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By Allan R. Ellenberger
At this time of year our thoughts are on ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night. Bad luck and superstition has followed Hollywood and those who lived and worked there long before the film people arrived.
A house that had its share of bad luck and tragedy was built on the northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Fuller Street almost 100 years ago. Louella Parsons called the home that once stood at 7269 Hollywood Boulevard, "the jinx mansion." Over the twenty-five years of its existence, it was home to a grocery store founder, a meat packing heir and a successful film producer and his movie star wife. All experienced misfortune and heartbreak during their stay there.
The builder and first resident of the "jinx mansion" was George A. Ralphs, the founder of Ralph's grocery store, the largest food retailer in Southern California. There's probably no one in Los Angeles that has not shopped at a Ralphs store at one time.
George Albert Ralphs was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1850. His family moved to California on a prairie schooner with a yoke of oxen when he was a boy. In Kansas they joined a caravan and when they reached Colorado they were attacked by Indians. Half of the caravan became separated in the fight, and nothing was ever heard from them. It was presumed that they were massacred.
The caravan arrived in Los Angeles after eighteen months of travel and George Ralphs was trained as an expert bricklayer. After losing an arm in an accident, he gave up bricklaying and found work as a clerk in a small grocery store. In 1873 he had saved enough money to purchase his own grocery at Sixth and Spring Streets. From then on Ralphs prospered, operating three of the largest stores in Los Angeles.
In 1897 Ralphs married Wallula von Keith and together they had two children, Albert and Annabel. In May 1913, Ralphs began construction on a new house on a three-acre lot in Hollywood that he reportedly bought from George Dunlap, the second mayor of the town.
Located on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard at Fuller Street, architect Frank M. Tyler was hired to design the Mission Revival house at a cost of $35,000. With a plastered exterior and a red clay tile roof, the house had sixteen rooms with three baths. The interior was richly furnished in oak and mahogany; onyx and tile mantels adorned the fireplaces. There was a tennis court on the property, and a swimming pool which was emptied often to water the citrus orchards.
The Ralphs mansion as it looked shortly after being constructed
On June 21, 1914, a few months after moving into the house, Ralphs took his family for a week-end outing to the San Bernardino Mountains near Lake Arrowhead. He had just gone up Waterman's Canyon with his wife and children for an early morning stroll and, having walked a little faster than the others, sat on a boulder to wait for them to catch up.
As his wife approached, he moved over to allow her sit beside him when the boulder, weighing about three tons, gave way and rolled twenty feet down into the canyon, carrying Ralphs with it. His leg was caught beneath the boulder and nearly torn from the socket. He was immediately rushed to the Ramona Hospital (now Community Hospital of San Bernardino) where his leg was amputated. Ralphs came out from under the anesthetic shortly after and talked to his wife for a few minutes but the shock of the operation was too great. George Ralphs died within the hour at 4:15 o'clock that afternoon.
Ralphs body was returned to his home in Hollywood where funeral services were held. The Ralphs grocery stores were closed that day in memory of their founder. After the service, Ralphs was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
The grave of Ralph's grocery store founder, George A. Ralphs at Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs. Ralphs owned the mansion for several years, sometimes living there and at times, renting it out to such well-known residents as Mira Hershey, owner of the Hollywood Hotel and to actor Douglas Fairbanks. On August 20, 1918, Mrs. Ralphs hosted a political garden party in honor of California Governor, William D. Stephens and as a fund raiser for the war effort.
However, the "jinx" continued.
In 1920 Mrs. Ralphs leased the mansion to John "Jack" P. Cudahy, the son of the millionaire meat-packer, Michael Cudahy. The town of Cudahy, California which is east of Los Angeles, was named for the family.
In 1899, Jack Cudahy married Edna Cowin, daughter of General John Clay Cowin of Omaha. They had four children, Edna, Marie, Anne and Michael. For a time, Cudahy was general manager of his father's packing plant in Kansas City. While there, he and his wife became estranged after Cudahy attacked Jere Lillis, the president of the Western Exchange Bank, who he suspected of having an affair with his wife. They were divorced shortly after but reconciled two years later, were remarried and moved to Pasadena, California.
Cudahy had his problems. In 1914, he was sued for $30,000 in damages after throwing a doctor's wife against a table. After a stint in the army, Cudahy was given a medical discharge following a nervous breakdown. He was sued by the Hotel Maryland in 1919 for failure to pay a two-year hotel bill amounting to almost $10,000.
Shortly after moving into the Ralphs mansion, Cudahy was under a doctor's care for an extremely nervous condition and for insomnia. In early April 1921, he disappeared for ten days and it was later learned that he had been living at the Rosslyn Hotel under a fictitious name. Previous to that he had spent three months in a sanatorium.
At the time, Cudahy was reportedly having financial problems. On April 19, 1921 he received a letter from a trust company in Chicago stating that they would not carry a loan unless his sister Clara would vouch for him. Later that night Clara sent a telegram briefly stating, "Sorry, but find it impossible to do what you ask."
The following morning, at about 10:30am, Cudahy went into his bathroom, retrieved his Winchester shotgun, which he used for trap-shooting, and took it into his bedroom. Edna claimed that at the time he did not seem to be unusually despondent. At exactly 11:45am, Edna was in her dressing room when she heard a shot and rushed into her husband's bedroom where she found him dead. He had committed suicide by blowing off the top of his head. John Cudahy was buried at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles.
Edna and her children moved out of the house shortly after her husband's suicide. Thirteen years later she was living in a mansion near Vine Street and Franklin Avenue in Hollywood. Actor Lou Tellegen, who had fallen on hard times, was living with her and committed suicide in his bathroom by stabbing himself in his heart seven times with a pair of scissors.
After Cudahy's suicide, the mansion stood empty for about a year. In October 1922 Mrs. Ralphs sold the house and property to a local realty company for $150,000. They planned to raze the house and build a 350 room apartment hotel at a cost of one million dollars. For unknown reasons, the hotel was never built and the mansion was spared.
Film producer, Joseph M. Schenck and his wife, the actress Norma Talmadge, were the next owners of the "jinx mansion." The Schenck's, who were married in 1916, probably moved into the house in late 1922 or early 1923. For the first few years their lives were routine, at least for film people, with the exception of several break-ins where Norma's jewelry was stolen.
Norma Talmadge and Joseph M. Schenck
Gradually the couple began to grow apart. They separated in 1927 and moved into separate residences; Norma to an elegant apartment building on Harper Avenue in West Hollywood and Schenck moved to a large house in Beverly Hills. They remained married, however, and kept ownership of the Hollywood Boulevard mansion.
In July 1930, Talmadge traveled to Europe for a rest amid rumors that they were getting divorced but the couple denied the rumors, each claiming they were still in love. The following year Talmadge asked for a divorce and Schenck agreed but she never filed for it. In 1932 she again asked for a divorce and traveled to Europe, supposedly to get one, but once there, she denied the so-called rumors.
During 1932 alone, the Schenck divorce rumors were many and were announced and denied several times. One time she planned on going to Reno and several months later it was reportedly a Mexican divorce. In the meantime, there was an affair with comedian George Jessel until finally in April 1934 Talmadge and Schenck were divorced in Juarez, Mexico. Three weeks later Norma married Jessel.
The Talmadge-Schenck home as it looked from Fuller Street in the 1920s
Above is the site from the same angle on Fuller Street as it looks today
During all of this the Schenck's kept the mansion, and may have rented it out but he reportedly moved back after the divorce. In May 1936 Schenck redecorated the property, adding a two-story cabana and a 60-foot swimming pool that replaced the one installed by the Ralphs which was later filled in by the Cudahy's.
Bad luck continued to follow Schenck. In 1936 he agreed to pay a bribe to avoid strikes with the unions, but because he made the payoff with a personal check, it came to the attention of the IRS and he was eventually convicted of income tax evasion. In 1940 he finally sold the Hollywood Boulevard "jinx mansion" and all its furnishings in an auction, supposedly to help pay his legal fees. In 1946 Schenck spent time in prison before being granted a pardon by President Harry Truman.
Notice for the Joseph Schenck auction
After Schenck sold the mansion, it was razed to make way for Peyton Hall, the first apartment house to go up on Hollywood Boulevard west of La Brea. The colonial-style garden apartment complex included more than 70 apartments. A red carpet rolled all the way from the grand portico to Hollywood Boulevard. There were discreet private entrances and a loudspeaker on the grounds that summoned stars to the studios.
The architect and builders kept the 60-foot swimming pool that Joseph Schenck installed four years earlier and it was used by the residents, including Shelley Winters and Johnny Weissmuller, who once jumped from the roof into the deep end. Other celebrity residents at Peyton Hall included Susan Hayward, George Raft and Janet Gaynor. Cary Grant stayed there during World War II and Claudette Colbert actually owned the complex and sold it in 1946 for about $450,000 to the first of a succession of owners. In 1960, an investment group bought it for $790,000.
Beginning in 1978, preservationists waged a two-year battle to save the landmark complex –but to no avail. Peyton Hall was demolished in the early 1980s and the recently renamed, Vantage Apartments (formerly the Serravella) was built in 1988 and remains there today.
The Vantage Apartments above is the site of the Ralphs-Cudahy-Schenck-Talmadge mansion
Whether you believe in the "jinx mansion" or not is up to the reader—but it makes an interesting story. If you happen be in the neighborhood of the 7200 block of Hollywood Boulevard on Halloween night, do so at your own risk.


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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Is "Pitching To Contact" Helping The Nationals?
This year the Nationals are 3rd in the NL in strikeouts per 9 IP with 8.3 and they have an ERA of 3.21. Last year they were 15th in the NL in strikeouts per 9 IP 6.5 and they had an ERA of 3.58. So it actually seems like they are striking out more batters and their ERA is lower.
This issue came up in April, 2011. See my post Can "Pitching To Contact" Lead To More Scoring? The Twins were supposedly benefiting from it. I was skeptical. Here is what I wrote:
"To look at this, I calculated the batting average and slugging percentage in the AL in 2010 on contact. For contact, I used AB - K + SF. I assumed that sacrifice hits (bunts) and their attempts rarely end up in strikeouts. So in the AL last year when a plate appearance ended in contact, the AVG was .320 and the SLG was .501.
How many runs per game might this lead to? To approximate this, I used the equation
That comes from regression analysis based on the 2007-2009 seasons.
Last year the AL had a leage OBP of .327 and a league SLG of .407. The equation predicts that would lead to a runs per game of 4.44 (it was actually 4.45). But if we used .320 for OBP and used the .501 for SLG, we get 5.44 runs per game. That seems like a big difference.
I am not sure if this approximation works. It would be quite a different game with no walks and the denominator for OBP and SLG is not the same in each case. But even with that said, I am skeptical that pitching to contact (or not trying to cause batters to miss the pitch) is a good idea."
Jeff Sullivan of "Baseball Nation" has a good take on this. See Being Wrong, With The Nationals' Pitching Coach
Baseball Think Factory has an interesting discussion on this. See Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty believes fewer K's equals more W's, and so far so good
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This is very interesting, 'cause it's almost unbelievable that any modern sports writer would claim such a thing. You pick it apart with stats quite easy too.
So you got me lookin' at the Nationals pitching splits right now... and I see that in their 49 W's, they're striking out 9.8 per 9 IP. But in their 34 L's, they're only striking out 6.7 per 9 IP. So, even lookin' at the straight up simple stats, there's just no way any serious journalist could claim that pitching to contact is increasing their winning ways. The Nats should fire McCatty if he believes it is, and get a pitching coach who will make these pitchers strive for better.
- July 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Cyril Morong said...
Great points! Thanks for taking the time to do that analysis and post a comment.
- July 12, 2012 at 5:07 AM
- Millsy said...
I particularly like this quote:
"But they could probably strike out more. A lot more."
I wish they'd let Strasburg strike out more than 11.64 batters per 9. That's quite the counterfactual they have on the current outcomes...
- July 12, 2012 at 7:08 AM
- Millsy said...
Note: The last time two starters finished with 10 strikeouts per 9 IP on the same team was 2003, with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior...
- July 12, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- Cyril Morong said...
Right, like a team 8.3 Ks per 9 IP is not really high. Thanks for dropping by
- July 12, 2012 at 9:27 AM


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Outdoor Expo hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 24.
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Meghan Ciana Doidge is the author of Spirit Binder, the kick off for her Cascadian Chronicles. Meghan dropped by the virtual offices to introduce herself and share some info about her book.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Meghan Ciana Doidge] Hmmm, I'm a writer, knitter, baker, & gardener. I create stories constantly, and must eat chocolate every day or collapse from withdrawal.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Spirit Binder?
[Meghan Ciana Doidge] Spirit Binder is my second novel and the first of my series, the Cascadian Chronicles. I wrote the entire first draft by hand each day until my hand cramped or my shoulder seized. I started with the opening scene and let it carry me into the remainder of the story. Partway through I realized it was going to be an ongoing series, seen through the eyes of different narrators for each book. But, Theo, the main character of Spirit Binder, and the events of the first novel, are the lynch pins.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Meghan Ciana Doidge] I wrote it out and found the story as I wrote. I started with the idea of losing ten years of your life, and waking up to find out you are kind of a big deal, but don't really want to be. The world of Spirit Binder grew up around the character of Theo. It was created to support the idea of her. Then I set it in a location I knew well (because I am blessed to stare at it through my office window everyday) to give it a solid footing.
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by Sebastian Wöber | 15th March 2012
It's been a while since the 1D mark iv successor, the Canon EOS 1DX was announced, 5 months to be exact. Now that the 5D mark III is out does an HDSLR filmmaker still need to spare a second thought on the 1DX? Probably not, these two cameras are extremely similar in terms of HDSLR. Here's a list of features they share: – 30 minute maximum clip length – manual audio control during recording – captive touch wheel for silent audio control – 1080p24/25/30 and 720p50/60, non drop: 23.976,… – enhanced all i-Frames codec with embedded timecode (recrun, freerun) – DIGIC 5+ chip to eradicate the presence of moiré, false colour and other artefacts – full frame sized (36 x 24 mm) sensor And here's what makes the 1D X different from the 5D mk3: – 1D X has a higher lens port – 1D X's lowlight capability seems to be a bit better than the already great mark III's. Vincent Laforet said: 5D mark III "comes second only to the Canon EOS 1Dx camera in low light performance" – 1D X has 2x CF card slots, 5D mark III has 1x CF and 1x SD – 1D X is twice the price – 1D X is missing a headphone port (thanks FRP) Is the image quality or sharpness any better on the Canon 1D X? There are no real life comparisons yet, I doubt it, but you're welcome to disagree in the comments. The 1D X has become available for pre-order here: B&H – $6799 Adorama – $6799Read more
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Those of you who read this blog regularly know that my kids can be challenging. They are challenging in the best possible sense of the word (smart, physical, curious, independent, etc), but our days can be pretty exhausting nonetheless. And when they're being extra defiant or particularly bratty or spilling an entire bowl of popcorn on my couch and then sitting in it, I can lose perspective. I want to scream and sometimes I do. In these moments it's easy to forget that they're really just sweet, innocent babies. My awesome snap-me-back-to-reality solution: Watch a video of when they actually were sweet, innocent babies.
Nick and I watched this clip—filmed when Alex was about two and a half—over and over again the other day. We also showed the kids, who were mesmerized. (Do you remember how fun it was to watch home videos of yourself?!) And it was just what the doctor ordered, the perfect reminder that my kid, while challenging, is just a kid. Yes, Alex is a big kindergartner who gets homework and rides the bus but he's also still that wild and crazy little boy who loved balloons and taxis (love this song, from Nick Jr.!) and being silly. Watching this video made me so happy I cried. He was so cute! He is so cute! It reminded me how fleeting all these difficult popcorn-crunching stages are. How fast it all goes. It also reminded us that we needed to take more videos of Nora—the only one we had to show her involved us oohing and ahhing at her four-month-old self until she puked. Which, actually, was a big hit with the kids. Perhaps I'll post that one next week.
So, do you ever look back at photos or videos of your kids? How does it make you feel? If you're having a rough behavior patch, I highly recommend it. Works wonders for your tolerance!
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Stephen Hancoff papers, 1968-2011 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
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Scope and Contents: The Stephen Hancoff papers (1968-2011; 1 folder) contains typed and written notes of Belle Hancoff's two LSD sessions under the guidance of Walter Pahnke and music therapist, Helen Bonny, as well as a letter from Walter Pahnke to Lewis Hancoff about the status of Belle Hancoff's battle with cancer. Stephen Hancoff also includes with the collection his reflections and response to Alexander Zaitchik's article "Flashback! Psychedelic Research Returns" on Salon.com, which is in the collection.


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Date: November 4, 2013
Contact: Leslie Palma
NEW YORK, NY – Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, welcomed the news that later this week, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will introduce a bill to protect children from abortion starting at 20-weeks of fetal age ("22 weeks of pregnancy" by the LMP measurement). He also described some of the things Priests for Life will do to support that bill.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act has already been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, and has been enacted in 10 states. This legislation identifies the child's ability to feel pain as the relevant state interest in protecting that child from dismemberment by abortion.
"We at Priests for Life have been sounding the alarm about the pain of the child, and the need to end late-term abortion, for the past two decades," Fr. Pavone pointed out. "And for many years we've been distributing the diagram that shows what the dismemberment procedure looks like: http://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/medical/de.jpg.
"We will make sure that every Senate office in Washington is given these diagrams," Fr. Pavone explained. "Moreover, we will urge Senators to become co-sponsors of this bill, will demand action by Senate leadership to allow a vote, and will urge our grassroots supporters to communicate with their Senators.
"We are also asking the public to join us in asking each Senator publicly whether he or she thinks that dismemberment of a child in the final months of pregnancy should be allowed. This project will put each Senator on record whether there is ultimately a vote in the Senate or not. People can indicate that they want to know their Senators' answer to this question at http://www.priestsforlife.org/AskWashington. Then, we will let the Senators know that these people from their own state are joining us in asking that question. Finally, we will publicize their answer — or lack thereof," Fr. Pavone explained.
"Some Senators, of course, will be running for re-election in 2014. If they are not already thinking about fetal pain, they might be forced to do so by considering electoral pain as well," Fr. Pavone concluded.
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Several times in my knitting life, I have been without my precious cable needle and had to improvise. I have used a paper clip, a bobbie pin and yesterday, a golf tee. It was a first... but it worked. Anything fun you've used?
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A golf tee. I love the idea of it.ReplyDelete
Now that's an interesting cable needle! I don't think I've ever been without mine and had to improvise ... yet.ReplyDelete
I love that you used a tee.ReplyDelete
I've used a paper clip too. And a little dpn.
And the old "holding the stitches in my fingers" trick that never did the trick for me.
I might have used a pencil once too. Oh, and a crochet hook. I would recommend none of the above.
Can't wait to see the sweet baby knit!
I learned to cable without the cable needle and have never looked back. I hated cables until I learned how to not use the extra needle.ReplyDelete
Such a cute idea! I love it!ReplyDelete
brilliant! what's that about necessity being the mother of invention? love knitting with cascade, that book looks great and I'm loving your yarn color. have fun!ReplyDelete
how clever! I've had to resort to a stubby little pencil on a very long car ride when my cable needle decided to go undercover. I never did find it!ReplyDelete
Such pretty pink yarn. Smart use of a golf tee!ReplyDelete
I've been knitting at the office (shhh don't tell) and used a pen. I also used paperclips for stitch markers.ReplyDelete
Good idea for a small cable job, and I like the idea of the "stopper"end.ReplyDelete
Ha ha! I'm a total golf fanatic and knitting fanatic, so I really liked your photo!ReplyDelete
I've done that before! Cute with the golf tea.ReplyDelete
I recently resorted to a hair chopstick. It wasn't sharp enough to knit with very well, and my hair was down while I did it, but it served the purpose. I have frequently used knitting needles to hold my hair up when without a hair utensil, but only once gone the other way around! A tee seems like a pretty hand sub.ReplyDelete
I love that book!! I don't usually grab a book off the shelf the minute I see it and buy it, but I did this one! Once home I went through and put one of those skinny post-it tags on pages with items I want to make. I think more have tags than don't. I got side tracked by making Susan B Anderson's "Hello Baby Cardigan and Hat" for a sample in a lys, but must get it out again and try making at least a couple of the items. Am anxious to see what one you chose and the finished item.ReplyDelete
A golf tee..that is clever. We minature golf in this house and I've never seen a minature golf tee so I can't use that idea. Tried using a tooth pick once - you can imagine how that worked. In the end, I learned to do it without the cable needle and sometimes I do that even when I have the cable needle handy!ReplyDelete
HA! Perfect! I love it!ReplyDelete
of course you found something to use...you give us the most wonderful ideas! can't wait to see your little creation for a sweet little.ReplyDelete
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AMC objects to proposed test tower in Cardigan Mountain area
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3 NH towns vote for local control over wind farm projects
— The Appalachian Mountain Club has come out against a proposed second wind-power project in the Newfound Lake-Cardigan Mountain area, saying it would "without question dominate and negatively impact" Cardigan and its views.
The AMC is opposing a $140 million proposal by EDP Renewables of Portugal for a 60-megawatt, 15- to 25-turbine wind-energy project that would be built on a single landowner's leased property in the towns of Groton, Alexandria, Hebron and Orange.
The AMC has issued a letter to the Alexandria Board of Selectmen registering its opposition.
EDP officials met with Alexandria selectmen Feb. 25 to share information needed for the town to permit an 80-meter, or 262½ feet, meteorological tower. The company needs to build so-called "Met" towers in Alexandria and Groton to measure wind speeds, company officials said. The data from the towers would determine the economic viability of the company's proposed Spruce Wind wind-power project.
The AMC acknowledges it is objecting to a proposed test tower, and the 100,000-member club understands that EDP officials say the tower is not a commitment by EDP to the project, only a means of testing wind speeds as an early measure for the project.
But the AMC, which owns and operates the Cardigan Lodge and Reservation in Alexandria, said the Met tower should not be permitted.
It noted that the state is now studying ways of improving its siting guidelines for such projects.
"This is a region of really high significance, this is a region of very special scenic and natural resources for the state," said Susan Arnold, the AMC's vice president for conservation, on Wednesday.
"This project would truly have a significant impact on the Cardigan-Newfound Lake region," she said.
The AMC, which is also opposed to a proposed Wild Meadows wind farm on the southern end of the lake (EDP proposes building on the northern end), notes that it wasn't opposed to the Groton Wind project to the north.
"The proposed application for a met tower is but the first step in the process towards development of a project that would be extremely damaging to scenic resources of major statewide value and historic significance. The decision to permit the met tower will have significant ramifications," the AMC wrote to the selectmen.
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If you spotted my closet, or the jeans, Tshirt, running shoes ensemble I am normally in, you would wonder why I like this program. I do not follow fashions or trends. I think it is a waste of money for a woman to replace her wardrobe each year so that she can be "IN" fashion for a few months.
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May 19. 2013 9:20PM
Search for Goffstown middle school principal continues
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— The search for a principal to lead Mountain View Middle School has been narrowed to one candidate.
Wendy Hastings, currently the assistant principal at Londonderry Middle School, was the top finalist out of six interviewed and 18 total applicants, according to a release issued by the school district.
SAU 19 Superintendent Stacy Buckley, who is leaving the district, said the deal isn't complete yet, however.
The principal search committee will visit Hastings in Londonderry, and is expected to meet with several groups in Goffstown, including staff, students, and the community at a reception on Thursday at the school at 4:15 p.m.
The committee will review community feedback and Hastings will be interviewed by Buckley before the final decision is made.
"It's not a done deal until that process is complete," Buckley said. "There are still quite a few steps left in the process."
Prior to her work in Londonderry, Hastings was a physical education teacher at Goffstown's Villa Augustina School.
If hired, Hastings will replace Jim Hunt, who resigned in March after a controversial tenure, criticized by many for allegedly creating a dysfunctional and hostile work environment for some staff at the school, which houses nearly 900 students in grades five through eight, from Goffstown, New Boston and Dunbarton.
The day after Hunt's resignation, Dunbarton residents voted to discontinue their 40-year relationship with Goffstown, opting instead to educate their middle school and high school students in Bow.
The community meeting before Hastings completes the selection process is a slight departure from regular protocol, said School Board Chairman Dian McCarthy, adding that the board is going to great lengths to choose a candidate that will be a good fit for both the school and the community at large.
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November 06. 2013 5:29PM
Laconia officials continue to investigate suspicious fires
By PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
Laconia officials are investigating several fires since Sept. 22, the first at the Skate Escape, 161 Court St., a 60,000 square-foot building that housed several other businesses including Northeast Electrical Solutions, Little Caesar's Pizza, ABC Fabrication and the linen laundry facility for Lakes Region General Hospital
Man charged in three Laconia arsons
— Police and fire officials continue to investigate a dozen suspicious fires, one that caused close to $2 million in damage, occurring over a six-week period beginning Sept. 22, with the most recent occurring in the early morning hours on Oct. 30.Police Capt. Bill Clary, who is heading the city's investigation, said each blaze is being investigated as a standalone fire; none have yet been linked.
The first fire happened about 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 22 at the Skate Escape, 161 Court St., a 60,000-square-foot building that housed several other businesses including Northern Electric, Little Caesar's Pizza, ABC Fabrication and the linen laundry facility for Lakes Region General Hospital.Fire Chief Ken Erickson said initially the damage was estimated at about $1 million but is expected to climb to about $2 million. Skate Escape, he said, had just moved out of the building.
About 4½ hours later that same morning and about 1,000 feet away, another building caught fire on Bay Street which, Erickson said, firefighters quickly extinguished.Things were quiet in the city until six days later when on Sept. 28 at 2:16 a.m., a fire was reported at Pitman Freight Room, 94 New Salem St., not far from the Laconia police station. Simultaneously, three other fires were reported in a Dumpster, a shed and a fence in an alley within 500 feet of the jazz club.Erickson said initially it was reported that two buildings were on fire because of the blazing Dumpster, which rested against Hector's Restaurant.
"Boy, you fly out of bed when you hear that," Erickson said.Firefighters kept the blaze from damaging Hector's, the chief said.
That same night at 8:48 p.m., the vacant Christmas Island Resort Motel was heavily damaged in another multi-alarm blaze that caused an estimated $600,000 in damage. The motel, Erickson said, was slated to be demolished.Then, about 3 a.m. on Oct. 30, fire struck the Pitman Freight Room for the second time. Repairs had only just been completed and the owners were readying to reopen Halloween night when flames caused another $30,000 in damage. Several other fires were also set that morning in the alley behind the old factory buildings on Water Street.In all, Erickson said there have been 12 separate fires — four of them multi-alarm blazes. All but one of them — the Christmas Island Motel fire — took place between 2 and 3 a.m. in the downtown area of the city. All of the fires are within walking distance of each other.Erickson said in the late 1980s and early 1990s an arsonist caused a series of major fires in the city. And then, he said, they just stopped. No one was ever arrested.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was involved in the investigation into the fire at the Christmas Island Resort Motel. Police, fire and the state Fire Marshal's Office are jointly investigating all of the blazes.Investigators are seeking the public's help in solving the arsons. Anyone with information is asked to call police, fire or the Greater Laconia Crime Line, where calls to 524-1717 may remain anonymous.


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Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMKR) today announced that Ken Joyce intends to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company by the end of 2013, following more than 15 years of service to the Company. The Company's Board of Directors has created a search committee to identify Mr. Joyce's replacement. An executive recruiting firm has been retained to conduct an outside search and also to assist with the assessment of internal candidates.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire Company, I would like to thank Ken for his outstanding leadership and his dedicated service to Amkor," said James J. Kim, Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. "From smartphones and tablets to consumer electronics to networking, Amkor has successfully penetrated the right markets and the right customers under Ken's leadership."
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Mr. Joyce, 65, was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer and named to the Board of Directors in October 2009. Previously, Mr. Joyce served as President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2008, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2008 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from November 2007. Mr. Joyce joined the Company as Vice President and Operations Controller in 1997 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 1999 to November 2007.
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On the 20th and 21st of October, the first ever Gentoo Miniconf was held in the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University in Prague (FIT ČVUT). The event was co-hosted by the local LinuxDays, the openSUSE Conference, SUSE Labs, and the Future Media track, under the common moto "Bootstrapping Awesome!". Over 550 people attended these conferences. In the Gentoo room there were nearly 200 attendees.
The Gentoo Miniconf was also streamed, having approximately 450 online viewers each day. It was the most popular streaming channel, with more than twice the number of viewers than the second most popular channel. There are online recordings available of all the talks from the big rooms. It is worth noting that the Gentoo room was not going to be streamed initially due to multiple factors: not initially being on the ground floor, too few volunteers, lack of recording equipment, etc. Juergen Weigert (video team lead) managed to overcome these problems to get the Gentoo room included in online streaming.
At any given time, at least four talks were being hosted simultaneously in each of the big rooms, plus three to four smaller presentations, workshops and BoFs in smaller rooms. In the Gentoo Miniconf room seventeen talks were hosted by thirteen presenters, as well as a Key Signing Party. Half the talks were split into presentations and workshops, with audience participation. Many interesting discussions occurred during the Q&A session after each talk. Additionally, Gentoo had a nice booth with lots of merchandise including mugs, flyers, stickers and posters, all kindly provided by the Gentoo eV.
The booth was mostly managed by Amy Winston, Jan Pobrislo and Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn, who also did a live installation of Gentoo in two OLPC XO-1.75 devices. The Gentoo room was managed by Pavlos Ratis and Theo Chatzimichos. Dimitris Papapoulios was responsible for the video in that room. The Gentoo Miniconf was organized by Theo Chatzimichos, with much help from the organizers of the other co-hosted conferences, and lots of volunteers. Special thanks to Marissa Fischer for her major contribution to this report.
Videos, slides, pictures and blog posts from attendees can be found in this wiki page.
Gentoo developers at the Gentoo Miniconf.
First row, from left to right: Jorge Manuel B.S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto), Tomáš Chvátal (scarabeus), Magnus Granberg (zorry), Andrea Arteaga (spiros), Ulrich Müller (ulm), Hans de Graaff (graaff), Theo Chatzimichos (tampakrap), Sébastien Fabbro (bicatali), Amy Winston (Amynka), Jeremy Olexa (darkside), Christian Ruppert (idl0r), Vlastimil Babka (caster), Markos Chandras (hwoarang), Panagiotis Christopoulos (pchrist), Alex Legler (a3li), Michal Hrušecký (miska).
Second row: Pavlos Ratis (dastergon), Robin H. Johnson (robbat2), Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn (chithanh), Petteri Räti (betelgeuse), Alec Warner (antarus), Stanislav Ochotnický (sochotnicky), Jan Pobrislo (ccxCZ).
Day Zero
Attendees began arriving in Prague one to two days before the event, and by Friday afternoon most of them were present. They came from many countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, US and Canada. By 17:00, the preparations for the video recording and streaming were finished and had been successfully fully tested, while some of the Gentoo developers started decorating the Gentoo booth.
By 18:00, after receiving the registration badges, the crowd moved slowly towards the welcome party. Interesting discussions and a lot of fun took place, accompanied by beer. The topics were about issues we face every day, and all the hot topics that have happened in the distro lately. Surprisingly, about 20 developers were gathered at the party. Although most of them were tired from their short or long trips, the party ended after approximately 6 hours, leaving scant time to recover some power and get ready for the first day of the event!
Day One
As the last details of the booth preparations were settled, the video team got in position, and the 4-in-1 event began. Vincent Untz, president of the openSUSE Board, made an introductory talk. A few others said words of welcome: Vojtěch Pavlík (SUSE representative, as SUSE was a gold sponsor), Aleš Kučera speaking for Zdeněk Zajíček (who couldn't make it to the event), Executive Secretary of the Goverment Council of Information Society in Prague, and Pavel Tvrdík, Dean of FIT CVUT. (Video)
Agustin Benito Bethencourt was the keynote speaker. Bethencourt is Team Lead of the openSUSE team in SUSE, and a long time member of the KDE eV. The talk was focussed on the increasing interest and involvement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) with community and open source projects. Bethencourt highlighted the needs of an SME. He discussed how an SME contrasts to a large company, and described the process for a community project to approach an SME and fulfill its need to provide valuable solutions. (Video)
The end of the keynote was the beginning of separate, co-hosted conferences, so the Gentoo room filled up. We had higher than expected numbers; there were often people sitting on the stairs or standing in the back of some talks.
Fabian Groffen, Council member, and Robin H. Johnson, Foundation trustee presented a two-part introductory talk. The topic presented two important, decision-making entities for the Gentoo project, the Council and the Foundation. They elaborated on the history and goals of those two entities, and discussed how they work together, and cooperate with other teams to ensure the Gentoo project works fluently on both the technical and bureaucratic sides. (Video, Slides)
Tomáš Chvátal was at the LinuxDays room presenting the Gentoo project and its distribution to the Czech attendees with his talk "Pokud se to hýbe, zkompiluj to!". (Video)
Sébastien Fabbro, member of the Gentoo Scientific project, hosted his talk "gentoo@home". Fabbro presented the problem of having too many combinations when testing packages, creating a lot of work and making it nearly impossible to have good coverage in most cases. He demonstrated a set of tools and solutions that could move the workload of testing into the user's machine and, in addition with clustering solutions, could send results back. (Video, Slides)
Tomáš Chvátal talked about KDE, covering the user side and including a brief introduction of the KDE project itself, plus some of its technologies and innovations. The talk covered the Gentoo KDE team, of which Tomas has been a member for years, and the leader of the project for the past year. We saw the tools that have been developed to cover the complexity and large number of upstream programs and libraries, and provide a good desktop experience to the distro. (Video, Slides)
Alex Legler gave a detailed presentation about the Gentoo Security project, for which he is the team lead. The talk was divided into three parts: how security works in the open source world; the parties that are involved in handling the security issues; and the communication between each other. He expanded on how the Gentoo security team works; the tools they have developed to track the process; and how they rate security issues. He concluded with a presentation of the tools that are available to the users to assess whether their systems are vulnerable to known security issues. (Video, Slides)
Andrea Arteaga presented his GSoC 2011 project, a benchmarking application called Numbench, that can be found in sci overlay (there is already a complaint about the package not being in main tree ). We saw the motivation behind creating this project, the way it works, its webUI, plus some generated plots from it. (Video, Slides)
Jorge Manuel B.S. Vicetto, Release Engineering team member, after the lunch break, presented on Catalyst. Catalyst is the the tool used by the team to build the ISOs and stage3 tarballs. There was an extensive talk on the internals of how it performs, and what the spec files look like. Vicetto presented specs from the production server, used for building the weekly stages. Some examples were prepared so the audience could participate and get a better understanding of the procedure. Vicetto concluded by listing the pros, cons and future plans of Catalyst. There was a small discussion after the talk, with more feedback from the attendees. (Video 1, Video 2, Slides 1, Slides 2)
Fabian Groffen presented a well-written paper, the Gentoo Prefix, about the Gentoo distribution. Groffen discussed its history and first attempts to make it happen, the direction it later took, and its current status. The Prefix team spent a lot of time patching ebuilds tree-wise, and pushing the council for new EAPI changes. Stats showed that the work is close to perfect, and it's getting more and more official without the need of an overlay. The pros of Prefix were presented at the end, which included not needing root privileges; availability of all tools found in a normal Gentoo system, and, of course, the results of a Gentoo system inside any other system. (Video, Slides)
Robin H. Johnson, team leader, coordinated a two-part presentation and discussion on Gentoo Infrastructure. It was one of the highlights of the event. This session was unique, with all six of the active core members standing next to Johnson (although many developers expressed fear as well). They are Jeremy Olexa, Alec Warner, Christian Ruppert, Alex Legler and Theo Chatzimichos. Johnson presented the members of the team; their roles; a few of the services that Gentoo maintains; some of the web applications: mirrors coverage, etc. After that there was a large discussion about various topics, the hot one being the Git migration, which is getting close, but needs more validation checking. (Video, Slides)
Alex Legler presented the last talk of the day, this time wearing his PR hat. This was one of the most interesting talks. After a brief introduction of the Gentoo PR team, and the Gentoo eV, we were presented with the results of the public survey about the Gentoo website. According to the graphs, most people want a change in both the design and the backend, moving from GuideXML to another format, like a wiki. A large discussion with lots of ideas followed, indicating there is much interest in the topic. (Video, Slides)
Social Time
The day had been busy, so it was time to relax. People moved to Club Lavka for the Saturday party. The club is located in the Old City of Prague, next to the Charles bridge. While the location was good, the club itself was highly criticized, due to a lack of communication regarding food distribution. Thus, after a couple of beers, at about 22:00, many people moved to another bar to continue the party. Most of the Gentoo developers ended up in a small, typical, Czech pub nearby, having an awesome time.
Day Two
The second day of the Gentoo Miniconf started at 11:00. The presentations on this day were not centered on the distribution itself, but cover a wider range of Gentoo-related topics.
Robin H. Johnson hosted the first talk of the day, about how a big company, like IsoHunt, uses Gentoo to manage their complex infrastructure. There was a brief introduction to the structure, along with some of their use-cases and solutions. (Video, Slides)
David Heidelberger, from the local community, prepared a nice set of animated slides which was a perfect match with the topic. Graphics cards and drivers along with some of their unique technologies were examined, with comments on how best to get them working on Gentoo systems. Many other graphics technologies were presented, including Wayland, that is going to play a major role in the future of that field. There were also Gentoo-specific tips and tricks on how to get the best gaming experience. (Video, Slides)
Christian Aistleiner talked about the SHA-1, how it works, how it is used in OpenGPG and GnuPG, and how we can use them correctly in order to create and maintain a secure set of keys. This talk was also the opening for the Key Signing Party that happened after the lunch break. Under the guidance of Robin Johnson, around 50 people took part at the Singing Party from all the co-hosted events. (Slides)
Alec Warner and Theo Chatzimichos held a presentation regarding Puppet. First, Starting with a 15-minute presentation from Chatzimichos of the basics, and the problems it solves when managing a large infrastructure. Then Warner presented 15 examples of small snippets of Puppet's declarative language, and the attendees had the opportunity to run them in their systems. Warner presented those examples one at a time, along with commenting and covering various use-cases. (Video, Slides)
It is worth mentioning that ČVUT donated a server to Gentoo. There had been an authentication issue that Robin H. Johnson and Tomáš Kadlec (lead sysadmin at the university) managed to work on together.
Jorge Manuel B.S. Vicetto, with the help of Fabian Groffen and Hans de Graaff, coordinated the next round table discussion. They did a short talk on our QA tools like the tinderboxes, and how they are being used in various occasions, like the internal testsuites of the packages themselves, or the weekly ISOs etc. They raised a few ideas on how to improve QA through automating a lot of testing procedures. There was active participation of the attendees on those ideas, mentioning many additional ideas and tools that could be suited in those needs. (Video, Slides)
Markos Chandras and Tomáš Chvátal had the last presentation of the day, after another small break for the Group Photo. Their talk was split into two parts, first being the recruiting process by Chandras. He also showed statistics of new recruits, and alternative ways to contribute, like Arch/Herd testers and proxy maintainers. Then Chvatal presented a more technical followup. He explained in detail how to write an ebuild, and some of the internals, by working on an existing ebuild, net-dns/knot. It's worth mentioning that there has been even a proper "repoman" commit done live for the audience. (Video, Slides)
That was the last presentation of the event. Theo Chatzimichos called Michal Hrušecký to say a few words about the initial ideas and the preparations of the conference. Then Chatzimichos expressed briefly his thoughts on how this conference was beneficial for the community, and if we should hold another one. Even if the community decides to go for another Miniconf, we still need to evaluate all the pros and cons, gather more feedback, and see what the next one should look like. Clearly, a more hacking-oriented event might be more valuable. (Video)
Social Time
The day ended with another dinner and beer event at a Pub located at the city center. All of the Gentoo developers were present. They had plenty of time to evaluate those two days and discuss a possible next event. It was obvious that everyone had a great weekend, with plenty of meetings and interesting discussions. The dinner was sponsored by the conference budget and IsoHunt.


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Somewhere in Boston I have family.
Somewhere in Boston I have family.
I can't say where, precisely, although I can say with a degree of confidence that it is very likely they live in an Italian neighborhood. I picture it as a few blocks where, in the early morning, the scent of baking bread fills the air, and in the afternoon you might still, occasionally, spot an elderly women dressed all in black, the way only widows of a certain age and disappearing era still do. I imagine a pork store, a couple of tiny restaurants with close-together tables, a schoolyard with a baseball diamond where, right about now, the Little Leaguers are a few rusty games into the season and a long and hopeful summer still stretches out before them.
I have to imagine the neighborhood in which my aunts and uncles and cousins once and twice removed live because my family never visited them, and far as I can remember they never came to see us. We lived in Mamaroneck, and what I do remember is the Italian-American club, where my dad and great-uncle Sam practically lived and where a Yankees game seemed always to be playing on the television above the bar. But they were family, so that means they were like us, so surely their neighborhood was like ours.
My grandmother Angelina and her brother Sam were from a family of four siblings, all born in Mamaroneck, where my grandmother and Sam spent their entire lives. They had a little brother named Anthony who, according to family legend, was jumping on the bed one day even though he knew he wasn't supposed to. Anthony jumped too high, hit his head on the ceiling, and died. (We all kinda look back and wonder if there really was a kid named Anthony, who, sometime between the world wars, died from bed jumping, or if the whole story was something grandma made up to keep us off the beds. It worked.) Anyway, that left a sister, Pat, who somehow ended up in Boston and began a family of her own.
I suppose Angelina and Sam stayed friendly with Pat for a while, but by the time I came along nobody was talking much to anybody unless there was a funeral, in which case they'd all pretend to put up with each other for a few hours. But there'd be rumblings about who got mother's engagement ring and who forgot to send a Communion card, who married somebody nobody else could stand or whose kids were unruly or a little too spoiled. Weird, I know, but I also suspect anybody with relatives knows what I'm talking about. And there was all that distance, both in miles and in years, and the rift grew.
So there was all of that, and then there was the baseball thing.
The New York family lived in Yankee territory; the Boston branch was in Red Sox, and we all know that that kind of delineation sure doesn't help family harmony. Reason enough, really, for everyone to keep a healthy distance, and even more reason for Mamaroneck to always bet against the Sox, for Boston to always put a few dollars in play against the Yankees, and to make winning a little sweeter knowing that Pat's side, or Annie and Sam's, just lost a little money.
So Tuesday night, when the crowd at Yankee Stadium paid tribute to its archrivals by singing Fenway's signature anthem, "Sweet Caroline," I thought about Boston, and that I have family there. We all do.


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Junior guard B.J. Banjo scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the second half, including seven down the stretch, as eighth-seeded East Tennessee State upset the top-seeded and home-standing Chattanooga Lady Mocs, 55-50, in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Kyocera Southern Conference Women's Basketball Championships at Maclellan Gymnasium.
Chattanooga seemed poised to put the game out of reach in the first half, as the SoCon regular season champions opened up a 25-15 lead late in the frame thanks to a decisive 20-to-nine rebounding edge. But ETSU clawed back, closing the half on a 9-0 run to head to the locker room even at 26.
The Lady Mocs regained the momentum early in the second stanza, pulling ahead by nine, 43-34, on a Tiffany Patton lay-up at the 11:06 mark.
Banjo got hot, however, and her three-pointer with just over seven minutes to go pulled the Lady Bucs back into the lead at 47-45. UTC's Katasha Brown responded with a trey of her own one minute later to put the Lady Mocs back ahead by one, but that would be Chattanooga's final field goal of the day.
ETSU nailed six-of-eight free throws over the game's final 2:25 while Chattanooga missed its final eight shots from the floor to seal the outcome.
Overall, UTC made just 33.3 percent (19-of-57) of its field goals but held a 42-to-28 rebounding advantage. The Lady Mocs also struggled from the foul line, converted on just nine-of-18 (50 percent) attempts. ETSU, on the other hand, shot 41.9 percent (18-of-43) from the field and 83.3 percent (15-of-18) from the charity stripe.
ETSU's victory marks only the second time in tournament history that a number eight seed has topped a number one seed. The Lady Bucs also accomplished that feat in 1997, as they downed top-seeded Furman.
In addition to Banjo's 18 points, ETSU also benefited from 15 points by Nichelle Akers and an 11-point, 10-rebound performance by Candace Gibson.
Chattanooga (24-4) was led in scoring by Tiffani Roberson, who poured in 18 points, while Tiffany Patton recorded her third consecutive double-double with 11 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
With the win, ETSU (13-16) advances to face Georgia Southern, the tournament's number five seed, at noon Friday in the semifinal round at McKenzie Arena.
East Tennessee State Head Coach Karen Kemp
"This was one of the biggest wins in ETSU history. I'm so proud of our team, as they were very determined. Our focus the whole time has been that this is our tournament."
On SoCon Player of the Year, Tiffani Mayes, fouling out with just two points:
"Everyone keys on Tiffani so we needed someone else to step up. Fortunately, they did."
Chattanooga Head Coach Wes Moore
"Looking back, we maybe should've gone to the post more. They were scoring for us. I'll have to reevaluate myself and the game later."


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In a conversation with the Philadelphia media after he was officially named the Chiefs' head coach, Andy Reid reflected on his long tenure coaching the Eagles without criticizing anyone — and without expressing regret for his most controversial decision.
Cautiously avoiding doling out blame for his final two disappointing seasons, Reid said that the decision to move offensive line coach Juan Castillo to defensive coordinator before the 2011 season may not have worked out, but that doesn't mean he was wrong to try it.
"I don't regret that decision at all," Reid said of promoting Castillo, via Philly.com.
Maybe Reid is speaking as someone who tries to view every decision that fails as a learning experience, and therefore doesn't feel any regrets over any decisions he made. But the reality is that Reid's decision to move Castillo from offense to defense didn't work, and when Reid fired Castillo during the 2012 season, he was acknowledging that he made the wrong call.
Nevertheless, Reid still respects Castillo and is expected to offer him a job on the Chiefs' coaching staff. Reid may say he has no regrets about making Castillo his defensive coordinator, but it should go without saying that the job Reid gives Castillo in Kansas City will be coaching offense.


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The Walrus Says
One of our delights during the summer months is sitting on our deck observing the antics of the hundreds of birds flying in and out of the feeders and later watching in wonder as the night sky evolves into millions of tiny lights.
Add to that visual delight the quiet sounds of a banjo and singing emanating from my neighbor's backyard. We have never seen the performance because the property line is lush with honeysuckle and other clingy plants blocking the view. After a little investigation we discovered that that the source of these sounds is not a novice.
Cindy Peloquin, for more than 20 years, was a member of the highly acclaimed Wickford Express and in addition to being a vocalist, plays a 100-year-old 5-string banjo, double bones, concertina, guitar, pennywhistle, spoons and the bodhran.
Several years ago she suffered a life-altering onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which ended forever her performing career and any thoughts of returning to the rigors of touring. "Devastated, I sought refuge and healing - I moved to Jamestown," she told us.
Her ailment doesn't seem to have slowed her down much. We asked Cindy what she has been doing since leaving Wickford Express. This is what she told us:
"That was four years ago. Since moving to the island, I've kept a pretty low profile, enjoyed living the quiet life. Which is, of course, to say that I've been busy exploring new pursuits, fulfilling dreams and realizing new directions for my creative forces. As a photographer, I have enjoyed successful exhibitions with the island's art association. As a writer, I am completing a project on New England Lighthouses and serve as a docent at Beavertail Light. As a lay-historian, I have spent over 30 years researching and documenting New England's fishing industry, worked as a commercial fisherman, and am now working on the manuscript that will bring it all together. As a musician and singer, my struggle with RA has put me into semi-retirement. The banjo gets a little dusty, the fingers don't move as quickly or accurately as they used to, and the vocal chords can get a little scratchy - all of that is true. So now I sing and play for me, for my own pleasure, for my grandchildren, for the impromptu backyard soiree, and for the kindly neighbors who listen quietly and even, occasionally, applaud and call out requests."
This past summer, on some evenings, all the stars weren't in the heavens.
Where did Lucky Strike Green go?
Rosemary Enright of the Jamestown Historical Society says that this coming weekend is the last that the Jamestown Museum will be open before closing for the winter. It's the last chance for islanders to see the "School Days!" exhibit. "We have lots of photographs from the Clarke School and would love help in identifying the children in the pictures," Rosemary said.
Dave Volpe has resigned as scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 1 and the troop's committee is searching for someone to replace him. Jim Archibald, chairman of the troop's committee, said the action was due to "new developments with his business which will make it impossible to commit to the time necessary to satisfy the responsibilities as scoutmaster."
Dave has been scoutmaster for the past four years and spent the previous four years as a member of the troop committeee, most of the time as chairman. "We should all step up and give three cheers for Dave. His leadership and continued assistance with our scouts, past and present, will not go unnoticed," Jim said. Anyone who feels he would like to work with these great kids can e-mail Jim at firstname.lastname@example.com or jamesarch@ cox.net. You can reach him by phone at 423-3094 or on his cell, 265-2698.
Dave will continue to serve as scoutmaster until his replacement is found and then work with him to ease the transition.
On that note, the newly elected and appointed troop leaders with whom the new scoutmaster will be working are:
Senior Patrol Leader, Danny Bailey; Asst. Senior Patrol Leaders, Hayden Maclean and Tom Munro; Patrol Leaders, Michael Brendlinger and Jimmy Perry; Scribe, Nathaniel Hopkins; Quartermaster, Eric Archibald; Historian/Librarian, Cam Toppa; Chaplin Aide, Ben Normand; Instructor, Josh Nolan; Den Chief, Chris Waterman; and Junior Asst. Scoutmaster Brian Volpe.
This from Bob and Sue Harvey - What was the name of the husband and wife duo who were regulars on the Garry Moore Show in the mid-50s?
And, a poser from Priscilla Brogie, "Enjoy your column especially the bits of long-ago songs. They haunt me all week and at any given time you could hear me hum trying to get the rest of the lyrics. What about.... treat me like a worn out shoe."
Kudos to the highway department for the new crosswalk in front of the Hunt Block. It replaces the one in front of the Rec Center that was dangerously too close to the curve carrying north bound traffic on Conanicus Avenue. The only down side is we lose another parking space at East Ferry. Are handicap ramps on order for the new crossing?
Today is the 60th wedding anniversary of Ed and Irene Silvia of Walcott Avenue. Their son, Ed, reports that his sister, Charleen Waters of Washington, Georgia, is on the island to join in this very special occassion. Ed said, "It's certainly a milestone in life that not too many couples get to experience and I'm so grateful that we'll all be together as a family to celebrate it!"
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TAFTON - In anticipation of Mother Nature's cooperation the Annual Ice Tee Golf Tournament presented by the Pocono Lake Region Chamber of Commerce is set to take place on Sunday, January 26, 2014
TAFTON - In anticipation of Mother Nature's cooperation the Annual Ice Tee Golf Tournament presented by the Pocono Lake Region Chamber of Commerce is set to take place on Sunday, January 26, 2014, with an alternate date of Sunday, February 9th scheduled. The trees outline the two 9-hole golf courses on frozen Lake Wallenpaupack!
Christmas trees can be dropped off at Ehrhardt's parking lot, by the designated sign, to the rear of the lot.
Major sponsors to date are Ehrhardt's Waterfront and Crystal Cabin Fever plus music and entertainment courtesy of DJ Billy O's Emerald Entertainment!
The Ice Tee Golf Tourney is once again based from Ehrhardt's Waterfront, on Lake Wallenpaupack, Route 507, Tafton, 2 miles east of Hawley. The cost is just $20 per golfer in advance and $25 at the door!
Reserve tee times between 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., in 10 minute intervals.
The awards ceremony follows at approximately 3 p.m. The event includes the traditional "Closest to Wally" driving contest and a full-service bar from Sculpted Ice Works Inc. Golfers need to bring one putter and two other clubs of choice.
Colored golf balls will be provided at registration; course assignments and score cards on the ice.
Tee/hole sponsorships are available for $75 and prize donations are currently being accepted as well.
Mark the calendar to attend the 12th Annual Chili Wing Cook Off scheduled for Sunday, March 2nd, also at Ehrhardt's Waterfront! Just $20 per person to taste and judge! Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event. Enjoy entertainment, great food and fun for all!
Additional information and entry forms for the Ice Tee Golf Tournament and Chili / Wing Cook Off are available from the Pocono Lake Region Chamber of Commerce at 570-226-3191 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
On behalf of Officers, Directors, and Staff, Happy Holiday's!