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2013 NFL Draft: 6 Players Who Continue to Rise This OffseasonFebruary 1, 2013
2013 NFL Draft: 6 Players Who Continue to Rise This Offseason
With the college football season and the Senior Bowl over, big boards have been changing dramatically over the past few weeks, and scouts are looking more and more closely at the rising stars.
After a closer look, some fall right off the board. It felt like Mike Glennon was a top first-round pick for about 15 minutes. Others continue to rise the more that scouts watch them.
The following six players range from being late picks to first-round picks in early mocks but over the course of the next three months, all will continue to rise up draft boards.
6. Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
Dee Milliner has been accepted as the top cornerback in the draft, but the second spot is wide open. Since the Senior Bowl, it looks like Desmond Trufant has a stranglehold on that spot.
Having the Trufant blood in him is a plus—but from the Senior Bowl alone, he has moved from a second-round pick to a first-round pick. All it would take is a good combine and further film-watching to push him into the middle of the first round.
5. Marquise Goodwin, WR, Texas
Olympic athletes seem to be taken a bit higher than their college football careers warrant. Marquise Goodwin is an undersized receiver at 5'9" who might be stuck in a slot role at the next level.
Despite that, Goodwin was part of the US track team in the London Olympics. That type of speed does not show up in the draft every year.
As a result, he's precisely the type of prospect who could have a big rise after the combine, especially since in his case, it won't tell us much beyond what we already know. He could end up as a Round 2 reach.
4. Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
Two years ago, I didn't think any running back was worth taking in the first round, though I knew Mark Ingram would go there. Two years later, it's the same situation.
The running back class is deep, but there's nobody at the top. As a result, since Lacy has proven himself as easily the best back in the class, he's going to rise up draft boards.
Will he make Round 1? Certainly, possibly sneaking in the Top 20. Does he deserve to be there? That's a question for another day.
3. Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan
In my mind, Luke Joeckel cemented his status as the first overall pick, barring something major at the combine. The draft is so deep in the trenches, however, that another offensive tackle can make his mark and be a top pick.
Eric Fisher looks like he will be that person. He had a great Senior Bowl and was already a first-round projection this year. It helps that he has been compared to All-Pro Joe Staley, who was also a tackle at Central Michigan.
That pedigree combined with the tape means that a great combine would make him a Top-10 pick without question, possibly higher.
2. Jonathan Cyprien, SS, Florida International
I've already given Cyprien a glowing review in my small school studs article, and after a great Senior Bowl, others are hopping on Cyprien's bandwagon as well.
If he can have a great combine to add onto one of the best weeks that any prospect has had so far, then he could jump into the second round.
For that matter, if scouts and writers continue to sing his praises, he may be called the top strong safety in the draft, though it would require Matt Elam having a poor combine.
1. Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas
I was reluctant at first to put any QB on this list, since they are all going to be drafted higher than they should be, especially this year. However, that means there is the opportunity for one to quickly rise up the ranks.
Wilson has taken that to heart, and a good Senior Bowl week means that he will shoot up mock drafts. He was all over the place on big boards a few weeks ago; I had him as the second-best QB behind Geno Smith, CBS Sports has him fourth, and I'm sure there are others still that have him ahead of Smith.
His strong Senior Bowl performance, combined with that lack of top talent, means that not only could he be the top QB drafted in April, but who knows, maybe he will go in the top three.


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GALVESTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Galveston Community College, a two-year junior college on Galveston Island, was established in 1966. David Glenn Hunt was its first president. In 1935 the Galveston Independent School District formed the Galveston Community College District. A separate maintenance-tax proposal, however, was defeated. A similar attempt to win approval also failed in 1958. In 1965 voters of Galveston County approved the Union College District, which included Galveston Island, but they voted against a maintenance tax and construction funds for two campuses. In 1966 supporters of the junior college movement on the island reactivated the 1935 district, secured the appointment of a board of regents, won approval of a maintenance tax, and purchased an abandoned orphanage to use for classrooms and administrative offices. The college opened in September 1967 with an enrollment of 730.
Galveston Community College offers the first two years of standard college work leading to an associate in arts degree and specializes in a number of vocational and technical courses. In 1986 it had a library of 38,482 volumes and maintained two campuses on the island. The college is a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges, the Texas Association of Public Junior Colleges, and the Texas Association of Junior Colleges. In the spring of 1986 the enrollment was 1,749. For the 1992–93 regular session the school had 2,322 students, plus another 1,800 in extension classes or continuing education. The faculty numbered 276, including a large number of part-time instructors.
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As recently as seven months ago, Kish Rajan's political horizons reached only to the Walnut Creek city limits. The 42-year-old city councilman, a homegrown product of Northgate High School and UC Berkeley, seemed likely to run for re-election.
Today, he commutes to Sacramento, where he oversees a staff of 25 and reports to Gov. Jerry Brown as the director of the new Office of Business and Economic Development (code name: "GO-Biz"). The transition has been like being called up from Single-A baseball to play in the major leagues.
"At the local level," he said, "we're able to make decisions a lot faster. We're often much more pragmatic, more linear in our thought process because we're on the ground.
"In Sacramento, there are so many long-standing political considerations in how decisions get made, and the bureaucracy is so much bigger that it's harder to see a problem and just move toward a solution."
His particular challenge is a sizable one. It's to attract businesses to California, which is better known in corporate circles for its layers of permits and regulations than its warm embrace of commerce.
"In California," he said, "we famously advocate for core values like protecting the environment, natural resources, consumers and public health. Governor Brown believes those values need to endure, but the regulations in pursuit of those goals have become so overgrown and burdensome that they're a hindrance to business growth in our state."
That's a mouthful, to be sure. Loquaciousness is a Rajan trademark. The bottom line: California needs to be more business-friendly.
His department, not yet six months old, has already had some success. Rajan points to recent decisions by Samsung, Amazon, Caterpillar and Sutter Health to increase their presence in the state.
Among the tools he hopes will generate more of the same is a law that's been on the books since 1977. The Permit Streamlining Act — enacted during Jerry Brown's first go-round as governor — sets a time limit by which state agencies must process business permit applications, but it's never been enforced.
Another tool that's been available but virtually ignored for 20 years is the Consolidated Permitting Process, whereby applicants can save paperwork and time by requesting that all environmental permits be issued by one agency. Rajan is excited about both.
"I learned as a city council member there are very few original ideas," Rajan said. "Ideas are brought up and plans made, but they sit on a shelf. It's not as important to come up with new ideas as to understand when a good idea's time has come."
He said he understands frustration with the glacial pace of problem-solving in Sacramento. But now that he works in its midst, it's less of a mystery.
"It's not because people in Sacramento care less about accomplishment," he said. "It's just a natural reality that the more factors there are in any decision and the more interests there are to balance, the harder it is to get a result. That's the nature of bureaucracy because there are so many moving parts."
He has a lot of time to think about what's working and what's not during his morning drive from Walnut Creek. The traffic isn't bad because it's a reverse commute. He's going against the flow.
Of course, when your job is attracting businesses to California, that's an everyday reality.
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Mr Wilson Dankwano, Commander of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Squadron 55 at Osisioma, near Aba in Abia state, has assured residents that the city would be crime-free during the `ember months'.
Speaking to newsmen on Sunday at the squadron base at Osisioma at an occasion to show appreciation to friends of the squadron, Dankwano said that the police were fully prepared to contain security challenges during the `ember' season.
"Our men are always on the move. We are adequately prepared, what we are asking for is the cooperation of the public to volunteer information when necessary.
"With the strategies employed by the command to enforce the law and the assistance offered by the army and the Abia Government, residents of the city would continue to sleep with their two eyes closed,'' he said.
Dankwano said that crime, including kidnapping which brought the town to its knees in the past, had been eliminated with the cooperation of sister security agencies.
According to him, some security measures have been put in place to ensure that the prevailing peace is sustained.
The commander expressed gratitude to the Abia Government for its support to the command, lauding the efforts of some individuals who had continued to assist the police.
Dankwano assured that the police were ever ready to discharge their duties, advising residents to remain law-abiding. NAN
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Harry Targ
-Oil Spills as the Gulf of Mexico is Destroyed
-Judge with BP Stock Rules Against Government Regulation
-Several States Contemplate Arizona-Like Laws to Install Police Repression Against People of Color
-Millionaire Politicians Vote to Cut Off Benefits to the Jobless
-Media Ignores Massive Detroit Mobilization Against Poverty and War
-Media Continues to Advertise "Tea-Party" and Sarah Palin Without Ever Addressing Capitalism(fantasy headlines by the author, morning June 26)
Some of our finest poets described so well the nature of the empire in which we live and the need for resistance against it. Meridel Le Sueur, the socialist/feminist poet, novelist, and chronicler of the Great Depression and beyond wrote with power about twentieth century America in a way that could have been written this week.
None of my sons or grandsons took up guns against you.
And all the time the predators were poisoning the humus, polluting
the water, the hooves of empire passing over us all. White
hunters were aiming down the gunsights; villages wrecked,
mine and yours. Defoliated trees, gnawed earth, blasted embryos.
We also live in a captive country, in the belly of the shark.
The horrible faces of our predators, gloating, leering,
the bloody Ford and Rockefeller and Kissinger presiding over
the violation of Asia (Meridel Le Sueur)
Langston Hughes, African American poet, captured United States history powerfully in the words of class and race
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek--
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean--
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
(Langston Hughes)
And balladeer Woody Guthrie wrote verses, often unsung, for the unofficial American anthem, "This Land is Your Land?"
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me? (Woody Guthrie)
Carl Sandburg, poet, biographer of Abraham Lincoln, and children's author, reminded us of who has made history and ironically created the exploitation of the producing class.
I am the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass.
Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world's food and
I am the audience that witnesses history. The Napoleons come from me
and the Lincolns. They die. And then I send forth more Napoleons
and Lincolns.
I am the seed ground. I am a prairie that will stand for much plowing.
Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked out
and wasted. I forget. Everything but Death comes to me and makes
me work and give up what I have. And I forget.
Poets usually are driven by a vision of a better world. For Langston Hughes:
O, let America be America again--
The land that never has been yet--
And yet must be--the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME--
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
And for Woody Guthrie:
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
And finally poets offer the hope of resistance and change:
How can we touch each other, my sisters?
How can we hear each other over the criminal space?
How can we touch each other over the agony of bloody roses?
I always feel you near, your sorrow like a wind in the
great legend of your resistance, your strong and delicate strength.
It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur.
(Meridel Le Sueur)
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me. (Woody Guthrie)
Sometimes I growl, shake myself and spatter a few red drops for history to
remember. Then--I forget.
When I, the People, learn to remember, when I, the People, use the
lessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year,
who played me for a fool--then there will be no speaker in all the
world say the name: "The People," with any fleck of a sneer in his
voice or any far-off smile of derision.
The mob--the crowd--the mass--will arrive then. (Carl Sandburg)
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath--
America will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain--
All, all the stretch of these great green states--
And make America again! (Langston Hughes)
Selections from the following poems:
Meridel Le Sueur, "Doan Ket," http://workingwomen.wikispaces.com/lesueur
Langston Hughes, "Let America Be America Again," http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83
Woody Guthrie, "This Land is Your Land?"
Carl Sandburg, "I Am the People, the Mob,"


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In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I started watching "Lost" in January, when I was looking for a show to fill the spring gap (note: "24" filled this gap from 2003 until midway through last spring, when things became so outlandish that even I couldn't muster the energy to care anymore. Let's just say I didn't weep when the show announced it wasn't coming back this spring -- I'd prefer to remember the show in its peak than what we saw last season.)
So I raced through the back episodes through abc.com and found the show to be superior to "24" in every way -- better writing, better acting and I couldn't see the plot twists coming a mile away (for example, this week's episode, but we'll get to that in a minute). And yeah, I should've come on board sooner, but my job makes it difficult to watch these shows on first-run and my inclination is to avoid shows when I hear people saying things like, "You've GOT to watch this show!" It's just a part of me.
(Side note: what's wrong with the Hooters advertising department? Were they saying to themselves, "Let's come up with the most irritating TV spot possible ... wait, let's bring in Vitale and surround with a group of laughing idiots doing bad Vitale impressions! And let's put an inexplicable graphic on the screen, just to complete the effect!" Does anyone making these commercials have ANY idea how to do their jobs? I'm perplexed beyond words.)
(Side note #2: seeing Bobby Knight slouched over at an ESPN desk is hilarious, and I have the TV on mute.)
Anyway, I'm all caught up now, and I generally catch the streaming online episodes on Friday morning. Which brings us to today.
(Side note #3): Spoilers are about to occur. If you are a viewer and haven't seen the show, stop reading now. Are you reading me? Stop reading now! Also, if someone can tell me how to insert a front-page jump right here, this sort of warning won't be necessary. Thank you.)
Here's the synopsis of the most recent episode.
Now ... to steal a line from Peter King, here's what I think I think after what I just saw
- I think the two flashes of Jin and Sun were two completely different time periods -- Sun's a flash-forward, Jin's a flashback. I think this because -- according to the posted synopsis -- Jin's grave says he died in the plane crash (which we know didn't happen). After watching the episode, I was under the impression Jin had somehow faked his own death and split with Sun, but that's because I don't speak Korean and wasn't paying close enough attention.
- I think that this means the Oceanic 6 is still missing a member ... UNLESS Ben is one of them. Personally, I don't think this is the case, but we'll get to Ben in a minute.
- I think we now know the following things about Ben Linus: a) he's somehow in control of an exorbitant amount of money; b) he's enough of a mastermind to stage the wreckage of a plane and to employ the use of 324 dead bodies that had nothing to do with the actual crash; c) he's dangerous enough that an entire crew of people came to the island with the express purpose of stopping him; d) it didn't work, because we know he was still ordering Sayid to kill people once this ordeal ended. All that to say ... this guy's a bad, bad dude.
- I think Michael's return was probably the least surprising twist thus far (although I saw the twist with Kate and Claire's baby coming about 15 minutes before it happened). Of course, at this point we have no idea why Michael would independently come back -- though, in flash-forwards, we've already seen that Jack and Hurley have independently expressed the notion that leaving the island was a mistake. Also, where's Walt? Last time we saw him, his apparition showed up to help Locke get out of the pit where Ben had left him. We know that Walt has some sort of super-natural abilities -- is he still flitting around the island or what?
- I think -- now that I know Jin's wasn't a flash-forward -- that Jin's wasn't the name on Jack's mysterious obituary.
- I think Sawyer didn't appear in this episode at all, and I'm a little disappointed.
- I still think Juliet isn't being completely forthright. While we're here, I think I'd pay-per-view one of those "chick fights" between Juliet and Kate. And I don't think I'm alone.
- I think I can't think of anything else at the moment. Please feel free to contribute. Also, TBL has its own bulleted list up as well.


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Editor's note: This is the first story in a three-part series. The second story can be read here and the third story can be read here.
The 39-year-old eyes of Floyd Bledsoe, lined with wrinkles and weighted by time, are the eyes of a man who has seen undeserved hardship.
They are the eyes that watched as his brother framed him and a sheriff's premonition led to his arrest for the 1999 murder of Camille Arfmann in Oskaloosa.
They are the eyes that watched as the testimony of his 2-year-old son was recited at trial — testimony a juror called haunting and a "swaying factor" — and a prosecutor told spurious tales without objection from his defense attorney.
They watched in 2000 as the jury of eight men and four women announced he was guilty in a trial one attorney called a farce.
They are the eyes that watched 15 years later as DNA evidence demonstrated he didn't kill Camille and his brother used his final words to admit to the murder. They watched, and watered, as Floyd was released from prison Dec. 8.
On a cold, wintry day in late December, Floyd sat calmly in an office at the University of Kansas' Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies. It had been three weeks since his life sentence for first-degree murder was vacated and he was released from a cell at Lansing Correctional Facility. He was ready for his first interview.
Cross-legged in blue jeans and a white-collared shirt, Bledsoe looked unlike the 23-year-old man who was arrested in 1999. His once-red hair was shaved short, nearly gray on its tips. Those once-youthful eyes were surrounded by crow's feet.
"I've been out 21 days and right now I'm still battling, still trying to figure out what I'll do tomorrow," he said. "For a while I just want to take everything nice and slow."
Bledsoe's two sons, who were young children when he was falsely accused of killing Camille, are now young adults. He yearns to see them again, to "re-establish a connection" with the boys who likely don't remember him.
In the rural Kansas communities he spent his first 23 years of life in, Bledsoe has become a sideshow of sorts. It is a role he is unnerved by.
"When I first got out I would be in Walmart or I ate at Denny's one time and people would come up and say, 'Congratulations,'" Bledsoe said. "It's strange because they come up to you and they talk to you, they say 'Hey, Floyd, I just want to say congratulations' and I'm like, 'OK, do I know you?'"
The world has changed in the time since Bledsoe went to prison. Friends and family members have aged beyond recognition, he says. Cellphones are infinitely more complex. A touch-screen soda fountain at a fast food restaurant confused him.
Bledsoe talked about all of this. But mostly he talked about prison, the hopelessness within it, and the way prisoners cope.
On his ninth day in prison, more than 15 years ago, Bledsoe showed a fellow prisoner some photos of his wife and sons.
"He said, 'That's nice but if you want my advice and you want to make your time the easiest possible, look at them and then put them away. Don't sit there and stare at them because all you're going to do is wish you were there. You're going to tear yourself up,'" Bledsoe recalled.
At the time, he believed the man was being harsh. Within a few years, Bledsoe had come to agree with him. He put the photos away.
"It does make it a whole lot easier. It's not that you don't love your family, but it's the only way you'll get through that situation, is to stay focused on what's at hand. Keep your mind occupied with doing stuff," he said.
As a result, Bledsoe learned how to paint. An avid outdoorsman, his art centered on wildlife and rural landscapes — pheasants flying over a field, deer and bears walking across habitats. A painting of a frog now hangs at the Project for Innocence.
Bledsoe also volunteered with hospice programs, sitting with his fellow prisoners in their waning hours.
"I've got a lot of friends that are still in prison. Many of them may never get out," he said. "But one of my goals is always to write, always to stay connected with them, to let them know they're not forgotten. Because there are times in prison when you feel forgotten."
Bledsoe wasn't forgotten. The Project for Innocence, certain he wasn't a murderer, commissioned new DNA testing that showed Floyd's brother, Tom Bledsoe, had likely killed Camille. As Jefferson County sheriff's officials reopened the case, Tom committed suicide in November and confessed to the murder in suicide notes.
When asked about his brother's suicide, Floyd paused for several seconds before answering.
"I wanted the truth, but I didn't want it to end the way it did," he said. "No matter how much you can't stand someone, it's the loss of life that just tears you up, period. No matter what they've done."
Bledsoe hasn't decided whether to file a lawsuit or claim seeking compensation for his wrongful conviction. He and his attorneys are weighing their options, he said.
As the interview ends, Bledsoe is asked about comments by Camille's mother, Tommie Arfmann, at a recent hearing. Arfmann said Bledsoe should remain behind bars for failing to protect her daughter.
"It's something that's plagued me for the last 16 years. I wish I could have," he said. "You never think this type of stuff happens, period. You see it on TV, but you never think stuff like this will ever come to you."
3 p.m. - Nov. 9, 2015
Michael Partnog, a Walmart groundskeeper in Bonner Springs, was blowing leaves in the parking lot when he noticed a light blue Fiat with what appeared to be a mannequin in the front seat.
As he looked closer, he noticed the mannequin was a person with a bag over his head. The person wasn't breathing.
The car of Tom Bledsoe sits in a Walmart parking lot in Bonner Springs on Nov. 9. (Photo via Bonner Springs Police Department)
Jeff Weissman, of the Bonner Springs Police Department, was the first officer on the scene. The Fiat belonged to Thomas Edward Bledsoe, 41, who had gone missing from his McLouth home eight days before. Bledsoe's wallet and cellphone were next to his body, along with a few dollar bills and a large red helium tank. His phone history indicated he recently researched suicide methods and read news articles about the murder of Camille.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Nov. 1, Bledsoe walked into the Bonner Springs Walmart and bought a helium tank, envelopes, pens and oven bags. At some point in the following week, he placed the bag over his head, asphyxiating himself. The helium had an intoxicating effect, limiting his sense of suffocation, according to medical journals.
The envelopes and pens served a much different purpose. They granted Tom the opportunity to clear his conscience before death and, in turn, bring to a close a 16-year mystery.
After being told by the Bonner Springs Fire Department that Bledsoe's car was safe to enter — the canister had given him pause — Detective Daniel Farr grabbed three white envelopes from Bledsoe's dashboard. The first was addressed to Bledsoe's wife:
"I am sorry. I really loved you, but I cannot go on. It's tearing me up inside. I know the Lord will take care OF you. Hope you can forgive me. IF not that's Fine I don't think god will Forgive me For what I have done. Best wishes to you and your kids. Sorry, Tom B.
"PS. Please cremate me. Its the cheapest way."
The second envelope was addressed to Tom's parents, Floyd and Cathy Bledsoe. In it, he confessed to the murder of Arfmann, a crime for which his brother, also named Floyd, had spent 16 years behind bars.
"Dear mom and dad. I am sorry I have caused all this pain. Floyd is innocent. The CA made me lye and keep my mouth shut," Tom wrote, referring to the Jefferson County attorney. "Please don't be upset with me. Please tell Floyd I am sorry. Love, Tom."
The third envelope, addressed to "whome ever cares," contained the longest letter. In it, Tom explains how he killed Arfmann and why.
This envelope, photographed by members of the Bonner Springs Police Department, contained one of three suicide notes written by Tom Bledsoe. (Photo via Bonner Springs Police Department)
"I sent a innocent man to prison," he wrote. "Now I am going to set thing right. I killed Camille Arfmann on Nov. 5 1999. I had sex with her and I killed her."
According to Bledsoe, he picked Arfmann up at the trailer where she was living after she got home from school that day and took her to his parents' home, where Tom was living at the time.
"She helped me do something," he wrote. "Sorry my mind is blank on what we did. Then we talked and then the conversation got moved to sex and she told me she's had sex before, with whome I don't know. Then she asked me and I said no, then it happened so Fast I don't Remember much. We had sex on my parents Bed, that's how my Fathers DNA got on her clothes."
According to Tom, the two were leaving the house when he asked Arfmann to never discuss their sexual encounter.
"That's when I found out she was 14 and I freaked out so I drove up to the ditch where The family dump trash and Tried to convice her Not to tell," he wrote. "Everything was happening so fast I couldn't think. I went to my truck and got my 9m gun that was behind my seat and pushed her to the ground to try to scare her, but it faild when the gun went OFF behind her head. It was accident I didn't mean to kill her.
"I as well might go ahead and say it I raped and murdered a 14 year girl. I tried telling the truth but No one would listen. I was told to keep my mouth shut. It tore me up doing it. I would ask for forgiveness But I know None will come, Not even From God. Floyd S. Bledsoe is innocent man. Thomas E. Bledsoe is the Guilty one."
Tom then drew a simple map with what he said is proof of guilt. The location where Arfmann was killed — a detail that eluded investigators for 16 years — is less than 20 yards from the ditch where she was found, Tom wrote.
Within those 20 yards, detectives could find an empty 9 mm shell casing used in the girl's murder, he said. Later that month, Jefferson County detectives found the casing buried beneath an inch of dirt in Oskaloosa. It was in the area Tom said it would be.
Tom Bledsoe's final words seemed to solve Arfmann's murder.
But questions remain. Was Arfmann truly killed accidentally by a confused man who had been friends with her for several years but seemingly didn't know her age? Perhaps more importantly, how and why did Floyd come to be charged with and convicted of the crime?
The answers likely lie in the nearly 1,000 pages of trial testimony, police reports, autopsy reports, notes, letters and other documents reviewed for this story. The accounts of more than three dozen people involved in the case are told here. In several instances, those who knew Arfmann or the Bledsoes were eager to discuss the bizarre saga that sent Floyd Bledsoe to prison and left his brother a free man.
4 p.m. – Nov. 5, 1999
November 5, 1999, was unseasonably warm in Oskaloosa. Clear skies and a light wind made for a pleasant day in the small Jefferson County town. The day's high of 70 degrees had come late, about 4 p.m., as Zetta Arfmann rode a bus home from Oskaloosa High School.
It was here, at Oskaloosa High School, that Camille Arfmann began to succeed academically. A bus driver for the school district was the last person to see her alive. (Photo by Chris Neal/The Capital-Journal)
Known to friends and family as Camille, the 14-year-old was an honor student at Oskaloosa High after moving in with her sister, Heidi Bledsoe, and Heidi's husband, Floyd. She was also a devout Baptist, attending every service at nearby Countryside Baptist Church. Warm and friendly, Camille had seemingly moved past earlier disagreements with her mother and found stability in the home of Heidi and Floyd.
At 4:20 p.m., Dorothy McClung parked the school bus she was driving outside the Bledsoes' home at 15200 Fairview Road. Surrounded by timber, the trailer could hardly be seen from McClung's vantage point. The day before, Camille's mother was awaiting her arrival at the trailer, but on this day McClung saw no one.
About 4:30 or 4:45 p.m., Robin Meyer left her job at TLC Daycare in the neighboring town of Winchester and began her drive to the Bledsoes' trailer. Meyer had grown up with Camille and the two remained friends, hanging out at the trailer after Camille returned from school. But when Meyer arrived about 5 p.m., all the lights were off. Camille's school bag and coat were there, indicating she had dropped them off before leaving. Meyer assumed Camille's mother, whom Camille spent the weekends with, had picked her up.
Camille Arfmann stepped off a school bus here on Nov. 5, 1999. (Photo by Chris Neal/The Capital-Journal)
On the afternoon of Nov. 5, 1999, Tom Bledsoe went to Lawrence to pick up his check at Farmland Industries, where he worked as a security guard. His testimony would later differ on the timing of his arrival, which was somewhere between 2 and 3 p.m., after which he went to Lunker's Bait and Tackle to look at a rifle and talk about buying a boat. He then went to Rusty's Outdoor Equipment in Lawrence to buy rifle cartridges and 9 mm bullets.
Tom was stout, with round glasses over beady eyes and a round, freckled face. His hair was copper red and combed to the right.
As a child, Tom had a case of fungus that slowly ate away at his eardrums, leaving him hard of hearing. As a result, he was quiet and had little social life outside of church. His pastor and close friend, James Bolinger, would later say that Tom didn't drink beer or hang out with women. Even at the age of 25, he lived a strictly devout lifestyle. By his own admission, Tom had few friends and, aside from hunting, did little that didn't involve work, church or helping his parents.
The time at which Tom left Rusty's, like much of his alibi for that day, is in dispute. Tom's receipt shows he bought the bullets at 4:30 p.m., but Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent Jim Woods later conducted an investigation into the receipt and found that a cash register at the store printed inaccurate times on its receipts. Kevin Fealey, a clerk at the store, told the agent that the cash register used for ammunition purchases was off by 12 hours on Nov. 16, 1999, the day Woods investigated the receipt. Though Fealey said he believed the register was accurate on Nov. 5, Floyd's attorney, John Kurth, of Atchison, later found the receipts at Rusty's were off by 12 hours and 45 minutes.
After leaving Rusty's, Tom called his father, Floyd Bledsoe Sr., and drove to his parents' house north of Oskaloosa. Tom testified that he arrived at the home, 11477 Osage Road, after 5 p.m. He took a shower, changed clothes and arrived at a church event about 6 p.m.
Floyd Bledsoe, meanwhile, would also go to a store around the time of Camille's disappearance. Floyd, 23, was a hired hand for Richard Zule, owner of Zule Dairy in McLouth, and had been helping Zule install a sidewalk since 9:30 a.m. About 4 p.m., Zule sent Floyd to Winchester Hardware for duct tape, a trip that Zule estimated would take about 25 or 30 minutes. Forty minutes later, Floyd returned to Zule's property with the tape.
While at Winchester Hardware, Floyd spoke with co-owner Karen Edmonds as he bought a sweatshirt and the duct tape. He would wear that sweatshirt for the next several days as he searched for his sister-in-law. Floyd also met and spoke with Billie Summerville, a longtime acquaintance he would later accuse of kidnapping Camille.
Two sources disputed Floyd's alibi for the hours when Camille went missing. Orin Turner, a deputy sheriff with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, testified that Floyd came into the law enforcement center on Nov. 8 and told Turner that he had gone to the trailer about the time that Camille was dropped off.
"He then said that he had met the bus on the road and he said he missed being there by five minutes and I asked him what he meant and he said that he was five minutes late getting home and had he gotten home when she got off the bus, that Camille would still be alive," Turner testified under oath. The deputy, who wasn't involved in the investigation, never relayed the information on to detectives.
Jefferson County sheriff's Detective Troy Frost said that Floyd told him he stopped at the trailer after going to the hardware store, pulled in the driveway and left. Floyd allegedly told Frost this during a videotaped interview but, when Frost later reviewed the tape, the camera's poor audio quality didn't pick up Floyd's statement. Floyd said he never went to his trailer that afternoon.
"Not at all," he said. "It took me the same amount of time to go to the hardware store as it did to go back that day."
4:40 p.m. – Nov. 5, 1999
Floyd returned to Zule's home wearing his recently purchased black sweatshirt and driving Zule's 1969 Chevy pickup truck. Zule testified there was nothing out of the ordinary with the vehicle or Floyd. The two parted ways at 5:15 p.m., according to Zule, and Floyd went to Zule's farm in Leavenworth County to tend to a sick cow before returning to the dairy to milk cows until at least 10:30 p.m.
About 5:30 p.m., U.S. Army Col. William Knoebel was sitting in a deer stand near Zule Dairy clad in camouflage and holding his bow.
"As I was sitting there I heard a, a scream and words to the effect of, 'please don't hurt me,'" Knoebel testified. The screams, he said, didn't seem to emanate from a fight or small tiff. A few minutes later, he would hear more. "The words came out again, 'please don't hurt me, somebody help, please don't hurt me' and continued like that."
Knoebel got out of his deer stand and began walking north toward the screams, moving through trees and over a creek, but was stopped in his tracks by two large dogs. Armed with his .22 pistol but not wanting to shoot the dogs, Knoebel climbed a tree and tried to listen for more screams but heard none. It was a decision he later regretted, testifying that he wished he had shot the dogs and continued moving toward the screams.
Wild Horse Road, which Knoebel said he was near, is at least 7 miles east of the home of Tom's parents, where Tom says he killed Camille. The screams Knoebel heard that evening didn't come from Camille, if Tom's suicide notes are to be believed. Nonetheless, the colonel's testimony would be an important part of the circumstantial evidence linking Floyd to the murder.
Meanwhile, something was wrong at James Bolinger's farm east of Oskaloosa. Each Friday the farm played host to a youth event or fellowship and each Friday Camille attended. But on this Friday, Camille wasn't there.
Donald Bolinger, the pastor's brother who lived on the property east of town, testified that Tom Bledsoe arrived at the event about 6:30 that night.
At 7:02 p.m., a call came into the sheriff's department. The caller told a deputy that he heard a woman screaming on Wild Horse Road. The reported screams, which wouldn't be investigated until the next morning, weren't heard by Zule.
Tom testified that he left the retreat about 9:30 p.m. and went home to his parents' house. Catherine Bledsoe, the mother of Tom and Floyd, said she and her husband were shopping in Tonganoxie at the time, returning home about 10 p.m. Catherine, who always checked on Tom before going to bed, found her son asleep in his bedroom.
Thirty minutes later, the younger Floyd Bledsoe received a call from Camille's mother, Tommie Arfmann, informing him that Camille hadn't shown up at the church event she was supposed to attend, the same one Tom went to. Phone records show there were several calls from Zule Dairy to Arfmann's home between 11 p.m. and midnight as Floyd checked in on the search for Camille. Shortly before midnight he went home.
At 11 p.m., Heidi Bledsoe left work in Lawrence and went home, arriving about 11:40 p.m., according to the co-worker who drove her, Scott Harries. Before long, the home was bustling with activity. Floyd arrived a few minutes after Heidi, followed by Arfmann, her son, Dale; Dale's fiancée, Tammie Dressler; Robin Meyer and others.
The search for Camille, spearheaded by Floyd, would last all night. Heidi filed a missing person report at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department about 1 a.m. as Floyd hit the road, traveling to Ottawa, Quenemo and Pomona in search of Camille.
Brandi Wampler, who had been baby-sitting Floyd and Heidi's two children, Cody and Christian, since 12:45 p.m. that day, continued watching them until 12:45 a.m., at which time Floyd picked up the boys. But two hours later, about 2:45 a.m., Floyd asked Wampler to watch the children for several more hours as he drove to Pomona to see if Camille was staying with a sister. The children remained with Wampler until 8:30 a.m.
By 4:30 a.m., the search party was exhausted. Many members were asleep when Floyd returned to Oskaloosa at 6:30 a.m. with Camille's sister, Rebecca, and Rebecca's infant son.
Unbeknownst to the search party, Camille likely wasn't alive by Saturday morning. As they searched futilely for the girl, Camille's killer slept a couple of miles away.
Editor's note: This is the first story in a three-part series. The second story can be read here and the third story can be read here.


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Oval Scene Opener 91097 by jrtorrents @ VideoHive
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This is my first project here so I did not what to expect.First parts are some glossy looking 3D ovals and some image placeholders which can easily be customized in Aftereffects.
The second part is a nametag or a lower third as some people like to call it. I made the nametag in a way that it matches the style and colors of the actual opener.
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- Matching Lower-third/nametag added to it.
And I don't forget to post in your comments and questions.
They come in handy.
It could be used as an opener for every program.
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Alpha Delta Pi holds the distinction for being the first society founded for college women. It was chartered at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia in 1851, which is appropriately the first college chartered to grant degrees to women. Alpha Delta Pi was originally named "The Adelphean Society," originating from the Greek word "Adelphean" meaning "sister."
Across the nation, ADPis are bright, fun, and classy young women who share the special bond of sisterhood. The qualifications for membership have remained unchanged throughout the years: scholarship, high principles, and true friendship. Here at the University of Florida, our chapter was the first sorority invited to join the Panhellenic community. Since 1948, Alpha Delta Pi has been representing UF with pride and has recently received awards for one of the top five ADPi chapters in the nation and the best chapter in Florida.
The principles established by our founders in 1851 are enduring standards exemplifying the highest ideals of Christian womanhood. Our creed states that Alpha Delta Pi is more than a ritual and more than a symbol: that it is a way of life. Alpha Delta Pi is something you are, not just something you become. What Alpha Delta Pi represents at the University of Florida, and what we symbolize throughout North American chapters since 1851 will keep us the first and finest… forever.
1836: Wesleyan Female College was founded as Georgia Female College in Macon, Georgia, as the first college in the world to grant degrees to women.
1851: Alpha Delta Pi was founded by Eugenia Tucker on May 15th as the Adelphean Society, making it the first secret society for women.
1852: The Philomathean Society (later Phi Mu) was founded on March 4th at Wesleyan Female College.
1905: The Adelphean Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi and became a national organization. Beta Chapter was established at Salem College in Winston-Salem.
1906: Gamma Chapter was founded at Mary Baldwin Seminary. The first National Convention was held in Macon, Georgia.
1907: The first The Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi magazine was published.
1909: Alpha Delta Phi joined the National Panhellenic Conference.
1911: Elizabeth Moseley Coles was elected the first National President.
1913: The Convention body changed the name of the organization to Alpha Delta Pi, adopted a recognition pin, and appointed a standardization committee. The trustees at Wesleyan Female College voted to abolish sororities.
1915: The coat of arms was modified to include a lion rampart with a background of violets and the English version of the open motto: "We live for each other."
1929: Beta Zeta was installed at the University of Toronto, making ADPi an international organization.
1979: Alpha Delta Pi adopted the Ronald McDonald House as the national philanthropy.
1983: The Alpha Delta Pi Foundation was established.
1999: Alpha Delta Pi ushers in the digital age by launching its first website.
2001: Alpha Delta Pi celebrated its 150th Anniversary.
2003: The new Executive Office building was completed.
2005: Memorial Headquarters renovation was completed.
2011: Alpha Delta Pi becomes the first sorority to celebrate 160 years of sisterhood.
Our house has been a centerpiece of sorority life since 1955 and has been maintained with care and appreciation for over sixty years.
The Gamma Iota House Corporation is a board of alumnae and sisters who make decisions about the management of the chapter house. Our house has been a centerpiece of sorority life since 1955 and has been maintained with care and appreciation for over sixty years. Areas of the House Corporation responsibility include employment of the staff, long-term finances, insurance, and maintenance. It is often referred to as House Corps.
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Flowers is pleased to present a colle ction of Derek Boshier's most recent paintings titled\, Paris France\, P aris Texas\, Paris Hilton. This series is a continuation of Boshier's e xtensive career\, which began with the Pop Art movement in the 1960s and ha s endured and evolved over several decades. The exhibition will run from Ma rch 1st through April 6th\, 2013\, with an opening reception for the artist on Thursday\, February 28th\, 2013 from 6-8pm.\n
Derek Boshier was born in England in 1937 and studied at the Royal Col lege of Art in London with David Hockney\, Allen Jones\, and R.B. Kitaj. Hi s paintings gained acclaim while he was still a student and Boshier was fea tured in Ken Russell's film "Pop Goes The Easel" (1962) alongside fellow Br itish Pop artists Peter Blake\, Peter Philips and Pauline Boty. Over the co urse of his career\, Boshier has worked across many media including install ation art\, graphic design and film.\n
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Carter Embree has always hoped to be rescued from his productive, tragically boring, and (slightly) ethically compromised life. But when an urchin at a grocery store shoves a bundle of fluff into his hands, Carter goes from rescuee to rescuer—and he needs a little help.
Sandy Corrigan, the vet tech who helps ease Carter into the world of dog ownership, first assumes that Carter is a crazy-pants client who just needs to relax. But as Sandy gets a glimpse into the funny, kind, sexy man under Carter's mild-mannered exterior, he sees that with a little care and feeding, Carter might be Super-Pet Owner—and decent boyfriend material to boot.
But Carter needs to see himself as a hero first. As he says good-bye to his pristine house and hello to carpet treatments and dog walkers, he finds that there really is more to himself than a researching drudge without a backbone. A Carter Embree can rate a Sandy Corrigan. He can be supportive, he can be a hero, he can be a man who stands up for his principles!
He can be the owner of a small dog.
I've definitely been in the Holiday-story mood so when I saw this offered for review, I jumped at it.
The story is structured well, but I quickly got tired of the dog poop references. Yes, we get it. The dog's a puppy and can't control itself. But seriously, I did not want to hear about her poops for chapter after chapter after chapter.
Of course, I'm also someone who doesn't enjoy bathroom humor of a human variety either.
There was an odd juxtaposition of Carter getting pink, ribbony items for his tiny dog – a concept enforced by Hollywood which usually rubs me the wrong way due to its stereotypical nature – but here it was okay because Carter was in no way a gay stereotype. I thought the author balanced that out nicely. It was just another thing that made Carter a true 3-dimensional character.
I enjoyed Freckles. I wasn't sure about Sandy at first. He didn't make a lot of sense to me. However, once he and Carter started dating, I saw 'into' who he was and liked that man. I thought the ending was a bit too fast. To go from 'we should take our time' to 'I want you forever, let's move in together' is a huge leap and it felt off to me.
That said, the story had a definite "Ahhhh" feel toward the end. The one thing that was missing – for me – was the large family get-together that was mentioned. I wanted to see Carter's mom when she found out what happened. I wanted to see how Helena dealt with a real Christmas.
But this was the author's story, not mine 🙂
The story, even with all the poop references, deserved 4 stars.


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Because trash like you will never have The means with which to live In any modicum of luxury Or vague derivative Of comfort don? stray beyond your class You?l never crack this ceiling made of glass Just live to work and then expire Keep your mouth shut you might retire With something more then debts Stretched far beyond your means Pledge allegiance To the corporate machines Don? you dare step out of line Everything will be just fine But you? better mind your place Just learnt to be a good consumer You?e now a number You?e no longer got a face Let my anger be my declaration My dissent my participation Resistance isn? any use Just consume, obey and reproduce The next working class who?l shoulder Your burden of despair Your empty cries for a living wage Our system doesn? care we don? care That our system won? provide For public health We don? care that your left Out in the cold all by yourself We don? care


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Paul Williams: Turmoil in garda management
Martin Callinan's dramatic resignation this morning has created turmoil in the management of the national police force.
His unprecedented decision to resign rather than apologise to the garda whisleblowers suggests that it was a step he was not prepared to take.
Not even his closest friends in the Garda top brass had any idea that the Commissioner was going to fall on his sword minutes before he announced his departure.


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Aberdeen have completed the signing of Feyenoord defender Ferne Snoyl.Aberdeen have completed the signing of Feyenoord defender Ferne Snoyl.
The left back has moved to Pittodrie on loan until the end of the season after agreeing terms with Jimmy Calderwood's outfit.
The 20-year-old spent last season on loan at Den Bosch, and although he has featured in seven first team games at De Kuip this season, he has been allowed to move on.
"I am very excited with it," said Snoyl. "It's a good chance to play again."
Meanwhile, Aberdeen midfielder Gary Dempsey has joined Doncaster Rovers on trial.
The 25-year-old only arrived in The Granite City last year, but he has failed to hold down a first team place and is now looking to seal a move to Belle Vue.
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Board of Directors, 2016-2017
HEATHER BLACK, Director
Bio coming soon.
GILAD COHEN, Director
Gilad is an artist, human rights advocate and founder of JAYU. Gilad has been actively involved in the human rights scene since 2006. Feeling the need to raise more awareness in his own community, Gilad launched JAYU in 2012, using art as the main vehicle. Gilad has been invited to speak on human rights in media and several platforms including VICE, CTV, CBC, The Globe and Mail, Al Jazeera America, and the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva in 2012. In 2015, he was selected as Rothschild Fellow through The University of Cambridge in the UK. He is the current co-host of The Hum Podcast, a weekly human rights show featured on iTunes and Rabble and sits on numerous boards including Scarborough Arts and Global Youth Volunteer Network.
MELISSA DALY-BUAJITTI, Director
Melissa Daly-Buajitti was born in Toronto, but grew up in Ottawa, where she studied for a Bachelor of Humanities, with combined honours in English. Following graduation, she moved back to Toronto with her family, where she went on to complete a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation. She has lived in Cliffside Village of Scarborough for the past four years, and is deeply connected to the district, both through family history, as well as a personal love for the geography.
JULIANA FENG, Director
Juliana is a marketing and communications professional primarily focused in the non-profit arts sector based in Toronto. She has been involved in a wide array of arts disciplines to create tailored marketing & outreach strategies, distribution plans, building media relations and managing multiple communication channels such as her most recent work with the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Prior to joining Reel Asian in 2015, Juliana has worked for many years at UTSC's Arts & Events Programming office as a Publicity Assistant before she became the Communications Coordinator. In addition, she developed her arts administration practice through AluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival, ARTSIDEOUT, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Gallery 1265 and Roseneath Theatre. As an artist, she has produced works that has been exhibited in local arts festivals as well as the Scarborough Civic Centre Rotunda, Gallery 1265, the Doris McCarthy vitrine, Cedar Ridge Gallery and Artscape Youngplace. She holds a B.A. Honours in Arts Management and Studio Major at the University of Toronto Scarborough and was awarded the 2014 Yvonne Chu, C.M. Memorial Scholarship in Arts Management. Juliana is also an alumnus from R.H. King Academy's Specialist High Skills Major, educating youth towards a career in the arts & culture sector. As a passionate arts advocate, Juliana strives to engage the public through arts-making and encourages people in all walks of life to participate in the discussion, dissemination and creative exposure.
IRINA FYFE, Director
Irina is a municipal government professional with 7 years experience in finding creative solutions to narrowing the gap between Torontonians and their representatives at City Hall. She appreciates all forms of artistic expression recognizing not only its aesthetic side, but also its ability to transform, connect and influence the audience in a meaningful way. Aside from being responsible for constituency and intergovernmental relations in her current position, Irina enjoys working on various arts & culture related projects in collaboration with Cultural Hotspot Initiative, Bell Box Murals Project, STEPS Initiative and other organizations supporting arts and community. Irina graduated from St. Petersburg State University (Russia), where she studied languages and literature.
SIMON PAABOR, Treasurer
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MEGAN PEARSON, Director
Megan is a dedicated and passionate educator; her most recent post was as the Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at a private school north of the city, where she provided curriculum support and consulting services to faculty, and created and led a set of professional development workshops for public and private school board administrators and educators, focused on improving professional capabilities. She developed and facilitated professional development seminars in Guangzhou, China and has worked with the Rotman School of Business' I-Think Initiative, helping to create professional development, and leading workshops.
Megan has a Bachelor of Arts in Equity Studies and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Toronto and earned a Master of Arts in Child Study and Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study in 2009. Most recently, she has applied to a Ph.D at the University of Toronto where she hopes to study community development. She finds out in March!
She is currently in the ideas phase of the Paradis Project School Cooperative, an alternative community-cooperative school for grades 6-8 students. The curriculum is based in social entrepreneurship, which puts the school at the cutting edge of education. The Paradis Project's innovative and inclusive approach to education is two fold: Firstly, its mission to be pioneers in growing social citizens, which is done by giving each cohort of students the opportunity to design and start a social business over the course of a 3-year program. And Secondly, it is a cooperative with many member groups – teachers, families, and community partners; each member holds an ownership stake in the school.
Megan is thrilled to be a member of Scarborough Arts, a vibrant and dynamic community!
JULIE WITT, Interim Board Chair
Julie Witt is an arts manager and educator with over 15 years of experience in program development, delivery and assessment, cultural event planning, group facilitation, and volunteer management. Since 2001 she has studied, worked and volunteered in the Scarborough community, mostly at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), in a wide variety of roles particularly specializing in arts, cultural pluralism and diversity, student development and experiential education. She is currently the Programming Coordinator for ACM Connects (formerly, Arts & Events Programming), an initiative in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at UTSC that presents artistic programming and facilitates student-initiated work, field placements and research projects relevant to building critical and creative connections primarily within the Eastern GTA. Julie's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arts Management, and a Masters of Education in Community Development.
Sergei Petrov, Executive Director, Scarborough Arts
Councillor Michelle Holland, Councillor, Ward 35, Scarborough Southwest
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Jacory Harris
September 12, 2010 by staff
Jacory Harris, Jacory Harris, who will be quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes in a marquee matchup with Ohio State this afternoon, two days ago, caused a stir when he published a photo of himself on Twitter using this. And now a new image of Harris allegedly wore a stunning dress that has emerged – a nod to coach it will face today, Jim Tressel.
Tressel, of course, is famous for his sweater vest / tie combo, which sometimes takes the form of gray sweater vest, red tie. Here is a picture of a broken fan yesterday, along with the caption: "Jacory likes to Jim Tressel vest lol"
And, assuming that the photographer was a guy here trying to fool Mike Wise to the bloggers into thinking Jacory Harris had given them more material gold, not ony Harris likes the vest, but the red tie to go along with him.
Now, you can also Harris was wearing these clothes because she liked the look … but I doubt it. And if it were, that would be a fun match, so the team would still be fun.
The reaction around the Internet was as expected (and deservedly) that glows. Spencer Hall every day should be Saturday and SB Nation just tweeted: "I love you, Jacory Harris," while lead Great, thought the suit was a step "on the athlete legitimately fun fun."
Of course, the biggest step of Harris to adopt would be "talented player, but uneven, with the potential" to "legitimate star, and tonight a victory would be an important milestone on the road to the second. And if not (and Ohio State should win this one) … Harris at least put us on the road.
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11:30 a.m.: Just a few fans are left in the stands, and the chants have subsided since NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver started coming to the stand to read the second-round selections.
The Knicks fans in the crowd cheered for the pick of Syracuse guard Andy Rautins, but expressed disappointment with the selection of Stanford forward Landy Fields that immediately followed.
Fortunately for Knicks' fans, the biggest change in the teams' roster won't happen here in the draft, but in the free agent signing period next month.
10:23 p.m.: When Memphis picked Greivis Vasquez with the No. 28 pick, the Venezuelan flags came out in the front section of the Theater at Madison Square Garden. His mother, Ivis Rodriguez, and about 15 or so guests were ready to celebrate as he went up to greet David Stern.
Ivis said through a translator that her son always took his play seriously, even as a very young child, and that it was a great honor and responsibility to represent Venezuela in the NBA.
With tears in her eyes, she got hugs from friends and family.
9:30 p.m.: The Knicks may not have a first-round pick, and that means Knicks fan Douglas Fischer will be staying up pretty late to see his team make a selection.
The 15-year-old convinced his mother, Elisa, that he would still be able to make it to school by 8:05 a.m. in Manhattan.
"He told me all his homework was done," she said.
His father has a business connection to NBA commissioner David Stern, and the family was in the front row. But no matter who the Knicks pick, Fischer says the real key next year will be LeBron James.
"He's coming to New York," he said. "Why wouldn't he?"
9:04 p.m.: After the NBA's newest rookies walk off the stage, the waiting is over but their night has just begun. They get issued a team cap, and sent over to the ESPN couch for their first on-air interview with Mark Jones.
After that, the players walk through the general seating section of the theater, follow a long velvet rope lined with fans waiting for autographs, and head over to a media section. First, NBATV gets a crack with another sitdown interview, then another TV crew has a turn, and finally a press conference is held for assembled media.
After that, the NBA issues transcripts of the Q&A session, where you can read Evan Turner's reaction to becoming a 76er.
"I'm really excited to be here with you all tonight," Turner said. "It's a dream come true and I'm looking forward to a great career."
A funny moment happened when the Nets selected Derrick Favors.
Wesley Johnson, the No. 4 pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves, was a player the Nets seriously considered taking with the No. 3 pick. A quick look at Johnson when the Nets opted for Derrick Favors showed a really wide smile. Guess he didn't seem disappointed at all. Did the Nets cross his mind.
"It did and my agent talked a lot about it," Johnson said. "But my dream was to be in the NBA. I'm fortunate to be picked by any team and it's a blessing, so I'm thrilled to be going to Minnesota."
7:55 p.m.: Stuff you'll see at the NBA Draft that you might not see anywhere else.
1. A guy wearing a light blue work-appropriate button down with a snug Syracuse jersey overtop.
2. Former Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez.
3. A green room full of tall young men in custom-made suits.
4. A draft board on stage in the style of Boston's Fenway Park.
5. TBS sportscaster Craig Sager in a lilac suit.
6. Vuvuzuelas -- outside of South Africa.
7:40 p.m.:Former Knick Charles Smith stood off to the side of the stage at Madison Square Garden just before the 2010 NBA Draft began. Asked about what the Knicks might do this summer and whether LeBron James might be coming, Smith's eyes widened. He said he had no idea, and credited James' circle of friends and advisors.
"They've been doing a good job being tight lipped," Smith said.
The 15 players invited to the 2010 NBA Draft have taken the stage here at the Madison Square Garden Theater. They are getting instructions on where to go and stand when their name is called. Wesley Johnson looks particularly stylish in a navy suit with subtle plaid pants.
These young men will walk off that stage much wealthier than they are right now, and a few of them are already started, and got a little help getting their diamonds in their ears.
The first group picture has John Wall in the center, wearing a light blue tie and matching hankerchief in his breast pocket. After ths shot, the group posed with commissioner Davis Stern.


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Dmitry Kozak, a deputy prime minister and confidant of Vladimir Putin, said the two countries had to explore common ground and move on from the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.
Underlining the lingering sensitivity of the incident, he said that it was "not appropriate for discussion at high levels" during the Prime Minister's visit, the first since the incident. In a briefing with British journalists, he added that "you can be sure the Russians will not be raising it".
Moscow has refused an extradition request from the Government for Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB bodyguard now serving in the Russian parliament. He was suspected of poisoning Mr Litvinenko, who had been given asylum in London and wrote books accusing Mr Putin and his allies of planting bombs and murdering an investigative journalist.
The killing sent diplomatic ties between the two countries to a post-cold war low. London and Moscow expelled diplomats while Britain halted talks on easing visa rules and Russia stopped the British Council from operating in two Russian cities.
"We have very good grounds for friendship between our countries and our people, and for close economic co-operation, and I don't see why shouldn't develop our relations positively," Mr Kozak told British journalists.
The fact that Russia is staging the Winter Olympics just two years after London hosts the main games has provided an opportunity for bridges to be rebuilt.
Regarded as close to Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister and former president, Mr Kozak has been placed in charge of planning the 2014 games in Sochi.
He however revealed that Britain had failed to respond to an invitation accepted by 12 other major countries, including the United States, France and Germany, to join an advisory panel on security for the Russian games.
The issue would be raised next week, he envisaged. "I can't explain why we have not received a reply from Great Britain. We are ready to help with security at the London Olympics, by providing any information we can on the intentions of international terrorist organisations, and we expect to get information in exchange.
He said that otherwise co-operation between the London and Sochi organisers had been cordial.
Mr Cameron's trip is seen as an attempt to thaw relations. He is taking a large business contingent after British business and investment in Russia declined. He will arrive less than two weeks after an armed police raid on the Moscow offices of BP, a day after it was replaced by ExxonMobil in an Arctic oil project with Rosneft.
Bob Dudley, the chief executive of BP, will be part of the delegation in an attempt to repair BP's battered relations in the country.


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New Cannock retail park will bring welcome jobs as major names sign up
A new retail park creating more than 100 jobs will be built in Cannock, with Costa Coffee, Burger King and CSL Sofas already signed up for the development.
One other unconfirmed household name could also open on the redundant grass island in between three roundabouts at the Churchbridge interchange on the outskirts of the town.
The multi-million pound plans from Hortons' Estate Developments Ltd and Trebor Developments have been submitted to Cannock Chase Council.
Called the Cannock Gateway Retail Park, the new four-building development covering 5.8 acres will be located opposite the existing Orbital Retail Park close to the A460, A5 and junction 7 of the M6 Toll. Around 120 full and part-time jobs are due to be created by the four stores.
In a report to planners, the developers state: "This is a significant investment into the area in terms of job creation and will have a number of positive benefits.
"The nature of the retail proposals will secure local jobs for the local workforce. In addition to the direct jobs that will be created as part of the development proposals there will also be a number of indirect benefits that will also arise."
These benefits are listed as the construction jobs which will be created when building work gets under way, workers' spending at the site and business rate incomes.
The scheme was today welcomed by Cannock Chase Council leader George Adamson.
He said: "It is great news as we desperately need more jobs to be created. This is a welcome investment in Cannock for an unused area which we have all got used to driving past.
"I can't foresee there being any problems with this scheme and understand the Highways department at the county council are happy that extra traffic will be able to cope."
The new Burger King would include a 'drive-thru', and will be the first in the Cannock area.
Costa Coffee is part of Whitbread Plc which owns the Premier Inn and The Orbital pub opposite the proposed site. The company also has a coffee shop in Cannock Shopping Centre.
CSL is a privately owned family business and is an upmarket sofa and home furnishings specialist. In the Midlands area, the company currently has stores in Stoke and Solihull.
The plans will come before the council's planning committee in October.
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Event planned for Newark Club December 8 luncheon
The 2005 Containerization & Intermodal Institute Connie Awards will be presented this year to James Capo, Chairman and CEO of the United States Maritime Alliance; Peter J. Gatti Jr., Executive Vice President of the National Industrial Transportation (NIT) League, and Rudiger (Rudy) Mack, President of Hapag-Lloyd America.
All three recipients have deeply rooted careers in the worldwide transportation industry and have been on the cutting edge of the containerization and intermodal revolution—will be honored at an industry-wide luncheon on December 8, 2005 to be held at The Newark (NJ) Club. The location overlooks the piers at Port Newark from which the first ever container shipment set sail nearly 50 years ago.
Each is being honored for careers that have embraced containerization in world trade and transportation. Jim Capo has led shipping industry management relations with labor for more than 16 years. Mr. Gatti's involvement with the largest organization representing exporters and importers in the US has consumed much of his career. Mr. Mack has had more than three decades with a quality transportation provider whose portfolio of carriers continues to grow.
Acccording to Michael B. Berzon, CII Chairman, "There was a significant mandate this year to honor all three industry leaders who each bring a different perspective to this group. What they all have in common is that each has worked towards leadership, efficiency, and coordinated efforts to further 21st century logistics and world trade. All have also supported CII initiatives over the years."
Jim Capo heads USMX, a formal alliance of carriers, stevedores, and port associations in the East Coast and West Coast Gulf regions, established to preserve and protect the interests of the management groups in labor relations issues of the Master Contract on containerization and automation in the longshore and related maritime fields. USMX is at the forefront of important industry issues that affect seaport security, safety, and productivity. Prior to his role as Chairman/CEO of USMX, Mr. Capo served as its President. He also served as President of New York Shipping Association, Inc. (NYSA), the organization that represents waterfront management in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
During his 11-year tenure, he served as chief negotiator for the 75 ocean carriers, marine terminal operators and other companies that employ longshore labor in the Port. He was responsible for labor relations, contract administration, legislative activities, training, waterfront safety, and implementation of data-processing network during years that have seen improved relationships between management and labor. He joined the maritime industry with a broad managerial background in the fields of labor relations, human resources, and corporate administration.From 1963 to 1967, he served as a US Navy Officer in both shipboard and shore side posts.
Peter Gatti has been affiliated with the transportation industry for most of his professional career. He has served the NIT League for the past 19 years in a number of various capacities. Mr. Gatti was named in September 2003 as the League's Executive Vice President. In this position he is responsible for developing, managing and coordinating many of the League's overall operations. He has specialized in organizing the international operations of the League, particularly on maritime affairs. In this regard, Mr. Gatti currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Maritime Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce headquartered in Paris, France. Prior to becoming the League's Executive Vice President, he served as their Vice President of International Policy. Mr. Gatti maintains extensive contacts with overseas organizations and individuals representing freight shippers, suppliers and intermediaries.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 22 — President Barack Obama's announcement last Thursday on how the federal government will deal with up to 5 million undocumented workers and family members of American citizens has been hailed by Democrats and reformist immigrant rights advocates across the board, while being universally slammed by conservative Republicans and racists.
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Last Saturday, while most people — including, apparently, most of the antiwar movement — were doing something else, several hundred people gathered in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., to protest Obama's sending of 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, as well as the increasing threats against other countries.
Many of those who were present were not only motivated by Obama's "surge," but also by the belligerent tone he struck in his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.
Among those addressing the attendees were Mike Gravel, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich and Cynthia McKinney — all were contenders in the 2008 presidential sweepstakes, either vying for their party's nomination or as "third party" candidates.


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Another little monkey just turned 1 this month! You might recognize this family from their gorgeous wedding and newborn images that I have done in the past years. I love photographing couples' weddings and then watching their family start and grow!
We had another ridiculously fun and lovely session with this little cherub with the many faces. I just love love love all of her expressions! Alana had so much fun playing with rocks, running around the park, and smashing her cupcake for us! Dad pulled out his smart phone halfway through the session to show us how Alana LOVES to rock out to her favorite song "What I am" by Will I Am – Sesame Street (click the link! It is so catchy!). And how adorable is that pink teddy bear she was dancing with?
Happy First Birthday Alana!