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The oldest university in continuous existence on the High Plains of Texas, Wayland began as the dream of pioneers who respected the life-altering value of education. In 1906, the Staked Plains Baptists Association received and acted upon a proposal to establish a school. Dr. and Mrs. James Henry Wayland offered $10,000 and 25 acres of land if the Association and the citizens of Plainview would raise an additional $40,000. The Association and the city accepted both the proposal and the challenge and in 1908 applied for a charter from the State of Texas for the Wayland Literary and Technical Institute.
Construction began on the first two buildings on the Plainview campus in 1909, and Dr. I. E. Gates became president of Wayland, which was then literally only "a hole in the ground." Although the main administration building was incomplete, classes began in September 1910 in adjacent Matador Hall. From primary grades through junior college, 241 students enrolled that first term in the school whose name was changed the same year to Wayland Baptist College.
The second decade of the century saw slow but significant growth. In 1911, Wayland graduated its first student, and the administration building was completed. By 1913, the senior class had grown to four, and Wayland graduated its first female. The following year, Wayland became one of the correlated schools affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, a relationship which has existed ever since. By 1915, Dr. Gates believed the school was firmly established; and he resigned to return to the pastorate. Dr. Orren L. Hailey, then pastor of Plainview's First Baptist Church, became president in 1915, announcing his intention to make Wayland the best junior college in the state. In 1916 when he resigned to return to the pastorate, Wayland graduated twenty students, and Matador Hall was being completed as the women's residence hall.
Dr. R. E. L. Farmer, former president of Canadian Academy and an area pastor, followed him as president in 1916. During his tenure, enrollment increased to 300 in the school where there was "nothing shallow but the water." Under his leadership, Wayland took the unprecedented step of offering summer classes. Because of World War I, the college required military training of all male students for the duration of the conflict. Dr. Farmer served as president until his resignation in August 1918 to raise money for the school; he died in October 1918 in the influenza epidemic that swept the world.
Dr. Elmer B. Atwood, executive secretary of the New Mexico Baptist Convention, became president in 1919 and served until 1923. During his tenure, Wayland addressed its debt problems and broadened its appeal to students beyond the plains of Texas, especially to New Mexico, which did not have a Baptist school of its own. In his administration, Wayland concentrated on being "a Christian school with high ideals and worthy standards."
Wayland's fifth president, Dr. George W. McDonald served the institution as a professor of mathematics and dean of the college prior to being named president. His twenty-three-year tenure saw some of the most challenging days in Wayland's existence. J. Lindsey Nunn Gymnasium was added, to bring to three the total number of campus buildings. In 1926, Wayland was admitted to membership in the American Association of Junior Colleges. With the Stock Market crash in 1929, the Great Depression had a devastating impact on the college. Enrollment declined, and the bank that held all of the school's assets failed, leaving the college no money for its expenses. To continue to educate students, the administration and faculty agreed to serve without pay, trusting God to meet their needs. Thanks to the providence of God and their willingness to make personal sacrifices, they enabled Wayland to remain open at a time when so many private schools failed.
Dr. McDonald retired in 1947, and the Board of Trustees named Dr. James W. "Bill" Marshall to succeed him as president. Formerly the personnel secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention's Foreign Mission Board, Dr. Marshall led Wayland to initiate an international student program that resulted in "Wayland of the Plains" becoming "Wayland of the World." During Dr. Marshall's tenure, Wayland had a higher percentage of international students than any other American college or university. In 1948, Wayland became a four-year college. McDonald Hall for men and Agnes Mays Hall for women were added, and Slaughter Hall became the school's cafeteria. In a very controversial decision, Dr. Marshall banned smoking by any Wayland student; and enrollment was higher than ever the following fall. He secured sponsors for the women's basketball team, which became known as the Hutcherson Flying Queens - a team that subsequently has won more games than any other women's collegiate team nationwide. Wayland began distance learning in 1948 with a language institute in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1951, the college took the unprecedented step of voluntarily admitting black students on an equal basis with whites. This action made Wayland the first four-year liberal arts college in the former Confederate states to be integrated voluntarily and predated the Supreme Court's decision banning segregation in schools by three years.
Upon Dr. Marshall's resignation, Dr. A. Hope Owen, then pastor of Plainview's First Baptist Church, became president in 1953. He served for ten years, developing a master plan called "Design for a Decade" to guide the development of the college's physical plant.
Numerous buildings were erected during his tenure: three women's dormitories (Ferguson Hall in 1954, Fleming Hall in 1956, and Owen Hall in 1961), another men's residence hall (Brotherhood in 1957), Van Howeling Library in 1957, and the Flores Bible Building in 1959. Married student apartments - Collier, Goodpasture, and Allison-Conkwright halls - were added in 1960 and 1961, and the Home Life Building was completed in 1962. During Dr. Owen's term, Wayland secured full accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1956 and the approval of the Texas Education Agency to certify teachers. Finally, during his tenure, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Flores of Tulia made the largest single gift that any Baptist college had ever received prior to that point when they donated more than twenty-seven sections of farm, ranch, and oil-bearing land to the school.
Upon Dr. Owen's retirement in 1963, the Board of Trustees named Dr. Roy C. McClung, then pastor of Plainview's First Baptist Church, as Wayland's eighth president. He served for seventeen years in which Wayland's physical expansion continued dramatically. The Wayland Bowl, subsequently named Hilliard Field, opened in 1965 to provide facilities for track and field events and now soccer as well. Fleming-Mays Tower connected Bessie Fleming and Agnes Mays Halls in 1966; and Atwood Hall, the first unit of Caprock Hall for men, opened in 1967. Harral Auditorium was dedicated in 1968, with a 58-rank Wicks pipe organ added the next year, and music and arts wings added in 1973 and 1980, respectively. In 1970, Moody Science Building was dedicated. The college's physical education program and the men's and women's basketball teams found a new home in Hutcherson Physical Education Center, which opened in 1971. Completed in 1976, the Museum of the Llano Estacado was a Bicentennial project. In 1979, Brown Chapel opened, and the Division of Business moved into the newly remodeled Nunn Building, formerly the gymnasium. In 1980, Marshall Hall opened as part of the Caprock residence complex for men; and construction began on McClung Center to house the bookstore, cafeteria, and student services offices.
Dr. McClung's administration included more than physical growth of the Plainview campus. Wayland's enrollment topped one thousand for the first time. The college added the Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education degree in 1973, specifically designed for nontraditional, full time working adult students. The college began its first external campus experiences since 1948, with the advent of degree programs at Lubbock in 1972, at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls in 1974, Amarillo in 1976, and Honolulu, Hawaii in 1979.
Dr. David Jester became Wayland's ninth president in 1981. During his tenure, Wayland moved from college to university status. McClung University Center opened in the fall of 1982, and Wayland began offering graduate courses as well as lifelong learning programs. Distant campuses opened at San Antonio in 1984 and at Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska in 1985.
Following Dr. Jester's resignation in 1987, Dr. Glenn Barnett, formerly vice-president at Texas Tech University, served as interim president for two years. During his tenure, he restructure the debt and laid the foundation for a stronger faculty voice with the establishment of the Faculty Assembly.
The Board named Dr. Lanny Hall president in 1989. He served just under two years, before resigning to assume the presidency of Hardin-Simmons University.
In 1991, Dr. Wallace Davis became Wayland's eleventh president. His ten-year administration saw enormous growth for the university. In 1996, the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Learning Resources Center opened. Housing the university's library and the Malouf Abraham Art Gallery, the building also features the Kaltwasser Flame, the largest back-lit faceted stained glass sculpture in the world.
The university opened distant campuses at Phoenix (1991) and Sierra Vista, Arizona (1997), and at Clovis (1997) and Albuquerque, New Mexico (1999). Wayland began an educational partnership with Kenya Baptist Theological College in 1999 to offer classes for its students on their campus near Nairobi. Also in 1999, the remodeled Van Howeling Educational Complex became home to the university's programs for teacher-training, academic achievement, and Baptist Student Ministries. David and Myrt Wilder Baseball Complex was dedicated the same year. In 2000, Wayland achieved system status, with Dr. Davis becoming chancellor. By the end of his tenure, Plainview student enrollment had increased to almost 1100, and enrollment at the external campuses exceeded 5000.
Dr. Paul Armes became Wayland's twelfth president in 2001. An additional external campus opened at Altus, Oklahoma, and the university began offering classes through the virtual campus that same year. By 2003, system-wide enrollment exceeded 6000, to make Wayland the fourth-largest Southern Baptist university in the United States.
New teaching sites have been opened in Tucson, Arizona and Enid, Oklahoma.
In 2002, Wayland purchased a building three blocks to the west of the campus which was remodeled into the Dorothy McCoy Honors Dorm. The University also bought the structure owned by Trinity United Methodist Church in May, 2003 to house the Office of Advancement, Alumni, Web Services, the virtual campus administrative offices, and Baptist Student Ministries. Construction of the new Pete and Nelda Laney Student Activities center was completed in late 2007, and the facility was opened for use in January of 2008.
Over the last several years, major renovations have been completed in Caprock men's dorm, Owen Hall, Fleming-Mays Tower and Ferguson Hall women's dormitories. Designated Pioneer Hall, the president's former home was remodeled to house male students.
In 2008, the Virtual Campus program of Wayland Baptist University became the largest campus in the Wayland system in terms of raw head count.
A new statue of Dr. James Henry Wayland, the University's founder, was dedicated in the fall of 2008 to kick off the university's centennial celebration.
Jimmy Dean Hall, which houses 350 students, opened in August 2012.
The university began a men's and women's wrestling program in 2010, the only collegiate program in the state of Texas. After an absence of 70 years, football returned to campus in the fall of 2011, with the first games scheduled for the 2012-13 academic year.
Founded and maintained by pioneers unafraid of and undaunted by challenges, Wayland continues to be a pioneer in the field of higher education, leading students of all ages to integrate faith and learning in their lives, to be productive members of their communities, and to serve God and humanity.


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After disappointing voter turnout in Springfield last November, and concerns about discrimination during the primary election in September, community organizers are starting the get-out-the-vote efforts early this year.
The effort begins in earnest on Wednesday, over at the Springfield Public Library's Pine Point Branch. Aron Goldman, executive director of the Springfield Institute says he and others will discuss the importance of voting and past trends in the city. Last year, the mayoral and city council elections in November brought just 22% of registered Springfield voters to the polls, a number that disappointed Goldman.
"What you've got is about twice that in predominantly white wards and half that in minority wards."
Goldman points out that Springfield's minority wards have many eligible but unregistered voters.
"They're completely without a voice. That kind of unequal democracy, frankly, makes it look like the civil rights movement never happened."
Turnout isn't the only problem on Goldman's mind. Last fall a Springfield City Councilor, the ACLU and the NAACP summoned US Department of Justice poll monitors to the city on voting day after they claimed that on primary day, polls had a lack of Spanish-speaking staff, incomplete lists of registered voters and incorrect voting hours posted in some places. The DOJ sent staff but has yet to release their findings. And November's elections came just a few days after a major snowstorm hit the city, which was also blamed for lowering voter turnout.
Susan Roche, a community organizer in Springfield, will also be at the "Voting for the Future" event Wednesday night. She says there's a need to educate residents on the registration process, dates, polling locations, who's on the ballot and what issues are at stake.
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Plan could also include razing Legion Post
Mequon - The third time might be the charm for the redevelopment of several properties in the Mequon Town Center.
Blair Williams, president of WiRED Properties, consulted with the Plan Commission on Monday night on a redevelopment concept for two houses owned by Shaffer Development at 11215 and 11229 N. Cedarburg Road and a vacant city-owned lot between the northernmost house and City Hall.
Beginning in 2007, Cindy Shaffer brought plans for the site to the commission but the economic downturn effectively stopped planning for the site.
The latest plan for the site would be a two-phased development with the first phase including the two houses and city land. The American Legion Post, 6006 W. Mequon Road, would be redeveloped in a second phase. Because of the Legion building's historic status, the Landmarks Commission would have to approve its demolition.
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Williams told the commission that the first phase could stand on its own. Under discussion is a mixed use, three-and-half story building that would face Cedarburg Road. Williams said between 8,000 to 11,000 square feet of first floor of the building would be dedicated to retail or office use, with 20 to 25 apartments on the upper floors.
Surface retail parking would be accessed from an entrance on Cedarburg Road, which would require a median cut on the street to allow access for northbound vehicles.
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Williams said Cindy Shaffer, owner of Shaffer Development, is discussing the Legion property with its owner. Currently, the proposal for that site calls for a commercial building of about 14,000 square feet. The discussions include having the Legion post as a tenant in the new space.
The project would require the city land, access from Cedarburg Road and tax-incremental financing district assistance. The project would likely be eligible for TIF incentive plan assistance. Williams said it would help bridge an anticipated gap in financing.
WiRED Properties has redeveloped two major areas on North Oakland Avenue in Shorewood. The Cornerstone property, which has retail on the first floor and apartments on the upper floors, was completed more than a year ago. A similar development, The Ravenna, is under construction across the street.
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Williams said he believes there is "significant untapped demand for new multifamily construction and a desire for new retail" in Mequon. Although he did not name any businesses, he said he has had conversations with a bar/restaurant owner and the owner of a café. Both are interested in the retail space available in the first phase of the project.
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Posted on 12/02/2012 2:50:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
As U.S. authorities continue a long legal battle to deport a former Nazi concentration camp guard, its not clear what will happen next if they prevail.
Anton Geiser, now 88, has been living in a small western Pennsylvania town for more than 50 years. He didnt even tell his family about the Nazi service until 2004, when the Justice Department began legal proceedings.
Geisers lawyer will be appealing a deportation order next week, before the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Va.
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1945 was 67 years ago, which would have made this guy 21 at war's end. Going after the officers and politicians who ran things, that's great. Problem is, they've all died of old age by now. This guy was just a draftee.
If Susan Rice or Lurch don't work out for Sec. of State, Bathhouse Barry can nominate this guy.
Well at 88 the guy will be dying soon and he will burn in Hell for a long time.
He's an old dude—soon he will face a higher judge greater than any on this earthly sphere. What has he been doing the last 60 years?
I didn't think one was drafted into the SS.
Along with anyone who was a guard at a Soviet Gulag.
I did not approve of going after Demjanjuk, because of his extenuating circumstances......He was a dead man if he went back to Russia, and he was a dead man if he didn't cooperate with the Germans. And most of the evidence against him came from the Soviets, like they would never make stuff up.
The Germans were anxious to nail Demjanjuk, just so they could go "See, it wasn't only Germans that participated in the Holocaust."
"What has he been doing the last 60 years?"
And just what did he do back then?
" Both sides agree that Geiser guarded only the perimeter of the camps"
What kinda choices did he have? None! But he probably shouldn't have been granted citizenship.
Wrong, I had a cousin who was drafted into the SS at 16 years of age and shipped to Stalingrad. Escaped back to Germany one step ahead of the Russians. FWIW
I had a great-uncle who was almost captured by the Russians. American infantryman, he was among the first Americans to reach Berlin. He was souvenir hunting in the vicinity of Hitler's bunker (I don't recall the back story on how or why he was there and alone) when a Russian patrol caught up with him. He said they had a couple machine guns trained on him, had his hands up and kept motioning for him to come to them. Said he'd have rather been shot in the back than caught by the Russians so he turned, walked slowly around the corner, and once out of sight ran like an olympian.
That would present two problems. The first would be the Left's opposition to prosecuting anybody for being a Communist. The second would be that at least some of them would be Jewish.
I read a book about the American war prisoners in Japan, when Japan surrendered they were stuck in their prison camps but they were no longer prisoners. The first thing they did was hang the mean, hateful guard but for the most part they felt that the rest of the guards were just doing their duty.
How do you figure he's going to hell?
The guy was 17 when he was forced to join. Doesn't make sense to hound him anymore.
Probably the same thing as John Demjanjuk, who has fought denaturalization and deportation since 1977. The United States extradited Demjanjuk to Israel, where he was convicted in 1988 of being "Ivan the Terrible" and sentenced to death. The Israeli Supreme Court reversed the conviction after evidence surfaced that another man was "Ivan the Terrible."
The U.S. government stripped Demjanjuk of citizenship and ordered him deported in 2005 for having served as a Nazi prison camp guard in Poland and Germany.
These men were victims of war too and their only alleged crimes were following the orders of their superiors.
As a side note, one could also argue their case by comparing their actions to the Haditha 7, which almost everyone here would likely support their innocence.
It's time to let it go and leave these individuals alone with their own consciences and let them die in peace.........
Sooooo when will George Soros be deported?
Or Obama's wetb...sorry,"undocumented"...aunt and uncle?
Why not? Like it or not, this country is filled with elderly Germans who were soldiers during WW-II. And I can point you to the German American Cultural Center in Detroit and its members as proof........
8 years to build a case against a confessed war criminal. Isn't public service efficient.
"These men were victims of war too and their only alleged crimes were following the orders of their superiors."
No, they were accomplices to mass murder of their neighbors and fellow countrymen. They should have fell on their swords if they had any humanity.
"Wrong, I had a cousin who was drafted into the SS at 16 years of age and shipped to Stalingrad...FWIW"
There were no SS units in the Battle of Stalingrad, or in the failed relief offensive, FWIW.
Must have been some later battle perhaps, but not Stalingrad. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=17193
Why not? Court rulings,
"Both sides agree that Geiser guarded only the perimeter of the camps, but previous court rulings have found that doing so is enough to make someone ineligible for U.S. citizenship."
Thank God He is more merciful than you are. The best part is that God actually knows what people are guilty of while you can only assume or guess.
Which was done by our ally the Soviet Union tenfold...
I could see if this guy was an officer or senior enlisted giving orders to kill; I could see if he was tossing civilians into an oven or gunning them down.....but walking a perimeter? Having not been attributed to killing anyone?
I suppose we should imprison and then deport all of the U.S. military members that stood guard and perimeter security at Abu Gharib? I thought not. Nor would I agree to it.
Meanwhile unemployed Jose Drunkez is careening a pickup truck through a populated area sending his pesos back home to mehico and using every handout system known to man, from free emergency room visits to borrowed SSNs to take out mortgages and other loans.....all the while helping to transport illegal narcotics into the U.S. and assist in the murder of U.S. citizens all for his Vetas hermanos.
Good thing we have priorities in order.
They should have fell on their swords if they had any humanity.
Where is the humanity in war? Do you for one second believe that there weren't attrocities committed in Vietnam by U.S. Soldiers that were never investigated?
Do you want to go there? OK then, let's do it.....
Let's start with the My Lai Massacre shall we? William Calley was convicted for killing 22 villagers but only served 3 1/2 years under house arrest. The rest of the soldiers under him who were also involved in this rape and murder rampage were let go........
Shall we revisit this crime, pursue and prosecute the rest of the soldiers as the US is doing to these German prison guards? Maybe even retry Calley and give him the life sentence he deserved?
In your perfect world of warfare, why should these guys who actually participated in rape and murder get a pass when mere prison guards are being hunted down and deported???
I have a uncomfortable feeling that someday we will be tracking the Obama seed.. When everything is finally uncovered about this fraud, we will be studying how our highest levels of our Government and the entire Intelligence Network allowed this happen..
the rules in force did stipulate that former Totenkopf were ineligible for entry in the US. if in fact he was a member
and did enter under a falsified statement, then there is a case to revoke his status. If he was an angel of mercy rather than an angel of death, perhaps a survivor will vouch for that. If not I shed no tear for at the time guards of all ages were gleefully participating in the holocaust and he is lucky to have escaped justice for so long.
I think you missed the part in the article where it referenced other draftees that were forced to be guards/escorts.
Geiser says he was
forced to join the SS at the age of 17, in 1942, and that he never killed anyone. And while he served as a guard at the Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald concentration camps, he didnt serve at so-called death camps, such as Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau, which existed only to exterminate people.
The legal question is "about when people are dragged into assisting the persecutions involuntarily," Roe said, referring to an asylum case involving an Eritrean man who said he was forced to guard prisoners in Ethiopia.
In that case the Supreme Court ordered immigration authorities to consider whether people who were part of persecutions did so involuntarily.
Geiser told prosecutors he was ashamed of his work as a camp guard. "I was not proud where I served and I didnt like it then and I didnt like it now."
You must have a very different definition of "glee" than I do.
i don't believe that it matters to the dept of state whether one was forced or not, and i take these statements of regret
in the same way as i would take the other protestations that
"we were only following orders" and "we didn't know about the
if he wore the deaths head he is subject to denaturalization
regardless of how he ended up there.
You need to step back from your keyboard, and take a deep breadth! You're completely misrepresenting/misunderstanding my comments. Did you read the article? I did. Twice. That's why I'm aware of the court rulings. Where did I say I agreed with them? I only said that, according to the rulings, he should have been denied citizenship. Court rulings,,,, not mine! I disagree with a lot of court rulings!
Are there atrocities committed during wartime? Of course. Did this guy do anything besides trudge around the perimeter fence in the snow? Both sides agree he did not! Did he have any choice in the matter? He did not! Both Germany and Austria are not even investigating him.
Look at the John Demjanjuk(sp?) case. The Israeli Supreme Court realized they had no evidence against him, and released him. And JD's case was even stronger, as far as his circumstances were concerned. He was a captured Russian soldier, forced to be an SS guard. His only choices were do it, or die, as so many other captured Russians ended up. And now he's being charged with thousands of murders?
"In your perfect world of warfare, why should these guys who actually participated in rape and murder get a pass when mere prison guards are being hunted down and deported?"
Sheesh! I said or implied that,,, where?
The persecuted traded roles with the monsters long ago.
Moral relativism doesn't work where genocide is concerned unless you agree with Stalin or Lenin who (to paraphrase) claimed that the death of 1 person is a tragedy but the death of millions a statistic.
Not if he has asked for forgiveness, loves the Lord, and prays for the grace of God.
I don't know what satisfaction people get out of hounding an 88 year old man for what happened in the middle of the worst war in history 65 odd years ago--I hope it makes some of you happy, to see this guy badgered and harassed at the end of his life, like Demjanjuk was, for the crime of patrolling the outside wire.
"This guy was just a draftee''. So what? That mitigates things?
What was he doing for the last 60 years? Doing every damn thing he could not to get caught.
Well said.
The mass murder you speak of would be what was called ''The Great Terror'' was 1936-39. We weren't allies of Russia at that time.
The mass murders continued while we were allies in WW2, and after WW2. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about some of it in The Gulag Archipelago.
And then there are the tens of millions murdered by our current business partners, the Chinese Communists.
The alliance was the worst marriage of convenience ever. As to Stalins bloodlust, WW2 interrupted it. What should we have done, attempted to stop it somehow? Patton wanted to nuke the Russians. Politics makes for strange bed fellows.
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That many cleric deaths is unusual, though - generally they tend to be the safest class. Is the group not protecting their medic? If they're not, encourage the player to not make one and don't give the group one until they learn different. You want to live, you protect the restorer. You don't protect the restorer, you don't deserve to live.
This was my thought. Generally if the cleric is dead, so is the rest of the party.
Posted 06 October 2012 - 12:50 AM
Heck, we don't even have healing potions.
The only thing keeping me alive is fast-talking and blind luck. I kind of like it, actually.
I think it works because it's a low-power campaign. I'm level six and we have found precisely zero magical items. Which means our enemies are also similarly bereft. So it's a lot harder to up and die when the DM isn't compensating for the party's loot bag . . . and also there's a notable absence of exploding wizards.
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Posted 16 October 2012 - 06:24 PM
Unlike you, I have no qualms about killing characters in my home campaign. I don't consider myself to be a "killer DM", or mean or cruel. I choose to run a challenging campaign, and with that challenge comes the risk of character death, and even the possibility of TPK. My players know that I run a hard game, but that I also apply the rules fairly and equally. There are some PCs that die more frequently than others in my game, whether by chance, poor tactics, or a combination of both. It is my goal for the players to have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes (or be doomed to repeat them).
Just out of curiosity, have you ever had to deal with one of your players lashing out from a death? Or even from your tough DM'ing style? How did you handle it (if you did)? I'm newer to the Dm seat and looking for some advice :)
Posted 16 October 2012 - 08:27 PM
If the death was not fair, acknowledge this. Because everybody already knows it. Own it, and say you messed up. Offer to redo the encounter (I hate this option) or open yourself to suggestions. Mistakes happen, and I've overjuiced monsters into ridiculousness by misjudging party strength.
But if the death is fair, then dig in and hold fast. Do not let a player bully you about it (and they'll try, believe me they'll try). I'm a pretty easygoing DM, but when I get one of those players (usually a new one auditioning for an extra seat, not one of my regulars) all up in my face throwing a tantrum I don't care if they pull out a gun and start waving it at me - sit down n' shut up, 'cause you ain't getting out of it. Deal with it.
The main thing here is to keep it from going personal. It can be as heated an argument as possible, but keep it all business. Your job is to fairly apply the rules to everybody, and if you go all rock hard zen about it and communicate clearly that you'll stand by your interpretation then it's likely the other players will intervene on your behalf.
But never reward a tantrum. It'll never end after that.
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Knowing you can't die instantly sucks all the fun out. Games are about risk.
It's the perfect time to put on your yellow boots and go meandering around the woods looking for...well stuff. In my experience looking for stuff is the best way to find it. -Loim
Posted 17 October 2012 - 06:16 AM
At one point I was willing to eat a potentially fatal aoe because the character dropping it would have because he's all about profit and self preservation. I almost killed the wizard which a chunk of this campaign is based on for getting us into this mess. Because my character hates him and killing him might have given us an escape.
During all this, we talked about the various deaths. Sure the GM could have kept wasting action to break my grapple and move. But let's be honest. If you're pinned and can't break free you're gonna hit what's holding you as hard as possible. If I killed the wizard we would be fine. If the merc had killed me would have been fine. Death happens. If its in character or bad luck no big deal. I liked this character but I'm not going to flip a table.
Now I have a chance to make another character.
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Even the high flying China ETFs are correcting from their October highs as the evidence continues to indicate that the Chinese economy is indeed bottoming. As I noted last week many of the global markets are acting better than the US market. This suggests that in 2013 some of the non-US equity markets may offer a better return.
Since the start of October, the iShares MSCI China Index Fund (MCHI) is up 6.5% compared to a 4% drop in the Spyder Trust (SPY). That is a spread of over 10% in just six weeks.
According to the Chinese calendar this is the Year of the Water Dragon, which historically is a bullish year for stocks. It lasts until February of 2013 and by then the bottom in the Chinese economy should be confirmed.
These two China focused ETFs offer different ways to participate in the anticipated recovery and one emerging market ETF can provide exposure in China as well as other emerging markets.
Chart Analysis: Though the iShares Trust FTSE China 25 Index Fund (FXI) is considered by most to be the favored China play, there are several reasons that I prefer the iShares MSCI China Index Fund (MCHI).
- Even though MCHI also has a high concentration in financials (35% versus 53% in FXI) it is more diversified as it has a basket of 144 stocks as opposed to just 25 in FXI.
- Both have over 10% in China Mobile (CHL) but MCHI has an expense ratio of 58 points versus 72 points for FXI.
- The daily chart shows that the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement support is at $43.43 with former resistance support in the $43 area, line a.
- The 50% retracement support is at $42.54 with important chart support in the $41 area.
- The relative performance or RS analysis broke its downtrend in late September, line b, and by early October had clearly completed a bottom.
- The weekly RS analysis (not shown) also indicates it is stronger that the S&P 500.
- The volume surged in October as the daily OBV broke its downtrend, line c, and still looks very strong.
- There is first resistance now in the $45-$45.50 area.
The Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF (HAO) is a smaller ETF ($215 million) that has 225 stocks in its portfolio. Only stocks with under $1.56 billion in capitalization are included and only 13% is concentrated in the top ten holdings.
- The ETF has an expense ratio of 70 basis points and averages 135K shares per day.
- The chart shows that HAO has pulled back slightly from its high at $22.50, line d.
- There is first support now at $21.30-$21.50 with the 38.2% retracement support currently at $20.83.
- The 50% Fibonacci retracement support is at $20.45 with the breakout level at $20.30, line e.
- The relative performance broke through its downtrend, line f, at the end of September and led prices higher.
- The RS line continues to rise strongly and the weekly analysis is also positive.
- The OBV broke through its resistance, line g, in the middle of October.
- Once above $22.50 the next upside target is in the $24 area.
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The SoundOff line has been part of SportsRadio 1250 for a long time. Ever since i came to 1250 in 2007, it's been my job to compile the best calls that come in, add a little entertainment, and churn out a SoundOff line. Sometimes they're better than others. Sometimes the calls are better. Sometimes the calls are just awful. I've been doing this for over 5 years now, so I've made over 1,000 SoundOff lines, (it's actually closer to 1,300) so I think I know what I'm talking about.
I often get asked how many calls we get on a daily basis. That's easy. What happened to the local team? If the Packers lose, I can guarantee I'll get nearly 100 calls. If the Brewers win? I'll get around 20, but only about 3 will be about The Crew. The rest will be about what was said on 1250 that day. Hey, it's an industry based on negativity. Your teams are SUPPOSED to win. Lose and we all have the answers, right?
Some people don't like calling the live shows and that's just fine. That's what the Soundoff Line is for!
I've been thinking of writing this blog for a long time. I've got mixed feelings about it's purpose. Part of me wants you to know how to get your SoundOff line calls on air more frequently. Part of me wants some of you to learn why your calls AREN'T getting on. Part of me wants some of you to learn about the phone calls i get every day. Here are a few SoundOff line tips.
Here's the 1st tip
Insult/Scream at Bill? He's likely not going to hear it. Hate Sparky? I'll hear you. Sparky won't. Miss an old show? Angry with the Program Director? Cool. I thank you for that....so with that...here's some advice:
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. Yes, I know you some of you call a lot. (Again, I've made +1000 of these). I'd recommend that you drop your call volume per day. Usually, I'll hear one of the regulars voices and not even listen to their 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th (you get the point) call. And if your 1st call was no good, then you're out of luck.
-What makes a good call?
A lot. Background, fact, reasonable explanation to your point
-Get to the point.
I have a LOT to do during the day. The SoundOff line takes about 1 ½ - 2 hours to make. If your call is longer than 30 seconds: A) there's a good shot I'm not listening to all of it...B) There's a SLIM chance all of it will get aired.
-I will absolutely not tolerate racist phone calls. Keep it to yourself.
-Mix it up.
Some of you give me the same calls over and over, day in and day out. I get it. You don't like Packers GM Ted Thompson. No need to tell me 4 days in a row.
-Remember to have fun:
This is sports talk. As some call it: the toy department of broadcasting.
-Swearing does not help your cause.
As a matter of fact, should I hear you cursing, I'll most likely delete your call immediately.
-Give me a time check!
If you hear something during one of the shows and you call about it (like Garyoke, or a Tim Allen rant) please tell me what time you heard it. This makes it easier for me to find the argument, bit, etc. I can't listen all day. If you say "wickett, did you hear what Sparky said about the Bucks?" The odds are I did not. Every show is recorded. An approximate time helps me out a TON.
-Do you really think I'll let you rip a sponsor on the air?
-I want YOUR opinion.
Not a report of what you watched on the NFL Network or SportsCenter last night. What do YOU think of what the morning show said? What do YOU think the Badgers need to do?
-I will absolutely not tolerate hate filled phone calls. Keep it to yourself.
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That's fine. No worries. Tell me why...But "Hey, ____ ______, you suck. You're terrible. How do you have a job?" is most likely NOT getting on air.
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Hope some of this helps. Not sure the kind of reaction I'm going to get from this. I hope it enhances the SoundOff line. I WANT you to call. I want you to enjoy the calls from other 1250 listeners. I hope this all helps!
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"Everything I'm singing now is a reflection of my truest self," says Jane Monheit. "After all this time in the industry, after touring for 13 years, it's time to just be me, with complete and utter freedom."
Monheit's sense of liberation is apparent throughout The Heart Of The Matter, the acclaimed, Grammy-nominated vocalist's ninth studio album. It can be felt in her wide- ranging choice of material, in the unique arrangements, and in her own fearless performances and interpretations. The diverse and very personal set of songs includes both familiar standards and compositions by Lennon/McCartney, Randy Newman, two songs by Ivan Lins, recorded in the original Portuguese, and, for the first time, a Monheit original.
"I knew that I wanted the material to be chosen based on the lyrical content", says Monheit of the eclectic track list. "Over the years, my singing has really taken on that focus. At the beginning of my career, I wanted to show proof of my knowledge of music, that I could improvise and sing through the changes. But as I got older, especially after getting married and having a child, I started feeling the lyrics more simply because I had more to sing about. Focusing on the technical side was part of my learning process, but over time, all of that became a natural part of my singing. Now I use it to support the lyric, not just to prove myself."
Jane-Monheit-02-Photo-Credit-Timothy-SaccentiMonheit has been a leading light in both the jazz and cabaret worlds since emerging as a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute's 1998 vocal competition. In addition to her own recordings, she has worked alongside the likes of Terence Blanchard, Tom Harrell, and Ivan Lins. She says that the distinctive, continually surprising sound of The Heart Of The Matter is the result of an especially satisfying collaboration with Grammy-winning producer Gil Goldstein, who has previously worked with such giants as Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, and Pat Metheny. The pair first joined forces for part of Monheit's 2009 album The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me.
"When Gil is around, amazing music happens," says the singer. "He brings a very specific thing…there's a special vibe that infuses every single thing he does. The last time we worked together, I had a newborn, I wasn't sleeping…I barely knew who I was, and Gil made such magic happen that I couldn't wait to work with him again. And as soon as we started, it was perfect…the very first take was "Depende De Nos", which we ended up using. We actually made this album even faster than my very first."
Though the dozen tracks were recorded in just three days, Monheit notes that the sessions came at "a very intense time" in her own life. Her young son had recently injured his arm and needed surgery, and her grandparents had been displaced by Hurricane Sandy, losing nearly everything they owned. "When you're isolated in the vocal booth, you're able to process everything," she says. "There are no distractions, so you get inside yourself more to reach a deeper level of interpretation."
Her biggest revelation came while she was singing "Until It's Time For You To Go", written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. "It's a beautiful love song," says Monheit, "but it hit me while I was recording that for me, it's about my son's childhood ending- that the little boy I know now will be gone. It just struck like lightning, and after we were done it hung around me like a fog for days."
She also felt comfortable enough to take on some music that she had always viewed as "sacred", and fulfill a career-long wish to record something by the Beatles. She had long considered recording "Golden Slumbers", but never felt sure about how to interpret "Carry That Weight", the song it's paired with on Abbey Road. Monheit's husband and drummer, Rick Montalbano, had the idea to match "Golden Slumbers" with another Lennon/McCartney ballad, "The Long And Winding Road", which they discovered to be a perfect fit.
"Taken together, the meaning becomes deeper than that of just a lullaby or a break-up song," she says. "I tend to go for darker interpretations," she says with a laugh, "but it's nice when it's left a bit open for the listener to find their own meaning, as well."
Jane-Monheit-09-Photo-Credit-Timothy-SaccentiMonheit's passion for Brazilian music colors a big swath of The Heart Of The Matter- most obviously, in the two selections wrtten by the great Ivan Lins. "This music has always been a huge part of my life," she says." It's important to me that I sing in Portuguese whenever possible, out of respect for the composer and lyricist." But Brazilian rhythms also reached into one of the album's English-language pieces- a striking version of Joe Raposo's Sesame Street anthem "Sing".
"I have wanted to do a Brazilian version of that song for my entire adult life," Monheit says, noting that she first needed to get past the idea that it would be seen as a novelty. "I'm a mother now, and that has given me the power to not care anymore…I'll sing any song I want, the way I want, as long as it comes from the heart. And a lot of experience goes into that feeling, both good and bad."
The confidence manifests most visibly with the inclusion of Monheit's own "Night Night Stars", the first song she has released for which she has written both music and lyrics. "I don't find time to write very often," she says. "This was based on something my son said on a drive at night when he was two years old. I wasn't sure about using it, but Gil believed in me, and that meant a lot."
From the song choices to the performances, The Heart Of The Matter is a work deeply informed by Jane Monheit's life- as a woman, wife, and mother in the second decade of a remarkable career- and it reaches emotional levels she attributes to an "extreme comfort zone" in the recording studio. "It was a small group, we're all friends, and everyone really wanted to be there," she says. "I'm very close with my band, so to hear Gil's beautiful work with my family beneath it inspired me to be completely unselfconscious… I think I've finally reached my level of onstage, live interpretation in the studio, which has always been a challenge for me."
"When you're playing with people you love," says Monheit, "it always makes for better music."


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MANCOS, COLO.-Theodore (Ted) Miller passed away March 28, 2004 in Mancos, Colo.
He was born April 16, 1913 in Linton, N.D., to Jacob and Christina Schnaible Miller. Ted spent his younger years in Isabel, S.D. He married the girl of his dreams, Frieda Dickoff of Timberlake, S.D. Feb. 6, 1938.
Ted had five brothers and two sisters. He and two of his brothers had a band that made music for barn dances, weddings and other celebrations all over the Dakotas.
In 1939, Ted and Frieda moved to Cripple Creek, Colo. where Ted worked in a gold mine. In 1942, the family moved to southeastern Utah, where he worked in the coal mines at Kenilworth and Hiawatha for a number of years, eventually settling in Helper where his family was raised.
Ted took up carpentry and became a master at cabinet making and home improvements. Work took him to Cortez, Colo. for a number of years.
No matter where he went, his music followed him. He played the accordion for dances and weddings in Carbon County for some 20 years. He was well known for his waltz and polka music.
Ted was also an avid fisherman and loved Huntington Canyon.
Ted is survived by wife, Frieda, of 66 years; son, Robert Miller and wife, Kathy, of Snohomish, Wash.; three daughters, Wilma Yelenich and husband, Marko, of Henderson, Nev., Jayne Lupo of Glendale, Ariz.; Shirley Miller of Salt Lake City; two sisters, Alma Miller of Sturgis, S.D.; Leah Gretz of Phoenix, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and five brothers.
Funeral service was held April 2 at 11 a.m. at Mitchell's Funeral Home. Interment, Mt. View Cemetery, Helper.
HUNTINGTON-Our beloved Helen J. Hardee Lott Rasmussen, 82, passed away March 23, 2004 in Ferron.
She was born Sept. 2, 1921 in Hiawatha to Rulon Aurelius and Pearl Ferneth Ungerman Hardee. She married Bruce William Lott Feb. 9, 1937 in Castle Dale and later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple in May, 1958. He died Jan. 10, 1980 and she then married Arthur Rasmussen Aug. 23, 1984. He passed away in May 1998.
Helen enjoyed reading, traveling, sewing and quilting, embroidery, gardening and canning. She also worked for the Red Cross, civil defense, Huntington Library, Castle Valley Credit Union, electronics and teachers aide.
She was a member of the LDS Church and served in many callings, including a mission in the Washington DC LDS Temple and the Manti LDS Temple.
She is survived by children, Don (Helane) Lott of Kearns; Fern (Derald) Oliver of Castle Dale; Ramona (Kim) Sherman of Salt lake; Dennis (Pauline) Lott of Escalante; and Billie Jean (David) Raisanene of Greshem, Ore.; 21 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Helen is also survived by sister, Donna (Len) Anderson; and brother LaVoy (Marilyn) Hardee. She was preceded in death by parents; spouses; son, Rulon Ray; brothers, Kenneth and Jack; sister Roylance; granddaughter, Sharon Oliver; and great-grandsons Christopher A. Cooper and Austin W. Grevstad.
Graveside services were held on March 27 at the Huntington Cemetery.
PRICE - Betty Jane Williams Scartezina, age 79, passed away March 31, 2004 in Price.
The loving daughter of Frank Hein Sr. and Frances Katherine Ruthig was born on June 22, 1924 in San Diego, Calif. She married Rudolph "Rudy" Scartezina June 27, 1942 in San Diego, Calif.
Member of the Catholic Church and longtime resident of Carbon County. Betty was a loving housewife and mother, whose greatest enjoyment was caring and cooking for her family.
She is survived by husband, Rudy Scartezina; son, Dennis Scartezina, both of Price; sister, Gerry (Sam) Gilbert, San Diego, Calif.; brother, Frank (Tina) Hein, Coos Bay, Ore.; and three loving grandchildren, Jodi, Edward and Amber. Preceded in death by parents; son, Joseph "Joe" Scartezina; and brother, Roger Williams.
Betty's family would like to extend a special thanks to everyone at Castle Country Care Center for their many acts of kindness shown to our family during the past two years.
Funeral service was Monday, April 5. Committal service, Price City Cemetery.
EAST CARBON-Earnest Ray Stratton, age 90, passed away March 30, 2004 at his home.
He was born April 15, 1913 in Cotter, Baxter County, Ark., to Steve Franklin and Winnie Shelhorn Stratton. Married Sarah Bishop, later divorced. Married Dixie, later divorced, Married Twila Marie Allen Sept. 1, 1959 in Delta, Colo. Their marriage was later sealed in the Provo LDS Temple. Twila passed away Jan. 20, 2000.
Ray was an active member of the LDS Church and he loved to attend the temple.
He was a retired uranium miner who worked for several mines through the Uravan Belt. Resident of Blanding and Moab prior to moving to East Carbon in January 2000.
Ray loved to fish and hunt. He enjoyed reminiscing with family and friends and he was an excellent storyteller.
Ray loved his family and he will be dearly missed by his children and grandchildren.
Survived by two daughters and one son, Polly (Sam) Sanderson, East Carbon; Wilma (John) Stubblefield, Fredonia, Ariz.; James A. Desirey, Reno, Nev.; 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife, Twila; son Troy Lynn; daughter Daisy Gordon; and grandson, Benjamin Stubblefield.
Funeral services were held April 2 at 10 a.m. in the East Carbon LDS Ward. Burial was in the Blanding City Cemetery.
EAST CARBON - Mary Ann Jenavee Stevenson Holton, age 88, passed away March 31, 2004 at the Castle Country Care Center.
Born June 1, 1915 in Sunnyside, to Daniel and Martha Curtis Stevenson. Married David Leonard Holton Sept. 7, 1942 in Evanston, Wyo. He died July 21, 1972.
Jenavee was a member of the LDS Church and she loved working on genealogy over the years. Graduate of Quish Beauty College.
Survived by daughter, Patsy (Joseph) Murphy, Fallon, Nev.; three grandchildren, Robert (Jeannie) Murphy, Phoenix, Ariz.; Kenneth (Kimberly) Murphy, Tucson, Ariz.; Susan (John) Marcum, Fallon, Nev.; eight great-grandchildren, B.J., Amber, Johnathan, Meredith, Mariah, Michael, Crystal, Lee; and brother, Melvin (Sylvia) Stevenson, East Carbon. Preceded in death by parents; two sisters, Ruth and Myrleen; three brothers, Keith, Daniel and Leon.
Graveside service Tuesday, April 6, 1 p.m., Price City Cemetery. Family will be at Mitchell Funeral Home Tuesday one hour prior to service.


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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – A man doesn't reach 68 years old without accumulating regrets along the way.
Tony Lute, who owns the Tupelo Veterans Museum, wishes he would've asked a few more questions.
"I get to know about everyone who comes in here, and I ask them questions," Lute said, "but I didn't take the time to question my dad about what he did.
"I knew he was in the Merchant Marines, but I never questioned him," Lute continued. "He went in when he was 16 years old and stayed until the war ended. He spent all of World War II, 1936 to 1945, then he came home and did dredging work on the Mississippi River."
Tony Lute Sr. brought back a set of church chimes from his time during the war. They're on display at the museum, which is packed with relics and mementos from America's wars and conflicts.
"Everybody asks if I have a favorite piece, but no one piece in here is more important that the others," Lute said. "If I had to pick one thing, it would have to be those church chimes. They're personal to me, you know."
He used to keep his vast collection stored at his place in Verona, but he wanted to put it on display for everyone to see. He doesn't charge admission to visit the museum, which is next to the Oren Dunn City Museum in Ballard Park.
"I didn't open this to make money," he said. "I at least hoped to break even, but it didn't work that way. To keep this museum going, you have to keep buying things or having them donated to keep it fresh."
The museum has rewarded Lute in other ways. The opportunity to pull old stories out of his dad is gone, but veterans have turned the museum into a hangout, where they relax and swap stories.
In addition to his work at the museum, Lute is a fixture at veteran-related events in Tupelo. He's part of a group that provides breakfast for veterans at American Legion Post 49 in Tupelo each Wednesday morning.
He also meets with veterans of the 8th Air Force for monthly gatherings at Barnhill's on Gloster Street.
Eugene Spearman, 87, of Saltillo, served in the 8th Air Force, and he's a regular at the museum. He's become comfortable amid the overflow of books, weapons, model airplanes, uniforms, flags, posters and more.
"We appreciate Tony and what he does," Spearman said. "We really do."
Helping out
Army veteran Leon Hulsey, 71, of Saltillo, fills in behind the counter when Lute is away.
As Lute said, "When I disappear, he appears."
Hulsey usually spends three days a week at the museum, where he helps Lute find space to display new items in the already crowded building.
"I love everything in the building and Tony," Hulsey said. "That's why I come in. He and I jack-jaw and read books. It's a good time."
Lute, who served in the Army Reserve, worked as a state building inspector for 30 years before he retired. He also worked at The Mall at Barnes Crossing as a maintenance director and construction coordinator.
In retirement, he's found another mission. With his vast collection of military memorabilia and the questions he asks his visitors, Lute keeps memories alive.
"The only bad thing about the museum is I don't have enough space to house it all," he said. "The rest is in my building in Verona. That's why I like to swap things in and out."
It's a constant job, and Lute knows he won't be able to do it forever.
"If something happens to me, I hope it will carry on," he said. "I feel like my grandchildren or someone will keep it going. It won't be easy. They won't make any money at it, but I hope they can keep it going."


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AK Steel names senior vice presidents
AK Steel has named David C. Horn and John F. Kaloski senior vice presidents. Horn is the corporation's general counsel and secretary, and Kaloski oversees the safety, operations, quality assurance, engineering, purchasing, and supply chain management functions.
Horn joined the company in 2000 as assistant general counsel and was elected vice president and general counsel in 2001. In 2003 he was named corporate secretary. Before joining the company, Horn was a partner in the law firm of Frost Brown Todd LLC (formerly Frost & Jacobs) and was a member of the firm's executive committee. He is a trustee for the Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation and was named in 2005 an Ohio Super Lawyer, one of only eight in-house attorneys so designated as a result of peer surveys. He has a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law, from which he graduated Order of the Coif.
Kaloski joined the company in 2002 as director, operations technology. He has more than 30 years of steel industry experience. He was named vice president, operations in 2003 and assumed the additional responsibilities for quality assurance purchasing, engineering, and supply chain management in 2004. Before joining the company, Kaloski was senior vice president, commercial and planning for the former National Steel Corp. Before National Steel, he held management positions for U.S. Steel Corp. In 1996 he was named "Plant Manager of the Year" by the former New Steelmagazine for his leadership at U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Business Administration degree from Robert Morris College.


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Tough week for Canadians on Swiss World Tour stop
GSTAAD, Switzerland – Christian Redmann and Richard Van Huizen of Toronto lost their third and final round robin match on Friday at the eighth stop on the beach volleyball World Tour circuit and won't advance to the playoff round.
Redmann and Van Huizen drew a very tough pool which included two powerhouse Brazilian pairs. On Friday, the Canadians lost to 11th seeds Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo and Alex Ricardo Costa Santos of Brazil 21-14, 21-15
With the victory the Brazilians win the pool with a perfect 3-0 record their compatriots and sixth seeds Pedro Henrique Cunha and Thiago Santos Barbosa followed at 2-1, Latvians Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins were third at 1-2. The Canadians went 0-3.
On the women's side, Marie-Andrée Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., and Annie Martin of Sherbrooke were eliminated in qualifying. They won their opening match over Spain but lost to Britain in a bid to grab one of the eight available spots for the main draw.
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miwa shirow is awesome! i love her stylized art. of course, the story line is amazing too - the comedy as well =D
miwa shirow is awesome! i love her stylized art. of course, the story line is amazing too - the comedy as well =D
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The files is not available on sendspace (DOGS ch 1-6 +Hardcore Twins)
Reupload it pls!
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Ho~ I didn't know we had a thread on Dogs.
For those looking for other download sources, Dogs_Manga LJ Community has the direct downloads, though they're in 10-chapter packs. I haven't checked MangaTraders, but I'm sure they have it as well.
And swoodles, a link to the source of information? I personally think they don't have enough for an anime, so it's true, I hope they don't disappoint. ;_;
i'm hardly EVER wrong =D for anime/manga related stuff at least
i KNOW the series i like
so look forward to it ppl!
tht and the OP movie 10 is going to make my spring 09!
I just sped-read this manga a few days ago, and, here's what I have to say: The art's very dynamic, although I preferred the art of the original DOGS series because it was a lot cleaner. The story's good, but I hope they could speed up the progress of the plot. 35 chapters and only so much has happened =/ and in the midst of reading I encountered announcements saying that the author would be taking month-long break several times... Despite all of this, I still looove it, and I raving for moarrr! Wonder when the next chapters will be out?
Yep. There's gonna ba an anime adaptation alright. I'll be waiting for it and I hope it meets our expectations and generates pure win and no fail.
But there's one thing that I'm curious about: why does Nill have a seiyuu when she's mute? O.o
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Oh damn I have a hawt sig...
I think I'll start reading it since apparently it's very similar to "Fire Candy".
Let's get this party started.
sorry for double posting, but i'm sure this could be made an exception.
isnn't it awesome?! ultraJUMP 10th anniversary too apparently, and it's the same time as shounenJUMP 40th. i wish i could've seen what they had at JUMPfesta >_<
I'm looking forward to the OVA, 'cause I can't stand the manga <_<
I love the style and the story so far, but the artist is wasting too much space in each chapter -_- no backgrounds, empty panels...lack of assistants maybe? <_>


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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The day after the Belmont, Saratoga's $1 million Travers Stakes almost always shapes up as a blockbuster with the Triple Crown series stars all heading that way.
However, attrition during the subsequent 11 weeks usually takes its toll, with the actual Travers field falling short of expectations. But not this year.
Preakness victor Oxbow's potentially career-ending injury in Monmouth Park's Haskell Invitational keeps the 144th Travers from offering three winners of Triple Crown races for the first time since 1982 and only the third time ever.
But Kentucky Derby winner Orb and Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice are here. And with 2-1 program favorite Verrazano -- coming off two victories of more than nine lengths each since suffering his only defeat with a 14th-place Derby finish -- the Travers still boasts three marquee horses. The supporting cast includes Derby runner-up Golden Soul (the longest shot in the field of nine 3-year-olds at 20-1) and the second- and third-place finishers in Saratoga's $600,000 Jim Dandy, in Will Take Charge and likely pacesetter Moreno.
"With the exception of Oxbow, I think we have all the major players here," said two-time Travers winner Todd Pletcher, trainer of Verrazano and 5-2 second choice Palace Malice, the Jim Dandy winner.
To show how tough it is to get two winners of single Triple Crown races (as opposed to those capturing two legs) in a Travers field, consider that this will be only the ninth time that's happened. Of the prior eight occurrences, only Sea Hero in 1993 prevailed in the Travers.
Sea Hero ended a 41-year drought for Derby champions in the Travers, a winless skein during which only seven Derby winners even made the Saratoga classic. Orb is only the fourth Derby winner to tackle the Travers since Sea Hero, with Thunder Gulch ('95) and Street Sense ('2007) winning and Super Saver 10th in 2010.
"I think a lot of people key so much on the Derby and have them ready for the Derby that maybe (the horse) is overdone a little bit, and then they have to give the horses more time than maybe usual," said trainer Shug McGaughey, seeking a fourth Travers with Orb, the 4-1 third choice.
Should he win, Orb would hold the third-longest layoff time since his last race before the Preakness, not having run in the 77 days since he was third in the Belmont.
"We have gotten beat twice, so that shakes your confidence a little bit," McGaughey said. "But I also do think that we've got the best horse. And I'm not worried about his fitness level. I know Palace Malice and Verrazano's prep races were as good as you can get. The reason I didn't run him in a prep race is I thought we were going forward fast and I didn't want to take a chance on running him and maybe knocking him out a little bit and taking a step backward."
Triple Crown participants remain the horses to beat: In 13 of the last 14 years, the Travers winner made at least one start in the Triple Crown series.
Also, in 11 of the last 20 years, the Travers winner was a horse who lost the Derby.
That's a stat D. Wayne Lukas, trainer of Will Take Charge, likes to hear. (At least this year, having won the 1995 Travers with Derby and Belmont winner Thunder Gulch.)
Will Take Charge was one of three horses to compete in all three Triple Crown races, joining his stablemate Oxbow and Orb.
"It's such a strenuous effort to go through all three of those races with top-level competition, it makes it very difficult to even show up in the fall," said Lukas, a two-time Travers winner. "If Oxbow had been in there, it would have been really wonderful. This is a good one, though."