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High-performance top-down motoring.
Sports Cars
Editor: Tom Lankard
$26,370 Base Price MSRP
$36,560 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Nissan 350Z 6MT ($26,370); Enthusiast 6MT ($28,350); Enthusiast AT ($29,320); Performance 6MT ($30,530); Touring 6MT ($33,280); Touring AT ($31,690); Track 6MT ($34,180); Roadster Enthusiast 6MT ($33,850); Roadster Enthusiast AT ($34,820); Roadster Touring 6MT ($36,220); Roadster Touring AT ($37,190)
Standard Engine: 3.5-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Engine Options: 3.5-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Standard Transmission: 5-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 6-speed manual; 5-speed automatic with manual mode
Basic Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles
Assembled In: Oppama, Japan
Model Tested MSRP: Nissan 350Z Roadster Enthusiast ($34,820)
Standard Equipment: automatic temperature control; 4-way power driver's seat; 2-way power passenger seat; power windows, locks and mirrors; AM/FM/CD audio with 6 speakers; tilt steering with integrated gage cluster; cruise control; HomeLink universal transceiver; auto-dimming rearview mirror; trip computer; oil pressure gauge; voltmeter; cross-drilled aluminum pedals; dual-illuminated visor vanity mirrors; leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob; real aluminum interior accents; lockable storage behind passenger seat; 3 cup holders; vehicle security system; vehicle immobilizer; remote keyless entry; 17-inch wheels; xenon headlamps; seal-tight windows
Options As Tested: 18-inch wheels ($1,200)
Standard Safety Equipment: dual-stage frontal airbags; seatbelts with pretensioners and load limiters; ABS with EBD and brake assist; traction control
Optional Safety Equipment: supplemental side airbags ($250)Destination Charge: $540
A convertible called the Z Roadster has joined the lineup for 2004, adding the joy of open-air motoring to the mix. The Roadster's chassis gives up almost none of the solidness that characterizes the coupe. The Roadster feels as rigid as a prototype racer's and tighter, in fact, than some higher priced soft tops. With the top up, the look is traditional coupe, in profile giving no hint of its transitory nature. Top down, there's a hint of the Porsche Speedster's high-waisted, bustle back end. The Z Roadster looks even more like a mid-engine sports car than the hatchback.
The coupe, introduced as an all-new model for 2003, continues without changes. Coupe or roadster, the 350Z is as responsive as a hungry cheetah, with racecar handling, rear-wheel drive, and thrilling acceleration performance. The suspension keeps the tires glued to the road through fast chicanes. Bounce over the curbs like Michael Schumacher and the Z will hold its line. Styling details like the controversial industrial-design door handles ensure this car will never be called bland.
All 350Zs get the same sports suspension and Nissan's superb V6 engine, which punches out 287 horsepower and strong torque. It comes standard with racy hardware: a six-speed manual gearbox, carbon-fiber driveshaft, drive-by-wire throttle, anti-lock discs vented front and rear with electronic brake-force distribution. Add the convenience features that come standard, such as automatic temperature control and a premium stereo, and the price of the Nissan 350Z is quite compelling.
Nissan says the 350Z was designed to be a sports car an enthusiast can live with every day. While its firm ride, abrupt throttle response, and awkward cup holders don't make it a great place to drink coffee, eat doughnuts, and make phone calls on the way to work, it is a comfortable car with usable cargo space, and getting in and out isn't impossibly awkward. Order a version with the excellent five-speed automatic, and you'll have a better commuter for the daily stop-and-go.
Bottom line: The Nissan 350Z is no poser. It more than delivers on the promise of its stellar looks. It's a real sports car with serious GT performance. The Roadster simply adds wind-in-your hair freedom.
Nine models of the Nissan 350Z are available, but all come with the same 3.5-liter V6 engine and suspension layout. They come in coupe and roadster body styles.
Differences among them lie primarily in trim. Different size wheels and tires, however, give the models distinct personalities. The exception is the Track model, which features higher spring rates and shock damping along with bigger brakes. All models get the carbon-fiber driveshaft, drive-by-wire throttle, and dual outlet exhaust with dumps big enough to hold a Budweiser can.
The base Nissan 350Z ($26,269) comes standard with 17-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, vented front and rear disc brakes with ABS, Electronic Brake-force Distribution, dual stage air bags, seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters, automatic temperature control, 160-watt AM/FM/CD with six speakers, power windows (with auto-up/auto-down on both sides), power door locks, power mirrors, remote keyless entry, vehicle security system, a leather steering wheel and shifter boot, and comfortable cloth seats. It comes with a six-speed manual transmission.
Enthusiast ($28,249) is the most popular model. It adds xenon headlamps, HomeLink universal transceiver, cruise control, traction control, viscous limited-slip rear differential, aluminum pedals, day/night rearview mirror, dual illuminated visor vanity mirrors. The Enthusiast model is also available with a five-speed automatic transmission with a manual mode ($29,219). The Roadster Enthusiast ($33,850) reverts to the 160-watt stereo and fabric seats but keeps the 4-way power driver's seat and two-way power passenger's seat. Neither the seats nor the mirrors get heaters.
The Performance model ($30,429), available only with the manual gearbox, adds 18-inch wheels and tires, Vehicle Dynamic Control (an anti-skid system), and a tire-pressure monitor.
The Touring model is available with manual or automatic transmissions. When ordered with the automatic, Touring ($31,589) adds leather-appointed seats, with a four-way power driver's seat, a two-way power passenger's seat, and seat heaters, heated mirrors, and a 240-watt Bose CD6 with cassette and seven speakers. But it does not come with Vehicle Dynamic Control or the aluminum pedals, and it's fitted with the 17-inch wheels. Order the Touring model with the six-speed manual ($33,179) and you get all the luxury stuff plus VDC, 18-inch wheels, and the aluminum pedals; it's a Performance model with leather and other luxury goodies, in other words. The Roadster Touring ($36,220) adds supplemental side airbags.
The Track model ($34,079) gets vented Brembo brakes, 18-inch rubber mounted on lightweight aluminum wheels, and front and rear spoilers. It comes with the cloth, but is equipped with VDC, the viscous differential, xenon headlights, tire-pressure monitor, HomeLink, aluminum pedals (of course), the electrochromic mirror, and illuminated visor vanity mirrors (to ensure your hair is safely tucked under your helmet).
A side air bag and curtain air bag package ($569) is optional on the hatchback and a very good idea, as is the supplemental side air bag option ($250) on the Roadster Enthusiast. A DVD-based navigation system ($2,000) is available.
No sunroof, no T-top is available on the hatchback, so if you like high-performance, top-down motoring, your only choice is the roadster. Nissan says high-performance parts will be available from Nismo, the company's racing division that competes at Le Mans and other sports car venues. Look for engine, suspension, and body bits.
Walk Around
With its bulging front fenders and fast back, the Z suggests a Porsche 911, while the Roadster's aero-look in the rear reminds us of a Porsche Speedster. Not everyone agrees with this assessment, of course. Regardless, the new Z drew a lot of nice car" comments in our initial testing, while the Roadster drew longing glances at stop lights.
The shape of the Z suggests a mid-engine design. The engine is in fact in front of the driver, but it's behind the front axle. That's why Nissan calls it a front mid-ship placement (somewhat similar to the Mazda RX-8 design). The Z shares its underbody architecture with the Infiniti G35 coupe and sedan. Moving the engine rearward evens out weight distribution, which improves handling balance. The new Z Roadster adds more than 200 pounds to the hatchback's 3,200 pounds, but the weight front/rear weight split remains at 53/47 percent. It's balanced well for accelerating out of corners.
An extremely short front overhang and a short rear overhang make for agile handling. It also means you don't scrape driveway transitions like you do in a Corvette. Bulging fender flares make the Z look like it's ready for the racetrack, which it is.
The hatchback's shape, besides looking really cool, allows it to slice through the air with a minimum of drag (0.29 on the Track model). The Roadster's more traditional coupe outline isn't quite as slippery, attaining a drag coefficient of 0.34. (But what do you care when you've got the wind in your hair?) Underbody airflow is managed well, with zero lift on the front (and zero lift on the rear of the Track model). All this math adds up to relatively low levels of wind noise, even in the Roadster with the top up, and a stable sports car at high speeds.
With the top down, conversation in the Roadster required only slightly raised voice levels; the stereo did, however, have to be cranked up a bit."
The interior of the Nissan 350Z is a cockpit designed for driving, helping the driver quickly become one with the car. The carbon-fiber colored cloth seats are form-fitting, supportive and comfortable, made of a soft material that grips the body in the corners. The driver's seat bottom features a mound in the center at the front to restrain the driver from sliding forward under deceleration. Aggressive side bolsters grip the waist to hold the driver in place. The leather seats in the Touring model feel a little firmer than the cloth, and are available in charcoal, burnt orange or frost. Either cloth or leather is a good choice in this case. The supportive seats and a driver's dead pedal mean you never feel like you have to hang on to the car.
The seating position should be good for drivers with long legs, though the steering wheel felt a little close when the seat was adjusted for the legs of a six-footer. It's worth noting, however, that this feeling went away the moment the key was turned in the ignition. The Roadster boasts an inch more headroom than the hatchback, thanks to the articulation of the top's various mechanicals.
Tilt the steering column and the main pod of gauges moves with it, ensuring a clear view of the instruments for drivers of all sizes. The instruments consist of a big tachometer and flanking speedometer, fuel and temperature gauges. Reminiscent of the original Z, nestled in three pods on top of the dash are a voltmeter, an oil pressure gauge and a digital trip computer. They look retro-cool, but reading them requires more than a glance.
Two toggles to the right of the steering wheel operate the trip computer, used to check outside air temperature, distance to empty, speed, average mileage, and average speed. It has a stopwatch function (to check out those 0-60 times), and a tire-pressure monitor for 18-inch wheels. With the Trip Computer, the driver can program a shift light to come on at a certain rpm. The small red indicator on the tachometer begins flashing abut 500 rpm before the preset engine speed is reached, whereupon it comes on solid. You can program it for the ideal shift points for acceleration or fuel economy, then let your peripheral vision pick up the indicator. If you don't like this feature you can turn it off.
The interior of the Z seems to suggest a carbon-fiber racecar tub. The material surrounding the shifter and forming the center dash looks like carbon fiber. Likewise, the large expanse of gray material lining the door panels suggests carbon fiber in appearance. The quality of the materials is okay, though some of the pieces would never be allowed in an Audi. It looked austere at first, but quickly grew on us. Stylish interior touches, such as the inside door handles integrated into aerodynamic pods for the side vents, give the Z a racy, modern look; with the AC at work on hot days, the handles chill to fit their frosty look. Passengers often grope for the door release the first time they try to get out, distracted by the big grab handles adorned with genuine aluminum and relieved by the Z's dot motif.
Stylish audio controls include a big volume knob, clearly marked buttons for channel seeking, and six station buttons that can be preset simply by holding them down. We confess we were too focused on entertaining ourselves with the car to turn it on, and we've driven various models of the Z on both coasts. Below the radio are three large knobs for the automatic climate control system, which comes standard.
Nicely designed wiper and headlamp controls are mounted on short stalks. The leather-wrapped steering wheel looks and feels great, and comes with cruise controls. Overhead are well-designed map lights and a bin for sunglasses. Power window switches are auto-up/auto-down. Two power points are available, one in the center console, the other in the bulkhead between and behind the seats, but neither is conveniently located for radar detectors.
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Driving Impressions
Turning the key and hearing the engine roar to life is the first indication the Nissan 350Z is no poser. Turning onto a winding road proves this beyond a shadow of doubt. Sharp steering, terrific handling, and excellent grip make this a real driver's car. This car is very fast with brilliant acceleration. The Roadster's additional weight, a result of the platform strengthening added to restore the rigidity lost along with the solid hatchback top, no doubt adds a tick or two to the 0-60 measurement but isn't noticed in everyday driving.
Mounted longitudinally and driving the rear wheels is Nissan's excellent VQ V6 engine. It's smooth and sounds like a big sports car engine. It generates lots of torque at low rpm, pulling smoothly from about 2000 rpm. Maximum torque of 274 pounds-feet comes at 4800 rpm, tapering off as maximum horsepower of 287 hp is reached at 6200 rpm. The engine is still pulling smoothly as the rev limiter steps in somewhere just north of 6500 rpm, but this engine is more about low-rpm torque than high-revving horsepower. Nissan's Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System helps the V6 produce a nice, linear band of torque. Drive-by-wire technology reduces mechanical weight and complexity.
The short-throw shifter feels good and it's effective. The six-speed gearbox shifts quickly and deliberately. It's so well synchronized you almost don't need the clutch (though Nissan recommends using it). Clutch pedal effort has enough heft to remind the driver this is no Honda Accord. With the Roadster's top down, the exhaust tone is music to the driver's ears, rising and falling melodiously and crisply as the gears are worked through the turns on a twisty road.
The automatic transmission works great, really smooth and responsive, and it didn't leave us feeling like we were missing out by not having the manual. The Touring model with the automatic and 17-inch wheels felt like the perfect combination for hurtling down New York's Taconic Parkway. With manual mode selected, the automatic holds lower gears right up to the rev limiter, upshifting only when the driver desires. Downshifts are electronically managed to ensure an overly rambunctious pilot doesn't over-rev the sweet V6. The delicious exhaust tone is wasted on Roadsters fitted with the automatic, though, when it wanders almost aimlessly up and down the scale as the engine slips seamlessly amongst the gears.
Handling feels taut and well controlled in both hatchback and Roadster. These cars really stick through fast sweepers, allowing the driver to keep the throttle down. The steering is sharp and accurate and the Z changes directions brilliantly in transient maneuvers, without excessive understeer turning in or sloppy oversteer coming out. Cornering is flat, without much body lean. The 17-inch tires generate lots of grip, even when driving in a rebellious manner. It's hard to imagine using it up outside a competitive event or emergency maneuver. The 17-inch wheels also offer a better ride than the 18-inch wheels. In either case, the ride does get jouncy on bumpy roads, most noticeably when cruising slowly, but it doesn't beat you up and we expect that with a sports car like this.
Buffeting at Interstate cruising speeds with the top down was much less than we expected, thanks to the tempered glass deflector mounted between the rollbars behind the seats and to the race car-like, aero body panels tapering back from each of the seat positions. Anti-flap seatbelt retainers further reduce the perceived buffeting effect. Rear side vision loses little to the convertible top, as the hatchback's quarter panel already blocks a sizable area of the cops' favorite pacing space.
The brakes are easy to modulate, fun to use, and do a good job of stopping the car. Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist come standard on all 350Zs. Just like it sounds, Electronic Brake-force Distribution improves stopping performance by dynamically balanci
The 2004 Nissan 350Z stands alone in its price class. The coupe is an affordable, high-performance hardtop sports car, while the Roadster is an affordable, high-performance convertible sports car.
Its rear-wheel-drive chassis is rigid, uncommonly so in its topless form; its suspension is taut for excellent handling; and the V6 engine delivers lots of torque for strong acceleration performance. All models deliver stellar performance. Whether you opt for the six-speed manual gearbox or the five-speed automatic, there are no dogs in the lineup. The interior is the weakest link here, but it grows on you with a little time spent living with it.
Starting below $27,000, the Z delivers with no-frills hardware, including a carbon fiber driveshaft. The new Z Roadster brings top-down value to the driving enthusiast. While the previous-generation twin-turbocharged 300ZX (discontinued in 1996) delivered stellar performance, it was too expensive for most of us, and its convertible version drove almost as ungainly as it looked. The new 350Z lineup is far more affordable, with the most expensively equipped Roadster topping out at $40,000.
This is the car for drivers who want serious sports car performance in a GT body without shelling out the big bucks.
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"Sweet Moses, what did I eat?"
As my neighbors and I gathered two Sundays ago to watch the infuriating series finale of ABC's Lost (which proved once and for all that not only have the writers been flying by the seat of their pants since Season 1, but that they've been making it up as they went along from episode to episode), we put into action a plan long in the making:
We would finally try the newly revamped Domino's.
You lose.
As previously reported, Domino's recently gave their "pizza" an overhaul from the bottom up, redesigning their crust, devising a new sauce recipe, and using real cheese instead of, well, whatever godforsaken substance was on their pizzas before.
I was never a fan of the old Domino's. To me they were always the absolute bottom of the barrel when it came to chain pizza, far, far below Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Round Table...all of 'em. So the idea of a Domino's pizza that didn't taste like the original was one I could certainly back. That is, until I tried it.
Somehow--I don't know how they did it--but somehow they managed to create a product that is even worse than the garbage they were originally shilling, a pizza so unfathomably awful that it defies the rational mind and enters Caligula-like levels of sadism.
There it is. Waiting to consume your soul.
Let's start with the Pepperoni and Olive pizza, the memory of which makes me queasy to this day. As soon as I opened the box I knew something was off. Something smelled...fishy. Literally fishy, as in fish. After my first bite, I realized what it was: the olives. Now, I don't know what these olives had been sitting in, how they were processed and packaged, or what they tasted like off the tree, but these were, bar none, the worst I had ever eaten. I suppose I shouldn't pluralize it: I had one of these nasty little black rings and immediately spat it back out, then proceeded to pick off the rest from my slice. It tasted like a cross between an anchovy and bile, and that's no exaggeration.
I don't have enough experience with the old Domino's to tell you if the cheese and sauce were much different than their previous iterations, but I will say that they were forgettable. I didn't taste any red pepper flakes in the sauce, and the cheese was rubbery, as expected. The crust, on the other hand...now that was obviously a new concoction.
My memory of the old Domino's crust consists of a single word: cardboard. The new Domino's crust can be described with just two more: salty, garlicky cardboard. The crust is basted with some kind of garlic butter and sprinkled with herbs that leave your fingertips greasy and smelly. It is a sodium explosion.
As a kid (or an adult, hey, no one's judging here), did you ever eat a bag of pretzels, then upend the empty bag so that all the salt poured into your mouth? Remember how much your tongue hurt afterward? Well, that was my mouth's reaction to just a few bites of this crust. Pain. Eating pizza shouldn't be painful. Domino's says otherwise.
So much grease it's spilling into the box.
I won't mention the Hawaiian except to say it too boasted eminently forgettable toppings on a salt-and-garlic-infused disc. We'd be back to 49 states if the actual Hawaiians caught wind of this atrocity.
Anyone up for some Ultimate Frisbee?
Never in my life would I have guessed Domino's could actually make their pizza worse, but they have succeeded admirably. A half hour after eating just two slices left me feeling as though I had swallowed a brick that was now snugly lodged somewhere in my large intestine. I implore you, from the bottom of my heart, never to order this abomination Domino's deigns to call pizza, for I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. If you're jonesing for some fake pizza, buy some Lil' Caesar's, Pizza Hut, Godfather's, even frozen pizza, anything but this. Their pizza boxes should come with giant green Mr. Yuk stickers on them.
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it's learning Adopts Microsoft Platform for Cloud Educational Services
Some really great news just in from Europe – this week Microsoft and it's learning , an international learning platform provider based in Norway, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to transform teaching methods and advance next-generation learning.
We are excited at the prospect of this new relationship to help many educational institutions utilize the benefits of cloud services while reducing costs and enabling new, optimized teaching and learning. The alliance between Microsoft and it's learning is based on our joint aspirations to harness the power of information technology to provide a better learning experience for educators and students.
We believe that together with it's learning's education platform, our information technology tools can help educators make learning more engaging for students; help them to provide relevant, exciting curricula; and enable them to draw on great materials from resources around the world. For students, our services will help provide a high-quality education that will give them the opportunities to develop the skills they need to succeed in today's rapidly-changing world. Under the agreement it's learning will integrate
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into the their education platform. This is great news for Microsoft as it's learning are a leading learning platform worldwide with over 2 million users in primary and secondary schools, as well as higher education, in the United States, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. it's learning will adopt Microsoft cloud services to develop a fully cloud-based offering to the education sector. This means it's learning can now deliver the best suite of online communication tools and resources for teachers and students to improve productivity and collaboration through the web. They will be able to securely upload, easily share, and collaborate on Office documents from anywhere with Internet access, including mobile devices, making it possible to create new knowledge and add to their existing knowledge base. it's learning has decided to integrate the Microsoft cloud services for their future customers for several reasons. Firstly, students and teachers are familiar with our high-quality communications products and know those products will keep up with their changing needs. Secondly, Microsoft is the best partner for it's learning, because we are an enterprise company which has experience with large organizations and we have a strong heritage in working with local authorities and school districts.
We're looking forward to working with it's learning to develop our partnership and ensure that we combine the strengths of both companies' assets to provide education institutions with specific solutions to help them realize the potential of their students.
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Albert Almora is having a great 2016 so far, I will speak more on that in a piece that will come out later today. In the meantime, enjoy this frozen rope from last night.
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Albert Almora is having a great 2016 so far, I will speak more on that in a piece that will come out later today. In the meantime, enjoy this frozen rope from last night.
You would think a five run lead with Jake Arrieta on the mound would be safe, it almost wasn't. The Dodgers knocked around Arrieta in the second inning as they scored four times to cut a five run deficit to one. To Arrieta's credit he battled and was able to work four innings, giving up said four runs on seven hits while walking two, and striking out five. The bullpen did the job today as C.J. Edwards, Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon, and Joe Ortiz combined to work five scoreless innings, giving up five hits while walking one, and striking out four.
A lot of good swings from the Cubs today as they pounded out thirteen hits while scoring seven times. Chris Coghlan made some loud noises with his bat, he finished the day 1-for-3 with a two-run blast, three RBI, and a run scored. Jorge Soler, and Albert Almora both continued their strong springs this afternoon with two hits each. Almora finished the day 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored, he's now hitting .353 on the spring. After starting the spring 1-8-1, the Cubs have now won six of seven, and are playing all around better baseball.
With how bad the Cubs have been all year and the promise of a bright future, yesterday was like Christmas morning. Well, I guess it was more like what we might get on Christmas morning 3-5 years from now. Still an exciting day for fans as right now it's one of the few things we can get excited about.
The draft kicked off with a surprise as Carlos Correa was selected number one overall by the Houston Astros. In fact the guy most, if not everyone thought was going number one, Mark Appel, didn't get selected until number eight by the Pirates. The concern with Appel is his sign-ablity because he is represented by Boras. Before the draft started if you would have told me that the Cubs would have a shot at Appel at number six I would have thought you were crazy, but there he was. The Cubs however went a different direction, and I think the correct one.
Cubs 1st pick, number 6 overall: Albert Almora
I love the pick, the kid is pure character not to mention an elite talent in the outfield.
Scouting Report from Baseball America..
Albert Almora combines a high school player's upside with the polish of a college hitter. He's headed to Chicago after the Cubs selected him sixth overall.
Almora has tools, game instincts and makeup; his lone weakness is his fringe-average speed, which some scouts describe as below-average. Scouts give him 60s across the board otherwise, with some giving him higher grades for his arm strength. His instincts allow him to play center field at a high level; one scout said he was a 40 runner with 80 range and said he played center field like some players do shortstop, being instinctual rather than reactive like almost all outfielders.
Almora has played for team USA six times already, he's only 18. I'm very excited to see this kid progress through the system.
Here's some video of Almora…
MLB Netwok's Piece on Almora (Try not to love this kid)
Cubs 2nd pick, number 43 overall (Supplemental): Pierce Johnson
Here is Jonathan Mayo's take on Pierce Johnson…
Johnson was moving quickly up Draft boards, but a forearm strain put that on pause. He came back and threw well, with plenty of time to show everyone he's fully healthy leading up to the Draft.
Johnson has a good three-pitch mix starting with a fastball that is plus at times, touching 94 mph. He's more successful when he keeps it down in the zone, which he does when he repeats his delivery well. Johnson throws a hard curve that works as an effective out pitch, missing more bats than he does with the fastball. He doesn't use the changeup as much, but it has the potential to be at least an average pitch in the future. He throws strikes and competes very well on the mound.
Assuming he's healthy, Johnson should join a solid group of college starters who could go off the board shortly after the top tier, profiling well as a No. 3-type starter at the highest level.
The Cubs got a quite a bit of value with the 43rd pick overall, and it could turn out to be a great pick if Johnson proves to be healthy.
Pierce Johnson draft video..
Cubs 2nd pick, number 56 overall (Supplemental): Paul Blackburn
Here is Jonathan Mayo's take on Paul Blackburn
After a big performance at last summer's Area Code Games, Blackburn has continued pitching well this spring to keep him firmly on the prospect map.
The NoCal high schooler has a good fastball that hits 92 mph consistently and will touch a tick or two higher on the radar gun at times. His two secondary offerings – a curve and a changeup – both have the chance to be very effective pitches. He's generally around the strike zone and thanks to his athleticism and sound delivery, his command should only improve with experience.
The Arizona State recruit has some projectability, meaning his already pretty good stuff has room to get even better. That should get him off the board early enough to keep him from heading to Arizona.
Good command and a ton of room to get better, sounds good to me. The Cubs will be hoping that they grabbed Blackburn early enough to break his commitment to Arizona.
Paul Blackburn draft video…
Round two starts today at 11 AM CST, get ready for more draft coverage as new names will start pouring in very soon.
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Tennessee State walk-on football player William Wayne Jones III collapsed Wednesday during a non-contact practice and later died, coach Rod Reed said.
Jones, 19, was a freshman defensive back who hadn't played in a game for the Tigers because he was being redshirted.
He had caught a football in the early stages of the practice, which began just after 4 p.m., and was returning the ball to defensive backs coach Ed Sanders when he fell to the grass.
"We didn't think it was anything serious, but the trainers checked on him right away," Reed said.
The trainers found Jones unconscious and without a pulse and immediately tried to revive him, Reed said.
An ambulance was called and Jones was transported to Baptist Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 5:50 p.m.
Reed said he knew of no pre-existing conditions that would indicate Jones' health was at risk.
The players were wearing helmets but not in full gear.
It was the first practice since TSU played at Murray State on Saturday. The last time Jones had been on the field was last Thursday because he did not dress for games. TSU does not play again until Nov. 17 at Tennessee-Martin.
"To see him go down and stay down was a hurtful site," said starting sophomore safety Daniel Fitzpatrick, who said he and Jones were close friends. "When a player goes down you never know. Sometimes they jump right back up and sometimes they don't. Either way it always gets your attention."
Athletics director Teresa Phillips said in a statement that Jones' death had left the university in a state of mourning.
"This is a very tragic day for our entire Tennessee State University community and we are devastated by the sudden passing of this young man," Phillips said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this very difficult time. Our university and our football team are hurting as we feel the loss of one of our own. As a team and a family we will grieve alongside the family and do everything we can to help support them through this very difficult time."
Reed said he had invited Jones to join the team after Jones graduated from Smyrna High School last spring.
Jones was a three-year starter at Smyrna who recorded 50 tackles and had an interception in his senior season. He also played basketball at the school.
"He was a great young man," said Smyrna football coach Matt Williams. "He was an unselfish kid who always did what was best for the team."
Reed said he did not have any scholarships left when he invited Jones, who was 5-11, 175 pounds, to join the Tigers, and Jones agreed to pay his own way as a walk-on.
"He was a real feisty little guy and the kind of kid you want on your football team," Reed said. "We never had any problems out of him. We were going to redshirt him because we thought he had some talent and could help us on down the road."
During a team meeting called at 7:30 p.m. at TSU's indoor facility the players and staff were informed that Jones had died.
The meeting lasted about 30 minutes and concluded with the players and coaches standing hand-in-hand in a large circle while being led in prayer by team chaplain Lee Brown.
"This affects not just our team but this entire school," said sophomore quarterback Mike German. "It really puts things into perspective. I mean nothing is guaranteed. You woke up this morning, you won't wake up again."
Plans are already being made to memorialize Jones' locker with a special name plate and the No. 47 he wore on his jersey, Reed said.
Smyrna basketball coach Lonny Drayton said he learned of Jones' death during "the middle of (Smyrna's) practice, which turned out to be the end of practice."
"We have a team of predominantly freshmen. But he knew them. He'd be there talking to them in the locker room.
"The running joke for us was that he was a champion at Mortal Kombat. He was the reason I went out and got the game. He played it in the locker room all the time. He would set it up with his PlayStation and he'd go out and always win it."
Drayton said Jones hit the game-winner in overtime this past season to help Smyrna beat rival La Vergne.
"That's a shot that he probably took 600 times that week," Drayton said. "He would work on his shot all the time."
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Hello Scribe Followers! I shared this post at the Jaunty Quills last week, but wanted to share it with you all, too. I'm here to tell you about the third book in my Stepping Stones Island, Maine series. Sunken Treasure released this month and was a book I had to really step out of my comfort zone to write. You see, my hero, Gage Fontaine, is a wreck diver which meant I had to gear up and take the plunge.
SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving was an integral part of the book since an old sunken pirate ship, treasure and all, lay off the coast of the island. For my hero, diving is no big deal, but for my heroine, Rachelle Thibodaux, who has never had the opportunity to breathe underwater, I had to know what she might feel like when the modern-day pirates pushed her in. I had to know the panic she would experience when she watched the surface grow farther away as she sank deeper and deeper in the dark, cold sea. I had to know what one would do when their mask came off, or they came up against another kind of hunter of the shark variety. Yes, I could have researched and read to acquire the knowledge, and for much I did, but there is just something about breathing underwater that needs to be experienced in order to write it right.
But, I'm also a little chicken, so I took my daughter with me.
She's a competitive swimmer and used to holding her breath for a whole lane. She's also used to moving fast in the water, something SCUBA divers don't do. It's a very slow and methodical process. Because of this SCUBA diving was not for her. She kept getting yelled at for not breathing. (The instructor knew because she made no bubbles.) One time she submerged without her regulator (mouth piece) even on. I thought the instructor was going to blow up. After that she said she would stick to swimming and just took pictures for me.
As for me, I'm not sure if I would strap on tanks anytime soon again, but I won't say never again. Writing has taught me to never say, never. If I want my readers to experience what my characters are experiencing, I am going to have to partake in activities, too. However, I draw the line at skydiving out of a perfectly good airplane.
But not driving fast cars. That I will do any day. (Yes, that is me driving a Ferrari, all in the name of research.)
Shipwreck diver Gage Fontaine is used to modern-day pirates chasing after his boat and the buried treasure he salvages. But when he unknowingly leads a dangerous criminal to the waters off Stepping Stones Island, he puts a beautiful fisherwoman in grave danger. Rachelle Thibodaux has spent the past year hiding on her boat to avoid the town's censure for her father's crimes. But when she comes face-to-face with a gun-wielding pirate, she becomes a new kind of target. To save her own life, she'll have to work with Gage to find the treasure before the pirates do.
Katy Lee writes suspenseful romances that thrill and inspire. She believes every story should stir and satisfy the reader—from the edge of their seat. A native New Englander, Katy loves to knit warm wooly things. She enjoys traveling the side-roads and exploring the locals' hideaways. A homeschooling mom of three competitive swimmers, Katy often writes from the stands while cheering them on. Visit Katy at: www.KatyLeeBooks.com. There you will find FB and Twitter links to connect with Katy further.


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Southern California has been hit with a cold front from Alaska that is set to move inland and bring widespread rain, gusty winds, colder temperatures and mountain snowfall.
The Pacific storm coming out of the Gulf of Alaska arrived in Ventura and Los Angeles counties Wednesday evening and is expected to continue to move across the region.
National Weather Service forecasters said the storm would bring steady rain when it hits the area, followed by showers overnight and a slight chance of thunderstorms and small hail on Thursday. The service issued a hazardous weather outlook for southwestern California.
Local news from across Southern California
About 1/2 inch of rainfall is expected in coastal, valley and inlands areas, with 1 inch expected in the foothills and mountains.
Snow levels may drop as low as 3,500 feet by Thursday morning, with up to 1 foot in snow falling at the highest elevations.
More weather from NBC4: Interactive Radar, Alerts, Satellite
Some roads in the Angeles National Forest were set to be closed Wednesday evening. The eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains were expected to get the bulk of the snow.
Overnight, a dusting of snow may hit the Golden State (5) Freeway as it passes over the Grapevine. The weather service warned of "hazardous driving conditions," and said reduced visibility may be caused by precipitation and/or gusty winds of up to 45 mph in the San Bernardino Mountains and high deserts.
"The motoring public needs to understand that they need to actually plan ahead, give themselves a little bit more time to travel, slow down, and of course buckle up," said California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer John Lutz.
Lutz said he didn't expected the 5 Freeway to be closed over the Grapevine.
A winter-weather advisory was set to go into effect later Wednesday for the mountains of San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties.
Daytime temperatures may drop to 10 to 20 degrees below normal on Thursday, the service said.
"The combination of wet snow and low temperatures in the mountains could create a dangerous situation for campers and outdoor enthusiasts that are not prepared for the change in the weather conditions," the weather service warned.
The Los Angeles County Public Works Department will close the following roads at 10 p.m.:
- Angeles Forest Highway from Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road to Aliso Canyon Road; and
- Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road from Angeles Forest Highway to Angeles Crest Highway.
The closures will be in effect until the storm has passed. More information is available at www.dpwcare.org.
Conditions should dry out during the daytime Friday, and then a weaker storm system may bring precipitation that night and into Saturday. More rain may following Sunday and Monday morning.


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Is When You Eat More Important Than What You Eat?
Attention, dieters: stop counting calories and start watching the clock.
That's the takeaway from a new study that says what you eat doesn't matter as much as when you eat it.
Research conducted by Satchin Panda from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA and his colleagues found mice that ate an unrestricted diet for eight hours and fasted for the remaining 16 hours didn't have higher rates of obesity, diabetes or high cholesterol than mice that ate a healthy diet.
"For millions of years, we humans spent our lives as diurnal species — eating most of our calories only in the daytime and fasting overnight," Panda said, adding that over the past century, we've stayed up later and eaten more at night, leading to excess weight.
"The gist of this study is that the timing and the number of hours you fast impact your weight gain," he said. "Watch the times of day you eat as opposed to what exactly you eat. You don't have to be as strict in counting calories."
But some doctors aren't convinced, saying that what works in mice doesn't always translate to humans. Keith Ayoob, associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, also said telling people they can eat whatever they want — even for a restricted time period — could be dangerous advice.
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(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources is the administering agency for the development of a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, interagency system of early intervention services.
(b) Consistent with the provisions of Public Law 99-457, as enacted by the Congress of the United States, the department has the following responsibilities:
(1) To carry out the general administration, supervision and monitoring of early intervention programs and activities;
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(4) To enter into formal interagency agreements with other state agencies involved in early intervention;
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(6) To coordinate and implement a comprehensive system of personnel development, including the certification and credentialing of qualified personnel pursuant to federal regulations or requirements.
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(OAL DOCKET NO. CRT 7149-03 - (Remanded)
Complainant alleged that Respondent unlawfully
terminated her employment because she
had converted to Islam, in violation of
the Law Against Discrimination (LAD).
After the Director issued a finding of
probable cause, the matter was heard by
the Office of Administrative Law ("OAL")
and the assigned administrative law judge
(ALJ) issued an initial decision dismissing
the complaint. However, the Director concluded
that the ALJ failed to consider certain
direct and circumstantial evidence of
discrimination presented by Complainant,
and remanded the matter to OAL for further
remand, the ALJ was directed to consider
additional evidence to resolve the following
factual disputes: (1) Did Respondent tell
Complainant that she could not come to
work in Muslim attire; (2) When Complainant
did report to work in Muslim attire, did
Respondent move Complainant's workstation
to one that was out of public view; (3)
Did Respondent make a statement to the
effect that she could not tolerate everyone's
religion; and (4) Did Respondent terminate
Complainant's employment before
or after Complainant announced her conversion
to Islam and her intention to wear Muslim
attire to work?
additional testimony was taken, the ALJ
concluded that Complainant had established
a prima facie case of discrimination.
The ALJ then concluded that Respondent
provided legitimate, non-discriminatory
reasons for terminating Complainant, specifically
Complainant's poor job performance
as well as Respondent's substantial
business downturn, and that Complainant
was unable to establish these reasons
as pretextual. The ALJ found further that
Complainant significantly changed her
testimony from the first hearing to the
second, as well as from statements made
in the verified complaint as they related
to the four issues on remand, and was
therefore much less credible a witness
than Respondent or the witnesses called
on Respondent's behalf.
Director adopted the ALJ's dismissal
of the complaint, concurring with the
ALJ's finding that Complainant had
established a prima facie case of discrimination
based on circumstantial evidence. Complainant
was able to prove that (1) she was a member
of a protected class; (2) she was performing
in the position from which she was terminated;
(3) she nevertheless was fired; and (4)
since this case involved a reduction in
force, that other workers were retained.
The Director also concurred with the finding
that there was credible evidence provided
by Respondent concerning Complainant's
performance levels, the business losses
suffered by Respondent, as well as the
fact that Respondent had employed others
of the Muslim faith without incident or
discrimination and was thus unlikely to
have made the comments or taken the actions
attributed to her by Complainant. The
Director also found that Complainant had
received appreciable notice about the
imminent termination of her employment
before she announced her conversion to
Islam. Based largely on the ALJ's
credibility determinations, the Director
upheld the dismissal of the complaint.
OAL Docket No. CRT 13180-06DCR
Docket No. EG13SG-50139-E
Complainant alleged that Respondent discharged
her from her shuttle bus driver position
based on her gender on March 2, 2004,
and replaced her with a non-pregnant employee.
The ALJ allowed Complainant to amend her
verified complaint to include claims of
race/ethnicity, gender, disability and
harassment claims. Complainant also alleged
that she was reprimanded for incorrectly
completing time sheets, but African-American
male drivers were given additional time
to fill out the cards correctly; Respondent
docked her two days for leaving work early,
whereas African-American drivers were
free to leave early and were never docked;
Respondent punished her for taking bus
keys home, but a male driver was allowed
a week to return keys and was not punished;
and, finally, Complainant testified that
her supervisor, an African-American male,
did not have his CDL license when hired,
even though it was a requirement for the
supervisor position.
a hearing, the ALJ determined that Complainant
failed to establish a prima facie case
of discrimination, and that even if she
established a prima facie case, she failed
to show the reasons Respondent proffered
for her termination were a pretext for
unlawful discrimination. In arriving at
this conclusion, the ALJ relied on evidence
regarding her unsatisfactory job performance,
co-worker complaints and inappropriate
conduct with students.
Director first determined that Complainant
failed to establish a prima facie case
of differential treatment with respect
to her claims about discipline or work
rules. In order to establish a prima facie
case, Complainant must show that similarly
situated employees were either given the
benefit of a lenient company practice
or were not held to compliance with a
strict company policy, and that Respondent
disciplined her either without application
of a lenient policy, or in conformity
with the strict one. Complainant failed
to satisfy this burden with regard to
any claim of differential treatment.
also alleged that she had stressful incontinence
and asked Respondent to accommodate her
by transferring her to the morning shift
to accommodate her disability. She claimed
that the earlier shift was less stressful
because students got wild at night. The
Director determined that there was no
evidence that Respondent was aware, or
should have been aware,
that Complainant had a disability covered
by the LAD. Accordingly, the Director
adopted the ALJ's conclusion that
Complainant failed to prove that Respondent
refused to accommodate her disability
in violation of the LAD.
also alleged that she was harassed by
her supervisor Mr. Little and a co-worker,
Roland Jean. She testified that one day
she saw Mr. Jean urinating on the mud
flap at the back of her bus. She filed
a police report on September 25, 2003
based on the incident, but declined to
press charges. The Director concluded
that Complainant failed to prove an actionable
hostile work environment violative of
the LAD. Complainant failed to show that
she was subjected to comments or actions,
which would not have occurred but for
her race, national origin, sex, or disability,
and that were severe or pervasive enough
to make a reasonable person who shared
her protected characteristics conclude
that the work environment had been altered
and had become hostile or abusive.
Complainant testified that on February
27, 2004, she told Mr. Little that she
was pregnant, and that on March 2, 2004,
Respondent discharged her. From this she
deduced that she was terminated because
of her pregnancy. The Director determined
that she failed to prove that Respondent
terminated because of her pregnancy. The
Director found ample basis in the record
to adopt the ALJ's finding that
she failed to establish that her pregnancy
was a motivating factor in Respondent's
decision. Respondent articulated several
legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons
for terminating her, and she failed to
prove they were a pretext for discrimination.
Witness testimony established that Respondent
terminated her because she engaged in
inappropriate and dangerous conduct when
she nearly struck Mr. Jean with her bus;
she failed to follow proper rules and
procedures with respect to completing
paperwork and returning keys; and she
engaged in inappropriate conduct by drinking
with students and having intimate relations
with at least one student.
these determinations and the evidence
proffered in the record as a whole, the
Director adopted the ALJ's conclusion
that Respondent terminated Complainant's
employment because of her unsatisfactory
job performance, and inappropriate and
dangerous conduct.
Complainant filed a verified complaint
with the Division on Civil Rights (Division)
alleging that she was discharged from
her job as a driver because she is Black
and Lesbian, and that she was subjected
to harassing comments on the job about
her sexual orientation and race. After
an administrative hearing, Administrative
Law Judge Leslie Z. Celentano (ALJ) dismissed
the complaint, concluding that Complainant
was discharged because of performance
issues and was not discriminated against
in any manner.
After considering exceptions filed by
Complainant and reviewing a tape recording
of the hearing, the Division Director
adopted the ALJ's dismissal of the
complaint. The Director concluded that
Complainant presented no competent evidence
to support the conclusion that she was
subjected to hostile comments, actions
or other harassment based on her race.
Regarding Complainant's claim that
she was harassed based on her sexual orientation,
the Director concluded that the evidence
of questions and comments from co-workers
about her relationships and sexual orientation
did not constitute an actionable hostile
work environment, and that there was insufficient
evidence that, prior to her discharge,
the employer knew or should have known
of any comments Complainant considered
inappropriate. The Director also concluded
that the employer did not consider Complainant's
race or sexual orientation in its decision
to discharge Complainant.
DCR Dkt No. EB11HB-49622
Barbara Lampley filed a complaint with
the Division on Civil Rights alleging
that her employer refused to provide reasonable
accommodations for her disabilities and
discharged her because she needed time
off to recuperate from a cardiac procedure,
in violation of the disability discrimination
provisions of the New Jersey Law Against
Discrimination (LAD). Ms. Lampley (Complainant)
had a number of medical conditions including
congestive heart failure and bronchitis,
and because of those conditions her physician
directed that she should work in a smoke-free
environment. The events surrounding Ms.
Lampley's complaint took place prior
to the enactment of the current Smoke-Free
Air Act, and employees routinely smoked
in the office area to which she was assigned.
Her employer refused to move her workspace,
refused to instruct employees not to smoke
in her work area and failed to otherwise
accommodate her need for a smoke-free
workspace. Complainant continued to work
despite the smoke, at times wearing a
surgical mask as a last ditch effort to
lessen the effects of the smoke. She subsequently
took time off for a cardiac surgical procedure,
and her employer discharged her when she
needed an extension of her leave to recuperate.
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued
an initial decision concluding that the
employer failed to provide reasonable
accommodations for Complainant's
disabilities in violation of the LAD,
both by failing to accommodate her need
for a smoke-free work environment and
by terminating her employment. The ALJ
awarded Complainant back pay, reimbursement
for health insurance premiums and hearing-related
expenses, $30,000 in emotional distress
damages, and counsel fees in an amount
to be determined. The ALJ also assessed
a $10,000 statutory penalty.
reviewing the hearing record and the exceptions
and replies of the parties, the Division
Director adopted the ALJ's conclusion
that the employer violated the disability
discrimination provisions of the LAD.
The Director agreed with the ALJ that
the employer failed to meet its obligations
to reasonably accommodate Complainant's
disabilities, both her need for a smoke-free
work environment and her need for time
off to recuperate from her cardiac procedures.
The Director also concluded that the employer
decided to discharge Complainant based
on his subjective belief that, because
she was well enough to engage in certain
other activities, she was well enough
to return to work. The Director concluded
that, given the employer's refusal
to accept or consider medical information
regarding her need for additional recuperation
time before returning to work, this constituted
disability discrimination.
Director adopted the ALJ's statutory
penalty, back pay award and reimbursement
for hearing-related expenses, but reduced
the ALJ's reimbursement of health
insurance premiums, limiting it the period
before Complainant would have ceased working
due to her disabilities. The Director
also increased the ALJ's emotional
distress damage award, concluding that
a $50,000 award is appropriate based on
the testimony about the emotional and
physical symptoms Complainant endured
because of her employer's refusal
to reasonably accommodate her disabilities.
DCR Dkt No. EB21WB-49983
OAL Dkt No. CRT 5648-05
Complainant filed a verified complaint
with the Division alleging that Respondent
unlawfully terminated her employment in
violation of the Law Against Discrimination,
based specifically on disability and age
discrimination. Complainant had Crohn's
disease, chronic migraines, and needed
a hip replacement. Respondent filed an
answer denying any violation of the LAD.
The matter was transferred to the Office
of Administrative Law by the Director
of the Division as a contested matter,
prior to the issuance of a finding of
probable cause. Following an administrative
hearing, the administrative law judge
(ALJ) issued an initial decision dismissing
the complaint. The ALJ concluded that
Complainant had established a prima facie
case of disability discrimination, in
that Complainant was able to prove that
(1) she was disabled; (2) she was performing
her job at a level that met Respondent's
legitimate expectations; (3) she nevertheless
was fired; and (4) the employer sought
someone else to do the work. The ALJ then
concluded that Respondent provided legitimate,
non-discriminatory reasons for terminating
Complainant, in that her performance appraisals
contained numerous warnings and a long
history of negative evaluations, and that
Complainant was unable to establish these
reasons as pretextual. The ALJ found further
that Complainant failed to establish a
prima facie case of age discrimination
since Respondent was able to establish
that Complainant did not objectively meet
her employer's job expectations.
Director adopted the ALJ's dismissal
of the complaint, with some modifications.
The Director concurred with the ALJ's
finding that Complainant had established
a prima facie case of disability discrimination,
and concurred that Respondent articulated
a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason
for terminating Complainant's employment.
The Director also agreed that Complainant
failed to demonstrate that this reason
was a pretext for discrimination in that
there was extensive documentation of Complainant's
poor performance. However, the Director
disagreed with the ALJ's finding
that Complainant failed to establish a
prima facie case of age discrimination,
as the second element should not address
the quality of Complainant's work.
Complainant's sole burden was to
demonstrate that she had been employed
by Respondent, which she satisfied. However,
as with the disability discrimination
allegation, Respondent was able to establish
a legitimate reason for the termination
which was not rebutted as pretext. Further,
Complainant did not present any proof
that her termination was due to her age.
Accordingly, the Director upheld the dismissal
of the complaint.
DCR Dkt No. HR14WT-06004-H
Complainant alleged that Maria Sidlov
refused to rent him a room in her rooming
house because of his physical disability
(End Stage Renal Disease) and his source
of lawful income used for rental payments
(Social Security Insurance (SSI) and Social
Security Disability (SSD) payments). The
matter was transmitted to the Office of
Administrative Law (OAL) for a hearing
and on June 8, 2007, the Honorable Walter
M. Braswell, Administrative Law Judge
(ALJ), issued an initial decision concluding
that Respondent violated the LAD, assessed
Respondent a penalty of $500.00, and awarded
the State attorney's fees and costs.
The Director adopted and modified the
ALJ's initial decision by finding
liability, awarding damages to Complainant,
and increasing the penalty.
support of his claim, Complainant alleged
that he contacted Respondent by telephone
to inquire about a room for rent, and
advised Respondent about his disability
and source of income. Complainant alleged
that Respondent informed him she would
not rent the room to him because he was
disabled and did not have a job. Respondent
maintained that she did not know Complainant
had a disability at the time he inquired
about the availability of a room, and
denied that she told him he could not
have a room because of his disability
or because he did not have a job since
there were no rooms available at the time
Complainant contacted her.
ruling in Complainant's favor, the
ALJ rejected Respondent's contention
that she had no rooms available for rent
and found "that there was in fact
a room available when the complainant
inquired." Based on the record,
the ALJ concluded that Complainant "has
demonstrated that Respondent denied the
rental of the apartment to the complainant
based on the complainant's source
of income and disability." Turning
to the issue of remedies, the ALJ concluded
that there was no evidence that Complainant
suffered damages from an out-of-pocket
loss as a result of the discrimination
and, therefore, awarded no economic damages.
The ALJ similarly awarded no damages to
Complainant for emotional distress, despite
acknowledging that Complainant testified
he was depressed and humiliated by Respondent's
refusal to rent to him.
his careful review of the record, the
Director adopted the ALJ's findings
of fact and, further, adopted the ALJ's
conclusion that Complainant established
a prima facie case of unlawful housing
discrimination based on direct evidence
presented at the hearing. Because Respondent
failed to show that she would have made
the same decision even if she had not
considered discriminatory factors, the
Director concluded that Complainant sustained
his burden to prove intentional discrimination
in violation of the LAD. Accordingly,
the Director awarded Complainant $2,500.00
in emotional distress damages. Because
the record established that Respondent's
discriminatory acts were intentional and
based on the very preconceptions about
people with disabilities who rely on government
assistance that the LAD is meant to eliminate,
the Director concluded that a penalty
in the amount of $2,500.00 was appropriate.
DCR Dkt No. EL11JG-46328-E
OAL Dkt No. CRT 2268-04 (On Remand
Complainant, a word processing specialist
employed by the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital,
filed a verified complaint with the Division
alleging that Respondent unlawfully subjected
her to racial discrimination (Black) and
reprisal in serving her with a notice
of official reprimand, in violation of
the Law Against Discrimination. Respondent
denied any violation of the LAD. The Complainant
also filed an appeal with the Department
of Personnel (DOP). Both complaints alleged
reprisal, in that Complainant had earlier
filed grievances and complaints against
her employer and was subsequently served
with the reprimand for abuse of sick time.
Complainant's race claim under the
LAD alleged that Respondent had also served
a Caucasian employee with a reprimand
for abuse of sick time, but that reprimand
was withdrawn. Prior to the determination
of Complainant's Division complaint,
the Merit System Review Board issued a
final determination in which Complainant's
reprimand was upheld. When Complainant's
Division complaint was heard at the Office
of Administrative Law (OAL), the Administrative
Law Judge (ALJ) granted Respondent's
motion for summary decision based on the
doctrines of res judicata, collateral
estoppel and entire controversy, finding
that the matter had already been adjudicated
by the DOP. The Director rejected the
initial decision, however, and concluded
that Complainant's LAD claim was
improperly dismissed because the nature
of the DOP proceeding, which did not include
a full hearing, was inadequate to apply
the doctrines of res judicata and collateral
estoppel. The LAD matter was remanded
to the OAL for a hearing on the merits.
a hearing, the ALJ found that Complainant
demonstrated a prima facie case of unlawful
racial discrimination and reprisal against
Respondent, in that a similarly situated
Caucasian employee received disparate
treatment. However, the ALJ also found
that Respondent's proffered reasons
for the official reprimand issued to Complainant
were persuasive, and the reasons for rescinding
the reprimand against the other employee
were not pretexts for discrimination or
reprisal. The ALJ also found that Complainant
failed to dispute the testimony of Respondent
and accordingly concluded that there was
no evidence of any discriminatory animus
against Complainant.
Director adopted the ALJ's findings,
with some modifications. The Director
concluded that the ALJ correctly recognized
a prima facie case of race discrimination
and reprisal. The Director also concluded
that Respondent met its burden of disputing
that discrimination had occurred, as the
sole requirement was for Respondent to
present a legitimate business reason for
its decision. The Director then found
that Complainant failed to meet her subsequent
burden of establishing that the proffered
reason was pretextual, and that she also
failed to establish that she and the other
employee were similarly situated. For
these reasons, the Director adopted the
ALJ's initial decision.
DCR Dkt No. EH18WM-48969-E
OAL Dkt No. CRT 02698-2005S
Complainant, a laborer with the public
works department, filed a verified complaint
with the Division alleging that Respondent
unlawfully subjected him to age and national
origin discrimination in denying him a
promotion for which he was qualified,
in violation of the Law Against Discrimination.
Respondent filed an answer denying any
violation of the LAD. Complainant subsequently
filed an amended verified complaint alleging
unlawful reprisal, in that he was assigned
to a job that did not exist and was subject
to unreasonable and unwarranted monitoring
and criticism of his work in reprisal
for having filed his original complaint.
Respondent filed an answer again denying
discriminating against Complainant, claiming
that Complainant was not promoted due
to his refusal to work overtime. During
the course of the investigation the Director
transmitted this matter to the Office
of Administrative Law as a contested case
at the request of Complainant. Following
an administrative hearing, the administrative
law judge (ALJ) issued an initial decision
recognizing the complaint in finding that
Respondent demonstrated a prima facie
case of age discrimination and reprisal
against Complainant. The ALJ found that
Respondent's proffered reason of
Complainant's refusal to work overtime
did not satisfy the burden of articulating
a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason
for its actions. The ALJ found Complainant
to be more credible than Respondent, and
concluded that the testimony provided
at the hearings indicated a discriminatory
animus against Complainant.
Director adopted the ALJ's findings,
with some modifications. The Director
concluded that the ALJ correctly dismissed
the national origin discrimination claim.
The Director also concluded that the ALJ
erred in finding that Respondent failed
to meet its burden, as the sole requirement
was for Respondent to present a legitimate
business reason for its decision. However,
the Director also found that Complainant
met his subsequent burden of establishing
that the proffered reason was pretextual,
based on Respondent's lack of credibility.
ALJ also found an adverse inference from
Respondent's failure to call the
Mayor of the township as a witness, as
the Mayor had direct knowledge of the
hiring/promotion process. However, as
either party could have compelled the
Mayor's testimony, and as Complainant
demonstrated greater credibility than
Respondent, the Director found that any
such adverse inference was moot and did
not determine the ultimate holding in
this case. For these reasons, the Director
adopted the ALJ's initial decision.
DCR Dkt Nos. EL07RB-51653-E
OAL Dkt Nos. CRT 6505-06
On July 26, 2005, Complainants L.W. and
D.W. (Complainants) (legal guardians for
their minor sons) filed Verified Complaints
with the Division alleging that their
sons' former employer, Subway Restaurant
located in Lawrenceville, Mercer County,
and Manager Dipen Patel, (Respondents),
unlawfully discriminated against their
sons because of their race (Black) by
referring them as "nigger."
On July 19, 2006, the Division issued
a default order with regard to both verified
complaints. The matter was subsequently
transmitted to the Office of Administrative
Law (OAL) for a default hearing pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 to -12.
Director found that the Division properly
served Respondents with all the notices
and procedures required that made the
entry of default appropriate. N.J.A.C.
13:4-5.2. The Director noted that Respondents
filed no exceptions to the ALJ's
initial decision, and made no other objections
to the ALJ's rulings. As provided
by N.J.A.C. 13:4-5.3(d), the ALJ had jurisdiction
to hear Respondents' motion to vacate
the default previously entered by the
Director. The ALJ denied Respondents'
motion, and the Director found no good
cause to disturb that ruling.
addition, the Director found that the
actions of Dipen Patel were sufficiently
severe or pervasive to meet the standard
to establish a race-based hostile environment.
The ALJ found as fact that Patel called
B.W. and R.W. "nigger" repeatedly,
and almost every day, and that B.W. also
recalled Patel saying "I own you,"
a transparent reference to slavery. The
ALJ also found that Patel made the racist
comments in situations where others could
hear them. The repeated, everyday nature
of Patel's comments makes the racial
hostility pervasive as well as severe.
The Director concluded that these words
were overtly racial, and for that reason
the harassment would not have occurred
"but for" Complainants'
sons' race. The Director noted that
Patel's supervisory position at
Respondent Subway Restaurant rendered
his racially biased words particularly
egregious. Accordingly, the Director determined
that Complainants established that Respondents
subjected their sons to a racially hostile
work environment, in violation of the
Director awarded Complainants back pay
and prejudgment interest in the amount
of $2,433.41. In addition, as result of
the repeated harassment the Director found
that the ALJ's award of $60,000.00
in emotional distress damages to each
Complainant was appropriate. The Director
found Respondents jointly and severally
liable for these damages. The Director
agreed that the maximum penalty payable
for a first violation of the LAD of $10,000.00
against each Respondent was appropriate.
Their failure to respond to the verified
complaints demonstrated contempt for the
Division's authority and complete
inability to comprehend the severity of
their action. Finally, the Director found
that the ALJ's assessment of attorneys'
fees in the amount of $27,142.25 was appropriate.


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Oh no, not again! Paramount Pictures has desided to delay "Ripley's Believe It or Not" until sometime in 2007 or 2008! Director Tim Burton has already choosed another big project "Sweeney Todd". Johnny Depp is in talks to take the lead role.
Last month "Used Guys" was delayed and then cancelled because of budget problems! Tim Burton had already worked on "Ripley's Believe It or Not" for several months and found locations in China and London. Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey decision to rework the script and visual effects sequences with the budget in mind (maximum $150 million). The budget was north of $150 million because Carrey and Burton wanted to make significant creative changes.
This time Paramount executives insist that "Believe It or Not" will go forward in another year.
"We love this project and look forward to making it with Tim and Jim -- just later than originally planned," Paramount production president Gail Berman said.
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COFFINS to release 'Perpetual Penance' Double CD collection on June 9th via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have announced the new double CD collection from Japan's Death/Doom fiends Coffins entitled Perpetual Penance, set for release on June 9th on CD and Digital formats. This is an essential compilation of Coffins vinyl only and split release tracks, features artwork by Uchino and is the follow up to the 2011 release Ancient Torture. The first 100 orders come with a free chrome Coffin keychain, a miniature casket that opens to store your victims ashes! Listen to the track "Reborn" from this gnarly new Coffins collection at this location


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Centonove Bids You Benvenuto
Centonove, the newest restaurant to open in Los Gatos, welcomes you with Italian gusto.
Step inside its compact, convivial black and white dining room with splashes of marinara red, and you may hear Executive Chef Carlo Ochetti heartily conversing with customers in his native Italian.
Indeed, Centonove (Italian for "109," its numerical address on W. Main Street) is like a neighborhood trattoria transported from Italy to the South Bay. Shelves lining a brick wall are stacked with wine bottles, packages of pasta (even gluten-free ones), and big cans of tomatoes to give the feel of an Italian groceria. Small tables fill the main room, which also sports two bar areas — one to enjoy a quick coffee, the other known as the chef's counter because it fronts the kitchen, including the red-tiled, wood-fired pizza oven.
That's where Ochetti, formerly of San Jose's Il Fornaio, holds court. He chats easily and often with diners at the black marble chef's counter, asking how everything is or explaining how a dish was put together.


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Kerry: Military option on table if Iran breaches deal
US secretary of state defends interim nuclear agreement but says America ready to 'do what it would have to do' if needed
Lazar Berman is a former breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
The US military is prepared to act against Iran if Tehran tries to continue the enrichment of uranium beyond permitted levels or break out toward a nuclear weapons capability, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday.
"If they do that, then the military option that is available to the United States is ready and prepared to do what it would have to do," he told Al Arabiya.
Kerry said that the Obama administration has been extremely diligent about working with friends in the region and keeping them abreast of the interim agreement between Iran and the six world powers known as the P5+1: Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States.
"The deal could not be more clear, and we have not left anybody in the dark."
The six-month accord was reached on November 24 in Geneva between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 and went into effect this week. It can be extended up to a year.
Under the deal, Iran has agreed to halt production of 20-percent-enriched uranium, which is just short of bomb-making material. Iran will be able to continue enrichment up to 5%. It also will eliminate its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium.
In return, some Western sanctions against Iran are to be eased.
Kerry argued that all countries in the region were now safer from the threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon as a result of the agreement.
"Clearly the world would rather see us settle this peacefully than have to have a military confrontation," he stressed. "What we are doing is profoundly in the interests of our friends in the region."
Answering a question about whether the United States was pressing Iran on its support for terrorists in the Middle East, Kerry said that the priority was the nuclear program. "We are focused on the first step which is the nuclear program. We are prepared to engage with Iran on the other issues…We believe they should stop supporting Hezbollah, completely and totally. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization," he said.
Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a personal project for the secretary, Kerry warned that violence could break out again if the talks fail. "And if we don't succeed in making peace, the risks for everybody are much greater."
Kerry has made 10 visits to the region this year, shuttling between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, as well as other Middle Eastern power brokers, to mediate talks.
Recently, he has been pushing a framework agreement as part of his efforts to nudge Palestinian Authority President Mahmoiud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu closer to a full treaty that would establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel. On Thursday he would not say when he would present the plan to the parties.
"It will be when we're finished with the work we have to do to get there," he said.
"The framework agreement would [reflect]… the best thinking of both parties, as to what the end game of the peace process could look like, and what they would agree to as a matter of principles as to how they would negotiate toward that end game final status agreement," he continued, without going into the specifics of the proposal.
The two sides have reportedly been at odds over almost every aspect of the core issues involved in a two-state accord. As part of a framework deal designed to keep the talks going past an April deadline, Kerry has been reportedly pushing Netanyahu to agree to negotiations on the basis of a Palestinian state to be established along the pre-1967 lines, with land-swap adjustments, and urging Abbas to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.


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The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus curiae brief yesterday with the Supreme Court of the United States in the same-sex marriage cases currently pending before the court. The ASA's brief highlights the social science consensus that children raised by same-sex parents fare just as well as children raised by different-sex parents.
With the Supreme Court of the United States expected to rule imminently in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, which addresses the matter of marriage equality and the constitutional status of state bans on same-sex marriage, the American Sociological Association (ASA) has a number of sociologists available to discuss same-sex marriage.
Lawyers keep the gates of public justice institutions, particularly through their roles in formal procedures like hearings and trials. Yet, it is not clear what lawyers do in such quintessentially legal settings: conclusions from past research are bedeviled by a lack of clear theory and inconsistencies in research design. Conceptualizing litigation work in terms of professional expertise, I conduct a theoretically grounded synthesis of the findings of extant studies of lawyers' impact on civil case outcomes.
The article focuses on the relationship between street vendors and local authorities in Bangkok. We examine the goals, the means, and the effects of everyday regulation of street vending. We document how the district administration produces and maintains informality by creating a parallel set of rules where street vendors enjoy negligible rents and little competition. We provide detailed empirical evidence on earnings, rents, fines, and rules regarding commercial real estate.
Although research has established a very strong relationship between the presence of a psychiatric disorder and victimization in prisons, some gaps remain in our understanding. This study considers the importance of gender differences in this relationship. Estimates based on the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities show that psychiatric disorders have a stronger relationship with victimization among male inmates than among female inmates. Yet the size of the gender difference varies greatly depending on the specific disorder.
This research is an initial investigation into the ways community-based learning increase the cognitive skills central to the exercise of the sociological imagination. In addition to identifying a means to reveal that learning had occurred, we looked for evidence that the students were mastering sociological content, especially the concepts and habits of the sociological imagination.
Over seven million Americans are either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole, with their criminal records often following them for life and affecting access to higher education, jobs, and housing. Court-ordered monetary sanctions that compel criminal defendants to pay fines, fees, surcharges, and restitution further inhibit their ability to reenter society. In A Pound of Flesh, sociologist Alexes Harris analyzes the rise of monetary sanctions in the criminal justice system and shows how they permanently penalize and marginalize the poor.
The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus curiae brief in March, 2015 with the Supreme Court of the United States in the same-sex marriage cases pending before the court. The ASA's brief highlights the social science consensus that children raised by same-sex parents fare just as well as children raised by different-sex parents.
High-profile cases of police violence—disproportionately experienced by black men—may present a serious threat to public safety if they lower citizen crime reporting. Using an interrupted time series design, this study analyzes how one of Milwaukee's most publicized cases of police violence against an unarmed black man, the beating of Frank Jude, affected police-related 911 calls.
The author makes the argument that many racial disparities in health are rooted in political economic processes that undergird racial residential segregation at the mesolevel—specifically, the neighborhood. The dual mortgage market is considered a key political economic context whereby racially marginalized people are isolated into degenerative ecological environments.


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Fleet-tracking Software Analyzes Driver Behavior
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Teletrac Navman has released Teletrac Navman DIRECTOR, fleet management software that intelligently tracks assets and collects data to meet a range of business needs and drive enhanced productivity for customers. Offering fuel-use tracking, messaging and routing, along with driver behavior analysis tools and concise reporting features, DIRECTOR helps businesses fine tune their strategies and reduce operating costs. Its signature safety module, called Safety Analytics, scores driver performance based on company priorities and replays unsafe driving events to aid driver training. DIRECTOR's dashboards accumulate information to show trends that would otherwise go unseen, giving companies the insight they need to succeed.


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Can we ever have too much democracy? That just might be the case with Proposition 26, officially called the "Stop the Hidden Taxes Initiative," which appears on the Nov. 2 ballot.
If Proposition 26 passes, a two-thirds vote in the legislature would be required for adding any new revenue source to the state budget. Not only would this include those sources already in place--sales taxes, income taxes, and bank and corporation taxes--but the myriad others the legislature tinkers with all the time. Hunting licenses, state park admission fees, and state building permits would be among the hundreds of items requiring a two-thirds vote by the state legislature every time a change was in the offing.
But there's more.
Proposition 26 also would require all local governments to organize a vote of the people before imposing or changing any fees different from the status quo. Imagine parking meter rates, dog tags, jay-walking citations, and solar panel permits all requiring a vote of the people every time local lected officials in a local city or county want to adjust revenue streams. When would there be time to actually govern?
When the Framers established the Constitution, they adopted a concept known as representative democracy. That means that the people would select officials to govern via the vote, with the understanding that the people would have opportunities to replace those officials who lost support of the electorate for any reason at the next scheduled election.
Proposition 26 changes the meaning of representative democracy to pure democracy. Under this proposal, virtually every move of any government would be subject to approval by the voters. That may sound good in theory, but if you think people are troubled by constant voting now, just imagine what will happen with a constant stream of votes.
Maybe sometimes there can be too much of a good thing...
Proposition 26: Too Much Democracy?
Can we ever have too much democracy? That just might be the case with Proposition 26, officially called the "Stop the Hidden Taxes Initiative," which appears on the Nov. 2 ballot.