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In a game of big runs, Vanderbilt came out with the short end of the stick on Saturday afternoon in East Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut scored the game's last 26 points, as the Huskies rallied from a 21-14 deficit just before halftime and strolled to a 40-21 victory at Rentschler Field.
Vandy scored 21 unanswered points in a 3:38 span during the second quarter, but committed a pair of key second-half turnovers, and watched at the Huskies' Jordan Todman ran wild for most of the day.
The UConn tailback, who was questionable for Saturday, carried 37 times for 190 yards and a pair of scores, and caught a pass for 12 yards.
Things were looking good for VU just before half, when Jonathan Krause raced untouched down the right sideline for a 44-yard score off an end-around pitch with 5:28 left before the break.
Just moments before, quarterback Larry Smith had connected with Brandon Barden and Udom Umoh on a pair of quick scoring strikes, as the 'Dores stormed from a 14-0 deficit, which had been set up by Krause's fumble in VU territory on the game's first play from scrimmage.
But just as VU seized the momentum, it was quickly gone.
Quarterback Cody Endres led UConn on a nine-play, 73-yard drive, and connected with Kashif Moore with 1:04 left in the half.
The Huskies took the second-half kickoff and marched down the field for the go-ahead score when Endres found Corey Manning in the back of the end zone, just 3:17 unto the period.
A Dave Teggart field goal later in the quarter put the Huskies up 10, and when Smith threw his second interception of the half on an ill-advised throw over the middle, Connecticut's Blidi Wreh-Wilson scooted 44 yards for a score to essentially put the game away.
The Huskies out-gained VU by just 49 yards, but VU's three turnovers were huge. Smith's other interception came on the first snap after Warren Norman's 46-yard kickoff return set the Commodores up one yard shy of mid-field.
Vandy also failed to convert on a fourth-and-1 at the Connecticut 14 on its second drive of the game.
Smith was 15-of-25 passing for 157 yards, and added 64 yards on 13 carries, with 57 of those rushing yards coming on the first play of the second drive.
Endres was 21-of-30 for 179 yards, and threw for a pair of scores against one Casey Hayward interception.
The Commodores return home to face Eastern Michigan next weekend.


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No matter who said otherwise—at first the Philadelphia Flyers, then his agent—Ilya Bryzgalov always seemed guaranteed for a buyout. Math is math, and the salary cap is the salary cap, and Philly is Philly, and Bryz is Bryz.
On Tuesday, that came to pass. The Flyers announced that they're using their second and final cap compliance/amnesty buyout on the goaltender, which means that his $5.667 salary cap hit comes off the books in exchange for two-thirds of his remaining contract spread over double the term.
That means Philadelphia will pay Bryzgalov $1.643 million per year for the next 14 years to go away.
"I met with Ilya this morning and informed him that we are going to exercise a compliance buy out of his contract," general manager Paul Holmgren said in a released statement. "This was a very difficult business decision to make for us and we want to thank Ilya for his time here and wish him all the best moving forward."
Again, this shouldn't surprise anyone. The Flyers were capped out to begin with, then agreed to pay defenseman Mark Streit $5.25 million annually for four years. That necessitated Danny Briere's buyout and, essentially, Bryzgalov's.
Now, Holmgren is left with Steve Mason—who is not very good—as his goaltender, no more "get out of jail free" cards and about $4 million in cap space for next season. This should be interesting.
Bryzgalov, meanwhile, was decent but inconsistent with the Flyers and struggled last year under a heavy workload. He didn't get along with the media, which was partially his fault and partially not. No matter who's to blame, though, the bickering is going to be great.

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ATHENS, Texas — Charlie Pack of Waco will be inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame at a banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center June 7.
Pack was nominated in the angler category in recognition of his fishing accomplishments, fishing inventions and work with introducing young people to fishing.
In 1996 Pack founded the Tadpole Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has given more than 40,000 children the chance to fish. All equipment is furnished, and the annual free day of fishing attracts several thousand attendees. The foundation also maintains a fishing equipment lending library. Its motto is "Off the streets and on the creeks."
Pack integrates fishing into every aspect of his life. As a salesman for American General Life Insurance, Pack sold many policies by taking potential clients fishing. His "Fishing Country" television show has aired on several Texas stations for 18 consecutive years and won a Telly Award in 1992. He makes frequent public appearances at schools, civic organizations and other venues, giving fishing demonstrations. He is sponsored by Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola.
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PEORIA, Ariz. – One way for the Padres to rebound from their dismal 2008 is for ace Jake Peavy and No. 2 starting pitcher Chris Young to stay healthy this year.
Seventy is a number both pitchers have mentioned – as in 70 starts combined.
"I'd love to make 35 starts for this team," Young said Thursday after throwing a nine-pitch, scoreless inning against the Seattle Mariners in his first outing of spring training. "If Jake and I do that, give us 70 games, I'd take my chances."
For what it's worth, both Peavy and Young said they've never been fitter.
Young's 6-foot-10 frame and over-the-top delivery create unusual stress on his torso, which perhaps led to his back and oblique strains in 2007. Two offseasons ago, Young sought out Keith Kleven, the physical therapist for Greg Maddux and Tiger Woods, and the exercises tailored for him by Kleven have paid off.
"My back and core have felt great," Young said. "I feel like I am as strong as I've ever been there, and hopefully I am able to stay that way. Last year, I was able to avoid any back or oblique injuries."
Albert Pujols' line drive to the face all but ruined Young's season in 2008, sidelining the pitcher for two months. Young said that hiatus contributed to a forearm strain he suffered shortly after he returned.
In each of his previous three seasons, though, Young logged either 30 or 31 starts.
"If I can catch a line drive this year, hopefully I'll make 30-plus starts," cracked Young, who owns the Padres' only playoff win in the last 10 years.
Young uses spring training primarily to slowly build arm strength and sharpen his fastball accuracy. He also considers the next several weeks an opportunity to throw more change-ups and curveballs, pitches that accounted for 5 percent and 1.9 percent of his total last season, according to fangraphs.com. But Young doesn't want to develop his Nos. 3 and 4 pitches at the expense of his staples: a "rising" fastball that hitters regularly swing under and a slider that hitters struggle to differentiate from the fastball.
Young, like Peavy, said Padres strength and conditioning coach Jim Malone's emphasis on leg exercises is preparing him well. Where the two pitchers' approach in preparation diverges is the World Baseball Classic. Peavy participated in the first WBC three years ago and, in the second WBC, is to pitch March 7 in Toronto.
Young, though, opted against signing up for WBC consideration.
"I think it'd be a great honor, a great thrill," he said. "But, and this is me personally – everybody is different – I can't imagine being in that competitive of an environment this early in the season.
"You're going to let it go," he added, a term for going all-out to win. "Physically, I just wouldn't be ready to do that this early. Everybody is different. Other guys can handle it. I need this time in spring training to build up the arm strength, build up the game speed."
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Henry Blanco said he will play for Venezuela in the WBC if manager Luis Sojo is unable to find a third catcher. After pitching to Blanco on Thursday, Young said Blanco is already close to being ready to handle Padres pitchers in spring training. "Awesome," he said of Blanco's catching skill. "He gives you a great, big target and made it really easy."
Blanco also hit a two-run home run off a two-strike pitch from Felix Hernandez. "I got lucky," he said.
– The game ended in a 4-4 tie after 10 innings.
– Left-hander Nick Schmidt, coming back from reconstructive elbow surgery, threw a scoreless inning with one strikeout. "Schmidt threw well," said manager Bud Black, who hadn't seen the 2007 first-round draft pick appear in a game. "He's a tall guy with a good angle down. We saw a little sneaky fastball (up to 91 mph)." Black praised the pitch movement of prospect Matthew Buschmann, who struck out two in a scoreless inning.


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Author Steven Piziks -- who writes under the nom de plume Steven Harper -- modeled protagonist Gavin Ennock in "The Dragon Men" after his 15-year-old son, Aran.
"Aran is autistic, and some aspects of the Clockwork Plague (in the three books) are aspects of autism," he said. "Dragon Men" is the third installment of his Clockwork Empire series.
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"Remember that swooping noise THX used to play at the beginning of movies? It's called a Shepard's tone, and it always caused Aran physical pain to the point where he would wait outside movie theaters until he was sure 'the sound' was done," explained Piziks, 45, of West Bloomfield Township.
"Aran also has perfect pitch. I wondered if the two concepts were related, and I did some research. It turns out a Shepard's tone is based on the square root of 2, an irrational number, and it's the only tone in the entire musical scale that's based on an irrational number. Things kind of grew from there."
In "The Clockwork Empire" series, the Clockwork Plague spreads all over the globe. It's a disease similar to the Black Plague, and kills most people. With others, it eats away at their minds and bodies, turning them into zombies. A tiny minority is driven brilliantly insane, allowing them to create incredible machines before they go completely mad and die.
"Different countries and cultures, I realized, would treat some people differently and exploring that has become a major theme in the series," said Piziks.
"The Doomsday Vault" -- the first book in the series -- explored how these zombies were treated in England. The second book, "The Impossible Cube," explores Eastern Europe.
With "The Dragon Men," Gavin Ennock and his love interest, Alice, are desperately trying to find a cure for the Clockwork Plague, which is steadily driving Gavin insane.
"They're fairly sure that Chinese clockworkers, who are called Dragon Men there, have a cure. But they discover that a despot has taken over the throne and closed the borders to foreigners, forcing them to go underground in their search. Meanwhile, the rightful heirs have learned about Gavin and Alice and want to use them for their own nefarious purposes," said Piziks. "In the books, certain sounds and pitches cause plague victims discomfort or even pain.
"Gavin is a gifted musician with perfect pitch who can't bear the sound of a Shepard's tone, rather like my son. He's also bright and merry and a little mischievous because I like characters who are bright and merry and a little mischievous."
A fourth book in the series, "The Havoc Machine," is scheduled for a 2013 release. Originally, Piziks didn't plan to write another installment, which occurs in Russia, a country hit hard during the Clockwork Plague.
"This one actually came as a surprise. I had finished up the over-arcing story with 'The Dragon Men' and hadn't thought of a fourth book, but then my editor called and said she really, really loved 'The Dragon Men' and asked, 'Could we have a fourth book?'
"I was caught flat. I had nothing. Gavin and Alice's story was finished," Piziks confessed. "My mind had moved on to other projects. My editor did say it would be fine to introduce a new protagonist, but I still had nothing. I finally went for a long walk, which is how I always solve writing problems. By the end of it, I'd come up with more to say about the Clockwork Empire.
"This time I had an image of a man who hunts and kills clockworkers for a living, and a little automaton that can think for itself. And a steampunk circus. Out of this, I got 'The Havoc Machine.'"
While the books in this series are connected, Piziks points out they also can be read and understood without referring to the other "Clockwork Empire" books. The beginning of each book has a summary section called "The Story So Far," which recaps the events of the previous books in a "cheeky, self-deprecating way" that readers and reviewers alike enjoy.
"Writing the climax of 'The Dragon Men' was a real high," Piziks said. "Everything piled up and exploded in an enormously powerful ending that had me and my writers' group holding their collective breath. I stayed up way too late the evening I wrote those pages."


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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing which is accessible by the Smithsonian metro station serviced by the blue and orange lines, provides a free 40 minute tour to the public, where you will see millions of dollars being printed. The tour features currency production, beginning with large, blank sheets of paper, and ending with paper bills. Same day tickets for the tour are on a first-come, first-served basis. The ticket booth opens at 8 AM – Monday through Friday, and closes when all tickets have been given out.
Tours are given Monday through Friday every 15 minutes on a special schedule and Tickets are not required during non-peak season from September to February.
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Long Island opened the game on a nine to zero run and ended Rochester's 2011 playoff hopes with a 15 to 7 victory over the Rattlers on Thursday night at Hofstra University. Both teams entered the game on two game winning streaks, but hat tricks from Matt Danowski and Stephen Peyser was more than enough for Lizards.
Long Island opened the scoring on a goal by Matt Danowski 5:47 into the first quarter. Less than a minute later Stephen Peyser scored a two-point goal off an assist from John Grant, Jr. to give the Lizards a 3-0 lead.
Tim Goettelmann continued Long Island's scoring run with a goal from Peyser with 6:30 left in the first quarter.
Stehen Berger scored unassisted for the Lizards with just under three minutes in the quarter before Matt Danowski scored his second goal of the quarter, this time a two-point marker, unassisted with twenty seconds left. Long Island led the Rattlers 7-0 after the first quarter. It was the second time that the Rattlers had been shut out by Long Island in the first quarter this season.
The Lizards struck two more times in the second quarter to run their lead to 9-0. Tim Goettelmann scored his second goal of the game 1:31 into the second quarter and John Grant Jr. open his scoring account about four minutes later to finish the Lizards opening run.
Grant Catalino finally opened the scoring for Rochester on a 2-point power play goal from Ned Crotty with 2:11 seconds left in the first half.
Long Island outshot Rochester 17-11 in the first half. They also had a two to one (22:11) advantage in ground balls and a six to four advantage in faceoffs that resulted in 13 extra first half possessions. Rattlers rookie goalie John Galloway did his best to keep the team in the game with ten first half saves on 17 shots faced.
The Rattlers Matt Striebel opened the second half with a two-point power play goal 1:25 seconds into the third quarter to cut the Lizards lead to 9:4. The goal was Striebel's tenth of the season. The Rattlers run continued with 7:44 left in the third quarter when middie Jovan Miller found Matt Striebel for his second goal of the quarter.
The Lizards put an end to the Rattlers five to zero run when Rochester defensive middie Dan Groot took a one minute penalty for a high hit. Long Island's Stephen Peysr capitalized on the power play with a two-point goal from John Grant, Jr. with 2:03 left in the third quarter. Long Island led 11 to 6 at the end of the third quarter.
Stephen Berger opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with his second goal of the game to extend the Lizards lead to 12 to 6 1:12 in. Long Island's Matt Danowski completed his hat trick with 7:38 left in the game to extend the Lizards lead to 13 to 6.
Rattlers star Ned Crotty ended the Lizards four to zero run with a spectacular airborne goal less than a minute later. It was Crotty's twenty-second goal on the 2011 season.
Stephen Peyser added some insurance for the Lizards by completing his hat trick with a two point marker with just 3:18 left in the game to extend Long Island's 15 to 7 lead over the Rattlers.
The Lizards have won three straight games, and are now 5 – 5.
Ned Crotty finished the game with one goal and two assists for three points for the Rattlers. Rochester lost their two game winning streak, but Tim Soudan still has his team at 2 – 2 after taking over an 0 – 6 squad from BJ O'Hara.
"I think our first few possessions we had some quality opportunities, but they finished theirs and we didn't finish ours. We came out a little flat in the beginning and struggled with our team defense at the beginning." Soudan said.
The Rattlers are home at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, New York on August 6
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And I'm pretty confident that my blog is the very first site that called these little baked egg muffins by the name "Egg Muffins," although now the name has spread and you can see them called that all over the web. If this is your first time making something like this, I've picked up a few tricks that I think you'll like.
Green Chile and Cheese Egg Muffins shown here are one of my favorites. Hope you have fun experimenting with the recipe!
Low-Carb Egg Muffins for a Grab-and-Go Breakfast
12 - 15 eggs (use 12 eggs for individual silicone cups and 15 for larger silicone muffin pans. You can use less egg yolks and more egg white if you prefer.)
1 tsp. (or more) Spike Seasoning (optional, if you don't have Spike, use any type of seasoning blend that's good with eggs.)
fresh-ground black pepper (optional)
1-2 cups grated low fat cheese (I like sharp cheddar or a blend of cheddar/Jack cheese, use less cheese if using meat; omit the cheese if you want egg muffins that are Whole 30 or Paleo.)
Optional, but highly recommended, 3 green onions diced small.
Optional: chopped veggies such as blanched broccoli, red pepper, sauteed zucchini, sauteed mushrooms, etc. (Using veggies will reduce the fat content)
Optional: diced Canadian bacon, lean ham, or crumbled cooked turkey sausage
Break eggs into large measuring bowl with pour spout, add Spike, and pepper (if using) and beat well. Pour egg into each muffin cup until it is 3/4 full. I like to stir slightly with a fork. Bake 25-35 minutes until muffins have risen and are slightly browned and set.
Muffins will keep more than a week in the refrigerator. Microwave on high about 45 seconds to one minute to reheat.
Egg muffins can be store in the fridge for at least a week. Reheat in the microwave for less than a minute to warm them.
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My longtime colleague Jimmy Cefalo used to always say that a football game has a good, bad and ugly. Well, the Canes spring game seemed to have a lot more bad and ugly.
I had a bird's eye view of the action while doing the TV play-by-play for CSS, and at times, my eyes were hurting.
Yes, it wasn't pretty.
In Miami's defense, a handful of key players were out because of injuries, and some key recruits won't get to campus until the fall. Still, the lack of play-makers was easy to spot and is concerning.
Since I'm an optimistic guy, I'll start with the good.
The defense was swarming to the football and gang tackling like we haven't seen in the last couple of years. Denzel Perryman may not be the biggest guy in the world. but he's constantly making plays as the new middle linebacker.
The veteran safeties Ray Ray Armstrong and Vaughn Telemaque each got an interception, and corners Ladarius Gunter, Thomas Finnie and Brandon McGee all showed talent in fighting for starting spots.
While the secondary could be a concern in the fall, the additions of highly touted freshman Deon Grant and Tracy Howard should help with depth.
The defensive line looked very deep. Miami seems to have enough bodies to have a really nice rotation on the d-line. Anthony Chickillo looks every bit the part of an up and coming star.
Now let's talk some bad. The offensive line had all kinds of issues with the snap counts, and the holes were few and far between for the running backs. Remember, this unit was supposed to be a strength for Miami last season and they really disappointed. That can't happen again. The spring game wasn't very encouraging, but they still have the experience and depth to be improved in the fall.
Back-up quarterback Ryan Williams had the entire spring to make a real case for the starting job, but I don't really think he'll have a chance to beat out Stephen Morris.
Williams has shown some ability, but he finished the spring game with two interceptions and few big plays. Morris, if healthy, should be the starter come the fall.
As for the receivers, Rashawn Scott was the talk of the spring, but he had a very inconsistent spring game. He showed some signs of being a big play guy, but he failed to help out his QB on a couple of passes that were a little behind him. If he's going to be Miami's top threat in the passing game, he needs to make those tough plays.
At running back, Mike James and Eduardo Clements were both very average. Each runs hard and has ability, but neither has the game breaking ability that Lamar Miller takes to the NFL. The good news is, incoming freshman Duke Johnson should have a legitimate chance to be that big play guy. Quite frankly, Miami needs him to be.
Finally, let's talk about the ugly. I already mentioned the penalties, and that really was an issue from the start for the Canes. Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch talked about wanting to have a good pace and tempo on offense. Instead, UM kept shooting themselves in the foot.
It's hard enough to move the ball without explosive players all over the offense. It's even more difficult when the offense is in 2nd and 3rd and long situations.
Turnovers were also ugly. Williams threw the two picks I mentioned, and freshman Gray Crow was also picked off. Scott made a big play on a deep pass and seemed ready to take it into the endzone. Instead, he had the ball stripped and turned it over. It was really hard to watch.
The ugliest moment of the game came when the Canes first team offense decided to go for a 4th down and one from it's own 40 yard line.
Williams did a great job of getting away from a pass rusher after a play fake and threw a perfect pass to a wide open Clive Walford. The tight end proceeded to drop it. In the process, he let a potential 60 yard touchdown slip right through his hands.
As a former Canes alumni told me after the game, "man, that was ugly." He didn't only mean that play, but the entire game. Another alum told me it was one of the worst spring efforts on offense he'd ever seen at UM.
The silver lining here is that the regular season is still months away. Morris will be ready and those aforementioned highly recruited freshman will make a difference.
How good will Miami be? It's very hard to say right now, but if you watched the spring game, you're not feeling too confident. I'm willing to be patient.
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In a field dominated by men, this sports journalist is a role model for young women. by Jeff Candura '01
Marcia Neville's love affair with sports began simply, sitting on the couch as a child watching teams battle it out on television. It wasn't her father who cheered on the team with her and taught...


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A Chino woman has filed a $20 million civil lawsuit against the city of Irwindale after an Irwindale police officer allegedly sexually assaulted her during a traffic stop and forced her to perform oral sex.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that the city knew Sgt. David Fraijo was "unfit" and city officials consciously disregarded the safety of others in employing him.
The alleged assault by Fraijo occurred Oct. 20 near the intersection of Azusa Canyon Road and Arrow Highway. The woman was working, delivering newspapers, when she was stopped about 5:15 a.m. by an officer who was driving a marked SUV police cruiser.
The complaint claims that Fraijo, "forcibly touched the plaintiff's breast(s) with his hand(s) and forced the plaintiff to touch and kiss and orally copulate (Fraijo's) penis."
Fraijo no longer works for the police department, according to City Manager John Davidson. He declined to say whether Fraijo was fired or resigned.
The City Council has been informed of the lawsuit and will review it with the city's attorney and give direction in how the city will handle it, said Davidson.
In April, the woman filed a $1 million claim against the city, which is separate from the lawsuit. She said she suffered emotional, psychological and physical injuries as a result of the alleged assault.
Davidson said that Carl Warren, the city's third-party administrator, is reviewing the claim and will advise the council whether to accept or deny the claim.
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident, which is ongoing, said Davidson.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore knew nothing about the status of the investigation.
The Sheriff's Department has not yet brought the case forward to the L.A. County District Attorney's Office.
The civil lawsuit outlines four causes of action:
- The woman's constitutional rights were violated.
- Her rights to due process, equal protection and privacy were violated.
- She was falsely imprisoned.
- She was sexually battered.
The woman is requesting $5 million in damages for each claim.
Fraijo is one of three current or former Irwindale police officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.
Officer Daniel Camerano was placed on paid administrative leave amid accusations that he had inappropriate relationships with Explorer Scouts.
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REEVE the Bakers invites people to buy doughnuts from their Devizes store for national doughnut week and raise funds for the area's children's hospice next week.
During the week 20p from the sale of every pack of three doughnuts at the shop in The Brittox will be donated to children's hospice, Naomi House.
Reeve the Baker has been supporting Naomi House for 15 years and during that time has raised over £50,000 for the hospice near Winchester, which provides support for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
The money raised during Doughnut Week will pay for play activities at Naomi House, including arts, crafts and day trips out – giving the children fun.
Gary Reeve, managing director at Reeve the Baker, said: "Last year our customers helped us raise almost £4,000 for Naomi House during Doughnut Week by buying freshly made doughnuts and donating money.
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I have an article in the new Senses of Cinema 67 on Roger Corman's film The Intruder.
As I note at the beginning of my essay, "in the early 1960s, director Roger Corman was on fire. Coming off a wave of ultra-exploitational titles for the fledgling film production/distribution company American International Pictures (AIP), which arguably defined late 1950s teen cinema, with such titles to his credit as Premature Burial, Pit and the Pendulum, Creature from the Haunted Sea (all 1961), Last Woman on Earth, The Little Shop of Horrors, House of Usher (all 1960), The Wasp Woman and A Bucket of Blood (both 1959), as well as She Gods of Shark Reef, Teenage Cave Man, Machine-Gun Kelly, War of the Satellites, I Mobster (all 1958), and Sorority Girl, Teenage Doll, Rock All Night, The Undead, Attack of the Crab Monsters and Not of This Earth (all 1957), Corman had mastered genre filmmaking, and was looking around for a new challenge.
The range of Corman's work during this period is astounding; Pit and the Pendulum and House of Usher were the first two Gothic horror films in Corman's long-running and highly influential series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe; A Bucket of Blood and The Little Shop of Horrors were two of the first truly 'sick' comedies, both shot in a matter of days; Machine-Gun Kelly introduced a young Charles Bronson to audiences, in a period piece designed as a nod to the Warner Bros. gangster films of the 1930s; Teenage Doll and Sorority Girl were pure teen exploitation; and Attack of the Crab Monsters, War of the Satellites and Not of This Earth were clear-cut science fiction.
Most of Corman's films during this formative period were shot in a week, on budgets of $100,000 or less – The Little Shop of Horrors was famously shot in two days and a night, for roughly $40,000 – although the Poe films represented a real step up for the young director, at least in terms of physical production values. With 15-day schedules, budgets in the $300,000 to $400,000 range, Panavision and Pathécolor, Corman could relax a little, and take some more time with the material.
But even on these films, he often finished ahead of schedule, and he seemed driven to make one film after another, all of them incorporating thematic concerns outside the realm of conventional genre cinema; teen crime, peer pressure, consumerist materialism, even humanist parables, as in Teenage Cave Man, in which the 'Stone Age' the protagonists are living in is revealed in the film's final moments as actually being a post-apocalyptic world after the Third World War has destroyed most of the planet.
While Corman could dabble in social commentary in these films in a rather light and tangential fashion, as a lifelong liberal filmmaker he longed to do something utterly uncompromising. Bolstered by the continuing commercial success of all of his previous films, he decided to direct a film on the racial tensions of the 1960s, shot on location in the American South. And so, right in the middle of his run of commercially successful films for AIP, Corman went off on his own and, with his own money and no studio support, made The Intruder (1962) for a mere $80,000, creating one of the most brutal, honest, and unflinching examinations of American racism in cinema history."
You can read the rest of the article by clicking here, or on the image of William Shatner above.


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HOST: Welcome vibrant viewers to Healthy Living on Supreme Master Television. According to the World
Health Organization, cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Each year over 12 million people across the globe are diagnosed with cancer and 7.6 million succumb to the disease.
The numbers are projected to continue rising, with an estimated of 12 million deaths in 2030.
Today we have the honor to share the first of an eight part series featuring excerpts from The Cancer Project's
『Eating Right for Cancer Survival,』 a two-set DVD of presentations by esteemed nutrition researcher and author Dr. Neal Barnard, MD that is a companion to the book The Cancer Survivor's Guide written by Dr. Barnard and registered dietician Jennifer Reilly.
Dr. Barnard is the president of The Cancer Project, a US-based non-profit organization advancing
cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research. Since its founding in 2004, the Project has strived to promote the vegan diet as the answer to cancer.
The Cancer Project is an affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group created by
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The Committee is also actively involved in raising awareness of the benefits of a plant-based diet through such projects as the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program and seeking to amend federal nutrition guidelines.
Dr. Barnard has served as the principal investigator on many clinical studies examining the links between diet and health and his work has been published in top scientific and medical journals. He is often interviewed by the national media in the US for his perspectives on important issues in nutrition, health and medicine.
We are now pleased to show a segment from 『How Foods Fight Cancer,』 a chapter from the 『Eating Right for Cancer Survival』 DVD.
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Joshua Kusnick is an MLBPA-certified agent who periodically writes about his experiences representing professional players. He can be reached via email at email@example.com and on Twitter @JoshuaKusnick.
Greetings again, Baseball Prospectus readers. For anyone who remembers me or my old, short-lived BP column, thank you. To anyone who doesn't know me, my name is Joshua Kusnick. For the last decade or so, I've been an MLBPA-certified player agent, which means that I'm permitted to engage in contract negotiations with major-league clubs on behalf of any player who is on the 40-man roster. As this is an especially busy time of year for me, I'd like to give you a look at the challenges facing an agent at this early stage of the offseason.
Over the past several weeks, I've worked on finding jobs for my clients to play winter ball in either the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or Venezuela, as well as handling minor league free agency, endorsement deals, and, in the event that one of my clients ends up in a hearing, arbitration preparation (a process that takes years to prepare for, with major help from many outside parties, specifically the MLBPA). I've also been interviewing prospective clients (both amateur and professional), finalizing client contracts for players who have less than three years of MLB service time and, lastly, doing the paperwork to make sure I get paid for my services. (As Dr. Nick Riviera once said, "The most rewarding part was when he gave me my money.")
Starting on the day the regular season ended, I began contract discussions with teams that had minor league free agents whom I represented, and who would potentially hit the open market five days after the World Series ended. There are several ways to become a minor league free agent. The most common way for a non-40-man player to hit free agency is to reach "six year free agent" status, a misleading name due to the fact that a player must attend six spring trainings in order to accrue enough minor-league service time to reach it. (Since baseball's draft takes place in June, it's impossible for a recent draftee to attend spring training, which means that he must wait seven years in order to become a six-year free agent.)
The second way a player becomes a minor-league free agent is if he's removed from the 40-man for the second time and elects free agency. Lastly, of course, it can happen if a player is released or not tendered a contract, which is especially common if the player is arbitration eligible. In lieu of increasing certain players' salaries, some teams opt to non-tender them in hopes of retaining them on a minor-league deal at a lower cost. This carries some risk to the teams; if a player is removed from the 40-man roster, he will have to clear waivers, which means that 29 other clubs could decide to add him to their own 40-man. Alternatively, if the player clears waivers for the second time, he has the right to elect free agency. And lastly, if the player has accrued enough minor-league service time and clears waivers after the season has ended, he could decide to exercise his right to test free agency via the six-year route.
Some decisions are easier than others. Some players opt to stay with the organization they're with because they feel comfortable in that situation, while others have to make a life-changing decision to leave a club they've been with for seven seasons and enter the great unknown that is free agency. In most cases, these contracts are handled by the team's minor-league director or assistant general manager and ultimately cleared with the general manager.
Currently, I'm in the process of negotiating four minor-league free agent contracts, and a fifth, for Jiwan James of the Philadelphia Phillies, has already been finalized, which means that Jiwan will be Phillies property for at least one more season barring an addition to the 40-man roster.
I've known Jiwan James since 2007, when at age 18 he was drafted as a pitcher by the Phillies. Jiwan got hurt early in his career, moved to the outfield shortly thereafter, and was on the fast track until injuries derailed him in 2013. Representing him has been a unique experience. In 2011, I was fired by Jiwan for reasons beyond my control, but we ended things on as good terms as we could. Once the opportunity to reenter the picture presented itself this season, I was more than happy to sign on again given the nature of our relationship. Taking back a client who had previously fired me is not something I had ever done in my 12 years in the business, and yet it happened three times this season, with Darren Ford (formerly of the Giants) and Adrian Nieto of the Nationals being the other two.
I've known Ford since he was 18 and Nieto since he was 14, so my history with these men had a lot to do with the effort I expended to repair any damage that had been done to the agent-player relationship. It was a valuable lesson in not burning bridges, and I am happy to have these guys back in my life. Ford has a World Series ring thanks to his time in San Francisco in 2010, and is facing free agency, while Nieto was invited to the Arizona Fall League coming off a breakthrough season that could culminate in his addition to the 40-man roster.
Any agent can talk to any player who's not on a 40-man roster without restraint. If a player is on the 40-man, there are very strict guidelines that all MLBPA-certified agents must follow in order to talk to him. The contact must be reported to the union, and even after it's reported communications are monitored and limited. The nice thing is that any player on the 40-man can tell the union to notify all MLBPA agents to stop contacting him about switching agencies, and the union will send out a notice to all agents to back off with threat of penalties if ignored. Since James hasn't yet been on the 40-man, our friendship was able to continue without consequence.
As soon as I was retained by Jiwan again, I contacted the Phillies front office, with whom I have some familiarity since I also represent RHP David Herndon, who pitched there for three seasons before being claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays and then the Yankees. The first phone call was to the director of minor-league operations, followed by another to the director of player development. Since I signed on so late in the process—a week after the season ended—I had a lot of catching up to do. Jiwan is a very young six-year free agent, and given his vast potential and raw athleticism he very likely would have been a coveted minor-league free agent. He and I had to weigh the risks and rewards of staying in Philly versus testing the open market.
The two most important things to look at when it comes to free agency at the minor-league level are the opportunity to play and the opportunity to be fairly compensated financially. Whichever team offers a player the best chance of reaching the major leagues, along with a salary in line with his worth, usually stands the best chance of landing him. Familiarity goes a long way as well. Some players are simply not interested in testing free agency because of the uncertainty of the open market, and some players just do not want to risk going somewhere that seems like a good fit early on but could eventually become a massive roadblock if the team decides to go after a high-dollar free agent at the same position.
In Jiwan's case, his familiarity with the Phillies and the Phillies' with Jiwan made the situation fairly easy. All that was left to do was hammer out the financials. A player earns more money with each level he advances, so when negotiating a minor-league split deal (which also covers a player's call-up salary), an agent must extract maximum value. In this case, the Phillies were more than fair, and the deal was signed very early in Jiwan's offseason. He is looking forward to being the everyday center fielder in Triple-A if he is healthy and productive.
Guys like Jiwan always intrigue me. I do have a background in scouting, and players like Jiwan are exciting because when the light bulb goes off and everything clicks, you have a real talent on your hands. Signing a contract early had a ripple effect on Jiwan's offseason, since it meant that he no longer had an interest in playing winter ball out of the country due to the obvious injury risks involved. Had Jiwan not signed and instead tested the free agent waters, playing out of the country could have significantly increased his worth—or, on the flipside, completely decimated his value if he had gotten injured or played poorly.
I should mention that before a minor-league player reaches the open market, his salary is literally at or near the poverty level. Any minor-league player not on the 40-man roster is not protected by the MLBPA, and so minor-league salaries have not changed much in the last 40 years. Most of my clients in class-A ball were making $1500 a month, with no salary in spring training or the offseason. Multiply that by five and you have a salary of $7500 a year, which does not include housing, food, and (for players without agents) high-quality equipment or endorsements. College seniors have it the roughest, since most do not get much money through the draft. Many of them have to take regular jobs during the offseason just to make ends meet. Playing baseball for a living is a privilege and an honor, but only about one percent of players make it to the point where they are financially solvent.
I hope this sheds some light on the life of a minor-league player. I always stress that players should be kind to everyone and always remember where they came from, and I like to believe that my clients are very giving with their time and are respectful to all fans. If anyone has a sour encounter with a player, just try to chalk it up to his having a bad day. I assure you that most of them are very good guys.
Back to winter ball. When negotiating a winter ball contract for any player, 40-man roster protected or not, there are several things an agent can ask for in order to maximize the player's value in this quasi-free agent vacuum. I have had to negotiate the following things in various winter ball contracts: hotel suites, internet access inside a player's room, cell phones, phone cards, airfare for the player's family or girlfriend, rental cars, guaranteed salary language, and many on-field incentive bonuses for strikeouts, wins, appearances, saves, holds, home runs, batting average, runs, stolen bases, hits, etc. It is a very time-consuming process, but overall a rewarding one.
In winter ball, minor-league players get a chance to experience a high level of competition while making more money per month than they ever have in the minors. Major-league players get to stay in shape (and continue to get compensated) by playing live games almost year-round. Winter ball can be a terrific showcase for minor-league players and free agents; the leagues are heavily scouted, so if a player excels during the winter-ball season, he could become a prime candidate for selection in the rule 5 draft (if eligible). Free agents get a chance to increase their worth on the open market and to stay in affiliated baseball. Salaries vary from league to league and player to player. This can be problematic, because if a player would prefer to play in Puerto Rico and is offered only $6000 a month to play there, while a team in Venezuela is offering $15000 a month, the player has to make a decision about what's best for him and his family, sometimes sacrificing a preferred destination for more money.
Winter ball is also a time for teams to experiment with players by playing them at new positions or converting starters to relief (and vice versa). I'm dealing with this exact issue right now. Team X wants player Z to transition from reliever to starter, which I wholeheartedly disagree with. I always have to balance the best interests of my clients against respecting the club's absolute right to do what they feel is best for themselves. Sometimes, the idea of what is best for the player doesn't match up between team and agent, and that's where an agent's relationship with team officials comes into play. Most of the time, the team will defer to the player's wishes, but sometimes the team pushes forward and decides to do what they feel is best.
I usually try to stay out of on-field club decisions, but on some occasions I am forced to step in and say something to the club on behalf of the player to paint a clear picture of why such a move might be detrimental to his career. If something isn't broken, don't mess with it. As simple as that sounds, some teams just can't stop tinkering with players. Results vary from total failure to total success. Very rarely is there an in-between, so in my mind, why risk it, especially in the case of a relief pitcher. Infielders are different, since the ability to play multiple positions adds value, whereas in the outfield it can have a dramatic financial impact. Moving a player from center field to left field could drastically impact a player's salary when arbitration time comes, since whatever the offensive numbers are, they always look better in center.
I am open to any and all suggestions on what to write about in future installments, and will do my best to minimize hyperbole. I promise to do my best to not make this a sell job, and I assure you that this is not a recruiting tool—I have not landed or lost any clients as a result of these stories. I am doing this for the fans and for myself, because I love writing. Just go easy on me, since I don't write for a living—I talk for a living. As my favorite movie quote goes, "Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk."
Res ipsa loquitur,
Joshua Kusnick is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @joshuakusnick
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Nov 14, 2013 06:30 AM
Nice read Joshua, thanks. Is there ever any negotiation in adding a player to the 40? I mean, does any club talk to a player's agent regarding conditions around that action? Do you, as an agent, have any input in minor league assignments? Have you ever "fired" a player, that is, chosen to stop representing him?
Nov 14, 2013 06:48 AM
I have no say on assignments at all. There is no negotiating 40 man deals. They are all collectively bargained for and are what they are based on how many years a player has been on the 40 man. 1st year 40 man players get ex amount of money 2nd year goes up 3rd etc....
Nov 14, 2013 15:20 PM
Do agents have any measure of a duty of confidentiality to their clients?
Nov 14, 2013 07:51 AM
No but it's highly advisable. I cleared this article with the player first. Thanks for asking.
Nov 14, 2013 15:21 PM
How might it behoove the client to tell the press about offers the agent has received? When Nolasco's agent tells Yahoo Sports that he's received multiple 4-year contract offers for his client's services, how does that benefit Nolasco?
Nov 15, 2013 09:20 AM
Peter Benedict
I enjoyed your last articles, and look forward to the next ones.
Nov 14, 2013 07:52 AM
I appreciate you reading all of them. I got a mixed review on the last batch except the last one which thankfully got unanimous praise. Im going to do the articles in this light more likely than not. Competition between agents is obvious so I dont know how much light I could shed on that but I can potentially do a log one day of what I'm doing if it's really that interesting, I hadnt thought of that yet. Thanks.
Nov 14, 2013 15:22 PM
Nice article. Just wondering if a minor league contract like that signed by Jiwan James is guaranteed- what happens if he is released prior to the season?
Nov 14, 2013 10:24 AM
Unless negotiated the contracts are not guaranteed. So if a player comes to camp on a minor league deal and is cut the player gets severence pay usually a couple weeks and thats it unless it is specifically negotiated. For 6 year guys the max tends to be 100k and that NEVER happens (to be fair one of my guys did get the 100k so NEVER except the one time I did it this year and last.)
Nov 14, 2013 15:24 PM
I always wondered what a 6+ year minor leaguer gets paid. You always hear about, like what you said, the poverty like salaries for first year players. Then you hear about the ~$480K major league minimum. But I've never heard numbers dropped on the in between.
Nov 14, 2013 14:55 PM
Ill be answering all questions on this thread all week so if anyone has anything else keep them coming so I can justify keeping hte column alive. I really appreciate those who I have read this thus far. Thank you for the tweets/emails thus far they've been great and the very reason I wanted to revive this so I could interact with the fans and pull the curtain back a bit.
Nov 14, 2013 18:36 PM
My first encounter and dug it, great work. Keep it varied and coming regularly. I love the details about the behind the scenes, baseball as a business story. It's a facinating game and always has much more going on than what's being seen on the field--all the moving parts. Kudos
Nov 15, 2013 10:28 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed this article, so thank you. Big picture question for you because I get the impression you have some strong feelings on the subject. Baseball is rather unique in that it has an extensive minor league system in place to develop players. This obviously differs from the NBA and NFL who use the NCAA as their minor league system where vast riches are made while the "students" [wink, wink] remain impoverished. In my mind, it's obvious the NCAA should be compensating its players in the sports that generate large amounts of revenue, and that players be allowed to use their fame for their own financial gain. But what about minor league baseball? What do you think is fair for a first year player to earn? If the draft were abolished, we all know the elite prospects would make tens of millions of dollars. What about players such as Jiwan James for whom it takes a little longer for the light bulb to go off? How much should he have been making in his first six seasons?
Nov 15, 2013 22:16 PM
I really appreciate you taking to the time process what I wrote and ask such a thought provoking question. I have honestly never questioned the minor league system salary structure. I get the NCAA question all the time and have made my feelings known publically. I fully support a pay for play system that eventually disarms the NCAA. Its disgusting what goes on and I dont mean for the big 4 sports, I mean all sports and no in my opinion a scholarship is not "getting paid".
Nov 16, 2013 09:09 AM
Thank you for your detailed reply. I agree it's not realistic nor should it be expected that someone take on the role of Curt Flood. It seems that some benevolence on the part of both MLB and MLBPA is needed, yet with player unions these days stealing from the non-represented players-to-be by negotiating away their piece of the pie, that is incredibly unlikely, too. It seems veterans are just as resentful as owners when it comes to rookie signing bonuses. I would add that some people need to have their romantic vision of the poor, struggling ballplayer fighting his way up through the minors to eventual riches dispelled. When you hear someone who is well-to-do now tell of a humorous scheme they pulled off to get food at some low point in their life, it's only funny because it's no longer necessary. The truth is that when only 1% of minor league players make it to the point where they are financially solvent, it means the other 99% are sacrificing either educational opportunities or some prime years where they could be getting their careers established. So when baseball or their bodies finally tell them no, they will be years behind others their age looking for jobs. That's one heck of a sacrifice to make. And that's why whether or not all of them realize that sacrifice, they have my respect for chasing their dream.
Nov 16, 2013 18:43 PM
The mlbpa has to give to get during cba talks and since the draft and the minor leagues doesnt affect current members of the union that stuff is usually the first thing offered up. I cannot see anyway to change the minor league system at all. I mean I have one top prospect non roster player who was a 30thto 40th round pickand hes currently working selling xmas trees. Endorsememts help but they cant sustain you. Its a veryhard financial road
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I don't wear any bling other than my wedding ring but Japanese artist Sakurako Shimizu is tempting me with his waveform jewelry.
"Waveform Series is the laser-cut shapes of the waveform of the sound in sound editing software environment. I used some human sound such as yawn, atchoum, giggle, wow, and the sound of church bell. Materials: Silver Laser cut/ hand fabricated." – http://sakurakoshimizu.blogspot.com/
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Brian Ulrich Copia—Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores,
January 22 - May 18. This insightful, decade-long, three-phase investigation of the American consumer psyche traces a route from exuberant excess to the bleak architectural landscapes of closed malls and empty parking lots.
Between Critique and Absorption Contemporary Art and Consumer
January 22 - May 18. The six contemporary artists included in this exhibition—Kota Ezawa, Gabriel Kuri, Josephine Meckseper, Kaz Oshiro, Dan Peterman, and Shinique Smith—employ a range of visual and conceptual strategies to interrogate consumerism.
The Print Room An Exhibition by the Chipstone Foundation
January 22 - May 18. The Print Room is an immersive exhibition that explores transfer-printed ceramics and their role in print culture.
Aesthetic Afterlife An Exhibition by the Chipstone Foundation
January 22 - May 18. We will die, civilization will crumble, life as we know it will cease to exist, but trash will endure, and there it was on the street, our ceaselessly erected, ceaselessly broken cenotaphs to ephemera and disconnection and unquenchable want.1
The quote above is unmistakably dire and pessimistic, and it hints at a dystopian future for the world. Our obsessive materialism today occurs without consideration of what happens to things when we no longer need or want them. In this installation, six Wisconsin artists address the myriad problems raised by our "throw-away culture," but they do so somewhat optimistically, using old objects to create beautiful works of art.
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The Chicago White Sox agreed to a two-year, $29 million extension with starting pitcher Jake Peavy, the team announced Tuesday.
The deal includes an option for 2015.
"Jake Peavy showed again last season why he is capable of being one of the top pitchers in the American League," GM Rick Hahn said in a statement released by the team.
Peavy's previous deal included a $22 million club option with a $4 million buyout. This deal pays Peavy $14.5 million in both 2013 and 2014.
"I'm really excited to come back to Chicago and build on what we did last year," Peavy said in a statement. "I made no secret of the fact that this is where I want to play. Chicago is a great city with great fans, and I can't think of a better place to try and win a championship. With the guys we have coming back, I think we have a great opportunity to accomplish some special things."
In 2012, Peavy, 31, started more than 25 games for the first time since 2008, going 11-12 with a 3.37 ERA in 32 starts.
The White Sox were active on other fronts as well Tuesday, exercising a $9.5 million option on starting pitcher Gavin Floyd. The team also declined options on pitcher Brett Myers (for $10 million) and third baseman Kevin Youkilis (for $13 million). Myers and Youkilis will receive buyouts of $3 and $1 million, respectively.
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Timetable could have Latos ready for Opening Day
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Reds starter Mat Latos is progressing well enough from recent surgeries on his right elbow and left knee that he could be ready to open the season on the big league roster, manager Bryan Price said Sunday.
According to the first-year skipper, Latos would have to throw one more bullpen session, live batting practice and make four spring starts to build up enough arm strength to be ready for Opening Day.
Considering the Reds open at home against the Cardinals on March 31, the time frame is pretty tight.
"With the schedule we have written, there's time to do all that, but everything would have to go right," Price said. "Right now, it's likely he'll have one more bullpen and pitch to live hitters before we evaluate."
Latos was 14-7 with a 3.16 ERA and 187 strikeouts in 210 2/3 innings last season, but he had to undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips in his right elbow this past October. Although his arm was ready before Spring Training, Latos tore the meniscus in his left knee throwing in the bullpen the week the team reported to camp, requiring another round of surgery.
Price said Latos had a good bullpen session Saturday, the right-hander's third since returning from rehabbing the knee, and was encouraged by the 26-year-old's progress.
"It's been terrific," Price said. "He's still working real hard on the strength of his leg and still doing all the work he needs on his elbow.
"He looks strong. There are no inhibitions to his throwing. He's throwing the ball very hard. I don't see any reason not to be optimistic that he'll be able to follow his regimen all the way up to his first start."
Price said it's essential that Latos be able to build up to at least 90 pitches before he can open the regular season. Price also said he hasn't informed Latos when he might make his first spring start.
"He's going to have to make a minimum of four starts to get his pitch count up high enough to pitch in a big league game," Price said. "I say that because as much as it may not seem that innings are important in April, the innings our starters don't pitch, our relievers do. I think 90 pitches for Mat is reasonable. That gives him a chance to throw six innings comfortably and not tax our bullpen."
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Who do you think is the best candidate for judge-executive?
Based on the mismanagement that has taken place these last 3 years in the county judges office, just grab some random person walking down main street, plop them in the judge's seat and for the next 4 years it couldn't be any worse. C.C. Denny maybe a nice family guy that attends church every Sunday but when it was discovered there was no written travel policy…"we just use the buddy system" that was very disturbing. It showed, despite him traveling to those CC conferences 4 times a year, he was clueless on how to operate an office that is funded in part through tax payers' dollars. Ask any state official with the Dept. of Local Government and they'll tell you it's against the law not to have a various written policies including travel.
Conway used the county credit card and petty cash as his personal account. Buying the amounts of food and drinks for personnel is not legal. Despite Conway saying he approved it, his actions where illegal. And the beat goes on….
Anderson County elected officials may have managed a business, been the sales clerk at the local feed & grain store or owned a business that employed 7 people, the fact remains no one had experience at operating an office mostly funded via tax payers' dollars. So when one gets elected they need to take all the classes Dept. L.G. offers to city and county officials. Have a state official periodically come for a visit to review how things are operating. Do this all the time. Don't stop these visits and think you know it all after 2 years.
If the state did an in-depth audit on the city and county they'd find numerous misappropriations of funds or lack of paperwork on expenditures. I have zero confidence in any of our elected officials to make me think different.
I'm not certain that any of the current candidates will be any better (nor any worse) than officials we've had in the past. I just know I'm sick and tired of all the campaigning (negative or not) that goes on during elections. For six months or better (sometimes two year!) we have to put up with the braggarts tooting their own horns about how good and great they are. None of them seem to really care about doing the job they were elected to do. All they want to do is continue on the campaign!
I personally feel that every incumbant should be voted out of office. I went to vote and was disappointed that Mayor Baker was running unopposed. Not that I would have voted for anyone else I probably would have voted for Mrs. Baker anyway but just the apathy that seems to be rampant in our community is disappointing to me.


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One age ends, and another begins. It is the way of things. But, it doesn't happen all at once. --Derek Donais
On Wednesday the market suffered its worst bout of selling so far in 2013. We have only had one other weak day this year so, as sell-offs go, it wasn't all that bad. But the question now is whether this is the start of a market top or just a hiccup before the uptrend continues.
My advice since the first of the year has been to stick with the uptrend until there is a change in price action. The bears have been talking about all the negatives ever since the market gapped up on the fiscal cliff deal, but it simply hasn't matter. But when we have a day like yesterday, we have to start wondering whether the market is going to start embracing those negatives.
The main excuse for the selling yesterday was the minutes of the FOMC meeting, which raised questions about how much longer quantitative easing would continue. Given that this has been the primary market driver for the last three years or so, it is understandable that any talk about cutting back would spook the market a bit. It is a good excuse for selling, and now the issue is whether it will build.
Typically, it has been a mistake to be too bearish too quickly. The last time we saw a poor day and a close at the lows, in early February, the market immediately reversed the next day and resumed the slow upward trend. Quick reverses upward have been extremely common, and overly aggressive bears have often found themselves squeezed.
In view of this behavior, I'm not ready to declare that we have seen the highs but I am shifting my market bias from uptrend to a topping process. Markets usually don't just roll over and go straight down after a good uptrend. It takes time for a top to form. We will see some bounce attempts fail and we'll see the dip buyers give it another try or two. The difference is that the momentum doesn't build and the strength is sold. That is what I'm looking for.
The way to deal with this is to make sure stops are extremely tight and cut stocks that are lagging. You don't need to sell everything and hide in a hole, but don't give your stocks much room to misbehave. The key is to protect recent gains and don't get caught if a full-fledged downtrend emerges.
The good thing about the topping process is that it allows us the ability to exit without too much pain, but the key is not to be frozen into inaction. The biggest losses occur when you fail to recognize that the trend is shifting and you are too stubborn to let stocks go.
You don't have to be a hardcore bear but you need to adjust your mindset and be prepared for a change in market character. The market is likely to bounce soon and try to suck us back in, so increased caution is required.


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SLAM (Students Leaving A Mark) is an exciting program that educates students about the importance of philanthropy and the role it plays at Niagara University. SLAM:
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- Celebrates the act of philanthropy and recognizes what has been made possible by donors.
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The primary goal of SLAM is to instill the importance of philanthropy in students and then provide an opportunity to give back to Niagara before they graduate. There are also three main components to these goals:
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The Mercedes-Benz SL was redesigned midway through 2012 for the 2013 model year, so no changes were made for 2014.
Vehicle Summary
The SL has a long history as Mercedes' two-seat convertible sportster, tracing its lineage back to the 190SL of the early 1960s. During all that time and right up to the present day, the SL has been more of a luxury tourer than a hard-charging sports car. That said, the modern SL is hardly wanting for power, and the AMG models are pavement burners.
The three versions of the Mercedes-Benz SL could be described as fast, faster, and fastest. The standard SL550 is motivated by a 4.6-liter V-8 that, like all SL engines, is bolstered by two turbochargers. With 429 hp, it can send the SL550 from 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. The SL63 AMG features a 5.5-liter biturbo V-8; it makes 530 hp and shaves 0.3 second off the 0-to-60-mph time. The SL63 can be further fortified with the optional AMG performance package, which raises engine output to 557 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque and also raises the top speed from 155 to 186 mph. If eight cylinders are just not enough, there's the SL65 AMG. Its hand-built V-12 engine, also turbocharged, pours out 621 hp and blasts the SL65 to 60 mph in only 3.9 seconds. A 186-mph top speed is standard here.
The AMG versions don't just offer more power. They're comprehensively equipped — as one would hope given their price premium (the SL63 is about 50 percent more expensive than an SL550, and the SL65 costs twice as much as the base car). Both AMGs come standard with a firmer suspension and active body control; an even more hardcore performance suspension is also available. Likewise, higher-performance brakes are standard, but carbon-ceramic stoppers are a pricey ($12,625) option. The revised exterior styling — including the grille, front air dam, side air vents, rear spoiler and diffuser — makes a performance statement, one that's amplified by the sharp bark of the sport exhaust.
For buyers with AMG aspirations but who don't want to spend AMG money, some of that equipment can be had on the SL550. Active body control, a sport body kit, and upgraded brakes with AMG-style nineteen-inch wheels are all available as options on the standard car. Most SL buyers will be more interested in the roadster's luxury features. A retractable hardtop is standard and comes with a glass roof panel (which can be uncomfortably warm on sunny days); Mercedes' Magic Sky Control (adjustable tinting for the glass panel) is available. To extend the top-down season, the SL has a power wind blocker that deploys from behind the seats; there's also Mercedes' Airscarf, a warm-air duct located at the base of the headrests. It works as advertised but can be uncomfortable for very short drivers and passengers.
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As agriculture leaders from China and the U.S. met to discuss trade issues, Washington apple industry leaders were expressing concern about new measures that might limit U.S. apple exports to the world's most populous country.
The annual meeting between plant health officials of China and the U.S. was Sept. 26-27 in Napa, Calif., said Mark Powers, vice president of international trade and transportation for the Northwest Horticultural Council, Yakima, Wash. Those discussions were expected to cover U.S.-China agricultural trade relations, including China's interest in exporting apples to the U.S. and U.S. concerns about China's import policies.
Chris Scott, Washington Apple Commission export representative, said Sept. 26 he recently returned from Hong Kong and said reports from traders there indicate import permits in mainland China have not been issued for U.S. apples since August. Hong Kong remains open to U.S. apple imports, he said.
China takes only red and golden delicious apples, whereas other apple varieties enter China unofficially through Hong Kong.
"Importers in Hong Kong aren't too worried, but I haven't had a chance to talk with importers in China yet," Scott said Sept. 26.
Fred Scarlett, assistant manger of Northwest Fruit Exporters, Yakima, Wash., said he has not heard any feedback from Washington exporters nor have they received official knowledge that import permits are not being issued.
"What we have been told is that import permits that have been issued will continue to be honored," Scarlett said. "If there is truly a stoppage of imports of apples, we would have heard from the industry," he said.
The 2012 marketing season is just beginning, but new crop apples won't go to China for several weeks. Phytosanitary requirements dictate that apple exports to China must undergo cold treatment of 40 or 90 days, depending on the parameters of treatment option.
U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show that exports of fresh apples to China totaled $4 million from January through July, down 22% from the same period a year ago. The volume of exports to China totaled 2,966 metric tons, off 36% from the same period a year ago.
USDA statistics show that Hong Kong is the fifth most important export destination for U.S. apples, behind Mexico, Canada, India and Taiwan. China is No, 21 on the list of U.S. apple importers for 2012.
Dan Kelly, assistant manager with the Wenatchee-based Washington Growers Clearing House, said Washington exports to China during the 2011-12 season (through September) totaled 408,000 cartons, off from 784,000 cartons the same time a year ago. Exports to Hong Kong were 2.1 million cartons so far in the 2011-12 season, just below the 2.2 million for the previous season.


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THE part-night street lighting reduction programme, which will save cash for the taxpayer and cut carbon emissions, is continuing to progress well, according to Worcestershire County Council.
Approximately 52,000 street lights and 8,000 illuminated road signs are managed by the council and, with energy costs rising significantly over the last few years, they cost around £2.4million each year to operate. In addition, street lighting accounts for almost 20 per cent of the authority's total CO2 emissions, which is currently taxed at £12 per tonne.
Following a successful trial between November 2012 and May 2013 in Droitwich, Cabinet agreed in February, 2014, to move forward with proposals that will save around £500,000 and see two-thirds of lights in mostly residential and industrial estates, which tend to be 30mph areas, switched off between midnight and 6am only.
Major traffic routes are exempt from proposals and locations with junctions or bends will remain fully switched on. Any lamps already upgraded to be more energy efficient are also not included.
The county council has worked with West Mercia Police to monitor crime rates and this will continue. To date, no negative impact has been recorded.
Work on equipping lamps with the necessary technology has been ongoing since April and 2,000 have so far been upgraded with the project complete in Droitwich, almost finished in Bewdley and around half-way through in Kidderminster and Redditch. The scheme will roll out in other parts of Worcestershire over the next 12 months.
To ensure residents are kept informed a dedicated section on the council's website worcestershire.gov.uk/streetlighting includes interactive maps and a facility to post comments
Councillor John Smith OBE, county council cabinet member for highways, said: "The street-lighting project is progressing well and will continue around Worcestershire over the coming months to ensure lamps are fitted with the technology that allows us to reduce costs to the taxpayer and cut our carbon emissions.
"We've been clear throughout that simply adopting a 'one-size, fits all' approach wouldn't work. It's important for people to understand what we're doing. This programme is looking at a part-night switch off, between midnight and 6am only, of around two out of every three lights on mostly residential and industrial estates, which tend to have speed limits of 30mph.Those lights on major routes, on junctions or bends will remain on in full."


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Of Dover, DE, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at home surrounded by his family. He was 67.
Mr. Dewey was born December 29, 1944 in Portsmouth, Virginia to the late Fred W. Dewey, Sr. and Virginia Miles Dewey. He graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1962 and earned his Associates from Wesley and his Bachelors of Science Degree from the Delaware State University. After college he served in the
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for 2 years aboard the carrier USS Independence and shore duty in Norfolk, VA. He went on to earn his Masters Degree from Southern Illinois University in guidance counseling. Mr. Dewey returned to Dover and starting teaching 5th grade science at WB Simpson Elementary and then was offered a guidance counseling position at CR Junior High. After 18 years He was appointed as a Magistrate for Kent County. Mr. Dewey retired from the court system in 2007.
Mr. Dewey loved fishing, and traveling to warmer climates every year especially Jamaica. He enjoyed owning street rods, including his most recent purchase a 1953 Chevy Pickup and had also owned a 1936 Chevy Sedan, but his biggest enjoyment was following his son Shawn's professional racing, with the Sports Car Club of American and NASCAR'S Grand-AM division.
He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Glenna Stokes Dewey of Dover; son Shawn Dewey and his wife Mary Pat of Townsend, DE; brother, David W. Dewey and his wife Anita of Magnolia, DE; nephew and niece, Jeremiah Dewey and Christine Landrau and their families; and his beloved cat Belle.
Memorial Services will be held 5PM Saturday November 17, 2012 at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt.10), Dover. Friends may call from 3-5 PM.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to Michelle Golberg, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, 100 N. Charles Street, Suite 422-A, Baltimore, MD 21201.
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Published in The News Journal on Nov. 14, 2012