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makes Alex Lopez needed a friend.
His best pal from the neighborhood had moved away and the Pomona fifth-grader was having trouble in school - math and English.
He was sad all the time. Then Alex met Danial Ceasar, and his life - and schoolwork - got a whole lot better.
Ceasar, a sophomore at Claremont McKenna College of the Claremont Colleges, is a mentor for Project Caring and Sharing, a program through Pomona's Brown Memorial Temple.
"Danial helps me a lot," Alex said with a smile.
"He explains things to me so I can understand it. When I have to do something I don't like, like write in cursive, he makes it fun. He's my friend."
Ceaser joined Project Caring and Sharing about a year ago, and was immediately paired with Alex.
"He was shy and didn't like to talk much," Ceasar said. "He's slowly opened up and has become more chatty. He's a good kid."
Ceasar, a pre-med student with dreams of becoming a doctor, joined the program because he understands the importance of positive role models.
"I come from a place where there's a lack of older gentleman around for kids to look up to," said Ceasar, who grew up in Compton.
"My father wasn't around. I had a few uncles to look up to, but didn't see them too often. Teachers were my role models. I had the same teacher for third and fifth grade and I wanted to emulate him."
Ceaser and Alex have made a connection that goes well beyond academics.
"There's a personal connection," he said. "I want to help him learn how to set goals and achieve them; to show him that hard work really does pay off."
Project Caring and Sharing, housed in a large room in Hahn Hall on the Pomona College campus, is held twice a week for two-hour sessions.
The first hour is centered on homework and academic difficulties and the second hour is on socialization, communication and fun.
Program founders Pastor Ivory Brown and his wife Cynthia oversee about 25 mentors - all volunteers and 35 mentees from such local cities as Pomona, Chino, La Verne, San Dimas, Claremont, Upland and Diamond Bar.
"We have a waiting list of about 70 kids to get into this program," said Brown, pastor at Brown Memorial named for his father.
Project Caring and Sharing, which has a prime component of one-on-one attention, started three years ago.
Brown explained that the idea sprung from the Prison Ministry Program when offenders asked church members to check on their children.
"We met with these children and saw that they were growing up to fail," Brown said.
"They were missing the essential academic building blocks. Most children are in foster homes being raised by grandmothers and great grandmothers - this is not the exception - it's the norm."
Many of the program's children have undiagnosed special needs and undetected academic deficiencies, Brown said.
"Many of these kids are angry and heartbroken; they've been traumatized and shuffled around," he said.
"They needed emotional support and academic, one-on-one help from qualified mentors. They get that here. Here they see that someone cares about them enough to want to see them succeed."
The Browns sought and received mentors from such local colleges as University of La Verne, Western University and the Claremont Colleges.
Pomona College freshman Amy Tingle said she knows the benefit of having someone older around to help smooth out the rough spots.
"I'm lucky I have two older brothers who were like mentors," said Tingle, who is studying psychology.
"I was looking for some way to serve the community while going to school and found this program. I loved it from the first day I came here."
Isaiah Robles, a ninth-grader at Garey High School, and Hever Nava, an eighth-grader at Marshall School share mentor Ivan DeAlba.
"There are a lot of kids in my class and sometimes I don't get what the teacher is teaching," Hever said. "I come here and Ivan helps me and I get it."
Isaiah nods his head agreeing with Hever who has become a good friend.
"Ivan helps me with my homework, but I love just hanging out with him," Isaiah said. "He's like having an older brother who's your best friend."
Reach Diana via email, or call her at 909-483-9381.


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Some players showing early progress
Paul George, G-F, Indiana Pacers
Indianas blowout loss to the Heat was a reminder that growth comes slowly, in fits and starts, at the NBA level. George shot just 4-of-11, turned the ball over four times and looked unsure of himself as a ball-handler a role the Pacers have asked him to play more this season.
But this kind of forced variety is good in the long run. Everyone knows by now that George has started on fire from three-point range (15-of-24 this season after shooting 29.7 percent last year), but the other stuff is just as important. Until and unless Darren Collison jumps a level, its important for the Pacers to have options on the perimeter. George has looked decent running occasional pick-and-rolls, hes getting to the line a bit more, dishing more assists and even emerging as a post-up option against smaller guards a category that includes just about every guard.
Last year, George was a defender searching for any role at all on offense. He has a role now, even if he and the team are still figuring out precisely what it is.

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Zimmerman expects to be ready Opening Day
VIERA , Fla. -- Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman acknowledged that his surgically repaired right shoulder is not 100 percent, but he expects to be ready by Opening Day.
On Friday, Zimmerman was able to perform fielding drills and threw from 75 feet.
"We are obviously going to take it slow, but I've been hitting and throwing almost two-and-a-half weeks," Zimmerman said. "Just like anything when you first start to do something, it's going to be sore. You are going to get through good days and bad days. But there have been way more good days than bad days."
Despite having a bad shoulder last season, Zimmerman was productive at the plate, hitting .282 with 25 home runs and 95 RBIs. However, he had problems throwing the baseball. For example, he had an awkward, robotic throwing motion to first base.
"We went through some things last year. [The trainers] did a good job of getting me healthy enough to contribute," Zimmerman said. "Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't work, and it was frustrating for everyone involved, myself included. ...
"With the team that we had last year, there was no way [that I was going to take myself out of the game]. Obviously, sometimes it didn't look so good. It was probably the first time I felt uncomfortable on a baseball field at any time. We battled through it, and the training staff did a great job."
Manager Davey Johnson said he plans to start Zimmerman slowly. He probably will not play in any games for about three weeks. Zimmerman reiterated that he needs only 50 at-bats to get ready for the season.
"He is a smart guy, veteran player. He knows what his body can do and can't do," Johnson said of Zimmerman. "But I'm really pleased he had that procedure and talking [to the team doctor], he needed it. [Zimmerman is] excited about it. He volunteered to me that he is going to [have a regular throwing motion]."


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Ukiah Daily Journal
Willits driver arrested with 14 pounds of marijuana
A driver pulled over Tuesday morning in Laytonville for talking on his cell phone was arrested on drug sales charges after authorities found fourteen pounds of marijuana in the car, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
A deputy spotted the driver, George R. McBride, 36, allegedly talking and driving in the 42000 block of Highway 101 at 10:30 a.m. July 16 and stopped him near mile marker 60.
While standing at the driver's window and talking to McBride, the deputy smelled the "strong odor of both burned and unburned marijuana" coming from inside the passenger compartment, according to the MCSO.
A search revealed 14 one-pound bags of marijuana bud hidden behind the seat, the MCSO stated.
McBride was arrested on suspicion of possessing and transporting marijuana for sale, and booked at the Mendocino County Jail under $30,000 bail.
Contractor scam alert issued
The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office received a report Wednesday that a possible fake contractor was soliciting business in the county and issued an alert to help property owners identify contractor scams.
The MCSO advises property owners to look for the following indicators that suggest they might be getting scammed.
The contractor arrives unannounced at your home to solicit business.
The contractor wants to be hired on the spot.
The contractor is trying to pressure you to make a decision.
The contractor tells you he/she needs the money up front and asks for some form of prepayment in cash.
The contractor tells you a building permit or contract won't be needed.
The MCSO recommends that citizens do their own investigation and research before hiring a contractor, and urges taking the following steps if an unsolicited contractor shows up at your door.
Ask for the contractor's business card. It should give the company's name, a physical address, a contractor's license number and a telephone number. If any of the information is missing or inaccurate, "a red flag should go up," the MCSO advises.
Ask for a copy f the contractor's liability and worker's compensation insurance policies. Every contractor has to carry liability insurance, as well as worker's compensation if they have employees.
Ask for references from past customers and from different time periods.
Verify the contractor's licensing information and learn more at www.clsb.ca.gov/Consumers/HireAContractor, or by calling 1-800-321-2752.


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"I'm so damn good when I'm finished there won't be a dry eye - or dry seat - sorry ladies - in the entire arena." #HEEL
Chris Jericho: 'Without a storyline, wrestling is just two guys in their underwear rolling around half naked.'
Jim Cornette: 'They think they have to make up for it by doing all this devastating stuff, but the stuff isn't devastating if you don't beat people with it. Then you're just going out there exposing the business.'


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On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order to establish the United States Peace Corps. March is National Peace Corps month and the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. The program has 3 main goals:
Watch a newsreel about the start of the program from the John F. Kennedy Library.
Since the creation of the program, American volunteers have served in 139 different countries. Volunteers live and work in the communities that they serve. They speak the native language and become an integral part of their schools and workplaces. They provide support in many areas of health, education, agriculture and business.
There are 8,655 volunteers serving in 77 countries right now. Do you want to learn more about a day in the life of a volunteer? Take a peek at Peace Corps' YouTube channel.
Serving as a Peace Corps volunteer is both challenging and rewarding. Every volunteer has a unique experience that truly provides him or her with a global perspective. Often volunteers find that in learning about their new communities, they learn more about themselves than they ever thought possible. Peace Corps is life changing for volunteers, their families, and for the communities that they serve. Volunteers build friendships and bridges that last a lifetime.
Are you interested in serving? Would you like to know more about connecting and communicating with a current volunteer through your organization or school? Take the first step today. It truly is "the toughest job you'll ever love."
Erin Gray
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Peter Mallouk, president of Creative Planning in Leawood, Kan., has been named the No. 1 Independent Financial Advisor in America by Barron's magazine.
This is the first time an advisor from the Midwest has earned the top spot on this list.
The Barron's list, which hit newsstands earlier this week, ranks the nation's leading independent financial advisors based on several criteria including assets under management and revenue generated for the firm.
Last year Creative Planning's assets grew by 51 percent to $6.9 billion in assets under management. Peter Mallouk, who was listed as No. 4 in 2012, attributes the growth to new clients as well as investment results from existing clients.
Clients of Mallouk's Creative Planning have "the patience and discipline to follow their portfolio through corrections, bear markets, and periods of low market correlation," he says. "That patience has often been learned the hard way, through experiences with advisors presenting ways to time or outsmart the market."


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For a split second after the presidential election the victor and the vanquished struck a conciliatory tone on finding the balance between raising taxes and cutting spending. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. president and CEO Mike Duke wants the issue resolved as soon as possible.
Duke was among a group of business leaders in Washington earlier this week meeting with President Barack Obama and following the meeting Walmart released a statement expressing his views on the issue.
"Before the end of the year, Washington needs to find an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff," Duke said. "We are pleased that the President and the Congressional leadership are coming together to solve this critical issue."
They haven't solved anything yet and the fact that rhetoric quickly returned to pre-election levels wouldn't seem to indicate that any sort of deal is imminent. That's too bad because relentless discussion of a topic as ominous sounding as the fiscal cliff is unsettling to people as they evaluate how much or how little to spend during the holidays.
Duke said Walmart's customers are at the center of this debate because they are middle class Americans and those aspiring to join the middle class. Walmart customers are working hard to adapt to the 'new normal,' but their confidence is still very fragile and as they shop for Christmas don't need uncertainty over a tax increase, according to Duke.
"The need for certainty is also true for business. Many of us are headed into our new fiscal years and are making decisions on investments that will drive growth," Duke said. "Walmart Moms tell us their confidence in the economy is shaped by whether they believe Washington is working for them. If the White House and Congress can reach agreement, it will show them the nation's leaders can address big issues, and it will help raise their confidence in their government and their future."
Duke joined the growing chorus of business leaders who are pressing for a resolution to the so-called fiscal cliff by balancing a range of solutions.
"We encourage the White House and Congress to work together on an approach that includes additional revenue, comprehensive tax reform, and spending cuts, including entitlement reforms, to get our fiscal house in order while creating economic growth," Duke said.


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'Any easing of the rules to telecast Sabres games, Black said, requires the consent of MSG because MSG owns the exclusive right to distribute the games. "It's very flippant to think all (fans) need to do is change providers," Black said. "It's more involved than that." He reiterated that the Sabres — who are under contract with MSG through 2016-17 — consider the network "a very good partner." "But, as I've told them and I'll tell them again," Black said, "they're not the most important partner. Our fans are the most important partner."'
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Lou Lamoriello said at the NHL draft on Sunday that he expected to be able to start announcing re-signings of free agents quickly, and the New Jersey Devils began the process of retaining key players on Monday with a three-year, $9.3 million contract for Dainius Zubrus.
The Star-Ledger reported the deal for the Lithuanian winger, who would have been an unrestricted free agent on Friday, as well as progress toward a deal with the Devils' all-time leading scorer, Patrik Elias.
"I'm very happy," Zubrus told the Star-Ledger. "I was hoping it was going to turn out the way it did."
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Zubrus becomes only the third Devils forward under contract for more than $1 million per season, joining Ilya Kovalchuk, who has a $6.67 million cap hit, and Travis Zajac at $5.75 million. Elias would be certain to join him, as would David Clarkson if the Devils' leading goal scorer last season re-signs.
Age is a concern for New jersey, as Zubrus is 35 and Elias is 37. New Jersey's rest-home environment was actually heightened on Sunday with the acquisition of Cory Schneider, as not many teams would call a 27-year-old their goalie of the future… but when the goalie of the present is 41-year-old Martin Brodeur, and the unseated backup is 40-year-old Johan Hedberg, that's how it goes.
Brodeur, Hedberg, and Zubrus are on over-35 contracts, as is defenseman Bryce Salvador. Elias would be the Devils' fifth player on such a deal when he signs.


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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - Out Now
The talents of animation legends Studio Ghibli and master developers LEVEL-5 combine for the exciting new role-playing adventure Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, only on PlayStation 3.
This is the story of Oliver, a young boy who travels to a strange parallel world called Ni no Kuni that mirrors his own. Accompanied by Drippy, a fairy with a broad Welsh accent, he sets out to learn the magic he needs to bring his mother back from the dead.
Combining beautiful designs and cinema-quality animation from the creators of Spirited Away with the brilliant story-driven gameplay from the makers of Professor Layton, Ni no Kuni introduces a role-playing experience filled with beautiful locations, intriguing characters, a wild menagerie of creatures to collect and a new menu-driven combat system.
Enter a magical new world and order Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch today!


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A while back a friend and fellow IBMer @ProfAvery turned me on to Sahat Yalkabov's hackathon-starter project on GitHub. At the time I was just trying to learn some more about node.js and the project provided some solid examples for using various APIs and over time with contributions from many folks has become what I expect would be a solid base, at least for a hackathon effort and possibly for more serious, long-term development. And as I have watched it develop I've been pleased to see how Sahat has stuck to his guns about keeping it reasonably simple and approachable -- he has politely turned down a variety of contributions that may have added some value, but would have also moved the project away from its purpose.
As IBM Bluemix™ and its DevOps Services started to develop, I realized it would be a great match for hackathon-starter. While it's easy to stand up hackathon-starter in many environments (including Bluemix -- more on that in a moment), DevOps Services integration makes it simple to collaborate and provide a continuous delivery pipeline automatically deploying each delivery to Bluemix. With a shared Git remote at DevOps Services, you could easily work together on a hackathon from distributed locations.
I think that's the best way to stand up hackathon-starter: using Bluemix and DevOps Services together for a collaborative, continuous delivery environment so I wrote a developerWorks piece about it, complete with screen shots, some sample code bits and a short video.
Another way that also works -- but without the DevOps Services integration -- is to just use the Cloud Foundry command line to push it to Bluemix, configuring the required database service and a process environment variable to connect to it. While I consider this approach less capable from a teaming perspective, it can certainly work if you just want to stand up the example and poke at it yourself. I'll do it two ways: the first feels like the easiest to me and takes you to the Bluemix web interface where you can explore other things about your project; the second is a completely command line approach (#protip: reading through the first will provide some useful context for the second one).
For both approaches, the basic steps are very similar:
- Obviously, you'll need an IBM ID registered at Bluemix.
- Get the Cloud Foundry command line interface if you don't already have it (using cf v6 here).
- Make directory on your system for the project files.
- Get a ZIP of the hackathon-starter files and extract the profie files to your new project directory.
- Use cf push to create your application at Bluemix (it won't really work yet since it requires a database service we have not yet configured, but we need the app to exist so that we can register the service to the app).
- Configure a MongoDB database service for the application.
- Create a process environment variable to hold the DB URL for the database instance so that we can connect to it (in config/secrets.js, you can see that hackathon-starter will query the environment variable MONGODB for the connection information).
- Restart the application and get hacking!
Note: On June 23, 2014, the IBM BlueMix service dropped the ng.bluemix.net domain in favor of mybluemix.net. While I have fixed the text, some of the screen captures still show the previous name. Please be aware of the difference while working through the material.
The first four steps are pretty basic stuff and I won't explain those further. Step 5 is the same for both, so let's do that first.
Since you've installed the Cloud Foundry client, it should be on your path. Make your current working directory the one with hackathon-starter's package.json file. From your command line window, execute cf push your-app-name -m 512m. Obviously, replace your-app-name with whatever you like.
You'll see a lot of activity in your command line window as Cloud Foundry processes the package.json file and pushes your application to the cloud. It should start something like this:
and end something like this:
But if you believe it and go to your application URL, you'll see this (because there is no MongoDB service configured for the application yet):
There are two paths for fixing that, let's start with the cuter one.
hackathon-starter and Bluemix
Log into the Bluemix web application, go to the Catalog and create a MongoDB service. Where it says Add to:, insert your-app-name, same as how you named it for the cf push command earlier. You can leave the name as the generated default or change it to something that is more meaningful to you:
You will be prompted to restart, but don't do it yet - there's no point until we complete the next step.
Click on your application from the Dahsboard page and then on the Runtime section. Scroll down to the Environment Variables section. Under the VCAP_SERVICES section you'll see some JSON that describes your MongoDB service. Copy out the text of the "url" attribute towards the bottom of the section -- be sure to get it all. It should look something like this: mongodb://68638358-a3c6-42a1-bae9-645b607d55e8:firstname.lastname@example.com:10123/db
Now switch to the USER-DEFINED Environment Variables section -- it is likely empty. Using the string you just copied from the VCAP_SERVICES MongoDB url, create a new environment variable called MONGODB and set that string as its value.
Your application will automatically restart after you save the change and after a moment, if you visit the Route shown at the top of your application's overview (your-app-name.mybluemix.net, you should see hackathon-starter. Note that configuring the database this way is a touch fragile as if you needed to make any changes to the MongoDB URL (you dropped and recreated the service, you wanted to use a different service that works with the MongoDB wire protocol, etc., you'd need to come fixup this environment variable to match.
Command line only, please
We can configure a service for our application from the Cloud Foundry command line as well as interrogating the environment variables to get the values we need to set our new user-defined variable. For the command line purists in the audience, I'll step through those parts next.
I'll leave most of the investigation to you, but here are some basic commands that will help. Use cf marketplace to see a list of available services, cf services to see a list of your services, cf create-service (add -h to see help for this, including an example) and cf -h or cf command -h for help at any time.
1. To create your MongoDB service from the command line, use (the last part is a name you choose): cf create-service mongodb 100 your-service-name
2. Bind your new service to your application: cf bind-service your-app-name your-service-name
3. Use cf files your-app-name logs/env.log to see the content of the VCAP_SERVICES environment variable.
4. Copy out the url attribute value in its entirety.
5. Create a new environment variable for your application with: cf set-env your-app-name MONGODB your-url-value
It will look something like this:
cf set-env bm-hackstart MONGODB mongodb://68638358-a3c6-42a1-bae9-645b607d55e8:firstname.lastname@example.com:10123/db
6. To see the currently configured user-defined environment variables for your app (to verify it worked), use: cf env your-app-name
7. As the TIP in the cf set-env command output suggests, use cf push (see full command example earlier) to make sure the changes take effect. Using just cf restart your-app-name might work, too.
Go visit your app at your-app-name.mybluemix.net -- it should be running and ready to go.


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Next week, 'Reign,' the romantic drama series, becomes 'Reign,' the paranormal horror series, as the Pagans decide the best way to get to Bash is to choose Mary as a sacrifice. Not sure if the dead elk hanging over her bed is just step one or an intimidation method, but it certainly gets everyone's attention.
Francis is pissy that the pagans can tell his brother has a crush on Mary, Catherine is angry about the devils inside our walls, and Bash fights some bad guys in the wood… sorry, the blood wood.
Action, elks, and pagans! Thanksgiving comes early at the CW.


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David Ortiz's temper reared its head on Saturday night as the Boston Red Sox took on the Baltimore Orioles.
The designated hitter struck out in the seventh inning and was apparently upset over a strike call earlier in the at-bat on a 3-0 pitch. Ortiz had appeared to step out of the box but had not been granted time on the pitch from Jairo Asencio. Ortiz thought the pitch was a ball and flipped his bat away, thinking he had drawn a walk, but it was called a strike by home plate umpire Tim Timmons. Two pitches later, Ortiz struck out.
After making a gesture or two towards Timmons to show that he felt one of the strikes in the at-bat was very high, Ortiz returned to the dugout and that appeared to be the end of it.
But Big Papi was still fired up and preceded to take out his frustrations on the dugout phone.
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Ortiz smashed his bat against the phone in the corner of the visitor's dugout. Teammate Dustin Pedroia was shown covering his head with a towel to protect himself as the bat shattered into pieces. Pedroia later got in Ortiz's face about what had just happened. Pedroia said after the game that his message to Ortiz was to calm down, telling reporters, "he's the biggest part of our lineup. We can't lose David for one game." The Red Sox second baseman also added, "I'm sure it looked pretty funny, the smallest guy out there going at it with the biggest guy."
Ortiz was ejected and then stormed up the dugout steps towards home plate before manager John Farrell intercepted him. Ortiz tried to get past his manager but eventually the slugger returned to the dugout, but no before throwing some of his protective batting gear in the direction of home plate.
After the game, Ortiz told reporters that he felt the call on the 3-0 pitch was "the worst call of the year." Farrell said the pitch was high.
The Red Sox won the game, 7-3, but Ortiz will surely be hearing from the league office sometime soon.


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Paper's CEO says policy based on state's ban on same-sex marriage
John Wright | Online Editor
A gay couple has filed a discrimination complaint against The Dallas Morning News for refusing to publish their same-sex wedding announcement.
Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup, who were legally married in Washington, D.C., in October, filed the complaint on Friday, Nov. 19. The couple's wedding has made international news in recent weeks because it was held in Dallas but officiated from D.C via teleconference.
Reed- Walkup, a board member for the national LGBT direct action group GetEQUAL, said he's been trying for several weeks to get The Morning News to publish their paid announcement in its "Weddings" section.
But the newspaper has refused because of a policy that says same-sex wedding announcements can only be published in a separate section called "Commitments." The policy is based on the fact that same-sex marriage isn't legally recognized by the state of Texas.
The couple filed the complaint under a 2002 city ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing and public accommodations. Reed-Walkup says he believes wedding announcements, which are paid advertisements, are a public accommodation.
"Our ultimate goal is for the newspaper to realize that this is discrimination and change their policy," Reed-Walkup said. "They [the city] may agree with the newspaper that because of the ban on same-sex marriage in Texas, they have every justification to not publish it in the 'Weddings' section. At least we can say that we tried, and take it from there."
James M. Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The Morning News, said he didn't want to discuss specifics of the complaint because he had not seen a copy of it.
Moroney said The DMN's policy was enacted several years ago as a way to allow same-sex couples to announce things like civil unions. As more states have legalized same-sex marriage, the newspaper has started to receive requests to publish the announcements as weddings.
"We've just so far said that we're thinking about it," Moroney said. "Certainly if the state of Texas recognized the marriage of same-sex couples, we would put it in the paper. … This is the community and state we represent and live in, and we're dealing with that."
Moroney added that it's not "a closed subject" and stressed that he believes the Morning News does a good job of reporting on LGBT issues.
"What troubles me a little bit is that some folks jump to this next level and say the newspaper is homophobic," he said. "That really is an unfair accusation if they would only take the time to read the paper every day."
Beverly Davis, director of the city's Fair Housing Office, confirmed this week that her office received the couple's complaint and is reviewing it. The Fair Housing Office investigates complaints under the ordinance before turning them over to the City Attorney's Office for possible prosecution. Each violation of the ordinance is punishable by a $500 fine.
"We're having to consult with our attorney's office on whether or not we have jurisdiction in this particular case," Davis said. "Whenever we get a complaint, we go the extra mile to examine it. I imagine it will probably be next week sometime before I have a decision."
In addition to the question of whether wedding announcements are a public accommodation, Davis noted that the ordinance doesn't prohibit discrimination based on "marital status."
The city once dismissed a complaint against a landlord who refused to allow a lesbian couple to live together in his apartment complex. The city determined that the landlord had not violated the ordinance because the policy was based on "marital status" and not sexual orientation.
But Ken Upton, a senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal in Dallas, said that because Texas doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, sexual orientation and marital status are effectively the same.
"That's really an old dodge to try to avoid the real issue," Upton said.
Upton said he believes wedding announcements are public accommodations, because they're paid commercial advertisements offered as a service. He also said it's ironic that someone's wedding announcement wouldn't be published based on marital status.
Texas' ban on same-sex marriage in no way prohibits the newspaper from publishing the announcement, Upton said. And he questioned whether the Morning News investigates announcements of heterosexual marriages performed outside the state to confirm that they're legally recognized in Texas.
"Just because the state of Texas doesn't recognize it doesn't mean they're not married," Upton said.


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(Editor's note: This is the second of two stories on MnDOT Commissioner Charles Zelle's report given at the ECM Publishers Editorial Board meeting Sept. 13. Read the first story here.)
ECM Political Editor
There will be a federal role in transportation funding, but it will probably not expand, Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Charles Zelle told the ECM Publishers Editorial Board in a Sept. 13 meeting. With gridlock in Washington, D.C., more funding and responsibility will be left to the states and regions, Zelle believes.
Zelle said federal stimulus funding several years ago was a godsend, as was funding provided on the state level by the transportation bill of 2008, which featured an override of former Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto.
Zelle said that one of MnDOT's worst moments came when the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapsed in 2007.
"We learned a lot when we built the new bridge," Zelle said. The agency was then praised for the speed, focus and innovation of the bridge replacement. Support came from federal, local and state funds, he said.
That bridge expertise shows in the new Hastings bridge, which is a marvel, Zelle said. Part of it is open with the remaining part to be opened later this year. This project would not have happened without the stimulus funds and override of the governor's veto, Zelle said.
MnDOT has done $1 billion in construction work this season and in the past five years has completed considerable work, he said.
"We have caught up on a lot of our work," he said. He said it takes multiple years to plan a construction program. He said funding will go back down for 2016 and 2017.
"We need a sustainable source of money for our projects, and part of the challenge is that the gas tax is locked and does not increase with inflation. Costs go up. Our resources are flat, and the purchasing power goes down," he said.
Zelle said national polls have shown that when citizens know there are dedicated funds for roads, bridges and transit systems and they see a benefit from this, they are open to the costs.
"We need to connect the benefit with what we are asking," Zelle said.
Managing resources; staff realignment takes place
Zelle is the first person to say that the transportation system is complicated, he said. People often do not know there is a combination of funds.
"This is not a general fund issue," Zelle said. It's largely a user pay system and is not perfect, Zelle said.
"Let's stay competitive and be smart and efficient with our funds," Zelle said.
He said some of that efficiency is being captured by MnDOT in recently realigning its leadership. Zelle said two experienced staff members have been hired, Susan Mulvihill, with 30 years of experience in the transportation field, and Tracy Hatch, the new chief financial officer.
Zelle said three or four goals have been identified internally to measure the cost and financial implication of MnDOT projects and services.
"We need to be more transparent," Zelle insisted. "Where is the money going, and where is it being used?"
Upgrades use technology, save money
Harnessing technology is always important for businesses to grow. Technology that helps, for example, manage the capacity of traffic is important to MnDOT, Zelle said.
"We must be prudent with the taxpayer dollars and can't just add more traffic lanes. Managing lanes is more practical," he said.
It makes sense to collect data and use it in a way that makes sense, Zelle said. Getting people downtown and back is challenging because there are so many stakeholders and their needs are clear, Zelle pointed out.
Zelle also touched on toll lanes and said this will bring a tough debate.
"Tolling is an option we should consider," Zelle said.
MnDOT has been given the authority and responsibility to plan, but Minnesota legislators have always resisted earmarking, Zelle said. The needs of the entire state must be balanced, he said.
Zelle was asked if MnDOT was in harmony with the Metropolitan Council on transportation issues. Zelle did not hesitate to say that he is entirely aligned with the Met Council.
"One system doesn't work without the other one," he said. He used the Southwest Corridor light rail project as an example of how the two agencies work together to mitigate congestion.
Zelle said the increased use of roundabouts is a type of traffic control much less expensive than traffic control lights and more environmentally embraced.
Regarding current transportation dangers, Zelle said bridges often are mentioned. He said MnDOT has a very robust testing and inspection program aimed at bridges. In respect to traffic congestion, Zelle said there are four corners of congestion in the metropolitan area. He said I-94 and I-494 are areas of concern. Managing traffic lanes is a way to remove congestion, he said.
The quality of road work is important, Zelle said. "We must push our research" in respect to the quality of materials used in road and bridge construction, he said.
Planning is essential, he said.
"We would like to be smart in predicting for the future, but until you really experience the problems, you really don't know."
Howard Lestrud can be reached at [email protected].


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I'm still trying to rationalize how bad DJ Augustin is. What has he played? Like 5 good minutes of basketball total this entire season?
@si_nba: Miller keys decisive run in Nuggets win vs. Pacers http://t.co/pnz18Pr4Miller leads Nuggets past Pacers 92-89
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Denver's old man, Andre Miller, can still deliver a decisive knockout punch when needed.
Indiana found out the hard way Friday night.
The 36-year-old guard played like a revitalized All-Star, scoring eight of his 15 points during a decisive 10-0 run to send the Nuggets past the Pacers 92-89. Miller had a hand in all of the points during the late flurry - making three baskets and two free throws and dishing out an assist on the only basket he didn't score.
``He knows how to get shots down the stretch better than some of our other guys, some of our younger guys,'' coach George Karl said. ``He was running the pick-and-roll actions better than anyone all game long, and he just has that old-man knack, that old-school knack.''
For one night, at least, Miller rekindled images from the days he was one of the league's most feared guards.
This time, the oldest player on the league's third-youngest team, showed his teammates that a combination of poise, leadership and clutch play will trump big names and flashy plays every time.
No, Miller didn't produce the biggest numbers for Denver (10-10).
JaVale McGee had a season-high 20 points, 16 in the first half, and eight rebounds. Corey Brewer matched his season-high with 20 points, too, on a night only two Denver starters reached double figures - Kosta Koufos with 12 points and Andre Iguodala with 10.
But Miller delivered the scoring punch when Denver needed it most.
``We just want to keep providing some stability, some energy, so hopefully, it can carry over into the games,'' Miller said as he walked out of the locker room.
Indiana (10-10) was looking for its first three-game winning streak this season and had a chance to force overtime when George Hill blocked Ty Lawson's shot from the left corner with 8.8 seconds to go. Hill grabbed the loose ball and sprinted up the court, but rather than call timeout to set up a play, Hill circled around and threw up an off-balance 3-pointer that bounced off the side of the rim as the buzzer sounded.
Hill finished with 15 points on a night all five Pacers starters scored in double figures. Paul George finished with 22, including four 3s. David West had 18 points and 11 rebounds, Roy Hibbert had 10 points and nine rebounds and Lance Stephenson had 12 points.
Afterward, Hill said perhaps he should have called the timeout. Coach Frank Vogel disagreed.
``In a scramble situation, that's where you get your most open looks,'' Vogel said.
Either way, it wasn't good enough against the feisty Nuggets and suddenly revitalized Miller.
The Nuggets overcame Indiana's fast start, which put them in a 10-point hole less than four minutes into the game, took the lead early in the second quarter and stayed in control for most of the game.
But after leading for most of the next 2-plus quarters, Miller re-emerged when Indiana charged back.
``He's drinking from the fountain of youth,'' point guard Ty Lawson said. ``He was coming down and getting buckets, getting assists, he's playing well for us. He's winning games for us.''
Exhibit A came Friday night in a city where Denver has won seven of its last nine and in a series in which the Nuggets have won 13 of the last 16.
Midway through the fourth quarter, it looked like the Nuggets would hold on again as they scored seven straight points to rebuild an 80-74 lead.
Indiana answered with Stephenson's layup, a three-point play from Hill and a free throw from Hibbert to tie the score at 82 with 3:52 to go. Twenty seconds later, George hit a 3-ponter, giving Indiana the lead and sending the crowd into a frenzy.
But after a timeout, Miller took control.
He started the run with two free throws, then scored on a layup and hit a 15-footer. After feeding McGee for a dunk, he closed the run with a 14-foot pullup shot to make it 92-85 with 1:01 to play.
``They came out and really brought it up a level and it kind of took us some time to adjust to that,'' George said. ``By that time, they kind of found something, letting Andre Miller attack and find guys.''
George answered with his fourth 3 and Stephenson cut the deficit to three by making 1 of 2 free throws with 29.9 seconds left.
Miller and the Nuggets didn't let Indiana get any closer.
``I've played with him for two years,'' Iguodala said of Miller. ``And I've seen that calm about him before when it's needed, especially for a team like ours with some youth.''
NOTES: Hibbert had three blocks and now has blocked at least two shots in 14 consecutive games. ... Koufos was 5 of 8 from the field and 2 of 2 from the free-throw line with five rebounds despite still being slowed by the flu, which kept him out of Wednesday night's game. ... Iguodala hurt his left hip late in the first half but continued to play.The Nuggets already have two players out with hip injuries - Wilson Chandler and Julyan Stone. ... Indiana and Denver now have an even split of the 168 games they've played since entering the ABA.
- TO (turnover)
- clear path foul ( and didn't know it was a 2 shot foul )
- allowed a dunk off of our missed free throw...should never happen
- chucked and missed a contested 3
- chucked up another quick 3 (was open and made it but still quick + had PG wide open next to him for easier corner 3)
- chucked and missed a contested 3 (clock was at 3... thought he still had time to get a better shot then a deep 3)
Team scores 6 points...
Lance was bad tonight defensively, there's no denying that, but I don't understand why we didn't attempt to hide him on Iggy in the 4th. Especially after Miller abused Lance a few times in the first half. I was waiting for Frank to switch Paul onto him the whole 4th quarter, but it never happened. I don't mind the no timeout on the last play because Paul was wide open, but allowing Miller to nearly single-handedly beat us down the stretch while our best on ball defender sat in the corner guarding Iggy was not a good azz defense from Vogel.
Against 3 all defensive caliber SFs no less.
Did the Nuggets defense force the turnovers?
Did the Pacers just get careless and turned the ball over ( like normal )?
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
So it's Bird's fault when Bird was here, but Simon's fault now that Walsh is back? Take off your Walsh colored glasses.
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George Hill, go watch Lance in transition. Or any textbook guard that knows how to get to the middle of the floor in transition for that matter.
He dribbles towards the corner and makes it very hard to hit a wide open Paul on that last play. He does it all the time and it hurt him on the last play
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Pacers had 19 turnovers and maybe a dozen of them were unforced. Just coughed up the ball.
Denver also came into the game dead last in turnovers with 16.6 a game and we only forced 8. TOs and first half offensive boards, and Javel McGee, are what lost it.
didn't watch the game so don't know how it happened.
11 ppg season. yet 20 against us on 9-9 shooting. depressing.
I just re-watched the last 5 minutes:
- Miller tries to penetrate and Lance keeps Miller from shooting
- 3:00: Lance gets a steal
- 2:44 Miller draws a foul against PG and makes two free throws
- 2:30 Miller scores on fast break layup. Lance barely reaches him in time and pushes him toward DWest at the basket who does nothing. This break was the result of GHill's early 3-pointer that caroomed off the rim while Lance was on the baseline. The fast break was Hill's fault, not Lance's, and Quinn even said as much.
- 2:00 Miller scores on an easy shot from the foul line. You could argue this one was Lance's fault. Except that he got screened by Javale freaking McGee, so he switched, which makes sense. Unfortunately, it was Roy's job to come up simply to the foul line to cover Miller, but speedy Hibbert did not even make the attempt.
- 1:45 ish: Miller tries to penetrate. Lance plays solid D and prevents any shot attempt. They call a foul on Lance. Not a shooting foul. No big deal.
- 1:30 or so: Young replaces Lance. Miller immediately gets wide open to make a 10 footer. Lance back in.
- 1:00 or so: Similar play. Lance switches again, which he should have. This time, however, the switcher is GHill who does play defense and Miller misses the 15 foooter.
- I don't think Denver scored again.
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Although, as has been noted, Miller got an absolute gift on the shooting foul call where PG & Roy had him bottled up under the hoop and he was falling down.
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
Now that I think about it Hill probably should have attacked the rim against the backpedaling Galinari on the last play. We just had 3 questionable calls go against us in a row, and if he attacked he probably would have got the call. We still had 7 seconds and a timeout so we had time to go for the 2 then foul.
Oh well, you live and learn. I can't get too down on him because he's still learning how to be a PG, and even though he didn't shoot well he did play some great D on Lawson and at times Miller. Plus he with finished 10 assists and only 1 turnover. He had a gg.
When did Miller start getting the Jordan treatment?
No doubt. Live, I assumed they had none. I was surprised when I learned the truth. Hill didnt realize the score, either; he thought we were down 2. Awareness issues.
I couldn't help but rise from my seated, stoic expression into a full standing ovation of sarcasm upon witnessing this moment live at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Don't be surprised if it comes and goes, and goes, and goes without any roster moves.
Free Lance!...that is all
This has been stunning to me. I was one of the ones who really did think he was at least equal to DC and possibly a better fit because of a different style of play that he would bring to the table. He has just completely melted down.
Did last season really just crush his psyche?
It's as if what happened to Charlotte last year was the result of some kind of evil entity swooping in and haunting the franchise, and somehow he brought some of that with him here to Indiana.
Did that in DC all the time. Glad Nene is here now.
"I am not a smart man." -Gump
Thank you for this. Can't let this be overstated. Outstanding on the ball defense from Hill.
It's a loss but we have to take away the good things. Lance is really contributing. He will single-handedly solve our bench scoring/creating issues when Danny comes back. And Paul George has now had three straight 20 point games for the first time in his career.
The way I see it, we have seven solid rotation guys now, clearly. We need to upgrade the back up PG spot, obviously. I'm not expecting much from the Gerald Green/Sam Young ninth man spot.
No "homer" glasses, you just saw wrong that's all.


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Close game doesn't go Cubs' way
Chicago hits into four rally-killing DPs to split set with St. Louis
CHICAGO -- Another day, another close game for the Cubs.
"Another one-run game ... We're close, right there," Cubs starter Carlos Villanueva said.
Carlos Beltran hit a pair of RBI singles and Jon Jay drove in two runs, including a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth, to lift the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory on Wednesday over the Cubs, who hit into four double plays, and split the two-game series.
The Cubs now have had 28 of their 34 games decided by three runs or fewer, and the team is 10-18 in those games. Chicago is 5-8 in one-run games.
"It kind of speaks well for our team," Cubs reliever James Russell said of the tight games. "We don't give up, and we're always in the game. If breaks fall our way, then we win a lot more games than we have right now."
The loss wasted the fifth quality start by Villanueva. This was the 21st quality start by a Cubs pitcher, and they have compiled a 2.01 ERA but have won only eight of the games. Only the Cardinals (24) and Phillies (22) have more quality starts, and St. Louis has 15 wins and Philadelphia has 11.
"[Villanueva] did a nice job and got out of some jams and made the pitches when he had to," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He got the outs when he had to and left it up to [Russell], who has been the most reliable guy for two years to get a left-hander out."
Russell ran into trouble in the seventh. St. Louis trailed, 4-3, when Matt Carpenter doubled off Russell and reached third on an error by Nate Schierholtz, who had trouble picking up Carpenter's ball. Then Beltran delivered the game-tying RBI single.
"If I make a better pitch to Carpenter, I'm not in that situation," Russell said. "I hung a curveball to him and he hit my mistake, and that's what good hitters do. He made me pay for it."
Beltran's hit snapped Russell's season-opening scoreless streak at 13 innings, spanning 17 games.
"For some reason, the lefties they have over there, they hit left-handers pretty well," Russell said of the Cardinals. "I've just got to find some different things to do against them.
"You'll have those days when broken-bat hits fall in, and you'll have days when guys will smoke balls and they're hit right at somebody," he said. "Right now, I was on the other end of it, but it is what it is."
In the St. Louis eighth against Michael Bowden, Yadier Molina singled and moved up on a wild pitch before scoring on Jay's single to center. Chicago now has lost 10 games in which it had a lead, tied with the D-backs for the most in the National League.
The Cubs seem to have their starting pitching figured out and have settled on Kevin Gregg as the closer. It's those middle innings that are a little tricky.
"We just can't seem to shut anybody down in that sixth, seventh inning right now," Sveum said. "We're getting two strikes on people. We just can't make a pitch when we have to."
The Cubs erased the Cardinals' 1-0 lead in the first when Luis Valbuena singled in the first and reached third on Anthony Rizzo's double, then dashed home on an error as Beltran had trouble fielding the ball.
The Cardinals made it 2-1 in the fourth on Jay's sacrifice fly, but the Cubs answered in their half. Valbuena walked and Rizzo singled, and both scored on Schierholtz's double down the right-field line. One out later, Dioner Navarro bounced a grounder to Carpenter, who threw home, but Molina didn't step on the plate, and then threw to first. Schierholtz scored on the play to help the Cubs go ahead. Schierholtz now has 17 RBIs after totaling 21 in 114 games last season.
The tight games do cause some frustration.
"Mentally, you always have to have that mentality as a starter that it's a 0-0 game," Villanueva said. "When you get in trouble sometimes is when it's 4-0, 5-0, and you start cruising in your mind and let a team come back quick.
"The way I see it, when we score runs, we should have a shutdown inning the next inning, bring the boys in quick and keep putting zeros up there. If you have quick innings, quick tempo, the infielders, the outfield, they appreciate that. They want to come in and hit. My job is to get them in as soon as I can. One-run games are obviously more stressful. When you win those games, it's a lot more satisfying as well."
The Cubs and Cardinals both have stellar starting pitching this season. The difference has been that the Cubs are batting .189 with runners in scoring position, worst in the Majors.
"I know what our offense is capable of," Villanueva said. "We've got Rizzo and Nate swinging the bat -- maybe it's just more opportune hitting. You can see the boys coming alive now, the weather is warming up a little bit. We're right there. A couple chances there and they made some pitches, too, so you have to tip your cap. We're close. Just keep chipping away."
The Cubs stopped themselves when they grounded into four double plays for the first time since April 17, 2012, in Miami.
"You expect that going in with Jake [Westbrook], and fortunately, we were able to bring in a couple guys out of the bullpen to do the same," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "A lot of credit goes to our middle-[infield] guys and all our infielders for making the plays."
This weekend, the Cubs should get Kyuji Fujikawa back in the bullpen. They need a boost.
"We've been pretty [darn] good throughout the year," Russell said of the relievers. "Everybody has all the confidence in the world, and I feel like our staff has confidence in us also."
That's exactly what Villanueva said.
"[Russell] has been perfect up to that point, and I have all the confidence in the world in him," Villanueva said. "It happened. You ask any of us, and we never want to come out of a game, even though we should come out. It was a good game, but we came up a little short."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mayor positive on WestJet question
It's been more than half a year since WestJet announced the imminent purchase of more than 40 Bombardier turbo-prop aircraft and the creation of a regional service to be known as WestJet Encore. Expressions of interest in WestJet service were solicited by the airline and dozens of communities responded, making formal presentations in Calgary last June.
Announcement day is drawing closer as a planned late January statement date was pushed back.
Communities across the country have eagerly awaited a decision on who can expect WestJet Encore service.
Representing the West Kootenays, a Castlegar contingent felt good about it's pitch following the effort and Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is every bit as upbeat now as he was late last spring.
"I'm still optimistic about it," said Chernoff on Jan. 31.
The mayor hinted that there may have been recent, encouraging signs relating to whether Castlegar's name is among those cities whose names are read when the news is broken.
"I just think it's working in a good direction," he said. "It's my understanding that WestJet executives were in the community in the last couple of days, either Rossland or Nelson… in the area."
Chernoff did not indicate any knowledge of who the executives were, or exactly what the purpose of their visit may have been.
WestJet media representative Robert Palmer, in an email, told the Castlegar News on Jan. 31 he had been unaware of any such group visiting the West Kootenays over this period.
Back in June an excited Chernoff had described how towns and cities from Pacific coast to Atlantic coast had taken their 25-minute turns in telling WestJet why they'd be good candidates for WestJet Encore service. His enthusiasm does not appear to have waned.
"I'm still positive," says the Castlegar mayor, "no doubt about it. I'm extremely hopeful. To me, it's the right time and I think it's a great opportunity."
While the identity of the successful applicants remains a mystery for the time being, according to WestJet, the wait will be over soon.
"We haven't made the date public," Palmer's email concluded, "but it will be sometime in February via news release early in the morning."


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text: For some music enthusiasts, the Utah Symphony's season announcement is akin to the announcement of Academy Award nominations or the NCAA's Selection Sunday. The orchestra recently invited subscribers to a Feb. 6 season preview in Abravanel Hall; in contrast to the usual shroud of secrecy, this invitation included some hints.Music director Thierry Fischer has conducted the complete symphonies of Beethoven and Mendelssohn the past two seasons. Next year, he writes, he is "planning another irresistible symphony cycle a cycle I absolutely love. This phenomenal composer has never been given a complete symphony cycle so far with the Utah Symphony." Could it be Carl Nielsen? Or dare one hope Ralph Vaughan Williams, or even America's greatest composer, Charles Ives?We know it won't be Shostakovich, Mahler or Prokofiev, whom Fischer mentions in a list of a dozen composers who'll be heard in Abravanel Hall. (Don't worry, there will be some Beethoven, Berlioz and Stravinsky as well.)Fischer also hinted at some of the guests who will play concertos with the orchestra: "an artist I consider the world's greatest flautist" (Paula Robison? James Galway?), Classic Brit's 2012 Best Female Artist (violinist Nicola Benedetti), Musical America's 2012 Musicians of the Year (cellist David Finckel and his wife, pianist Wu Han) and a soloist from the Emerson String Quartet (could that be Finckel, who recently announced he is leaving the quartet, or one of his soon-to-be-former bandmates?).Meanwhile, Utah Opera will make its season announcement Wednesday afternoon on Classical 89. The season will open with a concert version of Richard Strauss' "Salome" in Abravanel, the move being necessary because of renovations in the Capitol Theatre. So you won't see the Dance of the Seven Veils, but fear not Strauss' score doesn't leave much to the imagination. (Strauss lovers also will be pleased to note that the Abravanel Hall stage can accommodate a bigger orchestra than the Capitol Theatre pit.) There's a bonus collaboration with Salt Lake Acting Company on a cabaret-style production of resident playwright Kathleen Cahill's "Fatal Song" in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in November. Utah Opera artistic director Christopher McBeth promises "one of Verdi's greatest hits" at the Capitol Theatre in January, with Puccini and Mozart rounding out the season. We're guessing "La Traviata," "Turandot" and "The Marriage of Figaro." Watch this space to see whether our predictions are correct. Catherine Reese Newton


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Laurier mourns the loss of Delton John Glebe, a pastor and former principal-dean of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Glebe passed away Wednesday, May 11 at the age of 92.
Glebe was known as a charismatic pastor, teacher and leader.
"He uniquely understood the human spirit, said David Pfrimmer, principal-dean at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Pioneering in his field of pastoral care, he helped people to live fully by teaching them to understand grief and death.
Glebe enrolled in Laurier, then Waterloo College, in 1944. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and a divinity degree in 1950. Later, he received a doctorate in theology from Knox College at the University of Toronto.
He became a pastor and mission developer, but the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary also asked him to lecture part time a rare tribute to a new graduate. In 1960, he was named a full-time member of the seminary faculty and was chairman of the board of governors when the institution received its charter as Waterloo Lutheran University.
In 1970, he became principal-dean of the seminary and witnessed the university undergo another big change: to provincially funded Wilfrid Laurier University. Glebe remained principal-dean until he retired in 1984 though he continued to teach at the seminary long after.
A modest man with a towering legacy, Delton mentored at least three generations of leaders who built the church, the university, and the significant institutions in the wider community, said Pfrimmer. Delton will be lovingly and gratefully remembered."
Visitation is being held Saturday, May 14, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, May 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo. The funeral is being held Monday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Johns Lutheran Church, 22 Willow St., Waterloo.
Memorial donations to the Waterloo Lutheran Seminarys Delton J. Glebe Bursary in Pastoral Care and Counselling or to Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Waterloo can be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home.
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12:49pm Thursday 10th April 2014
12:49pm Thursday 10th April 2014
THE watchdog in charge of parliamentary expenses has declared war on MPs, saying they can no longer be trusted to police their own affairs.
In an explosive intervention in the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's claims, Sir Ian Kennedy called for the Commons to "give away powers in regulating itself". He claimed that "MPs marking their own homework always ends in scandal".
He said ending the system under which a committee of MPs ultimately decides whether one of their a colleague is guilty of misconduct over expenses , and how they should be punished, is the "only way forward", while this government punishes the poor with the bedroom tax and refers low-paid workers to debt recovery companies for any overpayment with working tax credits.
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text: Guatemalan Scouts visit capital on way to Jamboree By Lydia Nuzum July 14, 2013 Story Share Kenny Kemp A group of Scouts and their leaders from Guatemala visit the home of Elizabeth Smith (second from right) Sunday morning for refreshments. The Scouts and their host, Jessica Lane (left), had just finished hiking the Carriage Trail in South Hills. Read a related story here.CHARLSTON, W.Va. -- Elizabeth Smith welcomed friends into her South Hills home Sunday afternoon for refreshments. Some were old friends, from just down the road in South Hills, but most had come from much farther away. They were a group of Scouts from Guatemala, stopping off in Charleston on their way to the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.They were hosted by Jessica Lane, who, like the Smiths, is a member of Christ Church United Methodist in Charleston.Lane and her family volunteered through Christ Church to host a Scout troop on their way to the Jamboree. The troop's seven youth members and three adults had just arrived at Yeager Airport the night before, and were eager to explore the area after such a long journey -- from Central America to Appalachia."If I were traveling in another country, I know that I would really appreciate people going out of their way to help me," Lane said.Lane said Jeff Purdy, Scouting executive for the region's Buckskin Council and a member of Christ Church, had asked if any of his fellow members would be willing to host Guatemalan Scouts who would be traveling through Charleston on their way to the Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve along the New River Gorge.The Scout troop was staying in the fellowship hall of the church, and Lane and her family showed them around Charleston. On Sunday, that included a hike on the Carriage Trail in South Hills and a visit to Smith's house."It was nice to hear them talk about their excitement for getting to the Jamboree and meeting all of the different Scouts who are coming from all over to participate," Smith said. Unlike in the United States, which has traditionally made a distinction between Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Guatemala's Scouting program is open to all youths. The troop that visited Charleston is comprised of four boys and three girls between the ages of 14 and 19, with three leaders, two women and one man. That co-ed dynamic will be all over the 2013 Jamboree -- this year marks the first-ever Jamboree that includes girls, who take part in Venturing, an adventure and outdoor challenge program that will draw nearly 1,000 girls the Jamboree."Scouting is different than in the United States because, here, you separate boys and girls, and we mix them," said Monse Rrath, 16. Rrath, who has been a Scout in Guatemala since she was 3 years old, said this is the first Jamboree she had been to in the United States, and she and her fellow troop members are excited to see more of the state."We were really excited to come because we started preparing like six months ago," she said. "We have really liked the experience here. The people have been really amazing to all of us."Smith, whose children have participated in the Boy Scouts, said she wanted to leave each of the Guatemalan Scouts with a token from their visit to this year's Jamboree that would remind them of the Mountain State."Each area has a little patch that they take to the Jamboree and trade, so I gave each one of them a patch from the Buckskin Council," she said. "They can either trade it once they get to the Summit, or they can keep it as a souvenir."Lane's daughters have been members of the Girl Scouts. For her, the idea of helping the troop was just something she felt compelled to do."I speak a little Spanish, and I like to practice whenever I have the opportunity, and willing ears," she said. "I had no [time] conflicts, and I really thought it would be a fun thing to do -- and it is." The 2013 Scout Jamboree runs from Monday through July 24 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, a 10,600-acre site that will also host the World Scout Jamboree in 2019 and will serve as the permanent venue for the Jamboree. For more information on this year's event, click here.Reach Lydia Nuzum at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5100. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 US attorney general to go after doctors who overprescribe opioids Federal case against Zimmerman would be difficult Previous Story After 10 years, Clay Center design still debated Next Story


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Mariners make statement, trounce Tigers
Young tosses six scoreless; Denorfia gets three hits
DETROIT -- If they hadn't already, the Mariners announced to the other American League playoff contenders this weekend that they are very much a part of that group.
Seattle used a stellar pitching performance from the red-hot Chris Young to capture, all at once, Sunday's series finale against the Tigers, the weekend series and, for now, the AL's final playoff spot. Behind six scoreless innings of four-hit ball from Young, the Mariners won, 8-1.
"They're all big wins at this point, regardless of who we're playing," Young said. "Obviously, they're a great club, a great team that's been where we want to go. To come in here and win two of three is big."
Young improved to 12-6 on the year and 7-2 in his last 12 starts. The 12th win tied a career high for Young, who has been one of the major keys to Seattle's success this season after years of dealing with shoulder problems.
Over those last 12 starts, the big right-hander has posted a 2.45 ERA. He used his slider to keep hitters off balance all afternoon.
While Seattle has come to rely on that type of performance from Young and the rest of the starting rotation, the Mariners also got help Sunday afternoon from an unexpected source: Chris Denorfia, who entered the game with a .185 batting average in 27 at-bats since joining the club at the Trade Deadline. Both Kyle Seager and Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon commented after the game on how crucial the experience that midseason acquisitions like Denorfia and Austin Jackson can be to the club.
Denorfia, who had three hits on the day, knocked the third and final Mariners single in the first inning. Detroit starter Robbie Ray labored through the inning, allowing two runs and throwing 28 pitches.
"He swung the bat extremely well," McClendon said of Denorfia, who also set up a run with a triple. "I was very pleased."
Seattle racked up 13 hits Sunday. More importantly, the Mariners held their hosts to just seven runs in the series. According to Detroit manager Brad Ausmus, facing quality starting pitching was only part of the problem his team ran into.
"Chris Young pitched well, but it wasn't all Chris Young," Ausmus said. " … After the game last night is such an adrenaline high, facing a guy like King Felix, we had a few good at-bats here and there, but really we've got to have better at-bats, up and down the lineup."
The Tigers certainly did little to help themselves in the third inning, when Seattle pushed across its third run. With two outs, Logan Morrison hit a chopper to first baseman Victor Martinez that should've ended the inning, but he couldn't get a handle on it. In the next at-bat, with the bases loaded, Ray came up short on a wild pitch that allowed Robinson Cano to score from third -- one of four unearned runs the Mariners scored.
In the sixth, Seattle took advantage of some poor defense on the part of Detroit to extend its lead to 7-0. With a run in already, Kendrys Morales blooped one to left field that was dropped by Rajai Davis, allowing Jackson to score. Jackson had two hits on the day, and three over the weekend series, against his former team. The inning continued with an RBI single by Kyle Seager, who drove in three runs.
A sellout crowd of 41,181 at Comerica Park broke into applause as Detroit plated its lone run in the bottom of the eighth on a Martinez double.
With 39 games remaining, the Mariners, who have won 11 of 14, lead the Tigers by a half-game for the second Wild Card spot.
"Lloyd has said it all along," Young said. "'Trust your talents. Come out and play the game the right way because you're a good team.' I think we're starting to believe in that."
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The?oversight?committee?meets quarterly to actively monitor all bond measure projects and expenditures, and provide proper oversight, controls and accountability to ensure that bond measure funds are used as they were intended.?
The?committee?makes regular reports to the Willits Unified School District board of trustees.?
Any residents of the Willits Unified School District who are interested in joining the citizens?oversight?committee?are encouraged to attend next week's meeting. For more information, call Tom Woodhouse, president of the?committee, at 459-4677. To get an application, contact Laura Sleeper at the WUSD office, 459-5314, extension 1101.


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Pumping Station Optimization, Part 3
The Optimization of Pumping Stations and Liquid Distribution Systems Can Save 25 Percent or More Energy
By Béla Lipták, PE, Columnist
In this portion of this series, I will concentrate on the optimization of pumping stations and liquid distribution systems, which can save 25% or more energy. As was shown in the last segment, using multiple constant-speed pumps of different sizes is more energy-efficient than meeting the variable load with a single pump. It was also shown that this saving further increases if one of the multiple pumps is variable-speed (See Control, Jan. '10, Fig. 4, p. 22, or www.controlglobal.com/articles/2010/Optimization1001.html). Now I will show additional means of increasing energy efficiency, and describe methods to calculate the projected savings prior to their implementation.
One of the best methods of finding the optimum pump discharge pressure is based on valve position control (Figure 1). Here the optimum discharge pressure is selected to keep the most open user valve at a 90% opening. Thereby, the pumps will produce only as much discharge pressure as is needed to satisfy the highest load in the system, and, by so doing, will not only keep all other loads satisfied, but also will minimize the energy wasted in the form of valve pressure drops.
In this control system, as the pump discharge pressure controller (PC-01) raises the discharge pressure (PT-01), all valves will close somewhat, because they all will have more pressure drop available to them. Inversely, if PC-01 reduces their inlet pressure, they will open somewhat. Therefore, if the controls are configured so that the valve position controller (VPC-02) measurement is always the opening of the most open valve, and that valve is kept nearly open (say at 90%), then all other user valves will also open up. As the pump station's discharge pressure is minimized, this will minimize all the valve pressure drops in the plant, and, thereby, will also minimize the energy consumption of the pumping station.
In the cascade loop shown in Figure 1, VPC is the master and PC is the slave. Therefore, as VPC-02 lowers the setpoint of PC-01 (and thereby opens all user valves), it not only minimizes the valve pressure drops, but also can minimize valve cycling and, therefore, maintenance. In order to do that, the pressure controller (PC-01) setpoint must change slowly and in a stable manner. Consequently, the valve position controller (VPC-02) is provided with integral action only, and its integral time is set to be about 10 times that of PC-01.
In addition, reset windup must also be prevented. Such windup occurs when a controller output is unable to reach its control valve. Therefore, when the PC-01 controller is switched from cascade to local setpoint (and thereby the output of the VPC-02 is blocked), the cascade master's measurement must also be switched from detecting the valve position to the output signal of the discharge pressure transmitter as its external feedback signal. Similarly, if pressure controller is switched to manual, its external reset should be the pump speed.
If the pump station consists of two variable-speed pumps and only one pump is in operation, the second pump is started when the output signal from PC-01 approaches 100%, meaning that the single pump is approaching its full speed. At that point, PSH-03 is actuated, starting the second pump. When both pumps are in operation, and the flow drops to 90% of the capacity of a single pump, the second pump is stopped if this condition lasts longer than the setting of the time delay (TD-04). The time delay or a gap switch is used to make sure that the second pump is not cycled on and off too often.
It is also necessary to protect the system from discharge pressure spikes when the second pump is started. This strategy is illustrated in the upper part of Figure 1 and serves to only slowly change the pump speed when the second pump is started, so that the starting doesn't upset the discharge pressure. If this was not done, the discharge pressure of the pump station would jump from point A to C.
In order to eliminate this temporary pressure surge, a signal generator (PY-03) is introduced. This signal generator, upon actuation by interlock 1, drops the output being sent to the low-signal selector located on the output of PC-01 to a value, X%, which is lower than the output of PC-01. Therefore, the low-signal selector will select it. The value of X is set to match the speed required to generate the same flow by two pumps as the flow that was previously generated by a single pump (Point A). After the start of the second pump, the value X is slowly increased until it rises over the output of PC-01, which at that point takes over control. Simultaneously, the external reset is also switched back from pump speed to discharge pressure.
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koyok23 wrote:I should just walk into Disc Nation. grab a cheetah walk up to ZAM and yell BITCHES!
when we play a round, you will have plenty of opportunities to yell bitches
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koyok23 wrote:I should just walk into Disc Nation. grab a cheetah walk up to ZAM and yell BITCHES!
Voodoo Ninja wrote:I still laugh every time I see a cheetah. The first thing that comes to mind is the word Bitches. No matter where I'm at I chuckle.
Voodoo Ninja wrote:Hoey wrote:it's still mildly funny... it's half life is showing though.
What I find most funny about it now, is that it just wont die.
You forgot to end your post with Bitches.
koyok23 wrote:the odds of my playing are slim
i don't think I will be able to play the next month
taking a physics class that I am spending 5+ hours on a night outside of class
koyok23 wrote:Well my professor is giving us a crazy work load right now. I have a feeling he is going to let up as the semester ends. He already admitted he screwed up teaching us stuff on this first week, which is why I have spent so much time relearning everything after class. If I don't have a test or anything I will try my best to make it out to a course...prefer something south...like Steeplechase in Kyle but most of the other austin peeps hate Steeplechase. it is a disc eater...
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Ford F250 Super Duty - Joyride
One Heck Of A Ride
Using the comparison of building a truck to an epic journey may sound like a clich, however, in the case of Jonathan Joy, from Pelzer, South Carolina, and his Ford F-250, the four years was without question trying. Common areas of stress arose, such as multiple shops not pulling their weight, spending extra money on parts not needed, and of course watching the calendar fly by and still not having a completed truck. What makes a man buckle his chin strap and not give up? Simple, really. Jonathan wanted an awesome Ford truck and he refused to settle for anything else.
After buying the truck new, it was driven home and lifted 8 inches with some new wheels and tires on each corner. The feelings of joy quickly wore off and Jonathan was in search of something bigger, much bigger. Jason Katterheinrich, of Kat Kustoms, in New Knoxville, Ohio, was just the man Jonathan needed to talk to and after a plan was devised, sparks started flying. A wild 2-inch DOM tubing subframe was built and bolted directly to the factory frame in eight locations. Used throughout, 1/4-inch steel brackets and gussets add even more strength. Up front, a five-link was designed, custom control arms were built, and heim joints used to bolt to the axle. Speaking of which, the front and rear axles are smoothed and painted Rockwell 2 1/2-ton units typically found in military applications. Hey, go big or go home, right?
Keeping with the big theme, the rear axle is powered by an electric hydraulic pump that is operated by a rocker switch inside the cab. One simple flick of a switch and Jonathan's 9,500 pound truck has four-wheel steering. Up front, the hubs are controlled by a Selectro unit and both front and rear axles are equipped with Detroit Lockers and 6.72 gears. The driveline angles are handled by dual Bad Boy Jr. CV joints. Kat Kustoms also used Speedway Engineering sway bars with custom endlinks and Beard suspension straps for limiting the suspension droop. Huge King Racing bypass shocks were bolted on with dual-rate coil springs. Custom two-piece wheels made by Stazworks in Merrillan, Wisconsin, were installed onto each corner and 15-inch rotors off of a medium-duty Ford were machined to fit the Rockwell axles. The 20x16-inch wheels were coated in Permastar Chrome by Goodrich Technology. Mounted around each of those hoops are massive 49-inch Interco Super Swamper Irok tires that almost look small on the 25-inch lift kit.
Out back, Jason went to work designing and building the rear suspension incorporating a three-link with a triangulated upper link. The rear driveshaft was extended 14 inches and balanced thanks to Columbus Joint and Clutch in Columbus, Ohio. Even with the huge lift, 4WD can still be confidently used. Before calling the suspension complete, Kat Kustoms tapped into the factory steering box and plumbed it for easy-to-handle hydraulic steering. With each piece fitted, the entire assembly was torn down and sent out for orange and silver powder coating or chroming by Quality Custom Polishing in Dayton, Ohio. Seeing this time as the perfect opportunity to perform some frame touch-up, Kay Kustoms filled each hole in the frame, smoothed the entire assembly and painted the frame with DuPont Hot Hues.
Having the cab off of the frame served another purpose, the truck could easily be painted to match the blue frame and orange subframe. Jonathan's biggest problem wasn't finding a shop that said they could do it, it was finding a shop who actually followed through with what they said they would do. After three different painters and almost a year in the making, the paint was finished. Wanting an aggressive paint scheme, Jonathan looked to his wife, Tanya for ideas and she devised the two-tone with tribal graphic. Up top, DuPont Hot Hues orange is split by Hot Hues True Blue and the bottom half received Hot Hues Cosmic Dust Silver.
The list of modifications are extensive, Jonathan couldn't leave the 6.0L Power Stroke diesel alone and quickly upgraded the core areas. An aFe stage-2 intake was bolted into place, as was an MBRP 4-inch Pro Series Cool Duals exhaust system with optional muffler delete. Controlling all of the power is an SCT X3 engine programmer with custom software. Keeping things together are ARP bolts used throughout and for the cylinder heads.
Other additions to the body included Road Armor bumpers with a Ramsey winch up front, an '06 Harley Davidson edition grille shell and '06 headlights, a steel Reflexxion cowl hood, and SnugTop tonneau cover. Rolling around in style was fun and Jonathan did quite well at shows, but his interior was stock and he knew to fit the BIG theme of his Ford, he'd have to go all-out inside as well.
Inside the huge Super Duty, a wild interior serves as an audio and video command center. It wasn't always this way, however. Driving coast-to-coast the truck was dropped off at a shop and promises were made. Thirteen-months and thousands of dollars later, the interior still wasn't finished and the truck was trailered back to the east coast. The search for a competent shop concluded at Mobile Audio Concepts. Custom fiberglass door panels, dash, center console and rear sub box were completed by the guys at Mobile Audio Concepts in Evans, Georgia. The wraparound dash has the feeling of a cockpit with the use of Dakota Digital gauges on the driver and passenger side. Everything was painted to match thanks to Kenny Rayburn, of Custom Inc. Kicker audio fills the confines of the Ford with ear-busting decibel levels. Housed in the center console are four Kicker 10-inch L7 square subs. One 8-inch L7 sub was mounted atop the dash in front of a triple stack of Dakota Digital gauges. Powering all of this subsonic mayhem are two Kicker ZX 1500.1 amps. Mid and high frequency levels are equally well represented courtesy of more Kicker speakers. Five sets of RS 61/2-inch Kicker components and one pair of 5 1/4-inch RS components fill the cab with all the sound Jonathan can handle. Powering these loud speakers are a combination of two Kicker ZX 350.4 amps and one Kicker ZX 550.3 amp. Keeping the tunes sounding their best are Stinger wires and Roadkill sound deadening.
Audio doesn't reign supreme, however, as a grand total of 14 monitors were installed inside the cab. Eight 10-inch Audiobahn monitors can be found inside as well as four 7 1/2-inch screens. Thanks to a Pioneer Avic-Z2 head unit and multiple screen splitters, each monitor can play DVDs, show the music playing, or even navigation. Eric Debaum of Ocala, Florida, is responsible for the paint-matching leather and suede seats and orange-suede headliner with mirrors in place.
All-in-all, the truck build has been a nearly five-year long headache. Jonathan is still optimistic about the whole ordeal saying, "The truck is my personal entertainment, I've always had a love for trucks." That's an amazing statement considering the numerous broken promises, dollars spent, and asprin popped. At the end of the day, he can hop out of the Ford and look up at his giant creation with pride knowing it was one heck of a ride. Special thanks to his wife Tanya, his adorable baby girl Juliana, and Mickey and Carolyn Joy for their support.


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17 Years Ago: Kenny Chesney Scores First No. 1 Hit With 'She's Got It All'
Aug. 30 marks a big anniversary for Kenny Chesney. It was on that date, 17 years ago, that the Tennessee native reached a career turning point with 'She's Got It All,' from his fourth album, 'I Will Stand.' The song became his first No. 1 Billboard hit on Aug. 30, 1997.
Chesney had already released six singles by the time 'She's Got It All' landed at the top of the charts. He came close with his previous single, 'When I Close My Eyes,' from his previous album, 'Me and You.' The song came in at No. 2, narrowly failing to reach the highest position.
Written by Graig Wiseman and Drew Womack, 'She's Got It All' was released as the lead single from 'I Will Stand.' It debuted on the charts in May and reached the No. 1 position several months later.
The multi-platinum-selling singer has gone on to have 21 other songs go all the way to No. 1, including 'How Forever Feels,' 'You Had Me From Hello,' 'The Good Stuff' and 'There Goes My Life.'
Chesney has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and earned more than a dozen awards, including four ACM Entertainer of the Year trophies.