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Oct. 11, 2007
Yale senior PK Alan Kimball has been listed as one of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's 153 semifinalists for the 2007 Draddy Trophy, presented by HealthSouth, and one of its candidates for the NFF 2007 National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
One of college football's most sought after and competitive awards, the Draddy Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership.
Kimball, who is 13th in the FCS and leads the Ivy League with 1.5 field goals per game this fall, is 6-for-7 on three-pointers and has made all 21 PATs. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound kicker has 23 career field goals. Kimball, who worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. last summer, connected on all three field goal attempts against Cornell on Sept. 22 while booting six PATs. He has a 3.97 GPA and is a history major.
"The NFF is extremely proud of this year's group of semifinalists," said NFF President & CEO Steven J. Hatchell. "Their substantial commitment to academic excellence, athletic prowess and community service is commendable, and it is our responsibility to honor them for their dedication on and off the playing field. These players are the greatest illustration of how we hope to build leaders through football."
Nominated by their schools, which are limited to one nominee each, semifinalists must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship. Established to honor former NFF Chairman Vincent dePaul Draddy, a Manhattan College quarterback who developed the Izod and Lacoste brands, the award comes with a 24-inch, 25-pound bronze trophy and a $25,000 post-graduate scholarship.
This year's semifinalists maintain a 3.58 average GPA in diverse majors such as physics and ocean engineering. Sixty-six players have earned all- conference recognition on the field and 106 have served as captains. The offensive line produced the most nominees with 31 candidates. Receivers and linebackers followed with 26 nominees each. Offense outscored the defense with 80 to 53 hopefuls. Twenty special teams aspirants completed the contingent. Nominees hail from all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, including a record 67 contenders from the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A).
The NFF Awards Committee will select and announce up to 15 finalists on Oct. 25. Each finalist will be recognized as part of the 2007 National Scholar- Athlete Class, receiving an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. The Draddy winner, who will receive a $25,000 postgraduate scholarship, will be announced at the NFF's Annual Awards Dinner on December 4 at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria in New York City. A total distribution of more than $300,000 in scholarships will be awarded that evening.
Launched in 1959, the NFF scholar-athlete program became the first initiative in history to credit a player for both academic and athletic accomplishments. The Draddy, first awarded in 1990, adds to the program's mystique. Past Draddy winners, including two Rhodes Scholars, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, a Heisman winner, are: Chris Howard (Air Force, 1990); John B. Culpepper (Florida, 1991); Jim Hansen (Colorado, 1992); Thomas Burns (Virginia, 1993); Robert Zatechka (Nebraska, 1994); Bobby Hoying (Ohio State, 1995); Danny Wuerffel (Florida, 1996); Peyton Manning (Tennessee, 1997); Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia, 1998); Chad Pennington (Marshall, 1999); Kyle Vanden Bosch (Nebraska, 2000); Joaquin Gonzalez (Miami, 2001); Brandon Roberts (Washington University-Mo., 2002); Craig Krenzel (Ohio State, 2003); Michael Munoz (Tennessee, 2004); Rudy Niswanger (Louisiana State, 2005); and Brian Leonard (Rutgers, 2006).
(Formerly Division I-A)
School -- Nominee
Arizona -- Spencer Larsen
Arizona State -- Michael Marquardt
Arkansas -- Farod Jackson
Arkansas State -- Matthew Reibe
Army -- Connor Wicklund
Auburn -- Cole Bennett
Boise State -- Nick Schlekeway
Boston College -- Nicholas Larkin
Bowling Green State -- Kory Lichtensteiger
Brigham Young -- Matthew Allen
Buffalo -- Jameson Richard
Central Florida -- Keith Shologan
Central Michigan -- Thomas Keith
Cincinnati -- Glenn Bujnoch
Colorado -- Kevin Eberhart
Colorado State -- Jesse Nading
Duke -- Patrick Bailey
Eastern Michigan -- Kenneth Bohnet
Florida Atlantic -- Zachary Wichner
Fresno State -- Clint Stitser
Georgia Tech -- Kevin Tuminello
Illinois -- J Leman
Indiana -- Kevin Trulock
Iowa -- Mike Klinkenborg
Iowa State -- Bryce Braaksma
Kent State -- Matthew Muller
Kentucky -- Jacob Tamme
Louisiana-Lafayette -- Lamar Morgan
Louisville -- Daniel Barlowe
Memphis -- Jake Kasser
Middle Tennessee State -- Clinton Corder
Minnesota -- Anthony Brinkhaus
Mississippi State -- Dezmond Sherrod
Missouri -- Matthew Crossett
Navy -- Gregory Veteto
Nebraska -- James Phillips II
New Mexico -- Cody Kase
North Carolina -- Joseph Dailey
North Texas -- Raifu Durodoye, Jr.
Notre Dame -- John Carlson
Ohio -- Chidozie Nwokocha
Oregon -- Dennis Dixon
Purdue -- Jared Armstrong
Rice -- Robert Heos
Rutgers -- Brandon Renkart
SMU -- Benjamin Poynter
Southern Mississippi -- Jeremy Young
Syracuse -- Ryan Durand
TCU -- Chris Manfredini
Tennessee -- Erik Ainge
Texas -- Dallas Griffin
Texas A&M -- Cody Wallace
Texas Tech -- Alex Trilica
Toledo -- Brett Kern
Troy -- Gregory Whibbs, Jr.
Tulsa -- Paul Smith
UCLA -- Christopher Joseph
Utah -- Stephen Tate
Vanderbilt -- Hamilton Holliday
Virginia -- Michael Santi, Jr.
Wake Forest -- Zachary Selmon
Washington -- Cody Ellis
Washington State -- Alex Brink
West Virginia -- Bobby Hathaway
Western Kentucky -- Marion Rumph
Western Michigan -- Anthony Gebhart
Wisconsin -- Luke Swan
(Formerly Division I-AA)
School -- Nominee
Alcorn State -- Antonio Cooper, Jr.
Austin Peay State -- James Williams, Jr.
Brown -- Steven Morgan
Bucknell -- Nicholas Mozal
Charleston Southern -- Nick Ellis
Coastal Carolina -- Elliott McKinnon, Jr.
Columbia -- Justin Smith
Dayton -- Brandon Cramer
Delaware -- Michael Byrne
Delaware State -- Josh Brite
Eastern Illinois -- Jordan Campanella
Eastern Kentucky -- Justin Curry
Eastern Washington -- Thomas McAndrews
Elon -- Charles Porterfield
Georgetown -- Kyle VanFleet
Hampton -- Marcus Dixon
Harvard -- Noah Van Niel
Idaho State -- Sterling Mennear
Iona -- Christopher Lofrese
Maine -- Shawn Demaray
Montana -- Torrey Thomas
Norfolk State -- Andre Twine
North Carolina A&T -- Oritz Green III
Northeastern -- Anthony Orio
Northern Colorado -- Aaron Henderson
Northern Iowa -- Chad Rinehart
Princeton -- Brendan Circle
Sacramento State -- Ryan Coogler
Sacred Heart -- Jason Richardson
Samford -- Jefferson Adcock
South Dakota State -- Parker Douglass
Southeast Missouri State -- Adam Casper
Southern Illinios -- Nick Hill
Tennessee Tech -- John Jackson
Texas State -- Nicholas Clark
Towson -- John Webb
Valparaiso -- Justin Wiler
Wofford -- Kevin Adleman
Yale -- Alan Kimball
Youngstown State -- Thomas Zetts
School -- Nominee
Ashland (Mich.) -- Vincent Cashdollar
Chadron State (Neb.) -- Daniel Woodhead
Concordia (Minn.) -- Kole Goodchild
Delta State (Miss.) -- Michael Eubanks
Hillsdale (Mich.) -- Mark Nicolet
Midwestern State (Texas) -- Anthony Burson
Minnesota State, Mankato -- Spencer Dickinson
Minnesota, Duluth -- Britt Baumann
Missouri Southern State -- Colin Bado
Missouri-Rolla -- Ashton Gronewold
North Dakota -- Weston Dressler
Slippery Rock (Pa.) -- Michael Butterworth
Southeastern Oklahoma State -- Cliff Eddings
Southwest Minnesota State -- Tyler Fischer
Virginia State -- Theodore Washington
Wayne State (Mich.) -- Frank Lietke
School -- Nominee
Allegheny (Pa.) -- Mateo Villa
Augustana (Ill.) -- Joel Campbell
Bridgewater (Va.) -- Jefferson Highfill, Jr.
Case Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Thomas Brew
Centre (Ky.) -- Christopher Riney
Emory & Henry (Va.) -- Matthew Assenat
Gettysburg (Pa.) -- Kyle Luciano
Greensboro (N.C.) -- Christopher Palme
Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) -- Jared Sieling
Illinois College -- Jake Weller
Lewis& Clark (Ore.) -- Mike Wennerlind
Mount Union (Ohio) -- Frederick Safran
Saint John's (Minn.) -- John Cloeter
Shenandoah (Va.) -- Chris Dooley
St. Olaf (Minn.) -- Matthew Penz
Thiel (Pa.) -- Michael Stimac
Trinity (Conn.) -- Benjamin Willig
Wabash (Ind.) -- Brian Hilts
Wartburg (Iowa) -- Kyle Duchman
Washington Univ. in STL (Mo.) -- Kevin Brooks
Wesleyan (Conn.) -- Zachary Librizzi
Western New England (Mass.) -- Kevin Miculcy
Widener (Pa.) -- Jamie Schild
Wisconsin-Eau Claire -- Anthony Hull
School -- Nominee
Bethel (Tenn.) -- Knox Baggett
Carroll (Mont.) -- Nick Milodragovich
Eastern Oregon -- Michael Eby
Jamestown (N.D.) -- Nathan Pederson
Northwestern (Iowa) -- Scott Stahl
Urbana (Ohio) -- Kevin Weber


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P-20 Initiative Awards Eight Grants to Increase Student Achievement in Hawaii
$180,000 dedicated to early childhood education, kindergarten readiness, and collaborative learning projects across the stateUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Hawaii P-20 Initiative
Kate Wester, (808) 956-9095
External Affairs & University Relations
The Hawaiʻi P-20 Initiative, a joint education project of the University of Hawaiʻi (UH), the Department of Education (DOE), and the Good Beginnings Alliance, has awarded $180,000 to eight collaborative learning efforts throughout the state. The awards were made to innovative partnerships that have demonstrated an ability to work with their communities in order to improve the quality of education.
"When I originally proposed the P-20 initiative in July of 2001 as a vehicle to improve student achievement at every level, I was confident that UH, DOE, and Good Beginnings Alliance would be able to create a new way of approaching education to meet the challenges facing our students," said UH President Evan Dobelle. "The distribution of these awards is proof we are well on our way to achieving the vision of a seamless education system that serves all the people of Hawaiʻi."
In July 2003, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation validated the Hawaiʻi P-20 Initiative by awarding the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation (UHF) a $500,000 planning grant to lay the ground work to secure additional public and private resources. The P-20 Council, the initiative's leadership body, dedicated $90,000 of this amount for competitive grants. The trustees of the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation then generously offered to match the $90,000, increasing the total amount for competitive grants to $180,000. The Castle Foundation's contribution has been specifically earmarked to support pre-K and kindergarten programs.
"The Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation is extremely pleased with the opportunity to further the Hawaiʻi P-20 educational reform effort," said Al Castle, president of the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation. "We saw a chance to leverage the Kellogg Foundation's planning grant while helping our early educators to advance school readiness and transition to elementary schools."
"Resources from national foundations and local funders like the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation have allowed us to support the work of schools and communities and search for models that work," said Good Beginnings Alliance Executive Director Liz Chun. "I am especially pleased by the support provided to projects focused on improvements in the school readiness of Hawaiʻi's young children. With over half of our keiki entering kindergarten up to two years behind, improving school readiness is a responsibility shared by parents, communities, schools, teachers and policymakers."
The request for proposals for the competitive grants was issued in October 2003 and a total of 35 applications were received seeking more than $750,000. Eight collaborative learning efforts were selected:
· $25,000 — DOE Consortium of Eight Model High Schools
o "Instructional Design Training for the First Cadre of SLC 9th Grade Teachers," a training session for teachers participating in the Smaller Learning Communities Project, an effort to address the difficult transition of 9th graders to high school.
· $25,000 — GEAR UP Hawaiʻi at UH Mānoa
o "Reading and Writing Together In and Out of Middle School," an initiative to increase the coherence of curriculum and expectations of quality student work to improve student achievement.
· $25,000 — Kealakehe Elementary School
o "Transitions to Kindergarten," a program at Kealakehe Elementary School led by a partnership of stakeholders working to ease the transition to kindergarten for both children and parents through various programs and events, outreach activities, capacity building, and staff development.
· $25,000 — UH Center on the Family
o "Promoting School Readiness and Successful Kindergarten Transitions for At-Risk Children," a program serving families in the Kalihi area designed to enhance school readiness and promote successful kindergarten transitions for at-risk children.
· $24,000 — UH Mānoa Service Learning Program
o "Preparing the Palolo Pipeline," a collaborative initiative of area colleges working to address the Palolo community's educational needs, and expanding activities to also focus on early literacy, English as a Second Language, and building sustainable partnerships.
· $23,900 — Tech Prep Hawaiʻi
o "Improving Student Achievement and Transition," a project that addresses easing the transition of students from high school to community college and reducing remediation at the community college.
· $16,600 — UH Community College's Consortium on Early Childhood Education Programs
o "Early Childhood Baccalaureate Degree," a partnership of UH campuses and programs working to complete the design and planning for a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education that is accessible statewide.
· $15,300 — Family Support Services of West Hawaiʻi
o "Na Pua Liko," a literacy project designed to support parent-child interactions that build on and go beyond those centered on books and book-reading, which will provide materials and training to agencies throughout the state who wish to implement the project in their areas.
"I am pleased with the diversity of DOE undertakings being supported by funds from the Kellogg Foundation and the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation," said DOE Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto. "These projects are great examples of how we can ensure the advancement and success of our students through effective collaboration amongst DOE schools, teachers, parents and community organizations. These grant funds are providing the tools to move P-20 from vision to reality in the state of Hawaiʻi."
"The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation and its Board of Trustees is extremely pleased to be able to support the Hawaiʻi P-20 Initiative and its important work to improve student achievement throughout Hawaiʻi," said UH Foundation President Betsy Sloane. "We look forward to following the progress of this statewide initiative and working with its leadership to seek additional support from local and national philanthropies."
UH, DOE and the Good Beginnings Alliance officially established the Hawaiʻi P-20 Initiative in October 2002 to put forth their vision for improving student achievement at all levels of education in the state. Their goal is to provide a seamless education system to ensure successful lifelong learning for all students. P-20, a term created to represent a child's educational progression from pre-school and before to graduate school and beyond, calls for a collaborative effort amongst the partners with a focus on improving the knowledge and skills of Hawaiʻi's students.
For more information, visit: http://p20.hawaii.org

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Tempura - deep-fried meats and vegetables - are usually a filler component or an afterthought at most Japanese restaurants in Southern California. Usually it's one or two pieces of Shrimp and a random vegetable or two, placed on that boxed lunch special as a way to add variation to a menu. Most Tempura that I've tried over the years in So Cal have been generally very oily (fried at wrong temperatures so that it soaks up even more oil than necessary), or the batter surrounding the meat/vegetable has been disappointing in some way (too much batter, so that all you taste is the fried batter, and not the actual main component; or soggy fried batter; or batter that falls apart when you pick up each piece of Tempura).
So after years of sub-par Tempura encounters, I've grown to avoid Tempura in general, thinking that it must be the "typical" deep-fried mess I've always had. Thanks to a tip from foodie Jotaru, I discovered Komatsu, a Japanese Tempura Specialist, devoted to the true Art of Tempura! Intrigued and hopeful I set off to try Komatsu last night.
Like many of the hidden gems / wonderful eateries around L.A., Komatsu is in a non-descript strip mall with just a simple sign:
We were early, and upon entering we were greeted by the sole waitress working that night, and Chef Komatsu himself. Chef Komatsu is a native of Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan, and his goal has been to open a restaurant focusing on the Art of Tempura.
Perusing the menu, Komatsu offers 14 different types of Tempura that you can order a la carte, or a Tempura Dinner of 9 different pieces of Tempura, or the Omakase course (Chef's Choice)). We opted for the Omakase and left it up to Komatsu-san's recommendations. In addition, they have an extensive Appetizer menu, made up of a variety of Izakaya-style Small Dishes. We opted to try a couple of dishes while waiting for the Tempura.
First up was Gyutan no Misozuke (Beef Tongue in Miso Paste). Visually, it looked like simple, chilled slices of Beef, but that belied the amazing marination and combination of flavors embedded within: Each piece of the Gyutan was extremely tender, and exuding a rich, wonderfully herbal and miso-laden taste with every bite! Very nice.
The other dish we ordered was their Kurobuta no Kakuni (Stewed Black Pork). I don't see Berkshire Pork being used for Buta no Kakuni very often, and it's one of my favorite dishes, so I had to try it. :) The dish arrived, beautifully dressed with a dollop of Karashi (Japanese Spicy Mustard) on top. Unfortunately, it was undercooked (not stewed long enough), as each piece of the pork was extremely tough and chewy. The marinade was wonderful and you could taste the potential, but that was all that was there.
Our Tempura Omakase began shortly after that, with our waitress introducing us to the variety of seasoning options for each course. Komatsu offers 4(!) different ways to enjoy each piece of Tempura, offering up Arajio (Coarse Sea Salt), Matcha Shio (Matcha Green Tea Salt!), Yuzu Shio (Yuzu Citrus-infused Salt), or the ubiquitous Tentsuyu (Tempura Sauce with Grated Daikon).
The first Tempura dish that arrived was made up of 2 pieces of White Shrimp. Within the first bite, I could tell that Komatsu-san truly loved his craft: The fried batter surrounding the Shrimp was nice and minimalistic, light and non-intrusive. It actually accentuated the Shrimp with each bite, and didn't leave me with a mouth full of batter, or overpower the Shrimp. It was fried perfectly in that it wasn't overly greasy or too soggy or too crunchy / overdone. Overall I thought the Matcha Shio (Green Tea Salt) matched the best with the White Shrimp. Excellent!
At this time, we were also brought out a bowl of Akamiso (Red Miso Soup). It was wonderfully hearty, with nice pieces of Wakame (Kelp).
Next up was Anago (Salt-Water Eel) Tempura. The inherent oiliness of the Eel made the Yuzu Shio pairing the best, but the common Tentsuyu matched nicely as well. This was another nice piece of frying by Komatsu-san.
The next dish was Mongo Ika (Cuttlefish) Tempura. I've never had Mongo Ika Tempura before, so this was a treat. The Cuttlefish ended up being an understated, lightly chewy consistency that matched best with the Tentsuyu (Tempura Sauce); it was a bit underwhelming, but not bad.
Their Megochi (Whitefish or Flathead Fish) was flown in from Tokyo, Japan according to Komatsu-san, and it was beautifully presented with its fin remaining unbattered and standing upright. Like the Mongo Ika, I've never had Megochi Tempura before, so I was looking forward to it. Unfortunately it was a bit too fishy and pungent for my tastes (similar in some ways to days-old Uni) when paired with any of the Salts. However, with the Tentsuyu sauce, the fresh-grated Daikon and stronger flavors and aromas of the sauce itself helped to minimize and soften the pungent flavor of the Megochi.
Next up was Hamaguri (Clam). Innocuous-looking, the Clam Tempura was very good, pairing nicely with all four different seasoning options.
The Ebi Shinjyou (Shiitake Mushroom stuffed with Ground Shrimp) was the highlight of the night (along with the White Shrimp). Amazingly fragrant from the fresh Shiitake Mushroom and the fresh Ground Shrimp, the Ebi Shinjyou was truly mouth-wateringly delicious! (^_^) The light, minimal Tempura batter was the final piece to make this the best dish that night.
The next item was a nice Kakiage version of Gobo (Burdock Root). Chef Komatsu took fresh slices of the Burdock Root and fried them together in a nice presentation that almost looked like shoestring potatoes. Being a root vegetable, this version of Gobo actually did taste a little bit like an earthier, alternate type of shoestring fries in a way. :) I thought it was OK, my companion loved it.
The next item was Tamanegi (Onion) Tempura. I love onions, so I was looking forward to this dish. Komatsu-san's Tamanegi was perfectly cooked as Tempura! The light batter on the outside was cooked to the right texture, and the inside, the nice slice of Tamanegi was cooked *just* to the point of being a little bit soft and cooked all the way through; not soggy or overcooked, and no parts raw, either. The fragrance of the Onion worked nicely with the Matcha Shio and Tentsuyu.
Komatsu-san's Asparagus Tempura was also really nice. Perfectly tender pieces of Asparagus, lightly fried and really allowing the vegetable to shine (not oily or swallowed up by the batter as seen in many restaurants). Very nice.
The final savory dish was Umeboshi (Japanese Summer Plum). Now that I think about it, this might be my favorite of the night (^_~), but it's an acquired taste. If you've never had Umeboshi before, it's a sun-dried Ume (a Japanese Plum-like fruit), and is extremely tart, salty and sweet all at the same time! It immediately brought up images of a bowl of steaming rice paired perfectly with the Umeboshi on top. :) The Tempura version here was wonderful: Extremely aromatic and so fragrant, and wonderfully tart and salty and sweet. Make sure you have some rice when eating the Umeboshi. :) Delicious!
The final item in the Omakase course that night was Satsuma Imo (Japanese Sweet Potato). Komatsu-san presented us with a giant, striking presentation of the Satsuma Imo: Presented whole, but already sliced into 6 pieces. What was impressive about the Satsumo Imo Tempura was that he deep-fried it perfectly so that the batter outside wasn't burnt, and the inside was moist and cooked all the way through, as if it was baked yams or sweet potatoes.
At this point we were so full, we couldn't really finish all 6 pieces, but it was tasty. :) They finished off the course by offering us a scoop of Ice Cream (Green Tea, Azuki (Red Bean), or Cappuccino). All-in-all, it came out to be ~$65 per person (total, including tax and tip). When we went, there was only one waitress, so the service was a bit on the slow side, but she was always courteous and helpful.
Komatsu is a wonderful Tempura Bar, and with Tempura Specialist Chef Komatsu at the helm, it's nice to have a restaurant devoted to one type of cuisine, especially one that's often overlooked in many parts of the U.S. While Tempura isn't one of my favorite types of Japanese cuisine, I've gained a newfound respect and interest in it, and will be gladly returning to this Tempura Specialty restaurant in Torrance whenever I'm in the mood for great Tempura.
*** Rating: 8.8 (out of 10.0) ***
1644 W. Carson Street, Suite B
Torrance, CA 90501
Tel: 310-787-0787
1644 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90501


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The Hot Flashz entertainment troupe, a non-profit cast of women ages 45 and older, presented a $2,000 check to Camp Boggy Creek at the Relay for Life event at Diamond Head Resort this past weekend. The dance troupe held a 4 p.m. performance on Saturday. Relay for Life is sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
The Hot Flashz perform all over a three county area to raise funds for Camp Boggy Creek, which was founded by the late Paul Newman and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. This is a year-round camp facility where children from Florida whose lives are interrupted by serious illness are able to enjoy a carefree, traditional childhood experience. There is never any charge to families or children to attend Camp Boggy Creek. The Hot Flashz raise money to help support this primary charity, but they also support other local charities as well.


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The AO Hotels and Hostels can do and want more for their guests, so they have secretly devised a plan that brings together guests more easily among one another ... in fact, completely for free!
The result was this:
Those who want some "brain cell nutrition" besides the entertainment part, are going to have a great time with our info- and education-oriented offerings:
All of these great opportunities to meet, have fun, chill, discover the city or to do some good things await you in every A&O Hostel. Of course, guests of the 2** hotel part can participate equally. We are excited about every edYOUtainer!
– The word "ed" in edYOUtain!
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The Online Blogzine (German only, we're working on it)!
The sharp ones have certainly figured it out based on the name composition. The first part stands for education, the rear part represents entertainment. True to the motto 'we want to edutain YOU'! And since it looks nicer and sounds better, we renamed it edYOUtain!
At your mom's you can always sit in front of the telly, at an AO you don't even think of it! We share: Namely our rooms, competitions, children's play corners, books and good mood with you. We care: That's right. We take care of you. That's why all common areas are equipped with enough cool stuff to join in, billiards or table soccer, for example. We also do good for a better climate and actively involve you in it! And in case you've got a question, we're happy to help at the reception.


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After a fall filled with mild temperatures, a bleak, wet, cool afternoon Wednesday forced several Sterling Golden Warrior soccer players into long sleeves, gloves and stocking caps for practice.
Guiding the practice from the sideline, first-year coach Brian Cebula wore a heavy, black winter coat. Cebula, who served as an assistant coach to Chris Interone with the Warriors the last few years, knows that more than the weather is about to change for the Warriors.
The 2A Rochelle Regional begins Tuesday, with the top-seeded Warriors playing No. 4 Dixon.
It'll be the third meeting between the Route 2 rivals, with the Warriors handling Dixon in the first two matches. But Cebula understands history well enough to know he can't let his team get too confident.
His first lesson hearkens back to a turning point in Warrior soccer history. In 2010, a young, talented Sterling squad beat a favored Geneseo team 4-3 in triple overtime, after losing to them twice during the regular season.
"You go back 3 or 4 years ago, and we had basically got crushed by Geneseo twice during the regular season," Cebula said. "When the regional gets here, everything can change. Teams can get on a roll. We can't look past anyone."
Sterling went on to claim the program's first regional crown, and eventually lost in the sectional final to Burlington Central.
More recent history has left a more bitter taste in the Warriors' mouths. Sterling was the top seed a year ago against Rochelle, a team it beat 5-2 during the regular season. The second go-round went badly in the first game of the regional, as Rochelle won 2-1.
"There are young guys that were on that team," Cebula said, "and they know that anything can happen."
For Sterling (14-3-4), it will be about continuing to get strong play from players around the field.
For most of the fall, a lot of ink has been spent on what happens in the last third of the field for the Warriors.
In case you've missed it, it has to do with the Warriors' talented pair of forwards, Tony Diaz and Carlos Gallardo, who combined for 59 goals and 38 assists through 20 matches.
But, as Cebula will tell you, those goals are the result of players all over the field manning their positions.
Take players like Santana Trujillo or Sebastian Uresti, who play midfield for the Warriors.
"Santana has really blossomed in the center this season," Cebula said of the sophomore. "He got some playing time last year. He's taking care of the ball so well, and that's going to be so important going into the playoffs."
Uresti – who assistant coach Gabe Ocampo says heads the ball better than any high schooler he's seen – gains possession and makes the pass to Trujillo.
It's then Trujillo who tries to get the ball down to Diaz or Gallardo. He might have to use outside-mid Jose Uresti to get it there.
"I try to stay wide, give him some room to get me the ball, and then we can work it down the field," Jose Uresti said. "It's important that we move without the ball and try to get open for him."
"It's all about working together as a team," Trujillo said. "We work hard on it every day at practice. I am just trying to get the ball down the field."
As the Warriors control the ball longer, it allows for their defenders to sneak up and join the attack. One of the players to take advantage of that has been Jorge Garcia, who has five goals and three assists.
"He's become very adept at sneaking up there and making plays when we need them," Cebula said. "It puts a lot of pressure on other teams when we can do that."
If Sterling gets past Dixon in the first match, they'll play either No. 2 Freeport or No. 3 Rochelle in the championship match Friday.
They have an obvious bone to pick with Rochelle from a year ago. The Warriors also have a bitter taste in their mouths concerning Freeport.
Sterling played Freeport in the first match of the season at a tournament in DeKalb. The Warriors led 4-0 in the second half, and then allowed four goals to the Pretzels in a match that concluded in a tie.
"We just go too confident," Jose Uresti said. "We learned from that match. We can't let up. We tell ourselves no matter the score, that we have to keep playing like it is 0-0."


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Having to play 10 consecutive games on the road, a franchise record, wasn't exactly what the doctor ordered for a team needing to win roughly 75 percent of its remaining games to have a shot at making the playoffs. Despite the challenges of that stretch, which included a three-in-three set, four games against the Western Conference's top team and six more against other teams fighting for their playoff lives, the Checkers have gone from a team hoping to get back into contention to a team now firmly on the bubble.
"It was a long trip and tough games in tough buildings to play in, but we were able to get some wins and get some days off so it wasn't all work, work, work," said coach Jeff Daniels, whose team finished the segment at 6-3-1, including wins in six of the last seven. "We wanted to give ourselves a chance, and we did that coming off the road trip."
"It was obviously a tough stretch on the road, but we were dealt those cards and I thought we did a great job," said defenseman Mark Flood. "I think we've made some progression and played the way we needed to to win."
After earning points in nine of their last 12 games (8-3-1) dating back to a comeback win over Abbotsford at Raleigh's PNC Arena on Feb. 16, the Checkers are 10th in the Western Conference with 16 games remaining. They're just three points behind eight-seed Milwaukee and nine-seed Oklahoma City and five points behind seventh-place Rockford, with the latter gap perhaps smaller than it appears with the IceHogs leading the conference with 62 games played, two more than the Checkers.
For a team still on the outside of the playoff picture, even though they have to make up less ground than the eight-point deficit they faced one month ago, the schedule also gives the Checkers more control of their own destiny than one might expect. They have one game remaining in their season series with Milwaukee and Rockford and four more against Oklahoma City. Of their 10 games beyond that, seven are against teams behind them in the Western Conference, including two against Lake Erie this weekend.
Yes, the Checkers will still need other teams to lose games, but they're in a position to cause those losses themselves.
"Based on that you still have a chance to get in the top eight, and that this time of year that's all we can ask for," said Daniels.
What's allowed the Checkers to be successful of late? A big part of it is that the team's best players have been its best players, something that Daniels did not believe was the case at the time of an intervention of sorts that took place in November. Over a seven-game stretch that has seen the Checkers average 3.57 goals per game – an impressive number, especially since it includes a shutout loss – Zach Boychuk (5g, 4a), Aaron Palushaj (2g, 7a), Brett Sutter (3g, 3a) and Chris Terry (3g, 4a) have all been producing at a high level.
"They're leading the way," said Daniels. "Chris, Palush and Chucky are our big factors up front offensively, Suttsy been a great leader and has chipped in some points like those two big goals in San Antonio. On the back end, Michal (Jordan) and Biegs (Danny Biega) are leading us there. Right now everyone is playing well and feeling good, and when you're winning games it changes the mood."
Just as important, and perhaps more so, has been the goaltending that the team has received since Justin Peters returned to Carolina following a successful conditioning stint in Charlotte. Even before sitting out for two weeks, neither Mike Murphy nor John Muse had been at their absolute best but have turned in good performances since. Muse won all three of his starts since returning from injury, including a career-high, 43-save effort at Texas on Wednesday, while Murphy did his best to hold the fort in Saturday's 3-0 loss to those same Stars.
"It was huge," said Daniels. "Muser was hurt but he came back and stepped up, I thought Murph played his best game in a while in Texas with all the offense they have and he definitely gave us a chance to win. It was good to know that both guys are feeling good about their games."
The Checkers' challenge now will be finding ways to continue that momentum and not feel as though the hard part is behind them.
"We don't want to get too high or too low," said Flood. "It's times like this that the coaches and the leaders on the team have to make sure the room stays even keel and we're ready to play."
Even prior to playing those 10 straight games on the road, there had been sentiments that the team wasn't as comfortable on home ice, perhaps trying to do too much rather than play the grittier road game that brought the better results. Charlotte is now 16-12-2 in away games vs. 14-15-1 at home, though they've certainly improved from losing their first six at Time Warner Cable Arena to start the season.
"We talked about it right after the game," said Daniel of Wednesday's 3-1 win in Texas. "We can't relax and think it's going to be easy now that we're at home. We have to prepare the same way, be hard to play against, manage the puck and do all those little things that we're doing right now, which is a big reason why we're winning."
As they prepare to play their first home game since Feb. 18 on Friday, the first of a back-to-back set against Lake Erie, the Checkers will be without the services of forwards Greg Nemisz and Brendan Woods. Woods is expected to miss a few more weeks – a timeline that seems to be best-case scenario for Nemisz, who is still struggling with an injury that first sidelined him on Feb. 9 and could potentially miss the remainder of the season.
"He tried to battle through it and it just didn't seem like it was getting better," said Daniels of Nemisz, who missed eight games, played three and then missed three. "We'll have him looked at today and should know some time this week what our next step is with him."


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TIGERVILLE, S.C. --- Megan Epperson (St. John, Ind.) tallied a season-high 20 kills to lead the Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team to a straight set victory over North Greenville University on Friday night in Conference Carolinas action.
Lees-McRae (9-6, 5-0 CC) won the match by scores of 25-18, 25-19, and 25-10, while holding North Greenville (6-8, 0-4 CC) to a .132 hitting percentage. The Bobcats posted a .270 hitting percentage on the night, while tallying nine service aces and four blocks.
Epperson paced the Bobcats with 20 kills and a .351 hitting percentage, while Dana Oliver (Davie, Fla.) chipped in a double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs. Sariah Suryadevara (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted a match-high 18 digs, while Megan Mitchell (Minden, Nev.) added a contest-best 39 assists.
Rebakah Mayes led the way for North Greenville with eight kills, while Kaitlyn Pierce chipped in six smashes. Abigail Frame chipped in 16 assists, while Kaitlyn Harris added a team-high 11 digs.
Lees-McRae jumped out to an early 14-8 lead in the first set before North Greenville responded, launching a 6-0 run to even the tally at 14-14 on a service ace by Lauren Burns. The Bobcats answered with a 6-1 spurt, claiming a 20-15 advantage on an Oliver kill. Lees-McRae then closed out the set with a 5-3 run to claim a 1-0 lead in the match on a Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.) kill.
The Bobcats carried the momentum into the second set, claiming a 10-4 lead on a kill by Lauren Fox (Garland, Texas) to force a North Greenville timeout. North Greenville answered with a 10-5 run, trimming the lead to 15-14 on back-to-back Bobcat errors. The Bobcats responded with an 8-2 run, claiming a 23-16 lead on a Mitchell kill before closing out the set on an Epperson smash.
The third set proved to be a tightly-contested affair, with neither team claiming more than a three-point lead until the Bobcats went on a 4-1 run to take a 13-8 advantage on an Oliver kill. North Greenville stayed within striking distance for the remainder of the set, cutting the lead to 23-20 on a Bobcat error before Lees-McRae responded, closing out the set and the match on back-to-back kills from Clendenin and Fox.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Saturday when the Bobcats travel to King College for a conference matchup at 2 p.m.


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Evolution Hoax
Rapidly increasing number of Muslims throughout the world is the good news for all believers. The Foundation of Islam and Culture (Hanif Islam ve Kultur Vakfi) that has been operating for many years in Hungary announced that the translation of the Qur'an into Hungarian Language is now completed.
The Fatih Mosque chief imam, Austrian Consulate Undersecretary of Religious Affairs, some members of Hungarian Parliament and many citizens participated the meeting held in Budapest. The translator Halime Zsuzsanna Kiss expressed that she completed the translation in three years and it was reviewed by Muslim scholars who can speak Hungarian.


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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Double Rainbows Have Nothing on Denard
(HT: Benny!)
16 comments:
- MMB_78 said...
Freaking awesome!
- September 23, 2010 8:04 AM
- phil said...
Denard is amazing but I have a feeling that when you are on a combination of LSD, crack, and meth (like rainbow guy) you would have gotten the same response even if he was watching Tressel put on a sweatervest.
- September 23, 2010 8:06 AM
- 616goblue said...
Does this mean that Benny is back from his rum-induced haze in the Bahamas???
- September 23, 2010 10:25 AM
- A2saint said...
- September 23, 2010 10:31 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
See to me I liked what the Spawn was doing better than this. Sure we didn't have many posts but they were more selective. Some of these videos aren't funny at all and make us seem like an immature fanbase.
- September 23, 2010 10:57 AM
- Andy said...
Wow Hammm.
As the guy that posted at least half of what the Spawn had, I respectfully don't agree.
I would have posted this video just because it is so ridiculous.
The best thing about the MZone is the fact Yost makes fun of Michigan when it is needed. This is supposed to be fun.
- September 23, 2010 11:12 AM
- Papa Steve said...
this ^^^^^^^^
sense of humor man, this is supposed to be fun....
spawn was great, but now you have the best of both worlds
- September 23, 2010 11:22 AM
- srudoff said...
I think Bigasshammm is wondering when they are going to lift the ban on funny now that Cowherd left AA.
- September 23, 2010 11:42 AM
- Mikoyan said...
This morning as I was getting up, they interviewed Denard on ESPN Sportscenter
- September 23, 2010 12:48 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Well, this confirms all my suspicions about Michigan fans.
Just kidding.
Congrats on self-deprecating humor. Manly stuff.
- September 23, 2010 1:22 PM
- 616goblue said...
All this coming from BAH who started a feud on my facebook over the weekend when he got BOTH little brother and $weaterve$t fans fired up over us "arrogant asses" because he lost them at "have more class in my middle finger..."
BAH you are forgiven on my facebook and in the Mzone as well...
If you use humor to make a point, get used to different senses of humor.
Go Blue!
- September 23, 2010 1:23 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
Which is fine and I'm entitled to mine here. 616 your MSU fans have no idea what it's like living in oohi.
wv:: talgall
my favorite kind
- September 23, 2010 1:28 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
I guess I just don't see the humor since this video is all the rage on the internets.
I'm weird like that.
- September 23, 2010 2:32 PM
- phil said...
Bigass - If I were a relatively new father, such as yourself, and I saw the national debt that my offspring would be burdened to pay back over their lifetime, I wouldn't find humor in anything.
(ps - how's the new addition doing?)
- September 23, 2010 2:58 PM
- plooder said...
The video is great. Thank you for turning me on to it. My Buckeye Fan facebook friends have gone to town with the comments since I posted on my page.
- September 23, 2010 9:48 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
The newest little bundle is doing fine. She's just as advanced as our last one. Apparently my wife and I make smart girls so I guess we'll see where that goes. They should be able to get into UM eventually, although we won't be able to afford it lol.
- September 24, 2010 12:59 PM


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Monday, March 04, 2013
LAUREL, MD. 03-02-13---Trainer Ignacio Correas saddled Walkwithapurpose and Listen Boy in today's $150,000 Caesar's Wish Stakes and saw them run first and second in the one mile test for 3-year old fillies today at Laurel Park.
Both fillies are Sagamore Farm home-breds, the winner by Candy Ride (ARG), the runner-up by After Market.
Walkwithapurpose was the prohibitive 2-5 favorite under Jeremy Rose and won off by 9-1/2 lengths in 1:38.38. Listen Boy, a 45-1 longshot, rallied under Horacio Karamanos and beat Sense of Reality and three others to the finish line.
"The plan was to break sharp and if they wanted to go fast enough to clear us they'd have to be fast and they weren't quite fast enough," Rose said. "I was happy to see she got pressure and still respond. I think she has more there. I thought this was the most impressive performance because she was pressured. She responded with a lot of class."
Walkwithapurpose has now won five straight races including three stakes, all at Laurel Park. Prior to the Caesar's Wish she captured the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship (December 31) and the Wide Country Stakes (February 2).
"She is amazing," said Correas. "I really don't know how good she can be. I remember the first time I worked her in company and she was awesome, so I wasn't worried that she was pressured today. That morning she destroyed the other horse. She is very competitive though I don't like my horses on the lead. I would rather be chasing."
Listen Boy was making her first stakes attempt and completed a $50 exacta.
"I always thought she was good enough but she'll be even better on the turf," added Correas. "We gave her a chance to get some black-type and it worked out well."
Correas indicated he would likely use the Twixt Stakes on April 6 at Pimlico Race Course for Maryland-breds as Walkwithapurpose's prep race for the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) on May 17.
"That would give us more than 40 days between that race and the Black-Eyed Susan, which I really like," said Correas.
Walkwithapurpose, who paid $2.80, improves to 5-of-6 lifetime with earnings of $272,210.
McCARTHY SERVING RIDING SUSPENSION
Promising apprentice Trevor McCarthy began serving a four-day suspension Friday for a riding infraction that occurred February 22 at Laurel Park. The 18-year-old will serve the days March 1-2-6-7 but is allowed to ride at other tracks when Laurel does not conduct live racing.
McCarthy won 25 races in February, which included eight multiple win days, and ranks second in the winter meeting standings with 38 victories, three fewer than fellow bug rider Yomar Ortiz.
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Alleged Ponzi Scheme Defrauds Residents of Wilton Station
From lavish cocktail parties to millions of dollars missing, several dozen people may have been ripped off
Call him Monroe.
He was sitting at a bar last October, sipping his usual vodka cocktail when a friend approached him and told him that their mutual acquaintance, George Elia, was under investigation for fraud. Monroe, and his friend, had both invested large sums of money with Elia.
"We've been trying to get money [back from] him, but he's not returning our calls," the friend stated. Monroe couldn't believe it at the time and his mind started to race. "There's a certain disbelief," he said. "Then you think, 'Oh my god, what if it's true?'" As the potential ominous reality set in, he broke down crying.
Over a period of years, Monroe had invested $125,000 with Elia. He never had any reason to suspect the statements he received -- showing hefty returns -- were fraudulent. He even rolled over his 401k, which was one of Elia's ideas.
As Monroe sat at the bar, his friend ordered him a martini, perhaps to console him over their mutual loss. It was then he began to grasp the breadth of his misfortune. They would both later find out that they were not the only ones duped - indeed, they were the tip of the iceberg.
Monroe is part of a group of 13 people, who have banded together to try to get their money back from Elia- claiming close to an astonishing $8 million worth of losses. They've hired the prominent South Florida law firm of Becker and Poliakoff to represent them, the same legal team who once handled cases for victims of Bernie Madoff.
An SFGN investigation has revealed that a local businessman, Jim Ellis, using venues in Wilton Manors, courted investors for Elia's alleged scheme. Ellis is now the source of multiple complaints himself, and has been accused of making the introductions that led to the subsequent failed investments. However, Ellis also claims to be a victim himself.
The day after Monroe's friend alerted him of possible wrongdoing back in October, Monroe said he called Elia, who didn't answer, and then didn't call back. This was unusual, Monroe said, as Elia had always returned calls quickly. He waited a few hours and called Jim Ellis, the man who first introduced him to Elia.
"I said to [Jim Ellis], 'Someone indicated to me they're having trouble getting money out of George,'" Monroe said, noting that Ellis said he knew who he was talking about, and said it was no big deal. Ellis reassured him and told him that it was all getting blown out of proportion. "[Elia] is just a little behind," he explained.
Minutes later Elia finally called him back.
"'What's the matter?' he asked me," Monroe said. So Monroe told him that he needed $35,000 back immediately because his son needed help with a deposit to secure a house. Monroe even promised he'd give it back to Elia as soon as his son paid up. Elia's response: the once always seemingly upfront investor told him he "needed time" and added that he "wasn't a bank."
A week later, on Oct. 21, Elia came to Monroe's house with a $15,000 cashier's check.
"That's the last I saw him until his deposition," Monroe said. Monroe attended Elia's Nov. 21, 2011 deposition and said Elia didn't speak much more than his name, before pleading the Fifth Amendment, and shutting up. According to court records, during the deposition, Elia answered 114 consecutive questions by pleading the Fifth.
The civil deposition came from the law firm Sallah and Cox, who is representing the Imbesis family, Californians who are also alleged victims of Elia's, and whose suit against him seeks more than $4 million in damages.
Daniel DeSouza, attorney for 13 other alleged victims, including those interviewed by SFGN, said many of them live in Wilton Station. DeSouza said a lawsuit by his firm has not been filed- yet.
"We're just now getting into the big things and figuring out the individual clients' stories," he said. "At this point, for what it's worth, there's not much to fill in."
Jonathan Gonzalez and Linda Accetta of Fort Lauderdale, who also invested with Elia, will be additional co-plaintiffs in the upcoming lawsuit against Elia. The couple, together for 16 years, lives in a comfortable house, with a pool in the back. Their house is immaculate. Perhaps that's because when Accetta is upset or stressed, she cleans to calm down. And she has had plenty of reasons to be upset over the last several months, claiming a loss of $73,000.
She supports an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old in college. But it's Elia who now has her kids' college funds.
Then there's a Wilton Station resident, Jefferson (not his real name) who invested upwards of $100,000 with Elia. When he first considered investing he did his due diligence - or so he thought - and ran a $39.95 criminal check on him online. It came back clean, he told SFGN. Even so Jefferson still had reservations, and didn't immediately invest.
"They kept working on me and on other people," he said. "I finally decided to try it - a small amount." That small amount was $20,000, and it was only the beginning.
Jefferson, who also expects to sue Elia, would get regular statements and "never had an inkling that there were any issues. "Whenever he wanted a portion of his investments back, he said, he'd call Elia and receive his funds within a day. "I was so happy, I put more money in."
SFGN could not reach Elia for comment. Two numbers provided by sources for him had been disconnected as of Feb. 26. But one of the victims, Linda Accetta, had much to say about Jim Ellis.
"[Ellis] would wear very nice jeans, colorful silk shirts and keep himself looking good," she said. Monroe added: "Jim Ellis was selling a lifestyle - and I wanted that lifestyle."
Ellis sported a Rolex and drove a BMW, other sources say, and lived a lavish lifestyle.
"[George] Elia would wear white shirts, dress pants, and a Rolex on his arm," Accetta said about the man she would meet through Ellis one day, adding that he had a Super Bowl ring on his finger, and was a "perfect gentleman."
Monroe met Ellis and his daughter, Janet Ellis, in January 2009 over Bloody Marys to discuss the possibility of their investing. He and his partner quickly became friendly with Ellis.
"We started meeting up with Jim at Scandals and at other bars, like Alibi, just for drinks. Jim Ellis was always the one who would buy you drinks, take you out for dinner," Monroe said. "It's not uncommon for Jim to take twenty people out to dinner," he added, recounting an incident in which Ellis took 20 people out to Jaxson's for his daughter's birthday.
Monroe also said that Jim Ellis would "hang out at the gay bars - would meet guys, [and] get to know them. Once he realized they had money, he would work them. He would wine them and dine them."
Monroe claims Jim Ellis was Elia's "salesman."
As Ellis was spending more and more time with Monroe and his partner, he started telling them about his investor, Elia, and how Elia was making him $23,000 a month. Monroe said that Ellis told them he'd given Elia a $5 million inheritance he'd recently gotten from his father's passing and was living off the interest he was receiving.
"Every time we got together with Jim, he brought up the idea of having lunch with George," he said. "This lunch, that was free, would end up costing us $10,000."
Ellis wasn't only charming Monroe, though. He was a regular at his daughter parties in Wilton Station and the area. Janet held these parties as part of her job, a job she incidentally got through Linda Accetta.
"My family works for Continental Management Company," Accetta said about the company who manages the Wilton Station property, among others. "Jim asked if we could get his daughter a job - so we did." Janet was first working at a property in Palm Beach County, but was soon transferred to Wilton Station.
As of yet, Janet could not be reached for comment by SFGN. A number provided by a source for her had been disconnected as of Feb. 26.
Janet would have parties like these at local bars on Wednesdays, according to Jefferson. The purpose of the parties was to invigorate social camaraderie and act as an icebreaker for the community, Jefferson said. Janet's father, Jim, was a staple at these parties, which Jefferson remembered thinking was a little "weird" but not alarming.
"He was friendly with everybody. One of the things these two always did was be very good about asking about how your family's doing, how your kids are, how your day went - they were very slick," Jefferson said. "[Ellis] was almost like a father figure, he was believable - I never picked him out to be a crook. I really didn't."
Apparently no one else did, either.
"Jim will take you out to a $500 lunch at Capital Grille, and pay for it with your own money," Jonathan Gonzalez said. "Ellis had once recognized a client of mine and kept pressuring me, 'Can you hook me up with her? Can you hook me up with her?'" But the signs weren't apparent enough -- not until people started asking for their money back," he adds.
SFGN attempted to interview Jim Ellis, but he had only one thing to say before abruptly hanging up: "I have no involvement with [Elia] except for the fact that he stole my money." Indeed, Ellis claims he too is one of Elia's victims, having also fallen prey to the alleged schemer's fraudulent activities.
But Jonathan Gonzalez, Accetta's boyfriend, isn't buying it.
"I think George took the lion's share, but Ellis must have been making money," he said. Gonzalez added that Ellis offered him a percentage if he could bring new investors into the ring. "[Ellis] is claiming he's going into foreclosure, which must be a lie." SFGN tried to give Ellis an opportunity to defend himself and deny any accusations made against him, but he refused.
Around September of last year, in a similar case to Monroe, a chance meeting with a friend at a bar alerted Jefferson to Elia's alleged misconduct.
The next day, Jefferson called Elia and asked for $30,000 of his money back. Elia said he couldn't give him that much so quickly. He asked for at least 10 days, but Jefferson was adamant in sticking to his request. They negotiated and compromised on five days. Those five days came and went, with no money and no correspondence from Elia. Indeed, he wasn't the only one and Jefferson said he knew of other people who couldn't reach him as well.
"I was calling everybody - I was out of my mind," Jefferson said.
Not everyone fell for the scam. One Wilton Station resident, Washington (not his real name) refused a buy-in.
"[Janet] introduces her dad [Jim Ellis] to you at these parties," he said. "Then he invites you to lunch and talks about his investor." But Washington wasn't comfortable with the presentation, and declined further participation after discovering that George Elia was not registered with the SEC.
"I just smelled something - I just couldn't trust him," Washington said, adding his theory about how the whole scheme worked. "I think that [George Elia] takes the money, [Jim Ellis] gets you to give the money, and Janet is the one who gets you to meet her father."
As the story unfolds, the handwriting on the wall seems to be growing increasingly evident. The alleged victims want revenge - not only do they want their money back, they want to ensure no one else falls victim to the alleged scam-artist. Some people believe Ellis might have been a 'shill' for Elia.
"We trusted [Ellis]. That was our downfall. He made everyone we've met so far do the same thing," said Jonathan Gonzalez. Later, Accetta would add: "All of [Elia's] closest friends end up being victims. Wherever George goes, there'll be more victims - someone has to stop him."
"The emotional stress, looking around to find other victims, I don't even want to deal with it anymore," Gonzalez said. "It was like that for months."
Monroe had planned on retiring in the next few years - but that hope is now gone.
"I haven't been the greatest at saving money. I thought this would be an easy fix," he said. "I looked at Mr. Ellis' lifestyle and thought that's what I want. I figured if I gave [Elia] my money, I'd have enough to live on. If it's too good to be true, it probably is - it just wasn't true."
The scariest part of the ordeal for him in hindsight, Monroe said, is when he started pushing people he knew to invest with Elia. He wanted to spread the wealth, not knowing he'd just be spreading agony, despair, and deceit.
"Thankfully, only one person I ever talked to went to Capital Grille and had lunch with [Elia]," he said. "But they ended up not investing - I'm so thankful."
A lot of people though are not so lucky.
If you have been approached by Jim Ellis, Janet Ellis and/or George Elia and want to share your story with SFGN, contact Gideon Grudo at 918.991.8481 or email him at email@example.com .
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At press time Tuesday, SFGN was contacted by yet an additional alleged victim, Sandra Rich, a 79-year-old tenant of Wilton Station. With her lawyer present, she claimed that she was defrauded out of her life savings of $30,000. She stated the FBI has interviewed her, but doesn't know the status of their investigation. However, she believes that both Ellis and Elia are responsible for her loss. She also said she gave her checks directly to Jim Ellis. She too has retained the law firm of Becker and Poliakoff to initiate a civil claim against the responsible parties. More on this story as it develops.


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Happy endings?
Does every "Christian" movie have to have a happy ending, with all the characters prayers to God answered and the meaning of life revealed?
Such was my criticism of Facing the Giants, a movie made by a Sherwood Pictures, the moviemaking ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia a few years back. Sherwood Pictures films are low budget films made with mostly volunteer cast and crew (and you can tell). But it seemed many people liked the feel-good story of Facing the Giants. Sony Pictures picked it up for national distribution and it earned $10 million in ticket sales.
Now Sherwood Pictures has released Fireproof (starring Kirk Cameron from "Growing Pains") about a firefighter who has to rescue his own marriage, and it has earned about $20 million in 4 weeks in the theaters. I have not seen it, but there has been a lot of talk about how every couple should see it. Along with the movie, there's a book The Love Dare that's hit #1 on the NYT advice book list, and a website, fireproofmymarriage.com.
Still, Daniel Radosh, author of Rapture Ready!, a book on Christian pop culture, says it suffers the same problem of being an idealized story in which Jesus saves. His last line is really funny and probably spot on (the main character suffers from pornography addiction): "Fireproof is a pornographic version of Christianity—a ludicrously contorted, heavily airbrushed fantasy of the real thing, and ultimately every bit as unsatisfying."
Another interesting observation that Radosh makes is that these movies, despite being "evangelical," are really only made for Christians. This perhaps is the downfall of a decent Christian movie sent to me: Saving God.
It stars real actors who have been in real movies (sorry Kirk Cameron): Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Pulp Fiction) and Ricardo Chavira (Carlos on Desperate Housewives) are the biggest names. Set in the inner city, Ving Rhames plays a murderer-turned-pastor who tries to save a small-time drug dealer and a small-time church.
I watched it this weekend and the movie does suffer from idealizing the world somewhat (one small example, no guns show up in the inner city until the end and they are never used). But finding Jesus doesn't save us from all our worldly problems and not all prayers are answered in a way we'd hope. The ending is more bittersweet than happy. The acting is professional and characters are complex—pastors are not without fault and drug dealers are not without virtues.
There are still moments in Saving God that make you feel like you are getting preached at and that, I think, is what holds it back the most. Non-Christians go to the movies to be entertained, not to hear a sermon.
It's a great idea to "evangelize the culture," but if this is our goal, I think Catholic and Christian filmmakers need to go a little deeper with their stories. Has anybody seen these movies? What do you think?


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UH Manoa Center for Chinese Studies Announces Chung Fong and Grace Ning Fund AwardUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Kristen Cabral, (808) 956-5039
Public Information Officer
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is proud to announce the latest awards presented to graduate students and faculty members of the university from the Chung Fong & Grace Ning Fund for Chinese Studies. The fund benefits graduate students and faculty members with China-focused academic projects by providing support for conference or research travel; purchase of books, materials, or supplies; and hiring student assistance.
Chung-ying Cheng, a professor of philosophy, will present the paper "Difference in Onto-Hermeneutics: Rortian, Cufucian, and Others" at the conference of the American Philosophical Association in Washington, D.C.
Stephen Fleming, an instructor for technology and foreign language education, will present "A Distributed Language Learning Model for Beginning Web-based Chinese" at the Third International Conference on Internet Chinese Education in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yin Yee Kwan, a master's student in music, will present "Beyond a Folksong: The Change of Symbolic Meaning in the Song Dongfanghong (The East is Red)" at the 37th International Council for Traditional World Music in Fuzhou and Quanzhou, People's Republic of China.
Andrew Lambert, a doctoral student in philosophy, will present "Freedom and Desire in the Chinese and Marxist Tradition" at the "Rethinking Marxism" Conference in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Xiaojun Wang, an assistant professor of economics, will present "Return to Schooling in China Under Planning & Reform" at the Allied Social Science Association Conference in San Diego, California.
Kate Zhou, an associate professor of political science, will attend a conference on "China-US Relations" at the Bush School in Texas that will be attended by many key US and Chinese political leaders.
The Chung Fong and Grace Ning Fund is named for the parents of UH Mānoa Center for Chinese Studies Associate Director Cynthia Ning. Chung-fong, 90, and Grace, who passed away recently at the age of 86, were Hawaiʻi residents. They were originally from China, but lived in Pakistan for 17 years before arriving in the United States in 1967. Since all four of their children received scholarships for their educations in the United States, they set aside a portion of their nest egg to fund a modest endowment at UH to benefit the Chinese Studies Program


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Ryse, Crytek's Kinect-powered first-person melee combat game set in ancient Rome, may be headed to Microsoft's next-gen console (whatever that may be). A former senior level designer at Crytek has indicated as much on her LinkedIn profile.
The information--unearthed by Eurogamer--is listed in the former Crytek employee's work experience, and is as follows:
RYSE (X-Box Next Gen) Pushing boundaries of next generation gaming, RYSE is an original AAA IP from Crytek slated to deliver an Epic first-person melee experience in the Roman Empire.
Comments spotted on the industry forum NeoGaf seem to support this assertion, and indicate that during a student lecture a Crytek representative said there was a "big chance of Ryse going next gen because of all the work they had to do and all the people they are hiring for the Ryse team."
Neither Microsoft Game Studios or Crytek have provided official comment on the rumor yet, but we'll keep you posted.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Tim Murphy, the Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, recently took part in the Ivy League's weekly teleconference. Below are his quotes from the event.
Additionally, coach Murphy will give more insight into his Crimson as he takes part in the weekly New England Football Writers' Association Luncheon Wednesday afternoon at Harvard's Dillon Field House.
The event - the nation's oldest weekly football media gathering, now entering its 81st season - begins at noon and features head coaches, players and administrators from around the region from all levels of NCAA competition. For the first time, this year's event will be streamed live via the web on GoCrimson.com.
- Harvard's Multimedia Page (View Live Streamed events)
- 2009 New England Football Writer's Luncheons Recap Page
- 2009 New England Football Writer's Video Highlight Page (Youtube)
Fans can login to Harvard's Multimedia section of the website to
watch the streams. Recaps of the event will be posted in the
afternoon and will be sent to media and area schools as well. Local
fans can do even better as the event is open to the public for a
fee of $10 per person.
Each school's coach/administrator will speak briefly about his team's last game, a preview up the upcoming games and an assessment of his team's top players. Additionally, the weekly Gold Helmet Award is given to the preceding week's top players. The award is sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the weekly winners - one from Divisions I and one from Divisions II/III - are presented with a plaque.
Tim Murphy Quotes from the weekly Ivy League Teleconference
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Harvard Head Coach Tim Murphy opening
Obviously it as a very solid win over Princeton last week. We were pleased as a staff because it was a balanced effort; we only gave up one field goal and 157 yards, we blocked a punt and had 457 yards of offense. It was nothing spectacular and we made some mistakes but we made some progress as well.
Looking to Dartmouth, I said at the beginning of the season, from the bottom to the top of the league is not a very long climb. Dartmouth's decisive win shows they believe in themselves and their coaches. It's going to e a great game.
On the impact Harvard's wide receiving corps:
I t all starts with Matt Luft. He does not have as many receptions as in years passed but the thing is that people have to cover him and know that he can make the big plays. The other guys (on our team) get more opportunities as a result of Matt and that makes things easier for them with single coverage.
On The Impact of Harvard's 3-Pronged Running Game With
James Williams:
The offensive line's strength starts with experienced and big guys and we're fortunate to have some. From (Alex) Spisak (Ben) Sessions and (Jon) Paris. Any time we've had a good rushing attack it's a result of good athletes (in the backfield) but it starts up front. James himself plays with an attitude that you don't see from even a lot of good offensive linemen - he pays with a defensive mentality and is really tough.
On Defending Dartmouth Running Back Nick
Nick is one of the two best backs in the league. We are very familiar with him - he is extremely strong, has excellent instincts and plays with emotion. They do an excellent job of play action pass. They have a QB who was highly recruited, so they have legitimate weapons for the first time in a long time and I think the league is starting to see that.
On Maintaining Harvard's Standing atop the
We're not thinking about titles, the whole key is finding ways to win the next game and have a good practice today. Starting with Dartmouth, people would have thought that looked like a guaranteed "W". We know from our preseason scrimmage with them that we're going to have to play very well. We're a solid team but, boy we've got room for improvement.
On Bouncing Back From the Lafayette Game:
They key is in recruiting and development. We recruit resilient and tough kids and then coach that way. We got after it after Lafayette game because our kids are tough and have a lot of pride in what they do.


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LOWER PROVIDENCE — Republican Rick Brown, the current Supervisors' Chairman, is not seeking reelection to a sixth term as supervisor, leaving one supervisor's seat open in the Nov. 5 election.
"This is my 28th year as a supervisor," said Brown. "In the last century I served 18 years, from 1982 to 1999."
Brown said he was not seeking another six-year term because he had served long enough.
"Twenty eight years is enough," he said. "It is time for new people to become involved."
Democrat Jim Donahue, 60, has lived in Lower Providence for 37 years. Donahue is a retired steamfitter who was a member of Steamfitters Local 420 in Philadelphia. He worked for more than 30 years for several Philadelphia contractors.
Donahue has served on the Lower Providence Municipal Board for the past year. He has served as the secretary for the Lower Providence Concerned Citizens Association for the past year. He has been a member of the Mayo Association of Philadelphia for six years.
"I'm in favor of building the YMCA at the golf course on Egypt Road," Donahue said. "My opponent is for keeping the golf course untouched. More people are served by a YMCA than are served by a golf course."
Donahue, a resident of Arcola Road since 1986, is opposed to the construction of the middle interceptor sewer line on the Lower Providence side of the Perkiomen Creek. "It would devastate the archeological treasures on the Lower Providence side," he said.
Donahue wants to ease traffic issues in the township.
"I want a four-way stop sign at Eagleville and Pinetown roads," he said. "We also need some police supervision at Ridge Pike going across the Collegeville bridge. That would help to reduce incidents of road rage."
Donahue held a first annual Democratic picnic fundraiser on Aug. 18 at the Local 380 picnic grounds on Ridge Pike.
Voters can contact Donahue with e-mail at email@example.com.
Donahue said he wants to preserve Hoy Park and protect both "the township's natural resources and financial resources."
"I want to give a voice to the everyday citizen of Lower Providence," he said. "I would encourage people to get involved with local politics and have their voice heard."
Republican Patrick Duffy, 36, has lived in Lower Providence for his entire life. Duffy is an attorney for Stewart, Bernstiel Rebar & Smith in Whitpain.
Duffy is serving as secretary for the Audubon Recreation Association. a board member of the Education Foundation for the Methacton Community and a secretary of the Santoro Foundation. He is an active member of Visitation BVM Church in West Norriton.
"My main goal would be to revitalize the businesses on Trooper Road and Ridge Pike," Duffy said. "We need to target businesses and bring them to Lower Providence. The Internet has fundamentally changed how we live and shop. People are not buying in retail stores but they are buying online. We need businesses that are impervious to that business climate."
Duffy said he wants to preserve open space in the township and expand those green spaces.
"I'm in favor of working with the YMCA and bringing them into the township. I currently go to the YMCA in Ambler," he said. "I am not in favor of the Shannondell location for the YMCA."
"I want to increase the business presence in the township, maintain the open space we have and move the township forward," he said. "We're fortunate that we don't have a lot of huge issues."
Duffy held a fundraiser at Homewood Suites on Sept. 12. The location for another fundraiser on Oct. 18 has not been determined yet. "I've been a lifelong resident of the township. We thoroughly enjoy Lower Providence," he said. "I want to make sure Lower Providence remains a wonderful community."
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Fourteen months before he's scheduled to face voters for re-election, Gov. Tom Corbett's standing among them has dropped to a new low.
By overwhelming numbers, voters don't like the way Corbett is doing his job, don't like him and don't think he deserves re-election next year, according to a Franklin & Marshall College poll released Aug. 28.
The new poll shows a governor whose unpopularity seems to know no final depth. Each succeeding independent poll shows voters further souring on him and his standing lower than other governors at the same point in their terms. Even many in his own party are down on the Republican governor.
"You find nothing but trouble for him," said G. Terry Madonna, the noted political analyst and the F&M poll's director. "I think there's just a big disconnect between what he wants to do and what their (voters') concerns are."
The poll of 594 registered voters - 292 Democrats, 217 Republicans and 85 independents or otherwise affiliated voters - was conducted between Aug. 21 and 26. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Mike Barley, a spokesman for Corbett's re-election campaign, played down putting "too much stock in any polling data" so far away from an election, pointing to a poll released last week by U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's pollster last week that had Corbett's favorability at 46 percent. Schwartz is a leading Democratic contender for governor.
"Our campaign will remind voters the governor has kept his campaign promises to lower taxes, curb wasteful government spending and create jobs in the private sector," Barley said in an emailed statement. "Our campaign will be focused on disseminating the governor's record of eliminating a $4.2 billion budget deficit without raising taxes on the middle class and reducing unemployment by providing the private sector with an environment to grow and create jobs for over 1,000 Pennsylvanians."
The bad news for the governor is tempered at least a bit by a general dissatisfaction with elected officials, including President Barack Obama, the state's two U.S. senators and the state General Assembly. The poll numbers for all are lower than before, but none fared as poorly as Corbett.
The poll shows no improvement so far from a recent shake-up of his top staff, including the appointment of a new chief of staff, Leslie Gromis-Baker, and new director of communications, Conyngham native Madelyn "Lynn" Lawson, both veterans of Gov. Tom Ridge's administration or campaigns.
By the numbers
The poll found:
- About a quarter of voters (24 percent) said they have a strongly or somewhat favorable view of Corbett compared to almost half (46 percent) who had strongly or somewhat unfavorable views. That is down from about three in 10 voters (29 percent) who had a favorable view in May.
The only time Corbett's favorability rating was lower was before he was governor. In March 2010, he stood at 22 percent, but that was different because almost three-quarters of voters said they were undecided or didn't know enough about him. This time, only three in 10 (31 percent) said that.
- The governor's job approval rating is far worse than May when a quarter of voters (25 percent) thought he was doing a good or excellent job.
The latest poll has only one in six voters (16 percent) approving of job performance with more than three-quarters (76 percent) saying he is doing a fair or poor job.
Madonna said many voters who believe Corbett is doing a fair job might view the term "fair" as a positive rating, but Corbett's standing remains low compared to previous governors whose job approval rating was evaluated asking the same question and offering the same four possible answers - excellent, good, fair or poor. Gov. Ed Rendell's job approval rating (excellent or good) at the same point in his first term was above 40 percent and Ridge's was approaching 60 percent.
Only about one in 16 people (6 percent) said Corbett is doing an excellent job and only slightly more than one in six people (18 percent) said he is doing a good job, according to the poll.
He isn't doing especially well among members of his own party either, with only three in 10 (30 percent) saying he is doing an excellent or good job and almost two-thirds (63 percent) rating him fair or poor. Only a third of voters (33 percent) who identified themselves as conservatives said he is doing a good or excellent job with six in 10 saying (61 percent) only fair or poor.
- Voters' desire to see the governor re-elected plummeted, too, since May. Only one in five voters (20 percent) thinks he deserves re-election and almost seven in 10 (69 percent) say it's time for a change. In May, it was a quarter (25 percent) to re-elect and fewer than two-thirds (64 percent) time for a change.
The last state politician with numbers at depths only approaching the governor's, the late U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, did not even make it out of the Democratic primary in 2010. Specter's job approval and favorability ratings were quite a bit better than Corbett's.
The issues
Madonna said answers to the poll's questions on issues reflect why Corbett is doing so poorly.
First, only about quarter of voters (26 percent) said they believe "things in Pennsylvania are generally headed in the right direction," the lowest figure of the nine F&M polls conducted during Corbett's term. More than six in the voters (62 percent) said "things are off on the wrong track," the highest number saying that in the nine polls.
Beyond that, about three in 10 voters (28 percent) named unemployment, personal finances or the economy as the most important problem facing Pennsylvania today and almost a quarter (23 percent) named education and schools.
None of the major agenda elements Corbett pushed during the last year - privatization of the lottery and liquor stores and even fixing roads and bridges - break 5 percent. In fact, no voter mentioned either privatization idea as the most important problem and only about one in 33 (3 percent) named roads and infrastructure.
"They don't support the lottery management (privatization). They do support liquor privatization in the polls, but it's not a priority for them," Madonna said. "You're (the governor is) talking to people about things that aren't important in their lives. Look what came out the (second) highest, education, right? Well, what are you reading about every day in your newspaper and every other newspaper in the state? ... Cuts, cuts, cuts, layoffs, layoffs, no music, no art. How does that work for him?"
Despite the numbers, Madonna declined to say Corbett could not come back.
"I always think politicians can come back. The answer is sure, but it's going to be very difficult," Madonna said. "He needs a dramatically improved economy. It might even be helpful if the wave turns against the Democrats nationally, the way he was elected in 2010."
The others
Corbett isn't the only politician facing sagging poll numbers, though he's the only one facing re-election next year.
President Barack Obama's job approval rating dropped from 44 percent (excellent/good) in May to 34 percent and his favorability rating dropped from 52 percent to 41 percent.
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey's job approval dropped from 37 percent in May to 28 percent, his favorability from 43 percent to 34 percent.
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's job approved dipped from 31 percent to 24 percent, his favorability from 35 percent to 26 percent.
Voters didn't spare the state General Assembly either, with only about one in 10 voters (11 percent) saying it is doing a good or excellent job and more than four in five (83 percent) saying it is doing a fair or poor job.
They were far happier with their own representatives, with more than a third (37 percent) saying their own representatives should be re-elected and only a third (33 percent) saying they should not.


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Watch The ::God Is Imaginary Videos On YouTube ::
A Northern California hospital has agreed to keep on life support a 13-year-old girl declared brain-dead after having surgery to remove her tonsilsBut what about the choices involved here. It involves everything from Obamacare
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to insurance money
to the definition of death
to the fact that science still does not understand a lot about the brain, especially the healing capacity of young bodies.
I say keep this young lady (I almost choke up as I type) alive for now and allow her parents to grieve,
with a sliver of a chance that our understanding of medicine can always be surprised.
Not a miracle, just the possibility of our amazing ability to heal and struggle for life.


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It took the jury a little more than four hours to bring back seven guilty verdicts in the Timmy Pilgreen trial. Pilgreen was on trial for running down a group of six bikers last year on Panama City Beach, killing two of the bikers.
Thursday evening, Pilgreen was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder of Nola Zietler and Donald Dunham. He was also found guilty on all four counts of attempted first degree murder and guilty of battery on a law enforcement officer.
Pilgreen showed very little expression while the verdicts were read, while his wife sat sobbing just two rows behind him in the audience.
Earlier in the day the jury asked to listen to an audiocassette recording of Pilgreen's confession a year ago. The tapes exemplified his defense attorney's stance that Pilgreen's emotions and behavior were so sporadic and impulsive.
The first taped confession Pilgreen is very calm and apologetic about the accident, not really understanding the extent of anyone's injuries just yet.
On the second tape, Pilgreen is extremely angry and very vulgar. He says he intentionally tried to kill the bikers and says he would have killed them all if he'd had a gun. He continues to say he's ready for the death penalty and any other punishment because of his crimes.
In the third videotaped interview, Pilgreen is again calm and collected and very upset about killing two people.
Despite hearing this testimony again, the jurors talked two more hours and came back to convict him as charged with first degree murder and attempted first degree murder.
Pilgreen will be back in court Friday morning for the sentencing phase of the trial. He is now facing a sentence of life in prison or the death penalty for the first degree murder charges.


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Cheeky Daz replied to john1287's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubHi guys my girlfriend has a classic (not sure which gen though) and that had the same problem. My fix was simply to reset the iPod. Hold down the centre button and push up on the circle together for about 5 seconds. At this point you'll get the apple logo appear on the screen. Leave it alone then and it will reset itself. As soon as you get the normal menus back up give it a try. It worked for my girlfriends classic and I have to do it with my 3rd gen nano sometimes as well.
I thought I'd add some more pics to this problem so people can keep their eyes on their fiestas (just in case). The problem area:- The resulting large flakes of paint:-
As it's a motability car I didn't have to pay a penny, but the chap left the advice note with me and the price of the job is sitting in the bottom corner. I wonder if the bill gets boosted up when an insurance company are paying.
Had the screen replaced yesterday by Autoglass. I'm glad the insurance paid this one as the bill was £1064.
Agreed. This is not simple stone chips the paint is actually falling off in large flakes. My main concern with it is that this moves round to the front of the bumper where it will be openly visible.
Snap - exactly the same has happened to my car. Exactly the same place. The paint has fallen off in big chunks. I have taken my car back to my dealer whom told me there is nothing they can do as they don't have a bodyshop. They advised me that it was a warranty claim so I would need to go to an authorised Ford main dealer (with a bodyshop). So I trotted off to Bristol Street Motors in Stafford who took photos of the area and filled out a form and then told me that as soon as Ford gave the go ahead that they would call me to book it in. This all sounds good and proper until you find out that the problem first occured 1 week after I took delivery of my car and I have been waiting for the "call" ever since. I took delivery of my car on 4th July so it's 2 months and counting. I have phoned Bristol street on several occassions and just been told that Ford don't rush themselves and that I will simply have to wait longer.
Yes very true, they are coming out to my work next tuesday to do it. It still annoys me though because at the end of the day somebody still has to foot the bill for the new screen. If I ever caught either of my 2 lads doing something like that i think i'd chop fingers off lol
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Cheeky Daz posted a topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI suppose it had to happen at some point but it's always sad when you receive your first bit of damage to your car. I was sat outside my eldest son's school waiting for him to come out today and a minute or 2 after the kids starting rolling out there was an almighty bang. I had just caught sight of a brick coming hurtling over the fence of the school straight into the windscreen of my car just to the side of the rain sensor. It has put a 12inch crack in the screen which now needs replacing. I went straight into the school to report it and they were very understanding and have promised me they will be checking the CCTV to see if they can identify the little !Removed! GRRRR
What's yours called?
Cheeky Daz replied to Sarc's topic in Ford Fiesta Clubmines called uncle festa
O/T If you had the money...
Cheeky Daz replied to Freedom's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubMy dream car an Ariel Atom. The full turbocharged version will race anything away from the lights and win. Ok doesn't have the top end but who travels at 200mph. Oh and it's a fraction of the cost of a supercar at about £35k
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Cheeky Daz replied to EzzyRallyBoy's topic in Ford Fiesta ClubI've had no problems with my squeeze fezzy. The colour doesn't seem to suffer with any of the problems mentioned above. I did used to have a Panther black focus though and had everything described above. I never had sound advice though and therefore never solved any of the problems.
If you mean how do you pair up the iphone and the car then in the phone menu of the car is the option to add a phone. Click on that and then the car searches for devices. Once it's found your phone it gives you a code to enter on your phone. By this time your iphone will be displaying the fact that the fiesta is trying to talk to it and you should enter the said code. once you've done this, providing you leave bluetooth on on your phone then everytime you get in they pair up straight away without any intervention from you. Simple.
No you don't have to touch your phone once it is paired up to the car. The name storing is all done with the car as follows:- You say - "Store Name" Fiesta - "Name please" You - "Bob" (for example) Fiesta - "Repeat Name" (or something like that, i can't quite remember) You - "Bob" Fiesta - "Storing" Fiesta - "number please" You - "01234 567890 store" Fiesta - "number stored" I have an iphone and it works perfectly. The above sequence may not be 100% the correct terms used but it's very close to that.
As for general use of the voice commands I have to say the phone commands get used everyday. I also make a lot of use of the "demisting on" command when I first get in and it's all steamed up. My friends play the random track game with my iPod where we take it in turns to choose a track number and then we have to listen to whatever the track may be. For this reason I have put a load of cheesy tracks on lol.
just give each one a different name. For example with my folks I use "parents" for their home line and "mum" or "dad" for their mobiles.