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The New York Musical Theatre Festival, recipient of the prestigious Jujamcyn Theater Award, has announced jury members to oversee selections for the 2005 Festival running September 12 October 2, 2005 in Midtown Manhattan.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), entering its sophomore year, has finalized the panel of theater professionals who will oversee the selection of programming for the NEXT LINK PROJECT for the 2005 Festival. The members of the theater community making up this season's selection committee are Rob Ashford (Tony winning Choreographer for THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE), Thomas Cott (former Artistic Director of Musical Theater Works), Joanna Gleason (Tony winner for INTO THE WOODS, currently in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS), Kevin McCollum (Producer of AVENUE Q and RENT), Susan H. Schulman (Director of LITTLE WOMEN, THE SECRET GARDEN and THE SOUND OF MUSIC), and Jack Viertel (Creative Director/Jujamcyn Theaters, Artistic Director/City Center Encores!).
18 "production-ready" musicals will be chosen by the panel from this year's world-wide submissions. Those selected will be presented in repertory over three weeks in Manhattan's Theatre District and benefit from the spotlight of a major arts event that has attracted significant industry response since its inception. 20% of the programs featured in the inaugural Festival have since been optioned and several are in pre-production, including ALTAR BOYZ (March '05/Dodgers Stages).
NYMF is currently seeking the best of new musical theater writing to present in Fall 2005. To apply for NYMF '05, or to find out more about the Festival, go to www.nymf.org. Applications for the Next Link Project will be accepted until March 11, 2005.


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When it comes to new and innovative products, I somehow always get sucked into trying them. It's not that I'm not totally satisfied with my current skincare system, but trying a new product for me is like opening up a new toy on Christmas morning; I just get excited. Maybe that's what makes me a beauty addict? Anywho. . . L'Oréal Go 360 Clean Deep Facial Cleanser ($7) is a foaming cleanser that comes with an added bonus: a scrublet which fits right in the bottle. The oil-free cleanser is a high-foaming gel, which L'Oréal claims unclogs pores as it removes oil, dirt, and makeup. The cleanser contains notes of naranji, orange flower, and mint, which feels really refreshing on the skin. (For the pros and cons, just read more.)
Pros: I really liked the cleanser at first; the mint felt really nice in the morning when you need that wake-up boost, and it did a pretty good job of removing all of my makeup — even better than my regular cleanser. The scrublet, a small silicone-feeling scrubber that gently cleanses the skin, was a great add-on and left my skin feeling smooth, clean, and looking radiant. I loved that the scrublet fit in the hole in the bottle, rather than having to leave it on the bathroom sink or misplacing it who knows where.
Cons: As much as I really wanted to love this cleanser, after a few uses I noticed my normally oily skin starting to feel dry and tight (I suspect the mint is the culprit). Verdict: While I wasn't too big on the cleanser, in the end, I'll probably still use it once in a while. But the scrublet is definitely here to stay, and I've found it works great with my regular cleanser and really helps clear away any makeup or residue.
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ST. PETERSBURG — There is no right or wrong way to do it. When it comes to revisiting the memory of a championship, there are a number of ways you can go.
You can do poignant. You can try festive. You might even go for a mix of nostalgic and operatic. There is really only one story line you should probably try to avoid.
On the night you raise the banner, you don't want to drop the ball.
My goodness, the Rays laid a stinker Friday. They weren't good at the plate. They weren't good in the field or on the bases. And they weren't good enough on the mound.
You know you've had a bad night when the most spontaneous cheer from a sellout crowd was for the dancing groundskeeper in between innings.
"It was a bad day for us," leftfielder Johnny Damon said.
Okay, so in the grand scheme of things, this doesn't amount to diddly. It translates to about one-half of 1 percent of the season.
In the history of pennant races, the number of teams that have managed to come from one game behind in April is, officially, more than a boatload.
So keeping the hysterics to a minimum is probably a good call this morning. On the other hand, this was like having the dean confiscate the keg before you even got out of class.
"You know what," manager Joe Maddon said with tongue in cheek, "if you don't win the first one, you can't win them all."
Yes, but as nights go, this one had promise. There was the anticipation of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez making their regular-season debuts. There was David Price with his first opening-day start. There was a crowd worthy of a season opener.
Mostly, there was the raising of the 2010 American League East banner.
For a franchise with money woes and stadium controversy also hanging overhead, it should have been a night of nothing but bliss. Of good memories and loud cheers. And it felt that way through much of the pregame ceremonies and player introductions.
But then they showed highlights of the 2010 season on the stadium videoboard, and you were reminded of just how many players are no longer around.
Once they actually began playing, you were reminded again.
Damon and Ramirez combined to go 0-for-8 with two strikeouts. The only inning with more than one runner on base was cut short when B.J. Upton was picked off. And Price shut down the middle of the Baltimore order but was hurt twice by the eighth and ninth hitters.
The crowd booed Gov. Rick Scott when he threw out the first pitch, and he might have had the most impressive performance of anyone wearing a Rays jersey Friday night.
"I'm (ticked) off. I lost," Price said. "It's one game. Now it's over."
If you are particularly pessimistic, if you are looking for portents and omens, the two-run triple by Brian Roberts in the fifth was the most discouraging moment of the night.
It's not that Carl Crawford would have turned the ball into an out. He might be the best leftfielder in the game, but he would not have caught that ball.
But could he have gotten to the ball more quickly and held Roberts to a double? That's possible. And that's one of the shortcomings the Rays will have to live with this season.
They will not be as strong defensively in leftfield or at first base. And the issue is how often — and at what point in the game — does that come back to bite them.
If there are no men on and two outs in the second inning, it won't matter much if Damon fails to get to a ball in leftfield or Dan Johnson doesn't pick a throw out of the dirt at first.
But in a key situation with two runners on, it could be the difference between winning and losing.
Even so, that was not the cause of this particular loss. The offense was lacking against Jeremy Guthrie, and Price was not perfect, and there was no way for the Rays to overcome that combination.
"When you see a guy pitch like their guy did tonight — and our guy was pitching well, too — but they broke through and Guthrie was not going to be had tonight. He was that sharp," Maddon said. "It happens. You run into a guy that's really pitching a great game like that."
And so, for the first time since the Fourth of July, the Rays are not in first or second place in the AL East. They are tied for last, a whopping one game behind the leaders.
If it's discouraging to you this morning, just concentrate on this:
Crawford was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts while leaving five men on base in his Boston debut on Friday.
See, things aren't so bad.


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Nepali slave laborers dying by the dozen in Qatar
Intolerable conditions for men building 2022 World Cup city
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September 26, 2013
Dozens of Nepalese migrant labourers have died in Qatar in recent weeks and thousands more are enduring appalling labour abuses, a Guardian investigation has found, raising serious questions about Qatar's preparations to host the 2022 World Cup.
This summer, Nepalese workers died at a rate of almost one a day in Qatar, many of them young men who had sudden heart attacks. The investigation found evidence to suggest that thousands of Nepalese, who make up the single largest group of labourers in Qatar, face exploitation and abuses that amount to modern-day slavery, as defined by the International Labour Organisation, during a building binge paving the way for 2022.
According to documents obtained from the Nepalese embassy in Doha, at least 44 workers died between 4 June and 8 August. More than half died of heart attacks, heart failure or workplace accidents.
The investigation also reveals:
• Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project.
• Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away.
• Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens.
• Some labourers say they have been denied access to free drinking water in the desert heat.
• About 30 Nepalese sought refuge at their embassy in Doha to escape the brutal conditions of their employment.
The allegations suggest a chain of exploitation leading from poor Nepalese villages to Qatari leaders. The overall picture is of one of the richest nations exploiting one of the poorest to get ready for the world's most popular sporting tournament.
"We'd like to leave, but the company won't let us," said one Nepalese migrant employed at Lusail City development, a $45bn (£28bn) city being built from scratch which will include the 90,000-seater stadium that will host the World Cup final. "I'm angry about how this company is treating us, but we're helpless. I regret coming here, but what to do? We were compelled to come just to make a living, but we've had no luck."
Full Story: Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'
Source: The Guardian
As Rohingya exodus slows, refugee numbers may top 500,000
Bangladesh is now scrambling for humanitarian assistance including help for up to 18,000 pregnant women
Regional Muslims' fury at Aung San Suu Kyi
They're angered by Myanmar leader's speech on the biggest refugee crisis in the region since the Pol Pot regime
Bangladeshi Buddhists to give up festivity for Rohingya refugees
There are fears that the small Buddhist population of majority-Muslim Bangladesh could be subjected to revenge attacks
Pakistan dedicates International Day of Peace to Rohingya
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Maybe you have to be married to understand Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy. And by then, of course, it's too late. Working in Europe, the Iranian director is able to film things he wasn't allowed to film in the Islamic Republic—figurative art, a woman's bare shoulders, the suggestion of adultery.
Are-they-or-aren't-they identity games are usually more fun for the directors and actors than they are for audiences. It's a surprise, then, how much we feel for two people visiting the medieval hill town of Lucignano in Tuscany. It's not clear what their exact relationship is to each other. To avoid potential spoilers, it could be said we don't know exactly how old their quarrel is.
One is Juliette Binoche, billed as "Elle" (she), an untidy but luscious woman of a certain age. She works in an antique store that has all the light and charm of a catacomb. She comes up for air to attend the lecture of a visiting author. Being a local, she wants to show the writer local sights. To paraphrase the ghost in the Christmas story: it's not the long past she wants to show him. It's his past.
Playing the author, James, is Kiarostami's real find. He's William Shimell, a British opera singer who hasn't been in films before. Shimell's James has a profile he's clearly proud of, yet he's approachable and self-deprecating. But he's also got an arrogant streak caused by the lack of success in his field. He's got a Sunday afternoon reading in Italy, where he has a following. But James is the first to admit his book didn't cause a splash in his native England.
James and Elle head out for a drive in the country. While Elle is slightly schoolgirlish at first, her temper increases. James' breeziness about the wisdom of children irritates Elle, who has been matching wits that day with her shrewd young son (Adrian Moore). The scene between mother and son is as incisive a piece of short-story telling as I've ever seen. The kid is as good at button-pushing as the strolling accordionists who keep turning up, making it a happy summer Sunday for everyone except the two leads.
Certified Copy retraces Roberto Rossellini's 1954 Voyage in Italy (the film has plenty of a.k.a's) concerns a feuding complex couple. Played by Ingrid Bergman and a never-better George Sanders, these voyagers were mocked by the simple emotions captured forever in the ancient artifacts they saw. And Elle and James are headed to a small town where newlyweds go. In a museum is a jeweled golden tree, "in front of which young couples pledge their eternal love," as a tourist video for the place I found on-line says. Elle and James also linger around a fountain dedicated to familial bliss. There they talk to an elder married couple. The husband is played by Jean-Claude Carriere, who wrote the script of Unbearable Lightness of Being, back when Binoche was a young girl 23 years ago.
The old man's advice is intelligent. The fountain itself looks, from the glances Kiarostami gives it, like the corny Mussolinish statuary they used to erect outside of Home Savings buildings. But you're on slippery terrain if you sneer at the art in this movie. The movie is pointed at critics, just as it is at the long married types who mistake their spouses for pieces of furniture. As an author, James' argument is something like a post-Marxist adaptation of Walter Benjamin's essay on the mechanically reproduced image. James' book, also called Certified Copy suggests a copy deserves as much honor as the original…and that it is futile to seek a true original, lost in the depths of copy upon copy.
James tells a story of a woman moved by the replica of Michaelangelo's David in the Florentine piazza: a woman who didn't realize the real statue is actually indoors and elsewhere. As a critic, James tries to convince himself to honor the emotion and forgive the mistake.
There is no shame in weeping at a movie, a copy, a mere counterfeit of emotion. It's our own faults we weep for, anyway, our failures to love and forgive. And it is Binoche that makes Certified Copy so heartbreaking: her seeking of tenderness and approval from a man who won't give her what she wants. In her search for signs of hope, Binoche builds on what could have been just an interesting game of acting, and she, above anyone, makes Certified Copy a genuine masterpiece.


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This coming Monday will see the start of a court case involving The Pirate Bay that has taken well over two years to get to the courts. Back in May 2006 The Pirate Bay premises were raided by Swedish police taking the site down briefly. That investigation then carried on until December of 2007 when they were handed 4,000 pages of legal documentation. {ad}
The court case starting this week is against 4 individuals involved with The Pirate Bay. The charges are for assisting copyright infringement for 2 pieces of software, 9 films, and 22 music tracks. Various copyright holders are claiming around $100 million in damages.
Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, has been calling for the court case to be as open as possible with everyone allowed to hear what is going on during the proceedings. Now SVT, a public broadcaster in Sweden has said it will stream the audio from the court allowing us to hear it over the Internet. The one problem with that is the broadcast will be in Swedish.
That hasn't stopped Sunde though, and he is now calling on the community and users of his site to translate the feed and keep everyone updated via Twitter. The ultimate goal being to ensure whatever language you speak you'll be able to follow what is going on in this potential landmark copyright case.
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Matthew's Opinion
I'm sure not everyone is happy about the court proceedings being broadcast, but I am certainly going to do my best to keep up-to-date via any English feed that appears. I think it is really important that these 4 defendants get a fair trial and we as the public can hear just what evidence there is against them.
The Pirate Bay is pretty confident going into this and with good reason. They are constantly being attacked for the service they provide, but always manage to keep going and frustrate copyright holders. They have even said that if the court case goes against them the site will just keep going.
If you want to help with translations, or just find out where you'll be able to listen in then head over to the "How to help" page.


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29 File Petitions for 22 Seats in Champaign County Board Primary
In the upcoming March primary, Champaign County voters will be selecting candidates to run for seats on a county board that is smaller.
The Champaign County Board is slated to slim down from 27-to-22 members next December. The current arrangement ... of nine county board districts with three members each ... will change to eleven districts of two members each. Urbana Democrat Brendan McGinty is a longtime backer of the idea. He said a smaller county board with fewer members per district will be more accountable to voters.
"I want engaged members," McGinty said. "My hope is, a smaller board will by nature be more engaged, because it has to be more accountable. Two members per districts, rather than three, there's frankly no hiding."
But McGinty will not be on the smaller county board. He's one of 10 incumbents who have decided not to seek re-election. Others include current county board chairman Pius Weibel, and longtime members Steve Moser and Tom Betz. Only 17 incumbents filed ballot petitions by Monday's deadline, to run for Champaign County Board slots in the March primary. They were joined by 12 newcomers, including Republican Jim McGuire, a recent candidate for Champaign City Council. McQuire said working together to fix problems is a higher priority for him than winning back the majority that Republicans lost on the county board a decade ago.
"I hope that either way it goes, that when we get together and we do have make decisions for county government, that we work together," McGuire said. "And I think we can. We've got some good people on both sides; that we work together to move things forward for the community."
McGuire said he thinks finances at the county nursing home and the future of the aging county jail in downtown Urbana will be two of the major issues facing him, if he's elected to the Champaign County Board.


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THERE is a government in Pakistan that only promises. Fortunately, there is another in Punjab that is alive to ideas around and willing to execute them.
'You may sleep without fear. The government is watching.' This is a typical Rehman Malik statement that has lost whatever sleep-inducing effect it might once have had on people.
With terrorism, sectarian violence and gang wars hogging attention, Pakistanis are exposed to all kinds of crimes and Lahore has had its share of murder and robbery and extremely worried citizens.
The Lahoris may soon regain their sound slumber of old though. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved the induction of 4,000 ex-soldiers for security duty to "further improve the law and order" in the city.
These soldiers will be hired on contract and will fill the gap created by the deployment of a large number of policemen on guard duty. Police officials say the demand for guard duty, mostly by well-known people faced with threats, has been increasing. Correspondingly, the force's strength for combating street crime has been declining.
This gap could well have been highlighted as the crime rate peaks around Eid every year. The decision to hire 4,000 ex-army men has come after the Lahore-based newspapers printed around Eid read like never-ending crime bulletins.
Having ex-army for security is not a novel idea that the Punjab government has come up with. It is just a case of keeping your eyes open to the happenings around and learning from the experience of others. Ex-soldiers working as security is the preference in Lahore, even though men with non-army backgrounds can also sometimes be seen masquerading as guards.
The experienced former soldiers are there to impart a smart, efficient look to the receptions of various private organisations. They may be the biggest target group for Kala Kola here, but under the firm title of jawans they have been providing good service at affordable — cheap — rates to those looking for a bit of security.
Actually, all these security guards, a large number of them ex-army, are underpaid, and often made to work with old weapons and in dark blue uniforms that have been sewn in anticipation of their expanding presence. At an average Rs6,000 a month, they get a pittance for performing a very dangerous duty. The firms which recruit them for their clients take their share out of the salary, just like middlemen make money from outsourcing tasks. Since these shooters have a lot of time to kill, they will tell you they could do with a bit of improvement in what they get out of their labour.
The Punjab government's decision about employing ex-soldiers could well turn out to be the stone that kills two birds. It will restore peace on the streets and could set a trend guaranteeing the security guards better pay and perks all over the city. The government will surely pay them well and that could lead to a hike in the salary of security guards all around.
Obviously there will be those who must remain cramped inside their democratic boxes and criticise the most necessary military interventions as a blow to civilian authority.
The ex-soldiers' reassuring march on the streets of Lahore may elicit a response from the democrats similar to their reaction to the past Sharif government's decision to have soldiers accompany Wapda meter readers.
The all-too-proud civilians would be inclined to mention other instances, such as the one where ex-soldiers were given motorcycles by the Punjab government and posted as roving monitors of schools.
Monitoring and Evaluation Assistants, they are called, and Punjab has some 800 of them currently. There have been complaints, and one by female teachers that these MEAs' way of observing work was too brusque for their own delicate disposition.
Such dissimilarities in perceptions may arise again — but then if you can expect one thing from Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, you can expect him to stand by the right decision. No one can contest the fact that Lahore could do with some security. Now when the chief minister has finally taken notice of a situation the media was crying hoarse about, some appreciation would be in order.
The policemen are not idle either. Even when they do not want to do it by themselves, the senior policemen are best placed to know who they want to assign security duty.
One of them who spoke to Dawn last week justified the ex-soldiers' recruitment on the basis of the time hiring of new policemen would have taken.
What clinched the argument though was his view that the decision was inevitable when the police were told they could not be immediately handed back thousands of their men reduced by the security demands of the time to playing bodyguard.
He also showed his preference for ex-commandos — Shahbaz would be all too happy to hire all but one of them. The commandos are more equipped than others to handle a security emergency while all soldiers without doubt inspire greater confidence in people than the ever-suspect policeman.
In order of importance, if the choice is between military and police, the more sensitive jobs would go to the army men. The middle solution thus lies in hiring these ex-army men and using them to replace all the policemen minding the VIPs as guards.
What's more, released from long boring guard duty, the policemen who are restored to their original work under the proposed scheme will be expected to return reinvigorated. They may turn out to be souls willing and desirous of combating crime.
The writer is Dawn's resident editor in Lahore.


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The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department have installed and are currently using Automatic License Plate Readers, or cameras mounted to poles and patrol cars, which have the ability to record every passing vehicle's license plate, along with the time, date and location they passed by.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a lawsuit against both departments arguing that they are improperly withholding records and are keeping important information about the invasive technology away from the public.
While this new technology may be a great way for the police to track criminals, it also raises privacy concerns.
Without any restrictions on its use, ALPR technology can potentially bring harm to people's privacy and civil liberties. With these new cameras, the police are able to collect a large amount of data on an individual without their knowledge and without raising any level of suspicion.
Why must we all be forced to feel like we are constantly being watched? This is something that would fit into Huxley's "Brave New World."
Didn't we all learn the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies?
With all the furor that George Orwell's "1984" raised when it was published in 1949, it would seem that we as a society have become complacent. Today in 2014 "big brother" has gotten bigger than anything Orwell could have imagined.
Without public access to information on how the ALPR technology is being used, those people who are being recorded would not know if their rights were being infringed upon.
This would leave them helpless if they were to even try to challenge the policies that are supposed to be protecting their rights.
The Los Angeles Police and Sheriff's Departments must release information on their ALPR technology. If not, there is a lot of potential for misuse. While the police does protect us, I guess the question I would like to ask is who polices the police?


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Women's Preview - Round 15
South Adelaide Panthers (2-12, 10th) v Eastern Mavericks (7-7, 6th)
Saturday July 14, 6.30pm at Marion
The Eastern Mavericks will be hoping their outstanding efforts against the league's top sides is reflected in their away game against the lowly South Adelaide Panthers.
The Mavericks have won their last two against Southern at Morphett Vale and Norwood at Mars in their attempt to be the Cinderella Story of 2012. They are 7-7 overall and only one game behind the Tigers for fifth place, after being three games below only two weeks ago. When Tess Madgen plays, the Mavericks are 7-4, an amazing achievement for a side that only a few months ago had not won in 21 attempts.
However, if they fail to beat the Panthers on Saturday, all their good work may count for very little. The Panthers are stuck at the bottom of the ladder with just two wins from 14 games. They lost by 41 to Forestville in Round 14, with 9 points from Sally Mostert and 8 from Hajnal Nagy the best offensive efforts.
Back in Round 6, the Mavericks defeated the Panthers 79-66. Madgen had 38 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists for the Mavericks, while Candice Hartman scored 10. Jess Hansberry was the Panthers' best with 21 points.
This is a danger game for the Mavericks, but one they should be victorious in.
Sturt Sabres (4-10, 7th) v Norwood Flames (12-2, 1st)
Saturday July 14, 6.30pm at Pasadena
The Sturt Sabres will be attempting to perform another giant-killing act when they host the Norwood Flames.
With wins against top-five sides Forestville and Southern in the last four weeks, the Sabres have another chance to do their bit in shaping the end-of-season finals placings. Their 89-74 win against Southern was even more impressive in that it marked a 40 point turnaround from their last meeting in Round 5. Amy Shaw (20 points, 7 rebounds), Isabelle Daniel (18 points), Caroline Burgess (12 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists) and Jess Mcphail (12 points, 9 rebounds) were the Sabres' best.
Meanwhile, the Flames are coming off a shock one point loss to the Eastern Mavericks. It was the Flames' first home loss since the 2010 Elimination Final. Jordan Walker-Roberts had a team-high 16 points, while Amy Lewis scored 15 and Jess Foley registered a double-double.
Last time they met, the Sabres gave the Flames a run for their money, but ultimately fell 10 points short. Foley had 31 points for the Flames, while Shaw and Mcphail each scored 17 for the Sabres.
The Flames really need a win to sure-up top spot and this extra motivation should be enough to see them home.
West Adelaide Bearcats (3-11, 8th) v North Adelaide Rockets (11-3, 3rd)
Saturday July 14, 6.30pm at Port Adelaide
The North Adelaide Rockets can build on their four-game winning streak if they can achieve a road win over the West Adelaide Bearcats.
In fact, the Rockets have been the best team in the competition since Round 2, having won 11 of 12. They had two percentage-boosting wins over Woodville in Round 14, defeating them 94-47 at St Clair, then 87-58 at Hillcrest the following evening. Jo Hill was the standout performer of the double-header with 36 points and 13 rebounds, while Lauren Mansfield had 23 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists in 52 minutes.
Round 14 was another disappointing week for the Bearcats, with a 37-55 loss to Centrals confining them to a 3-11 record. Kate Shierlaw had a team-high 14 points, while Ashlea Vordermaier led the team in rebounds with 13.
In Round 6, the Rockets defeated the Bearcats 77-65, despite playing without Hill. Jamie-Lee Peris was the standout performer with 22 points on 9/10 shooting and 8 rebounds.
The Rockets are in need of a W to maintain their slender advantage over the Eagles and Lions, and it would take a huge effort from the Bearcats to stop them.
Woodville Warriors (3-11, 9th) v Southern Tigers (8-6, 5th)
Saturday July 14, 6.30pm at St Clair
The Southern Tigers will be hoping to end their potentially season-defining form slump when they visit the Woodville Warriors.
As recently as Round 11, the Tigers were second on the ladder. However, three straight losses have put their position in the top five under serious threat.
The Tigers got off to a bad start against the Sabres in Round 14, and despite working their way back to within five points with a quarter to go, were blown away 18-28 in the fourth quarter. Ashleigh Spencer (17 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists) and Genna Anderson (15 points, 9 rebounds) put up good numbers, while Alexandra Ciabattoni was held to just 12 points.
The Warriors likewise had a disappointing weekend, copping two thrashings from North. Rachel Griffiths scored 14 points in the first match, while Alissa Hampton registered 12 in the second.
In the teams' previous meeting, Anderson and Ciabattoni combined for 46 points, 24 rebounds and 9 assists as the Tigers overcame a slow start to win 70-63. Ingrid Richards had 19 points for the Warriors.
The Tigers have dropped two in a row they would have expected to win – surely this will be third time lucky?
Forestville Eagles (10-4, 4th) v Central District Lions (10-4, 3rd)
Saturday July 14, 6.30pm at Wayville
In the Match of the Round, the Forestville Eagles and Central District Lions will be competing for a spot in the top three when they meet at Wayville.
Both teams have had up-and-down seasons, but are in good form at this minute. The Lions have won four straight, while the Eagles have got the job done three times in succession. This is the teams' first clash at Wayville since last year's Elimination Final, where the Eagles overcame a double-digit three quarter-time deficit to steal victory.
The Eagles' most recent win was a 78-37 demolition of South Adelaide last weekend. They set the tone for the night with a 23-3 first quarter. Despite the lop-sided scoreline, there was little rest-time for Olivia Thompson, who played over 37 minutes and finished with 38 points and 21 rebounds. Jess Fergus and the Robinsons (Tara and Hannah) all registered double-figure points, while Alex Duncan had 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 points.
Leading 25-21 at half-time against West, a 17-6 third quarter proved pivotal in the Lions' 18 point triumph. Fiona Perso scored a game-high 21 points, while Jess Mahony (11 rebounds, 10 assists, 8 steals, 8 points) filled up the stat sheet and fell just shy of a quadruple-double. Elizabeth Keane added 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks.
The last time they met, the Eagles, like in the Elimination Final, finished with all guns blazing, yet this time the Lions still held on for a 62-59 victory. D'Lesha Lloyde, who now plies her trade interstate with Bulleen, starred for the Lions with 25 points. Desinta Cummins added 14 and Keane 13. Thompson had 24 points and 13 rebounds for the Eagles, while Fergus scored 17.
Being back at the scene of the crime will no doubt motivate the unlucky Lions of yester-year, but the Eagles are 6-1 at home and will like their chances in their building.
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Non-institutionalised Lay Religious Communities in the Czech Republic and the Care for the Ill Strategy
The objective of this study is to focus on how two non-institutionalised lay religious communities in the Czech Republic, selected for this research, apply an adaptation strategy called the care for the ill strategy. The aim is to demonstrate the way these communities view the phenomenon of health/illness and how it is reflected in their relationship to the Catholic Church. This paper is part of a larger ethnographic study that analyses activities carried out by non-institutionalised religious communities active in the Catholic environment.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced several changes to the committee's communications and technology staff, outlined an expanded cross-subcommittee staff portfolio, and also welcomed a new press secretary. Upton congratulated departing staff on new opportunities and highlighted the experienced staff leadership that will continue going forward. David Redl will serve as the new Subcommittee on Communications and Technology chief counsel, replacing outgoing subcommittee chief counsel Neil Fried, who has held the position since Upton became chairman in 2011. Ray Baum, a senior advisor who has focused on the C&T Subcommittee under Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), will provide strategic counsel for the committee in an expanded role as senior policy advisor and chief strategist on state initiatives, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and technology. Upton also welcomed Kelsey Guyselman to the subcommittee as counsel.
Upton praised Fried's dedicated service to the committee, stating, "Neil has been a fixture of the Energy and Commerce telecommunications team for nearly a decade. I have greatly appreciated his wise and steady counsel through the years dating back to my days at the helm of the telecommunications subcommittee. He was instrumental in the ongoing effort to keep the Internet free of regulations and helping spur innovation and technological advancement in the communications sector."
Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Walden added, "Neil has been a valuable member of our team for many years, and has provided me with excellent advice and counsel. From our efforts to free up spectrum to rooting out waste in government to reforming federal agencies, Neil has been there every step of the way. Our subcommittee will miss his considerable talents."
David Redl has served on the Energy and Commerce Committee since 2011 as counsel. Prior to joining the committee, Redl was Director of Regulatory Affairs at CTIA – The Wireless Association. Baum, who has served as Senior Policy Advisor for Chairman Walden and the subcommittee, has extensive experience at the state level as a former Majority Leader of the Oregon state House of Representatives and former chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission. Guyselman received her JD from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law and most recently served as a Law Clerk for Regulatory Affairs at CTIA.
"We have a terrific telecommunications team, and I am delighted that David Redl will serve as Chief Counsel for the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Ray Baum will take on an expanded role providing strategic counsel on issues that are important not only in the communications space, but across multiple areas our committee oversees," said Upton. "The communications sector is a bright spot in our economy, and we have a great team in David, Ray, and Kelsey to ensure Congress continues fostering job growth, innovation, and breakthrough technologies in the communications world."
Walden added, "I'm pleased that David Redl and Ray Baum will continue to provide excellent counsel to me and the subcommittee. Their know-how will be invaluable as we continue our work to unleash innovation and create jobs in the technology sector. David and Ray are both dedicated professionals who bring many years of public service experience to our team. Kelsey Guyselman is also a great addition to our staff."
Upton also welcomed the addition of Noelle Clemente to the committee's press team. Clemente, a Capitol Hill veteran, comes to the committee from the American Action Forum where she served as press secretary. Clemente previously served as press secretary for then-House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA). Clemente has an extensive background in health care communications and will serve as press secretary spearheading the committee's Obamacare and health related issues. "As we continue our aggressive oversight of Obamacare, Noelle will be a terrific addition to our communications team. We have many challenges in health care moving forward, from Obamacare's implementation to entitlement reform, that's why it is so important that we have the team in place to communicate our important work to the American public."


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Nuggets complete two-game sweep for 8AA championship
DETROIT LAKES — The Hawley Nuggets erased a three-run first inning deficit and scored 10 runs in the final three innings to complete a two-game sweep and claim the Minnesota Class 2A Section 8 championship defeating Perham 10-5 at Washington Park Friday.
Hawley advanced to a second title game winning twice Thursday in Perham by a score of 7-6 in eight innings over the Yellowajckets and defeating Park Rapids 7-6 in the early game.
Hawley took advantage of less than perfect fielding by the Yellowjackets to break a four-inning scoring slump and take their first lead scoring four times in the fifth inning on hits that did not leave the infield.
Perham answered in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at four when Josh Still singled in Mason Malikowski.
Perham left the bases loaded for the third time in the game in the fifth. The Jackets stranded three runners in the first and third innings also. The Yellowjackets left 14 men on base in the game.
The Nuggets stranded 11 runners, but plated two in the sixth on a double by Ben Steichen to score Grant Klevegaard. Steichen pushed the lead to 6-4 scoring on a double steal.
Klevegaard, who was a reserve player until last night, replacing Jeremy Schenck after Schenck was ejected, scored twice in Friday's final in a starting role playing big time baseball when he was needed off the bench.
"It was all pretty exciting," said Kleevegaard. "The situation I was in, I didn't know how I was going to do. I just went out there and played ball."
Jordan Harms earned the pitching victory throwing six innings in relief of starter Parker Hanson, who gave up the three Perham runs, one earned, in the first inning.
Harms surrendered only two hits, continually working out of jams with runners on base. Perham got runners on the bags via six walks and two hit batsmen and three Hawley errors.
"I threw on Tuesday and Thursday so my arm was a little sore," Harms said. "Once I got into the groove I felt pretty good. "The run support was unreal. Putting the ball in play and Crabtree going deep, it's really awesome."
Kody Crabtree launched a two-run insurance homer over the 353-foot sign in left-center to put Hawley up 8-4 in the seventh. The Nuggets added two more runs on RBI singles from Harms and Parker Hanson to score Alex Kading and bring Kleevegaard around for his second run of the game.
"That made Jordan Harms' job on the mound a lot easier," Head Coach Beau Lofgren said.
"Beating Perham always feels good in the championship," said Kleevegaard. "With all the talent on this team, I didn't see how we couldn't win."
Sam Pirrotta walked and scored on a fielding error in Perham's last at-bats but Harms shut the door on his seventh strikeout of the game for the final out with runners on first and second base for the 10-5 final.
Perham's sophomore ace Alec Meyer pitched five innings in a no-decision. Jost Still took the loss in relief.
Perham attempted to pitch around Crabtree and Hanson giving free passes twice to each of Hawley's sluggers.
Hawley outhit Perham 12-3 with a number of hot grounders that made fielding difficult for the Perham defense compounded by throwing errors and bad bounces.
Hawley had two extra base hits: Steichen's double and Crabtree's home run.
"Now I think we can rest a little bit," Lofgren said. "We've been on adrenaline for days. These guys, not to beat a dead horse, they did it last year in Legion (coming through the loser's bracket). They just don't quit. They believe in themselves. There's a sense of urgency with them at the right time."
State tournament play is scheduled to begin at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud Thursday, June 12.
HAW: Hanson, Harms (WP) and Kading.
PER: Meyer, Still (LP), Lueders, Malikowski and Mulcahy.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the pitching loss and innings pitched by the Perham starter.


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YouTube announces winners in Super Bowl ads contest
The Seattle Seahawks overwhelming victory in this year's Super Bowl may now be a memory, but the ads certainly live on. Those that debuted during the big game continue to run during our daily TV shows, and Google's video service has been polling viewers to get a feel for what really came out on top that Sunday.
While everyone likely had a personal favorite, there was a consensus amongst the masses, and the company has unveiled its top five from the NFL championship.
YouTube AdBlitz, which we told you about on Super Bowl weekend, has counted all the votes from customers. US beer company Budweiser, a long-time famous advertiser during the game, came out on top. "Puppy Love" was the big winner, featuring the obvious cute baby dog but, don't worry, the famous Clydesdales still play a role in this.
Coca-Cola took a multi-national approach in the spirit of unity, showing an ad that features America the Beautiful being sung in multiple languages. This garnered the number two spot. Slots three, four and five were filled by, in order, Chrysler, Duracell and Jaguar.
None of these top vote-getters is a major surprise, though some of you will likely disagree, as you have your own personal favorites. If you missed any one of them, then check it out below. We've included all in descending order of first through fifth.
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Dad the Dialer
When my father retired, his hobby became to call free health lines.
Soon after I moved in, his early morning calls awoke me. I chuckled as I heard him explain his issue in his Argentine-Italian accent. But as his question was lost in translation, I ran to his rescue, cape and all.
He often requests a Spanish-speaking representative so as not to bother me, but a repeat caller, I cringe at times, wondering if they will recognize the name or dad's "distinguished" voice. And yet he receives the answers he needs and I am grateful those representatives are patient. I like that he seeks answers. He asks, "Will my insurance cover this new round of medications?" and "Is there a cheaper, generic brand I can use?" When he first started taking Advair and Spiriva, he called to find out about drug interaction and drug usage.
I was proud of him.
Then there are times I hear the frustration in his voice. Insurance issues around what Medicare covers or does not stress him. So when I hear him gasp for air, I motion him to end the call. I offer to follow-up for him. Luckily, he accepts because at times he doesn't want my help, understandably so.
Helping him, however, allows for bonding. It is an exercise in patience and it allows for fun. Recently, I reminded him of the time I played a prank on him.
One day, I called home while mom and I were out. At the time, he was the calendar chair of an organization. When he answered, I decided to play. Instead of speaking in Spanish, I disguised my voice in English and said, "Hi! Is the lady of the house home? It's her daughter." My dad said, "No, she's not home, Isadora. How are you?" When I realized this, I continued, "Good, how are you? Listen, I'm calling because I have something for the calendar…" He said, "Okay, give me a minute-" I could hear him scrambling and shuffling for a piece of paper and that little pencil he uses. When he returned, I laughed out loud, saying, "Daaaad, it's your daughter, not Isadora."
And just the other morning, dad was on the phone again. He was calling the newspaper because a section was missing. I could hear the representative on the other end saying, "I am so sorry. Which section was missing so we can send it to you immediately?"
Dad replied, "The comics."
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Eldon Wegeng, 86, of Richmond, formerly of Henrietta, died at 5:55 p.m., Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond.
Mr. Wegeng was born Oct. 29, 1921 in Norborne, the son of William A. and Mary S. (Huffman) Wegeng. He married Vanda Lea Macoubrie of Rockingham community on Sept. 30, 1945; she survives of the home.
Mr. Wegeng was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Richmond. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the American Legion Post # 237. He was a United States Army veteran of WWII. He lived in Henrietta before moving to Richmond in 1975.
In addition to his wife, Vanda, survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael Eldon Wegeng and his wife, Pamela, of Wichita, Kan., Terry Lee Wegeng and his wife, Phylis, of Excelsior Springs; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Marjorie Gronniger of Eudora, Rosemary Hockemeier and her husband, Abbie, of Richmond, Elizabeth Backes and her husband, Joe, of Carrollton, Judith Goetting of Norborne, and Carol Ruegg of Kansas City, Mo.; six grandchildren, Brett Wegeng, Courtney Lawrie, Stephen Wegeng, Adrian Wegeng, Preston Wegeng and Pierce Wegeng; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association.
The visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, at the Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond, where the rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 9, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Richmond. Burial will be in the Richmond Memory Gardens Cemetery, where a flag presentation will be conducted by the American Legion Post #237 and the VFW Post #4398.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thurman Funeral Home in Richmond.
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Parker backing team-mate Cole to star for England
West Ham midfielder Scott Parker has backed Carlton Cole to establish himself in the England squad despite his blunder in front of Fabio Capello on Sunday.
Cole's backpass led directly to Jermain Defoe's equaliser at Upton Park as Tottenham went on to claim a 2-1 win - but Cole had opened the scoring with a spectacular volley and stretched the visitors' defence as a lone striker.
With Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola short on numbers in attack, Cole's next opportunity is likely to be against Millwall in the Carling Cup.
Parker said: ''Carlton has got all the attributes to be a big player for us and at international level. Everyone could see against Spurs he's got massive strength.
''He can bring people into the game as well and he's got a massive season ahead of him. If he does well this season I think he'll definitely be pushing to get into the England side.
''He scored a great goal and he's made a mistake but that could have happened to any of us out there, it's part and parcel of football. You put yourself on offer like Coley does and you are going to make mistakes.''
Technical director Gianluca Nani and chief executive Scott Duxbury are looking to add at least one more forward before the transfer window closes.
Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh has ''rejected'' a move but the Hammers are understood still to be working on the deal, while Lazio's Goran Pandev and Livorno's Alessandro Diamanti have been linked in Italy with playing for Zola.
''We would love to bring some more players in,'' Parker added. ''Our squad is very, very short and we are short on numbers. We all understand the situation we are in and it's what we have to work with.
''We have to dig in - and we'll do that and try and get some results. If we play and perform like we did against Spurs we'll be okay.
''There's no hiding the fact that Tottenham are going to be up there this year, they are a very good side and have a very good squad. If we can perform like we did against them there's not going to be many teams who can live with us.''
A heavy police presence is anticipated for the second-round clash against Millwall, West Ham's bitter rivals.
''I don't have a background in the match but they tell me it's a game that they have suggested I don't come to by walking to the stadium,'' Zola joked. ''It's going to be, obviously, very much a heated game. We are ready, we are professional, we care about the competition and we'll try to do our best.''
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Well, there was an incident. God knows I don't get out much. Most nights, I'm in bed before Madonna takes the stage. So when a girlfriend called last week to tell me a friend of ours was in town from Vail and asked if I would like to meet them for a quick drink, I jumped at the chance. We met at a local place at 5:30 and began our reunion. Six- thirty turned into 7:30, and 7:30 turned into 8:30. Laughter and cocktails—it was a classic girls' night, with one small problem…
We sat at the table with our children's to-go dinners congealing in their white plastic bags as the waiter delivered some complimentary calamari and we begrudgingly (ha) ordered another round. It was turning into one of those nights: the stars align and you end up in a room at the Four Seasons, or hitting a jackpot on a slot machine. That's what I was thinking anyway…and that's when the phone calls started. Apparently, I have children and homework—and obligations.
As phone after phone buzzed around the table with the signature ringtone for each child, we dove into appetizers and pretended fairly convincingly that we were 20-something singles without a care—or a kid—in the world. And if we were going to shirk our maternal responsibilities, we were going to do it with a bang. When 10 o'clock rolled around, it happened. I looked down at my phone and saw the following text from Whiny: Thank you for the betrayal and for taking such good care of us.
Well, you can just imagine how I felt—ashamed, inadequate. I had left two teenagers and an 11-year-old home to fend for themselves while I took a break. The nerve. Of course, just then, my friend sitting next to me glanced at my phone and saw the text. I had never seen an actual spit-take before that. When I finally got home, everyone was in bed and sound asleep. They had left some dishes out as proof that they had had to manage for themselves—poor things. I will pay for my betrayal in the coming weeks. I will dedicate myself to checking Social Studies notes and making home-cooked meals; and when I ask myself if I would ever be so neglectful again, the answer is obvious: in a heartbeat.


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My name is Gil Gatch. A little bit about me: My favorite food is fruit of all kinds. I could eat fruit exclusively for the rest of my life—especially mangoes, figs, kiwis, bananas, pineapple, and pears. Oranges are my least favorite. Also, coffee is an everyday, every meal event for me. I need to cut back.
When people meet me for the first time they often comment on how unusual my name is. On the first day of classes, my high school teachers and college professors would tell me that "the Gil Gatch band" would be a great name for a music group. I always disagreed.
I grew up near Charleston, SC where after graduating high school I enrolled in the Biology Program at College of Charleston. Just before finishing my B. A. in Biology I was recognized for my musical talents and song writing ability. The band I led (not called the Gil Gatch band) began to tour and seek out a recording contract. After a 2 year stint playing music, I was asked to move to Charlotte, NC to plant a church where I became a Worship/Creative Pastor. I served in church ministry for 7 years.
Today, I am proud to be a part of an amazing ministry CrossExamined.org as the Administrative Director. I am also a Philosophy Student at Southern Evangelical Seminary (ses.edu), and I speak regularly on the topics of Atheism, New World Religions & Cults, and Free Masonry. I am married to the beautiful and talented Heather Gatch (lovethelookingglass.com) and we love our German Shepherd, Adler, and our Mini Rex house rabbit, Henry. Follow me on Twitter @gilgatch and Facebook
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According to your report, our organisation's "silence" over human rights abuses by our member states speaks volumes about where we stand on this key issue (Commonwealth 'has abandoned' human rights role, 9 October).
It states "the secretary general ... will not speak out against abuses by any of the 54 member states". The article continues that this represents a reversal of the Commonwealth's tradition of speaking out over gross abuses.
All 54 nations of the Commonwealth, accounting for a quarter of the world's countries and a third of its people, have backed the UN declaration of human rights, yet only five of them – Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles and Uganda – have ratified eight key treaties that come from it. In fact, only one of the UN treaties – the convention on the rights of the child – has been ratified by all Commonwealth nations. Meanwhile, the sovereign primacy of national law means that 21 of our member countries retain the death penalty, and as many as 42 outlaw homosexual acts.
The same goes for beyond the Commonwealth. Of the 192 member states of the UN, the 1948 declaration remains at best an aspiration and at worst a loose promise. Declarations – whether unilateral ones, of precious things like love, or universal ones, on issues such as human rights – are hollow if they are not backed by deeds.
The Commonwealth's own stated values and commitment to human rights cannot be taken to mean that all its members are perfect and are observing them to the letter. All our members are journeying on the democratic path, the UK included. But the majority of Commonwealth members are less than 50 years old, and their journey represents a steeper climb.
As an organisation, we accept we are fallible, but when a member errs we see little point in naming and shaming – such crude megaphone diplomacy would be simply counterproductive – we'd rather proffer a helping hand.
The article questions whether such "quiet diplomacy … has been effective as states have little to fear from the Commonwealth".
The Commonwealth has teeth: five members have been suspended in the last 15 years. But even when we do take this most extreme measure, we do so with the offer of help to return a country to its democratic path.
We will never renege on the fact that human rights are fundamentally woven into our values and everything we do: as much in our efforts to support women and young people, as in our health and education programmes, as in our work – more predictable, perhaps – to promote democracy and the rule of law.
We have published guidelines on best practice for bodies such as the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission. We have supported our members in meeting the practical obligations that come with ratifying the two first – and foremost – UN human rights instruments: the 1966 covenants on social and economic, and civil and political rights. We have given human rights training to police forces in over 40 of our member countries. And in supporting other bodies across the Commonwealth – election commissions, parliaments, and central and local administrations – we are investing in societies which can actually yield the benefits of their stated values and rights.


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BOSTON -- Adrian Gonzalez is back in right field and hitting fifth for the Red Sox on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.
In his first Fenway park right-field assignment on Saturday night, Adrian Gonzalez was pinch run for in the sixth inning, but it wasn't just because of his speed on the base paths. It was mostly because Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine could foresee a one-run game, and he didn't feel comfortable with Gonzalez in right field, even if it meant taking his bat out of the lineup.
Valentine put Gonzalez back in right field on Sunday, and before the game, called the situation "unique" but also described it as "kind of fun."
"I watch him on every ball that goes up," said Valentine. "I watch him every ball that's hit. And he's looking OK. I don't know every ball, but a lot of balls that are hit, I glance. And it seems like he has the right first step. He's moving."


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TALLAHASSEE — Florida's leading candidates for governor boast of savvy business experience and the ability to create jobs, but left unspoken is the fact that both left trails of pink slips behind as they blazed through the cutthroat world of corporate megamergers.
Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott each worked for a company that eliminated an estimated 6,000 Florida jobs over their careers, according to a St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald analysis of a decade worth of news reports, company records and hospital data from the 1990s. Scott accounted for at least 2,000 more job reductions in hospitals outside Florida, according to news reports.
Still, the strikingly similar job-loss numbers underscore how much the two have in common, even as they play up their differences in the campaign to lead a state where 1 million people can't find work and 1 in every 155 houses is in foreclosure.
Both candidates, for instance, say that many of the job cuts they oversaw were offset by new jobs created by their businesses. Both were active in mergers and acquisitions — Sink as president of NationsBank Florida, Scott as chief of the mammoth Columbia/HCA hospital chain. Both are intensely private and publicly awkward, yet have an icy edge and steel spine in the corporate boardroom. Both were forced out or resigned amid tumult. And both are millionaires. But they're not mirrors of each other.
"This is a tough business, and some people don't want to make the tough decisions because it means at times laying off people; it means closing hospitals," Scott told the Dallas Morning News in 1993. "But we are not going to be able to cut medical costs unless we are willing to do that."
In contrast, Sink never made comments as stark and bold as that. She says of the job losses that resulted from her company's mergers, "We knew our goal was to save people's jobs."
Also, the job cuts Sink presided over were ordered by corporate higher ups. But at HCA, Scott was the higher up who charted the course for the layoffs.
Another distinction: On the campaign trail, Sink refrains from talk of cutting state-worker jobs. Scott has made cuts of 5 percent — about 6,300 positions — central to his campaign.
As president of Florida operations for NationsBank as it gobbled up state banking giant Barnett Bank, Sink presided over the postmerger bank, which was expected to eliminate 6,000 posts to streamline operations, closing 200 branches in Florida.
To mitigate the impact, Sink recalls imposing hiring freezes, asking people to do double duty until the merger was complete and offering people transfers.
"We were a team," she said. "Our whole goal was when the day came to close one of those branches everybody was going to have a job."
Sink's recollection is consistent with news accounts. Though there is no account of how many people were left jobless, within a year NationsBank announced about 4,500 people had left the company through attrition and 2,400 new people had been hired, according to published reports.
That hasn't stopped the Republican Party of Florida and the Republican Governors Association from running ads bashing Sink as a job killer for her role in the merger and falsely claiming she got a bonus for doing it.
When Sink left the company, she had earned $8.8 million in the last three years, a combination of her salary and cashing in 26 years of accumulated stock options, pension and deferred compensation, but it was not a bonus or tied to the job losses.
"It's a fair attack," Scott said. "If you lay a number of people off and take a big bonus at the same time, I think that's fair. People need to know that — especially at a time when we have all that unemployment in the state."
Scott, though, benefitted financially from the Columbia/HCA job cuts because it helped boost the company's stock, which was a darling on Wall Street until the federal government launched a FBI probe that led to Scott's ouster and a record $1.7 billion Medicare fraud fine. That happened in 1997, the same year as the bank merger under Sink.
Like Sink, Scott doesn't mention layoffs. He talks of "efficiencies'' he brought to a bloated health care industry that led his company to shutter more than 50 hospitals and eliminate 6,215 Florida jobs, according to state regulators. Hundreds more Florida jobs were lost when Columbia/HCA had to close its home health care agencies in the wake of the investigation. That's in addition to the thousands of jobs eliminated under the hospital chain in other states.
Scott wasn't just closing hospitals to make money. Throughout the 1990s, hundreds of hospitals closed across the nation as the health industry changed. The bank industry was also undergoing transformations of its own. In both cases, the job cuts were the product of a merger-and-acquisition binge of the go-go 1990s — a time when bigger was better and economies of scale ruled.
"The idea was that when two companies merged, because of the overlapping markets, they could save money by closing operations — which probably means some people lost jobs," said Stan Smith, professor of finance at the University of Central Florida.
While Scott said he has no idea how many jobs he created, he believes the number is in the many thousands. Sink says she, too, created jobs by steering $1.7 billion in loans to Florida's small businesses. She also reports that, during her tenure, bank deposits tripled and the banks' net income grew 86 percent.
For the people who got pink slips, however, the memories of unemployment still sting.
Barbara Emanuel of New Port Richey was among about three dozen Community Home Health Care employees let go in 1996 about a year after Columbia/HCA bought it.
"I was a single mother with two children. I lost my house," Emanuel, 56, said. Unable to find work near home, she traveled through North Florida and then Texas for years in search of work, leaving her son and daughter with her mother. Eventually, she came back to work as a home health care nurse.
Emanuel, a Republican, "can't believe'' Scott is the GOP choice for governor. "I get so upset when I see him on TV," she said. But, she said, she doesn't know anything about Sink.
David Ginzl of Jacksonville does. He had two hours' notice before he lost his Barnett Bank job after NationsBank took over. Ginzl doesn't fault Sink, but he doesn't describe NationsBank in the warmest of terms, either.
"No one has ever described the management of NationsBank as compassionate," he said.
Now a history professor who has written books about the history of Barnett Banks, Ginzl said, "For the great majority, NationsBank offered them opportunities for jobs within NationsBank."
A more lasting legacy than the job cuts, however, was the troubles NationsBank had merging the two bank cultures. Less than a year into the Barnett merger, NationsBank acquired Bank of America and assumed its name. The newly consolidated bank lost nearly 1 million Florida customers and satisfaction ratings were at a record low.
Bank of America put a new focus on customer service, shuffled its senior officers and replaced Sink. By 2000, the bank's stock price had risen about 40 percent.
Scott's departure from the company he built was much more sensational because of his high position and the fallout from the criminal probe. He was never criminally charged, but Sink's campaign has taken to calling Scott a fraud. Scott's campaign portrays Sink as inept.


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Review by Chael
"Well it's not completely horrible... I guess?"
Graphics 9/10
O.K. It's true the graphics are great in this game. It's really nicely done, no more block wrestlers. They're all smooth and nicely done. The muscles actually come out of the wrestlers body (in other words, they're no longer just a pretty texture mapped on to the 3D figure).
Sound 5/10
This holds true except for the entrance themes. Those were well done, and quite possibly the best part of the game. It's really upsetting, though, to say that the entrances are the best part of a game. They should be an entertaining thing to watch, but not the highlight. After you see them once or twice, there's no real purpose to ever view them again.
Lot's of options, yes. Fun to build people... Kind of. It's also really annoying though, and it takes a lot longer than it should to find certain pieces, and once done there's no going back. Say you just unlock a new item, well there's no way to ever add it to your wrestler. It's time to build a new one. Great.
Gameplay 5/10
Reversals are horrible. All the broken grapples slow down the game play, and the moves aren't as great as they should be. Also finishers are just a waste of time to try to pull off. It hurts a lot by failing to have anything but pin fall matches. No extras. Nothing.
Overall 7/10
I wanted to like this game. I really did. But no story mode, not even a royal rumble. The lack of loading time would have been great here, but no! Even the SNES games had royal rumble! It's just really upsetting. I give it a seven over all because I think it points the new direction in wrestling games. Good graphics, an almost workable engine. The worst thing is, I know the second one will be great. And I'll have to buy it too. Wrestling games should be like sports games. You only need to buy one, and that will last you years. Then a new breakthrough will occur and you'll get a new one. After seeing the smackdown series, this really falls short. It was really upsetting.
Bonus 3/10
Well you have your secret wrestlers, and who are they? None other than the McMahon family. Wow. That's just super. how about some NWO wrestlers? How about SHAWN MICHAELS? How about Hulk Hogan? Something fun. Macho Man Randy Savage? Or Old school, still cool, undertaker? And I'm still waiting on a game with the Million Dollar belt, and the Million Dollar champion... remember him.. back when he didn't talk... back when he wasn't yet ''stone cold''? Mind you it was after he was ''stunning'' though. Heavenly Bodies nothing!
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 02/25/02, Updated 02/25/02
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"Admit it, sport-utility-vehicle owners! It's shaped a little differently, but it's a station wagon! And you do not drive it across rivers! You drive it across the Wal-Mart parking lot!" – Dave Barry
I loved using public transport when our family lived and traveled overseas. But In America, owning a vehicle seems to be a true rite of passage. We love cars. We love trucks. We love anything we own with wheels on it to get us from point A to point B. I think it's easy to forget that owning a car isn't a right but a privilege. Over the years we've made the mistake of going into debt to buy cars and have even been able to give away a vehicle. In the day in/day out experience of driving it's easy to forget anything we have is a blessing and could be passed along to others in need. When we – as minimalists – choose to view what we own as something to hold loosely, we must ask ourselves how we can be good stewards of the vehicle(s) sitting on our driveways.
* Develop the behavior of taking bits of trash out of you car every time you leave. In my opinion, a cluttered car makes for a stressful drive. Keep a plastic bag in the glove box to use for trash so it's easy to keep under control. I ask my kids to make sure their cup holders are empty and it's generally simple to keep things tidy.
* See your vehicle for what it is – a means for transport. If you're lugging items around in your trunk for months or have random belongings rolling around under the passenger seat every day, those are items that do not need to make the trip with you. Find a home for them outside of your car.
* As far as cleaning goes, I spray a microfiber cloth with a vinegar and water solution and wipe down the console, dash, and steering wheel every few weeks. About once a month I take my car by the local car wash, as you can use their high powered vacuum for 5 minutes for $1. If the kids are with me, they help me clear out trash and take turns vacuuming the car's inside for me (sometimes getting an extra treat from Mom for being happy helpers).
* Give your vehicle a break and walk, bike, or run when you can. No joke. 🙂 When I lived in Indiana our bank and pharmacy were about 1.5 miles from our home. I loved getting in my workout and completing a family errand all while getting in a run, too. Going on a walk makes for a more enjoyable experience and gives you the opportunity to think or chat (if someone joins you).
Remember, minimalist – your car (like everything else you have) isn't your own. You might own it, but you don't want it to own you. God might have a plan for you to pass it along to another person or family someday – treat it like a gift you're taking care of for the time being.
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Yep, to be sure, this is a mere bagatelle of a do-nothing job — modest pay, grading papers for hours, overseeing six to seven packed classes a day, attending to parent conferences, dealing with the occasional brawl, being forced to teach to a cockamamie test. And all the while clucking Tallahassee politicians are looking over your shoulder telling you what a lousy, stinking job you're doing and threatening your livelihood.
Given all those lush fringe benefits, who wouldn't want to be a public school teacher?
Or more to the point, let's put it this way. State Sen. John Thrasher, R-The Mr. Chips From Hell, wouldn't last five minutes in a Florida public school classroom before finding himself more dazed and confused than Sarah Palin contemplating a world atlas.
Yet Thrasher and a bunch of his fellow truants from reality in the Florida Legislature seem bent on making it more difficult for our public school teachers to achieve tenure, easier to fire them and more difficult to — teach.
Under Thrasher's proposal, current protections for classroom teachers' job security would be eviscerated and even more stringent requirements for end-of-year exams implemented and linked to educator evaluations.
At the same time, newly hired teachers, after a year's probation, would be subject to annual contracts to continue their employment. Thrasher insisted, with a straight face even as his nose grew the length of a Chilean fault line, that he was merely trying to "make sure our classrooms have the best teachers possible."
But that is so much poppycock, wrapped in fiddle-faddle, enshrouded in balderdash.
By Thrasher's ham-handed reasoning, our classrooms are populated by bonbon-munching, ne'er-do-well, indifferent teachers who while away the public school day reading the Daily Racing Form, taking extended coffee breaks and surfing the Internet, which really sounds like a more accurate job description of a Florida legislator than an elementary or high school educator.
Indeed, if one applied the same standards of job performance to a member of the Florida House and Senate, Tallahassee would be more of a ghost town than Chernobyl.
The fact is, while Thrasher was making a handsome living as a lobbyist, after years with his jowls in the public trough in the Florida House, including a term as speaker, Florida teachers were busily doing the daily grunt work of trying to educate the state's youth while fending off constant assaults by Tallahassee against their ability to perform their jobs.
How is it possible to "make sure our classrooms have the best teachers possible" when someone thinking about entering Florida's public school system knows he or she will be constantly second-guessed by bloviating, posturing pols who have no understanding of the rigors of today's classroom pressures?
Are there incompetent teachers? Sure there are, but it could be argued on a percentage basis there are probably fewer of them strolling the hallways of our schools than the out-to-lunch backslappers haunting the corridors of power in Tallahassee.
Thrasher's disingenuous posturing notwithstanding, procedures are already in place to monitor and evaluate teacher performance. Bad teachers are weeded out of the system.
But to equate student test scores to the skills of a teacher, without taking into account factors such as learning disabilities, parental involvement, economic status, school resources and a host of other issues is patently unfair and dangerously naive.
Miami Democratic Sen. Frederica Wilson had it right when she suggested if Thrasher has his way fewer teachers are going to offer their services to at-risk inner city schools, fearing low test scores could well send them packing after precious little time on the job to make a difference.
Who would want to step into a work environment where your future is dependent on a multitude of forces beyond your control?
And that may explain why a cynic might conclude Thrasher's effort to turn employment in Florida public schools into something out of a Skull & Bones blackball vote is being perceived not so much as an effort at dubious "reform" but an assault on teacher unions — long the political bane of Republicans.
Thrasher has proposed that school districts that fail to comply with the new teacher standards edict would be compelled to levy additional school taxes, with the state withholding matching state general revenue dollars from that district as a penalty. A Republican advocating a tax? The Tea Party types won't like this.
The senator argued such a draconian measure was needed in order to get the attention of school districts, as if local administrators are unmindful of the difficulties — educational and financial — they face every day.
This is a chap so unwitting of the challenges educators and administrators confront in society that it really makes you wonder if John Thrasher ever studied Civics 101.


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I'm just learning to use a treestand this year and after lots of scouting on private land have the perfect location. I took deer gun week off and got sick two days after Thanksgiving and was sick in bed the whole week! I think a deer coughed on me and gave me deer fever!
We are blessed with a long bow season so I will be there with my crossbow every day that I can.
There is a six-point buck that I have named Mr. Six-tine. He survived gun week. His rack is high and perfectly symmetrical. In a couple of years he will be beautiful. The first time I saw him he got a whiff of my acorn wafer smell and walked right up to the fence 5 yards from my stand. He hung around for a half hour, sniffing and looking on the ground for acorns. After 30 minutes he decided something was hinky and left. He kept looking at me but couldn't figure me out. I was wondering if he was going to throw rocks to try to knock that big acorn down. My friends now call me Acorn Girl.
The secondary rut must be on now cuz in the snow last week I saw a fresh scrape in one of the shooting lanes 17 yards from my stand. By the size of the tracks it was Mr. Six-tine and he has been seen by other people since gun week walking right under my stand. I hope he brings his girlfriends.
I want a small apartment-freezer-sized doe that I can handle by myself with my bad back and all.
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Safe Kids USA
The Summit County Health Department is part of Safe Kids USA, a nationwide network of organizations working to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability for children ages 1 to 14.
We have partnered to educate families, provide safety devices to families in need and advocate for better laws to help keep children safe, healthy and out of the emergency room.
Many injuries are PREDICTABLE and PREVENTABLE! According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year nearly 150,000 Americans die from injuries, making injury the leading cause of death among children and young adults and a significant problem for Americans of all ages. Nonfatal injuries account for approximately 114 million physician office visits and 25% of all emergency department examinations.
Injuries can be intentional — the result of someone trying to injure themselves or someone else (i.e. violence and suicide). Injuries may also be unintentional— the result of an event that was not planned or deliberate (i.e. falls, drowning, burns, bicycle or motor vehicle crashes).
Injury prevention is the prevention of both intentional and unintentional injuries from occurring in the first place. The Summit County Health Department uses a public health approach to injury prevention. This approach looks at risk factors including individual behavior, environmental hazards, unsafe products and societal behavior and values.
The Injury Prevention Program provides educational materials, information, consultation and technical assistance on a variety of intentional and unintentional injuries in Summit County:
- Bicycle Safety
- ATV/OHV Safety
- Pedestrian Safety
- Water Safety & Drowning Prevention
- Car Seat & Booster Safety
- Holiday Safety
- Falling Prevention
- Firearm Safety
- Poison Prevention
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Alyssa Mitchell – Health Educator, Summit County Health Department
650 Round Valley Drive, Park City, UT 84060
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While it takes courage and know-how, negotiating your salary often pays off. Here are a few things to know before you meet with your employer:
- Be sure to type out a list of your demands in advance. You may forget to add the cold-cuts tray if you go by memory.


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NewMediator.org is an audio podcast about visual art hosted by Dave LaMorte. We discuss creativity, visual art, and the people who create our world. You can find the links we discuss and listen to the episodes at NewMediator.org.
In this episode Dave LaMorte sits down with Josh Freda and talks about his part in the NewMediator MixTape. You can hear Josh's contribution "Planetary Nebula of the Sun in C Minor" on our Bandcamp page or his other music: http://soundcloud.com/joshfreda
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