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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Neil Hansen,
v. Docket No. CR-07-442
State Board of Retirement,
Appearance for Petitioner:
Paul K. Donohue, Esq.
Mass. Organ. of State Engrs. & Scientists
90 North Washington St.
Boston, MA 02114
Appearance for Respondent:
Erin C. Nally, Esq.
State Board of Retirement
One Ashburton Place, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Administrative Magistrate:
Kenneth J. Forton, Esq.
The Petitioner, Neil Hansen, appealed timely under G.L. c. 32, § 16(4) the May 31, 2007 decision of the Respondent, State Board of Retirement, to deny the Petitioner termination retirement benefits pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(2). (Ex. 1) I held a hearing on November 13, 2008 at the office of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, 98 North Washington Street, Boston. The parties submitted joint stipulations of fact. I admitted seven documents into evidence. (Exs. 1-7) The Petitioner testified on his own behalf. The Respondent called no witnesses. There is one cassette tape of the hearing.
Based on the evidence presented by the parties, I make the following findings of
1. Neil Hansen, d.o.b. 6/27/48, worked for the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) from 1986 to 2007, when he was terminated. (Joint Stipulation.)
2. During his tenure with MHD, Mr. Hansen was a member of the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES). (Joint Stipulation.)
3. In December 2006, MHD determined that Mr. Hansen engaged in "conduct constituting a serious breach of Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) and Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) policy, specifically leaving the scene of an accident involving a department vehicle he was operating without stopping to provide required information, and failing to report same to the Department." (Ex. 3.)
4. On December 6, 2006, MHD, MOSES and Mr. Hansen signed a Last Chance Agreement, in lieu of termination. (Joint Stipulation; Ex. 3.)
5. The Last Chance Agreement provided: "Mr. Hansen shall satisfactorily perform all job-related duties, including complying with all MHD policies and procedures, work rules, etc. . . . He shall accurately maintain his time sheets accounting for all of his time and not leave his assigned work area without accurately completing all appropriate sign-in/out sheets. He shall refrain from consuming alcohol during his MHD workday." (Ex. 3.)
6. The Agreement required Mr. Hansen to participate actively in a substance abuse treatment program. (Ex. 3.)
7. The Agreement further provided for Mr. Hansen's immediate termination if he failed to comply with its requirements for thirty-six months. (Ex. 3.)
8. In the event that MHD terminated Mr. Hansen for violating the terms of the Last Chance Agreement, the Agreement provided a right to an independent review limited to determining whether or not he violated any provisions of the Agreement. (Ex. 3.)
9. During the week of April 16-20, 2007, Mr. Hansen did not report to work and did not provide satisfactory documentation to support the stated reasons for his absence. MHD placed Mr. Hansen on not-on-payroll status for that week. MHD considered this unauthorized absence a breach of the Last Chance Agreement. (Ex. 5.)
10. Mr. Hansen knew that not reporting to work would likely be considered a violation of his Last Chance Agreement. (Testimony.)
11. On April 30, 2007, MHD, MOSES and Mr. Hansen signed a Separation Agreement that explained that he was being terminated based on his non-compliance with MHD policies and procedures, thereby violating the terms of his Last Chance Agreement. Mr. Hansen did not exercise his right to an independent review of MHD's decision to terminate him. (Joint Stipulation; Testimony; Ex. 4.)
12. That same day, Mr. Hansen filed his retirement application with the State Board of Retirement. He requested a termination retirement allowance pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(2). (Joint Stipulation; Ex. 7.)
13. By letter dated May 4, 2007, Christopher J. Groll, EOT Director of Labor Relations notified the Board that Mr. Hansen was discharged from his position "without moral turpitude on his part." (Joint Stipulation; Ex. 6.)
14. At its meeting on May 31, 2007, the Board voted to deny Mr. Hansen's application, and so notified him by a letter dated June 1, 2007. (Joint Stipulation; Ex. 1.)
15. Mr. Hansen filed an appeal of the Board's decision with the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board on June 8, 2007. (Joint Stipulation; Ex. 2.)
16. Mr. Hansen has been receiving a superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(1) since June 27, 2007. (Testimony.)
The decision of the State Board of Retirement is affirmed. Neil Hansen is not entitled to a termination retirement allowance pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(2). Under certain circumstances, a member who is terminated from his position without moral turpitude has the right to a termination retirement allowance, which is larger than a superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(1). G.L. c. 32, § 10(2)(a) provides, in pertinent part:
Any member who retires under the provisions of this section, who has completed twenty or more years of creditable service and who . . . is removed or discharged from his office or position without moral turpitude on his part, . . . shall receive a normal yearly amount of retirement allowance which shall not be less than the sum of his annuity . . . and a pension equal to a sum of not less than one-third of his average annual rate of regular compensation received during any period of three consecutive years of creditable service for which such rate of compensation was the highest . . . .
However, "[a]ny member who is removed or discharged for violation of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to his office or position, . . . shall not be entitled to the termination retirement allowance provided for in [G.L. c. 32, § 10(2)]." G.L. c. 32, § 10(2)(c).
The Board does not dispute that Mr. Hansen is eligible for a superannuation retirement allowance pursuant to G.L. c. 32, § 10(1), which he has been receiving since June 27, 2007. The Board argues that Mr. Hansen is disqualified from receiving a termination retirement allowance because he was terminated for violating the rules applicable to his position, i.e. violating the terms of his Last Chance Agreement by not reporting to work for a week in April 2007 and failing to provide documentation to excuse the absence.
Mr. Hansen was nearly terminated by his employer, MHD, when his employer determined that he was involved in an auto collision with a department vehicle and left the scene of the accident. Instead of terminating him, after MOSES intervened on his behalf, MHD agreed to enter a stringent, thirty-six-month-long Last Chance Agreement with Mr. Hansen. Only four months after signing the Agreement, Mr. Hansen failed to report to work for an entire week. He never bothered to document the stated reasons for his absence, so he was placed on not-on-payroll status, which was a violation of his Last Chance Agreement. Not reporting to work without a valid excuse was clearly a violation of the Last Chance Agreement and consequently the rules applicable to his position. See Alexander v. State Board of Retirement, CR-99-831 (DALA dec. 9/22/00; no CRAB dec.) (petitioner not entitled to termination retirement allowance where she failed to report to work after a six-week vacation). Therefore, Mr. Hansen is barred from receiving a termination retirement allowance pursuant to § 10(2).
Mr. Hansen argues, without any supporting legal authority, that this violation of his Last Chance Agreement is too minor to be considered a violation of the rules applicable to his position and that he is thus entitled to a termination retirement allowance. First, this argument has no basis in law; § 10(2) makes no distinction between minor and major violations of workplace rules. Additionally, the contributory retirement system is entirely a creation of statute. However attractive, notions of fairness and equity are common law concepts which cannot be employed to create a category of statutory benefit where none exists. Bowman v. Teachers' Retirement Board, CR-90-1093 (DALA dec. 6/15/92; no CRAB dec.); see also Petrillo v. Public Employee Retirement Administration, CR-92-731 (DALA dec. 6/25/93; CRAB dec. 10/22/93) (retirement board has no authority to apply equitable principles in the face of specific statutory language to the contrary).
For the reasons stated above, the decision of the Board is affirmed.
/s/ Kenneth J. Forton
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: March 12, 2009


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Cook United, Inc., was created in Ohio in 1925 and maintained its principal offices in Maple Heights, Ohio. Prior to April 1969, the company was known as Cook Coffee Company.
Cook United, Inc., was in the business of operating supermarkets and discount department stores located in various parts of the country, primarily in the Midwest. With the retail food and grocery business, the company also operated a bakery, a dairy, a snack foods plant, and an egg farm and processing plant. The company operated the specialty departments in order to maintain and control the quality of certain perishable goods. Discount drug stores and a wholesale hardware and sporting goods business were also parts of the company's business.
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The board of American Airlines' pilots association approved a labor framework this weekend that moves the carrier one step closer to a proposed merger with U.S. Airways (NYSE:LCC).
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The Allied Pilots Association, which oversees some 10,000 American pilots, voted 11-5 on Saturday in favor of the proposed deal, which is now under consideration by both airlines' management teams and U.S. Airways' pilots. Terms were not disclosed.
The plan is expected to add to a conditional labor agreement with U.S. Airways reached in April that covers the interim framework, including pay and seniority levels, should the two merge.
A proposed merger plan on the table would marry the two carriers, creating the biggest airline in the U.S., while simultaneously pulling American's parent, AMR, from bankruptcy protection.
While AMR had initially been set on emerging alone, its creditors earlier this year pressured the carrier to consider U.S. Airways' offer. The two have been conducting due diligence regarding a possible combination since September, which has included weeks of confidential negotiations overseen by AMR's creditors committee.
The talks widened earlier this month to include both pilots associations, as those employees represent a large chunk of the potential integration costs and could serve as a major hiccup to the deal should the two be unable to agree.
The U.S. Airline Pilots Association, which represents 5,200 of U.S. Airways' mainline pilots, did not publicly comment on the APA board's approval but told members that the proposal contains the "latest APA positions and is not a final agreement," according to The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Airways has long expressed interest in acquiring American out of bankruptcy. AMR filed for Chapter 11 protection in November 2011 just as it readied to post its fourth straight annual loss, having been crippled by high labor costs and growing fuel expenses that made competing with emerging rivals like Delta (NYSE:DAL) and UnitedContinental (NYSE:UAL) extremely difficult.
In April, U.S. Airways' management agreed to certain portions of labor contracts with three unions at American Airlines, including the APA, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union.


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quote:Originally posted by adminquote:Originally posted by Greg SUNO continues their partnership with the Chasers and will again be playing some games at Werner Park this year:4/6 vs Nebraska4/20 vs K State4/26 vs Air ForceI need to remember to go...Wonder when UNO will start work on its baseball/softball complex at Chili Greens.
quote:Originally posted by Greg SUNO continues their partnership with the Chasers and will again be playing some games at Werner Park this year:4/6 vs Nebraska4/20 vs K State4/26 vs Air Force
quote:Originally posted by BIGHUSKERMAVThat loss is a wash. The economic impact on the surrounding area and the civic benefits of having the CWS for 25+ more years far outweighs that paltry loss. If anybody believed that the stadium was going to turn a huge profit by itself, they were kidding themselves.Now, that is not to say that they couldn't do better. MECA is run by a bunch of morons...The Red Sky Music Festival was a sideshow act from the start and they totally botched the outdoor hockey game against North Dakota a few years ago. With better management, I think it could be profitable.
quote:Originally posted by adminWonder when UNO will start work on its baseball/softball complex at Chili Greens.
quote:The baseball stadium reflected a net loss of $167,000 last year. MECA was responsible for $100,000 of that loss. The rest was covered by the city.
quote:Originally posted by Quinnquote: Do they sell beer at Frozen Four? That would be a huge no. heck the NCAA gets their undies in a bunch if they see any advertisements -- that's why they were so Mountain Dewed that boston was out of the rotation for years.the nice thing is they actually split the semifinals this year, so plenty of time to go eat and drink before the second semi!Quinn
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quote:Originally posted by nousefouranameGreg,I received the email yesterday about the announcement on November 16th. I did find the wording about "rededicating Omaha baseball to the 2015 World Series Champions" interesting. And, I'd go as far as to say that verbiage leaves the door open, at least a crack, for a name change.I'm still not going to predict something that drastic though. I still say it would be a bad idea because of all the branding that has been done under the Storm Chasers name. Imagine all of the branding that would have to changed with a name change back to the Royals. Things like Ale Storm, Storm Front, Downdraught, Stir Up The Storm, Stormy, Chasing The Fun, etc. would all likely have to go. The cost of changing all the signage alone in Werner Park would be hefty. You'd also possibly alienate yourself from certain segments of the fanbase that bought in, literally, with hats, t-shirts, jerseys, jackets, etc. And, you separate yourself from the championships you won under that name.No, I'm still mainly predicting a redesign of the uniforms; however, that verbiage or re-dedicating got me thinking. I'd put money that this is an announcement of an extention of the Omaha/Kansas City player development contract. A quick search confirmed that the current contract only runs through the 2016 season. Now would be the time for a renewal and it's not like there are any rumblings that anything would stop that from happening. But again, I did say I'd leave the door open a crack for a name change. If that were to happen, I'd say it would probably have been dictated by the parent club as part of the contract renewal. Strangely, it seems the pendulum has swung a bit in minor league baseball. A few years ago, we were down to only a handful of teams using the parent clubs name; however, in the last 2 years we saw the LA Dodgers buy the OKC Redhawks and rename them the Dodgers. The Cubs also relocated their Single A team to South Bend because they wanted them named the Cubs. So, it's at least a possibility.My money is on a developmental contract extension and uniform tweaks though. We will see though.


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PALM BEACH, Fla. – Mark Sanchez is not the only Jet who should be concerned about his starting job. Rex Ryan dropped this little piece of news Sunday: He plans to use Tim Tebow at other positions.
"I don't see Tim just holding a clipboard. He's going to be playing for us. There is no doubt," Ryan said at the league meetings. "He will have a role. We know that. There won't be a better Wildcat quarterback in the game. Is that his only role? I don't believe that – we'll see what happens."
Tebow, who considers himself a quarterback, will surely be asked about Ryan's comments when the Jets unveil their new superstar at an introductory news conference at noon Monday at their training site in Florham Park.
Tebow first arrived in Jersey on Thursday, but contract details needed to be reconciled before Tebow could officially become a Jet.
Saturday night he hit Broadway, attending the play "Wicked." Monday, he will be on stage and the media turnout is expected to be so large that the Jets are holding it in their massive fieldhouse. When they traded up to draft
Sanchez in 2009, his news conference was in the small room where Ryan holds his briefings during the season.
Ryan won't be there to greet Tebow. Ryan, owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum are all at the league meetings here this week. But Ryan certainly gave Tebow something to think about.
"We have a No. 1 quarterback. Mark is our No. 1 quarterback. Tim Tebow is our No. 2 quarterback, but he's also going to do other things for this football team," Ryan said. "He's a football player. That's what I keep wanting to put out there. Let's not just look at him as a quarterback. I look at him as a football player."
Ryan would not be specific where else he planned to use Tebow other than the initial blueprint the Jets are developing for him as the Wildcat quarterback. He did rule out pass rusher, where the Jets have the greatest need. "We're not bringing him in to be a guard," Ryan said.
But when asked if Tebow will be playing other positions, he said with a smile, "Well, I don't know. This guy is a football player. I think we all recognize that."
Maybe Sanchez can take the snap and flip it to Tebow, who can either run or throw it. There are lots of possibilities.
Perhaps he can be used as the blocking back on punts with the ball snapped to him directly. The Jets could use a red zone receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. Ryan said the idea of adding
Tebow started with Tannenbaum and everybody endorsed it 100%.
Ryan said it's up to him and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano to be "creative" in developing ways to get Tebow on the field. "He is a quarterback," Ryan said. "There is no question he's a quarterback. But his skills – I see a
football player. That gets me excited."
In an interview with Dan Patrick in December 2009, five months before the Broncos drafted him in the first round as a quarterback, Tebow said he would consider a position switch if he didn't produce at quarterback. "I'll work as hard as
possible to become a quarterback and be one at the next level," he said. "I just want an opportunity and a chance and if I get that chance and it doesn't work out and they don't think I can do it – then move me to another position and I'll play my heart out there and do my best to succeed at that position, but just give me a chance to play quarterback."
Ryan said this is the best quarterback situation he's had in his four seasons with the Jets. The depth chart going into training camp will be Sanchez, Tebow and Greg McElroy. Tebow is extremely competitive, he took the Broncos to the playoffs last season and won a playoff game, so he's not going to be satisfied as a backup quarterback.
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SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras High School band will never play the national anthem in a 500-seat performance hall once proposed for the campus in San Andreas. The school's choirs won't raise their voices there. And drama students won't stage "Annie" or "Oklahoma."
SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras High School band will never play the national anthem in a 500-seat performance hall once proposed for the campus in San Andreas. The school's choirs won't raise their voices there. And drama students won't stage "Annie" or "Oklahoma."
In an emotional vote Tuesday night, a divided Calaveras Unified School District Board of Trustees finally put an end to plans for the arts center.
The vote was 2-3 against a motion to proceed with construction of a $5.4 million arts center design already approved by the state. That construction would have been funded, in part, with $1.2 million in state money.
Trustees Sherri Reusche and Zerrall McDaniel voted in favor of building the center. Trustees Gregory Gustafson and Evan Garamendi and board Chairwoman Karan Bowsher formed the majority that voted against it.
The vote Tuesday night during a meeting in the multipurpose room at Mokelumne Hill Elementary School guarantees that the 500-seat design won't be built and makes it unlikely that a smaller arts center will be constructed.
Trustees were forced to come to a decision because time was running out to use the $1.2 million state contribution toward the 500-seat design.
By rejecting the plan now, that money is no longer available.
And coming up with a new, smaller design and getting it through the state approval process would eat up roughly $1 million of the $4 million in bond money remaining from a measure Calaveras Unified voters approved in 2006.
"I am very disappointed," McDaniel said after the vote.
McDaniel represents the trustee area that includes San Andreas and Calaveras High School.
She noted that in addition to the various arts programs at the high school that need performance space, there is also the Calaveras Children's Repertory Theatre program, whose many members must be driven to Angels Camp for productions because San Andreas lacks an appropriate venue.
McDaniel and Reusche have long said that an arts center was promised to voters when they approved the bond measure in 2006.
But a board majority and many critics of the 500-seat center said that in bleak economic times amid layoffs and a shrinking school population, it didn't make sense to spend so much money on an arts performance hall.
"Times change," said Jean Gonzalves, a member of the district's bond oversight committee. "Everything changed four years ago," she said, referring to the housing market collapse that ushered in an era of economic recession and high unemployment.
Trustees did not decide Tuesday what to do with the remaining bond money. Options include spending it on other district renovation and construction projects or returning it to taxpayers.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Democratic mayor of a New Jersey town at the center of a traffic jam scandal says he wants to believe Republican Gov. Chris Christie had no involvement but is having a difficult time buying it.
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich (SAHK'-oh-lich) on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday called Christie's assertion that he was unaware his staff engineered the closing of two lanes of the George Washington Bridge "a difficult pill to swallow."
Christie went to Fort Lee on Thursday to personally apologize to Sokolich after emails among the governor's aides appeared to show the lanes were blocked to punish the mayor for not endorsing Christie's re-election bid.
Sokolich says Christie was candid.
The mayor says, "I take him at his word. There's just a lot of stuff there, though."


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Credit 3.2 - Water Use Reduction, 30% Reduction: Similar to the previous credit, this point states that RI Hall uses 30% less water than stated in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 fixture performance criteria. RI Hall achieved this point by installing dual flush handles. A dual flush toilet allows the user to choose between two settings for flushing – a low amount of water, usually used for liquid waste, and a high amount of water, usually used for solid waste. This saves a significant amount of water use because it allows users to select the amount of water needed to flush the toilet.
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MANCHESTER, England -- In front of tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting fans, Manchester United players and retiring manager Alex Ferguson paraded the Premier League trophy on an open-top bus through packed city streets on a second day of jubilant celebrations for the English champions.
Supporters clambered dangerously up shop fronts, scaffolding, statues, bus stands and road signs to catch glimpses of Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and, of course, Ferguson as the double decker bus -- bearing a "Champions 2013" logo -- wound its way from Old Trafford to the city center.
Some lines were 30-people deep and many buildings had roof tops crammed with fans, some of them shirtless.
United players were spending a second day with the trophy after lifting it Sunday following the 2-1 win over Swansea -- Ferguson's final game at Old Trafford after nearly 27 years in charge.
"Yesterday was a day I'll never forget," said Ferguson, who waved a United flag in front of supporters before the bus departed. "All my family will never forget.
"On behalf of all my players, thanks for all your support."
Rio Ferdinand conducted the chants among the players, who jumped up and down on the top deck under overcast skies. A vast police escort led the bus along the streets, with a helicopter above.
"It feels absolutely amazing ... it's been worth the wait," said Van Persie, the striker and top scorer who won the title in his first season with United and was serenaded by teammates. "I've had to wait quite a long time."
Despite recently having a transfer request rejected by United, Rooney was present, although he received a mixed reception from fans outside Old Trafford.
Ferguson's last game in charge is on Sunday against West Bromwich Albion and it promises to be a week-long celebration in honor of Britain's most successful manager, who has won 38 trophies for United since joining the club in 1986.
The Scot issued a challenge to his replacement, David Moyes, saying: "The big test is to win it three times in a row as they've done before, so I hope they can do that."
And perhaps in one last dig at old rival Liverpool, he added: "Tomorrow night our under-21s play Liverpool -- that mob across the road."
The city center had been awash in red for hours, with fans draped in United flags blaring hooters and car drivers honking their horns. Scarf- and flag-sellers did a roaring trade on the Deansgate thoroughfare where the bus made its way down.
The celebrations started early for Ferdinand, who posted a picture on Twitter of him and some teammates sitting in the corner of a local pub. Ferdinand had also been partying on Sunday night, tweeting at 3 a.m. on Monday: "Just rolling in the front door! Decent night out celebrating that was!"
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Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas holiday spending season. It also marks the beginning of the sales year when stores are in the financial black, hence the name Black Friday.
John Romero braved cold and rain to be first in line at Ocala's Best Buy.
He pitched his family's four-man Coleman tent at noon Sunday. When he left for his classes at College of Central Florida or part-time job at a local fast-food restaurant, family members stood in for him.
"This is my third year waiting like this (in front of the Best Buy). Lately, people have had a little more respect (for people waiting in line for Thursday, Friday bargains) Now they think, 'I wish I could do that, too.' "
"It's urban camping at its finest," he said. "This is maybe more traditional for us than Thanksgiving."
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas holiday spending season. It also marks the beginning of the sales year when stores are in the financial black, hence the name Black Friday.
For many local retailers, this year was no exception, as Friday saw a deluge of shoppers looking for holiday-season deals and reduced prices.
Romero said the motivation behind his campout was simple: saving money.
He planned to buy speakers regularly costing $300 for $100 and headphones at a fraction of the normal price, he said.
A couple years ago, he bought a $600 television for $200.
"It's been great," Best Buy general manager Mike Priscian said of the Thursday and Friday buying trend.
Best Buy off State Road 200 opened its doors Thursday at 6 p.m.
The first wave of shoppers were mostly in their 30s and 40s, Priscian said. Then it balanced out with some shoppers a little older. After midnight Friday, it was mostly younger shoppers in their 20s. The store remained open 28 hours before closing Friday at 10 p.m.
Traditionally, Best Buy opened on Black Friday at about 5 a.m. Last year it opened just after midnight Friday.
Priscian said that it's too early to say whether opening the doors on Thursday will generate additional business or just take business from Black Friday, "But I think (opening Thursday) spreads out (shopping) and people don't have to rush."
"And if people want to (shop Thursday and Friday), we're here for the customer," he said.
As Sheila Densmore left Best Buy, she clutched the $1,000 computer her son and daughter-in-law just bought her.
"We were at Beall's, then the mall and then here," she said of her shopping to that point. "We started at 6:30 a.m."
She wasn't willing to go shopping Thursday, though. She said she was too tired and full after dinner.
Her daughter-in-law, Laura Beth Densmore, did shop for about two hours Thursday.
She wanted a pair of boots at Beall's that were on sale. She bought two pairs, then went with her husband to Walmart.
For the first time this year, the Paddock Mall opened its doors Thursday.
Business was good (Thursday)," said Arturo Colunga, an employee of a MetroPCS kiosk in the mall.
A few hours after the 8 p.m. rush when the store opened Thursday, shopping slowed, he said.
"But it will pick up again in the afternoon," he said.
Many people began shopping earlier than that, said Ricardo Rendon, working at the Perfume Collection kiosk in the mall.
"We were doing really well Sunday. ... That's when it started for us," he said. "It's been a little slow (Friday), but it's getting better as the day goes on. People are coming in twos and threes and buying bundles. It will be good."
But while local retailers saw brisk business Friday, national retail analysts warn of modest sales growth this year, with shoppers more wary about spending, and Friday sales are expected to decline due to more retailers opening their doors Thursday.
ShopperTrak, a company that analyzes the retail industry and sales trends, says often when stores open Thursday it does little more than take sales that would have been made Friday.
But the trend isn't likely to stop anytime soon, said Bill Martin, the founder of ShopperTrak,
Despite consumer complaints about stores opening Thursday and taking shoppers and retail employees from their families on the holiday, shoppers will keep heading to stores a day earlier for the foreseeable future, Martin said.
More than 35 million people turned up at stores on Thanksgiving last year, up 22 percent from 2011 and 58 percent from 2010.
An estimated 33 million people, or 23 percent of those surveyed by the National Retail Federation, said they planned to shop Thanksgiving.
Retail experts say retailers are desperate to offer as many shopping hours as they can.
One reason is that this year's holiday shopping season runs just 27 days, the shortest stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas since 2002, according to the Nation Retail Federation.
Another is that shoppers are still wary of spending and consumer confidence is down. The NRF also reported that shoppers are expected to spend 2 percent less than a year ago, an average of $738 this holiday season compared with last year.
Despite that, some analysts still predicted sales to increase for this year's Black Friday.
According to a survey by BDO USA, LLP, an international professional services company, retailers anticipate a 3.1 percent increase in sales on Black Friday this year.
Nearly 70 percent, an estimated 97 million shoppers, said they'd be out on Black Friday.
The NRF also anticipates a 3.7 percent hike in Internet sales.
One of those Internet shoppers was Fannie Ocasio, who was also shopping at the Paddock Mall Friday with her daughter. She stayed home Thursday and did some Internet buying.
"I try to avoid the crowds," she said.
"And I do some shopping online. It depends on where I can get the better deal," she said. "And now we'll go to the strip malls, Kohl's, Ross."
Leaving Target on Friday, Robert Vittella, 29, bought a television stand for the television he bought online Thursday.
"We didn't want to go out on Thursday. We spent the holiday with the family. It was football and food," he said. "And how much can you really save?"
Target opened its doors 8 p.m. Thursday and remained open until 11 p.m. Friday.
"We had a really good turnout. It went smooth," said department manager Natalie White on Friday.
Some of the top selling items were televisions, movies, pajamas, board games and scooters, she said.
Some shoppers who came for the Thursday sales returned Friday for more, she said.
"But we use Thursday as a continuous (shopping period). It's not segmented for us," she said. "It's turned out really good … and it's turned into a tradition for some (shoppers)."
Melissa Corbin, 47, was one of those return shoppers, willing to shop Thursday and Black Friday.
"The reason I did it was the prices," she said leaving Target with her teenage daughter in tow.
"Last night was crazy," she said of Thursday shopping. "Now, I'll go home and put the Christmas tree up."
But shoppers like Candace Lewis, 45, said she didn't want to put in that many hours shopping.
"I went shopping in Macy's and Belk's. I just bought gifts for a little foster girl," she said walking out with shopping bags.
"My sister and I talked about it. We didn't go shopping (Thanksgiving)," she said, adding that she wanted to spend the time with family instead. "Now, I'll shop a couple more hours."


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Crosby County, Texas Genealogy
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Guide to Crosby County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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County Courthouse
Crosby County Courthouse
PO Box 218
Crosbyton, TX 79322
Phone: 806.675.2334
County Clert has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage, probate and court records from 1887 and
land records from 1886; District Clerk has divorce records[1]
The first permanent settler arrived in 1877.
Parent County
1876--Crosby County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seats: Estacado 1886-1890; Emma 1890-1910; Crosbyton 1910-present. [2][3]
Three County Seats During History of County
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1889--Crosby County Courthouse in Estacado caught fire on October 9, 1889 and destroyed the judges', treasurer's and county clerk's offices.[4]
Populated Places
Cone | Crosbyton | Kalgary | Lorenzo | Ralls
Neighboring Counties
Early Day Burials
- Lost and Lonely Grave
- Goat Head Hill Cemetery
- Indian Burials
- Military Graves
- Historic Rock House Cemete
Early Cemeteries
City Cemeteries
- Crosbyton Cemetery
- Crosbyton Mt. Zion Cemetery
- City of Lorenzo Cemetery
- Lorenzo West Side Cemetery
- Ralls Cemetery
- Crosby County Cemeteries - USGenWeb Archives Project
- Crosby County Cemeteries - USGenWeb Tombstone Project
- FindAGrave - transcriptions and photographs
After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, have been recorded by the county. You can obtain copies of these land records by writing to the county clerk at the county courthouse. For more information, see Texas Land and Property.
The FamilySearch Catalog lists microfilm copies of deeds, trust deeds, and mortgages of many counties.
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Crosby County, Texas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Texas Local Histories.
- A History of Crosby County 1876-1977, A collection of historical sketches and family histories composed by County Residents; compiled by the staff of the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum under the supervision and with the cooperation of the Crosby County Historical Commission, 1978. Read the book online at The Portal to Texas History.
- Through the Years: A History of Crosby County, 1952, by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis.
- Book References
- Crosby County Photographs - TXGenWeb
- Crosby County Map
- Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenweb site
Crosby County Military Records
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Crosby County, Texas Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
- TX Newspaper Abstracts (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Census Diggins 1830-1930
- Do a Crosby County, Texas Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Probate records of Texas have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records.
See the Wiki page Texas Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
Texas tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see the wiki page Texas Taxation.
1846-1910 Texas County Tax Rolls lists FHL films with county tax lists. The lists vary by county and year. Most records are between the years of 1846 - 1910.
Vital Records
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.
Certified birth and death certificates or birth and death verifications can be ordered online or by mail at the Texas Vital Records State Department of Health. Copies can also be obtained from the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred and are often less expensive. You can also order them online through a third party company.
Marriages records can be obtained from the county the marriage occurred. Only marriage verifications can be obtained from the Texas Vital Records State Department of Health.
See Texas Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Texas.
- Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
- Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images]
Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Crosby County, Texas. Page 662 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Crosby County Courthouse Historical Marker Text, located at the Courthouse. Marker erected 1966.
- ↑ GenDisasters.com - Estacado, TX Crosby County Courthouse Fire, Oct 1889 http://www3.gendisasters.com/texas/17667/estacado-tx-crosby-county-courthouse-fire-oct-1889


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Bathavon Rotary Club Magazine
B&T is the Club magazine of the Bathavon Rotary Club with details of our upcoming programme of events and reports of all Club activities
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Fund Raising 2016/17
For The Bath Rugby Foundation.....over £5000 raised for the Foundation this year by our collectors, well done .details
Gardening at Peggy Dodds
Bathavon Rotarians clearing a section of the garden at the Peggy Dodds Day Care Centre.details
Waterbox survival
We regularly volunteer to help pack waterboxes for Waterbox Survival. http://www.watersurvivalbox.org/details
Iconic Cycling Events
Talk by Steve Baxter, commercial manager of the Bike Bath event. Bike Bath is an annual weekend-long event for bike riders of all abilities, starting at The Rec in Bath and then touring the surrounding area.details
Farm to Shop
Partners and Guests are invited to the Society Cafe in Kingsmead Square to learn about and taste the many varieties of coffee.details
William and Caroline Herschel
Talk by Jonathan Hall about astronomers William and Caroline Herschel.details
Presentation by Peter Roswell of the Rotary Club of Wrington Vale on Heartworks, a proect to provide a Training Simulator based in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. Grace: Malcolm Chatwin Host: Peter Millsdetails
Avon & Somerset Constabulary
Talk by recently retired Avon & Somerset Police DCI Nick Papuca. Nick was in charge of criminal investigation, responding to serious crime. Grace: Vince Arkell Host: David Beresford-Smithdetails
3 Clubs Christmas Carol Concert
The 3 Bath Rotary Clubs Christmas Concert at the Forum with the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, commencing 7:30. Raising funds for Friends of Young Carers and Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity. Tickets £15 and £30, children half price.details
Talk by Ceceil Weir on Julian House
Talk by Cecil Weir on Julian House is a refuge for homeless people.details
Visit to Dyrham Park
A tour of Dyrham Park for members, their partners and guests. Tour and buffet meal provided at a cost of £15 per person.details
Handover to new President Charles Hayward. Guests and partners welcome. Grace: Presidents Peter Mills and Michael Wood Host: Tim Westbrookdetails
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William & Caroline Herscel
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Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal
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In a two-part post, Raghav Gupta (VP of Consumer Services & Partnerships, Brightcove) writes:
... I've long advocated a level playing field when it comes to royalty rates and this is the most glaring example of the field not being level. Performing artists should get compensated for their work regardless of the medium in which it is performed. The argument of the promotional value of radio making up for the lack of a royalty doesn't hold water for me -- if it is indeed promotional, then the copyright holders should be willing to waive their royalty in exchange for greater airplay and promotion. ...
Link: Rags's Soapbox.
And, from part 2:
... Satellite radio pays about 7% of its revenues to the labels and artists, while internet radio webcasters pays anywhere from 12% to many times this rate depending on how you're counting. What does terrestrial radio pay? Zip. Nada. Through a historical accident, terrestrial radio has paid royalties to songwriters and publishers, but not the labels and performing artists. The LA Times has a good rundown of this, and mentions how it may be easier this time around given the troubles of the record industry and the fact that satellite and internet radio have to pay such royalties (as does most of the rest of the world's terrestrial radio stations). The labels have tried to claim this performance right in the past but have found themselves outmatched politically by the powerful broadcasters. ...
Link: Rags's Soapbox.
A more complete discussion of this should include the fact that broadcasters do provide value to labels and artists by providing discovery and promotion services for their music. In fact, this value has been so powerful that we've had to legislate against payola. That is, record companies paying broadcasters for air play, not the other way around. I'm all for making the playing field level, but let's recognize that the value chain is a lot more complicated. --Dennis (disclosure: a broadcaster since 1969)


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Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley's recently strained calf – like so many of his injuries – is not quite bad enough to put him on the disabled list, but is bad enough that he's going to miss several games.
Bradley, who injured the calf running out an infield chopper Tuesday night, avoided the disabled list when the team's medical staff determined that his two-day progress showed he could be well enough to pinch-hit this weekend in Cincinnati with an eye toward returning to the lineup early in the week in Houston. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Meet a superhero, celebrate the history of the American flag and take a beautiful nature walk this week in Westchester County.
1. Historic Flag Day Dedication in Peekskill on Saturday, June 14, at 3 p.m.
This installation and dedication of a 21-foot flagpole at Westchester County's newest historic facility will mark the first official raising of a flag at the place where Abraham Lincoln gave his only speech in Westchester County on his way to the White House on Feb. 19, 1861. The Lincoln Depot Museum has been completely restored and includes advanced educational and exhibition facilities. Free. Intersection of Water Street and Central Avenue.
2. New York Comic Fest at the County Center in White Plains on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
This family-friendly, one-day event features some of the comic industry's biggest writers and artists from renowned companies such as Marvel, DC and tons of independent publishers. Enjoy vendors, art dealers, panel discussions, costume and trivia contests. There's also a rumor floating around that the Batmobile might make an appearance. $20 in advance, $25 at the door, children younger than12 free. 198 Central Ave.
3. Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Restoration of the Link of the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail between Lyndhurst and Gracemere Park in Tarrytown on Sunday, June 15, at 11 a.m.
Join the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct in honoring those who facilitated the reopening of this long-dormant trail. There is free parking at Lyndhurst in the upper parking lot if you show this notice at the gatehouse. Free. 635 S. Broadway.
4. The 34th Annual Ossining Village Fair on Saturday, June 14, beginning at 10 a.m.
One of the community's premier events of the year, the 34th annual Ossining Village Fair reflects the unique character of the village with a celebration that includes a wide range of vendors, food, games and live entertainment. Rain date is Sunday, June 15. Free. 5 Main St.
5. Hastings' Purple Crayon's "PitchOn! " on Saturday, June 14, at 8:30 p.m.
The Purple Crayon in Hastings-on-Hudson will host its first-ever "PitchOn!" event, an innovative evening of song and crowd funding that invites "inventive geniuses" to the stage to sing karaoke and pitch their ideas for imaginative projects that are in need of sponsoring. Free. 52 Main St.
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As a senior leisure, youth and human services major, Emily Hanson will soon be in the "life satisfaction business," enriching people's lives through things like tourism, human services and community recreation. However, Hanson's not waiting until graduation to start making a difference in the lives of others.
Hanson may be best known for her work with UNI Dance Marathon, a group that raises funds for the Children's Miracle Network in order to help kids with life-threatening illnesses. While Dance Marathon has existed across the nation since 1991, it's a relatively new group at UNI. With her co-director Brenna Bush and Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) liaison Dakotah Reed, Hanson built the organization from the ground up, culminating in the first-ever UNI Dance Marathon in 2012. She developed a comprehensive five-year strategic plan for the group and managed alumni relations within the organization.
Last year, the UNI Dance Marathon raised $56,473.01 for the University of Iowa Children's Hospital, which broke the national record of most money raised by a first-year dance marathon.
"I can honestly say that Dance Marathon has changed my life," says Hanson. "Seeing the excitement on the miracle kiddos' faces and the student's reactions to us quadrupling our goal was the most rewarding experience I've had in life thus far. I think the work we were able to accomplish speaks volumes of the types of students we have at UNI."
Hanson has dedicated a lot of time and effort to the UNI Dance Marathon, but this is just one of the many organizations of which she is a member.
She is also heavily involved in the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA), which is a student organization that focuses on community service and developing nonprofit skills.
One of her favorite aspects of the group is a 500-hour service project done each year. The service project allows students in the organization to work together, while gaining hands-on experience at a local nonprofit. This year the group is helping the Alzheimer's Association plan the QUASH event, a campus-wide scavenger hunt which supports Alzheimer's research.
"Through these experiences, I've learned and grown as a leader," says Hanson. "Now, I have confidence in my abilities and myself. It has also strengthened my desire to work at a nonprofit organization upon graduation. To be honest, if I hadn't had these experiences, I'm not sure I would be as ready and excited to start my professional career. I'm thankful everyday for the wonderful opportunities I've had at UNI."
Hanson's goal is to be the leader of a youth-serving nonprofit organization someday, which is something her experiences at UNI are sure to help her with.
"While I'm very sad to be graduating and leaving UNI, I'm excited for what is to come," says Hanson. "UNI played a huge role in developing me as a person, and I plan on using everything I've learned to truly make a difference."


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Cowboys, Cardinals link arms amid NFL anthem protests; Trump keeps up war of wordsBy KATHERINE DAVIS-YOUNG
September 25. 2017 11:50PM
PHOENIX — Two National Football League teams on Monday largely steered clear of a controversy over national anthem protests that have ensnared President Donald Trump and threatened to damage the game's popularity, staging a pre-game "moment of unity" instead.
The entire Dallas Cowboys team, including owner Jerry Jones, linked arms and knelt on the playing field for a moment before the game, but then stood respectfully as the "Star-Spangled Banner" was performed by singer Jordin Sparks.
Jones has previously expressed pride that no players on his team had taken to one knee as the anthem was played and said he was disappointed to see such protests.
The Cowboys opponent, the Arizona Cardinals, joined arms as a giant flag was unfurled on the field, but did not kneel.
"Prior to the National Anthem, the @DallasCowboys and @AZCardinals shared a moment of unity on the field," the NFL said in a Twitter post that was retweeted by the Cowboys.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stirred a polarizing national debate in 2016 after refusing to stand during pre-game renditions of the "Star Spangled Banner" to protest police violence against African-Americans.
Kaepernick was not signed by an NFL team this season but several players have made similar gestures.
Trump kicked off his battle with the largest-grossing U.S. professional sports league at a rally on Friday, when he said any protesting player was a "son of a bitch" who should be "fired."
Those remarks touched off protests by dozens of NFL players, coaches and even some owners at games on Sunday, along with criticism from many corners of the sports world.
"The childishness, the gratuitous fear-mongering and race baiting has become so consistent that we almost expect it, the bar has been lowered so far," Gregg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, told reporters.
The head of the U.S. Olympic Committee spoke out in support of the protesters at NFL games.
"The athletes you see protesting are protesting because they love their country," USOC Chief Executive Scott Blackmun told reporters in Park City, Utah. "We fully support that our athletes and everybody else to express themselves."
The International Olympic Committee's charter prohibits "demonstrations of political, religious or racial propaganda" at Olympic venues.
Steelers' Villanueva 'embarrassed,' apologizes for mix-up with teammates' protest
Not all players joined in Sunday's protests. Notably, Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Alejandro Villanueva, a U.S. Army Ranger who was deployed in Afghanistan, stood alone at the entrance to the stadium for the anthem on Sunday while his teammates waited in the locker room.
Villanueva jerseys and other apparel have outsold those of all other players in the past 24 hours, said a spokesman for online retailer Fanatics, which operates NFLShop.com.
Villanueva told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he never intended to stand alone during the national anthem on Sunday and apologized to his teammates and coach Mike Tomlin for what he called "a very embarrassing" botching of the team's pregame plan.
"Every single time I see that picture of me standing by myself, I feel embarrassed," Villanueva said.
"We butchered our plan."
Villanueva said he asked quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the team's leaders to amend their original idea, agreed upon after a Saturday night team meeting, which was to stand in the locker room during the anthem in an attempted show of unity. Part of the reason Villanueva pushed for change: he'd received texts from wounded veterans asking him to stand for the anthem.
Villanueva's suggestion, he said, was to stand with Roethlisberger and the team's other captains at the front of the tunnel. That didn't work out due to, as Roethlisberger said, pregame "chaos" in a small area, and Villanueva was left to stand alone with his teammates about 20 feet behind him.
"The crazy thing about that is, when we came out of the tunnel, we told Al to come stand up front with the captains. Cam, myself and (Tyler Matakevich)," Roethlisberger said.
"When we came out of the locker room into that tunnel, it was a very small area. There was a flag or something coming off the field so there were a bunch of Bears fans, coming off the field holding that (and) going in front of us, so it kind of held us up."
The end result was Villanueva, hand on his heart and mouthing the words to the song, standing apart from his teammates. It was widely perceived, with sound enough logic, that he'd gone rogue.
Villanueva took sole responsibility for the mix-up and said that "very few players" knew that he'd planned to head to the tunnel because he went directly to the captains with his idea.
"How would you feel if you were somebody who really wants to go out there and stand for the national anthem, and you didn't know that there was a player that was going to stand in the tunnel from a (better) vantage point? I would be really (mad)," he said.
"They're getting negative feedback because they didn't stand up for the national anthem when in reality, they would've done it. They were fighting to stand up for the national anthem."
He also made a point to say that he did not take offense to players who have chosen to take a knee during the anthem in protest of "injustices and racial divide," including former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who knelt for the anthem in protest of police brutality and racial injustice last season.
"I take no offense," Villanueva said. "I don't think veterans at the end of the day take any offense. They actually signed up and fought so that somebody could take a knee and protest peacefully whatever it is that their hearts desire."
Continually, Villanueva apologized to the rest of the team.
"I made coach Tomlin look bad, and that is my fault and my fault only," he said. "I made my teammates look bad, and that is my fault and my fault only.
"When everybody sees an image of me standing by myself, everybody thinks that the team and Steelers are not behind me, and that's absolutely wrong. It's quite the opposite. Actually, the entire team would've been out there with me, even the ones that wanted to take a knee."
Roethlisberger on Monday said he regretted having missed the anthem.
"I was unable to sleep last night," Roethlisberger said in a statement. "I personally don't believe the Anthem is ever the time to make any type of protest."
Thorny issue
Trump kept up his verbal battle with the players on Monday, saying on Twitter that his objection to the protests had nothing to do with race but was "about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!"
The president, who has called for a boycott of NFL games, also tweeted: "Tremendous backlash against the NFL and its players for disrespect of our Country."
The demonstrations have become a thorny issue for the league, which has sought to support players' rights to protest while trying to keep politics from overshadowing the games.
CBS Corp said overall viewership of games it broadcast on Sunday was up 4 percent from last year and 1 percent from last week. NBC, owned by Comcast Corp, said viewership for its Sunday night game was down compared with the prior week.
"The protest has nothing to do with respecting the flag. I agree with their message but not doing it during the anthem," U.S. Air Force veteran Jimmy Phillips, 43, said before the Monday game in Phoenix.
Nike Inc said it supported athletes who had joined the protests.
"Nike supports athletes and their right to freedom of expression on issues that are of great importance to our society," the athletic wear maker said in a statement.
The debate attracted intense attention online, with the hashtag "#TakeAKnee" racking up 2.4 million mentions and "#TakeTheKnee" used 1.2 million times by Monday, while "#BoycottNFL" had 101,500 mentions.
Prominent players continued to speak out against Trump on Monday.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who has said he considers Trump a friend, on Monday said he disagreed with Trump's remarks.
"I thought it was just divisive," Brady told Boston's WEEI radio.
At the same time as he berated the NFL, Trump praised car-racing league NASCAR, which saw no protests at its Sunday race in New Hampshire.
Material from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was used in this report.


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Bravo to the bra: It's what's underneath that counts
While the B-word can rub some women the wrong way, it can completely lift other women up – literally.
We're talking bras – it's one of the first articles of clothing that goes on in the morning and one of the last we take off. Hate them or love them, there is no shortage of availability or style. Lace, push-up, underwire or stretch, there is a bra for anytime and any activity, and with some summer weather left, it's the best season to show off a little more.
"I love this season's relaxed tank," says style blogger of DaintyGirl.ca, Nicole Wilson.
"The arm openings are a little lower and more loose than your average tank so you run the risk of overexposing yourself on the sides. I like to wear mine with a lacy bralet in a contrasting yet complementary colour to keep my lady bits covered and my look on-trend."
While style is personal, and totally customizable to one's taste, health and fit are of utmost importance. According to research done by Nike, 80% of women are wearing the wrong sized bra and 46% of Canadian women don't realize that an ill-fitting bra can have a negative impact on their health.
"Get sized by a professional. I neglected doing this for years and as it turns out, I was wearing the wrong size for years too," Wilson said.
"An ill-fitting bra can look unsightly under clothing and cause discomfort over time; know your size and don't be afraid to try different styles until you find the one that makes you feel and look your best."
Once fit is figured out, make sure to flatter. Vancouver-based style expert Nadia Albano suggests mixing and matching your bras and tops.
"I love the look of layered lace peeking through a sheer silk cami or dress. I also like a bright sports bra under a bomber jacket, sheer blouse or mesh top," Albano said.
Here are some ways you can rock n' roll this trend so it not only feels good, but looks good to.
BRA vs. BRALET
While both items have their health and style benefits, there is a time and an outfit for both. We asked the style experts for their tips.
Nadia Albano: "Bras provide support and structure. It's an underpinning that will boost or minimize your bust size, while bralets are designed for layering and seem to work best on women with smaller breasts."
TIP: Wear the bralet under a flowy summer dresses, sheer blouses and/or under a tuxedo suit for an evening look.
Nicole Wilson: "I think there's a time and place for both and every woman should own both in their bra collection. It really depends on what type of top or dress you're wearing and of course, the fabric."
TIP: If wearing a lighter fabric, choose a full-bra to avoid any "peek-a-boo moments," if the fabric is thicker, Wilson says she's comfortable going with a light and lacy bralet.


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Milwaukee Wave shows off new logo
The Wave kicks off their season Dec. 7.
The Milwaukee Wave revealed its new logo outside the U.S. Cellular Arena on Thursday.
The logo is now black and white with a blue wave underneath.
This is the 30th year for the indoor soccer club.
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is taking over as co-chair of the Wave of Hope foundation, which provides kids the chance to go to summer soccer camp.
"Our job is to help organize the youth, help raise money for charitable organizations to get everybody involved and excited about the Milwaukee Wave," Thompson said.
The Wave kicks off their season Dec. 7.


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Bizarre and deliciously intriguing, "In the House" is not a feature-length adaptation of the mid-'90s, LL Cool J-starring sitcom of the same name. If it were, the first four words of this review probably would not be there.
This sometimes-hilarious French dramedy explores the way we engineer our lives as entertainment, and the point at which escape overcompensates for what's being escaped. Burned-out teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini) delights in 16-year-old Claude (Ernst Umhauer), a student with a rare command of words. His class assignments recount Claude's new friendship with Rapha (Bastien Ughetto), a classmate Claude tutors in math as a means of entering Rapha's house and seeing how a supposedly perfect family lives. He notes the "middle-class curves" of Rapha's bored mom (Emmanuelle Seigner of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") and describes Rapha's life with both admiration and judgment.
Meanwhile, even when he must help Claude and Rapha cheat to maintain their arrangement, Germain encourages Claude—the more to provide fresh material to share with Germain's wife, Jeanne (Kristin Scott Thomas). She's desperately trying to make her gallery a viable business, even if it means resorting to featuring blow-up dolls.
"It's not a sex shop," she asserts," It's an art gallery."
Likewise, much of "In the House" is open to interpretation. Adapting Juan Mayorga's play, writer-director Francois Ozon ("Swimming Pool") playfully layers truth and fiction until it's difficult to separate reality from our own exaggerated view of it. Do we associate primarily with people who are reflections of ourselves? How much do we know about a person or place after spending, say, a week together? The film's relationships are complicated and deceptive, with a disturbing undercurrent of attraction between adults and an underage storyteller.
Germain's fixation on Claude's almost pathological examination of Rapha tingles with the exciting tension that can come from hearing about strangers' ordinary lives. To Rapha, playing basketball with his dad means the world. To Claude, his perception skewed by his own unhappy family situation, it's absurd to revolve happiness around whether or not a ball falls into a hoop. "In the House" captures why we do what we do, and the extent to which stories reflect both the writer and the reader.
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text: The US Heavy-Ion Fusion Science program has the long-term goal of developing inertial-confinement fusion as an affordable and environmentally attractive source of electrical power. Toward this goal, the near-term HIFS research at US National Laboratories uses reduced-scale experiments and state-of-the-art numerical simulations to understand the injection, transport, and focusing of the high-current beams needed for this approach to fusion energy. Since 1998, this research has been co-ordinated in the US by the Heavy-Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory.


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I am a Consultant Urological Surgeon working in London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at king's College London. I am also the lead clinician for Continence Service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South London Healthcare NHS Trust.
My special interests are in: female urology, Incontinence management including urodynamic study, male infertility, erectile dysfunction and management of prostatic disease.
My postgraduate training in Urology in London was at Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital, Whipps Cross University Hospital, North Middlesex university Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, and Bart's and the Royal London Hospital.
I am a keen researcher and have a considerable number of publications in urology, especially in the field of minimally invasive treatment of prostatic hyperplasia and Andrology. I have an MSc degree in Urology from University College London. I also have an interest in Medical Education, and obtained a Diploma in Medical Education from University College London.
My hobbies are Playing Golf, Gardening, digital photography and collecting old Middle Eastern stamps.


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Most US Open spots are going to qualifiers
The USGA has tweaked the criteria for U.S. Open exemptions over the years without giving up two important objectives. It wants the most deserving players to be at the U.S. Open, and it wants to remain the most democratic of all majors.
The formula appears to be working.
At least half the 156-man field — usually a little more — has come through qualifying nine of the last 10 years. The exception was in 2006 when 80 players were exempt, and that was because of a few unusual circumstances. One of them was David Toms finishing bogey-bogey in 2005 to create an eight-way for 15th place. The top 15 and ties were exempt the following year, and 16 players got in through that category.
With two weeks remaining before sectional qualifying, the U.S. Open is headed toward another split — half the field will be exempt, the other half will have to qualify.
"Any time we consider an exemption change, that's the first thing we look at it," said Jeff Hall, the USGA's managing director of rules and competition. "We want to exempt those players deserving as such. But the democratic nature of the U.S. Open is very important to us."
Any proposed change goes through a series of models to make sure the majority of the field is exempt from qualifying.
Assuming that Tiger Woods does not play at Pinehurst No. 2 — he hasn't even been cleared to swing a club yet after March 31 back surgery — 49 players are exempt. There's a spot open for the BMW PGA Championship winner at Wentworth this week. And the top 60 in the world after each of the next two weeks will not have to qualify.
From the top 60 in this week's ranking, 25 players would be exempt.
The following week — after the Memorial — is the last cutoff, and it's loosely known as the "Justin Rose Rule." Rose won the Memorial in 2010 and moved to No. 33 in the world, one week after the ranking exemption was closed. In the three years since the extra week was added, no more than two players were added to the field.
"We'll take that risk," Hall said. "There's some duplication, generally, with the world ranking and the Tour Championship field. Those people tend to stay in the top 60."
Everyone on the bubble going into this pivotal week is playing either Colonial or Wentworth except for Richard Sterne (57), Charles Howell III (66) and J.B. Holmes (72). Howell tied for third at the Byron Nelson, but that was his fifth straight week. He is taking this week off.
The U.S. Open is June 12-15 at Pinehurst No. 2. The last time the Open was played at Pinehurst, the winner (Michael Campbell) came through sectional qualifying.
NEXT STOP: Now that Adam Scott has become No. 1 in the world for the first time, the next question is how long he can keep it.
Scott and Matt Kuchar (No. 4) are playing at Colonial. Henrik Stenson (No. 3) has his best chance at rising to No. 1 because he is playing in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, which effectively offers bonus points as Europe's flagship event. Stenson should be able to reach No. 1 if he places higher at Wentworth than Scott at Colonial. Kuchar would have to win Colonial.
With five players separated by an average of one point, golf could see its own version of musical chairs with the No. 1 ranking.
That wouldn't be the first time, of course.
The early summer of 1997 featured the most dynamic stretch in the 28-year history of the ranking when No. 1 changed five times in five weeks. Greg Norman was No. 1 until Tiger Woods replaced him. Woods lasted one week until Ernie Els won the Buick Classic and went to No. 1. Norman won the FedEx St. Judge Classic the following week to return to No. 1, and then Woods won the Western Open and reclaimed No. 1 for the next nine weeks.
ACES UP: Quicken Loans didn't waste any time getting fans involved in its PGA Tour event.
The new title sponsor of the Quicken Loans National will pick one person to receive $1 million if a PGA Tour player makes a hole-in-one on the 10th hole at Congressional during any of the four rounds of the tournament.
Registration for the Quicken Loans Hole-In-One Sweepstakes began Monday at www.pgatour.com/QuickenLoans.
"First impressions are important, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate our first year as sponsor of the Quicken Loans National than to create even more excitement for an already world-class tournament," said Jay Farner, the company's president and chief marketing officer.
Odds are long, though they're still better than picking a perfect bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament for $1 billion.
Quicken Loans is extending its sweepstakes beyond the June 26-29 tournament. For every hole-in-one on the PGA Tour for the rest of 2014, the Detroit-based company will pay a year's worth of mortgage payments to randomly selected entrant. And even if there are no aces, the company will randomly picked 60 names to receive one monthly mortgage payment on their home.
There were 11 aces on the PGA Tour from Congressional through the end of 2013. The only one at Congressional was by John Merrick — on the seventh hole.
HOGAN AWARD: The superb spring season of Patrick Rodgers got even better when he was selected to receive the Ben Hogan Award as the nation's top college golfer over the last 12 months. It was hard to argue with what the Stanford junior has done.
Rodgers was medalist at the NCAA regional in Oregon last week, an amazing run in which he has won five of his last six tournaments and was runner-up in the other. His 11 career victories ties Tiger Woods for the most in Stanford history. Rodgers was part of winning American teams in the Walker Cup and the Palmer Cup, and he has replaced U.S. Amateur champion Matthew Fitzpatrick at No. 1 in the world amateur ranking.
By winning the Hogan Award, he received an exemption to the Colonial this week. It will be the fourth PGA Tour start for Rodgers, who has announced he is turning pro after his junior season. He tied for 15th in the John Deere Classic last summer.
DIVOTS: U.S. Amateur champion Matthew Fitzpatrick is turning pro after the U.S. Open. He has signed with International Sports Management and will make his pro debut in the Irish Open. ... BMW strengthened its relationship with the European Tour by announcing a four-year extension through 2018. The agreement means BMW stays on as title sponsor for tournaments in England (BMW PGA Championship), Germany (BMW International Open) and Shanghai (BMW Masters), and it remains the official car of the European Tour. ... The RBC Canadian Open returns to Glen Abbey in 2015. It will be the Abbey's record 27th time to host golf's third-oldest national championship. ... The LPGA is returning to Portland for the 43rd year with its original name — The Portland Classic. Cambia Health Solutions has signed on as a presenting sponsor. It will be played Aug. 28-31 at Columbia-Edgewater Country Club.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Brendon Todd became the eighth player this year to be outside the top 100 in the world ranking and win a PGA Tour event.
FINAL WORD: "There is no secret. Good food, good wine, good cigars and some exercise." — Miguel Angel Jimenez after winning a European Tour event at age 50.


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The Pan-STARRs supernova survey has discovered one of the largest samples of Type Ia supernovae. Measurements of the distances to these supernovae allow us to probe some of the most fundamental questions about the properties of the universe like what is dark energy. When combining measurements from various astrophysical probes, we find hints of interesting tension with the Lambda-CDM model. I discuss the various combinations of astrophysical probes and the source of this tension. It is possible that this tension is due to systematic uncertainties in the various measurements, and I show how we analyze these uncertainties in the Pan-STARRs sample.


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CM Storm Sonuz Gaming Headset Review
CM Storm is Cooler Master's brand for high-end gaming devices and components. Begun back in 2008, CM Storm products are developed by working directly with the gaming community to tailor products exactly to gamers' needs. CM Storm claims to have injected every product with its signature "Storm Tactics" with a focus on Strength, Security, and Control. Sure, it's just marketing, but it does inspire confidence knowing that whatever CM Storm product you buy has been shaped by the gaming community. Today I'll be taking a look at the CM Storm Sonuz, a new gaming headset that has just hit the market. It promises great things with its 53mm drivers, comfortable 97mm ear pads, and detachable microphone (which can be placed on either side of the headset).
Cooler Master claims that this headset is designed for the highest sound quality. With its large drivers and simple stereo design the Sonuz looks like it might be a winner. It's not common for companies to actually push for high sound quality and hit the mark in an affordable headset, so continue on to see how the CM Storm Sonuz lives up to its tagline: "Don't let poor audio get you killed".
Closer Look:
The box for the CM Storm Sonuz is garnished in the trademark red, grey, and silver of the CM Storm line. The front of the box has a large photo of the headset blending into the window that allows you to peek at the actual headset itself. The blending between the photo and the headset is a bit odd because of the different perpectives and makes it look like the headset has been twisted around the top spine. Moving around to the side of the box you can just barely see the headset peeking through the window. The backside of the box introduces the basic features and specifcations of the Sonuz in English as well as seven other languages. Spinning around further the other side of the box lists the specifications of the headset, which are further detailed on the Specifications and Features page.
Overall the box is quite attractive and will successfully distance itself from other packages on the shelves of your local store. There's enough information to get you familiar with what you're buying before you take them home and get to gaming!
Popping open the top of the box is a simple affair with the headset and accessories sliding out easily. The headset itself is packaged in a formed plastic carrier that holds it very securely – it won't be going anywhere in shipment no matter how malicious your UPS or FedEx driver happens to be. Along with the headset, Cooler Master bundles an instruction booklet and a plug for the detectable microphone.
As seen above the headset comes packaged securely in a clear plastic carrier. It's actually twist-tied into the carrier with no room for movement whatsoever. Centered in the middle of the packaging is the inline microphone and volume control. This is a welcome feature as I absolutely hate tabbing out of a game to change the volume level! The ability to quickly mute the microphone is something that should get some good use during extended gaming sessions when you don't want to transmit eating noises (or whatever you do when you game). Click on to the next page to see the CM Storm Sonuz in the raw!