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Microsoft isn't going to publish Bungie's next intellectual property, Activision is. Your mind might have melted a bit, but don't worry, the rest of the industry is still reeling from it, too.
What's behind Bungie's decision? The studio should be making the rounds with the press this morning to explain themselves, but Bungie released a brief statement on their website already.
"The story of Bungie is wild, winding, and full of majestic wonder. We've treaded many pathways over these last nineteen years. But for all the twists and turns we've taken, we're still doing what we set out to do from the beginning, back when the whole of "Bungie Software Products Corporation" consisted of two friends operating out of a basement in Chicago:
Making kick ass games that we want to play."
Keep reading for the rest of Bungie's color commentary on today's big news.
"And as Bungie has grown, the industry's best and brightest have been totally accretive to our own creative margins. It's no secret that while the full might of our studio has focused on making Halo: Reach, another core team, led by our co-founder and Studio Creative Director, Jason Jones, has already begun laying the groundwork to bring our newest universe, stories, and characters to life.
Today, we're poised to open a new chapter in Bungie's history—one that begins with a partnership between Bungie and Activision and ends where we always knew it would, with World Domination. Our Next Big Thing now has a concrete path, leading from our studio to the platforms of our choosing. The business formalities are behind us. Our Constitution remains unchanged. We are still Bungie, still independent, and now we are free to bring our stories to an ever bigger audience.
Next up, the most ambitious game we've ever made, Halo: Reach. Built upon ten years of experience developing the Halo franchise, we've assembled the best team, the best technology, and the best talent to ensure that Reach is the game our fans deserve. Strap in and buckle up tight, we're sending our baby out with a bang.
Once the smoke clears, all the pieces will finally be in place for Step 7. Don't worry, though. We won't let World Domination go to our heads. We're gonna keep making kick ass games on our own terms, and since you've been so supportive throughout the years, we'd love to bring you along for the ride."
Missed out on our previous Halo coverage? No worries, we have you covered.
- Halo developer Bungie Studios has signed a deal with Activision.
- Bungie has released a brief statement about its shocking 10-year partnership with Activision.
- Microsoft has issued a brief statement responding to the Activision and Bungie partnership.
- Sony has issued a statement on the Bungie and Activision deal, calling it "great for all gamers."
- Patrick Klepek spoke with Bungie about the future of the studio, now that it's signed a 10-year deal with Activision.
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1. Name: Chris
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4. I love the Knicks since: 2002
5. Favorite Knick moment: Marbury being a Knick
6. Favorite current Knick:Marbury/D. Lee
7. All time favorite Knick:Marbury. I wasn't watching the knicks when Ewing was here
9. Worst move the Knicks management has ever done:Francis trade
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Memorial funds have been established in Clovis for the Evans and Gilbert families.
The family of Maj. Troy Gilbert:
Donations may be dropped off at Bank of Clovis, 300 Main St., or the Clovis News Journal and Portales News-Tribune offices, 521 Pile St. in Clovis and 101 E. First in Portales.
Donations for the non-profit memorial fund also are being raised in Arizona, where the pilot was stationed at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix.
Gilbert, 34, died Nov. 27 when the F-16 he was piloting crashed in Iraq. Gilbert's wife, Ginger, is a Clovis native.
The family of Capt. Kermit Evans:
Donations may be taken to Cannon Federal Credit Union. For information, contact Master Sgt. Harold Hailer, 27th Civil Engineer Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight Chief, 784-2909.
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We were at a holiday party for my kids music class, and it incorporated all the classes, so there were lots of moms that I had neve seen before. At one point I noticed a mom nursing a toddler, turns out the girl was 2. I was so excited and I told her so, and that my 20 month old DD still nurses too and how glad I was to see an older toddler nursing, and in public yet...go momma!!!
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Posted 01 March 2013 - 08:30 AM
March is here and that means March Madness! Let's show our support for our favorite teams and sports this month for our March Monthly Layout Contest! Whether it's your favorite little star playing in his or her first year of a sport or one of your big "kids" sporting their favorite jersey, we'd love to see it! Please post your layouts in the March Monthly Layout Gallery before March 31st at midnight Eastern Time and you could be one of the two people who will win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Be sure to add your product credits to the description area or in the EXIF properties.
Posted 01 March 2013 - 12:32 PM
Oh, this will be fun to see! Great topic, Carla!
Posted 03 March 2013 - 04:48 AM
Hi everyone. I finished a double layout today for the March Gallery Contest. Here is the Left Side and here is the Right Side. Thanks Carla for the challenge.
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Posted 03 March 2013 - 09:59 AM
It's great to see you Karen!! Love your layout!
Posted 04 March 2013 - 07:19 AM
I love this topic and baseball season is starting. Hmmmmm.....
Posted 05 March 2013 - 12:20 PM
I had the perfect photos for this one, and I'm really enjoying "relearning" how to work in Photoshop. Thanks for a great challenge.
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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:24 PM
This will be a tough one. I have soooo many sports photos that I've been wanting to work with!
Posted 08 March 2013 - 10:13 AM
Ooh Carla, there's nothing better than having a great football team to get excited about. Here's mine: That's my team!
Posted 09 March 2013 - 08:17 PM
I put together a layout of my daughter's latest accomplishment! Pole Vault Record
Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:19 AM
here is my DDversion of supporting games Let the Games Begin
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This is the closest I get to sports action right now, lol
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If Jackson gets fired you know it's because they want to bring someone else (Kerr) on board. PJ better hope Mark Jackson keeps his job because it would be a no-brainer for Kerr to take the Warriors job over the Knicks job.
I would expect the Warriors to make a decision quickly with Jackson/Kerr since the Knicks are in hot pursuit of Kerr.


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Three men entered a home near the University of Wisconsin campus and robbed the two people inside, prompting campus police to issue an alert to students.
Police were called to the 400 block of West Mifflin Street at 7:10 p.m. on Sunday for a report of a robbery.
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Las Cruces Kings (5-3) at Curry County Cats (6-2)
• What: New Mexico Premier League first-round playoff game
• When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday
• Where: Leon Williams Stadium, Clovis
• Of note: The Cats finished second and the Kings third in the Pecos Division of the NMPL. … Curry County hasn't actually played a home game since Feb. 26, when they beat the Kings 31-13. They played their first two games at Leon Williams Stadium, and won another scheduled home game on a forfeit. … Cats coach Paul Lopez said he isn't sure who will show up for the Kings, noting that a Las Cruces High-Mayfield alumni game is also scheduled for this weekend. "We're expecting them all to be here," he said of the Cats' approach. "We watched them play against the (Pecos Division champion Albuquerque) Titans, and they lost by 11 points, just like we did." … In the earlier meeting, Las Cruces led 13-12 at halftime before the Cats shut them out in the second half. Lopez said the Kings got out of their game by going heavily to the pass. "What I'm expecting is for them to run the ball more," he said. "I think they're better off running it. If they'd done that against us the last game, they might've had a better chance." … The Cats have been nursing some minor injuries, including "a little bit of a pulled quad" for running back Manual Robles, Lopez said. He thinks they should be at or near full strength for the game. … The team has had several good practices leading up to the game, Lopez said. "The guys know it's playoff time," he said. "They know they've got to win to keep playing." … Admission to the game is $5 for ages 13 and over, and free for 12 and under. … The winner takes on the Titans in two weeks, probably on May 14, for the right to advance to the league championship game against the Rio Grande Division champion on May 21.


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Legion is not all-maleFebruary 22,2014
Legion is not all-male
After reading your article in The Times Argus, I feel that I should comment.
There are two different errors that were written in your article.
The first is that it is true that I am an Auxiliary member, but as a dual member. I have been an American Legion member for over 20 years. In order to be an American Legion member you must have been in the military during a war and received an honorable discharge many women have served and are serving as soldiers.
I am truly an American Legion member and acted in the capacity of ADJ during this situation. The AJD position is one of leadership in any post. I also noted that you said that the American Legion is an all-male organization. I am a female and a member of the American Legion, so that is not true.
In your article you said, Davis alleges that in the events that followed, the Legion discriminated against her by not affording her the same rights as the Legions members, who are all men. These right are for the members of the American Legion. The post is owned and operated by the members of the American Legion.
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The one thing that really bums me out about the Surface Pro is that it maxes out at 128GB. Does anybody happen to know if that is a user replaceable upgrade? i would really like to put a 256GB SSD in it (does it use an ssd or is it some sort of proprietary storage?). Then again, if someone would just release a 128GB micro sdxc my problem would be solved
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Not answering your question directly.
But, here are things you can try.
Use SkyDrive (7GB)
Surface Pro comes with memory slot. So you can have a mini-SD.
There are lot of portable external hard disks there. You can carry one of them.
The major memory hoggers are video, music, and photos in that order.
You can move videos to external hard disk.
Keep the most listened music in the computer and move the rest to external hard disk.
Photos, you can keep in your computer.
If you do that, it will take years to fill up your 128GB (minus 16GB for Win8).
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I used to think that 128gb wouldn't be enough. I recently upgraded my pc to a128 gb SSD (OCZ Vertex 4) and frankly I think that it's more than enough. I've created a home server with my 7 year old Dell that stays on and I've plugged my external HDDs on there so I can watch or listen to whatever I want.
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128Gb is fine, seriously it's got a SD card slot, and more importantly it's got a USB 3 connector and those drives are fast enough to read/back up to (I can get speeds of around 50-60mb/s with my Passport drive). I work off a 140Gb primary drive on my own workstation and have done for the last 6 or 7 years. Yes it takes more micro-management of your data but it's not really a hardship unless you're using this as your primary system.
I'm going to be using this device alongside a 5D Mark II/Mark III and storage will be a headache as those RAW/PSD files can burn through space.
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Thanks - but unfotunately 128GB isn't enough for what we need to do and carrying around a usb drive all the time defeats the portability aspect. This machine is going to be for my wife (an artist). We've moved her My Pictures folder (over 100GB) into her SkyDrive folder (using Properties -> Location) and need to be able to sync all the photos/image files to the surface. A 128GB micro sdxc would be ideal but sadly doesn't exist yet. This will be her primary system.
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side question, is your wife artist by hand or photoshop/illustrator type? i mean if she's going to use those tools, i think you will want to get her something that has a bit more graphic prowess...
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Former La Crosse Police Chief Ed Kondracki was named the new chair of the Changing the Culture of Risky Drinking Behavior Coalition on Thursday morning.
The coalition says Kondracki's role will be to represent the coalition and work with local agencies to collaborate on effective policies and practices to reduce the negative effects of risky alcohol use.
Leaders of the coalition say Kondracki was a good fit for the position because of his efforts to reduce the negative impacts of risky alcohol use in La Crosse as police chief and as a community volunteer on area nonprofit boards.
Kondracki served on the Alcohol Task Force established by then-mayor John Medinger. While on the police force, Kondracki established the Alcohol Compliance and Education Team, which includes two officers dedicated to alcohol awareness, education and enforcement.
Kondracki currently serves on the board of Coulee Council on Addictions and the Salvation Army. He has served on the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Clubs, and the United Way, where he co-chaired COMPASS 2 Community Needs Assessment that identified substance abuse as an area in need of attention.
Kondracki says the drinking problem is reaching epidemic proportions, but there are things the city can do to change that.
"What are we doing in our communities that might encourage binge and risky drinking and what are we doing that might discourage binge drinking, we need to focus on those policies and practices that discourage underage and binge drinking, and there's a lot to be done in that area," Kondracki said.
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"The former teammate said Te'o played along with the story because he likes attention," reported local ESPN 1420 radio host Josh Pacheco on Thursday.
Angry football fans added their own commentary about why, for whatever reason, Manti Te'o, at the pinnacle of his football career, lied about a girlfriend that never existed.
"He's using this to light a fire under him more," said one caller.
Notre Dame learned of the hoax on December 26th, but said Te'o knew as early as December 6th.
The Associated Press uncovered the football star recounted the story of his cancer-ridden girlfriend, the same story by then he knew was a hoax, five days later.
And, that he had already done the same thing December 8th, talking lovingly about the passing of his fake girlfriend at a Heisman trophy ceremony in New York.
"Since I've really got hit with cancer, I mean, I don't like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer. So, I've really tried to go to children's hospitals to see children," said Te'o.
"If he was the patsy in this, you know where is the incentive for the person who conned him? And we can't find any," said Deadspin.com Assistant Editor Timothy Burke.
Deadspin.com broke the story on Wednesday, and Burke said the man accused of creating the hoax Ronaiah Tuiasosopo had been doing the "Lennay Kekua" fake online profile for years.
Burke believes the 'story of Te'o' may have even blinded Te'o himself.
"It became a major narrative in the college football season this year and it propelled him to being a Heisman finalist. Now, I'm not saying that I think Manti knew all along. I'm just saying that there was incentive for that to be part of his personal story," he said.
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Home List of Titles The major risks faced by Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations in the event of a tropical cyclone
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- The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Western Operations operates two bases in the most cyclone-prone region of the entire Australian coastline. In preparation for a tropical cyclone impacting either of the bases, a comprehensive risk assessment was performed and a major risk identified was the reduced operational capability of the service in the event of a tropical cyclone. The relocation of aircraft to a suitable alternate location can facilitate the operational capability of RFDS Western Operations during a period of cyclonic activity affecting a RFDS Western Operations base. The development of a Tropical Cyclone Plan incorporating the relocation of aircraft aims to address this issue in preparation for the 2009 - 2010 cyclone season.
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- Cyclones; RFDS; Risks; Royal Flying Doctor Service; Western Operations
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- Yield: 2 to 3 dozen brownie bites
- 1 (18.4 oz.) package Pillsbury™ Family Size Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
- 2/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 large eggs
- 8 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Heavy cream (optional)
- Chopped nuts, decorative frosting, candy sprinkles, white chocolate, confectioners' glitter
Preparation Directions
- PREPARE brownie mix according to package directions using oil, water and eggs.
- BAKE in 13 x 9-inch baking pan according to package directions. While warm, cut cooked brownie into pieces; roll into 1-inch balls. Let cool.
- MELT chocolate with sweetened condensed milk in heavy saucepan or double boiler over low heat. Add vanilla and butter; mix well.
- DIP each brownie ball using fork or spoon into warm chocolate; let excess drip off. Place on wax paper-lined cookie sheet. For best results keep chocolate warm or thin with cream as necessary.
- DECORATE tops of brownie balls with desired toppings. Let stand until set.
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Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 of 24 brownie bites), Calories 250 (Calories from Fat 100), Total Fat 11g (Saturated Fat 3.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 20mg, Sodium 90mg, Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 28g), Protein 3g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 6%.
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Running for Bethel Town Board
My name is Robert Blais, and I am pleased to announce that I am running for election again this year for Councilman in the Town of Bethel. I was appointed to the Board in June to fill the vacancy left by the sudden passing of our good friend Richard Crumley. It has been an honor for me to once again have had this opportunity to serve the town.
I have lived in Bethel all my life, and have been married to my wife Linda for 37 years. We have two married grown children, and are proud grandparents of four grandchildren. I have 16 years of experience on the Bethel Town Board, which includes an ongoing working knowledge of the issues that are facing our town right now. I was also the deputy supervisor for five years, had four years on the Planning Board, and three times past chief of the Kauneonga Lake Fire Department. I have 45 years of service in the fire department, am a disabled veteran and served two tours of duty in Vietnam.
As a board member, I have helped to keep our town taxes as low as we can. For the last five years, we have had the lowest tax increases in the county during very difficult times. We keep taxes down to help the farmers and the hard-working families in our town who are struggling. My home is in the farm district, and I have always tried to balance the needs of the whole town and to represent all residents.
I know the issues and have extensive experience on the board. I have worked with all businesses in Bethel, and will continue to try to attract commercial and residential growth to help our tax base. Over the years, I have helped to update our laws, codes, procedures and ways of doing business. This town is growing and has a great positive future. I will always be open, honest and available, and will be a hard-working advocate for our town.
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What is "it"you may be asking? Well, Onalaska High School was ranked tenth best high school in the state and in the top 7-percent across the nation in the 2012 America's Best High Schools rankings by U.S. News and World Report.
"I've only been here for two years, but I'm absolutely amazed," said Kassandra Mahnke, Onalaska High School senior.
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"I think it's pretty cool," said Lucee Laursen, Onalaska High School freshman. "We actually have really good teachers. I think I'm learning a lot. I can see it as the 10th best."
The high school principal says this honor represents academic success from kindergarten through senior year of high school.
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So, what do teachers in Onalaska think sets them apart from the rest?
"Our goal is learning for all," said Jecklin. "And we take that seriously."
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"I think we're fortunate because we have our awesome student body that focuses on supporting each other- focuses on high levels of learning," said Schaffner. "And I can't say enough about what our staff does in terms of really working with individual students and really finding success."
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I sure wish I was better at holiday posts since it is holiday season, but the truth is I suck at holiday posts. I do have some cooking/baking plans – I've got an entire lemon tree to harvest which means an incredible amount of lemon curd. Perhaps I'll chronicle the saga in pictures.
I missed Hanukkah altogether. Got some latkes to catch up on as well.
And poor Jake needs some major attention.
It's very difficult to leave a sensitive dog behind. This particular sensitive dog goes on a hunger strike whenever we're gone. He's skin and bones, again.
But yes, we had a lovely time in Monterey. We cooked together, played games together, walked on the beach together, rescued a diablo rojo (Humboldt squid) who had beached himself, paid an early morning visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to feed the fish and the bat rays. I love petting bat rays.
We watched dolphins play in the surf outside our beach house… counted whales near Big Sur – we saw at least twenty gray whales, maybe more. Encountered many harbor seals, sea lions and a surprising number of sea otters. We passed a large gathering of males and half dozen single females while kayaking in Elkhorn Slough, one female had a pup on her chest.
I would have taken more photos but we'd already ruined one cell phone in the high surf. The tides were something to behold. California was experiencing King Tides while we were there – very high tides.
This photo of the backside of the aquarium doesn't even show the highest tide – their tide pool was completely invisible beneath the high surf. And hubby and I were nearly washed away while walking on the beach – the waves reached way up the sea wall and we happened to be right next to it with nowhere to go. Scary…


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Monday, October 7th: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m., College Church Ballroom. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a worker-based human rights organization internationally recognized for its achievements in the fields of corporate social responsibility, community organizing, and sustainable food. The CIW is also a leader in the growing movement to end human trafficking due to its groundbreaking work to combat modern-day slavery and other labor abuses common in agriculture.
Thursday, October 17th: U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities Speaker Tour; 6:00-7:00pm. The Center for Global Citizenship on Saint Louis University Campus (building is just north on campus from intersection of Laclede and Spring); Join us for a presentation by U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities on the history of the Salvadoran Civil War and current actions the government and the people are taking now to address issues of education, women's rights, and hunger.
Sunday, October 20th: Gathering Place Table Talk on Delegation to Honduras as Human Rights Observers, College Church Ballroom following the 10:30a.m. Mass; Two St. Louis individuals will be traveling to Honduras in November as Human Rights Observes with the Hondurans Equality Delegation for the upcoming elections. Join them to learn about issues facing Hondurans and their country as they approach elections.
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69Z (Gary) I agree to a point I guess. Theres a mustang in the paint bay next to mine where I do alot of the work before the painter finishes it. The owner found it in a field and wanted to restore it. The short version is as of now due to finding more and more rust and its not even close to paint because they are still assembling it. Theres about 2% original parts! I think the main firewall is there and not even all of it. Now what is this? Preservation? Restoration? or a new car? This is my point. BTW can I throw my name in the hat for your car too? LOL


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Juan M. Ovalle was accused of killing John Adam Gutierrez while the two men were locked in a cell at the McConnell Unit on July 25, 2011.
One investigator said before the trial that, on the night of the murder, two men went to bed in the cell. The next morning only one was still alive.
At the time of Ovalle's indictment by the Bee County Grand Jury, Texas Department of Criminal Justice authorities reported that the victim was found unresponsive.
He was taken to the medical facility at the McConnell Unit and later transferred to Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville, where a doctor pronounced him dead.
As a 10-man, four-woman jury panel waited outside the courtroom for testimony to begin in District Judge Ronald Yeager's court, attorneys announced that they thought Ovalle wanted to plead guilty and accept a 30-year plea bargain agreement offered by TDCJ prosecutor Mark Edwards.
When Ovalle and his attorney, Michael J. Sawyer of San Antonio, entered the courtroom, the two men spoke briefly before they stepped up to Yeager's bench.
When the judge asked Ovalle if he was agreeing to plead guilty to the murder charge, the defendant simply stood there, saying nothing.
"The judge is asking you a question," Sawyer told Ovalle. But the prisoner stood there, visibly stressed by his situation.
"It's hard for me to do this," Ovalle finally told Yeager. He said he had dedicated his life to doing the right thing.
"I know that I intentionally put myself in harm's way," Ovalle muttered. "I know that I can't change nothing. I've hurt people."
"I need to have my question answered for the record," Yeager said.
The judge then offered Ovalle some options. He said he would waive the jury trial and accept one of several pleas from the defendant. Those included a plea of not guilty, a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty.
Yeager than told Ovalle that if chose to plead no contest, he would review the evidence in the case, listen to what the defendant had to say and would decide, himself, as to guilt or innocence.
Yeager also promised that if he found Ovalle guilty of the crime, his punishment would not exceed that recommended by Edwards in the plea agreement.
"The court has to know how you plead on the charges," Yeager said. Sawyer stood next to Ovalle, looking at the defendant's face, as if to figure out what he was thinking.
Yeager then assured Ovalle that he would decide the defendant's guilt or innocence "beyond a reasonable doubt."
At that point, the judge allowed Sawyer and Ovalle to move to the back of the courtroom to discuss their options. The two men talked for about 30 minutes, under the steady gaze of two armed TDCJ correctional officers, before returning to the bench.
Yeager then read the charge in the indictment, saying that the victim had been killed on July 25, 2011, by blunt force and strangulation.
Ovalle stood silent for several seconds before pleading "no contest."
The defendant then answered several questions from the judge. He said he had graduated from high school, had earned two associates degrees while in prison and was working on a bachelor's degree.
"I'm not an emotional person," Ovalle told the judge. "But I had a notion that my life was in danger, and I realized I had to fight a lot of people."
The defendant told Yeager that, during his time in prison, he had stayed away from others in the penitentiary.
He then explained how he had dealt, emotionally, with family strife and arguments between his parents. He said he tried to help his mother when she had a mental breakdown and his father had abused him for trying to help her.
Ovalle said he also had taken medication for a depressive state.
He said he had been offered medication at other times while in prison but he had not taken it. He said he was not taking any medication at present.
"I have a problem with Hispanic and black people," Ovalle told Yeager.
The defendant went on to tell the judge that he could understand the proceedings of the court, and Sawyer confirmed that he thought his client did know what was happening in the courtroom.
Yeager looked at Ovalle's criminal history, noting that he had been sentenced to a two-year prison term in 1999 for a charge of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury committed on April 14, 1996, and had been sentenced to another two-year term after being convicted in March 1999 on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a crime committed on April 19, 1996.
Ovalle also was serving a 32-year sentence on a charge of murder committed on April 19, 1996.
All three offenses were committed in Bexar County. Documentation filed with the 187th Judicial District shows that Ovalle had been involved in a drive-by shooting in 1996 that resulted in the death of a rival's mother.
"In the world, I was gang related," Ovalle admitted to Yeager. "But I left that." He said he had been in no trouble for the past 10 years.
"I do practice martial arts and boxing but only for control and for physical fitness," Ovalle continued.
He said he had seen other inmates talking about him and he knew that members of two prison gangs, the Crips and the Mexican Mafia, had been calling him a "snitch."
Ovalle said he did go on sick call and he told personnel in the McConnell Unit's medical department that "I felt like I was going to kill someone."
"I wasn't going to fight, but that is exactly how it happened. The light was off, and everything that happened was continuous. Then it stopped. That's how it happened," Ovalle told the judge.
"Were you in fear of your life?" Sawyer asked his client.
"Yes, I was," Ovalle answered.
"How do you feel about the death of the victim?" Sawyer continued.
"I regret it. I wish I could change it," Ovalle said. He then told the judge that he was a Christian and had changed his life since beginning his 32-year murder sentence in 1998. "I would have done whatever I could to prevent this."
Ovalle said he had hoped the prison gang members would have beaten him up before the murder that night in his cell. He said he would have then been able to deal with the situation.
"I don't want to break the rules," Ovalle told the judge. "I want to go home. That's the way I live my life."
"I've lost it," Ovalle continued. "There's no way I can change that. Those weren't my intentions. That's the way I've tried to live. Trying to stay out of the way."
Sawyer then explained to the judge that his client had wanted to tell his story to the prosecutor and the judge and that was why he had decided, once in court, to change his plea.
At that point, Yeager told Ovalle that he was going to find him guilty of the crime and set sentence at 30 years, to run consecutive with the 32 he is now serving. That means the new sentence will begin when the defendant completes his current sentence.
"I'm begging for my life," Ovalle told the judge. "Can you please consider?"
"I listened to your evidence and your statement very closely," Yeager assured the defendant. He stood by his verdict and his sentence. Yeager then told Ovalle that because of his plea, he had no right to appeal the verdict.
Before leaving with the two correctional officers, Ovalle actually thanked Yeager.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I want to say "thanks" to Lupe at the shelter for helping us with a dog. He came and ended up taking the dog because it turned on another in our yard. The dog seems to have lost its way and decided it wanted to be the only dog in the yard, I guess. Lupe showed great love for our animals and helped us make a right decision to have the dog put to sleep. It almost killed another older dog we had.
So with a deep love for the little dog but more for my safety and my wife's, Lupe gave us the best advice possible – to put her down. Yes, it hurt deeply for a few hours, and still now as I type, I am tearing up about it. But I know it was best for everyone involved.
I am writing this to ask folks to support Lupe and his team who do the hardest job in town, I think – working with the animals. Let's try and save back a little money for a new, larger shelter and get rid of the gas chamber and do the better method of injections and allow the animals to leave this world in peace and not in pain and anguish. Most of the animals put to sleep are gassed, and it is a long, dreadful way to die. It is not right; animals do have rights at least to have a chance to find a home and, if not, then at least have a painless end.
City Council, let's try and save money to get this done, if not for our peace of mind, then for the animals. Also, injections are faster and easier on your labor costs than the cost of the gas to do the same job. I do not have numbers of actual costs, and I don't care what it costs in the end. If we can do things better and more humanely, then let's do.
Lupe, you're a great person and in the right job for you – that is for sure. Your love of animals and trying hard as you are to find homes is greatly appreciated. If we call and you come, I know everything will be done properly and safely for the benefit of any animal you catch. I now wish to offer volunteer help again to your animal house. If you need somebody to sit and help clean up cages, walk dogs or work to try and save as many as we can, call me any time. I know the council has been asked repeatedly about starting a volunteer program for your section. I am offering my services to talk and help draw up a paper to use for volunteer duties. There are a lot of animal lovers; let's speak up more and get the shelter into the new generation and make it the best in the area.
Thanks for help, Lupe; it is appreciated, and keep up the great job.
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Oak Ridge's East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is home to many unique facilities, each constructed for a specific purpose. Today, almost all of the facilities at the site are in the process of being safely cleaned, shut down and removed.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Improving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the United States can provide a path forward for national defense, economic prosperity and international competitiveness. Looking toward the future, the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is partnering with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) to help STEM education take root in the Pacific Northwest.
AIKEN, S.C. – Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy gathered with congressional and state leaders this month to celebrate the closure of two Cold War hazardous waste tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
UPTON, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has reached a major milestone by decommissioning a research reactor, ending the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) legacy cleanup activities at the site.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM is moving forward with a new plan to safely dispose of a large supply of a special nuclear material that cuts the project's duration by a decade and saves taxpayers more than a half billion dollars when compared to a previous approach for the work.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – A project to ship 3,706 cubic meters of transuranic (TRU) waste stored above ground at Los Alamos National Laboratory is ahead of schedule, on budget and has resulted in improved relationships among EM, the state of New Mexico and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
RICHLAND, Wash. – A remotely operated robotic arm is back at work retrieving waste from one of Hanford's underground waste storage tanks.
RICHLAND, Wash. – A major facility for treating groundwater contaminated by plutonium production at the Hanford site has received the first Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification for sustainable design in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex of sites that conducted nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
PIKETON, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management's Portsmouth site is using an environmentally friendly approach to reduce hazardous waste in a groundwater plume.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — K-25, once the world's largest building under one roof, reflects less of its former title every day. Due to the partnership between the U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup team and Oak Ridge's prime environmental management contractor, URS | CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR), the 44-acre, multi-level uranium-enrichment superstructure is in the advanced stages of demolition.
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Miriam-Webster defines cannibalism as:
1. The usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being.
2. The eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of the same kind.
Cannibalism implies here the actual chewing, swallowing, and metabolizing of flesh and blood either after or during the killing of a human being; at least, if we stick to definition #1.
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Kenseth wins pole; Johnson needs only 23rd-place finish
HOMESTEAD, Fla. Matt Kenseth and his Joe Gibbs Racing team took a huge step away from their bad performance last week by winning the pole Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the championship-deciding race.
Kenseth turned a lap at 177.667 mph in his Toyota to claim the top starting spot for Sundays race. He called it a confidence booster after his 23rd-place finish at Phoenix essentially ruined his title chances.
He was trailing Jimmie Johnson by seven points going into Phoenix and left the race down 28 with just one race to decide the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. But the pole, his third of the season and 11th of his career, is a start toward a big rebound.
I think more than morale, its probably a confidence booster, Kenseth said. The thing is, Jimmie is so far ahead, that even if he does have a problem we need to be in the front to be able to capitalize on that. This is a good start to that, hopefully get a bonus point right away, get the best pit stall. I think its important, we need to be up front and try to lead as much as we can and be in the mix at the end.
Whether its enough remains to be seen. Johnson, who needs only to finish 23rd or better Sunday to win his sixth championship, qualified seventh.
He feels good about his situation.
Its a great position to be in, theres no doubt about it, Johnson said. Its nice, but it doesnt guarantee anything. I have to run all 400 miles on Sunday and thats really the goal for this Lowes car.
Kevin Harvick is the only other driver mathematically eligible to win the title and goes into the race 34 points behind Johnson. He qualified one spot ahead of Johnson in sixth after internalizing too long about how to make his qualifying run.
I argued with myself for an hour or two there, before that qualifying session, as to where I was going to run, Harvick said. I thought I needed to run the bottom in (turns) three and four. All-in-all it was a good lap.
Kurt Busch qualified second to earn his ninth front row starting position of the season and Joey Logano was third.
Brad Keselowski will start fourth in his final race as defending Sprint Cup champion and was followed by Denny Hamlin.
Martin Truex Jr. will start eighth in his final race with Michael Waltrip Racing, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Elliott Sadler rounded out the top 10.
Blazers 109, Celtics 96
BOSTON LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 109-96 victory over the Celtics on Friday night, their first victory in Boston since 2004.
Mo Williams scored 18 with eight assists for Portland, which earned its fifth consecutive victory.
Jared Sullinger, who missed the last game with a bruised knee, had 26 points and eight rebounds off the bench for Boston, which has lost two in a row.
It was Aldridges fourth straight game with a double-double. Nicolas Batum added 18 points and Damian Lillard had 17 for the Trail Blazers. Robin Lopez had 10 rebounds.
Portland led 94-80 early in the fourth quarter before Sullinger and Courtney Lee hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to eight points. Sullinger responded to Williams basket with another 3-pointer to make it a seven-point game with 8:51 to play.
The Celtics had two possessions to make it closer but came away without a point. Thomas Robinson rolled one in off the rim on a feed from Williams to make it 98-89, Dorell Wright hit a 3-pointer to make it a 12-point game and Williams hit a short fallaway jumper to make it 103-89.
Boston had won 13 of the previous 15 meetings against Portland since 2004 a streak that includes the New Big Three era of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen but also the period before that, when the Celtics dropped into the lottery. Boston has allowed 105 or more points in three of its last four games, winning two.
The Celtics opened an eight-point lead early in the second quarter but soon gave up 12-4 and 10-2 runs to fall behind 57-51 at the half.
Wesley Matthews had 13 points and Aldridge scored 10 with six rebounds in the first. Sullinger had 10 points off the bench for Boston at the break.
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Happy Presidents' Day
Over the weekend, my family talked about the different Presidential homes we have visited. These pictures were taken on one of our trips to D.C. All the homes are with day trips from D.C. Can you identify them?
We are are curious to know if you have visited any presidential homes. If so which ones? Which is your favorite? Thank you MelD (my wife) for the idea!
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This report focuses on the extent to which public schools across America are meeting the educational needs of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai
The Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai (BIRC-MS) conducts cutting-edge research, with a primary focus on addressing the challenges of living with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. In several recent studies, we have evaluated the effectiveness of interventions on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning of people with brain injuries. Our research, conducted since 1987, has greatly expanded the knowledge base with respect to long-term challenges that people with TBI face, as well as approaches to leading better lives after injury.
Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center (ICRC)
Millions of Americans have experienced blows to the head but are unaware that the problems they face, such as poor memory or emotional problems, may be caused by a brain injury. Learn More or View Video
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Right now, almost every one of us is carrying around an insanely powerful science fiction device from the future. We have music-playing, video-phoning, mapping, Grindr-ing, government tracking devices in the palms of our hands, technology that has dramatically increased the speed and efficiency with which we communicate, entertain and make no-strings-attached gay love connections. Upon seeing this, a visitor arriving in this time from a decade-long nap would be astounded. Someone from 20 years ago would be intimidated, maybe even a bit lost. And anyone arriving here from the '80s or earlier would have to be burned for fuel, so useless would they be in our modern world.
But riding on the coattails of these modern technological wonders are a number of nuisances, bugs and annoyances; technological fuck-ups that slow us down and irritate us every day. Some of them we've even been living with for so long that we've forgotten how much of a problem they are, the work-arounds we use to sidestep these irritations now a part of our daily routine.
Well, no more. Today we draw the line, and stop coddling our lazy, shiftless technologies. Here are the five biggest technological annoyances that still plague our devices each day, nuisances that prevent us from joining the future, leaving us forever mired in the stupid bullshit present.
If you have one of those remarkable science fiction phones discussed above, you're probably all too familiar with its tendency to turn into a pumpkin every evening when its battery goes dry. Compare that with the simpler cellphones we toted around only a few years ago, which, so long as we weren't that popular, could last for days. Now we've been reduced to a band of nomadic techno-hobos, phone chargers perpetually on our persons, always on the hunt for an empty outlet or friendly stranger with a USB port.
The reason for this collapse in phone lifespans is straightforward enough: Our phones have improved dramatically -- with larger screens and faster processors and stronger radios -- much faster than our poor batteries have.
Battery: "Oh sure, open ANOTHER browser tab, you magnificent fucker."
The same problem afflicts just about every technology that relies on batteries, and is actually limiting the products that come to market. Electric cars in particular are incredibly hamstrung by the limited capacity of our batteries. And somewhere right now, due to that same lack of battery power, a scientist is sadly tucking away plans to build a vibrator that could put a smile on the face of all of your ancestors.
Why They Still Suck
Because the universe is bullshit, that's why. Seriously, our batteries are running up on the basic limits of chemistry; there's only so much chemically accessible energy that can be stored in a certain mass. We're still eking out some incremental improvements, but those are never more than a couple of percentage points of additional capacity a year. Real improvements, like layered graphene sheets, are years or decades away, and truly game-changing technologies like fuel cells and nuclear fusion are so far off on the horizon that they're honestly closer to science fiction than anything else at this point. The only advances we're likely to see in the near future won't be improved batteries, but more efficient systems. Phone manufacturers are making less-hungry screens and processors and writing smarter, less-selfish software to run it all.
"Which is fine for smartphones! But this next generation of marital aids will require fucking torque, damnit!"
I can hear you now: "What!? Storage media is denser and faster than ever before! I have 58 years of high definition lesbian porn on my computer. What more could I -- could humanity -- ask for?"
Humanity: "No, this is perfect. Stop right here, progress."
Those are good points; storage media have gotten faster and denser. But they're still, you know, there, in a way that science fiction told us they never would be. Remember that episode of Star Trek where they spent half the episode looking for the installation disk for the ship's OS? Or when Spock had to send a message to the crew to remind whoever checked out the important stellar cartography file to put it back in the ship's CMS? You don't? Is it possible that never happened, because in the future, files are always where they're supposed to be?
Because it's sure not that way now, even in the futuristic-sounding year of 2012. Go to any office and watch the crazily primitive shit people are still doing with files, like emailing documents to themselves, or passing around thumb drives, or screaming obscenities at a spreadsheet with links to external files that don't exist.
"Missing External Reference? Oh, well that's quite simple, Excel: It's pointing to my shit, because EAT MY SHIT, THAT'S WHY."
Obviously at some point this is all going to be fixed by cloud technology. And I am completely, with all my heart and appendages, on board with cloud technology; the single biggest improvement in my computing life in the past decade was when I installed Dropbox on my various machines. But cloud technology is far from perfect, and still has its own hurdles to overcome.
Why It Still Sucks
Cloud technology -- where our files are stored somewhere on a dispersed network, accessible from anywhere -- has improved massively in the past few years, to the point that if everything goes exactly right, you can now live a life without having to deal with local storage bullshit. But there's a catch in there, and if you didn't see it, scroll back a smidge and consider how often everything goes right these days.
"I don't care what our corporate H&S policy says about bodily fluids in the workplace, Carl, Excel needs to learn its lesson."
Cloud technology relies on our networks, the same shifty, rapidly improving, but still not-quite-infallible networks that almost earned a place on this list themselves. Having your Internet go down when you're whaling on 14-year-old Call of Duty players is an annoyance. But having it go down when you're revising your cloud-stored master's thesis? That's when hands and monitors intersect with deadly consequences.
And this is ignoring all the non-technical, human-related bullshit that comes with our networks, things like data caps, and corporate IT policies, and leet hackers. As cool as cloud technology is right now, it will be awhile yet before consumers can completely rely on it, which means we still have a few more years of thumb drives, and DVDs, and smearing charcoal on cave walls.


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Norwich to present architecture pioneerMarch 17,2014
NORTHFIELD A pioneer in the field of living architecture, Rachel Armstrong, will give a presentation called Icological Cities at Norwich Universitys Plumley Armory on April 3 at 7 p.m. as part of its Todd Lecture Series.
Armstrong is the co-director of Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research, which specializes in architecture and synthetic biology at the Department of Architecture and Landscape, University of Greenwich in London.
In her work, Armstrong is looking into new ways to build materials called living architecture, a movement that suggests buildings can share properties of living systems. Her TED lecture titled Architecture That Repairs Itself? has received more than 750,000 views.
Her lecture at Norwich is free and open to the public.
The Todd Lecture Series is named in honor of Army Maj. Gen. Russell Todd and his wife, Carol, in gratitude for their dedicated service to the university.MORE IN This Just InWASHINGTON The House on Thursday cleared bills to keep the government running through April and... Full StorySALISBURY, N.C. Full StoryMEUREUDU, Indonesia Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesias Aceh province Thursday ... Full Story
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Outdoor photographic exhibition on World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria.
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The World Heritage Centre in collaboration with the UNESCO Offices in Kingston and Havana will organize the Caribbean Training Course in the ...
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The Loch Ness Monster smiles for the camera -- sort of, Ellis Island closes, actor William Holden passes away, and Madonna releases "Like a Virgin," all on this day.
1984: Astronauts execute the first salvage operation in space when a Palapa B-2 satellite is retrieved by space shuttle Discovery. The following day the crew of Discovery recovered the Westar 6 satellite as well and both would be returned to Earth inside the shuttle's cargo bay on Nov. 16.


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As a junk hauler, Erik Hughes has picked up plenty of items that register high on the "bizarre" meter.
He wasn't prepared, though, for what he found about 18 months ago when he showed up to clean out the house of a Worthington resident who had recently died.
"He kept mice, and, every time one died, he put them in a cardboard box," recalled Hughes, the 39-year-old co-owner of a Junk King franchise in Dublin. "This went on for 10 or 15 years. There were tens of thousands of boxes stacked up along the walls.
"We took 10 trucks of mice boxes out. He loved those mice. He might have been as crazy as the day is long, but he took care of those mice and honored each one."
Many other central Ohio haulers — with 373 licensed in Franklin County, according to the county health department — have believe-it-or-not tales to tell, too.
The business, after all, tends to draw them into others' worlds at transitory times.
"You're dealing with all different types, and you never know what you will find day to day," said Alex Foster, 46, owner of At Your Disposal Hauling on the East Side.
Amid the flotsam and jetsam of customers' lives, stories inevitably surface.
Here's a sampling:
Arming the family
Some of what Hughes has run across defies description.
"I'll get weird-shaped devices that I can't identify — like the things you see on Cracker Barrel walls," he said. "I have found everything from cannonballs to musket rounds.
Ammunition, he said, seems to be popular in Ohio.
"I think I have yet to sweep a basement after a job and not find .22(-caliber) ammunition."
Lamenting a loss
Foster worries that he has unwittingly thrown away valuable antiques.
"We deal with tons," he said. "I can't go through all the stuff."
He recalled rescuing a German doll that looked valuable. He took it to an antiques dealer, who bought it for a small sum.
"She told me it wasn't worth anything, but I often wonder how much it was really worth," Foster said. "If I think about it too much, I'd get sick."
Pushing the envelope
Nate Watkins, manager of the Columbus franchise of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, once hauled an entire truckload of envelopes — only envelopes — out of a house.
The owner had apparently saved them from every piece of mail he'd received for many years.
"He opened them all and took the contents out, then filed each envelope in boxes, neatly stored," Watkins said.
He also told of a time when he and a colleague, while working their way through a pile of trash, noticed a repugnant smell.
"There was a dead deer on the bottom," Watkins said.
Sharing a joke
Two items in particular stand out among his discoveries, said Brian Keiser, owner of Trash Daddy.
"Almost every house we do, we either find a Christmas tree or a sex toy," said Keiser, who has offices in Columbus and Canton.
The latter serves a running joke among the staff, he said.
"It has become sort of an initiation for new employees: Once they find ... (a toy), they are part of the crew."
Clearing the bedroom
A recent job in Powell stunned Ruthanne Clark, co-owner of American Eagle Cleaning and Hauling in the North Linden neighborhood.
The woman who called her had just returned from a trip to New York, where she had purchased a complete set of bedroom furniture.
"Her husband said he didn't want it; he wanted another style," Clark said. "We got rid of it so they could buy more brand-new stuff."
Providing a home
A 6-by-8-foot fiberglass sculpture of a winged woman holding a tire stands in the Cleveland offices of Moving Ahead Services, which also has a Columbus office.
The Goddess of Speed sculpture was made as part of a 2007 public-art project celebrating the Packard automobile line. The winged woman had served as a hood ornament on some Packards.
The sculpture had been displayed in a Cleveland gallery for several years when Moving Ahead received a call in February from the artist who had made it. She intended for the company to relocate the artwork to her garage at home but later decided that such a move was too costly.
"We ended up buying it from her," said Spencer Chappell, who oversees both Moving Ahead offices (he wouldn't disclose the price).
"We're not sure what we're going to do with it yet, but it was just a very unique piece."
Asking a favor
In his 15 years in the business, Jeff Bowen, owner of American Hauling & Dumpster Rental, estimates that he has dealt with one memorable request "about 20 times."
"A bunch of people have asked me, 'Will you haul away my husband?'" said Bowen, whose company has offices in Columbus and Westerville.
Does he think the women are serious?
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Must do betterOctober 22,2013
Politics at the national level have seldom been as bitterly partisan as they are now and the cost to the country is intolerably high. Economists have estimated that the recent (and totally unwarranted) shutdown of the federal government, a direct result of this extreme partisanship, cost the United States several billion dollars.
And, as The New York Times pointed out last week, the affiliated damage like the undermining of consumer and business confidence will be far greater, economists said, especially combined with the financial effects of the near-breach of the countrys statutory debt ceiling.
But it need not be that way in Washington, as California has proved. Once a state notorious for its bitter political battles, it now represents a model that other states should examine and, in the interest of good government, copy.
California simply got rid of the gerrymandering the clumsy and often outrageous legislative shaping of political districts to practically guarantee one party or another success at the polls and handed the responsibility for creating district boundaries to a nonpartisan commission.
This years is the first Legislature chosen under the new nonpartisan election system where the top-two finishers in a primary run against each other without party affiliations in a scheme carefully designed to encourage candidates to appeal to a less partisan segment of the electorate.
Also, California voters last year approved an initiative that softened the impact of the stringent term limits that had created a Legislature filled with inexperienced politicians who were inclined to be more interested in the next election than in anything else. The states lawmakers now can serve up to 12 years in either of the Legislatures two houses.
Other states have learned that term limits, a concept particularly popular with voters who are predisposed to distrust their elected representatives, have in effect handed the levers of political power over to savvy lobbyists and to the bureaucracy, where term limits dont apply.
Lately, California has celebrated several previously unlikely legislative successes as a parade of bill signings provided a sharp contrast between the federal shutdown in Washington and a virtually acrimony-free California Legislature enacting laws addressing school financing, immigration, gun control and abortion.
Granted, this is happening under what can only be called one-party rule, as Democrats now control both houses of the Legislature and the governorship. (As recently as three years ago it was the exact opposite, with Republicans in charge of everything.)
But the changes have not generated GOP efforts to stymie the Democratic majority, which has become standard operating procedure in Washington.
You see Republicans voting for immigration reform, you see Democrats voting for streamlining environmental regulations, Dan Schnur, the director of a political institute at the University of Southern California told The New York Times. You never would have seen that before.
Republican Sen. Anthony Canella recently co-sponsored a bill that allows unauthorized immigrants to obtain drivers licenses. Cannellas district was 35 percent Republican when he was elected three years ago but that number now is only 14 percent under district lines drawn by the nonpartisan commission.
Cannella said the redistricting and nonpartisan election changes freed legislators from obedience to their party bases, giving more courage to my Republican colleagues now its not just their base they have to appeal to.
Wed all benefit if similar reforms were adopted for congressional redistricting in all states. As long as state legislatures draw voting districts that give the majority party a guaranteed edge at the polls, well continue to suffer the cost and embarrassment of a dysfunctional Congress. America can do better. America must do better.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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