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Lawmakers can't seem to agree on what should be done to make college more affordable. But film director Andrew Rossi hopes his latest project will give them some ideas.
In "Ivory Tower," Rossi, who is known for a 2011 documentary he directed about the New York Times, explores the forces driving up the cost of tuition and pushing students to take on more debt. By visiting college campuses and interviewing recent graduates about the ways they are held back by student loan debt, Rossi, who graduated from Yale in 1995, says he was trying to determine whether college is still worth it.
The movie also looks at the different approaches schools are taking to lower costs. Rossi spoke with The Washington Post this week about the film, why college is so expensive, and what advice he would give his children about taking on student loan debt. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: Student loan debt is getting a lot of attention now, but at what point did you know this was something you wanted to look at?
A: I started thinking about making a film on higher education in 2011. I was doing the festival circuit on "Page One, A Year Inside the New York Times," and it was 1/8that year3/8 that I believe student loan debt exceeded $1 trillion. So that was when the flag went up because there was so much of the conversation that followed about how the higher education system was broken, and it seemed a moment when many people were negative on higher education.
And, as someone who had a very rewarding experience in college, I immediately felt it would be valuable to return to campuses and see what teachers and students are doing and whether it's still of value — because underlying that question about cost and value was also, I thought, a question about the entire philosophy around college. The notion that Americans have this unique institution that allows young people to take four years for a bridge between adolescence and adulthood. And so, even beyond the question of student loan debt and that crisis, which is a very important part of the film, I also wanted to tap deeper into a deeper philosophical question about what does higher education in America mean and why has it been such an enduring promise.
Q: Do you have any student loans?
A: I have student loans from when I went to law school. My parents are immigrants of this country (from Italy). I'm the first one to go to college in America. And so, they ran a restaurant. They were able to afford to put me through college, but I was on my own for law school.
Q: What do you think has been the strongest force in making college more expensive?
A: I think most agree that the reduction in state funding has been the largest driver in the cost of tuition. However, a more complicated financial model can also be found that is driving the cost, and it involves student debt. What we see is that the higher education act of 1965 created the student loan system as a way for the government to support poor families to be able to send their children to college. But as state funding that was going directly to colleges declined, the student loans became an alternative source of subsidies to schools.
And so what we have found is that universities are trying to chase that student loan dollar by building amenities and by engaging in a race for prestige — a feeding frenzy — to attract the 17- or 18-year-old with their student loan money. That whole building campaign has consequently made tuition rise, too. Because states are funding the colleges less and less, colleges have taken on the strategic financial planning of a business rather than a nonprofit institution, which is what they are.
And that's another important thing to note: The film is looking at nonprofit schools, nonprofit colleges. The for-profit sector has its own set of incentives and requirements. They have a fiduciary duty to create shareholder value for their shareholders, but the nonprofit is supposed to be, we hope, an engine of social mobility. An institution that is part of the fabric of our culture and society but is looking increasingly like a big business.
Q: Do you think the regulations proposed for for-profit schools, regarding transparency on how students do after they leave school, should apply to all colleges?
A: I think President Obama's emphasis on those metrics is very important. I don't know if a ranking system based on those metrics is a good idea because we've seen that rankings can be so manipulated and can then have outcomes that we don't want. But certainly the emphasis on those metrics individually — completion rates, employability, average student loan debt — are really what parents should be thinking about. Not which school has the better football team or the more lush student center.
Q: What should the government be doing to make college more affordable?
A: I think President Obama's executive action to expand the number of students who can benefit from the income repayment plan is an excellent step. I think Sen. Elizabeth Warren's legislation to allow students to refinance their debt the same way that those with auto loans or mortgages can refinance is also an important relief effort for student debtors. Unfortunately, it did not move forward, but you're seeing that same type of legislation proposed on the state level in Wisconsin and Massachusetts and in other states.
There is another plan called "pay it forward" system that Oregon has instituted and that is being considered with one assembly member in California. It's like the income repayment plan, but it would allow the creation of a trust fund that students would contribute to for a set period of time. I think it's 20 years for one proposal. And it would be, in the case of California, it's assembly member Reggie Jones-Sawyer who proposed it, it would be two to four percent of income based on 1/8what type of school they went to3/8. The idea is that it would encourage students to give back to their fellow students if they are in position to afford it, and, if not, they would benefit from the generosity of their fellow students.
Suppose they had no job and they made no money that year — then they wouldn't be paying anything. Those are interesting ideas. I believe, though, that the system requires a complete overhaul through legislation like the Morrill Act that created the land-grant universities in the 19th century, or the GI bill that expanded the franchise of education to GIs, or the higher education act of 1965 that created loan systems. But it's clear that the political climate is such that that's unlikely to happen. That's why these reforms that are sort of on the margins are so important to support, because while we wait for a time when government can again play as crucial a role in expanding the franchise of higher education we have to help students who are suffering with student loan debt.
Q: We are learning more about how student debt is holding back not only young people but the economy. What do you think is the biggest setback young people face because of this debt?
A: Millennials say they no longer feel that they can dream of a different career or starting a family or of making a big investment like buying a car or buying a house, and that has macroeconomic effects. An entire generation, 70 percent of those who graduate from college are graduating with what is now, according to the Wall Street Journal for the class of 2014, $33,000 in debt on average. And because of the way student loan debt can grow exponentially if one defaults or goes into forbearance, $33,000 can quickly become much more in just a couple of years. When one goes into default or forbearance, frequently the interest is added to the principal, and so the original nut you're responsible for keeps growing. It's not just that the interest is accruing, but it's being compounded. They're also not allowed to declare bankruptcy.
Q: What advice would you give your children about taking out loans to pay for college?
A: They are 6 and 4, and my understanding is that when they are old enough to go to college, college will cost about half a million dollars. What we see is that college remains a good investment. Those who have a college degree make on average $1 million more in lifetime earnings than those who only have a high school diploma.
However, the stigma associated with not going to college is changing, and there are those who can have a legitimate pathway to a career and happiness without going to a traditional four-year college. There are many alternatives. So I would be open to my children exploring those alternatives if they were thinking about it in that kind of rigorous way. If they instead wanted to bum around after high school or didn't have a sense of direction I would hope to dissuade them. College can be very powerful as a way to figure out what you're good at, what you care about and then dedicate yourself to something that's meaningful when you graduate.
Q: One of our columnists here stated that if her daughter got into Harvard she couldn't go because the family couldn't afford it. Do you have a zero debt rule?
A: I don't know whether I would have a zero debt rule or not. I think I would endeavor as much as possible to provide my children with financial support so they wouldn't have to go into debt. That, I feel as a parent, I would like to do, which my parents were able to do for me. When it comes to graduate school, I think there's an argument the student should have more invested, and so loans maybe make more sense. Even though the interest rates on graduate loans are higher.
Q: Of all of the approaches you studied that universities are using to lower the cost of education, are there any models you think can be done on a bigger scale?
A: I think the flipped classroom model that we see taking place at Bunker Hill Community College at the end of the film is one that allows technology to lower costs while still preserving some form of human interaction with the student and some in-class instruction. The homework is the in-class work, and what you do at home is you watch the lectures. It allows for an MIT class to be delivered to a community college so that the curriculum designed by the MIT professor is introduced to this new setting where the instructor is a guide to the student.
What I think does not work as well is when the class is delivered online and the student watches the videos and has no interaction with any person. That has led in the case of San Jose State and their pilot with Udacity to abysmal pass rates. When the pilot was announced with Udacity in San Jose State there was a ton of enthusiasm. There was a sense that massive open online course, or MOOCs, were going to revolutionize higher education. I think there is still a lot of optimism about the role of technology in the future to increase access and lower costs, but while we were making the film the sort of fevered cheerleading around MOOCs totally shifted.
Q: What do you hope comes from this film?
A: I hope that parents and their children will over the dinner table, in the kitchen, on their ride home from the theater, be able to have a very truthful conversation about what the goal is for that person when they leave high school and transition to the real world. I think we need to maintain the possibility that young people can have those four years as a bridge, but they need to be more vigilant as they go to school to ensure that they're not taking on debt obligations that will be overwhelming and to make sure that they focus on their studies enough to graduate. And I hope that when they're selecting a school they're doing so with those metrics we discussed earlier. And then I also hope that the film will be a tool to use with policymakers so they understand the emotional and physical impact of loans on students and can summon the legislative will to change the system as it is — because the financial model is unsustainable.
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Illawarra paramedics fear that sending "firefighters with first-aid kits" to emergency callouts will put patients' lives at risk and be emotionally damaging for first responders.
This is one response to the First Responder Program being considered by the NSW government.
Under the proposal, volunteers from the Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service could be allocated to patients across the Illawarra, and Fire and Rescue NSW officers could respond to medical emergencies.
The Health Services Union (HSU) has slammed the proposed program.
"Only a clinically trained paramedic can arrive at an emergency with the tools and knowledge necessary to keep a suffering patient alive," HSU secretary Gerard Hayes said.
"Sending the fire brigade with a first-aid kit when someone needs an oxygen mask simply will not cut it.
"Our membership have had enough of this and will make their voice heard."
The union will hold rallies across the state next week.
An Illawarra paramedic told the Mercury the plan was already in place in country NSW. Because of a shortage of paramedics, emergency-service volunteers had been "trained in minimal medical assistance skills" to respond and wait with a patient until an ambulance arrived.
"Now they're trying to do that in city areas; they have volunteers, like people in the RFS and SES, who would be willing to do it," the officer said.
The officer said emergency centre operators turned to first responders when paramedics were "not immediately available and already out on other jobs".
"It's to save money, so they don't have to get more ambulance crews."
Another officer expressed concerns for the welfare of the "first responders who have limited experience in major trauma situations".
"Some of their jobs would be major car accidents," he said.
"People are trapped or even deceased. One scene like that and some of these volunteers would never come back.
"It raises all kinds of complications. Do these volunteers write a report on what symptoms they observed before we arrive? Give a detailed description to the hospital staff of how the patient presented? Or do we do that?
"And what about misdiagnosis? We have the depth of knowledge to think on the feet, when someone's symptoms change dramatically and in no time.
"It's too much pressure and it's wrong for someone not trained," he said.
Member for Wollongong Noreen Hay condemned the "blatant disrespect" shown for the skills and dedication of firefighters and paramedics.
She said ongoing pressure on emergency service personnel was "without precedent".
"Firefighters are taught to fight fires. However the first aid training they receive is a far cry from what is needed to deal with a medical emergency," she said.
"They are already being hit with major budget cuts of their own and will now be forced to do more with fewer resources."
Ms Hay said the plan proved the "catastrophic impact of the government's decision to slash $3 billion from the NSW health budget".
Health Minister Jillian Skinner hit back, condemning "attempts to mislead the community about important reforms" to the Ambulance Service of NSW.
"The First Responder Program, which has been operating successfully in 48 locations across NSW, has been in operation since 2005," Mrs Skinner said.
"I want to assure the community that the closest NSW ambulance paramedic will always be dispatched immediately in an emergency.

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BANGOR, Maine — A Massachusetts man who is a convicted sex offender in that state was sentenced Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to 15 years in prison with all but eight years suspended for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2009 while driving down Interstate 95.
Jason Johnson, 29, of Lancaster, Mass., also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release on one count of gross sexual assault and one count each of unlawful sexual contact and unlawful sexual touching.
The victim did not appear in court.
In sentencing Johnson, District Court Judge Bruce Jordan said that the defendant did not engage in predatory behavior the way a sexual predator might "cruise a schoolyard" but "this was a predatory act."
Johnson met the 13-year-old through her foster mother, who lived in Stetson, Alice Clifford, assistant district attorney for Penobscot County, told District Court Judge Bruce Jordan. He hatched a plan in January 2009 to come to Maine to get the girl and take her to his apartment in Lancaster, Mass., located near Worcester, to have sex.
The girl agreed to go with him, but because of her age could not legally consent to having sex with anyone, Clifford said.
On the drive to Massachusetts, he talked the girl into performing oral sex on him, Clifford said. Once they reached York County, Johnson decided not to take the girl across state lines and dropped her off at a store. Its location was not revealed during the sentencing.
The defendant was cooperative the next day when police asked him to come back to Maine for an interview, defense attorney Hunter Tzovarras of Bangor, said at the sentencing. The defendant admitted to what had happened, the lawyer said.
Johnson was indicted in August 2010 but failed to appear for his October 2010 court appearance. He was arrested in May 2012.
The circumstances surrounding his arrest were not available late Monday. Johnson was incarcerated at a juvenile facility in Massachusetts between the ages of 17 and 21 on a sexual assault conviction, according to Clifford. He was required to register as sex offered because of his convictions in the Bay State.
Due to the conviction in Maine, Johnson will be required to register as sex offender for life no matter where he lives.
Clifford recommended a sentence of 17 years with all but 10 suspended. Tzovarras urged Jordan to sentence his client to 12 years behind bars with all but five suspended.
To reach a sexual assault advocate, call the Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Line at 800-871-7741, TTY 888-458-5599. This free and confidential 24-hour service is accessible from anywhere in Maine. Calls are automatically routed to the closest sexual violence service provider.


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District 13 will begin a $5 million energy conservation plan this summer which is estimated to save more than $200,000 annually and impact all four elementary schools in the district.
Approved by the Board of Education and the New York State Education Department, the plan includes lighting upgrades, more efficient heating systems, steam trap replacements and new dual-fuel boilers that can use oil or gas.
Meredith Brosnan, assistant superintendent for business, said that the plan will not affect the budget or the tax rate because the energy savings pay for the upgrades. "It will save real dollars and is environmentally friendly," she said. "It's just a great opportunity for us to update the boilers, which would be very expensive individually."
The project is estimated to finish in early 2014, taking about six months. Its first phase, asbestos abatement and boiler removal, will go from June 24 to July 5. Asbestos is a mineral used in insulating materials and is present inside all of the old boilers.
J.J. Broderick, the company doing the abatement, will prepare for boiler removal on June 24 and 25 and will abate later that week. At Wheeler Avenue and Willow Road, work will be done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the James A. Dever School, from 4 p.m. to midnight and at Howell Road, from 8 a.m. to midnight.
To ensure safety, signs will be posted on all buildings where work is occurring, air tests will be conducted several times daily and all industry, federal and state mandated precautions will be in effect, district officials said.
All summer recreation programs will take place at Valley Stream North High School for the week of July 1 and move to Howell Road School beginning July 8, where it will stay for the rest of the summer. Other than the location change, the program will remain the same.
Parents who are unable to bring their children to North High and would like to change their child's summer recreation starting date to July 8 should email Denise DeMeo at firstname.lastname@example.com. A refund will be given for the first week.


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By Norman Morin
While dropping off a computer to be repaired, one poor guy said his wife had accused him of having an affair. All because she saw a popup on the computer that stated something about "cookie."
"Who is Cookie?!?!" his wife demanded.
I can only imagine the rest of the conversation, but questions like that don't start a pleasant conversation.
Do you know about cookies? A cookie is a tidbit of information that a website may store on your computer to remember something about you.
Why does the computer need to remember anything about you? Banks and other websites that require logins usually keep that information in a cookie. When you log on to the website, it verifies that you are you or the log-on request is coming from your computer without asking for your life history.
Are cookies bad?
It seems that everyone is concerned about erasing cookies. What is the big deal? How could that information hurt you? It isn't a problem that the cookies are present. The problem is that a virus could dig into your computer's cookies to harvest information.
Unless you spend a lot of time in places that you wouldn't want your mother to know about, don't get overly anxious about cookies.
Slippery slope on the Internet
The United Nations is considering taking control of the Internet. Have you ever heard the term, "network neutrality?" Network neutrality is the concept of not interfering with the content of the Internet. ISPs (Internet service providers) have been plagued with this issue since the beginning of the Internet.
Are there things on the Internet that are unacceptable to one or more person?
Of course, there is content on the Internet that even the most liberal person will find unacceptable. In the United States, we take pride in the freedom of speech that we enjoy. There are times when we have been forced to defend the right to speak even if we don't agree with the message.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," has been attributed incorrectly to Voltaire, but it probably summed up his thoughts and countless patriots on the matter.
During the Arab spring, governments that eventually fell attempted to control the Internet. The keep-them-in-the-dark approach doesn't work. Burning books and censorship will not stop people from thinking.
The Internet allows easy access to every type of content. Children can be exposed to inappropriate material. How do we keep children safe when they are under constant exposure to ideas before they are ready to face them?
Who should be appointed the task of network censor? Will we lose our rights of expression on the Internet?
Lowell resident Norm Morin is founder of NKC Systems (www.nkcsystems.com), which offers computer repair and consulting services. Readers are invited to call 978-453-1355; visit our offices at 155 Broadway Road, Dracut; or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: 1920, first used in reference to the Baltic states, on the model of what had happened in the Balkans; said to have been coined by English editor James Louis Garvin (1868-1947), but A.J. Toynbee (1922) credited it to "German Socialists" describing the results of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Either way, the reference is to the political situation in the Balkans c.1878-1913, when the European section of the Ottoman Empire split up into small, warring nations. Balkanized and Balkanization both also are from 1920.


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WASHINGTON — At a closed-door Capitol meeting on Wednesday, Representative Peter Roskam of Illinois was regaling other Republicans with his imitation of Speaker John A. Boehner, imagining him in the current budget negotiations with President Obama.
He pretended to drag on a cigarette like the chain-smoking speaker, and blew away smoke and Obama's tax demands in one raspy retort: ''Ain't gonna happen.''
Then the actual speaker stepped to the podium to poke fun at the president. ''He's chewing Nicorette,'' Boehner said to the laughter of the Republicans.
A day later, an Obama adviser was recalling the failed budget talks between the president and Boehner in the middle of last year and joked about one tactic for dealing with the speaker, who favors merlot: ''Give him a glass of wine, and he'll be better to deal with.''
These episodes, while lighthearted, capture the personal gulf between the 51-year-old president and the 63-year-old speaker as they try once again, alone and in private, to negotiate an elusive ''grand bargain.''
The goal is to raise tax revenue and shrink spending to stabilize the national debt and, more immediately, prevent a fiscal crisis come January, when more than $500 billion in tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts are to take effect absent a deal.
But it is a negotiation between two men who have little regard for the other's bargaining skills, with a relationship soured by the memories and mutual recriminations of their failure 18 months ago, people on both sides say.
Boehner has proposed raising top rates for earners earning more than $1 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said. But Obama, who wants higher top rates for households earning more than $250,000, has not accepted the offer, this person said.
The proposal, however, indicates new progress in talks that had appeared stalled.
The person would only discuss the plan on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.
Boehner is still seeking more spending cuts than Obama has proposed, particularly in mandatory health care spending. Boehner has asked for a long-term increase in eligibility age for Medicare and for lower costs-of-living adjustments for Medicare. Boehner's tax proposal was first reported by Politico. A Boehner aide would not comment on the report.
An Oval Office meeting last Sunday was their first one alone since that meeting 18 months ago. They met again on Thursday night to try to break the impasse before Boehner went home to Ohio for the weekend, leaving it unclear whether they made any progress.
With little in common, Boehner and Obama never have had more than a distant, respectful relationship. Both avid golfers, they have played together just once, a June 2011 outing that led to their first attempt at a budget deal.
Boehner has told friends, ''We just don't speak the same language.'' Obama told the author Bob Woodward that if the speaker ''had more control of his caucus,'' they would have sealed that deal in 2011. Referring to two past Republican leaders, Obama added, ''I could have done a deal with Bob Dole. I could have even done a deal with Newt Gingrich.''
Past and current administration officials say Boehner has little grasp of strategy and less of a hold on policy details. Yet Boehner is confident that he is the one with depth and experience in deal-making while regarding Obama as a naif.
A Republican aide familiar with the talks said the president has spent long stretches of time trying to persuade Boehner of the wisdom of his positions, which the speaker views as ''an enormous waste of time,'' the aide said.
In 2011 Boehner had the edge as Obama faced a difficult reelection campaign and needed Republicans' support to increase the borrowing limit.


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Photos of the Day: 1/30
Images from around the world.
A participant covered in colored powder reacts crosses the finish line Sunday during The Color Run in Jakarta, Indonesia. The run is a 5K event where runners pass through "color stations" where they are doused with powder. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A cats brothel is projected on a facade of a hotel thursday near the red light district in Brussels. The illumination is part of a campaign to pressure on the government to pass a law forcing cat sterilization. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A surfer rides unusually high surf Thursday under the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, blows snow from the ground as he departs Thursday from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rough waves lash a lighthouse at the Douro's river mouth Thursday at the Atlantic seacoast in Porto, Portugal. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A wood carving of the face of former South African president Nelson Mandela by South African artist Richard Chauke is displayed his honor Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community gather Thursday to endorse their solidarity to their new spiritual leader Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in Mumbai, India. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shadows of antigovernment protesters are cast as they march during a rally Thursday in Bangkok. Thailand's government announced Tuesday it will go ahead with an election this weekend despite an opposition boycott. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
An opposition supporter sits next to a burning tire Thursday at a barricade in central Kiev, Ukraine. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A surfer rides unusually high surf Thursday under the Ocean Beach Pier in San Diego. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Brookville dominates on track, defeats Punxsy
BROOKVILLE — Brookville's speed on the track compensated for the Punxsy girls' track and field team's power in the field during the Lady Raiders' 78-72 victory at home Tuesday.
Punxsy (1-1) was in control of nearly every field event, but the Lady Raiders (1-0) swept both the 100- and 200-meter dashes and won all three relays.
"Some things went the way we thought they would go, then other things didn't go the way we thought," Punxsy head coach Barry Young said. "Since we got swept in the sprints and lost all three relays, to even be close in the end, I was kind of shocked. Because you shouldn't be close in a meet like that."
The win helped Brookville head coach Doug Roseman get an idea of what is to come later in the year — especially in the postseason. Punxsy defeated Elk County Catholic last week, and the Lady Crusaders finished first to Brookville's second in last year's District IX Class AA Championships.
"It's the first time in quite a while that we've beaten Punxsy," Roseman said. "They're a consistent, quality program, and it's a constant guage of what to go off for the rest of the season."
Punxsy's strengths in the field came from Nickita Martz, Shannon Carpenter and Timi Shiock. Martz won the javelin (102-9) and shot put (31-0 1/2); Carpenter was victorious in the long jump (13-9) and triple jump (31-1); and Shiock had the best high jump, at 4-8.
Joining Martz and Carpenter as double-winners was Milea Schall in the distance running events. She won the 800-meter run (2:48.91) and 1,600-meter run (6:00).
Also winning running events for Punxsy were Lauren McGarvey in the 400-meter dash (65.94) and Alexis Young in the 3,200-meter run (13:14.4).
Brookville sophomore twin sisters Lanae (100- and 300-meter hurdles) and Aisha Newsome (100- and 200-meter dashes) each won two individual events on the track and also helped the Lady Raiders win the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay races. The points those two earned, along with a 4x800 relay win and sweeps in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, counteracted Punxsy's success in the field.
"Those Newsome girls are excellent sprinters, and they have other sprinters, too," Young said. "It's not just the two Newsomes."
Punxsy's Kirsten Dean followed Carpenter by taking second in both the long jump (13-7) and triple jump (30-6). Five other second-place finishes by the Lady Chucks came from Kaitlyn Nestel (1,600 run, 6:25); Carpenter (pole vault, 7-0); Karah Hollis (high jump, 4-2); Santana Smith (discus, 74-9); and Jacque Barnett (javelin, 91-10). Aly Dickey completed a sweep for Punxsy in the triple jump after a leap of 29-11. Punxsy's other third-place marks came from Lindsey Reed (100 hurdles; Juliann Boddorf (400 dash); Keaton Mohney (300 hurdles); Alexandra Mancuso (pole vault); and Alexis Minich (shot put).
"It's a day where your third-place finishes really factor into the finish," Young said. "All in all, I thought our girls did well. They could have done better, but you can always say that. It just didn't happen."
After a snowy meet, Young is hoping better weather will follow Punxsy into its first home meet of the year, which takes place at 4 p.m. next Tuesday against St. Marys.
"We just need warm weather. It'll be real nice when we start getting this warmer weather," Young said. "Some people do perform better in warmer weather, so time will tell."


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New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday ordered in-camera proceedings in the 16 December gang-rape case following the "unprecedented situation" in the courtroom with crowds of reporters, lawyers, security personnel and onlookers. The court also restrained the media from reporting any news related to the case without its permission.
Metropolitan Magistrate Namrita Aggarwal said, "An unprecedented situation arises when members of bar and public persons not connected with the case also have started converging the courtroom No 207 where the present matter is going on since 12 noon."
"The courtroom has become jampacked with lots of disturbance created from different nooks and corners," observed the court.
"It has become impossible to proceed in the case. I am passing order for in-camera proceeding. It shall not be lawful to print and publish any article in media without court permission."
Five of the six men accused in the gang-rape of a 23-year-old had arrived in the Saket district court premises here but could not be presented before the metropolitan magistrate as the courtroom was too crowded. The sixth accused, who is 17 years and six months old according to his school certificates, will be presented before a juvenile justice board.
The court then said it would not hear the case unless the crowd dispersed. The metropolitan magistrate said that there was no space in the courtroom to present the five accused and left for her chamber.
Around 40 security personnel also were deployed inside the courtroom for security.
Controversy has also arisen over who will defend the five accused - the sixth is a juvenile - alleged to have gang-raped and tortured the young physiotherapy intern in a moving bus on 16 December. She died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital 29 December.
Some lawyers on Monday said they were willing to represent the accused but others expressed their anguish.
One advocate told the court that he was approached by the family of the accused, asking him to defend them.
"I was approached by the family of accused, I should be allowed to meet them here to sign the 'vakalatnama' (contract with the lawyer)," said the advocate.
To this, the judge said he would not be allowed to meet the accused and could go to Tihar Jail to sign the papers.
The incident has caused widespread rage and protests all over the nation, with protests being staged in several major cities, mainly in Delhi.
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Facebook for Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa
The Facebook for Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa Best Practice Guide explores in detail country-specific best practices for setting up and running a Facebook Business page in the MENA region.
The 67-page report, written by digital marketing practitioner, Husam Jandal, focuses on the platform, the users and the process, providing examples of businesses from various industries that have included Facebook in their marketing communication plans.
The Middle East has been experiencing massive growth in the use of social media, especially of Facebook, which is the leading social media platform in the region. The number of Facebook users doubled betweeen 2010 and 2011 and it is now estimated that there are more people consuming Facebook content in the region than reading newspapers.
Businesses are, as a result, feeling the pressure to be part of this platform to connect with their users, through marketing, promotions, customer service and support, as well as sales and lead generation.
This report will provide businesses with the knowledge of factors specific to the MENA region, that should be taken into consideration when creating a Facebook strategy, including culture, languages, behaviour and demographics.
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"It's difficult to have to give this news," said club president Llorenç Serra Ferrer after announcing Monday's decision. "We hired a great coach and today we are saying goodbye to an even better person. We came to the conclusion that we needed to look for a catalyst that would give the team a push towards the goal of remaining in the Liga."
Former Athletic Club, RC Deportivo La Coruña, Sevilla FC and Villarreal CF coach Caparrós added: "Myself [and the club management] spoke with all of our cards face up on the table in an attempt to look for the best solution for Mallorca. I am leaving with a heavy heart as I felt the support of our fans up until the last moment and of a group of players who I am sure can get the team out of the current situation."
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Oakland, CA—On Monday October 31st, at 4:00 p.m., the Occupy Oakland Strike Assembly held a press conference regarding the General Strike and Mass Day of Action planned for November 2nd. Members of the Occupation as well as community, school, and labor representatives spoke in regard to the motivations and wide-reaching potential of the strike. The press conference was held at the intersection of Broadway and Telegraph, the epicenter of the 1946 Oakland General strike, the last general strike in the continental United States.
Occupy Oakland is calling for work stoppage, school walkouts and for banks and corporations to close for the day of the General Strike. Since it is recognized that not all workers will be able to strike in their workplaces on November 2nd, Occupy Oakland welcomes any form of participation which workers deem appropriate. Workers are encouraged to join the mass day of actions before or after work, or during lunch hours. Further in support of workers and students, the Occupy Oakland Strike Assembly has unanimously agreed to picket and/or occupy any business or school, which disciplines employees or students in any way for participating in the November 2nd strike and day of action.
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Other speakers discussed the origins, the priorities, and the potential of the General Strike.
The urgent move to call for a General Strike emerged as a response to the raiding of the camp and the police repression following the raids. Speaker Cat Brooks from the Onyx organizing committee stated: "The actions of the Oakland police department on Tuesday during the raid of the encampment and the way they dealt with peaceful protesters is typical of the brutality and force that the police execute daily in low income communities of color across the state and throughout the nation. It is because of the need for continued resistance to police repression that the Onyx organizing committee will join the general strike on Wednesday."
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Wake has three sacks this year. That's third on the team. But he's up there with the leaders despite getting about 60-70 percent fewer snaps than those other sack leaders.
In other words, when Wake is in the game to rush the QB, he is more efficient in getting results than the other guys. On Sunday against the Patriots, Wake played in 11 plays, according to Sparano. He had one sack and one pressure.
Compare that to other rushers that got at least twice as many and perhaps almost three times as many pass-rush opportunities and netted zero sacks, and you wonder why not give Wake more chances?
The Dolphins have been trying to improve Wake's run defense. He has other issues Sparano says need to be "cleaned up." But are those issues so troubling that they would keep one of the more efficient pass rushers on the team off the field when the team needs to pressure the QB?
I know Joey Porter and Jason Taylor are still better all-around players than Wake. They are more complete at this stage. But Wake is becoming more efficient as a pass rusher than Porter, certainly.
Give him more chances to make plays doing the thing he does best -- rushing the quarterback.
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A bunch of Baptist pastors in Georgia made a movie about a violent sport (football), and adult issues like depression and dealing with infertility. Now they are pissed that the MPAA dared to give "Facing the Giants" a PG rating for "some thematic elements." Funny how social conservatives don't like media ratings systems--the same systems they whined so hard to get, and which they now want to make mandatory--when they are applied to their movies!
Since this is America, the strategy of the Baptist pastors has been--naturally--to try to play the victim. With no basis whatsoever, the pastors are claiming that it is the religious content of the movie that the MPAA balked at. (Faith plays a powerful role in the decisions of the young football players and their coach.) Feigning outrage, the pastors and their conservative allies are lambasting all of Hollywood as being anti-Christian, trying to strong-arm the MPAA into giving them a G rating. (Ironically, most experts believe the PG rating will actually enhance box office revenues.)
To claim that Christians are a persecuted minority in this country doesn't even pass the laugh test, but it seems that pretending to be the martyr is popular with religious fanatics everywhere. My, how things have changed. Used to be that Christians turned the other cheek... these days, it's the Christians who are throwing people to the lions.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Playing the Martyr Card
A bunch of Baptist pastors in Georgia made a movie about a violent sport (football), and adult issues like depression and dealing with infertility. Now they are pissed that the MPAA dared to give "Facing the Giants" a PG rating for "some thematic elements." Funny how social conservatives don't like media ratings systems--the same systems they whined so hard to get, and which they now want to make mandatory--when they are applied to their movies!
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I think it's important to call these people Fundamentalist Christians. The sectarian appellation is a reminder that, despite their own pretensions, they do not define what is "Christian" to the exclusion of everthing else. I can be called a "Liberal Christian" or an "Episcopalian" without harm.
Fundamentalist Christians are certainly not an endangered minority, although they is considerable hostility toward them in every major university.
// posted by LTG
- Dr. Strangelove said...
You may replace "Christians" with "Fundamentalist Christians" in the above post... probably reads better that way anyhow.
I disagree with your characterization of the relationship between major universities and Fundamentalist Christians. There is tremendous religious tolerance at most major universities. Universities bend over backwards to accomodate people of all religious stripes. And religious groups--especially fundamentalists--are quite active on university campuses.
It is the Fundamentalist Christian bloc that is hostile toward major universities. The Fundamentalists have been attacking higher education on many fronts. They are trying to change university policies so they may engage in hate speech; they are fighting to return to discrimination against homosexuals in hiring practices, and they are working hard to alter university curricula to conform to Fundamentalist doctrine.
Universities have not bowed to Fundamentalist pressure (for the most part) but they remain welcoming places for all students. As a former student goverment person, trust me--we had to work hard to accomodate religious fanatics, even while they assailed us.
- Dr. Strangelove said...
I also had the fun of teaching evolution at a university. The Fundamentalist Gestapo sent observers to our classes to take notes (to twist our words later) and--sometimes--to raise objections. Despite the fact that they were not students, we tolerated them. They baited us to give them cause to file a complaint, but we did not. Even though they were rude and verbally attacked our intentions in teaching evolution, we were not rude in return. We certainly never attacked Fundamentalism.
We just showed the mountains of data. And they were most upset.
I must admit to being partial to Jon Stewart's characterisation, which I paraphrase: I dream of time when there will be an openly Christian President. Or 43 of them. Consecutively.
// posted by Numbat o Love
I'm sorry, what? Just because fundamentalist Christians are not an "endangered minority" it's OK to treat Christian themes as taboo subject warranting a PG rating? These arguments in the comments are irrelevant. Sorry if you don't like believers. But that's no reason to treat them as suspect.
// posted by Neorepublitarian
There is no evidence that the religiosity of the movie is what inspired the PG rating. The grounds for a rating are never disclosed, and it is incorrect to assume, as these Fundamentalist Christians do, that they are being picked on for some reason. I understand that the coach uses religion in the movie to overcome concerns about infertility and even suicide. those are adult themes.
// posted by LTG
I have to say that I'm ignorant about this movie's content. What were the themes that the MPAA say brought on the PG rating?
Here is what the MPAA say are their standards for each rating. The operative part of the PG guidelines are "There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence or brief nudity." Do we have any details about this particular film and it's discussion of sex etc?
As for Christians' turning the other cheek, the grand sweeping history of Christianity (as with Islam) is one of forced conversion, inquisition, torture, genocide and cultural intollerance. There are few if any examples of a population that has been converted to Christianity without the forceful and often violent intervention (on behalf of the Christians) of the state. Ancient Rome might be the only example where the state opposed Christianity - that is until Christians gained control of the power behind the imperial throne and then used that power to impose their will on a non-Christian majority. Charlemagne's extermination of the Saxons for refusing to accept baptism (and his own Imperial authority) is a great example of what I'm talking about. Turn the other cheek? The majority of self-identified Christians are big on "do as I say not as I do" in that regard!
// posted by Raised By Republicans
- Raised By Republicans said...
Oh, here is how tame a movie has to be to be a G rated movie: "The violence is at a minimum. Nudity and sex scenes are not present, nor is there any drug use content."
So if this movie shows the un-saved or backsliding characters using drugs (even pot presumably - under age drinking??), the MPAA guidelines prohibit a G rating.
The majority of self-identified Christians are big on "do as I say not as I do" in that regard! That's the majority of the human race, too.
Btw, most massacres in human history, have been perpetrated by people seeking power and control, dictators, generals, kings, princes, sheikhs, khans, maoists, etc., and not for religious reasons. The great slaughters of the 20th century were not conducted by organized religion.
Was Charlemagne motivated by religion, or using religion to further his own political ends? I say "B".
// posted by LTG
Someone who has seen the movie should give a full account of what is in the movie. But from the MPAA's own statements it DOES sound like the religious issue was a deciding factor.
I couldn't agree with LTG more that religious rhetoric is merely a cover for the usual sort of political activity that all humans engage in. (Charlemagne actually issued a declaration that anyone practicing a pre-Christian, European religion would be executed ).
The problem is that religious organizations (and rhetoric) are given privileged position over other forms of political organization and expression. In this country, churches are the only PACs that are tax exempt. That is the root of the problem in this MPAA case. One the one hand, politically active Christians on the right want a means by which they can censor or at least officially stigmatize certain films. But when their films are subjected to the same standards they freak out.
I have not seen this movie (it hasn't been released yet I'm guessing) and Neorepublican is correct that we should withold final judgement until we see it. But I'm guessing that the film deals with sex, drugs, rock and roll and how Christ can save young people from them. If they even TALK about teenage sexual activity or drug use, the MPAA rules say it is a PG movie. These rules were insisted upon by politically active Christians on the right.
Hey gang, don't I remember a similar controversy about the R rating for Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ?" As I recall, many Christian Right types wanted it given as permissive a rating as possible because of it's religious content despite the graphic scenes of torture and violence in which Gibson indulged.
I'm all for Christians organizing politically. It is their right to do so within a democracy. I object their presumption of privilege - the basis of which is AT BEST a naked apeal to the "tyrrany of the majority."
// posted by Raised By Republicans
- Dr. Strangelove said...
Neorepublitarian: the MPAA says it rating was not based on relgion at all. I quote the LA Times:
"Joan Graves, chairwoman of the MPAA's rating board, said Tuesday that the decision had nothing to do with Christianity but was based on football violence as well as the inclusion of mature topics such as depression and infertility."
The producers of the film said they "were told" by the MPAA that the religious elements were the reason for the PG rating. There is no record of that conversation. The MPAA rarely discusses the reasons for its ratings, rarely grants interviews.
I just looked at the trailer and from that trailer it looks like "Friday Night Lights" but with a lot of talk about God etc. The message of the trailer seems to be that football players play better when they praise the lord more often.
// posted by Raised By Republicans
I nominate someone, anyone else but me to see this movie. Except for the absolutely wonderful film, "The Spitfire Grill" (which was produced by a Catholic outfit called the Mendocino Corporation), my only in-depth experience with this kind of thing is Christian rock-and-roll produced in the early 1990s and marketed to my hapless Presbyterian youth leaders and inflicted on their charges (including me).
After an extremely painful three-and-a-half minute music video involving scarves and feathers, the biggest yes-man in the whole Sunday School class actually sputtered, "You don't actually expect us to listen to this crap, do you?"
Even for a churchgoing person like myself, there is something corporate and numbing about a lot of stuff advertised as "Christian." If I think about what Jesus would do, even frequently, why, exactly, do I need a tacky brightly-colored plastic bracelet?
-Seventh Sister
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Under the new regulations, Mille Lacs sport anglers will be able to keep walleyes only between 18 and 20 inches long, or longer than 28 inches.
Sport anglers who fish on Mille Lacs Lake will be allowed to keep only two walleyes this season and only if they fall within a narrow size range, fisheries officials announced Tuesday as they seek to stem a crash in the walleye population in one of Minnesota's premier fishing lakes.
But the Department of Natural Resources also liberalized regulations for taking northern pike and smallmouth bass from the big lake, and decided against a ban on nighttime fishing that was unpopular with resort and other stakeholders.
"We have a serious problem on Mille Lacs," DNR fisheries chief Dirk Peterson told reporters on a conference call. "We've got low walleye populations out there. But the other side of the coin is you can still expect good fishing opportunities for walleye this summer and the regulations will help ensure that."
The new regulations are aimed at protecting the lake's smaller walleyes, he said, which are critical to a recovery. While natural reproduction has been good and the lake still contains large numbers of larger walleyes, he said too many newly hatched walleyes aren't growing up to become big fish.
"We hope to see some turning of the corner on the walleye situation in the next two to three years," Peterson said.
Under the new regulations, Mille Lacs sport anglers will be able to keep walleyes only between 18 and 20 inches long, or longer than 28 inches. All others must be released immediately. The daily bag and possession limit is two, with only one longer than 28 inches. Last season all walleye from 17 to 28 inches had to be released, and the limit was four, a total that proved difficult for anglers to reach because the lake held few walleyes smaller than 17 inches.
The DNR is hoping the looser regulations for northern pike and smallmouth bass on Mille Lacs give anglers other opportunities. Fewer of those fish would also mean young walleyes would have less competition for food and fewer predators.
The lake's protected slot for northerns will be narrowed to 33 to 40 inches, meaning fish within that range must be released immediately, with only one northern longer than 40 inches allowed. Last year's slot was 27 to 40 inches. The limit remains three. But the smallmouth bass limit has been raised from one to six. The new protected slot is 17 to 20 inches, with only one longer than 20 inches allowed. Last year all smallmouths under 21 inches had to be released.
DNR officials and the eight Ojibwe Indian bands with treaty rights on the lake agreed in January to cut the maximum allowable walleye kill to 250,000 pounds, down from 500,000 pounds last year, after a netting survey last fall indicated the walleye population had fallen to a 40-year low. The quota was cut in half for both sport anglers and tribal members. Hook-and-line anglers will be allocated 178,750 pounds, while the tribes can net up to 72,250 pounds.
The bands' new regulations are aimed at encouraging their members to shift toward spearing the lake's more abundant larger walleyes and away from netting medium-sized walleyes, said Charlie Rasmussen, a spokesman for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, which represents the bands.
The tribes have typically taken the vast majority of their walleye share through netting, and netting tribal regulations won't change, Rasmussen said, but size limits for spearing have been raised. Band members will also be allowed to take 25,000 pounds of northerns, compared with 15,000 pounds last year, he said.
"It's up to tribal members to use the fishing tools of their choice," Rasmussen said. "Most tribal members are well aware of the situation. We will adjust the harvest accordingly."
Linda Eno, co-owner of Twin Pines Resort near Garrison, said she was grateful the DNR decided not to impose a night fishing ban because night fishing traditionally has been an important source of revenue for resorts, bait shops and other businesses near the lake. She said her family's business has survived 2-inch slot limits before, though others have not.
But Eno had harsh words for tribal netters and the DNR, saying she holds them "directly responsible for this lake being so far out of balance."
The DNR and the bands plan to conduct more intensive studies this year on how the lake's fish populations are faring. Rich Bruesewitz, the DNR's area fisheries supervisor, said they don't know why survival of smaller walleyes has been so low. They suspect it's a combination of predation and competition for food. They also suspect there could be some effects from invasive species such as zebra mussels, spiny water fleas and Eurasian watermilfoil.


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By Matt Linsky, TiqIQ
One of the hottest buys out there, Bruins-Rangers tickets are selling at an average price of $413 according to TiqIQ. Your best bet of seeing high-flying playoff action might be Thursday night in Boston, as the $110 get-in price looks to be the cheapest of the series. Here's a full breakdown of the series prices:
Series Avg: $413; Bruins tickets Home Avg: $368 ; Rangers tickets Home Avg: $498
(Average price/Cheapest price)
Game 1: $289/$110
Game 2: $322/$137
Game 3: $428/$154
Game 4: $463/$154
Game 5: $391/$149
Game 6: $622/$179
Game 7: $507/$237
After netting two extra-attacker goals on Monday night, the Boston Bruins completed one of the most historic comebacks in NHL playoff history, winning the game in overtime. Patrice Bergeron scored both the game-tying and game-winning goals in what will be one of the most memorable Game 7s the sport has ever seen.
The late game heroics were similar to that of a regular season tilt played earlier this year, when the Bruins scored two extra-attacker goals against the New York Rangers late in the third period of a February contest. The end result was different, however, as the Rangers defeated the Bruins in a shootout on a Ryan Callahan wrist shot.
Each game between Boston and New York was extremely tight this year, with two of the Rangers victories coming in extended play. Whether it be a 2-1 or 6-5 final, we expect this series to be one of the most exciting league-wide, as two teams with similar overall systems devoted to heavy, physical play should make for a highly entertaining on-ice battle. This is a second round match-up you don't want to miss.
David Krejci, who leads the Bruins and is tied with Evgeni Malkin for the postseason scoring lead with 13 points, has a tough task in hand going against all-world goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Keep an eye on these two, as each have put up Conn Smyth performances thus far through one round of play.


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SOUTH COVENTRY — The Red Knights are heading to the end of the 2012 season, with only a few weeks remaining for all of the teams.
Norchester Red Knights 25, Lower Perkiomen 6: The Red Knights Flag Team 1 improved to 5-2 with a win over Lower Perkiomen. Derek Hinrichs, Dylan Weaver and Derek Larson each rushed for 50-plus yards to lead the Red Knights offense. Colin King, Caleb Little, Chase Parisan, Matthew Karounos Alejandro Estrada and Christian Carroll led a bend-but-don't-break defense that stopped the Longhorns on four out of five possessions.
Norchester Red Knights 27, Pennridge 12: The Red Knights Flag Team 2 defeated Pennridge with the game won on solid defense with 22 total team tackles. Jackson Waters led the defensive effort with 11 tackles. Jayson Beideman, Evan Belcher and Colton Waters all added to that tally. Alex Brandt and Dysen Neil led the offensive effort with two touchdowns apiece. Lucas Zachesky, Jayson Beideman, Zach Luckowski and Logan Frownfelter made excellent blocks all over the field, providing wide open holes for the Red Knight runners.
Norchester Red Knights 28. Pennridge 0: The 105-pound Red Knights blanked Pennridge, upping their record to 5-3 overall (4-3 in the division). It was the last division game for the Red Knights, who stormed out to a 20-0 halftime lead at halftime, The second team offense then drove the ball and was able to punch it in for a fourth touchdown. Touchdowns were scored by Scotty Honicker, Ricky McCutchen (two) and Jake Brownley. Dan Mancini had one passing touchdown. Ryan Matthews had a strong running game with several long runs. The line had a good performance and the second line showed they could also do the job, leading the second team into the end zone with Brahm Bean, Peyton Brezski, David Pelletier, Ethan Stubanas, and Jaden Viti. Strong defensive efforts were turned in by Darrian Seaman and Tom McClean.
Others: The 80-pound team lost to Pennridge 19-6, the 120-pound team lost 28-0 in a tough game against Souderton. The 145-pound team beat Pennridge, 18-7.
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Coventry Wildcats 38. Upper Perkiomen 12: The Coventry Wildcats fifth-grade team improved to 4-0 with a win over host Upper Perk. Ty Livers took his third carry 35 yards for first score to put the Wildcats on the board early. Champ Doyle ran in the conversion to make it 7-0. The Wildcats' stifling defense made the Mohawks punt on two of their first four possessions and caused a fumble and an interception on the other two. Antonio Petrucelli recovered the fumble setting up Isaac White's 15-yard run for the second score. Petrucelli also added the conversion. The Cats quickly scored again as Livers intercepted a deep pass and on the next play and raced 70 yards for the touchdown to make it 20-6 at half. At the start of the third quarter the Cats went to the air on a halfback pass as Livers hit Issac White for a 25-yard scoring strike (26-6). Jordan Frye then took a blocked punt and raced 33 yards for the Cats fifth score (32-6). Doyle put the Cats final points on the board, taking a direct snap and racing 52 yards as he broke two tackles and outran the defense to put the Cats up 38-12. The defense got great play from White with 11 tackles, Doyle with seven, Petrucelli with six and Connor Leister with five. The offensegenerated 252 yards on the ground, led up-front by Dylan Bauer, Zach Spinder, Zach LuLu, Tim Nessport, Tom Dempsey and Daniel Frisk.
Spring-Ford Rams second-grade Blue 19, Boyertown Bears Black 13: Spring-Ford's offensive line, led by Luke Pajovich, Danny Winters, Jake Reigh and Ryan Shener, paved the way as Kolten Kqira scored a late touchdown for the win over the Bears. Jaden Minter and Cole Nilles forced a fumble with seconds left in the game to clinch the win.
Perkiomen Valley Vikings 12, Spring-Ford Rams second-grade Grade Gold 7: The Rams lost in a hard fought battle to Perkiomen Valley. With another outstanding performance by the defensive team the Rams forced two fumbles which were recovered by Domanic Ortlop and Colin Sweeney. Sweeney's recovery led to a touchdown by Donovan Ortlip, with Jack Gallagher adding the extra point. Also contributing on the defense were Lebron Bellamy and Jacob Mest. The Gold's team's offensive line worked hard and was led by Jacob Weider and Brian Holland Jr.
Spring-Ford Rams third-grade Blue 33, Upper Perkiomen Mohawks 0: The Rams offense was led by C.J Marcini who raced for two touchdowns. Steele DePetrillo, Johnny Pergine and Gage Sibilly also had touchdown runs. Jaidyn Cain, Jimmy Cox and Aydan McNelly were the Rams defensive standouts.
Spring-Ford Rams third-grade Gold 21, Coventry Wildcats 7: Leading the Rams way up front on offense were Ryan Garvey, Ryan Spangler and Andy Craig whose strong blocking opened holes for Trey Tiffan to score two touchdowns and Ryan Horvath to score one touchdown. Tiffan also scored two extra points and Chris Quigley added one extra point. On defense, the Rams were led by Tiffan with eight tackles, Jackson Sullivan with a fumble recovery and Quigley with an interception.
Spring-Ford Rams fourth-grade Blue 26, Boyertown Black 0: Ryan Beppel and Liam Baker scored touchdowns in the first half. On-side kicks were recovered by Justin Machita and Nick Teets. In the second half Baker had his second touchdown of the game. Justin Machita added another touchdown. Big plays were made by Joey Brogan and Jack McGill to secure the win.
Spring-Ford Rams sixth-grade Blue 25, Boyertown 6: The Rams traveled to Boyertown for the second straight week and came away with a win. A suffocating Rams defense, led by Nick DelRomano, Joey Romano and Jackson Incollingo, with contributions from Kelan Bennet and Colin Curatolo, did not allow Boyertown a first down until late in the fourth quarter. Tyler Horgan, Gavin McGill and Brian Peck each caught a touchdown pass from James Mullen. Great pass blocking was provided by Peyton Gensler, Evan McNabb, John McAteer and Connor Hudson. It was a complete team effort.
Pottstove 24, Boyertown 18: Pottsgrove's special teams gave the offense great field position to start the game, and quarterback Jaden Blakey capitalized on it by throwing a strike to Larry Wingo for a 40-yard touchdown. The Falcons' normally stout defense gave up the lead by allowing back-to-back touchdowns to Boyertown, but would soon redeem itself. Blakey hit Kahlim Smith for his second touchdown on a 30-pass to tie the score at 12-12 at half time. Larry Wingo stopped a Bears' drive with an interception, then burned Boyertown's secondary for a 30-yard touchdown reception on a pass by halfback Blake Strain. Blakey scored Pottsgrove's fourth touchdown on a quarterback keeper after Wingo recovered a forced fumble by Skylar Mcleod. Trailing 24-12, Boyertown scored six more points to close the gap to 24-18. The Bears got one more chance, but were shut down by a tough Falcons defense. The defensive unit of Justin Adams, Joe Kling, Tommy Doyle, Rasul Faison, Kahlim Smith, Alex Salata, Jay Sisko, James Crocker, Mcleod, Wingo, and Blakey secured the victory. The secondary with Salata, Smith and Sisko played tight coverage, linebackers hit hard, and the defensive line pinned its ears back. Kling and Doyle combined for a sack, and Mcleod forced his second fumble with heavy pressure on the quarterback with the resulting turnover sealing the win for Pottsgrove, with the Falcons varsity midgets now 6-0.
Owen J. Roberts 7, Perkiomen Valley 4: The Owen J. Roberts Middle School hockey team posted its second win of the season with a defeat of Perkiomen Valley. The Wildcats' Ryan Niggeman opened the first period, scoring on assists from Ed Keegan and Bill Kranich. The Vikings roared back with three straight goals from Brandon Leer, Argen Detoito, and Colin Kasiarz, respectively, in a span of just over two minutes to take the 3-1 lead. But OJR fired back with three goals in less than three minutes to regain the lead 4-3. Goals were scored by Tyler Crouthamel, Kevin Hatten and Ryan Niggeman, while Billy Kranich and Austin Mourar picked up the assists. Brandon Leer tied the game at 4-4 for the Vikings, with Detoito picking up the assist, early in the second period. Tyler Crouthamel scored just over a minute later on the power play to put the Wildcats back on top, 5-4. Picking up the assist on this eventual game winning goal was Ed Keegan. The Wildcats added two more goals in the third period with Austin Mourar adding the final tally, unassisted.
For the second straight game the Wildcats were outshot 20-17. Darius Lobello took over in goal in the second and third period to post his second win of the season, making 13 saves. The Viking's goalie Oliver Duffey also had 13 saves on 20 shots.
The Boyertown Bears 12/U fall ball team recently won the inaugural Wood Bat Tournament, going 5-0 for the weekend.
The Bears opened with an 11-1 victory over the Chesmont Chargers then followed with 12-3 win over the Stonersville Flames, and a 13-3, victory over the Hatfield Hawks. Sunday championship round started with a 7-4, win over the Stonersville Flames. The Bears then faced a tough Souderton Bulldogs team for the championship. Trailing, 2-1, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bears put together a great comeback to win 3-2. Boyertown had some great pitching from Andrew Hartman, Matt Haman, Jared Waldman and Nolan Kline. The defense consisted of Chris Davis, Caleb Harrison, John Wagner, Hayden Hainsey, Colin Maloney, Jordan Miller, Mike Martin, and Willie McDevitt who allowed only a total 10 runs.


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According to a Trend Micro survey, 26 percent of social media users have posted something they regret or have taken down. Experts say that taking a few precautionary measures could help protect your reputation. To help prevent an epic Facebook fail, CRN has come up with five ways to safeguard your privacy and security when using Facebook.


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California Avenue is one of the oldest streets in town...but it could be the next candidate for an extreme makeover. Plans are in the works to transform the unassuming strip into a shopping and dining destination.
"This area could really define Reno. If you really develop it as a true neighborhood, as a place where people are out on the streets and walking around," says Steve High, the CEO and Director of the Nevada Museum of Art.
The museum has been a partner in the redevelopment plan with hopes that a livelier neighborhood would bring more people to the museum.
"If you can create a lot of variety and a lot of interesting types of establishments, it's going to become a very popular place."
If the plan is approved, the development will be broken into two phases and would include creating wider sidewalks and a center median on California, hiding utility lines and the creation of more off-street parking on side streets. The biggest change would be changing California from a 4 lane street to just two.
Henry Gibbs is an angry neighbor who believes traffic will increase where he lives on Marsh Street if California street shrinks.
"I thought it was the dumbest plan I think I ever saw in my whole life, to be perfectly frank. I read it thoroughly and I saw no excuse for it at all."
He's lived and run a one-room real estate business in the neighborhood for the last 32 years. As the plan is drafted now, he would owe the city more than $15,000 for the costs of phases one and two.
"California is looking better all the time, They've got a donut shop and some nice restaurants over there. They're doing alright. We don't need to create a San Diego type street for this neighborhood."
The total price tag is estimated at over 2 million dollars. For an additional 100 thousand, diagonal parking spaces would be created on California. Although the city of Reno has been discussing the redevelopment plans for years, it is still far from being final.


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It's the day after Christmas.
The presents are opened. The excitement of the day has passed. The children are occupying their time with their new toys. Boxes are, well, everywhere.
It's time to at least start thinking about getting your home back into some semblance of order.
Between you and the rest of your family, you've probably received quite a number of new things as gifts from others – new clothes, new toys, new electronic gadgets. You have only so much space for the new things, so you'll need to discard some of the old.
But rather than trashing these older items, consider donating them to a worthy cause.
There are a couple of thrift stores in DeKalb County that benefit local nonprofits.
The Salvation Army in DeKalb, which provides emergency assistance to local people in need, accepts donations of clothing, toys and electronics (but no old tube-TVs or computer monitors, please.) Goodwill Industries, which has a location in DeKalb, also accepts used items for its resale store. Goodwill uses 85 percent of the proceeds to help the nonprofit organization provide jobs, training, and placement services for people with barriers to achieve meaningful employment.
And there are organizations that benefit veterans' groups that will pick up your discarded items at your home.
Also remember that electronic devices – TVs, mobile phones, DVD players, etc. – should not be discarded in the trash. For environmental reasons, they need to be recycled through special electronic recycling programs. Beginning in 2013, the DeKalb County Health Department will be collecting electronics in local towns almost each week.
A detailed schedule is available online at dekalbcounty.org/health/environmental/waste.html or by calling 815-758-6673.
Christmas is over, but that doesn't mean you should lose the Christmas spirit.
Decide to help others when looking to discard certain items, and keep the environment in mind as well.


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For men and women (more likely, men) who like to play with guns, not a lot of balls in this crowd.
From the executive producer of NBC's Sunday morning show, Meet the Press:
(H/t Business Insider.)
Politico reports that MTP host David Gregory noted the same thing:
"A note here this morning: We reached out to all 31 pro-gun rights senators in the new congress to invite them on the program to share their views on the subject this morning," he said. "We had no takers."
If they're so afraid, maybe next time they should ask NBC if they can bring their guns.
I've been googling around but can't find a list of the 31 pro-gun Senators. Anyone?
Okay have a few names so far. Not complete yet though:
NRA "A" Rated Senators in 2012 Cycle:
1.) John Barasso (A) – NRA Endorsed
2.) Bob Corker (A) – NRA Endorsed
3.) Ted Cruz (A+) – NRA Endorsed
4.) Joe Donnelly (A)
5.) Deb Fischer (A) – NRA Endorsed
6.) Jeff Flake (A) – NRA Endorsed
7.) Orrin Hatch (A+) – NRA Endorsed
8.) Heidi Heitkamp (AQ)
9.) Dean Heller (A) – NRA Endorsed
10.) Joe Manchin (A) – NRA Endorsed
11.) Jon Tester (A-)
12.) Roger Wicker (A+) – NRA Endorsed


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Agree Realty Announces Harris Teeter Acquisition
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Nov. 5, 2012 04:01 PM
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) today announced that it has acquired a Harris Teeter supermarket in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 18,000 square foot store is located on the main floor of a mixed-use retail and residential building at the corner of West 6th Street and North Pine Street in downtown Charlotte. The cost of the acquisition was approximately $3,000,000.
"We are pleased to add Harris Teeter to our growing roster of industry leading tenants," said Joey Agree, President and Chief Operating Officer. "This acquisition of one of the region's leading grocers adds a unique piece of uptown Charlotte real estate to our portfolio."
Agree Realty is primarily engaged in the acquisition and development of single tenant properties net leased to industry leading retail tenants. The Company currently owns and operates a portfolio of 98 properties, located in 25 states and containing approximately 3.1 million square feet of gross leasable space. The common stock of Agree Realty Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC".
The Company considers portions of the information contained in this release to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's expectations, plans and beliefs concerning future events. Although these forward-looking statements are based on good faith beliefs, reasonable assumptions and the Company's best judgment reflecting current information, certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward–looking statements. Such factors are detailed from time to time in reports filed or furnished by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update these forward–looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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