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Stanley Benson
Oct. 17, 1957-Jan. 18, 2013
MARSHALL – Services for Stanley D. Benson, 55, of rural Marshall, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service today at the Hamilton Funeral Home and continue at the church on Wednesday, one hour prior to the mass.
He died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at his residence.
He was born Oct. 17, 1957, in Tracy to Dennis Dale and Elvera Rose (Donahue) Benson.
Survivors include his daughters, Ashly and Amanda, both of Marshall; mother, Elvera of Balaton: fiance, Lu Grengs of Marshall; siblings, Steve of Windom, Joe of Balaton, Mike of Balaton, Scott of Balaton, Roger of Tracy, Paul of St Cloud, Kathy Loftus of Balaton and Lisa Driessen of Marshall.

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On Saturday, the men's basketball team, one of the top 100 defensive teams in the country according to Pomeroy, hosted St. Francis Brooklyn—itself in the top 50. The game looked like it would be a tough, low-scoring battle, especially since Columbia usually plays at a slow pace.
Instead, the Lions put together arguably their most impressive offensive performance of the season, defeating the visiting Terriers 81-61.
The game was only close in the early going. Columbia needed barely more than four minutes to open up a double-digit lead and was ahead 50-33 at halftime, thanks in large part to good 7-of-11 shooting from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Maodo Lo and junior forward Alex Rosenberg each hit a pair of treys en route to 11 first-half points, while sophomore guard Isaac Cohen grabbed eight boards.
After a Lo three-pointer early in the second half pushed the Light Blue's lead to a game-high 26, the Terriers were able to claw away at the lead over the next 10 minutes, getting to within 13 with six minutes to play. But Lo and Rosenberg ended St. Francis Brooklyn's comeback chances with a pair of baskets and free throws.
Lo scored 22 points and Rosenberg scored 21 to lead Columbia, while Cohen added 14 rebounds and five assists. Guard Ben Mockford and forward Jalen Cannon each scored 15 points for St. Francis Brooklyn.
The Lions will continue their homestand Wednesday against Stony Brook.
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While Urlacher is a player on one of our biggest rivals, I feel badly for the guy. Read here. Good news for the Pack though.
Urlacher out for the season
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DaveK Says:
September 14, 2009 at 12:38 pm |
I think Cutler just called him a pussy on twitter!
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September 14, 2009 at 5:39 pm |
And the other LB with the name no one can ponounce is out for 6 weeks. Couldn't happen to a better team.


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Council hears proposal for new liquor store locale
MARSHALL – Marshall needs to consider more than just the basics in building a new municipal liquor store, city officials said at a city council work session Tuesday. The store needs to be a good draw for customers. One suggestion presented at the meeting: rent out space next door to a specialty food business. A local business owner told council members she'd be interested in being the city's tenant.
"I would like to throw my hat in the ring," said Roberta Wyatt, owner of the Daily Grind coffee shop in Marshall. Wyatt said she's been looking for space to expand her business.
However, the proposal drew mixed reactions from council members. While some said they liked the possibility for economic development the arrangement could bring, others said they were "100 percent against" taking action that would compete against private property owners.
"We are not in the landlord business," said council member Mike Boedigheimer.
The current municipal liquor store has outgrown its current store location on East College Drive, city officials say. The city has bought land to serve as the location for a new liquor store and is in the process of planning and designing the building project.
At this point, said Marshall City Administrator Ben Martig, "We're really looking more at space" and how a new liquor store could be configured. But in choosing a layout, council members and should consider different ways to draw in and connect with customers in a range of demographics. Martig said he was looking for council members' feedback.
Martig presented two possible plans at Tuesday's work session. Both plans would locate the store on land along Boyer Drive, near the Pizza Ranch, and include about 12,500 square feet of space for expanded off-sale inventory, coolers and warehousing, Martig said. However, one option would add a separate commercial space across a shared foyer from the liquor store. Martig said this space could possibly be rented out to another business, ideally one that complemented the liquor store.
A specialty food-related business might be a good fit, providing an added draw to customers, as well as offering opportunities to showcase local and regionally-produced products, Martig said.
Wyatt said if the city chose to lease out space near a new liquor store, she would be interested in renting it. Wyatt said she's been looking for a location that would allow her to expand the Daily Grind.
"I'm ready to move. I'd like to do more things," Wyatt said. She also has an interest in showcasing locally-grown ingredients and food products. "I see this as being kind of a hole in the market, something that I can fill."
Martig said a tentative timeline for the liquor store project would include a design and financial review in late March, with construction beginning in July.
Some council members said they liked the idea of a complementing business next door to the liquor store.
"It could be a good addition to our town," council member Ellayne Conyers said.
However, council members Boedigheimer and Glenn Bayerkohler said it would not be appropriate for the city to lease commercial space in competition with private owners.
"It should be an off-sale liquor store," and only a liquor store, Boedigheimer said of the building. He added that there are already plenty of vacant properties available for development in Marshall.
"I would like to hear a lot of community input on this," Bayerkohler said.
Martig said he wanted to take some time to consider the council's feedback, since there wasn't a clear consensus from council members. He said he would update council members on the direction of the planning process next week.


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Game 69: Ryan Johansen's christening
Ryan Johansen's emergence for the Blue Jackets has been well-chronicled, but tonight the 21-year-old stepped up on one of the biggest stages in the NHL. It was perhaps the most complete game of his career, or as coach Todd Richards put it, "his christening ... his baptism toward being a player in this league."
By 'player,' Richards meant player. As in, hoss.
Johansen scored the game-winning goal -- his 27th of the season -- with 3:01 remaining to lead the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Bell Centre. It was a wildly entertaining game, played at a torrid pace and staged between two red-hot goaltenders.
But Johansen had a night of nights. He had the first fight of his NHL career in the first period, won 18 of 22 faceoffs, and led the Blue Jackets' 40-shot effort with seven shots on goal.
"You take the two points, and we're happy now," Johansen said. "I'm really proud and happy I was able to score in that situation, because it would have been really tough to play like that and come out of here with anything less than two points.
"But now we set it aside and get ready to play at home, and I'm excited to get back on the ice again."
The Blue Jackets play 19 hours from this writing, hosting the New York Rangers at 7 p.m. in Nationwide Arena.
The Blue Jackets and Rangers each have 78 points in the Metropolitan Division, so the game goes oh-so-far beyond the return of Rick Nash to Columbus. I will be a huge night in Columbus on Friday.
Let us spend yet a few more minutes on the Blue Jackets' win tonight.
Derek MacKenzie, Brandon Dubinsky and Johansen scored goals for the Blue Jackets, while goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 25 saves. The Blue Jackets outshot the Habs 40-27 and outhit them 36-17.
It is not a stretch to say the Blue Jackets significantly outplayed Montreal at even strength for most of the night.
"I think we were really able to limit them," Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski said. "That's a good team with a lot of really talented players, but I think the game was mostly in our control. That was Blue Jackets hockey ... executed."
The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead at 14:53 of the first period, a power play goal thanks to a boarding penalty by Johansen. It was scored by Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher, who dived toward the net after a rebound and shoved it past Bobrovsky. Gallagher emerged smiling from a pile that included Bobrovsky and Blue Jackets defensemen Jack Johnson and Dalton Prout.
Only one minute later, this time with Johansen back in the box for cross-checking, the Blue Jackets scored a short-handed goal to pull to 1-1. It was scored directly off a faceoff in the Montreal zone, the result of a crafty play drawn up by two checking-line veterans, Mark Letestu and Derek MacKenzie.
Let's let Letestu describe it:
"I told Mac I was going to shoot it. I brought Wiz in to my backhand side to kind of decoy it, and Mac's job then is to go right to the net. With (Habs center David Desharnais) being a lefty (thus, their stick blades would both be snapping in the same direction) and him leaning to block me out a little bit, I knew I'd have the opportunity to try it.
"I wasn't trying to go high or anything, that's just the way it came off. And Derek jumped the defensemen and got through to the net."
Sounds easy enough. Letestu's faceoff win/slapshot hit Price in the chest and fell into the slot, where MacKenzie was crashing for the rebound. It was the Blue Jackets' ninth short-handed goal this season. It's hard to recall a better one.
Johansen had been out of the box all of 30 seconds when he found himself occupying the same spot on the ice as Montreal's Max Pacioretty, a chippy sort who had already had several minor skirmishes with Blue Jackets.
Typically mild-mannered, Johansen put his stick firmly in Pacioretty's lower back, sending Pacioretty to the ice in a belly flop. The Canadiens' veteran jumped to his skates, caught up to Johansen in the neutral zone and gave him a chop.
"I kind of shoved him and he fell over," Johansen said. "He came at me and asked me if I wanted to go. So I dropped my stuff.
"Right before that I took a bad penalty. I had two penalties there in the span of two shifts and I thought I was going to get another one when I shoved him. I didn't know if they'd called anything, but when he came at me I just kind of blacked out there a bit."
Pacioretty won the fight with two rights at the end. Johansen landed flat on his back, hard, but seemed fine when he returned for the second period.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said. "But I guess I'm 0 for 1."
Needless to say, Johansen's fight shared the conversation with Johansen's goal in the post-game dressing room.
"You see the gloves come off and you're like … 'Joey?' " Wisniewski said. "Me, personally? I freakin' loved it."
"He did a great job," Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky said. "He stood in there and held his own. I'm only laughing because I don't think you want your top guy fighting like that."
The Blue Jackets went up 2-1 at 6:53 of the 2nd when Dubinsky scored off a rebound in the slot. Johnson helped start the sequence, skating the puck deep in the Montreal zone and around the back of the net. He sent the puck out to the blue line, where Prout and fast-approach Blake Comeau both believed themselves to be the target.
Comeau stepped in front of Prout and fired a shot that hit Price and settled before him. It was Dubinsky's 14th of the season.
The Canadiens had a prime chance to pull to 2-2 at 3:21 of the third period after Jackets defenseman Nikita Nikitin tripped Montreal's Lars Eller to thwart a breakaway. A penalty shot was awarded to Eller, but Bobrovsky held his ground and stopped a rather underwhelming attempt to protect the 2-1 lead, at least for a little while.
Montreal did get the equalizer later in the second. At 7:48 of the third, Thomas Vanek one-timed a crosszone feed from Pacioretty to make it 2-2.
The Canadiens had their best period in the third, but the Blue Jackets held fast. It was great drama.
Columbus was 0 for 8 on the power play, including 51 seconds of 5-on-3 play. It would have been Regret No. 1 had the Blue Jackets shared points with the Canadiens or even lost entirely.
But with 3:01 to play, Johansen intercepted a pass from Canadiens defenseman Jarred Tinordi and headed the other direction. With Tinordi and Mike Weaver chasing the play, Johansen got to within 10 feet of Price and hit the brakes.
"I couldn't tell if he was coming out to cut off an angle or what, so I pulled up," Johansen said. "Then I saw an opening."
Johansen fired over Price's right pad.
"Everyone was saying 'shoot, shoot, shoot,'" Richards said. "He kind of made the play and hesitated a little bit. He was kind of off-balance, but it found its way in, which was kind of surprising to see, because it seemed like everything we threw at the net was stopped by Price."
Richards has seen Johansen score big goals many times. Did he like him fighting?
"Absolutely. The christening … whatever you want to call it, maybe the baptism of playing in the league … sometimes you have to get into a fight," Richards said. "This was his first fight.
"When you see it meaning so much to him, when you see a guy that's so engaged like he was ... it rubs off on guys. You can't help but get into the game."
Side dishes:
-- Blue Jackets right wing R.J. Umberger was a healthy scratch. See previous blog post.
-- Johansen now has 27 goals on the season. Only Rick Nash and Geoff Sanderson have scored more goals in a season for the Blue Jackets.
-- Bobrovsky has faced two penalty shots this season and denied them both. He also stopped Vancouver's Jannik Hansen on Nov. 22 in Vancouver. There have been 23 penalty shots against the Blue Jackets in their franchise history, and only six have scored.
-- The 0-for-8 on the power play puts the Blue Jackets in an 0-for-27 tailspin on the man advantage dating to March 4. "It's something we have to look at," said Letestu, who shared the points with Johnson on the first unit. "We have to get it right."
-- The win was the Blue Jackets' 17th on the road this season, matching a franchise record set in 2010-11.
-- Johansen only had previous fight dating all the way back through his junior career, according to www.hockeyfights.com. Asked if he'd offered any advice, Blue Jackets right wing Jared Boll smiled. "There's really not enough time left in the season."
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Trial date set in Fredonia murder case
One of the two men accused last year of killing Frank T. Slate Jr., 73, of Fredonia, is set to appear in court on Aug. 6.
Theodore S. Wickham, 45, was charged with second-degree manslaughter last September after he and Christopher M. Grant, 27, allegedly shot Slate with a 16-gauge shotgun following an argument between the men. Wickham is allegedly the one who shot Slate. Both Wickham and Grant fled the scene and were found later by police officers.
According to the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office, an attempt was made to try and get Wickham to enter a plea, but he refused to cooperate. A plea is expected closer to the trial date, however.
Grant already pleaded guilty to the crime. He is awaiting sentencing at a later date.
Wickham is being represented by Chautauqua County Public Defender Nathaniel Barone. District Attorney David Foley is representing the People in this case.
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|From left, Thomas Davis (7), J.Dee Marinko (18), Rejy Bacchus, Dan Regan (2) and Charlie Swearingen (13) of the U.S. Men's
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Charlie Swearingen is a member of the U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team, which is playing in the Central American Games for Sitting Volleyball in Costa Rica
SAN JUAN, Costa Rica (April 18, 2013) – You know, driving isn't the only transportation peril in foreign countries. Being a pedestrian is an emotional and physical roller coaster, as evidenced by the country of Costa Rica.
As I mentioned yesterday, the street is only 2.5 narrow lanes wide, so you'd think crossing the row would be a simple task. Multiple times in a short walk, you may see your life flash before your eyes as you are almost run down by a motorcyclist manifesting out of thin air. You wouldn't think a moped is dangerous, but these Costa Rican drivers can turn those little vehicles into mini- missiles targeting the wayward pedestrian like some sort of smart bomb. Again, traveling in foreign countries is quite the experience.
As we entered into our last day of pool play, we were in good spirits. With the city of Boston still on our minds, we found a good flow among the banter and team interaction today. We are a pretty close team, but today has been a good one. We enjoyed our timeless ritual of teasing and demeaning each other as the price for group humor and laughter. Even Coach Hamiter got in on the action adding some well-placed one liners and assisting to protect the rookies when the veterans would get a little too aggressive.
Tonight we were without our team captain, but don't worry Duda, we will carry on the enthusiastic precedence you set. No secret to our game plan tonight: stay consistent. The rookies, Rejy and Thomas, seemed to have replaced anxiety with excitement filling last night's good playing on their part. Rejy said he was excited about getting set tonight and wanting to connect on a good swing. It's a good thing to see a player develop and, as a relatively new player to the game myself, I can attest that it feels good to develop. While I still have lots to work on, we are still invigorated by the rookies' excitement.
Our team played consistently and we succeeded in earning a top seed and advance to the semifinals tomorrow.
Coach Hamiter led us into battle tonight by taking the court and playing setter. His knowledge of the game was illuminated multiple times. In one particular instance, J Dee served right into the hands of a blocker and Hamiter slides about 4 feet to save the block and earn us a point: it was a great read.
J Dee brought down the rain and even stopped play when a lightning strike of a swing came to a blinding halt on the face of a Costa Rican player. Play was halted for approximately 5 minutes before replacing the player and giving him a well-deserved break. We gave him a strong ovation as he crawled off the course. J Dee, whose heart is as big as Oklahoma, felt bad for the hit and later hugged the poor guy. I'm convinced the player was still seeing 3 J Dees, but worked hard to hug the one in the middle.
Major props go out to Rejy and Thomas for earning point after point tonight. These two executed good and well-placed swings, showing the promise in these two athletes. Dan Regan had multiple blocks and middle swings and one hell of a left-side tool (mom, this means intentionally hitting the opponents hand with the ball in an attempt to deflect the ball out of bounds- love you). I had an awesome time on account of some decent swings and a couple of serve aces.
Again, we played well together tonight. We sure did miss Duda and tried to make him proud by playing our best. We had fun tonight and as long as we make it safely back without hitting any pedestrians, then we will get some rest and begin preparing for our semifinal match tomorrow.
Stay strong, Boston. We earned a semifinal berth in your honor. We are still displaying our black bands.
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A 16-year-old New Jersey boy was arrested for having chemicals at home that could have been used to make a bomb but weren't, reports the Press of Atlantic City. He also had electronic parts at home that weren't being used to make a bomb. Police Chief Pat Moran said, "There was no indication he was making a bomb, or using a bomb or detonating a bomb."
Nonetheless, high school junior was charged with possession of an explosive device and booked into Harborfields Detention Center. Later — it's not clear how much later — charges were dropped, reports Salon. After all, he didn't actually possess an explosive device. My house has chemicals that probably could be mixed to create a bomb. And we've got lots of electronic parts. I'm sure my husband is capable of building a bomb. All that stops him is a lack of homicidal intent. And, fortunately, he's completed high school.
The Cedar Creek High School student's teacher had reported him for doodling what might have been weapons in a notebook. The boy's mother said he'd drawn a flaming glove. That's why the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is publicizing the case, reports Reason's Hit & Run. Apparently, flaming gloves are a common comic book fantasy.
A former Boy Scout, her son "volunteers to help senior citizens," said the mother.
She says his passion for collecting old stuff, taking it apart and rebuilding things lead to this arrest.
"He takes the parts and he builds things with them. Good things," she explained.
Gossiping is also a criminal offense these days. The Press also reports:
A 15-year-old girl was arrested at Mainland Regional High School and charged with false public alarm after she allegedly sent a text message to a friend stating that she had heard a rumor that there would be a shooting at the school on Friday.
If she'd heard such a rumor, as opposed to making it up herself, wouldn't she have a public duty to pass it on? After all, the Cedar Creek teacher who turned in the doodling student wasn't arrested for "false public alarm."


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More very nice looking pies. What is the diameter of the skin before the bake? How many grams are your dough balls?Have you thought about sauteing the plantains first? How about some brown sugar? Maybe a finish with some dark rum?
Great job! The pies look awesome. Definitely better than a C+, the only thing I would change is the thickness, but that is a matter of preference......My real question is: are you happy with the Andiamo 70 and would you recommend it?I am undecided between the Primavera and Andiamo 70.Thanks for the great write up so far........
Those look like good eating!! Topping on the last one? Roasted sweet potato and ricotta? Or
Very nice. I've been served plenty of Margheritas in restaurants that don't come close to those!
3 Margheritas from this past weekend. 38 hr room temperature fermentation using cake yeast. 59% hydration. 2.8% salt. Floor temps between 780F-830F.
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================================================================ AISB'93 CONFERENCE : ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Theme: "Prospects for AI as the General Science of Intelligence" 29 March -- 2 April 1993 University of Birmingham ================================================================ 1. Introduction 2. Invited talks 3. Topic areas for submitted papers 4. Timetable for submitted papers 5. Paper lengths and submission details 6. Call for referees 7. Workshops and Tutorials 8. LAGB Conference 9. Email, paper mail, phone and fax. 1. INTRODUCTION The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (one of the oldest AI societies) will hold its ninth bi-annual conference on the dates above at the University of Birmingham. The site is Manor House, a charming and convivial residential hall close to the University. Tutorials and Workshops are planned for Monday 29th March and the morning of Tuesday 30th March, and the main conference will start with lunch on Tuesday 30th March and end on Friday 2nd April. The Programme Chair is Aaron Sloman, and the Local Arrangements Organiser is Donald Peterson, both assisted by Petra Hickey. The conference will be "single track" as usual, with invited speakers and submitted papers, plus a "poster session" to allow larger numbers to report on their work, and the proceedings will be published. The conference will cover the usual topic areas for conferences on AI and Cognitive Science. However, with the turn of the century approaching, and with computer power no longer a major bottleneck in most AI research (apart from connectionism) it seemed appropriate to ask our invited speakers to look forwards rather than backwards, and so the theme of the conference will be "Prospects for AI as the general science of intelligence". Submitted papers exploring this are also welcome, in addition to the normal technical papers. 2. INVITED TALKS So far the following have agreed to give invited talks: Prof David Hogg (Leeds) "Prospects for computer vision" Prof Allan Ramsay (Dublin) "Prospects for natural language processing by machine" Prof Glyn Humphreys (Birmingham) "Prospects for connectionism - science and engineering". Prof Ian Sommerville (Lancaster) "Prospects for AI in systems design" Titles are provisional. 3. TOPIC AREAS for SUBMITTED PAPERS Papers are invited in any of the normal areas represented at AI and Cognitive Science conferences, including: AI in Design, AI in software engineering Teaching AI and Cognitive Science, Analogical and other forms of Reasoning Applications of AI, Automated discovery, Control of actions, Creativity, Distributed intelligence, Expert Systems, Intelligent interfaces Intelligent tutoring systems, Knowledge representation, Learning, Methodology, Modelling affective processes, Music, Natural language, Naive physics, Philosophical foundations, Planning, Problem Solving, Robotics, Tools for AI, Vision, Papers on neural nets or genetic algorithms are welcomed, but should be capable of being judged as contributing to one of the other topic areas. Papers may either be full papers or descriptions of work to be presented in a poster session. 4. 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How Much, When To Treat?
By Bob Spiegel
The "New Challenges in Treating GIST" satellite meeting was held in conjunction with the 2008 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in Orlando in late January. The ASCO conference and numerous satellite meetings were held in The Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center, smack dab in the middle of all the Central Florida parks that teach people how to avoid reality. The hotel, bigger than the town I live in, and where staff use Segways to get from place to place, was a daunting maze of halls and meeting rooms and restaurants. But during this symposium, it served merely as the setting in which to teach medical professional how to deal with the reality of cancer. And do it better.
The GIST satellite meeting had about half the attendees of the previous night's 100-physician meeting on redefining targeted therapies for treatment of the more common carcinoma variety of GI cancers, a reflection of the general interest in this cancer 'variation' because of its rarity. But a veritable Who's Who of GIST researchers and MDs made this Friday evening exchange of ideas a treasure of information, both prescribed by program, and 'off-label' by buttonholing attendees who wanted more.
The 'lineup' of faculty included:
- Dr. George Demetri, Director of The Ludwig Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston
- Dr. Ron DeMatteo, Chief of Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC
- Dr. Burton Eisenberg, Director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and and Professor of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School, both in New Hampshire.
A sudden illness interfered with the appearance on the program by Dr. Jonathan Fletcher, Associate Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Thus, Fletcher's part of the program, the Molecular Pathogenesis of GIST, was ably covered by the remaining panelists/speakers.
The affable Dr. Demetri chaired this session and led with his take on managing advanced GIST with kinase inhibitors and just how to do it most appropriately. The talk was peppered with advice on the variances among exon mutations and his belief that KIT gene mutation simply doesn't explain 'the whole thing' and simple KIT testing is often not enough on which to base treatment decisions. After pointing out that 98% of exon 9 mutation are in the small intestine, roughly the same percentage of PDGFRA mutations are in the stomach, and, what most of us GSI 'frequent flyers' know…tumors over 10cm in size and higher than a 5/50 HPF mitotic count have an 86% chance of tumor progression.
On the up side, Demetri pointed out that imatinib (Gleevec, the commercial name for imatinib, was never mentioned, even though this CME meeting was sponsored by maker Novartis) actually triples the survival rate of GIST patients and THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL RATE BETWEEN THE 800mg AND 400 mg DOSES. This will be music to the ears of those having troublesome side effects on the 800mg doses, though some circumstances may still require it. An example would be exon 9 mutations, for which 800 is optimal.
Demetri mentioned that 35 out of 100 whole stomach GISTS had 35 tiny GISTS (micro-Gists) remaining after surgery and familial GISTS, though rare, are becoming an increasingly 'interesting' aspect of GIST treatment protocol. As for tumor 'architecture' his statistics show that 2/3 of all GISTS are spindle cell, with the remaining being epithelioid, but often there's a mixture. Those of us with exon 11 mutations, per Demetri, have a 75-80% chance of secondary mutations developing on imatinib treatment. And he made it clear to his audience that it is becoming increasingly important to consider combinations of drugs and there are many clinical trials in progress to acquire that information to best treat a patient.
Dr. DeMatteo opened with a presentation on the surgical principles for primary tumors, including but not limited to;
1. Complete resection
2. Avoiding rupture
3. The 'wedge resection' of organs
4. Laparoscopic surgery for small tumors
5. Assessing the tumor for metastatic disease
"By far, the mitotic rate is the greatest indicator of survival" DeMatteo opined. A puzzling statistic regarding clinical trials was expressed by DeMatteo, claiming that the toxicity was almost equal between trial patients on Gleevec and those on placebo. "Are we delaying or preventing recurrence with the use of adjuvant Gleevec?" he offered, then honestly answered his own question with an "I don't know." But at 1 ½ years (following 1 year on adjuvant imatinib), the recurrence rate does increase, the exon 9 mutation at a historically higher rate. But he insisted that the 400mg dose of Gleevec is safe, well tolerated and increases the rate of recurrence-free survival.
Dr. Burton Eisenberg addressed multimodal treatment options for localized GISTS and led a panel discussion with Doctors DeMatteo and Demetri. Dr. Eisenberg cautioned attendees that a biopsy must almost always be done prior to adjuvant therapy, but 'core' biopsies of primary GISTS should be used sparingly because of the high risk of subjecting the patient to 'spill'. Eisenberg also mentioned that if a patient should relapse, if early enough, many of the new growths are resectable, depending on size and location.
The meaning of 'clear margins' took on some new meaning when, during the panel discussion, Dr. DeMatteo cautioned that most surgeons are using staples for incision closure and, unfortunately, pathologists often remove the 'staple lines' prior to testing, thereby complicating the true definition of clear margins during surgery. "It therefore behooves the surgeon to instruct the pathologist what the true margins are," he said.
The panel closed with a brief Q & A period about how important the site of the tumor is when considering adjuvant therapy…a 50/50 split here, but the clock expired before the esteemed panelists could explain their differences.
Webcasts of the presentations can be found on the internet by going to http://www.cancerlectures.com/other_solid_tumors/gist_08_1706/.
Some post-session private conversations provided lots of additional information from the panel members and the GSI contingent of Brad Clark, Bill Davis, Penny Duke and myself were warmly greeted by Demetri, who proudly proclaims, "I love GSI!". I suspect GSI listers return the favor.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 6, 2009) - USA Volleyball will host approximately 160 athletes as part of its U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout set for Feb. 20-22 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the USA Women's Volleyball National Team program. Athletes not selected to participate with the National Team may be considered for other programs run by USA Volleyball. Included in this list of other programs are the U.S. Women's Junior National Team competing at the FIVB Women's Junior World Championship or the USA Women's Senior A2 Teams competing at the USA Adult Open Championships. A total of 33 athletes are eligible for the U.S. Women's Junior National Team as well as the other National Team programs.
U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) will lead a team of 30 tryout staff that will serve as court coaches and evaluators putting the players through physical testing, drills and match play.
"USA women's volleyball has such depth and talent, it is wonderful to see this many outstanding young athletes attending this National Team tryout," McCutcheon said. "I believe playing for the National Team is the highest achievement possible for our indoor players. In that regard, our goal is to create the best environment for these players to train and compete at the international level."
The tentative roster, which could change depending on late adds or drops due to injury, includes 44 outside hitters, 41 middle blockers, 36 liberos, 30 setters and 12 opposites. A total of 64 different colleges are represented on the roster, including four non-NCAA Division I institutions.
Athletes in college with collegiate eligibility remaining for the 2009 season and not selected to the USA Women's National Team may be invited to participate on the USA Senior A2 Teams. This program is scheduled to take place in Minneapolis from May 18 through May 27. A projected 24 athletes will be invited to participate in the program, which will include training and competition in the 2009 USA Adult Open Championships in the Open Division from May 23-26.
In addition, the 2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship will be held July 16-25 in Mexico. Athletes must be born in either 1990 or 1991 to be eligible for this program. The roster below indicates eligible athletes with a "^".
Liberos (36)
Name (School, College Years Eligibility Remaining)
Gabi Ailes (Stanford, 2)
^ Allison Buck (New Mexico, 3)
Haley Carroll (San Francisco, 1)
Sarah Cline (South Carolina, 1)
Elyse Cusack (Florida, 1)
Rebecca Dake (Truman State, 0)
^ Caitlyn Donahue (Kansas State, 4)
Allyson Doyle (Western Michigan, 2)
Katie Eberling (Western Michigan, 1)
Ashley Edinger (Illinois, 1)
Laura Gonzalez (Albany, 3)
Madeline Hughes (Northern Illinois, 2)
Tracey Lam (Rice, 2)
Hannah Lawing (South Carolina, 2)
Ashley Lee (Long Beach State, 2)
Elena Martinez (Louisiana State, 0)
Ashley Mass (Iowa State, 2)
Lauren Mathewson (Kansas State, 2)
Whitney Meierotto (Concordia-St. Paul, 0)
Kate Nobilio (Northwestern, 1)
Alanna Resch (Arizona, 1)
Bree Riet (Westminster College, 0)
Stevi Robinson (Pepperdine, 3)
Alexandra Sall (Duke, 2)
Claire Smalzer (Duke, 2)
^ Morgan Springer (Mississippi, 3)
^ Sydney Stewart (SMU, 3)
Katie Swoboda (Oregon, 0)
Christine Tan (Minnesota, 1)
Krystal Torres (New Mexico State, 0)
Mary Tucker (Mercer, 0)
Caitlyn Vann (Missouri, 2)
Bonnie West (West Virginia, 2)
Katherine Wilkerson (SMU, 2)
^ Kelly Wood (North Carolina State, 3)
^ Kathleen Yony (Nova Southeastern, 2)
Middle Blockers (41)
Name (School, College Years Eligibility Remaining)
Sarah Allison (Kansas State, 3)
Ashley Asberry (Middle Tennessee, 0)
Carlyn Babin (San Francisco, 0)
Johannah Bangert (Illinois, 2)
Kelli Barhorst (Ohio State, 3)
Mekana Barnes (Colorado State, 0)
Ashley Benson (Indiana, 2)
Natalie Bogan (Rice, 1)
Heather Brooks (North Carolina, 1)
Rebecca Burling (Duke, 2)
^ Katherine Camp (UCLA, 3)
Kelsey Chipman (Kansas State, 1)
Jamie Clark (Army, 0)
Brittnee Cooper (Louisiana State, 1)
LaTresa Cunningham (Middle Tennessee, 0)
Kristina Dimitrijevs (Akron, 3)
^ Amanda Dowdy (Texas Tech, 3)
Kristen Dozier (Ohio State, 1)
Kourtney Edwards (TCU, 1)
Neticia Enesi (Oregon, 1)
Whitney Evers (Central Michigan, 0)
Lindsay Fletemier (Dayton, 2)
^ Amanda Gil (UCLA, 3)
Ingrid Hanson-Tuntland (North Carolina, 1)
Shannon Hawari (California, 3)
Danielle Hepburn (Clemson, 0)
Miranda Kitts (Mississippi, 2)
Megan Laughlin (South Carolina, 2)
Anna Lehne (New Mexico, 1)
Sabel Moffett (Northwestern, 2)
Michelle Osunbor (Long Beach State, 2)
Lauren Paolini (Texas, 0)
^ Martha Robertson (Duke, 3)
Margaret Salata (North Carolina State, 3)
^ Kaitlyn Schultz (Central Michigan, 3)
Stephanie Snow (Arizona, 2)
Regina Thomas (Mississippi, 3)
Emillie Toone (Utah, 0)
Christine Vaughen (North Carolina, 1)
Naomi Washington (Long Beach State, 1)
Mindi Wiley (California, 1)
Outside Hitter (44)
Name (School, College Years Eligibility Remaining)
Sarah Ammerman (Texas A&M, 1)
Anna Berger (San Francisco, 1)
^ Kelsey Black (Texas A&M, 3)
JuliAnne Chisholm (Kansas State, 2)
Laura DeBruler (Illinois, 2)
Whitney Dosty (Arizona, 2)
Katie Dull (Ohio State, 2)
^ Sophia Dunworth (Duke, 3)
Juliann Faucette (Texas, 2)
Bridget Fonke (Saint Louis, 1)
Ashley Frazier (Alabama, 3)
^ Lilla Frederick (Pepperdine, 3)
Tiffany Gaerke (Dayton, 2)
Isis Gardner (North Carolina State, 3)
Suzanne Haydel (North Carolina, 2)
Victoria Henson (Iowa State, 2)
Ellen Herman (Ohio, 1)
^ Alex Hunt (Michigan, 3)
Kristy Jaeckel (Florida, 3)
Kayla Kirk (Duke, 3)
Rachel Krabacher (Dayton, 4)
^ Caitlin Ledoux (Long Beach State, 4)
^ Ashleigh McCord (Rice, 3)
^ Allison McGloughlin (Northern Illinois, 3)
Dicey McGraw (UCLA, 2)
Sarah Mendoza (Kentucky, 2)
^ Jordan Meredith (Boston College, 3)
Brittany Moore (Cal State Fullerton, 0)
Michelle Moore (Western Michigan, 1)
Rachael Moss (Duke, 1)
^ Tarah Murrey (California, 3)
^ Jocelyn Neely (Long Beach State, 4)
Sonja Newcombe (Oregon, 1)
Katelynn Norris (Mississippi, 3)
^ Jessica Oliver (SMU, 3)
Tiffany Owens (Arizona, 2)
^ Dana Powell (SMU, 3)
Sarah Reaves (Arizona State, 2)
Julie Rubenstein (Pepperdine, 0)
Meagan Schoenrock (Northern Illinois, 1)
Kristin Seaton (Arkansas, 1)
^ Kelli Stipanovich (Arkansas, 3)
Emily Stockman (Wichita State, 1)
Brooks Webster (Alabama, 1)
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^ Michelle Bartsch (Illinois, 3)
Ashley Engle (Texas, 1)
Taylor Hadfield (New Mexico, 2)
Sarah Mandala (San Francisco, 2)
Sammi McCloud (Saint Louis, 1)
Heather Meyers (Oregon, 2)
Rose Morris (New Mexico, 1)
Brianna Patterson (Akron, 1)
^ Sara Sage (UCLA, 3)
Chloe Smith (Central Arkansas, 2)
Maria Taylor (Georgia, 0)
Alexandra Troost (San Diego, 2)
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Maureen Bannon (Army, 1)
Stephanie Budde (Central Michigan, 1)
^ Kellie Catanach (Duke, 3)
^ Lauren Cook (UCLA, 4)
Samantha Dabbs (Louisiana State, 1)
Deborah Dawley (College of Charleston, 2)
Bridget Denson-Dorman (South Carolina, 1)
^ Natalie Emro (Michigan State, 3)
Christina Falcone (Duke, 1)
Hillary Haen (Illinois, 2)
Jessica Hayden (Penn State, 0)
^ Catherine Highmark (Arizona State, 3)
^ Kristin Hoffman (Northern Illinois, 3)
Mary Hooper (Wichita State, 3)
Carli Lloyd (California, 2)
^ Anne Luhrsen (Connecticut, 3)
Kaylee Manns (Iowa State, 1)
Jade Michaelsen (New Mexico, 2)
Jill Mitchell (Western Michigan, 1)
Kelsi Myers (San Diego, 2)
Jessica Nyrop (San Diego, 0)
Whitney Roth (Saint Louis, 1)
Sarah Rumely (Kentucky, 1)
Meredith Schamun (Rice, 2)
Alexandra Smith (North Carolina State, 2)
Nicole Vargas (Long Beach State, 0)
Sam Viox (Western Michigan, 3)
Paige Weber (Arizona, 2)
Jessica Yanz (Nebraska, 2)
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Costs, incidences of chemically dependency treatment increase
NEW ULM – Brown County commissioners learned Tuesday that there were more and longer chemically-dependent (CD) in-patient stays in fiscal year 2013 than in 2012.
In addition, more patients in treatment were dually-diagnosed (chemically dependent and mentally ill) with more costly placements, according to an annual Consolidated Chemical Dependency Treatment Fund (CCDTF) Report.
There are also other issues.
"Many clients come in without health care or were on plans and lost them because they didn't pay premiums or give data to health care workers," said Brown County Chemical Dependency Assessor Leah Luke.
As mental illnesses increase, costs also go up,
"Society is becoming more and more mentally ill, which costs more and more," said Brown County Family Services Director Tom Henderson.
Luke is seeing clients who are bi-polar and have other personality disorders.
"I'm not sure if numbers really are higher or they're being better diagnosed," Luke said. "It's a life-long issue. … Most of our clients are younger with little education. Few clients have high school diplomas."
Last fiscal year, 98 CCDTF placements cost Brown County $73,981 and $294,863 in state funds. This fiscal year, 96 placements cost the County $86,147 and the state $342,298. Total costs are down from $567,538 in fiscal year 2011, according to the report.
Brown County CD diagnosis data showed 52.1 percent (74) alcohol-dependent patients in fiscal year 2013, compared to a state average is 45.1 percent. Brown County cannabis dependent patients comprised 22.5 percent (32) of 142 CD patients compared to the state average of 13.9 percent.
Statewide opiate/synthetic dependent patients were higher than Brown County, but Probation Director Les Schultz said heroin user numbers rose dramatically the past three months.
"It's dramatically up in Mankato and moving here," Schultz said.
Commissioners approved:
Updates to the Collections/Property Maintenance Assistant job description and sending it for pointing by a 3-2 vote with commissioners Jim Berg and Andy Lochner voting no.
Before posting the job externally, the description was looked at for potential changes and was found to need updates to ensure accuracy. After the Auditor-Treasurer's office submitted changes, the Review Committee (Administrator, HR Director and Assistant Auditor-Treasurer) reviewed updates in accordance with county guidelines for salary administration, according to a Request for Board Action (RBA) presented by Human Resource Director Mike Furth.
A revised plan and quote Tuesday for a L&S Construction, Sanborn, to install stream barbs for the Iberia Canoe Landing erosion control project.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved the project. It will fix and protect the area that is eroding along the Cottonwood River, just upstream from a township bridge.
Working with Stark Township and the Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA), a plan was created to install four stream barbs to reduce bank erosion and direct water toward the center of the river channel.
A sand bar in the middle of the stream will be removed and placed behind stream barbs. Work would start when water levels allow.
In addition to a $13,000 quote by L&S Construction, its proposal estimates 250 tons of rip rap costing 15 cents a ton for a total proposal cost of $13,037.50. Brown County will pay 25 percent of the cost.
A $636,500 Heartland Express operating budget for 2014 plus $70,000 capital expense for a replacement bus. The budget is a 3 percent increase from 2013, due mostly to adjusted staff wages from rotational review pointing this year, plus employee benefits, insurance and operational adjustments.
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Aug. 21, Planning Commission recommendations including a Conditional Use Permit application by David Berle, Section 10, Stark Township, to increase an existing feedlot from 735 animal units (2,000 head) to 1,200 AU (4,000 head) in a hog finishing operation in the A-1 Agricultural Zoning District. The site contains an 82x 200×8-foot barn and calls for a proposed barn of the same size.
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When Lord Hawk is pierced by a poisoned blade, Sparrow uses her body as a tool to help him expel the venom. Back at school, Takashi gets caught in a tug-of-war between a bossy blonde and Watarai.
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Basic requirements
Are you planning to hunt antlerless big game in Utah this year? Before you apply for a permit, make sure you:
1 Meet Utah's age requirements
2 Determine if you are a resident or nonresident
3 Meet Utah's hunter education requirements
4 Have a current hunting or combination license
Are you old enough?
Utah Code § 23-19-22
Before you can buy a hunting license and apply for an antlerless permit, you must meet the following requirements:
Note: If you're 11 years old—but you'll be 12 by Dec. 31, 2013—you may apply for and obtain an antlerless deer, antlerless elk, antlerless moose or doe pronghorn permit (if available). However, you cannot hunt until the day you turn 12. Be sure to check hunt dates before applying. All sales are final.
All hunters under the age of 16 must be accompanied in the field by a parent, legal guardian or responsible person 21 years of age or older.
Are you a resident?
Utah Code § 23-13-2(37)
Before you apply for a big game hunt, it's important to know whether you are a legal resident of the state of Utah.
You are a resident if you have had a fixed permanent home and principal establishment in Utah for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license or permit, and you do not claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.
If you purchase a resident license for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country, then your Utah resident license or permit is invalid.
What if I leave Utah temporarily?
You retain your Utah residency if you leave Utah to serve in the armed forces of the United States—or for religious or educational purposes—and you do not claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.
What if I serve in the armed forces?
Members of the armed forces of the United States and their dependents are residents as of the date the member reports for duty under assigned orders in Utah, if:
What if I'm a student?
A nonresident attending an institution of higher learning in Utah as a full-time student may qualify as a resident if the student has been present in Utah for 60 consecutive days immediately preceding the purchase of the license or permit and does not claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.
What if I own property in Utah?
You do not qualify as a resident if you are an absentee landowner paying property tax on land in Utah.
Have you passed hunter education?
Utah Code § 23-19-11 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-23
If you were born after Dec. 31, 1965, you must provide proof that you've passed a hunter education course approved by the Division before you can apply for or obtain a hunting license or an antlerless permit.
Proof of hunter education
You can prove that you've completed hunter education by obtaining a hunter education course Certificate of Completion (this certificate is called a "blue card" in Utah) or by using a hunting license from a previous year with your hunter education number noted on the license.
How to take hunter education
If you were born after Dec. 31, 1965, you must take and successfully complete the state's hunter education course. It's an easy process:
Note: Both the registration certificate and the corresponding hunting license are valid for 365 days from the date of purchase. The license enables you to apply for or obtain permits in the Division's hunt drawings. In order to maximize your hunting opportunities, you should register for and complete the hunter education course as soon as possible after purchasing your registration certificate.
After completing the course, you will receive your official hunter education card (commonly known as the "blue card") by mail. It will be sent to the address listed on your registration certificate. This card certifies that you passed hunter education.
You should also keep the following in mind:
You can see a list of hunter education courses online. You can also contact your local Division office or call 801-538-4727.
New to Utah?
If you become a Utah resident, and you've completed a hunter education course in another state, province or country, you must obtain a blue card before you can apply for or buy a resident hunting license or a resident antlerless permit. You can obtain a Utah blue card at any Division office by providing proof that you've completed a hunter education course approved by the Division. The card costs $10.
Do you have a license?
Utah Code §§§ 23-19-1, 23-19-22 and 23-20-3
You must have a current Utah hunting or combination (hunting and fishing) license to apply for any antlerless permits, bonus points or preference points. You will have the opportunity to purchase a license while applying for permits or points. Licenses are also available online and from license agents and Division offices.
Be sure to take a quick look at the date on your license before you apply for any permits or points. As long as your license is valid on the date you submit your application, you don't have to purchase a new license for the actual hunt.
For example, assume that your license expires on June 15, 2013. If you apply before that date, you do not have to purchase a new license for your hunt in the fall. All hunting and combination licenses are valid for 365 days from the date of purchase.
Carry your permit
If you are successful in obtaining an antlerless permit, you must have it on your person while hunting. You cannot alter your license or permit, nor can you sell, transfer or loan either of them to another person.
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In October, the elusive Banksy arrived in New York, bringing with him his stencils and an onslaught of Facebook and Tumblr posts as people scoured the city in search of his work. For a month, the clandestine artist and his graffiti quietly covered the city to great acclaim before he returned home to Britain. Less than a month later, in the midst of New York's renewed fascination with street art, 5Pointz was unceremoniously put to rest, as the graffiti-covered warehouse was whitewashed in the dead of night—an ironic farewell to the mecca of graffiti.
It is in the wake of this triumph and tragedy that the Museum of the City of New York debuts "City as Canvas: Graffiti Art From the Martin Wong Collection." A tribute to the age of hip-hop and painted subway cars, the exhibit, which opened Feb. 4, sets the stage upon which 5Pointz and Banksy made a name for themselves and illustrates the origins of the contemporary graffiti movement, with New York at the epicenter.
Wong, an artist himself, moved to the Lower East Side from San Francisco in 1978. Recognizing the enormous potential of the young men and women involved in graffiti, he began amassing a collection of their work. Wong was diagnosed with AIDS in 1994 and donated his entire collection to the Museum of the City of New York before returning to California, where he died in 1999.
"This is kind of a capsule collection of a specific period in New York history," Chris "Daze" Ellis, one of the most prominent graffiti artists of the 1980s said. "What people will be looking at is a specific period in time that doesn't exist anymore."
The exhibit includes photos of graffiti artwork, as well as originals painted on everything from plywood to cardboard and paper. Scattered throughout the exhibit are larger pieces and artifacts of the creative process, including black books and rough sketches, plus two short films about the era.
While New York graffiti has been around since the 1970s, this form of street art has a much longer history. The word "graffiti" comes from the Italian word for "scratched," and such unsanctioned contributions can be seen etched into the walls of Pompeii and the Acropolis of Athens. These early versions of the art form were usually nothing more than advertisements or names, a means by which to unofficially make one's mark on history. Viking graffiti served as a signpost for military escapades. In Verdun, France, in the midst of World War II, an American magazine reporter scrawled, "Austin White, Chicago, Ill., 1918 and 1944. This is the last time I want to write my name here."
Graffiti as we know it today arrived in New York in the early 1970s. In its youth, the movement consisted almost entirely of "tags," stylized versions of the artists' street names by which their work could be identified.
Eagerly adopted by New York City's youth, graffiti, like rapping, DJing, and break dancing, became a creative outlet in opposition to the gangs and drug culture prevalent on the city's streets.
"Many of these kids were doing it after school, for the adrenaline, to keep busy, keeping out of a more serious form of trouble," "City as Canvas" curator Sean Corcoran said.
With graffiti, budding artists were encouraged to experiment and develop their own distinct styles, learning from and being influenced by their companions.
"It was very common for writers to be part of crews—groups of teenagers that would go together, draw together and share each other's books, and go to train yards and paint together," Corcoran said. "There was a natural connection."
One of the more prominent graffiti artists of the era whose work is featured in the exhibit is Sandra "Lady Pink" Fabara, who got her start tagging her deceased boyfriend's name across the city. Like Corcoran, she believes graffiti was a way to stand out while fitting in.
"People are inspired to conform, to do what their friends are doing," Lady Pink said. "If you get too wild, too abstract and eccentric, you are an outsider, and you can't play with the other reindeer."
It wasn't until the 1980s that graffiti was "discovered" by mainstream culture, according to Daze. Since this coincided with the advent of hip-hop, the two genres became intimately linked in pop culture. This development of the graffiti movement was punctuated by more elaborate "pieces"—three-dimensional bubble letters, complex murals, and ornately decorated subway cars. That last aspect of the movement, the crowning achievement of any young artist, was made all the more difficult and daring in 1981, when Mayor Ed Koch launched an initiative to clean up the subway cars—including increased policing of train yards and the installation of razor-wire fences.
For many graffiti artists, the imposition was just another part of their chosen field.
"Once you do public work, you kiss it goodbye. If you want to get attached to your work, that's what the fine art world is for," Lady Pink said.
The exhibit heavily features this "blink-and-you-miss it" style, beginning with a collection of photographs detailing art long lost to New York City's clean movement. A life-sized picture of a subway car covered in graffiti runs the entire length of one wall.
Though the 1980s were a time for larger-than-life expression, the exhibit focuses on the much more human scale of the era. Scattered throughout the exhibit, protected from curious hands, is a collection of black books, the sketchbooks used by graffiti artists to experiment with new designs and plan out their pieces. More than an artistic tool, these books served as diaries for their owners, places where artists could attempt to come to terms with the city they were growing up in and the opposition to graffiti art.
"So if somebody asks you why you write, tell them this," one artist wrote in his black. "If you got a problem and you don't know who to talk to, write it on a wall."
Youth culture is front and center at the exhibit. One cannot help but be reminded that the artists featured were no older than 18 years of age when Wong purchased their artwork.
"It was like growing up in public, finding myself as an artist, trying to establish my own identity as an artist," Daze said.
The exhibit reveals this intersection of mature talent and childlike enthusiasm alongside the difficulties of transitioning from youth to adulthood in the 1980s.
Lady Pink's "Manic Depression" is unassuming yet powerful. A young woman assumes a defeated position, crouched on the floor of a jail cell with her face hidden in her hair. A red spray can hangs limply in her hand, the letters "Lady Pink" dripping down the wall. Lady Pink's canvas evokes a stirring insight into the struggles of one artist, as well as an entire generation.
In recent years, New York City has become the mecca for aspiring and established graffiti artists alike, regarded as the birthplace of a movement that has become increasingly international.
"Young people will work all year, save their money, and come spend a week or two in New York City," Lady Pink said. "People will go home and tell their friends they painted something in New York, hopefully a subway car, because that makes them absolutely king in their home countries."
"This was a movement done by young people for all people," graffiti artist Lee Quiñones, whose work is also on display in the exhibit, said.
Unfortunately for these graffiti pilgrims, opportunities for fame back home are becoming few and far between as New York City keeps moving forward. "Wherever you see a building going up in New York now, it's either glass or steel," Daze said. "Neither one of those materials are conducive to painting on."
Far from a youthful exploit, the power of Wong's collection lies not in the nostalgia for the origins of an artistic movement but in its longevity. While graffiti has been wiped from the subway trains and buildings, this exhibit represents what Charlie Ahearn, the director of the film "Wild Style"—featuring both Lee Quiñones and Lady Pink—calls the "DNA of the future art movement." Many of the old crowd, including Lady Pink, Daze, and Quiñones, went on to develop careers in the art world as professional artists, muralists, and lecturers.
"It's all very seminal. It was a way for them to practice their craft and share with others what they were doing ... with other kids, and encouraged them to keep working on art," Corcoran said. "When you transition from painting on a train to painting on a canvas, it pushed them to become more creative and try new things."
One of the most iconic pieces in the exhibit, presented in three different stages of evolution is Quiñones' "Howard Duck," depicting a Donald Duck look-alike hiding behind an old-fashioned metal garbage bin next to Quiñones' own massive tag.
"Graffiti is a art," Howard says. "And if art is a crime, let God forgive all."
Perhaps one of the greatest successes of the New York graffiti movement is Keith Haring, whose colorful silhouettes became the icon of the 1980s AIDS movement prior to his death from the disease in 1990. Wong's collection includes a number of Haring's black books, filled to the brim with intertwined figures. Corcoran explains that Haring, a student at the School of Visual Arts, painted blank advertising signs in subway stations, as opposed to trains, standing on the "peripheral part" of the movement. The popular and recognizable figure, a familiar sight in the middle of the exhibit, stands as a testament to the longevity of this movement, 30 years after Koch's campaign to clean up New York City.
In fact, Koch's campaign has in some ways only added to the hype. Graffiti's allure comes from its clandestine nature, and there is something distinctly strange about seeing these pieces behind glass—it feels almost unnatural when they are meant to be on the street. Between glass towers and chrome subway cars, many graffiti artists' work can't be contained on canvas, making graffiti art all the more sacred.
In November of last year, 5Pointz, the Long Island City graffiti space, was unceremoniously covered in white paint in the middle of the night. After a long campaign to "Save 5Pointz"—which even recruited Banksy to its cause—the iconic graffiti space fell victim to a plan to build a high-rise hotel on the location. Were this any other building, there would certainly be opposition to tearing it down, but with 5Pointz's death comes another loss—one of the last remnants of an important, and disappearing, New York City art form.
Graffiti evokes extreme emotion no matter which way you look at it:.The love that former artists and devotees have is infectious, while at the other end of the spectrum, a disdain for street art has wiped a generation of artwork from the streets. Either way, Wong's collection is much more than the labor of love of a graffiti enthusiast. It is a gift for generations to come, a glimpse into another time, another New York—a decidedly more colorful one.
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I love STO. I watch it everyday and I love most of the shows, but my problem is most of them are the same show under different hosts and names and even the names arent that creative. I mean they use the same set for like every show.
To me its like Bruce Drennens show is all sports, but then the Wine and Gold Zone is the same show, just focuses more on Cavs. I want to have more shows like the Tribe Report where they interview players or do more Indians one on ones.
I also think they can be a little more creative when it comes to names... All their shows end in Report or Zone. The Browns Red ZONE. The Wine and Gold ZONE. Tribe REPORT. Cleveland Browns REPORT. Berea REPORT.
Im probably nitpicking here but it just seems like STO shows are all the same. I wish they would just do a highlight show like sportscenter and stop with all these talk shows. Talk Shows are good, but shouldnt take up the whole day. Thats was AM radio is for, which would actually be better for some of these hosts.


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How to mock Rock on the Range while celebrating your preferred brand of obscure noise-making? For Columbus math-rock quartet Survivalist, the answer is easy: Throw your own festival and call it Math on the Range.
For those scratching their heads like it's algebra all over again, math rock is a dense, rhythmically complex strain of indie rock that emphasizes unusual time signatures. Think of it as hardcore's cerebral cousin, prone to scrawling sounds like endless blackboard equations.
"It's technical music, not just easy, simple," Survivalist guitarist Zack Holloway said. "It's calculated-sounding music — methodical."
Though the subgenre is not as pervasive as in the 1990s heyday of Polvo and Don Caballero, it's still got a pulse — enough that Survivalist was able to recruit bands in the double-digits to play Friday at Campus-area creative space The Dude Locker. Most of Friday's performers share Survivalist's enthusiasm for snaking guitar parts, intricate structures and melancholy tones that split the difference between dream states and musty basements.
For further enlightenment, explore "Sell It To Science," the album Survivalist will release Friday. The band has been working with producer Andrew Dodson since last June. Their effort is evident; "Sell It To Science" is a triumph of mood and texture, music not just for thinking but feeling, too.
The album chronicles a transition period in which the band ditched computers and added Big Nasty's Will Ong as a permanent drummer.
"The show was just never intense enough without a real drum set," Holloway said.
While "Sell It To Science" chronicles where Survivalist has been, Friday's set will show where they're going. A June tour, a video shoot and more recording sessions are pending, but for now the focus is the festival, which they jokingly hope will put Rock on the Range out of business.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montana is the ideal workplace for those who value a career in conservation with a family-like agency in one of the most beautiful places in the country. "Montana: a Great Place to Learn" looks at the NRCS student internship program from the perspective of students working in Montana.
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Do you love the outdoors, want to learn more about agriculture, and be a part of conserving our nation's natural resources? If you answered, "yes" to these questions there may be a career opportunity for you in Montana. The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is the ideal workplace for those who value a career in conservation with a family-like agency in one of the most beautiful places in the country.
Established by Congress in the wake of great dust storms of the 1930s, the mission of NRCS is "helping people help the land." Through national programs and incentives that are aimed at reducing erosion, keeping streams clear, protecting grazing land and wildlife, and promoting good land use NRCS continues to help farmers and ranchers protect our nation's natural resources.
A large part of the success of our programs is due to the commitment and dedication of our employees. As the baby-boomer generation begins to retire, NRCS is facing a great shift in our staff. Recruitment is one way we are addressing this change within our agency. Recruitment is a big deal to us; and currently the student internship program is one of our best recruitment resources.
The NRCS internship program begins with our recruitment of students from across the nation. The program requires students to work 640 hours as a student intern. The main difference between our program and other student internship programs is that we are really looking for our student to be an employee of the future.
Working in Montana is hands-on. There's no sitting around or grabbing coffee for your boss. By taking our interns out into the field we ensure that they receive real work experience.
Basically, what I do is I go out and I help survey and I help complete jobs that have been contracted, um, usually stockwater pipelines or manure transfer pipelines.
My experience so far with the Montana NRCS has been an amazing experience. I've been out on mainly forestry practices here in the Missoula area and the Bozeman area. Um, I've been exposed to a lot of range-plant ID and a lot of range operations. Um, fairly brand new to me. I'm mainly a wildlife ecologist with a forestry background in my schooling. And it's just been an amazing experience so far. I've been learning different practices and how all the programs work.
Working for us is a learning experience, and we do not expect you to come here knowing everything there is to know about NRCS and conservation. However, by using the field as your laboratory, you will definitely leave Montana knowing more about our agriculture, conservation, and more about our agency.
I'm expecting to learn a lot. Um, I've been having a couple days of training on forestry. So we're doing that right now and you notice the forest site. And, um, a lot of irrigation work, I think in Plains, which is where I'm based right now.
Even if you make mistakes, it's OK. They're not going to let you take on something and then just let you go at it unsupervised. They're going to make sure that you do it OK; and they'll watch for you; and even if you mess it up they're right there to fix it with you. So they'll explain to you what you did wrong and, um, help you not to do that again.
When most people think of interns, they think of undergraduate students. But our internship program is open to high school students (as long as you are at least 16 years old), undergrads, and graduate students, as well.
Choosing to work for Montana NRCS was a great decision for me because I'm a graduate student and, during the summers, I'm allowed to work for the agency. And also, when I graduate, I'll have a job.
Deciding to start a career with Montana NRCS will be one of the best decisions you will ever make. If you love being outdoors, learning new things, living in a beautiful state, and if you are committed to promoting productive lands and a healthy environment, Montana NRCS is the place for you. But don't just take my word for it.
This job will shape me for my future because it gives me a good sense of how agencies work, and the inter-workings of certain agencies, and the differences and the diversity.
You have a job when you graduate. That is the number one. As long as you don't totally screw up, you will have a job when you graduate.
I pretty much love NRCS Montana. It's, it's more quiet than what I'm used to. And I'm loving the peacefulness.
See, working for us is awesome. And I know you're anxious about becoming an intern in Montana, but not so fast. Here are a few things you need to keep in mind before you submit your application. A student trainee position provides for periods of study mixed with field application of conservation practices learned in the classroom.
These positions can lead up to careers that require related classes and a college degree. Under a working agreement between NRCS and an educational institution, the student must perform a minimum of 640 study-related work hours before completion of the academic requirements for graduation. The student may work full-time during the summer and vacation or intermittent periods while attending classes. Work is under the guidance of a trained NRCS employee.
As an intern, student employees are eligible for health-care and retirement benefits. Student work locations in Montana will vary each summer.
The student trainee may be converted to permanent employment after successfully obtaining a Bachelor's Degree and completing the required course work for the position.
For more information on the student internship program contact the human resources office at this address. You can also visit our Web site at www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov.
Well, since you know all of the logistics, [ding] you are now free to roam about Montana.
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