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Skip to comments.VANITY - Can/Will Romney "Unconcede"?
Posted on 11/10/2012 8:32:49 AM PST by melissa_in_ga
It's been almost a week since the de-lection, and various posts have popped up showing unrealistic numbers for NObama in Virginia, Florida and Ohio. We all know massive voter fraud was in play in this election - the Chicago way.
Question: Can Romney pull his concession speech based on the data from polling centers? Can he ask for a recount? And if he could...would he?
Will a Republican, particularly a rino, do the gutsy thing?
Hell, no.
No, he'll probably take the "moral high ground". After all, Nixon did the same in 1960.
The moral high ground gets us nowhere against amoral Chicago thugs.
He won't.
Concessions are not legal declarations. Gore did the same thing in 2000.
But the question is if he wants to serious investigate fraud. Anyone that wants to has until the electors vote in December.
Gore did it, but to answer your question, no, Romney won't.
Look out your window...Are donkey's flying? No, then forget about it! rinos are too wimpy to even consider such a thing. Even when they are right!
Romney should be fighting like Alan West is going after the Chicago mobsters for stealing his election (see St Lucie county over voting).
The Chicago way.
Romney won't do anything,if he values the lives of his children.
It's over,the criminals won.
One problem is that it isn't in one state, and Romney needs more than one state to win.
If Romney had won Florida, like he should have...I still can't believe he lost FL even with fraud...and Virginia and one other state, then going in and challenging Ohio would be one thing. But challenging in FOUR states at once, just isn't feasible.
It SHOULD be feasible, mind you, but that is why it won't be done...among other things.
I'd like to know more about that "software malfunction" on election day for Team Romney.
Concession by a candidate means nothing, however, there is no way Romney will (or should) un-concede. There just isn't enough evidence of fraud to ever convince the nation it occurred. It will surprise nobody that inner city precincts voted almost 100% for the black Dem candidate. The reports of more voters than registered voters that I've seen have pretty legitimate explanations — eg multiple ballots cast because they couldn't fit everything on one ballot.
I don't know, just wanted to say that
I've been wondering the same thing.
Smarter peeps might answer, but I think
some kind of authority will have to rule on the
Problem is, most of our dear Pubbies will hide
under their desks and wet themselves if they're
confronted with having to oppose the libs.
The fraud stories are jaw dropping - a revote is
what's needed, with paper ballots and the inspectors
chained to the wall, in handcuffs.
He certainly should.
And someone must impeach the islamic animal in the Oval Office.
Only if something really big breaks out of the Benghazi scandal between now and the final vote by the Electoral College.
FWIW: Interesting article here: Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote?
Hint: It's not what you think (though that may be true as well).
Considering that since the election Boehner has been fighting Krispy Kreme Christie for a prime spot to kiss 0bama's butt, I doubt the GOP will wage any serious protest on even the most blatant vote fraud. Romney apparently wants to go out looking like the "Good Guy" so he won't do it, but imagine the bounce the Stock Market would get if the election suddenly looked like it was turned around!
I can't see the GOP or Romney having enough nut to do this. But, if it's not done, we can dismantle the GOP and go home. We will never win another election that matters.
If Romney loves this Country, then he should "unconceede" and demand a recount. He should put action to his words.
If he meant that he loves this Country's crookedness, then there's no need for him to do anything.
It is for him to show us in what way he loves this Country.
I wonder why the SOS in the states with jiggered precinct numbers are not taking it upon themselves to make sure the count is accurate, that only registered voters voted and were recorded correctly.
Are the SOS in OH and PA Rats?
Gore did it in 2000....see where it got him? Romney needs to just take his millions and be a liberal somewhere else. This is our time to regroup and pick a conservative next time around. We have 2014 to start getting our act for.
i can see why this is a vanity. Nobody would ever publish it.
You want a recount in Ohio? Based on what, specifically? You could do an academic research project. Start with one precinct. Were there illegal voters on the rolls? Did people fraudulently vote, claiming to be someone they were not? Did somebody manipulate the machines?
What is it? EXACTLY!! STATE YOUR THESIS PRECISELY AND WITH SPECIFICS. Who, what, where, when, how. Find one example first and they start your projective geometry delusion onto the whole county.
there was 'massive voter fraud" in my hometown. The Government/AForBambi conglomerate found 2000 new Latinos on food stamps and got them registered and then mobilized them to vote. 2000 new votes. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.
If Romney loves this Country, then he should unconceede and demand a recount.
ONLY if he pays for it. I hope you wouldn't be for taxpayers paying for it. I knew this guy was the wrong candidate from day one.
You mean just like Romney went after Obama on Libya in the third debate? Oh, wait.....he didn't.
The moral highground gets us nowhere but stranded on an island. Send out the attack dogs and demand a recount in ALL the swing states. This is WAR.
Otherwise, it's hard to make the case that Romney would have won had the election been fairer.
Countercharges (true or false) will be made by the Democrats and the challenge wouldn't go very far.
Even if Romney did - what will that do? Will it change the outcome?
He would be mocked and ridiculed. If we were talking about one state that made the difference, then you might have a point, but since this is about needing two or three states to win, it just isn't going to happen. The dems would only "find" more votes to keep the election results as they are now.
It would matter.
All of our elections have some level of fraud. This one had MASSIVE Fraud.
This was very much stolen.
I will not sit around with the rest of the conservatives believing we lost this based on a bad candidate, or bad principles.
We lost this because these thieves stole it.
Bumping this thread in the hopes of waking many FReepers up.
Yeah, better save that money for the Obamaphone crowd.
The Government/AForBambi conglomerate found 2000 new Latinos on food stamps and got them registered and then mobilized them to vote.
That doesn't sound illegal to me UNLESS they are illegal which could be but tough to prove.
Is allegations of voter fraud, ect some form of coping mechanism for some people after their side loses an election?
I have no doubt there were some instances of voter fraud and wrong doing, but I'm sure it didn't happen on the scale necessary to turn an entire national election.
Sadly, 0bamatard won, just as he did last time. Romney lost. Many of the folks on our side apparently didn't come to the party. This country is gonna rightly deserve whatever it gets! Now, lets all move on, shall we.
Forget it....that would be too impolite, not gentlemanly.
The PA SOS is a Republican, but its become rather clear that the State GOP in Harrisburg is still the same bunch of cowards that will let the Philly Rats do whatever they want.
Was there voting fraud? Yes. There always is. Does voting fraud benefit Democrats? Yes. It always does. Was there enough fraud to affect the outcome of this election? No. Romney lost because he was the candidate nobody really wanted. Don't believe me? Go read the posts on this very forum from a few months ago where we had a "No Romney! No Way!" banner in bold red every time you clicked here.
Well hopefully those Obama Phone people are going to get a wake up call one day when there is seriously no money left. Probably not tomorrow, but the day of reckoning is coming.
"Can he ask for a recount? And if he could...would he?"
I think in a lot of places there is nothing to recount; they can just re-tabulate the machines that were rigged in advance.
Not going to happen. Move on.
Conceding doesn't mean much. In a few weeks the SoS's in the various states will do that for him.
This is not about dealing with it.
Nor is it about a bad candidate.
This was about MASSIVE voting fraud.On a scale we have never seen before.
This election was very much stolen in the swing states.
But don't forget, while Iranians have to dip their fingers in ink after they vote, and Madison, Wisconsin (Moscow of the west) can require photo I.D. for using the free city bus passes (must not disenfranchise minorities there), we still don't need voter I.D. in this country, so says the cheating, lying, deceitful Democrats - especially the thug Chicago crew. The Democrats have proven that elections can be won with fraud, including bus loads of voters brought from Chicago to Wisconsin, which is simply protocol for the lefties.
What about all those precints that had "0" for Romney. Do you really believe that? Do you believe that Philadephia had 100% turnout? I don't. Whether there is a recount or not, my basic question was...would he pull his concession speech?
This election has had more voter fraud than any election I've seen.
I still believe Gingrich would have wiped the floor with Obama in the "debates"...really just a joint press conference.
Newt would have smacked him up one side and down the other.
Won in a landslide.
The LSM will do nothing to report this, thus;
It will be only a massive .. and I mean MASSIVE .. public UPRISING that will accomplish anything ... IF anything can be accomplished.
i DON'T WANT TO THINK IT, BUT i BELIEVE WE'RE STANDING ON THE DECKS OF bRITISH SHIPS .. TOMAHAWKS IN HAND AND CASES OF TEA STARING US IN THE FaCE.
stupid caps lock ...
Did we get dressed up for nothing?
Should we be home in bed with our wives?
mebee Allen West will shame the RNC and mittens into raising hell about voter fraud. if it's as bad it it seems, such 140% of registered voters voted, bus loads of voters in Bears gear from Chicago in Sheboygan sp? WI, black panthers in the city of brotherly love running off poll watchers, and on and on and on, there should be enough here to cast shame on and destroy the democrat party because of gross corruption. Go get 'em, Allen West! Do it NOw!
I don't know who pays for the recounting. (The recounting would create jobs (sarc))
I don't see why the taxpayers shouldn't pay for the recount. They're going to lose their money anyway be it for the recount or obamacare. It would just be a decision where money would be best spent.
peeples on here are crying fraud ... and they ignore what really is happening.
SIGN UP 14 MILLION NEW PEEPLES FOR FOOD STAMPS ... then register them to vote ... then remind them their benefits will be cut off by the Publicans .... then mobilize them for election day. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING.
these thread are delusional.
Romney will be just another name on the long list of also-rans. But the silver lining is that when the big, BIG crash comes, they can't blame it on our side. Obama will be the new Herbert Hoover.
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 22 Updates Posted Today and People You Can Contact! See FRIDAY UPDATES! *
Is this what Barack Obama calls a ground game? All things considered, on this page and elsewhere, Mitt Romney IS our President elect. Lets do something about it!
Ill be adding additional links on a regular basis and forwarding all of this information to Mitts campaign! Please send other links.
Evidence of massive Obama voter fraud in Colorado! Ten counties show 104% to 140% turnout!
Fraud: Some told they already voted, others brag about voting multiple times
Crooked Politics: Obama Lost in Every State With Photo ID Law
Philly Polling Stations Where GOP Inspectors Were Kicked Out Had 90% Voter Turnout, 99% Voted For Obama
[Sounds like those Black Panthers who kicked out the GOP observers and stood guard at the polling stations were not just trying to intimidate voters! They were hiding something!]
Voter Fraud Watch: Two Election Judges Replaced After Illegal Activity in Ohio - Fox News Insider
Why the Polls are Wrong: Electorate is R+6
Vote fraud alert: One out of five registered Ohio voters is bogus
via @BeachCity55 on Twitter: Senior parents in Florida told not to put their ballots through their reader but in a box. Senior votes in FL not counted?
Data Points To A Powerful Romney Campaign And Yet
He Lost?
You have to vote for Dems NYC poll worker tells GOP Senate candidate #IllegalElectioneering
At least 70,000 report voting problems, mostly in swing states
Plane crash destroys Afghanistan US military ballots, most of which are for Mitt Romney
Obamas pattern of disenfranchisement of the military vote
Another Stolen Election? Election data HIGHLY suspicious AND the George Soros Secretary of State Project http://goo.gl/y1ybR
Yes, this is the same George Soros who owns part of the company in Spain Obama outsourced parts of the election to and who has been banned from Hungary because he tampered with elections there.
We will continue to add updates! Please check back often!
From my friend Lynn Victory on Facebook:
Thanks for what you are doing. My son is friends with a guy in the Romney campaign who has actually been on since 2008. He is not high up, but said that the O campaign bought high tech equipment to target county by county where the votes were needed in battle-ground states, so that they could bus in the needed votes. The guy would not say fraud, but that is fraud.
Also this referral from Lynn:
White House Insider on Obama Steal the Votes Strategy (Just Before the Election)
But these Obama boys they took it to a whole other level. Votes, donations deals its a lot more Putin than it is Clinton. Pay to play Big Labor this country never seen it at this level.
Voter fraud witnessed in Wisconsin by one of Mitts ORCA observers:
via Lori Patriot on Facebook:
52 Democrats arrested for VOTER FRAUD so far
VIDEO: Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers
In 2008, John McCain Ignored Vote Fraud to Avoid Civil Unrest
[See what that got us?]
Michael Savage: How Obama fixed 2012 election
Massive voter fraud discovered in April
Is Voter Fraud Being Committed in Ohio? (Early Voting)
Pundit Press: What Luck! Obama Won Dozens of Cleveland Districts with 100% of the Vote
Photo of Ethiopians brought to Ohio voting stations by busload, 95% of whom did not speak English, and told to vote for Obama, straight Dem ticket
Did this Dirty Trick Get Obama Re-Elected?
Vote Fraud Expert: Romney Votes Not Counted in Key States
Could we fix an election? Sure, they would never know it.
Thousands of votes from our military troops uncounted or missing
Defense Department cant put soldiers, ballots together
Voter fraud in Pennsylvania - Black Panthers return, GOP inspectors thrown out
Ohio fraudulent voter registration cards
Ohio Residents Told They Already Voted When They Showed Up At the Polls Tuesday
Poll Worker Puts Glendale Precincts Ballots on Car, Drives Away
Referenced above, but with more information:
Two Ohio Election Judges Removed for Allowing Unregistered Voters to Cast Ballots
Democrat Admits Hes Voted FOUR Times Already
Boston reports 129% voter turnout, 79% for Obama; 74% for Elizabeth Warren
This one could be just a calibration issue, but not necessarily based on the programers testimony in the next link:
Voting machine swaps Romney for Obama
Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting
VIDEO: Possible voter fraud in Pennsylvania or just voting machine malfunction?
Voter Fraud Complaint Filed against Florida Democrats
Ballot Re-writers Update from Allen Westhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=299196730187117&set=a.198312883608836.34844.198021666971291&type=1&theater
Half the Democratic ground game is voter turnout. The other half is voter fraud.
Voter Fraud: Obama Won 108% of Registered Voters in Wood County, Ohio
Video: Diebold Whistleblower Speaks Out on Voter Fraud
BREAKING: St. Lucie County, Florida Had 141.1% Turnout; Obama Won County
Between St. Lucie and Broward Counties, we have a pretty good idea what happened in Florida. Normal voting is what, 50% turnout? It doesnt take many counties like this to affect an entire state by multiple percentage points.
All of these numbers between 99% (Pennsylvania) and 141.1% (Florida) turnout in dozens of counties in swing states makes me think Team Obama was panicking a lot just before the election, with Mitt up by 7% in certain early voting polls. They overcompensated so much the fraud is impossible to hide. I think they know it, which may be one reason Axelrod is stepping down. (Sound familiar Petraeus and Benghazi?)
As I told someone earlier today, this is who Obama is. This is who Chicago (the machine) is. Do we really want this to be who America is? Is this how we will define our elections from 2008 on? As Mitt says, America can do better. We must do better. We cant let the message be out there that America will let this fraud go.
Want to do something about all of this? Tiffany Banks and Darin Southam forwarded me a list of people you can contact who are in the November 9, 2012 3:12 PM comment below.
Did you know voters can request a recount in certain states? (Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin!) Take a look at the comment by @RightonMainSt dated November 9, 2012 11:45 PM below for instructions! Mitt will have to ask in Colorado himself. (Yes, you Mitt!)
It has also been suggested that we ask Republican Secretaries of State NOT to certify the election until all questions about voter fraud are abated. Some people think this may provoke a crisis, but it cant be worse than the one we are looking at for the next four years and the impact on generations to come! America NEEDS Mitt, and Mitt won fair and square. This was not a ballot stuffing competition but an election. Lets make sure its counted that way!
Off another freeper called patriot and he is a patriot.
Romney needs to stop this madness and now demand a recount and an invstigation into why these results do not add up plus why were observers kicked out
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87 posted on Saturday, November 10, 2012 9:07:57 AM by patriot08
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Group meets to discuss future of historic fish tug Katherine V
A meeting was held in Rogers City on Monday morning to discuss the future of the fish tug Katherine V. The meeting was organized by Dan Stevens, a member of the Besser Museum Board of Trustees, and Pat Labadie, historian at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Also in attendance were Ron Meneghel and Steve Kroll, members of the sanctuary's advisory board.
The 60-foot Katherine V was built at Rogers City in 1928 and was operated for many years by the Vogelheim family. It last operated during the 1970 fishing season. After that it sat idle at the fish docks in Rogers City.
In 2001, the Vogelheim family donated the boat to Besser Museum and the boat was transported to its new home behind the museum. Museum officials intended to restore the historic fish tug and its original three-cylinder Kahlenberg engine and have them on display. For a variety of reasons no restoration work was done and the museum is now considering options for the future of the boat.
When queried by the museum, several individuals from Rogers City indicated an interest in exploring the possibility of bringing the Katherine V back to its home port. That led to the meeting on Monday.
Those attending the meeting in addition to Labadie and Stevens included Rogers City Mayor Beach Hall; Anne Belanger, program director at the Presque Isle District Library and a member of the Besser Museum board; Bob Noffze, a retired Great Lakes ship captain; Mark Thompson, executive director and curator of the Presque Isle County Historical Museum; and four members of the Vogelheim family: John Vogelheim, Richard Vogelheim, Richard Bennett and Paul Bennett.
Major issues discussed at the meeting included whether people in Rogers City would be interested in having the boat returned, the cost of moving the boat back to Rogers City, where the boat could be stored while it is being restored, costs of restoration, where funds for the project would come from, what organization would own the vessel, and where it would be displayed following restoration.
While those issues were discussed at length, no decisions could be made without further research.
A second meeting has tentatively been set for 9:30 a.m., June 6 at the Council chambers in the City Hall at Rogers City. In the interim, representatives from Rogers City were encouraged to solicit opinions from residents to determine whether there is interest in having the Katherine V returned.

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The company's performance is even more notable when one considers how unimpressive recent earnings results have been from not only Intel (INTC) , but from the entire sector. While Broadcom stock is far from cheap at current levels, investors were looking to the company's Q3 results for further confirmation that they had placed the right bet buying the stock several quarters ago. Broadcom delivered.
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Seoul (Republic of Korea), 21 April 2010 - Biodiversity is a building block for the natural system on which much of the world's wealth depends directly or indirectly: yet too few in business realize the extent of the risks and potential rewards of managing their impact on this key nature-based asset.
A new publication from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), previewed at B4E, the Business for Environment Global Summit, in Seoul today, helps companies understand the challenges and opportunities by examining the impact of their sector and revealing what other companies are doing to manage biodiversity issues.
As such it is a new and additional insight into how the corporate sector can be part of the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient, 21st century Green Economy.
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No matter where in aviation you look, it seems the hot topic is making new pilots. Or that the pilot population is aging. We, as pilots, need to hurry up and make more before our airports all disappear.
I own a small flight school in Massachusetts called FCA Flight Center operating out of Fitchburg (KFIT). For us, the problem surely isn't new students, it's getting CFIs to train them. There seems to be a larger hole in CFI ranks than in students. I've searched high and low all over the Internet with no luck, including a website designated for CFIs to job search. We currently have six part-time instructors. Nonetheless, we do not have any working three days per week. The planes sit on the ground on beautiful flying days.
As far as I've researched, we're the highest paying flight school in the area for CFIs. The camaraderie here is great. The competition is friendly. When the instructors aren't flying with students, they fly together out for dinner or currency.
We also have a thriving active pilot's association on the field with more than 120 members. The Fitchburg Pilots Association EAA chapter 1415 has monthly meetings with anywhere from 50 to 200 attendees. CFIs and pilots here have no trouble making friends.
Once the CFI issue has been solved and flight training is being provided properly, we have two items left I can see to bring GA over the top. First would be to provide help to all airports to have a thriving pilot's association. We need leaders to bring them together. That's when pilots fly more and fly safe. Next would be marketing. General aviation fails tremendously in this area. Just try telling someone not in aviation you're going to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for a week in July and you'll see what I mean. It's the best kept secret in the world. Boats, motorcycles, and even gun clubs market themselves better than we do. It's about time we ask our friends like Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman to help us market GA to the general public.
Charley Valera, owner FCA Flight Center


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I Wish My Mom Grades Were Straight A's, But I Have a C- Average
I wonder if my kids think all moms are just not morning people.
I can pack a lunch in record speed. From the time the bus rounded the corner of our street, before it stopped in front of the house, I had made a sandwich and included a vegetable, fruit, and dessert, and still kissed him I love you.
But I want better for them. I don't want to be the last one out of bed. This is backwards, I think. And not every morning is like this, but many if not most of them are.
They have a mom whose day was saved by the purchase of a new wastebasket for the upstairs bathroom. It all hinged on that -- whether I would have spent the rest of the day amope and static or finally clearing off the dining table and doing away with all the stacks. And cleaning the bathroom because there was a new wastebasket and it made everything look better.
How will this play out? Am I preparing independent little people who can get ready all on their own or am I robbing them of a more structured start to their day? I am here, but I'm underneath the covers. I crawl out, but it's slow and unsteady and this morning it took me a while to find my glasses.
Gray was already waiting on the driveway alone. Through the screen I heard him call for Carter, still in the house, "Did you hear that hahaha?" He belched into the air and giggled. I laughed and said "Graaaay" and he came running and kissed me on the lips and then went back to his post. I realized on today's school menu was something he couldn't have, so I rushed to make his lunch. "If the bus comes, just get on and I'll bring this to school." But I was fast and it was in his backpack and he was off.
I barely make it most days. By the skin of my teeth, I pass. All my life I made straight A's but this mother thing. It's not something I want to just scrape by... and I feel like the gap is closing, what's shaping their behavior, and memories, and when they'll catch on.
Stephanie Precourt is the director and producer of Listen To Your Mother: Northwest Indiana and writes about her life and motherhood at Adventures In Babywearing.


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Color Ideas: Pale Blue
Light blues are the season's most seductive shades for the walls of your home
Spring is finally here, and what color could be more suited to the season than pale, powdery blue? It's the sky on a cloudless afternoon, the hue of a robin's egg.
Pale blue is simple, carefree, and a perennial favorite in decorating circles because of its freshness and clarity, especially when paired with crisp white woodwork, as decorator Steven Gambrel did at his house in Sag Harbor, New York. For a more sophisticated look, try pairing it with dark shades of brown.
Pale blue also looks fantastic against silver, as in the Spiegelsaal (Hall of Mirrors) of the Amalienburg palace in Munich, Germany, a sunny 18th-century rococo chamber whose soft aquamarine walls sparkle with silvered-plaster ornaments—exotic birds, extravagant flowers, and more. It's like glimpsing bits of sky through a fantastical garden.
Some of our favorite blues:
Astrachan (27-30) by Pratt & Lambert Paints.
Degas Blue (25-3) by Pratt & Lambert Paints.
China Blue (2052-60) by Benjamin Moore.
Glacier Blue (1653) by Benjamin Moore.
Afloat (B43-3) by Ace Paint.
Spirit River (B41-2) by Ace Paint.
Lulworth Blue (89) by Farrow & Ball.
Blue Ground (210) by Farrow & Ball.
Lyndhurst Celestial Blue (5003-9C) by Valspar.
Rain Dance (5001-9A) by Valspar.
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Lincoln County man pleads guilty in horse neglect case
IVANHOE?-?A Lincoln County man charged with one count of overwork, mistreatment or torture of animals and nine counts of disposal of domestic animal carcasses by burial or burning pleaded guilty to one count of illegal disposal of a carcass on Thursday.
Michael Louis Hansen, owner of Ivanhoe Feed and Seed, appeared in the Lincoln County Courthouse with his attorney Robert Gjorvad to enter a plea of guilty on the second count.
Count one, of overwork, mistreatment or torture of an animal, and counts of disposal of domestic animal carcasses by burial or burning were dismissed under the terms of the agreement.
Each count is a misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, or both.
Under a plea agreement negotiated between Gjorvad and County Attorney Glen Petersen, Judge Leland Bush sentenced Hansen to a $750 fine, one year of supervised probation and 90 days in the Lincoln County jail. The jail sentence was stayed on condition of Hansen following all conditions of his probation.
Hansen must also pay restitution costs for disposal of the 10 horse carcasses found on his property outside of Ivanhoe and costs of boarding and treatment for the five living horses found in a state of neglect on the property. In addition, Hansen agreed not to own or board any horses for the term of his probation.
Restitution stood at $1,100 for disposal of 10 dead horses and about $4,500 for boarding the five living horses, though that could rise. Hansen agreed to cede ownership of the five surviving horses to the county, on condition the proceeds of the sale of the horses be applied to his restitution costs.
At the hearing, Gjorvad said Hansen's wife of two years owned horses and had since before her marriage to Hansen. Bush stipulated the horses may not be boarded on any property owned by Hansen, nor may he be responsible for them in any way.
The case against Hansen was filed on July 18, after an investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.
The sheriff's department received a call on April 28, reporting two to three dead horses and other horses the caller described as "starving" in a pasture outside of Hendricks belonging to Hansen. On April 29, deputies found the carcasses of 10 horses on the property.
An examination by Roxanne Nielsen of the Western Veterinary Clinic in Tyler determined they had died of starvation.
The carcasses were disposed of by burning onsite. The five surviving horses were taken to the Pipestone Livestock Auction Barn.


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Kanin, Garson
Garson Kanin 1912–
American playwright, novelist, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, and director.
During his early career, Kanin was best known for his play Born Yesterday. Later, as a Hollywood "insider," he chronicled the glamor and the scandal of the private lives of many elusive show-business personalities.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed., Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 7: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, and Authors in the News, Vol. 1.)
Wolcott Gibbs
Whatever else "Born Yesterday" may have to offer above the general level of prefabricated comedy (and I am one who thinks it hasn't very much), Garson Kanin's play contains a wonderfully engaging study of a young woman in the throes of a belated literary and political education. The pattern of her development—from a cheerful moral vacuum like the one in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" to a state that almost seems to prophesy another congresswoman from Connecticut—is not quite new to art…. [The heroine here], however, undergoes an even more astounding change than any of her predecessors and she is drawn in fascinating detail.
In the beginning, Mr. Kanin's girl … is shown with her protector, one Harry Brock, in a hotel in Washington, where he has come to buy enough senators to set up a cartel in scrap metal…. The lines and the philosophy provided for her by the author are … handsomely in character. Her benefactor isn't terribly polite, generally referring to her, in fact, as a damn, dumb broad, and his physical demands are often fairly exasperating, but she is established in a suite that costs two hundred and thirty-five dollars a day and her wardrobe more than matches it. "Gee," she says, when asked about her dreams, "I got everything I want. Two mink coats. Everything."
Her rebirth is brought about by a writer for the New Republic, a cultivated muckraker of rather more professional integrity than...
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Rosamond Gilder
[Born Yesterday] provided New York with what it craved in the field of pure divertissement: a new farce-comedy guaranteed to rock the rafters…. [It] rockets along through three joyous acts taking potshots at our legislators, at racketeers, time-servers and tarts. This is the Broadway formula hammered down tight: a wisecrack in every sentence, a smashing curtain line for each act, tough talk and plenty of action—and behind it all a vigorous satiric intent: in this case an attack on gangster techniques in business and venality in high places. (p. 200)
Rosamond Gilder, "From Far to Near: Broadway in Review," in Theatre Arts (© 1946 by Theatre Publications, Inc.; copyright renewed © 1974 by Jovanna Ceccarelli), Vol. XXX, No. 4, April, 1946, pp. 196-204.∗
Brooks Atkinson
[It] is almost possible to look on the bright side of Mr. Kanin's "The Live Wire." Almost possible, but not quite. Despite the skill and the gaiety that have gone into it, "The Live Wire" is too random and unsubstantial for complete enjoyment. After the final curtain has fallen, there is a feeling of unfulfillment in terms of the entertainment Mr. Kanin has striven for….
Possibly Mr. Kanin is tired of hearing about "Born Yesterday" now, for it first joggled the town's funny bone in 1946. But it remains his master work. The point of view of "The Live Wire" has the same sardonic relish of roguery (witness the overpowering charlatanism of the actors' agent); but "Born Yesterday" had a pithier theme and the humor was a good deal more accumulative.
"The Live Wire" is the harum-scarum yarn of some indigent actors who are living together in a quonset hut on a vacant lot in Manhattan…. The general amity of their association is poisoned by the intrusion of a sinister young actor who racketeers his way to a Hollywood contract by stepping on the face of everyone he can use. He is the perfect heel, and he succeeds sensationally. After he has made his exit in a burst of venomous triumph, the quonset hut colony settles down to the bizarre humdrum of its penniless existence, glad to have the poison out of its system.
As a plot, this one is good enough to hold the play together and to reveal some of the minor...
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Howard Taubman
The basic idea of "Do Re Mi" contains rich promise for a musical. Mr. Kanin's book takes a look at the juke-box racket, the music and record business and such forums of popular entertainment as the night club, supper club and beatnik joint. But it is written largely to formula and often resembles a dull imitation of "Guys and Dolls."…
There is neither space nor need to set forth every credit and debit in a comprehensive balance sheet. "Do Re Mi" has speed, color and some fun. It is also mechanical, uninventive and noisy. In a poor season for musicals it looks good. But to acclaim it as great is a disservice to the public and the theatre.
Howard Taubman, "Soft on Musicals," in The New York Times, Section 2 (© 1961 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), January 8, 1961, p. 1.∗
Howard Taubman
In "A Gift of Time" death is the inescapable enemy. In the opening scene it is clear that Charles Wertenbaker, a writer of 53, attractive, urbane and mature, is doomed. Consulting with physicians in St. Jean-de-Luz, he is told that he must undergo immediate surgery for the removal of an intestinal obstruction. He and his wife, Lael, may think there is hope, but the audience is told by one of the doctors that he is lost….
Mr. Kanin never means to have the outcome in doubt.
The aim of the play is to reveal how Charles and Lael carry out their delicately expressed agreement to make the most precious use of whatever gift of time is left to him. Charles has no desire for religious comfort, and though as a Time-Life luminary he once wrote about the affairs of the world, issues of politics, economics, diplomacy and the other so-called large events of men's concerns scarcely are mentioned.
The emphasis is on the love that has fulfilled Charles and Lael's life together, on their devoted appreciation of their young son and daughter, on the need to seize every remaining moment and make it large with awareness. The burden of most of the play is Charles' effort to communicate the importance of the simple and profound values of living as he struggles against physical agonies.
Since these are good people, our hearts go out to them in their time of trial. They have emotion but no sentimentality....
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Henry Hewes
How does one prepare oneself for imminent death in this American age of leisure, faithlessness, and futile striving for identity? "A Gift of Time," Garson Kanin's adaptation of Lael Wertenbaker's biographical account of her husband's final cancer-ridden months ("Death of a Man"), presents such a case….
Unfortunately his decision to live each day "an hour a minute" until the moment when he will have to become bed-ridden, and then to cut his wrists, is never very thoroughly examined or challenged by the doctors, by his friends, or by his wife.
Thus the play becomes merely a demonstration of a sensible process agreed upon from the start. And there is an inevitable unsatisfactoriness...
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John Coleman
Garson Kanin's Tracy and Hepburn has a few pictures, no index at all and is strictly for those diehards who lap up 'affectionate memoirs'. Mr Kanin conducts his saccharine account of a working and playing relationship largely in terms of conversations in which he and his wife, Ruth Gordon, also take part. This enables us to eavesdrop on a lot of trivia and to hear a different version of a story about Miss Hepburn's socially committed family from the one in [Frank] Capra's book [The Name above the Title]. 'Spencer was a true intellectual', who used to sit up most of the night reading detective stories, an instinctive actor, a reformed alcoholic and naturally religious. Miss Hepburn takes many showers a...
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Edward Weeks
[A Thousand Summers] is a love story, told in reverie, by Freeman Osborn, a solitary Yankee, owner of the Edgartown Pharmacy on Martha's Vineyard…. Freeman's horizon was bounded by the Vineyard until that day in 1927 when an attractive woman entered his shop to have a cinder removed from her eye. He performed the operation deftly and with fateful consequence to them both.
Sheila is the wife of Thomas Van Anda, a stuffed shirt high up in the Foreign Service. She and Freeman discover a mutual attraction for Japan, where she had been stationed for three years and whose history and art he has absorbed at long range…. Their talk is bland, their snatched-at happiness undetected, and, to me,...
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Joel Sayre
"Hollywood," to my mind, has a couple of flaws: one minor, the other major. Kanin introduces a great number of characters in his memoirs. The reflective reader, wanting to refer to some of them who have stuck in his mind, is bound to find the lack of an index a nuisance. Second, a much more serious flaw, I think, is Kanin's apparent compulsion neurosis to write on and on and on about Samuel Goldwyn, who brought him, aged 24, to California to learn the business; i.e., to become, after proper training, an associate producer. But Kanin kept pestering Goldwyn to let him direct a picture, a screen test, anything; Goldwyn kept telling him not to be silly. These controversies sparked a series of shouting matches that went on...
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Phoebe-Lou Adams
[One Hell of an Actor] is an engaging example of the value of ingenious construction. If Mr. Kanin had begun with the overture and followed his theatrical hero to the final curtain, he would probably have produced a piece of no-business-like-show-business sentimentality. Far too clever for any such banality, he has converted the tale into his own supposed research into the career of the late John J. Tumulty, sprinkled it with references to real players and productions, and brought off a neat surprise ending. Fun, as it was intended to be.
Phoebe-Lou Adams, "PLA: 'One Hell of an Actor'," in The Atlantic Monthly (copyright © 1977, by The Atlantic Monthly Company,...
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Dan Wakefield
[With "One Hell of an Actor,"] Mr. Kanin has written a chatty, intentionally gossipy novel (using real names of the famous interspersed with the fictional characters), which somehow fails to take off. Perhaps that is because the Kanin-persona narrator begins his story with a fascination for the life and times of a turn-of-the-century San Francisco actor named John J. Tumulty and a desire to reconstruct the feeling of the man and the era. This is an exciting idea, but it becomes lost in an across-the-years detective story, told in a series of interviews, letters and diaries. The story reveals more about the descendants who inherit the grand-old-man's stubbornly thespian blood than about the man himself or about what it...
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Doris Grumbach
If youth is wasted on the young, old age has not been wasted on Garson Kanin. At 66 (hardly old, except for the thesis of his book), he is determined to declare war "on the mindless youth cult that has our time in its grip." The result is ["It Takes a Long Time to Become Young,"] a slight, indignant and often entertaining defense of his belief that should stimulate his contemporaries to take up arms with him against all the societal wrongs done to older persons….
Mr. Kanin fills his battle plan with vignettes of still-active and productive persons in their 70's and 80's, and parallels them with tales of persons who slowly declined after they were forced to retire….
Mr. Kanin...
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Anatole Broyard
Garson Kanin's novel, "Moviola," reads like an uncut version of a 1940's "spectacular." Here's the movie industry from Thomas Edison to Warren Beatty. Everybody makes a cameo appearance: It's a cast of thousands, each one a star. Reading "Moviola" is a bit like having the sky fall on you.
The basic story, which is hardly more than a parking lot for the digressions, concerns B. J. Farber, a 92-year-old movie pioneer and studio head who is thinking of selling his "dream factory" to a New York-based conglomerate….
As a preliminary to the negotiations, Farber tells … his life story, for the studio is his life and the story is an inventory of its assets. Before he will sell, Farber...
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David Wilson
[Moviola] is less a novel about Hollywood than a misty-eyed recounting of a favourite dream.
Garson Kanin wrote the scripts of the sharpest Hepburn-Tracy comedies. More recently he has been described as the "Boswell of Hollywood"; and in this celebration of a lifetime in the cinema he endeavours to live up to the name. His subject is Benjamin J. Farber, last of the Hollywood moguls and a fictional composite of several of that ilk…. At ninety-two, he is forgetful about most things—but not about the history of Hollywood, of which he has total recall…. Mr Kanin's narrative problem is to accommodate Ben within what amounts to a series of potted biographies. But the facts intrude into the...
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Nora Johnson
Garson Kanin has been marinating in the theater since before most of us were ever in an audience…. [In his eighth] novel, "Smash"—the story of the development, from auditions to opening, of a fictitious Broadway musical ("Shine On, Harvest Moon")—he relates his theatrical tale with the facility of a master, someone who has seen it all and can still smile with affection at this world of magic and mania.
Mr. Kanin puts the narration into the mouth of novice production secretary Midge Maghakian, whose Journal and Company Bulletins chronicle the dizzying interactions among an evil producer ("The Barracuda"), vulnerable director, tortured composer, blindingly narcissistic star, heroic and lovable...
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Zachary Leader
[Smash is] an "insider's" novel, one whose appeal lies in its promise to "tell all" or "take the lid off." It is also, inevitably, something of a roman à clef, with a teasingly anonymous "Star" of Streisand-like difficulty and background, as well as a famous and familiar-sounding over-sexed composer….
Smash focuses on what might be called the creative, as opposed to financial, aspects of its story—what happens in audition, rehearsal, and performance—its ring is familiar…. Less familiar is the novel's account of backstage manoeuvering, of struggles for power and influence…. The best bits, accordingly, focus on the producer's machinations (particularly his attempts to...
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Food Habits
As a group, Mammalia eat an enormous variety of organisms. Many mammals can be carnivores (e.g., most species within Carnivora), herbivores (e.g., Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla), or omnivores (e.g., many Primates). Mammals eat both invertebrates and vertebrates (including other mammals), plants (including fruit, nectar, foliage, wood, roots, seeds, etc.) and fungi. Being endotherms, mammals require much more food than ectotherms of similar proportions. Thus, relatively few mammals can have a large impact on the populations of their food items.


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The Playoff Picture: July 22
The Columbus Dispatch - July 22, 2013 12:27 PM
After losing four of its last five games, the Crew now finds itself as close to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings as it does to the top. With 23 points, the Crew is 13 in back of leader Sporting Kansas City (36) and 13 ahead of woeful D.C. United (10 points).
This Crew club was touted by the front office as an MLS Cup contender before the season began, but recent play has tempered those thoughts a bit. Team president and general manager Mark McCullers and head coach Robert Warzycha have both expressed their belief that reaching the playoffs is the main key. From there, the belief goes, anything can happen.
Given that, we're rolling out a new feature on Covering The Crew. Each Monday, we'll take a look at where the Crew fits into the playoff picture, what needs to happen in the upcoming week to boost the team's chances and what other games are worth following.
Let's take a look…
The Math
Since MLS went to a 34-game schedule in the 2011 season, the final team to make the playoffs in either conference has finished with an average of 47.8 points – an average of 1.41 points earned per match.
The Crew now sits at 23 points through 20 games played, an average of 1.15 points earned per match. In order to reach 47.8 points, the Crew must earn 24.8 points in its final 14 matches. That averages out to 1.77 points earned per match, a figure that would be tops in all of MLS this season. Current Supporters' Shield leader Real Salt Lake is averaging 1.76 points earned per match while posting an 11-6-4 record.
Who To Watch This Week
Aside from the fact that the Crew can ill afford many more losses, if any at all, the team needs others to start dropping points. Three of the seven teams ahead of the Crew in the Eastern Conference have a game in hand, further complicating matters.
Chicago, which has rebounded from a disastrous early start to climb one point ahead of the Crew while playing one fewer game, hosts Houston seven hours after the Crew visits Toronto at 2 p.m. Houston holds the fifth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, six points ahead of the Crew, but also has played one fewer game. A draw here, coupled with a Crew win, would mark a two-point pickup on two teams higher in the standings.
Saturday's 2-0 loss to New England was damaging to the Crew for a number of reasons. A draw would have kept the Revolution just one point ahead, while the Crew would be even in points with Chicago and five points out of the last playoff spot.
The Crew looks unlikely to gain points on the Revolution this weekend either: It hosts D.C. United five hours after the Crew kicks off against Toronto.
Fourth-place Philadelphia, which has 31 points, hosts Western Conference opponent Vancouver on Saturday. A win by the Whitecaps would obviously benefit the Crew.
The Good News
Four of the Crew's six wins have come against the three teams below it in the Supporters' Shield standings, and the club has a chance to add to that total. Toronto is 2-8-10 and has not won since June 15, when it beat – who else? – D.C. United. Toronto enters with a six-game unbeaten streak, but it did play New York to a scoreless draw during the weekend.
As far as points the Crew absolutely can't afford to lose if it wants to stay in the race, these are three. The same goes for a rematch at Crew Stadium on August 17.
In addition, the Crew's next four matches are against Eastern Conference clubs.
The Bad News
See most of what has already been written above, but mostly the fact that most teams the Crew especially needs to lose all play each other this weekend.


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The 12 things that made designer William Yeoward's Shortlist
What Thom Filicia Can't Live Without
The 12 things that made designer William Yeoward's ShortlistMore
William Yeoward swept the cobwebs from the fine crystal business back in the 1990s by tweaking classic designs for a modern audience without ever compromising on quality. Since then, the British tastemaker, who describes his style as "slicked-up comfort," has branched out from glassware and decanters to everything from furniture to fabric, lighting, and wallpaper. This former interior designer—his last major project was a home for Margaret Thatcher in the early 1990s—still takes on the occasional decorating job. But Yeoward admits that his true passion is creating his products. "My joy is in finding sleeping treasures—a 1750s goblet, a 1920s armchair," he says, "and reinventing them so they look hot and gorgeous for today."
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It's a small world
To the editor:
While on a recent People to People tour to Cuba, one day we were having lunch at an upscale Havana hotel. Like many meals they start with a basket of warm bread. In the basket was butter, of course. But you would never guess… It was AMPI butter wrapped pats from my home town, New Ulm, Minnesota! And yes, I have the gold wrapper as a souvenir.
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With a Celebrate Trio!
Why ask guests to choose among classic Garrett flavors when you can serve all three!
Between the CaramelCrisp® with its crème brûlée crunch, the sharp cheddar goodness of CheeseCorn™, and the creamy perfection of the Buttery popcorn, they won't know which to try first.
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Reiki St Petersburg
We provide reiki and Bhaki massage. The name Bhakti is taken from Sanskrit and is translated as "reintegration through love" or "devotion to one's healing process". Bhakti bodywork is a combination of many techniques, focusing on a slow, gentle but strong style that physiologically calms the nervous system, creating a meditative healing state and balanced flow of energy within the body.
Sessions may last from 60 minutes to two hours, depending on preference and need, and end with a balancing of the chakras or energy centers of the body. They are located on top of the head (crown - spiritual center), forehead (3rd eye - intuitive center), neck (expression), heart (love consciousness ), stomach (power center), and lower abdomen or pelvic region (sexual expression). The perineum or root chakra is not physically touched but is energetically balanced last of all. Session is ended with a general sweeping of the entire body to balance out the fields of energy in, on and surrounding the body.
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Homecoming 2013 Wrap-up
Maryville College Homecoming 2013
Dear Alumni and Friends:
On behalf of the faculty, staff and students here at Maryville College, thank you for making Homecoming 2013 such a wonderful experience. We were delighted to host over 500 registered participants.
We kicked off the weekend with our annual Founder's Day dinner at the Clayton Center for the Arts, where we celebrated the College's key partnerships with the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont and First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. Over 230 of the College's most ardent supporters attended to see us recognize the newest members of the College's giving societies. You can see who was recognized by visiting our website.
The jam-packed weekend continued, offering a little something for everyone, including the annual Wall of Fame Athletic Awards, a special presentation by President Emeritus Gerald Gibson entitled "Being 'Scots-Irish' at Maryville College," a sneak peak at the demolition phase of Anderson Hall, a Friday night concert by Chris Hennessee '97, standing-room-only performances by the Maryville College Alumni Choir and Off-Kilter, the Little Scotties Play area for kids, 15 class reunion events and the Scots' big win over Methodist College.
The weekend culminated in the Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony, where Maryville College Alumni Association President Ann Rigell '69 helped the College recognize Smith Jean-Philippe '00, recipient of the Kin Takahashi Award for Young Alumni, and Alumni Citation Award Winners Paul Elliott '63 and George Schember '63. Read more about these outstanding alumni here.
We are grateful for your enthusiastic participation and your generous gifts to the College. Thanks to the hard work of our alumni, over $230K was raised by the various reunion classes.
Homecoming is a time to gather with friends and celebrate our roots. Based on my first Homecoming as Vice President for Institutional Advancement, it is clear that Maryville College's roots run deep and strong. It is an honor to serve you in this role, and it is a joy to welcome you back home. Thanks again for your outstanding support. We are already looking forward to welcoming you back next fall.
Enjoy our Homecoming Wrap-up below to read stories, see photos and watch videos from this year's Homecoming.
Suzy G. Booker
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
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WBIR reports: 95-year-old double amputee reaches Homecoming goal
A reporter with WBIR Channel 10 interviewed MC alumnus Ed Brubaker '38, who returned to campus during Homecoming weekend for his 75th reunion. After both of his legs were amputated last year, he set a goal: to walk in the Homecoming parade. And he did it!
Ed Brubaker '38 reaches special goal at Homecoming
After both of his legs were amputated last year, Maryville College alumnus Ed Brubaker '38 set a goal: to walk in the Homecoming parade. In this video, Brubaker talks about his goal - and how it felt to meet that goal during Homecoming weekend.
2013 Wall of Fame class
Maryville College inducted six former MC student-athletes into the Wall of Fame during a brunch held Sept. 27 in the Alumni Gym. Watch the videos to learn more about these impressive MC alumni.
Shipley and Kirksey are Homecoming royalty
Keli Shipley '14, a senior from Chattanooga, Tenn., was crowned Homecoming Queen during Maryville College's Homecoming festivities Sept. 28, while senior John Cole Kirksey '14 of Greenville, Miss., was crowned Homecoming King. See who else was on this year's Homecoming Court.
Three recognized with alumni awards
Maryville College honored three alumni during the National Alumni Association's annual meeting and reception held Sept. 28 in the Alumni Gymnasium on campus. Read more about these outstanding MC alumni.
Reunion classes raise more than $230,000 for MC
The National Alumni Association's annual meeting and reception on Sept. 28 provided a time for Maryville College to praise the reunion year classes' fundraising efforts.
Homecoming Golf Tournament winners announced
The Coach Boydson Baird Memorial Golf Classic is a Homecoming tradition for Maryville College alumni, parents and friends. Check out this year's tournament winners.
MC football: Scots win Homecoming over Methodist, 35-26
A strong first half and numerous defensive stops in the second half led the Maryville College Fighting Scots past Methodist University by the score of 35-26 on Sept. 28 on MC's Honaker Field.
The Daily Times reports: Scots hold on for Homecoming
Evan Pittenger ran for 115 yards, threw for 269 more and accounted for three Maryville College touchdowns Saturday as the Scots held off Methodist University's second half resurgence to secure a 35-26 USA South victory for a homecoming crowd topping 4,600.
Women's soccer: Lady Scots defeat Bishops 2-1 for key USA South victory
The Maryville College women's soccer team advanced to 4-2-1 on the season and 2-1 in USA South challenges with a strong 2-1 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan College at home on Sept. 27.
Men's soccer: MC falls to NC Wesleyan in overtime Sept. 27
The Maryville College men's soccer team fell to 4-2-2 on the season and 1-1 in USA South challenges with a 2-1 overtime loss to North Carolina Wesleyan College at home on Sept. 27.
Women's soccer: Scots crush Fighting Squirrels 13-0 in soccer action
Eight first half goals lead the way and five second half goals slammed the door as Maryville defeated Mary Baldwin in Women's Soccer action on Sept. 28 as part of Homecoming Weekend on the MC campus.
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Postgame: Chicago
The Columbus Dispatch - September 21, 2013 10:52 PM
When Brian Bliss asked his players if he should ask for Chicago to play at full strength in the second half, he was only partially joking.
As we've seen from the Crew this season, a man advantage has often been anything but. The Crew mustered just one goal against a Portland team playing down a man for the final 79 minutes July 7 and suffered a 1-0 defeat to Seattle despite the Sounders losing a player in the seventh minute. That loss was the final match with Robert Warzycha in charge.
In his fourth game as interim coach, Bliss challenged his players at halftime to play like they had an extra man. They did, responding with two goals in a 3-0 win against visiting Chicago that helped keep the Crew on the cusp of the playoff hunt.
"I think it's all a mentality," goalkeeper Matt Lampson said. "It's a cultural change that we needed. At halftime we knew we needed to step on the jugular and that's exactly what we did. We responded to what we needed to do and we had the killer instinct, which we were lacking in other games when we were up a man. We know it's difficult to play a man up sometimes, but this time we really controlled that second half. I think we really wore them out and they got frustrated and we were able to capitalize on their chances."
The Crew held possession for 64.7 percent of the second half and attempted 252 passes to Chicago's 128 to put the visitors away.
"It gave us time to possess the ball as much as we could," Dominic Oduro said. "We kept our composure."
Arrieta's impact
Officially, Jairo Arrieta was credited with one assist, two fouls suffered and three shots against the Fire. Unofficially, he was the most impactful player on the Crew roster.
-His back-heel pass set up Oduro for the early goal.
-His hustle set up the red card in the 29th minute.
-His hustle (again) set up the Crew's penalty kick in the 70th minute
Arrieta has struggled mightily to find the back of the net in his first full season with the Crew, but tonight he showed what he can do aside from score.
"We were saying that on the bench, 'Should we take him out?' " Bliss said. "We wanted to reward him and kept him in longer because he was a part of all those goals, especially the first two. Very active and the back line had to contend with that all night."
He was my man of the match.
Cold pizza
Oduro celebrated his team-high 11th goal of the season in style. After scoring in the 15th minute, Oduro raced to the southeast corner of Crew Stadium for a prop that had been waiting for weeks: a box of pizza. The Crew forward/midfielder took a big bite of cheese pizza, handed the box to a fan in the crowd and returned to action.
The goal was Oduro's first at Crew Stadium since he scored in a 2-0 win against Montreal on June 15.
"I've been planning that for a couple of weeks," he said. "It was just unfortunate that I hadn't scored at home for a while. It was really good. I hope the fans enjoyed that."
Lampson on the win: "We knew this was a huge game. It was a six-point swing. If we wanted to keep our hopes alive we had to come out and really get after them. That's what happens when you play at home that well: you come away with a big victory. We took care of business and that's what needed to happen."


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Stock Futures Fall Amid Bank Results, Dimmer World Bank Outlook
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a mostly lower open on Wall Street Wednesday after JPMorgan Chase (JPM) posted quarterly profit that topped estimates and the World Bank cut its 2013 global growth outlook.
Goldman Sachs (GS) beat fourth-quarter estimates.
The World Bank predicted that worldwide gross domestic product will rise 2.4% from 2.3% last year, down from its prior prediction of 3% growth for 2013, citing downside risks including the stalling of progress made on resolving the eurozone crisis, the ongoing battles over the U.S. budget, the possibility of a sharp slowing of investment in China, and a disruption in global oil supplies.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were falling 50 points, or 55.89 points below fair value, at 13,413. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 2.50 points, or 4.19 points below fair value, at 1462. Futures for the Nasdaq were up 1.25 points, or 1.08 points below fair value, at 2715.
Apple(AAPL) shares gained more than 1% in premarket trading. The stock tumbled sharply during Tuesday's regular session.
JPMorgan posted fourth-quarter earnings of $1.39 a share, beating the average analyst estimate of $1.16 a share, on in-line net revenue of $24.4 billion. CEO Jamie Dimon said he's been seeing an ongoing improvement in credit quality. Shares were falling 1% in premarket trading.
Goldman Sachs reported better-than-expected earnings of $2.89 billion on revenue of $9.24 billion, beating adjusted estimates of $1.78 billion and $7.83 billion respectively. Per-share profit was $5.60 a share. Shares were popping 2.5%.
Bank of New York Mellon (BK) posted in-line fourth-quarter earnings of 53 cents a share on revenue of $3.6 billion as investment management fees rose 16% year-over-year to $801 million. Shares were sliding 2.5%.
Major U.S. stock averages closed mixed Tuesday as investors braced for bank earnings and processed a slew of economic reports.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday an as-expected flat read for the consumer price index for December, after a 0.3% decline the prior month. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy components, rose 0.1% after ticking up 0.1% the prior month. Economists predicted the core print would tick up 0.2%.
At 9:15 a.m., the Federal Reserve is predicted to say that industrial production rose 0.3% in December after increasing 1.1% in November. Capacity utilization is expected to have increased to 78.5 from 78.4.
The National Association of Home Builders at 10 a.m. is expected to say that its housing market index rose to a level of 48 in January from 47.
The Fed's January Beige Book commentary on economic conditions by all its districts will be released at 2 p.m.
The FTSE 100 in London was off 0.35%, while the DAX in Germany was down 0.12%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng finished down 0.10% and the Nikkei in Japan slumped by 2.56%.


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Differences can divide
I was a bit aghast when I first heard about the trials and tribulations of Paula Deen. I certainly don't wish to endorse disrespect between people in any way.
I am somewhat disappointed to the degree that public profanity, whether irreligious, personally derogatory, or simply filthy talk, has become widespread. The "N" word, however, is limited in its acceptance.
I suppose it's natural for people to feel most comfortable with people who are like themselves, whether by skin color, common language, religious orientation or whatever the tie be that binds. In the past, geography and limited transportation kept everyone in their own backyard. Today as the world grows smaller every day, we have to learn to appreciate the varieties of human experience.
I recall hearing Dr. Benjamin Carson, being interviewed on television. He is an outstanding brain surgeon of worldwide fame, who happens to be a black man. When asked about his view on race, he replied, and I can only paraphrase, "When I open their skulls the brains are all the same color."
Sometimes people get taken up with stressing differences in an attempt to feel unique in themselves. It should be plain that you cannot be different and still the same. I sometimes get confused with the women's movement. I'm not sure if they are trying to prove that they are different from men, or the same. Of course we are each unique in our own selves, just as are each leaf on a huge maple tree.
My wife and I celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary this year on the Fourth of July. Somehow Independence Day seems an odd title for a wedding day. We have enjoyed a relatively good marriage over the years. People always ask you what your secret was, what you did to make it so far in an unruffled condition. We were sitting on our porch a couple days before the event this year and discussing that very subject. We agreed that our secret is that we both have been very good at simply accepting each other for who they are. Neither of us has tried to dominate the other. That may sound simple, but I recommend it to the entire population.
That's just another of the wonderful advantages of a belief in God. When you see all people as created by a loving God, you find any variation from yourself, or your own kind as incidental. The difference was not a mistake, perhaps it was an ingenious way of helping us to learn to tolerate and accept one another. That certainly appears to be a lesson that requires some learning on our part.
May God bless America.
Richard Westlund is a Collins resident. Send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Thanksgiving Consumer Preparation Tips
Thanksgiving on the Grill: Consumers Bring Holiday Feasts Outside Holiday Outdoor Cooking Tips from the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association
Year-round outdoor cooking remains popular consumers among home cooks, forgoing the oven or stove-top and opting for turkey and trimmings cooked on the grill, smoker or fryer. According to a 2013 Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association's (HPBA) survey, when it comes to cooking their Thanksgiving meals, consumers are most likely to cook their turkey outside (53%), followed by vegetables (21%), appetizers (12%), classic sides (11%) and desserts (3%).* Whether it's for the convenience, minimal cleanup or crisp fresh air, consumers are willing to prepare the entire Thanksgiving meal – from the turkey to desserts – outdoors.
HPBA provides the following tips and know-how for delicious, mouth-watering roasted, smoked or fried turkey this holiday season:
Roasted Taste – from the Grill (Using the Indirect Grilling Procedure)
- Purchase a turkey that is broad and flat to fit underneath the covered grill top.
- Make sure there is at least one-inch of space between the turkey and the grill lid.
- Apply a thin coating of non-stick vegetable cooking oil to the unheated rack and brush the outer surface of the turkey with cooking oil.
- Do not tie the legs together when grilling a whole bird. The turkey will cook more evenly if hot air circulates to all areas of the bird.
- Allow for two to three hours of indirect cooking time for an eight to 12 pound turkey and three to four hours for a 12-16 pound turkey.
Smoked Turkey – for a Different, Flavorful Experience
- Be sure the smoker reaches an internal temperature of 250° F to 300° F before inserting the turkey.
- Place the turkey in the smoker with the breast facing up.
- Allow for at least one inch of space between the turkey and the smoker lid.
- If using charcoal or wood, add fuel often to maintain the 250° F to 300° F temperature necessary to produce the hot smoke that cooks the turkey.
- Smoke the turkey 20 to 30 minutes per pound.
Fried Turkey – a Crisp Alternative
- Thaw the turkey completely and pat it dry. Cook the bird un-stuffed.
- In addition to frying a whole turkey, turkey breasts, legs and thighs are also ideal for frying.
- If using an oil fryer, always use a high smoke point frying oil, such as peanut oil. Never allow the cooking oil to exceed 375° F.
- Always lower the turkey slowly into the hot oil.
- Allow three to four minutes of fry-time per pound for whole turkeys in an oil fryer and eight to ten minutes per pound in an infrared oil-less fryer.
- Allow oil to cool completely before removing from pot.
For more information, holiday tips and recipes, visit HPBA at www.hpba.org, www.facebook.com/HPBABarbecue and www.twitter.com/HPBA_Barbecue


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Dwaine P. Kurseth
WELCOME – Memorial services for Dwaine P. Kurseth, 83, of Welcome, Minn., will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont, with inurnment in Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont.
Dwaine passed away Friday morning, Feb. 15, 2013, at Mayo Clinic Health System-Fairmont. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont, and one hour prior to the services Monday at the church.
Dwaine Perry Kurseth was born Sept. 21, 1929, in St. James, Minn., son of Casper and Mabel (Winch) Kurseth. He attended school in St. James until he and his family moved to Fairmont, Minn. He graduated from Fairmont High School in 1947. Dwaine furthered his education at Mankato State Teacher's College and graduated in 1952.
In 1951, Dwaine was united in marriage to Shirley at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. This union was blessed with four children, Helen, Steven, Laurie and Mark. The couple lived in Mankato until Dwaine graduated from college, after which they moved to Welcome, Minn. Dwaine taught school in Welcome for 34 years. He also operated a used car lot for many years. Dwaine and Shirley loved camping with the children and traveled to 47 states together. Dwaine and Shirley shared 61 years together.
Left to cherish his memory include his wife, Shirley Kurseth of Welcome; children, Helen Rode and her husband, Wendell of Welcome, Steven Kurseth of Truman, Laurie Anderson and her husband, Dale of Welcome, and Mark Kurseth of Welcome; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many other relatives and friends.
Along with his parents, Casper and Mabel Kurseth, Dwaine is preceded in death by his grandparents.


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By the time you may read this, the almighty World Cup will be all finished. There will be triumphs and there will be failures. There will be athletes who win the gold medal and there will be athletes that come in last place. Their will be tears of sadness and their will be screams of joy from all around the world.
Soon after the games end, the new AYSO season will begin. The returning players will be excited about starting a great seaon. The new players will be curious about soccer and how they fit in with their teams. The coaches have planned all their strategies and the parents have that glimmer of hope that their son or daughters could possibly be the next Freddy Adu or Mia Hamm.
As the new AYSO season approaches, what should the parents, the coaches and the kids expect from the season.
Let the games begin!
For the Parents
Expect to have a lot of fun and make a lot of good friends. Be involved with your son or daughter and with the team..but not TOO involved. . In many countries, parent's don't go to the games of their children. We do here so let's make the best of it for you and especially for your child. Let the coach run the team, let the referee rule the game and let your child enjoy this wonderful game. Don't even think about the score. Support your child and his or her team, not with jeers and tugs but with cheers and hugs. Every child should leave the field smiling knowing that life is a heck of a lot of fun and I can't wait to play next week!
For the Coaches
You have the easy job, you get to take a group of gangly kids and mold them into the champions of the western world. Remember the famous words: "Don't worry coach, we're behind you, win or tie." As an AYSO coach, your real job is simple: make sure your kids have fun playing soccer. This means try not to overcoach too much. Let the game teach the kids. Set certain guidelines to focus on certain techniques (for YOUR AGE GROUP) you are trying to teach and then let the kids be creative and curious. At the younger ages, allow the kids to play all the positions and for the most part, keep the practices to small-sided games so each player can touch the ball many times. With older players, practices should be more focused on certain techniques and stategies, but remember that kids want the ball as much as possible so try to create fun practices where each kid will touch the ball at least 100+ times a practice. Minimize full-sided games where Johnny may only touch the ball once or twice the whole game. That doesn't seem like much fun.
Always remember, the final score really does not matter. What matters is that ALL the players got to play a subtantial amount of time and had fun and want to come back next week.
For the Players
Have fun and try to leave every practice or game with a bit of knowledge you didn't have when you got there. If you keep saying I can't kick with my left foot, than you should focus on using your left foot as much as you can during practice. If your coach keeps saying that you dribble too much and the entire team is calling you a ball hog, then maybe you should try to become the assist leader on your team this year.
A new season is beginning. Each new season creates exciting new challenges for parents, players and the coaches. Remember that this is not the Olympics. This is not the World Cup. This season is for the children: to make some friends, to learn some soccer, to learn sportsmanship, to learn to be creative and to be part of a team, to learn the emotinal passion of soccer (Gooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaallllll) and mostly, to have a lot of fun. It's a simple game. It's a simple challenge.
Have a Great Season!


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N.T. Wright asks: Have we gotten heaven all wrong?
(RNS) Christian apologist N.T. Wright's insistence that Christianity has got it all wrong seems to mark a turning point for the serious rethinking of heaven. He's not another academic iconoclast debunking Christian myths, but rather takes his creeds very seriously. By John Murawski.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Very well organised. PB courseIn full: This is my 3rd time at this race and again the organisation is outstanding. Mainly flat with just the gentlest of gradients make this a PB course. I am delighted they've added chip timing this year, and the T-shirt was a nice touch.Date of review: May 6, 2008
In short: Very well organised raceIn full: Torrential rain from the 4th mile onwards. The marshals did a fantastic job in atrocious conditions. Date of review: December 9, 2007
In short: A splendid return to the city for this raceIn full: I had been looking forward to this race because it is in my home city, and many of the roads used form part of my training routes. This race was very well organised. The marshalls were supportive and plentiful. The hill up New Walk is a sting in the tail, but is an excellent finish. Delighted with the route. I think it is a quick course but is undulating. The cobbles at 5 miles and 11 miles added to the charm that the route has, in my opinion.The only criticism I would have is that ample parking was promised - this was not the case. I arrived 50 minutes before the start and struggled to find a spot.Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Very well organised raceIn full: This is a very well organised race. The club clearly takes pride in their event, and this is reflected on how friendly and supportive the marshals are on the course. The course is basically 3 gradual uphill miles, followed by a downhill section, then a big hill at 4 miles. After that it's downhill to the finish apart from a slight rise in the last 800m. I've never received beer in a goody bag before. The cereal bar was welcomed as were the plentiful supply of bananas afterwards. I liked the motivational notice on the side of the road with about 1½ miles to go stating that failure is forever.A very good event that I would definitely do again.Date of review: May 21, 2007
In short: My 3rd time here. Worth the trip.Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: A fast course but a bit "Mickey Mouse"In full: I did a PB here by 44 secs. I did a 125 mile round trip because the promise was flat and fast. OK, I got my PB so it was worth it BUT, it is flattish, but not flat. In my opinion, the Adidas Flora London (Silverstone) Half-Marathon is a faster course. MK being what it is, meant that there was a lot of going up over flyovers and down through sub-terrain walkways. Furthermore some of the corners were somewhat tight and twisty and there are short sections over grass where you are crossing from road to footpath.My thoughts about the twisting and turning course brought me to the conclusion that the course was somewhat "Mickey Mouse". The start was not well organised - but I've seen worse. Sections where you could start depending on your intended finish time would be welcome. There were insufficient helpers on the drinks stations. In particular, the first Lucozade Sport station. I hadn't got time to stop and wait so I went thirsty. Fortunately, there was a water station about 1/2 mile later which I wasn't expecting :-)On the positive side, I did get a PB here so it must be fairly fast. It was good to see Police at some junctions, and major junctions (but not all junctions) were marshalled. Parking was plentiful and near the start. I found the finish system OK, but maybe I arrived before the chaos described elsewhere. The Lucozade Sport was a welcome surprise. The medal was nice. Also, I saw parts of MK that I never knew existed which were rather scenic. Date of review: March 12, 2006
In short: Well organised. Challenging hillsIn full: My 2nd time for this race. Well worth the 95 mile trip. Scenic course with some quite challenging short sharp hills - esp. at 3 and 9 miles. The final lap of the park was quite challenging in that you could hear the announcer but still had a mile to go.Organisation was terrific. Mainly closed roads, Police support, brilliant supportive plentiful marshalls. liked the T-Shirt.Only gripe would be the "3 finish lines" as mentioned above, and the fact that the paths in Cassiobury Park are quite narrow for the start.However, I was 5 minutes quicker here than last year and really enjoyed it.Date of review: February 5, 2006
In short: Start are too narrow for size of field. Needs some segregation so the faster runners can start together.In full: Rain, rain, rain. Super course. Great support from the marshalsDate of review: October 30, 2005
In short: PB courseIn full: For me this has replaced Great North Run as my "must do" half marathon of the year. Parts of the course are dull, but the crowd atmosphere in some areas was something special. Organisation spot on. Date of review: March 16, 2005
In short: Too many people. No space to run.In full: Having run my 2nd GNR I'm seriously wondering whether to bother again. The field is too big, and in my opinion it is bordering on dangerous. It wouldn't be such a problem if there was a staggered start. The frustrating thing is you cannot run for very long before coming across walkers who have ignored the pace signs at the start and just decided to start as near the front as possible. And why do some of those walkers have to link hands to cause more of a blockage? The water stations are chaotic with no warning that they're coming up. The road narrows down from dual carriageway to turn left at 5 miles. This causes a major bottleneck. Didn't get much chance to look at the scenery because I was concentrating so hard not to trip someone up due to having no space to run in. The start was chaotic. You could see people with white numbers in the Orange pen. Didn't appear to be much organisation at the start. Had very little room to run in. Water bottles and tops strewn all over the road - very dangerous. Was unable to run over the finish line because there was a queue of runners waiting to be processed at the finish. Goody bag collection was chaotic. Goody bag not a patch on last year either. T-shirt poorer quality, medal much lighter, and no drinks bottle. What use is microwave pasta at the finish? You want stuff you can eat, because you know it's going to take ages to get away from the finish to somewhere you can eat. At least I used the ferry this year to get north of the Tyne, rather than wait ages for the Metro. Date of review: October 1, 2004
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