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Wasco County's loss may be Hood River County's gain when it comes to funding the North Oregon Correctional Facility, according to an update given to the Hood River County Commission Monday night.
Jim Weed, NORCOR administrator, updated the board on the prison's current funding during the work session before its regular meeting.
Weed said the prison is currently operating at its minimum staffing level with 51 employees and said he can't cut any more without jeopardizing the safety of employees.
"In good judgment I can't do that," he said.
In the hopes of resolving some of its budget issues, the prison is considering shifting to a five-year rolling average of bed use to know how much the four counties which use the facility should be paying.
Currently Wasco County pays for 50 beds, Hood River 40 and Sherman and Gilliam five each.
However, under the rolling average, Wasco would likely be paying more and Hood River County around $140,000 less.
"In the 10 years I've been there, we've never used all 40 of our beds," said Hood River county commission chairman Ron Rivers, who sits on the NORCOR board.
The hope is that the five-year rolling average would give the jail a more sustainable funding model, have each of the counties paying their fare share for its operating costs, and then be able to lease out leftover bed space to programs that need it and could pay for it.
"What it comes down to is that I've cut down at NORCOR in every way humanly possible," Weed said.
The NORCOR board took up the idea at its most recent meeting, but Rivers said the meeting was under continuance to due to lack of representation from Wasco county.
"The other three counties there bought into it," Rivers said.
Other items from the Monday's meeting included:
The county declined to participate in the Mt. Hood Area Commission on Transportation for the time being. The proposed commission includes communities from east Clackamas County, such as Sandy and Boring, east Multnomah County from Corbett to the Hood River County line and Hood River County.
The commission would provide the three counties with one voice in addressing issues with ODOT and was primarily conceived to give rural and unincorporated areas of Clackamas County more muscle in taking transportation matter with ODOT.
The county commission was divided on the matter, feeling that in some ways the county had some of the similar issues of the other communities involved, but felt that it also had much in common with Eastern Oregon counties in the Lower John Day Transportation Commission.
They also felt that the commission may not be able to properly address, or give attention to, the needs of Hood River County.
The commissioners were willing to consider joining the group in the future, but not before they have fully explored their options.
"We'll keep looking at," commissioner Maui Myer said. "What's the rush?"
• The History Museum of Hood River County Director Connie Nice and architect Bud Oringdulph presented an update for the museum's planned expansion.
Oringdulph presented an updated plan to the county commissioners which would involve reclaiming the interior courtyard in the building, as well as an area near the current entrance way to gain space, placing a gift shop in the current administrative office area and moving the administrative offices to the second floor.
Nice said the museum hopes to begin construction work shortly after Labor Day.
• The commission also received a final report on a proposed biomass boiler project at the administration building and county courthouse. It will take action on the report in the near future.
• The county also entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of White Salmon for building inspection services and approved a grant agreement with the Meyer Memorial Trust to serve as the grantee to the Hood River County Library District.
• The board of commissioners meets again April 18.
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Flying back from the SES conference in San Francisco and logged in on the Internet and justed finished reading a Times Magazine Article baring the same name as this post and it got me wodering about how it has really impact me. Around the world it looks like most are happy with it helping them being in contact with friends and familly. In the USA 29% said that theur wireless device is always the first and last thing they look at. I guess I fall under that category, but I am also really happy that it helps me be in contact with my familly when I am travelling. One thing that struck me when reading the data was that 79% of the Chinese are mostly happy that they get the latest news, are they not in contact with their familly? Must be. The Koreans gently reminded me the it might be good to shut it down once in a while and observe the world (48%). Enjoy life and remember to breath.
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10:10 pm Tuesday Dec. 20, 2011
This is the first edition of our "Travel Log" for this year. I know that we are several road trips into the season…however this is my first real road trip with the team.
Due to a family illness (my dad has been in the hospital or medical facility since mid-October) I missed the trip to Illinois and Cancun. A couple of the other away games were down and back on the same day…so this trip—Memphis to Ames, Iowa---is my first trip with the team.
Actually, my travels are half and half with the team.
The team bussed to Memphis on Sunday for Monday night's game at the FedExForum. However, I didn't arrive until about 3:30 pm Monday.
My middle son, Benjamin who has helped with the broadcast for the past four years, is now in Law School at the University of Memphis. He just got home for the holidays on Friday, but he wanted to go back to the game---and he helped me with his first broadcast of the year. (It could be his only broadcast this year)
Benjamin is getting married in July---so his fiancé Elizabeth Hartman, my wife Barbara, daughter Bethany and a friend, Callie Essex made the trip with us to Memphis.
We arrived Monday afternoon just in time to check in at the Peabody Hotel and for the girls to watch the ducks return to their penthouse! Benjamin and I headed over to the Arena to get ready for the broadcast.
The team played a good game, battling to the end. With about 3 minutes to go the team had a chance to win! Down five at half…and then after falling down 14 in the second half, the Bison cut the lead to 3 points, before losing by ten points.
It was an early morning wake-up call. 3 AM to be exact. A quick shower and shave and on to the WISE bus for a ride to the Memphis airport. We arrived 12-20 minutes before they opened the counter---not a big crowd at the airport but more than you might think for 4:30 AM!
We had a UNITED flight to Chicago. When we got off the plane—you could tell that Holiday Travel was beginning! The airport was wall to wall with people. We had to take bus shuttle from one terminal to another to catch our second small plane flight…this one to Des Moines, Iowa.
We had about an hour in Chicago before our next flight. Most of the team got breakfast (for some it was their second meal of the day and some of us we even added some Chicago Pop Corn to the early morning menu!)
It was raining hard when we left Memphis---but we had two good flights---in the little planes. However, Coach Pete, has trouble being in the little, confined space of the small planes…so he drove back to Nashville following the game last night---then he went to the Nashville International Airport and caught a BIG plane to Kansas City. He then rented a car and drove the four hours to Ames, Iowa in time for our 2 pm practice this afternoon at the new Iowa State Basketball facility!
He was working on very little sleep…and no food…so he was ready for a big meal at dinner!
Ames, Iowa is Jordan Burgason's home town! Tonight, his parents (Steve and Ann) put on a feast for the team! Iowa pork chops, beef ribs, homemade bread, home pies and all the trimmings…made for a great meal! Check out that picture of Pete's plate…and then Pete after his "meal of the day"!
Great hospitality by the Burgason family! They plan to join us at the hotel for breakfast in the morning…and then I anticipate a large number of Burgason family and friends to be in the arena tomorrow night to watch the hometown boy! Jordan's father played at Iowa State (1974-78)---so I have a feeling we will have a lot of Iowa State fans…who for at least one night might be rooting for Lipscomb.
This will be the second time for the Bison to play in the Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State. We played here in November of 2007 (Jordan had committed to Lipscomb and came to practice) to play in the American Family Insurance Cyclone Challenge. However, we didn't play Iowa State—we played Centenary and Winston-Salem State.
Trivia Question of the night---Which Bison has played in the Hilton Coliseum---against Lipscomb? Justin Glenn was a freshman at Centenary and he had five rebounds against the Bison, transferring to Lipscomb the next year. He is now back here in Ames to play against Iowa State for the second time in his college career---for a second team!
Since I have not traveled with the team before this trip---I am just now getting to know some of the new players. Talking with Chad Johnson at dinner tonight…I learned that some of the players feel like me…with this type of travel schedule—you easily forget what day of the week it is…today has felt like Saturday…and of course we have not had much good sleep…so Coach Sanderson asked everyone to try and get a good night sleep.
I am going to take his advise and head to bed!
Breakfast at 9 am; game day shoot around at noon; pre-game at 3 pm; The Lyon's Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Countdown to tip-off begins at 6:45pm on 102.5 THE GAME and www.lipscombsports.com ; tip off at 7 pm; Following the Pepsi Max Post Game report…post game meal---then a four bus ride to Kansas City and an early morning flight to Nashville…arriving in the Music City early Thursday morning! The team will then begin their Christmas Holiday….with their next game January 2nd at Jacksonville as our seven game road trip continues…but before we head home for Christmas…we have some business to take care of in Iowa! Jordan Burgason and his teammates need to fire up some threes from AMES, IOWA—because it is time to …"Put it in the book"!
3:11 am Thursday Dec. 22, 2011
Big Dave---our WISE Coach (bus driver) just dropped off most of the team at the Kansas City Airport. We have about three hours until our Southwest Flight will leave for Nashville. So, we are camping out here in the terminal until we can check in and move toward our gate.
This part of the team (a few members went to Des Moines last night since their flights will take them to different cities) left the game last night and went to Chicago's Pizza for a post game meal and then took a three hour plus bus ride from Ames, Iowa to Kansas City.
The all night bus experience will save a lot of time and money. Instead of spending much of today in airports and making connections...we can catch the first flight out of Kansas City and be back in Nashville before rush hour is over this morning.
Our Wednesday in Ames---began with another great meal provided by the Burgason family. Jordan's father (Steve) was flipping some great buttermilk pancakes (an old family recipe) and his mother (Ann) made some wonderful cinnamon rolls! Pete Froedden's plate look like something out of a Southern Living Magazine--so pretty he snapped a picture to remember the 'Kodak Moment'.
It was a pre-game type breakfast! (No doubt I have eaten too much on this trip...and the holidays are just beginning---a diet and workout plans has to be a 2012 resolution!)
The team met for film a scouting report review at 11 am and then boarded the bus for the short trip from the hotel to the Hilton Coliseum for shoot around. I was in the hotel room working...and Trevor had to text me that the bus was loaded ready to leave---we always leave early and you don't want to be late or last! Fortunately, I was not the last one on the bus! I just did load ahead of Coach Shaun Senters!
After shoot around, the team had an hour and half to rest before we left at 2:45 for our pre-game meal---at an Italian Buffet! They had soft serve ice cream to top off the meal! (a weakness of mine).
Back at the hotel, a little rest, a little more prep work for the game, answering a few emails, backing, etc. We load the bus and left for the game just before 5:30 pm. Trevor drove over in a rental car...and the media parking is not as close as the where the bus parks (since the bus back right up to the Coliseum entrance)..so if you leave something in your car, you have a long walk back. Just ask Coach Shaun Senters, who left his suit hanging in the car!
Tonight's tip off was scheduled for 7:00 pm. Plenty of time to get set-up, interview coach and then begin our broadcast! Everything was going smooth! I had all my notes ready...a Christmas open prepared...and I was ready for the next couple of hours of a 'solo' broadcast!
Just a few minutes into the broadcast---Trevor Garrett appeared over my shoulder to tell me that we were off the air---that somehow our telephone connection to the station had dropped.
I then had to go through the process of redialing (a lot of numbers to enter--since we were using a phone card to pay for the long distant call). That procedure would be followed several times during the first half---as we kept losing our connection to Nashville. (After about the third time--I started monitoring the talkback from the station---so I would know when we went off the air---and out of the blue the line would just drop...and the dial tone would replace our broadcast.
Just before halftime we switched and had the station call us---by passing the use of the calling card---and we had no more problem. There must have been some time-out programmed into the system when using a calling card. More investigation will have to take place to determine the problem...and what we will have to do in the future to remedy the situation.
It was hard to keep my mind on the game---and get into a broadcasting groove---as I had to keep monitoring the line---and re-dialing the station!
Our game with Iowa State had been billed as a homecoming game for Jordan Burgason. A native of Ames---the senior was getting to play in front of family and friends---and one of the best shooters in the country didn't let the fans down. Jordan scored 30 points---including 9 three pointers---a NCAA era record for Lipscomb and he tied the mark for the most threes in the Hilton Coliseum.
The Bison trailed by 8 at halftime---and cut the lead to four in the second half---but the Cyclones---stretch out the lead late in the game and won by 17 points and the Bison will go home for the holidays with a 6-8 record.
Next action for the Bison will be Monday January 2nd in Jacksonville, Florida when our seven game road trip continues with A-Sun match-ups with Jacksonville and North Florida.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy some time with family and friends...and then be ready for some A-Sun basketball in 2012....because it will soon be time to take 2011 and 'Put it in the Book'!
5:15 am Thursday Dec. 22, 2011
Checked in and ready to fly home. A-11. Best number ever. Have a Merry Christmas
Jonathan Seamon has served as the radio announcer for the Bison since his first days on the Lipscomb campus in 1973. After graduating in 1977, Jonathan returned to the Lipscomb campus in 1979 working as Director of Sports Information and Public Information. In 1987, Jonathan was appointed Assistant Athletic Director before becoming Assistant Vice President for Athletic Administration in 1989. In 1991, Jonathan assumed the daily operations of the Lipscomb Athletic Department, being named Director of Athletics, a position he would serve in until his retirement in 2000. In 2000 Jonathan was honored by the NAIA by being inducted into the NAIA National Hall of Fame. Since leaving Lipscomb Jonathan has served as the Family Life Minister at Brentwood Hills Church of Christ. He was inducted into the Lipscomb Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.


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After overcoming a 21-point deficit, the No. 15/23 University of Redlands football team eventually nabbed a 30-24 victory against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on a "Hail Mary" play as time expired. With a gutsy performance on both sides of the ball, the Bulldogs put up 10 points in 62 seconds to end the second quarter and then out-scored the Stags, 20-3, in the final two periods for the exciting comeback victory in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action.
After CMS recovered its own onside kick on the opening play, Redlands struggled to find its rhythm for most of the first half. The Stags racked up three touchdowns on six drives, while the Bulldogs were forced to punt on five occasions.
Finally, the Maroon and Gray orchestrated a scoring series, leading up to sophomore kicker Kevin Grady's (Seattle, WA) 22-yard field goal with 1:36 left in the second quarter.
On the ensuing CMS drive, junior linebacker Zak Mella (Yucaipa, CA) nabbed an interception for the Bulldogs, positioning them on the Stag 45-yard line. With opportunity knocking, junior quarterback Chad Hurst (Dixon, CA) hit senior wide receiver Tyler Aubrey (San Diego, CA) for a 44-yard strike, which set up a one-yard scoring run by sophomore running back David Woolbert (Irvine, CA).
Although Redlands still faced an 11-point deficit, these two scoring spurts in a 62-second span helped inspire enthusiasm and determination out of the locker room at halftime, possibly changing the outcome of the game.
The Bulldog defense set the tone on the Stags' first play of the second half, forcing a four-and-out series without allowing the ball to move one inch.
The tides were definitely turning as sophomore running back Bobby Brown (Ladera Ranch, CA) carried the ball to the house on a nearly untouched 87-yard run. He went on to amass 102 yards on nine attempts for his second consecutive game beyond the century mark.
CMS settled into a time-wasting drive, taking nine minutes off the clock and scoring a field goal from 49 yards, in an effort to hold onto its dwindling lead.
Down by seven with plenty of time, Redlands returned to its methodical and successful ways of moving the ball, putting together an eight-play, 73-yard drive for a touchdown. Woolbert's effective rushing moves played a key role by contributing 21 yards before Hurst found Aubrey on a 31-yard reception for the score.
Tied at 24, the teams rallied back and forth, effectively moving the ball only to be halted by the opposing defense in the final stretch.
One such strong defensive play came when senior defensive back Richard Dye II (Sacramento, CA) snagged a 67-yard interception, putting the Bulldogs in prime position to set up the winning score. However, the Redlands offense gave up a pair of penalties, while the Stag defense stepped up and eventually earned the takeaway on a Bulldog fumble.
With less than two minutes left, this game seemed to be destined for overtime, as the Maroon and Gray stopped CMS' last-ditch efforts to score while holding the Stags to 16 yards on five plays over 96 seconds.
One last chance for the Bulldogs, they began the drive on their own 41 with 14 seconds left in the game. Hurst found sophomore wide receiver Taylor Irwin (Rocklin, CA) for 17 yards and the first down but left only one second on the clock.
Following a timeout, Hurst dodged the defense and let go of a "Hail Mary" attempt as time expired, with Aubrey tipping it into the hands of Irwin for the 42-yard winning score.
Aubrey finished with 92 yards on five catches, while Irwin came up with 95 on six grabs.
Overall, the Bulldog offense notched 232 yards passing and 158 rushing for a balanced attack.
In an effort to control the pace of play, CMS possessed the ball for more than 40 minutes of the game, forcing the Maroon and Gray to create efficient scoring opportunities in less than 20 minutes.
Defensively, junior linebacker Justin Butler (Poway, CA) led the Bulldogs with 15 total hits, including six of the solo variety. Senior defensive back Josh Herrera (Vista, CA) contributed nine tackles and two pass break-ups.
The Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1 SCIAC) sit in a tie for second place with Occidental College and look forward to facing the Tigers on Saturday in a 7 p.m. conference showdown in Eagle Rock.


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ECHL Game Night: 12/10/10
Greenville Road Warriors 2 @ Florida Everblades 1
C Mitch Fadden: 1-0-1, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 25 GP, 10-27-37, +5, 24 PIM
LW Alex Hutchings: 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 22 GP, 7-4-11, -12, 10 PIM
G Jaroslav Janus: Did not dress.
Season totals: 12 GP, 7-4-0-0, 3.27 GAA, .904 sv%, 0 SO
Florida had their 7-game win streak snapped by division-leading Greenville, falling 2-1 at home Friday night. Fadden's 10th goal of the year opened the game's scoring, but Florida couldn't add another goal against former Harvard goalie Dov Grummet-Morris. Alex Hutchings started the game on a line with Fadden in the absence of the team's second leading scorer, Francis Lemieux, who was given a tryout with AHL Manitoba, and Matthew Pistilli, who was called up to AHL Charlotte. The Everblades were already missing Alex Imbeault, who is out with an injury. Lightning prospect goaltender Jaroslav Janus didn't dress for the game due to an illness.
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Texas Parks: Border Violence Isn't an Issue
December 16, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Texas Parks: Border Violence Isn't an Issue
Editor's Note: The following press release was provided by the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO).
Increases in drug related violence in Mexico haven't stopped John Macduffee from returning to the Rio Grande Valley, where they rendezvous with other "Winter Texans" at the Broke Mill RV Park in Del Rio.
"Everything is calm, cool and collected," said MacDuffee, a 70-year Winter Texan from the Syracuse area of New York. "The press has got people scared."
"There are absolutely zero worries in my mind about safety," said Scott Wofford, an Abilene-based chiropractor who stays at Broke Mill RV Park while tending patients at his satellite office in Del Rio.
"The Border Patrol in Del Rio is so prevalent I don't have a worry in the world," he said, adding that he particularly enjoys restaurants in the Del Rio area as well as the camaraderie and social events that take place at Broke Mill RV Park. "We have lots of cookouts here. I just have the time of my life," Wofford said, adding that he's even thinking about purchasing a home in the area.
The safe atmosphere on the Texas side of the border comes as no surprise to Mike McCarson, a former Border Patrol agent who owns the Broke Mill RV Park.
He said media reports about violence between drug cartels inside Mexico have left many people outside Texas with the impression that the border is not safe for tourists when, in reality, it's as safe as it's ever been.
"There has been violence between the cartels, but that has taken place in Mexico, not here in Texas," McCarson said, adding that the negative publicity has resulted in a 10% decline in overnight traffic at his park as well as a decline in his Winter Texan business.
Fortunately, he said, native Texans know better, and they continue to stay at his park, offsetting losses he might have otherwise experienced as a result of the negative publicity.
While there has been increased violence this year in several areas of Mexico, there has not been any notable increase in violence on the Texas side of the border, according to law enforcement agencies.
"We as an agency would have to say we do not see an increase in spillover violence from Mexico," said Mark Qualia, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, adding, "If there is any spillover violence from the cartels, we're going to be the first ones to see that impact."
Qualia added that the number of agents assigned to the border has doubled in the past decade to about 20,000 agents. "And that's just the Border Patrol," he said.
Several Texas law enforcement agencies on the U.S. side of the border also say they have not seen any significant increases in crime, either.
Perceptions are hard to shake, however, and some RV parks have had a few cancellations this winter as a result of media publicity about violence on the Mexican side of the border.
"When people hear border violence, it doesn't matter if it's in a one-mile area, people think it's the whole border," said AJ Wright, who owns the 25-site Desert Hills RV Park in Comstock.
Wright, whose park is six miles north of the border, had a few cancellations a few months ago, but he says his business is picking up again now. "We've had no incidents here. So we feel very safe," he said.
Both native and Winter Texans have similar views about the warmth and feeling of welcome they find among businesses throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Many also say they continue to cross the border into Mexico in locations where they feel comfortable doing so.
"We've never had any problem in Mexico, and we've been treated so nicely there," said Marion Snell of Ackerly, Texas, who travels to Ciudad Acuña from time to time with his wife, Joy, to obtain medical treatment and prescription medications.
"As far as Del Rio and Acuña are concerned, we have no worries," said Snell, who uses Broke Mill RV Park as a base when he makes his cross-border trips.
Sandra Chrane, 69, of Abilene, Texas, frequently stays at Broke Mill RV Park and has not had any problems on either side of the border. "We go there all year long," she said. "We enjoy the park and the lake and we go over into Acuña. My husband goes to the dentist there and we've never had problems."
Texans who travel to other Mexican border towns have similar accounts.
"There's no problem going to Nuevo Progreso," said Wanda Boush, an 88-year Chicago native and former Winter Texan who now lives full time in a mobile home in Alamo, near the Mexican border. "Everyone goes to the dentists. Everyone goes over there to buy prescription drugs. It's safe to eat in the restaurants there. It's safe to do your shopping."
Boush herself goes into Mexico to purchase medicine for her cat.
Tom Brooks, who manages the KOA on South Padre Island, with 200 RV sites and 18 park model lodges, said his winter visitors also continue to make trips in Mexico. "A lot of our winter people go there for medicines and to see doctors," he said, adding that his business levels are consistent with last year's figures.


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Men's 2013-14 Collegiate All-Americans named
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby has selected the 2013-14 Men's Collegiate All-American, Honorable Mention All-American, and Sevens All-American teams, honoring deserving men's college rugby players from across the country.
Matt Sherman's AIG Men's Collegiate All-Americans recently finished their summer tour with matches against Cambridge University and Ontario Blues, while the MCAA Sevens team will participate in the Serevi RugbyTown Sevens – a tournament Tony Pacheco's squad won in 2013 – in Glendale next month.
Among the list of recipients are 12 players from the Division 1A-Champion Saint Mary's College and four players from College 7s National Champion Arkansas State University. The list also includes capped Eagles Seamus Kelly (University of California – Berkeley) and Kyle Sumsion (Brigham Young University), as well as Madison Hughes (Dartmouth), who made several appearances on the 2013-14 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series with the Men's Eagles Sevens.
"Collegiate rugby continues to improve and produce high-level talent," Pacheco said. "These student-athletes were the best of the best this year and are deserving All-Americans."
Recipients will receive commemorative certificates to mark their accomplishment.
All-American Forwards | First Team
Jake Anderson (Life)
Ryan Blythe (West Virginia)
Jack Bristol (Air Force)
Connor Cook (Arkansas State)
Tiaan De Nysschen (Cal)
Michael Gierlach (Lindenwood)
Alec Gletzer (Cal)
Harry Higgins (Arkansas State)
Paris Hollis (Life)
Jace Jackson (Denver)
Stephen Karas (Colorado State)
Benjamin Landry (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
Michael Lawrenson (Kutztown)
Angus MacLellan (Davenport)
Peter Malcolm (Wheeling Jesuit)
Michael O'Neill (Saint Mary's)
Tino Paophavihahn (Bellevue)
Kyle Petersen (Saint Mary's)
Shaun Potgeiter (Arkansas State)
Ryan Pratt (Saint Mary's)
Alladin Schirmer (Central Washington)
Kyle Sumsion (Brigham Young)
Vili Toluta'u (Central Washington)
Gerhard Veit (Central Florida)
Dino Waldren (Saint Mary's)
Zach Walker (Life)
All-American Backs | First Team
Christian Adams (American International College)
Lucas Baistrocchi (Florida)
Garrett Brewer (Saint Mary's)
Joseph Cowley (Life)
Dominic DeFalco (Penn State)
Madison Hughes (Dartmouth)
Seamus Kelly (Cal)
Kaleikaumaka Konrad (San Diego State)
Niku Kruger (Kutztown)
Paul Lasike (Brigham Young)
Sione Lauti (Utah)
Jonathan Linehan (Brigham Young)
Cooper Maloney (Saint Mary's)
Kingsley McGowan (Saint Mary's)
James Poli (Lindenwood)
Sebastian Sharpe (UCLA)
Sam Sirrel (UCLA)
Josh Tucker (Cal)
Chris Turori (Palmer)
Jared Whippy (Brigham Young)
Joshua Whippy (Brigham Young)
All-American Forwards | Honorable Mention
Oliva Auimatagi (Life)
Andrew Bailey (UCLA)
Steyn Benade (Arkansas State)
Mike Brown (Bowling Green)
David Collins (Brigham Young)
Pierre Courpon (UCLA)
Jason Damm (Clemson)
David Dolinar (Navy)
Arawa Elkington (Brigham Young)
Stephen Gillissie (Rhode Island)
Wesley Hartmann (Kutztown)
Richard Kessler (Notre Dame)
Ryan Koewler (Arizona State)
James Kondrat (Cal)
Jeremy Leber (Lindenwood)
Glen Maricelli (Life)
Zane Mendenhall (Brigham Young)
Dan Metcalf (Penn State)
Tim O'Hara (Santa Clara)
Joe Pikula (Brigham Young)
Ben Pinkelman (Colorado State)
Spencer Vickery (Utah)
Scott Watters (Central Florida)
All-American Backs | Honorable Mention
Barnaby Audsley (Occidental)
Dylan Audsley (Saint Mary's)
Tanner Barnes (Central Washington)
Tristin Baum (Davenport)
Paul Bosco (Cal)
Gavin Brown (Arkansas State)
Danny Christensen (Utah)
Matias Cima (Maryland)
Andrew Early (Cal Poly)
Zack Fowler (Dartmouth)
Mark Holkenburg (South Carolina)
Sean Kilfoyle (Colorado)
Jordan Lowry (Brigham Young)
Jack McCaulliffe (Navy)
Blane McIlroy (Life)
Jay Muniz (New England College)
Joseph Reavey (Saint Mary's)
Shawn Riley (Notre Dame)
Andrew Spencer (Arizona)
Brian Wanless (Colorado)
Sevens All-Americans | First Team
Tanner Barnes (Central Washington)
Garrett Brewer (Saint Mary's)
Dylan Carrion (Arkansas State)
Harley Davidson (Life)
Zin Zan Elan-Puttick (Arkansas State)
Tom Haussrer (Arkansas State)
Madison Hughes (Dartmouth)
Seamus Kelly (Cal)
Michael Lawrenson (Kutztown)
Cooper Maloney (Saint Mary's)
Ben Pinkelman (Colorado State)
Sebastian Sharpe (UCLA)
Sevens All-Americans | Honorable Mention
Jake Anderson (Cal)
Jacob Bates (Central Washington)
Mason Baum (Davenport)
Jack Bristol (Air Force)
Reece Czarnecki (Davenport)
Bruce Dolan (Kutztown)
Brad Harrington (Cal)
Paris Hollis (Life)
Sebastian Kalm (Lilndenwood)
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Does he bring his own clubs?
I played two rounds back to back this weekend. Jacek played three rounds, and 36 consecutive holes yesterday. Am currently golf obsessed. It becomes more addictive when you start putting shots together. 97 is my new PB after breaking my old record on Saturday and I'm now totally jacked to get to 95 before the season is over. If only I had a putting green and a mini driving range at home like Mark Wahlberg.
Marky Mark is currently a 14 handicap, used to be a 6 but then all those children cut into his fairway time. I'm just sayin'...
He and Will Ferrell are currently in Australia promoting The Other Guys and had time for a round – apparently there was a bet with a friend and the friend lost and had to jump into Sydney Harbour.
My question is whether or not he brings along his own clubs. It's a pain in the ass to pack but I guess those considerations don't apply to millionaire celebrities. Then again, celebrities probably get the super kick ass club rentals too.
OMG, did you watch the PGA and Dustin Johnson's phantom bunker drama yesterday? There were hundreds upon hundreds of bunkers on that diabolical course. How do we know no one else did the same if the tv cameras weren't on them at the time? Golf rules. And golf clothes. Most women's golf clothing is usually made for Mildred and her friends. It's demand, I guess.
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DEADLY DRUG DEATH SHOCKER: As of 2009, more Americans die from prescription drugs than die in cars. Wow. So?
Of course, 37,485 prescription drug fatalities is bad. Likewise, a doubling of prescription drug deaths in a decade is bad. And, we should note, tens of thousands of traffic fatalities per year are also bad. But it is also worth noting that the two forms of death have nothing to do with each other, save for their potential to create a catchy journalistic hook.
So congratulations to the LA Times for finding that hook! Had the paper simply reported that close to 40K of our fellow citizens died of prescription drug overdoses in 2009, Americans would have been all, "Meh, what time is the game on today?" But by tying it to the well known and highly visible but completely unrelated auto death toll, Americans are all, "I drive a car! Am I next to die, from Oxycontin?" (Then they take Oxycontin anyhow, because mmm, so good.)
The real impact of the false statistical hook comes in all the re-reporting of this story by all the other media outlets (hi!). A quick check of Google News shows that virtually everyone who picked up this story went with the "drug deaths exceed car deaths" hook, rather than simply reporting on the drug death epidemic itself. There is a whiff of implication, then, that the drug death epidemic is important only as it relates to the death toll from other causes. The death horse race is what is really important. We cover death just like politics!
Not that this is a bad thing. The LA Times successfully got its story spread around the media, and as a result, many readers will probably become somewhat more cognizant of the dangers of prescription drugs. It's just fun to take a moment and realize that we, as readers, are so childlike and easily distracted that we must have our important news forced into the middle of a ball of journalistic cookie dough to make it palatable to us. Just like a prescription drug.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT rifle opened the 2006 portion of its slate by hosting the annual Bean-Pot Shoot-Off. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy relied on its depth to secure the team championship, while the Engineers held off Wentworth and John Jay College enroute to a second-place finish. Anton Katz served as the weekend's top marksman, winning both the smallbore and air rifle events.
The Bears scored 4416 to outpace MIT's total of 4342. Wentworth tallied 4112, while John Jay finished fourth with a final score of 4079.
Katz shot 570 to win in air. Although Katz earned the Gold, Nathan Pfaff finished just off the winning clip, totaling 567 as the Engineers swept the top two spots. Jay Gill finished third for MIT with a new personal best of 532. Coast Guard's fourth shooter totaled 543 as the Bears slipped past MIT in the gun, 2211-2188.
Katz picked up his second win in smallbore. After a few perfect rounds, Katz left little doubt who would capture the event. Coast Guards' Charles Ressell scored 567 and Wentworth's Stanton Nobles delivered a score of 557, but neither competitor could match Katz's total of 575.
Pfaff secured the second highest total for MIT in smallbore with a score of 557. Jonathan Burnham (487) and Laura Fallon (456) each set personal records with their smallbore performances on Saturday, while Fallon also notched a season-best in air rifle with a score of 468.


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GOSHEN — Orange County was sued on Monday for failing to redraw its 21 legislative districts for this year's elections — reviving a heated issue county lawmakers dropped last month after deadlocking on a proposed political map and then running out of time.
Civil-rights attorney Michael Sussman filed the case in federal court in White Plains on behalf of a Highland Falls resident.
He argues that holding elections this year with outdated legislative lines would violate the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, and asks the court to appoint a special master to create new districts.
"I consider this a very important suit, because we can't have a Legislature that's elected on unconstitutional lines," Sussman said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit at his law offices in Goshen.
The case, brought about a month before candidates are set to begin petitioning to run for county Legislature seats, renews the possibility that the lines may shift before then.
The county's rushed, rocky redistricting began in late February with the release of a proposed legislative map drawn privately by two Republican lawmakers, with no outside input and little time for debate.
Legislators defeated a revised version of that plan in a 10-10 vote on April 5 and later declined to take up a third version because of time constraints.
Without court intervention, elections would proceed this year with legislative lines that were adopted in 2005 based on 2000 census figures. Those lines are so outdated that the populations of individual districts — which are supposed to be roughly equal in size — vary by as much as 30 percent from the targeted average of 17,753.
Sussman's lawsuit contends that the wide disparity in district sizes violates the "one person, one vote" principle stemming from the Fourteenth Amendment, because it weakens the relative voting power of voters in more populous districts.
The plaintiff, Ann Molina, lives in Legislative District 14, which has 21,629 residents — 20 percent above the average. The lawsuit alleges 80,000 county residents in all are in districts with diluted voting power.
A hearing on the lawsuit has been scheduled for Friday before District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos.
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That suggested timetable would require the judge to shorten or move forward the period for candidate petitioning, which is set to begin on June 4.
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I took Spangle for a short walk this morning and noticed that she was bothered by her back leg, when I looked closely I spotted a small bee trapped in her fur.
I managed to free it and we continued our walk.
When we got home Spangle started to show signs of distress. I checked for a bee sting but could find nothing, she was rubbing her head violently into the sofa, along the floor everywhere. Then she ran upstairs and hid in a spare bedroom under a dressing table. She was in pain so I asked a neighbour to drive me to the vets. (My sister usually takes me but she was out).
The vet thinks that it may be that she was stung but that it then triggered off her SM symptoms. Her gave her an anti inflammatory injection and supply of tablets for a week. When we got back home she went into the garden and was very sick!
She finally got to sleep about 11.50 and didn't move until 12 .40 when my husband returned.
She welcomed him home and then started rubbing her face again.
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Al-Farouq Aminu led New Orleans on a late surge Wednesday that wrapped up a 93-84 victory for New Orleans over Phoenix.
The Hornets broke a four-game losing streak and won for a Western Conference-low 16th time this season.
New Orleans held an 80-78 lead with 6:24 to play in the final period before going on a 13-2 run that clinched the victory. Aminu had six of his 16 points during that outburst and he also grabbed 11 rebounds.
Greivis Vasquez had 19 points and 12 assists for New Orleans, which gave up only 31 points in the second half. New Orleans shot 52 percent from the field.
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Newer MacBook owners can set their fingers to work on the latest beta build of Firefox, which adds multi-touch gesture support for trackpads.
Mozilla this week carted out Beta 2 of Firefox 3.1 sporting new toys like a private browsing mode, improved rendering, a faster JavaScript engine, and stability fixes.
Unique to the Mac version is support for Apple's multi-touch trackpad shipping with every model of MacBook since early this year.
Although it's no sure thing multi-touch gestures will ship with the public release of Firefox 3.1, as they stand, Mozilla's native trackpad gestures outdo what's presently available in Safari.
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For the first time ever, a kiteboard course racing division has been added to the Sperry Topsider NOOD (National Offshore One Design) Regatta. It will be held at St. Francis Yacht Club June 26-27, 2010.
The Sperry Topsider NOOD is held at 10 locations nationwide each year. This year will mark the series' return to the Bay area after a six-year absence. We will be running three different race courses and there are currently 147 boats signed up in 19 different classes.
Registration will take place at the St. Francis Yacht Club on Friday, June 25th from 1700-1900 and 0800-1000 on Saturday, June 26th. Racing will be Saturday and Sunday with the first Warning Signal scheduled for 1500 and 1300 respectively.
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If you would like more information on the NOOD, visit http://www.sailingworld.com/article/NOO ... nfo-Center. As the kite class is a very recent addition to the lineup, don't be alarmed about not being listed in the NOR or online registration.
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26 March, 2006
Weather: Sunny and … What the hell am I doing at my computer?
Well, I suppose it's time to wrap this thing up. It's quarter-to-seven on a Sunday morning, and I want to be done with this thing by afternoon, when it is supposed to be sunny and 41°F (5°C). That's what we call balmy, this time of year.
I've been kicking this thing around for the past couple of days, and I guess what I want to do is kind of review the high points and lessons learned from our Winter of scooter commuting. This could take awhile, so maybe you want to grab a beverage or stop by the bathroom or something before we get going. I'm not stopping once we get on the road…
For starters, let's go back to November 8th, 2005. This was only my second day on the Baron, and already I was learning some profound lessons:
"Numbers aside, I am learning that my entire attitude about riding needs to be re-calibrated. The scooter has only one-fourth the horsepower of my KLR. This means that I can never ride aggressively, I cannot be the Urban Guerrilla."
It took awhile, but with practice we eventually found a way over that existential hurdle, didn't we? I mean, we could never kick it KLR-style, but we managed to get around balky traffic whenever the need arose. Bike lanes and shoulders, even the occasional sidewalk became our alternate routes… but only when it was Right.
I'm afraid that, as a Zen grasshopper, I am a total failure. I can only maintain that guise for so long. Sometimes even long enough; but eventually my inner jarhead comes to the fore. Then it's kick down the door time… "Gangway! Make a #%&$ HOLE, you maggots!"
It's a very fortunate thing for the motoring public that I don't like SUVs. If by some weird magic, I was to suddenly find myself at the wheel of a Hummer, in the middle of gridlock, I'm afraid that Very Bad Things would happen in short order. Given the right set of circumstances, I could very easily become the driver I hate.
Well, with one exception: At least I would be paying attention. There wouldn't be a cellphone glued to my ear. I would be DRIVING that sucker!
Okay, it's getting awfully dark in here. Let's head back towards the light, shall we?
Only two days after that Zen entry, coincidentally enough on the Marine Corps birthday, I wrote:
"It was as if old Sun Tzu himself whispered in my ear:
"Be humble. Use your weakness to advantage."
Bicycles and mopeds legally ride on the shoulder of this road, as they cannot keep up with the 55mph speed limit. The same must apply to scooters, no? Let's just move over here, around this smelly diesel pickup truck, and motor on past these poor, stuck cages, with their fuming yuppie drivers. Keeping it around 30mph, I even passed a cop with no hassle. Bye bye, Cadillac! Sayonara, Lexus! Auf wiedersehen, Mercedes! Enjoy your stay…."
Yes, that was something I couldn't do on a full-size motorcycle. Not without some serious, horn-honking indignation anyway. That cop would have taken issue with me, had I tried to pull the same stunt on Frogwing. As I learned more about the capabilities and limitations of this scooter, I applied those parameters to the tactical problems in traffic, and found new ways to "make a move".
Remember this? From November 15th:
"Turning from Plymouth Avenue onto Xerxes in North Minneapolis, an eight-point buck sauntered out into the street right in front of me. We stopped and stared at each other for a long moment. Considering the neighborhood, this had to be one of those streetwise, urban deer. Struts around like he owns the place. As he stood there, motionless, I could see it in his eyes… I knew exactly what he was thinking. Say it with me, boys and girls, "What are you, NUTS!?".
After a long moment, he sort of shuddered and turned away. As he was prancing into the woods of Wirth Park, I swear I could hear him muttering to himself in an Eddie Murphy voice, "Man, I KNOW I didn't just see a dude on a SCOOTER up in here! Musta been one of them ALIENS come down from outer space… yeah. Lookin' all Darth Vader and sh*t. I gotta quit grazin' in these backyard hemp gardens…"."
Last week, I think it was Wednesday evening, I followed two Golden Valley squadcars down the road leading to Wirth Parkway. As they approached the bridge, their lights came on and they pulled over on either side of a deer that had been hit by some sort of cage. The vehicle was not present, but the deer was bleeding from the nose, and his legs were making weak running motions as he lay there.
You know what I was thinking… Here lies Homey the Deer. Maybe he wasn't so streetwise after all. RIP, Homey.
Sleep deprivation was a recurring theme throughout the project. Starting with my commitment to nightschool, and then later when I was writing longer blog entries and responding to more comments, it seemed that I just couldn't shut off the noise in my head when I went to bed at night. Occasionally, that resulted in some amusing, halucinatory moments:
This morning I awoke a couple of hours too early. I had forgotten to reset my alarm to catch up on my sleep, and I knew those hours were now lost. Once my eyes were focused, I found I was looking at my Darth Vader-esque helmet, which I had set upon my dresser. I could hear it breathing. Then it spoke:
"Your powers are weak, old man."
"Oh, shut up, you sinister brain bucket.", I croaked.
But no matter how tired I was, it seemed that every time I climbed aboard the Baron, I would wake up enough to enjoy the ride. It was almost always better than driving a cage, even in the most challenging conditions. Almost, I say. When we got near the limits of temperature or blizzard conditions, it became an ordeal. This was where the crashes happened. The biggest lessons I take away from this experience are the limits of two-wheel travel in the Winter.
Lesson One: The low temperature limit is dictated by what the machinery can handle… usually. But hypothermia is a sneaky, insidious thing. It attacks your cognitive center to the point where your brain tries to distance itself from your body, with all of it's freezing aches and pains. If you're not wearing sufficient gear to protect yourself from freezing temperatures, you will become a casualty.
Lesson Two: Never attempt to ride in snow that is deeper than your ground clearance. Monday, the 13th of March is still very fresh in my mind. Though we made the entire 53 mile round trip that day, we never should have left home in the first place. But being a jarhead, I just couldn't help myself. January and February had been so mild that I guess I felt cheated out of my great Winter challenge. Never let your pride force you into an untenable situation. Pride can't pay your hospital bills.
Lesson Three: Low, streetbike fenders are dangerous in snowy conditions. Either remove them, or design something that gives you some clearance, dirtbike-style, over the tires. I still shake my head when I think that I rode all that way with the front tire constantly locking up on the ice. No wonder I had to drag my feet for fifty miles! Dumb!
From a practical standpoint, the scooter really was a good choice for this project. Early on, I detailed all the reasons that were apparent to me at the time:
Let's review the advantages of a scooter over a motorcycle for this mission:
1) Light weight, means less inertia if we get out of control, and easier to stop.
2) Low ride height, means that I can put my feet down with knees bent, to help maintain control.
3) Low power, so the rear wheel has less tendency to spin.
4) All controls are on the handlebars, so I can wear big, warm boots and use my feet as outriggers without compromising braking.
5) Lots of plastic covering critical components, so corrosion isn't as bad.
6) Small motor, which is easy to kickstart and runs off a magneto, so keeping the battery charged isn't so important.
All of these points proved out, over the course of the Winter. I guess, if I am going to do this again next year, I would like to dig into the Baron parts bin and try to design a scooter something like the Honda Ruckus. Although, to be honest, the 150 SX, sans fenders, would probably do just fine. As long as I adhere to the three lessons I mentioned above.
If I wanted to cheat, I suppose I could build a sidehack outfit around one of the 250cc machines. But what kind of challenge would that be? (Duck, and cover!)
So, here we are then. The Red Baron is sitting in the dark at Baron HQ as I type this, still sporting that stylish milkcrate, bungied to his luggage rack. The 250cc People Mover, which I have dubbed "The Black Baron", is waiting out in my garage. We are going for an extended ride today, maybe another run for the Wisconsin border.
On Tuesday, March 28th, the blog at this address will become, "Rush Hour Rambling". That will close "The Baron in Winter" blog to entries and comments, and retire it to the Ride to Work archives. There will be a link to it on the right sidebar.
One adventure has ended, and another has begun. It's been a hell of a ride, and I can't tell you how gratifying it is that so many of you chose to tag along. Thanks again for all your comments. I learned a lot from readers during the course of this project, and I want to acknowledge that.
Spring is finally here, and a lot of you are going to get your own motorbikes out of hibernation soon. Isn't that a wonderful feeling? I urge you all to start out slowly, ride safely, and most of all…
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Diane Kruger and her longtime love Joshua Jackson push their shopping cart to their car after picking up groceries at Whole Foods on Saturday (November 17) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The couple were spotted carrying their copy of "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook" while doing their shopping. We wonder what recipes the lovebirds are preparing!
Josh has been busy up in Vancouver lately filming the final episodes of his show Fringe while Diane has been working on her new FX pilot The Bridge.
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — More than five months of ice breaking on the northern Great Lakes has been completed by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard says Friday that operation Taconite ended Thursday and encompassed all of Lakes Superior and Michigan, the northern half of Lake Huron, the St. Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie ran the 160-day operation which included more than 5,000 hours of ice breaking for convoys. Nearly 950 commercial ships were assisted.
The Coast Guard says the past winter season is believed to have produced the thickest and most expansive ice cover on the Great Lakes in the past 35 years.


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Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But when the right actor finds the path straight into a corrupt soul on fire, a strange kind of joy erupts on screen — a sense of true discovery and excitement.
This is what Andy Griffith brought to his film debut in 1957, in "A Face in the Crowd," written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Elia Kazan. (On July 18 Turner Classic Movies honors Griffith, who died this week, with four of his pictures, including "A Face in the Crowd.") As Lonesome Rhodes, an Arkansas drifter who becomes a radio star, a stealth political adviser and a media-manipulating antihero, Griffith was like an attack dog on a rib-eye. Schulberg drew inspiration for his cautionary tale from, among others, entertainers Will Rogers and (especially) Arthur Godfrey, but Griffith brought no trace of impersonation to the project, nor a speck of caution. It's an overwhelming portrayal of pure appetite, need and narcissistic insecurity, and Kazan helped the screen newcomer modulate an essentially unmodulated role.
Like so many vital American pictures, "A Face in the Crowd" failed to find a wide popular audience in its initial release. But time has been good to it. A year later, in "No Time for Sergeants," Griffith proved a well-liked comic actor."The Andy Griffith Show"and, later, "Matlock," exploited Griffith's charm and easy rapport with the TV camera. "A Face in the Crowd" is different; it's a cinematic tale of an apparent overnight success running amok, starring an apparent overnight success who had been honing his craft for years.
Griffith's Lonesome Rhodes is one of the great '50s icons of mass media sleaze. Kirk Douglas' madly exploiting reporter in "Ace in the Hole" (1951) is another. And in "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957), Burt Lancaster's Walter Winchell-like columnist, stone-cold sober but drunk on his own ability to make, break or wipe out a career with a three-dot item, provides the third in an essential triad. All three movies have their polemical side. All three pictures flopped.
And all three endure.
The human monsters at their centers were made human by the actors lucky enough to play them.
If you haven't seen "A Face in the Crowd" in a while, or ever, this is the time. The time is always. There's always another Lonesome Rhodes coming along who bears watching.
Movies on the radio: Michael talks with Bill Leff in the 7 a.m. segment Friday on WGN-AM (720).


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At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the size of the United States doubles with the Louisiana Purchase. The Appalachians are no longer the barrier to American migration west; the Mississippi River becomes the country's central artery; and Jefferson's vision of an Empire of Liberty begins to take shape. American historian Stephen Ambrose joins Professors Maier and Miller in examining the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase -- for the North, the South, and the history of the country. D
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Profile of Alex Rodriguez
Name at birth: Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
Superstar shortstop Alex Rodriguez is the controversial baseball star whose prowess with the bat has been overshadowed by his brushes with performance-enhancing drugs. Alex Rodriguez played his first major league baseball game at age 18 and became the starting shortstop for the Seattle Mariners at age 20. Nicknamed "A-Rod," he hit .358 with 36 homers in 1996, his first full season in the majors. His power, defensive skills, charisma and fan-friendly Hispanic heritage made him an attractive free agent after the 2000 season, and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks signed Rodriguez to an unprecedented 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers, making Rodriguez the highest-salaried player in professional sports history. Rodriguez played well for the Rangers (winning the American League MVP award in 2003), but the team finished last in its division for three straight years, and some felt that Rodriguez's mammoth contract had hobbled the team. Rodriguez was traded to the New York Yankees in 2004, where he moved to third base to play alongside Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter. He had an uneasy time with the New York media and over the years was criticized by fans who felt his post-season failures outweighed his regular-season excellence. Still, at the end of the 2007 season -- during which he batted .314 and hit 54 home runs -- he opted out of the final three years of his contract, then re-signed with the Yankees in a new 10-year deal worth a reported $275 million. The deal paid off in 2009, when Rodriguez had a breakthrough postseason -- batting .365 (19-for-52) with six home runs and 18 RBIs -- and the Yankees won the World Series. However, that same year Rodriguez admitted that he had used unnamed performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, when he was with the Rangers, saying he wanted to recover from an injury and that "I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve." He said at the time that his years with the Yankees "have been clean."
But in 2013, ESPN and other reported that Major League Baseball had connected Rodriguez's name to the so-called Biogenesis scandal, named for a Florida clinic that allegedly dispensed human growth hormone (HGH) to players. On August 5th of that year, MLB did indeed suspend Rodriguez for a whopping 211 games, citing his "use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances." An arbitrator later reduced that to 162 games -- the length of the 2014 season -- plus any 2014 playoff games. CBS News reported that the suspension would cost Rodriguez "$25 million of the $86 million remaining on his contract." In 2015, Rodriguez returned to the Yankees and resumed his career, collecting his 3000th major league hit with a home run on 19 June 2015.
Alex Rodriguez bats right-handed, throws right-handed, and wears uniform #13… Seattle made him the first pick in the first round of the 1993 amateur draft… His first appearance in the majors was on 8 July 1994… In 1998 he had 42 homers and 46 stolen bases, making him the third-ever member of baseball's "40-40 club" (Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco were the other members)… Alex Rodriguez hit his 500th home run on 4 August 2007, becoming (at 32) the youngest player to reach that number in major league history… Alex Rodgriguez married the former Cynthia Scurtis in 2002; they were divorced in September of 2008. They have two daughters: Natasha (b. 2004) and Ella (b. 2008).
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JT Floyd may have saved the game
I've had a chance to review the game again. Every Michigan fan should watch JT Floyd's tackle of Braxton Miller inside the 5 after the fumbled punt snap. The result of the drive was a FG, but Floyd prevented a touchdown with some of the best hustle I have ever seen in this game.
JT blitzed from the right side on the play, wound up well in the backfield. Miller broke contain and headed down the sideline for a sure TD but Floyd raced all the way from 10 yards deep in the backfied and tackled him at the 5.
Michigan then turned the Buckeyes back and forced a FG. A TD there would have given ohio a 31-30 lead and a heck of a lot of momentum. JT Floyd's hustle was just massive and helped Michigan to maintain a lead.
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Board of Visitors
Mission and Commitment
As a strategic development arm of the institution, the board of visitors plays an engaged role in advancing the mission of California Baptist University through advocacy, leadership and the expansion of resources.
Members of the board of visitors share a common commitment to:
- Provide professional assets to CBU students through internships, student mentoring, recruitment, professional development activities and guest speaker opportunities. Members have the opportunity to interact directly with university administration and promote its continued advancement through support and feedback.
- Champion university-wide development priorities by building strong connections between the university and the professional community. These connections further develop the growth and capacity of the board of visitors and its ability to advance the university.
- Encourage private philanthropy as a means to fulfill the university's mission to develop graduates whose skills, integrity and sense of purpose distinguish them in the workplace and in the world. And, because a majority of CBU alumni remain in the area post-graduation, the support of the board of visitors improves the university's capacity to expand a skilled local workforce that will directly impact our community.
Members of the board of visitors are dynamic participants in university advancement activities campus-wide. They are encouraged to:
- Engage in areas of interest around the campus;
- Attend semi-annual meetings and invite others to attend as well; and
- Give a minimum annual, tax deductible gift of $1,000 to support the university's priority initiatives, special annual projects and fundraising activities.
Membership Information
Interested parties must be nominated by a current member of the board of visitors or another member of the California Baptist University staff, faculty or board of trustees. Special invitations to join may also be extended by the California Baptist University Office for University Advancement. For more information on the nomination process or questions about how to submit a statement of interest, please contact the director of annual giving in the Office for University Advancement at (951) 343-4350.
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Director of Annual Giving
8432 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, California 92504
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Message from the Chairman
It is an honor for me to serve as the chair of the board of visitors at California Baptist University. I am pleased to follow in the footsteps of men who have given of their time, talents and treasure to further the mission of the university and the important work God is doing in the lives of the students at CBU. Together we can advance the mission of CBU as a university committed to the Great Commission by helping develop students that are academically prepared, biblically rooted, globally minded and equipped to serve.
As a 4th generation Riverside native, my family has seen CBU grow from a couple of buildings and alfalfa fields to one of the nicest campuses in the region. The explosive growth over the last decade has kept CBU filled to capacity even as the campus has expanded and improved. One of the more recently added programs is the College of Health Science, where I have the privilege of serving on the dean's executive council. This is just one example of how BOV members can be involved and further impact CBU students.
The board of visitors continues to be a resource supporting the students and the university, while CBU continues to provide educated and skilled employees and entrepreneurs to our region and throughout the world.
Dr. Robert Mohn, Chair


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Hulk threatens to quit Zenit
Hulk has admitted he could leave Zenit St Petersburg when the transfer window reopens if his relationship with Luciano Spalletti does not improve.
The Brazilian striker joined Zenit in a mega-money move from Porto in the summer but has struggled to find his best form and did not shake hands with Zenit boss Spalletti as he was substituted during Tuesday's Champions League match against AC Milan.
He later revealed that he may have to consider his future in January, with a number of clubs in Italy reported to be interested.
"I feel well in St Petersburg, my family is happy and my son, too," he told Mediaset Premium Calcio.
"But if the situation with Luciano Spalletti doesn't improve, I might leave in January. I don't know if Italy will be my destination, but anything can happen."
Spalletti responded to Hulk's comments by insisting he has the right to make changes if a player is not performing.
"He can say what he wants," said Spalletti. "He can be disappointed, but if I substitute him it is because I am not satisfied with his performance.
"Has he said he wants to go? I don't know what to do about that. I'm staying here."
Spalletti has a contract with Zenit until 2015 and is paying no attention to rumours linking him with AC Milan, although he admits he would love to manage in the Premier League one day.
"I still have a great desire to work in Russia. I have extended my contract with Zenit and I'm in tune with the president," he explained.
"Me to AC Milan? Now I'm too old for it. But I would like another experience abroad, maybe in the Premier League."


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Figure Art: Life Drawings Bring Sophistication to Any Room
The study of the human figure has long been a standard practice amongst artists. Learning from the nude is conventionally seen as helping with the formation of technique. And while most figure drawings were originally exercises and never intended for frames or to be put on display, interior designers and homeowners seem to be doing it anyway. The result: sophisticated, elegant, and timeless décor.
There's a versatility to figure art because it tends to look appropriate in several different environments. One obvious way to create a dramatic statement is to group a bunch of figure studies together in a salon hanging. It's a classical look that almost harkens back to Ancient Rome. Nude studies can easily be mixed in with other art, and looks especially great next to more modern, abstract pieces, for a truly eclectic aesthetic.
Of course, a beautifully framed, over-sized nude painting hung solo on a wall can be stunning. And don't forget smaller studies as well, which look great interspersed in a table-scape or placed on stacks of books. But one thing is for sure: don't be afraid of the nude! It's sure to instantly bring class to any space.
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In larger companies a Human Resources function exists, whether there is full-time Human Resources personnel or not. In the latter case this function is directly handled by the General Manager or Finance Executive. Since many relate Human Resources mostly to Payroll and Benefits, we find that quite a number of companies gave this responsibility to their Finance Officer. Needless to say that in such instances the more sophisticated issues of Human Resources, Employee Training & Development, Customer Service and other related issues are either never considered or are judged solely on their cost-factor with no-one at the helm to give organizational direction.
Whether companies have
or do not have specialized Human Resources and Training personnel,
many suffer from antiquated policy manuals and human resources tools.
There is a general tendency to just "add" items
to rusty policies and procedures or to "copy" tools from
other companies, which are also either antiquated or not fit for
the company in question.
The stamp of management
begins with the company's mission and what it communicates to employees.
The most essential tools which lead employees in the right
direction, help create a positive work environment, employee motivation,
and final work performance are the tools used for Human Resources
management. First on this list are: Job Descriptions and Employee
Employee Handbooks and
Job Descriptions are of crucial importance for the understanding
of the company, its setup, values and thrust; a comprehension of
the different functions and job responsibilities which make it work;
and, of course, the role each employee plays to bring all this to
realization. These are actually "management tools"
and should be given the attention they deserve. They are not
there "just for being there". They must clearly
reflect the company, its customers, the market, and the individual
roles people play.
This is why we should think of Employee Handbooks and Job Descriptions as "active, living, dynamic tools" to be continuously used and revised for updates and refinement.
The way they are written
can greatly affect the entire work force, organizational environment,
and Customer experience. Here is a checklist to help you determine
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