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Brad Anderson '51, creator of syndicated comic panel, Marmaduke
Robb Armstrong '85, creator of Jump Start syndicated comic strip, children's author
Emme Aronson '85, supermodel, television host, best-selling author, clothing designer
Charles Baquet G'75, director, Center for Intercultural and International Programs at Xavier University
Joseph Biden G'68, Vice President of the United States
David Bing '66, H'06, Mayor of Detroit, former NBA player, Basketball Hall of Fame
Molly Corbett Broad '62, former president, University of North Carolina
James Brown '57, actor and NFL running back, Letterwinner at SU in basketball, football and lacrosse, inducted to the Football Hall of Fame in 1971 and also inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Holds numerous NFL records and is included in the top 100 players of all time, ranked second
Diane Camper '68, assistant editorial page editor, Baltimore Sun
Dick Clark '51*, television icon and producer who hosted American Bandstand for decades
Bob Costas '74, sports announcer, NBC, HBO
Denise Cramsey '90, producer, House Wars; former executive producer, Trading Spaces, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Ernie Davis, '61*, SU football running back and the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy
Taye Diggs '93, stage, screen, and television actor, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Rent, Will and Grace
Cissy Elm '94, director, HIV/AIDS Program of the American Indian Community House in New York City and Syracuse
Thom Felicia '92, interior design expert, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Bruce Fowle '60, founding principal, Fox & Fowle Architects
Louis Giuliano '68, former president and CEO, ITT Industries; senior advisor, The Carlyle Group
Adam Gross '79, principal, Ayers/Saint/Gross Architects
Bronagh Mullan Hanley '90, director of consumer public relations, Netflix
Richard Hayden '60, principal and chairman, Swanke Hayden and Connell architectural firm
Peter Hebert '99, co-founder and CEO, Lux Research; co-founder and managing partner, Lux Capital
Betsey Johnson '64, fashion designer
Warren Kimble '57, internationally known Vermont-based contemporary folk artist
Ted Koppel '60, former anchor of ABC News Nightline; managing editor, Discovery Channel; contributing columnist, The New York Times
Hilton J. Kramer '50, H'76, former New York Times art critic; Art News editor; founder, editor, and publisher of The New Criterion
Steve Kroft '67, co-editor and news correspondent, CBS, 60 Minutes
Marvin Lender '63, former president, Lender's Bagels
L. Ross Love '68, president and CEO, Blue Chip Enterprises
John Mandyck '89, G'92, vice president of government and international relations, Carrier Corp
Donovan McNabb '98, former professional football player, quarterbacked the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins and Minnestoa Vikings
Jim Morin '75, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, the Miami Herald
Eric Mower '66, G'68, chairman and CEO, Eric Mower and Associates, the largest advertising agency in the state outside of New York City
Joyce Carol Oates '60, author, We Were the Mulvaneys, Faithless: Tales of Transgression, Them
Elliot Portnoy '86, chairman, Sonnenschien Nath & Rosenthal Law Firm
Elsa Reichmanis '72, G'75, director of materials research, Lucent Bell Labs
Steven Rothman G'74, member of Congress
Tom Everett Scott '92, actor, Saved, That Thing You Do!, An American Werewolf in Paris, One True Thing, NBC's ER
Donna Shalala G'70, H'87, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, president of the University of Miami, member of the Institute of Medicine
Jennifer Spaulding '98, buyer (youngest ever), Macy's East Herald Square
Aaron Sorkin '83, creator, NBC's The West Wing, playwright and screenwriter, A Few Good Men, The American President
Jerry Stiller '50, stage, screen, and television actor, most recently on King of Queens, CBS
Charles J. "C.J." Strock '00, agent, Podell Talent Agency (clients include The Allman Brothers Band, Peter Gabriel, Van Halen, and Gavin DeGraw)
John Sykes '77, president of network development, MTV Network
Arielle Tepper Madover '94, theatrical and film producer, recent productions: Monty Python's Spamalot, Frost/Nixon
Mike Tirico '88, sportscaster, ESPN/ABC
Robin Toner '76, front page political reporter, The New York Times
Bill Viola '73, internationally recognized video artist
Vanessa L. Williams '86, national recording artist and actress, currently starring in Ugly Betty
Gianfranco Zaccai '70, design strategist, president, and CEO of Design Continuum Inc.
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The devil's plan is to trap and enslave people. "The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Corinthians 4:4) But Jesus promises to physically and spiritually deliver us and to train us: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28, 29)
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:11-13)
Paul was just a man called to be a witness for Christ. He never went to the seminary or a Bible, missionary, or witnessing class. He only knew the Lord.
Constantly confronted by envy, superstition, and legalism, Paul defended his faith, his principles, and the obedience that built his character. In doing so, he was actually defending the gospel. His life's work recorded in the scriptures became a textbook for future generations.
Christ calls all believers to be His witnesses. When we stand up for the gospel, we will face the same trials of public opinion Paul faced. We need to remember that God is sovereign. He knows everything, all the time, everywhere. We, like Paul, can rely on the Holy Spirit for the words to defend our personal testimony and thereby glorify Christ.
Pastor Odom's message can be heard each Sunday on Radio KAML, AM 990, at 8:30 a.m. Choate Baptist Church meets for Sunday School at 9:45 a.m., Worship at 11 a.m., and Sunday and Wednesday Evening Services at 7 p.m., and all are welcome to attend.


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For investment bankers in Manchester it's good up north
For more than a decade, Hugh Campbell commuted on the London Underground from a mid-sized terraced house in Islington to the Mayfair office of GP Bullhound, the boutique investment bank he helped co-found.
His house and his journey to work are now profoundly different. His house in Alderley Edge, at the heart of what is known as the Golden Triangle of villages just outside Manchester, spans 6,500 square feet, over three times bigger than where he lived in London. Campbell walks his three kids, nine, seven and five, to school every morning, then drives the 13 miles to work in central Manchester.
The catalyst for change was his firm's decision to open an office in Manchester. Campbell, a native of the region, jumped at the opportunity to head home and lead the initiative.
At first glance, such a career change can easily be stereotyped. Supposedly, the bright lights and big deals are in London: knowing glances might be exchanged about a banker who opts for the quieter life of the provinces, even if it does come with a large garden, big house and good schools. The conventional wisdom is that London is where investment banking lives and dies, and if you want to make serious money, this is where you need to be.
That is not entirely correct. At GP Bullhound, young bankers can expect to be paid the same whether they work in London or Manchester.
The same applies to the Rothschild regional office, based in the old Manchester home of the Bank of England, which employs around 30 people. According to one person familiar with the firm's pay structure, junior bankers working in Manchester are paid no less than in London.
Given the surreal property prices in London, a comparable pay packet has obvious advantages in Manchester. A junior investment banker at Rothschild could expect to be paid around £60,000, according to research from Financial News. A top-of-the-range flat in Manchester city centre costs £450,000. After a few years saving your bonus, you could expect to buy a flat a few minutes' walk from work.
Compare that to London, where the average property price passed £450,000 earlier this year, according to the Sequence National Housing Market Index. That will get you a small flat in Ealing, one hour from the heart of London's financial district. If you want to live within walking distance of work, you should expect to shell out millions.
Unsurprisingly, young bankers who find they have greater purchasing power in Manchester have been drawn to Spinningfields – the city's financial district. Developed in the 2000s, it is filled with glass towers, designer outlets, upmarket bars and the ubiquitous Pret A Manger. Apart from scale, the area is not too dissimilar to Canary Wharf.
Barclays, Baker Tilly, BNY Mellon, Deloitte and Royal Bank of Scotland are among the familiar financial names that call Spinningfields home. Investment banking boutiques such as Zeus Capital, Rothschild and now GP Bullhound are based within a stone's throw. Zeus Capital's regional team numbers 15, and Deloitte's regional corporate finance team almost 20.
Aziz Ul-Haq, partner at Deloitte's corporate finance team in Manchester, said: "We are seeing more CVs from London, from the larger firms. People now have a choice. You can have a corporate finance career without having to go to London."
Andrew Thomas, a partner and head of Rothschild's Manchester office, added: "An increasing number of banking hopefuls are electing to choose the regional offices, and looking at them alongside London." Campbell, who also employs a brace of junior bankers in Manchester, said: "A lot of people want to now stay in the north-west."
So what, the London banker might cry. The deals, and therefore the excitement, is down south. But over the past 12 months, Manchester-based corporate advisory firms have been riding on a wave of initial public offerings. Online retailer boohoo, electrical goods firm AO World, and Conviviality Retail, owner of Bargain Booze off-licences, all based in the north-west, have listed over the past 12 months.
For juniors working in the region, the volume of deals is providing an element of excitement unavailable down south. Junior bankers at large banks in London can expect to work long hours crunching numbers and crafting pitch books while their superiors meet the clients and press the flesh.
Deloitte's Ul-Haq said: "Here, the younger team do get deal exposure. They quickly become an experienced team exposed to transactions."
Jonathan Sharp, 26, qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte in 2013 and joined Zeus Capital at the beginning of this year. A keen triathlete, he recently bought his first house a 40-minute drive outside Manchester.
When asked why he didn't fancy working for a large firm in London, he said he "didn't want to be in an organisation where there are 10,000 people". He added that he had already gained deal experience, meeting finance directors and chief executives alongside his more senior colleagues. "I wouldn't be able to do this in the City," he added.
But it is not all glamour. While those in London – if they make the grade – can eventually expect to jet round the world chasing clients, in Manchester, winning business can involve trips down the M5 or along the M62.
Headhunters also warn that a move away from London, unless properly managed, could leave a banker cut off from the capital.
Stéphane Rambosson, a managing partner of City recruitment firm Veni Partners, said: "A move 'to the provinces', such as to Manchester, should only be considered if the role offers some national scope and enables [you] to keep connected to London networks, if one is to envisage a return to the capital."
So despite Manchester's attractions, it is probably not about to become a major investment banking hub. A meeting at the regional office of wealth manager Brewin Dolphin failed to reveal a big uptick in bankers wanting to open savings accounts, and a pop survey of estate agents failed to uncover bankers snapping up the desirable properties.
Mohammad Azul, a taxi driver waiting on the rank at Manchester's central railway station, said he took around five bankers a day to and from the station. Had this changed? Not much. He hoped more would come, but wouldn't be drawn as to why. Presumably they tip well.
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(Bluefield)—Dr. Garrett Olmsted's reputation as an authoritative source on the Celtic culture, religion, and arts has been the foundation for a once prompted a television production company in England to feature the Bluefield State College Professor of Social Sciences in four one-hour programs that were telecast on the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and the History Channel. The series is still available for viewing on the Web as a Google Video (Terry Jones' Barbarians: The Primitive Celts).
This series explores encounters between Romans and non-Romans from non-Roman perspectives. Oxford associate producer Clare Lynch cited Olmsted's extensive published research and academic presentations about the Celts in requesting his presence during the three-week production effort. Terry Jones' commentary on and interview with Olmsted may be found about 10 minutes into The Primitive Celts. The series was particularly interested in Dr. Olmsted's work on the highly-accurate and astronomically-advanced Celtic calendar system, which was better than anything produced by the Greeks, Romans, or Egyptians. "The series shows that the scientific and cultural abilities of supposed Barbarian peoples were not appropriately recognized or appreciated by their Greek and Roman conquerors because of their own cultural biases," Olmsted explained.
Olmsted was also selected by the search engine "Answers.com" as the world's authoritative source on Celtic Religion. Answers.com has been cited by the Wall Street Journal as a one-of-a-kind site that provides only a single website for information related to a specific topic.
Five books written by Olmsted, Celtic Art in Transition during the First Century B.C., The Gods of the Celts & the Indo-Europeans, The Gaulish Calendar, and A Definitive Reconstructed Text of the Coligny Calendar are among his voluminous published research on the early Celts. He has written more than 30 papers on the Celts, including first-time translations of Gaulish and Archaic Irish poetry. To develop his books and articles on the Celts, Olmsted had to learn to read 20 different languages, including Sanskrit, Gaulish, Greek, and early Germanic texts. He has detailed his research at conferences in Wales, Belgium, Scotland, Italy, France, Ireland, and Romania.


text: PITTSBURGH, PA (March 9, 2010) – Passenger traffic is up 8.7 percent with ten airlines reporting increases at Pittsburgh International Airport (www.FlyPittsburgh.com) in January 2011 compared to January 2010 according to the January 2011 Scheduled Airline Traffic Report, prepared by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. A total of 592,810 scheduled passengers were enplaned and deplaned at the airport in January 2011, an 8.7 percent increase compared to January 2010 (592,810 in January 2011/545,243 in January 2010; 8.7 percent increase). It was the busiest January at the airport since 2008 when 644,957 passengers traveled at the airport. JetBlue, with service to New York (JFK) and Boston from Pittsburgh, showed the largest percentage-based growth for the month reporting a 43.3 percent increase in passengers (19,232/13,417; 43.3 percent). JetBlue increased flights to Boston from one to three since 2010. Other airlines to show increases are US Airways (159,872/147,207; 8.6 percent), Southwest (116,172/104,079; 11.6 percent); Delta (90,870/84,437; 7.6 percent); United (58,049/50,941; 14.0 percent); American (39,257/30,495; 28.7 percent); Continental (37,204/34,928; 6.5 percent); Skywest (4,345/4,220; 3.0 percent); Air Canada (3,103/2,247; 38.1 percent); Myrtle Beach Direct Air (268/189; 41.8 percent). AirTran, which has grown to the fourth largest airline in terms of passengers at the airport, reported an 11.7 percent decrease in traffic (59,820/67,779; 11.7 percent). Frontier, which previously operated as Midwest, reported a 38.2 decline in traffic (3,279/5,304; 38.2 percent). "This is the tenth consecutive month traffic has increased at Pittsburgh International Airport," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director and CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority. "Our fares continue to be lower than the national average and we have more airline choices for travelers."


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It's show time. The pig, lamb and goat sales were in the spring. Steers were chosen last fall. FFA and 4-H animals have been carefully fed and exercised. Summertime jackpot shows provided chances to practice showing and to gauge the animals' progress, but winning at county and state fairs in late summer and fall is every youngster's hope.
Ideally, the whole family is involved with these animal projects. Unfortunately, we've all seen families where "getting involved" takes on a whole new dimension. The parents don't understand the difference between help and guidance and "taking over."
The first time your child watches another kid win with a steer or lamb he (or she) never touched before show day provides what I call a "wonderful teaching opportunity." That's when you explain life is not fair, and you might as well learn that while you're young.
The payoff comes when your child, who did the work himself (or herself), wins.
I learned about unfairness as a child at the county fair. My family was the first to have black Angus cattle in Hereford country. I proudly picked out a great heifer to show. The people in charge carefully explained the situation. (Ever notice how unfairness is always "carefully" explained?) They had no class for black cattle, so I would have to show in the same class as the Hereford heifers.
Wanta guess where my black heifer placed? Angus cattle usually win at that fair nowadays. My dad was ahead of his time.
Some dads, however, become problems. One 4-H family we know had two girls who were excellent little showmen, but the whole time his daughters were in the ring he stood at the fence giving instructions, so the poor girls spent most of their show ring time looking at Dad rather than showing their animals.
Then, as it happened, they ended up at a show where the kids could enter a parent in the showmanship contest. They entered their dad. While he was changing clothes they borrowed a hotshot and got one of their lambs' attention with it.
Dad didn't have a chance. Nobody told on the girls because their Dad's behavior was infamous. Other parents even stood at the fence and shouted "instructions" to him.
Sometimes people other than dads get caught up in the "we must win," syndrome. Often, livestock judges raise animals themselves, and a champion boosts the breeding farm's prestige.
A pig farmer assured a youngster he would win a certain show. The farmer would be the judge, and he would recognize the ear marks the pig he raised carried.
Show time came, and the judge put what he thought was the chosen pig in the ringside pen for first place. Unbeknownst, though, another family suspected the trick, so they made their pig's ear match the judge's.
The young showman's father actually said, "Wrong pig." Unbelievably, the judge switched pigs. Needless to say, he never judged that fair again.
A wise 4-H agent once said, "We're not raising animals – we're raising children."


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For Immediate Release
October 21, 2009
ISBE names 16 outstanding students to Student Advisory Council
Selected high school students offer valuable insight to State Board
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced today that 16 outstanding high school students from across Illinois have been selected to represent their peers on the ISBE Student Advisory Council for 2009-10. The new council will meet throughout the year to address education issues, including dropout prevention strategies.
"The young men and women who serve on the Student Advisory Council represent our future leaders,'' said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Their experience and insight provide our Board with an invaluable perspective while the students' work on the council prepares them for academic and career success beyond high school.''
The Student Advisory Council was originally formed in 1975 to bring student concerns to the attention of ISBE. The students who comprise the Student Advisory Council are diverse, representing different parts of the state, types of school settings and ethnic backgrounds. But they also share similar qualities including a strong work ethic, the ability to think creatively and work well in groups.
As SAC members, the students also may review and critique ISBE's existing or proposed programs, policies and regulations, as well as inform Illinois students of SAC activities.
This fall, SAC members' work promises to guide and inform future initiatives, especially the Illinois Dropout Prevention Summit at Illinois State University's Bone Student Center on Nov. 4. The Summit is sponsored by State Farm through their partnership with America's Promise Alliance and is supported by the Illinois State Board of Education.
For the 2009-10 school year, six students are returning to the Student Advisory Council, and 10 new students were selected through a competitive application and review process. Eligibility for SAC is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, attending a public high school in Illinois.
The 10 new members of the Student Advisory Council are:
- Chinelo Agwuncha, senior, Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy in Forest Park
Chinelo is on student council, class of 2010 and book club and plays soccer and volleyball. Out of school, she participates in the U.I.C. Saturday Outreach program and volunteers at Rush Presbyterian Hospital during the summer. Chinelo is the 17-year-old daughter of Nnamdi and Chioma Agwuncha of Westchester.
- Peyton M. Bernot, junior, Gillespie High School in Gillespie
A member of the student council for seven consecutive years, Peyton is also a member of the Miners Preparing and Caring for Teen Driving Committee to promote safe driving. He has volunteered on several political campaigns, volunteered for the American Red Cross, School District CUSD 7, the Benld United Methodist Church and the Coal County Chamber of Commerce. He works as an intern for Illinois Sen. John J. Cullerton and as a sports reporter for the South Macoupin newspaper. Peyton is the 16-year-old son of Jeff Bernot of Benld.
- Kojo Fletcher, senior, Glenwood High School in Chatham
Kojo serves as vice president of his school's Technology Student Association as well as President of TSA for the State of Illinois. He also participates in Glenwood Cable News Network, and Mock Trial along with sports, including football and track. He wants to be a corporate lawyer and someday hold an elected office in government. Kojo is the 16-year-old son of William and Nora Fletcher of Springfield.
- Abigail Horan, junior, Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows
Abigail is involved in the swim team, musical theatre program, and her school's freshman mentoring program. In addition, she holds leadership roles in her school's speech team; spirit organization, "The Stampede"; TEAM tutoring program; service club, "Mustangs Committed to Service"; and serves as the junior class president. Outside of school, Abigail works closely with several non-profit organizations, including her own charity. One of her projects, the Double T Program, has donated over 3,000 hygiene kits to the homeless and needy both locally and worldwide, since its founding in 2004. Abigail is the 16-year-old daughter of Terry and Jill Horan of Arlington Heights.
- Daniel Lopez, junior, Mundelein High School in Mundelein
Daniel has been involved in the mock trial team as well as the soccer and volleyball team. He also belongs to the National Honor Society. When Daniel is not in school, he participates in peer jury which helps misguided teens stay on track with their education and assists them with everyday living. He is a member at his local church and is involved in the National Hispanic Institute. Daniel is the 16-year-old son of Cidifredo and Gloria Lopez of Mundelein.
- Linda Ly, senior, Urbana University High School in Urbana
Linda has been her class' vice president since her freshman year, and was recently voted student body vice president. She is an editor of the school's yearbook, involved with a program that helps new students transition to high school and is a member of the track team. She also has interned since her freshman year with WILL AM580, and recently finished co-producing and narrating a documentary about gender equity. Linda is the 17-year-old daughter of Hoa and Trinh Ly of Champaign.
- Courtney McGill, senior, Belvidere North High School in Belvidere
Courtney serves as Executive Board President of the Belvidere North Student Council. She is a charter member of Interact, a school service club, editor of the school's literary magazine, member of National Honor Society, and is a BNHS Ambassador. She was recently selected as the recipient of the Mantle Award for outstanding junior student. She is a member of the fall and competitive cheer squads, manages the boy's baseball team, and participates in Accapella chorus. She hopes to pursue a career in the field of special education. Courtney is the 17-year-old daughter of Lisa Volkman of Belvidere.
- Christopher Parks, senior, Granite City High School in Granite City
Chris has been involved in several clubs and organizations throughout his high school career, including Speech Team; Drama Club; Robotics Club; National Honor Society; and acting in several school plays. After high school, Chris wishes to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to earn his masters in Civil Engineering. Chris is the 17-year-old son of Daniel and Kimberly Parks of Granite City.
- Jordan Ping, senior, Newton Community High School in Newton
Jordan has served on Student Council, Math Club, been a member of FBLA, and the trombone section leader for the Marching Eagles for two years. He is the high school member to the Jasper County Economic Development Cooperative. Outside of school, Jordan works at Hardee's. Upon graduation, Jordan intends to major in criminal justice in college and become a police officer. He was elected to serve as 2009-2010 SAC Secretary. Jordan is the 17-year-old son of Jack and Stacey Ping of Newton.
- Julie Sauls, junior, Highland High School in New Douglas
Julie Sauls is currently serving as president of the Highland FFA Chapter, as well as a section leader in her school band. Julie is also a member of the Spanish club. Outside of school, Julie serves as vice president of her 4-H club, and is a member of her church's youth group. She helps individuals in her community by painting, doing lawn work and assisting in food drives. She also plays softball in the summer and works at her local veterinarian clinic. Julie is the 16-year-old daughter of Michael and Carole Sauls of New Douglas.
The following students are returning SAC members:
- Kelsea Battefeld, junior, Meredosia-Chambersburg High School in Meredosia
This year, Kelsea was elected as Class President of the junior class. She is currently involved in FHA, Student Council, Dance Team, Yearbook, Upward Bound, and is part of the music program at her school. Kelsea was recently inducted into the National Honors Society. She is also a member in her church youth group. Kelsea is 16 year-old daughter of Brian and Jeannie Battefeld of Meredosia.
- Sarah Chapman, senior, Indian Creek High School in Shabbona
Sarah is a member of DeKalb County Partnership for a Safe and Active Family Environment (DCP/SAFE), a community coalition promoting community-based prevention, wellness and healthy lifestyles. She is also the vice president of FCCLA, participates in school softball and a travel club softball organization. She was elected to serve as the 2009-10 SAC co-chair. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Mary Jane Chapman and the late Ted Chapman.
- Brittany Kendrick, junior, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences in Chicago
As a junior at CHSAS, Brittany is on the girls Varsity volleyball team and serves as Vice President of her junior class. Brittany is a member of the National FFA organization and attends an Early Outreach Program at UIC. Brittany plans to graduate in the top 10 percentile of her class and major in environmental law in college. She is the 17-year-old daughter of William and Matilda Kendrick of Chicago.
- Alexis Maxwell, senior, Addison Trail High School in Addison
At Addison Trail, Alexis is a class officer, an executive board member of the Student Council, and member of the Principals' Student Advisory Team. Because of her involvement in the community, she was recently crowned Miss Addison 2009 and nominated for the Daily Herald Leadership Team. As a member of the National Honor Society, she tutors her peers and is a mentor. She is a member of the Kiwanis Key Club, volunteering in various areas to help the community. Alexis is the 17-year-old daughter of Ron and Lesky Maxwell of Addison.
- Hannah Rhoades, senior, Auburn High School in Auburn
Hannah has been golf captain for two years and also runs with her school's track and field team. She is president of the Modern Music Masters chapter in her school and is also a member of National Honor Society. Hannah is involved in Spanish, Math, and Science Club. She is also a trombone player in her school's marching and jazz band. Hannah serves on the Illinois Youth Policy Council. Hannah is the 17-year-old daughter of Joseph and Audrey Rhoades of Auburn.
- Shelby Wills, senior, Williamsfield High School in Williamsfield
Shelby is a member of the National Honor Society and the secretary for the student council. Shelby is also involved in the Science Club and the Spanish Club. She plays on her school's volleyball and softball teams, as well as a club volleyball team in Peoria. Shelby is also on the cheerleader squad for the boy's basketball team. Shelby is a member of the Knox County Youth and Government Program. She also volunteers for charities such as breast cancer awareness and fundraising. During the summer, she plays on a softball team, works as a life guard at the local pool and teaches swim lessons. She is a returning Student Advisory Council Member. Shelby is the 17 year-old daughter of Michael and Marilyn Wills of Dahinda.


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For Immediate Release
March 24, 2014
Illinois students participate in pilot tests to prepare for new assessments tied to states' more challenging learning standards
Students in nearly half of Illinois schools will participate this spring in a limited amount of field testing to prepare for next year's new, more rigorous assessment system
SPRINGFIELD – Students in Illinois schools will take a practice test this spring that will help them become familiar with next year's line of new assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics and provide state policy makers and educators with valuable feedback before the tests are finalized. These new state tests, developed through a group of states called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), are aligned to Illinois' new learning standards and aim to deliver clear and timely information about what students know and can do and whether they can demonstrate the academic preparation necessary to succeed as citizens and in college and careers.
"We're grateful for the many schools and districts across Illinois that have agreed to help us as we essentially 'test' the new test," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "We're excited that we now have a test that was developed to measure how well students are meeting these new, more demanding expectations. We know that feedback from Illinois schools will make this a more accurate and meaningful assessment system that will give families and educators information they can put to use."
Illinois is among 14 states and the District of Columbia that plan to administer the PARCC to all third- through 11th-graders in 2014-15. Across the country, more than 1 million students in 14 of the PARCC states – roughly 10 percent of students in grades 3 through 11 across this group – will take the practice or "field" test this spring.
Beginning today, March 24, about 125,000 Illinois public school students – or 12 percent of all eligible students – in nearly 1,800 schools and 650 school districts will take a PARCC field test in English language arts or mathematics. The Illinois State Board of Education has worked since last fall to find participating schools and ensure that the test takers are a representative sample of Illinois students.
The PARCC will replace the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) given to third- through eighth-graders and it is also planned to replace the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE) given to 11th graders. The PARCC differs from these current state tests in a number of important ways, beginning with how and when students will be tested in 2014-15.
Students taking the online tests offered through PARCC will use computer-based tools, such as drag-and-drop, multiple select, text highlighting and an equation builder. Tests will be given throughout the year to gauge progress and provide teachers with timely information aimed to inform classroom instruction.
The PARCC assessments represent a range of more rigorous and engaging test items — from a new take on traditional multiple choice style questions aided by technology to longer tasks that ask students to demonstrate their understanding. In reading and writing, students will have to show they can read and understand complex passages, write persuasively and present findings based on research. In math, they also will have to show their work and demonstrate they understand a concept. Rather than simply memorize a formula, they will have to apply math knowledge to real-world problems. Overall, the tests will require higher-level thinking and analysis from students.
"The PARCC assessment promises a clearer profile of our incoming students, providing the type of information that will enhance our capacity to help them fulfill their potential and achieve their goals," said University of Illinois President Robert Easter. "The testing standards reflect the higher-order thinking skills that students must demonstrate to succeed throughout college and in their careers."
The practice run of the PARCC and administration of the ISAT, our current grade 3-8 assessment, will vary within schools and from school to school this spring. The PARCC test consists of two components – the Performance Based Assessment (PBA) and the End of Year Assessment (EOY). To minimize the testing burden on schools, the majority of students participating in the practice PARCC testing will take only one PARCC component in one content area, either ELA or math. That means the majority of field testing schools still administered the ISAT in both English and Math earlier this month, and their scores will go toward their school's Adequate Yearly Progress designation under No Child Left Behind.
A "full" PARCC practice test is defined as participation in both the PBA and the EOY in one of the two content areas. About 300 field testing districts in Illinois that are administering the full practice test this spring were allowed to forgo administering the same content area (either ELA or math) of the ISATs as Illinois has been granted a one-year "double-testing waiver" from the U.S. Department of Education. That means those schools will not be held accountable for scores in that subject area under NCLB. Schools are still responsible for student participation in all other ISAT content areas assessed at a grade level.
The U.S. Department of Education has given that same double-testing flexibility for students taking the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM), an assessment for children with severe cognitive disabilities.
The practice tests will give students the chance to try out a new test before it counts and help education leaders determine the fairness, validity and accuracy of the test questions and format. A few classes from each of the schools participating in the practice run will take the test. Students and schools will not be scored on the field tests, which are designed to make sure test items and the technology function correctly.
Regardless of PARCC field testing, all Illinois third- through eighth-graders took the ISAT in at least one subject, ELA or math earlier this month. All fourth- and seventh-graders took the science portion of the ISAT during this testing administration. Illinois recently adopted the Next Generation Science Standards, and districts will be implementing those standards in the next several years. Additionally, in April, all 11th-graders will take the PSAE, which includes the ACT college-entrance exam, as they have in the past.
"We believe the field testing will help both our students and our faculty become more prepared for this new generation of assessments," said Superintendent Tim Farquer of Williamsfield CUSD 210, which is located about 30 miles northwest of Peoria. "We understand there may be some glitches and a little additional work this spring, but the pay-off is that our students and faculty will get a chance to practice taking this more rigorous online test without worrying about scores and teachers will have a better understanding of what to expect from state testing next school year. It's a win-win."
Hundreds of educators from all of the participating PARCC states have been instrumental in developing and reviewing the test items. The PARCC has posted sample test items for every grade on the testing platform students will use when taking the field test later this spring. These items can be found at www.parcconline.org/computer-based-samples.
The ultimate goal is that all Illinois schools will eventually administer the PARCC online. ISBE recognizes, however, that not all schools currently have this capacity. Therefore, some schools will field test the PARCC through paper-based assessments. The State Board's FY15 budget recommendation includes a $450 million capital request to support districts as they improve their technology infrastructure.
In 2010, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted the more demanding Illinois Learning Standards and since then, the Board has provided resources and training to help districts implement the standards into curriculum. The agency has recently developed a model math curriculum. Officials from higher education, employers and educations have supported these new internationally-benchmarked standards as a way to better prepare students for college and the workplace.
"As careers have evolved, so must our education and our means of testing students," said State Superintendent Koch. "This assessment system will give everyone a better understanding – earlier in each student's academic life – of their abilities and readiness to succeed."
A new video from ISBE takes a look at the PARCC assessments and new Illinois Learning Standards. "Improving Student Assessments" explains the keys to PARCC success, which include employing innovation and measuring students' higher level thinking abilities. The video features interviews with ISBE Director of Assessment Mary O'Brian, Illinois PARCC Coordinator Dan Long, and Mathematics and English Language Learning Content Specialists. It is available online at http://www.isbe.net/asx/2014/PARCC_Imp_Student_Assess_022814.asx.
In order to view the video, viewers will need to have Windows Media Player. Mac users may need to download Windows Media Components for QuickTime to view the video. Go to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-media-components-quicktime.
For more on PARCC, please visit: http://www.parcconline.org.
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By Emily Crowe
Kindergartners at Mesa Elementary were decked out in gym clothes Thursday morning as they jumped rope, played hackey sack, and learned the importance of eating a balanced meal.
Students in each grade level at the school participated in the 5-2-1-0 health fair Thursday, which teaches elementary students the importance of eating five or more fruits and vegetables, getting two hours or less of screen time, being active for one hour, and drinking lots of water each day.
According to Mitch Gray, Curry County Healthy Kids coordinator, the 5-2-1-0 program is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program providing a 21-day challenge that encourages each of those behaviors every day.
Gray has been implementing the program for the past two years and said it has reached 92 percent of elementary students in Curry County, including Clovis Municipal Schools and Texico schools.
Mesa physical education teacher Miranda Bonney said many of her students, including kindergartner Joaquin Sanchez, take the message of the 5-2-1-0 challenge seriously and even get their families involved.
"He really took it to heart," Bonney said of Sanchez. "In fact, he went home and he said ,'mom and dad, I've already spent this much time on the computer, now it's time to get up and go.' And he gets them moving."
Julie Howell, principal at Mesa, said the health fair and 5-2-1-0 challenge are positive and engaging for her students.
"Healthy kids are happy kids and healthy kids are smart kids," she said. "It enables them to exercise a lot and get their brains going and help them in the classroom."
Students also got to taste apples, put together a healthy, balanced plate of food, and play Chinese jump rope, all in the spirit of getting them to think about making healthy choices.
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I have recently attended a wonderful class at the Sullivan County Community College (SCCC). This class was created for the general public, but its main focus is to help farmers expand their businesses on their farms or for people who work with farms. The classes teach how to create value-added food products: how to create a product, test it, market it and the rules and regulations that apply to this process. You would learn how to start your own business and have proven entrepreneurs speak about their successes.
The first class was taught by Beth Linskey of Beth's Farm Kitchen of Stuyvesant Falls, NY. Linskey started by making jams in her kitchen, and now sells her products in the Greenmarket in NYC and in stores in several states and employs 13 people. She also has an online store and has just put out a cookbook. She gave her students a great example of someone who takes an idea and turns it into a successful business. Considering the sluggish economy and lack of jobs in the area, creating your own seems to be a good way to go. Thanks to Kristin Geeslin and SCCC for these opportunities. There are still classes that you can attend. Email firstname.lastname@example.com [1] or call Kristin Geeslin at 845/434-5750, ext. 4382 for more information. The next class will be held on April 28.
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Will Obama step up for liberals — as Reagan did for conservatives — to be a champion of progressive change?
By Barry Gordon 12/25/2012
As the "fiscal cliff" clock continues counting down, most of the talk in the Beltway media has focused on the need by both sides to compromise and find that longed-for middle ground. After all, weren't Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O' Neill able to do that in the 1980s? How about Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the 1990s? Certainly, no one's about to argue that the politics in the latter example were significantly less polarized than they are now. So isn't it time to put ideology aside and get something done?
Maybe. But it depends on what that "something" is.
President Obama is currently in the strongest position he's been in since he was first elected. While most pundits predicted either a close win or a loss in November, in the end, the president won the popular vote handily and sailed to a lopsided electoral vote victory. In addition, while the betting was on the Republicans to regain the US Senate in the early primary months, they ultimately lost a net of two seats to Democrats and found their House majority whittled down. If the president compromises now, it should be a 70-30 deal favoring his position, not a half-loaf sort of thing. He should not even contemplate a tax hike on the wealthy lower than the Clinton rates unless he gets something major in return, like a permanent end to the ability of Congress to use the debt ceiling as a hostage in order to obtain draconian spending cuts. As the Republicans have taught us progressives, when you have leverage, you better use it.
But I believe that President Obama has a larger mission, if he chooses to accept it. One of the most important tasks of a modern president is to lead his or her political party. Being president requires creating a vision and then getting most of America to embrace it.
What people often forget is that the great leaders of the past century, like Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, were ideological. While they may have been willing to make compromises at the edges, they remained absolutely steadfast to their core values. Reagan did not go down in history as the Great Compromiser. He was, and still is, seen as a true conservative who created a revolution in this country that has lasted for more than three decades. While former speechwriter Peggy Noonan can wax ecstatic about his great deal-making with O'Neill, that fact deserves only a footnote in Reagan's résumé. Far more important was his ringing statement that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Those 12 words have become deeply embedded in our culture — so much so that any other way of thinking about government seems faintly "European," if not downright socialist. There is a difference when the great national pronouncement of a movement's principles comes from the person sitting in the Oval Office.
Clinton either never had the opportunity to lead in this way, or chose not to. After the tax hike of 1993, which he accomplished without one Republican vote, and after the Hillary health-care debacle, he spent most of his time in office being the great "triangulator," reaching out to the middle on issues like welfare reform and NAFTA. What he was not was the leader of a great progressive resurgence. Much of our love for Bill Clinton comes from the power of his own personality, our sympathy for him as the victim of an entirely inappropriate impeachment attempt and his benefiting from comparison to the two Republican regimes he was sandwiched between. As president, however, he did not further the liberal cause or even begin to reverse the conservative tide that had been sweeping across the country.
Obama can choose to push back that tide, already showing signs of receding. He has been effective at pointing out some of the great harms that the Reagan revolution has wrought — the massive deregulation that led to the 2008 financial collapse, the glorification of the unfettered free market as the core attribute of American democracy, the mania for low tax rates to protect "job creators" and to starve the governmental beast and the refusal to recognize the many benefits that government can, in fact, provide for its citizens. We do not need a "reverse Reagan" to assert that government is the solution for all our problems, because it was never that. But we do need someone to oppose the idea that government is always the problem, and that smaller government is always the answer.
Obama has been re-elected and has nothing more to prove, except to history. If bipartisanship and compromise become his core missions, he may be an effective president but not a great one. If, on the other hand, he is willing to become a powerful spokesperson for a new progressive vision — one who fights for the middle class, for working people, for fairness and justice — then his presidency could be one of the most important in our lifetimes. We may look back to see the Obama administration as a time when society came back into balance and the excesses of conservatism came to an end. A time when "liberal" stopped being a dirty word and became a symbol for progress for us all.
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Barry Gordon is an adjunct professor at Cal State LA.
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The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?
Are these estimates of physical quantities accurate?
In this twist on the well-known Countdown numbers game, use your knowledge of Powers and Roots to make a target.
An evolutionist suggests that at some distant point 400 million years in the past one of his ancestors was an early form of fish. Try to estimate the number of generations that link the scientist to the fish. To make your estimation, you will need to fill in sensible values for the species in the table below (you will possibly need to research these numbers, and feel free to use a spreadsheet
for the calculations. A good place to start is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_evolution)
Can you produce a sensible estimate for a number that you are confident exceeds the actual number of generations?
Can you produce a sensible estimate for a number that you are confident is definitely less than the actual number of generations?
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I personally don't give a rats ###### about NSW or Queensland. Do you think the Australians should abandon State of Origin because I don't have a team to support.
It's got as much to do with me as it has with anyone else in this country.
I responded to a suggestion that the MM weekend and Challenge cup be scrapped and that Londoners and Cumbrians choose either team or don't get invited to the party and quite frankly it's one of the most ludicrous and insular suggestions I've ever seen on this board.
The Challenge Cup is part of Rugby League's heritage and should be given far more prominence by the RFL than it currently gets, part of the attraction of it (and in my view of the FIFA world cup as well) is that everyone has an involvement so the event itself is given a huge boost to start and then develops a momentum of it's own. Casual viewers become engaged and then some will maintain that engagement through the competition as their team drops out and then beyond the finish of the event.
The "Magic" weekend was one of the few innovations from Rugby League that may have actually helped spread the word, I went to the first one in Cardiff and thoroughly enjoyed it (despite meeting some dodgy characters...Johnoco ) I went with other "casual" RL fans and since then we have all been to several Harlequins games and took a bigger group to the second weekend. In my view (for what it's worth) this event is worth persevering with, it will take time to develop it so it becomes an event in and of itself, an event that will get people attending who are not dyed in the wool RL fans but rather who will attend a number of "big" events through the year, British GP, Grand National, 6Nations, Henley Regatta.......Actually probably not Henley.
Dropping that potential for a parochial ersatz copy of an Australian event sends out all the wrong signals about the vibrant national growing sport of Rugby League.
Whether you care about NSW or Queensland is irrelevant to the running of the Aussie SOO competition but whether people from Cheltenham, Winchester or Margate give a Rat's ###### about Yorkshire vs Lancashire is entirely relevant to the running of a UK competition.


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He died a virgin.
Did Standard Donkey od on tren or what? Last time I heard he was running it as a stand alone at 8000mgs per week lol
He died a virgin.
He posted in the donald sterling thread.
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November 25, 2008
Yellowstone Staff Profile
Rick McIntyre
Rick McIntyre, a Biological Technician for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, demonstrates a level of dedication rarely found in any profession; he hasn't missed a day of Yellowstone wolf watching in 8 1/2 years. In fact, he recently marked his 3,000th consecutive day of observing the Park's famous wolf packs.
At dawn each morning, he uses radio telemetry to determine where wolves can be seen, then sets up his spotting scope and searches for them. Once he locates wolves, he makes detailed tape-recorded notes on their behavior. After a mid-day break, he usually goes back out for the last few hours of sunlight.
It is through these consistent, daily observations that he contributes to the body of knowledge that now exists on wolves, and shares a wealth of information with Park visitors. Throughout each day, Rick speaks with a steady stream of visitors, assists them in spotting wolves, and explains wolf ecology and behavior.
We recently caught up with Rick to ask him about his unique daily routine, and what fuels his commitment to observing Yellowstone's wolves.
YELLOWSTONE PARK FOUNDATION: What time do you get up each morning?
RICK MCINTYRE: I like to be in position by first light, so it varies by time of year. In June, when the days are long, I get up at around 3:40 am. Right now, in December, I sleep in until 5:00.
YPF: Wow, that's early. Do you ever feel like turning off the alarm and going back to sleep?
RM: No. I would feel like I might miss something important. It would be like a parent missing his or her child's big sporting event or music recital. I need to be there.
YPF: You recently marked your 3,000th day watching wolves. Don't you ever get sick?
RM: I caught a cold once, in 1997. But I still went to work. Each time I spot a wolf, it's just as exciting as it was the first time I saw one.
YPF: Do you ever have a day in which you don't see any wolves?
RM: I see wolves close to 99% of the days I am out there. A lot of that is due to the teamwork that goes on each day among those of us looking for wolves. I use telemetry to locate wolves. Then I share potential locations with other Wolf Project staff members and Park visitors who are interested in seeing wolves. We all work together to find and observe the wolves.
YPF: What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
RM: There are many. There are the observations themselves, which are always bringing to light fascinating wolf behaviors and pack dynamics. Then there are the visitors. It is very rewarding to share my own enthusiasm and knowledge about wolves with a visitor, and to see their excitement when they first see a wolf. Among wolf watchers, particularly those who have seen documentary films on Yellowstone's wolves, some of the individual animals have achieved celebrity status. Pointing out Wolf #302 to someone who knows his dramatic background story makes me feel like I am a tour guide in 1964 London, pointing out some guys walking down the street who happen to be the Beatles.
YPF: What is a question about wolves you are asked frequently by visitors?
RM: Visitors often ask why there are bison or elk grazing peacefully nearby wolves. The grazers don't look scared, and the wolves aren't showing any interest in eating them. We believe that wolves that are experienced in predation take the ungulates' behavior as a sign of strength and confidence that they can outrun the wolf. Generally, Yellowstone wolves prey on animals that are weak, old, or sick, since they know that the strong healthy ones can either outrun them, in the case of elk, or stand up to them, which is often the case with bison. But sometimes an inexperienced pup might run after a nearby elk, in the same way a domestic puppy will chase a car.
YPF: What is something unexpected a visitor might learn after viewing wolves in the wild?
RM: Often, after viewing a pack of wolves feeding on a carcass, they express surprise that the wolves are so civil to each other. They have seen documentaries, filmed outside of Yellowstone, of wolves being aggressive and fighting with their packmates in a competition for food. But many of these documentaries were filmed, unbeknownst to the viewer, with captive wolves. In these situations, there is more perceived competition for resources and violence may erupt more easily. Generally, we observe wolves peacefully sharing the bounty. In some cases the alpha male and female will walk away from a carcass right after a kill and let the members of their pack eat first.
YPF: What is it about Yellowstone wolves that attract so many visitors year-round?
RM: Word has spread that Yellowstone is the best place in the world to view wolves in the wild. Plus, there is the realization that you not only can see them here, but also can learn to identify specific wolves and track them over the years. People can watch, from afar, the individual wolves' lives -- and in many cases the lives of their offspring -- unfold.
Rick McIntyre has been involved, in various capacities, with the Yellowstone Wolf Project since 1996. Learn more about the Yellowstone Wolf Project>>
Learn more about Rick's work for the Yellowstone Wolf Education Project>>


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2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2003: Army becomes the first team to finish 0-13 in major college football history after a 34-6 loss to Navy.
2002: Winona Ryder is sentenced to three years of probation and 480 hours of community service stemming from her conviction for shoplifting $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. She was also ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and restitution.
2000: Actor Werner Klemperer, best known for the role of Colonel Klink on the sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," dies from cancer at age 80 in New York City. Klemperer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1920, but his family fled Germany in 1935. He began a professional acting career on Broadway after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. He earned Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for each year of "Hogan's Heroes'" six seasons, winning the award in 1968 and 1969.
1998: In Venezuela, former Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez is elected president. He had staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier.
1996: Former National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle dies of brain cancer at the age of 70 in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Rozelle, who was NFL commissioner from January 1960 to November 1989, is credited with making the league into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.
1995: Michael Jackson is hospitalized after collapsing in a New York theater while rehearsing for a TV special. It's later revealed the incident was caused by a stress-related panic attack.
1994: Orange County, California, one of the richest counties in the U.S., files for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion. The county lost at least $1.5 billion through high-risk investments in derivatives, leading to criminal charges against county treasurer Robert Citron. The bankruptcy was the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history until Jefferson County, Alabama, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in 2011.
1994: One of the falcon props from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon" is auctioned for $398,500 to Ronald Winston, president of the New York-based Harry Winston jewelry chain. At that time, it was the highest price paid for a film prop.
1993: Actor Don Ameche, whose career started in vaudeville and spanned nearly 60 years, dies of prostate cancer at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Some of Ameche's most memorable roles came at the tail end of his career, in movies like "Trading Places" (pictured), "Cocoon" and "Corrina, Corrina."
1989: Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, shoots 28 people, killing 14 women, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal before killing himself. His suicide note claimed political motives and blamed feminists for ruining his life.
1988: Rock singer-songwriter Roy Orbison, whose best known hits include "Only the Lonely," "Crying" and "Oh, Pretty Woman," dies of a heart attack at the age of 52 in Madison, Tennessee.
1973: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as vice president of the United States, replacing Vice President Spiro Agnew, who had resigned and then pleaded no contest to criminal charges of tax evasion and money laundering on Oct. 10, 1973. The vote, coming nine days after the U.S. Senate confirmed Ford by a 92-3 vote, marks the first time the vice-presidential vacancy provision of the 25th Amendment had been implemented.
1969: Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones' concert at the Altamont Speedway in California. The stabbing was caught by cameraman Baird Bryant, who was filming the concert for documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, and released a year later as part of the film "Gimme Shelter," documenting the band's 1969 U.S. tour.
1968: The Rolling Stones release "Beggars Banquet," which includes songs such as "Sympathy for the Devil," "No Expectations" and "Street Fighting Man." The album would hit No. 3 on the charts in the United Kingdom and No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. The album is also known for its simple white cover imitating an invitation card, complete with an RSVP, chosen by the band after the originally planned cover, a graffiti-covered lavatory wall, was rejected by Decca Records in England and London Records in the United States.
1968: James Taylor's self-titled debut album is released in the United Kingdom, becoming the first recording by a non-British artist released by Apple Records. The album, which would be released on Feb. 17, 1969, in America, included the song "Carolina in My Mind."
1967: Adrian Kantrowitz (right) performs the first human heart transplant in the United States at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, removing the heart of a brain-dead baby and implanting it into the chest of a 19-day-old infant who had a heart defect that would have been fatal. The recipient lived for a little more than six hours after the surgery. It was only the second time that a human heart had been transplanted into another human being, taking place just three days after Christiaan Barnard's seminal attempt in South Africa.
1967: Film director and screenwriter Judd Apatow, best known as the director of "The 40-Year-Old-Virgin" and "Knocked Up," is born in New York City. Apatow is also known for developing the cult television series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared" and for producing comedy movies such as "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Superbad," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Bridesmaids."
1964: The stop-motion animated TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" airs for the first time. It has been telecast every year since, making it the longest running Christmas TV special in history.
1958: Filmmaker and animator Nick Park, best known as the creator of "Wallace and Gromit," is born in Preston, Lancashire, England. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, and won four with "Creature Comforts" (1989), "The Wrong Trousers" (1993), "A Close Shave" (1995) and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005).
1957: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 at Cape Canaveral thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. Although the three-stage Vanguard rocket's booster ignited and began to rise, it quickly lost thrust and began to fall back to the launch pad. Its fuel tanks then ruptured and exploded, destroying the rocket and satellite and severely damaging the launch pad.
1956: In what becomes known as the "Blood in the Water" match, Hungary and the Soviet Union face off in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The match took place against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and saw a lot of physical play, including outright punching between the two teams. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two minutes with blood pouring from under his eye after being punched by Soviet player Valentin Prokopov. Hungary won the match and would go on to beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in the final to win their fourth Olympic gold medal.
1956: Guitarist Randy Rhoads, best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot, is born in Santa Monica, California. Rhoads work included performing on Osbourne's first two albums, 1980's "Blizzard of Ozz" and 1981's "Diary of a Madman," before dying in a plane crash at the age of 25 in March 1982.
1955: Hall of Fame baseball player Honus Wagner, who won eight batting titles, tied for the most in National League history, and is often considered the greatest shortstop ever, dies at the age of 81 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
1955: Comedian and actor Steven Wright, known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery, is born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1953: Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel "Lolita" after five years. The book, about a middle-aged literature professor who becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl, would take nearly another two years to be published due to its controversial subject. After its publication, it would quickly become considered a classic.
1953: Actor Tom Hulce, best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Mozart in the movie "Amadeus" and his role as "Pinto" in "National Lampoon's Animal House," is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1949: Iconic folk and blues musician Lead Belly, whose real name was Huddie William Ledbetter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 61 in New York City.
1948: Actress JoBeth Williams, best known for movies such as "Stir Crazy," "Poltergeist," "The Big Chill," "The Day After" and "Teachers," is born in Houston, Texas.
1947: The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated by President Harry S. Truman. Today, it is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley and Yellowstone.
1945: The drama "The Bells of St. Mary's," starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City. The movie, about a priest and a nun who, despite their good-natured rivalry, try to save their school from being shut down, would prove enormously popular, earning $3.7 million at the box office, an all-time high for its studio, RKO Radio Productions. It would also earn eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Crosby, Best Actress for Bergman and Best Director for Leo McCarey.
1933: U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" is not obscene. The ruling made the United States the first English-speaking country where the book was freely available.
1923: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president to give a presidential address to Congress that is broadcast on radio.
1920: Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, who would go on to write a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke," is born in Concord, California. He would also become known for heading up the Dave Brubeck Quartet, whose best remembered piece, "Take Five," has endured as a jazz classic, and for writing soundtracks for television, including the animated mini-series "This Is America, Charlie Brown." He died of heart failure on Dec. 5, 2012, in Norwalk, Connecticut, one day before his 92nd birthday.
1917: The SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives, explodes after colliding with another ship in Halifax Harbor, destroying part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. About 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires and collapsed buildings, with another 9,000 injured. Until the Trinity test explosions of atomic bombs, this was the largest man-made explosion in recorded history.
1917: The USS Jacob Jones becomes the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. A total of 66 men died as the ship sunk in eight minutes.
1908: Lester Joseph Gillis, who would become a bank robber better known as Baby Face Nelson, is born in Chicago, Illinois. Gillis, who adopted the pseudonym George Nelson, was responsible for the murder of several people in a criminal career that stretched from 1930 until his death following a shootout with FBI agents in November 1934.
1907: A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. The accident has been described as the worst mining disaster in American history.
1896: Ira Gershwin, the lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century, is born in New York City. He wrote songs such as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me" with his brother as part Broadway shows. He also collaborated on his brother's opera "Porgy and Bess." He died at age 86 on Aug. 17, 1983.
1889: Jefferson Davis, the first, and only, president of the Confederate States of America, dies at the age of 81 in New Orleans.
1884: The capstone of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is set, bringing construction on the memorial to President George Washington to an end. Upon completion, it became the world's tallest structure, a title previously held by the Cologne Cathedral, although the 555-foot-5-inch obelisk would only hold that title until 1889 when the Eiffel Tower was completed in Paris, France.
1883: Ladies' Home Journal is published for the first time, as The Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper.
1877: The first edition of the Washington Post is published. The first issue of the paper cost 3 cents.
1865: The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted after the American Civil War. Pictured is the amendment in the National Archives, bearing the signature of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
1849: Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland. After finding work in Pennsylvania, she soon returned to Maryland to rescue her family and then slowly brought more relatives out of the state, eventually guiding more than 300 slaves to freedom.
1820: U.S. President James Monroe is re-elected for a second term. It was the third and last presidential election in United States history in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed.
1790: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Congress Hall in Philadelphia. The city, which had served as one of the nation's capitals during the Revolutionary War, would serve as a temporary capital through 1800 while the U.S. Capitol building was under construction in Washington, D.C.
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From KQED: 'Faces of Occupy San Francisco'
By Mark Memmott • Nov 23, 2011
Two months along, who are the people camped out at Occupy San Francisco? Our colleagues at KQED send along a photo gallery produced by Michelle Gachet. Click on each image for a caption about who's in it:
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And the first victim could be none other than the Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers.
"We got a letter saying we would not be able to get a grant this year," said Cathey Brown, Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers president, at Monday's Commissioners Court meeting. "Our grant could be up to $10,000, but it is usually around $8,000. It pays our bills, and it pays us going to training."
At issue is that the county is required to report the disposition of criminal cases to the state.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the biggest problem is with the 2011 data at the county court level.
Convictions and dismissals are not being filed and reported in a timely manner. Nearly 450 cases of the 619 total still outstanding from 2011 are not completed by the county clerk's office, according to the DPS. That amounts to a completion percentage of only 55 percent — well below the state required 90 percent.
Commissioner Dennis DeWitt said, "It is my understanding that this is not only going to affect your operation, but it is going to affect all state grants coming into Bee County – it could be several hundred thousand dollars in grants."
Lt. Ronnie Jones, with the sheriff's office, gave even worse news to the court.
"I was always told it is both federal and state grants," he said.
DeWitt added, "If it is federal and state grants, that would totally shut BCAA down." The Bee Community Action Agency operates largely on state and federal grants.
Jones added that the sheriff's office received $160,000 in grants last year, and over the past four years, the grants totaled more than a million dollars.
County Clerk Mirella Escamilla Davis said that her office has done its part to raise the percentage.
"The county clerk's office has done everything we can," she said.
"I don't want the public to say that it is the county clerk's office that didn't do it."
Mary Fritz, with the county clerk's office, said, "There are a lot of cases that are sitting in the county attorney's office that are either pending or have never been filed.
"Now if they are pending, we need to get these people into court and get dispositions on these cases. If they have not been filed, then you need to ask Mr. (Mike) Knight what he is going to do with those cases."
Judge David Silva echoed the words of others on the court that their hands are tied when it comes to the office of another elected official.
"All we can do is ask and prod and let them know," he said.
"I think we are past the asking stage," DeWitt said.
Commissioners all agreed that if additional staff is required to get the numbers up, then hiring a part-time employee is possible.
Silva said that he would speak to Knight about the situation and, if additional staff were required, a special meeting would be called by the court to approve the hiring.
DeWitt said that he hopes the low number of completed cases was simply an oversight or a lack of staffing at the county attorney's office.
"I cannot imagine an elected official allowing the county to lose several million dollars in grants."
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 121, or at email@example.com.


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~ Cardinal Klesl, to the citizens of Sankt Polten (Lower Austria) during the Reformation, explaining the historic and ancient nature of Catholic praxis.


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A Low Point
While the season is not over yet, today was definitely a low point for the Phillies thus far in 2009. They hit rock bottom by getting swept by the Marlins in spectacularly bad fashion; today's final was 12-3. Right now, the Phillies are playing very, very bad baseball.
Jamie Moyer did a decent job and got through 5 innings of one run ball. He ran into trouble in the 5th and was pulled. The bottom of the 6th is where things began to unravel. Ryan Howard was up with 2 outs and 2 men on; ball 4 came across the plate and umpire Ed Rapuano, whose strike zone had been all over the place all day long, called the ball below his knees a strike and rung Howard up to end the threat. And that blown call kicked off a crap-storm of epic proportions.
Still with a 3-1 lead into the 7th inning, Rodrigo Lopez came in to pitch and the strike zone began wandering all over the place again as Rapuano's brain must have been fried in the heat. With an 0-2 count on the batter, Rapuano called a ball that again, looked like a strike. Shane Victorino, in centerfield (yes, 400 feet away) lifted his arms and put them down in what appeared to be disgust at the call. He did not say anything and even if he had, no umpire could have heard him all the way out in center.
And then the truly unbelievable happened; umpire Rapuano EJECTED Victorino all the way from home plate! For throwing his arms up! Never in my life have I seen such a ridiculous, self-indulgent, asinine call from an umpire. Victorino ran in to defend himself and catcher Paul Bako tried to restrain him. Howard ran in for back-up and subdued Victorino before he was able to get at Rapuano and possibly get a suspension. Charlie Manual argued the ridiculous call, but after that, all hell broke loose.
The crowd, myself included, boo'ed every move that the umpire made after that. Chants of "Victorino!" echoed throughout the stadium in support of Shane who was the obvious victim of a BS call and personal attack from a childish umpire. Rapuano should be ashamed of himself; not only did he call an awful game, but then he cannot handle the pressure and act like a professional. Instead, he throws what amounts to a temper tantrum and gives a bad name to umpires everywhere. Disgusting. See the Video for yourself.
The Phillies did themselves no favors after that and the Fish blew the game wide open. Jayson Werth was forced to enter the game to replace Victorino and committed 2 errors that same inning. Lopez surrendered 6 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks and only made it through 2/3 of the inning. With the blow-out in order, Brad Lidge was sent to the mound for the 9th just to get some work and he gave up 3 runs, 2 of which came on a homer. And thus, the disaster was complete.
With a day off tomorrow and a road series set to begin in Chicago in Tuesday, the Phillies had better get some rest, regroup and come out swinging. They are still ahead in the division by 4 games, but with new life awarded to the Fish and the Braves not far behind, this is the time to forget and move on.
Here is a full Photo Album from the disaster today and also shots from the Alumni Batting Challenge which was won by Ricky & Ricky – Botallico & Jordan.
Photos by Jenn
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Disaster is about as good as it gets… maybe Chicago will be better for them..
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Hope you guys have a better series against Chicago. Maybe the guys should do some team bonding at an amusement park or something – just to get their minds of baseball and regroup a bit.
Your photo albums are stellar… I really feel like a part of the game. Keep up the great work and I hope your Phils right the ship before you and all Philly fans rip out their hair😉
What a nightmare of a game, Jenn. I wouldn't want to be that umpire if he has to call a game in Philly again. Yikes. But today's a new day and I bet the team will be fired up and ready to deal against the Cubs. Not to worry.
Oh…my…God. That sweep was the most pathetic display of ineptitude yet this season. Thank goodness there's an off day today, so they can get their heads back on straight.
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
I just heard something about Jamie Moyer going to the Bullpen and Pedro coming up and pitching soon for the Phillies.
Guess his little pout session in the minors produced a start for him.
I did not anticipate Pedro forcing out Moyer, but maybe it is a short term adjustment.
It is tool early to worry about the Florida baking. Hey, it happens to the best of us.
If the Phillies do get another bat like Nomar ( rumor mill), just think of the type of bench you guys will have going into September.
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Former industrial engineering professor and statistician Harrison Wadsworth Jr. died Aug. 3, 2010, in Atlanta. Wadsworth was a highly esteemed statistics professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology for 31 years. He was a member of IIE for 58 years, joining in 1952. After retiring from Georgia Tech in 1991, he founded a quality auditing consulting firm. He wrote and edited several books and received sundry awards throughout his career, including the American Society for Quality's Distinguished Service Medal.
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The holidays hit historic Key West with their Lighted Inn Tour on December 9. Get into the holiday spirit by touring the historic inns including Rose Lane Villas (522-524 Rose Lane), Cypress House (601 Caroline Street), Tropical Inn (812 Duval Street), Mermaid & The Alligator, (729 Truman Avenue), Wicker Guesthouse (913 Duval Street) and Artist House on Fleming (1016 Fleming Street). Participants can visit the inns on their own each evening or in conjunction with a holiday trolley tour presented by CityView Trolley Tours. Tickets are $25 per person for the tour itself or $40 per person with the trolley tour. For more information, call 305-295-1334.
On Friday, December 9, The Keys Chorale at Florida Keys Community College will present its annual Holiday Concert which while feature holiday favorites from all around the world. The evening will include selections such as "Gloria" by Antonio Vivaldi and will be accompanied by an instrumental ensemble. Tickets are $30 for reserved seating and $20 for general admission. Staged at the Tennessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Road. Call 305-296-1520 for more details.
Schooner Wharf Bar will be presenting their 21st annual Lighted Boat Parade on Saturday, December 10. Decorated boats from rowboats to yachts will be cruising around Key West's Seaport and harbor areas. Prior to the parade at 6 p.m., the Gerald Adams Elementary School Steel Your Heart Band will entertain the audience with songs of the holiday season. Holiday revelers can watch and applaud from bars, restaurants and resorts in and around the Historic Seaport. For more information, call 305-292-3302.
On Sunday, December 11, board the Conch Tour Train to go to the Southernmost Point in the continental United States to check out the southernmost Christmas Tree at sunset overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This is an annual party presented by the Monroe Association for ReMARCable Citizens. The fun starts at 1401 Seminary Street. For more information, call 305-294-9526.
On Saturday and Sunday, December 17 and 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. both evenings, enjoy traditional Christmas music under the stars on the Key West Harbor Walk of Lights.
Classical violin and Celtic fiddle compositions of favorite holiday tunes are to be performed by "Violins in Motion" from Fort Lauderdale, consisting of talented 4 to 18 year-old South Florida and international students. The event is free, but donations will be accepted for the fight against childhood diabetes.


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