existe-til une spécificité en violence familiale en milieu ethnoculturel?, Table de concertation contre la violence de Montréal.
March 2003 Institutional Repositioning in the Face of Diversity, Continuing Education Series, Faculty of Social Work.


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Not too many weeks ago, I caused much laughter and general hilarity around the office when I resolved that by the end of the summer season I would be the proud owner of a bronzed physique that would allow me to supplement my meagre income as a SBW double.
Being a slightly lardy Pom with flesh reminiscent of a bottle of Anchor, my colleagues' comic disbelief was understandable. Not only did I have the inconvenience of an intensive sit-up regime and modification of my diet to match the calorific intake of a bulimic mouse to contend with, but also a fairly major raft of genetic inadequacies too.
However, with the foolhardy determination of one whose only previous association with the word 'diet' was as a prefix to 'coke' I set about my challenge with gusto. And without wanting to blow my own trumpet I made a fairly decent fist of it – thanks to a couple of sunny days at the beach my skin tone transformed to a weak beige and because I live in an area of North Shore where you need pitons to get up the average driveway, I shed a number of kilos through gentle exercise; things were looking good.
Then, along came Christmas.
Thanks to well meaning but entirely misguided efforts at gift giving on behalf of my circle of friends, around 80% of my diet for the last seven days has been manufactured by Cadbury's; with a similar proportion of my liquid intake coming courtesy of the good folk at the Tui brewery.
And because the weather has been changeable at best, my exercise regime has dwindled to become nothing more than lifting paint rollers during half-hearted efforts at renovating Grimley Towers. So because of this, in conjunction with my calorie intake ballooning to that of the average American, it's no real surprise to find that the electronic scales now feel the need to remind me that they don't take coach parties.
All of which has taught me a valuable lesson – making resolutions that require a) lots of physical effort and b) self deprivation of the almighty foaming ale is a really stupid idea.
But to find the silver lining in this particular cloudy vista, the 31st December is rather a good time to learn such a lesson. Because while the rest of the country will be crawling out of bed the following afternoon with a stinking hangover and the first gym payment looming, I'll be on my way to putting a sizable chunk of my own resolution to bed.
At the crack of dawn (which is around 10am in my world) we – being myself, the current Mrs Grimley and a bag of acceptably clean underwear – are clambering into my sheddy Mercedes and chugging off in a Northerly direction. And unless the car decides otherwise, we are going to keep going all the way to Cape Reinga.
It can be all too easy for those of us whose working week and other commitments mean we often see little beyond our own home town or city to forget just how amazing New Zealand is. We know it's pretty special and we know it's out there, but somehow there's never quite enough time to pop out and visit. Besides, we seem to get a lot of jealous karma from tourists just for being on the same landmass anyway.
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Nice game thread, toons. That match-up is gonna be crucial. Ford has to be stopped because he can blow up for many points. I see the knicks winning big. Don't think that they have any players that can stop us. Especially with granger out.
This is clearly a winnable game for us. Danny Granger is not playing, who happens to be the leader of the Pacers this season, hitting clutch shots, blocking shots, and being a complete stalker on defense. We must take advantage of his absence. Dunlevy has been looking for his shot, and can surprise us at anytime as he was the pacers leading scorer last season. As a team, can be as aggressive as we like, seeing how the pacers aren't shooting too well from the line as of late. TJ ford is the only other real threat, and i expect duhon to have him shooting under 45%.
Our floor general, with averaging 12 pts and 8 assists
Exploded for 34 pts last night.
5 Keys to Keep the Streak Alive
1. Attack the basket. If Troy Murphy gets in foul trouble, David Lee will have an awesome game. This will open the gateway of 3's from harry, gallo n q.
2. Ball movement. We need to keep the ball moving, make the extra pass and take quality shots.
3. Start Harrington. Chandler has a passive personality, and i think that he would actually prefer coming off the bench. He looks like he has more swag off the bench. Harrington can also draw a few quick fouls on Indy's Bigs if he attacks early and often.
4. Gallo. Gallo has a way of getting the entire team pumped. After a 3 from him, we seem to get a big momentum swing. I noticed that n8 especially gets really pumped when gallo scores.
5. Defense. We cannot be complacent. We are facing the lakers next and we will need to be able to frustrate post players somehow.
A good showing from Chandler would almost guarantee us a win tonight.
Toons' Fortune Cookie
Knicks - 118
Pacers - 108
A win tonight will have us on a six out of seven game winning streak to carry us back home for the lakers and the cavs. We protect home pretty well. Lets go Knicks!
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Nice game thread, toons. That match-up is gonna be crucial. Ford has to be stopped because he can blow up for many points. I see the knicks winning big. Don't think that they have any players that can stop us. Especially with granger out.
great thread... we are on a two game win streak btw winning 5 out of the last six with that one disappointing loss to Philly
Nice intro, yeah definitely a winnable game. The **** that scares me is that the NYK have beaten elite teams but play some bad ball against lower opponents. Man we are inching closer to surpassing 23 wins and it's only been 45 games thus far!!!
Yeah, what worries me about this game is that the Knicks play to the level of their competition. So when we play the elite teams we play like an elite team, and when we play the weak teams we play weak. But, hopefully Nate can keep his hot shooting going. I still got the Knicks winning, but the game will be closer than it should be.
I have a feeling we're gonna blow them out. Granger is out, and I think we're beginning to take things seriously with the playoffs being so close. Also, we're gonna need a win before we face the Lakers, Cavs, and Celtics. Knicks-120 Pacers-99
nice thread toons.
i predict we win 115 to 102
and Nate leads the way for us with 23 points and Gallo gets 12 points. DLee gets his usual double double and Chandler has a strong game.
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Nice Thread Mr. Toons! Nice Throw Back Joint, that song reminds of me when I first moved out on my own. I used to bump that and Purple Haze the second I walked in the door from work.
Yeah I miss real Hip Hop too. I mean what happened?
Anyways, I hope this isnt a let down game for us. I am really hoping we win 2 of the next 4 and naturally this would be the most likely win, meaning we only have to beat one of the big 3 we face next week.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
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Toons man I really think the main matchup is between Granger and Chandler.
If we can;t stop Granger then we are in for a ride because he can win a game by himself. This guy is going to make Chandler play aggressive due to Ganger's good defensive ability. So I'm hoping to see a good game from both sides of the court from both players who are somewhat alike.
This is going to be a SF battle.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Its a big game mainly because of what next week intales. Hopefully we can win this game and that way as long as we don't get swept next week at home (which i don't think will happen) we'll be fine. A 2-2 run through this schedule is a win in my book.
Hopefully Jarrett Jack doesn't look like the reincarnation of MJ. He absolutely killed us last game.
But with no Granger we have to come out and take care of business.
WTF happened to Danny??? Not that Im complaing though! lol
We would've maybe had a tough time with this team if Granger was gonna play, but since he's not theres no reason we don't come away with a W in this game. Get it done Knicks!
Toons came outta nowhere and dropped a 5 star game thread....and I like both them songs.
I agree with all 5 of the keys for us to win. #3 was a good one, we might be better off bringin Chandler off the bench. But I think he should definitely be in at the end of the game, thats when he does his best work.
Milwaukee plays toronto tonight...if the bucks lose and we win, were in the playoffs!!!!!!!
Apparently granger recovered ahead of scheduele, and dunlevy dropped 30 last night.....ill edit the thread asap
If Danny Granger's playing, the Knicks are in trouble. The Knicks are only 6-16, on the road.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. -- La Crosse resident Tom Hutchison wore many hats in his lifetime. La Crosse City employee, County Board Member, hunter, outdoors-men. But most importantly he was a husband, father and grandfather.
Back in November, we introduced you to Tom and his son Phillip, who had forged an unbelievable bond thanks in part to their years of hunting together. "Not only are we father and son, we're best friends. If I had to pick my best friend, Philip would be my best friend."
Sadly, late last year, Tom lost his battle with Leukemia.
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He credited his family, in particular his wife, for the extra days he'd been blessed with. "The biggest factor why I'm still around is my wife. When I wasn't able to take care of business, she did. I have her to that for still being around. Just so she knows."
He had a love of life until the end. "Every night I say a little prayer and thank the lord for a good day. No matter if it's raining and I've gone through chemo, it's a good day. And I pray for more good days."
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So will Dega be like Daytona
Just jump down to the bottom & ride knowing the higher lane cant pass.
Races, tracks, drivers and all the drama that comes along with it
Jellikit wrote:I'm having a hard time being optimistic about it. At least one thing was learned at the end of Daytona, there is limited passing available. Even that is boring though.
Truthfully, with all the advancements made in safety since the restrictor plate was introduced, I'm not even so sure it's needed any more. Safer barriers, roof flaps, and all the rest...it just seems like the race would be safer over all if the cars weren't in packs, waiting on the big one. Just my opinion.
We know that at least the racing would be better.
beaverpond wrote:The one thing I remember from drivers, before and after the race, was that even they were not sure how these cars were going to handle side by side, single line, or if it was going to be possible to pass. Some even said they were not willing or may not be willing to risk it until they get a few races under their belts and figure this car out.
All this said and having a lot more track time around the country in all sorts of conditions, the drivers may get a little more adventurous.
Rochelle wrote:As far as I know, nothing has changed with the car since Daytona and I think the "big one" happens regardless of the racing style. It'll probably be boring until the last few laps and then we'll hope our picks are still in the game...
Schmoopy1000 wrote:Nascar loves the big one & don't let them lie to you about it either. They got rid of tandem racing because it eliminated the big one. (& Dale Jr didn't like it LOL) We finally had tons of passing & that was a bad thing apparently.
Jellikit wrote:Schmoopy1000 wrote:Nascar loves the big one & don't let them lie to you about it either. They got rid of tandem racing because it eliminated the big one. (& Dale Jr didn't like it LOL) We finally had tons of passing & that was a bad thing apparently.
Here's an article posted on SHR's FB page this morning.
I saw this quote from it and immediately thought of your comment here Schmoopy.
~~~~~A year ago in the spring Talladega races, frustrated with rules put in place to limit two-car tandem drafts, Stewart launched one of the all-time funniest NASCAR rants, done completely deadpan.
"We didn't quite crash half the field which is what we normally look to do here," Stewart told reporters with a completely straight face. "I was excited about it. I thought it was a pretty good race. I made it further than I thought I would before I got crashed. I call it a successful day."
But he was just getting started.
"I feel bad that as drivers we couldn't do a better job of crashing enough cars for them today," Stewart said. "... I feel like that is what we are here for. I feel bad if I don't spend at least $150,000 in torn-up race cars going back to the shop. We definitely have to do a better job with that."~~~~~
wolfgang wrote:Checkers or wreckers,Kurt Busch wins this weekend!
Banjo14 wrote:Well, rain is probable after 3PM local time. IF weather is not an early influence, the race should be past halfway before the rain gets serious. This should be a shortened (possibly less boring?) race without a whole lot of time for single-file merry-go-rounding. Forecast is that once the rain moves in, it's not gonna end till TUESDAY!
Maybe they should consider an earlier start!?!
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He spearheaded the Work to the Rules protests, saying it took four years of pay cuts and two imposed contracts for scores of teachers to take to the streets and to the capitol to demand a better contract.
"That had a very big impact on trying to settle a contract," said Hawaii State Teachers Association President Wil Okabe.
"We have a contract that is right, and fair, and just," said Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
The governor announced the tentative deal Sunday night including:
-A 3-percent pay increase above the restored 5-percent cuts.
-And for most teachers, 3.2-percent more in subsequent years.
-Both HSTA members and the state will have input in that teacher evaluation system.
Informational meetings begin Monday at schools around the state where a group of educators will be talking to teachers about the contract and get as much information out there as possible before a ratification vote on April 17.
"I want you to imagine you are a dentist and your pay is determined by how many of your patient's flossed," said Rosenlee.
Rosenlee said he's still concerned about how teachers will be evaluated; saying part of the equation will be based on factors that are out of teacher's control.
Still, Rosenlee said he plans to vote 'yes' on the new tentative agreement.
"It sends a very strong message not only in Hawaii, but nationwide, that HSTA, along with the state of Hawaii, want to put education at the forefront of student learning," said Okabe.
"It's a good start and we're moving in the right direction. That will improve things, but I want everyone to be aware there is still a lot of work that needs to be done," said Rosenlee.
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An arrest warrant had been issued for Thompson after she failed to appear for sentencing last week in district court in Duluth. Thompson pleaded guilty to stealing from her employer and agreed to pay $150,000 in restitution. Thompson worked as director of customer service at Minnesota Power for more than 20 years before she resigned in 2010.
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April 1, 2009: In 19 years of observations, the Hubble Space Telescope has amassed a huge archive of data. That archive may contain the telltale glow of undiscovered extrasolar planets, says David Lafrenière of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His team found the outermost of three massive planets known to orbit the young star HR 8799, which is 130 light-years away. The planetary trio was originally discovered in images taken with the Keck and Gemini North telescopes in 2007 and 2008. But using a new image processing technique that suppresses the glare of the parent star, Lafrenière found the telltale glow of the outermost planet in the system while studying Hubble archival data taken in 1998. The giant planet is young and hot, but still only 1/100,000th the brightness of its parent star (by comparison, cooler Jupiter is one-billionth the brightness of the sun).
Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) has looked at over 200 other stars in coronagraphic mode, where the light of the star is largely blocked out, to search for the feeble glow of planets. Lafrenière plans to look for undiscovered planets in the NICMOS archive dataset and do follow-up observations with ground-based telescopes on any candidates that pop up. As an added bonus, NICMOS made a near-infrared measurement that suggests water vapor is in the atmosphere of the planet. This could not be easily achieved with ground-based telescopes, because water vapor in Earth's atmosphere absorbs some infrared wavelengths. Measuring the water absorption properties on this exoplanet will tell astronomers a great deal about the temperatures and pressures in the atmosphere, and about the prevalence of dust clouds. But don't go looking for beachfront property; the planet is 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit -- too hot even for water vapor clouds.See the rest:


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