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Ray Ewing just wanted to give his team a place to play.
In the summer of 1979, the Marysville Pilchuck High School baseball coach recruited a group of athletes to build a baseball field at the 8-year-old high school.
"It was his vision. It wouldn't have happened without him," said Gary Ray, who played baseball for Ewing in the early 1980s. "Nobody said he had to do it. It was just (Ewing) saying, 'You know what? It's a beautiful summer. Why wouldn't we do it?'"
After Ewing died in 2010, Ray began lobbying for his old coach to be recognized for his efforts.
Prompted by Ray, the Marysville School District formed a committee and, in early 2013, selected three individuals to be honored at a field-dedication ceremony.
That ceremony, delayed a year by rain, is scheduled to take place Saturday before the 1 p.m. varsity baseball game between Marysville Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell. The field will be christened "Memorial Field" so that deserving players and coaches can be honored for years to come, said Greg Erickson, the Marysville School District athletic director.
Plaques will be unveiled Saturday honoring the first three of those individuals: the two coaches who built the field nearly 35 years ago, and an MP athlete who had his time on the field cut tragically short.
These are their stories.
Ray Ewing: Creating a home field advantage
Ewing began his high school coaching career in 1973 at Pilchuck High School. At the time, the Chargers had to drive across town to use the field at Marysville High School, now Totem Middle School. Ewing wanted to give his team a field of its own.
Gary Ray doesn't have fond memories of the area on the Pilchuck campus where the field was built.
"It was a bog," Ray said.
Ray and several others helped Ewing put in drainage tiles, grass, a crushed-brick warning track and an electronic scoreboard.
"His vision was to bring our home-field advantage to our high school so we didn't have to get in our cars and bus down to downtown Marysville," Ray said.
After graduating from Meadowdale High School in 1965, Ewing attended the University of Washington on a baseball scholarship.
A left-handed pitcher, he moved on to the professional ranks, reaching as high as Class AAA in the Minnesota Twins' system before retiring in 1972. His professional career gave him legitimacy and clout with high school players.
"Ray Ewing, especially, he really wanted to teach you about the game and how to play the game and be a student of the game," said Paul Dockendorf, one of Ewing's former players and now MP's athletic coordinator. "He played pro ball, so he knew the ins and outs of baseball."
From 1983-86, Ewing led the Tomahawks to three state tournaments in four years. They played in the Class 4A state semifinals in 1983.
Ewing was "an intense guy (who) could be fun, but he knew how to get his point across," Ray said. Once, following a victory in which Ewing felt his team didn't give a good effort, the players got a surprise at practice.
"There was a sheet in the locker room that said what the drills were for the day. The only thing that was on the board was two words: foul poles," Ray said. "Running in the outfield from foul pole to foul pole, that wasn't a good thing. It was 75 degrees and he ran us like crazy. He wasn't happy that we played them so softly.
"We beat them the next day 14-2."
Ray said Ewing demanded just one thing: Each player's best.
"He just taught all of us that internal lesson that if you played your best, there's nothing to be ashamed about," Ray said.
Ewing was hired at Pilchuck in 1973 and continued to coach baseball after Pilchuck and Marysville high schools consolidated in 1976.
He retired in 2002. He had left coaching by then, but that didn't keep him from being a fixture in the Marysville baseball — and sports — community.
"He was a faculty member after coaching and he went to everything," Erickson said. "Every game of everything."
Ewing died on Feb. 15, 2010. His memorial, held a month later at Marysville Pilchuck High School, was packed.
Steve Opel: Always a learning year
Ewing had plenty of help building the MP field. Much of that assistance came from his assistant coach, Robert Steven Opel.
"They were the beginning," Dockendorf said of Ewing and Opel. "They both put hours and hours and hours of volunteer work into the facility. … They built that program to a very competitive level."
Opel started his coaching career in Little League, which isn't unusual for someone with three boys. But he was so enthusiastic, he started coaching even before his boys were old enough to play.
"He loved baseball," said Erlayne Opel, Steve's widow.
Opel eventually was recruited by the principal of Marysville-Pilchuck High School to be the junior-varsity baseball coach. Among the JV players Opel coached was his son Pat — albeit not for long. Pat spent just half a season on the JV before Ewing called him up to the varsity.
"Now that my dad's passed, it was an absolute blessing being able to play for him," Pat Opel said. "I didn't do a full season with him in high school … but it was special. No doubt about it."
Losing a good player to Ewing's varsity was not a rare occurrence.
The 1980 Marysville-Pilchuck yearbook includes this notation about the junior-varsity squad: "… because of the experience and skill of younger players, Opel lost a lot of his team to varsity. Coach Opel coined the increasingly familiar phrase, 'It was a learning year.'"
Pat Opel said his father "was an old-school guy" who stressed the fundamentals. Steve Opel, who taught history in the Marysville School District for 30 years, was well-liked by his players and students.
"He always had fun things to say. He was kind of known for his one-liners," Pat Opel said. "I think all the kids enjoyed playing for him. I've heard nothing but good things."
Opel coached alongside Ewing for 16 years. Ewing was a fixture at the Opel household, where he spent many an evening at the dinner table talking baseball with Steve.
"I remember being a sixth-, seventh-grader seeing the varsity (Ewing) and JV coach (Opel) sitting at my dinner table," Pat Opel recalled. "I remember the two being around our house quite often. Ray was a young guy, my dad was an older guy. They were a good combination."
Erlayne found herself married to a man who loved sports. Aside from coaching baseball, Steve was an announcer for Marysville Pilchuck football and basketball games for several years. The pair also had University of Washington football tickets.
"I enjoyed it a great deal. I enjoyed the sports," said Erlayne, who attended most of her husband's high school games. "I enjoyed the travel."
The Opels met at Snohomish High School in the 1950s. Steve graduated in 1952 and Erlayne followed in 1955. The pair married in 1957 and soon after moved to Bellingham, where Steve attended Western Washington College of Education — now Western Washington University. He graduated in 1961 and went directly to work for the Marysville School District.
After he retired, Steve and Erlayne traveled the country — usually for sporting events.
"We traveled to Arizona a number of times for spring training," Erlayne said. "We went to a lot of U-Dub football and baseball games. We went to Nebraska, Arizona, Colorado, California and all over for Washington sports. We did a lot of sports traveling. We both enjoyed it."
Steve Opel died on March 2, 2007. A little over seven years later, his family will gather on the field he helped build to honor him.
"My entire family is honored over the fact that my dad is involved in this," Pat Opel said. "He and Ray Ewing … started that Marysville Pilchuck program together."
Brad Baunsgard: His presence is still felt
Brad Baunsgard was every parent's dream: good student, good athlete, good friend.
"He was an outgoing guy, great personality," said Scott Martin, Brad's best friend. "He was a lot of fun to be around. He was one of those guys who was always just great for everybody. A guy everybody gravitated towards. Everybody really liked him."
His American Legion baseball coach, Pat Opel, echoed those sentiments.
"He was a 4.0 student and a student on the baseball field," Pat Opel said. "He was a sponge. Just a real neat kid. Brad was just a kid that you loved to work with because he listened to everything you said to him. … He was the ultimate teenager. Every parent's dream of a teenager."
Unfortunately, Baunsgard only got to represent the Tomahawks on the baseball diamond for one year. In the summer of 1994, right before his junior year, Baunsgard died in a boating accident on Ebey Slough, which runs just south of Marysville.
He was 16.
There is a memorial honoring Baunsgard at Ebey Waterfront Park with his name and the number he wore: 9.
Pat Opel coached Baunsgard the day of the accident. The Marysville Legion team played in a district-tournament game in Bellingham. Baunsgard was one of the team's pitchers.
"I can't remember if he pitched that day or not," said Pat Opel, who served as a pallbearer at Baunsgard's funeral. "We played at noon. It was a hot summer day in August. We won."
After the game, Baunsgard, his father, Ken, and teammate Jason Nielsen went boating on Ebey Slough.
The news of Baunsgard's death hit his teammates and coaches hard. The next morning, Opel and his players met at MP, the Legion team's home field, prior to departing for their district game in Bellingham. Opel found the players in tears.
"It was a very emotional moment," Pat Opel said. "We asked the kids, 'Do you want to keep playing or stop playing? Whatever you do is right.'"
The team decided to honor Baunsgard's memory by playing. The players dedicated the game and the season to "Number 9."
So the team traveled to Bellingham and wound up scoring the go-ahead run on an RBI single with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Fittingly, the game-winning run was the ninth. Marysville beat Edmonds 9-8.
"We were all pretty rattled," team member Aaron Pardee said. "We were all really emotional."
Marysville moved on to play Everett in a game with another spectacular finish. Marysville scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game and won on a two-out RBI hit by Nielsen, clinching Marysville's first state appearance.
Pat Opel can't recall how many games Marysville won at the state tournament. What he does remember is traveling to Centralia and spending the weekend with Baunsgard's parents, Ken and Vicki.
"It was tough. It was heavy-hearted," Pat Opel said. "They did a moment of silence. … Just the fact that Brad's mom and dad wanted to travel with us and spend four days with us seven to 10 days after their son died was huge to me. It was huge."
Vicki Baunsgard said the trip provided a much-needed distraction.
"One of the guys said, 'You're coming aren't you?' We thought, 'Yeah, I guess we are,'" Vicki said. "They really inspired us a lot by playing for Brad and wanting us to come. I guess that's why we decided to go. It really kept our mind focused on something besides our grief."
Brad Baunsgard's inspiration didn't end there. The team dedicated the following season to his memory and the players wore his number.
"We had a sign in the outfield wall with his No. 9 on it," said Pardee, who, like Baunsgard, was a left-handed pitcher. "Every time we'd play, we'd run by the sign and touch it. A lot of people had No. 9 patches on their jerseys. His presence was definitely felt throughout the rest of our baseball careers."
His presence continues to be felt in the Marysville community. Martin helped the Baunsgards organize the first Brad Baunsgard Memorial Golf Tournament soon after the accident. The tournament continued for 12 years and raised more than $50,000. The money went toward four scholarships for MP students.
While the golf tournament no longer exists, two of the scholarships are still awarded in Baunsgard's name.
Martin said it's important to keep Baunsgard's memory alive, noting that the current MP students were not even born at the time of Baunsgard's death.
"What Brad stood for was things that you want your kids to stand for," Martin said. "You want them to make good decisions, have good friends and be good sons. Brad was all those things. When people look at that name, you want them to think about that."
Martin, who first met Baunsgard when they played youth soccer together, said it's appropriate for Baunsgard to be honored Saturday, both for what he and his father did for what will soon be known as "Memorial Field."
"One of the things that I think is really fitting is the Baunsgard name is going to be there because his dad, Ken, spent so many hours working on that field, prepping the field and getting it ready for games," Martin said. "A lot of the good qualities of that field his dad helped maintain."
Vicki Baunsgard said it's an honor for her son to be recognized along with Ray Ewing and Steve Opel.
"I was so excited to feel like someone was still remembering him and recognizing and honoring him," Vicki said. "It was such a big part of our life. We spent a lot of time at that field. It's real awesome. Especially to be in the company of Steve Opel and Ray Ewing. That's a nice honor too, to be shared with such great people.
"It just gives me a feeling that Brad's still remembered."
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Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Martin Cottam to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. dated 4/20/2006 and recorded in Deed Book 416 Page 162, APPLING County, Georgia records; as last transferred to Federal National Mortgage Association, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of $ 250,000.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of APPLING County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on May 07, 2013 (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday), the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, and in the Second Land District of Said County, and being part of Lot of Land No. 332, and fronting South on Weaver Street 125 feet and running back 189 feet. Said tract or lot of land being 125 feet by 189 feet an bounded now or formerly as follows: North by lands of Connie Zachery; East by what is known as the Grainger property; South by Weaver Street; and West by lands of D.W. Miles.
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney?s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney?s fees having been given).
Said property is commonly known as 66 Weaver Street, Baxley, GA 31513 together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): Mary L. Cottam and Martin Cottam or tenant or tenants.
Seterus, Inc. is the entity or individual designated who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage pursuant to established guidelines.
Seterus, Inc.
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PO Box 4121
Beaverton, OR 97076-4121
Note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan.
Said property will be sold subject to: (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) unpaid water or sewage bills that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemption of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and non-judicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided immediately above.
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A look inside a crowded concert hall, in essence, is a look inside a band itself. What causes a particular group of people to mutually gather together to pay tribute to their music of choice? Could it be the artist, the music itself, or is it simply an opportunity to escape from an often routine existence with little occasion to celebrate other than that of cheering on a favourite 'flat Idol singer'? The "I know it's only rock & roll, but I like it" adage, may work for some, but for others, they are present to truly experience and believe in something.
Glancing out across the floor of the Meadow Brook Music Theatre, it was clear to see that fans of Grammy Award-winning band Train were in fact there for the music. The 7700-seater venue made way for the band's spruced-up stage design complete with a lighting and video display unprecedented for the group. More so, it gave true song writing a stage to perform. With the crowd a mixture of both Generation X and Y, it was interesting to see how Train's music spoke to the two groups collectively, yet separately.
Founding members Pat Monahan (vocals), Jimmy Stafford (guitar) and Scott Underwood (drums) came well-equipped with a stunning set list spanning their highly successful 19-year music career, but with a few surprises. With their latest cd "California 37" new to fans, they appropriately opened with their most current radio-friendly cut "50 Ways To Say Goodbye".
Immediately noticeable was singer Monahan's vocal range as well as his ability to use the stage to capture fans. With both voice and body expressing the music, he often mimicked his rap-style lyrics which in and of itself grabbed your attention. In a Jagger-like flair, he effortlessly drew the crowd in, and at one point during the song "Mermaid", he politely coaxed several young ladies from the audience to 'shake their booty' and sing along to its familiar chorus.
Again it was an evening to celebrate great song writing. From the blockbusters "Drive By" and "Hey Soul Sister" to Grammy-winner "Drops Of Jupiter", this Train was running on all engines. Guitarist Stafford melodiously added to the brilliance of each song by incorporating beautifully penned guitar lines. Seemingly humbled by Tuesday evening's sold out crowd, his presence alongside Monahan generated a Plant/Page-like combination of charismatic front man vs. guitarist with mystique.
Noticeably surprising was the addition of two explosive female background singers adding rich gospel-like harmonies as well as Brian Switzer on trumpet. Holding firm as touring members since 2008 were bassist Hector Maldonada and keyboard/guitarist Jerry Becker. Maldonada also proved his own vocal abilities in a crowd-pleasing rendition of "Everyday People" from fellow San Franciscans Sly and the Family Stone.
Crediting the 'City by the Bay' for helping cultivate the band's identity and sound, Train's 6th studio cd "California 37" has maintained their credibility as consistent pop/rock songwriters whom now have found appeal in mass audiences. As career artists today so few and far between, this group seems to have established a vigorous momentum with few signs of slowing down. As the band are now securely anchored in the past, yet focused on the future, fans should be sure to head to their nearest station to get a ticket to the next unforgettable Train ride!


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German independent distributor acquires Best Night Ever, Gallows Hill, The Visitors and The Wedding Pact.
On the eve of the Cannes market, aggressive German independent distributor Tiberius has been on a buying spree.
Tiberius has already snapped up several prominent Marché titles. One acquisition is Best Night Ever (sold by Good Universe), a raucous comedy set against the backcloth of a blow-out bachelorette party in Las Vegas. It is directed by spoofmeisters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer [pictured].
Also picked up by Tiberius is Gallows Hill (sold by IM Global), a mystery thriller with Peter Facinelli and Sophia Myles.
Meanwhile, Tiberius has picked up the Vicious Brothers' sci-fi drama The Visitors (sold by Cargo). The film starts shooting in June 2013 and stars Gil Bellows and Freddie Stroma.
Another fresh pick-up is Spotlight Pictures' The Wedding Pact, a romantic comedy with Haylie Duff and Chris Soldevilla.
"It was a great start into this year's market in Cannes. We were able to secure top star driven highlights already that will appeal to German audiences," commented Wolfgang Carl, managing partner of Tiberius Film GmbH.


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Every Friday, Wakaf Bharu becomes crowded as stalls are lined up along the street of the famous "Friday Market" near 'Pasar Besar Wakaf Bharu'. Apart from the street market, the town is also well known for its morning market which is buzzing with activities during the day.
1. Fresh vegetables are sold in the morning market. Most of these vegetables are home grown by the sellers themselves at their kampung (village).
2. Stack of cucumbers sold at the market place. These cucumbers are free from pesticides as they are all homegrown.
3. A Malay woman was seen selling 'Kacang Kuda Rebus' or Boiled Chickpeas. These beans are soaked in the water overnight before being cooked in boiled water.
4. An unusual sight of fried red rice vermicelli at the market.
5. An old woman sitting behind heaps of fresh vegetables. The four-angled beans were tied with rubber band as can be seen in the picture.
6. 'Mee rojak' or rojak noodles were nicely packed and arranged on top of the metal tray for morning consumption. These noodles are accompanied with thick peanut sauce which is sweeter than the common rojak found elsewhere.
7. 'Pulut pagi' is a popular breakfast snack in Kelantan. These glutinous rice are cooked with brown sugar and is eaten with coconut flakes and boiled beans.
8. The thick stems of 'Kai Lan' or Chinese broccoli provide an interesting composition to shoot from top view. These vegetables are tied together with rubber bands.
9. Fresh vegetable salad with beautiful hues of green under natural light.
10. Another woman selling a variety of vegetables.
11. 'Ketupat palas' or glutinous rice wrapped in triangular shaped fan palm leaves is another unique offering only found in Kelantan. It is commonly eat with chicken or beef rendang.
12. Fresh gingers and other vegetables as sold in the market.
13. A combination of green and white chendol nicely packed in plastic bags.
14. A view of the bustling Wakaf Bharu morning market from afar.


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Renovate Wrigley without tearing down history
There is a baseball god. After all, courtesy of Chicago city officials and Cubs ownership, Wrigley Field is preparing for $300 million worth of renovations as opposed to heading for becoming a parking lot or something on the city's north side.
I mean, surely you know there are a slew of folks who would hurl themselves in front of a bulldozer if it were steaming like a line drive toward those ivy-covered walls.
I'm one of them.
Well, maybe not, but you get the point: You don't tug at Superman's cape, you always remember to make that phone call on Mother's Day, and you never think about nodding between yawns while somebody talks of destroying a legendary sports facility.
As for the latter, I'm not advocating the status quo. Time has a way of making things snap, crackle and pop in old buildings. There also is something to be said for a stadium or arena having multiple restrooms that are larger than a box of Cracker Jack.
It's just that, when it comes to making changes to such places, the new shouldn't strangle the old.
The old is special.
"Absolutely," said Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija, an unofficial expert on such things. This is his sixth season at Wrigley Field, which is the 97-year-old home of the Cubs. Prior to that, he spent four seasons through 2006 catching passes as a wide receiver at Notre Dame Stadium, which is the 83-year home of the Fighting Irish.
Added Samardzija, "Two years ago, we played a couple of night games in Boston and a day game. You have the same feel at [101-year-old] Fenway Park that you have at Wrigley and Notre Dame Stadium.
"All these places have a certain smell, and I'm very particular to these old places. You get sort of this quiet, weird feeling."
It's called history.
At Wrigley Field, for instance, you have the massive scoreboard in center field that has been manually operated forever. You have the home schedule that is heavily dominated by day games. You have people watching games from the rooftops on Waveland Avenue behind left field and from more rooftops on Sheffield Avenue behind right field.
The grass. The bleachers. The winds.
The ivy.
Unless something drastic occurs during the ongoing negotiations between Cubs executives and Chicago city officials, all of those Wrigley things will remain -- for the most part. It's just that the Cubs wish to put a Jumbotron video scoreboard in left field, and they are seeking more night games since they often attract more fans.
Then there is the obvious: A much-needed parking deck could be in Wrigleyville's future. Plus, the ballpark's closet-sized clubhouses need modernization, along with other player-related areas that would make the Cubs more attractive for prospective free agents.
"You look at Fenway. They redid that, and it's amazing what a new paint job and a few other touch-up things here and there can do," said Samardzija, smiling, referring to the Red Sox spending the last decade doing a bunch of things such as building luxury boxes around Fenway and placing a video board in center field.
The Red Sox also did the previously unthinkable by adding seats along the top of the Green Monster.
Those changes haven't exactly hurt attendance. Every Red Sox game at Fenway has been sold out since May 2003. And although team officials expect that streak to vanish this month, they know it won't have anything to do with those changes.
"I don't think you have to necessarily tear the whole thing down and start new in these situations," Samardzija said. "There's a certain way of keeping that old feeling and that old mystique relevant and still finding ways to make it nice and up to date in a new age."
Like Notre Dame Stadium. While growing up in Valparaiso, Ind., Samardzija loved the original Notre Dame Stadium in nearby South Bend, where I was born and raised.
The so-called House That Rockne Built was constructed with distinctive brick walls surrounding a grass field that featured coaching legends Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz. It also was the showcase for the Irish's seven Heisman Trophy winners and many of the most famous games in college football history. The grass field is still there. So are the brick walls.
"Notre Dame redid the outside [with a modern-looking addition that increased the seating by 21,000], but with that outer shell, they didn't let what they were doing touch the main part of the stadium," Samardzija said. "There still is a dilemma going on there. Do you keep it the way it was, or do you do more things to attract recruits?
"They've done it the right way. That's why you still get that feeling of the past when you're walking around Notre Dame Stadium and stuff."
One problem, though: When Notre Dame officials put that outer shell around the stadium, they partially blocked the view from the field of a storied campus site called Touchdown Jesus, the large mosaic of Jesus that covers the side of the campus library.
The Wrigley equivalent? Just imagine if these Wrigley renovations involve removing parts of that ivy.
"I don't see them doing that, but adding a video board, absolutely. Yeah, that's fine," Samardzija said. "If a home run hits the top of the wall, or if it hits the middle line in the basket, people want to see that. It makes for a better culture for the fans.
"Doing something with the clubhouses also makes a lot of sense, because the size of travel now that most teams have with video people and training staffs, coaches, players, media and so on. There just needs to be more space for everyone.
"I really don't think it is what it once was."
No, it isn't. Still, when it comes to all of the iconic places in sports, the essence of "what once was" can remain.
It should remain.


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I found a very interesting site--facts, not Faux.
To give you a snap shot of what Obama had to deal with, and what portion of the debt is associated with the recession, look at this trend on total Federal revenues, in trillions, by fiscal years:
2007 $5.1
2008 $4.7
2009 $3.7
2010 $4.7
2011 $4.8
2012 $5.0
2013 $5.5 (projected)
It makes it pretty clear that a big part of the accumulated debt had to do with the recession. Most programs had built in escalators, assuming revenue growth, and there was a huge bill for unemployment benefits--the safety net. But the drop in revenue over the 5 years or so was about $4 trillion. Of course this is compounded by the fact that the economy in 2007 was fake, built on a housing and credit bubble. Not all yet gone, but the worst of the pain is.
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"Not all yet gone, but the worst of the pain is."
That's a keeper, we'll see how that works out, and it probably won't take very long.
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Are you doomsday guys still re using posts from four years ago?
Much of what I read here are exact quotes from that election.
I saw the head of the NRA in a commercial scaring us over guns again.
He actually said that the "proof" that O was going to take all your rifles away was the fact that he had not done it during his first four years.
I see comments in the media these days speaking of reality based politics.
The NRA ain't it.
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Debt and causes? Um, spending trillions you don't have and borrowing to pay it off. How does that work for any of you in your personal lives?
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Debt and causes? Um, spending trillions you don't have and borrowing to pay it off. How does that work for any of you in your personal lives?
I would not consider paying rent or my grocery bills to be the primary driver of my debt - not collecting a paycheck perhaps seems a more obvious reason.
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I would not consider paying rent or my grocery bills to be the primary driver of my debt - not collecting a paycheck perhaps seems a more obvious reason.
True for some, but what about all those folks that maxed out their credit cards, bought into a huge mortgage, and overspent/overindulged in "the good life" that are also in trouble.
And what do the smart folks in both categories above do when they are drowning in debt? Cut expenses, look for more work/income, look for a handout or live on the street.
Our government seems to ignore the obvious which is to cut expenses because it's less painful to most to tax the rich and borrow/print more $. However, this is not a solution, just a temporary, easy political fix (got to get re-elected) attitude that will eventually bring this great nation to its knees one day.
Liberals never seem to acknowledge the debt crisis, other than blaming Bush for the "unfunded wars". OK, we get that, but now it's Obama's debt and the approaching abyss is his to navigate.
I am OK with taxing the rich, but that will do little to solve the debt problem. I think its just a political ploy to wind favor with those that are jealous of those that have been extremely successful (which happens to include a significant number of sport, movie, political & TV, celebrities).
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Techno, did you know that the last Republican to balance a budget is IKE in 1956/1957? or When the Repubs had all three branches of GOVT they doubled the debt? Yet its the "liberals" who dont get the debt crisis....quite puzzling, but not really.
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Now Techno, you are just being silly--and of course, making it up again, when you say:
Liberals never seem to acknowledge the debt crisis, other than blaming Bush for the "unfunded wars". OK, we get that, but now it's Obama's debt and the approaching abyss is his to navigate.
The whole purpose of the posting was to give you the
sources of the current debt problem. Did you even bother to read it? Several on the forum that you would call "liberals" have said, consistently, that the Middle Class needs to pay more for benefits, or accept cuts. That is pretty much the opposite of what you allege that we are saying. Some of the debt is in fact Obama's--but the vast majority of the debt stems from the structural deficits that the Bush tax cuts created, and the housing bubble and subsequent collapse--which were Republican policy. You righties just can't seem to comprehend the math. So sad. So you make up dialogue for us--and we tell you, again, that it is a lie.
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While none of us is old enough to remember the Great Depression, but I think most of us recognize that it lasted well over a decade. I feel that the impact of such financial devastation and the ensuing recovery wasn't that easily resolved. Similarly the recovery from our more recent deep recession caused by our financial meltdown isn't simply overcome, especially considering our significant military involvement in the Middle East and Afghanistan with the financial strain those wars have caused us.
For the right, they would like to think that our situation will somehow be fixed by cutting into their most hated government programs, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. With them the answer is extreme austerity for all of those programs that help seniors and those least able to handle it. Their fix is cutting the crap out of everything they don't like, but conveniently they don't want to reach into their own pockets and contribute anything at all. All of their nonsense about lower taxes being the source of growth and prosperity has proven to be totally false, but they still have the audacity to promote continued tax cuts as some kind of solution to our deficit and debt problem.
Don't you see what's wrong with this picture? I've said it a number of times before, but it always worth repeating. You will never pay off your debts by making the minimum payment, and that's what the Republicans want to do. Until they get serious, I have no support for their kind of austerity and lack of responsibility. You can try blaming everything on those from the left, but when it comes to spending the Republicans have always proven to be just as irresponsible, and arguably more so. That's what the facts prove, and seriously doubt that you can prove otherwise.
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mac, I don't think I can "make up" an observation.
So we now know how & why we got into deep debt. I can read, but I guess you guys are having difficulty understanding my point, so here it is again.
My point is what do we do about our increasing debt?
Don't worry about it? Seems to be the left's view since you guys can't or won't discuss solutions, only rehash history and lay blame.
At this point in time, the right is trying to offer solutions, but the left is not, they just criticize the right.
Will taxing the rich have any meaningful impact? NO!
Do we just keep spending and borrowing forever and not worry about the consequences?
If at some point we can't borrow enough to make our debt payments, what happens then?
Doesn't the above sentence seem to be incredibly stupid - borrowing to pay of debt?
Since medicare and social security are now pyramid schemes, they will not survive without changes, so what does the left suggest as solutions? Apparently, nothing, just kick the can down the road.
Since Obama wants to be King and take control of increasing the debt limit at will, doesn't that scare any of you?
Obama shares in the blame for this dangerous course, but regardless of how we got here, he has been in charge for 4 years and will be in charge for 4 more, so what will he do if anything about the debt?
swchandler - The right can't get very serious about solutions since the Senate would block anything and everything that would have a significant impact. So what would you have them do?
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Horror and fantasy author Stephen King has seen many of his books turned into movies and mini-series over the years, but only one regular TV series (The Dead Zone). John Smith is alone no longer -- Syfy has ordered 13 episodes of Haven, a series based on King's The Colorado Kid, about newspaper reporters discussing an unsolved mystery in Maine. We'd be excited, except... The Colorado Kid? Not only is it a minor work with no real plot to speak of, it also seems to have little in common with Haven, which involves an FBI agent assigned to a town populated by people who are cursed. Basically, it's been turned into an average Syfy series -- call it Eureka Sanctuary Warehouse Town. While we'll still watch it, we couldn't help but think of more prominent King works (as well as a few more hook-y short stories) that might make for more interesting TV. Here are ten we'd love to see.
Under the Dome
King's latest book may get turned into an cable series courtesy of Steven Spielberg, and we say "Lock that up, HBO!" We'd love to see this story of a small Maine town, cut off from the outside world and fighting over the limited resources they have left, play out on a week-by-week basis.
Salem's Lot
Now that The Vampire Diaries is bringing that Twilight vampire heat to the small screen, what better time to bring back this story of a town falling under the spell of vampires, this time as a weekly drama? In addition to following the ongoing storyline of the town being slowly drained dry, we'd love to see a cool flashback episode about the town's cursed history based on the short story "Jerusalem's Lot," and a flashforward episode based on "One for the Road."
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Needful Things
Castle Rock, Maine, has been made famous in a good number of King's books, as well as a feature film version of this very novel. But the story of an antique store run by the devil, spreading its influence through the town by causing characters to turn evil and act in unexpected ways, could make for great weekly TV.
The Running Man
While we love the over-the-top Arnold Schwarzenegger movie it inspired, the original story was more like The Fugitive in its description of a dystopic, state-sponsored game show, where the contestants have to elude capture by the show's agents. The action scenes would keep the audience on the edge of their seat, while the subplot of Ben Richards trying to take down the sadistic Games Federation would keep them coming back. For double the emotional investment, the show can follow the lead Hunter, as well, as he discovers that his prey isn't the villain he's made out to be.
Umney's Last Case
Already adapted into a single episode for the Nightmares & Dreamscapes mini-series based on King's short stories, we've seen the story of how a modern-day writer inserts himself into the role of a hard-boiled fictional detective. But what happens after that? A modern man investigating crimes in the 1940s, trying to master the lingo and learning a lot about detective work could be pretty hysterical -- like Quantum Leap and Bored to Death rolled into one.
The Dark Half
It may smack slightly of My Own Worst Enemy, but this Jekyll-and-Hyde tale of a writer who finds out that his alter ego is a brutal sadist could be gruesomely awesome. It's like if Dexter didn't know what he did at night! Throw in the glamorous Hollywood life of Entourage and Nip/Tuck, with the married writer visiting the set of a movie based on his book by day and banging starlets and murdering unfaithful screenwriters by night, and you've really got something good.
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
At the end of King's short story, Maine resident Homer drives off with the titular Mrs. Todd, a woman who has discovered "shortcuts" that dramatically cut short the travel time to places by taking them through a primordial forest in an alternate dimension. What happens next we'd have to extrapolate, but maybe they fight crime? By always knowing how to beat a bank robber to his hideout, or a kidnapper to his victim, Homer and Mrs. Todd have a distinct advantage, and if they get to explore that creepy alternate dimension every now and again, so much the better.
The Talisman
The Talisman has been in development for a while, but TNT backed out of making it a mini-series due to budgetary issues. With good reason -- the story jumps back and forth between our world and a parallel Earth, where a boy and his werewolf companion have to retrieve a talisman to save his mother's life. But maybe they could focus more on Jack's grown-up life -- as a retired cop in the novel Black House -- and only flash back to his reality-hopping adventures occasionally?
The Jaunt
In this sci-fi story, teleportation between worlds is possible, but only if you aren't awake during the trip, or else you go mad. With a slight modification to the premise, what if being awake during teleporting only makes you go... wrong? Slightly off individuals who have undergone the teleportation seem to be united in some sinister purpose, and this show could take us inside a group of resistance fighters who want to stop teleported people from selling out humanity to whatever force has infected them.
The Dark Tower
The jewel in the King's crown, The Dark Tower is a sprawling epic, incorporating elements of many King novels and spilling over into others. But at its heart is a dying, magical frontier world where a gunslinger attempts to reach the tower that is said to be a nexus of realities, including our own. Along the way, he faces many enemies, travels with many companions, and faces the frightening fruit of many genres, including a giant lobster, a cyborg bear and an evil monorail. Even with some budget-minded editing, a TV adaptation would still have plenty of material to work with in the seven (soon to be eight) books, not to mention the prequel comic book series, short stories like "The Little Sisters of Eluria," and tangentially connected books like Insomnia and Rose Madder. Plus, if they reach the seventh book, Stephen King can play himself!
Which Stephen King adaptation is your favorite? Anyone who says The Langoliers can leave now.
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184.108.40.206 Implications for temperature of stabilisation of greenhouse gases
The objective of Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (United Nations, 1992) is "to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." This section gives an example of the possible effect on future temperature change of the stabilisation of greenhouse gases at different levels using carbon dioxide stabilisation as a specific example. The carbon dioxide concentration stabilisation profiles developed by Wigley et al. (1996) (see also Wigley, 2000) commonly referred to as the WRE profiles, are used. These profiles indirectly incorporate economic considerations. They are also in good agreement with observed carbon dioxide concentrations up to 1999. Corresponding stabilisation profiles for the other greenhouses gases have not yet been produced. To illustrate the effect on temperature of earlier reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, results are also presented for the original stabilisation profiles referred to as the S profiles (Enting et al., 1994). The S profiles are, however, unrealistic because, for example, they require emissions and concentration values during the 1990s below those actually observed.
In order to define future radiative forcings fully, it is necessary to make assumptions about how the emissions or concentrations of the other gases may change in the future. In addition, it is necessary to have a base scenario against which the effect of the different stabilisation pathways may be assessed. The state of the science at present is such that it is only possible to give illustrative examples of possible outcomes (Wigley et al., 1996; Schimel et al., 1997; Mitchell et al., 2000).
To produce these examples, the SRES scenario A1B is used as the base scenario. CO2 concentrations for this scenario are close to the WRE CO2 profiles in terms of their implied past and near-future values, so our choice satisfies the underlying WRE assumption that emissions should initially follow a baseline trajectory. This is not the case for the S profiles, however, because as pointed out above, present day CO2 concentrations already exceed the values assumed for the S profiles. Note that the baseline scenario (A1B) is specified only out to 2100. For stabilisation cases, emissions of non-CO2 gases are assumed to follow the A1B scenario out to 2100 and are thereafter held constant at their year 2100 level. For scenario A1B, this assumption of constant emissions from 2100 leads to stabilisation of the other gas concentrations at values close to their 2100 values. For gases with long lifetimes (such as N2O) it takes centuries to reach stabilisation. In all cases, however, the net radiative forcing changes for the non-CO2 gases are small after 2100 and negligible after about 2200. Note that, in comparing the baseline case with the various stabilisation cases, the only gas that changes is CO2.
The models used to calculate the other gas concentrations and to convert concentrations and sulphur dioxide emissions to radiative forcing are the same as those used in Section 9.3.3. The simple climate model used is again that based on Wigley and Raper (1992) and Raper et al. (1996), tuned to the different AOGCMs using the CMIP2 data set (see Appendix 9.1).
The temperature consequences of the five WRE stabilisation profiles used, based on the assumptions described above and using the simple model ensemble (the average results from tuning the simple model to several AOGCMs), are shown in Figure 9.16. The temperature results for the S profiles are also included for comparison. The simple climate model can be expected to give results in good agreement to those that would be produced by the AOGCMs up to 2100. Thereafter the agreement becomes increasingly less certain and this increasing uncertainty is indicated on the graph by the graduated broken lines. Indeed it has been shown in a comparison of results from the simple model and HadCM2 that the simple model under-estimates the temperature change compared to HadCM2 on longer time-scales (Raper et al., 2001a). This is at least in part due to the fact that the HadCM2 effective climate sensitivity increases with time (see Section 188.8.131.52). The results in Figure 9.16 are consistent with the assumption of time-constant climate sensitivities, the average value being 2.8°C.
Since sulphur dioxide emissions stabilise at 2100, the forcing from sulphate aerosols is constant thereafter. CH4 concentrations stabilise before 2200, and the forcing change from N2O concentration changes after 2200 is less than 0.1 Wm-2. The continued increase in temperature after the time of CO2 stabilisation (Figure 9.16) is in part due to the later stabilisation of the other gases but is primarily due to the inertia in the climate system which requires several centuries to come into equilibrium with a particular forcing.
Temperature changes from 1990 to 2100 and from 1990 to 2350, for the simple climate model tuned to seven AOGCMs, are shown in Figure 9.17. These Figures give some indication of the range of uncertainty in the results due to differences in AOGCM response. Figure 9.17a also shows the temperature change for the baseline scenario, A1B. The percentage reductions in temperature change relative to the baseline scenario that the WRE profiles achieve by 2100 are given in Table 9.3. These range from 4 to 6% for the WRE1000 profile to 39 to 41% for the WRE450 profile. Note that these reductions are for stabilisation of CO2 concentrations alone.
Although only CO2 stabilisation is explicitly considered here, it is important to note that the other gases also eventually stabilise in these illustrations. The potential for further reductions in warming, both up to 2100 and beyond, through non-CO2 gases, depends on whether, in more comprehensive scenarios (when such become available), their stabilisation levels are less than the levels assumed here.
Only one AOGCM study has considered the regional effects of stabilising CO2 concentrations (Mitchell et al., 2000). HadCM2, which has an effective climate sensitivity in the middle of the IPCC range (Table 9.1), was run with the S550 ppm and S750 ppm stabilisation profiles ("S profiles"; Enting et al., 1994; Schimel et al., 1997). Simulations with a simple climate model (Schimel et al., 1997) indicate that the global mean temperature response in these profiles is likely to differ by no more than about 0.2°C from the equivalent WRE profiles (Wigley et al., 1996; see Figure 9.16), though the maximum rate of temperature change is likely to be lower with the S profiles. Global mean changes in the AOGCM experiments are similar to those in Schimel et al. (1994). Note that the AOGCM experiments consider stabilisation of CO2 concentrations only, and do not take into account changes in other gases, effectively assuming that concentrations of other gases are stabilised immediately. To allow for ongoing increases in other greenhouse gases, one would have in practice to reduce CO2 to even lower levels to obtain the same level of climate change. For example, in the IS92a scenario, other trace gases contribute 1.3 Wm-2 to the radiative forcing by 2100. If the emissions of these gases were to continue to increase as in the IS92a scenario, then CO2 levels would have to be reduced by about 95 ppm to maintain the same level of climate change in these experiments.
Changes in temperature and precipitation averaged over five sub-continental regions at 2100 were compared to those in a baseline scenario based on 1%/yr increase in CO2 concentrations from 1990. With both stabilisation profiles, there were significant reductions in the regional temperature changes but the significance of the regional precipitation changes depended on location and season. The response of AOGCMs to idealised stabilisation profiles is discussed in Section 126.96.36.199.
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We've all got one or two on our list — the friends and family members who seem to have everything. Every year we agonize over the perfect gift for these people (some of whom are inordinately talented gift-givers themselves, which just makes it worse). Since I'm always better at solving other people's problems than I am at addressing my own, allow me to make some suggestions for the tough ones on your gift list.
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Kids can be challenging to shop for at the holidays — most seem to have so many toys already! We just got adorable "Top This!" hat kits that come with a multi-color & texture ball of yarn, plus a plush animal that goes on top. You could knit or crochet one of these up in an afternoon for a young child, or use it as a learn-to-craft item for an older child — the rewarding final touch of a cute puppy/kitten/giraffe on top should help fuel their enthusiasm if the going gets tough. For kids who aren't into hats, the Top This! kits can also be knitted or crocheted into little blankies with a friendly critter at the corner.
Your teenage niece can sometimes seem like an impossible person to find the right gift for. For teens, a one-skein wonder using cool yarn is the way to go — think hats and cowls. Our new Malabrigo Yarn, Caracol, is fun and chunky, with a stained glass look in merino wool. (Ravelry already has 16 pages of projects in this yarn.)
And in case fingering weight yarn is more your thing, consider our newest color of Malabrigo Sock: Light of Love. For anyone (teenage or otherwise) who loves pink, this yarn is the answer. It would make wonderful socks or fingerless mitts. Or give the skein to your favorite knitter to let them know how you feel about them.
Your friend loves to shop local, and always enjoys gifts made by local artisans. In this case, the answer is a ceramic yarn bowl by Devenney Pottery. Devenney Pottery is a husband & wife team based in Jefferson, Maine (Hi, Joe & Mary!). They make amazing ceramic items, and their yarn bowls are no exception. My cupboards at home are filled with their mugs, and they also happen to be two of the kindest, most lovely people I know. If you take home one of their yarn bowls for your friend (or for yourself!) you can feel good about supporting a pair of talented local artists.
Finally, the Big Ticket Item. This is the gift for the crafter who has it all, the knitter who wants to try something new. We only have three of them this holiday season, and they're going to go fast: Schacht Cricket Looms! These 15″ Cricket Looms come with everything you need to start weaving, including yarn, instructions, and project ideas. I've been thinking of getting one so I can weave placemats for my mom. It's a great starter loom, doesn't take up much space and, at under $200, is a great way for someone to try their hand at a new craft.
Thinking of gifts for everyone can make this time of year feel overwhelming and stressful. Above all, the most important gift you can give your loved ones is the gift of your time. Take a deep breath and remind yourself to be present. Sometimes it's not about a physical gift, and sometimes people really do already own everything they need or want. For these folks, consider giving a donation in their name to a cause they care about — the Heifer Project allows you to gift a family with a sheep! Or if education is more their thing, you could always give on their behalf to a non-profit like Few For Change. (Ask me about Few For Change whenever you like — my partner Brooks is a board member and I support their work wholeheartedly.)
May your holiday season be stress-free, and full of love, light, and tasty food!


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Increasingly, robotic process automation (RPA) is seen as a quick way to reduce costs and improve performance, with software automates tasks performed by humans.
This technology often adds the most value for clients who have manual, high-volume, repetitive, rule-based processes involving structured data, such as transaction processing. Financial services, for example, have seen higher rates of adoption than other industries.
To gain RPA capabilities, a business typically purchases a subscription license from a software provider for a fixed period of time, and also sources RPA implementation services from a partner of the software provider.
Before doing any of that, it's important to understand how RPA works, and how it can be best-applied to your business.


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University of Hawaii launches new research magazine
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HONOLULU — Unlocking the secrets of the human brain, killer venom used to fight auto-immune disorders, and testing the hearing capabilities of mammals. These are just some of the unique and impressive research undertakings of University of Hawaiʻi faculty and staff featured in the inaugural issue of Kaunānā, the University of Hawaiʻi's new research magazine.
The title, which means "to discover," conveys the university's connection with the islands and its commitment to the never-ending quest for scientific knowledge and discovery. Its aim is to increase awareness of the university's advances in research amongst alumni, government and community leaders, local industry, and the community at large.
"Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi are conducting important studies in a variety of areas that have great potential for not only advancing the stature of the University of Hawaiʻi, but also contributing to society, economically as well as culturally," said UH Interim Vice President for Research Jim Gaines. "We're proud to be able to promote their great work and to share these groundbreaking advancements with alumni, the business community, and the general public."
Kaunānā is produced by the UH Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development, and the UH Mānoa Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education. It will highlight UH projects focused on the hard sciences—biology, chemistry and astronomy, for example—as well as the arts, humanities and social sciences.
"We sometimes forget that in addition to teaching, our faculty are also charged with the creation of new knowledge or research. As such, they are responsible to a community much larger than their students in the classroom," said UH Mānoa Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Gary Ostrander. "This and future issues of Kaunānā will be an opportunity to share with everyone their accomplishments."
"I think Kaunānā helps remind us that much of the research at UH is directed towards solving some of society's most vexing problems. The discoveries our faculty make and the solutions they come up with often have a worldwide impact," said Richard Cox, director of the UH Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development. "Geographically, we may be isolated, but as this issue of Kaunānā illustrates, and as future issues will as well, UH is making contributions that are felt and appreciated around the world."
The magazine is written and edited by Honolulu freelance writer Alex Salkever and designed by Sam Kim. It is expected to be published quarterly, and will feature notes on recent faculty research awards, in-depth articles on current research investigations, and profiles and interviews with researchers and administrators.
"The research taking place at the University of Hawaiʻi is unbelievably exciting and has broad applications," said Salkever. "Many universities across the country produce these types of research magazines, and it's a great way to recognize the often unnoticed and unsung accomplishments of all research conducted by faculty and students at the university."
For more information or to read the most recent articles, visit www.kaunana.com .
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaiʻi is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaiʻi, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu .
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Conservation Groups Cheer Court Decision Rejecting Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange
A federal appeals court Tuesday dismissed the latest attempt from the would‐be developers of the Village at Wolf Creek to reinstate a land exchange rejected by a federal judge last year. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver dismissed the developer's appeal, based on a lack of appellate jurisdiction. The dismissal leaves in place the District Court's findings, as well as its invalidation of the land exchange. Conservation groups fighting to preserve the critical wildlife corridor and undeveloped character of Wolf Creek Pass cheered the decision, the latest in a long-‐running series of legal and political setbacks for this massive proposed development.
In May 2017, Senior Federal Judge Richard Matsch found that the Forest Service's environmental analysis violated federal law, and set aside the Forest Service's approval of a land exchange that would have facilitated the construction of a large scale resort. The court's order was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by Rocky Mountain Wild, San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Wilderness Workshop.
"The appeal's dismissal leaves in place the lower court's ruling that the Forest Service's analysis of environmental impacts associated with up to 8,000 people living on top of Wolf Creek Pass failed to pass muster with numerous federal laws," said Travis Stills, an attorney with Energy & Conservation Law representing the conservation groups.
This past July 2018, the Forest Service in closed-‐door negotiations with the developer, Leavell-‐McCombs Joint Venture (LMJV), proposed to approve another type of access for the Village at Wolf Creek using the same prior analysis found to violate federal law. This proposed approval was based on the possibility that the appeals court would reverse Judge Matsch's order. However, the appeals court determined that because the Forest Service declined to appeal the 2017 court ruling and was instead pursuing a new decision, there was nothing timely for the court to address. Hence the court dismissed the developer's appeal.
"We are still waiting for the Forest Service to conduct an open, transparent and inclusive analysis of the environmental impacts associated with this enormous commercial development," said Tehri Parker, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Wild. "The Forest Service needs to do a new analysis that is not tainted by the backroom maneuverings of LMJV and honestly looks at the true impacts and all options for addressing the developer's request for access."
The Forest Service has not stated whether it will abandon its ongoing attempt to grant LMJV's demand for unfettered access across the public's forest without adequate consideration of alternative routes, impacts, or necessary mitigation. "The public expects and demands compliance with America's environmental laws by the Forest Service," said Jimbo Buickerood with San Juan Citizens Alliance. "The Forest Service's intended new decision, based on the very same legally deficient environmental analysis already rejected by the courts, could be released in the coming weeks. That seems misguided and foolish."
"It's clear that the Courts are telling the Forest Service that the law will not stand for the lack of substantive analysis regarding 'Village at Wolf Creek' impacts," said Christine Canaly, Director of San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council. "Allowing a road and not taking responsibility for what is built on the other side of it is a silo mindset that has outlived its relevance."
The groups pledge continued scrutiny of the Forest Service's compliance with its legal obligations and will encourage efforts by the agency to rebuild public trust in its review process. Attorneys Travis Stills, Matt Kenna, and Matthew Sandler represented the conservation groups in the appeal.
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As a former Marine Corps combat engineer, I appreciate Army general George S. Patton, Jr. Just before his troops stormed Normandy beaches to help liberate Europe, he gave them a rousing speech. The general reminded them that they had all "admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner . . . and the All-American football players." General Patton's inspirational point? "Americans love a winner."
What Patton said about Americans in 1944 is still true about Kansans in 2012. We love winners. Winners are produced by competition. And rugged competition has produced all of our state's appellate jurists – Court of Appeals judges and Supreme Court justices – since 1958.
I know this, because I started competing to become one in 1995. I completed my lengthy application, attached samples of my legal writings, and listed judges and fellow lawyers familiar with my work. I also submitted to an investigation and an interview by the nine Kansans on the state nominating commission. My 29 competitors did the same. After this thorough screening process, the commission selected three people from whom the governor would choose Kansas' next Court of Appeals judge. My qualifications were not good enough; I was not selected by the commission.
Another opportunity arose a few months later. This time I competed against 27 other applicants, and my result was the same as before.
Because I was determined to earn a position as an appellate jurist, I tried to improve my competitiveness. To hone my writing and analytical skills, I researched and wrote several legal articles for publication – and volunteered to author appellate briefs for other lawyers. To sharpen my understanding of the law's application to the real world, I sought more cases to try to Kansas juries. To achieve a broader perspective of the law, I expanded my law practice to include additional legal fields.
In my third competition, in 2000 I was selected from 22 applicants as one of the three people submitted to the governor. But he chose one of my two remaining competitors. So I worked harder to improve my legal abilities and understanding of the law before the next vacancy.
In 2002, I competed against 17 other applicants wanting to become a justice on the Supreme Court. My name was again one of three sent to the governor. And this time I was chosen – by the same governor who had chosen someone else two years earlier. In my view, I was finally successful because I had steadily improved my qualifications during the previous seven years.
But now new ways of choosing Kansas appellate jurists are being proposed to replace our 50-year-old competitive system of merit selection.
When comparing systems, several fundamental features of our present system must be considered. First is the democratic feature. Our system grants the equal opportunity – to be chosen an appellate jurist – to each Kansas lawyer and trial judge with at least 10 years' experience. Nearly 11,000 individual notices are mailed for every vacancy. And to have a chance of achieving such an important position, the person only needs to apply.
Second, and more important to all Kansans, is the quality feature. As demonstrated by my experience, equal opportunity to all means that more than one person will apply. And that obviously means competition – one where politics and its money fortunately play no role. But without such a competition that compares side-by-side the qualification of numerous applicants, no new system can truly claim it produces the best appellate jurists for Kansas.
Even General Patton's "champion marble player" had to compete against all comers on a level field to earn the title. As a fourth-generation Kansan, I say we should require no less for our state's appellate jurists. That is why I support our merit selection system.
Lawton R. Nuss is a Salina native. He has served on the Kansas Supreme Court since 2002 and as chief justice since 2010.
As a former Marine Corps combat engineer, I appreciate Army general George S. Patton, Jr. Just before his troops stormed Normandy beaches to help liberate Europe, he gave them a rousing speech. The general reminded them that they had all "admired the champion marble player, the fastest runner . . . and the All-American football players." General Patton's inspirational point? "Americans love a winner."


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Friday, Tennessee State football coach Rod Reed, quarterback Ronald Butler and linebacker Nick Thrasher traveled to the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau to shoot a video about "Why Music Matters".
The video will be used in promotions encouraging youth to be involved in musical endeavors at an early age, as well as gain support for the new African-American Musical Museum opening in Nashville at a future date.
Reed stated that listening to music has shaped how he views the world and the TSU student-athletes said that hearing a certain song before a game could have impact on what they did on the field.
For the record, Reed enjoys R/B and gospel music while the players listen to rap and hip-hop.
The event started what will be a busy couple of days for the Tigers as they will square off against Southeast Missouri on Saturday night, visit a local middle school to raise vaccine awareness on Monday afternoon and one member from the team will be a panelist on Engaging Men Against Violence on Monday night in Kean Hall.


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Undoubtedly there was going to come a time when the writers here at Flames Nation were not going to agree on something. With the Summer over and the blatant disregard from the NHL and NHLPA to provide us with our winter fix, we have been left no choice but to now turn our vitriol on each other, and it's time for the Nation to eat their own!
The Calgary Flames have given us a glimpse of its new Forever A Flame campaign where they have given themselves countless opportunities to honour past players without having to retire their numbers. They promised us at least three, and gave us only one, leaving us
on the edge of our seats to probably forget about the whole thing all together.
With the rapid appreciation of Book of Loob's 2 Minutes Hate, I decided to see just how far I could push our rookie scribe. He failed… Actually he started to cry during our lunch meeting, saying he just couldn't in good conscience… Well I don't wanna ruin the story, so without further ado. Get ready for the biggest demonstration of FlamesNation grandstanding you've seen since the CBA negotiations started.
So there I was, alone, at home, minding my own business, face deep in leftover ginger beef from maybe a week ago, feeling awesome, when VF approaches me about doing a Two Minutes Hate column.
"Yes," I replied, never one to shy away from scorn directed at those who have wronged me. "Love gettin' my hate on. Who's the mark? Anders Eriksson? Ryan Kesler? Jason Weimer? I have to know"
"Nah, none of those guys," said VF, solemnly, as if those were stupid ideas. The glint in his eye suggested he had much larger, more dubious decisions in mind. "I was thinking Joe Nieuwendyk."
Apparently I came to rather quickly, though the bright lights and high pitched drone felt like they endured for an eternity. Surely I could not have heard that sin of a suggestion.
"I'm sorry; I thought you said Joe Nieuwendyk,"
"I did"
"I'm pretty sure you're thinking about Jonas Hoglund"
"No," he assured me, with steel in his eyes. "I mean Joe Nieuwendyk"
Naturally, I just couldn't do it. The only thing I hate about Joe Nieuwendyk is Corey Millen. I wanted to know why VF wanted me to lambaste one of the finest Flames this side of Atlanta, especially knowing it was one I adored so much as a youth.
VF's REASONING
Look, I'm not here to throw anyone under the bus, or besmirch the good name of a player that obviously deserves the numerous accolades he has acquired over a storied career; especially when that player is still an icon in the Calgary community. That's what Joe Nieuwendyk is, and that's how he will probably always be remembered.
Every hero, every superhero, has something that has motivated or sparked them to become what they are remembered for, let's just call it the skeleton in their closet. Nieuwy is no different.
I have fond memories of watching Joe do what he did best. That is, carry this team on his shoulders. He was a leader in EVERY sense of the word for the Calgary Flames. So how is it then that I can sit here now and even fathom that he is one that is worthy of "Two minutes hate" from Flames fans? How can I turn my back on Joe Nieuwendyk??
Simple, HE did it first.
If you asked a lot of people, it was Nieuwy's chronic health issues, particularly his knee, causing a decrease in production that paved the way to his trade to Dallas. The real reason it all came apart at the seams is the same as it is has been everywhere – money.
In 1995, Joe wasn't thrilled with his contract with the Flames. So much so that he went to arbitration over it. After the Arbitrator awarded him a deal of $1.85 million, Nieuwendyk wanted to renegotiate for a longer term. The Flames actually offered him a 3 year deal that would pay him $6 Million, but that still wasn't good enough.
Rather than continue negotiating, Joe figured it was better to not join the team at the start of the season as a hold out. That lasted until December 19th, when he was traded to Dallas. The return? Oh that was Corey Millen and a kid named Jarome Iginla, who was turning heads in Kamloops and getting ready for the World Junior Championships.
And just like that, he was gone. Look, I don't begrudge payers that ask to be traded, or whose sole purpose in contract negotiations is to look out for the proverbial #1. What I do have a problem with is that while you are trying to negotiate what's best for your career, you tell your teammates and the fans you basically don't give a rat's ass about them and they're on their own. That vitriol increases two fold when you are the team's captain, their leader.
BoL's POINT
Yeah, alright, you're going to have to let me interject here for a second. I've been reading all this stuff, V-Flame, and all I can say is "ARE YOU F#@$%^G KIDDING ME?"
Let's pretend, for one moment, that you're sitting at home, basking in the glory of another highly praised edition of Voice of the Nation (a wonderfully written and insightful piece featured regularly, exclusively here at FlamesNation. Tell your friends), when you get a phone call from Kent Wilson, telling you you've been traded to Dallas Stars blog Defending Big D, because they were willing to give you a hefty pay increase over the discarded bottle caps you get paid here? You're telling me that you're not going to even consider it? You've got a family to feed, dude, and those bottle caps cut your tongue when you chew on them.
Nieuwy did what Nieuwy had to do. Hockey's a free market. On an individual level, Joe did what was right for Joe, and in this cutthroat world, that's somehow the way things have to be.
I mean, come on, he's Joe Nieuwendyk. The man became a hero off the bat. He scored a goal in his first NHL game. In his first full season, he scored 51 goals. Sure it was the 80's, and a good number of those goals probably came off of a coked out Grant Fuhr, but any rookie putting up those kind of numbers is a special player, and the kind a franchise and the city that loves it can build an identity around.
Not too many franchises have been able to immediately canonize a player off the bat. In NHL history, there has only ever been 13 players to score 90 or more points in their rookie season. Only 4 have ever scored 50 or more goals. Joe is one of those guys. He became a franchise player as a 22 year old on a team that featured Lanny McDonald, Hakan Loob, Al MacInnis, Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts, Gary Suter, John Tonelli, Brett Hull (asterisk), Jim Peplinski, and Mike Vernon. That is an All-Star team, and Nieuwy shone as bright as any of them. Now come on, VF, how are you gonna go hate on that?
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"Let's pretend, for one moment, that you're sitting at home, basking in the glory of another highly praised edition of Voice of the Nation, when you get a phone call from Kent Wilson, telling you you've been traded to Dallas Stars blog Defending Big D, because they were willing to give you a hefty pay increase over the discarded bottle caps you get paid here? You're telling me that you're not going to even consider it?"
Ahhh yes, see that just proved what I was trying to say. Of course I'm going to consider it, but that situation is not the one that Nieuwendyk was faced with.
If I may borrow your analogy, then let's look at this way. Like you said, I am at home basking in the glory of another edition of "Voice of the Nation" (two shameless plugs in the same article… Man this IS grandstanding at its finest!), and suddenly it occurs to me, "Hey, I don't get paid enough for this Sh!t!" I get on the phone and call Kent expressing my epiphany, and my desire for a raise*.
*Pay attention Wilson! 😉
Kent admires my profound use of the English language, saying, "I'm glad you put it like that VF, cause, well, your last few editions of VotN have been just that, SH!T!"
He then goes on to say if I want out, he could try and find a spot for me with another team to blog for, but it would make it a lot easier if I could continue writing and maybe even step my game up a bit. Thoroughly disgusted now, I snap back that no, I'm not inclined to keep writing masterpieces when I'm treated like a first year art student. Call me when you have the name with my new editor… and I hang up the phone.
They say history is written by its victors, and time heals all wounds. Put these two clichés together and you have the Joe Nieuwendyk tragedy that is the story of when Joe left Calgary, the team, the City, and all of its fans.
When you look at the big picture, like fans and even the organization tends to, it's easy to say that the Nieuwendyk for Iginla deal was a win for the Flames. What I wanted to emphasize was that when you look at the deal a little more narrowly, it shows that maybe, just maybe, Joe is worthy of at least two minutes of hatred and animosity from fans.
Fans had no idea that Iggy was going to break almost every offensive record, including Nieuwendyk's and later Fleury's.
What if Iggy wasn't Iggy? What if he was just Iginla? Do fans still hold Nieuwy in such high regard?
When a player holds out on a team, it's my belief that he severely hampers or even handcuffs a team in getting a suitable or decent return on him in a trade. The team loses all leverage with partners because they know, simply put, "He doesn't wanna play for you, so why should we give you what YOU want, rather than what WE are willing to give?"
In the end, Iggy was the superstar we wanted; he is just as, if not more, beloved in Calgary. Hell his name is even easier to spell! That's what I mean by time heals all wounds. If we rewind to the trade day and Corey Millen had ended up being the offensively superior of the two, fans would have lost their minds.
Joe Nieuwendyk had a phenomenal career, being part of the only Calgary Flames team to win a Stanley Cup. Then, like the insufferable D-Bag that he became, he ran out with dollar signs in his eyes and his tail between his legs, and won two more Cups and a Conn Smythe!
First of all, Iggy became Iggy. Theoreticals be damned, it didn't happen, it doesn't matter. Iginla was new hotness, end of story.
But further to that, every trade is a gamble. Any General Manager worth his salt has enough insight and analysis into the game and won't handicap them in a trade that involves one of his stars. Al Coates wasn't that General Manager, but hey, Law of Averages right? Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
In fact, given what you say about a handicapped GM is generally correct, I'd say the Flames came across like gangbusters in the deal. Maybe Bob Gainey didn't see the potential in Iginla to become what he was going to become, but the Stars still had to be pretty high on him. First round picks are always a valuable commodity, and teams are loathing parting with them. The fact that Coates was able to land such a highly touted prospect AFTER his coming out party at the World Juniors for a guy who, while certainly in his prime and capable of so much more, did have the whispers about being injury prone start to get louder from that point on. Hindsight shows us that the pros outweighed the cons for the Stars on the Nieuwendyk trade, but at the time it was a bit of a gamble to give up so much to get him.
In the end, the deal worked out for both teams. The Flames acquired, let's face it, their franchise, as Iginla has been lucrative for the Flames on and off the ice, while Nieuwy helped the Stars achieve something they had never done: Cheat their way to a Stanley Cup Victory. Brett Hull guys, Brett Hull.
But this is about Joe, and Joe as a Flame, not at how he helped deliver Baby Iggy to Cowtown. The point is, nobody plays forever (except Teemu), everyone leaves eventually (except Teemu), and if the only reason to hate on Joe is because he left, well then we can make the same case for everyone who has ever or will ever suit up for the Flaming C for doing the same thing (except for Jonas Hoglund. I loved that guy for leaving).
Oooh okay. Iggy became Iggy. Well thank Jonas Hoglund (I can't use the Lord's name in satire) for that!
Yes, every trade is a gamble, but that doesn't mean you need to start off with 8-2 off suit. I think one of the most important factors we are ignoring as fans is, as said, hindsight. We view the trade as a success because of the Hall of Fame career Iggy has had, so as a result, the trade was a good one because it matched the fact that we gave up a Hall of Famer. Seems logical right?
Consider the alternative if Nieuwendyk HAD played ball with the Flames; reported to the team, and gave the chance for the Flames to showcase him to prospective trade partners. As much as you say the Stars were giving up quite a bit in a first round pick, he was still just a prospect, and everyone can agree that even the highly touted prospects can turn out to be NHL duds (*cough* Trevor Kidd!). Nieuwendyk was a proven leader, offensively gifted center that had a Stanley Cup under his belt. I'm not disputing Iginla being part of that trade, but let's look at the often forgotten cog in the deal, that you yourself have already expressed an issue with.
If Nieuwy had not chosen to throw the handcuffs on the Flames then maybe, again, just maybe the Flames could have gotten something more than Corey Millen. Could the Flames maybe had a shot at a different addition like, oh say… Jere Lehtinen or Jamie Langenbrunner? What about Darryl Sydor? No instead we got Corey Millen.


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New York City taxicabs could soon be going high-tech, if a proposal to install tablets for the passengers gets approval.
New York City's cabs are already more high-tech than in most cities, with back seat TVs that bombard you with a video information service that seems to be mostly commercials, along with GPS info and a way to pay the fare by credit card. The new system would make the process far more interactive, allowing you to while away the hours sitting in traffic by playing video games or catching up on your email.
A pilot program in 50 cabs is being proposed by Square, the company started by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as a new way to make online credit card payments. He says taxi companies should embrace the system, because the credit card fees are much lower than with the current setup.
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This all sounds good as long as they don't expect you to drive the cab from the back seat.
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