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Long before 2009, a nine-headed serpent guarded the gate to Hades. For every one of the Hydra's heads that was chopped off, two grew in its place.
Now I understand. The Hydra wasn't actually a beast. It was a metaphor for the endlessly multiplying tall tales of climate change deniers. Here -- with a big assist from all the deniers who popped up with fresh myths in comments to last week's column -- are five more of the best tall tales climate change deniers for 2009. Where's Hercules when you need him?
The media has hyped climate change
Tall tale: We all know journalists hate America. Rather than report the truth, they act as PR agents for the global warming crowd. That's why it's right and proper to claim over and over again that journalists are biased in favor of "global alarmists" -- and to claim it most loudly when there's no evidence to prove it.
Let's say, for instance, that the U.N. Environment Program issues an overview of recent studies, which concludes that climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees by the end of the century even if most emissions cuts are implemented. Now, let's say the Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin writes: "Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world's leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges."
Well, obviously, Eilperin is an alarmist-slanted reporter. Otherwise she would have noted that the scientists were basing all that nonsense on "unproven computer climate models that violate the basic principals of forecasting." Why should she have included that bit of wisdom? Because political operative and non-scientist Marc Morano says she should have. And she didn't. Ta-da! Bias!
I don't think so: U.S. media coverage of climate change certainly has been slanted -- but the evidence shows it's been slanted precisely in the opposite direction.
The most comprehensive review yet of newspaper climate change articles, performed in 2004 by academics Jules and Maxwell Boykoff, found that 53 percent of them offered roughly an equal balance between the view that humans contribute to global warming and that it's exclusively caused by nature. But the Boykoffs couldn't find a single peer-reviewed scientific study that supported the later view -- out of more than 900.
"We respect the need to represent multiple viewpoints," the Boykoffs wrote, "but when generally agreed-upon scientific findings are presented side-by-side with the viewpoints of a handful of skeptics, readers are poorly served. In this case, it contributed to public confusion and opened the door to political maneuvering."
Earlier this year, Harvard scholar and former Fortune magazine managing editor Eric Pooley found much the same thing: "My analysis of news articles published in national and regional newspapers, wire services, and newsmagazines between December 2007 and June 2008 suggests that for most reporters covering this story, the default role was that of stenographer -- presenting a nominally balanced view of the debate without questioning the validity of the arguments, sometimes even ignoring evidence that one side was twisting truth."
Part of the problem is that, more than colleagues in other countries, American journalists are obsessed with the idea that every controversial story feature two equally valid sides. "Balance" trumps truth. And that makes American news organizations particularly easy to manipulate. All you have to do is declaim loudly and repeatedly that your side isn't being given equal time; the news organizations then cower in fear that they'll be called out as liberals.
It's important, of course, to repeat the point as many times as possible. Because if you say something often enough, it becomes the truth. Right?
Media spin: The more the tall tale of media bias is repeated, the more the media seems to lean backward to prove it isn't true. Not surprisingly, last year's climate change reporting tilted further than ever from a truly "balanced" version of reality.
Morano even did a victory lap in October, boasting that 2009 was the year that journalists were finally "losing their religion" and acknowledged that they have to cover climate skeptics seriously.
The coup de grace came in the fall, when newspapers and TV networks, fanned by the right-wing echo chamber, gave unbridled coverage to four or five choice phrases in stolen e-mails between a couple of scientists. In many cases, they even allowed that much overhyped handful of out-of-context e-mail phrases frame coverage of the entire Copenhagen climate summit.
With reporting like that, it's no surprise that the chasm between scientists and other Americans on climate change has widened. A July Pew Center survey found that 84 percent of scientists believe warming is caused by humans, while only 49 percent of the general population did.
Also unsurprisingly, more Americans than before seem convinced that fears of climate change are "exaggerated," according to a separate Gallup poll. No doubt a spineless editor somewhere saw that survey and became even more convinced that the newspaper should work harder to "give voice" to the claims of deniers.
"Cap and tax" will cost thousands of dollars per household
Tall tale: Cap-and-trade may be a complicated policy idea, but building a tall tale around it is pretty simple: Just yell "largest tax increase in American history" and people will get the message.
The permit-trading scheme is the centerpiece of climate change legislation being pushed this year by President Obama and congressional Democrats. Rather than raise taxes on products that emit greenhouse gases, the idea is to issue permits that cap emissions but also to allow the companies that own those permits to sell them. As the pollution allowed in the permits is ratcheted down each year, the permits' cost will increase -- theoretically at least -- which supposedly creates a powerful incentive to find cleaner industrial processes.
There's no denying that cap-and-trade will introduce a new expense to polluting industries. The big questions are: How big an expense? And how much of it would be passed along to the average family?
Since spring, as cap-and-trade was being debated in the House of Representatives, all kinds of scary numbers have been floating around Washington. Cap-and-trade will cost $1,500 per family a year. No, $1,761. No, $800, $1,241, $1,800, $3,100 and so on. It'll increase unemployment by 2.5 million or maybe it'll even double unemployment.
The bulk of those numbers were bandied about by Fox News. But other media outlets -- CBS, CNBC and the Washington Post, among others -- were sure not to be left out.
Whatever the actual amount cap-and-trade will cost, this sure did sound bad.
I don't think so: If you were listening to Fox, or as it turns out a lot of Washington media, you were less likely to hear much smaller numbers, each of which happened to be more credible than any of the ones mentioned above.
In fact, every single one of the numbers above either applied to an entirely different proposal to the one being considered in Congress, or was created by an organization with close ties to oil companies. Or both.
How much will the cap-and-trade options in the real world actually cost families? Nobody really knows, but here are the results from more objective studies: $175 a year (nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office), $80-$111 a year (EPA), and $83 a year (Energy Information Administration).
Media spin: By any measure, the mainstream media's inability to distinguish the suspect spin of denial activists from authoritative government projections was an appalling dereliction.
Particularly indecorous was the Fox-led hype over an outdated administration document unearthed in September by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an industry-funded pro-denial think tank. That document estimated that a cap-and-trade bill could cost the average family up to $1,761 a year. The only problem was the document didn't apply at all to the actual cap-and-trade bill being considered by Congress.
Still, CBS, CNBC and the indefatigable Lou Dobbs picked up the story with breathless outrage. Pretty soon it was transformed to the main part of the mandatory intro to coverage of the bill, as in: "Some critics say that it would cost every American family $1,761 annually." Except that no critics actually say that about any of the bills actually under consideration.
Glenn Beck was, of course, indignant.
Tall tale: There's a growing belief among climate change deniers that all the talk about the melting polar ice is a bunch of hot air. Partly it seems to come from the anecdotal observation that, regardless of long-term trends, sea ice grows in the winter.
The idea was propped up by an August report in "CO2 Science," a pseudoscience website funded by oil and coal interests that's made to look like some sort of scientific journal. CO2 Science actually excerpted a study from another source and spun it to make it look as if that study found that there was no evidence of unusual arctic melting.
But the chief yarn spinner on Arctic sea ice for 2009 was none other than George Will, the inside-the-Beltway newspaper columnist who for years has hid poorly researched work behind a bow tie and thick classes.
Early in 2009, Will reported startling news: "As global levels of sea ice declined last year, many experts said this was evidence of man-made global warming. Since September, however, the increase in sea ice has been the fastest change, either up or down, since 1979, when satellite record-keeping began. According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979."
I don't think so: Here's the statement that the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center published on its website within hours of the publication of Will's column:
"... We do not know where George Will is getting his information, but our data shows that on February 15, 1979, global sea ice area was 16.79 million sq. km and on February 15, 2009, global sea ice area was 15.45 million sq. km. Therefore, global sea ice levels are 1.34 million sq. km less in February 2009 than in February 1979. This decrease in sea ice area is roughly equal to the area of Texas, California, and Oklahoma combined. ... It is disturbing that the Washington Post would publish such information without first checking the facts."
Media spin: One would think that such an egregious error would warrant an unequivocal correction, even an apology to the badly misquoted source. Such an apology would be beneath Will apparently.
The EPA suppressed whistle-blowing dissidents
Tall tale: There's a grain of truth in this story. But because it was blown so far out of proportion, it still qualifies as a tall tale.
Scientific findings under the Bush administration were on several occasions influenced by special interests. That scandal reached its apex in 2002, when a one-time industry lobbyist and future ExxonMobil employee, who served on Bush's Council on Environmental Quality, was found to have edited a major EPA report on climate change to make it seem more benign and less certain than the scientists who wrote the report had found.
So when news organizations reported in June of this year that a "scientist" had been blocked by agency officials from contributing his skeptical view to an EPA report finding that greenhouse gases were pollutants, it immediately drew parallels. Economist Alan Carlin had long been something of a skeptic within the agency, and he wanted to put in his two cents that regulating greenhouse gases would be a mistake.
The report sounded particularly bad when an email to Carlin from his supervisor saw daylight. It said: "The administrator and the administration has decided to move forward on endangerment, and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision. I can only see one impact of your comments given where we are in the process, and that would be a very negative impact on our office."
I don't think so: Let's acknowledge from the start that there's a big difference between one guy's supervisor going overboard in an e-mail and the sanctioned actions of a political appointee to allow a fox to run wild in the henhouse. Carlin's supervisor was reprimanded for the e-mail.
But there are other differences as well. Contrary to many news reports and even one speech from by a congressmen from the floor of the House, Carlin's not a scientist; he's an economist. In a follow-up months after the media firestorm condemning the EPA died down the New York Times reviewed documents it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act to get a clearer understanding of what happened:
"[The] newly obtained documents show that Dr. Carlin's highly skeptical views on global warming, which have been known for more than a decade within the small unit where he works, have been repeatedly challenged by scientists inside and outside the EPA.; that he holds a doctorate in economics, not in atmospheric science or climatology; that he has never been assigned to work on climate change; and that his comments on the endangerment finding were a product of rushed and at times shoddy scholarship, as he acknowledged Thursday in an interview."
In the words of a December article in the conservative Weekly Standard: "In light of the scandal surrounding the East Anglia emails ... the newly urgent demand for transparency in the climate science and policy process may shine unwelcome new light into the dark corners of [the] EPA's politically driven agenda."
Warming on Mars proves that warming on Earth isn't caused by humans
Tall tale: You've got to love this one for the pure bizarreness of it. A couple of commenters on last week's column are way ahead of me on this one.
The basic argument is that if Mars is warming without having any people on it, then people must not have anything to do with global warming here. Apparently that theory is being pushed by one Habibullo Abdussamatov, the head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia,
I don't think so: There's a basic logical problem with this story. If one cause for global warming is found on other planets, it doesn't eliminate the possibility that there could be other causes, like, say, for instance, carbon dioxide. Does it?
Regardless, as National Geographic documents, "Abdussamatov's work has not been well received by other climate scientists." That's a polite way of putting it. Says one Oxford scientist: "His views are completely at odds with the mainstream scientific opinion."
Media spin: Maybe, it's a simple little tall tale like the Mars hypothesis that allows us to see how climate change tall tales operate. You don't have to put out even a credible story to get the gullible people who call themselves "skeptics" to trumpet it as truth all across the globe.
Want more? Catch up by reading last week's column with five more climate change denying tall tales.
Journalist Ken Edelstein writes the Media Mayhem column for the Mother Nature Network. From various coffee shops in Atlanta, he publishes an environmental news site at MyGreenATL.com.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
1.4 Models for Bonding
This unit deals with different models used by teachers to
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Modeling atoms
Teachers forum
"We're going to experiment with isotopes
next semester. It's always been such a huge problem, the
parts of the atom, and having them get that straight. Leslie
came up with this idea. We went out and bought a whole bunch
of poker chips. They're going to make atoms from poker chips."
Caryn Galatis
Thomas A. Edison High School, Virginia
"We're going to have protons, neutrons and
electrons, and we're going to write the pluses, the minuses,
and the zeroes on the poker chips, and just move them. We
thought we could use the poker chips to model nuclear reactions
and isotope reactions."
Dr. Leslie Pierce
Thomas A. Edison High School, Virginia
"One of the things that really helps when
you do this is a really neat board-type thing that uses
marbles, with different sizes of marbles, to be able to
determine the neutrons, electrons and protons."
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Annandale High School, Virginia
Jones, M.B. (2001) 'Molecular Modeling in the Undergraduate
Chemistry Curriculum, 'Journal of Chemical Education, Vol.
78, No. 8, pp: 867-868.
Modeling bonding activity
Tom Pratuch teaches the principles of bonding. He uses
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This result is that data is only written once, and is always written sequentially. The advantage when writing is obvious, but there is a down side (as always). The data is written to the disk in write order, which is seldom the order in which the data is retrieved. So this results in a lot of random reads to the disk when accessing the data later.
Placing the data logs on a Solid State Drive would solve this problem, because SSDs have no seek time. But the problem with this solution is that SSDs are still way to expense to base all your storage needs on such hardware.
The solution: an SSD-based 2nd Level Cache.
Using an SSD-based 2nd Level Cache you can store the most commonly accessed parts of your database on SSD for a reasonable price. For example, if you have a Terabyte database, you can cache about 15% (160 GB) of it on SSD for around $400. This can significantly affect the performance of your system.
With this thought in mind, I have just released PBXT 1.5.02 Beta, which implements a 2nd level cache for the data logs. How this works is illustrated below.
Data written to the data log is also written to the, main memory based, Data Log Cache. Once the Data Log Cache is full, pages need to be freed up when new data arrives. Pages that are freed from the Data Log Cache are written to the 2nd Level Cache.
Now, when the Data Log records are read, PBXT will read the corresponding page from the Data Log Cache. If the page is not already in the cache, it will first check to see if the page is in the 2nd Level Cache, before reading from the Data Log itself.
PBXT 1.5 is available for download from primebase.org, or you can check out lp:pbxt/1.5 from Launchpad using bazaar. The documentation has also been updated for 1.5.
Using the 2nd level cache is easy. It is controlled by 3 system variables:
- pbxt_dlog_lev2_cache_file - the name and path of the file in which the data is stored.
- pbxt_dlog_lev2_cache_size - the size of the 2nd level cache.
- pbxt_dlog_lev2_cache_enabled - set to 1 to enable the 2nd level cache.
Of course it will be interesting to do some benchmarks on this implementation. But that will have to wait until after my holiday! I will be away until late August, but if you decide to test the new version, be sure to let me know.


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A total of 52 teachers in the Los Altos School District have been notified that they may lose their jobs -- an announcement that has drawn criticism, impacted teacher morale and may ultimately lead to unnecessary loss of staff, district officials said.
In an effort to make up for major cuts at the state and federal level, Randy Kenyon, assistant superintendent of the district, said that 42 full-time equivalent positions would need to be cut in a "worst case scenario," which assumes many things -- including that many of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed cuts and taxes will not be approved and that a proposed Los Altos parcel tax will also fail.
The pink slips were issued on March 14. According to state law, school districts are required to give notice by March 15 to employees who may be laid off at the end of the school year.
Kenyon acknowledged that morale has been dampened and that valued teachers in the district may find new work before the cuts become final on May 15. But, because state law requires the notices to be sent out, and because of the current financial straits California is experiencing, there was really no way around it, he said.
"We've got a significant cut in funding for next year," Kenyon said. "We've lost over $4 million -- potentially $5 million -- from the state."
In the previous year, Kenyon said, federal stimulus money helped plug the "significant funding hole" his district is facing. This year, however, the Los Altos School District, which draws 25 percent of its student body from Mountain View, is running out of options.
Without the passage of Measure E -- the proposed parcel tax up for a vote in May -- Kenyon said his district has no other choice but to begin cutting teachers.
Ron Haley, a Los Altos Hills resident and vocal critic of how the district spends its money, said he thinks the district could easily avoid the layoffs without the approval of the parcel tax.
"I think it's bad if any of the teachers are cut," Haley said, "and I don't see a reason why any of them should be cut."
Haley is currently leading a campaign against Measure E -- which proponents say would raise about $2.3 million for the Los Altos School District over six years with an annual $193 per-parcel tax.
He opposes the parcel tax for many of the same reasons he believes the layoff notices are unnecessary.
"One of the reasons they've gotten in this predicament is because of what they are paying their teachers," he said, noting that the average teacher in the Los Altos School District takes in an annual salary and benefits package of $99,000. Haley argues that all the positions on the chopping block could be saved if teachers in the district were willing to tighten their belts a bit.
Jim Grijalva, president of the Los Altos School District's teachers union doesn't see it that way.
"He is entitled to his opinion," Grijalva said, referring to Haley, "but it is a pretty drastic one. The type of cuts we'd have to agree to would be to give up every last health benefit that we have."
To say that Los Altos teachers are overpaid, would be "like saying every teacher in the state is overpaid," the union president said. The real reason that the district is considering such drastic cuts, according to Grijalva, is the weakened economy. "We have been on a decline for a couple years now. It is just decimating schools everywhere."
Kenyon verified Haley's figures: teachers in the district do take home nearly $100,000 in overall compensation on average, he said -- about $78,000 in salary and $21,000 in other benefits. However, he added, the average teacher in the district has 15 years of experience.
"We have great teachers," Kenyon said, "There are many veteran teachers. It does create stress on the budget, but we value quality teachers and we want to retain them as long as they're performing at a high level."
The district is exploring a structured system for furlough days and has been working on making appropriate cuts to the benefits packages of administrators, teachers and other school employees, Kenyon said. But that isn't going to be enough to save all the positions.
Grijalva doesn't anticipate that the "worst case scenario" will come to pass, but he is bracing for at least 25 teachers to ultimately lose their jobs in May. About 14 of those teachers are temporary teachers, he said -- hired on a yearly contractual basis.
The majority of the cuts are likely to fall in non-academic and non-core areas, such as physical education and the arts, Grijalva said. However, if the worst case does come to pass, some core subject instructors will likely be cut at the junior high level, which will result in a class size increase.
In the meantime, Grijalva said, the teachers who have been noticed are likely to look for new work, which could have deleterious results. Not only could these teachers find new jobs and leave the district, he said, but the damage to morale, along with the time-consuming nature of searching for work, is likely to keep instructors from performing at the top of their game.
"Their hours, when they get home, when they could be working on lesson plans, are going to be dedicated to looking for work," Grijalva said. "They've got to look out for themselves."


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A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to allow President Obama's program to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation from going into effect. The decision by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals adds another delay for the undocumented immigrants who could have been protected under the president's order. A federal judge blocked Obama's plan in February, hours before many of them were to start applying for the new program.
Obama announced in 2012 that he would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children to register with the federal government in exchange for two-year protections from deportation. In November, he said Congress had yet to fix the nation's broken immigration system, so he would move to protect even more undocumented immigrants. Under his new program, more undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children would qualify for the deportation protections, as well as older undocumented immigrants who had U.S. citizen children.
The White House criticized the ruling, saying the two-judge majority misrepresented the facts and the law. "As the powerful dissent from Judge [Stephen] Higginson recognizes, President Obama's immigration executive actions are fully consistent with the law," said White House spokesperson Brandi Hoffine.
The president's actions were designed to bring greater accountability to our broken immigration system, grow the economy, and keep our communities safe." Hoffine said Obama's action are "squarely within the bounds of his authority," and are "the right thing to do" for the nation. "Fifteen states and the District of Columbia, business leaders, local law enforcement and elected officials, educators, faith leaders, legal scholars, and others have all asked the courts to allow these actions to move forward, given the important economic and public safety benefits," she said.


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Glutamic Acid HCI
Glutamic acid HCl, or Glu, is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids and it is considered to be a non-essential amino acid. It can also be called glutamate and this amino acid occurs naturally in the human body.
Glutamic acid HCl is mostly used to flavor food and many products have Glutamic acid HCl as the main ingredient in adding flavor to an otherwise bland and boring dish. Glutamic acid HCl is also essential as a supplement to aid digestion.
History and Origin
Glutamic acid HCl along with other amino acids were first discovered in 1866 by a German chemist named Karl Heinrich Leopold Rotthausen. A Japanese researcher named Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University was the first to create Glutamic acid HCl crystals in 1907 and his discovery is better known as monosodium glutamate, or MSG.
Ancient Uses
The use of Glutamic acid HCl during ancient times was not specific to the amino acid but with the consumption of food that contained Glutamic acid HCl, or MSG. Our ancestors were mainly meat eaters and had a great supply of Glutamic acid HCl from meat, fish, eggs and dairy products.
Modern Uses
In modern times, Glutamic acid HCl is known to be effective in the treatment of many digestive problems. It is useful in people with low acid secretion like patients who are suffering from diabetes.
The use of Glutamic acid HCl for its anti aging properties is also seen since it has been found to be beneficial in the prevention of wrinkle formation, age spots and many other skin conditions related to aging. Internal aging of the body organs may also be prevented if you take Glutamic acid HCl supplements; periodontal diseases and digestive disorders related to aging can be prevented as well.
The use of Glutamic acid HCl as a food additive to enhance flavor and taste in food has been widely used in modern times. It is well known as monosodium glutamate or MSG and marketed by different brands of food flavor enhancers. There were controversies regarding the safety of Glutamic acid HCl as a food additive but in 2003 all of these were laid to rest as the Journal of Chemical Education mentioned that there is absolutely no cause for alarm at all.
The dose of Glutamic acid HCl for daily adequate requirements is around 500 to 1,500 mg. There are Glutamic acid HCl supplements that you can purchase and are also found in many protein supplements as well.
Side Effects
The use of Glutamic acid HCl is safe. There are several mild side effects on its excessive use like headaches, burning sensations, nausea, vomiting and also chest pains. It is therefore advisable to seek medical advice if you want to use Glutamic acid HCl supplements for your illness since it may counteract the effect of the medications you may be currently taking.
Healthy individuals may not need Glutamic acid HCl supplements at all but if you wish to use this amino acid it is better to consult your doctor for the right dosage amount according to your specific needs and illness.
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This phrase comes from a famous story and is used to illustrate the absurdity of the cosmological argument.
Origin of the Phrase[edit]
Although the story has circulated for a long time, the most famous retelling comes from the Stephen Hawking book A Brief History of Time:
- "A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
- "At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant turtle.'
- "The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the turtle standing on?'
- "'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'"
This phrase is used by non-believers when debating the cosmological argument. Positing that God was the "unmoved mover", i.e. the first cause, of the universe raises the question of who created the creator, and on and on. In other words, it's turtles all the way down.
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For the 2012 Art, Essay and Media contest, students grades K-5 are encouraged to submit a work of art that illustrates the connection between the energy sources we use and our lifestyles — both today and in the future.
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PEORIA — Before the City Council decides whether to OK a change in the management of the Marriott Pere Marquette and Courtyard by Marriott in Downtown Peoria, its members have some questions.
Those queries, likely to come at Tuesday's council meeting, cover a wide range of subjects, from financial viability to how the employees are treated, officials said in a series of interviews during the last week.
Developer Gary Matthews' company EM Properties is seeking the management switch from Marriott International Inc. to Rosemont-based First Hospitality Group, but the buildings still would carry the Marriott name.
Council members have a say because of a 2011 agreement with EM Properties in which the city authorized a $29 million bond and a $7 million loan as part of the roughly $100 million project. The Pere Marquette re-opened last June, and the Courtyard next door is under construction and slated to open within months.
City officials have indicated such a change isn't unusual, but council members still want to know more. City Manager Patrick Urich said he and city staff are continuing to work to answer those questions — including with additional conversations Monday with FHG as well as with Matthews.
"By all accounts, they seem to be a very well-managed company," Urich said of FHG on Friday.
But for some, it's a matter of just being able to better understand the rationale behind the change.
Asking questions
"With the investment dollars we have in play in this, we just need to ensure the logic," 3rd District City Councilman Tim Riggenbach said. "If we can continue to ensure a better quality product at the same cost, then I don't see why we wouldn't (approve the change)."
Fifth District City Councilman Casey Johnson agreed the change seemed to be designed to provide a better value and suggested he'd like to know more about how the new firm would work to continue to build revenue-producing business like hosting banquets and other events at the facility.
Ensuring it's just to improve service without sacrificing any quality is important to at-large City Councilman Chuck Weaver.
"It will be important that the city is certain a change of management will be focused on increasing the top-line sales of the hotel and not a cost-cutting measure," he said. "We have to be sure the hotel is healthy over the long term."
Along those lines, at-large City Councilwoman Beth Jensen said she wants to know not just what hotels FHG currently manages, but the names of the hotels they have managed during the last decade, to be certain the company has the expertise to oversee a full-service downtown hotel.
Many of the hotels FHG manages appear to fall under a broader, mid-range classification that caters to standard business travel, though there are some facilities — including one in downtown Chicago — that would fall under the same category as the Pere Marquette.
First District City Councilwoman Denise Moore expressed her confidence on that score, but said it was important to her to find out whether employees would see the same — or even better — treatment and training under FHG.
"We are about 30 days out from opening the Courtyard," she said. "If you're opening up a major operation, you usually have people in training. I'd like to have them tell me how they're preparing to open up the Courtyard."
She also said it was important for existing employees to learn quickly whether they'll be able to retain their jobs under a new management firm.
More clarity overall is necessary for 2nd District City Councilman Chuck Grayeb, who described the explanations so far as "an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a riddle, and it should not be because of the large amount of public money involved in that project."
Balance sheet
Nearly all council members who spoke said they hoped to learn more about the hotel's financial performance since last June. Members of the public, though, are not likely to hear that information because of a confidentiality agreement between the city and EM Properties that prohibits any release of financial data, including overall performance and the percentage of rooms filled. Urich also said he could not provide information on taxes brought in by the hotel, its Table 19 restaurant or the additional taxes brought in because it is in the city's Downtown's Hospitality Improvement Zone.
He did say, however, that "they're in the ballpark in terms of projections that we had."
City staff had produced a financial analysis that looked at "high" "middle" and "low" revenues — all of which, staff indicated, would be sufficient to cover project costs — but Urich declined to specify where the performance thus far by the hotel would fall under those particular bands in its first 10 months of operation.
Assistant City Manager Chris Setti said the initial months for most hotel properties are more volatile, and that a more accurate representation of how a property is doing usually comes after it's been operating longer.
"The real important numbers to hit are the 'stabilized' numbers in year three," he said.
Getting more
The council also may wish to use the fact that its imprimatur is needed on any change of management firm opportunity to push for more public financial data on the properties, Weaver implied.
"Considering the amount of cash the city put into this project, this may be a good time to negotiate the city's ability to have access to hotel finances," he said.
Getting more information was important to a number of other council members as well.
"I would hope that we would err on the side of openness to the public since there's a considerable public investment there," Grayeb said.
Others agreed that more could be done to raise the curtain on operations to give taxpayers more confidence.
"When public money is involved, I expect a high level of transparency," Moore said. "If you don't want public money, the spotlight isn't on you. … There is some responsibility on the developer to have as much transparency as possible."
She did agree, though, that there are different degrees of transparency that are appropriate at different points in a development.
Meanwhile, Riggenbach said he wasn't sure of the logic behind the agreement, but noted that he thought the city had improved in the last several years at being responsive to concerns about openness.
For his part, Johnson said he believes Weaver's suggestion raises a fair question, but that there's also a fine line to draw.
"Are you putting the hotel at a competitive disadvantage because you're putting out too much information for its competitors?" he asked.
That's essentially the reason behind shielding the data, Urich said.
He said he wasn't aware of any other communities across the country that had a monetary interest in a hotel and did not also have an agreement in place prohibiting the release of financial information because of the extremely competitive nature of the industry.
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Attending his team's prospect development camp on Friday, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman was pleased to report that he was expecting all his players to be healthy for the team's upcoming training camp. Entering the 2013-14 season as the defending Stanley Cup champions, Chicago will have some vacant roster spots. But those holes won't be due to injury.
Forward Bryan Bickell, who finished second on the team with nine goals and 17 points in the postseason, signed a four-year, $16 million extension with the club before undergoing surgery to repair a torn tendon in his thumb. But he is expected to be fully recovered in time for camp.
"Bickell's injury is not going to stretch into training camp. There are a lot of guys who played with injuries in long playoff battles," Bowman said Friday. "It goes to show you how competitive these guys are. They're able to do things during those playoff series that most people wouldn't be able to play with. Hats off to them. We expect a full training camp."
Fortunately, that full training camp will include veteran Marian Hossa, who Bowman stated would not require surgery after being hampered by a back injury during the Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins. The injury forced Hossa to miss Game 3 of the Cup Final, but he is expected to be fine for training camp. The same goes for veteran forward Michal Handzus, who contended with a number of injuries in winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in his 15-year career before signing a one-year extension with Chicago on July 5.
"He was a warrior in the playoffs. He never complained and he played some big minutes for us," Bowman said of Handzus. "He had a big role and was one of the reasons we were able to do what we did. He's a quiet guy that way. You never realized how much of a warrior he was."
Injuries aren't expected to interfere with the Blackhawks' training camp, but there will still be some roster spots to fill. In all, four players from Chicago's championship team won't be back to defend the title. Goaltender Ray Emery and forward Viktor Stalberg left in free agency to join the Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators respectively, while Chicago traded center Dave Bolland to the Toronto Maple Leafs and wing Michael Frolik to the Winnipeg Jets.
In their absence, the team is expecting to give a long look to prospects Mark McNeill and Phillip Danault, both of whom were selected by Chicago in the first round of the 2011 Draft.
"Mark and Phillip were both first-round picks and this is their third [rookie] camp. You can tell they kind of stand out a little bit, just with their experience and their type of game," Bowman said. "I think both of them are going to get a good look in training camp. I spoke with them this week and let them know that it's really up to them to come to camp and show us that they belong in the NHL. We have no hesitation putting young players in."
That much was apparent with the Blackhawks this past season, when Brandon Saad, the team's second-round pick in 2011, cracked the squad and made some big contributions.
If there is a dark horse to make his mark on the team in the 2013-14 season, it could be forward Drew LeBlanc. The 24-year-old had a magical season at St. Could State, where he won the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top collegiate hockey player before being signed by Chicago and dressing in two regular season games. In May, he won a bronze medal with Team USA at the IIHF World Championship.
LeBlanc remains a restricted free agent, but Bowman singled him out as someone he was looking to sign and bring to camp.
"We've talked to Drew's agent this week," Bowman said. "We're going to get him signed for sure. He's another guy who is in the mix. He had a great season last season and he was able to go play for Team USA in the World Championship. I would expect him to be pushing for a spot next year."
For a franchise that lost a number of key players immediately after winning the Stanley Cup in 2010, that's encouraging news.


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An unregistered vehicle found on campus is subject to a $130 fine. Permits cannot be issued unless the vehicle has been registered and all outstanding parking fines have been paid. Once a vehicle is registered as a student vehicle or an employee vehicle, the vehicle will be treated as such on our campus regardless of who is driving. It is the registered owner's responsibility to share this information with anyone to whom they loan their vehicle.
Please direct all questions regarding motor vehicle registration to the Business Office or the Dean of Students.
Student and employee motorcycles/mopeds do not require a parking permit, but must be registered with the College. (See Registration of All Motor Vehicles). Students are provided with a concrete motorcycle parking area in student parking lot 3 next to Edgewood Place. All other motorcycle/moped parking must be in regular vehicular parking stalls and must abide by all parking and traffic regulations.
Parking Permits
All permits remain the property of Bethany Lutheran College and are obtained through the Business Office. Motor vehicles must be registered prior to obtaining a parking permit. See Registration of All Motor Vehicles.
Parking permits are assigned to one specific individual and vehicle and may not be transferred from one vehicle to another. If you sell, junk, or permanently remove a vehicle from campus, the permit must be removed and returned to the Business Office.
Any new vehicle must then be registered with the Business Office before a new permit will be issued at no additional cost. The parking permit must always match the registered owner and vehicle information on file in the Business Office. It is the registered owner's responsibility to maintain current information on file with the Business Office.
Display the permit (except hang tags) in the rear window on the lower left-hand corner (driver side). See the photo in the Campus Parking Guide brochure for proper permit location. Contact the Dean of Students regarding alternative permit locations on specialty vehicles such as convertibles or pickups with removable toppers.
A vehicle found displaying a parking permit belonging to another vehicle, or an altered or fabricated permit will be subject to further penalties.
Student Parking Permits
- Permits cost $130 for on-campus students; $65 for commuter students. Fee must be paid in advance for the entire academic year.
- All vehicles parked in student parking lots must display a current Bethany parking permit. Violators will be cited.
- Parking permits can be purchased at the Business Office. Students will receive a Campus Parking Guide brochure explaining the parking regulations of Bethany Lutheran College.
- All students with a vehicle are required to register their vehicle and are encouraged to purchase a student parking permit for used in campus parking lots. The City of Mankato has a parking ordinance, which prohibits 24-hour consecutive parking on public streets.
- One-half of the permit fee will be refunded for students attending only the fall semester, provided the parking permit is returned to the Business Office.
- All student permits are good for one academic year, cover only one vehicle per student, and are only good in student parking lots 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Commuter students with permits may use any student parking lot, but are encouraged to use lot 4 for their day use. Please refer to the Campus Parking Map.
- All commuter students who choose not to purchase a student parking permit must park off campus and abide by all City of Mankato parking regulations.
Temporary Student Parking Permits
Students having a student parking permit
If your vehicle is in for repairs and you use a loaned vehicle you must register it and get a (FREE) temporary permit from the business office or security while the loaner is used on campus. Only one of the two vehicles is allowed on campus at any given time. These permits will be in the form of a tag hanging from the rear view mirror.
Students who do not have a student parking permit
Students who do not have a student-parking permit and wish to park on campus for a limited time may register their vehicle and purchase a seven (consecutive) day pass for $7. Temporary permits must be hung from the rear view mirror.
Student Dependents of Employees
Dependents of employees who are students at Bethany Lutheran College must purchase a student parking permit and park in student parking lots. A vehicle may only be issued one type of permit. If the dependent is the primary driver of the vehicle, the vehicle will require a student-parking permit.
Employee Parking Permits
All employees are required to register all their vehicles with the Business Office and obtain a (staff) parking permit (FREE) before they may park in employee lots (See Registration of All Motor Vehicles.) In the event all employee parking lots (5,6,7) are full, employees may park in student parking lots or on public streets.
Employee Overnight parking
Employees must only use Lot #7, across Division St from Honsey Hall, when leaving their personal vehicles on campus overnight during a college related trip. This is especially critical in the winter during snow removal. Vehicles left overnight in other areas may receive citations and will be subject to be towed at the owner's expense. Employees may not store personal vehicles on campus.
Short-Term Visitor Parking (no permit required)
Visitor parking areas are posted as "Short-Term Visitor Parking, No permit required, No student parking, no parking 2 AM – 7 AM." Visitor parking spaces are closed to students and employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Strict enforcement is required due to limited visitor parking. Students will be fined and vehicle may be towed for using visitor-parking areas. Visitors may park in student or employee lots during events. Event Parking signs indicate visitor parking areas during events. Bethany Lutheran College off-campus (non-residential) students are not visitors. See the Campus Parking Map for further details on available visitor parking areas.
Long-Term Visitor Parking (Overnight Guest Permit required-FREE)
Long-term visitor parking (overnight or between 2 AM – 7 AM) requires an Overnight Guest permit obtained anytime from Campus Security or from the Business Office. Once a permit is displayed by hanging it from the rear view mirror, guests may park overnight in student parking lots 1, 2, 3 or 4. A Visitor Parking brochure with map is provided with each permit. Once the permit expires, please dispose of the permit. The permit is only good for the time frame and vehicle for which it was assigned. A new permit is required with each future visit. Displaying an expired temporary permit is a violation subject to citation and further penalties. Guests may also park overnight on the public street without an Overnight Guest permit, as long as they abide by all City of Mankato parking regulations.
Overnight Guest permits are not for BLC student use.
Students, please inform your guests of visitor parking requirements.
10-Minute Parking Requirements
Ten (10) minute parking areas are posted near residential halls and most academic buildings for loading and unloading only. Strict enforcement is required due to limited availability. Students will be fined and the vehicle may be towed if abusing 10-minute parking areas. See the campus-parking map for locations. There is no 10-minute, curbside parking on campus.
Special Parking Requests
Short-term special parking requests due to unique circumstances (medical, etc.) must be approved in advance by Campus Security.
Long-term special requests must be approved by the Dean of Students. Long-term parking requests due to medical reasons may require a note from your doctor. No handicap parking privileges can be approved without a state issued Handicap plate or hanging tag.
Bus and Trailer Parking Prohibited
Bethany parking lots are not designed to accommodate long vehicles such as buses or vehicles with trailers attached. The Athletic Facilities Map depicts public street parking adjacent to our athletic fields where large vehicle parking is accommodated. Please contact Campus Security for assistance.
Event Parking
Guests of the College attending on campus events may use visitor-parking areas without a guest-parking permit. During business hours, the College may post employee parking lots with "Event Parking" signs for additional guest parking as needed. All parking areas become visitor parking after 5 PM on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday.
Students (with permits) attending events must only park in designated student parking lots. Students (without permits) may not park in our lots during events. Please refer to the Campus Parking Map for "Suggested Public Street Parking."
Snow Emergencies
The College may need to call a snow emergency from time to time in addition to the City of Mankato snow emergency. Snow emergencies called by the College will be announced in the Daily Bulletin and by e-mail. In addition, a bright yellow informational poster with the heading "Bethany Snow Emergency" will be placed in strategic locations around campus including residential halls.
Please note the following snow emergency guidelines:
- Snow emergency means vehicles must be moved out of a student parking lot during the time frame posted.
- The college will attempt to give a 24-hour notice before calling a snow emergency.
- The college will try to have the snow emergency on Saturdays. If we need to call a snow emergency on a weekday, we will call it after 5 p.m.
- During a snow emergency, students will be allowed to park in designated parking areas as well as on city streets, providing there is no city snow emergency. However, students must return their vehicles to student lots at the end of the snow emergency period.
- The college will treat a snow emergency the same way as the City of Mankato. If vehicles are not removed during the snow emergency, they will be issued a citation and towed by All American Towing, 465 Poplar Street, Mankato; (507) 345-5005.
- Campus Security and Maintenance will assist students with removing vehicles if necessary (jump start, etc.). If students are unavailable to move their vehicles, they should ask a roommate or a friend to move them.
The City of Mankato has a 24-hour Snow Emergency Hot Line at (507) 387-9001, which addresses parking on the public streets in and around the campus. Students are responsible for keeping track of the City of Mankato snow emergency requirements when parking on public streets. It is not the responsibility of the College to accommodate on campus parking during a city snow emergency.
General Parking Regulations
- There is no curb-side parking on campus except for loading and unloading for short periods (example: during move-in and move-out).
- The absence of NO PARKING signs does not imply that parking is allowed.
- Parked vehicles may not obstruct access of any emergency vehicle (ambulance, police or fire) nor interfere with normal college operations. Vehicles parked in such a manner are subject to being issued a citation and towed.
- Student drivers may not park in areas restricted as "No Student Parking" regardless of the vehicle they are driving or who it may belong to.
- Unattended vehicles are considered parked when left unattended for any period of time.
- Lack of space is not a valid excuse for illegal parking.
- Parking regulations are subject to enforcement 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Seeing others parked in violation of the regulations without receiving a citation does not mean you can ignore regulations.
- Tearing down, altering, defacing, removing or theft of any sign or traffic control device including traffic cones, barricades or sandwich board signs is prohibited. Offenders are subject to administrative sanctions or criminal prosecution.
- Motorists must yield to the right-of-way to pedestrians and bicyclists.
- Any vehicle parked illegally may be towed at the vehicle owner's expense.
- Students with permits may only park in student parking lots 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- The lot in front of Larson Hall is restricted to residents of that complex.
- Larson Hall residents are asked not to park on the public streets below Larson Hall.
- If for some reason all student parking lots are full, students are to park on the public street and not in employee or visitor parking areas. Please notify Campus Security of the problem.
- Vehicles are not allowed on sidewalks or lawns.
- Please drive responsibly. The on-campus speed limit is 15 miles per hour.
- Special parking exceptions for extenuating circumstances must have prior approval from Campus Security or the Dean of Students.
- Bethany Lutheran College assumes no responsibility for the care or protection of any vehicle or its contents while operated and/or parked on campus.
- Remove keys and valuables and lock the vehicle when it is left unattended.
- Valuables, if not removed, should be secured in the trunk. Report all thefts and crimes immediately to Campus Security.
- Disabled vehicles must be reported immediately to Campus Security, either in person or by phone. Notes are not acceptable.
Enforcement Policy
General parking violations include any of the following actions:
- Courtesy verbal or written warning: Officers are not required to issue a warning but may use their discretion.
- First, second, and third violations: $15 fine.
- All subsequent violations: $30 or double the fine.
- Students parking in visitor parking areas: $25 fine and subject to be towed off campus.
- Handicap parking violation: $50 fine. Please note: If cited for handicap parking by any local law enforcement officer, the fine may be up to $200.
- Unregistered student vehicle: $130 fine and subject to immobilization
Bethany reserves the right to increase the fine to $130 for any student parking violation committed when the student failed to register the motor vehicle.
Parking fines must be paid to the Business Office within 14 days from the date and time of issue. The citation number or the license plate number is needed at the time of payment. Unpaid fines that go beyond the 14-day requirement become delinquent. These citations are listed as outstanding.
All unregistered vehicles with an outstanding citation are subject to being immobilized with a wheel lock for nonpayment.
Please note: Parking citations are issued to the registered owner on file with the College. If a vehicle is loaned to a friend who is cited, the registered owner is responsible for the fine.
A wheel lock may also be used on vehicles with any outstanding citation from a prior academic year. The wheel lock removal fee is $25 in addition to all outstanding fines. All fines and fees associated with the wheel lock are to be paid within 24 hours to the Business Office or Campus Security before the wheel lock will be removed. Nonpayment may result in the vehicle being towed off campus.
Tampering or removing a wheel lock is a $75 fine along with damage costs and other possible sanctions.
After consultation with the Dean of Students, the Dean of Students may revoke a parking permit or remove a vehicle from campus when a pattern of noncompliance of parking rules and regulations is observed.
Violators who have been cited more than 5 times within an academic year and have unpaid fines will not be allowed on campus parking privileges.
Nonpayment of fines may also result in being unable to pre-register as a student with Bethany Lutheran College or a hold being placed on a student's account with the College.
Towing of Motor Vehicles
The towing of vehicles off the College campus is at the discretion of the Director of Facilities. Towing will be considered for any of the following:
- Vehicles that are banned from the college campus
- During snow removal operations
- Students parking in visitor parking areas
- Student 10-minute parking violations
- Vehicles blocking or preventing free movement of other motor vehicle traffic, hazards, safety concerns, nonpayment of fines, a pattern of noncompliance of parking rules and regulations
- Parking in a restricted area or in visitor parking and employee parking areas between 2 AM - 7 AM.
All towing will be done at the vehicle owner's expense. Towing will be done by All American Towing, 465 Poplar Street (507) 345-5005.
Appeals Process
Individuals who believe they may have received a ticket in error or feel there are good reasons why they should not have received a ticket, must first contact the Dean of Students to discuss the details surrounding the violation.
If the matter still goes unresolved, you have the right to submit an appeal within 14 days after the ticket has been issued. Fines and wheel lock fees must still be paid within the prescribed time period (14 days). The appeal form may be obtained from the Business Office or from Campus Security. The completed appeal form must be turned in to and signed by the Dean of Students.
The Parking Appeal Committee can only handle appeals for tickets issued by Bethany Campus Security. The committee has no jurisdiction over city/state infractions. If the appeal is decided in the violator's favor, they will be reimbursed for any fines paid.


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- Did you keep any new years' resolutions? I am terrible at keeping New Year's resolutions, hence why I tend not to bother making any anymore. However, this year, I've made myself a few small vows, that I'm going to try to keep! Fingers crossed!
- What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year? I actually can't think of any??? Another reason why I need to grasp this year by the horns and do something!
- What was the best thing you bought? The best thing I bought, was probably my new-old car! Actually, after the exhaust fell off my old car, I kinda needed to get a new car. And I'm loving it!
- What do you wish you'd done more of? I wish I had done more fun things with the kids, so I guess I'm gonna try and do more of that this year too!
- What do you wish you'd done less of? hmmm, this is hard, but I guess I wish I'd spent less time worrying things over and getting stressed over silly little things...
- What was your favorite movie you watched this year? wow my favourite movie I watched this year..? Thats a hard one, I love watching movies, but it would probably be Star Trek: Into Darkness... I was sooo looking forward to that, and was NOT disappointed :)
- What did you do on your birthday this year? I just had a night out with some of my friends, we had a great time!
- Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned. This year has been a bad year for me generally in RL. I'm unhappy in my job- it takes me away from my children too much, and I'm unhappy in my RL home- its too small and too messy!! Which leads onto the last... I'm unhappy in my marriage. My friends keep telling me that 'you only live once', so I guess that is it, and the prominent thought in my head for this year. Time to make changes that will make me happy!
- What does 2014 hold for you? No idea but I am hoping to make some chnges in my life that will make me happy!!
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With a critically acclaimed album that debuted this year, Mr Blake, 21, the son of singer and guitarist Mr James Litherland, has become the darling of the dubstep scene with his melodic and soulful vocals. Distilling techno's digital rhythms while infusing balladry, the producer and singer-songwriter shares the tracks on his current playlist.
'Gnossienne No. 5'
Erik Satie
"I love this simply for the melody in the right hand which always soars for longer than you initially expect. In Satie there is almost always grace and accessibility amid the strangeness."
'Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets'
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"My favourite use of the instrument. There is patience in how it develops, each one becoming more rhythmic and beautiful. I love especially the moment at which the third section starts - the introduction of pulsing and rhythmical broken chords."
'If It's Magic'
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'Black Christ of the Andes (St Martin de Porres)'
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NEW YORK (AP) — The belch of a 15-month-old baby girl has brought tears of joy to a couple of New York City officers.
NYPD Officer Michael Konatsotis and his partner, Officer David Roussine, saved the non-breathing baby Saturday after her panicked parents called 911 when she turned blue.
The officers say it took them 45 seconds to rush to the midtown Manhattan apartment where they found the unresponsive girl. Konatsotis sat up front with her, delivering emergency breaths while Roussine made the 10-block trip to Weill Cornell Medical Center in roughly 80 seconds.
When they arrived, Konatsotis says the baby let out a big burp, color returned to her face and she started crying.
He says the officers did too.
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Henry Steer went a perfect 3-0 in singles aciton to capture his first tournament title win in his Harvard Careeer. (Gil Talbot)
CAMBRIDGE Mass. – Freshman Henry Steer went 3-0 and earned the Harvard Winter Invitational tournament championship held at the Murr Center tennis courts this weekend. Harvard participants excelled in all three days of competition compiling a 21-3 record in singles action and a 10-2 mark in doubles play.
Steer who entered the morning session 2-0 after recording two singles wins on Friday and Saturday, defeated Marist's Joris Van Eck in two sets 6-0, 6-0. Freshman Denis Nguyen and senior Alistair Felton were also flawless on the weekend going 3-0 in their singles matches.
The duo of Alistair Felton and Casey MacMaster who entered the tournament as the 45th ranked tandem according to the latest ITA rankings won the tournament doubles title after going 2-0 during the weekend. The duo recorded wins over the Marist team of Lorenzo Rossi and Matt Himmelsbach and Fordham's Kuba Kowalski and Srikar Alla. The newly formed team of Sophomore Christo Schultz and freshman Alex Steinroeder impressed those in attendance as well going 2-0 for the tournament earning wins over Kowalski and Alla and Van Eck and Billy Bishop.
Harvard will be back in action next weekend when they host the Harvard Kick Off tournament welcoming DePaul, Drake and Denver to the Murr Center from Jan. 27-28. This tournament will begin Harvard's dual-match season. Full results from day three of today's tournament can be found below.
Day 3 Results:
Steer (H) vs. Van Eck (M) H 6-0, 6-0
Steinroeder (H) vs. Kowalski (F) F 7-6, 7-6
Dube (M) vs. Alla (F) F 6-4, 6-4
Pearlman (H) vs. Himmelsbach (M) H 6-2, ret.
D. Nguyen (H) vs. Resnick (M) H 6-2, 6-2
MacMaster (H) vs. Rossi (M) M 6-1, 6-2
Klassen (M) vs. Tavil (F) M 6-2, 6-0
Peara (F) vs. Bishop (M) M 6-2, 6-3
Guidici (M) vs Seaver (H) M 6-2, 6-3
Nguyen, A (H) vs. Felton (H) Felton 6-4, 6-4


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