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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Undercover student actors invaded popular lunch-time hotpots on the Bucknell University campus Tuesday afternoon to give impromptu performances of play selections by one of America's most highly acclaimed playwrights.
Four groups of two each took on roles created by Edward Albee, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The 2010 Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters will give a talk at 8 p.m. tonight in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell. || See story
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a book-signing. Copies of Albee's books will be available for purchase in the Weis Center lobby before and after the talk.
The guerilla theater mob read from several Albee works, including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Zoo Story" and one of the playwright's newest plays, "The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia?"
The student actors fanned out to perform for as many lunch-goers as possible, reading at Bostwick Dining Hall, the Bison, the Refectory and the Terrace Room, all in the Elaine Langone Center. They then moved the show to the Seventh Street Café, where in a few moments of delightfully wild theater, they presented the Albee works — all at the same time.
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Sarah Eckersley, global research and development director for Adhesives and Functional Polymers, says that "Substantially strengthening our resources and capabilities for our packaging customers -- both in North America and around the world -- was the motivation for this relocation."
Eckersley notes that the demand for improved performance in flexible packaging continues. "Packaging, especially food packaging, needs to protect content, ensure freshness and look wonderful -- all the while being lightweight and cost effective," she says. "We intend to continue to bring solutions to the global packaging market that meets those needs. The move to Buffalo Grove enhances our ability to bring our customers and our experts and technologies together at one site to collaborate on new developments."
Dow offers a broad range of technologies for packaging customers, including solventless, water-based, and solvent-borne adhesives, and provides real-world testing capabilities to assist customers in the evaluation of formulations on production-scale equipment.
The Buffalo Grove facility will expand the on-site staff to more than 100 people. The site, which opened in 1992, also houses Dow's Microbial Control business unit, as well as sales offices. Mark Henning, general manager, Dow Microbial Control, also serves as site manager for Buffalo Grove.
Customers will be pleased to know that all of Dow's previous North America tech service and development resources will be replicated at Buffalo Grove. In addition, the company's analytics capabilities for customers will be greatly enhanced to better detect and solve flexible packaging laminate issues where varying coat weights, mix ratios, and film surface treatments can pose production difficulties. "At the end of the day, it's people who make the real difference," says Dow commercial director of packaging and converting in North America, John Norder. "Our tech service specialists have the most extensive experience in the industry and this new facility will have the equipment to help them root out and solve formulation and customer related production issues. Solving the most pressing issues of our customers continues to make Dow unique in this market."
Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers serves the needs of the flexible packaging market with a wide range of laminate and adhesive technology products. The business also makes adhesives for tapes and labels, as well as technology for textile and nonwoven applications, graphic imaging, and leather. Together these businesses offer an integrated technology platform with formulation capabilities and a capacity to serve regionally tailored needs around the world. Dow Adhesives and Functional Polymers generates $1B of revenue while operating a network of over 40 technical, R&D, and manufacturing sites to serve local customer needs globally. For more information, visit www.rohmhaas.com.
In 2009, Dow had annual sales of $45 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The company's more than 5000 products are manufactured at 214 sites in 37 countries across the globe. For more information, visit www.dow.com.

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1910 Lookup For Baltimore, MD
Having trouble finding the following family in 1910. Below you will find the information I was given by a fellow afrigeneas researcher for 1900.
1rst Precinct, Baltimore City, Maryland, ED 83
Rebecca Cook, head, 6/1871(28), 4 births, 4 living
I have searched all of Baltimore city except for ED's 330 and up. I also think they may be in the county of Baltimore somewhere. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Infant test/procedure preparation
Being prepared before your infant has a medical test can help you know what to expect during the test. It will also help reduce your anxiety so that you can help keep your infant as calm and comfortable as possible.
Be aware that your child will likely cry, and restraints may be used. The most important way you can help your infant through this procedure is by being there and showing you care.
Crying is a normal response to the strange environment, unfamiliar people, restraints, and separation from you. Your infant will cry more for these reasons than because the test or procedure is uncomfortable.
Infants lack the physical control, coordination, and ability to follow commands that older children usually have. Restraints may be used during a procedure or other situation to ensure your infant's safety. For example, in order to get clear test results on an x-ray, there cannot be any movement. Your infant may be restrained by hand or with physical devices.
If blood needs to be taken or an IV started, restraints are important in preventing injury to your infant. If your infant moves while the needle is being inserted, the needle could damage a blood vessel, bone, tissue, or nerves.
Your provider will use every means to ensure the safety and comfort of your baby. Beside restraints, other measures include medications, observation, and monitors.
Your presence helps your infant during the procedure, especially if the procedure allows you to maintain physical contact. If the procedure is performed at the hospital or your health care provider's office, you will likely be able to be present.
If you are not asked to be by your infant's side and would like to be, ask your provider if this is possible. If you think you may become ill or anxious, consider keeping your distance, but staying in your infant's line of vision. If you are not able to be present, leaving a familiar object with your infant may be comforting.
- Ask your provider to limit the number of strangers entering and leaving the room during the procedure, since this can raise anxiety.
- Ask that the provider who has spent the most time with your child perform the procedure.
- Ask that anesthetics be used if appropriate to reduce your child's discomfort.
- Ask that painful procedures not be done in the hospital crib, so that the infant does not come to associate pain with the crib. Many hospitals have special treatment rooms where procedures are done.
- Imitate the behavior you or your health care provider need the infant to do, such as opening the mouth.
- Many children's hospitals have child life specialists who are specially trained to educate patients and families and advocate for them during procedures. Ask if such a person is available.
Koller D. Child Life Council evidence-based practice statement: Preparing children and adolescents for medical procedures. Available at: http://www.childlife.org/files/ebppreparationstatement-complete.pdf. Accessed December 30, 2013.
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On my wordpress site, when i am trying to upload images for my posts or to media library, it gives me the error of:
"uploads/2013/01 can not be made. can one upper level path be written by the host?" (it says in foreign language but this is the translation i guess)
someone told me to change the uploads folder permissions (including subdirectories) to 777 and then to 755 (it was 705) .
But it didnt work
I had gone through a server migration recently but all files copied correctly because the hosting company told me that and also i dont have any other problems. Plus a very similar site of mine, which uses the same theme doesnt have this problem.
What should I do? My site is www.robothaber.com
It's definitely a permissions issue. You do need to change the permissions on the destination directory to 777, but on some systems you might have to change the permissions on the higher level folders as well. Just be sure to change them back to 755 when you're done.


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Lady Gaga has shaved her head as a tribute to her friend's late mother.
The Born This Way singer unveiled her dramatic new hairdo on Twitter last night, explaining it was to honour her close friend Terry Richardson's mum Annie Lomax, who passed away yesterday aged 74.
The eccentric pop star posted a photograph of the back of her head on the social network, revealing a large shaved section at the bottom, along with a caption which references her new track Princess D.I.E, a tribute to the late Princess Diana.
Gaga wrote: "I did it for u Terry. I'm sorry about ure mommy. She has princess die, but were all princess high. (sic)"
The 26-year-old superstar was keen to prove to her fans she hadn't cut all her hair off, adding a picture of her with her long brown hair in a top knot. She commented: "But we still have glamour in the front."
Gaga and renowned photographer Terry - who is best known for shooting raunchy pictures of the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Kate Moss - have been friends for years, and he was the mastermind behind her Monster Ball tour photo book, Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson.
Terry has documented his mother's last moments on film on his Tumblr page, where he wrote: "R.I.P. Annie Lomax, My Mom 1938-2012. (sic)"
Gaga is famed for her ever-changing look and collection of wigs, rocking blonde, orange, grey and pink hair in the last year alone.
Gaga caused a stir in August by dyeing her hair a natural-looking shade of brown.
She tweeted at the time: "Definitely feeling less blond lately and little more progressive brunette. I am LOUIS VUITTON BROWN. B**** THATS LV. (sic)"
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Jun 2012 00:10 UTC
So, the Microsoft announcement - taking place as I write this, 01:45 in my timezone - turns out to be a bigger deal than expected. Microsoft just announced it's going full-on hardware - the company announced a new tablet called 'Surface', and boy, is this thing something to behold. Microsoft's hardware partners? They're not happy right now. Update: Here's Microsoft's official Surface site. I believe someone coined the phrase 'sexy as a succubus' in the comments about Vizio? Stealin' it! Update II: They aren't just taking the iPad head-on - this is a straight-up MacBook Air competitor.
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They can up their game to compete with this, if such is within them. They were a bit lazy when it came to competing with Apple hardware design, maybe now they'll get off their rear ends. heheThis level of scorn against OEM is unwarranted (see my remarks above).
I know this website is more likely to attract coders than people in manufacturing, but please try to understand that hardware is far, far more difficult to make and ship than software.


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A Brockton mother made headlines recently when police arrested her for allegedly beating her 5-year-old son inside Shaw's supermarket on Crescent Street as bystanders tried to intervene on Feb. 1. Police said the incident was captured on surveillance video.
BROCKTON – Marlene Teixeira says hitting a child to discipline them is unacceptable and teaches them violence.
Karim Larry says the occasional measured swat on the backside never hurt, as long as it doesn't rise to physical abuse.
The two Brockton residents were among several local parents weighing in Sunday about whether or not it is acceptable to hit a child to discipline them.
"Smacking on the butt every once in a while never hurt," said Larry, 33, a father of two daughters. "It didn't hurt me. I'm not for the physical abuse. There's a line that you shouldn't cross."
A Brockton mother made headlines recently when police arrested her for allegedly beating her 5-year-old son inside Shaw's supermarket on Crescent Street as bystanders tried to intervene on Feb. 1. Police said the incident was captured on surveillance video.
Marie Lyssa Mars, 42, was held on $5,000 bail during her arraignment Feb. 3, the same day the state took custody of her 5-year-old son. The boy is no longer in state custody, Cayenne Isaksen, spokeswoman for the state Department of Children and Families, said Sunday. Mars pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a child under 14 and assault and battery. She is due back in court on March 3.
The Enterprise surveyed a dozen local parents on Sunday and asked them whether it is ever acceptable to hit a child in disciplining them. Half of them – six parents – said they were against corporal punishment. The other six parents said lightly hitting a child can be a necessary tool to keep kids from doing things that are wrong or unsafe.
"I think it's necessary. It keeps the kids in line," said Mileny Gomes, 28, a mother of two.
Herb Melaugh, a Brockton father of three, and Breanne Peardon, a Brockton mother of two, disagreed.
"It's just not right, you know?" said Melaugh, 58.
"I was never hit as a kid," said Peardon, 32. "It's just not the right thing to do."
Some parents, child advocates, experts and law enforcement officials denounced hitting a child, saying the act could escalate into physical abuse by some parents who won't know where to draw the line.
"The danger of having a society where it's OK to hit kids is some people are going to take that permission and run with it," said Elizabeth Englander, a Bridgewater State University psychologist and author of "Understanding Violence."
And what may have been viewed as acceptable corporal punishment decades ago, is now socially unacceptable, Whitman Police Chief Scott Benton said.
Police are now bound by law to make an arrest if a child has been assaulted, Benton said.
"If a police officer shows up and (the child has) a red mark on his face, and he says that my father or mother just slapped us across the face, our hands are tied there," Benton said. "We've got to make the arrest."
Hitting a child "is not really an option in today's society," Benton said. "You just have to figure out another way to discipline the child."
The Plymouth County District Attorney's office routinely reviews reports of child abuse for possible prosecution, Assistant District Attorney Russ Eonas said. Cases are reviewed "in terms of the severity, the amount, the injuries," Eonas said.
"Any non-consensual touching may be construed as an assault and battery," Eonas said. "From there, obviously, we look at the facts and circumstances of every situation."
People convicted of assault and battery on a child under 14 causing bodily injury can face up to 5 years in prison. That increases to up to 15 years in prison if the bodily injury is substantial.
A study by Elizabeth Gershoff of Columbia University reported that more than 90 percent of Americans were spanked as children.
Gershoff's 2002 study analyzed 88 studies of corporal punishment conducted over the previous 62 years.
Gershoff found "strong associations" between corporal punishment and 10 negative child behaviors including aggression, violence, disruption of the parent-child relationship, anxiety, depression, delinquency and alcohol and drug abuse.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, including other professional organizations, strongly opposes spanking.
George Holden, a child psychologist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, estimates 70 to 90 percent of parents spank their children.
In 2011, Holden led a study of 37 families in which mothers voluntarily recorded their evening interactions with their young children over the course of six days.
The audio recordings captured mothers spanking or slapping their children, who were then heard crying. The parents hit their children for "mundane" and "innocent" behaviors, Holden found.
In one recording, a mom spanked her 3-year-old 11 times for fighting with his sister, Holden found. In another, a child was slapped because he wanted to turn the page of a book while the mother was reading to him.
Nineteen states, including Texas, still allow public schools to spank children. Massachusetts is not one of them.
In 2007, state lawmakers heard testimony on a bill seeking to outlaw spanking. The bill went nowhere.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in 1999 that parents have a right to spank their children as long as they don't threaten to cause bodily harm.
Globally, in 1979, Sweden became the first country to ban physical punishment of children. Twenty-one European countries have since declared corporal punishment illegal.
Carol Gottschalk of Brockton, a mother of one and grandmother of three young children, opposes corporal punishment.
Gottschalk, 53, said she's heard too many stories of parents getting carried away with hitting their children.
"There's other alternatives – having time outs, taking away their favorite toy or the computer," Gottschalk said. "I think there's a lot more alternatives out there than spanking a child."
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|I'm dissapointed in O'Reilly. I look forward to the ONJava.com newsletter to provide me with constructive information. This article seems to be a rant and a self promotion of of an author's book. He should realize he is doing himself a dis-service by taking this approach. If you would like us (O'Reilly readers) to take you seriously maybe you should write a detailed article comparing the Castor JDO with Sun's JDO spec. Of course this has already been done, but if the author feels so strongly he should take us through this exercise. As far as the naming of the a product, this industry is full of re-used acronyms and terminologies.
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Regal Splendor Gourmet Gift Basket
For the friend who deserves more than a gift card, who loves food and who might just love to share this bounty: Our regal splendor gift basket offers delectable food in every nook and cranny. The wooden cutting board provides the perfect serving platter for Portlock® smoked salmon, parmesan cheese bruschetta, olives, roasted garlic cheese spread, and other nibbles. And, chocolate lovers will rejoice over Godiva® chocolate, Ghirardelli® white mocha mix, Pierre Biscuiterie® French butter cookies with chocolate and so much more!


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It will be a summer of change at the region's biggest tourist attraction, with the retirement of the head of its foundation.
This month is the last for Roman Popadiuk as the executive director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation. He's held the title for 13 years, nearly the entire life of the Bush Library.
In his place will come Frederick McClure, a member of the foundation's board, former Texas A&M System regent, and a student body president during his time at A&M. The announcement was made this week.
McClure takes the reigns of the foundation July 1.
"Barbara and I are grateful to have a close and respected friend like Fred take the reins of our foundation and help guide it into the future," said President Bush in a statement. "In so doing, he follows another trusted friend, Roman Popadiuk, who has so selflessly and ably served as our executive director since 1999. The gratitude in my heart to both of these good men knows no bounds."
A San Augustine native, McClure served under Presidents Reagan and Bush. During the latter's time in the White House, Popadiuk was serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He also became the first U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine.
More on Popadiuk's career can be found at the link below this story.
The following is the press release from the Bush Library Foundation on McClure being named executive director:
The governing board of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation today announced the appointment of one of its members, Frederick D. McClure, to succeed Ambassador Roman Popadiuk who is retiring as executive director after 13 years of service. The McClure appointment takes effect July 1st.
"Barbara and I are grateful to have a close and respected friend like Fred take the reins of our foundation and help guide it into the future," said President Bush. "In so doing, he follows another trusted friend, Roman Popadiuk, who has so selflessly and ably served as our executive director since 1999. The gratitude in my heart to both of these good men knows no bounds."
McClure, 58, served in consecutive presidential administrations advising President Ronald Reagan and President George H. W. Bush on legislative affairs as a senior member of the White House staff. His public service also includes Legislative Director to US Senator John Tower, Associate Deputy US Attorney General, Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy, and a member of the National Civil Aviation Review Commission and the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board.
A 1981 graduate of Baylor Law School, McClure is presently the Washington, DC managing partner for the international law firm, SNR Denton -- one of the 25 largest legal service providers in the world, with lawyers and professionals in more than 60 locations in 43 countries on four continents. He previously served as a managing shareholder of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, as managing director of Public Strategies Incorporated, and as staff vice president of Texas Air Corporation.
"The board extends its gratitude to our good friend Roman Popadiuk for his diligence in establishing the foundation and imbuing its solid growth and many activities with a commitment to excellence," said Gen. Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the Bush Library board. "Going forward, Fred's many professional accomplishments combined with his deep Texas and Texas A&M roots make him the ideal leader to ensure that the quality of our programs continue to reflect the sterling qualities of our namesake."
McClure graduated from Texas A&M in 1976 with an undergraduate degree in agricultural economics after serving as student body president and receiving the Brown-Rudder Outstanding Student Award. In 1991, the University named him its 115th Distinguished Alumnus. In 1995, Governor George W. Bush appointed McClure to a six-year term on Texas A&M's Board of Regents, where he served two years as vice chairman. He has also served as Vice President of the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students and as a member of the Board of Directors of the 12th Man Foundation.
"Fred McClure is an excellent choice to continue and build on Dr. Popadiuk's considerable achievements," said Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, president of Texas A&M University. "His experience as a former student body president and as a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M makes him a great ambassador for the university, and his legal background and service under President Bush and on the Bush Foundation's board of directors give him broad expertise and vision for the Foundation's future direction. We are glad that Fred is returning to Aggieland."
A native of San Augustine, Texas, McClure and his wife, Harriet, have two children.


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What is Papandreou thinking?
The Greek, German and British press weigh in on the referendum debate - is Papandreou sacrificing the eurozone's interests for his own career, and should the people have their say?
Greek papers Eleftherotypia (left) and Kathimerini (right) rarely agree on anything - but they both think Papandreou is set to lose this referendum, and bring down his government.
There's also disagreement in Germany - Die Zeit says the move will spark chaos, but the Financial Times Deutschland thinks it could be a canny trick.
The New York Times reports more and more ordinary Greeks back leaving the euro altogether - and returning to the drachma.


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[T]he journalistic portraits of the 9/11 hijackers that Terry McDermott of The Los Angeles Times pieced together — from interviews with acquaintances of the hijackers, "The 9/11 Commission Report" and material from interrogations of captured terrorists — in his 2005 book "Perfect Soldiers" are a hundred times more fascinating, more nuanced and more psychologically intriguing than the cartoonish stick figure named Ahmad whom Mr. Updike has created in these pages....How I wish some filmmaker would do to this book what Stanley Kubrick did to "Red Alert"!
[He] is given to saying things like "the American way is the way of infidels," and the country "is headed for a terrible doom." Or: "Purity is its own end." Or: "I thirst for Paradise."
In other words, Ahmad talks not like a teenager who was born and grew up in New Jersey but like an Islamic terrorist in a bad action-adventure movie, or someone who has been brainwashed and programmed to spout jihadist clichés. Much of the time he sounds like someone who has learned English as a second language.
Mr. Updike does an equally lousy job of showing us why Ahmad is willing to die and kill for jihad. We're told that the imam who teaches Ahmad the Koran has become a surrogate father to the fatherless boy. We're told that Ahmad is disgusted with his flirtatious mother and her succession of boyfriends. And we're told that he wants a mission in life and can't think of anything else he wants to do after high school.
Actually, the first movie this review made me think of was not "Dr. Strangelove," it was "Napoleon Dynamite." Something about the teenager who doesn't fit in and talks funny called to mind the unforgettable dialogue:
Do the chickens have large talons?We need to make more fun of the terrorists. I don't want to see the World Trade Center burning in a horror movie. I want to see merciless fun made of the terrorists. Updike seems to be trying to understand terror-boy. Somebody throw a Kubrick at him.
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Running June 18 to 22, the AFI Docs Festival brings the biggest, best, and most buzzed-about documentary films to theaters throughout the District and Silver Spring. You can take your pick of 50 feature-length films, 27 shorts, and 1 outdoor screening. (If that's not enough, a retrospective of six films by award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney starts right after the festival wraps up.) The venues showing films span the District and Silver Spring, including the AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center, the Downtown Silver Spring Plaza, the Newseum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Naval Heritage Center, the Goethe Institut, and the National Archives. Too much to handle? Here are the best documentaries for you to seek out.
Thursday, June 19, 9 p.m. at AFI Silver
Friday, June 20, 9:15 p.m. at Goethe Institut
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a critical habitat for the endangered mountain gorilla, but poachers, civil war, and illegal oil exploration threaten its survival. Virguna follows park rangers and a plucky journalist determined to protect Africa's oldest national park.
Shut Up and Play The Hits
Friday, June 20, 9 p.m. at Downtown Silver Spring Plaza
No band defined the sound of the 2000s more than LCD Soundsystem. The dance-punk group called it quits in 2011 after a string of hits and three critically acclaimed albums, but not before playing a big blowout final show at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Shut Up and Play the Hits splices scenes from their final show with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with frontman James Murphy.
Butterfly Girl
Friday, June 20, 7 p.m. at Goethe Institut
Saturday, June 21, 2 p.m at AFI Silver
Abbie Evans is like most eighteen-year-old girls, eager to escape her parents and strike off on her own—except that she suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a life-threatening disease that leaves her skin covered in cuts and blisters, as fragile as a butterfly's wings. Butterfly Girl follows Abbie as she asserts her independence while dealing with the complications of her illness.
Bronx Obama
Saturday, June 21, 11 a.m. at the National Portrait Gallery
Sunday, June 22, 3:30 p.m. at AFI Silver
One day in 2008, unemployed Bronx resident Louis Ortiz shaved his goatee, and realized he bore a resemblance to then-Senator Barack Obama. As Obama's star rose, so did Ortiz's. Bronx Obama is equal parts funny, sad, and heartwarming as it tracks the ups and downs of Ortiz's career as a professional Obama-impersonator.
Our Inside Guide to this weekend's AFI DOCS Festival
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- Money from a charity to help victims of Sandy Hook shooting has gone missing
- Tre Hargett: Sham charities that exploit compassionate people are more common
- He says Americans must do some research on charities before donating money
- Hargett: Don't let your money fall into the wrong hands, and never give cash
The 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut was tragic enough, but what has been playing out over the last few weeks has made the story even more stomach-wrenching.
More than half the money raised by the 26.4.26 Foundation, a Tennessee-based charity that ostensibly was established to help the shooting victims' families, has turned up missing along with one of the organization's co-founders.
As I write this column, law enforcement officials here in my state and elsewhere are trying to figure out why about $70,000 of the more than $100,000 raised by the group never made it to those families.
Unfortunately, this type of story has become far too common among charitable organizations. There are unscrupulous people in the world who try to exploit tragedies in order to enrich themselves. These people take advantage of the wonderful human trait of compassion for others. They undermine the most noble of selfless acts made on behalf of our brothers and sisters in need.
So while our generous response to tragic events such as floods, fires, earthquakes or horrific crimes is admirable, it needs to be tempered with a sense of caution.
When we spend our hard-earned money to buy goods or services, it is reasonable to compare prices and research product quality. We do this because we want to make wise purchasing decisions.
It is imperative that we apply the same logic to our charitable contributions.
In Tennessee, with a few exceptions, charitable organizations are required to register with the Secretary of State's Division of Charitable Solicitations and Gaming and file annual financial reports. Many other states have similar reporting requirements.
Would-be donors who take the time to review these reports can learn a lot about charities that are soliciting funds -- such as how much of their funds are used for administrative costs and other expenses and how much are used to actually provide services to the needy.
Of course, not all charities follow the law. The 26.4.26 Foundation didn't register in Tennessee.
If a charity hasn't registered in a state where it's required to do so, then that should raise a red flag for potential donors.
In addition to the information charities must provide to state governments, there are nonprofit organizations such as the Better Business Bureau, Charity Navigator, Charity Watch and GuideStar that can be useful resources.
Also, it helps to follow some basic rules before making a donation to a charity. Reputable charities shouldn't object if you want to do some research and send them a donation later.
Ask questions such as:
-- How will the money you donate be used?
-- How long has the charity been in operation? Where are its offices?
-- What types of programs and services would your donation help fund?
-- How much of the donation would be spent on the organization's administrative expenses and other costs?
-- Would a portion of the donation be kept by the solicitor as a fee?
If you get vague or unsatisfactory answers to those types of questions, you need to carefully consider whether your money might be better spent elsewhere.
Also, don't ever make cash contributions. It's much easier for cash to be misspent and it's more difficult for donors to claim cash contributions as deductions on their tax forms. When paying by check, make the check payable to the organization, not an individual. And only pay with a credit card if the organization is well established and highly trusted. Otherwise, you may be opening yourself up to the potential of identity theft.
When tragedy strikes, we should help victims as quickly as possible. However, by taking the time to do a little research before giving to a charity, donors could prevent their money from falling into the wrong hands.
And that, in turn, would help ensure that the truly needy get the aid and comfort they deserve.
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Coming back strong
WHOEVER SAID YOU can't go home again? You can and the experience the second time around can be even better than before.
That's what Sherri Murrell (pictured at left), head women's basketball coach, is experiencing in a whirlwind six months since her return to the Park Blocks. An Oregon native, Murrell served as an assistant coach for the Vikings for two seasons from 1996 to 1998 under Jenny Yopp. She left Portland State for the head coaching position at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and later at Washington State University in Pullman. After nine seasons away from Portland, Murrell came home to replace head coach Charity Elliott, who resigned after three seasons at the helm.
"I pinch myself every day to make sure this is really happening," says Murrell. "I'm so excited to be back in Portland and coaching at Portland State."
While Murrell was in charge of rebuilding programs at Pacific and Washington State, she doesn't view Portland State as another renovation project. Even though the Vikings have not had a winning season since going 18-10 in 1998-99, Portland State seems poised for a breakout year.
"Charity did a great job recruiting players; we're just not real big on experience right now," says Murrell.
Ironically, Murrell was the assistant coach who recruited most of the players on the 1998-99 PSU squad. She left to take the head coaching job at Pacific prior to the start of that season, when the team made its first and only Big Sky Tournament Championship game appearance.
Things changed at PSU while Murrell was gone. The Vikings are more established as a Big Sky Conference member and ready to take that next step toward climbing to the top of the conference—a "Championship Journey" as Murrell calls it.
You can go home again—it's just about timing.
Matching trophies for Morrison?
SCOTT MORRISON, the men's basketball team's only four-year player, hopes to end his Viking career as it started: a winner. His freshman year, the team won the 2004-05 Big Sky Conference Championship.
The senior from Vancouver, B.C., spent the majority of that first season as the starting center. He averaged 5.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and blocked 29 shots. Last season, the 6-11 center increased his output to 11.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and set a school record by blocking 70 shots. The Vikings finished third in the conference standings.
Morrison is also making a name for himself in his native Canada. This past summer, he played for the second time at the World University Games on Team Canada, which took the bronze medal.
Morrison's basketball future looks bright on the professional level. But right now he has his eyes on a matched set of Big Sky Conference championship trophies.
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If You Go
Carsie Blanton perfroms at the Admore Music Hall, 23 E Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, July 19. Doors open at 7 p.m., show is a 8. The event is for 21 and over. Tickets are $15-$20. For more information, check www.ardmoremusic.com or call 610-649-8389. More on Carsie Blanton is available at www.carsieblanton.com
Connect with her on Twitter @carsieblanton
Carsie Blanton exemplifies the truly free spirit as she continues to follow her muse in search of great songs out among us or with in herself. Born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and spending time in Phoenixville and Philadelphia, she now resides in New Orleans where she is known as a lindy hopper as well as a singer songwriter. Her lyrics are almost too clever at times, but her latest offering gives a look at some of the great tune that have inspired her. Songs popularized by Lady Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Cole Porter, Hoagie Carmichael, Duke Ellington and others pepper her current album entitled Not Old Not New, which reveals Blanton�s affection for the sounds of the first half of the 20th century. Current concerts have such songs intermingled with her own compositions. On tour in Britain, she took time out to answer some questions expressly for Ticket.
Of the current album she relates, �Its back to originals for me after this release. Songwriting is still my primary artistic interest. I made this record because I think these songs are some of the most beautiful ever written, and I�m a song nerd, so I wanted to showcase them in my own style. I�m not particularly married to jazz, let alone a particular style or time period of jazz � I just love songs, and I want great songs to have as wide and appreciative an audience as possible. That�s my motivation with this project.�
Blanton considers material carefully and doesn�t take a song lightly. Speaking about whether she was intimidated about putting her stamp on certain numbers, she offers, �Sure! I found it especially intimidating to sing �I�ll be seeing you�, because Billie�s recording is so iconic (and beautiful). That said, music is not a competition. It�s about expression and communication. When I really connect to a song - my own or someone else�s � singing it becomes an act of emotional resonance. I�m resonating with the band, and with the song, and with the audience. If we�re lucky, everyone comes out of that experience feeling more alive and present. When I think of it that way, it doesn�t seem particularly relevant that someone has done it before, regardless of who they are. It�s about creating something that feel emotionally relevant � these songs all feel that way to me.�
Blanton isn�t selling her latest concert tour as a tribute show or anything like that. She states, �I�m doing mostly originals throughout the tour, with 5-6 of the jazz tunes (from the new record) included in the set... Traveling via touring is old hat for Blanton for she has opened for Paul Simon, the Wood Brothers, and other noteworthy acts. When she was sixteen she made her way across country to Portland Oregon. Blanton was home schooled and encouraged to live a life of discovery.
Blanton has been known as a supporter of modern sexual relationships and blogs on the topic frequently. It�s another part of her free spirit nature. She explains, �I don�t think there�s anything wrong with breaking hearts or arousing jealousy, as long as you come by it honestly. By that I mean: my life is about being creative, expressive, and honest � it�s not about making other people comfortable. I try to be respectful of other people boundaries and wishes to a reasonable extent. That said, sometimes honest self-expression brings up emotions for people. I don�t consider it my responsibility to avoid that.� Yet, with her charm and approachable demeanor, it is hard to imagine Blanton, accidentally or on purpose, hurting anyone.
A few years ago when Blanton was performing with the Wood Brothers in a New Jersey park, a tree fell down not far from the back stage area. No one was hurt, but that is the sort of thing that can happen at Carsie Blanton show. She certainly believes in an energy guiding her way. She responds, �My greatest adventure is following my muse! I do whatever keeps me inspired, and brings me the best songs. I consider that to be my job. That pursuit has gotten me into a lot of crazy situations � including moving to New Orleans. Most of the stories are in the songs! I just follow the muse! She�s brought me some incredibly talented musicians (including the band who will be joining me at Ardmore Music Hall on July 19), and collaborators of all kinds. I just try to stay creatively inspired, and the rest is all luck and magic.�


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Azar is coming from a similar background to Copp or...was it Hurst? Guys who were two-sport stars in high school and good at both, but hopefully will bust out when they focus on their one sports
Baseball Recruiting—Hello: Nick Azar (+ other items)
Last Monday (June 3), the Michigan baseball program secured its second commit in the 2015 class, Nick Azar, a 6-3, 205-lb. shortstop out of Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett High School. He joins Charlie Donovan (Hello post) in that class.
Source: MLive.
Info on Azar is limited. Prep Baseball Report, which doesn't currently have him in their top 10 for the state of Michigan in 2015, posted this brief bit in a recruiting rundown:
Nick Azar, SS, Univ. Liggett HS, 2015- Azar is an outstanding hockey player in addition to his baseball abilities. Azar becomes the fourth commitment in the state from the Class of 2015. He still has a ways to go in terms of polish but he stands at 6-foot-3, 205-pounds and has solid tools. Azar committed to Michigan on Monday.
Liggett is playing Concord tomorrow in an MHSAA Division 4 state tournament quarterfinal. The bracket for that division can found here.
In Division 1 (bracket here), four of the eight teams remaining feature Michigan signees or commits on their rosters. Bay City Western (Brett Adcock) faces Rockford, Temperance Bedford (Jackson Lamb) plays Howell, and U-D Jesuit (T.J. Shook and Harrison Wenson) is matched up against Sterling Heights Stevenson (Brandon Hughes).
2014 Michigan commit Drew Lugbauer helped lead Arlington to the New York state semifinals. MSG Varsity has a rundown and highlights of the team's loss in the semis, including an interview with Lugbauer.
Last month, a local Toledo-area newspaper called The Press published a nice feature article on another 2014 commit, Jayce Vancena—Michigan-bound Vancena: "Work hard, stay humble." Here's an excerpt:
"Michigan was always my No. 1 the whole time, and once they did that, I knew I didn't want to wait, I knew I wanted to be a Michigan Wolverine," continues Jayce. "I've been up to Ann Arbor a couple of times now to meet the coaches and players, and they've been awesome. The baseball field is just beautiful up there, the locker room is awesome, and they have an academic hall that has tutors in every subject…just for the athletes. That is what is so great about it. It's all academics first, and baseball second.
"Out of all the players I've met, the one that stands out the most is fifth-year senior Ben Ballentine," offers Vancena. "He's just another one of those guys who loves the game of baseball and just plays it with so much heart and passion. That's the way I try to be. I'm still the same guy who goes out to the mound every game, and plays with all of my heart and passion. I work hard to give my best effort every time I'm out there. I haven't changed at all.
"I've been a Michigan fan my whole life, I've bled maize and blue since the day I was born, and that day Michigan offered me a scholarship…it showed me that all of my hard work over the years had really paid off to help me achieve my lifelong dream of playing college baseball," he concludes.
Finally, I'm throwing this item in as well, even though it's not strictly about recruiting. Chris Webb of the B1G Baseball blog spoke to Erik Bakich earlier today and got some good insight into future Michigan baseball scheduling, specifically some big-name additions for 2014 and beyond.
The 2014 schedule is highlighted by a three-game set against the Houston Cougars during the second weekend of the season. After playing in the Lone Star State Michigan heads to the Irish Classic hosted by Notre Dame where such elite programs as UCLA and NC State, both participants in the 2013 College World Series, have committed to play. Michigan's Big Ten bye week will flip in 2014, instead of occurring at the beginning of the conference schedule the Wolverines end the regular season with a bye which features a visit from Kansas.
2015 tentatively features a return visit to Kansas, a series against Oklahoma State in Ann Arbor, a season opener at Pepperdine, and a trip to Gainesville for a series versus Florida. Tentative plans for 2016 include a season-opening series at North Carolina and a return visit to Oklahoma State.
That's a great point. Until your post I didn't think to search for hockey info on him, and it turns out, according to eliteprospects.com, he was drafted in the 10th round of the OHL draft and the 13th of the USHL draft. Not sure what that means about how good a hockey player he is, but I did find this posted at U.S. Hockey Report:
16. Nicholas Azar (#3 Kelly Green, 1-1-2) 6-2/185 — Big defensive defenseman projects well. Right now, the Belle Tire product is still growing into his body. When his coordination comes together we think he will be a nice pro prospect.
but those draft figures tell me he might be a lower end DI prospect. Maybe DIII? Other more educated people can give a better guess, but either way, getting drafted for both leagues definitely shows that he's a two-sport star. They don't just draft anyone
I'm family friends with the Azars...Nick is a great kid and very smart.
I've always seen him as more of a hockey player, though.
Awesome recap.. That future schedule is going to be tough. Hopefully it can help recruiting. I would love to see Michigan baseball become a national power. I've heard a couple of the talking heads during the cws mention Michigan as a team on the rise.
I actually played against this guy during the past year because our team is in the same division. Our team lost 3-0 but I pitched and struck him out once.
Video / Link or it didn't happen. Cool story bro.
never mind
In the state quarterfinals today, Howell mercied Bedford 11-1. That ends the high school baseball career of Jackson Lamb, who did not get the start on the mound today after his 146-pitch outing on Saturday.
Bay City Western edged Rockford 1-0, helped by Brett Adcock's perfect relief work, retiring the final 8 batters, including the last 5 via strikeout.
It's looking very likely that Western will face Sterling Heights Stevenson (and Brandon Hughes) in the state semis, as Stevenson has a 10-0 lead over U-D Jesuit in the middle of the third.
Stevenson ended up defeating U-D Jesuit 10-7, bringing the high school careers of T. J. Shook and Harrison Wenson to a close. So, Stevenson and Bay City Western will indeed meet in the semifinals in Battle Creek on Friday.
Liggett (and Nick Azar) has also earned a semifinal berth in Division 4 with a 10-0, 6-inning mercy over Concord. Liggett faces New Lothrop on Friday.
The finals are Saturday.
the agressive scheduling. It's gotta help recruiting and it may even be better to win 1/3 at UNC/Florida type places than sweep at home against IUPUI or something, in terms of RPI. I also like how he's getting southern(ish...) teams to come to Ann Arbor to play.
As a interesting side note, Scott Stricklin, the coach that took Kent State to the College World Series last year, and the presumed favorite for the Michigan opening before we settled on Bakich, accepted the Georgia head-coaching job.
Regarding Stricklin, rumor has it that Michigan pitching coach Sean Kenny is among the candidates to join him at Georgia. I really like the staff that Bakich put together, so hopefully this rumor doesn't come to fruition. Losing an Ann Arbor native to a southern school would be a tough blow.
Sean Kenny, leading candidate for @UGABasebll pitching job decided to stay at #Michigan. New name at #UGA: former #Auburn HC John Pawlowski.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersPG) June 14, 2013


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The freshman eight (pictured) and the rest of the Crimson turn their attention to Navy a week after a strong showing against Dartmouth and MIT.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The No. 2 Harvard lightweight crew seeks a three-year Haines Cup win streak as it takes on the No. 6 Navy Midshipmen Saturday morning on the Charles River.
The Course
The 2,000-meter course for Harvard and Radcliffe's home races begins in the Charles River Basin, roughly 100 meters upstream from the Longfellow Bridge and continues upstream until to the finish line just downstream of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Popular spectator viewing areas include the finish line in front of the Hyatt and the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue) at the course's midpoint.
Watch From Home
Free live video from all of the Harvard and Radcliffe crews' home races in 2011 is scheduled to be streamed on GoCrimson.com, weather permitting. Click here and then choose the "Live Events" tab to view the live feed once racing is underway.
Harvard/Radcliffe Racing Schedule
7:24 a.m. – Men's lightweight second varsity eight
7:36 a.m. – Women's heavyweight second varsity eight
7:48 a.m. – Men's lightweight varsity eight
8 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity eight
8:12 a.m. – Men's lightweight freshman eight
8:24 a.m. – Women's heavyweight varsity four
8:36 a.m. – Men's lightweight third varsity eight
8:48 a.m. – Women's heavyweight third varsity eight/fourth varsity eight
9 a.m. – Men's lightweight second freshman eight
9:24 a.m. – Women's lightweight varsity eight
9:48 a.m. – Women's lightweight second varsity eight
Probable Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Angela Chang, 8: Matt O'Leary, 7: Austin Meyer, 6: Will Newell, 5: Erich Schultze, 4: Tim Moore, 3: Andrew Trott, 2: Jared Dourdevelle, 1: Tom Nesel
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Lizzy Maybank, 8: Florian Mayr, 7: Alex Newell, 6: Tyler Caldwell, 5: Nicholas Gates, 4: Stuart Taylor, 3: Sean Duncan, 2: Billy Hennrikus, 1: Ben Bayley
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Saal, 8: Michael Paresky, 7: Gary Pellisier, 6: Matt Gibbons, 5: Jordan Cotton, 4: Craig Herron, 3: Martin Wallner, 2: Simon Maas, 1: Colin Rees
Freshman Eight
Cox: Shane Bouchard, 8: Michael Wales, 7: Andrew Campbell, 6: Peter Moot, 5: Joey Wall, 4: Cam Heron, 3: Zachary Connerton, 2: Alexander DeLaney, 1: Michael Zamora
Second Freshman Eight
Cox: Martin Cseh, 8: Benjamin Hughes, 7: Jamie Ashton, 6: Kevin Hernandez, 5: Luis Gallardo, 4: James Carey, 3: Frank Mace, 2: Steven Soto, 1: Yoan N'Komba
Last Weekend
Harvard (6-0) won by 1.9 seconds to claim the Biglin Bowl and cap a four‑win morning against No. 8 Dartmouth and No. 14 MIT. The Big Green and Crimson varsity eights pulled away from MIT and were level through 1,300 meters before Harvard moved ahead. The Crimson second, third and freshman eights were also victorious.
The wins against Dartmouth and MIT gave the Harvard varsity victories over its last 16 dual opponents, dating back to 2009. The Crimson has defeated nine consecutive home dual opponents since 2008.
Last Season
The Crimson won at Navy for the first time since 1997, defeating the No. 3 Midshipmen by 5.5 seconds on the Severn River to retain the Haines Cup and help Harvard win four of the day's five races. Harvard's third varsity beat Navy by just two-fifths of a second, while the second varsity and freshman eights also won.
Runner-up Harvard finished ahead of fifth-place Navy in the Eastern Sprints varsity grand final, but the Mids charged late to edge the Crimson by less than a second for the IRA silver medal.
History Lesson
Harvard's win last season ended a six-year string of alternating winners in the Haines Cup race and gave the Crimson a 37-7 lead in the cup series. In the last meeting on the Charles, in 2009, Harvard won by less than a second. The Crimson, which took the first 11 Haines Cup races from 1964-74, last won three straight in 1997, '98 and 2001.
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Navy varsity eight (2-2) opened the spring with a second-place finish against Princeton and MIT and suffered a 3.3-second loss against Yale before bouncing back with a home win against Columbia last weekend. The Midshipmen beat the Lions by six seconds and won the second varsity race by more than 20, but Columbia won the freshman eight.


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FOXBOROUGH — Scratched and bloodied, sore and swollen, bandaged and black and blue, Wes Welker took his time getting dressed, his back facing a growing media swarm surrounding his locker.
When he finally turned around, slowly, the pained look on Welker's face told a familiar playoff story throughout his time with the Patriots. He caught plenty of balls and gained plenty of yards, but missed opportunities, including by him, left a lasting mark in another disappointing postseason loss.
Welker caught eight passes for a game-high 117 yards, and scored the lone Patriots' touchdown on Sunday, a 1-yarder from Tom Brady in the second quarter. Those were the personal highlights, such as they were, in a 28-13 loss to the Ravens in the AFC Championship game.
Hard to forget for many, though, will be the ball Welker dropped in the third quarter that might have helped swing the momentum Baltimore's way. With the Patriots holding a 13-7 advantage they took into halftime, they faced third-and-8 from the Ravens' 34-yard-line on their first possession of the second half, looking to build a two-possession lead.
Brady lofted a pass toward the left sideline to an open Welker, who would have had enough yards for a first down. But the ball hit Welker square in the hands and then fell to the ground, a costly drop that forced the Patriots to punt. The Ravens scored on the ensuing possession, taking a 14-13 lead, and never trailed again.
Maybe not as damaging as the drop in the Super Bowl loss a year ago, but still significant. And Welker knew it.
"It was just a missed opportunity," Welker said softly.
He had absorbed another crushing hit three plays earlier, when he held on for a 24-yard completion, then took a helmet-to-helmet blow from adversary Bernard Pollard, which tacked on 15 yards with a personal foul penalty. The Patriots have faced the Ravens enough times over the years to know what a physical game it would be. Welker seemed to receive an extra dose of punishment.
"Obviously they're a good defense. They have good rushers, good defensive backs, good linebackers, so across the board they're tough," Welker said. "It's always hard, you put a lot into it, all year-round, and you want to finish strong. We just didn't do it."
Not this time. But was his dejected walk off the Gillette Stadium field Sunday night the final time Welker will be seen wearing a Patriots jersey? He'll become an unrestricted free agent after the season, but the team could place the franchise tag on him, like it did last year. The sides weren't able to agree on a long-term deal.
"I'm not sure, I'm not worried about that right now," Welker said, when asked if he thinks he'll be back with the team.
Does the uncertainty of the upcoming offseason bother him? "I'm really not worried about it at all. It's a tough loss, and [I'll] just try to get over it at the moment."
Would he be frustrated if the Patriots placed another franchise tag on him? "Like I said, I'm not worried about any of that."
Welker has caught at least one pass in every game he's played with the Patriots, and became the franchise's career leader in receptions earlier this season. Respected for his toughness — which was on display once again Sunday — and consistent production, Welker would certainly attract big-money offers should he hit the free agent market. The Patriots, either through the franchise tag or a long-term deal, might not be inclined to let that happen. It figures to be one of the team's closely followed story lines in the offseason.
In his six seasons with the Patriots, Welker has made the playoffs five times, and lost two Super Bowls. For many organizations, advancing to the conference championship game signifies a great season. This isn't one of them, Welker said.
"That's not the case at all."
He's confident that the window to win an elusive Super Bowl with the Patriots remains open. He'll start preparing for next season, wherever that might be. First, though, he'll need to digest another bitter playoff loss.
"I think they're all tough, no matter how old you are or anything else," Welker said.
How will he deal with it? "Same way I did last time. The sun will come up tomorrow, and you just try to move on."Michael Whitmer can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeWhitmer.


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It feels like a betrayal when a woman rises to a powerful position and then uses that position to prevent other women from reaching their full potential. So it is with Nan Hayworth, who campaigned as pro-choice, but uses her position in Congress to vote repeatedly against reproductive rights.
It feels like a betrayal when a woman rises to a powerful position and then uses that position to prevent other women from reaching their full potential. So it is with Nan Hayworth, who campaigned as pro-choice, but uses her position in Congress to vote repeatedly against reproductive rights.
If women can't take charge of the most personal aspect of their lives, they will remain at the mercy of others. Reproductive choice is not a privilege. It's a fundamental human right. Politicians have no place in our decisions about childbearing.
Hayworth's voting record reflects a mean-spirited nature. Since abortion and contraception are legal, she cannot deny them to all women. So she and her extremist colleagues repeatedly attack access for low-income women.
Hayworth is willing to sacrifice poor women. She voted for the Pence bill to cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood — cancer screenings, STI testing, birth control and more — even though she knew that no federal funds go to abortion.
She voted to cut all Title X funding for family planning services for approximately 5 million women. She voted to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Want your congressman to support women? Choose Sean Patrick Maloney.
Willa Freiband
Central Valley
This coming election may be the most important in our history.
If the Republicans win the presidency and both houses of Congress, they will make changes that will affect us and future generations for untold years.
If they win, they will make huge reductions in Social Security, Medicare qnd Medicaid, destroy unions, destroy public education, punish women, put more conservatives on the Supreme Court, give free rein to Wall Street, banks and large corporations, and destroy the environment.
They will be able to do this because the superrich will use their wealth to control everyone from the president to the people who work for the states and local communities.
And the people who will be among those most harmed will be among those who vote Republican.
Instead of criticizing Obama, let's bear in mind who left the country in the worst recession since 1929.
Milton Firkser
I am tired of people saying President Obama is ineffective.
Economy: Obama hasn't fixed the economy yet. He keeps blaming Bush. Really? Unemployment is lower than when he took office. The stock market is up. The entire auto industry survived. Don't forget, it took years to dig out from Reagan/George H.W. Bush. We called that the Clinton administration. Obama is doing fine.
Congress: Obama squandered a two-house majority. Really? Obamacare was passed. We put him in office to do just that, and he did it with approval from Congress. You can't blame him for our current buyers' remorse. And let's talk filibuster. Republicans bemoan it when they are in the majority, but use it when they need it.
Foreign policy: Obama is too nice, his tone apologetic. Really? What difference does it make? He got the job done. Osama bin Laden is dead, the homeland untouched since Sept. 11. Republicans saber-rattle all the time, but tone aside, foreign policy is the same under all presidents in this country. We are never as liberal, nor as aggressive, as we seem from the president's tone.
I'll stick with Obama, thank you.
Erik Marzano


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I really enjoy some funny commercials. The commercials I don't enjoy are the ones with a lot of small print. I have a TV over 50 inches and I still find it almost impossible to read the small print.
Small print has a bad reputation for a reason. There is one commercial that says all types are only $10, then in small print it lists all the items that are excluded. I don't think it is fair to the consumer. I feel like I am being tricked. Some people could easily be deceived because they couldn't read the small print.
I also have a problem with commercials that talk about medical lawsuits. I actually don't have a problem with the actual commercial or what they are attempting to do. I just get worried each time I take medicine or give medicine to my loved ones. The lawsuits commercials always pop in my mind, each and every time. I just say a little prayer that the medicine does no harm.
Another reason I despise commercials is because they work. I can be happy at home until I see a commercial about crab legs. I go weeks thinking about crab legs. I am not looking forward to my son begging me for a certain toy because of commercials. If my son is anything like me, he won't be happy until he gets it.
Infomercials are in a whole different category. I love watching those. I am amazed at how great these products are. Every once and a while I will actually buy something I see. Most of the time the product never works as great as it did on the infomercial. Most of the time I never needed the product in the first place.
I did buy a saw once from an infomercial. It worked great. It worked as good as it did on television. I always said I was going to do a review on it and put it on the Internet, but I still haven't. I only used the saw once. I didn't really need a $150 saw to cut down one little tree. Next time I have the need to use the saw, I plan to do a review. If there is a next time.
However, if you are interested in buying something from television, I have some advice.
Before you grab your credit card, take a minute to search the product on the Internet. There are usually dozens of reviews and videos from real people about every product out there. Secondly, read the fine print. It is there for a reason. Also, a lot of products do have return policies but you must follow their rules. If you only have 30 days to return a product, make sure you keep track of the dates. Most people don't.
Some products will give you a second item for free if you pay the shipping and handling. If you aren't going to use both of the products, decline the second product. Also, you can find a lot of the as-seen-on-TV products in the store. Usually you can get just one of the items for half the price.
Next time you see a great commercial, remember just because the commercial was great doesn't mean the product is. Even if the product is great doesn't mean you need it.
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London, UK (PRWEB) July 10, 2014
Deep Knowledge Ventures last week sponsored the inaugural 21st Century Medicine Forum on 'Commercialising Longevity Research' and welcomed a host of London-based investors, scientists and entrepreneurs to the London Bioscience Innovation Center for the event, organised by the UK's Biogerontology Research Foundation and Aging Analytics Ltd. The meeting highlighted the need for both philanthropic support and investment in translational research for age-related disease, as well as the crucial role of social awareness of advances in regenerative and preventative medicine. This point was well made by attending actress, campaigner and international model, Katya Elizarova, who said:
"It's clear that the most important thing is to support projects for preventing aging. If researchers are clever enough to develop methods to prevent age-related damage accumulating, it's much more likely that they will have an ability to treat with success", adding, "If I, as a media person, can increase the awareness of what you are doing here today and involve as many people as I can, then I shall do it."
The evening was marked by the announcement that former Chairman of the International Employee Benefits Association and pensions industry expert Geoffrey Furlonger is to join Aging Analytics as its new CEO. Deep Knowledge Ventures Senior Partner Dmitry Kaminskiy made the announcement during his talk on Impact Investment in Regenerative Medicine and highlighted Aging Analytics success in deploying its unique investor decision support software, VITAL (Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences) and the publication of its first report, 'Investing in Regenerative Medicine: Technology and Market Outlook'. Participants of the forum were handed out free copies of the report at the event. Introducing Geoffrey, Dmitry noted that under his leadership we could expect to see Aging Analytics draw attention to the opportunities for investment in the regenerative medicine industry that the pensions and life insurance industries have, as well as the significant use for the research the company could now generate.
Deep Knowledge Ventures investment remit includes artificial intelligence research and robotics, as well as longevity related biotechnology. On the subject of investment in pioneering technologies
Mr Kaminskiy said: "According to our estimates we are at an exciting historical point - even with a relatively small amount of investment - hundreds of millions of dollars - but with well-organized and inspired teams, it's possible to accelerate the exponential growth in science and medicine.
Our first joint task is now to create a convenient format for investing in this field for conventional investors, who got used to think in very narrow categories. But we need to go beyond this and change the paradigm. Investors in this field stand to gain more valuable results than profit alone. The logic is effective: in case of successful investments, they automatically get direct access to the actual technologies of personalized medicine and life prolongation for themselves and their families. What other business could be better? When you prolong life and still earn a lot of money on this.
This is the same for all stakeholders. People engaged in charity get closer to the technologies of personalized medicine. Investors get even closer as they make money on it. In the forefront though are the entrepreneurs, who invest not only money - but also invest their infrastructure resources, time, expertise and managerial talent.
I estimate that the growth of the market for regenerative medicine is in a situation similar to the beginning of DotCom boom in the late 1990s. We can see it through big investments – Google with antiaging project – Calico, IBM with Watson, famous startup Human Longevity and even Lockheed Martin with their personalized medicine project.
Personally, my opinion is that the most basic prospects of the 21st century are at the intersection of biotechnology, personalized medicine and artificial intelligence. I think, that next fundamental task in artificial intelligence development is to exempt progressive businessmen from the routine work of making money.
I foresee that progressive businessmen will begin to use artificial intelligence (AI) and that it will give them a fundamental advantage over traditional businesses. I'm absolutely sure that in 5, maximum 10 years the average oligarch will not compare the length of ocean yachts or popularity of their football clubs, but will compare powers of their financial AI, access to technologies of personalized medicine and their level of ability to prolong their own lives."
Speakers during the event included Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO of Deep Knowledge Ventures portfolio company InSilico Medicine, who explained "By bringing together class-leading researchers, pensions experts, financial heavyweights and science communicators at meetings like this, we hope to facilitate collaboration across disciplines and produce the next generation of projects that will take longevity science from the bench to the clinic". InSilico Medicine recently announced that Dr Charles Cantor, former Director of the Human Genome Project, had been appointed Chairman of their scientific advisory board, placing the company at the vanguard of efforts to apply bioinformatics to longevity research. Dr. Zhavoronkov also made available complementary copies of his new book 'The Ageless Generation: How Advances in Biomedicine Will Transform the Global Economy'.
Participants of the event were extended invitations to attend the International Symposium on Geroprotectors meeting on 'Practical Applications of Ageing Research for Drug Discovery', at the MipTEC conference in Basel, Switzerland September 23rd - 24th 2014.
Notes to Editors
The speakers at the inaugural 21st Century Medicine forum included:
Dmitry Kaminskiy, Senior Partner, Deep Knowledge Ventures, Hong Kong on 'Impact Investment to Advance Longevity Research'
Kate Elizarova, Actress, Model & Campaigner on 'Raising Cultural Awareness for Medical Advances & Longevity Research'
Eli Mohamad, Co-Founder, Organ Preservation Alliance, NASA Ames Research Center on 'An X-Prize for Organ Preservation'
Geoffrey Furlonger, CEO, Aging Analytics, United Kingdom on 'Longevity As a Challenge for Pension Funds & Life Insurance Companies'
Charles Groome, Consultant, Aging Analytics, United Kingdom on 'Novel Sources of Investment for Translational Research'
Henry Stanley, VP Strategy, BGRF on 'Charitable Contributions to Translational Longevity Research'
Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO, InSilico Medicine on 'The Importance and Future of Longevity Research'
Videos of the above talks can be viewed will be made available shortly on the Aging Analytics and BGRF websites. The next Forum event is anticipated to take place in Oxford, UK in October 2014.
About Aging Analytics
Aging Analytics Agency Ltd performs innovative research in biotechnology and regenerative medicine, keeping abreast of the newest processes and technologies for extending life. Through development of databases, frameworks and software supporting financial decision making it provides tools to qualify capital allocation decisions in the public and private sector. The company also provides strategic consulting in the field of regenerative medicine and anti-aging research. Aging Analytics has also launched VITAL (Validating Investment Tool for Advancing Life Sciences), a decision making support software focused on a subset of thousands companies in the sector. For more information, please visit http://www.aginganalytics.com
About Deep Knowledge Ventures
Deep Knowledge Ventures is a Hong Kong-based venture fund management company focusing on mid- to long-term biotechnology investments at an early-stage. It routinely invest in both private and public companies specializing in biotechnology, regenerative medicine, oncology, drug discovery, bioinformatics and personalized medicine. For more information, please visit http://www.deepknowledgeventures.com
About InSilico Medicine, Inc.
Insilico Medicine, Inc. is a Baltimore-based bioinformatics and drug discovery company specializing in cancer and aging research and personalized medicine in age-related diseases. The company is developing models and softwares to predict the efficacy of the various targeted drugs in oncology and extrapolated these methods to evaluate the possible geroprotective properties of the many drugs with known molecular targets. The mission of InSilico Medicine is to find working solutions to treat, cure and prevent age-related diseases and aging itself through excellence in knowledge management, machine learning and bioinformatics, relentless pursuit for new drug, omics and clinical outcomes data, development of reliable in silico drug screening methods, novel validation approaches and strong international partnerships in personalized medicine. This mission will be achieved within the regulatory frameworks as well as the legal and ethical boundaries and by working with the outstanding scientists, academic and medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies of impeccable credibility. For more information please visit http://www.InSilicoMedicine.com
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The steel valve covers on my '67 big-block coupe had seen better days-the paint was peeling and traces of rust were starting to lift the paint in other spots. This is a natural occurrence when you live in a reasonably damp and humid environment, such as on the New Jersey shore where I hang my Corvette hat. I decided that some underhood beautification was long overdue, so I took off my valve covers and proceeded to refurbish them, documenting the process along the way.
It doesn't matter if you've got a small-block engine in your Corvette; as long as it has painted steel valve covers, the steps I'm showing here will apply to them as well. To get the absolute best results, you'll have to strip the valve covers down to bare metal. While you can use chemical paint strippers, I don't like them for three reasons: 1) the stuff is very caustic; 2) disposing of it is not easy if you want to be ecologically correct; and 3) the stuff makes a royal mess. That being said, another choice is sand- or bead-blasting, and that's the route I choose.
You don't need a large or expensive blasting cabinet to do this job. I use a hand-held sandblasting gun I got from Sears for about $50, and it does a very adequate job on items like valve covers, intake manifolds, and other small parts. The gun holds about 5 pounds of blasting media, which does quite a bit of surface area. Of course, you'll need an air compressor to power the blasting gun. And you'll definitely want to use eye protection, some heavy gloves, and other protective clothing because sand particles propelled at high speed hurt! I highly recommend using a face shield rather than just goggles since getting pelted in the face with ricocheting sand is no fun, believe me!
You're going to need some primer to seal and prep the bare steel for paint, and you'll also need the appropriate color spray enamel for your valve covers. My '67 required good old Chevy Orange, but for later years, blue would be the right color. While you're at it, you would do well to get yourself a couple of spray can trigger grips. they make controlling the spray a lot easier and much more comfortable than pressing the spray button on the can with your finger.
Be sure to choose a work area that has lots of light and is far enough away from other objects you don't want to get hit with sand or overspray. I used a plastic tarp in the yard to blast on, and this (or an old shower curtain) will work just as well in your driveway. In addition to catching the spent sand, there will also be paint particles and chips in the mix. this paint waste is toxic, so dispose of this sandy refuse in a responsible manner.
As I mentioned, I live on the New Jersey shore, so getting sand is no problem whatsoever-it's literally all over the place. However, if you live in an area that's far away from the beach, you can pick up a 50-pound bag of sandbox sand or sand for cement mixing at the local home center for under $5. Fifty pounds will be more than enough to do a pair of valve covers, and you'll have plenty of it leftover for other projects.
As for spraying the primer and color coats, the ideal situation is to have a spray booth, so if you have access to one, by all means use it. I, however, don't have that luxury, so my spray station consisted of a piece of plywood on two saw horses in my garage with the door open for ventilation. I used a disassembled cardboard box to act as a backsplash, and I wore a disposable dust mask. a respirator offers better lung and bronchial protection, however. Make sure you have plenty of ventilation.
Before we get on with the step-by-step photos, a few words about painting are in order. The first and most important rule when using aerosol spray paints is to shake, shake, and shake! The better you mix the paint, the better it will cover. The second rule is to put on several light coats, rather than a heavy, wet coat. A heavy coat takes longer to dry, increases the chances for a run, and won't give you a uniform finish.


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The Mitsubishi i electric car.
Get charged up without zapping your wallet
February 7, 2012
People, hear me--you don't need a $2,000 charging dock to recharge your electric car!
Building owners, listen to my words--you don't need to go through some charging-infrastructure contractor to provide electricity for your tenants and customers who have EVs!
Municipalities currently being sweet-talked by various entities, lend me your ears! Save everybody money!
Electricity is electricity. It comes out of the wall and goes into your car. It is not complicated and it doesn't need a box with five different-colored lights that blink, and you don't need anything that makes a bleep sound at different times. All you need is a plug, and you get one with your car when you buy it.
I just bought a Mitsubishi i, the least expensive, freeway-ready EV in America. It came with a charge cable that safely sends 120 volts to the car from any outlet in America. You can ship this cable to a small company in Berkeley, Calif., called EVSE Upgrade and it will safely and efficiently convert it to send 240 volts of electricity so that you can recharge your car in half the time.
Then, at your home, have a regular-old, garden-variety electrician come and install a 240-volt plug. Voilà, you have safely and efficiently saved yourself a thousand dollars, maybe more. The conversion of the charge cable costs $239 plus shipping. The cost of the plug at your house varies, but the hardware for the plug itself costs about $40.
If you own a business and want to attract electric-car owners, you don't need to install a fancy charging dock in a special parking space. Just splice together two 120-volt lines and voilà, you get 240 volts. You can get a spare charging cable with an SAE J1772 plug on it, attach it to some kind of locked electrical panel near a parking space and, badda bing, you have an EV charger location that will show up on the many EV charger maps popping up all over the Web, and EV buyers will patronize your business.
If you're a municipality that invested thousands of dollars in the 1990s to get inductive paddle chargers that no one ever used, don't get fooled again! There is a new standard plug called the SAE J1772 that all new electric cars sold in America will have. You don't need a fancy post- or wall-mounted charging dock with lights on it that blink. All you need is 240 volts. Ask the guys in your local DWP. They can do it themselves.
Airports: You don't need expensive charging docks either. EVs are parked at your airport for long periods and can easily recharge at 120 inexpensive volts while their owners are away. You can put in tens or hundreds of little 120-volt outlets all over your parking garages for a reasonable price and tell EV owners where they are. Everyone will be happy. If you install two large, expensive charging docks that are busy all the time, only two or four EV owners will be happy. (Are you listening LAX?)
Why must everything be so complicated? Answer: It mustn't. Don't let it be. It's just electricity, people. It's not scary. Not too scary, anyway.


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Small Business Must-Reads—Wednesday, Feb. 13
Fresh push: Entrepreneurs are renewing efforts to lobby for a bill that would grant visas to immigrants starting businesses in the U.S. Plus, The Accelerators mentors on why the U.S. ease up on visas for tech-oriented foreigners.
Wheel problem: Some New York merchants are collaborating to mount a unified defense against attorneys who they believe are falsely accusing them of failing to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Crain's New York.
Office politics: Unproductive workplaces rife with territorial disputes, posturing and peer criticism, can be the result of too many employees, with too little to do. Inc.com.
Mobbed, again: The people behind "cash mobs," events that promote spending sprees at small businesses, have partnered with Restaurant.com to form "dish mobs." Bloomberg Businessweek.
Atypical franchises: Some off-beat business concepts, including painting classes with wine and a truck that offers mobile video-game parties, are growing through franchising. CNNMoney.com.
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text: The Potsdam High School Saxophone Quartet recently played at Crane's Saxophone Chamber Music Festival, which brought together saxophonists from around the country and was organized by Crane Saxophone professor Christopher Creviston. The Potsdam high school group performed "Chorale and Canon," by world-renowned composer Arthur Frackenpohl. Students in the Wind Ensemble as well as the sax quartet were treated to a session at the high school with Mr. Frackenpohl during which he spoke about his composition and made some suggestions to the quartet about the performance of his piece. Pictured are (left to right) Lawrence Hazen, alto, Cassie Grace, baritone, composer Arthur Frackenpohl, Kate Hildreth, tenor, and Sebastian Grimberg, soprano. Photo by Theresa Witmer.


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NEWPORT NEWS — When a disembodied voice in his Newport News home announces it's time to take his vital signs, Ron Day and his wife, Carol, head upstairs from the living room to a bedroom equipped with a remote monitoring device.
Ronald, a 73-year-old retiree from Newport News shipyard, has a weakened heart. He's had an aortic valve replacement and doctors installed a pacemaker last fall. He was hospitalized for weeks in December for fluid build-up in his right lung.
"It was a touchy situation," said Carol, as Ron followed recorded instructions to step on the scale.
Now, each day at 9 a.m., including weekends, Ron's data — weight, heart rate, oxygen saturation level and blood pressure — are transmitted wirelessly to a computer screen monitored by either Anita Dunn or LaTonya Davis-Boone, nurses for Bon Secours Home Care, working miles away in a corner office in Virginia Beach.
Such remote monitoring, known as telehealth, has taken on increased significance since October, when the Affordable Care Act introduced penalties for hospitals for 30-day readmissions of patients with heart failure, pneumonia or heart attack. Almost one in five Medicare patients nationally is readmitted within a month of going home at a cost of $17 billion in avoidable bills, according to ModernHealthcare.com.
The Dartmouth Atlas Project reported this week that nationwide the numbers barely shifted between 2006 and 2010. Peninsula health systems, however, have brought readmissions to a post-surgical low of between 8 and 11 percent and post-medical to between 13 and 15 percent.
By keeping daily tabs on patients, not only to check on their well-being but also to ensure that they comply with medication and diet instructions, remote monitoring has proven effective as one strategy in reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. It also provides patients with a sense of security. "Most patients love it. They like the novelty of knowing someone is watching them," said Vickie Morgan, director of clinical operations for Riverside Home Health department.
A pilot study by Sentara Home Care Services, which pioneered the concept in Hampton Roads more than a decade ago, showed that readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients decreased by 81 percent in the first six months of its program and that hospital days dropped by 87 percent. From 2010 to 2012 its e-Home Program for CHF patients dropped the 30-day readmission rate to 2 percent. Other studies, both in Europe and the U.S., have reported drops between 60 and 75 percent in readmissions for all patients.
Bon Secours started offering telehealth seven years ago as part of an array of home health services for patients post-hospitalization. The duo of Dunn and Davis-Boone takes turns going out to set up the equipment for patients — a small black box that transmits the data either wirelessly or through the phone lines. It allows them to monitor between 85 and 110 patients daily, from Williamsburg to the oceanfront, along with more in Richmond. They look for any significant changes, such as more than a 2-pound weight gain, indicative of fluid build-up. If anything's out of the ordinary, they call the patient to re-do the measurement; if it's still out of whack, they'll call the doctor.
When Day's oxygen level came up at 84, well below the acceptable 90 to 100 range, Carol said confidently, "I expect Anita will call and have us re-do it." A glitch in the automated system often provides false low readings, which can be corrected by a manual override, she explained. "I think it's fantastic. You can't go to the doctor every day. And then there's the transportation, not everyone has it," Carol added. The whole process, including a follow-up phone call, takes just a few minutes.
Newport News resident Frances Capps, 84, who has been home-monitored for more than a month after multiple strokes also appreciates not having to go back and forth to the doctor. Like Day, though, she needs help with the blood pressure cuff. Otherwise, patients find the system with its step-by-step instructions simple to use. It's programmed to answer follow-up questions geared to individual patients. Day's machine asks him if his ankles have been more swollen and if he has made an emergency room visit in the week prior. He answered by pushing the "No" button on the box.
In conclusion the machine reminded him to take his meds — an array of five prescriptions, down from 13 — and to eat a healthy diet."You can do pretty good if you stick with it," he said
Both Bon Secours and Riverside employ the same 60-day window for monitoring patients. "For those who need to learn how to manage diseases, 60 days is a good time to get a habit going," said Morgan. "The monitor is a point of contact. You can start talking a patient through symptoms, ask if they've taken their meds, or what they ate at the weekend — perhaps they had that country ham dinner they shouldn't have."


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COLUMBIA — A Toronto Blue Jays scout approached Brison Celek last fall at South Carolina's pro day workout. The scout told Celek that the team had watched him since the 2012 season, but he didn't have enough at-bats to be properly evaluated, Celek said. If he got enough in 2013, the scout told him, maybe the Blue Jays would draft him.
Celek, a Bishop England graduate, was not a regular for the Gamecocks in 2013. He played in 30 of 63 games, with 24 starts, all at designated hitter. Nobody on the team started more often at designated hitter. Celek got 88 at-bats and hit .307, compared to 58 at-bats and .224 in 2012, when he played in 29 games, started 12 and was eligible for the draft as a third-year sophomore.
When this year's three-day Major League Baseball draft began last Thursday, Celek tried to manage his expectations. Before the draft, a Blue Jays scout asked Celek about his plans if the team drafted him. Would he sign and skip a final year of eligibility? Celek told the scout there was a good possibility he'd do that.
"I knew they were interested in me," Celek said. "I just didn't know if it was going to happen. I didn't know if I had enough at-bats. I had an open mind about it. I didn't want to get my hopes up and be let down."
The Blue Jays did draft him, in the 31st of 40 rounds, and on Friday, Celek said he decided to follow through and sign with the team.
Players drafted where Celek was typically don't make a lot of money initially, but his draft stock didn't figure to improve drastically next season, especially if he played sparingly again.
With first baseman LB Dantzler out of eligibility — Toronto picked him in the 14th round — and rising junior Kyle Martin ready to take over at first base, there was a chance for Celek to earn more playing time at DH in 2014. But Celek, who will turn 23 in January, decided to move on. (He was the only USC junior drafted this year. The other three draftees were seniors.)
"I accomplished everything that I wanted to accomplish in college, and it felt like the right time to move on," he said. "I always wanted to hit a home run in college and I finally did that this year. I pretty much did all the key notes that you can do in college baseball."
Celek hit one homer this season, after having zero in 66 previous at-bats at USC.
Celek shared his decision with coach Chad Holbrook this week, in an end-of-season meeting after the Gamecocks lost Tuesday at North Carolina in an NCAA tournament super regional.
"I just told him this might be my only opportunity to carry on with my aspirations of playing professional baseball," Celek said. "I felt it was time to move on, and he understood. There was no hard feelings. We both thought it was maybe the right time to do what was necessary.
"I just felt like next year I would've hoped to DH every game. (But) I might not have had as good a year as I did this year, so I felt like it was the right time. Next year I might not get drafted, so I might as well take it when I've got it."
Celek plans to complete his degree in business management and marketing. He has one semester left. But for now, his focus is on baseball. He will fly Sunday to the Blue Jays' facility in Dunedin, Fla., where he will sign his contract. He said he isn't aware of its specifics yet.
Nor is he sure where the Blue Jays will play him. Of his 68 career games played at USC (37 starts), he started just once in the field — last season at first base.
"I'm assuming I'm just going to be playing first base and DH, I guess," he said.
He expects the Blue Jays to determine that starting Sunday. His most likely first stops in the minor leagues are rookie ball in Dunedin; advanced rookie ball in Bluefield, W.Va.; or short-season Class A in Vancouver, Canada.
He finishes his college career with just 154 at-bats during three seasons over four years, because he redshirted in 2011. That's about 70 fewer than most starting players have in one season. Even though he leaves college with one national championship ring (from 2010) and one trip to the College World Series (last season), does he wish he had played more?
"I think I did the best with what I was given and there's no hard feelings," he said. "Everybody wishes they'd play more if they were in my shoes. Everybody disagrees with the coach, but you have to respect their decisions. I thought I did well enough to keep playing, and I did play for a while, for 24 games (that he started this year). I did what I was supposed to do when I got the opportunity, so that's all I can really do."