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Based on the 2012 numbers so far, many of you will be retiring soon. The Office of Personnel Management projected it would receive 8,000 retirement claims in August. The agency actually received 8,973. OPM projected 7,000 claims would be filed in September, but the final count was 11,952. The October numbers will be out soon. OPM projected 7,000, but . . . we'll see. (If you're interested, OPM's monthly reports are filed here.)
So, if you're one of the thousands of federal employees who are planning to retire at the end of 2012 -- OPM projects 21,000 claims will be filed in January 2013 -- then it's time to start the application process.
Retirement Application
You'll have to complete Civil Service Retirement System Form SF 2801 or Federal Employees Retirement System Form SF 3107. (Both are available here.)
Here are some things to keep in mind as you complete the application:
- Agencies would like you to turn in these forms to a retirement specialist in your human resources office at least 30 days before your planned retirement date. Larger organizations prefer a 60-90 day time frame. This is in your best interest so that the HR portion of the application process can take place prior to your retirement. Your payroll office can't complete the process until you've actually left federal service, since it has to send in payroll information such as your final accounting of leave and your retirement contributions record.
- If you have questions about filling out the forms, contact your HR retirement specialist for assistance. Some agencies will provide telephone -- or in some cases, in person -- counseling for this purpose. If you are married, include your spouse in these discussions.
- If you don't know who the retirement specialist is in your organization, check the employee page of your agency's website or contact your headquarters-level agency benefits officer to find out whom you should contact. Here's a directory of such officers.
- If you're retiring at the end of 2012, look back at my Best Dates to Retire 2012 column for tips on choosing a specific date.
- Be sure to fill out your forms legibly and with no erasures or mistakes. These forms will be read by a human, not a computer. The easier they are to read, the quicker they will be processed.
- All applicants have to make a survivor election in Section F of the SF 2801 or Section D of the SF 3107, regardless of whether they are married, widowed, divorced or single. If you're married and you choose less than the full survivor annuity, spousal consent must be provided. You'll have to complete an additional form that is included in the application called Spouse's Consent to Survivor Election. This form must be notarized.
- Make a copy of all retirement forms to keep in your records.
Thrift Savings Plan
If you're planning to take a withdrawal from your TSP account after you retire, wait a minimum of 30 days after your separation. This will allow time for your agency to notify the TSP that you are no longer a federal employee and are eligible to make a withdrawal.
Here are a few important TSP resources:
To make the withdrawal application easier and more accurate, when you're ready to request your withdrawal, log into "My Account" on the TSP website and click on the "Withdrawals" link on the menu. You will need your 8-character password and your TSP account number (or user ID). You will be able to click on the partial withdrawal link (if you are eligible) and a full withdrawal link. Each link takes you to an easy program that will lead you step-by-step through the withdrawal process and will help you avoid mistakes that could cause your form to be delayed or rejected.
Social Security
The Social Security Administration offers an online retirement application that you can complete in as little as 15 minutes. There's no need to drive to a local Social Security office or wait for an appointment with a Social Security representative. In most cases, once your application is submitted electronically, you're done.
You also can contact Social Security toll-free at 1-800-772-1213. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tell the representative which type of benefits you wish to apply for: retirement, spouses, Medicare, disability, Supplemental Security Income or survivors.
If you would prefer to visit your local Social Security office, here's a list of office locations.
You can apply for benefits up to four months before you want your benefit to begin. You must be at least 61 years and 9 months old to apply for Social Security retirement benefits for yourself.
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- Jan 23:
- Letting the Lot 4 question go before the voters is the right move
- Jan 22:
- Lot 4 petition validated by Estes Park clerk
- Jan 15:
- Lot 4 open space petition awaiting validation
- Lot 4 open space petition awaiting validation
- Jan 8:
- Estes Park Medical Center CEO happy with trustee vote
- Jan 7:
- Estes Park trustees approve Lot 4 contract
- Jan 2:
- Lot 4 goes back before Estes trustees
- Dec 30:
- Proposed Anschutz Wellness Center in Estes Park in line with Gov. Hickenlooper's vision for Colorado
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- Lot 4 question moves forward as Estes Park groups turns in petition
There has been a lot of talk regarding the need for a plan to preserve open spaces in the Estes Park area.
Yet, after nearly three years of meetings, discussions, and surveys, the town is no closer today to developing a set of guidelines for selling, preserving, or purchasing undeveloped property within the town limits.
In these times, that's hard to understand.
Larimer County began an open space program in 1995. Boulder County has one. So does Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley and Windsor.
The question remains: Why doesn't Estes Park?
"We think the people of Estes Park are interested in maintaining open spaces," said Don Sellers, a member of the Association for Responsible Development, a local group that has pushed for an open space plan for several years.
There seems to be some merit to Sellers' assertion.
A citizen survey was conducted in 2011. Of the nearly 580 respondents, 77 percent said they felt that preservation of open space was either essential or very important. And, nearly half - 49 percent - said they would be willing to fund the preservation of open space with additional sales taxes for fees.
With that information in hand, ARD hosted an Open Space Forum at Town Hall in January 2012. The panel consisted of representatives from Larimer County, Town of Estes Park staff, and the Estes Valley Land Trust.
At the end of the well-attended forum, a request was made for the town to consider an open space/natural resource preservation plan.
After some additional talks, it was discovered that the town did not have a current database inventory of all town property. ARD members took it upon themselves to develop a searchable database.
After completing the database in early 2013, ARD members submitted to the town some suggestions for prioritizing some non-developed, town-owned properties for sale and ranked those they believed should be strongly considered for preservation.
To help facilitate this, Estes Park Town Administrator Frank Lancaster authored a draft policy called the "Town Board Policy Governance for the Ownership of Real Property in Estes Park."
Its stated purpose was "to provide guidance for the retention, acquisition, and disposal of real property owned by the Town of Estes Park."
The draft policy suggested that the town had a right to own real property for: town buildings, utilities, recreation facilities, employee housing, transportation and mobility infrastructure, and protection of environmentally sensitive areas, view sheds, open space, and wildlife corridors.
The draft policy also outlined how the town may wish to acquire or retain property for future use and a procedure to follow when disposing of property.
Lancaster brought the draft governance policy to the board during a study session on July 23, 2013.
From the outset, the board seemed split on the draft policy.
Mayor Pro-Tem Eric Blackhurst pointed out that the town has held property in the past with no defined use and eventually developed into a park. Therefore, he didn't see a need for a policy to define property use.
Trustee Wendy Koenig said having such a policy would limit the board's decision and future boards should be provided the latitude to determine the criteria used in making decisions on the purchase or sale of property in the future.
Trustee Mark Elrod, however, said a policy would make it clear to the citizenry as to how the town determines the retention, purchase/acquisition and disposal of real property owned by
the governing body.
Trustee John Ericson said the town should be proactive in the management of town-owned properties, dispose of properties that are not needed, and use proceeds for projects.
In the end, the board essentially said it wasn't interested in a property policy but did request that Lancaster come back with some values for each property and recommendations regarding some of the properties.
Lancaster confirmed before Christmas that a follow-up discussion has been tentatively scheduled for the Jan. 28, 2014 study session.
Whether or not it will lead to anything is uncertain.
"It was kind of a mixed message," Lancaster said. "I don't think it's a done deal yet. I will make them a list of properties to keep or do something with. They may still want to go with a policy. It's still kind of unclear."
Tom Gootz, one of many outspoken open space advocates, brought the open space issue up again last Monday night as the town board took public comment on an ordinance to sell Lot 4 of the Stanley Historic District for the development of a proposed $15 million wellness center.
Gootz reminded the board of its indifference toward efforts to develop an open space policy.
"I'm here to reiterate our disappointment," Gootz said.
Gootz, who is a member of Friends of Lot 4, a group which would like to preserve Lot 4 with a conservation easement, also told the board that the public perception of his group may not be fully understood. He said his group isn't against development and isn't opposed to the wellness center. He thinks the wellness center is a good idea - just not where it's being proposed.
"This is a very important view corridor," Gootz said. "I urge you to preserve this view corridor at the Stanley Hotel."
The board later approved a contract on a 6-0 vote to sell the Lot 4 property to Stanley Hotel owner John Cullen. Final approval will be needed by voters during an April 1 election.
An interesting side note to all this is that Friends of Lot 4 have turned in a citizen-initiated petition to the town clerk for signature verification. The petition contains an ordinance that is seeking a conservation easement on Lot 4 to limit development.
If there are enough valid signatures, then the citizen measure will go before voters on April 1 as well.
It could be the first of many development vs. open space showdowns.
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Pioneer Launches Club Sound Systems
Pioneer and sub-brand TAD's sound engineers have been creating high-quality audio for many decades and, with Pioneer DJ's expertise in the pro-DJ market, the move into club sound systems is a natural progression.
Pioneer partnered with Gary Stewart of Gary Stewart Audio (GSA), whose sound systems have roused clubbers in the world's most iconic venues, including Singapore's Zouk and Club Vertigo in Costa Rica. The team partnered with Powersoft to provide high-performance amps that maximised the potential of the system.
Pioneer's flagship speaker series includes two series of passive speakers, GS-WAVE series and XY series, the combination of which is versatile enough to suit a wide variety of installations. GS-WAVE are dance floor stacks with wide dispersion, designed to deliver sonic clarity and high SPL across the whole frequency range.
The XY series is more compact in size. Designed for use as DJ booth monitors or as PA speakers in smaller rooms, the XY series offers a wide array of rigging options for installation. The whole system is supported by Powersoft K-Series DSP amplifiers, which come with pre-set data to maximise the performance of the speakers.
"We're installing the flagship sound system in a number of world-famous clubs in Ibiza and beyond, including a complete club re-fit, which we'll be announcing in the coming weeks," said Pioneer's Alex Barrand, the sound engineer behind the Ministry of Sound London's sound system upgrade in 2008.
Key features
GS-WAVE series featuring GSA technology
The ultimate club system, the three-meter tall GS-WAVE floor stack delivers a warm, solid sound you can feel. Features:
XY series of in-fill speakers
Designed for use as monitors or in bars and lounges, the high power XY series in-fill range features:
Powersoft K-series amplifiers for optimum performance
Chosen for their high-performance and compact build, the amps feature:
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This is my first attempt at a blog so please be kind. My name is Jeffrey Butler and I have been a season ticket holder since the Fire's inception at Soldier Field back in 1998.
Back then I stood in Section 8 with a bunch of passionate fans. Now I sit in the terrace but sometimes I join those fans nowadays on road trips.
My first road trip was in 1999 to Columbus. I rode with Chris Costello and my son to the match. I don't recall if there was a bus but I don't believe so. The Crew stuck us all in one section in the corner of the stadium to keep us out of trouble. Ironically now that is where their supporters sit. We won that match and Chris got jabbed with a lit flare that burned a hole in his jersey. Even then we had trouble with burning objects!
This year's first road trip is May 7 and Section 8 is running two buses. One is an early bus that left this morning. The other leaves Friday night which is when the first one will arrive. I left on the early bus so I could spend an extra night in Toronto, which is one of my favorite cities.
The first time I was in Toronto for a soccer match was 1981. The Fire's predecessor, the Chicago Sting played in the Soccer Bowl against the New York Cosmos. My wife and I flew up for the game along with quite a few other fans from Chicago. The Sting won in a shootout after the match finished tied at the end of regulation time. I must admit I was one of the fans that celebrated the victory by jumping over the metal fence onto the field at the end of the game. I remember the Cosmos cheerleaders running in the other direction. They had probably heard about the crazy fans from Chicago and were just anxious to get out of harm's way!
Probably the best thing about road trips, especially one that is an eight hour ride to Toronto, is a the camaraderie and the bonding that occurs. You go to an away game figuring the Fire is going to lose due to the fact most teams win at home. So the motivation for going on the road with your team is primarily to see a new city and have fun. If the Fire win -- even better. I see many of the same people at home games also but being together in the same vehicle for such a long time helps develop relationships. I met a good friend, Pola on a trip to Columbus a few years ago. Now both she and her husband Don are going to Toronto on the same bus as I am. We'll probably go out for dinner tonight and I wouldn't be surprised if other people on our bus joined.
If you've never gone on a road trip with the Fire Supporters, try one. We go to Kansas City May 15 and Columbus on July 3. Once you have gone on a road trip you'll be looking at the Fire schedule, excited for the next one!


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L-Sit is a powerful gymnastic basic. Gymnasts pass through the L-sit a few times during a routine as a transitional movement. It is a demonstration of strength, stability and virtuosity.
Regular gymgoers can utilize this gymnastic tool to provide some valuable skill transfer to their own fitness.
Most gyms have some equipment to perform L-sits on. I like jump boxes because they are available most of the time. Some gyms may have parallel bars or a roman chair with a parallel bar setup. You could even use parallettes or gymnastic rings. At home you could use some Perfect Pushup bars found at most retailers with a home fitness section.
L-sits are a good body-weight exercise that transfers well to other movements. The shoulder stability and core strength will take you far. It also teaches you to be aware of your spinal positioning. As the old saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. Since the spine is behind you it often gets forgotten. The L-sit can help address many issues by focusing on its requirements.
The first requirement is the hip positioning. The hips should be under the shoulders between the arms. Watching the hips tells me whether the athlete is holding the position correctly. If the hips are forward or backward in relation to the arms, the back is not tight or the shoulders are not in the correct position. Having a tight back locks all the moving parts of the back into one solid piece. Like an armadillo has protective plates that adjust as it moves, they also become a hard protective shell to protect it from predators.
Contracting the back protects the body and primes it for movement.
The shoulders need to be externally rotated to put the joint capsule in a strong, stable and safe position. In short, the verbal cue is to have the athlete turn the elbow bends of the arms forward. As a trainer, if I can't see elbow bends then I know the shoulder is working too hard in the wrong position.
The legs need to be straight and the ankles above the hip crease. This makes sure the hip flexors aren't overloaded and the stress is assisted by the quads and the rest of the core musculature.
Head position needs to be looking straight. If the athlete is looking down, the spine is not straight and the body will not allow for the maximal distribution of strength to execute the movement. Essentially you'll work harder than you have to.
All these technique specifics help the body efficiently perform the L-sit. If the body defaults to its own structure to hold itself up, then the muscles do very little. Imagine the Eiffel Tower. Structurally, it is most stable as it stands, upright. Sure, it might even support weight if it were laid on its side. But trying to balance it upside down would prove futile. Having a loose back and unstable shoulders is like trying to stand a structural masterpiece upside down or on its side.
Some people find it difficult to perform L-sits. The wrists hurt or they can't seem to get the legs high enough without the hamstrings or low back hurting.
If your wrists hurt, try this movement on some parallel bars, P-bars, or some Perfect Pushup bars. Some find it comfortable to place the hands on the front of the boxes so the fingers are still facing forward but are able to bend at the front of the box.
Tight hamstring sufferers may find this movement difficult as well. If the hamstrings are overly tight, it will make raising the toes over the hip crease difficult and uncomfortable. Mobilize the hamstring to get the most out of the L-sit and just work on the modification in the meantime.
Chris Huth is a Las Vegas trainer. He can be reached at email@example.com. If you are a Las Vegas trainer and want to share your love of fitness as a guest coach, please contact him. Consult your physician before beginning any exercise program.


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Katie McQuaid's Scene in Manchester: Fall brings brisk lineup of great fundraising eventsBY KATIE McQUAID
September 15. 2013 8:14PM
It's time to open up your calendar and grab your checkbook. The fall season means fundraisers in Manchester, and The Scene's email box has been overwhelmed with events from nonprofits that are doing lots of good work in our community. There are awards to be given, networking to do, and fun to be had. Here we go.
Tour of the town
Aurore Eaton with the Manchester Historic Association sends information about a tour of "Manchester's fashionable North End" this Sunday featuring six fascinating historical properties and a walking tour. The tour will explore the history and architecture of the neighborhood, which was the home of many of the city's most prominent families. It includes two mansions that have been converted for office use, three private homes, and a church campus that features the 1908 Manning House. Attendees will learn about the people who built these structures and contributed to the history of Manchester.
Ticket holders may tour the interior of the properties at their own pace, in any order they wish, from noon to 5 p.m. The guided walking tour will begin at Brookside Church at 12:30 p.m. To order tickets in advance for $20, call 622-7531. Tickets can also be purchased at the church for $25 the day of the event.
For more information, visit www.manchesterhistoric.org.
Good Samaritans
Pastoral Counseling Services is holding its 18th annual Good Samaritan Awards on Oct. 1. The honorees, chosen for going above and beyond in their contributions to the community, include W. Stephen McMahon from Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Sue Corby of English for New Americans, Lillye Ramos Spooner of Greater Manchester Aids Project, Rev. Joseph Gurdak of St. Anne–St. Augustin Parish, and Karen Cuneo from Wings & Hooves Therapeutic Riding.
Pastoral Counseling Services offers counseling from its offices at Brookside Church on North Elm Street. It's a wonderful organization that also partners with other nonprofits to offer stress management techniques to under-served and at-risk populations. Money raised at the Good Samaritan Awards goes to assist people who cannot afford counseling.
The evening starts at 5 p.m. at the Manchester Country Club in Bedford. Tickets are available for $65 by contacting Marcia Burns at email@example.com or 627-2702, Ext. 142.
NH Rocks
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so you are sure to see lots of pink and related fundraisers in the days ahead, including the local American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk here in the Queen City on Sunday, Oct. 20.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Milford's Jules Loehr about a day-long concert she is planning for Sunday, Oct. 6, at Milly's Tavern in Manchester. Proceeds from the NH Rocks for a Cure concert will go to Loehr's Making Strides team as well as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Loehr said she is a breast cancer survivor and a lover of music who has organized smaller fundraising concerts in the past. This year she decided to "go big or go home."
Nine bands and musicians will play from noon to 10 p.m. amid raffles, silent auctions and kid-friendly activities provided by the Manchester Monarchs, the NH Balloon Man, and the New England Brethren of Pirates. You may even get to walk the plank.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door. For more information check out the event Facebook page or contact Loehr at email@example.com
Camp Allen comedy
Camp Allen's 3rd annual Night of Comedy will be held Oct. 11 at The Yard Restaurant in Manchester. The evening starts at 6 p.m. with a cash bar, appetizers, raffles and auctions.
The comedy show, featuring Boston comedians Robbie Printz, Rob Steen and Jody Sloane, begins at 8 p.m. But I would definitely get there to participate in the auction, which includes Southwest Airlines tickets, Disney World Park Hopper passes, sports memorabilia and other get-aways.
Tickets are a steal at $30 and are available by contacting Camp Allen at 622-8471 or emailing Mary Constance at firstname.lastname@example.com or Gary Hamer, event chair, at email@example.com.
Mental health celebration
Congratulations to Ellie Cochran of Manchester and Bedford's Wayne Williams for awards they will receive from The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester recognizing their contributions to mental health care in New Hampshire. Awards will be given at the organization's annual celebration benefit dinner on Monday, Oct. 28, at the Derryfield Country Club.
In addition to the awards, an incredible story of hope and healing will be shared by guest speakers Maj. Gen. Graham (Ret.) and his wife, Carol, who lost two sons, both soldiers. One son was lost to war and one to suicide. The Grahams have dedicated their lives to sharing their story as advocates for suicide prevention and mental health.
Tickets for the 6 p.m. event are $85 each.
NH365.ORG Event of the Week
I had my fill of baklava that George Copadis from the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral brought to our offices last week, but I am already craving more. Copadis knows that one taste of Greek pastry is going to bring me in for more — much more — at this weekend's Glendi. And while I am at the Hanover Street church's annual celebration, I might as well try a little lamb, pastichio, dolmades, spinach pita, and loukoumades.
The celebration, which also includes kids' activities, bounce houses, a petting zoo, live music, dancing, raffles and shopping, is Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
I have a pair of free meal tickets for the first person to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you have an interesting item for Scene in Manchester, write to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government approved a horse slaughter plant in Iowa on Tuesday, its second such move in four days, but it also renewed its appeal to Congress to ban the business and was hit by a lawsuit from animal welfare groups.
In a statement, the U.S. Agriculture Department said it was required by law to issue a "grant of inspection" to Responsible Transportation of Sigourney, Iowa, because it met all federal requirements. USDA will also be obliged to assign meat inspectors to the plant.
"The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter," the USDA said in a statement. "Until Congress acts, the department must continue to comply with current law."
An application from a Missouri company was also expected to win approval this week.
Valley Meats in Roswell, New Mexico, on Friday became the first horse plant to clear the USDA review process since a ban on horse slaughter ended in 2011.
Five animal welfare groups filed suit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to overturn the approvals, saying the Agriculture Department did not conduct environmental reviews before acting. The groups say horses are given medications not approved for livestock so the waste products of slaughter plants may include pollutants.
"America is the original home of the horse and has never been a horse-eating culture," said Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom, one of the litigants. "Horses have been our companions, fought battles with us, worked sun-up to sundown by our sides ... we will not abandon them now."
Horse meat cannot be sold as food in the United States, but it can be exported. The meat is sold for human consumption in China, Russia, Mexico and other countries and is sometimes used as feed for zoo animals.
Nearly 159,000 horses were exported from the United States to Canada and Mexico during 2012, most likely for slaughter, officials said.
Congress effectively banned horse slaughter in 2006 by saying the USDA could not spend any money to inspect the plants. Without USDA inspectors, slaughterhouses cannot operate.
The ban had been extended a year at a time as part of USDA funding bills, but the language was omitted in 2011.
Lawmakers may vote in coming weeks on horse slaughter as part of its work on Agriculture Department funding. In addition, two freestanding bills would ban horse slaughter and the export of horses for slaughter.
Groups have argued for years whether a ban on slaughter would save horses from an inhumane death or cause owners to abandon animals they no longer want or cannot afford to feed and treat for illness.
It was not known how soon Valley Meats or Responsible Transportation would begin operation. A spokesman for Responsible Transportation was not immediately available for comment.
Responsible Transportation said on its website that there are 90,000 to 100,000 unwanted horses in the United States annually.
"We believe it is our responsibility to restore the value of the horse industry," it said.
Reporting by Charles Abbott; editing by Ros Krasny, Leslie Adler, G Crosse


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The Lumia 920 is being picked up for just £399 (excluding £10 top-up) at EE stores on PAYG (Pay As You Go), according to a thread on the Hot UK Deals website. The Nokia Windows Phone is bundled with a wireless charging plate and while being locked to EE's realm of magic, it's at least £100 cheaper than purchasing the device unlocked at retailers.
As stated above this deal is available at EE stores (not online) and it's noted in the comments on the Hot UK Deals website that even a Virgin Mobile SIM plays ball with a Lumia 920 bought through this offer. Should you pop into a store and decide to purchase the Lumia 920, be sure to have the wireless charger scanned with the device, which will then knock down the price of the accessory to nil.
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" A lot of people make sports stars out to be some kind of heroes. But if you ask me, people who don't seek the limelight and risk their personal safety – perhaps even their lives – to save people they don't know … that separates them as the real heroes." –Officer Lou Gregoire, Gwinnett County Police Department, outside Atlanta, Georgia
Today, Officer Lou Gregoire is a police helicopter pilot in Gwinnett County – a job in an elite aviation unit that allows him to quickly come to the rescue of fellow officers in any number of bad situations. He's probably been instrumental in saving more than a few lives and removing a slew of criminals from the streets over the years.
Yet he would never have gotten the chance to do any of that if a truck driver named David Zorn hadn't stepped in to save Gregoire's life eight years ago during a traffic stop gone horribly, brutally wrong.
Back in 2000, Zorn – driving an 18-wheeler for the now-defunct Consolidated Freightways on U.S. Interstate 85 in Norcross, Ga., on the outskirts of Atlanta – spotted Gregoire under attack by a man stopped for suspicion of driving while intoxicated
Unbeknownst to Zorn, the man beating on Gregoire was a physical trainer at the local YMCA. The fight had gotten so bad that Gregoire tried resorting to deadly force – yet his Smith and Wesson semi-automatic pistol locked up because the clip ejected during the struggle. Even worse, police backup for Gregoire wasn't immediately available because all the other officers had been tied up with two shootings and three bar brawls in the area. Dozens of motorists had slowed down to look at the scene as the beleaguered officer fought for his life, but they quickly drove on – leaving Gregoire to whatever fate awaited him.
"The whole time I was fighting him, he kept telling me, 'I'm not going to jail…you're making me kill you…since you're not letting me go, I'm going to have to kill you,'" Gregoire said recently in recalling the incident. He found out later that the same man had assaulted an officer and escaped during a similar DUI stop nearly a year earlier.
Gregoire's attacker had him pinned on the ground when Zorn arrived – and when Gregoire's assailant got a look at the 6-foot, 2-inch, 250-pound truck driver coming at him brandishing a large flashlight, he fled. But like a blitzing linebacker, Zorn pursued and caught up to the man – pinning him firmly to the ground until additional police officers finally reached the scene. Gregoire's assailant eventually received a 10-year prison term for the incident.
Zorn, who is now working as a regional driver for Yellow Transportation, still has a hard time seeing himself as a hero. Rather, he looks at himself as someone who was angry that no one else would stop to help a police officer in trouble. "I guess it was the way I was raised – you help people when they're in trouble," he recently said.
For his heroism, Zorn won the Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award in 2000. More importantly, though, is how that recognition changed his life in trucking – especially among his peers.
"Before this incident, I had been driving trucks for 12 years feeling somewhat disconnected from society. You know, it's just the nature of the job since trucking is so demanding. So I was amazed at how many people knew who I was after I won the Highway Hero award," he said.
"When I worked for Consolidated, I was routinely driving from Atlanta to the Pacific Northwest. I would be in Seattle or in Portland walking across the yard and co-workers who I didn't know would smile at me and talk to me just like they knew me," Zorn recalled. "Then, when I came over to Yellow Transportation a few years later, the same thing was happening."
Look, I know I've referenced Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's award in this space more than once. [Nominations for the 2008 award, by the way, are still being accepted through Nov. 30. You can call the Goodyear Hero Hotline at 330-796-8183 or go to www.highwayhero.net and submit your candidate online.]
But this is important – going well beyond the Goodyear marketing that obviously surrounds an award like this. It's about properly recognizing those truck drivers – the folks doing the real work in this industry – that really go above and beyond the call of duty; who step into the breach time and countless time again when many others that also share the highways do not.
Zorn, for one, sees the program as an encouragement to truck drivers to take more responsibility for helping others. "When this situation came up, it was an opportunity for me to do something for the neighborhood – and my neighborhood is the highway," he explained.
These selfless acts by drivers – and there are so many, yet few are recognized for them – really go a long way towards changing the stereotypes they suffer under. Just ask Officer Gregoire. "After what David did for me and after meeting the other highway hero nominees at the [Mid America] trucking show [in 2001], I started seeing truck drivers more as professionals who are proud of what they do and how they really do care about their reputations and the safety of others," he said.
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Catholic leaders rejected President Obama's declaration during a television interview on May 9 that "personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married."
"President Obama's words today are not surprising since they follow upon various actions already taken by his administration that erode or ignore the unique meaning of marriage," said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement released the same day. "We cannot be silent in the face of words or actions that would undermine the institution of marriage, the very cornerstone of our society," he added. "The people of this country, especially our children, deserve better."
In December 2010, Obama said his views on same-sex marriage were "evolving" and that he "struggles with this," adding he would continue thinking about the issue. On May 10 the president said he had wanted to announce his support for such unions "in my own way, on my own terms" but acknowledged that remarks a few days earlier by Vice President Joseph Biden prompted his announcement.
On May 6 Biden, a Catholic, said he was "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex couples marrying, adding they should get "the same exact rights" heterosexual married couples receive.
"I pray for the president every day, and will continue to pray that he and his administration act justly to uphold and protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman," Cardinal Dolan said.
The Catholic Church upholds the sanctity of traditional marriage as being only between one man and one woman and also teaches that any sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful, but across the country the views of many Catholics appear to be trending toward support of same-sex marriage. A poll conducted in March jointly by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service found overall Catholic support for same-sex marriage to be 59 percent, with 36 percent opposed. Support by Americans overall is at 52 percent, with 44 percent opposed. Among white Catholics 57 percent support same-sex marriage and 37 percent oppose it.
According to polls conducted over the past five years by a number of different research and media outlets, public support for same-sex marriage has risen from 40 percent in 2006 to majority support today. The demographic groups that showed majority opposition to same-sex marriage were respondents age 65 and up, white evangelicals, Republicans, African-Americans and those with a high school education or less.
In a statement on May 9, the Archdiocese of Washington said it "opposes the redefinition of marriage based on the clear understanding that the complementarity of man and woman is intrinsic to the meaning of marriage. The word 'marriage' describes the exclusive and lifelong union of one man and one woman open to generating and nurturing children. Other unions exist, but they are not marriage." The archdiocese said it would "continue to strongly advocate for the federal government's existing definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman."


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Ever since The Iliad and The Odyssey were ascribed to Homer, the blind poet has served as a metaphor for the ability to catch sight of things beyond mere appearance. Robert Duncan, born in 1919, belonged to this tribe of seers. At the age of 3, he slipped in the snow in Yosemite while wearing sunglasses against the glare; they shattered, and the injury resulted in strabismus—a condition in which the eyes cannot focus on the same object. In her Diary, Anaïs Nin wrote of meeting the young Duncan around Christmas 1939, at a party in Woodstock thrown by some impresarios of the maverick art scene: "a strikingly beautiful boy [with] a faunish expression and a slight deviation in one eye, which made him seem to be looking always beyond and around you." The playwright and filmmaker James Broughton had this to say about meeting Duncan, a longtime friend: "It was often difficult to know whether he was looking at you or at the wall behind you. Sometimes when he changed focus the discarded eye would wander off to a side wall, and he would remind one of Cyclops." Students would be unnerved by Duncan's wandering eye, never sure whom he was addressing during his formidable lectures. He supplemented his look with three-tiered capes in purple or black, broad-brimmed hats and amber necklaces.
Duncan's visual disability provided him with a trope—not just for his ability to see beyond appearances, but for seeing two worlds at once, one quotidian, the other mythical. Perhaps more than any other American poet except Ezra Pound, Duncan claimed as grist for his art the entire myth-hoard: Greek, Sumerian and Egyptian gods; the Bible; Kaballah; fairy tales and folklore. He also unashamedly imitated canonical literary works by the Elizabethans, the Metaphysicals, Dante, Whitman. By so doing, he guaranteed a degree of alienation from the "make it new" poets (acolytes of the avant-garde) and the "make it prudent" poets (acolytes of the New Critics), and anyone who believed in general that poets ought to "make it plain-spoken." Though in his later years he was a notable public figure, touring colleges on the reading circuit and as a visiting professor, his poetry remained at once exhilarating in its scope and frustrating in its obscurity. "Apparently, if he cannot find a connection between his personal experience and his reading he does not find the experience worth the making of a poem," huffed one critic in 1964.
But since his death from kidney failure in 1988, at the age of 69, Duncan's prestige as a cult poet has not diminished. His longtime publisher, New Directions, has kept his books in print for decades. In 2004, Stanford University Press published his 800-page correspondence with the poet Denise Levertov (who once served as poetry editor of this magazine). Last year, the University of California Press published Duncan's monumental poetics, The H.D. Book, and this year it's bringing out The Collected Early Poems and Plays as well as Lisa Jarnot's biography of the poet. The expanding bookshelf of Duncania serves as a reminder of why he remains a unique resource to American poetry: Ariadne-like, he feeds a line backward into the labyrinthine history of human imagination. His source materials provide a curriculum of great books in literature and religion—from the Zohar to the Oz books—undreamt of in the philosophy and pedagogy of Mortimer Adler.
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Duncan the person was permanently bifurcated as well, his very name an amalgam of two identities. He was born Edward Howe Duncan on January 7, 1919, in Oakland, the tenth child of Marguerite Duncan, who died within hours of his birth. After her death, her overburdened husband was at a loss; the household fell apart, and the infant Duncan was put up for adoption. He was rechristened Robert Edward Symmes by his new parents, Minnehaha and Edwin Symmes, also from Oakland, who were directed to him by the edict of an astrologer. They were Theosophists, Jarnot explains, members of a "hermetic brotherhood modeled after late nineteenth-century occult groups such as London's Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Madame Blavatsky's Theosophical Society of New York and India." (W.B. Yeats had been a member of the former.) According to Minnehaha and Edwin, the life of their adopted son was thick with mystical truths: he had lived on the doomed continent of Atlantis in a previous life; it was necessary for his birth mother to die so that he could achieve his destiny with his true parents; and it was considered "very lazy" of him to want to be a poet. "You have been a poet already in so many lives," his Aunt Fay chided.


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To experience "Einstein on the Beach" is to experience the indescribable.
On stage and off, the clock is ticking for Los Angeles Opera's presentation of "Einstein on the Beach."
"Einstein," which had its world premiere at the Avignon Festival in France on July 25, 1976 before making its way to the Metropolitan Opera in New York the following November, had — until now — never been presented in Los Angeles. An attempt was made to bring the 1985 revival to Los Angeles, but it failed.
The point being, if you have never seen this remarkable creation as conceived by composer Philip Glass, choreographer Lucinda Childs and director/designer Robert Wilson, Sunday was your last chance, unless you're going to make a trip to Paris or Berlin, where it was just announced performances will take place.
"Einstein on the Beach" is one of those rare works of art that defy description. You can listen to recordings, you can watch large sections of the opera on YouTube, but the only way to really experience it is to enter the theater, immerse yourself in its abstract realm of music, theater and dance, and go with the flow.
After two years on tour, the orchestra, the chorus, the dancers and the soloists have honed "Einstein" to a diamond luster. And on the full stage at the Dorothy Chandler, the production is luminescent.
Conceived in four acts connected by a series of five "Knee Plays," the opera draws on aspects of Einstein's life: his love of sailing and the playing the violin, as well as his theories of relativity and his advocacy for the creation of the atom bomb. The great scientist (who actually spent three years in Los Angeles at the California Institute of Technology) appears symbolically as a young boy (Jasper Newell) and figuratively as a solo violinist, the remarkable Jennifer Koh costumed in white shirt, baggy trousers, suspenders, white face, moustache and fright wig.
There are also two superb solo actors, Helga Davis and Kate Morgan, who play a crucial role speaking the "narrative" texts including the opera's most famous repeated litany:
I was in this prematurely air-conditioned super market
and there were all these aisles
and there were all these bathing caps that you could buy
which had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them
they were red and yellow and blue
I wasn't tempted to buy one
but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding
the beach.
Throughout the opera, the intricacy of Einstein's mathematics is mirrored in the ever-evolving metric structures of Glass's score and the verbal dexterity of the cast and chorus. The music ebbs and flows, drifting between explosive pulsations, lilting lyricism, rambunctious jazz (in the form of an extended saxophone solo by Andrew Sterman), and a towering solo for the organ worthy of J.S. Bach.
Wilson's signature stage pictures combine elements of sculptural solidity with ephemeral lighting effects that creates vast color fields reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Rothko. Intricately designed movement patterns and the dialog written by Christopher Knowles also play a crucial role.
There are also two extensive balletic interludes that showcase Childs' choreography that the dexterity of her dancers who swirl like so many interacting atoms.
I am not saying "Einstein on the Beach" is for everyone. The opera has no discernible plot. The visual landscape is abstract and exists within its own time-space continuum. To the untrained ear, Glass's music may appear minimal, though it is anything but. The opera is also 4 ½ hours in length without an intermission. I never left my seat once during Friday night's performance, nor did I have any desire to. I left feeling transported.
There was, however, one totally bizarre twist to Friday night's performance I must tell you about.
Just before the opera began, a very tall long-haired bearded man who must have been trying out his Jesus Christ costume in preparation for Halloween appeared and made his way down my row. He was alone. Jesus and Einstein, I thought. This is interesting.
Then, about an hour into the performance an entourage that included Kanye West and Kim Kardashian clambered over us and took their seats. Perhaps they thought they were at the Nokia Center rather than the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion because they immediately got up, went back to the lobby and purchased cocktails, which they proceeded to bring back to their seats. Sip. Sip.
A few moments later a uniformed usher made his way down the aisle, informed the celebs about the house rules and confiscated their libations. About an hour after that (well before the end of the performance) they bolted for parts unknown. (I, however, had no intention of keeping up with the Kardashians).
Jesus, however, stayed to the very end, clearly in a state of rapture. Only in L.A.!


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FAYETTEVILLE � Quarterback Brandon Mitchell said this was his plan all along.
FAYETTEVILLE � Quarterback Brandon Mitchell said this was his plan all along.
He volunteered to move to wide receiver in 2012 to get on the field with Tyler Wilson entrenched as Arkansas� starter. He wanted to play somewhere after watching from the sideline for most of his first three seasons with the program. So Mitchell understood the consequences of stepping away from the position � outside of a few practice reps and the Alabama game � and what it meant for 2013.
�It was clearly explained to me that if I wanted to play receiver the next year I would have to prove myself again at quarterback,� Mitchell said after Tuesday�s practice. �I knew what I was stepping into and it was something I happily accepted.�
The coaching staff has obviously changed, but Mitchell�s goal remains the same as he prepares for his senior season. He wants to be Arkansas� starting quarterback and is spending the spring competing with sophomore Brandon Allen for the position.
Arkansas� practices have been closed to the public, so dissecting every repetition and every throw has been impossible for everyone but the coaching staff. But Arkansas coach Bret Bielema has made it clear he�s not a �quarterback-by-committee guy� and intends to find a starter to replace Tyler Wilson.
Receiver Mekale McKay said the four practices have proven it�s wide open.
�Nobody is No. 1. Nobody is No. 2,� McKay said. �You know, it�s every man for themselves. They all throw bad balls and they all throw good balls. It�s hard to compare them, but they�re all great. They all want the starting spot.�
Arkansas spent the first three practices getting every quarterback ample work as spring drills began. But the Razorbacks were expected to start tailoring their practice time to the top three � Allen, Mitchell and walk-on A.J. Derby - on Tuesday.
Bielema said Razorbacks are looking for three traits from the competitors.
First, he expects his starting quarterback to manage the team in the huddle and at the line of scrimmage. He said Arkansas� quarterback must be able to �execute the play� as well in the new offense. Third, Bielema said Arkansas� quarterback must make an impression by being �triumphant in the most difficult times.�
The staff is evaluating every aspect of playing the position this spring.
�If there�s one thing I would get across to our quarterbacks in general, is I need to have an urgency out of them to become great,� Bielema said after Arkansas� third practice. �If the quarterback position isn�t a junkie, if he�s not a guy who�s banging on your door every day to be learning, we�re not going to get where we need to be.
�So that particular position in general just needs a whole lot of urgency.�
That mentality at the position was expected under the previous staff. Former head coach Bobby Petrino and assistants Garrick McGee and Paul Petrino demanded plenty from their quarterbacks on and off the field the past five seasons.
It helped produce the SEC�s top passing attack and some talented throwers in Wilson and Ryan Mallett. The offense probably won�t look the same under Bielema and Chaney, but Allen believes the pressure remains the same.
�Definitely just being on top of your game every day you go to practice,� Allen said when asked what it will take to win the job. �Knowing what you�re doing out there and making sure you make as little mistakes as possible. Being the quarterback you�re known for � You�ve got to be the smartest one out there. I think learning this whole new offense shows who is the best prepared and who can make the plays.�
Allen was Arkansas� second-team quarterback with Mitchell at receiver last season and struggled in his time on the field. He completed 21 of 49 passes for 186 yards with 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions, logging most of his time in the Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama losses with Wilson sidelined because of a concussion.
Allen wouldn�t trade the experiences for anything, though, believing it helped break him into live game situations. He believes it will help him now as he competes with Mitchell (2-for-8 for 45 yards and a touchdown in 2012) this spring.
�There�s obviously more competition and everyone wants to be the No. 1 guy,� Allen said. �That just fuels me to try to keep my game on top of everybody else�s. I�m not going to be outworked. �. That�s something I take personally.�
Neither quarterback has been flawless through four days, according to the coaches.
But who would be with a new system and new terminology being installed?
The process has been slow at times. Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said the entire group was rusty Tuesday. But he also sees progress and effort.
�They are both getting their reps and doing a nice job and have been on the field a little bit more and have a little bit more understanding,� Chaney said after Tuesday�s practice. �I think they will compete with each other.�
Allen and Mitchell are also helping each other � both on the field and in the meeting room � as they try to learn the new offense this spring. Allen said making sure both quarterbacks understand what is going on will only make each other better.
Mitchell said it can be tricky at times. For instance, he caught himself using terminology from previous years in the huddle on a handful of occasions. But it�s all part of the process as both quarterbacks try to make an impression.
�Competition makes everybody better,� Mitchell said. �That�s something I had to go through competing with Tyler. It�s the same thing right now with me and B.A.�


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Campbell boys advance in double-OT to win Division III soccer qualifier
October 29. 2013 10:55PM
Freshman Matt Gagne scored the winner six minutes into the second overtime to give 18th-seeded Campbell of Litchfield a 2-1 win over 15th-seeded Fall Mountain of Langdon in a Division III boys' soccer qualifier Tuesday.
Campbell's reward is a Thursday game at second-seeded Bow at 2 p.m.
Fall Mountain scored early and held a 1-0 lead until Zach Perault's equalizer less than five minutes from the end.
Campbell hit the crossbar twice in its second-overtime flurry, and scored when Christian Wallmeyer crossed to Riley Grant, who tipped the ball into the air, where Gagne nodded it home.
Belmont 4, Monadnock 0: Austin Haddock's first half unassisted goal was all 13th-seeded Belmont needed to topple 20th-ranked Monadnock of Swanzey.
It was Haddock's ninth season goal. Belmont pulled away in the second half on goals from Dillon Duclos, Nick Oakes and Colby Pickowicz. Oakes and Joe Boles each had an assist and teammate goalie Jonny LeClair turned back three shots for the shutout win.
Belmont hits the road to face No. 4 Prospect Mountain in Alton on Thursday at 2 p.m. Belmont (9-7-1) lost twice to Prospect Mountain during the regular season, 2-0 and 3-0.
Sanborn 3, Hillsboro-Deering 0: Micah Peterson scored two goals and Kyle Lord added one to lead the Indians. Winning goalie Shaun Howard turned back four shots and Hillcats keeper Connor Lane had seven saves. No. 14 Sanborn improved to 9-8.


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Why you should tune in to the new season of 'Tara'
It's hard to think of a show that's done a better job of course correction between seasons. Almost everything that didn't work in Season 1 is gone, and this year, the recalibrated "Tara" is firing on all cylinders. Tara may still have trouble integrating her multiple personalities, but the show itself has achieved a very satisfying synthesis.
For one thing, the tone is a lot lighter. Last year Tara and her family members often seemed both aggrieved and passive, and Tara's "alters" often didn't bring much to the proceedings except showy shenanigans. The alters may have given star Toni Collette a chance to show off her impressive range, but I don't miss the ones that are gone this year. The macho dude Buck is back -- thank goodness -- but in the first six episodes of Season 2, we don't see wild child T at all and we barely see the repressed Alice (when she does briefly pop up, she does so to excellent comic effect).
The show has added a couple of characters who could have been stereotypes -- the gay neighbors -- but this well-written duo are a good addition to the "Tara" ensemble. Still, my affection for them is nothing compared to my feelings for Shoshana Schoenbaum, the show's newest character, on whom I have a major lady-crush.
I don't want to give away too much about Shoshana, who arrives in the fourth episode of the season. Suffice to say, she may be the most skilled conversationalist on the show, which is saying something, and the frisson of the discoveries she elicits from Tara gives this well-paced season an enjoyable sense of tension.
As for the rest of the characters, they're a lot more interesting and layered. Tara's son Marshall still gets the occasional over-the-top line, but actor Keir Gilchrist has such a winning, low-key way about him that you can't help but hope that Marshall survives the challenges of having an unusual mom, being a teenager and having a lot of questions about his sexuality.
Tara's daughter Kate (Brie Larson) gets an intriguing story line of her own; she meets an artist, Linda P. Frazier (Viola Davis), who widens Kate's horizons and involves her in an amusing bit of online performance art. John Corbett does his usual fine work as Tara's supportive husband, Max, who ends up being less supportive the further he's pushed.But the good thing about this very enjoyable season of "Tara" is that nothing is pushed too far. The conversations are witty without seeming arch or forced, the relationships feel more organic and there are quite a few interesting developments but a distinct lack of franticness. Tara deals with her alters in some intriguing new ways, but their arrivals and departures are much more low-key. All in all, the exploration of dissociative identity disorder feels far less didactic. Tara has an interesting and unusual mind, and the show finds creative ways to explore it while still serving up witty yet sincere character drama.
The only beef I have with "Tara" this season -- and it's a minor one -- involves her sister, Charmaine (Rosemarie DeWitt). I like DeWitt as an actress, but Charmaine is the one echo of the more shrill Season 1 "Tara." She becomes less grating with each episode, however, and when she's around Max's friend Neil (the wonderful Patton Oswalt), the character becomes pretty tolerable. And in the outstanding sixth episode, there are some hints that Charmaine may be repressing almost as much as Tara is.
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2013. There are 343 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, legalized abortions using a trimester approach. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at his Texas ranch at age 64.
On this date:
In 1498, during his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day Caribbean island of St. Vincent.
In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 81.
In 1912, the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad, which connected the Keys with the mainland, went into service.
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." (By April, however, America also was at war.)
In 1922, Pope Benedict XV died; he was succeeded by Pius XI.
In 1938, Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town" was performed publicly for the first time in Princeton, N.J.
In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy.
In 1953, the Arthur Miller drama "The Crucible" opened on Broadway.
In 1968, the fast-paced sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC-TV.
In 1973, a Boeing 707 chartered by Nigeria Airways crashed while attempting to land at Kano International Airport; 176 of the 202 people aboard were killed. George Foreman upset reigning heavyweight champion Joe Frazier with a second round TKO in their match in Kingston, Jamaica.
In 1984, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins 38-9 to win Super Bowl XVIII (18), played at Tampa Stadium in Florida. (The game broadcast on CBS-TV featured Apple Computer's famous "1984" ad introducing the Macintosh computer.)
In 1998, Theodore Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN'-skee) pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.
Ten years ago: Countering blunt talk of war by the Bush administration, France and Germany defiantly stated they were committed to a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis. Opponents and supporters of abortion rights rallied on the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who'd immortalized World War II soldiers with his characters Willie and Joe, died in Newport Beach, Calif., at age 81.
Five years ago: Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription overdose in a New York City apartment. Jose Padilla (hoh-ZAY' puh-DEE'-uh), once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive "dirty bomb," was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to 17 years and four months on other terrorism conspiracy charges. Republican Fred Thompson quit the race for the White House after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.
One year ago: Longtime Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who'd won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation, died at age 85. The New England Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 in the AFC championship game. The New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in the NFC championship game.
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The Taxpayer Advocate Service is a legitimate IRS organization that helps taxpayers resolve federal tax issues that have not been resolved through the normal IRS channels. The IRS, including TAS, does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email, texting or any social media.
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The IRS warns consumers about a new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page.
The actual IRS e-Services page offers web-based products for tax preparers, not the general public. The phony web page looks almost identical to the real one.
The IRS gets many reports of fake websites like this. Criminals use these sites to lure people into providing personal and financial information that may be used to steal the victim's money or identity. Typically, identity thieves empty the victim's financial accounts, run up charges on the victim's existing credit cards or apply for new loans, credit cards, services or benefits in the victim's name.
The address of the official IRS website is www.irs.gov. Don't be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but ending in .com, .net, .org or other designations instead of .gov.
The IRS website has information that can help you protect yourself from tax scams of all kinds. Search the site using the term: phishing.
Interim Changes to the ITIN Application Process
Effective June 22, 2012, the IRS has made interim changes that affect the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) application process. Some of the information below, including the documentation requirements for individuals seeking an ITIN, has been superseded by these changes. Taxpayers and their representatives should review these changes, which are further explained in these Frequently Asked Questions, before requesting an ITIN.
On Oct. 2, 2012, the IRS implemented clarifying changes to its temporary procedures for issuing ITINs for noncitizens with tax Extensions and many foreign students.
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Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci)
Italian, 1445/46-1523
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1500/05
Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas
27.3 x 46.3 cm (10 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1024
European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Perugino's serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his contact with the young Raphael. These four panels, together with another one depicting the Resurrection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, once constituted a predella—a series of small pictures, often with narrative content, forming the base of an altarpiece. In this case, the painting that was positioned above the predella as the focal point of the altarpiece is unidentified. The predella scenes depict moments when Christ's special nature was revealed: his birth, his baptism by Saint John the Baptist in the river Jordan, his conversation with a woman of Samaria at the well of the patriarch Jacob, the Resurrection, and his appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection.
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
London, British Institution, 1852, no. 35.
Manchester, Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, 1857, no. 87.
Leeds, National Exhibition of Works of Art, 1868, no. 2907.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Works of the Old Masters, 1871, no. 304.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Works by the Old Masters, 1892, no. 148.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of Old and Modern Masters, 1898, no. 10.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, no. 123c.
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Glad Tidings of Great Joy. Christmas at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Perugino: The Master of the Italian Renaissance, November 15, 1997 – February 1, 1998, no. 1c.
Perugia, Italy, Gallerie Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugino: il divin pittore, February 28, 2004 – August 18, 2004, no. I.48c.
Publication History
Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, vol. 2 (London, 1854), p. 127.
W. Bürger [T. Thoré], Trésors d'art exposés à Manchester en 1857 (Paris, 1857), pp. 34–35.
W. Bürger [T. Thoré], Trésors d'art en Angleterre, 3rd ed. (Paris, 1865), pp. 34–35.
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in Italy from the Second to the Fourteenth Century, vol. 3 (London, 1866), pp. 250–51.
"Leeds Exhibition," The Art Journal 7 (1868), p. 137.
John Charles Robinson, A Critical Account of the Drawings by Michel Angelo and Raffaello in the University Galleries, Oxford (Oxford, 1870), pp. 135–36, under no. 20.
William Roberts, Memorials of Christie's: A Record of Art Sales from 1766 to 1896, vol. 2 (London, 1897), p. 197.
Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum, Part I, Sculpture and Painting, 3d ed. (Chicago, 1898), p. 124, no. 194.
George C. Williamson, Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino (London, 1903), p. 126.
Bernard Berenson, The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance, 3d ed. (New York and London, 1909), p. 218.
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle, A New History of Painting in Italy from the Second to the Sixteenth Century, ed. by Edward Hutton, vol. 3 (London and New York, 1909), pp. 258, 259 n. 1.
Bryson Burroughs, "A Painting by Perugino," Bulletin of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 6, 6 (1911), p. 130.
Hippolyte Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d'art faites en France et à l'étranger pendant les XVIIIe & XIXe siècles, (Paris, 1912), p. 283.
Adolfo Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, vol. 7, pt. 2 (Milan, 1913), p. 566 n. 1.
Algernon Graves, A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813 – 1912, vol. 2 (London, 1913: reprinted New York, 1968), pp. 917–918.
Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture, and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago, 1914), p. 208, no. 2095.
Walter Bombe, Perugino: Des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst 25 (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1914), p. 256.
Bryson Burroughs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings (New York, 1914), p. 205.
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in Italy, T. Borenius, ed., vol. 5 (New York, 1914), p. 365.
Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Architecture (Chicago, 1917), p. 165.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings (Chicago, 1920), p. 63.
Algernon Graves, Art Sales from Early in the Eighteenth Century to Early in the Twentieth Century, (London, 1921), p. 318.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings (Chicago, 1922), p. 72.
Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, and Paintings (Chicago, 1923), p. 72.
U. Gnoli, Pietro Perugino (Spoleto, 1923), p. 58.
U. Gnoli, Pittori e miniatori nell'Umbria (Spoleto. 1923; reprinted 1980), p. 274.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1925), p. 160, no. 2068.
Arthur McComb, "Francesco Ubertini (Bacchiacca)," The Art Bulletin 8 (1926), p. 150.
Rose Mary Fischkin, "Martin A. Ryerson Collection of Paintings and Sculpture, XIII to XVIII Century, Loaned to The Art Institute of Chicago," (unpub. MS, Ryerson Library, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1926), pp. 48–52.
Fiorenzo Canuti, Il Perugino, vol. 2 (Siena, 1931), p. 366.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1932), p. 182.
Bernard Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance (Oxford, 1932), p. 436.
William R. Valentiner, "Paintings in the Collection of Martin A. Ryerson," (unpub. MS, Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), n. p.
Raimond van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 14 (The Hague, 1933), pp. 396, 403, 406.
Daniel Catton Rich, "The Paintings of Martin A. Ryerson," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 27 (Chicago, 1933), p. 12.
Bernard Berenson, Pitture Italiane del Rinascimento (Milan, 1936), p. 374.
René Brimo, Art et goût: L'evolution du goût aux Etats-Unis d'après l'histoire des collections (Paris, 1938), pp. 92, 180.
K. T. Parker, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Italian Schools, vol. 2 (Oxford, 1956), p. 21, under no. 31.
Ettore Camesasca, Tutta la pittura del Perugino (Milan, 1959), pp. 112–13, ill.
Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintures, sculpteurs, dessinateurs, et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, 2d ed., vol. 8 (Paris, 1960), p. 473.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 353.
Hans Huth, "Italienische Kunstwerke im Art Institute von Chicago, USA," in Miscellanea Bibliothecae Hertzianae (Munich, 1961), p. 517.
Frederico Zeri, "Appunti sul Lindenau-Museum di Altenburg," Bollettino d'arte 49 (1964), p. 52.
Michel Laclotte, Le XVIe Siècle européen: Peintures et dessins dans les collections publiques françaises, exh. cat. (Paris, Musée du Petit-Palais, 1965–66), p. 14, under no. 18.
Bernard Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Central Italian and North Italian Schools, vol. 1 (London, 1968), p. 326.
Carlo Castellaneta and Ettore Camesasca, L'opera completa del Perugino, Classici dell'arte 30 (Milan, 1969), p. 112, nos. 114C.
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (London, 1970), p. 251 (1933.1025 ill.).
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), pp. 161, 269, 277–78, 299, 571.
Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs, et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays, 3d ed., vol. 8 (Paris, 1976), p. 244.
Denys Sutton, "Robert Langton Douglas, Part II," Apollo 109 (1979), p. 390.
Federico Zeri and Elizabeth E. Gardner, Italian Paintings, a Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Sienese and Central Italian School (New York, 1980), pp. 59–61.
Ellis Waterhouse, "Earlier Paintings in the Earlier Years of the Art Institute: The Role of the Private Collectors," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 10 (1983), p. 84.
Fausta Gualdi Sabatini, Giovanni di Pietro detto Lo Spanga (Spoleto, 1984), pp. 297, 363.
Pietro Scarpellini, Perugino (Milan, 1984), pp. 52, 113, no. 142, fig. 236.
Sylvia Ferino Pagden, in Die Kirchen von Siena, ed. by Peter Anselm Riedl and Max Seidel, vol. 1, pt. 1 (Munich, 1985), pp. 66 n. 87, under no. 8.
Francesco Santi, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria: Dipinti, sculture e oggetti dei secoli XV–XVI (Rome, 1985), p. 11, under no. 93.
Filippo Todini, La pittura umbra dal duecento al primo cinquecento (Milan, 1989), 264.
Art Institute of Chicago, Glad Tidings of Great Joy. Christmas at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1993), pp. 18–19, 39, ill.
Christopher Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1993), p. 190–196, ill.
Katharine Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Artists Born After 1865: A Summary Catalogue (New York, 1995), p. 124.
Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino (Florence, 1997), pp. 66–68, fig. 80.
Mark W. Roskill, The Languages of Landscape (University Park, Pennsylvania, 1997), p. 6, fig. 3.
Christa Gardner von Teuffel, "Niccolò di Segna, Piero della Francesca and Perugino," Städel-Jahrbuch 17 (1999), pp. 196–97, fig. 75, 207 n. 162, 208 n. 166.
Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino, (Florence, 1999), pp. 12–13, 139–140, ill.
Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino (Silvana, 2004), pp. 215–18, fig. 185.
Larry J. Feinberg, "A Brief History of the Old Masters in the Art Institute of Chicago," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 32, 2 (2006), pp. 8, 89 n. 4.
Elizabeth A. Pergam, The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public (Farnham and Burlington, 2011), pp. 223, 315.
Ownership History
Alexander Barker, London, by 1852 to at least 1857 [lent to London 1852 and Manchester 1857]; sold by Barker to William Ward (d. 1885), first Earl of Dudley, London, by 1868 [lent by Dudley to Leeds 1868]; sold Christie's, London, June 25, 1892 (nos. 76-77, 79-80. The Resurrection, no. 78, was sold separately and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), to Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, acting on behalf of Martin A. Ryerson [according to letters from Durand-Ruel to Ryerson dated June 25 and 29, 1892 in the Art Institute archives]; sold by Durand-Ruel to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, 1893 [according to the bill of sale dated April 8, 1893 in the Art Institute archives]; intermittently on loan to the Art Institute from 1893; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.


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