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Alumni Weekend Memories
Having been around ballplayers for six decades, I shouldn't be surprised at the memories they have from their playing careers. More on that later but first a re-cap of Alumni Weekend.
Thursday's sold-out alumni luncheon for seniors was a grand slam. Covered that in Friday's post.
Krukker delivered a tremendous acceptance speech during Friday night's Wall of Fame induction ceremonies. He left no doubt he has a love affair for Philadelphia and the fans returned that with their passionate cheering. It was goose-bump city.
Thought we could make him cry by having his young son and daughter present his miniature copy of the WOF plaque. Instead, his eyes were filled with pride and joy. We always end the ceremonies with a victory lap and that is really cool, seeing the sections of fans arise as the vehicle approaches their area.
Saturday was Alumni Night, a chance for some 45 ex-Phillies to be introduced on the field. Rain somewhat curtailed the ceremonies but it still went well. Alphabetically, from Amaro to Wine, a real connection with the 1964 team. Three no-hit pitchers and three Hall of Famers. Not many clubs can match that.
Sunday, heavy rain washed out everything. The Kalas statue ceremonies will now take place at 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday night before the game with Arizona. Some of the Alumni and most of the Kalas family won't be there, but Kane Kalas and his step-sister and step-brother will be there.
The statue was installed following Saturday night's game. We had a tent ordered Friday in case of rain and had it installed Sunday morning, in case there was a break in the weather. There was no break. So, we invited the Kalas family (brother Jim and his wife, Mary; sons Todd and Brad, all of whom will not be there on Tuesday) to the park to see the statue. Sculptor Larry Nowlan explained his thinking and then unveiled the bronze statue. The smiles on Harry's family faces said enough. Numerous family photos were taken with the 7.5-foot statue. It was cool.
Sunday was also a day in which we had planned numerous Alumni surprises for the fans. So, we'll store that idea until next year. Sorry, a surprise is a secret.
Memories, oh, yes.
As Alumni mingled each of the three days, they reminisced about their careers. It is an amazing how ballplayers can remember a pitch from 10-20 years ago. Bunning can give a game-by-game run down of the fateful 10-game losing streak that robbed fans of a pennant in 1964. Bunning remembered a hanging slider that Willie Stargell hit into the upper deck exit runway at Veterans Stadium. "I think it finally landed in New Jersey," he laughed.
Tony Taylor and Rick Wise were teammates and laughed about the time Gene Mauch upset all the food tables after a rookie, Joe Morgan, beat the Phillies in extra innings inHouston. "I was a rookie and I was hungry," recalled Wise. "All of a sudden, here comes Gene and he's hot, 'Joe bleeping Morgan.' He looked at me and said, 'get out of here' and then flipped the tables." Tony couldn't stop laughing.
Mitch talked about the pitch he threw to Joe Carter that ended the 1993 World Series. "As soon as I let it go, I knew the consequences," admitted Mitch. Kruk jumped in, "Then why did you throw it?" Everybody broke up.
Alumni from different eras clustered together. After all they had bonded during their years in a Phillies uniform. They lived together for 6-7 months and went to war each game. It creates a bond that lasts a lifetime.
Luzinski, Schmidt, Boone, Bystrom and their manager, Dallas, were at one table. The wives are still letting Dallas know their unhappiness at not being allowed to travel with the team to Houston during the 1980 playoffs. Yes, they were there, at their own expense.
Next night, Green, Wine and Amaro Sr. were re-living old times. Dallas and Bobby played for Buffalo in the minors in 1959 and they were trying to recall the starting lineup. There was a tall outfielder, big bonus guy, from Texas in right field. They knew everything about the mystery right fielder but his name. They looked my way, "Baron, who was the guy?" Well in 1959 I was 21 years old and in college. Yes somehow, the name came to me, Mickey Harrington.
Then, there was Freddy Schmidt, not a household Schmidt name for Phillies fans. A right-handed pitcher, he was 5-8 with the Phillies in 1947 and at age 95, is our third oldest Alumni. He needs a cane and wheelchair to get around but his mind is as sharp as a tack. To make it easy for him to get to the field, we brought him on the field in a golf cart and gave him a victory lap. More goose-bumps.
Freddy talked about his days with the Cardinals (he proudly wears his 1944 World Series ring when he was a rookie in St. Louis) and May 3, 1947, trade to the Phillies. The Phillies also received CF Harry Walker in the deal for OF Ron Northey. Walker hit .363 and became the Phillies first batting champion since Chuck Klein in 1933.
Freddy saw Jackie Robinson break into the big leagues and heard the racist abuse directed at him. "Ben Chapman, a southern gent, was our manager and he was nasty, not only to Jackie, but he was just plain nasty."
Freddy lives in Wind Gap, PA, and is a huge fan of the current team. "I don't miss a game on TV," he boasted. "But those west coast games are a challenge.
"What I don't understand is why they have a pitching coach. With that pitching staff, why do you need a coach?" he laughed.
When introduced to Ruben Amaro, Jr., Freddy said, "Getting Pence is your best move. He's perfect for this team."
Alumni Weekend is a long-time Phillies tradition. Fans love the weekend.. The Alumni really love getting together, no matter if it is Mike Schmidt or Freddy Schmidt.
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Not to be picky but…Rick Wise was not on the team in 1963, the year that Joe Morgan got the hit that beat the Phillies and Mauch turned over the table with food. Taylor was on the team. And it didn't happen in extra innings, it came in the bottom of the 9th of a game that Chris Short led 1-0 going into the bottom of the 9th.
Rick Wise was a rookie in 1964 so he was making the Mauch story up. Bet if Mauch had been there he wouldn't have made it up because Gene would have remembered the entire incident. By the way, the table food landed on the suits of Wes Covington and Tony Gonzalez, ruining them. Mauch bought them both new suits.
I was at that game when Stargell hit the longest home run I have ever seen hit in person.Nothing against Bunning,he was at the end of an illustrious career,and Willie was in his prime.Never forget the sound of the crack of the bat when that shot was launched.Went to many Iggle games at theVet,never heard a louder hit.
California Dreamin – Wise WAS up in '63. Not enough action to lose rookie status in '64, (actually saw NO action). Per Wikipedia, Wise was only 18 years of age when he debuted for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1964, his SECOND professional season. HE was on big club for a couple games in '63, and may well have been around during Mauch's table flipping tirade.
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I think that the Phillies consistently overlook Tony Gonzalez and his contributions throughout the '60s. He hit over .300 four times and was a very good (actually a record breaking) fielder. I saw where he is going to be 75 this month. I think he had much more of a role than John Briggs thats for sure. It would have been right for him to have been there.
You know, I later wondered if perhaps Wise had been brought up in September of 1963 [in those days teams brought up everybody] and did witness it. However, it was specifically discussed as being in 1964 and it occurred a year earlier.
In fact, in one of the ironies, the Phillie players who were going through the 10 game losing streak in late Sept of 1964 kept saying that they wished that Mauch would get angry and throw something, much like he did in late 1963.
By the way, most Phillie players who were there for the spare rib throwing episode later said that Mauch probably saved their 4th place finish and first division money. That loss to Houston 2-1 sent the Phils into 5th place with but 6 games to play, all on the road against the tough Giants and eventual World Champion Dodgers.
Mauch's episode reminded them that he was not going to let them just play out the season…and they didn't. They won 2 of 3 in SF and then swept the Dodgers in LA to finish at 87-75.
I will never forget after the sweep, Dodger GM Buzzie Bavasi was asked about meeting the Yankees in the World Series. His reply…"heck, we should just send the Phillies, right now they are the best team in the National League."
And for 150 games in 1964 he was correct.
I would like to know why Bowa dosen"t come to any alumni events?
I thought the Wise story was partially a typo/misprint, with Wine and Wise being interchanged in a spot or two. I was 13 in 1964, at an age and an era when baseball meant everything to boys that age. I can't imagine how it was possible, but my 11 year old brother was even more a fan than I was and our Aunt Emma hung black drapes over my brother's Phillies pennant and other memorabila. I loved her the rest of her life, but thought that was the meanest thing she could have done.


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Anyone who has taken a standardized test like the SAT, GRE, or GMAT, or who soon must run one of these gauntlets, is familiar with the typical study options. Guidebooks, practice tests, classes, and even one-on-one tutors are the typical pillars of the daunting study process.
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Live data lets users chart their progress in real time and compare their scores to those of their peers. Built-in study breaks cut to "edgy" and humorous YouTube videos that add a little levity to the otherwise arduous study process.
The content, provided by education publication giant McGraw-Hill is on par with any traditional study textbook, Rangnekar says, which is why the service is priced accordingly. GMAT test takers, for instance, must pay $9.99 and $14.99 for the iPhone and iPad versions, respectively. "We are not building apps that are just flashcards," he says. "This is a very comprehensive way to study."
2. Easel: This free SAT iPad app allows students to solve for "x" using only their finger and the touchscreen. Rather than reading problems on the screen and working them out with pencil and paper, students have a "digital whiteboard" that serves as their scratch paper.
If the student has trouble, they need only push a "Show Me" button, in which a digital tutor writes out step-by-step instructions that show the right path to the correct answer.
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The Tutor app will also have a whiteboard feature similar to the Easel product that allows the live tutor and students to work problems out together via a digital interface.
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Right now La Lomota DH is the only big race we have in the Dominican Republic, on 2014 we are going to celebrate the second edition of this gnarly race which is held in Navarrete, a small town in the North Coast, my good friend Cesar Pucheu is working hard to make this event a time to remember!
Last year we had more than 40 people racing in the three divisions: Groms, Womens and Open. This is one of the most challenging tracks we have, it has 19 curves and a top speed that reaches around 47 miles per hour.
The date is set and everybody is wondering who is going to be the King of the Hill!
I made a selection of my favorite photos from last year, shot by my homegirls Catherine Goico and Gabriela Sobrino! Peep it, get motivated and COME SKATE WITH US!
Having the road closed made me skate with a lot more confidence than ever before! I had those turns on LOCK!
Here's my homegirl Cathy Kat who shared podium with me, taking the second place for the ladies! Hell yea girl !
Arline Barrot never went so fast before! She was really excited to experience new speeds and to take home the 3rd place!
My brotha from anotha motha Miguel Cabreja knows right! He slashed his Jet Banshee with 50 Degrees Caliber Trucks and some 75mm Lime BigZigs!
Things got really rowdy with the unexpected rain, but that ain't stopping us! We have a race!
Jomar Guzman is a TOP racer from Puerto Rico, i bet you've heard about him before, the guy is FAST! We are happy to receive his support and to have his presence in every race we have in the DR
This year we are also having the campsite ready !
The ladies came from around the coast to shoot some pics all weekend!
My good friend Jeremy Dils followed me down the hill filming a Raw Run (Raw Diaz on YouTube) the morning before the race started, the road was still open but it was really rad.
Taking those inside lines like it's my job!
Cesar Pucheu the 2013 King of the Hill going in the front and leading the boys down his local.
Jamil from Puerto Plata getting low and steezy!
Jose El Loko from Puerto Rico shredded the hill all weekend like a boss!My good friend Wilbert Caba is ready to race you all this year, you better be ready!
Smiles all over for podium time!
1) Cesar Pucheu (DR)
2) Miguel Cabreja (DR)
3) Jose "El Loko" (PR)
1) Pam Diaz (DR)
2) Catherine Goico (DR)
3) Arline Barrot (DR)
1) Bori Montero (DR)
2) Erick Estrella (DR)
3) Richard Rodriguez (DR)
What makes this hill special is the hospitality that the locals offer us, it's like no other place I've been before. So many kind and humble people stoked on our sport! So supportive and motivated to see downhill skateboarding grow in their area.
All the little kids from the town where in love with downhill skateboards! You can tell with this picture! definitely GREAT TIMES!
Make sure to check the event "La Lomota DH Race 2014" on Facebook with all the information you need 🙂


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BT has added new capabilities to its BT Contact portfolio to enhance omnichannel customer service.
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In the video game industry, Microsoft and Sony are the establishment, and Nintendo has always been the cheeky little upstart. Whatever everyone else does, Nintendo knows it can't compete with them on their terms.
It can only play defensive; when they up the ante in ever more powerful gaming systems with ultra-realistic graphics – Nintendo responds by making something like the Wii that is so entertaining to use in the way it mimics your body's motions, you scarcely notice that it produces images that look like cave drawings next to what the
PlayStation 3 can do. With people playing their video games on their iPhone now, Sony and everyone else has been trying to compress their pocket machines into ever smaller sizes. And what does Nintendo do?
They come out with a hefty pocket device, the Nintendo DS i XL. The video games Nintendo DS i XL devices play, from the Super Mario Galaxy to Prince of Persia, not to mention crossword puzzles and Sudoku, have been out in Japan for quite a while
The Nintendo DS i XL is about the size of an airport paperback. It folds open and shut like a book, and each side on the inside, has its own screen – each one about 4 inches across. So why on earth did they intend to go the opposite direction when everyone else was trying to go smaller and more compact?
It's like that Jay Leno bit on the Late Night show once about a cell phone they were making so small, you could probably suck it in as you breathed. Things are only useful when smaller, when they are actually usable. Many of the video games Nintendo DS i XL devices are meant to play, are actually more sedate ones like crosswords, that seniors love to play at their old-age homes.
But even still, a big part, some would say the biggest part, of Nintendo's market is with the tweens. Wouldn't they like something much sleeker and smaller? Well, that's until you actually look at those screens (remember, it has two).
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And for people who are tired of aiming for the exact spot on a tiny touchscreen, these large ones seem positively playground-like. When you buy it, when it is released later this year, right out of the box, you get a free dictionary, a couple of little games, and a web browser. Any time you put a web browser on a device, it's going to sell, and when it has screens like this, it couldn't lose. The rub is of course, in the price – it costs $200.
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Systems in Organizations
The concept of Systems (systems thinking, causal loops, feedback, etc.) has been around for a long time. The formal theories go back at least 50 years, and the philosophical ideas (like holsim) can be found in ancient texts from thousands of years ago. So is this really of use to organizations?
Actually, yes.
The easiest way to see this is through people and organizations. It's amazing to see how people get lost behind the facilities, equipment, production, finances, etc., of organizations. But if there were no people, there would be no organization. There might be a factory full of robots, but that is not an organization. So organizations are often assumed to be collections of individual humans.
That would be simple, if individuals added up to organizations. Unfortunately, we also know better than that, but we sometimes don't make the connections.
From the time that we're kids in school, we know that people act differently in one group than in another. Most of us are pretty clear, too, that when we go back to visit with our parents and siblings, or other family members, we fall (or get shoved) right back into old roles and old ways of being. Anyone who has ever had training in group dynamics understands this, as well. The setting that we're in gives us a lot of cues about how we're supposed to act, and we respond to those unconsciously more than because we really mean to.
Groups and organizations are not just collections of humans. Each one creates a different context with different expectations and (usually unspoken) rules. They are actually more like ongoing performances in which we act out roles. In this case, though, there is no predetermined script. We're helping to write it every day.
There are mission statements, job descriptions, performance goals, policies, training, directives – even scripted statements and written text (like help screens) to be used verbatim by employees – all of which give cues and direction to guide our behaviors. There are also expectations that we will use our knowledge and experience to apply to new situations as they arise. Supposedly, all of this in done in coordination with each other, so that the organization as a whole moves as some giant flock of birds or swarm of insects, towards some common direction.
Our collective activities form the system that we know as an organization, but it doesn't encompass everything about us individually. We all contribute things – play parts – that create the collective process that we call an organization.
So where is the breaking point between the individual and the collective. What is it that creates a system?
We're capable of participating in many different kinds of organizations, and other types of human systems, in parallel throughout our lives. We can be employees at work, family members at home, team members in sports, etc. Even at work, though, we're not just members of the the organization as a whole. If it's a large place we probably fit into a department, and possibly a division or region. If it's a small place we may have a number of roles that we play, moving through them at various points in a day or week.
In each place, there is something that defines the roles, and something that identifies the system as "this organization" rather than "that family." Individuals move in and out of different systems all the time and while it affects the system to different degrees, they remain substantially intact throughout many changes. (The CEO is often the person to see him- or herself as the most indispensable, but things move on, as many have learned.)
If you're going to work on your organization, then, what exactly does that mean?
It starts with understanding that you are not trying to change or fix individual people. You're changing a very complex network of interactions and roles between people, most of which operate at an unconscious level. You can do some of that through information (like training programs or employee meetings or mass emails put out by the communications function.) But information will mostly affect the things that people do consciously. If you're going to affect the system, you have to affect what the system is – and that starts an entirely different conversation.


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How do game developers protest King,com's trademarking of "candy" and the way the game company threatens each new game with "candy" and "saga" in the title with litigation? Why, a hackathon creating games with "candy" in the title.
The hackathon is called Candy Jam and was started by Itch.io to protest King.com's trademarking of what it considers a common word and its high-handed way of threatening other similar-named creators with legal action, according to Candy Jam site. The game distributor is calling on programmers to create and release candy-themed and -named games until Feb.3 as a way to protest King.com's tactics, according to AppleInsider:
King purchased the trademark for the word "candy" in Europe from a now-defunct company and had filed an application to duplicate that trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The company already owns trademarks for "saga."
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Jorge Soler was hitless in five Cactus League at-bats but Cubs manager Rick Renteria has seen a lot of positives from the Cuban outfielder in practice.
"I go to the back field to watch him work, and he's very diligent in his batting practice and in the outfield," Renteria said of Soler, limited to 55 games after suffering a fractured left shin in June. "His routes are clean. He's a good looking outfielder and obviously, a good looking athlete and potentially he looks like he'll be a really good hitter."
Soler, 22, batted .281 with Class A Daytona last season before he was injured and then played in the Arizona Fall League. Renteria isn't concerned with what the outfielder's final numbers are this spring.
"The victories we try to gain in terms of when we're watching is to see how their approach is at the plate," he said. "Obviously, everybody wants positive end results but if their at-bats are coming together where you see them swinging at good pitches and taking bad ones and working at-bats through that process, then I think there are things to be excited about.
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ROCHESTER, NY — Down by as many as fifteen points and trailing by fourteen at the half, Monroe Community College head coach Jerry Burns found a lineup that could bring the Tribunes all the way back in a nail-biter.
Greg Williams (Cincinnati, OH / Princeton) led the Tribunes with 22 points as Monroe downed the Mercyhurst North East Saints, 97-90, in WNYAC action on George Monagan Court Thursday night.
"A good basketball team finds different ways to win," Burns said. "You're not going to win every basketball game the same way. You're not going to play well every game. This was a big win for us because we were down fourteen at the half and not playing well. But to find a way to win, that has to come from the players, and the guys found a way to do that."
Mercyhurst North East began the first half with a 10-2 lead, a byproduct of their aggressive 1-3-1 zone defense and a pair of early field goals by guard Je'Land Head. The Saints have thrived on creating turnovers all season (10.8 steals per game, 25th in nation), and continued that trend, forcing 10 Tribune turnovers on five steals in the first half.
Answering Mercyhurst North East early on, Monroe broke down the zone for a 9-0 run, which included seven points from forward Arnold Fripp Jr. (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Collegiate).
The two teams battled to a 21-21 tie at the 10:00 mark of the 1st half before Saints guard Soutiri Sapnas took over. Sapnas scored five points in the game's first ten minutes, but added another 15 points before halftime. One of his three-point makes actually banked in from the top of the key, to which Sapnas turned toward his coach, smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
Sapnas missed the team's first eight games this season, but has averaged 22.6 points-per-game in nine contests on 44.6 percent three-point shooting.
"I thought (Sapnas) played really well," Burns said. "I don't think he played for them in the first half of the season. I don't remember seeing him. But it is all about making shots, and he made shots. That makes him a difficult kid to defend. He just made shots."
As a team, the Saints shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, 75 percent from three-point land and connected on seven more shots than the Tribunes, taking advantage of the sloppy defensive half from Monroe.
"We didn't have any energy. We came out flat. We weren't ready to go from the jump. Then we were trailing. Nothing good ever happens when you come out flat. And they were shooting pretty good from the field, even making some threes off the backboard," said Tribunes sophomore Ta-Quan Zimmerman (Waterbury, CT / Holy Cross). "I was just trying to get the team to stay in there because, you know, (the Saints) can't shoot like that the entire half. We just have to keep playing defense and getting stops."
Meanwhile, the Tribunes struggled to follow up Tuesday's incredible three-point barrage against Genesee Community College. They were just 3-13 from three-point land (.231) in the first half Thursday night, and below 43 percent from the field. Williams scored eight points in the first half, while Arnold Fripp Jr. (Brooklyn, NY / Brooklyn Collegiate) paced the team with nine points. The Tribunes were down 53-49 at the half.
The Tribunes got the lead down to nine in the early-going of the second half. But Saints guard Damon Jones brought the momentum quickly back to the Mercyhurst North East side with a huge dunk over Williams. Jones drove baseline and leaped, cramming the ball with two hands and earning the foul, where he then completed the three-point play, making it a 61-49 score. The Saints promptly stole the ball on the next Tribunes possession, and a fastbreak finish by Sapnas on the following possession made it a 64-49 lead.
Burns called a timeout, and put a new five-man combination on the floor. Trying to get a bit smaller in order to set up a press defense, he sent out Tashawn Desir (Brooklyn, NY / Nia Prep) and Jahvari Josiah (Brooklyn, NY / Beach Channel) at guard, Williams, Zimmerman as a third wing, and Fripp Jr. as the lone forward.
This lineup would spark a 22-5 run, getting Monroe back within two points, 69-71.
"Coach likes to sub and sub and sub until he finds the right unit that can get the job done," Zimmerman said. "Tonight that was the group that got the job done."
"As the game was changing, I could tell the speed of the game was going toward us," Fripp Jr. said. "(Our team) had more energy and it sparked a run. We just took it from there."
With the team and crowd all the way back into it, Burns began carefully rotating guard Kenny Johnson (Philadelphia, PA / Abington Friends) and forward Dallas Gary (Buffalo, NY / East) back into the flow of the game, and to great results. Johnson had four of his game-high six assists in the second half, and Gary had six of his 13 points. Burns admits one of the most difficult decisions of the night was keeping Gary on the bench for such a long stretch of the second half.
"You know, I could have played (Dallas) Gary a little more. They were going small and Fripp was playing well. And I wanted to make sure we kept good pressure on them with our press and our zone. Fripp was playing so well and so I couldn't put him on the bench."
Johnson fed Josiah on a three-on-two fastbreak for a lay-up that tied the game, 71-71. The lead went back and forth before getting deadlocked again at 77, but the Tribunes pulled away with a forceful 9-2 run, and maintained the lead for the duration of the game.
Williams led the way offensively for the Tribunes, scoring his 22 points on 7-14 shooting (5-5 FT) and three three-pointers. He also collected six rebounds.
Fripp Jr. scored a season-high 20 points on 7-10 shooting (5-6 FT), all while swatting five blocks. He added a pair of assists and led the Tribunes with 29 minutes.
"I felt good today and I had a little bit more bounce in my step (than on Tuesday)," Fripp Jr. said. "I felt like it was going to be a good day. Overall, I'm glad my team got the win. That was the most important thing."
Zimmerman scored 15 points, collected six rebounds, dished six assists and committed just one turnover. Although he did not start for the second consecutive game, Burns did start him for the second half.
"I expect so much out of (Ta-Quan). That's why I started him in the second half. He is one of our team leaders and he does a lot of things that people don't see," Burns said. "If you saw the last two possessions of the game, just the way he took care of the basketball. He had the ball and made those two passes. You can look at the stats and see 15 points, but the poise he had at the end of the game in those crucial possessions, that's why I had him starting the second half."
Desir was the fifth Tribune scorer in double-figures, tallying 11 points in 17 minutes of action. He ignited the Monroe defense in the second half, swiping two steals and heading the press. He also had two assists.
Arguably the most underrated performance of the night was that of starting point guard Kenny Johnson, who finished with two points, six assists, a steal and a game-high 10 rebounds in 25 minutes.
Josiah scored eight points on 3-3 shooting and had a pair of blocks. Dallas Gary finished with five rebounds to go along with his 13 point performance, and made a team-high five foul shots.
Sapnas finished with a game-high 28 points for the Saints. He hit 11-25 shots, 3-8 from behind the arc. He added a pair of assists and a steal.
Head scored 15 points, passed out five assists, brought down five rebounds and had two steals for the Saints. Jones scored 14 points with 10 foul shots, and also had five rebounds.
Mercyhurst Northeast (8-9, 2-2) will next take on Jamestown Community College-Cattaraugus Campus on Jan. 22. Monroe defeated Jamestown CC-CC 103-84 on Jan 10.
Monroe Community College (16-2, 3-0) will defend its home court on Saturday against Alfred State College. The Tribunes are ranked as the No. 6 overall team in the country.


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This one's getting the siren treatment from Drudge. Is Barack Obama worried that Mitt Romney may ask General David Petraeus — the hero of the Iraq surge strategy — to be his running mate? One of Obama's donors says that's what he heard — from the President himself:
President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser this week that he believes GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney wants to name Gen. David Petraeus to the VP slot!
"The president wasn't joking," the insider explains to the DRUDGE REPORT. …
Romney is believed to have secretly met with the four-star general in New Hampshire.
The pick could be a shrewd Romney choice. A cross-party pull. The Obama administration hailed Petraeus as one of history's greatest military strategists. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed as the Director of the CIA by the US Senate 94-0.
Petraeus has steadfastly insisted for years that he has no political ambitions — and so far, he's acted that way, too. When his time came to come home, Petraeus could have opted to retire to the speaking circuit, building money and credibility for a run at political office. Instead, he chose to accept an appointment to run the CIA, replacing Leon Panetta's largely successful tenure when Panetta went to Defense.
Even if Petraeus had an interest in pursuing the post, he'd have to resign as CIA director to do so. That's not a two-week notice kind of job. It would take months to get someone with Petraeus' expertise in place, and also confirmed by the Senate. If Romney had an interest in Petraeus, and Petraeus had an interest in the job, he would have had to resign in May or June at the latest to resolve the practical difficulties of changing leadership in a time of war. I doubt that a man like Petraeus would leave his post without being properly relieved, especially in a time of low-grade war against terrorist networks, and even more especially to run against the man who appointed him to the slot.
This seems like battleground-shaping to me, a way that Team Obama can make the eventual Veepstakes winner — whomever he/she might be — look a little less serious in comparison. Still, it's an intriguing thought, although I think Jon Gabriel sums up the significance pretty well:
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The Tennessee State men's basketball team was predicted to finish fifth in the OVC's Eastern Division while Patrick Miller was selected to the league's All-Preseason squad.
The Tigers will look to replace a trio of seniors who combined for nearly 45 points and 18 rebounds per game last season. The squad brought in four freshmen and two JUCO transfers that will try to match the departed players' numbers.
Despite losing four starters overall, the team returns senior Patrick Miller who was a first-team All-OVC selection as a junior a year ago. Miller led the OVC in assists (5.8 per game) while also contributing 14.8 points (11th in OVC), 4.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game (8th in the OVC). The guard was also a key leader for the team when Robert Covington (who is now with the Houston Rockets) missed time with an injury during the middle of the season.
Another key returnee is redshirt junior forward M.J. Rhett, who pulled down 6.1 rebounds/game and blocked 32 shots a year ago.
Miller, Rhett and the rest of the Tigers will look to prove the predictions wrong when they start play at the University of Hawai'i on Nov. 8.
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Judicial Clerkships
Wooster students have been very successful after graduating from law school in being selected for judicial clerkships. Ben Mizer ('99) first served as a law clerk to Judge Judith W. Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then for Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court during the 2003-2004 term. Matt Kaiser ('94) served as a law clerk to the Honorable Catherine C. Blake of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland after graduating from Georgetown Law School. Ann Lee ('95) has served as a law clerk for Judge Maria Elena James for the Northern District of California. Margaux Day ('06) served as a law clerk for Chief Justice Solomon Oliver Jr. ('69) of the U.S. District Court - Northern District of Ohio.
Wooster is especially well-represented on the bench, a position of great respect and importance in American society. David Dowd ('51) and Solomon Oliver ('69) are federal judges and Denise Reilly ('75) is Assistant Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial District in Minnesota. Stuart Miller ('69) served as a municipal judge in Wooster, and Larry Jones ('75) is a municipal judge in Cleveland.
Corporate Counsel
A growing area of legal practice in recent years is working "in-house" for a corporation. Laurie Kosanovich ('94) is General Counsel for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Kathleen Whalen ('85) is Director of Compliance Programs for Columbia Healthcare Corporation; Shelly A. Goering ('83) is with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and Tom Boardman ('70) is the Assistant General Counsel for the 3M Corporation. Another notable example is Blake Moore ('80), a history major and former All-American football player, who attended Harvard Law School after a successful career in the National Football League.
Wooster alumni also are found in both federal and state governments. Amelia Keys ('01) is a Judge Advocate for the U.S. Marine Corps; Kenneth McHargh ('70) is in the Office of the U.S. Attorney; Jay Stefaniuk ('98) is an attorney for Richland County Children's Services; and Ben Mizer ('99) is Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Private Practice
Wooster graduates are found in a variety of private legal practices in all parts of the United States. Richard Van Duzer ('84), for example, is with Farella, Braun & Martel, representing wineries in California; Joshua N. Holian ('95) is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins; and Donald R. Frederico ('76) leads Pierce Atwood's class action defense practice in Boston.
Law school is good preparation for many careers other than ones directly related to the practice of law. Many lawyers end up in business, teaching, academic administration, government, or public interest work. Interesting examples are Wooster graduates Darryl Ward ('79), who previously was President of United Theological Seminary, William Andreen ('75) who teaches environmental law at the University of Alabama Law School, and Jennifer Haverkamp ('79) who is the Director of International Climate Program Environmental Defense Fund


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Obama, GOP Will Find Common Ground
Even in this toxic political atmosphere, Democrats and Republicans will work out at least some legislative deals,
Conventional wisdom foresees near total gridlock in Washington for the next two years as the politics of 2012 takes hold. Bipartisan conciliation is nowhere in sight.
There is a measure of truth in that outlook. Republicans are energized and emboldened by retaking the House and gaining leverage in the Senate. The Democratic caucus, especially in the House, is more liberal as a result of election losses by centrists. The Republican caucus is more conservative and less inclined to seek big bipartisan compromises.
Even so, there are some areas where agreement is likely once the new Congress gets under way. Expect some of them to be included in President Obama's State of the Union address early next year.
Trade.Three free trade agreements have promising odds. The first is with South Korea, despite Obama's missing his self-imposed deadline to work out specifics last week in Seoul. Obama says he expects that he and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will settle their differences "in a matter of weeks." Look for Obama, who will promote free trade with South Korea as an overall job creator for the U.S., to send the pact to the Senate for ratification next year. Republicans and many Democrats will back it. Odds favor approval of FTAs with Colombia and Panama as well, although they require more work than the South Korea pact.
Debt limit increase. It won't happen easily, but it will happen. Sometime in March or April, a debt limit increase will be needed. Conservatives and many Tea Party-backed freshmen will oppose it, saying Congress must put a brake on more massive spending. But not passing a higher debt limit would be deemed perilous. Leaders in both parties will allow members to vent on the subject of the debt. But they'll also clear the way for passage, saying the "faith and trust" in the American dollar and national commitments are at stake.
Afghanistan. Both sides will agree to provide more supplemental funding for the military operation in Afghanistan. Antiwar liberals and some conservatives will question the merits of more spending for a prolonged effort in Afghanistan, but will, in the end, find it hard to vote against funding for troops. Republicans will aim to water down the administration's stated policy to begin withdrawing troops in July. Obama will agree to make the withdrawal date more flexible and base it on the advice of military commanders instead of the calendar.
Transportation. Bipartisan agreement on a massive renewal of highway and surface transportation aid looks certain, probably in 2012. The specifics need to be worked out, but the legislation draws support in nearly every corner of Congress. Hundreds of surface transportation projects, benefiting every congressional district, will be funded through this legislation.
Energy production and investment. Some aspects of natural resource development will always be controversial, but there is an expectation that Obama, House Republicans and many Democrats in both chambers will be on board for limited energy expansion bills. Obama is already signaling Republicans that he will support more nuclear power. There may be agreement to limited new oil and natural gas production on federal lands, including in Alaska. Also, both parties and the White House may be able to form a consensus to expand federal research investment and tax breaks for developing alternative energy, including wind, solar and hydropower.
Domestic spending. Republicans want to cut tens of billions of dollars from domestic, nondefense discretionary spending. Obama and Democratic leaders will aim for a slight overall increase. They'll meet somewhere in the middle, perhaps agreeing to a 1% to 2% overall increase -- less than inflation. Republicans will be able to claim they started to put the brakes on federal spending. Both parties will be able to cite some spending reductions, even if there is a small overall increase.
Health care. Repealing the health care law is out of the question. Republicans will certainly try, but getting 60 votes in the Senate is a stretch, and even if they could find the votes, Obama would certainly veto the bill. But look for Republicans to bring down some specific provisions. One thing both parties can agree on is watering down or striking language that requires businesses to report payments of more than $600 to other businesses for goods and services. Most lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call the requirement ill considered, and business lobbies are pressing for prompt action to remove it from the books. A deal on medical malpractice reform is also not out of the question, though much negotiation would be required.
Farm programs. A new farm bill seems likely to pass at some point, but not before deficit hawks chisel away at it. As part of the deficit reduction effort, expect both parties to agree to trim some product subsidies, direct payments and agricultural research. Farm bill politics is more regional than partisan. While details and deals won't be worked out for some time, count on lawmakers from the Midwest and South to join with the White House to clear a path for a slimmed down bill during the next couple of years.
Weapons programs. Obama and the top Pentagon brass will propose cuts -- not deep slashes, but some trimming in programs such as combat jets, submarines, missile defense and military space research. Figure on several influential Republicans, such as Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Richard Lugar of Indiana, and incoming Senate freshmen, such as Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, to join Democrats and the administration in paring some costly items that are not vital to ongoing military operations. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and the likely next chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) will work together and with the administration on specific reductions.


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Posts tagged Recycle Symbol
Recycle Man by C. Malik
Nov 8th
Gary Anderson, creator of the recycling symbol, ca 1971
Gary Anderson in 1970 after winning a design contest sponsored by Container Corporation of America.
The symbol that launched a thousand environmental movements…This symbol has come to represent a shift in our collective consciousness – signifying the moment we were willing to admit that we were damaging our planet and that we need to do something about it.
Gary Anderson today. Image by Dave Huh.
Symbol for our future? This is the winning design for a competition held last year by Cereplast, a bioplastics company. The symbol will be printed on the plant-based plastic products created by Cereplast. Gary Anderson was one of the judges of the contest.
Recycle ManBy C. Malik
In 1970 Gary Anderson, a USC Graduate student entered and won a design contest sponsored by CCA – Container Corporation of America. The competition was to design a graphic symbol which would be used on recycled paper products and which could recognize a commitment to environmental sensitivity on the part of any manufacturer who was engaged in recycling. The winning symbol would be given over to the public domain. The competition was also to honor the first – Earth Day – which was held that same year. Gary's simple but thoughtful design would go on to become the most iconic symbol of environmental action ever created. The symbol has circled the globe, evokes thought and action, it has no language barrier and never uses a single word. Thankfully for us when I met with Gary Anderson he had plenty to say. Since winning the contest in 1970 Gary has traveled the world pursuing his dreams in the field of Architecture and Planning. He currently lives in Baltimore, MD. I spoke with Gary by phone and very quickly it struck me that his accomplishments combined with his humble nature bared a striking resemblance to the fictional Superheroes that permeate our culture. Gary and I went on to discuss the concept of "Superheroes" and how they might play a role in saving the environment.
C. Malik : Mr. Anderson – do you think you've saved the world?
Gary Anderson: "I'd like to think I've had some impact; it wasn't really that I consciously tried to do that but I think the symbol really has just by virtue of the fact that it kind of took off and people have come to really recognize it and understand recycling when they see it…you know, I think it has had a pretty big impact."
CM: Are you a millionaire?
GA: Extended chuckle. Don't I wish. No, No, No
CM: Why did you create the recycling symbol?
GA: Well it wasn't for the money. It was more just kind of a challenge to me a challenge to myself. There was a poster that showed up in my school, the school of architecture and fine arts at USC, advertising this competition. Of course there was no entry fee and it seemed like something I could enter and that wouldn't take much of anything in the way of resources other than myself some paper and drawing tools I already had. Unlike a big architectural project or something that would probably require input from lots of people, this is something that I could do on my own and seemed like something I could do. I could also support the reason behind the contest, I thought that was commendable so I spent a couple of days on it, came up with the symbol and submitted it.
CM: We talked briefly in our intro about "superheroes" and the expectation related to their symbols. When people see the recycle symbol what do you think that invokes in them, what does it mean to them?
GA: Hopefully recycling, I mean, beyond that people might have different reactions to it. But I think it has come to mean recycling in a lot of people's minds, which is great, because that's why they had the competition and that's what I tried to do when I designed it, so hopefully that's what people think of.
CM: Who is your favorite superhero and why?
GA: When I was a kid, which is getting longer and longer ago now the main superhero was Superman. I guess there where others around, there was the Phantom, I guess Batman was around already. Superman in my mind was it, he was the one I knew the most about and you know the one that had the highest profile certainly…so just to make the answer short; Superman.
CM: It's interesting that you pick Superman and mention that the lack of clutter in the Superhero "space" at that time really made Superman stand out. With your symbol there seems to be little competition, would you agree?
GA: Especially when it first came out there really wasn't, as far as I know there may have been others but that was the only symbol I was aware of for recycling. Frankly, I don't want to be overly modest but I think just the fact that it was the first one, the first one to get some publicity because it was a competition held by a private company who invested in getting the image out there. I think those two things the fact that it was the first and did get publicity early on I'm sure that helped to establish it as the symbol.
CM: How has the wide adoption of the recycling symbol changed your life?
GA: Not so much. From time to time I get interview requests like this one and sometimes I get invited to functions. I am in fact going up to NJ next week they passed some legislation that mandated recycling in certain areas 25 years ago and so I've been invited to the celebration, the 25th anniversary for the NJ recycling program. Aside from things like that not too much, not too long after I won the competition I went overseas to teach so I was kind of out of touch.
CM: Recently you were involved in judging a symbol contest for a company called Cereplast can you expand on the work they are doing?
GA: I think it's remarkable what they are doing, I don't think they are the only company that does that, but I think certainly compostable biodegradable plastics are very important in maintaining environmental quality and not polluting the environment with petroleum based products. It's just fascinating the kinds of products that can be created with bio-plastics and that they seem just as versatile as anything that can be made with petroleum based plastics – so I think it's wonderful.
CM: What do you think is the most underserved environmental issue today?
GA: Because of what I do and my background I really think there could be much more emphasis and understanding about sustainable planning and urban development. I think it's just so easy to sprawl, it's so easy the way things are set up now, the way policy is written the way it is so easy to expand infrastructure. There are plenty of incentives to just build further out and there are no disincentives to keep from doing that or incentives to keep things more compact. I guess eventually it will happen, I will be happy when the public starts to demand more sustainable patterns of development as they do now with more sustainable consumer products.
CM: Who are your environmental heroes, past and present?
G A: Well I have to say they go way back as probably again to the late 60's early 70's when I first started be aware of these things myself. So they are really kind of historic now but certainly Ian McHarg who was a landscape architect and planner who wrote the book "Design with Nature" and influenced a lot of people in my generation about sustainability before it had that name. Rachel Carson. She really brought to the attention of the general public what some of the really dire problems could be if we didn't start to look more carefully or consider more carefully what we're doing to the environment. Also Bucky Fuller (Buckminster Fuller). Those are the three that come to mind. People should Google them if they don't know about these people.
CM: If you could create your own Superhero what would it be and what super powers would they have?
GA: I guess it would be "Recycle Man" with the recycling logo on his jersey, whatever that is that superheroes wear or tattooed to his chest or something I don't know. He would, or she, maybe it's "recycle lady" or "recycle woman" would fight wasteful practices and nurture an appreciation of sustainability.
Thank You Red Flag Magazine http://www.redflagmagazine.org/2012/05/recycle-man/


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Happy Monday. Avery and I got in last last night from a fun filled weekend in Vermont. After prepping the house to sell these past few weeks, it finally went on the market! We kept ourselves away for the weekend so the Realtor could take pictures and do showings.
After checking and refreshing my phone all Saturday morning, around 11am, this little lovely picture appeared on my phone:
Our house is for sale! And look at the difference between the house now and when we bought it:
So, while couples were parading through our house this weekend (8 showings on Sunday already!), we were having fun with family and friends.
Avery had a ball playing and eating with the animals…
We went to a Lake Monsters baseball game with a bunch of family and friends.
And Avery got a hair cut with Grampy.
A fun weekend – but back to work today. How did you spend your weekend? Any tips on selling a house fast?! I got feedback from my Realtor on the showings and have a couple things to do at the house to make it a little better… that'll keep me busy this week. Then we are off again on Friday to VT to go camping for the long weekend!!!