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Looking for information on James W. Doyle, b. 1813 Ireland, married Amey b. 1822 England. Lived in the Washburn Maine area, children James Jr., John, Ida, Marylin and Jane. Other family names are; Alma and Edgar White, Mildred and Albert VanVlack (CT), Beatrice and Henry Rockwell (CT), Sharon Doyle, Verrill York, Alta (York) and Nathan Peters, Maude and Issac Richardson, Edith and Thomas Wilcox, and possibly Hanford Fields.
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Just a few weeks ago, 'Basketball Wives' star Evelyn Lozada was involved in a domestic violence dispute with her husband Chad Johnson which left her with a huge gash on her forehead. Now for the first time, she is opening up in an exclusive interview with ABC's Amy Robach, about the events leading up to the fight as well as what she would like for Chad to do if he would like for them to reconnect again. In between tears, she says that she just wants to hear him say, 'I'm Sorry' and she would like for him to get help. She also made it a point to mention that she is not the person that people see on 'Basketball Wives' while at home and she did everything she could to make Chad's life better. 'I was a good wife to Chad'.
Peep a few of the excerpts below:
On what she wants for Chad
I would like for him to tell me that he got help and that he is working on himself, whenever I talk to my sister or my girlfriend, I always say I want the best for him. I really do! And he is a good guy who made a bad choice. He loves football, he is very driven, a great dad. He made a bad choice that destroyed his life and I hate that I'm connected to that, I do, but it was his choice. It wasn't mine.
It would have to take sometime [for us to speak again]. I love him very much and I think that us being away from each other is the right thing. So when is he going to say sorry? […] It's the hardest thing in the world to walk away from someone that you really love/ But you have to walk away because I have to protect myself.
On the events leading up to the head-butting incident
And then the next thing I know, he grabbed me by here [pointing to her head] and he head-butted me. I felt blood coming down my face… and I looked at him and I said, 'You just head-butted me?' And it just — everything just felt if it was in slow motion.
He was gone to me, like, it wasn't him. He got out of the car, really, really quick and ran into the house, and I said to myself, 'I need to get out of here.
On the decision to file for divorce
I said to myself, 'I'm never going to go through that again, ever. I don't think any woman should ever have to feel like that or be fearful of her husband.
I was a very good fiancé and wife to Chad. I did everything I could to make his life better. The person on 'Basketball Wives' is not the person at home. I don't think he would marry me if I was."
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Beaufort-Jasper Active Adults Challenge athletes worked up an appetite before joining their fellow participants and enjoying a lunch at the closing ceremonies last week.
Congratulations to all the participants.
Results in the more than 60 events are available at www.BJAAC.org.
Many thanks to all the volunteers and association staff who played a part in making these games such a success. It's never too late to awaken your inner champion or too early to begin training for the 2013 Challenge.


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CHARLOTTE � The Carolina Panthers have recently begun a push for rookie linebacker Luke Kuechly to become the NFL�s 2012 defensive rookie of the year.
Kuechly�s effort in Sunday�s 17-6 win over the Oakland Raiders will do nothing to slow that down.
And Kuechly�s best came after the first personal foul penalty of his career.
With the Panthers leading 7-0 early in the second quarter, Kuechly was flagged for a personal foul for hitting a �defenseless receiver� when he tackled Oakland�s Darrius Heyward-Bey at the end of a 20-yard reception.
Replays showed Heyward-Bey looking at Kuechly as he made the shoulder to chest hit.
�They�re going to throw some flags and that�s football,� Kuechly said of the penalty, which moved Oakland into Carolina territory on what became the Raiders� first scoring drive of the game. �It�s frustrating because it�s 15 yards and it�s a penalty on you. I wanted to make up for it.�
Make up for it Kuechly did by making six of the next seven tackles in the drive.
Coach Ron Rivera and Kuechly�s teammates certainly felt the rookie was extra motivated after the penalty even if Kuechly said that wasn�t the case.
�His motor runs tremendously,� Rivera said of Kuechly. �All Luke needs is a little bit of spark and that was a little bit of spark. He is a tremendous football player; he really is. He is everything we thought he would be and more.�
Said quarterback Cam Newton: �The player that has stepped up the most in my opinion is Luke Kuechly. Luke has been around the ball and is playing at a high level like something I�ve never seen.�
Kuechly was credited with 13 tackles, including nine solo stops and a tackle for a loss. He also had a 25-yard interception return.
It gives him 151 stops for the season � or just behind the three top NFL rookie tackles leaders since 1991. San Francisco�s Patrick Willis is the record-holder with 174 in 2007, followed by Houston�s DeMeco Ryans with 156 in 2006 and Miami�s Zach Thomas with 154 in 1996. Ryans and Willis were back-to-back Associated Press defensive rookies of the year.
Newton�s penalty
Based on a strict interpretation of NFL rules, Newton could�ve and maybe should�ve been ejected when he bumped head referee Jerome Boger in the middle of the third quarter after he was hit by Oakland safety Tyvon Branch as he threw a pass to Brandon LaFell.
Boger announced Newton had been called for an unsportsmanlike penalty for �bumping and official.�
Replays clearly showed contact between Newton and Boger, though Boger said afterward �I misspoke when I said he bumped the official. What I was penalizing him for was disrespectfully addressing the official. There was some contact between he and I, but it wasn�t of a malicious nature.�
Newton opened his postgame news conference by saying he apologized to Boger.
�It was just in the heat of the moment,� Newton said. �I apologized again so the next time I see him, we�ll be on good terms.�
The Panthers inactives for Sunday�s game were quarterback Jimmy Clausen, wide receiver David Gettis, running back Jonathan Stewart, linebacker James Anderson, defensive tackle Sione Fua and offensive linemen Geoff Hangartner and Hayworth Hicks.
It means Stewart (ankle) and Anderson (back) have missed the last three games with injuries.
Smith�s numbers
With Sunday�s four-catch, 45-yard effort, Steve Smith has caught a pass in 90 consecutive games (a streak that dates to 2006) and continues to climb the NFL all-time rankings.
Smith has 769 career catches to rank 27th all-time in NFL history and 11,379 career yards receiving to rank 25th all-time in NFL history.
Break-even record
With victories over San Diego and Oakland in back-to-back weeks, the Carolina Panthers finish the season with a 2-2 record against the AFC West.
It marks the third time the Panthers have played the AFC West � they�ll meet AFC East teams next season � and gives them a 7-5 record in those contests since the NFL split teams in eight, four-team divisions in 2002.
The Panthers are 3-5 against the AFC East, 5-7 against the AFC North and AFC South.
Newton�s rushing
Before the last five games, having Cam Newton as the team�s rushing leader usually meant a loss for the Panthers.
But with Newton leading Carolina in rushing on Sunday with 60 yards, the Panthers are 3-1 in the last four games he�s led the team in rushing (Philadelphia, Kansas City, Atlanta, Oakland) � and 4-7 overall in the past two seasons.
Home finale
Winning Sunday�s 2012 home finale means Carolina is now 72-72 all-time at Bank of America Stadium.
This year finished with a 3-5 home record, with wins in the opener (New Orleans) and in the final two contests (Atlanta, Oakland).
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Our new programme for every girl
What girls do when they're in Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers has changed. Find out how.
We've been on a journey to transform what girls do in Girlguiding, to bring all our badges and activities bang up to date.
And now we've revealed all the new things we've been working on.
Our new programme delivers the fun and varied range of activities that you expect from guiding, and of course, there's still plenty of badges to earn. We've introduced new topics, new skills and new ways for girls to broaden their horizons.


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Gallardo homers, pitches Milwaukee past Pirates
Milwaukee, WI – Yovani Gallardo tossed seven innings and was one of four Milwaukee players to hit a solo home run, as the Brewers outslugged the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-4, on Monday in the opener of a three- game set at Miller Park.
Jean Segura had three hits, including a two-run blast, while Norichika Aoki, Carlos Gomez and Yuniesky Betancourt each hit solo shots for the Brewers, who have won eight straight versus the Pirates.
Milwaukee also improved to 14-1 versus the Bucs when Gallardo (3-1) starts on the hill, while the righty has a 10-1 mark all-time in those outings. He allowed two runs -- one earned -- on just three hits and struck out five in the victory.
"My rhythm is slowly getting there," Gallardo said. "Tonight for the first few innings, I had to fight for it. I had to make an adjustment, then as the game went on I started to feel a lot better. My job is to put up zeros so they can get back up to the plate and score some more. That makes it just a matter of throwing strikes."
Garrett Jones hit a two-run homer and Gaby Sanchez and Andrew McCutchen each drove in one run for the Pirates, who were coming off a series win versus St. Louis.
Starter Wandy Rodriguez (2-1) struggled through 3 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs on six hits and four walks to absorb the loss.
"When you don't make good pitches the ball is going to fly here," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "They've always had good hitters here. We were rough off the mound tonight. We couldn't get the ball where we wanted. We've been here before and not won, we've started the last four series like this and have bounced back."
Pittsburgh actually took a 1-0 advantage in the first as McCutchen grounded into a fielder's choice scoring Starling Marte.
The lead was short-lived, however, as the hosts struck back with five runs in the bottom of the frame.
Aoki drew a leadoff walk and Segura followed with a homer over the center- field wall. Later in the frame, Gomez walked to load the bases and Betancourt grounded out to short to plate Ryan Braun to make it 3-1. The next batter, Martin Maldonado, made it 5-1 with a two-run single to right.
Sanchez cut Pittsburgh's deficit to 5-2 in the third. He smacked a double to left scoring Jones, but that's the closest the visitors got.
Milwaukee utilized back-to-back solo home runs in consecutive innings and took control for good. In the fourth, Gallardo helped his own cause and crushed Rodriguez's 2-1 offering over the right-center wall for his second homer of the year. Aoki followed with a mirrored effort, smacking another 2-1 offering, this time over the center-field wall, to make it 7-2.
In eerily similar fashion just one inning later, Gomez and Betancourt hit back-to-back shots to increase the Brewers' lead to 9-2. Betancourt singled up the middle in the seventh, scoring Gomez to account for the home team's final run.
Jones' two-out, two-run shot in the eighth provided the final margin.
Game Notes
The Brewers improved to 45-7 against the Pirates at home since 2007 ... Pittsburgh had outscored its opponents 19-6 in Rodriguez's previous four starts this season ... Rodriguez is 3-8 in 13 career starts at Miller Park, though it was his first start there as a member of the Pirates.


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This past weekend residents of the Houston Heights opened their doors and welcomed neighbors and curious people alike into their beautiful homes. The tour included six houses, one new and five historic, all carefully maintained and lovingly decorated. Here are my favorite three. For more pictures of the houses visit Dear Polia on Facebook2
|The exterior of the Mueller home.
The Mueller Home started life in 1920 as an apartment building, with three separate units. The current owner redesigned the floor plan to turn the house into a residence for one family. The house is decorated with bright colors and rich textures, and it reflects the owner's childhood in South Dakota, her sojourn in Russia, and her passion for travel.
|Living Room.
|Dining Room
|Sitting Room
|Guest Bedroom.
|The Master Bedroom and Master Bathroom open to a screened porch.
|The exterior of the Tegtmeir Home, notice the second story addition.
The Tegtmeir Home was also built in 1920 as a 2 bedroom one bath bungalow in the craftsman style. The current owners bought the house after their wedding, and as their family grew so did the house. The bungalow, sensitively restored and altered, is now two stories tall and it houses 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, plus a play room for the couple's two daughters.
|The front bedroom was removed to make room for a staircase and a generous dining room.
|The Living Room.
|The Play Room at the top of the stairs.
|The toddler's bedroom.
|The baby's bedroom.
|The Master Bedroom has views of the garden and the back porch.
|The back porch and garden.
|The Womble Home.
The Womble Home is owned by a passionate historic preservationist, who lovingly rescued the 1906 Queen Anne Victorian Cottage from dereliction. During its long life the cottage has suffered many alterations, some good (like the beautiful parquet floors added in the 1920's) and some bad (like the bathroom that was installed in the entrance hall when they house was partitioned into apartments). The current owner restored the house to its original configuration and salvaged many of its original features, like the tin ceilings, parquet floors, and light fixtures; and where original pieces were missing, faithful reproductions or comparable antiques were put in place.
|The entrance Hall, where a bathroom was once installed, is restored to its original grace.
|The Parlor with its original chandelier and tin ceiling.
|The Parlor.
|The Dining Room was originally a bedroom.
|The Dining Room.
|The owner chose to keep some of the original paint of the staircase.
|The Sitting Room.
|One of the guest bedrooms, which features a leaded window that was rescued from a dumpster in Galveston after a storm.
The owner of the Womble Home is also an avid collector and traveler, and he has filled the house with many beautiful European, Turkish, and Persian antiques, some of which decorate a second floor sitting room and various alcoves:
|The "Secret Room" in the attic is accessed through a door concealed by a mirror.
|The sitting room is decorated with Turkish antiques.
|The alcove in the turret.
|The new Carriage House is furnished with salvaged antique doors and windows.
I hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of my neighborhood. For more pictures visit Dear Polia on Facebook.
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Aleec Harris is on a mission for redemption.
Aaron Brown continues to be on the right track.
As a result, both USC seniors could find themselves on top of the podium Saturday at the NCAA Division I track and field championships.
Brown led all qualifiers in the 200-meter semifinals Thursday by running 20.45 seconds into a strong headwind, with Harris winning his 110 hurdles heat in 13.39 to post the second-fastest time overall at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Brown, who placed fifth in last year's 200 final in 20.33, is looking to secure USC's first championship in the event since Clarence Edwards in 1978.
"I just had to maintain my composure. Everybody has to run into that same wind. I just tried to hold my form as best as I can and run all the way through the line," Brown said. "When you have a strong field like that, the best thing you can do is just focus on (yourself), execute the best way I can. If I can execute the way I can, then I have a strong chance to win it."
Wayne Davis II of Texas A&M, the defending champion, won his semifinal in 13.36.
Harris, who was battling a bone bruise in last year's prelims and finished 21st in 14.13, is trying to become USC's first 110 hurdles champion since Ryan Wilson — a volunteer assistant coach with the Trojans — in 2003.
Harris and Davis rank second and third on the all-time collegiate performance list with their wind-legal marks of 13.18 and 13.20 produced May 31 at the West preliminaries in Arkansas. They are both chasing the NCAA Division I record of 13 seconds set in 1979 by Maryland's Renaldo Nehemiah.
"We came out here and did what we wanted to do, just to get through healthy and execute and get to the final," Harris said. "To come here full circle one year later and be healthy and be able to come out here and compete, I took it a little personal, so I'm trying to come out here and come out with a win."
Oregon's Johnathan Cabral, an Agoura graduate who placed fifth in last year's 110 hurdles final, twisted his knee coming out of the blocks in the second heat and didn't finish the race. Cabral was able to walk off the track under his own power.
Fajoyomi one of USC's best
Viktor Fajoyomi placed seventh in the decathlon with 7,712 points, second all-time by a USC athlete behind Mike Gonzales' school record of 8,022 in 1984.
Fajoyomi, third after Wednesday's competition, elevated from eighth to seventh in the final event by clocking 4:39.11 to place sixth overall in the 1,500.
Fajoyomi won his 110 hurdles heat in 14.62 for the third-fastest time overall. He also achieved a personal-best clearance of 14-9 in the pole vault.
Collatz earns All-America honors again in discus
Although she fouled on all three throws in the championship flight, USC's Alex Collatz placed eighth in the discus with a mark of 174-1 to secure All-America honors again.
Collatz, fifth last season with a performance of 181-11, was in fourth following the first flight.
After qualifying among the top nine athletes to earn three more throws in the final, she couldn't improve her eighth-place position.
Gaither remains on a roll
USC's Tynia Gaither, already a finalist in the 100 and 4 x 100 relay today, advanced to the 200 championship Saturday by qualifying third in her heat and seventh overall in 23.17.
Coco Ndipagbor, Jaide Stepter, Ashley Liverpool and Vanessa Jones advanced to the women's 4 x 400 final Saturday for the Trojans by taking second in their heat and fourth overall in 3:30.29, the No. 4 mark in USC history.
Duke, with Harvard-Westlake graduate Lauren Hansson running the leadoff leg, took sixth in its 4 x 400 heat and placed 17th overall in 3:36.34.
Comeback effort falls short for Buchanan
UCLA's Brea Buchanan returned to Hayward Field for the 100 hurdles after enduring a hard fall late in last year's semifinal race, resulting in her missing a chance to advance to the final.
Buchanan, an Ayala graduate, placed sixth in her heat and 17th overall in 13.53. USC's Melia Cox took eighth in the race and 20th overall in 13.60, with UCLA's Trinity Wilson finishing seventh in her semifinal and 18th overall in 13.57.
Stanford's Rebecca Mehra, a Palos Verdes graduate, was 14th overall in the women's 1,500 in 4:21.63, with UC Davis' Raquel Lambdin — a former Camarillo standout — 22nd in 4:30.55.
Shea goes the distance
Loyola Marymount's Sheree Shea finished 13th in the women's 10,000 final in 33:32.29.
San Diego State's Allison Reaser, an El Segundo graduate, is fifth following the opening day of the heptathlon with 3.388 points. UCLA's Alexis Walker, a Pasadena graduate, is in 16th with 3,196 points.


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The fabulous Chef Carla Hall won yet again on Wednesday night's episode of Top Chef All Stars. Carla's delicious chicken pot pie won her a trip to Tokyo, some cash and a cooking segment on Thursday night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Fallon was the guest judge on TCAS and the cheftestants were tasked with creating a birthday lunch for the comedian, his family and the show's announcer.
This is Carla's third win, after taking home the US Open and fishing challenges. It's also her third trip so far, having also won trips to Italy and Amsterdam. Unfortunately, fellow R20 fave and culinary hotness Tre Wilcox was eliminated last week.
#TeamCarla all the way. Carla chats with Bravo's Andy Cohen before the segment and then goes on Fallon, watch AFTER THE JUMP ...
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Well, the Great Sriracha-geddon of 2014 is already over — almost.
Back in December, Huy Fong Foods' Southern California factory was ordered to stop shipping its prized bright red product, Sriracha, as well as its other chili condiments. But before you likely even noticed a dearth of Sriracha on grocery shelves, a Huy Fong spokesperson tells ABC News that they plan to resume shipments at the end of the month.
However, with all the recent hubbub surrounding the Irwindale factory, it looks like Huy Fong Foods is considering moving to … Texas. The Los Angeles Times reports:
Texas state Rep. Jason Villalba says he has asked Huy Fong Foods, the makers of the Sriracha hot sauce with the rooster on the label and the green cap, to move operations to his state … He notes in his letter that in Texas there are no personal or corporate state income taxes and a plentiful non-union labor pool. He also mentions that Forbes Magazine named Texas the best climate in the country to grow a business.
Don't forget that there's also the Sriracha documentary out right now. Sriracha: So Hot Right Now.
· Previously: Sriracha factory ordered to stop shipping until mid-January [Inside Scoop]


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The line-up for the BBC Introducing stage at this year's Reading/Leeds festivals have just been announced. The following acts will be playing on the aforementioned stage at this year's festival weekend, with day splits for them still yet to be announced:
A Genuine Freakshow, Anguish Sandwich, Arthur Rigby And The Baskervylles, Black Diamond Bay, The Bronze Medal, Castrovalva, Circles, Clock Opera, CourageHaveCourage, Cuba Cuba, Daughter, Discopolis, Don Broco, Funeral Suits, Ham Sandwich, Heart-Ships, The Kill Van Kulls, Kirk Spencer, The Mexanines, Milk Maid, The Minutes, The Original Rude Boys, Rae Morris, Rainy Boy Sleep, Save Your Breath, The Simon Pollard Band, Spector, These Furrows, This Boy Wonders, Tomahawks For Targets, The Winchell Riots
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Faculty: Two New Professors Join Thayer
Assistant Professor Jason Stauth Th'00 joined the faculty in October. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley in 2008 and also holds an M.S. from UC Berkeley, an A.B. in physics from Colby College, and a B.E. from Thayer School. His research interests include distributed energy systems and power electronics.
Associate Professor Ulrike Wegst joined the faculty in January. She studied physics at the University of Göttingen in Germany, received her Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 1997, worked at the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in France and the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Germany, and taught at Drexel University. Since 2005, she has also been a Faculty Guest Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research interests include the mechanical performance of natural materials, biomaterials and tissue engineering, novel materials for nuclear fuel applications, multifunctional hybrid materials, eco-design, and science education through interdisciplinary projects linking music, arts, and sports.
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LA Fitness International's recent acquisition of 171 Bally Total Fitness clubs and the corresponding announcement by LA Fitness that it would close 31 of the properties as part of its operating strategy has generated considerable buzz in the industry, as well as among the members of the former Bally clubs involved in the acquisition. While mergers and acquisitions are natural and desirable in a maturing industry, they nonetheless generate considerable anxiety among employees and members of the targeted company, especially when it involves the prospect of clubs either changing ownership or closing.
Club closures and asset sales that result in a change of ownership are not restricted to large-scale acquisitions. They can take place in smaller organizations and independent clubs. Either way, the sale or closure of a club can be attributed to business conditions, ranging from bankruptcies to lease cancellations to financial losses to changing market conditions to strategic business decisions. Despite the reasons for club closures, these closures often have been a leading contributor to consumer complaints about the industry, negative press and increased government regulations over the industry.
In part one of this two-part series, I highlight the good and the bad that results from how organizations deal with the sale or closure of a property. The second part of the series (to be posted next month) will provide a template on how to close or sell a club so that it addresses the needs of shareholders, members and employees.
Most independent clubs close as the result of deteriorating business conditions, most often the result of factors such as a lease cancellation, a market downturn, or new competition moving into the marketplace and the resultant loss of members and revenue. When it comes to multiple club operations, most closures are strategically driven (e.g., existing clubs may not meet necessary financial metrics, acquired clubs may be in the same market as a more profitable existing club, and the closing of a club may allow for consolidation of memberships to create greater operating efficiencies and profit margins).
The sale of a club is usually driven by several factors. Sellers often desire to reap a return on their investment or to recapture a portion of the original investment if the club is performing poorly. For buyers, the decision is usually (if not always) strategic, as the buyer may see an opportunity to use its expertise to leverage the new assets to grow the business. In the Bally club acquisitions, for example, LA Fitness has identified opportunities to create growth, operating efficiencies and improved productivity through the acquisition of 171 properties and through the closing of 31 of those properties.
The sale of a club benefits both the seller and buyer. For the seller's shareholders, a sale provides capital that can be used to cash out, pay down debt or invest back into the business. For the seller's employees, it might offer professional growth opportunities. For the seller's members, it might provide additional membership benefits. For the buyer, the sale brings new strategic assets that can help grow the business, while for its employees it could provide greater opportunity for professional growth. In club closings, the only partner group that benefits is the shareholders, since closures are intended to reduce financial losses, liabilities and obligations.
A sale may create negative consequences for the buyer and the seller. The buyer can experience challenges in integrating the employees and members of the acquired club into its existing business culture. According to many merger and acquisition experts, the biggest reason acquisitions fail to generate the synergies and cost efficiencies forecasted is because of the inability to integrate distinctly different cultures and the destructive impact this inability can have on employee morale and customer service. Sometimes, these negative consequences can overwhelm any benefit from the transaction. Negative consequences for sellers can occur when the seller does not properly communicate the sale to employees and members. When that happens, the rumor mill takes over, generating negative dialogue among employees, members and the community. In some instances, this negative dialogue can result in employees and members sabotaging the business transaction, suits being filed by disgruntled employees and members, and at the very least, damage to the seller's professional reputation.
Closing a club may help the sellers avoid a bankruptcy filing, avoid future business losses and eliminate certain business liabilities. In the case of a large club company, closing a group of clubs can generate greater operating efficiencies and profitability in addition to the benefits described for a single club owner.
Closing a club can have consequences. When a club closes, employees lose their jobs, an experience that can be akin to losing family for some. For the members of a club, closure often can generate emotions similar to those experienced by employees, resulting in shock, disbelief and anger. The failure to deal effectively with the emotions of employees and members can generate a firestorm of negative publicity, an avalanche of legal actions and perhaps threatening activities by certain employee and member groups.
One large club company has had both a good and a bad experience with club closures. In the 1990s, the company was faced with a club closure in the South. The club had operated profitability for 10 years, was well respected in the community and was loved by its members. Unfortunately, a series of business circumstances came to a head at once. Faced with a 300 percent rent increase and the need for further capital investment in the facility, the company's board decided to close the club.
Once the decision was made, the company assigned a regional manager to work with the club manager to put together a plan to close the club. Once they created the plan, the two shared it with the company directors and the club's member advisory board. Once the plan was accepted, the leadership team met with the employees, both collectively and individually, to share the news.
The plan involved a series of steps designed to lessen the emotional turmoil that the employees and members might experience due to the closing. The plan's goal was to insure that before the club closed, each member had received privileges at another club and each employee had received a good separation package and a position with another organization either inside or outside the company's network. Over a 90-day period, the management team actively arranged for severance packages and new jobs for the employees. The team worked with neighboring clubs to provide club members with options for extending their membership privileges at the new clubs.
As part of the closing plan, club management arranged for a closing party on the final day of operations to give employees and members emotional closure. Since the club always had been a good member of the community, the management team made the closing party a charity event. On the night of the closing party, more than 2,000 of the club's 2,800 members, along with their guests, came to the party, each contributing $20 toward the chosen charity (a local children's hospital). The party was even covered by the local media, which announced the event as the closing of a city landmark. When the management team locked the doors for the final time after the band escorted out the last party goers, the club had garnered such favorable support that most members indicated that the company would always be welcomed back.
During the same decade, the same company had to close a New York club that had operated since the 1970s and that in the mid-1980s had been rated one of the best fitness clubs in New York. By the mid-1990s, the club had fallen on hard times. Unfortunately, the closing was handled by one of the company's senior officers, as the company's senior leadership felt that the regional team was ill prepared to deal with such a high-visibility closing. Rather than organize a closing plan like the one put together for the club in the South, management closed the club at night without warning, hanging a sign on the door for employees and members to find the next day when they arrived. As you can imagine, the closing was a public relations disaster in the community, among members and among employees. Although the company did save money by closing the club quickly, it created a firestorm of negative publicity that resulted in the company never being able to open another club in New York.
These two stories show that when a club is closed, it can be done in a manner that creates goodwill among all stakeholders or it can be done in a manner that has dire consequences for stakeholders. Unfortunately, club operators often choose the path of least resistance, and as a result, find themselves having dug an even deeper hole than before they closed. If operators instead create a well-thought-out closing plan, they can achieve the desired financial results for shareholders, while creating an outcome that brings proper closure to all parties and opens the door to future goodwill and business.
Stephen Tharrett is president of Club Industry Consulting. He is the author of four books and is a former board member and president of IHRSA. Tharrett is involved in public speaking, having served as an international keynote speaker at conventions in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, England, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Spain and Turkey, as well as domestic conventions such as Athletic Business, CMAA, IHRSA and SIBEC. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We got the new Eddie Bauer catalog this morning and I noticed something interesting on the cover and first page, an English Shepherd puppy. Take a look!
Not only I am fairly sure it is an English Shepherd but it looks lot like Cody did when he was a puppy. Sable coloring with a splash of white here and there including the "white socks" as we like to call them. While this Eddie Bauer catalog puppy is cute, we obviously think that Cody was a much cuter puppy. I guess Cody should have done some dog modeling! 🙂
UPDATE: The puppy featured in the Eddie Bauer catalog is NOT an English Shepherd. It is actually a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. A lot of people actually think Cody is a duck toller so it's not surprising I think they look like English Shepherds. Even Eddie Bauer got it wrong as this was in the catalog:
Darwin is a New Brunswick duck tolling retriever. He's enjoying a break in his training to become an avalanche rescue dog at the Crystal Mountain ski area near Seattle.
I noticed the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever community is a little upset since there is no such thing as "New Brunswick duck tolling retrievers." I am sure there some duck tollers live in New Brunswick though.


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The latest CD by jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano blends New York attitude with Midwestern warmth in an homage to the Manhattan street where bebop ruled in the '50s and '60s. The music here, like that of such other thematic Lovano albums as Rush Hour (his 1995 celebration of third-stream music) and Celebrating Sinatra, evokes the past without being at all archival. Fronting a four-man sax section, Lovano blasts through such strong Dameronia as "The Scene Is Clean" and "Tadd's Delight," refreshes the indelible lyricism of Dameron's lovely "If You Could See Me Now," and, in an intimate duet with pianist John Hicks, velvetizes Billy Strayhorn's lush "Passion Flower." It also features Miles Davis' early "Sippin' at Bells"; Lovano's homage to Charlie Parker, the complex "Charlie Chan," a three-way saxophone conversation between Lovano and fellow tenormen George Garzone and Ralph Lalama that's punctuated by Lewis Nash's pinpoint drums; "Abstractions on 52nd Street," Lovano's extrapolation and embellishment of a Thelonious Monk line; and George Gershwin's "Embraceable You," plushly orchestrated by Willie "Face" Smith and lovingly performed by Lovano. Others contributing sax are Gary Smulyan (baritone) and Steve Slagle (alto); Tim Hagans and Conrad Herwig play trumpet and trombone, respectively, while Dennis Irwin handles bass. Like many other Lovano records, this hews close to tradition but updates it effectively. Besides the fervor of the playing -- Smith says he would've played saxophone, but these New York players were much better prepared -- the song selection is astute, Lovano's originals are solid, and Smith's sole compositional contribution, "Deal," is tasty indeed. ~ Carlo Wolff


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Like every year this years mentoring organizations for Google Summer of Code 2011 has been announced and OpenStreetMap is in this years list as well.
Now as a lot of cheap phones has the capability to click pictures in high resolution,make GPS traces,shoot videos and have a internet connection via WIFI/GPRS or mobile broadband connection. I would really love to see a mobile based OSM mapping application that can utilize this facility and able to do photo tag/Video tag with GPS traces,upload to OSM/Flickr/Youtube, create and edit basic maps.
The idea by Zhijie Shen is here. So in case if you are interested in developing such an application do get in touch with the OSM community.
Apart from this you can find a lot of interesting project ideas here.
Student application for GSOC 2011 starts from March 29th.


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The troubled Edenmoor development in Indian Land has been in the news regularly for the last few months.
Many of the stories have been long and complicated because the issues surrounding the stalled development are complex, involving the county's Forfeited Land Commission, developers, financiers, tax and bond sales and pending contracts. And much of what has taken place has been behind closed doors, making it even more difficult to make sense of what's going on.
Dennis Cauthen was trying to help fellow firefighter Randy White find the right word. White was describing how it felt for the Elgin Volunteer Fire Department to be one of several fire departments trying to save the blazing historic Lancaster County Courthouse that early Aug. 4 morning in 2008.
"Honored," said Cauthen, fire chief. "We're honored to have helped the city (of Lancaster) and other departments save the courthouse."
The last couple of weeks have been really busy for teachers, students and their families. Some families have been scrambling to get in those last few days of vacation fun before the school bells ring Monday morning.
Many students and their parents took advantage of the recent sales-tax-free weekend to buy school supplies and clothes.
For several weeks now, teachers have been preparing their classrooms for the return of students Monday.
The start of the 2011-12 school term will feature David Shamble in the principal's office at Indian Land High School. Shamble, a former assistant principal since 2007, is replacing Kathy Faris.
Faris, the IL principal for the last five years, resigned her post in mid-July, about a month before the start of the upcoming school term.
Shamble, who considers Faris his mentor, will no doubt continue many of the initiatives she started. But he will also have his own agenda for the Class AA high school.
You have to give it to scam artists – some are getting pretty creative. And dire economic times are breeding ingenuity among some of the best.
In the past six months, The Lancaster News has published several articles about various scams in Lancaster County.
In February, reporter Reece Murphy shared the plight of a woman who was summoned to Springs Memorial Hospital in the wee hours of the morning. The caller, who identified himself as a highway patrolman, said she had a family member at the hospital and to get there fast.
Tax hikes and fee increases have been in the news a lot lately, as they always are this time of year. All across the county, residents are learning they will have to pay more in taxes and fees in the upcoming year.
Lancaster County School District recently approved a 5-mill tax increase, which will cost the average Lancaster County homeowner about $20 more this year.
The town of Kershaw's budget includes a 1.2-mill tax hike, which will cost its homeowners $4.80 more in yearly taxes on a $100,000 home. It also increased its water and sewer bill by $7.
HOPE needs help. Helping Other People Effectively (HOPE) of Lancaster aids the community through its roster of caring volunteers.
HOPE in Lancaster Inc. is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that provides short-term emergency assistance to those in crisis.
HOPE has a crisis of its own. During the summer months, volunteer help tends to drop a bit with helpers taking vacation.
At the same time, those in need, no matter the situation, need assistance.
The clients can't wait as their plight never takes time off.
Donna Hartley was pleasantly surprised when she opened the door to her office Monday morning. Hartley, executive director of Kershaw Area Resource Exchange (KARE), said there were three checks targeted for Youth Serve.
Youth Serve is a program that recruits teenagers to help repair area homes for the needy and elderly, who are unable to do the repairs themselves.
Youth Serve is a part of KARE, which provides an array of services to people in the southern portion of Lancaster County.
Lancaster County lost a true humanitarian with the recent death of Dr. Ira Adams.
Ironically, Dr. Adams died earlier this month at his Meeting Street office, where he toiled tirelessly to help his patients have a better quality of life.
Adams enjoyed his work and had a passion for helping others, whether it was in his Lancaster office or in a foreign county.
Adams often took his practice to countries such as Mexico and Guatemala, where it was common for him to work until his supplies were exhausted.
What might have been a possible negative result with the election of Greg Gregory to the S.C. Senate has become a real positive for Lancaster County.
Last spring when Gregory was elected to the state senate, Lancaster County was able to hold its long link to the coveted seat in the state Legislature.
At the same time, Gregory, with his return to the state Senate, had to yield his post on the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees.
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The Double Platinum single 'Where Are U Now,' featuring Justin Bieber, from Diplo's Jack U collaboration with Skrillex has enjoyed similar success. Along with the aforementioned Grammy Awards the track has won the group an MTV European Music Award as well as an American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year.Local Opener: DJ Sneeky Long
DJ Sneeky Long: Sound selector, purveyor of deep, soulful grooves and all things funky.
Never afraid to go too deep, his musical selections are his own therapy. Having grown up on a healthy dosage of punk, reggae, funk and especially hip-hop, the latter eventually led him on a quest to discover the source of the elusive "samples" that make up most hip hop tracks. This infatuation, in turn, grew into an insatiable hunt for records that has not stopped to this day. Before he was even of age he was using a fake ID to DJ at clubs around the city, sometimes opening for major hip hop acts as their tours came through town. For about the first 10 years of DJing he stuck pretty much to spinning hip-hop and break beats. It wasn't until 2009, when he got his first weekly residency at Kristauf's Martini Lounge downtown, that he really cut his teeth as a jack of all trades.
Fast forward to 2016 and you can find him spinning all manner of music in several downtown venues, from Twist on Saturday nights where he rocks for a full house a more commercial set to Bar X on Thursday nights where he and fellow DJ ChaseOne2 tag team open format sets, keeping the vibe a little more mellow. He also plays the occasional stint at Tinwell, The Rest, and Undercurrent, and will be starting a new Friday night residency at the upcoming Good Grammar Bar behind Gallivan Plaza. Like fellow members of the Caviar Club, (a small collective of SLC DJ's which includes ChaseOne2, J Godina, Finale Grand, and Black Vinyl) Sneeky Long's primary forte is vinyl. In this constantly evolving world of new technology, he finds it imperative to stick to the basics and he plays all vinyl sets whenever the gig allows. "At the end of the night, I just want to have contributed to people grooving out and having a good time. As a DJ it's not about me. It's about everyone else in the room."
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Memorial Day weekend was a big weekend for the folks at Grand Cru Classes, the only wine education organization in Long Island wine country. You see, not only have the renovated their barn and converted it into a classroom, but last weekend they finished planting their educational vineyard.
The basics of the as-yet-unnamed vineyard are:
- Rows: 9 rows spaced 5-1/2 feet apart
- Vines: 11 per row spaced 4-1/2 feet apart
- Varietals: Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Merlot
- Varietal Count: 3 rows (or 33 vines) each
- Total Vines: 99
- Fruit Yield: Roughly 2-gallons per row or a 6-gallon batch per varietal **
- Wine Yield: Roughly 35-bottles per varietal annually **
- First Vintage: Expected to be 2010 with the Chardonnay ready to drink in 2011 and the Cabernet Franc and Merlot in 2012
They even have their vineyard dogs on the job. There is no doubt that Sabrina and Annabelle are up to the task ahead.
Congratulations to both Jared and Tracy on what had to be an exhausting holiday weekend. I'm sure that the fruits of their labor (pun intended) will be well worth the work, however.
This is such a cool project and their education center is really taking shape. Read more about the vineyard and their bar renovations at Jared's blog Vine Views.


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Visits, Admit Days, and Open Houses / Re: Cornell 1L« on: April 11, 2007, 07:12:50 PM »
Sent my deposit in as well.
Question for the 1Ls - is it common for students to use a computer for an exam? Is it mandatory, or does the student have an option? I would think a computerized exam is disadvantageous for those who don't type quickly.
Sorry for being MIA here recently... been busy with a lot of stuff... whoisjongalt has done a good job with everything, though (I'm putting a star next to your name for today).....
Anyway, 99% of students use computers for exams. It's not mandatory, you can always handwrite exams if you want. Is is disadvantageous for students who don't type quickly? Yes, probably. Since most people can still type faster than they can write, I wouldn't recommend handwriting exams. Also, in a 3 or 4 hour essay exam, your hand might not make it all the way and you'll probably get pretty tired after an hour and a half or so.


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The Walrus Foundation and the Hal Jackman Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Walrus Poetry Prize. Méira Cook's poem "The Devil's Advocate" receives the Walrus Poetry Prize and $5,000, and Bardia Sinaee's "Barnacle Goose Ballad" wins the Readers' Choice Award and $1,000.
The Devil's Advocate
by Méira Cook
My lords and ladies, gentlemen of the jury—
when you hear hoofbeats, assume horses. Not zebras.
This is true in almost all parts of the world
except the African savannah, where it is safer
to assume zebras. Also eland, giraffes, herds
of this and that. In India, assume cows; in Spain,
bulls, matadors in their sun-blurred hooves.
In Tuscany, angels, in kingdom-come horses again,
pale quartets of "Wish You Were Here." My client
sends his regrets. He is busy
falling through blank verse for all eternity while a mere afternoon
passes its shadow over us. The sun moves from one window
of the courthouse to the next, and then it is tea time.
One sugar or two? Perhaps a bun. Stretch
and yawn and back we go. I submit
for your perusal Exhibit A.
This is a map of the world, of God, and of everything.
Above is heaven, below is hell.
The future is to the right, the past is to the left.
My client, in his plea for mercy, wishes me to recall
his salient points. His sense of humour, direction, and yes, style,
his tendency to violent foreshortenings, and that finding
himself irredeemably zebra, he hoofed the streets
of his brawling, captious nature, kicking
up dust and all the limping platitudes
of this earth, our home. They tell you dreams
don't come true. But they never tell you how.
Méira Cook is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently A Walker in the City (Brick). Poems from A Walker in the City won first prize in the 2006 CBC Literary Awards and "The Beautiful Assassin" garnered a Manitoba Publishing Award. Her first novel, The House on Sugarbush Road, will be published this fall by Enfield & Wizenty. Méira lives, writes, and walks in Winnipeg.
Readers' Choice Award
Barnacle Goose Ballad
by Bardia Sinaee
Barnacle geese enjoy Nordic palatals,
stone relief fish beds and aberrant gulls.
When shellfish submerge and wash up riding buoys,
the geese fly one lap, plunge into fjord, ease
back their black neckties and splurge.
Barnacle geese sing hymns to their children
then push them off cliffs to see if they live.
No trust falls. No terranean birds.
Barnacle geese sing hymns to their children
then teach them the words. We'd call this stoic:
ask Goose Dad for insects and have your pick,
but ask about sex and he'll make you eat fins.
I saw it last Christmas: Mom gutting the bird,
bailing fistfuls of pebbles and sand from its craw.
She took out its windpipe and voice box intact
and blew out a goose call the neighbours all heard.
Goose heads on platters with poppy seed loaf.
Goose born of driftwood in barnacled reeds.
Goose on the cliff with sisters and brothers.
A few on the ledge, a few in the water.
Bardia Sinaee was born in Tehran, Iran in 1990 and immigrated to Mississauga, Ontario in 1997. He learned to rhyme in Carleton University's student writing collective, In/Words, while working part-time at Ottawa's Mayfair Theatre. He is the associate poetry editor of Arc Poetry Magazine and just moved to Toronto in need of a day job.
Rip Torn
by Stevie Howell
Almosted into marble by the Medusa-eyed hoi polloi,
The Queen's stone jowls, éraillure of crow's feet,
are freshly quarried—fifty years late,
her face is lithic-flaked into a new lustrous, toothy smile,
as electricity excites mercury vapour, she is light-boxed,
backlit, mounted, thrust every few paces in the chambers
of the London tube. Her
cumulonimbus-hued bust, the size of Easter Island moai,
is shit-grinning over diamonds, on exhibit for the great
unwashed to grub up drool over. Jewels encased in
UV-proof acrylic vitrines, whettingly
argon-sandwiched, cannot be made stonier by our
brutish, countryside-bred, dazed unblink. We share
our sheep's hypoxic shrug at the Lorenz curve of the earth,
we leap magpie flat-footed, shriek obsidian
disbelief tidings, genetic-fervent for useless, shiny things.
The Janus of the Jubilee and Olympics has the Queen
loitering in tunnels, her visage pinned to brick; a tattered
flag to the proclaimed, uncharted
country of herself billows above the footbridge—
the gammon display reminiscent of Styrofoam castles,
glue and sand. Mickey Mouse and the Magic Kingdom, Iraq
under Saddam. But my companion says no,
she looks like an albino Grinch. She looks like Rip Torn
in a Swarovski choker and cotton candy wig.
by Nyla Matuk
The stoat takes a last stand, and, turning white
ermine as winter's breath, would rather face its hunters
than soil its fur in a chase, buying purity
with its own death. This cui candor morte redemptus
is the word in the dream made flesh.
Look at the choppy surface on these headwaters.
How should I presume, excited to the moon,
the difference between such raptures?
In Mad Men, every car scene is a wavy ur-dream,
clouds from the recent past that seem
a reminder that I used to take a man
at his word. The feeling hovers, then begs,
finally coming to small death. I will buy
my own purity, wearing a red dress.
They say "rave" is from the French rêve.
Who are the great, mad men? Spell it "small death."
Consider that the dream, riding the horns
of ornamental dilemmas, feels like mortality.
For and against the grain. Rave, death, rêve, dress,
the spotted stoat's last stand, the dream the ermine's last breath.
To an Ideal
by Nyla Matuk
I noticed you first, your birth a paranormal float on that sintered
causeway of white light. As a gift moves us to tears, so your
amatory pleas reamortized all our uses for Moreau and Mastroianni
in La Notte, along Rome's hospital road, the grace of her hardened outbacks
swayed by illuminations of buxom blondes on ceramic piazzas.
Do I take this man as a full bouquet? I do.
Bus stations when they mattered—when they épatait la bourgeoisie…
rounded the corners of each View-Master slide.
They called me the hyacinth girl, an allusive-historical
moment propice that fairly educated T.S. Eliot on Henry James.
Then James was labelled "pale porpoise" by Vladimir Nabokov.
Quick to judge; aesthetically judgmental. In truth, like a hyacinth,
a limp handkerchief, a little goodbye. Whosoever has reason to object.
Juror, face the accused. Accused, face the juror. There's that star moment,
the delicate cliffhanger when an Olympian gymnast's taped feet come into focus
on TV, and it is the cliché, it is the still point of the turning of the world,
from which an analogical chain forms in our minds: torrential rain
to missed balance beam; Ayers Rock, resting as some junked furnace of the gods,
to a motherboard that, from Central Command on the deity's planet,
was sent the final, last regulatory body for this mortal coil.
In front of the daily glow of your magic lantern, how do you adopt the
depressive position? How can such flickerings bring on suspicion, harvest
your light from perspective studies by Flemish masters? I can't
know this, because there are some things that remain terrible, sublime,
agglutinous, in the gulf between what I notice and what I should want.
I look back in wonder. I'm always in recovery over such things.
Maybe curatorial velocity is realized with the help
of a lever-operated Scopitone, a one-armed bandit peep show.
Sunshine, so much of it, leaving a purple sheen.
Cinema of a fairy world, chimera of woods.
Cedar- and pine-framed memories of childhood.
The soft relief of those conifers across the lake, long and late.
My melancholias were prequels to my mortsafes.
Armed with the new logic, Paul de Man played the ingenue,
a Swiss Army knife of delusion and semblance. He depended on the kindness of strangers. They fell away, and he became that awful unheimlich: himself.
Get this: Titan arum, the world's tallest flower, bloomed. A lime green
phallus, shot from the centre of an undulated, cabbage-purple cup of shrubbery.
If Longinus had a vagina. The long story of the vagina.
Pope says science can unite humans with God (Huffington Post).
Science says Pope can unite God with humans.


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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced on Facebook that they now have 30 million subscribers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thirty million of you are now Netflix streaming members.
I'd like to express my gratitude to each of you. Your choice to be a Netflix member helps us get more content every year, and helps us further improve our member experience. You make it possible for us to offer the most amazing internet television experience ever. Thank you, again. -Reed
When I started writing about Netflix in November, 2003, Netflix has only a few million subscribers. I never thought that Netflix would grow into one of the largest subscription services in the world.


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MINNEAPOLIS—Health issues have forced British crooner Engelbert Humperdinck to cancel two shows, including an already rescheduled appearance at a Minnesota casino.
The Mystic Lake Casino confirmed Thursday that the 77-year-old Humperdinck has scrapped Friday's show. That performance had been intended as a replacement for a May 11 show that was canceled due to what his manager called "a medical emergency."
Humperdinck's Facebook page says he called off the Sept. 27 performance because of "a trapped nerve in his neck." His website, www.engelbert.com, says an appearance in Thunder Bay, Ontario scheduled for Sept. 28 is also canceled.
Humperdinck is working on a duet album, featuring Elton John, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Neil Sedaka, Willie Nelson and Gene Simmons of Kiss.
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EARL BESSETT OF Addison stands on the deck of the historic Ticonderoga passenger steamship on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum. Bessett, 83, served as first mate on the ship, which cruised Lake Champlain for almost 50 years, in the early 1940s.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
SHELBURNE — Earl Bessett one day last week joined the dozens of people who eagerly scoped out the legendary steamboat Ticonderoga, which sits on the lawn at the Shelburne Museum.
But while most of the visitors marveled at the architectural splendor of the vessel and could only imagine what it must have been like to take her on a cruise in Lake Champlain, the Ticonderoga held no mysteries for Bessett.
That's because the Addison resident, now 83, became intimately familiar with the boat as its first mate during two eventful summers back in the early 1940s. On Thursday, Bessett returned to the vessel to renew acquaintances and share some of his memories as a crew member in 1941 and 1942.
The Ticonderoga is the world's only preserved side-paddlewheel passenger steamboat endowed with a walking beam engine. She was built in Shelburne in 1906 and operated as a day boat on Lake Champlain, serving ports along the New York and Vermont shores until 1953. She was the last commercially operating steamer on the lake.
In a what was a truly remarkable feat of engineering, the Ticonderoga in 1955 was moved two miles overland to the Shelburne Museum grounds, where it was painstakingly restored at its unlikely dry dock.
Bessett, who moved to Addison 12 years ago, still remembers the big move via specially-laid railroad tracks from Shelburne Bay to the museum grounds.
"I never thought they could do it," he said. "I though it would tip over. It's nice to see it preserved."
October 15, 2007
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — Vergennes Union High School administrators decided last week to base the class rank and grade-point averages (GPAs) of their junior and senior classes on the school's previous grading system, not the new grading system VUHS adopted for the current school year.
Grades for freshman and juniors will still be reported under the new system.
VUHS Co-Principal Edwin Webbley said last Wednesday that decision was made after "further conversations with board members, parents and the guidance department." Those conversations included an Oct. 3 meeting with four dozen parents.
"We're exactly and absolutely going to keep what we have as far as their GPA and class rank for this year and next year," Webbley said.
Administrators also reversed course on VUHS honor roll standards, which now will be based on underlying numerical grades, not on letter grades. On Oct. 4 they had decided to retain the existing letter-grade based system, but now Webbley said the honor roll will be based strictly on the numbers.
To earn high honors, students will need to maintain an average of at least 90 in all their courses, and to earn a spot on the honor roll a student must achieve at least an 80 on all his or her courses and a 90 in a least one course.
October 15, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
BRANDON — When Anthony Albarello was in junior high school in Harlem, he took a picture of a single typewriter key for his first photography assignment. It was an awful photo, he said. But for some reason, he couldn't stop tinkering with it.
"I thought, I can make that better," he said. "I can make that stupid typewriter key a work of art."
The answer, he soon found, was in the lighting: With the right light, he could make anything beautiful.
Albarello is 62 now, living in Brandon and a seasoned photographer, having spent the last 40 years shooting high-end fashion, commercial and finally, his passion, architecture photography around the world. Through it all, his keen sense of light — and his patience to wait for it — has almost singularly defined his work.
A selection of Albarello's architecture and interior photographs is on display through Oct. 22 at the Watershed Tavern in Brandon. The photos, chosen primarily from his work in New York City, create an architectural landscape with the lines and details "that make a room a piece of art," he said.
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For once, Forestview can claim to be the underdog.
For once, Forestview can claim to be the underdog.
A program that�s won 11 girls basketball conference titles in the school�s 14-year history, the Jaguars are expected to have another strong season, but the league�s head coaches predict Crest to finish on top of the Big South 3A Conference.
�If you look at what�s coming back from last year, you would probably say Crest should be picked to finish first,� Forestview coach Kevin Gurganus said.
Team-by-team breakdown of the Big South Conference, plus East Gaston
Among Crest�s three returning starters from its Big South runner-up team are conference player of the year A�Diyah Ussery and Caleia Jones. Both averaged double-doubles with Ussery at 20.1 points 13.0 rebounds and Jones at 14.4 points and 10.5 rebounds.
Two newcomers (point guard Chozie Hunt from Shelby and center Se�Dasia Love from Forestview) add to the notion that Crest could be the team to snatch the title away from Forestview.
Not that the Jaguars, picked second in the coaches� poll, should be too shabby.
Forward Bre Armstrong is back for her senior year at Forestview, and her history indicates she could be ready for a player-of-the-year type season. Armstrong played a significant role as a freshman on the Jaguars� 2010 state title team and is coming off an all-around solid junior season in which she averaged 14.0 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.0 steals.
�Bre Armstrong has added a jump shot to her arsenal,� Gurganus said. �You play off her now, she can knock the 3 down, which is something she needed to add to her game.�
Gurganus is also adding more scoring responsibility to Armstrong�s plate and is pleased with the leadership she�s showing toward the younger players. Armstrong is drawing a wide variety of college recruiting attention.
Ashbrook and South Point, which tied for third last season, appear to be two of the more experienced teams heading into the season, especially the Green Wave with four returning starters.
A freshman to watch in the conference is North Gaston�s Kendal Cloninger, who won a county middle championship with W.C. Friday last season.
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Apex man's plane crash is 3rd in 3 years
The Apex pilot who crashed a single-engine plane at the end of a private airport runway late Sunday afternoon has crashed twice before in town since 2011, according to National Transportation Safety Board records.
A spokesman with the NTSB said Tuesday that it could take up to a year to determine what caused Bryan Esterly's plane to crash into some trees at Deck Airpark Airport, near U.S. 64.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration issued a preliminary crash report, saying the plane "lost power on takeoff."
The FAA said the plane was an Alon Aircoupe A2 co-owned by Esterly and Mark Gooch, who both live on Air Park Drive.
No serious injuries
Esterly was in the cockpit Sunday with his 15-year-old grandson when the two took off around 5 p.m., officials reported.
The Alon rolled about 300 feet down the runway when it crashed in the woods, causing "substantial" damage to the plane, according to the FAA's preliminary crash report.
Emergency workers transported Esterly to the hospital where he was treated for injuries not considered life-threatening.
His grandson, Derrick Esterly, was not injured, said Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison.
Pilot has crashed before
It was the second time in eight months that Esterly, 74, has crashed a plane at Deck Airpark Airport, Harrison said.
Last August, a Cessna 172E Skyhawk he was piloting overshot the runway, hit an embankment and flipped, according to the FAA.
A child identified as Esterly's grandson was on board the Cessna, Harrison said, and neither of them was seriously injured.
Harrison said he was not sure whether the grandson involved in the August incident was the same one aboard the Alon that crashed Sunday.
"The pilot is the same pilot," he said. "But there's some confusion as to whether it's the same grandson."
Previous crashes
NTSB records show that Esterly was also piloting a Luscombe 8E, a single-engine plane, that crashed in Apex on May 3, 2011.
Details about the 2011 crash and its causes were unavailable Tuesday.
NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said it will be up to the FAA to decide whether to impose penalties or conditions on Esterly's ability to continue to pilot aircraft.
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June 25, 2006 Singapore Flashback
Thirty-seven years ago I sailed into Singapore as a petty officer on the US Aircraft Carrier Hancock. I went ashore back then and walked around for a day. I remember three things from that visit: Orchard Road, The Singapore River, and Raffles Hotel. This year Judy and I decide to go looking for those same places in today's Singapore.
Thirty-seven years ago Orchard Road was a narrow street which headed out of the city into the countryside. Back then I walked out Orchard Road until I was on a dirt road lined with small residential houses behind hedges and muddy runoff ditches. Orchard Road is now all high rises and upscale shopping malls. I don't see any thing which rings a bell in my dusty memory lane on Orchard Road.
Thirty-seven years ago the Singapore River was a transshipment center for rubber exports. Sampans and lighters were loaded with bales of raw white rubber by skinny, mostly naked, Chinese coolies, and then unloaded onto ships waiting in the roadstead. As I wandered the back alleys at night back then I caught glimpses through doorways of the coolies reclined on narrow wooden benches, the thick smell of opium smoke mixed in the air with the exotic cooking smells from the streets. The Singapore River is now lined with trendy restaurants and skyscraping buildings of multinational banks, and tour boats ply its waters.
Raffles Hotel
Thirty-seven years ago I walked into Raffles Hotel and had a Singapore Sling. I remember Raffles as a cool, quiet, shady, and very pleasant haven of relaxed elegance with more than a few impeccably dressed bell boys, waiters and concierges moving silently through the lobbies and bars, ready for the slightest glance or wiggle of a finger from one of brits who made up most of the guest list and whom were always seen lounging nearby. At Raffles Hotel this week I experienced a flash back: It's the same as I remember it. Judy and I wandered in, sat in big chairs in a cool inner courtyard, and each had a glass of white wine. White-hatted chefs prepared exotic foods under a green awning, bartenders swizzled drinks in tall iced glasses, and waiters hovered nearby. It was a nice flash back. I saw the Singapore Sling on the drink menu, and I remembered it from 1969, but we'd already ordered our wine.
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From top left: Vinewood Sign, Santa Maria Beach, Glen Park, Griffin Observatory, Muscle Sands, and Downtown Los Santos
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Los Santos is a metropolis located in San Andreas. Located in the southern region, Los Santos is a major economic hub for the state of San Andreas and the United States. The city was originally founded as a pueblo in 1781 by Spanish governer Phillip del Castillo. The pueblo belonged to the Mexican government until 1848 when the Americans won the Mexican American War.
Today, the city is a major economic hub. It is the city that has headquarters for many major companies such as Lombank, Canyon Entertainment, Wilson-Farris, CityBank, Weazel, San Andreas Gas Company, and CNT. The city is one of the most diverse in the world and sits at the heart of one the most culturally and ethnically diverse regions of the world. The city is well known for its entertainment and fashion industry.
Los Santos was originally founded as a Spanish mission town by Phillip del Castillo. The town was known as a pueblo, and was only home to a few hundred people. The city continued to be small after the Mexican-American War. During the Mexican American War, on August-September of 1846, the pueblo experienced a siege. The Mexicans would win the siege, driving the Americans out of Los Santos. However, the United States would go on to win the war, and therefore capturing Los Santos.
After the Mexican-American war, the city would experience a surge in immigration and growth. There were 2 factors. First, many were looking for gold all around the State of San Andreas due to gold being founded north of Los Santos. Second, there were many treasures buried away by many wealthy Mexican families who would not go on to reclaim it. The city was a major recruitment ground in the Civil War. Many wealthy Mexicans who owned slaves teamed up with Southern sympathizers and threatened to take over the town. An uprising never started, though there were uprisings in other parts of the Southwestern United States. After the Civil War, America experienced an immigration boom. Most of these immigrants came from many countries, such as Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. By the turn of the century, according to the 1900 census, the city housed over 100,000 people.
After the major 1920s economic boom, which brought a large boom in suburban housing, the area experienced a complete economic crash. Los Santos was in the midst of the Great Depression. There were many lines for work, many small-scale riots occurred, and there were homeless people everywhere with infamous slums being built by the clock every corner. Only to make matters worse was the sudden arrival of Okies, who were mainly impoverished and did menial work. When World War II began, these problems suddenly stopped because work was everywhere, which was mainly military-related (bomber factories, etc). After World War II, the city experienced a major economic boom. This was also the start of the golden age in Vinewood.
After the economic boom of the 1940s-1960s, the city's sudden boom started slowing down. During the 1970s, housing construction mainly ended. Once completely white areas turned into infamous black ghettos such as Ganton and Idlewood. The most infamous street gangs included the Families and the Ballas. There were also the Vagos, Los Aztecas, the Rifa, and many other street gangs. Immigration from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras was rising, and like the Okies, they came at a bad time. Crime soared throughout the 1980s, and crack cocaine hit every part of the city. Violence peaked in the early 1990s, and soon, the infamous 1992 Los Santos Riots began. This was started by police corruption, police brutality, police racism, and tensions between ethnic groups, the worst being the African American and Korean communities. Every part of the city was plunged, looted, and burned down. The cost was at one billion dollars, thousands were injured, and 50 lives were lost.
Police reform within the LSPD began. Instead of paramilitary tactics, the department used more community-oriented tactics. Satisfaction has risen in the LSPD since. Throughout the Clinton economic boom, the city experienced a robust economy once again, aided by new technology such as cell phones and most notably the Internet. Infamous ghettos such as Ganton and Jefferson experienced a major drop in crime, partly due to a peace treaty between the Families and the Ballas, but also the LSPD clean-up. The late 2000s economic recession, though did not hit the city as severely as previous ones, still had a major impact on Los Santos. Many homes were foreclosed, and crime steadily rose. Many people, for example, Mexican-Americans, left for their home countries. Many have not returned. After the recession, the city is trying to re cooperate in a post-recession economy.
The Los Santos region is rather awkwardly shaped. The city and its surrounding suburbs is on one, huge valley. Downtown Los Santos is in the center, with the Vinewood and Wilson areas being directly west. The Santa Maria and Vespucci areas are also more west from Downtown. North of the San Franco Valley you would find many steep hills and mountains. There is a large natural preserve called the Santos National Forest. East of the city are the snow-topped Del Perro Mountains. Desert climate is directly north of Los Santos, with the Navajo Desert, and Blaine County being the closest desert to Los Santos. The Alamo Sea is also nearby.
The Los Santos region is very prone to earthquakes. Earthquakes generally happen every year, and are rarely severe. However, there have been major, destructive earthquakes. The most severe earthquake that hit Los Santos was in 1933 when it hit the South Beach suburb. 120 people were killed, and an unknown number of people were injured. 2 more severe earthquakes have hit Los Santos. The San Franco Earthquake of 1971, which killed 65, and the Eastbridge Earthquake of 1994, which killed 57 and injured over 9,000. Many earthquakes have also happened near (but not directly in) Los Santos.
Los Santos is also prone to tsunamis. Minor waves have hit LS ports in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The most recent tsunami was in 2011, which came due to the Japan tsunami hours earlier.
Los Santos experiences a generally warm and sunny climate throughout most of the year. During spring and summer, the weather is generally warm. The skies are very blue, and clouds aren't very common during the summer. During March and April, Los Santos tends to be rainy. Most showers leave by May. During the winter time, Los Santos is generally colder. The infamous Santa Rosa winds pick up around October, which causes many wildfires. Los Santos during winter generally tends to be cloudy.
Los Santos is infamous for its pollution. Pollution is a big problem in the city and region and has been since the 1920s. The pollution is so bad Downtown is not very well visible. Things have improved for the better. Since the early 90s, the city has been promoting campaigns to clear the air, including building a new metro rail/subway system.
Los Santos has a very robust economy. The City of Los Santos' many industries include international shipping, entertainment, aerospace, petroleum, fashion, tourism, and manufacturing. Los Santos is a very vital port, and is one of the busiest around the Pacific Rim and the world. Los Santos is considered an Alpha World City. Many companies call Los Santos home, such as Lombank, Canyon Entertainment, Weazel, Whiz, Wigwam, and Sumo of America.


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A new collaboration between a major agricultural manufacturer and a precision technology company was just announced. Claas is partnering with Hemisphere GPS for the development of intelligent machine controls, which include precise guidance, automated steering, application controls, and remote data management.
The partnership includes co-development funding to Hemisphere for customized engineering of Hemisphere GPS technology to Claas specifications. Claas currently offers the option of Hemisphere GPS guidance products in its equipment. This agreement means that Hemisphere GPS products will be factory installed on Claas machinery and will be offered as aftermarket products by the Claas distribution network.
"We celebrate the expansion of our strategic partnership into a joint development agreement that will provide Claas customers with the most advanced integrated precision farming solutions available," says Jens Moeller, managing director of Claas Agrosystems. "Our successful ongoing partnership with Hemisphere GPS has spanned 10 years and we are pleased to evolve this to a closer strategic relationship."
The new technology for Claas equipment is expected to increase the efficiency and ease of field operations. The combined efforts of Hemisphere GPS and Claas also will drive improvements for the most demanding farm practices, including high precision planting, strip tilling and bedding. Farmers using the new systems from Claas should experience uniform treatments, improved yields, reduced waste, and fuel conservation, all with much less operator fatigue.
For more information about Hemisphere GPS, visit www.hemispheregps.com. For more information about Claas, visit www.claasofamerica.com.


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In my quest to complete my Laser Beasts collection, somehow I've persuaded myself to buy a brand new Beastformers vs Laserbeasts set to instantly cross off three of the high end bad boys. However now that it's on its way, I'm wondering if I should open it! With most vintage toys the value drops a hell of lot as soon as you open it, and there aren't many of these sets around, so I guess my question is am I being a fool in opening this little number?


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RESTON, VA — Despite skyrocketing childhood obesity rates and calls from Congress, the surgeon general, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for high-quality daily physical education programs, most states earn a failing grade on their physical education requirements. Those are the findings of the latest "Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA," released by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association.
"This report shows that state physical education requirements are extremely weak," says NASPE President Jacalyn Lund of Georgia State University. "Furthermore, a vast array of 'loopholes' such as exemptions, waivers and online physical education classes too often eradicate those minimal standards at the local level at a time when more and more children are obese or at risk of obesity."
Conducted every five years, the report provides current information about the status of physical education in each state and the District of Columbia in the following areas: time requirements, exemptions/waivers and substitutions, class size, standards, curriculum and instruction, student assessment, teacher certification, national board certification, state physical education coordination and body mass index collection.
Since the last report in 2001, the number of overweight and obese children and adults has continually increased. Even though a majority of states mandate physical education, most do not require a specific amount of instructional time and about half allow exemptions, waivers and/or substitutions for physical education time. For the complete report, visit www.naspeinfo.org.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have their own state standards for physical education.
About 30 percent of states do not mandate physical education for elementary and middle school students.
Twelve states (24 percent) allow required physical education credits to be earned through online physical education courses.
Twenty-two states (43 percent) require physical education grades to be included in a student's grade point average.
Sixteen states have a required comprehensive assessment test for graduation but none include physical education.
Thirty-six states have an educational report card that rates specific subject areas individually, but only three of those states (California, Hawaii, Kentucky) include physical education on their state report card.
Three states — Arkansas, California and Illinois — require schools to measure body mass index for each student.


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Gov. Lawton Chiles' death near the end of his second term in December 1998 marked the end of an era in Florida. He was the last Democrat to be elected governor, and he most certainly will be the last politician to win statewide election by emphasizing old Florida roots and limiting campaign contributions to $100. There also is a good argument to be made that Chiles was among the last governors to look beyond the next election and pursue public policies that would benefit Floridians for generations.
Chiles' love of a vanishing rural Florida and his passion for long-term policy goals are the twin threads that bind together Walkin' Lawton, a compelling new biography by John Dos Passos Coggin. For longtime Floridians, it is a pleasant walk down memory lane with a legendary figure, to a time when there were far fewer residents and far more political characters. For newer residents, it is a valuable history lesson about a politician whose life stretched from an era when the Ku Klux Klan was a powerful force in Florida to the dawn of the Internet age and Florida's emergence as a culturally diverse melting pot.
This is not a polished narrative written in the authoritative styles of recent biographies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson, or of the biographies of former Florida Govs. LeRoy Collins and Reubin Askew by former Tampa Bay Times associate editor Martin Dyckman.
Walkin' Lawton is more of an oral history, with long direct quotes from Chiles' family members and friends, staff members and journalists. The book is thoroughly researched and footnoted, and Coggin conducted more than 100 interviews (including a short telephone interview with me). While the result resembles listening in on a conversation around a campfire, a more selective use of the quotes would have quickened the pace. More from Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay, a couple of key aides and a few independent sources and a little less from Chiles' wife and children would have provided more balance.
Coggin traces Chiles' life from his birth in 1930 in Lakeland through his years at the University of Florida, where young men made the connections through fraternities and Blue Key that would propel them to success in politics. At just 28 years old, Chiles was elected to the Legislature; he served 12 years in Tallahassee before running for the U.S. Senate in 1970. That is the campaign that earned Chiles his nickname for his Quixotic 1,003-mile walk from the Florida Panhandle to the Keys. Coggin painstakingly recreates the walk and helpfully includes in an appendix the progress reports that Chiles dictated to an aide as he made his way south and gained more attention.
Chiles served 18 years in the Senate and abruptly decided not to seek re-election in 1988. Coggin recounts some of the highlights of the Democrat's time in Washington, from rooting out low-level corruption as a junior senator to pushing for more open meetings to rising to chair the powerful Senate Budget Committee. Chiles' frustration with Congress' failure to control spending and reform entitlements comes through. But the account of the Washington years lacks the detail and drama of policymaking and political fights that are more thoroughly recounted in chapters about Chiles' two terms as governor.
The bulk of the book faithfully chronicles Chiles' two campaigns for governor and his accomplishments in Tallahassee. Many of those changes are still in effect today, from the reorganization of social services departments to a $500 campaign contribution limit to children's health programs. Coggin recounts how Chiles wrestled with his decision to veto a school prayer bill, and he devotes appropriate space to the Democrat's most important legacies: establishing Healthy Kids to provide health coverage for children and Healthy Start for pregnant women and infants, and pursuing a lawsuit against the tobacco companies that resulted in a landmark settlement and billions of dollars that the state will continue to collect for years. Coggin concludes that Chiles belongs in the same elite league as governors such as Collins, Askew and Bob Graham. That is a reasonable conclusion, although Collins will always rank first.
But Walkin' Lawton is first and foremost a well-rounded examination of Chiles' personality. It recounts his love of small towns and the outdoors, of practical jokes and eclectic food tastes from wild game to sushi, and of old country sayings ("the old he-coon walks just before the light of day") and legislative maneuvering. It offers some minor revelations about his reluctance to manage staff and fire longtime aides, the depths of his depression that drove him from the Senate and gave him second thoughts about running for governor, and the impact of his religious convictions that became stronger later in life.
This is a rich account of Lawton Chiles' roots and personality traits that made him a unique figure in Florida politics. There is still room for a more complete, objective history of his accomplishments in public office, particularly regarding his work in the Legislature and the U.S. Senate.
Tim Nickens is editor of editorials of the Tampa Bay Times. He wrote often about Lawton Chiles as a reporter in the Miami Herald's capital bureau from 1990 to 1995, and as political editor for the Times in 1998.


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The first and only female in the chain. She was chosen to recognize the admission of women to Yale College in 1969. "She's aggressive, boisterous and stubborn", so the reporters say. Bingo was the 2-year old pet of Professor of History and Oratory, Rollin G. Osterweis, '30, '46 Ph.D. and his family. At age two and a half, Bingo was already "a typical Old Blue", says Professor Osterweis, "pugnacious and stubborn, but lovable." Following Professor Osterweis' death, Eustace Theodore, Executive Director of the Yale Alumni Association took care of her.
Unfortunately, the Director of Athletics, "despite her breed - very strong, purebred and from a line of champions" - feels that the new pretender is not qualified. Bingo's undoing, alas, is her sex. "We're still looking for a male dog, because it's very hard to call a female 'Handsome Dan.' She's a mascot, but she's also a female and she should have her own name." The Athletic Director would prefer to have two bulldogs - one of each sex. Professor Osterweis, who called Bingo's selection as a mascot "my proudest moment as a Yale man, is not sure about the need for what the Athletic Director calls 'a coed pair' of bulldogs". "He's just afraid," Professor Osterweis says, "that there are likely to be some alumni who will crab if Handsome Dan isn't a male." The Athletic Director admits that Professor Osterweis is "a little sensitive about that," but claims that Bingo's separate status would not make her unequal. "It's true she won't be in the line of succession," he says, "but that shouldn't depreciate her eminence."
She descended from champions, white with brown spots and wore the Blue on a powerful 48-pound frame. Under AKC regulations, she is the only registered bulldog in the country bearing the name "Bingo". Three of her 8 great-grandparents were champions. She took an early retirement having reigned since 1975. See attached letter of Bingo's retirement that was sent to President A. Bartlett Giamatti.
Professor Osterweis' daughter, Nancy Osterweis Alderman, has a wonderful scrapbook on Bingo.


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Defending the rights of workers around the world is what CUPE global justice work is about. Solidarity is our strength and it is the way forward toward a strong movement to push back against oppression, privatization and austerity, and move toward global justice.
We draw inspiration and lessons from the diverse experiences of struggle around the world. CUPE continues to learn from, and support our sisters and brothers globally through our affiliation with Public Service International (PSI), and by continuing to build worker-to-worker solidarity projects through our Global Justice Fund.