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Thirteen wrestlers from the Sauk Valley remain unscathed at the state meet after the first-day preliminary round at Assembly Hall in Champaign, two more than a year ago.
All the more impressive, considering 16 grapplers are chasing a title this year, compared to 20 last February.
Advancement didn't come easy for any of the three representatives in Class 2A.
Dixon's lone qualifier, Kylian Lally (138), quickly found himself in survival mode, down 7-0 after giving up back points to Lincoln-Way West's Lavonte Blackful.
"He had a real thriller, and he definitely fought through the whole thing," Dixon coach Chris Bishop said. "It's easy to fold up when you're down 7-0."
Lally finally took an 8-7 lead when he stuck with a single-leg shot that Bishop called less than his best. Lally went around Blackful's side and scored a double-leg before riding out Blackful for the final 35 seconds.
Similarly, Sterling sophomore Isaac Anderson found himself down 2-0 early in his 113-pound bout with Cahokia's Dameon Adams.
"I just kept my head up and went after him," Anderson said.
He seized a 4-2 lead going into the third period and scored a methodical reversal.
"It took a while," Anderson said.
He allowed Adams to escape with 10 seconds remaining for a 6-3 victory. There's room to improve, and Anderson is OK with that.
"I look at it as, I've had a tough one already," Anderson said. "I've just gotta take it one match at a time and get myself in medal position."
On the opposite end of the weight scale, Sterling senior heavyweight Curtis Lilly survived a bit of a scare on paper from Johnsburg's Brandon Boyle, 2-0.
But for Lilly, those classic, grind-it-out heavyweight bouts are becoming his forte.
"I think I controlled the match better than I used to," Lilly said.
Lilly pulled out a move called "The Rocket" in the second period for a reversal. Boyle had his leg inside Lilly's and a front headlock.
"I tried to make myself smaller, if that makes sense," Lilly said, laughing, "and he slipped off."
Lilly rode out the victory for the entire third period, another area he says he's improved.
Highlighting the effort for the 13 area wrestlers in 1A was West Carroll senior Jacob Klein, who pinned Toledo-Cumberland's Colt Brummer with 12 second left in the first period of their Class 1A 182-pound bout.
Klein, in his first state tournament, improved to 39-11 after snaring the fourth and final qualifying spot at the Oregon Sectional last weekend. His classmate, Zach Hartman (132), beat Litchfield's Seth Newkirk 11-7. Another Litchfield wrestler, Victor Kalaher, was dominated by Erie-Prophetstown's Brandon McCullough, in a 14-5 major decision.
The other two area wrestlers who opened their trek toward a 1A state title with pins were Newman senior Brian Bahrs (160) and Oregon senior Brandon Sklavanitis (170). Bahrs squeezed Carlyle's Chris Maddox with 34 seconds left in regulation, and Sklavanitis earned fastest pin honors by finishing off Grant Park's Kevin McNally 74 seconds into their match.
Bahrs improved to 40-1. He is seeking his third title, the first two coming at 152. He knows the importance of getting off to a solid start.
"No matter what I do, I work hard," Bahrs said. "That's what it comes down to. If you work harder than the other person, you'll come out successful."
Bahrs' classmate Stephen Adamecz (138) earned a 5-1 decision over Vandalia's Dalton Blankenship. Junior Jake Snow, who won a title at 113 his freshman year, handled Auburn's Dalton Snell 7-1. But his classmate, Bryce Ivey, lost a 10-2 major decision Herscher's Terry Neubeck.
Narrowly advancing in 1A were Rock Falls seniors Carlos Gutierrez (113) and Shawn Skinner (195), the former outlasting Shelbyville's Garrett Bachbill 7-5, the latter edging Wilmington's Nick Vancura 9-6.
AFC senior Jake Kaecker controlled Corliss' Stephon Gray in a 5-1 decision.


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By those evil Gun Rights Activist!!!
GUN LAW HEARINGS: Overflowing crowd at Minnesota Capitol – KMSP-TV
A huge crowd gathered outside the House hearing room, forcing some spectators into an overflow room and filling the basement. Gun rights supporters packed every available seat in three separate rooms.
Oh yeah!!
"I look at this and I see an egregious, an egregious attack on the Second Amendment." – Rep. Jim Newberger (R-Becker), a paramedic, speaking about a proposed bill on tighter gun background checks
"If we want to arm teachers, if we want to have armed security guards, if we want to put shooters at the scene who can actually do something, Legislatures are saying 'no' and pretending these worthless gun bills are going to do any good — which they won't," said Republican Rep. Tony Cornish, of Good Thunder.
Looks like they woke some folks up with their antics..

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First, please no biased answers on your favorite tech/lang.
I'm a developer and confused which technology/programming language I should use for building this website.
Website Summary:
1- The website will be much like an animated infographic for specific data.
2- The website's main page (after login) will have like a panel which will contain several controls, these controls will have several animations:
a. Animations onMouseEnter for every control:
i. Fade-in: Opacity will be animated to fade in.
ii. Grow: Width and Height will be animated to grow the control.
iii. When grown, more controls should appear inside the caller's control (Text containing more details about this object)
iv. Other controls related to this control, will grow and fade-in.
v. There could also be colors animations as well.
b. Animations onMouseLeave for every control will the opposite of onMouseEnter animations.
c. In some cases (for some users) there could be up to even 200 controls animated with these triggers, however; users will be advised to filter the results for better experience and performance.
3- The panel should allow children controls to be moved by mouse click and mouse drag. (Much like if they are on a canvas and the mouse re-positions the controls)
4- If a user doesn't apply any filters, they could end up having even 40,000 different user controls. (Any suggestions?)
5- The panel itself should allow zoom in/out, and pan features.
6- There could be multi-threads working on extracting the information from stored data (sometimes at other remote servers), processing the UI controls and generating the panel's children. (This takes several minutes on my laptop, including the generating of UI controls on a WPF prototype with a low graphics card)
My programming background:
1- I'm basically a C#/.NET developer, on WPF and WinForms.
2- I'm familiar with ASP.NET but still for this website I will need to do a lot of studying and practice.
3- I've also read before a little about AJAX within ASP.NET.
4- I'm familiar with Javascript.
Other info:
1- The website is a fun website, targeting normal customers the same as Facebook users, for example.
2- I have built a small prototype of this as a WPF application but I realized that this is better off as a web app for these reasons:
a. For this kind of app, I expect it to be more difficult to convince users to download the app to use it.
b. This is app will need an Internet connection.
c. I expect processing on my servers will be easier for customers.
d. I expect it to be easier/better to put advertisements on a website than a Windows application.
e. A website will be a better cross-platform solution.
3- Of course, Silverlight could be a good option but I'm worried about the performance of the app, do you think Silverlight can deal with this much UI controls, animations and background processing?
4- I'm also not sure how Silverlight works; will the code-behind work on the client's computer?
5- Using XBAP will limit the functionality to Windows users. (People won't use Mono for my application) and this just won't seem professional.
6- I'm aware I'm going to learn new technologies but I don't waste too much on learning very different technologies that I may lose my potential.
My Suggestions:
1- Use C# as the background code since I'm good with .NET already.
2- Use ASP.NET as the engine for the website.
3- For animations, May I use HTML5? Or some AJAX? Or just plain Javascript?
My Questions:
1- What tech/lang do you think would be the best for me?
2- How should I manage the animations?
3- If I use ASP.NET, I'm aware that I might need to buy a professional Visual Studio (Optionally), and will have to buy Windows Sever for my servers, Are there other things I'm going to buy/pay for? A license to commercially use ASP.NET maybe? (Of course the severs themselves and the bandwidth)
4- When I'm done with application, should I consider the cloud services instead of having my own servers?
5- If I'm going to learn new technologies, I'm thinking about using the Metro-UI in my application, what do you suggest about that?
Thank you very much for reading this, and thanks for your suggestions! Your help are much appreciated!


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Reviews for Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
by Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman
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This grimly absorbing history revisits the worst ordeal Americans experienced during WWII. Michael Norman, a former New York Times reporter, and Elizabeth Norman (Women at War) pen a gripping narrative of the 1942 battle for the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines, the surrender of 76,000 Americans and Filipinos to the Japanese and the infamous death march that introduced the captives to the starvation, dehydration and murderous Japanese brutality that would become routine for the next three years. Focusing intermittently on American POW Ben Steele, whose sketches adorn the book, the narrative follows the prisoners through the hell of Japanese prison and labor camps. (The lowest circle is the suffocating prison ship where men went mad with thirst and battened on their comrades' blood.) The authors are unsparing but sympathetic in telling the Japanese side of the story; indeed, they are much harder on the complacent, arrogant American commander Douglas MacArthur than on his Japanese counterpart. There's sorrow but not much pity in this story; as all human aspiration shrivels to a primal obsession with food and water, flashes of compassion and artistic remembrance only occasionally light the gloom. 8 pages of b&w illus., illus. throughout; maps. (June 16) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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*Starred Review* Unlike historians who have spotlighted the titans MacArthur and Wainwright, Yamashita and Homma who matched strategies in the Philippines in 1942, the Normans focus on the ordinary soldiers who bore the brunt of the wartime savagery. At the center of this searing narrative stands Ben Steele, a Montana cowboy remarkable for the fortitude that sustains him through fierce combat, humiliating surrender, and then the infamous Bataan Death March into imprisonment: four years of unrelenting slave labor, starvation, torture, beatings, and disease. Because Steele went on in his postwar life to capture his wartime ordeal in harrowing drawings (here reproduced), readers confront in both image and word the brutality of war and the desperation of captivity. Readers learn how news of Japanese atrocities inflamed an American passion for vengeance and justified horrific bombing raids incendiary and then nuclear against Japanese cities. But readers will find it hard to view such raids as fitting punishment of a bestial enemy after reading the Normans' chronicle of the bitter experiences of very human and often guilt-wracked Japanese soldiers. The narrative even humanizes the anguished Japanese commanders condemned by a victors' justice that held them accountable for offenses of out-of-control subordinates. An indispensable addition to every World War II collection.--Christensen, Bryce Copyright 2009 Booklist
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The battle of Bataan in the Philippines in 1942 resulted in the Japanese taking about 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war, America's worst military defeat ever. The prisoners were transferred across the Philippines, and treated horrifically in the process, in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The authors conducted 400 interviews with survivors and have put together an exhaustive narrative. They focus chiefly on Ben Steele, who survived the Philippine battles, the march, and 41 months in the slave labor camps. As much as a military history, this is the biography of a Montana cowboy transformed by great events.-EB (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Meeting Minutes
November 15, 2004
Regular Meeting
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Brannan, Laverty, Murray (present telephonically), Pelleran, Rasmusson
Absent: Canady, Proctor
Trustee Canady arrived at 6:27 p.m.
Additions/Deletions to the Agenda
There were no additions or deletions to the agenda.
Limited Public Comment Regarding Agenda Items
There were no comments from the public.
Public Hearing
Public Hearing on Setting the Regular Biennial Election Date
Chairperson Laverty stated that two notices were published in the Lansing State Journal on November 4, 2004 and November 11, 2004 of this public hearing on setting the regular biennial election date. The Lansing Community College Board of Trustees has selected the odd-year November regular election date.
He opened the floor for public comment.
There were no comments from the public.
Chairperson Laverty closed the public hearing.
Chairperson and Board Member Reports
Chairperson Laverty
Board Election Date Resolution
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Rasmusson and supported by Trustee Pelleran to approve the Board election date resolution.
Trustee Pelleran stated that the reason for this action is due to new legislation to consolidate elections to save costs and increase efficiency.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Canady, Proctor
Motion carried.
President's Performance Review
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran and supported by Trustee Rasmusson to accept the President's performance review.
President Cunningham stated that her performance review is the formal evaluation and status of the College. She said collective efforts have guided and serviced the institution to achieve the targets stated in the strategic plan. President Cunningham presented her performance review to the Board (it is on file with the official Board materials.)
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
December 13, 2004 Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
Chairperson Laverty asked to change the December 13 Board meeting time to 5 p.m. which will allow the Board to complete their business and attend the Board appreciation dinner.
There was no objection from the Board.
Women?s Resource Center Resolution
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Pelleran and supported by Trustee Canady to accept the resolution honoring the Women?s Resource Center for their 30 years of service to Lansing Community College, the students, and the community at large.
Trustee Pelleran asked the Women?s Resource Center staff to stand and be recognized.
They received a standing ovation.
Chairperson Laverty stated that Trustee Pelleran and he attended the anniversary event on November 4. He asked for every Board member to receive a copy of the DVD presented at the event. Chairperson Laverty thanked the Women?s Resource Center for their work and for a wonderful event.
Trustee Pelleran said the keynote speaker attributed her success to Lansing Community College and especially because of the Women?s Resource Center. Trustee Pelleran shared that the Center also offers assistance for men.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
Board Development Session
There is a session scheduled for Monday, December 6, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This will be the third Board development session working on internal development in establishing trust and communication and moving towards policy governance.
Strategic Planning
There will be a work session on Wednesday, November 17 at 5:00 p.m. in the Herrmann Conference Center Board room. This meeting will concentrate only on strategic planning.
Chairperson Laverty reported on the following events he attended:
- NAACP Freedom banquet on October 29.
- Workforce Development Board meeting. There was an update from the Capital Area Manufacturing Council and the Regional Skill Alliance. This group will be having their next meeting at the West Campus. The director of the Family Independence Agency, Marianne Douda, gave a presentation on the agency.
- Regional Economic Development Team meeting. The Shiawasee Economic Development Partnership provided a report.
- Women?s Resource Center event on November 4.
- West Campus Grand Opening on November 8.
- Hospitality Harvest Dinner on Wednesday, November 10 dinner hosted by the Hospitality and Culinary Program. He shared that it was a great event that included a tour of the kitchen and an opportunity to engage with the students.
- Trustee Pelleran also attended the same event. She shared that this is a tremendous effort on behalf of the students and not only are LCC students part of the program, but EISD students also participate in the program.
- Foundation Board of Directors met on Thursday, November 11. He said things are going well and there is a lot of enthusiasm. He thanked Mr. Dan McCormick, Ms. Sue Fisher, Ms. Pam Schmidt and Vice President Ruth Borger for doing an outstanding job. Ms. Addie Morrow gave a presentation about the Atlanta University Center (AUC) and how the funds from the lip sync events support the scholarships for AUC.
Chairperson Laverty asked President Cunningham to elaborate on the recent gift the Foundation would be receiving.
President Cunningham shared that the Foundation will be receiving a gift from Ms. Dorothy Francis. She was 84 years old and passed away on Friday, September 10. She married Jerry Francis and both owned and operated Francis Aviation at Capital City Airport in 1973. Prior to World War II Ms. Francis trained many pilots who fought throughout the war. Ms. Francis was an accomplished acrobatic pilot performing in numerous air shows. When she passed away she donated 25% of her estate to Lansing Community College, which totals $1.3 to $2 million.
Vice President Borger said not only did Ms. Francis leave a legacy, but felt that due to the efforts of Ms. Hortense Canady and Mr. Gayland Tennis this gift became a reality.
Board Member Reports
Trustee Canady - Japan Adventure Program
Trustee Canady apologized for being late as his family was celebrating his son?s birthday. He reminded the Board that at the last meeting a possible recognition of the Biwako Kisen Company and Dr. Tai Sung Kim was discussed. After further discussions with the Biwako Kisen Company, it was determined that it would be more appropriate, per cultural reasons, for Mr. Shigematsu to be honored individually rather than a shared honorarium. However, Trustee Canady felt that it was appropriate to honor Dr. Kim for his 25 years that he has dedicated to the Japan Adventure Program. He proposed that a professorship in international studies be established in honor of Dr. Kim and then develop a Japanese garden that will commemorate Mr. Shigamtsu.
Trustee Canady asked that for the December meeting a resolution be prepared that would allow the Board to proceed in this manner.
Trustee Rasmusson - Year-end Financial Audit & Bylaw 1.6.1
Trustee Rasmusson distributed a summary from the Conference Board Business/Education Council meeting he attended (it is on file with the official Board materials.)
Year-end Financial Audit?
Trustee Rasmusson asked Mr. Bruce Dunn to give an overview of the financial audit.
Mr. Dunn reviewed the highlights of the financial audit with the Board (it is on file with the official Board materials.)
There was a question and answer period throughout the presentation.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Rasmusson and supported by Trustee Brannan to approve the year-end financial audit.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
Chairperson Laverty thanked Trustees Rasmusson, Canady, and Brannan, and Mr. Dunn for their work and assistance through the audit process.
Bylaw 1.6.1?
Trustee Rasmusson asked that this agenda item be tabled to allow further review.
President's Report
Informational Items
College Spotlight - Diversity Initiative
President Cunningham stated that the Executive Office has been trying to infuse diversity in leadership development, employment processes, and student success to become part of the day-to-day operations. Dr. Nanette Reynolds and Dr. Cami Zawacki have been hired to assist with this initiative and ensure that the College is in compliance legally and advance the work needed to do. President Cunningham gave the background of Dr. Reynolds and Dr. Zawacki.
The Executive Leadership Team has taken a key role in promoting this work throughout the College. The group has had three sessions to work directly with Drs. Reynolds and Zawacki and have committed time every month to work with them. President Cunningham will be leading discussion groups throughout the year on a variety of issues from Iraq to Proposal Two. She shared that Vice President Gary VanKempen will be working on increasing diversity in non-traditional careers. Vice President Barbara Larson will be reviewing all of the hiring processes to ensure there is a rich pool of candidates for all positions. Dean Gary Knippengerg will be looking at recruitment strategies and Dean Judith Cardenas will be reviewing all student systems to increase academic student success.
Dr. VanKempen, Vice President Barbara Larson, Dean Gary Knippenberg, and Dean Judith Cardenas provided a PowerPoint presentation of the various initiatives to advance diversity at the College (the presentation is on file with the official Board materials.)
President Cunningham stated that the goal is for not only one individual having ownership of this initiative, but the institution as a whole.
There was a question and answer period after the presentation.
Human Resources - New Hires, Leaves and Sabbaticals
Administrative Appointments?
JaNice Pitts-Moore, Department Chairperson, Construction & Maintenance Technologies, Technical Careers
Anita Evans, Employment Manager, Human Resources, Administrative Services
Budget Update
Vice President Larson shared that staff are beginning to prepare for budget development for fiscal year 2006. She shared that there will be challenges. Healthcare costs continue to rise. The retirement contribution to MPSERS increased 1.9% this year and it may increase by another 2%. Vice President Larson stated that every percent represents a $500,000 increase for the College. She shared that energy costs are increasing; therefore, budgeting for utilities will be challenging. The maintenance costs for the Health and Administration buildings will be included in next year?s budget.
There was brief discussion regarding the increase from MPSERS.
West Campus Grand Opening
President Cunningham thanked everyone who attended the grand opening. She thanked everyone involved in organizing the event. Many staff members worked on the weekend to ensure everything was ready for the grand opening. President Cunningham read out loud the following names of individuals who worked on the weekend prior to the event: Martin Pennoni, Paul Price, Gary Mejia, Rob Edwards, Bill Bartleson, Brian Arthur, Dennis Clark, Lyle Laylin, Randall Stortz, Ken Orlich, Phil Girvin, Rob VanOeveren, Matt Golzynski, Bill Darr, Ruth Borger, Brian Jackson, Chris Hollister, Jim Green, Michael Wright, John Little, Steve Kimball, Jim Miner, Ken Akini, Joe Petrous, Pete McClean, and Brandon Gostnell. She said they all came in to ensure everything was ready for the following day. President Cunningham asked everyone to thank these volunteers.
She asked those that were present to stand and be recognized.
Action Items
Approval of Minutes - October 18, 2004 Regular Meeting
President Cunningham presented the October 18, 2004 regular meeting minutes for the Board's review.
Trustee Pelleran asked that the October 18 minutes adequately reflect her question about the sale of property. She reiterated that there has been much discussion about the fact that the College is following the Facilities Master Plan that was created by other Boards, which included herself. Trustee Pelleran also served on the Facilities Master Plan subcommittee and at no time did she see the sale of the property where Old Central and Carnegie is located. Two months ago the Board approved a proposal to use CB Richard Ellis/Martin as a realtor and she asked at that time what properties is the College planning on selling. She felt that since the Board has been in place for over a year now it would behoove them to look at that.
Trustee Pelleran stated that there may be a difference of opinion when we say ?disposition of property? and ?the sale of property?. We have buildings and parking lots associated with those buildings and she wants to make sure this Board reviews this adequately. She asked that the October 18 minutes be amended to reflect that she would like this Board to take a serious look at the property before it is sold and before we would go so far down the road that it would be almost embarrassing not to sell it. She also said we should do the same with the parking situation.
President Cunningham stated that the minutes will be duly noted.
President Cunningham clarified that there has been no discussion about selling or demolishing Carnegie at this point in time. The Facilities Master Plan has had the same language in there for three years, which talks about the disposition of the following buildings under consideration: Photo Center, Academic and Office Facility, Warehouse on Kalamazoo Street, Continental Cable, Seymour Building, and Office Unit F (Carnegie). Just as the minutes reflect, the administration would be bringing a proposal for the sale of property back to the Board for final approval. They would not proceed with selling or demolishing any property without Board approval.
There was continued discussion about the disposition of property. It was clarified that no decision has been made at this time to sell or demolish property. The purpose of hiring CB Richard Ellis/Martin was to review the market prices for the potential sale of property, which was stated when the proposal was approved by the Board. However, if there is an offer to sell property the final approval will be done by the Board of Trustees.
Trustee Rasmusson stated that he remembers this information from four years ago.
Trustee Pelleran felt it is important for this Board to review the needs of the initiatives that were not in the Facilities Master Plan two or three years ago before the Board decides to sell or purchase property or purchase additional parking.
President Cunningham stated that Trustee Pelleran was correct and that will occur before the Board approves any sale or purchase of property. She said that is one reason the College purchased additional acreage at the West Campus if future expansion is needed.
Chairperson Laverty stated that he has read the Facilities Master Plan since its existence and has recently read it very closely. He feels perfectly comfortable with what it says and views the plan as guidelines, goals, or projections for the future and not as something concrete when it comes to the selling or demolishing of buildings. Chairperson Laverty reiterated that according to the law any decision to sell property must come to the Board.
St. Johns - Expanded Service Area
President Cunningham presented the resolution to the Board for their review.
She asked Vice President Borger to provide an update.
Vice President Borger shared that there are some changes to the resolution from the previous one the Board reviewed in October. Staff did revisit the language of the two propositions with legal counsel and were able to include a phrase in the preambles (the resolution is on file with the official Board materials.)
Facilities Master Plan
President Cunningham presented the Facilities Master Plan for the Board's review. She reminded the Board that three initiatives were added last month, which were the following: campus beautification, university/student center, and the Hospitality program. These are not funded, and these initiatives do not negate the renovations to Dart Auditorium or the Gannon Vocational Technical building.
There was brief discussion about the potential of making Old Central a surface parking lot and the importance of including the Board in any future discussions about parking, the disposition of property, and property needs. It was clarified that there is no plan to convert Old Central into a parking lot; however, parking needs are being reviewed in light of on-line courses and students moving to the West Campus.
Trustee Pelleran shared that the Hospitality Program initiative is a Board vision and former Trustee Patterson envisioned the program developing as proposed in the Facilities Master Plan.
Trustee Murray referred to the St. Johns resolution. She asked if the annexation is successful, will additional Trustees be added to the Board.
President Cunningham responded that legislation was adopted several years ago that states if any community college would annex another school district, they would have to add two representatives to the existing board. The school district would elect those two individuals, plus they get an additional vote on the other seven trustees. She shared that this legislation was very confusing and the College has been working closely with Muchmore & Harrington and the Michigan Community College Association to lobby getting that legislation changed. As of last week the legislation change passed the Higher Education Committee and the House and is now in the Senate. President Cunningham hopes this is approved prior to the February election.
Michigan Federation of Teachers - Tentative Agreement
President Cunningham presented the tentative agreement for the Board's review.
There was brief discussion about the tentative agreement.
Finance - Approval of Bids
Ms. Beckie Beard stated that last month she was unable to attend the Board meeting as she was in Los Angeles receiving an award on behalf of the College. She gave President Cunningham a copy of the award from the National Purchasing Institute.
Ms. Beckie Beard presented the following bid for the Board's approval:
Passenger Bus in the amount of $160,164.80. The bid was awarded to Hoekstra Specialty Vehicles, LLC, of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
There was brief discussion about the bid.
President Cunningham read out loud the award Ms. Beard presented, ?National Purchasing Institute Ninth Annual Achievement of Excellence and Procurement Award. Co-sponsors are the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, California Association of Public Purchasing Officers, and Florida Association of Public Purchasing Officers and the Institute of Supplies Management is awarded to Lansing Community College.? She thanked the Purchasing Department.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Canady and supported by Trustee Rasmusson to approve the President's Report except the St. Johns expanded service area resolution.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Canady and supported by Trustee Rasmusson to approve the St. Johns expanded service area resolution.
Roll call vote:
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
Closed Session
The Board did not go into closed session.
Public Comment
Chairperson Laverty stated that the Facilities Master Plan is an incredible document. He thanked President Cunningham, the administration, staff, faculty and everyone that helped with the plan. He shared that where the College has been, what it is currently doing and the plans for the future reflects that Lansing Community College is the best community college in the country. Chairperson Laverty shared that he is very happy with the direction of the College and is proud to be a part of it.
There were no comments from the public.
IT WAS MOVED by Trustee Canady and supported by Trustee Rasmusson for the meeting to adjourn.
Ayes: Brannan, Canady, Laverty, Murray, Pelleran, Rasmusson
Nays: None
Absent: Proctor
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
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I have a 1992 2.2l legacy wagan. The car has been running excellent until today. Well actually yesterday the car died once while coming to a stop. This morning when I started the car the revs didn't go up like it normally does. I turned the car off then turned it back on and it seemed fine. Tonight the car started to hesitate mostly between 1000 rpm to 3000 rpm. The car idles now around 1500 but will occasionally drop down or rise up. The check engine light is on and I found some codes but I'm not sure what they mean. The codes are 12 15 35 24. Not sure which one of these are old. I think it might be the alternator but not sure. Hope someone can help. Thanks
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Posted 16 November 2004 - 07:34 PM
Posted 16 November 2004 - 08:23 PM
Do a search on the board for "legacy codes" and you should be set. I would clear the codes first and then see if they come back. There is a chance you have some old codes stored. Pull the #14 fuse and leave it out for a few hours, then re-install it. Drive your vehicle as usuall and then check for codes. These codes you should be able to cross reference with the info you find on the board.
Hope this helps.
Josh please give this person the link to the codes if you have it handy.
Hope this helps.
Josh please give this person the link to the codes if you have it handy.
Posted 17 November 2004 - 06:25 AM
Thanks. I left the car sit over night, when I started it this morning there was no check engine light on, and the car seemed to be running fine. I thought it was a coincidence that the car didn't act up until the wife tried to move the car for me. She hopped the car down the road a little ways stalled it a little, maybe I will just have to revoke her subaru driving privileges. Oh well I'm sure the problem will come back again.
Posted 17 November 2004 - 09:03 AM
If you checked the codes after the light was on, right them down, clear the codes, drive the car, and see what, if any come back.
Instructions how to do all that, and what the codes mean are on my site.
Instructions how to do all that, and what the codes mean are on my site.
Posted 17 November 2004 - 09:05 AM
Here is a link that may help you with the trouble codes. I agree that the alternator may cause this kind of thing but the trouble codes may be telling you something else is going on. I would make note of the old codes and then clear the ECU to see if more codes come back.
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The guy's jacket's pocket should be on his left side ... ?
OK my turn for a riddle
This one is rather well known but maybe some don't know it...
It's better than God
It's worse than the Devil
Poors have it
Riches need it
And if you eat it, you die
What is it?
When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of what might crawl under my bed while I was asleep, waiting for me to get up so it could yank me under the bed with it.
"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him." ~ Robert Benchley
I never had that "fear of monsters under the bed/in the closet/down the hall" thing. I think I vaguely had a fear of UFOs taking over the world at one point, and I recall being scared of nuclear war for a long stretch. Both seem rather specific for a child to have, in retrospect.
it seems like everytime i'm in a good mood, somebody or something ends up pissing me off. man, i'm just trying to be happy BUT somebody outthere seems to want to piss me off to the point where i feel like beating their ass, choking them out, threatening them, or doing something else crazy. it would be one thing if i wasn't in the position that i'm in now BUT if i feel like my back is against the wall where i'm feeling down, stressed out and etc then i feel like i should respond through physical means as a way of saying don't try to make me more annoyed than i am already. i don't want to hurt you BUT i will if you push me.
I used to hate riddles until I discovered Google. Heh.
But I guessed that one.
Halloween is by far my least favorite holiday. I think if I got scared easily, I would enjoy it more but I don't. It's the same reasons I find horror movies usually cheesy right up there with survival horror games.
Maybe go for a little more cerebral approach
Something more current but with a twist
LETS say....
**no extra charge for the political smirk
This won't necessarily damage my reputation but it was embarrassing. I just came home from the drug store and Taco Bell, sat down to eat and realized my zipper was down the whole time I was out.
Ally, are you saying you were out
the whole time you were out?
And nobody even noticed?
Or are they to polite/shy to say
anything when they see such as
I didn't see Segher's pix as overtly sexual. Erotic: YES. Artistic: Absolutely. Suggestive?: Maybe.
...but in no way did I see them as blatantly lewd or crude.
Are you of such a mind where ANY display of nudity is an overt sexual statement screaming for someone to fuck them?
One of the biggest disconnects I see here is, If these Pic stealing "Crimes" were in the 'real' world I would compare them to: Identity Theft, and Rape (in that you're pretending to be them, and essentially using their body for sexual gratification without their consent) - Both of which in the 'real' world are Felonies.
You're comparing them to shoplifting a candy bar - a petty theft crime.
Whether they're a "1" or a "10" is irrelevant. And no, I don't see 'rape' as being extreme. It's a non-consensual violation. People commit suicide over their reputations being ruined on line by other people. I think it's very serious.
What Seghers, or anyone else does with their pictures (face and body) is their choice.
What other people do with them publicly (on line), without consent, is wrong.
It's been explained to you several different ways, by several different people and still you don't seem to get it.
I feel like you're either being obtuse, or obstinate?
And since my opinion has been misconstrued a couple times, I feel like clarifying.
Yes, I don't mind if people use my photos for whatever. I don't know of anybody who tried to pass off my body as theirs, or my face as theirs, and although I'd feel confused by it (because I don't think my body/face conveys anything that couldn't be done with literally millions of others), I don't think I'd be offended. That doesn't mean I think EVERYBODY shouldn't feel offended by it, or that other people who would thus feel offended has "issues", or anything along those lines. That's simply MY personal feeling towards the issue, and I'm well aware that most other people probably WOULD feel angry/violated if it happened to them.
I take umbrage at the concept one of you introduced that Sexual means bad/nasty.
That word is 50 shades of hot from sensual to provocative to down right pornographic.
Please don't turn it into only a fuck word.
The core issue here is the public internet. The internet is an international and global
public eye. If something is precious and personal to you...keep it so. To share on the
fucking internet is to share WITH the fucking internet. You set it free, where it goes
and what it does is now beyond your control. If it comes back to bite you, you
may warrant empathy but not real fucking sympathy.
Can't compare it to rape or ID theft or other real world shit...its the public internet
Honestly, every man woman and other on here knows that. Now, lets go back to the
good stuff before this thread reeks of CE&P.
i confess to simply not giving a fuck at the moment. went to this group gathering, talked to a few people, listened to what everyone had to say talking about the group topic, once again, kept my mouth shut. when it came time to bounce and everyone went to the diner to have an after convo, i saw that everyone was already headed to the diner after i left the bathroom so i just went on home. i didn't feel like chilling at the diner, looking at food on the menu i wasn't going to eat, i was too shy to say anything to anybody to be honest, don't think anybody was going to say anything to me anyway. it was like 10 something. the bus arrived at 10:55. i didn't feel like waiting for a 11 or 12 o clock bus so good thing i left as early as i did.
however, i still feel sad just as how i was before and could really go for some sleep. NOT before i eat something and wash myself. to be trill with you, i dunno about this whole dating thing. i don't think i'm going to find anybody to date or have the balls to get myself to do it.
i also am actually really starting to dislike new york city right now. new york isn't what it used to be. i'm thinking about moving somewhere else. maybe another part of jersey far away from new york or even upstate new york or just somewhere away from the east coast altogether. living on the east coast is really beginning to annoy me. i can't fuck with here anymore. i rather move down south, to canada or even the west coast.
If I was gay I'd probably sleep (or something) with Jimmy Fallon
It wouldn't take even that much to try for Adam Levine (even with tattoos)
It matters not to me.
yeah, there's many attractive guys on this forum however, when you see their personality on work at the boards, they become unattractive. they do it to themselves. it could be a character flaw or something. it's like you look good BUT your personality ain't all that. just because you're physically attractive or jerk off material doesn't exactly mean that you're hot. i think a guy becomes hot if his personality is hot.
there was a very attractive guy that i met once at my last job. dude really made my eyes wide. so anyways, him and me started talking and he was a COOL dude. when i say cool, i wouldn't mind hanging out with him at the bar to chill out. his personality made him HOT. you know what i'm saying? even another example, there was a guy who i saw yesterday. he was okay looking but his personality got my dick hard. i didn't know what to say to him but hey... he's someone who i'd sleep with or even date even though i'll admit, i'm dumbstruck at how i would connect with him. he's on okcupid though but i'm scared to message him. he might reject me.
Stop; you're all making me blush. There's only so much of me to go around. And if Ashy doesn't want a piece, well, I suppose that's all the more for the rest of you.
refuji, i know what you mean about that personality thing! If anyone is going to be v.v.good looking their personality also needs to be v.v. awesome. Not that I'm bragging.
I accepted that others found Elvin a glorious, fascinating, enthralling human being...even though I didn't. I tried connecting with him on a few occasions, and he was always friendly enough, but I never really found much about him to really latch onto. But as someone who tends not to see the appeal of much of the music, movies and TV shows that other people seem to find addicting, I guess that's not surprising. I just left him for those who loved him, and went and found my own favorites.
Yeah there are a lot of people who lie over the internet and there are a few I could easily point out on here. I have extended an invitation to some to meet up and they have outright refused which only leads me to conclude that they have some shame they don't want people to see. I've posted pics of myself and even my own voice so if people want to think I'm some fake schmuck, their loss/stupidity.
To be fair, the main reason I liked Elvin is that he was a Boston boy. If you are a local Bostonian, you realize that our city is more like a village in terms of community. Just look at the sheer amount of corrupt politicians we elect.
Speaking of addicting TV shows, I normally hate "talent" competitions especially when they throw in the horrible human interest stuff, but I totally love The Voice. Never watched the previous seasons but for some reason I like this one.
Elvin was a force of nature you either loved, hated, or was indifferent about, with little grey area between.
For what ever reasons, I believe his personality rode both sides of the fence on almost every aspect:
arrogant/insecure, empathy/indifferent, extroverted/introverted, needy/independent ... You get the idea.
I think deep down, he's a good guy and meant well, but often times he was his own worse enemy.
I thought MoltenRock was a fake too.
but on another note, if there's one thing that i think is sort of annoying with some of the younger posters is how they appear to care about showing off how they look too much basically trying to ride off of that shit on the forums. "i look attractive so you must pay attention to me and what i say". must be a late teens/early 20s thing because i see the same type of mentality on other forums around people in the same age range. it seems like the younger generation is very superficial and vain. too much if you ask me. that's a really negative way of thinking if you put your value into how attractive people think you are at least that's what i think.
i actually envy the younger generation though. back when i was in my teens and in my early 20s, the things that were cool at the time was pretty much being a billy bad ass, having the best clothes, having street credibility and all of that. you simply couldn't enjoy being a kid. now these younger people are trying to act like they're older than what they really are when they actually have a chance to be their age and enjoy it. for real, it irks me when i hear a 20 year old guy talking to me about how bad shit is now and how good life was back in 1992. are you serious?
you may NOT think that there's a generation gap but there is. of course someone born in 1993 isn't going to see the world the same way someone born in 1986 will. the same way someone born in 1979 won't be able to relate to someone born in my age. i actually remember how life was growing up in the 90s. the internet wasn't popping back then. we had sega genesis and super nes. music was different. a lot of things was different back then. it was a way different world back then compared to the last decade. i actually was late with the internet as i first got on it in 2000. i think it's funny for someone born in 1993 telling me what life was back in the 90s when they were the 2000 kids. they can but you can't really take their opinion seriously. for a 90s baby born in 93 to talk about how things was back then is no different than me talking about how life was back in the 80s.
i think you're trying too hard.
just looked at myself in the mirror and upon observing the ever growing wrinkles that are showing up on my forehead, the spots from all the acne i had as a teen and etc, I'M UGLY AS FUCK!! wow, really ugly as fuck. it makes me sick to my stomach looking at my face but what can i do besides accepting how i look. i do NOT have control over how my face came out to be and that's me, damnit. i was born this way and i'm not going to change my looks for shit. i'm not going to die and it's not the end of the world because i don't think i'm attractive.
Phuck, this thread is cranky tonight.
Age? Allowing 18 years per generation, I have been through 3 and 1 half. Reviewing the
changes I (as well as some others here) have seen and lived with, things have sped up,
5 years now makes a big fucking difference. Like the saying goes...
Time and tide wait for no man
Raz, you need an attitude tune-up, Johann you need to lighten up Bud. Face it boyz,
every body thinks they had it worse...ask your elders.
Fuji, we can't all be PRETTY BOYS. (thank god or whoever) Been my experience the prettier
the box the inside won;t measure up. A smile from the eyes and lips in person or in your voice
will be remembered long past a pretty boy/girl. Next trip to the mirror side, don't nit pick the
image. A man fixes what he can, lives with what he can't and tries another day.
how long does a pretty boy last on the street...working a house...or in the big house???
You are Lucky.
I have 60 in the rear view mirror.
I don't think you had it any better or worse as a group.
What we all had was not better or worse than we made it for ourselves.
The one thing we all have in common...it was different...it is different...
and it will continue to be different. JMHO
Johann if this keeps up people will talk
They might even accuse us of having social intercourse.
That said, we so see some things the same. Where we read the paper
they read yahoo/google. Where we thought it was hot shit when custom
calling and push button dials came in, well, some kids now don't know what
a land line or newspaper is.
It started with computers that took up a floor of a building (remember?) now
the phucking cell phone is a computer, texting device, cam corder, clock, a
personal secretary oh... and a cordless phone too..
Sit down, buckle up, the most interesting is yet to come and these damn kids
will have our age people living at least 200 yrs ...that is, if our people don't
blow the whole fucking universe up first.
Don't apologise for long posts on slow days. Sometimes they help people to think.
i actually like the cold weather because it reminds me about reality and how cold the world is. i know i get lost in the clouds at times where i daydream and get caught into these fantasies or my imagination BUT @ the same time, i'm well aware of what's outthere though and about how life has it's ups and downs and there are some things that we don't want to hear or deal with that we have to deal with. sometimes, i don't think the people around me are aware of it though. it's as if they're living in a different world than i am where they think they can't die or they can't be homeless or unemployed or have anything unfortunate happen to them. i pretty much am interested in the truth even as hurtful and ugly as it may seem. that's the reason why i'm here in the first place it's as if they're on another plane that i'm on.
i can acknowledge the fact of who i am, that i'm broke, unemployed, still living with my parents at 26, that i'm gay and etc. some people like to insult me with the truth that i admit about myself BUT what is the point of that when that's my reality. there's other people that say that i like talking about myself, am self centered and etc BUT i'm dealing with my reality. it's my life. i can't talk about your life since i don't live it. i'm trying to make my life better but this is how my life is NOW and i'm learning to deal with what i'm dealing with even if it irks me. i think it's also ironic how the same people that tell me all this shit are the same ones that have a hard time hearing the truth themselves from other people or even admitting it to themselves. that's the last person that i would want to criticize me. nobody's perfect and everybody's human. if you can get over that, then there's no need to act like you're better than everybody else.
@ Johann,
If it get too intense at times, remember
'the sins of the father & as ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Hey old fart, like before us if it wasn't for the older
generation NOT ONE of us would exist today..
@ Fuji,
No problem talking your confused thought out here
streetboy. We all have to do that somewhere and
this is a where. Rant, Rave Laugh and cry...those
are all valid.
Taking things as a personal affront or dissing on the
others here just creates hate and fails to educate
share or entertain. We ALL need to remember that.
I do believe in go and do...
Do It but do no harm doing it.
JohannBessler -
Some observations I've made about you from this thread, and a couple others (and you can correct me if I'm wrong), I feel you live your life sticking your head in the sand. I'm basing this mainly on your posts here where you caution everyone NOT to EVER put their pictures on line, and one where you said you park at the back end of a parking lot, and about using Linux so you're not hacked.
It seems like you obsessively live your life in fear of what might happen to you, and are basically (in my opinion) not really LIVING. You're hiding from everything, and expect to have something bad happen to you... and if it does, it was somehow deserved because you inadvertently did something 'wrong' and asked for it.
You spend more time trying to avoid the bad things then enjoying the good ones.
Sometimes, bad things happen to good people... without just cause.
YES - I do think people should be safe and cautious in all aspects of life - but I think you carry it a little far into the obsessive and extreme.
I hope this doesn't offend you.
and BS too.
JB, Borgie. you live in such dissimilar locales and you environments so colour your viewpoints.
Mr. B, you're up with the Red necks, Tree huggers and a relatively stable population base.
JB you are down 1 state and over one. A bit more cautious, not from the head in the sand at
all. An environment that is highly highly transient, fluid with money based schemers, crooks,
grifters, transients and gambling bug bitten tourists littering the landscape.
My friends, You Two have more of the same core values (the important ones) it's just that
one of you operates on 3DHD and the other 3DBlueRay.
I'm not judging who is right or wrong having lived in both areas (and a few hundred others) I can
totally see both of your viewpoints
@borg, I doubt he is offended, he is an imminently practical man who always wants imput. Now,
we just have to modify his politics...lol
i was going to come out to my brother but i caught stage fright. i think i MIGHT do it @ 7:50 pm tops before he goes to sleep. wish me luck. i am scared.
just came out to my brother and
i'm thinking about coming out to my friend tomorrow. he'll be an interesting case.


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The railroad will be responsible for completing construction of the upgrade by May 22, 2013. Funding for this upgrade will be provided by federal funds.
To increase public safety during the construction of the projects, PUCO will assist the local governments with the cost of improvements such as rumble strips, illumination, improved signage or other safety enhancements at the project location. Funding for the improvements will come from the State Grade Crossing Safety Fund and will not exceed $5,000.
In other crossing news, Washington state regulators approved funds to improve the safety at a railroad crossing in Whitman County, Wash.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved $20,000 from the Grade Crossing Protective Fund (GCPF) to pay for upgrades at a grade crossing at the intersection of State Route 272 and Washington & Idaho Railway tracks in the city of Palouse.
The railroad company plans to use the funds to upgrade the existing flashing lights to long-lasting, energy-efficient flashing LED lights, replace the system batteries and chargers and install a surge protection panel and newer motion-detection technology. These improvements will increase the overall safety at the crossing for motorists and pedestrians, who will be able to rely on these active warning devices to determine if a train is approaching the crossing.
The upgrades must be completed by July 15, 2013. State GCPF funding is limited to $20,000 for the project. The approximate cost of the project is $21,487. WIR will pay the difference.


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