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The Age of Twidiocy
I wish I could take credit for coining this term, but I can't. Driving in my car, listening to the news about the President's latest Tweets, the word twidiot came to mind. Now please, don't get upset. I am not calling the president an idiot. I am also not getting ready to play armchair psychologist and diagnose him as suffering from some form of mental disorder. It was all of the hoopla associated with the President's Tweets that triggered my moment of genius. Unfortunately, a simple Google search revealed that I was clearly not as original as I imagined. Twidiot is already a part of the vernacular, albeit not well known. The Urban Dictionary defines it as "Someone who twitters constantly, usually about insignificant or trifling events." By definition, that would make the President a twidiot. Sorry, Mr. President. But don't worry, you are not alone. It turns out we're all twidiots.
Why are we so surprised that anyone, especially a 70 something year old man, would be Tweeting such inanity? Isn't that what people do on Twitter? Somehow, the media is acting as if the President is the only person to ever act like an imbecile on social media. Whether it's Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or Twitter, cyberspace is rife with opportunities for the masses to unleash their distinct brands of verbal diarrhea. All one has to do is scroll through the history of tweets from any well known celebrity to prove my point.
Social platforms give everyone the ability to instantly vent or pontificate about whatever foolishness comes to mind.
And let's be honest, we are all prone to outlandish and vapid thoughts.
There are a great many things that come to my mind throughout the day – most of them ridiculous and juvenile. Fortunately for me, I don't have a Twitter account, and never will. It provides me the luxury of reflecting upon, and ultimately censoring, the rubbish that never turns out to be as profound as I'd like to think. But if I did have a Twitter account, I've no doubt that it would inevitably reveal that I too am a Twidiot.


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Propagation of Cornus Kousa
Horizontal tiers of leaves gracefully arrange themselves around the slender branches of the Cornus kousa tree or shrub. In addition, rafts of symmetrical blooms with four pointed bracts each burst forth in spring, making it highly desirable for landscapes in U.S. Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones 5 through 8. Cornus kousa is native to Asia and is commonly known as Japanese dogwood, Korean dogwood or kousa dogwood. It fruits prolifically and is therefore simple to propagate by seed.
Collect the fleshy, strawberry-sized fruit, or drupes, from a mature Cornus kousa in the autumn just as the fruit turns a deep pink. Pick them before the birds get to them, as birds find them very tasty.
Soak the Cornus kousa seeds in a bowl of water overnight or until the fruit flesh softens and becomes mushy. Pour the water and fruit into a mesh strainer over the sink. Hold the strainer under running water and mash the fruits gently but firmly with your hands or a potato masher until most of the pulp is rinsed away and only seeds remain. Stir the mass into a bowl of water and allow the seeds to settle to the bottom. Pour off the water and excess pulp.
Add enough water to some clean sand or potting mix to make it moist but not wet. Fill a zipper-closure plastic bag moderately full with this mixture. The bag should be rather full but not too full to seal it easily.
Inspect the Cornus kousa seeds and throw away any that are less than perfect. Put them into the bag and mix them well with the moist growing medium so they are evenly distributed. Seal the bag and place it into the refrigerator and maintain a temperature of around 35 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Leave the bag in the refrigerator for about 12 weeks. Open the bag once every week or two to allow an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Immediately replace it in the refrigerator. After about 12 weeks the seeds will be ready to sow; if they sprout before 12 weeks, you must sow them immediately.
Fill a 4-inch container that has a drainage hole in the bottom with potting soil. Work the soil until it is fine. Make two holes about an inch deep in the soil with your finger and drop a Cornus kousa seed into each hole. Cover the holes with potting soil and pat gently.
Set the pot in a tray and set the tray in an area that maintains a temperature of 70 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep the soil moist but not wet for 13 to 14 weeks until the seeds sprout. When the sprouts are a couple of inches tall, thin to one seedling per container. When the Cornus kousa seedlings have four true leaves, they are ready to be transplanted to the garden.
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Jainism is an ancient religion that has its origin in India. It is not a sect of Hinduism or of any other Indian tradition. As far as the present cosmic period is concerned it is understood to have begun with a man who lived in the sixth century B.C.E. named Nataputta Vardhamana or as the Jains later called him Mahavira, meaning "Great Man" or "Hero." He was so-called because in the course of his life he triumphed in putting an end to the passions that bind a person to the material and visible world. But Mahavira was by no means the first of those who achieved this purpose. The Jain tradition holds that he was precede by 23 other such figures whose linage stretches back hundreds of millennia. They are called tirthankaras or "ford makers," distinctive teachers who revived and preserved the knowledge and practice of the path to renunciation of the world. The three most important principles of Jainism are a-himsa or non-violence, anekantavada or non-absolutism, and aparigraha or non-attachment.
Jainism is a minority religion with less than 4.5 million adherents in India and perhaps as many as seven million worldwide. Nevertheless, it is a significant minority in terms of its economic importance and its moral influence. The most distinctive and influential teaching of the Jain tradition is the doctrine a-himsa, or non-violence. Because of this commitment Jain lay people have traditionally been restricted to professions that do not directly take the life of living beings: merchandizing, publishing, law, and business in general. Considering the number of its adherents, the Jain community contributes significantly to the tax revenue of India. While Jainism has never actively sought converts outside of its community, its moral influence has been significant. Mohandas K. Gandhi's campaign of non-violence in the Indian struggle for independence was influenced on no small measure by the teachings of Jainism, with which he was acquainted as a youth. From that influence the doctrine of non-violence was likewise appropriated by Martin Luther King Jr, and became a critical feature of the civil rights movement in the United States.
With an endowment of $500,000.00 from the Jain Education and Research Foundation (JERF), the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) of the University of North Texas has now established the second Professorship in Jain Studies in the United States. JERF is a non-profit foundation committed to bringing the core principles of the Jain Tradition to the attention of students in American universities. Revenue from this endowment will be used at the University of North Texas to support research and scholarly activities, guest speakers and conferences, and the integration of the study of Jainism within the curriculum of the Department of Philosophy and Religion


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- How about the Southern Student Organizing Committee, SSOC?
- I know some of the people in the regionwide organization. Of course, you know SSOC was very much involved in the cafeteria workers' strike here. SSOC, for the most part, was all white students.
- I think that it was designed to be a kind of parallel organization for SNCC.
- Parallel to SNCC, that's right. I thought there were some pretty naive people in that, but there were also some people who were real dedicated. One of the people who's still in Chapel Hill and who was involved with SSOC was Scott Bradley. I have tremendous respect for Scott. And I think Scott came here as a very idealistic young man. He had been influenced by Bill Coffin at Exeter, I believe; he had gone to one of the New England prep schools. And he'd come here very idealistic, and I think he found this as a channel through which he could express his concern. And I think one of the tragedies of some of these left-wing groups is that the people who became hysterical or near-hysterical in their fear of these groups really intensified the radicalism. Do you feel that that may have been true, that the more they fought the freedom of these groups the more radical the groups became. And especially the young ones, because of their sort of rebellion against this hysterical fear.
- I remember being at a dinner party—I don't remember the exact date of it—but there were some older citizens of Chapel Hill present. And they were talking about the threat they perceived in giving the vote to eighteen- to twenty-year-olders. And this was the time when Nyle Frank was active in Chapel Hill, with his little organization with his little newsletter. And they actually seriously were discussing the possibility of Nyle Frank being elected Mayor of Chapel Hill. I still don't know what to say to people like that.
- Well, I don't know what to say to them, either, because they're living in such an unreal world. I happened to like Nyle Frank very well, but I just didn't conceive [laughter] that he'd ever be elected Mayor of Chapel Hill. I find him sort of refreshing, in a way. Another organization—and it came along, and it's related to one of the issues that I think was one of the most crucial issues for the University during the sixties—was the Students for a Democratic Society. And of course this was organized before the Speaker Ban Law was passed. And in some ways the Speaker Ban Law, I think, was directed at SDS. SDS had more members; it had a larger number of people who were active in it than the New Left or the Progressive Labor Club. I don't know whether it had more than SSOC or not.
- Are you talking now of fifty people?
- You know, I can't tell you how many, but I think there were more.
- Even more than fifty, perhaps.
- It may have been. I don't know. No, the Speaker Ban Law was not directed against them, because they're the ones who attempted to test it. And I do believe that, had it not been for the insight and the commitment of some of the leaders in student government, that we might not have been able to get the speaker ban issue resolved as soon as we did. Because some of the leaders in SDS, I think, were more committed to confrontation than they were to resolving the speaker ban.


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How to Embellish Wood Furniture Using Upholstery Tacks
Upholstery tacks can turn an outdating or uninteresting piece of furniture from drab to fab with just a little work. These tacks, available in a variety of styles and sizes, are like a more durable and decorative version of thumbtacks. Rather than pushing the tacks into place with your thumbs, however, a small mallet or tack hammer does the job. Plotting the layout in advance by holding several tacks up along the surface helps avoid making unnecessary holes in the furniture.
Create a decorative border for a tabletop, desktop or even bar stool seat using decorative tacks by placing them around the perimeter of each piece. For a table, tacks can go either on the top, or the edge of the top for easier table surface cleaning. Tack a border around the side edge of bar stools to give them an instant makeover. Alternate small and large tacks, or two different shapes of tack heads, for a more stylized appearance. When pushing tacks into place, tap gently to avoid missing the tack and inadvertantly denting the furniture.
Create designs such as stars, spirals, a peace sign or pixel-style art of a favorite videogame character using an arrangement of tacks. Plot your design by first drawing it on in chalk, or by drawing a design on paper, cutting the design out, then temporarily taping it to a drawer front, tabletop or table legs. Press tacks partially in place through the paper to make guide holes in the wood, then remove the paper and push the tacks in with a mallet or hammer.
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The orange crush held on to two seats in Burnaby, including the hotly contested riding of Burnaby-Douglas.
New Democrat Kennedy Stewart took the riding, which his party dominated for decades, but won only narrowly in 2008. Mr. Stewart, a public policy professor at Simon Fraser University, edged out Conservative Ronald Leung. Liberal Ken Low finished a distant third place.
The NDP's Peter Julian won Burnaby-New Westminster, although his victory never appeared in serious doubt.
Mr. Stewart, who ran for the NDP and lost in Vancouver Centre in 2004, held a joint celebration with Mr. Julian at a Burnaby banquet hall. He received a standing ovation when he entered and after high-fiving his way to the podium raised arms in triumph with his fellow MP.
Mr. Stewart, who led the race from wire to wire and was about 1,000 votes ahead with just a few polls remaining, wasted little time getting to work. In his first question from reporters, he teed off on the Conservatives.
"The voters have spoken here in Burnaby-Douglas. They've rejected the Conservatives and said we're with the NDP and that's the message we're going to take to Ottawa."
The Conservatives secured a majority government Monday night, while the NDP made history of its own by becoming the official opposition. Mr. Stewart said the Conservative majority made his night "bittersweet."
"The Harper agenda is reckless, it's going to hurt Canadians, but we'll be right there to make sure we stand up to his bullying."
Mr. Julian, who arrived wearing an orange tie and large smile, said he is more than looking forward to serving with Mr. Stewart. "He's bright, he's articulate. … Kennedy Stewart is somebody that I admire a great deal," he said.
The banquet hall was a sea of orange, as plastic signs with the names of Mr. Stewart and Mr. Julian were draped over every seat. More of the orange and green signs were plastered along the walls.
Among the few hundred people at the gathering were the old, young, Caucasian, non-Caucasian, beer fans and wine drinkers.
The Burnaby-Douglas seat had appeared up for grabs after NDP MP Bill Siksay opted for retirement instead of seeking re-election. Even if he had run again, a win was hardly guaranteed, since his margin of victory in 2008 was 798 votes, or 1.69 per cent. The Conservatives had identified the riding as a stepping stone to a majority government, although they ultimately didn't need it.
The NDP marked a historic night by becoming the official opposition. During the final weekend of the campaign, party leader Jack Layton held a rally in the Lower Mainland community and drew such a large crowd police were forced to shut down a nearby road.
Burnaby-Douglas had about 112,000 residents in 2006, according to the census. More than half were visible minorities, and just under half were immigrants. About 30 per cent of constituents were identified as Chinese. Burnaby-Douglas was one of the ridings described in a leaked Conservative strategy document as "very ethnic."
Lindsay Meredith, a marketing professor at SFU and a political observer, said the riding's make-up has changed greatly in recent years, tightening the race.
"You've got this old, aging demographic of Burnaby, which has always been pretty much an NDP stronghold. Now what you have is this whole immigrant melting pot, mostly Chinese, and these guys aren't traditionally NDPers," he said.
The riding has not only an ethnic vote, but also a student vote - Burnaby-Douglas is home to both SFU and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Each of Mr. Siksay's wins was a squeaker. In 2004, he beat Liberal Bill Cunningham by 934 votes, or 2.06 per cent. In 2006, he knocked off Mr. Cunningham, this time by 1,244 votes, or 2.55 per cent. Mr. Siksay's narrow win in 2008 came against Mr. Leung.
Mr. Leung is well-known for his work as a current-affairs commentator for Fairchild Radio. He was criticized during the campaign for not making himself available for debates or interviews.


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Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at age 10
Simple tasks that became impossible because of rheumatic disease:
- Blow drying hair
- Brushing teeth
- Playing softball
Ashley was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, also known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, at the age of 10. Ashley's grandmother has rheumatoid arthritis and some rheumatic diseases such as RA appear to have identifiable genes that play a role in passing the disease on to family members. Fortunately, Ashley was able to receive immediate care from the same rheumatologist that treats her grandmother. Through advocacy and social media, Ashley shares her personal story of living with RA and determination to find a cure.
Ashley's Story: Hope is the Best Medicine
At the age of eight, Ashley began to experience symptoms that included swelling, joint pain and fatigue. An ankle injury that would not heal led to a formal diagnosis two years later. Ashley was diagnosed with the most severe form of JIA – polyarticular juvenile arthritis – a type of arthritis that affects five or more joints.
Since her diagnosis, Ashley has never been in remission and has developed a number of other conditions, including osteoarthritis and drug-induced lupus. Still hoping to achieve remission or the subsiding of all symptoms, Ashley believes that care from a rheumatologist coupled with health education is the best way to manage her RA.
Living with a Rheumatic Disease: Social Media Helps Others and Eases Pain
Living with an autoimmune disease takes its toll. The hardest part for Ashley is not being able to do what she wants to do, and she often feels like a prisoner trapped in her own body— a reality many young women in their early twenties would find difficult to imagine. The simple tasks that most people take for granted are often the most difficult for someone with a rheumatic disease, and sometimes even blowing drying her hair can be a struggle for Ashley.
Ashley uses social media to help ease the pain of living with a rheumatic disease. An active patient advocate and positive voice, Ashley shares the highs and lows of living with RA on Twitter. She also makes sure that her followers are well informed about the latest rheumatology research and news by sharing information on her blog. Ashley enjoys journaling for wellness and has inspired more than 4,000 Twitter followers with messages of encouragement and honest accounts of dealing with the pain of living with a chronic condition. Ashley's passionate advocacy for rheumatoid arthritis has led her to speak before Congress, appear on local television and Oprah tweeted her to congratulate her on helping others to emerge from pain!
Ashley's Window of Opportunity: Finding a Solution
Ashley knows everyone's story is different. No two people experience the same pain and effects of living with a rheumatic disease. Ashley strongly encourages others to share her hope of finding a solution and a cure. Ashley advises others not to ignore symptoms and suggests that anyone with chronic joint pain and swelling visit a rheumatologist. Ashley hasn't given up on finding the right medications and alternative therapies to fight the devastation of RA and believes "there is a solution out there for me, and I am going to find it."
Nearly 300,000 children in the United States suffer from juvenile idiopathic arthritis. These children often suffer the same pain, disability and co-existing diseases as adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Ashley's fight with rheumatic diseases started as a child and has continued until adulthood – as has her determination to fight. Rheumatologists are the specialists in the treatment of rheumatic diseases like JIA, and early and appropriate treatment by a rheumatologist is the key to better outcomes for people like Ashley.


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This quote is from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, one of my all time favorite devotionals. She wrote down what she felt Jesus telling her.
I especially liked this. I know a lot of different people on different paths right now. Some are wandering closer to Jesus, some farther away right now. some are lost, some have found a direct route and are headed as fast as they can to the cross and our Savior.
Here's the thing: all of those paths are GOOD. None are better than others. Each will have bumps. And even that person on the direct path is going to hit some construction along the way. The important thing is that we all end up at the same destination: the hands of God.
Let Him lead you there. Let Him take you on your own path. Don't expect to follow someone else's. Don't think your path is the only or the best way–it is for YOU, but not someone else. Let them walk their path and find Jesus in their own faith, in His plan.


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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Special Feature More On Baja Orphans
Flor Jacqueline was born in the U.S., but was blocked from returning. Now 18, she has reclaimed her citizenship.
TIJUANA, Mexico Orphanages in the United States were phased out in the 1960s. But just south of San Diego in Baja California, many children without parents are still cared for at group homes.
Unlike our government supported foster care system, they depend heavily on charity to survive.
Once a month, a group of volunteers visits an orphanage in the Mexican state of Baja California to lend a hand. The bus starts before dawn in Los Angeles, stops in Orange County and finally arrives at Mission Bay Park in San Diego. There it picks up more supplies and people.
The final destination will not be one of the region's popular tourist spots. Instead, the group of 50 or so volunteers will spend the day at an orphanage; one that is within driving distance of Southern California.
Bill Phelps, from Encinitas, is preparing to go on his 26th trip in a row. He enjoys reading to the kids and helping them paint.
"Last time, when I went there, I went into the toddler's room and they hadn't seen me for four or five months," Phelps said. "Before I could even sit down, they were already digging into my bag, getting out the coloring pencils and coloring books."
Volunteers donate a variety of items, from toys, to clothing to household cleaners. Once loaded up, the bus makes the quick trip south on the freeway to Mexico and winds its way out to Tijuana's eastern neighborhoods.
There is a palpable excitement in the air as the bus arrives at the Casa Hogar Sion orphanage. The orphans congregate near the entrance, anxious to meet the visitors.
At any given time, there are about 100 orphans at this group home. They range in age from infants to university students. Most have been brought here by the government because of circumstances in their homes, like severe child abuse. Some of them have just been brought here by their parents because they couldn't care for them anymore.
The kids quickly go through and start playing with the items the volunteers bring. But some people do more than donate items. Some try to equip the children with tools to become successful adults.
Ric Levis-Fitzgerald invited people to help put an orphan through college. The group now raises $500-a-month, enough to cover the teenager's education.
This was the first time the two have met in person. That really wasn't important to Levis. What mattered was being able to help an orphan become independent and set an example to others in the home.
"Because coming here for the day doesn't matter much," Levis said. "It's whether you come back and what you do after that."
Without the financial help, Lorenzo Virelas-Catalan would not have been able to attend college. He is the oldest of five siblings. His mother died when he was very young and his father decided he could not care for the children. He took all of the kids to the Casa Hogar Sion orphanage when Lorenzo was 8. Twelve years later, they all still live at the home.
"To tell the truth, there is no way for me to pay them back for all of their help," Lorenzo said in Spanish. "If they would not have helped me economically, I would not have been able to go to the university."
Hilda Pacheco-Taylor helped organize the trip. She is the founder of the Corazon de Vida Foundation. Pacheco and her four siblings became orphans after their father abandoned the family.
Her mother, a tortilla maker, could not make enough money to support them. And when one of her younger brothers almost drowned while under Pacheco's care, the mother put the kids in an orphanage near Ensenada.
"She had known about the orphanages, she had known about that system. But, obviously, she didn't want to give her kids up," Pacheco said. "So she did end up taking us to an orphanage. And it was probably the best thing she could have done for us. It was a huge sacrifice, but it really helped us."
Pacheco eventually immigrated to the U.S. and reunited with her mother.
Years later, she visited the orphanage and was surprised at the sorry state. In 1994, she started the foundation, which now helps support 15 orphanages throughout Baja California. The non-profit has been bringing U.S. residents to visit group homes in Mexico for 18 years.
The director of Casa Hogar Sion appreciates the charity.
"I was privileged to have started the orphanage and to be a founder," Carmen Gonzalez said in Spanish. "But, this is possible because many people help us, help these children succeed."
After some last minute playtime, the volunteers board the bus and head back to the United States. Can spending several hours with an unknown orphan make a difference?
One volunteer from San Diego says yes. And not only to the child.
"It brings me a lot of satisfaction. It fills you up with warmth," Simona Deaciuc said. "I know I can make a difference."
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2016-2017 Girls Varsity Basketball
No. Name Position Grade
3 Brooke Reagan F 11
4 Kelly Page * G 12
5 Cassandra Wells C 12
10 Kerry DeRocha F 11
11 Kaleigh Matulonis G 10
12 Danielle Wabrek C 12
14 Nina Morrison F 10
15 Ashley Rose * G/F 12
20 Shannon Lynch G 11
21 Kailen Heath F 12
22 Devin Burns * G/F 12
23 Caroline George G 12
25 Kylee Piche G 10
30 Cai-Lee Lopes F 11
32 Mikayla Seavey C 12
* Denotes Captain
Coach: Cheryl Seavey
Assistant Coaches: John Gallagher, Gerry Cunniff
2016-2017 Girls Junior Varsity Basketball
No. Name Position Grade
3 Skylar Rabouin G 10
5 Ally LaMarca G 10
10 Carly Burch F 10
11 Autumn Jacques F 10
12 Marisa Beauvais G 10
13 Lauren McNaughton F 10
14 Olivia Sutherland G 10
22 Emily Newcomb F 10
24 Victoria Dacey G 10
25 Samantha Peterson F/C 10
30 Lauren Dacey F 10
33 Lindsey Seavey F 10
34 Katherine Parady C 10
* Denotes Captain
Coach: John Gallagher
2015-2016 Girls Freshman Basketball
No. Name Position Grade
2 Mia Lane G 9
3 Alexa Kemmitt C 9
5 Jill Johnson G 9
10 Veronica McGrath C 9
11 Julia Colombotos F 9
12 Brooke Gallagher F 9
13 Juliana Nakouzi F 9
22 Gina Marie Ricciotti G 9
23 Kyra Convent G 9
25 Riley Myers G 9
32 Alexandra Monkus C 9
33 Katelyn DiCenso G 9
34 Rosalie Daryanani G 9
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2015-2016 Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Team
2015-2016 Girls Freshman Basketball Team
2016-17 Season Recap
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Opening Round – 2017 MIAA D1 South Sectionals
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Herget Gymnasium, Braintree, Mass.
BRAINTREE, Mass. — Senior guard Keelah Dixon scored 13 points to lead a balanced attack as seventh-seeded Braintree posted a 73-30 victory over 10th-seeded Bridgewater-Raynham in opening round play of the 2017 Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 Girls Basketball South Sectionals Tuesday evening at Herget Gymnasium.
The host Wamps, who improve to 17-4 on the season, advance to the quarterfinal round of the D1 South Sectionals to face second-seeded Bishop Feehan in a re-match of last year's Eastern Massachusetts championship game on either Friday evening or Saturday afternoon in Attleboro, Mass. The visiting Trojans, who claimed their fourth straight Old Colony League championship en route to earning their fourth straight berth in the MIAA tournament, end their season at 11-10.
Braintree scored the first 15 points of the contest en route to a 27-4 advantage after the first quarter of play, as the Wamps blistered the nets at a 60 percent clip in the opening eight minutes. Seven different players scored in the first half that saw the hosts shoot 54 percent (13-24) overall in building a 41-13 edge at the break, as Bridgewater-Raynham was held to an 11 percent (3-27) shooting effort overall and connected on just one of 16 three-point attempts in that time. Braintree continued its torrid pace after intermission, as all 12 Wamps scored at least one point in the contest to set up Friday's re-match at Bishop Feehan.
Senior Madeline Fay joined Dixon in double figures with 10 points and six rebounds for Braintree, which also received nine points from junior Jenna Roche as well as eight points from sophomore Adriana Timberlake. Junior Rachel Tutkus chipped in with seven points for the Wamps, who received six rebounds from fellow junior Molly Moore as well as three assists from senior Isabella Tonetti. The hosts finished the night shooting 54 percent (26-48) overall while canning five three-pointers, as Braintree also converted 16-of-22 (73 percent) attempts from the foul line for the evening.
Senior Ashley Rose closed out her career with eight points in the setback for the Trojans, who also received seven points, three rebounds and two assists from fellow senior Kelly Page. Sophomore Nina Morrison added four points for Bridgewater-Raynham, which received six rebounds from senior Mikayla Seavey to go with five boards, four assists and a pair of steals from sophomore Kylee Piche. The visitors shot 17 percent (10-60) from the field and connected for four three-pointers (two by Rose), as Braintree outrebounded Bridgewater-Raynham by a 39-31 margin for the contest.
Monday, February 13, 2017
FHS Gymnasium, Foxboro, Mass.
FOXBORO, Mass. — Junior guard Ashley Sampson scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds as Foxboro extended its winning streak to eight straight with a 56-44 non-league girls high school basketball victory over Bridgewater-Raynham Monday evening at FHS Gymnasium.
In a match-up of two of the region's hottest teams, the host Warriors (14-2) overcame an early five-point deficit to grab a one-point edge (15-14) an opening quarter of play that saw Sampson and fellow junior Lily Sykes combine for 13 points. Foxboro held the visiting Trojans (10-8) to just one field goal in the second stanza, as the hosts received 11 points from Sampson, Sykes and junior Grace Tamulionis to extend their advantage to 10 (26-16) at the break. Bridgewater-Raynham, which brought a six-game winning streak into the contest, used a 15-8 run over the opening 5:27 of the third quarter to close back to within three (34-31) on a lay-in by sophomore Nina Morrison, but Foxboro answered back with a 9-2 run of its own over the final 2:33 of the stanza to take a 43-26 lead into the final frame, as the visitors got no closer than eight points in the final eight minutes of action.
Sampson scored 16 of her points in the second half for the Warriors, as she, Sykes (15 points, six steals, five rebounds, four assists) and Tamulionis (11 points, eight steals, six rebounds) accounted for all but one of Foxboro's scoring output on the evening. Senior Lauren Flahive collected the other point on a free throw while grabbing five rebounds for the hosts, who shot 37 percent (22-59) from the field overall and connected for four three-pointers (including two by Tamulionis) to complete a regular-season sweep of Bridgewater-Raynham.
Senior Kelly Page paced the Trojans with 19 points, five rebounds and a pair of steals in their first setback in exactly a month, while sophomore Kylie Piche was also in double figures with 10 points and four boards for the visitors. Morrison chipped in with a near double-double effort of nine points, nine rebounds and three steals for Bridgewater-Raynham, which also received nine caroms from senior Danielle Wabrek to go with four assists and four steals from sophomore Kaleigh Matulonis. The Trojans shot 33 percent (18-54) from the field and also canned four from behind the arc (including three by Page), as the visitors held a 44-35 rebounding advantage but hurt themselves with 19 turnovers, including 11 alone in that decisive second quarter.
Bridgewater-Raynham hosts Barnstable in an Old Colony League match-up on Friday evening at Monti Gymnasium that tips-off at 6:30 p.m., while Foxboro entertains Canton in a Hockomock League clash tomorrow evening at FHS Gymnasium that also begins at 6:30 p.m.
First Round – Abington Holiday Tournament
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Gliniewicz Gymnasium, Abington, Mass.
ABINGTON, Mass. — Senior Jenny Worden scored 24 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, recorded seven steals and dished out five assists to lead Abington to a 52-30 non-league girls high school basketball victory over Bridgewater-Raynham in opening round play of the 2016 Abington Holiday Tournament Wednesday evening at Gliniewicz Gymnasium.
The host Green Wave (5-1) will take on Pembroke in Friday night's championship game at 6:30 p.m., as the Titans posted a 62-54 triumph over Norwell in Wednesday's other first round contest.
Abington scored the first nine points of the game before settling for a 15-8 advantage after the opening quarter, and Worden scored eight of the hosts' 10 points in the middle stanza to extend the Green Wave lead to 25-16 at the break. The visiting Trojans (1-4) sliced that margin to seven on the opening possession after intermission on a lay-in by senior Ashley Rose, but Worden keyed a 15-0 run with seven unanswered points that pushed Abington's advantage to 24 (45-21) after three quarters of play and extend the hosts' winning streak to five straight.
Worden was the only Green Wave in double figures, as freshman Lauren Keleher added nine points on the night. Junior Marissa Golden chipped in with five points for Abington, which also received a combined 11 rebounds from sophomores Kristyanna Remillard and Maddie O'Connell. The hosts shot 36 percent from the field and held a 48-39 rebounding advantage on the night.
Rose scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds in the setback for Bridgewater-Raynham, which also received five points from senior Kelly Page. Senior Danielle Wabrek added four points and seven rebounds for the Trojans, who shot just 18 percent from the field and hurt themselves with 30 turnovers that the Green Wave converted into 17 points.
Bridgewater-Raynham and Norwell square off in the third place game of the Abington Holiday Tournament Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Laker Gymnasium, Kingston, Mass.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Junior Sydney Kehoe notched a double-double effort of 25 points and 14 rebounds as Silver Lake outscored Bridgewater-Raynham by a 13-2 margin in overtime to notch a 68-57 non-league girls high school basketball victory Wednesday evening at Laker Gymnasium.
The host Lakers (2-2) trailed by five at the break (28-23) before using a 17-9 third quarter edge to grab a 40-37 lead heading into the final eight minutes of regulation, and Kehoe's lay-in with 2:42 remaining gave Silver Lake a 53-47 cushion. The visiting Trojans (1-3) then forced four consecutive turnovers in a 42 second span to take a 55-53 lead on sophomore Kaleigh Matulonis's lay-in, and that score held up until the closing seconds when the hosts failed to capitalized on a trio of offensive rebounds but forced a turnover that resulted in freshman Holly Reeder-Morning's game-tying lay-in with 12.4 seconds to play. Bridgewater-Raynham missed a potential game-winning jumper with three seconds remaining, and the Lakers took control of the overtime period by scoring the first eight points of the frame en route to their triumph.
Reeder-Morning added 14 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win for Silver Lake, which also received 10 points from senior Madi Gillen. The Lakers outscored the Trojans by an 18-4 margin from the foul line and shot 43 percent from the field for the evening in overcoming 23 turnovers.
Junior Shannon Lynch scored 16 points, including four three pointers, to lead the scoring column for Bridgewater-Raynham, which also received 13 points, nine rebounds, six steals and four assists from senior Kelly Page. Matulonis was also in double figures with 10 points, seven assists and five steals for the Trojans, who shot 28 percent from the floor but canned seven treys. The visitors held a slim 50-48 rebounding edge for the contest, as each team had 19 offensive rebounds on the night.
Bridgewater-Raynham will be idle until next Wednesday, December 28th when the Trojans square off with host Abington in opening round play of the Abington Holiday Tournament at 5:00 p.m, while Silver Lake travels to East Bridgewater for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 29th at 12:30 p.m.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Monti Gymnasium, Bridgewater, Mass.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Junior Shannon Lynch scored 14 points, including 10 during a decisive 23 point third quarter run, as Bridgewater-Raynham overcame a cold first half shooting performance to notch a 49-28 non-league high school girls basketball victory over New Bedford Monday evening at Monti Gymnasium.
The host Trojans (1-2) trailed by 11 points (16-5) with 4:28 remaining in the opening half before closing to within five (18-13) at the break, and five quick points by Lynch and senior Ashley Rose evened matters at 18-18 in the opening minute after intermission. Bridgewater-Raynham completed a 9-0 run to take a 22-18 edge just 52 seconds later, and after sophomore Janice Leao's lay-in sliced the visiting Whalers (0-3) deficit back to a bucket, the hosts scored the first 18 points of the third quarter and the first five of the final frame to take their largest lead of the night (45-20) on senior Kelly Page's lay-in with just under six minutes to play.
The Trojans connected at just a 14 percent clip (4-28) in the first half but forced 18 New Bedford turnovers in the final 16 minutes of action, converting 16 points off those Whaler miscues during that time frame. Bridgewater-Raynham held the visitors to just three field goals over the final 20-plus minutes of play while shooting 42 percent from the field in the second half, as the hosts recorded 19 steals on the night.
Page joined Lynch in double figures with 10 points and four rebounds in the win for the Trojans, who also received seven points from Rose to go with six points and eight rebounds from fellow senior Danielle Wabrek. Sophomore Kaleigh Matulonisrecorded nine steals and dished out six assists for the winners, who also received four points and five boards from senior Cassie Wells.
Freshman Chiron Rose scored 15 points, including 11 in the opening quarter alone, and grabbed five rebounds in the setback for New Bedford, which also received five points from junior Erin Rezendes. Senior Devyn Antunes collected seven boards for the Whalers, who shot 25 percent (8-32) from the field overall and were outrebounded by Bridgewater-Raynham by a 54-32 margin on the evening.
Bridgewater-Raynham travels to Silver Lake for a non-league outing on Wednesday evening that tips off at 6:30 p.m., while New Bedford heads to Taunton for a non-league contest on Thursday evening that also tips off at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Monti Gymnasium, Bridgewater, Mass.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Junior Cassie Caldwell scored 15 points, dished out three assists and recorded three steals as Marshfield used a 17 point third quarter outburst to pull away with a 48-31 non-league girls high school basketball victory over Bridgewater-Raynham Thursday evening at Monti Gymnasium.
The visiting Rams (2-0) scored seven of the first 11 points after intermission to break a 17-17 deadlock at the break en route to a 34-25 advantage after three quarters of play, as Caldwell netted nearly half (eight) of her squad's points in the frame. Marshfield outscored the host Trojans (0-2) by a 14-6 margin in the final eight minutes of action, as the visitors overcame a cold shooting first half by blistering the nets at a 57 percent clip (12-21) in the second half while holding Bridgewater-Raynham to a 28 percent (7-25) effort from the field over that time span.
Senior Kristina Sargent chipped in with a double-double effort of 11 points (10 in the second half) and 10 rebounds in the win for the Rams, who also received nine points and six boards from junior Hannah Peterson as well as six points from senior Kelly Wheeler. Senior Danielle Wabrek scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds in the setback for the Trojans, who also received a pair of three pointers from junior Shannon Lynch. Sophomore Kaleigh Matulonis collected six rebounds, four steals and three assists for Bridgewater-Raynham, which scored just 19 points over the final three quarters of play after taking a 12-8 edge after the opening frame. Marshfield outrebounded Bridgewater-Raynham by a 38-35 margin and converted 23 Trojan turnovers into 12 points.
Bridgewater-Raynham hosts New Bedford in a non-league outing on Monday evening at Monti Gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m., while Marshfield entertains Barnstable on Tuesday evening in a non-league contest that also begins at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Whitman-Hanson Gymnasium, Whitman, Mass.
WHITMAN, Mass. — Senior Chloe Roberts' lay-in with 15.2 seconds remaining snapped a 50-50 tie and lifted Whitman-Hanson to a 54-50 non-league high school girls basketball victory over Bridgewater-Raynham in the season opener for both teams Tuesday evening at Whitman-Hanson Gymnasium.
The host Panthers (1-0) trailed 50-48 with 40 seconds to play before evening matters on a pair of free throws by sophomore Erin Leahy, and after a turnover by the visiting Trojans (0-1) with 28 seconds left, Roberts drove in from the right side for the go-ahead bucket. Bridgewater-Raynham had a chance to tie with 10.2 seconds remaining but missed a pair of free throws, and senior Taylor McVeigh canned a pair from the charity stripe with 8.6 seconds to play to ice Whitman-Hanson's triumph.
The Trojans raced out to an early 8-0 advantage before settling for a 13-11 edge after the opening quarter of action, and the Panthers used a combined seven points from McVeigh and senior Sophie O'Brien in the second stanza to take a 24-22 lead at the break. Roberts ripped off five quick points after intermission to help stake the hosts to a seven-point lead at 31-24, but Bridgewater-Raynham closed the quarter on an 11-3 run to take a 35-34 advantage on a pair of free throws by senior Devin Burns with 4.6 seconds to play in the third. The lead changed seven times in the final eight minutes of action and a total of 14 times for the contest, as Whitman-Hanson received all but three points from Roberts, McVeigh and Leahy in the final frame.
Roberts netted a team-high 13 points in the win for the Panthers, who also received a double-double effort of 12 points and 12 rebounds from O'Brien. McVeigh and Leahy each added 10 points and combined for 14 rebounds for Whitman-Hanson, which shot 34 percent from the field but connected at a 77 percent clip (20-26) from the foul line on the evening.
Burns notched a double-double effort of 15 points and 11 rebounds in the setback for Bridgewater-Raynham, which also received 10 points from junior Shannon Lynch and nine points from sophomore Kaleigh Matulonis, as the duo combined for six three-pointers. Senior Kelly Page added seven points and four rebounds for the Trojans, who shot 30 percent from the field overall but canned eight from behind the arc overall.
Bridgewater-Raynham hosts Marshfield in a non-league outing on Thursday evening at Monti Gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m., while Whitman-Hanson entertains Silver Lake in a non-league match-up on Friday evening at Whitman-Hanson Gymnasium that also tips off at 6:30 p.m.


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Jupiter in your success zone helps you create the future, today. There is a new trend in your chosen field or industry and it's upbeat, positive and forward-looking. There is a specific person or organisation around you with a big global vision. The feeling is real, but nothing has happened…yet.
What you are waiting for is Jupiter's forward motion at the end of January 2013, which will jet-propel you into a promotion, superior job, award or landmark achievement at work. Between January and July everything is possible, but a great deal depends on how enthusiastic you are in the first week of December.
There will be three separate success potential stories taking place then, or three episodes in one big epic. Even though everything feels as if is stuck or slow, that doesn't mean you turn your back on the opportunity. What you plant or nurture now could take you higher, professionally or academically, or perhaps with your true calling in life. People or corporations with a strong Sagittarius signature in their horoscope, or a big Jupiter piece of 'handwriting' in their charts may be your golden key.
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The emotional balancing act you need arrives in stages, with a big rush in December and the final outcome in January. An issue which involves the next generation, or a sexual relationship, is still hanging.
Nothing has been resolved as your horoscope is only timed to move forward in the final month of 2012 and first month of 2013.
What happened in the last week of November jet-propelled one issue about the amount of power and control people have. In December, that momentum will continue, but it is very important that nobody in this story does (or says) anything which is hard to undo or forget later on. The reason for this is the necessity for a total reorganisation of the entire story, in January. People will have to forgive and forget in order for the new situation to actually work. Consequently, December is one of those months when you must try to play your part in making sure that a solution will actually work, later on.
Pluto is the planet now looming over the most intensely personal questions. Depending on your age, relationship preferences or heart, you could be tackling this as a parent dealing with control issues – via your child, partner, former partner or relatives.
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Project Description
Santa's Eleven Months Off
by Mike Reiss
illustrated by Michael G. Montgomery
What does Santa do with his hard-earned vacation time? The same stuff you would do—and a whole lot more!
In this uproarious tale, Santa recovers from a hectic December by embarking on an hilarious campaign of adventure and self-improvement—from sumo wrestling to international espionage to continuing education (including Elf Esteem and Basic Reindeer Labor Laws). But no matter where he goes or what he does, he's still our beloved Santa Claus. So, thanks, Santa, for all your hard work. Go ahead and take the rest of the year off!
With popular author and Simpsons writer Mike Reiss' sparkling rhyme scheme and Michael Montgomery's expressive and energetic oil paintings, this unique, pre-holiday story is perfect for children who are curious about what Santa does all year.
Price: $7.95
Publication Date: 10/1/2016
Page Count: 32
Size: 10-7/8″ x 9-5/8″
Age Range: 4 – 8
Language: English
F&P: GRL L, Gr 2, Genre F
Lexile: AD710L
Themes: Months of the Year, Seasons, Holidays, Hobbies
BISAC 1: JUV017010 JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Christmas & Advent
BISAC 2: JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
BISAC 3: JUV037000 JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
"Expansive oil paintings keep the energy high…" ―Publishers Weekly
"Santa sparkles throughout the pages, thanks to the illustrator's contribution. The book, written in rhyme, captures Santa's jolly essence perfectly." ―The Oklahoman
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"The perfect post-holiday picture book the entire family will enjoy. The story is wonderful to read with its rhyming and perfect meter. The illustrations are collector worthy." ―Kid Lit Reviews
The Original Art ―Society of Illustrators, 2007
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Meet the Author
Mike Reiss has garnered top awards as a television writer, including four Emmys and a Peabody for his work on The Simpsons. Reiss is also the author of several children's books. He is a former president of The Harvard Lampoon and editor of The National Lampoon. He lives in New York.
Meet the Illustrator
Michael G. Montgomery has illustrated numerous children's books. He attended Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia. He lives in Georgia. You can visit his website here.


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The following individuals, families, foundations, and businesses have made generous donations to our mission. We are proud to also recognize in perpetuity our charter members for their pioneering gifts to and dedicated support of what was, at the time, a fledgling organization.
Program Sponsors
Estate of Gerri Aaron
Chicago Community Foundation
Tom and Annette Dignam
The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
The National Endowment of the Arts
Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax Revenues
Artist Residency Sponsors
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Aspen Music Festival and School
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Georgia Court
Annette Dignam Hermitage/SCF Endowment
Florida Humanities Council
Lifetime Achievement in Writing
Ann and Robert Jackson
Jane and Bill Knapp
Beverly Koski – Kennedy Center
Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman
Betsy Mitchell
Addie Morrison and Lois Steans
Charlotte and Charles Perret
Robin Radin
Sarasota Film Festival
Cynthia Tremblay
Mary Lou and Edward Winnick
Palm Circle Donors
Dale and Steve Adler
Caroline and Dyck Andrus
Patricia and James Appold
Ginger and Bob Bailey
Ball Construction
Beverly and Robert Bartner
Deborah Beacham
Ellen Berman
Mandell L. and Madeline H. Berman Foundation
Kimberly Bleach
Rita and Gene Bicknell
Robert C. Blattberg
Adam Bold
Larry Bold and Carol White Bold
Merritt Bold – Bold Transportation
Christine Boone
Dr. Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby
Kathryn Carr
Castle Air
CertaPro Painters
Michael and Carol Clark
Kathy and Ric Coffey
Cici Cook
Rebecca Cook and Bernard Dickens
Georgia Court
Marletta and Robert Darnall
Sherry and Howard Davis
Daniel Denton
Ilene and David Denton
Annette and Thomas Dignam
Mark Famiglio
Michael A. Gilkey
Linda and David Green
Renee Hamad
Don and Kate Harris
Charles Huisking
Jane and Phil Humann
Ann and Robert Jackson
Alexandra Jupin
Dr. Michael Kalman
Pavel Kapic and Alyssia Lazin Kapic
Key Agency, Inc.
Jane and Bill Knapp
Dorothy and Bogie Korszen
Beverly Koski
Tom and Sherry Koski
Lock N' Key Restaurant
Caroline Lose-Frahn
Nancy and Harold Lukas
Ruth and Andy Maass
Carla Malachowski
Linda and Michael Mansperger
Sharon and Juergen Matt
Paula and Tom McInerney
Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman
Betsy Mitchell
Adeline Morrison
Joy P. Norwood
Charlotte and Charles Perret
Robin Radin
Michele Redwine
Ringling College of Art and Design
Lisa Rubinstein
Jacklyn and John Ruthman
Nikki and Jeff Sedacca
Seibert Architects, P.A.
Karen Solem
Judi and Robert Stanley
Lois and Harrison Steans
Mark Steinwachs and Jarred Wilson
SunTrust Private Wealth Management
Lois Stulberg
Jane and Mike Tellor
Dennis Thompson and Nancy Boxhill Thompson
Nelda Thompson
Carol and Sid Tracy
Cynthia Tremblay
J. Tracy Tucker and Joel D. Howard
Dolly Vinton
Robert Wilk
Kathy and Robert Williams
Mary Lou and Edward Winnick
Douglas Wright
In Kind
The Hermitage is proud to thank the following for providing in-kind services which support our mission and operations: Bayfront Builders, Castle Air, CertaPro Painters, Englewood YMCA, Lock 'N Key Restaurant, Manasota Beach Club, Internet Adept, PGT Industries, Publix Super Markets Charities, Seibert Architects, and Thoroughbred Golf Carts.
Foundations and Grants
Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Allyn Foundation
Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
Bank of America Client Foundation
Bulrush Foundation
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
Florida Division of Historical Resources
Greenfield Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Plantation Community Foundation
Publix Super Markets Charities
Seabury Foundation
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation
Sustainable Arts Foundation
Woman's Exchange
Artful Lobster
Artful Lobster
Susan Brainerd and Susan McLeod, Co-Chairs
Kate Alexander, Marjorie Broughton, Carolyn Fitzpatrick,
Joan Golub, Barbara May, Julia McClung, Sheila Moore,
Joy Norwood, Charlotte Perret,
Michéle Des Verney Redwine, Lisa Rubinstein
Platinum Sponsors
Dale and Steve Adler
Marletta and Bob Darnall
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gold Sponsors
Larry Bold and Carol White Bold
Dr. Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby
Robyn and Chuck Citrin
Carole Crosby and Larry Wickless
Leslie Edwards and David Dignam
Don and Kate Harris
Peggy Hunt
Key Agency, Inc.
Charlotte and Charles Perret
Silver Sponsors
David and Linda Green
Ruth and Andy Maass
Joy Norwood
Michéle Des Verney Redwine
Susan McLeod
Carolyn Michel and Howard Millman
Special Thanks
Herald-Tribune Media Group, Corporate Media Sponsor
Sarasota Magazine, Magazine Sponsor
WSLR, Radio Sponsor
Muse Luncheon
Muse Luncheon
Luncheon Founder and Chair
Debbi Benedict
Grand Sponsor
David and Linda Green Family Foundation
at the Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Table Sponsors
Dale and Steve Adler
Deborah Beacham
Ellen Berman
Marletta and Bob Darnall
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Alexandra Jupin and John Bean
Judy Zuckerberg and George Kole
Robyn and Chuck Citrin
Kathy and Ric Coffey/State Farm Insurance
Rita B. LaMere Foundation
Michael Kalman
Flori Roberts
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sarasota Magazine
Nikki Sedacca/530 Burns Gallery
Sid and Carol Tracy
Bernice Williams
Peggy and Ken Abt
Debbi Benedict
Larry Bold and Carol White Bold
Barbara Casey
Rebecca Cook and Bernard Dickens
Kim Cornetet
Carole Crosby
Dan Denton
Beverly Fisher
Kate Harris
Patrick Hennigan
Diana Lager
Judith Liersch
Bobbi Lorry
Ruth and Andy Maass
Cornelia Matson
Gila Meriwether
Tina and Dan Napoli
Charmaine Noel
Nancy and Bob Peavy
Cynthia Riddell
Julie Riddell
Ina Schnell
Mark Steinwachs
Margarete van Antwerpen
Elisabeth Waters
Kim Wheeler
Mary Lou and Ed Winnick
Greenfield Prize Award Dinner
Greenfield Prize Award Dinner
Chaired by Nikki Sedacca
Greenfield Weekend Sponsor
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Producing Partner
Corporate Media Sponsor
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Magazine Sponsor
Sarasota Magazine
Gold Sponsors
Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby
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- Kosher salt
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- Crumbled feta (for serving)
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Gently smash cucumbers with a rolling pin or the back of a heavy knife just to break open. Tear into irregular 2" pieces and place in a medium bowl; season lightly with salt. Let sit at least 5 minutes and up to 1 hour.
Meanwhile, cook garlic and oil in a small saucepan or skillet over medium-low heat, turning garlic once, until golden brown and very fragrant, 5–7 minutes. Add za'atar and red pepper flakes and remove from heat. Let cool until just warm and stir in lime juice; season dressing with salt. Transfer to a medium bowl.
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Disarray? What disarray?
Yesterday, political reporters and pundits were panting over the bare-knuckled, full-throated criticisms of President Donald J. Trump by two Republican senators: Bob Corker, of Tennessee, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Jeff Flake, the junior senator from Arizona whose political idol is conservative icon Barry Goldwater.
It was unprecedented to have two Republican stalwarts lambaste a Republican president in such dire terms, especially on the same day.
Corker: Trump has "great difficulty with the truth" and "the debasement of the nation is what he'll be remembered most for."
Flake: "Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is, when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified."
This all points, the pundits said, to a great schism between the Trumpists who hold the party regulars in fear, and the liberated few who have been freed to speak against the unclothed emperor because they have opted out of re-election.
And yes, it does speak to a great split between those willing to denounce the danger of Donald Trump's "reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior," as Flake called it, and the many toadies who may shudder in private but who shut up in public for the greater cause of passing big tax breaks for the wealthy.
But just hours after Corker and Flake enunciated these noble and necessary statements, they joined with 48 of their fellow Republicans for a nighttime debate and vote to repeal a banking rule that would let consumers band together to sue their bank or credit card company to resolve financial disputes.
Or as it's also called, GOP business as usual.
A vote from Vice President Mike Pence shortly after 10 p.m. broke a 50-50 tie to strike down the new rule, a major effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to help consumers fight back against god-awful practices of financial institutions. The bureau is the watchdog created by Congress after the 2008 economic crisis.
One more legacy of the Obama years gets reversed.
The New York Times explains:
The rule, five years in the making, would have dealt a serious blow to financial firms, potentially exposing them to a flood of costly lawsuits over questionable business practices.
For decades, credit card companies and banks have inserted arbitration clauses into the fine print of financial contracts to circumvent the courts and bar people from pooling their resources in class-action lawsuits. By forcing people into private arbitration, the clauses effectively take away one of the few tools that individuals have to fight predatory and deceptive business practices. Arbitration clauses have derailed claims of financial gouging, discrimination in car sales and unfair fees.
The new rule written by the consumer bureau, which was set to take effect in 2019, would have restored the right of individuals to sue in court. It was part of a spate of actions by the bureau, which has cracked down on debt collectors, the student loan industry and payday lenders.
The vote was a big gift to that credit card company that's hitting you with hidden charges. As the Washington Post put it:
The rules would have cost the industry billions of dollars, according to some estimates. With the Senate's vote, Wall Street is beginning to reap the benefits of the Trump administration focus on rolling back regulations it says are strangling the economy.
"Tonight's vote is a giant setback for every consumer in this country," Richard Cordray, the director of the consumer bureau, said in a statement. "As a result, companies like Wells Fargo and Equifax remain free to break the law without fear of legal blowback from their customers."
The only two Republicans to join Democrats in voting against the measure were Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John Kennedy of Louisiana.
Every other GOP member of the Senate, however they feel about Trump, fell in step when given the chance to coddle Wall Street. That includes Sen. John McCain, who made thinly veiled criticisms of Trump in a speech on Oct. 16 that warned against "half-baked, spurious nationalism."
You can be sure they'll do the same thing when it comes to serving up big tax cuts to corporations and rich individuals (unless the so-far-unseen tax legislation contains details unacceptable to some members, as happened with health care).
The Consumers Union and several veterans groups, including the American Legion, lobbied to keep the rule. As well they should have, because class-action lawsuits are a way of putting a spotlight on misdeeds by businesses that would otherwise get little attention. They also allow groups of people to reclaim small amounts of money they otherwise wouldn't have the time or money to go after.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader in the Senate, is not the most articulate of politicians. But he hit the nail on the head as the Senate neared its vote:
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Pedro Caixinha was at Hampden yesterday to take in Premiership opening opponents Motherwell and their trip to face Queens Park at the home of Scottish football.
This photo, taken by the outstanding Willie Vass, shows more than a few calls being made during the match which Steve Robinson's men absolutely strolled, leading some to ponder whether Pedro was as much on a scouting mission for a new signing as he was scoping out Rangers' first competitive adversaries next month.
With the Louis Moult deal previously seemingly dead in the water, Caixinha, assistant Jonatan Johansson and co may well be looking to revive it as they are with Hearts' Jamie Walker, and with Rangers' options up front remaining a tad contentious, Moult's signature would be a welcome boost if Pedro was indeed to resuscitate Rangers' interest in him.
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Note to Common Core Architects: 'Cry Me a River'
We are celebrating the New Year by cutting through the lies of Common Core with a rebuttal of the NPR puff piece on Jason Zimba, considered the math architect of the standards. Here's an excerpt from the NPR (which has accepted money from the Gates Foundation to report on educational matters) article: The Man Behind Common Core Math:
Zimba was an obscure physics professor at Bennington, an elite liberal arts college in Vermont. He wrote a quirky math and parenting blog with posts about complex physics problems, his kids, and the occasional political issue, including a 2011 post titled, "Numbers Don't Lie (but Michele Bachmann Does)."
He was chosen for a Rhodes scholarship to England's Oxford University in 1991. At Oxford, he befriended a Yale student from Manhattan, David Coleman. Coleman went on to become a consultant for McKinsey, the global consulting firm. Zimba returned to Detroit to do stints of factory work to help support his family, but eventually he headed to the prestigious math department at the University of California, Berkeley for a Ph.D. in mathematical physics. In 1999 he reconnected with Coleman, who had an idea for starting an education business.
At first, they considered going into educational video games, but they scrapped the idea in favor of an even bigger educational trend: standardized testing. The No Child Left Behind Act was still around the corner, but a growing education reform movement, which insisted that holding schools more accountable for student test scores would increase performance, had already pushed many states to expand standardized testing.
Coleman and Zimba's business, the Grow Network, found a niche in the burgeoning field of testing by producing reports that helped schools, teachers, parents and even students themselves interpret results from the new exams. "To design a successful assessment report, you need to be thoughtful about what the teacher really needs, what the student really needs," Coleman says.
And just who decided what 'all' teachers/students need? Why that would be David Coleman and Jason Zimba! Now wouldn't you think NPR would just somehow think there just might be a connection between the need for even more standardized testing, the data tracking and the Common Core States Standard Initiative? This is a dream come true. The private industry can just step into the framework it has designed to make its fortune from the taxpayers.
An educator (unnamed for fear of retribution) who has seen education reform come and go and is unimpressed with the Common Core Theory writes:
For fun this New Year's Day, watch Emotional Rescue by the Rolling Stones. Sorry we won't come to the CCSSI's rescue. Not interested.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
By Aggrey Sam
Prior to tonight's matchup with the Cavaliers, Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro disclosed the current status of his ailing roster, specifically Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and Luol Deng.
Rose, who had hoped to play in tonight's game, won't be in the lineup, as he continues to recover from the sprained left wrist he suffered against Orlando last week.
"Derrick will not play tonight. His wrist is still very sore, he's still stiff. He still has some inflammation in there," said Del Negro. "He's still struggling to dribble w that left hand."
Concerning Noah, Del Negro commented, "If he does play," citing a potential return after a now 10-game hiatus, "it will be very limited."
Along with Rose, Noah was also evaluated after the team's shootaround prior to the game. While neither player will be in action tonight, they will both be re-evaluated before Saturday night's contest in Philadelphia against the 76ers.
As for Deng, the small forward suffered a setback in his recovery from a strained right calf muscle. Deng apparently tried to warm up before Wednesday's loss to the Mavericks in Dallas, and was capably performing all of the required drills until "straight-ahead jogging" caused him some pain, according to Del Negro.
"Luol's going to be out for two to three weeks," said Del Negro. "He's got more inflammation now than he did before, so that's a setback."
Although Deng "was feeling a lot better" and "the inflammation went down" prior to Wednesday's development, according to Del Negro, a subsequent MRI showed he had more fluid in his calf than before re-aggravating the injury. Deng will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
"I'm concerned about all of them, but guys are going to heal as they heal," said Del Negro.
"It's definitely March Madness," he quipped. "It has nothing to do with college basketball around here."
"Derrick, Luol, Joakim--they definitely want to be out there," he continued. "We want to get back to winning and playing the way were capable of."
When asked about the Bulls' treacherous recent schedule easing up a little bit after tonight, possibly leading to some gins in the win column for the Bulls, Del Negro put things in perspective.
"We don't have our team. Everybody thinks that playing some of the teams that have lesser records are very easy," he observed. "It doesn't work like that."
"Other guys are getting opportunities--a lot of younger guys," continued Del Negro. "We're short-handed in a lot of areas so even when the schedule breaks, there's no easy games for us."
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