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Why a Tag Team Division is Needed
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In my previous entry I discussed why a successfully promoted tag team division is no longer found in pro-wrestling today - the WWE in particular. I posited that tag teams, and having a tag team division can, does and will act as cornerstones to power blocks in locker room politics when it comes to booking. Consequently, the McMahon family has no use for them any longer as they have taken a "why-ferment-a-faction-that-may-question-your-absolute-authority in the future" approach.
After the disaster that was the Minnesota Wrecking Crew's arrival into the old WWF as the Beverly Bros., the break up of The Rockers, Hart Foundation, Demolition, and exclamated by the departure of L.O.D., the WWF's once vaunted tag team division hit a wall.
Teams like the Steiners, Money Inc., The Quebecers, M.O.M. and The Smoking' Gunns (to name a few) emerged - but it was not the same. The tag team titles seemed less important than they had ever been before. Not because the quality in the wrestlers was lacking, but more so because the tag teams weren't promoted in the same way. There were a few reasons for this, First of all, a lot of the new in-coming tag-teams were comprised of wrestlers who were unknown and lacked any kind of pedigree in the eyes of the fans. This certainly wasn't the case with Money Inc. or The Steiners of course, but they suffered themselves due to a lack of heat in terms of their competition, so mainly they just feuded with themselves for the most part. This brings me to another huge reason why the tag-team division in the WWF from 1992-97 was so flat: A lack of managers. Men like Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Johnny Valiant & Mr. Fuji just had a knack for making any match their wrestlers were in that much more interesting. Often this meant spicing up the tag team matches. By 1993 none were heel managers of tag teams anymore. Valiant was long gone, Heenan was following his 'broadcast journalism' career, Hart turned babyface and managed Hulk Hogan and we only saw Fuji when Yokozuna was around. The WWF did at that time have Jim E. Cornette, as a good a heel manager the industry has ever seen outside of anyone named Bobby Heenan, so the opportunity did exist for a new heel stable to form under Cornette's watch. He was featuring The Heavenly Bodies in 1993 - a team that had some potential on the surface. Ultimately they went nowhere and Cornette, now the company's top heel manager at the time, wound up being incorporated into programs involving the main-eventers who were already established. Poor long-term booking strategy.
This was a telling turn of events. It showed that the WWF was suffering from a lack of direction in terms of its entire roster, something they excelled in during the Hulkamania era. Now they seemed to devote most of their efforts to programs involving Hart family members and Kliq members. Jim E. Cornette and The Heavenly Bodies could have been the start of something interesting (I will refrain from saying 'something great') if it had been allowed to persist and had more talent folded into their mix. For example, instead of the ridiculous Double-J gimmick Jeff Jarrett was given - how much better would his WWF career had been if he was given Cornette as his manager with the Heavenly Bodies as his cohorts? Well, we'll never know - nobody in the WWF at the time was thinking on this level. 90% of the energy seemed to be focused on programs and power blocks surrounding the Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels camps...Hart and his staged feuds with either his brother or an uncompelling heel champion Yokozuna & Shawn and his staged feuds involving his fellow locker room Kliq members.
Remember, this is also the era in which we were 'treated' to the fake Undertaker, The Bodydonnas, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, Adam Bomb, a top-billed Wrestlemania match featuring Lawrence Taylor, the Wrestlemania prior to that featuring two Bret Hart matches - where he loses one only to win the championship in the second, among other a great deal of other abominations and nonsense. All this while top talents who had admirably performed on under cards during the Hogan-Savage-Warrior era, like Mr. Perfect, Rick Martel, Jake The Snake and Jacques Rougeau (to name a few) were ignored and unceremoniously phased out. Including Savage himself, who still had a lot more tread on his tires.
That was all a result of a lack of vision regarding the whole picture in terms of booking while an overt amount of attention was paid to the Hart - Michaels camps. This harmed the company immeasurably as it produced top-heavy cards and a stagnant product. At the same time WCW seemed to have a better idea of how to make their entire cards interesting... a pattern which wasn't truly recognized until after Nash & Hall's arrival and would continue on until the arrival of Bret Hart (which in my estimation marked the beginning of the end for WCW).
A strong reason for this was WCW had cultivated and properly booked some strong factions - and knew how to dissect its rosters and properly employ its talent in a way where everyone was given a chance to shine relative to their spot in the hierarchy. The foundation of strong factions is a successful tag-team division.
To have a successful tag-team division teams that can legitimately main event a card need to be employed. As I mentioned in the previous blog entry, in their prime teams like The Von Erichs, the Freebirds, The Midnight Express, the Rock N' Roll Express, The 4-Horseman and L.O.D. were some of a number of teams that could main event virtually any card they were on. The reason for this: they were often part of a compelling factions or they had compelling manager. In RN'R Express' case, they benefited from the fact that they were as talented as they were and competed in an era of tag-team wrestling that warranted our attention for reasons previously mentioned in regards to the other teams. Everyone worthy of benefiting benefitted.
The WWF, while never really using tag-teams in any main events (why would they need to? They had Hogan-Andre-Savage & Warrior) still had teams that could if necessary. Demolition was huge in their time. Strike Force was as hot a babyface team the WWF ever had, the Hart Foundation was outstanding - and of course L.O.D. was brought in later. Post 1992 the WWF developed no teams that could even approach main event status... unless they sandwiched pre-existing main-event calibur wrestlers together (i.e. Shawn & Nash or Owen & Davey).
When the WCW was running away with the ratings war Vince had to pull out all the stops. As a result - beginning with the emergence of DX and a reformatted Hart Foundations (again, factions being the key point) the WWF for the first time in two years was once again the more interesting show. The WWF was intent on forming a brand, a brand that came to be known as the Attitude Era, as its means of salvation. Steve Austin' emergence was the centerpiece of this branding - but a great deal of that brand's success had to do with the fact that for the first time in a long time the tag team ranks were worth keeping an eye on. The New Age Outlaws emerged at the end of '97 as peripheral DX-faction cohorts and were put over by Animal of L.O.D., who allowed DX and the Outlawz to shave off his trademark mohawk to close a late-December edition of RAW that year. There was also the formation of other factions predicated on tag teams: Los Boricuas, the Disciples of Apocalypse and of course the Nation of Domination. At the time these factions seemed contrived, and they were, but it didn't matter because the WWF struck gol. Out of this 3-faction-formation gamble The Rock found his footing and emerged. And of course, later on in the attitude era we were treated to the wars that the Dudleys, Edge & Christian (thanks to Taker's faction The Ministry) & The Hardy BoyZ waged against each other.
In early 2001 the Attitude Era initiative was successful and the Monday Night Wars were officially over. Vince now owned everyone. Never again would he allow the development of power blocks to emerge. As a result we no longer have any titles that mean anything outside of the World Titles, of which the reigns are doled out very methodically - like pieces of pie everyone feels entitled to. Bradshaw & Simmons formed the last truly great tag-team we've seen in the company, emerging in a graveyeard of what was a dying aspect of the industry. Since their break up nothing much of note has developed.
At the end of 2003 the Evolution faction was formed, yes, but this was the most contrived faction in the history of WWE. The leader, Triple-H, was essentially management himself, Flair was just happy to be involved in storylines that mattered, while Orton and Batista were just noobz and were handpicked as two that had a long term future in the company's eyes that needed their hands held to keep them under control. Contrived as that faction was, it still worked. Look what it did for Orton and Batista.
Today a lot of waves are made over the WWE management's displeasure with the young talent on their roster. No one is emerging. Well for decades young talent would cut their teeth in tag-team ranks. That's how we got an Edge, Jeff Hardy, and a Christian (one of the most underrated and under-utilized talents I think I've ever seen). We can go back even further and mention Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart of course as well as the late great Mr. Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Ricky Steamboat and Harley Race - all some of the biggest names the industry has ever known - and all who were able to succeed because early in their careers they were part of tag teams in a time and place when that division mattered - be it within the WWF or outside of it.
Ask yourself this: Is Ric Flair the legend he's regarded as today without the 4-Horseman? Maybe... maybe.
Tag-team ranks offer the audience an opportunity to have an alternative narrative of equal importance to the world title narrative being booked. With skillful booking you can even interweave the two. Remember Hall & Nash as The Outsiders? Did either of them agree to come to WCW for a chance to be champion? No, they signed straight up for the money - now that the WWF had consciously made an effort to cut ties with them - and Hogan was now the main guy there anyway. So how do you keep heat on Hall & Nash - two commodoties now being paid big big dollars? Easy answer: make them the unadulterated tag teams champions. This was flawless booking - and it helped give the NWO angle legs.
When we look at the landscape of the WWE today there is a serious problem. The younger stars have very little to work with. Those who show any promise are given unwarranted runs with a world title (Miz, Swagger, Sheamus, and even Ziggler already has a world title credit), depriving them of special moments in the future. The rest may as well have names like Barry Horowitz, Iron Mike Sharpe and Rikki Attaki - because none of the other titles in the company merit much interest.
Even Randy Orton was given far too much success far too early on. Orton has won the world title so many times I've lost count. Outside of the fact that I know he defeated Benoit for reign #1, I can't remember one of his title victories. Like Cena's reigns, they're all one big nebulous blur. Randy Orton's legacy has been undermined by a watered down product that lacks a tag division with viable factions. In an ideal world, in 2012 a Randy Orton would have a grand total of zero world titles to his name. Not because he isn't talented enough - but because he is. Orton's career would have benefited if after his run with Evolution he had been teamed with someone who looked like his personality comes across... i.e. a Snitsky, Albert or Mike Knox - someone of the 'classic wrestling-ugly type.' With an Orton as the driving force a tag team like this would have been a huge success and eventually Orton would branch out on his own and build his rep in the single ranks where he'd get a special Wrestlemania moment like all of the other previous greats.
A wrestler like Ken Anderson, for example, would have benefited greatly had he been booked as part of a tag team originally. Ken Anderson is nothing to write home about as a singles competitor - he has no 'It' factor, no matter how much he calls fans assholes. But that's not to say he couldn't have developed an 'It' factor if he'd come up the way talent of his caliber should be brought up - which is through the tag-team ranks.
What tag-teams do is help us figure out who is worthy of a singles push and who isn't. For every Bret Hart there is a Jim Nidehart. For every Shawn Michaels there is a Marty Jannetty. Some wrestlers aren't meant to be singles competitors - case closed. Why waste fans' time and money on them? In tag team matches, however, these wrestlers have a place of importance and the cream has a chance to rise to the top.
No hard-core wrestling fan today will get to experience the immense satisfaction of watching someone like Bret Hart, who after over FIVE years as a legendary tag-team wrestler, got to win the Intercontinental Title against Mr. Perfect at Madison Square Garden on a pay-per-view. There are no legendary tag teams wrestlers and the IC title is just about as meaningless as the tag titles. These are all lamentable facts.
Another thing tag team divisions do is provide a place for established stars who no longer have a purpose in the singles ranks, i.e. The Iron Sheik, Ted DiBiase and The Masked Superstar Bill Edie (aka Ax of Demolition).
I guess having a viable dynamic tag-team division complete with managers compelling believable storylines centered around more than one team vying for a coveted tag team championship gold makes too much sense and would be require more effort than the WWE feels the fans are worth. Another sad commentary considering the WWE is the sole hyper-power in the wrestling industry today.
Tyson Kidd and Dolph Ziggler are talents I have some optimism for. They're brimming with talent and both came up the proper way as former tag-team champions (Even if Ziggler's team was a tad unorthodox to say the least) despite a dead tag team circuit. In their cases they are still allowed to have what Pat Riley would call "a slow meteoric rise to greatness." So there's that at least.
I like to think that as Triple-H gains more control over the booking that this will change and he'll go back to the ways that made wrestling what it is today. But now the WWE has even gone and made the tag team titles bronze. I think the point they're making is evidently clear and I've gotten their message. It's just all too bad.


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Derrick Green had three caps in front of him during his college announcement on Saturday, but that's not how he made his decision known. When it came time to reveal his college choice, he stepped down off the stage, hit a switch, and the projector screen behind the stage slowly went up to reveal a maize and blue No. 27 jersey.
Michigan beat out Auburn and Tennessee, the other two caps resting in front of Green and his family. Green had taken official visits to all three schools.
"I'll be taking my talents to … the University of Michigan," Green said with a broad smile. In recent weeks, Michigan had been considered the slight favorite. The Wolverines and coach Brady Hoke are committed to bringing a bruising style of football back to Ann Arbor (Mich.), and a physical running game on offense.
When Green told Hoke of his decision earlier in the day, the coach became very emotional, Green told 247Sports.com.
"He was real excited," Green told 247Sports. "I kept him on his toes. But when I told him today he was just astound and actually started crying. It was crazy, it was an unbelievable experience."
Green, with his 4.31-second speed in the 40-yard dash and powerful 6-0, 220-pound frame, fits perfectly.
An impressive offensive line class also is key. Green had said in recent interviews that he felt like he would get a lot of playing time as a freshman at Michigan.
The Richmond (Va.) native is rated No. 13 overall in the Sporting News Top 125. Florida State, Miami and USC were just three other schools that also had seriously pursued Green. In the process, Michigan's consensus top-five ranked class landed its best recruit of the year.
"College coaches like my speed at 4.31 in the 40-yard dash," Green told Sporting News in his last interview. "They also like my size at 220 (pounds), my vision, my hands, my power and the yards I get after contact. It's usually between four and seven more yards. That's what makes me a BCS-level recruit."
Green rushed for 1,285 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior. Michigan now has 27 commitments for the signing class of 2013—which will be able to sign on Feb. 6.
"I definitely plan to come out and go hard every day on the field and off the field," he said to 247Sports.com. "I have a great relationship with my position coach, Coach (Fred) Jackson, and like I said I'm just going to go there and grind my freshman year and do what I have to do on the field."


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text: Hats off to them By Kate White February 1, 2013 Story Share Chris Dorst Members of "Hats of Hope," a knitting club at Winfield High School, show off some of the hats they've made. From left to right: Lindsey Lough, Hannah Warner, Kelsey Colvard, Kayleigh Kleppinger, Mary Jorgensen, Leah Keller, Jess Hartley, Hannah Williams, Amanda Schwartz, Kaitlyn Legg and Megan Guetzloff. Chris Dorst Amanda Schwartz, a Winfield High School student and member of the school's knitting club, "Hats of Hope," holds up some of the hats the club made. WINFIELD, W.Va. -- When Hannah Williams created the "Hats of Hope" knitting club at Winfield High School two years ago, she had no idea the impact it would have on its participants.After Williams taught Kayleigh Kleppinger, 17, to knit, she decided to make a hat for a young family friend."He's 2 this year, and I didn't know, but he doesn't let anything touch his head, not even if it's raining," Kleppinger recalled. "I knitted him an orange hat and when I gave it to him, his mom said, 'Oh, thank you, but he won't wear it.'"He put it on immediately and now they'll tell me, 'Logan had to wear his hat to eat breakfast,'" she said with a laugh.Amanda Schwartz, 18, who is Williams' cousin and also helped start the club, remembers when the group made hats for a school project around the Christmas holiday to help underprivileged kids in McDowell County."I have pictures of one girl when she received her hat," Schwartz said, smiling. "She put it on right away and just beamed."Since it began, "Hats of Hope," a group of about 20 Winfield students, has knitted more than 200 hats for various organizations. The group has sent hats overseas with churches on mission trips, delivered them to men's shelters, donated them to struggling mothers to keep their babies warm and to cancer patients, some of whom lose their hair during treatments. Many in the club didn't know how to knit before joining, so Williams and Schwartz taught them."It's easy," Williams said, holding a circular yellow loom. "You just wrap the yarn around the pegs and go around twice. ... It pretty much makes itself, so we'll usually just do it while we watch TV and chill out."The looms come in different sizes. Larger ones are used to make men's hats, some are medium sized and tiny ones are used to create hats that fit a baby."When we make hats for cancer patients, we try to buy softer yarn," Williams said. Mary Jorgensen, 18, said after she joined the club and learned how to knit, her mother, who had always been a fan of crocheting, wanted to learn."She became obsessed with [knitting]," Jorgensen said, laughing.The hats make for good personalized gifts: "I love to pick out the colors," Jorgensen said.Last year, Williams was visiting a friend in North Carolina whose grandfather wasn't expected to live much longer. Williams instructed her friend's family members to each knit several rows of yarn for a hat. "Everyone worked on it and he loved it," she said.The group helped Hannah Warner, 14, make close friends during her first year of high school."I actually made [a hat] I was going to donate, but I kept it [because] I liked it so much," she said.The group often sells hats and holds fundraisers to purchase yarn.On Tuesday, the girls dug through a box of brightly colored hats, some finding the first one they made as a club member. Williams said that after she graduates this spring, she hopes others will continue the group."We definitely will," other members said at the same time. Williams smiled, and put both thumbs in the air. Reach Kate White at email@example.com or 304-348-1723. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 2 Toyota announces new $115 million project for WV plant 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 'Report for America' pilot project begins in Appalachia 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan Scenes from the week: Feb. 2, 2013 Previous Story Bulletin Board: Feb. 2, 2013 Next Story


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The body burns carbohydrates and fat as fuel. However, carbs are always the body's preferred fuel source, and carbs are always burned before body fat. Carbohydrates are broken down by the body into a simple sugar called glucose which is then absorbed into the blood. The body then produces insulin to process the glucose. Extra carbohydrates are stored as fat for future use.
A low glycaemic index (GI) diet is one in which carbs are ranked and consumed according to their potential to raise blood insulin levels. These types of diets are useful in controlling and preventing diabetes as well as in alleviating the symptoms of hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and reactive hypoglycemia. The goal of a low GI diet is to keep blood glucose levels relatively stable and to prevent the intake of excess carbs which can cause weight gain.
The trick is to eat foods that rank lower on the glycaemic index (GI). Low GI foods break down into glucose much slower than foods that are ranked higher on the scale. This means that low GI foods will take longer for the body to process and are less likely to cause spikes in blood glucose levels.
However, there are some times when it might be a good idea to eat foods that rank higher on the GI scale. If your child is diabetic or suffers from hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) he may need a quick fix of sugar to prevent a serious condition caused by blood glucose that is too low. In cases such as this, you'll want to give your child a snack from the lower end of the scale.
Another aspect of a low GI diet is a term called 'glycaemic load'. Glycaemic load is a rank that includes the glycaemic index of a particular food and also the quantity eaten. Certainly a cup of pasta will have a different effect on blood glucose than three cups of pasta consumed at the same time. It may be important to consider not only a food's glycaemic index, but its glycaemic load as well.
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Astros take on in-state rival Texas Rangers in upcoming homestand
HOUSTON, TX - The Astros will host the in-state rival Texas Rangers for a three-game set this weekend, August 8-10. This marks the first time the two teams have met since the Astros swept the Rangers in Arlington this past July. The two teams will meet again for four games in Houston at the end of this month from August 28-31. The Astros will also host the Minnesota Twins for a three-game set, August 11-13.
Friday, August 8 - 7:10 p.m. vs. Texas
Big and Bright Friday Night returns with a postgame Friday Night Fireworks show, presented by Marathon Oil Corporation, following the conclusion of the game vs. the Texas Rangers. This week's show features a country themed fireworks display.
In honor of the Lone Star rivalry, 10,000 fans will take home an Astros cowboy boot mug, courtesy of Xfinity.
The "Astros Fans Win with Slotomania Sweepstakes" also begins on Friday and will continue through the weekend (also, August 26-31). Astros fans will have the opportunity to win a grand prize of $5,000 at each of those nine games! For more information on how to win, please visit http://www.astroswinsloto.com/.
TexanPlus will recognize the first of five finalists in their Champions program, which was designed to recognize everyday champions who make a difference in the lives of older Americans in Southeast Texas, in a pregame ceremony before Friday's game. The finalist who collects the most votes will be named the TexanPlus Grand Champion and will throw out the first pitch at an Astros game in September as well as present a $25,000 donation to the charity of his or her choosing. The remaining finalists will each be recognized in pregame ceremonies throughout the homestand.
Every Friday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. is St. Arnold Happy Hour, featuring $5, 12-ounce beers at the St. Arnold's Bar in left field.
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Saturday, August 9 - 6:10 p.m. vs. Texas
The Texas-inspired giveaways continue on Saturday with 10,000 fans receiving an Astros cowboy hat, also courtesy of Xfinity.
Prior to Saturday's contest with the Rangers, Astros two-time All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve and rookie sensation George Springer will be signing at a free autograph session at Gulfgate RAM located at 7250 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77017 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (players subject to change).
2014 All-Star Final Vote nominee Dallas Keuchel will also be making an appearance at the Academy Sports + Outdoors store located at 23155 1-10 West at Grand Parkway, Katy, TX 77449. The free autograph session will take place from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 10 - 1:10 p.m. vs. Texas
Richard Linklater, director of the popular films School of Rock and Dazed and Confused, will throw out the first pitch on Sunday before the Astros vs. Rangers 1:10 p.m. contest. Linklater's latest film, Boyhood, documents the life of a young boy over the course of 12 years and features highlights of Astros players Roger Clemens and Jason Lane, shot at Minute Maid Park. The movie is in select theaters now.
Tuesday, August 12 - 7:10 p.m. vs. Minnesota
Prior to Tuesday's game vs. the Minnesota Twins, Secretary of the US Navy Ray Mabus will throw out the first pitch and re-enlist 20 members of the US Navy and five members of the U.S. Marine Corps in a pregame ceremony.
Luken Baker, winner of the 2014 MLB Junior Home Run Derby, will also be recognized in a pregame ceremony. Luken is a Conroe, TX native and recent graduate of Oak Ridge High School.


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Meatless Mondays May Be Good for Restaurant Equipment Business
Just a heads up to those in the foodservice industry: it might be time to prepare your restaurant equipment for Meatless Mondays.
"Really?" we hear you ask. "Didn't Meatless Mondays go out with World War I?" Well, yes and no. During WWI, the U.S. Food Administration encouraged rationing of staple foods by promoting "Meatless Mondays" and "Wheatless Wednesdays." Today, Meatless Monday plays something of a different role. The modern Meatless Monday was actually established in 2003 by Sid Lerner, an advertising agency executive, and is an international health campaign intent on improving the world's eating habits one week at a time. The idea is that by cutting out meat from our diets once weekly, we can reduce our cholesterol levels, improve our heart health, and generally improve our physical well-being. It turns out that thousands of restaurants, schools, and companies have jumped on board this movement.
In many foodservice establishments, this has translated into an altered menu on Mondays, and it turns out the move may actually be good for business. Participation in Meatless Mondays allows restaurants to attract new customers, especially since, as Meatless Monday's campaign director Peggy Neu says, it "plays into the vegetarian and 'flexitarian' trends." It also allows restaurants to turn their attention to utilizing fresh, seasonal produce and local resources. But don't worry: you don't have to take all of your omnivorous entrées off of your restaurant equipment to participate in Meatless Monday. Add vegetarian dishes to your Monday specials and advertise your existing vegetarian dishes more prominently as well.
So go ahead, get your restaurant equipment and char broilers and cook up your favorite vegetarian recipes for your customers. You might find that it's both good for you heart and good for business!
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January 9, 2014
MLK Day keynote speaker is Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
Columbus State's 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration will take place on Thursday, January 16, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom, 4th floor WD.
The featured speaker will be Donna Brazile, an American author, academic, and political analyst who is Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She was the first African American to direct a major presidential campaign, acting as campaign manager for Al Gore in 2000.
After graduating from Louisiana State University, Brazile worked for several advocacy groups in Washington, D.C., and was instrumental in the successful campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.
Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN's The Situation Room and American Morning and in CNN's Election Coverage. In addition, she is a contributing writer for Ms. Magazine and was a columnist for Roll Call. Brazile is also founder and managing director of Brazile and Associates and a contributor to NPR's Political Corner and ABC News. In 2004, Simon and Schuster published Cooking with Grease, Brazile's memoir of her life and work in politics. Brazile also guest-starred in three episodes of The Good Wife as herself.
Town Hall meeting scheduled for January 14
Due to the semester start date of January 13, the monthly town hall meeting with President Harrison will be held on Tuesday, January 14, at 8:15 a.m., in the Conference Center Ballroom, WD fourth floor.
A live stream will be available at http://www.livestream.com/columbusstate where you can log in using the password: cougars.
There's still time to join the Spring Semester Welcome Team
Spring Semester 2013 begins Monday, January 13, but there is still time to join the Welcome Team!
Welcome Team Spring 2013 will be held Monday, January 13, and Tuesday, January 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the second floor of Madison Hall in the Student Assistance Center lobby. The Welcome Team counts on your support and hopes you will be able to join in the fun as they welcome new and returning students to the Columbus State campus.
Contact Barbara Allen, firstname.lastname@example.com, ext. 5297 for more information or to volunteer.
Caregivers Employee Resource Group is Friday, January 10
Are youresponsible for the direct care of children in your home or someone who tends to the needs of an elderly or disabled family member? If so, the Caregiver ERG is a great place to share your story and network with other employees who also provide care to children, elderly family members or dependent adults. Join the group on Friday, January 10, from11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Library Studio space (lower level). Contact Lori Thomas, Caregivers ERG Liaison, for more information.
Activities for students planned during Week of Welcome
The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership (SEaL) will offer the Spring Semester Week of Welcome to new and returning students January 13 through 17, starting with Winter Fair, January 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall. Winter Fair features Columbus State's 30-plus student clubs, plus department resources, engagement opportunities, refreshments, and even jazz music by Andrew Walters.
Everyone is invited to cheer on the Cougar men's and women's basketball teams as they take on Lakeland Community College at home, starting with the Lady Cougars at 5:30 p.m. The men's game begins at 7:30 p.m.
Costco offers employee reception
The Costco Wholesale club will offer Columbus State employees a special reception on Sunday, January 26, from noon to 4:00 p.m. at 1500 Gemini Place, Columbus, 43240. New members will receive exclusive offers.
Massis selected for conference scholarship
Bruce Massis, director of the Columbus State Library, is one of only four people selected to receive a $1,500 scholarship to attend the upcoming 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia January 24 through 28. The scholarship is part of the "Conference Scholarship for Academic Librarians" program sponsored by Copyright Clearance Center.
New items available in FOCUS
More than 500 instructors took advantage of the FOCUS Early Alert system this Fall Semester, raising nearly 12,000 notices and more than 2,700 kudos for students. FOCUS, powered by Starfish, is now available college-wide to instructors. FOCUS provides instructors and staff with a powerful tool to communicate real-time academic performance information to students and support staff, and drives students to college resources to help them be successful.
New, this Spring Semester, in addition to general academic performance notices and kudos, instructors can raise the following notices for students to get them the help they need:
Title IX referrals (What is Title IX?)
Generation One Trailblazers (GOT) referrals
Help Desk referrals
Want to know more about FOCUS, powered by Starfish? Watch this testimonial.
If you want more information about the FOCUS Early Alert system, please contact Megan McWilliams or Teddi Lewis-Hotopp. Training for the system is available six times each semester. Interested instructors can sign up for training at: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/course.asp?C=480.
Capella University offers grants to employees
Because Columbus State has chosen Capella University as an approved education provider, employees have been invited to take advantage of some special features. Employees are eligible for a 10% tuition discount for courses at Capella University, and are also eligible for the Alliance Partner Grant, a $3,000 tuition grant when you enroll as a new student in a Capella program between January 6 and April 7, 2014. Learn more and apply.
While we've recently managed to get through our coldest winter weather in years, there's likely more winter weather on the way in coming weeks. One important safety tip for driving includes clearing your headlights of snow and dirt. After a heavy snowfall, some makes and models end up with snow blocking headlights. And on all models, headlights get very dirty from grime and road salt which can reduce the effectiveness of headlights by 50 percent or more! Wipe them off while filling up at the gas station or when you get to your destination.
Here are more handy winter driving tips: http://www.cartalk.com/content/winter-driving-tips-7


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Annette Funicello, the Disney Mouseketeer who later starred in a series of beach-party movies, suffered smoke inhalation Thursday in a fire that gutted her Encino home.
Funicello, 68, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital after she and two other people - identified by neighbors as husband Glen Holt and a nurse - fled the burning home.
"Glen must have gotten her out of the house and put her in the backyard," said Corliss Foster, a long-time friend and neighbor of the former actress.
Officials said the three people who escaped were being evaluated, but were in good condition.
Los Angeles Fire Capt. Tina Haro said firefighters were called about 7 a.m. to the hillside home in the 3100 block of Fond Drive, where Funicello has lived most of her adult life. | See photo gallery.
"When firemen arrived, a lot of flames were coming out of the front of the home," said Haro, adding that investigators had not yet determined the cause of the blaze.
Although the fire was concentrated in the rear and attic of the 3,600-square-foot home, officials said the structure and its contents were badly damaged by smoke, heat and water.
The interior of the house appeared charred, although passersby could see posters from some of Funicello's movies and performances mounted on the wall of the two-car garage.
Funicello became a household name in 1955, when she was hand-picked by Walt Disney to be one of the Mouseketeers on his new television variety show, "The Mickey Mouse Club."
She was pretty, friendly, and had the ability to appear both flirtatious and innocent. Boys developed crushes on her and girls simply wanted to be her.
"She had blue-black hair, lily-white skin, this Cupid's mouth and these big brown eyes," Doreen Tracey of Burbank, another of the original Mouseketeers recalled Thursday. "Black-and-white (TV) just loved her, and she photographed just as she was - this angelic person."
While later incarnations of "The Mickey Mouse Club" launched the careers of numerous younger superstars such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling, there are reasons why the '50s original stays lodged in a generation's imagination.
"There were many factors," Tracey said. "One was, there was nothing like it before. We did all the adult shows (but) in a child's version. We had a soap opera, we had a musical variety show. There were cartoons and documentaries and major films run in 15-minute segments.
"Television had never seen anything like that."
After the Disney show ended in 1959, Funicello went on to star as Dee Dee opposite teen heart-throb Frankie Avalon in a half-dozen beach-party movies, such as "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini."
Funicello settled down in 1965, marrying her first husband and raising their three children. She reunited with Avalon in 1987, filming "Back to the Beach" and touring the country in reunion concerts.
She experienced balance and vision problems while working on the movie, and was eventually diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She shared her condition with fans in 1992, and established the Annette Funicello Fund For Neurological Disorders.
Tracey said that donating to Funicello's charity would be the best way for fans to show their support as the former Mouseketeer copes with the loss of her home and its memories.
"I hope everybody knows that if they love Annette, they should contribute to the Annette Funicello Multiple Sclerosis Foundation," Tracey said. "It's really important, and she gave a lot of her time to it when she wasn't as well as the public thought she was."
How you can help
The Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders is administered by the California Community Foundation, which can be reached at 213-413-4130 or online at calfund.org/give/giving_funicello.php.


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Dietary Phytoestrogens, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Lifestyle in Predicting Survival of Women With Breast Cancer
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RATIONALE: Eating a diet rich in phytoestrogens may slow the growth of breast cancer cells and prevent further tumor progression. Learning about the lifestyles of women with breast cancer, their intake of phytoestrogens derived from food and supplements, and their use of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) practices may help doctors learn more about breast cancer.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effect of dietary and supplemental phytoestrogens and CAM therapies in preventing progression and improving survival of women with breast cancer.
|Breast Cancer
|Genetic: gene expression analysis Genetic: polymorphism analysis Other: high performance liquid chromatography Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: mass spectrometry Other: questionnaire administration
|Study Type:
|Official Title:
|The Role of Diet, Complementary Treatment and Lifestyle in Breast Cancer Survival
- Relapse-free survival
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|January 2005
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|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- To determine if phytoestrogen intake affects breast cancer progression and survival in women with breast cancer.
- To consider the influence of other phytochemicals on breast cancer progression in these patients, using samples of patient blood and urine and patient-derived data.
- To develop a database of food, dietary supplements, and phytoestrogens based on data derived from these patients.
- To consider influences of diet and dietary supplements on quality of life of these patients.
- To measure 17 phytoestrogens in blood and urine samples from these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Patients undergo blood and urine sample collection once a year for 5 years during routine clinical follow-up after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Blood samples are frozen for future analysis of body hormones, tumor markers, and immune reactions, as well as vitamins and plant chemicals reflecting patient diet and supplements. Blood samples are also analyzed for genetic studies of cancer risk factors and polymorphisms. Urine samples are analyzed for the presence of phytoestrogens and their metabolites by immunoassays, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and mass spectrometry. Some samples are analyzed for estrogenic potency by the estrogen receptor-mediated chemical activated luciferase gene expression test to assess total plasma levels of estrogen-mimics not previously detected by the other tests. Phytochemicals are also assessed.
Patients also complete a series of questionnaires once each year for 5 years and an EPIC 7-day Food Diary in years 2 and 4 to assess the role of diet and lifestyle in breast cancer survival. The questionnaires include the EORTC Quality of Life-30 to assess lifestyle; the General Health Questionnaire 12 to assess general health and levels of anxiety; and up to two Food Frequency questionnaires to assess habitual dietary intake of phytoestrogens. Patients are also asked about their use of dietary supplements and complementary and alternative medicine.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed invasive primary breast cancer
- Grade I to III disease
- No bilateral disease
- Completed active treatment for primary breast cancer within 9 months to 15 months after diagnosis
- Hormone receptor status not specified
- Menopausal status not specified
- No prior cancer except basal cell carcinoma
- No other concurrent primary cancer
- No cognitive impairment
- No psychological problems (e.g., severe endogenous depression)
- Able to understand English well
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00691509
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|University College London Hospitals
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|June 4, 2008
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|August 23, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
breast cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
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In 1962, I was overseas in the Air Force. And I was pretty well occupied. It was
during what was then known as the Berlin Crisis. I was pretty well occupied, and also in
Germany. Immediately after Darling's death, a number of admirers of Darling; some
family members, some friends and a lot of folks who had really good credentials in
different areas, and who had admired Darling's work formed the Darling Foundation to
attempt to continue his work, and to continue his conservation ethic. In particular to
finish some projects that Darling had started to one extent or another. They wanted to
try and bring those projects to fruition. Although I was an early trustee of the
Foundation, I was pretty busy with the Air Force, and then trying to earn a living and
raise a family to become involved with the Foundation in more that just a few areas. It
wasn't until about twenty years later that my family had pretty well grown up and I was
approaching retirement. We needed a new President of the Darling Foundation, and I was
it. Within I few years I was able to devote quite a bit of time to the Foundation and it's
The Foundation itself was rather interesting. The first project it did was to try
and consolidate the lands with what is now named the Ding Darling National Wildlife
Refuge, under federal ownership. At the time of Darling's death the key part of the
refuge was on leased land. It was leased from the state of Florida. There were parcels of
land within the refuge that were owned by others. The Foundation went after
consolidating the lands under federal ownership, which was done and done rather
successfully. Simultaneously with that, the refuge was renamed the Ding Darling
National Wildlife Refuge.
At the time of the consolidation of the lands and a little later when the refuge was
renamed after Darling I assumed like many others, I am sure, that the main reason for
renaming the refuge after Darling was that he had been an important leader in the FWS and
had been at least a part-time resident of Sanibel and Capitva Islands. It was only many
years later that I learned that Darling had actually been responsible for preserving the
lands as a national wildlife refuge clear back in 1945, as the Sanibel National Wildlife
Refuge. It's a fascinating story. I have learned of it over the years. And I believe I've
learned most of it from correspondence that is at National Conservation Training Center,
which came from people like Clarence Cottum and J. Clark Salyer and others. Darling
learned in the early 1940s that the state of Florida, which owned the key lands within
what is now the refuge was getting ready to sell the land to developers for something like
twenty-five cents an acre. When Darling got interested and put together a group to try
and preserve the land, they put in a slightly higher bid. That sort of started off a bidding
war. But still, they were talking about less than a dollar an acre. Darling got very busy
and contacted people with FWS like J. C. Salyer and Ira Gabrielson. I don't know that he
had a personal relationship with the governor of Florida, who was in fact the landowner,
through the State of Florida. But he said that this was not a good idea. His initiative was
in fact responsible for saving the land from sale to developers.
I always tread lightly on Darling. As his grandson, I didn't want to make claims for him
that might or might not be correct. I always treaded rather lightly on his role in that, but
it was in later years that I found out that he was in fact…the refuge wouldn't be there if
he hadn't shown the initiative in the early 1940s.
There were several other projects that Darling had in one state of development or
another when he died. As I said, the consolidation of the lands of the refuge was the first
goal of the Foundation. A close second was Darling's idea of the Lewis and Clark Trail as
a "ribbon of conservation across the United States". Darling had analyzed the Lewis and
Clark trail as a conservationist might. I think that the first thing was that so much of the
trail is along natural flyways, migratory routes. And the second thing was that the great
bulk of the land along the trail was in federal ownership of one sort or another. He felt
that if it could be tied together as a ribbon of conservation that it would be a wonderful
thing. After the Darling Refuge project was completed, the Darling Foundation turned
towards the Lewis and Clark Trail idea. They actually succeeded in getting a federal
commission established with a five-year term. There were very illustrious commission
members. By and large, each state's senior senator or their governor was appointed to the
commission. There were some representatives of the Darling Foundation, including
myself. The resident of the Darling Foundation was actually the president of the
commission. We all started out with high hopes. I was at the time flying around the
world with Pan American as a very junior pilot who had very little control of my
schedule. I missed a good many of the meetings and really did not have a very good grasp
of the progress that the commission was making or perhaps not making. As those of you
who are listening who are federal employees you may recognize quickly that whenever
legislation is passed establishing a commission like this, there has to be some place within
the government to house it. Unfortunately, the commission was housed in the Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation, which skewed the effort from the very start. Before too long, why, I
think the effort was getting off track. Instead of the senior senator showing up for a
meeting, or the governor, the director of State Tourism or some such might be
representing the Governor or Senator. It really got pretty much lost in the shuffle. There
was an accomplishment, which was marking the trail so that somebody can follow it if
they want to a family on vacation or a student of the trail, or somebody who wants to
know more about it. The trail is well marked. I learned that there are an awful lot of
people in those eleven states along the trail who really care a great deal about Lewis and
Clark. Some of the historians who are involved, they know what Lewis and Clark had for
breakfast every morning, and whether they had a good bowel movement or not! Their
knowledge of the details of the expedition is amazing! I was personally very
disappointed that this effort of the Darling Foundation, to follow through on Darling's
superb idea of a ribbon of conservation across the United States, pretty well came, at
least in terms of conservation, to naught. It is a great concept. And I hope that some
time, leadership may evolve somewhere. It would take an awful lot of doing to get it
done. It would take real leadership, and a real knowledge of government and an ability to
work within the structure to get it done. But I do hope that sometime, somebody
somewhere will pick up the idea and run with it.
As I look back on it, when I became president of the Ding Darling Foundation in
1983, I was really pretty grossly ignorant of Darling's work despite the fact that I was
his grandson and had been at least peripherally involved in the Darling Foundation for a
number of years. Actually, back in 1983 I knew Darling drew the first Federal Duck
Stamp, but I was only perhaps faintly aware that he had provided the leadership to get
the program established in the first place. It was not his original idea. The idea had been
kicking around for many years, of producing a revenue stamp to produce funds for
acquiring and preserving habitat. Nobody had made any progress, and as was the case
with Darling; he was a real doer. He could get things done. He drove that bill through the
Congress and past the President. I don't think the President even knew what was
happening until after the fact! There's a little, rather amusing story in Darling's
biography by David Lindt that covers this. As far as I know, as the biography presents
it, it's absolutely the way it happened. But only in later years have I achieved a real
understanding of how clever a program it was as Darling had drafted it and insured that it
would be run that way. This is a program that has acquired about five million acres of
habitat. The dollars numbers raised by the sales of the federal duck stamp are not really
awe inspiring because, my gosh, these were 1935, 1934 and later dollars when you could
take yourself out for a fine, fine dinner for a dollar in those days. So the numbers in order
to have any significance should really be adjusted for inflation. But the acreage is cold
hard facts, and acreage does not suffer from inflation. The fact that this program does not
have to go through the Congress every year, it's not dependent on its financing on the
good will of the Congress. It's a program that is in place and goes on and on. And the
FWS, incidentally, is proscribed from raking off any significant funds. It's pretty unusual
in this day and age that every dollar that goes into the purchase of a stamp, goes
effectively right through to the purchase of habitat. With time, I've come to appreciate
some of these things that Darling did more fully.
I also knew that Darling had been at least a key player in the establishment of the
National Wildlife Federation. Again, it's been in later years that I have come to recognize
through correspondence and one thing or another and other records, just how key that role
was and what driving determination that it required to accomplish this federation of
conservation organizations. Darling was its first president. I guess I knew he was the
first president, but I really was not aware of the true significance of a number of these
things. In the case of the Federation, Darling recognized very early on that one of the
problems was that wildlife does not have the vote. It is not a constituency. It has to be
represented. It is in fact the hunters and others that make up the bulk of that
constituency to represent the wildlife. Darling felt that there were too many conservation
organizations in the United States. This was back in the 1930s, so you can imagine what
he'd think now. It was not because they didn't have good purpose, but because he felt
that they were not working together. Those of us who have been involved in
conservation for any length of time, realize that conservation organizations are about the
most provincial groups that you could imagine. They all feel they have their own little
niche and they understand the problem better than anybody else. They are fiercely
independent. Darling wanted, and it was his goal for the Wildlife Federation, to bring
those interests together and speak with one voice in Washington.
I did use the word "hunters" there. I'd just like to make a little comment on that.
Hunters, vis-à-vis conservation; there have been times during my association with the
conservation movement that I was, let's say nearly put on the defensive by people who
were rather incensed to learn that Darling was a hunter as a younger man. It's with
experience and more understanding of the conservation movement that I have come to
realize that really, a conservation movement I believe sprung from the hunters! These
were the folks that were out there. These were the folks that were seeing and recognizing
the changes for what they were. They did have the initiative to do something about that.
When somebody from the Sierra Club, or whatever, is critical of the hunters, certainly if
they are talking about over hunting and that sort of thing, there is some justification. But
the hunters and sportsmen and outdoor types should get a lot of credit for the
conservation movement as it exists today.
I also learned of other programs that Darling had initiated. Again, it's exciting, I
expect to me, to know that he was the one who initiated them. But even more exciting is
his ability to recognize a problem or a deficiency and devise a solution for it. When
Darling went to Washington in 1934, he was disappointed that there were not more
people then in the FWS who had the technical knowledge and experience to deal with
some of the problems whether they be in forestry, botany, biology or whatever. There
were not too many people who were educated in the disciplines that were necessary to
make good decisions and good policy. He was further disappointed because when he did
find somebody who knew his stuff, they were frequently poor communicators. They
couldn't express themselves well. It was those two frustrations, if you will, plus one
other thing, which I'll mention in a moment, which led him to form a cooperative fish and
wildlife research program. But even before that, in the early 1930s Darling was appointed
the chairman of the Iowa Conservation Commission, as it was known then. The first
thing he did was to de-politicize the commission. Up until Darlings appointment most of
the members of the commission were buddies of the Governor and not very well versed in
what needed to be done. The first order of business for Darling in the early 1930s with
the Iowa Conservation Commission was to make sure that the seats, as they became
vacant, were filled with people who were talented and knowledgeable in the areas of
conservation and conservation needs. The other thing he did, which is really quite
significant I think, it that he recognized that they had to have a long range plan. Darling's
goal was to have a twenty-five year plan for Iowa's natural resources. He recognized that
in order to have a good plan, you've got to have a starting point. You've got to have
some knowledge, or a database of things as they are today. He hired Aldo Leopold to
come down to Iowa and inventory Iowa's natural resources. Following that, a twenty-five
year conservation plan for the State of Iowa was drawn. It's still around and used as
a model today!
Darling put all of these needs that he recognized together and devised the
cooperative fish and wildlife research program, which was designed to give young people
an education in those disciplines that would be potentially supportive of conservation;
and at the same time, develop the knowledge to base wise conservation decisions and
policy. The word 'cooperative' comes from Darling's idea that the funding would be one
third federal, one third state and one third private. Darling himself, very generously, and
he was a very generous person, funded the private third out of his own pocket for the
first years of the program. He then prevailed on his friends in the sporting goods
industry to provide that funding in the future. This becomes an important story
involving the Wildlife Management Institute and a number of other factors. The idea of
devising a program to both educate and develop a database at the same time is I think
extraordinary. As the listener probably knows, this program has spread from the first
unit at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa basically throughout the entire United
States. I think depending on who is counting and in what year you are counting, there are
probably fifty or so of those programs in effect right now at schools across the country.
I hope you'll indulge me if I sound like Darling's proud grandson, which I am.
But I do think it's justified. As I learn more and more about his contributions in life, I am
immensely proud of him. And I am really in awe of his prolific contributions during his
entire life. Perhaps the moral of the story is; don't ask me to talk about Darling unless
you're ready to have an earful. There are countless stories that are still untold. Most of
them are amusing and personal to one extent or another. I would like to mention one more
aspect, if I haven't already. And pardon me if I have, but one more aspect of Darling's
character and personality; pretty late in his life I think perhaps just a few years before he
died he was given still another very prestigious award. He was asked and able to attend
to receive this award. He sat there on the stage and listened to the talk. When it became
his turn to accept the award, he said, "Giving awards to conservationists is like giving
medals to Generals who only lose wars." It was truly a mark of his personality that he
never rested on his laurels. He was always looking ahead to the next project or the next
thing that was still to do, which had been left undone so far. As Lewis and Clark were
want to say, 'he proceeded on'.
One last word is that I know he would be very, very proud and pleased with the
National Conservation Training Center. He obviously recognized the need for good
education and communications. The Fish and Wildlife Service is spread wide and far and
the opportunity to be able to come together and share knowledge is a wonderful thing. I
personally have been just immensely pleased with, and proud of the FWS for being about
to pull together in one place such a marvelously talented group of people. I have worked
with several individuals on different projects and I just marvel, and am tickled at the
quality of the people. I think it's a blessing for the FWS to have that facility. Thanks
very much!
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Gotham City Gauntlet's Coming to Six Flags New England
Three years after Six Flags New England was to open (and later cancelled) their last roller coaster, the park is about to open Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum. Like the Dark Knight coaster that was planned for the park, Gotham City Gauntlet will be a wild mouse coaster. Unlike that ride, however, GCG will be a pretty standard looking outdoor ride while Dark Knight was an indoor ride that received some of the worst reviews I've ever seen on the blog. The angry mobs expressed their disappointment with the Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Great Adventure rides on these posts: Dark Knight Roller Coaster Blueprints Emerge & Dark Knight Coaster Opens at Great Adventure
Why Gotham City Gauntlet Could Be Better Than The Dark Knight Coasters
Fast forward to today and Six Flags New England will get its wild mouse, albeit a less themed outdoor version in Gotham City Gauntlet. I have to think that Dark Knight received such horrible reviews because riders didn't really know what they were in for. With theming amped up to such a high level, for Six Flags anyway, guests likely thought they were in for an amazing or at least an intense ride. That won't be a problem with GCG as guests will be able to see just what they're in for. In that way, Gotham City Gauntlet will be a better overall ride for the average park goer. No one likes to be disappointed. Especially after a lengthy weight.
Gotham City Gauntet is a bit of a strange choice for a new ride as Six Flags New England already has a compact family coaster in Mr. Six's Pandemonium. At least that ride has spinning cars and a much more diverse layout than GCG with is standard wild mouse set up. Another orphan from a closed park, this coaster was re-located from Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom where it was Road Runner Express. To Six Flags' credit, they're giving the pre-owned roller coaster a nice little makeover. The ride will have some nice theming touches, but as I said, it won't be enclosed. Gotham City Gauntlet will be located near Scream Tower.
To see construction photos visit Six Flags New England's Facebook page. Also, the ride's theming can be see via concept images found in a Six Flags investors document. Local fans posted some photos here: SFNE Online
What's Your Take?
How do you think Gotham City Gauntlet looks? Leave a comment below.


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Revealed: 2012 Top 50 blogger!
Pop the champagne and clink those glasses because it's time to celebrate! The winner of this year's Kidspot Top 50 Bloggers competition, brought to you by the new Ford Territory, is .... Katrina from The Block!
Charismatic Katrina made us giggle throughout the comp with her funny posts and her bubbly enthusiasm for her beloved Territory - which oozed through her words and photos. She also truly won the hearts of readers and was a firm audience favourite, generating masses of votes. Katrina had strong support from her engaged community and this gave her a clear majority on the vote-front. Woo-hoo! Congrats Katrina!
Check out Katrina's Top 5 challenge posts:
About the Top 50 bloggers competition
This is the third year Kidspot has partnered with Ford to run this fab competition that is all about shining the spotlight on the great Australian blogosphere.
As in the past, our Top 50 bloggers this year were first-rate and so our selection pannel had the incredibly difficult job of picking the Top 5 out of 50 awesome bloggers. To do this we asked the Top 50 to pen a post about their journey into blogging. Our expert panel then read through all the amazing posts and tallied up the audience votes. The Top 5 was picked after this with the selection criteria being a combination of votes as well as blogging skill.
Check out the Top 5 bloggers:
We were blown away by the talent of the Top 5 challenge entries with each submission transporting us into another world. Do yourselves a favour and make a cup of tea and read through all the incredible Top 5 challenge entries, you can read them all here:
What Katrina will win!
Katrina can enjoy doing the school drop and weekly shopping in a brand new Ford Territory for a whole year! In addition to her shiny new wheels, Katrina will also be packing her bags for a trip to New York!
One lucky reader will win $5000!
Katrina isn't the only winner though! One lucky voter will win $5000 cash just for voting for Katrina. We will announce the winner at 3pm today.
Top 50 blogger social media buzz:
Read more about Top 50 bloggers:
- How judges selected the Top 50
- Blogging tips from the top 50 bloggers of 2012
- How to become a blogger
- The blogs our top 50 love
- Meet the 2012 top 50 bloggers
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[Editor's Note: we received this request for assistance from fellow genealogist Michael McCormick who is involved with the PaHR-Access organization]
Help is needed in promoting legislation for better vital records access. People for Better Pennsylvania Historical Records Access (aka PaHR-Access) is an organization of people like you taking an active role in promoting access to Pennsylvania's records. Since it was founded in 2007 by spokesman Tim Gruber the focus has been to make death certificates 50+ years old public record.
This month begins the new 2011-2012 legislative session for Pennsylvania. Right before the end of the 2009-2010 session the vital records bill passed the Pennsylvania Senate committee on Public Health & Welfare. It was well on its way to being voted on by the Senate. In the previous 3 years PaHR-Access has significantly increased awareness of the vital records access issue. As of this writing 464 organizations have officially endorsed PaHR-Access by sending letters to the appropriate legislators. Many of these organizations are Historical Societies.
Senator Robert D. Robbins of the Pennsylvania Senate is preparing to reintroduce his vital records bill. Before that happens Senator Robbins will gather cosponsors for this bill from among his fellow Senators. 15 Pennsylvania Senators are now cosponsors. Next the bill we be assigned a number (last session it was SB 683). The bill will then work its way back through the committees and the usual legislative process. Your help is requested to impress upon legislators the importance and urgency of this issue.
The current situation in Pennsylvania is much worse than most other states for vital records access. Because the records are not legally considered "public" they can not be put online via images or index. Only Pennsylvania Department of Health employees are permitted to search the records. Genealogical requests will not be expedited according to the website and are only accepted by mail. The expected wait time is listed as 4 months. Genealogists can not order a certificate for a client unless a letter is attached expressly stating the client's wish for the genealogist to do so. Make sure you send everything properly in your request or you will not only fail to receive the certificate, you will be out of the $9 to $34 you sent for the search. Besides all this you will not likely know it until 4 months later.
The bill being proposed will make death certificates over 50 years old and birth certificates over 100 years old public record. It also requires that these certificates be moved to the Pennsylvania State Archives. Many of you will know from experience the difference between working with an archive and a health department. Moving the records to the archive will remove a significant burden off of the Pennsylvania Department of Health in processing genealogical requests they are clearly not able to expedite. Making them public will mean that a public index could be made. They could eventually be put online. The options we genealogists are used to for accessing vital records would come into reach.
The support of genealogists everywhere is needed.
PaHR-Access ( http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access )
@Twitter ( http://twitter.com/PaHR_Access )
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Ukiah Daily Journal
A failed cable cut power to more than 100 customers on Leslie Street in Ukiah Monday morning, including the Ukiah Senior Center.
Mel Grandi, director of the Ukiah Electric Utility, said the outage occurred around 7:20 a.m. Dec. 3 and affected about "175 customers on the east and west side of South Leslie Street, including the senior center at 499 S. Leslie Street.
Late Monday afternoon he said the cause was a "failed underground cable," and that power had not been restored yet. He expected power to be restored by 6 p.m. that night.


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January 15, 2013
Welcome to Spring Semester!
It may not feel much like spring on this third week of January, but the Spring Semester at Columbus State is off and running. Enrollment stood at 25,844 on the first day of classes, with a flurry of late registrations still coming in. Students were encouraged to "Go for 15" credit hours this term, using an educational campaign explaining the reasoning behind scheduling five classes.
With the change to semesters came changes in most students' Plan of Study, including a decrease in both the total credit hours needed to graduate, as well as a decrease in the credit hours awarded per class. In short, students need to take more classes per term to graduate in two years. In the quarter system, students taking three 5-credit-hour classes would have 15 hours on their schedule. It has been a learning process for students transitioning from quarters to semesters, as they realize the longer term allows more time to complete the coursework.
Upward Bound program receives renewed $1.3 million grant
Marqueice Turner Dean, Dominique London, Alexis Kelley and Maurice Payne enjoy a recent visit to COSI.
Upward Bound is off to a great start thanks to a renewed $1.3 million dollar federal grant which will cover program costs over the next five years. Since September, five tutors and four staff members have held twenty-five tutoring sessions and three Saturday Sessions. In addition, college staff members have resumed their academic advising visits. In total, 68 students at eleven Columbus city high schools will be served.
"Upward Bound students are held to a high standard in order to be prepared for the rigors of college," says Meghan Volk, supervisor for Upward Bound. "Upward Bound works with students in the neediest high schools, where the dropout rates have reached as high as 34% and graduation rates have fallen as low as 54%."
The latest Annual Performance Report for Upward Bound showed 86% of students persisted in the program from one year to the next (2010-2011 to 2011-2012) and 94% of eligible participants passed their Ohio Graduation Tests (OGTs). The program's strong academic curriculum is supplemented with self-development activities. The most recent Saturday Session at COSI was the second collaborative effort between the Columbus State and The Ohio State University Upward Bound programs.
Upward Bound is one of eight Federal TRIO Programs which provide services for high school student from disadvantaged backgrounds.
ESL Afterschool Communities program receives national recognition
The ESL Afterschool Communities (ESLAsC) programs are an outreach initiative that introduces Columbus State to the community and helps underserved students discover that college is a possibility and exciting opportunities lay ahead through education.
Recently researchers commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, made a two day visit to study promising practices of the ESLAsC program at Emerald Glen. The English Learners model has been developed and implemented in the Emerald Glen community for the last eight years. Based on their findings, the U.S. Department of Education will develop guidelines for other 21st Century Community Learning Center sites to follow nationwide.
Additionally, the ESLAsC program at Wedgewood Village was awarded a three-year, $900,000 YEP grant in October 2009 (grant funding provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health). The program was implemented in the Wedgewood Village apartment complex, home to over 500 Somali/Somali Bantu refugee families. After completing year three of the grant, the following outcomes have been documented and presented (along with data from the other 16 YEP sites) in Washington, D.C. to a panel of senior government staff:
Behavior incidents at school have decreased by 62%
Number of suspension days from school decreased by 76%
50% of youth increased at least one language level over the 3 year grant (52% scored proficient or above)
100% of current students increased a reading level during the school year
88% of students increased the number of cultural events from zero to nine
100% of students investigating six or more career opportunities
More details about the story and results can be found here.
It's 2013 and that means Columbus State is 50!
Columbus State Community College was founded in 1963 as Columbus Area Technicians School (CATS). Fall Semester will signal the beginning of the 50th year anniversary of the college, with the official date of our anniversary falling on September 30—the first day of classes in the basement classrooms rented in Central High School by CATS in 1963.
Do you know an outstanding alumni of CATS (1963-1965), Columbus Technical Institute (1965-1987), or Columbus State Community College? The 50th Anniversary Committee is busy collecting nominations for graduates of any degree program who have made an impact in their field or in their community. Our collection of stories is growing and will soon be made into a book and a website to show just how much our alumni have influenced the history of Columbus and beyond!
The first executive director of Columbus Area Technicians School, Clinton Tatsch, stands proudly by the school's new mailbox outside of Central High School. Classes were held in the basement for two years prior to the move to 550 East Spring Street.
Disability Services to offer new testing procedures for Spring Semester
Beginning Spring Semester, all students registered with Disability Services who utilize the accommodation "Double Time" will now take their quizzes and exams at the Columbus Campus Testing Center in Aquinas Hall 002, or at the Regional Learning Centers in Dublin, Westerville, and Gahanna.
The change improves access to test taking because an appointment in Disability Services is no longer necessary, and the testing sites offer later hours. Faculty will continue to drop off and pick up quizzes and exams at the Disability Services Testing Center in Eibling Hall 101.
Disability Services will enforce the 48-hour (2 business days) drop-off policy for all instructors. All quizzes and tests must be dropped off at the Disability Services Testing Center (Eibling Hall 101) 48 hours before the due date to allow sufficient time to process and administer each quiz and exam.
If a quiz or exam is not received 48 hours (2 business days) prior to the exam's available date, and the student presents to take the exam, he/she will receive a Test Denial Form. The Testing Center, student, and the instructor will all receive a copy of this form. For more information about the new Disability Services testing procedures, call ext. 5089.
Kudos to Keith
Otterbein University recently recognized the success of a Columbus State transfer student and offered kudos to the Delaware Campus' Keith Coates for his help with the transfer process. You can read the entire article here.
Save the date for new Employee Resource Groups
You can get by with a little help from your friends! The Employee Resource Group (ERG) program provides targeted networking opportunities for diverse faculty, staff and administrators. The program is designed to help employees build relationships and find a deeper sense of community with other employees. New this month are the following ERGs:
Grad Students ERG - Welcomes employees who are thinking about or currently taking graduate-level classes in a master's or doctoral program. For support and encouragement, we also welcome employees who have recently completed graduate degrees. Meets Thursday, January 17, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Library Studio. Liaison is Mary Francis McLaughlin.
Caregivers ERG -Welcomes employees who are the primary caregivers for children, elderly parents or other dependents. This also includes single parents and in some cases, members might consider themselves part of the "sandwich" generation, who take care of both children and parents! Meets Friday, January 25, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Library Studio. Liaison is Lori Thomas.
Interfaith ERG -Welcomes employees who are interested in conversations concerning faith, religion and spiritual expression. This group is comprised in the spirit of religious pluralism, welcoming all faiths, religions and beliefs including those who might identify as agnostic or atheist. Meets Tuesday, January 29, from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the Library Studio. Liaison is Judah Gartman.
Go online here to see a schedule of all Employee Resource Group meetings coming up soon.
SafeZone is a program designed to create a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. SafeZone members are Columbus State employees who have received training to educate themselves about issues within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Members are committed to being open, accepting and providing resource information for LGBT individuals.
You can become a SafeZone member by attending a training session on Friday, January 25, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Library Studio, or Wednesday, February 6, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Library Studio. To RSVP for a space in one of the sessions, contact Kimberly Brazwell, manager of Diversity Initiatives at email@example.com.
Improve your Cultural Competency
The Office of Diversity Initiatives will begin its 5th Diversity Learning Community cohort on Tuesday, January 15, at 2:00 p.m. If you've heard about the Pono Learning Community and wanted to get in on this amazing experience, it's not too late! This is a last call for anyone interested in one of the final seats for the Spring Semester cohort. Each group meets for eight sessions during a semester and is led in eye-opening discussions ranging from race and religion, to disabilities and classism.
Pono is a Hawaiian word that means "right," and describes that exquisite sense of rightness that comes from being at one with everything. It is based on the ancient Hawaiian belief in spirit greatness and self- power, in the unconditional love and compassion for, and the spirit connections between, all things.
Pono is a highly recommended program for any employee who is interested in a deeper diversity experience or to supplement a one-time diversity training session.
For more information on how to apply for a spot in a Pono cohort this semester, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call ext. 2426.
"Valued Relationships" exhibit opens in Library
The Library has announced the opening of a new art exhibit titled, "Valued Relationships," by artist Cecilia Román. "Colors have relationships with each other based on their relative positions on the Color Wheel," said Román. "Many of these relationships have to do with how they can be used harmoniously in a color scheme. I focused on these basic principles of values, comparing and seeking an understanding within nature, families and communities. The outcome was intense emotions and brilliant expressions." The exhibition may be viewed in the Library's 2nd floor main gallery through the end of January.
Academic Onboarding and Renewal Program offered
Cultural Competency in the Classroom
Columbus State is a remarkably diverse community. Differences in culture and experience effect how students learn. Their expectations for how to behave, study and communicate may not be what you expect. Kim Brazwell, manager of Diversity Initiatives, and Tywan Banks, instructor in Multi-competency Health, help us understand and engage that diversity.
January 18 - 1:00 p .m., CT 107 Register
Upcoming sessions:
Assessment for Learning
February 15 - 1:00 p.m., CT 017 Register
What the Best College Teachers Do
March 22 - 1:00 p.m., Location TBA Register
Whether you are new or veteran faculty or a new or seasoned employee you are welcome to participate in Academic Onboarding and Renewal. Learn more about academic onboarding sessions and view recordings and documents for past programs at: http://cscc.edu/faculty/Onboarding. For more information contact Rich James (ext. 2175).