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The U.S. Justice Department notified New York City officials on Wednesday that it plans to ask a federal judge for oversight of the city's police department if she determines its controversial stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional, according to a news report.
The New York Daily News report comes after the conclusion of a 10-week federal civil trial on the practice by New York City police of stopping people they suspect of unlawful activity and frisking those they suspect are carrying weapons.
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U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin is expected to rule in the coming weeks.
Defenders of the tactics, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, say the practice has helped to reduce crime. Opponents contend that stop-and-frisk targets minorities and violates their Fourth Amendment rights for protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
A spokesman for the Department of Justice declined to comment. A spokesman for the New York Police Department was not immediately available late Wednesday.
Bloomberg spokesman John McCarthy said the office has not seen any papers yet but the administration continues to support the city's police department.
Overall police stops have shot up sharply during Bloomberg's administration - from 160,851 in 2003, Bloomberg's first year in office, to 685,724 in 2011. About half of the 2011 stops resulted in searches.
The lawsuit was filed in 2008 by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of four black men who said they were stopped based on their race.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — So-called momentum plays led a selloff in U.S. stocks on Tuesday that pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 further from record levels.
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Shares of biotechnology, Internet and small-cap companies were battered for a second day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.26% dropped 117.59 points, or 0.7%, to a preliminary 16,906.62, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.04% shed 13.94 points, or 0.7%, to 1,963.71. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.48% lost 60.07 points, or 1.35%, to 4,391.46. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF IBB, -1.58% fell 2.1%, while Global X Social Media Index ETF SOCL, -1.35% fell 4.2%.
The Russell 2000 RUT, -1.20% fell 14.6 points, or 1.2% to 1,172.15, adding to steep losses on Monday.
Rob Stein, chief executive officer of Astor Investment Management, said investors shouldn't be alarmed by Tuesday's pullback.
"When markets reach new peaks, investors tend to take opportunity and lighten up and rebalance. We think the economy is in its midcycle and has more room to grow. In this environment our risk-reward model is still favoring stocks with decent expected returns for the next several quarters," Stein said.
The latest earnings season received its unofficial kickoff after the market's close, as Alcoa Inc. released its second-quarter results.
Investors had a light load of economic news to digest during the session. A small-business optimism index showed a June dip amid a big fall in those who expect the economy to improve. Job openings at U.S. workplaces rose to 4.64 million in May — the most since June 2007 — from 4.46 million in April.
Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker said the Fed must be pre-emptive, hiking rates before inflation emerges. In contrast, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota downplayed recent higher readings on inflation, saying he expects the price level to stay below the central bank's target for several more years, possibly even until 2018.
After the close, Alcoa AA, -0.64% reported adjusted per-share earnings of 18 cents on revenue of $5.84, topping Wall Street's estimates. Shares rose 1.5% in after-hours trading.
Among individual stocks, TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP, +0.47% was left off Wunderlich Securities' list of analyst favorites for the second half of the year. Stock fell 5.6%, making it the biggest loser on the S&P 500.
Tesla Motors Inc. TSLA, -1.48% shares dropped 1.6% as the electric car company is being sued in China for trademark infringement. Read more in the Movers & Shakers column
In other markets, the Nikkei 225 index NIK, -0.56% closed down 0.4%, though the rest of Asia largely held steady. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.12% pulled back after weak German trade data supported the view that economic activity in the country is slowing.
Gold prices US:GCQ4 fell a third consecutive session to their lowest settlement in more than two weeks. Crude oil settled slightly lower. The British pound GBPUSD, +0.3687% slipped on unexpectedly weak U.K. factory data.
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The study of philosophy also includes a careful and critical examination of the basic assumptions, the central concepts, the value assertions, and the conclusions of all other disciplines. Such an examination forms the basis of such philosophic areas as the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, the philosophy of art, and the philosophy of science.
A study of philosophy not only enhances our intellectual understanding of the world and enables us to make larger sense out of our experience, but also brings about in us an awareness of the numerous ways in which views and assumptions of a philosophical sort are intimately involved in everyday living. In addition to broadening our perspectives and heightening our sensitivities, it encourages the development of a number of higher intellectual functions. It helps us to discern relationships and organize inferences, to think with clarity and explicate with precision, to critically analyze and think independently, and to probe, question, and explore.
The study of philosophy is appropriate for any career or profession that requires critical thinking and communication skills.
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UCLA has hired New Mexico's Steve Alford as its new head basketball coach, the school announced on Saturday.
UCLA Athletics Director Dan Guerrero said Alford will become the Bruins' 13th head basketball coach after the firing of Ben Howland.
The Lobos coach will break his brand-new 10-year contract in Albuquerque.
UNM was to pay him about $2 million per year.
Alford is no stranger to UCLA, having won a gold medal as a player for the USA in the 1984 Olympic Games, at the Forum.
His team stayed at the Olympic Village at the UCLA campus in Brentwood.
"Steve is the perfect fit for UCLA," Guerrero said in a press release. "He is part of the storied history of the game of college basketball and understands the tradition and uniqueness of UCLA."
UCLA reportedly had been turned down by two other potential coaches, before Alford said yes.
New Mexico had a 29-6 record this year, and won the Mountain West season and tournament titles.
He has coached collegiate basketball for 22 years.
Alford has taken the Lobos to postseason appearances in all six of his years at New Mexico, including three trips to the NCAA finals. Before that, he took Iowa to a 25-9 record and Big Ten tournament title.
And during his college career at Indiana, Alford played for Bobby Knight and then played for four years in the NBA. He replaces Howland, who was fired Sunday, two days after the Bruins lost to Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
During his decade coaching UCLA, Howland compiled a 233-107 record, with seven NCAA tournament berths. That included a string of three consecutive Final Four appearances in the 2006 through 2008 seasons.
Alford was to discuss his new job at a midday phone conference with reporters, and then arrive in Brentwood by Tuesday, the school said.


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Thousand Oaks - DUI / Driver's License Checkpoint Scheduled for July 7th
Nature of Incident:
DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint
Report Number:
Thousand Oaks
Date & Time:
July 7, 2012 7:00 pm until 3:00 am
Unit Responsible:
Thousand Oaks Police Department Traffic Bureau
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (D)ecedent
City of Residence
Thousand Oaks Police Department Targets
Impaired Drivers with DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
The Thousand Oaks Police Department's Traffic Bureau will be conducting a DUI / Drivers License checkpoint on July 7, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.
Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases; as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, court probation and other expenses that can exceed $10,000.
All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. Over the course of the past year, DUI collisions have claimed 3 lives and resulted in 115 traffic collisions injuring 48 of our friends and neighbors in Thousand Oaks.
This DUI/Drivers License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies and officers will be checking drivers for proper licensing. A major component of these checkpoints is the deterrent effect it has on those who might drive drunk or drug impaired and to bring about more awareness, encouraging everyone to use sober designated drivers.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent.
Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Media Release Date:
July 5, 2012
Follow-Up Contact:
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IT Management Slideshow: Five Rookie Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Are you a seasoned CIO overseeing a team of freshly-minted managers? Or, perhaps you're the one who's stepping into the CIO shoes for the very first time. Either way, you'll benefit from these five tips to avoid classic rookie management mistakes. The statistics are sobering: Within the first 18 months on the job, 40 percent of all management rookies fail by either getting fired, voluntarily bowing out of the position or receiving a bad review, according to the Center for Creative Leadership. It doesn't have to be that way. In the book, "Harvard Business Review on Managing People" (Harvard Business Review Press/Available now), co-author Carol A. Walker explores the myriad factors that cause new supervisors to fail, and provides guidance you can use to help reverse these trends. Walker is president of Prepared to Lead, a management consulting firm in Weston, Mass. The book is part of the "Must Reads" series from Harvard Business Review Press. Here are selected highlights from Walker's section, titled "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves."


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Pendleton may be an old-school heritage brand that's not afraid to stick to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" woolen-mill production process, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a few tricks up its sleeves. For its fall '13 Portland collection, Pendleton puts a modern twist on the prints that are synonymous with the brand. In a welcome update, the newest lookbook is filled with graphic dresses paired with bomber jackets and skirt-and-tee sets made for matching or mixing — whichever you prefer.
Of course, with Pendleton doing what it does best, the Portland collection features its famous wool knits in toggle peacoats, jumper dresses, graphic leggings, and, naturally, a classic baseball cap to top it off. Trust: This may not be Grandma's Pendleton throw, but the Portland collection is just as inviting. Check out all the styles in the new fall line ahead.


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Lynne Morris 11/13/2007 2:00:56 PMThis is beautiful Sylvia, wonderful colours and details! #785834
Dr Silly 11/13/2007 2:02:45 PMBeautiful droplet photo. :O)
Jeff Robinson 11/13/2007 3:06:34 PMExcellent comp and color; very nice work Sylvia! Jeff #5069642
Pamela Shane 11/15/2007 7:13:13 PMWonderfully creative Sylvia; I always
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 11/16/2007 9:08:58 PMBeautiful details and colors Sylvia!,
Michelle L. Frick 11/18/2007 2:08:33 PMFlat out gorgeous Sylvia! You have so many indredible and unique shots - love the colors!!! #5092121
Barbara Waldoch 11/18/2007 2:52:21 PMThis is fantastic, Sylvia! #5092306
JO ANN CLEVELAND 11/20/2007 5:48:48 AMYou do these sooo well~ Very unique and colorful Sylvia ~
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Colleen Farrell 12/19/2007 2:04:26 PMSensational work, Sylvia!!! Congratulations on this awesome finalist! #5228291
Rakesh Syal 12/19/2007 2:24:13 PMMy heartiest congratulations on this finalist, Sylvia!! #5228495
Bill Wyatt 12/19/2007 2:58:56 PMCongratulations on your beautiful finalist my friend!! #5228770
john dunne 12/19/2007 2:59:31 PMFantastic shot Sylvia and instantly recognisable as one fo your excellent photos. Well done on the finalist. Lets hope it gets a medal now too. #5228776
Hendrik Storme 12/19/2007 3:06:04 PMCongratulations on your finalist!
RC Fritz 12/19/2007 3:26:08 PMNice work, Sylvia! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #5229022
Pamela Shane 12/19/2007 3:51:08 PMCongratulations my friend, on this beautiful finalist! :) #5229273
Erica Murphy 12/19/2007 5:43:42 PMCongratulations Sylvia! This is very cool!
Barbara Waldoch 12/19/2007 5:46:54 PMCongratulations on this spectacular finalist, Sylvia! #5230407
Susan Fox 12/19/2007 5:50:32 PMWonderful details and design! Congratulations Sylvia!!!! #5230437
Colleen Farrell 12/19/2007 7:42:30 PMCongratulations on your WIN, Sylvia!! #5231350
Terry L. Ellis 12/19/2007 7:56:18 PMCongratulations, Sylvia on your fabulous Second Place win! #5231433
Kay E. Mahoney 12/19/2007 8:47:32 PMCongratulations on your second place winner, Sylvia. #5231915
Susana Ms Heide 12/19/2007 9:25:03 PMYou do this type of image so well Sylvia!!! This one is no exception!! Love it! Congrtulations on your WIN!! #5232199
Cindy Bendush 12/19/2007 9:46:08 PMAwesome in every way Sylvia! Gorgeous color, line and composition - and those drops ... FANTASTIC!!! Congratulations on this super winner! #5232280
Evy Johansen 12/19/2007 9:53:10 PMBIG congratulations on your beautiful win, Sylvia!! #5232335
Jeffrey Levy 12/19/2007 9:54:34 PMCongrats! This obviously took some thinking ahead. Beautiful colors, beautiful composition. A winner! #5232345
Barbara Waldoch 12/19/2007 11:26:06 PMCongratulations Sylvia on this wonderful win! #5232712
Laurence Saliba 12/20/2007 1:19:41 AMA BIG Congrats to you on this splendid winner Sylvia!!!!!!! WTG my friend!!!!
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Kate Jackson 12/20/2007 6:13:51 AMCongratulations Sylvia! What a marvellous creation! #5234170
Dr Silly 12/20/2007 6:33:16 AMCongratulations, Sylvia on your Gold. :O)
Barbara Helgason 12/20/2007 6:51:46 AMCongratulations Sylvia on this beautiful win. #5234307
Jill Flynn 12/20/2007 7:11:30 AMWhat a striking and beautiful abstract. Congratulations on your WIN Slyvia!!! #5234385
Michelle L. Frick 12/20/2007 7:22:15 AMOh boy - I think this was my fave from your November entries - so happy to see it brought you some gold!! Beautiful Winner Sylvia - Congratulations!! #5234430
Emile Abbott 12/20/2007 7:53:17 AMFantastic winner Sylvia and a Christmas congratulations to you. Great work. #5234552
Gail Vitikacs 12/20/2007 7:58:33 AMWay to go Sylvia! CONGRATS! #5234581
Susan Fox 12/20/2007 8:16:41 AMCongratulations Sylvia!!! #5234645
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Sam Britt 12/20/2007 8:26:08 AMCongratulations on this winner, Sylvia! #5234697
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Errick L. Cameron 12/20/2007 7:32:05 PMVery cool abstract Sylvia. Hats off! #5236974
Corinne M. Thompson 12/20/2007 7:37:50 PMAwesome capture Sylvia...Congrats! #5237005
Nikki McDonald 12/20/2007 8:47:44 PMCongratulations, Sylvia, on this absolutely beautiful winner. I love the color combination and the clarity of the drops is just lovely. #5237290
Robert K. Bemus 12/20/2007 9:57:24 PMGreat image, Sylvia...congratulations!! #5237532
Christopher Budny 12/21/2007 7:16:24 AMTerrific work, Sylvia; congratulations! #5239203
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Susan M. Hembree 12/30/2007 10:58:40 AMWonderful, Sylvia! Congratulations on your 2nd place win! #5268545
JO ANN CLEVELAND 12/30/2007 2:26:59 PMCongratulations Sylvia, I will never forget your wonderful help in my learning water drops, etc.
This is so beautiful, very well deserved!
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How to Apply for an Apprenticeship:
Minimum requirements for entry into an apprenticeship vary by occupational and geographical areas and are determined by the Department of Workforce Development, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards with assistance from the industry. The Bureau jointly reviews classroom training with the Wisconsin Technical College System. The Bureau also works closely with state and local apprenticeship advisory committees for all major trades groups, with labor unions, employers and employer associations to uphold the quality of the Wisconsin apprenticeship system.The application process for construction trades varies depending on the trade and the area of the state. Construction trade apprenticeships are sponsored by local trade committees comprised of skilled workers and employers who are advisory to the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards. Committee members recommend approval of qualified applicants to the Bureau. Each Committee develops its own policies and practices, with approval from the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards, for operating its apprenticeship program and selecting apprentices.Applications are taken by each local committee. Each Committee will determine the selection items required for the selection process. These may include an aptitude test, an interview with the Committee, high school transcript, proof of graduation or equivalent, birth certificate, valid driver's license and may submit to a recognized substance abuse test. Once all application materials are on file and the applicant is deemed to be qualified, the Committee will notify the applicant as to the next step in the procedure.
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MARQUETTE, Mich.—Charles Rose, recent general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education, presented "Emerging Trends in Higher Education" Monday at Northern Michigan University. To see his talk, visit:
Rose served as the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Education from May 2009 to July 2012. He advised the secretary of education on the department's signature reform initiatives, including Race to the Top, the innovation fund and Native American education initiatives.
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helloTuesday, July 24, 2007
Greetings from sunny Florida, Vero Beach to be exact.
We are spending a couple of weeks here at my parents home. I plan on making it a computer free two weeks to try to soak up all I can of my family and the summer. Although, I already am looking forward to when I get home to catch up on what you all will have been up to! :) Until then, blog on.
Oh, (because some of you asked) both pairs of Libby's shoes from the prepster post are from Garnet Hill. The boots were a birthday gift from Aunt Mimi. (we like shoes instead of toys for birthday gifts)!
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Have a great, relaxing vacation. I bet it's hot there!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful time!! Enjoy your less tech-ie vacation!!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful time with your family.We will be in FL in about a week. Totally in need of a vacation:)ReplyDelete
Hey, have a blast! Two weeks in Florida, how wonderful!ReplyDelete
Wishing you beautiful weather and lots of R&R!!!
Just found your blog and I look forward to seeing more when you get back. Have a great vacation!ReplyDelete
Love the socks for your daughter!
hoping your are loving your vacation. i miss reading your blog, though! and are you signed up for ravelry yet? the public NEEDS to see YOUR slouchy cardigan in the photo library.ReplyDelete


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The accusation was that Louis Walsh, a music industry manager and judge on the show X-factor, groped a man in the restroom at a club during an appearance of a band Walsh manages.
The part that I am happy to see is that Mr. Walsh is planning to pursue a libel action against the accuser. Mr. Walsh's statement says it all:
"...While I obviously welcome today's confirmation from the Garda that the matter has been dropped I remain outraged that this story ran in the first place in the Sun and I have instructed my libel lawyer to vigorously pursue legal action against the paper and they will also be taking action in relation to a number of other equally serious related matters.Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0628/breaking44.html
"I have no intention of letting this matter rest until I have received total and absolute vindication. This has been a hugely distressing time for me but I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues for their support and I am now just looking forward to getting back to work."


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ROWNIE WOKE WHEN GRABA knocked on the ceiling from the other side. Plaster dust drifted down from the knocking. Graba knocked again. Baskets hung on chains from the rafters, and they shook when she knocked.
Rownie sat up and tried to blink sleep-sand and plaster dust from one eye. The whole floor was covered by a bed made up of straw, stolen clothes sewn into blankets, and sleeping siblings. Two of his brothers crawled up out of the straw, Blotches and Stubble. Blotches had orange hair, orange freckles, and orange teeth. Stubble was the oldest and the tallest, and he liked to say that he had a beard. He didn't. He had stray hairs on the tip of his chin and on his cheeks near his ears.
Their sister Vass came in from the girls' room, which was really the same room with a blanket hung across the middle. Vass had been her name before she came to live with Graba. Sometimes Graba's grandchildren kept the names they had before. Sometimes they made up names for themselves. Blotches and Stubble had made up their own names.
"Hurry," Vass snapped.
Rownie got to his feet, combed the straw out of his hair with his fingers, and stumbled away from the middle of the room. He stood with Vass and Blotches while Stubble pulled the rope that lowered the stairway down from the ceiling. The musty smell of Graba's loft came down with it.
Vass went upstairs. The others followed her. Rownie came last.
There were birds everywhere in Graba's loft. Most were pigeons, gray and mangy. Some were chickens. A few larger, stranger birds perched in dark corners, watchful.
Graba perched on a stool near the iron stove, her legs hidden underneath the bulk of her gray skirts.
"Four grandchildren," she said. "Today I have four of you. Enough for what I have in mind now."
The word "grandmother" did not mean "mother's mother" or "father's mother" to Rownie, or to the various other children who sometimes lived in Graba's shack. Neither mothers nor fathers were part of this household, and the word "grandmother" simply meant "Graba."
The four children lined up in front of the stool, waiting. Two chickens pecked at the floorboards nearby, looking for seeds.
"I'll need eggs carried to Haggot's market stall," said Graba. She pointed to Stubble and Blotches, but she did not say their names. She probably did not know their names. "He'll be at the Northside market today. Trade the eggs for feed-grain, the best chicken feed you can find. Bring it back to me. Will you do that, now?"
"Yes, Graba." Stubble picked up a wooden crate filled with straw and eggs. All four siblings turned to go.
"Don't be going yet," Graba said. She took a small leather bag from around her neck and held it out to Vass. "Hang this over the chains on the Clock Tower door. Sing the charm I was teaching you last night, and stand back when you do. Take care with this, now. It is a present of welcoming home, and it's almost ripe."
Vass took the bag carefully. "What's in it?" she asked.
"A bird skull, stuffed with other things. Do this well, and I might be teaching you the making of it."
"Yes, Graba," said Vass.
"Go," Graba said. "All of you but the runt, the smallest one. Rownie should wait here with me."
Rownie waited. He wondered why Graba knew his name. She knew the names of those she kept an eye on, and it was not always a good thing to have Graba's eye on you.
He listened to Vass, Stubble, and Blotches clamber down the stairs.
"Yes, Graba?" Rownie asked.
"My leg bones have run down," she told him. "Wind them for me now." She extended a gearwork leg from under her stool. It was bird-shaped, with three long talon-toes in front and one in back, at the heel. The whole limb had been made out of copper and wood.
Rownie pried the crank out from her shin and wound it up, watching gears turn against chains and springs inside.
Graba always said that Mr. Scrud, the local gearworker, hadn't enough skill to make legs into human shapes. Vass whispered that Graba needed the chicken legs to hold up her hugeness, that nothing smaller would suffice, and that Graba wouldn't be able to walk today if she hadn't lost the ordinary legs she'd been born with.
Stubble said that Graba used to be a sailor, or a boat-witch, and that she'd lost her legs in a pirate attack. He said Graba killed some of the pirates with a look and a laugh and a lock of her hair before they cut off her legs with rusty swords. He always drew out the word "rusty" when he told the story. "Rrrrrrrrusty swords. Ha!" Then he'd hit Rownie behind the knee with a stick to buckle him over.
Stubble told this story often. Rownie had cried the first time, and the rest of Graba's grandchildren had laughed. On the second telling Rownie had glared up at Stubble from the ground. The third time Stubble told the tale Rownie had fallen backward on purpose, throwing up his hands and imitating Graba's rusty voice. "Curse you, Pirate King!" (The story had grown by then, and the ordinary river pirates had become a full barge captained by the King of All Pirates.)
Everybody had laughed. Stubble had helped him up, and after that he didn't hit Rownie so hard while telling the pirate story, because Rownie couldn't say his line if he was gasping in pain and holding his leg. It still hurt, but not as much.
Now the story was almost a play. This was dangerous. Performances were outlawed in Zombay.
Rownie finished turning the left crank as far as it would go and folded it into the shin. Graba pulled back her left leg and then extended her right. Rownie pried out the crank and turned it once. The joint gave a loud, shrill creaking. Graba waved her hands and scowled.
"Needs oil," she said. She reached up into the rafters and into one of the nests. She plucked out a small brown egg and popped it into her mouth. It crunched. "I haven't any gear oil left," she said around the cracking eggshell. "Get to Scrud's shop for a small flask, now. I've overpaid him for leg repair, and he owes me for it. Don't let him tell you otherwise."
"Yes, Graba," Rownie said. He folded back the crank, dodged around a chicken, and ran down the stairs.
He grabbed his coat, even though it was a little too warm outside for coats, and tried to leave through the door. The door wouldn't budge. Rownie remembered that it couldn't budge. Graba moved her house around sometimes. She would send everyone out, lift up the shack, and go somewhere else. Then she would let everyone back in after they found her, if they ever did find her. The last time Graba moved her house, she set the front door against a neighboring wall. "Just use a window," she had said when Vass complained. "I like my view better this way."
Rownie climbed through the window and dropped down to the street.
Goblin Secrets
In the town of Zombay, there is a witch named Graba who has clockwork chicken legs and moves her house around—much like the fairy tale figure of Baba Yaga. Graba takes in stray children, and Rownie is the youngest boy in her household. Rownie's only real relative is his older brother Rowan, who is an actor. But acting is outlawed in Zombay, and Rowan has disappeared.
Desperate to find him, Rownie joins up with a troupe of goblins who skirt the law to put on plays. But their plays are not only for entertainment, and the masks they use are for more than make-believe. The goblins also want to find Rowan—because Rowan might be the only person who can save the town from being flooded by a mighty river.
This accessible, atmospheric fantasy takes a gentle look at love, loss, and family while delivering a fast-paced adventure that is sure to satisfy.
- Margaret K. McElderry Books |
- 240 pages |
- March 2012 |
- Grades 3 - 7 |
- Lexile ® 710L
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Reading Group Guide
Goblin Secrets
By William Alexander
With a sure hand, William Alexander here creates a wholly convincing world of mechanized soldiers, chicken-legged grandmothers, sentient rivers, and goblin actors. In that uncertain landscape, young Rownie learns the mysterious craft of masking to search for both his brother and his own story, unaware that the solution to these searches may be the salvation of his city. Alexander's world is one of possessiveness—and true love—brilliantly revealing our own selves by holding up our masks.
—Citation by the Judges of the 2012 National Book Award
About the Book
Rownie, the youngest in Graba the witchworker's household of stray children, escapes and goes looking for his missing brother. Along the way he falls in with a troupe of theatrical goblins and learns the secret origins of masks. Now Graba's birds are hunting him in the Southside of Zombay, the Lord Mayor's guards are searching for him in Northside, and the River between them is getting angry. The city needs saving—and only the goblins know how.
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Please use examples from the text to support your answers.
1. Describe Rownie's personality and physical traits in Act I of the novel. How do the other grubs in Graba's house treat Rownie? What does his relationship with the gru see more


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District 207 rebates taxes to Maine Township residents
Maine Township taxpayers will receive $1 million tax abatement from Maine Township High School District 207.
The measure was approved at Monday night's school board meeting upon the recommendation of the district's Finance Committee. In a statement released today, officials said the decision was based on an awareness that many district residents are still feeling the effects of a slow national economic recovery and continued unemployment or underemployment.
The district's budgeted expenditures for the 2012-2013 school year are roughly $124 million.
School board President Sean Sullivan in a release credited school board member Ed Mueller, who is leaving the board after completing his term in April, for leading the charge to reduce taxes over the past few years.
"The district has worked hard to consistently control spending in ways that do not diminish the high caliber of education that our community expects and values," he said.
District 207 Superintendent Ken Wallace pointed in the statement to the uncertainty that school districts face related to the level of the state's contribution to operating expenses and pensions.
"Even so, we believe our financial management and cost-containment efforts have put us in a position that we can make this tax abatement without compromising the quality of our education," he said.
The district recently refinanced bonds for better interest rates, and has found savings on purchasing supplies and energy consumption, officials said.
District 207 also will be implementing a 10-year capital improvement program to repair, maintain and upgrade all three high schools, which range in age from 49 years to 82 years. Some of the work had been deferred due to financial considerations, officials said.


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In a few days I will embark on a Messiah to the motherland, taking the free trip to Israel that my people have granted me on the grounds that my mother is Jewish and I am too poor to get to Israel myself. On Birthright, a Jewish Israeli charity that sponsors free 10 day heritage trips to Israel for 18-25 year olds, I will be suddenly thrust back into trust-fall bonding sessions, dormitory style housing, and an extreme variety of activities that range from climbing mountains to attending Seders to clubbing in Tel Aviv to splashing in the mucky mucky of the Dead Sea. Since worrying about how I will possibly have enough energy to climb a mountain and make life long friendships while jet-lagged and hungover from Manishevitz will just make my head explode, I will instead focus my nervous energy on packing for such an multifaceted adventure.
I love the chaos and excitement of visiting a new country, and I'm usually the type to throw whatever looks good in a big duffel the night before a flight and then realize later that those vintage heels may not have been the best choice when visiting the slippery cobblestone streets of Prague in the middle of winter. But this time, with tips from others who have made this journey before me and the spirit voice of my mother nagging me to "think practically", I am determined to actually be prepared. Here are a few ways to pack prepared for any circumstance.[ITPGallery]


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Karina is a triple threat — smart, gorgeous and she can dance. Most men can handle the first two, but the last asset, that's a tough hurdle in a relationship. Men can accept the fact that we have no rhythm, but when dating a woman that's a fantastic dancer, it makes events like weddings even worse. Women always want to dance, even if they stink. Put on music near a group of women and their shoes are off and they start getting down within ten minutes. Men will only dance for two reasons — either with promises of sex or promises of everything that leads to sex.
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A native of Baltimore and an electrical engineering major at the Clark School of Engineering, England currently lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
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6 Dead, 12 Wounded: Who's Responsible?
January 8, 2011 was an absolute tragedy. Psychopath Jared Loughner opened fire on a crowd at a political event in Tucson, Arizona, murdering six people (including, as I'm sure you've heard, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl) and wounding an even dozen – most famously, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
Naturally, the first thought that pops into your head in response to such news is, "So where does Rush Limbaugh fit into all of this?" No? How about, "To just what extent is the Tea Party directly responsible for this massacre?" Not that, either? Then your gut reaction has to have been, "I'm confused; was Sarah Palin the shooter, or the get-away driver?"
I jest. I certainly hope you don't view mass murder as a categorically right-wing political event. I don't mean to suggest that this heinous rampage wasn't somehow politically motivated; after all, we're talking about an attack at a congressional representative's scheduled event featuring said representative being shot point-blank in the head. But let's step back for a moment and examine the media coverage to capture a much wider picture of what went on that day. Frankly, it's absolutely crucial that we do.
If you had an instant "it's those damn conservatives " reaction to this news story, I give you tongue-in-cheek congratulations for being well-trained by the ceaseless partisan politics we were all supposed to be past presumably as of the inauguration on January 20, 2009. And, no, I'm not blaming President Obama for any of this, but while you watched media coverage absolutely ram a specific political viewpoint into this tragedy before anyone even knew who the shooter was, I want you to remember that we're supposed to be living in a transformative time of something like endless political unity, sunshine, and daffodils. I mean, right? Aren't we all supposed to have come together by now? Was that not the general, if ridiculously wishful, expectation after the 2008 election?
No, obviously this isn't some magical post-partisan era, and no wonder – partisanship is politics. There was never really going to be a big national group hug because we elected a likable – and black! – guy to the presidency. But really, does anyone actually believe we're less a politically-polarized nation since… well, since this millennium? Has the entire realm of politics and political discourse become any more rational, cerebral, objective, or civil since 2000? Sure, we're not in Utopia, but I challenge you to present an argument demonstrating that by any standard we as a nation have become more mature about our political viewpoints and disagreements as a whole.
You see, even before Jared Loughner was identified as the shooter in the Arizona killings there was a massive media push to assign a specific template to the story. Now, keep in mind that not having an identified shooter means not having a clear motive behind the shooting. Pretend you're working at the news desk and, bam, you suddenly get reports that there's 5 down and 13 limping (number 6 will die in the hospital, but you don't know that yet) at a Safeway somewhere in Arizona. One of the victims is Representative Gabrielle Giffords, which makes this an extra big deal. So, what do you write?
Well, you could go with writing what you actually know: there's 18 shot, including Rep. Giffords, and police currently report 5 dead. The identity of the shooter is unknown, but he or she may be in custody. If you as a journalist or commentator go any further than that, you've entered the arena of Just Making Shit Up. After all, if you don't know more that means you don't know anything else. Unfortunately, honesty and restraint was not the order of the day in the national media following what was to be called the Safeway Massacre, so coverage exploded into abject conjecture and an utterly shameless smear campaign. In other words, the deaths of six individuals were immediately hijacked to promote partisan politics without the slightest pause for integrity or so much as a whiff of professionalism.
Let's break it down. From here on out, I will be quoting text from the links provided and adding my own emphasis in italics as I believe necessary.
Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Kurgman, January 8, 2011, before the identity of the Safeway shooter was known:
We don't have proof yet that this was political, but the odds are that it was. [Representative Giffords has] been the target of violence before.
Ok, there's no proof of what's really behind all this but we do have some facts: Somebody went after the windows of Giffords' campaign office a while back, and she is a congresswoman, and the murders took place at an official event she hosted. However, 17 other people were also shot at the scene, so making assumptions is probably a little dicey. That's it. That's all we know right now.
And for those wondering why a Blue Dog Democrat, the kind Republicans might be able to work with, might be a target, the answer is that she's a Democrat who survived what was otherwise a GOP sweep in Arizona, precisely because the Republicans nominated a Tea Party activist.
So we're definitely starting to leap to the assumption that this is about the Tea Party. But, remember, there's no proof.
You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we're going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it's long past time for the GOP's leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.
Those rascally Republicans! Decrying partisanship when somebody like, oh I don't know, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman saddles them with the responsibility of a mass murder when – and I'm just quoting Mr. Krugman here – "we don't have proof yet."
I see that Sarah Palin has called the shooting "tragic". OK, a bit of history: right-wingers went wild over anyone who called 9/11 a tragedy, insisting that it wasn't a tragedy, it was an atrocity.
Wow. Way to take the high road.
I'm going to take down comments on this one; they would need a lot of moderating, because the crazies are coming out in force, and it's all too likely to turn into a flame war.
I can't imagine why.
Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, Janury 09, 2011, after the identity of the Safeway shooter was known:
When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen?
I see you're sticking with "atrocity." Take note, Sarah Palin! But was I expecting "something like this" to happen? Whatever do you mean, Paul?
I remembered the upsurge in political hatred after Bill Clinton's election in 1992 — an upsurge that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing. And you could see, just by watching the crowds at McCain-Palin rallies, that it was ready to happen again.
Whoah, hang on a minute there. Now as of the time of this second Krugman piece, the entire country – and certainly The New York Times – is aware there is zero evidence that Jared Loughner has any affiliation at all with The Tea Party, John McCain, Sarah Palin, or anyone else even remotely like them. What we do know on 1/09 is that Loughner:
1) Is associated with a group called American Renaissance, which has an endearing mix of anti-semetic, anti-government, and pro-white nationalist bitterness.
2) Lists Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto and Hitler's Mein Kampf among his favorite books. Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest also made the cut, in perhaps the darkest of dark ironies.
3) Is a drug abuser.
4) Has serious mental health issues – including documented evidence demonstrating his obsession with mind-control – observed by the staff of his former community college as well as former classmates.
5) Has a previous record with the police involving making death threats.
So it looks like we have a complete loon as the triggerman. Hell, it looks like it's pretty much an open-and-shut case exactly one day after the shooting. At least, if you're not pushing a partisan outlook like Paul Krugman.
It's true that the shooter in Arizona appears to have been mentally troubled. But that doesn't mean that his act can or should be treated as an isolated event, having nothing to do with the national climate.
Really, Paul? Really? Should we ignore all evidence and force Jared Loughner into a template you're already entrenched in, based on your previous writings? You'd better be able to sell me on it.
Last spring Politico.com reported on a surge in threats against members of Congress, which were already up by 300 percent. A number of the people making those threats had a history of mental illness — but something about the current state of America has been causing far more disturbed people than before to act out their illness by threatening, or actually engaging in, political violence.
Wait, so by what evidence does Jared Loughner have anything to do with…
And there's not much question what has changed. As Clarence Dupnik, the sheriff responsible for dealing with the Arizona shootings, put it, it's "the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio business and some people in the TV business." The vast majority of those who listen to that toxic rhetoric stop short of actual violence, but some, inevitably, cross that line.
…hey! Excuse me! We're talking about Jared Loughner still, right? As in, what we know?
Where's that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let's not make a false pretense of balance: it's coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It's hard to imagine a Democratic member of Congress urging constituents to be "armed ad dangerous" without being ostracized; but Representative Michele Bachmann, who did just that, is a rising star in the G.O.P.
What's going on here? Is anyone else confused? What toxic rhetoric? Loughner has absolutely no ties to the GOP, the Tea Party, et cetera. This is officially common knowledge.
And there's a huge contrast in the media. Listen to Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann, and you'll hear a lot of caustic remarks and mockery aimed at Republicans. But you won't hear jokes about shooting government officials or beheading a journalist at The Washington Post. Listen to Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly, and you will.
Of course, the likes of Mr. Beck and Mr. O'Reilly are responding to popular demand. Citizens of other democracies may marvel at the American psyche, at the way efforts by mildly liberal presidents to expand health coverage are met with cries of tyranny and talk of armed resistance. Still, that's what happens whenever a Democrat occupies the White House, and there's a market for anyone willing to stoke that anger.
Wh… what? Can we please go back to talking about Jared Loughner and how he has anything to do with what you're talking about?
Or wait, is this a clever ploy? Are you parodying Loughner's impenetrable and insane writings by veering far, far away from any semblance of coherence? Am I looking at a Pulitzer's worth of cunning satire here?
Unfortunately, that hasn't been happening: the purveyors of hate have been treated with respect, even deference, by the G.O.P. establishment. As David Frum, the former Bush speechwriter, has put it, "Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us and now we're discovering we work for Fox."
So will the Arizona massacre make our discourse less toxic? It's really up to G.O.P. leaders. Will they accept the reality of what's happening to America, and take a stand against eliminationist rhetoric? Or will they try to dismiss the massacre as the mere act of a deranged individual, and go on as before?
STOP! ENOUGH! Have you gone completely senile, Krugman?!
A rank idiot could note the unbearable hypocrisy of these embarrassingly self-satisfied articles; I have never in my life been exposed to such a level of self-serving garbage. Really – and I mean this from the absolute bottom of my heart – I would not be in the least bit surprised to discover that this blatantly, noxiously self-indulgent bullshit that Krugman excreted under the banner of "journalism" was sponsored by K-Y Jelly Personal Lubricant.
This is truly beyond belief and comprehension. There are six innocent people dead on the ground, and Paul Krugman deliberately ignores all evidence to exploit their cadavers and prop up his own political views. Krugman is apparently beyond realizing that his idiotic rant is exactly the kind of hostile partisanship he's allegedly assailing. He refuses – refuses – to back down from fingering the other side of the political aisle as responsible for literal murder, and warns that more of the same is right around the corner. Absent evidence, absent proof, absent the weakest connection, Paul Krugman is the worst partisan demon he could ever dream of demonstrating.
Krugman is anything but the only member of the media who engaged in this kind of stupidity, though I've deliberately chosen him as a truly wondrous case study. For the sake of brevity, I'll direct your attention to a few other corners for perusal.
Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings
Barack Obama's Oklahoma City Moment
The shame – and hypocrisy – of CNN
There is a lesson in all of this: the person responsible is the shooter. It is utterly horrifying to witness the depths of political partisanship our country has plummeted to when people seek to recast the actions of a lone gunman into a political event before – and after – there's a shred of proof either way. As a nation, we have got to start getting our act together and recognizing how backwards we have become; there is no acceptable alternative.


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Great Bend finds theirs in 49-35 league victory
The Dodge City Lady Demons couldn't find their shooting touch against Great Bend in a 49-35 Western Athletic Conference setback Friday night at United Wireless Arena.
Dodge City made only 11 of its 41 shots against the Lady Panthers' defense and only four in the first half (three by Ciera Lampe). Great Bend was able to take advantage by hitting their 3-point shots before intermission and scored 10 points off of 14 Dodge City turnovers to build a 30-13 at halftime.
"Playing in an arena like this, it can affect the way you shoot the ball," said DCHS girls basketball head coach Kelley Snodgrass. "When our shots aren't falling, we have to attack them defensively and get to the free throw line.
"We talked about meeting our passes. When we get tired, then our passes fall short. We just have to remain disciplined and run what we need to run."
Lampe scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Lady Demons (2-5, 0-2) while Alexis Sanchez added 10 with eight boards. Chandra Sain was the only other Dodge City player to make a basket in the loss.
"I was pleased with the way Ciera played for us," Snodgrass said. "She hit her shots and extended the defense, and she's a threat inside as well. We have to have her continue to be aggressive on offense."
Morgan Harwood led Great Bend (5-3, 2-1) with 14 points and Kelsie Doll added 12 in the win. Both players grabbed seven boards with Harwood also stealing the ball five times from the Lady Demons and Doll recording four steals.
The Lady Demons didn't allow a Great Bend basket over the first four minutes of the game, but couldn't take full advantage with only a 3-pointer by Lampe. Great Bend then scored seven straight points off of turnovers on the way to building a 12-6 lead by the end of the stanza. Dodge City's only other points in the period was another 3-pointer by Lampe.
Great Bend dominated most of the second quarter as they used the 3-point shot to extend the lead to a 30-13 margin by halftime. Lampe had three of Dodge City's four field goals in the first half for eight points, while Doll scored 11 to lead Great Bend.
The Lady Panthers extended the lead to 20 early in the second half and were never relinquished the double-digit margin the rest of the game.
Dodge City will play at Hays in another WAC contest Tuesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
GREAT BEND (49) – Hannah Hildebrand 3, Kelsie Doll 12, Kylee Spray 4, Kayie Doll 9, McKenna Mauler 6, Tarynn Stueder 1, Morgan Harwood 14. Totals 17 9-20 49.
DODGE CITY (35) – Rachel Durler 3, Chandra Sain 6, Alexis Sanchez 10, Katrina Roenfeldt 3, Ciera Lampe 13. Totals 11 10-15 35.
Great Bend1218136 – 49
Dodge City67 1111 – 35
Three-point baskets – Great Bend 6 (Ke. Doll 2, Spray 1, Ka. Doll 2, Mauler 1), Dodge City 3 (Lampe 3). Records – Great Bend 5-3, Dodge City 2-5.


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People unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics, who accounted for 22 percent of the participants in a recent Pew Research Center study. The survey, released on Oct. 9, found that people who say they are atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular" grew by almost 5 percentage points since 2007, from 15.3 percent of the population to 19.6 percent. The greatest shift toward "nothing in particular" apparently came from Protestants, who now make up 48 percent of the population, compared to 53 percent in 2007. "These are not necessarily nonbelievers," said Greg Smith, senior researcher for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. "They're just not associated with any faith in particular." The unaffiliated tend to be younger than the general public, the survey showed, with 35 percent between ages 18 and 29.
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WESTBORO � A box of foam noodles, the town clerk's desk and two 80-plus-year-old soapstone sinks were among the treasures for sale at a silent auction held Saturday to clear Town Hall before contractors come in and begin renovations.
Westboro Town Hall is nearly 86 years old and is set to go through major renovations, but furniture and other items, some dating back to when the hall was built, were up for sale Saturday morning to those willing to brave the cold.
"My interest is in getting a piece of Westboro history," said resident Mary Moulson-Litchfield, who bought several wooden folding chair sets. The sets are two connected chairs that were once used for seating for performances in the auditorium downstairs. Dozens of the sets were for sale for the bargain price of $5.
Mrs. Moulson-Litchfield said she has lived here for 20 years and was looking for something meaningful from town.
About 450 chair sets stacked up in the building, available for anyone looking for an inexpensive piece of furniture. Some were in better condition than others. Several were numbered and caught the eye of collectors, according to Frank Cornine, Westboro's supervisor of town buildings.
The sale raised about $2,000, including $300 received for a soapstone sink in pristine condition. The sink was one of two soapstone sinks in the building that were installed in 1928. The other, which had some damage, went for $185.
Mr. Cornine said the Town Hall will be completely renovated and everything has to go. That even included several track hurdles Town Manager James Malloy said may have been kept by the town Recreation Department, which had an office in Town Hall. There were also kitchen cabinets, a gas stove, bathroom fixtures and even the swinging gate into the selectmen's offices.
Not everyone was there to buy. Selectman Denzil Drewry stopped by to see how the sale was going, but he said he would not be making any purchases.
"If I brought anything home my wife would make me sleep on the couch tonight," he said. "But it looks like a good turnout."
Mr. Drewry said he gives credit to town employees who helped with the sale in frigid temperatures. The building does not have any heat and temperatures were below zero first thing in the morning.
Mr. Malloy said there is no heat in the building as it is being prepared for renovations, but the building was never warm. That is one of the reasons it is being renovated. He said the town expects to spend about $8 million on renovations. Included in the work is conversion of the area where the stage is into office space. The three-story ceiling in that section of the building will be lowered to save on heat. Veterans Memorial Hall, which is on the third story of the building, will be renovated and will continue to be used for public meetings.
The renovations are expected to take 14 to 16 months. They will include installation of an elevator to create handicapped access to all three floors. There will also be a small addition to the back of the building for a bathroom and staircase.
Assistant Town Manager Kristi Williams said she was surprised by the turnout.
"There were a lot more people here than I expected," she said. "People were waiting at the door when we opened at 9."
Ms. Williams spent all morning greeting bidders and assisting people looking for specific items. One of the happy bidders she helped out was Bob Milne, who bought a spotlight set up in the balcony. Mr. Milne said his son, Andrew, 21, will appreciate the purchase. Mr. Milne said his son has been involved in theatrical presentations as a singer and actor and is studying music education in college.
Also pleased with two purchases, but sad to see another get away, was John Drisko of Westboro. Mr. Drisko purchased a piano used by the Westboro Players that had a typewritten note on it instructing that "Please, if you have the ambition to move this piano for your rehearsals, please move it back."
Mr. Drisko also bought a large wooden table upstairs in the Veterans Memorial Hall, but failed to win the bid on the soapstone sink, which went for $300.
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Obama Cabinet Diversity: Latinos Submit Wish List, Demand at Least 3 Picks
Washington – Just minutes after his inauguration speech, President Barack Obama officially submitted his three top Cabinet nominations to the Senate from the Capitol's President's Room in the White House, following tradition.
Obama's signed nomination papers included John Brennan to be CIA director, former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to be secretary of state and his current chief of staff, Jack Lew, for treasury secretary.
But juxtaposed with White House formalities is the ever-growing voice from Latino leaders who are keeping a mindful eye on the diversity of Obama's cabinet. Following the resignations of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, there could be no Latinos in Obama's second term Cabinet.
The angst of Latino groups has quickly turned to demands, evident in a letter sent to the White House by the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, just days before inauguration festivities. The list included a list of 19 potential Latino candidates for still-open Cabinet posts, with the expectation that Obama will pick at least three Latinos for his second term.
"With the Latino community heading into the epicenter of an historic policy debate around immigration reform, and related policies, your Cabinet can ill-afford to not have the unique perspective and voice of high-level Latino members," according to the letter from the group, which represents 30 of the nation's leading civil rights organizations.
"It's just an issue of fairness. Obviously, Latinos did deliver," said Hector Sanchez, leader of the group, to Fox News Latino last week. "We want at least three Latino Cabinet members, we believe that is a fair reflection of the diversity of the nation."
The concern was echoed by outgoing Labor Secretary Solis, the first Hispanic to ever hold that position, in an interview with Fox News Latino last week. She also expressed confidence that Obama would make sure that Latinos had a voice at the table.
Obama lauded his first term's White House and Cabinet staff as one of the most diverse in history, noting that criticism over the lack of women and minorities in his second-term Cabinet positions are premature.
"I'm very proud that in the first four years, we had as diverse, if not more diverse, White House and a Cabinet than any in history, and I intend to continue that," President Obama said.
"I would just suggest that everybody kind of wait until they've seen all of my appointments, who's in the White House staff and who's in my Cabinet before they rush to judgment," he added.
Here's the list the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda submitted to the president:
Richard Henry Carmona, Former U.S. Surgeon General
Gilbert Frank Casellas, Non-Executive Chairman of OMINTRU
Cesar Conde, President of Univision Communications, Inc.
Maria Echaveste, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to President Clinton.
Joe Echeverria, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte, LLP.
Charles ("Charlie") González, Former Texas congressman.
Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona congressman.
Antonia Hernández, President/CEO of the California Community Foundation.
Vilma Socorro Martínez, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.
Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor.
Thomas ("Tom") E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General at U.S. Justice Department.
Silvestre Reyes, Former Texas congressman.
Francisco J. Sánchez, Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Linda Sánchez, California congresswoman.
Maria Contreras-Sweet, Founder/Executive Chairwoman of Promérica Bank.
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention.
Solomon ("Sol") Trujillo, Former CEO of Telstra.
Nydia M. Velázquez, New York congresswoman.
Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Los Angeles mayor.
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May 18, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 8 Florida State (44-11, 20-10 ACC) clinched its seventh straight ACC Atlantic Division title and the No. 2 seed in the upcoming ACC Baseball Championship with a 6-1 victory over No. 19 Clemson (39-17, 18-12 ACC) Saturday afternoon on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.
The ACC Baseball Championship will get underway Wednesday, May 23 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. The full tournament schedule will be announced by the league office on Sunday.
With the win, Florida State won its 10th straight ACC series at home. It also marked the first series victory over Clemson since 2009 when the Seminoles took 2 of 3 from the Tigers in Tallahassee.
"Those guys in the clubhouse deserve all the credit," said head coach Mike Martin. "That was a very interesting baseball game that was just played. I am very proud of this group. We haven't accomplished our goal yet, but to accomplish what they did in a week's time is pretty impressive. It shows the amount of character this ball club possesses."
The Seminoles recorded 13 hits on Saturday including two hits each by DJ Stewart, Stephen McGee, Jose Brizuela and Giovanny Alfonzo. Seth Miller broke open a 3-1 Florida State lead in the sixth with a two-run single on Senior Day as he and Scott Sitz were the two seniors recognized in the final home game of the regular season.
"That was a big hit by Seth Miller," said Martin. "It broke what was a real close ball game."
Brandon Leibrandt (9-4) earned his fourth straight victory and fifth in the last six games as the sophomore southpaw allowed a run on nine hits as he walked two and struck out three.
Billy Strode worked the final 4.0 innings to register his first career save. The Parkland, Fla., native entered the game in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and no outs and worked out of the jam after recording a strikeout and a pair of fly outs to maintain Florida State's lead at 3-1. Strode scattered four hits and did not walk a batter while finishing the game with two strikeouts.
"We got a couple of key hits but no question the key to the game was the sixth inning when they got the bases loaded and nobody out and>Billy Strode pitched us out of it," added Martin. "That was the biggest part of the ball game."
Clemson starter Zack Erwin (5-1) suffered his first loss of the season as the freshman southpaw gave up three runs on six hits in 2.0 innings of work.
The Tigers had their chances to score on Saturday but could not find the key hit leaving 13 runners stranded on the afternoon. Clemson left the bases loaded in the fourth off Leibrandt, loaded them again in the sixth and left two more on in the second and ninth innings.
Clemson struck first in the series finale scoring a run in the top of the first on a run scoring single off the bat of Steven Duggar. Maleeke Gibson led off the game with a double down the line in right, moved to third on a groundout to short by Steve Wilkerson and scored on Duggar's RBI single to right. Leibrandt and Garrett Boulware squared off for an 11-pitch at-bat before the Seminole pitcher got Boulware to ground into an inning ending double play.
Florida State tied the game at 1-1 in the second on an RBI double by Alfonzo. Brizuela reached on a bunt single in front of the mound and scored all the way from first as Alfonzo ripped a double down the line in left.
The Seminole grabbed the lead for good in the third scoring two more runs off Erwin to take a 3-1 advantage. The first three batters reached on three straight singles off the Clemson starter including an RBI single by Marcus Davis to right to plate Stewart. Davis' hit would end the afternoon for Erwin after just 2.0 plus innings of work. Jonathan Meyer came on in relief and gave up an RBI double to John Nogowski before retiring the side on a lineout double play and a groundout.
FSU extended its lead to 5-1 in the sixth on a two-run single by Miller. Brizuela led off the inning with a single to left center off reliever Patrick Andrews and moved to second when Alfonzo was hit by a pitch. John Sansone advanced both runners 90 feet on a sac-bunt and both would come around to score as Miller took a 1-2 offering from Andrews back up the middle for a two-run single.
Florida State pushed across its sixth and final run of the afternoon in the seventh as Davis drew a walk to open the seven and eventually scored on a wild pitch from Matt Campbell.
Florida State will wrap-up its regular season schedule Monday evening in Chapel Hill as the Seminoles will travel to face No. 2 North Carolina. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. and will air live on ESPNU. Fans can listen to the game on the Seminoles.com All-Access player and locally on 1270 AM. As always, Seminole fans can follow the Noles on twitter @FSU_Baseball and remember to like the Seminoles on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FSUBaseball). Live stats will be available via gametracker.


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Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people, free to flood campaigns with cash contributions so that the voices of, well–real people–are drowned out, the stakes and emotions around this issue are high. Rightly so. Here are 10 creative replies to this monstrous decision (in no particular order). I welcome your own suggestions below.
1) "If corporations are 'people' then HEY it's time to re-institute the draft…" —ddeclue, Democratic Underground
2) "Corporations are legally people. And it makes sense, folks. They do everything people do except breath, die, and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson River." —Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
3) "A corporation has no soul to be damned, no body to be kicked, and that is why corporations essentially get away with murder in matters like compensation." —Nell Minow, Editor and Founder, The Corporate Library
4) "Will SCOTUS give gay corporations the right to marry?"–@mattyglesias
5) "If corporations get the same privileges as people, then people should have the same privileges as corporations. BAIL US OUT!!" —munklanis, reddit.com
6) "Corporations are an oppressed minority forced to move headquarters from state to state in search of friendlier tax codes–sometimes being forced to live just off our shores in tiny mailboxes." —John Oliver, The Daily Show
7) "Restrict Personhood 2 those who bleed…Goldman doesn't bleed. Do Glenn Beck, Cheney, Blankfein?" —@hughsansom
8) "If corporations have the same rights as people, we need to shut down Wall St., as we shouldn't be buying & selling them."–@Geofutures
9) "So the next time you're walking down the street and you see ExxonMobile, or ChevronTexaco take them by the hand and say, 'Hello.' Take Diebold out for dinner but please don't let Diebold figure out the tip. Isn't Blackwater entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of billions in Iraq War contracts? You know what? Citigroup has two i's too." –A Message About Corporate Personhood from Nero Fiddled


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