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LONG BEACH – "Wild" Bill, who introduces himself as the mayor of West Long Beach, remembers when crime was high.
He's been in the city all his life, ran track in 1959 for Poly High School, experienced segregation in the city firsthand and watched as frustration over civil rights issues fueled the formation of gangs and many crimes.
"The Westside ain't bad," Bill insists.
He should know, he was in the city when homicide rates in the city topped out over 100 per year regularly in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Ten or more years ago, if you asked someone to name a bad neighborhood here, you would probably hear Downtown, North Long Beach, West Long Beach and areas such as the Anaheim Street and Pacific Coast Highway corridors.
Today, it's not as simple as drawing a line around a section of town. It's more like drawing a line around a handful of blocks, or even a single residence or business.
Though Long Beach's crime hot spots are much smaller than in previous decades, they can still create problems for the community and the city as a whole.
Take last year's crime statistics.
The city saw increases in crime across the board, with an overall 9.4 percent increase in Part 1 crimes that included a 2.2 percent increase in aggravated assaults, a 9.9 percent increase in robberies and a 10.5percent jump in property crimes (which include the categories of petty theft, burglary and arson).
This year, so far, the city isn't doing any better, with double-digit increases when compared with the same period last year, police officials say.
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell is quick to note that the numbers are still below the city's crime average from 10 years ago.
"We were, and still are, at a 40-year record low in many crime categories," McDonnell said, noting murders were down 19.4 percent and rapes dropped by 16.4 percent in 2011.
Nonetheless, McDonnell said, he and his department are well aware and concerned about the increases seen last year and at the start of 2012.
"We serve our neighborhoods as fairly as we can. It's a fairly analytical process. It comes down to things we can measure, such as violent and property crimes, and looking at seasonal trends and patterns and predictive trends," the chief explained. "What's harder to identify and get ahead of is gang activity, which will drive violent crime and property crime in a particular community."
As the city, county and state continue to struggle with budget woes – cuts have been made in every sector of government – trying to get ahead of crime is more important than ever, the chief said.
One of the best ways to do that is to get neighborhoods engaged, officials say. But that can be easier said than done.
Successful communities, be they diverse or homogeneous, rich or poor, share one quality: they engage all members of the neighborhood, and residents and businesses invest in their neighborhoods with money and time.
Proof of that is easily borne out by the city's crime statistics, broken down by hundreds of police reporting districts. Districts with the highest crime rates are characterized by alienated residents and businesses, and most likely don't report many crimes, experts say.
"We probably get at least two shoplifters a day," said Marlene Trujillo, who works at the 99 Cents retail store at the corner of Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue.
The location is on the border of two reporting districts with the highest numbers of residential burglaries and auto thefts in the city, and bordering districts with the highest rates of robbery and commercial burglaries in Long Beach.
Trujillo said the store expects to take a loss from theft.
"Our manager doesn't even call police most of the time," she said. "So (thieves) know it and they just laugh at us, or hit us, if we try to stop them. It's frustrating."
A recent carjacking of a doctor who works at Molina Medical Center, 540 E. Artesia Blvd., left the physician with a broken arm and out of work for several weeks. The incident still haunts many who live and work in the area.
Molina Health Care officials said they took immediate steps to address security concerns, including erecting more lights in the parking lot and hiring a guard to watch over the parking lot, a feature that the neighboring businesses appreciate.
But as long as the other businesses take a lax attitude toward what they might deem minor crime, the potential for more brazen and dangerous crime becomes greater, police and other experts warn.
"There are some neighborhoods where their level of tolerance and the level they will sanction criminal activity is disturbing," said Deputy Police Chief Robert Luna, who oversees all four patrol divisions in the city.
Businesses aren't the only community members that might look the other way in the face of a problem, police and experts say.
Take reporting district No.464 in Central Long Beach, the area from 15th Street to Pacific Coast Highway, and from Junipero to Cherry avenues, which logged the highest number of aggravated assaults citywide last year.
More than half of the residents interviewed in that part of town said they wanted to move from the area and didn't see the point in trying to rectify what they viewed as long-standing problems.
Others noted the area has vastly improved from what it was just five years ago and say they take advantage of resources such as the California Recreation Center and King Park Community Center. But they conceded problems remain, largely due to apathetic and intimidated residents who fail to report crimes.
"There's lots of robberies, I get chased after school all the time," said Poly High School student Jimmy San, 15, of Long Beach.
One of San's schoolmates, Dustin Gov, agreed.
"We want to move, but we're kind of stuck here. It's too expensive (to move)," the 15-year-old said.
Another 15-year-old Poly student, who identified herself only by her first name, Sandra, insisted the area was safe – then added her cousin was shot and killed in King Park just a month earlier.
Asked if she thought it was odd that she would be so comfortable at the park where her cousin was killed, she shrugged and smiled.
"I don't think (crime is) better, I think people just don't notice anymore," said Jonathan Barcenas, 23, of Long Beach. "People are so subjected to the violence that they don't even realize it's bad anymore."
Barcenas had just moved back to his neighborhood, not far from Silverado Park, after leaving the city for a few years. His neighborhood is a small, gang-infested section at the north end of West Long Beach that had the highest murder rate, with 3 homicides, within a single Police Department reporting district last year (Reporting District No. 71). While that small district had the most homicides in the city, the West Division logged more homicides than any other division.
Barcenas said he still feels his neighborhood remains one of the most dangerous. Though statistics show the entire city is safer than it was as little as five years ago, Barcenas wasn't the only person in that part of town with a negative image of the area.
Marlon Amizola, 25, said he felt perfectly safe shooting hoops on his own one morning at Silverado Park, but said it wasn't safe for outsiders to walk around the area talking to people.
"It's fine, safe," Amizola said. "Unless you're looking for a fight."
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1989 GMC Jimmy 4.3 litre from North America
Very reliable, good gas mileage 4x4
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Encino Man.
That's what I felt like when I was hired as the senior editor on Parenting's sister publication Babytalk three years ago. During its nearly 80-year history, Babytalk has been—and still is—a magazine run by moms. When I arrived, it was as if the female editors had thawed me out, cleaned me up, and looked upon me quizzically. What is it? Does it talk like us? Can it write about nap schedules and breast pumps?
I was a dude—the only dude—working at a baby magazine. And you know what? I was psyched. I loved the magazine, and as a father of two young boys, I lived the magazine. But that doesn't mean everyone else thought it was normal. As part of Bonnier Corporation, Babytalk shares offices with 50 other publications including several fishing and outdoors magazines. On countless occasions, I cruised past the manly editors of those manly magazines while pushing double strollers and carrying armloads of infant toys making "boing!" sound effects. They looked at me like I was, well, a man carrying toys making "boing!" sound effects.
At one point, the powers-that-be figured that having a father in captivity might be a good thing. Since moms write almost every story Babytalk and Parenting prints, perhaps we should let a dad have a voice. That led to an avalanche of dad stuff: The dad column in the magazine, the dad book, the dad blog. (The dad cologne is coming soon.) But I soon realized something else: The mom editors expected me to be, you know, a man. And they got, well, me. A box containing an unassembled stroller would show up, and they'd expect me to solve this riddle like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting. I'd fumble with it for a while, then make some comment about the suspension sub frame being missing. (I just Googled "parts of a car" to write that line.)
I knew I could never be that guy—show me a screwdriver, and I'll show you a gum-scraper-offer. But I was a guy who could handle a hot glue gun, get down on the floor to play with the latest Hot Wheels track, and test out the baby food diet. I was a new kind of a dad for a new kind of parenting magazine.
This new kind of dad is showing up everywhere. He's sampling his infant daughter's cries on Billboard chart toppers. He's getting $500,000 from OK! magazine for photos with his newborn son, once a moneymaking scheme exclusive to celebrity moms. He's taking his young daughters (and their Secret Service detail) out for shaved ice in Hawaii.
But it's not only happening in pop culture. They are doing it at home as well. Resolved to not be a second-string players, today's fathers are cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, and handling homework and potty training.
Now here I am, thrilled to be the guest editor of Parenting's first-ever Dads issue, now on newsstands. Pick one up, check it out, and let me know what you think.
I often wonder if there will come a day when, aside from our children, we won't be labeled as Mom or Dad. We'll simply be parents: The people who love the bejesus out of their kids. After all, the magazine isn't called Mom Monthly. It's called Parenting. A caveman figured that one out.


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Investigation by the Office of Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita Leads to Complaint in Business Mail Scam
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In complaint filed today by Attorney General Greg Zoeller, state seeks to ban scam artists from doing business in Indiana; Fines totaling over $1.5 million possible
(Indianapolis) – An out-of-state operation sending deceptive solicitations to Indiana businesses for the last several months would face fines of over $1.5 million and be barred from doing business in Indiana, if the state prevails in a lawsuit filed today in Marion County court.
The complaint against Aaron V. Williams of Las Vegas, Lisa Diane Brown of California and several companies affiliated with the two was filed today by Attorney General Greg Zoeller in Marion County Superior Court alleging several violations of the Deceptive Commercial Solicitation Act. The action comes after a multi-state investigation by the office of Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita which tracked the activities of a business operated by Williams and Brown known as "Indiana Corporate Compliance."
Indiana businesses have reported receiving letters from Indiana Corporate Compliance that appear to come from an official government source – specifically the Business Services Division of the Indiana Secretary of State's office. The letter solicits annual fees of $125 to $150 that it claims it will be used for record keeping and processing of a company's annual minutes. It also instructs businesses to respond by citing fictitious state law and including a "return by" date. The return addresses on the letters are rented mailboxes at UPS stores in Indianapolis, including one within steps of the Indiana Statehouse.
"The actions of these out-of-state scam artists to bilk Indiana businesses are deceptive, despicable, and likely criminal," said Secretary Rokita. "I will do everything I can to stand up for Indiana businesses and shield them from financial attack. I thank Attorney General Zoeller and his team for helping bring legal action."
Secretary Rokita has issued warnings through the media, sent e-mails to Indiana businesses and posted warnings on his Web page to ignore the letter. Still, businesses report falling victim to the scam and have sent money in response to the letter. No business has reported receiving any services from Indiana Corporate Compliance. Secretary Rokita's office continues to investigate and is developing a criminal case against Williams and Brown.
State law requires periodic business entity reporting, but with fees of only $30 every two years for for-profit entities and $10 every year for non-profit organizations. Businesses operating in Indiana can now securely perform this reporting online through the INBiz portal found on the Secretary of State's Web page, www.in.gov/sos/business.
Businesses wishing to check the validity of any mailing from Indiana's Business Services Division or any division of the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State should contact the Business Services Division Help Line at (317) 232-6576.
Click here for an audio clip of Secretary Rokita on this matter.
Click here to view the "Complaint for Injunction, Restitution, Costs, Civil Penalties, and Other Equitable Relief" submitted by Gregory F. Zoeller, Indiana Attorney General.
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San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw the 22nd perfect game in major league baseball history last night, and afterward he said this about catcher Buster Posey: "I can't thank Buster enough. I didn't even question once what he was calling."
Posey recognized early that Cain's fastball was lively and relied heavily on that. He repeatedly asked for it up in the zone—the umpire was giving Cain that pitch, and nobody on the Houston Astros could touch it. Posey also made one of the toughest plays in baseball—on a third strike, the pitch bounced off of his chest protector and dropped in front of the plate. But he pounced on it, easily throwing out the runner to end the sixth inning.
That play was big to preserve Cain's perfect game, but most of what Posey did was unseen, and that's the way catchers like it. After the pitcher, the catcher plays the biggest role in a no-hitter. He is involved in every pitch, suggesting which type of pitch it will be and where it should go as well as the delicate massage of his battery mate's ego. Through moves as big as deftly blocking the plate to as small as taking advantage of an ump's expanded strike zone, a catcher is the canvas upon which the pitcher paints his masterpiece.
— Matt Cain's perfect game: Recap | Box score | Play-by-play
— Video: Blanco's catch saves perfect game
Giants manager Bruce Bochy praised Posey for the way he called the game. "I couldn't be happier for Buster Posey," Bochy told reporters. "You can go your whole career and not catch a no-hitter, much less a perfect game."
Posey is just the 21st catcher to catch a perfect game. Ron Hassey caught two. When it comes to no-hitters, the guys wearing the tools of ignorance usually are smart. The average catcher of a no-hitter is working his 534th game, according to research by SportsData LLC, and catchers don't last that long if they don't understand the game. For perfect games, the number jumps to 624. (This includes Yogi Berra, who caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series but not the first four perfect games because precise numbers aren't available.) Posey was in his 216th game.
Carlton Fisk caught 2,226 games, not one of them a no-hitter. Among Jeff Torborg's 559 games were a perfect game by Sandy Koufax (in Torborg's career game No. 74) and no-hitters by Bill Singer (334) and Nolan Ryan (488).
All kinds of pitchers throw no-hitters, from lefties who rely on control to overpowering right-handers. There seems to be more of a pattern among catchers who work no-hitters, though it's also true that catchers are a more homogenous group.
Dan Plesac, a former pitcher who was with the Brewers for Juan Nieves' no-hitter in 1987 and the Phillies for Kevin Milwood's in 2003, reviewed the names of catchers who have caught no-hitters since 1990. "It's a list of guys that pitchers consider good callers of games, guys that handle a pitching staff very well. That's what strikes me," says Plesac, an analyst for MLB Network. "Most of these guys are known more for their game-calling and catching and throwing then being run producers."
(Plesac reviewed this list before Cain's perfect game and before the Mariner's combined no-hitter Friday caught by Jesus Montero. Posey is considered a strong defensive catcher. Montero is not.)
— From SI: One of the best performances ever | Perfect game gallery
Giants right fielder Gregor Blanco made the best defensive play of the night with a diving catch in the seventh inning—the first out after Posey's block of the plate. It's rare for a catcher to make the key defensive play of a perfect game, but that's what happened April 21 in White Sox pitcher Phil Humber's perfect game.
The last pitch of Humber's gem was the worst one he threw all day. Catcher A.J. Pierzynski knew from the second the ball left Humber's hand that it would be way outside. Considering the count was full, that was bad news. Pinch-hitter Brendan Ryan started to swing then tried to stop. The ball skipped past Pierzynski's glove and into his shin guard.
As the ball bounced to Pierzynski's right, several things happened in rapid succession. Pierzynski sprang from his crouch and started chasing the ball. Ryan headed to first, slowly, thinking he had been walked. Umpire Brian Runge called strike three.
The dropped third strike rule is one of the oldest in baseball—older even than called strikes and called balls. But it had never been applied in such a dynamic situation: For the first time in major league history, the last out of a perfect game hinged on a catcher's retrieving strike three and throwing to first to beat the runner.
Pierzynski's heart beat madly in his chest as he ran after the ball. It's a hard enough play in a normal situation because the runner is often in the path of the ball, the catcher is in a hurry and the momentum he carries from chasing the ball makes throwing accurately difficult. Add in the stress of the situation and "your nerves are as high as they can be as far as being on red alert," Pierzynski says.
As Pierzynski grabbed the ball and prepared to throw, Pierzynski saw that Ryan had not gone far down the first base line because he had stopped to argue with Runge. Pierzynski says he would have been able to throw Ryan out if he hadn't stopped, but the fact that he did allowed Pierzynski to set and make a good throw. Which is not nearly as easy as it sounds. "I wish I had caught it clean," Pierzynski says, "because now every time they show Phil, they have to show me missing it and chasing it instead of showing Phil's reaction."
For the record, a fan's video from the crowd shows Humber waving toward first, his way of telling Pierzynski to throw there. As the ball sailed there, Humber dropped to his knees and briefly put his head and hands on the ground. Then he stood up and got mobbed by his teammates.
— Matt Cain enhances reputation as top starter
If the catcher is the canvas, the pitcher's stuff is the paint. The easiest way to catch a no-hitter is to have a great pitcher. Cain certainly falls in that category. Randy Johnson is 6-foot-10, and on the mound he looked 8-10 and meaner than a nest full of wasps. Combine his height and his fierceness with his heavy fastball and darting slider, and it's easy to understand why he threw a no-hitter and a perfect game. "Once he got going, it almost felt like you were cheating, like you had the cheat codes for a video game," says Robby Hammock, who caught Johnson's perfect game for the Diamondbacks against the Braves in 2004.
Hammock considers catching Johnson's perfect game the highlight of his career. He retired after last season and is now a coach in the Diamondbacks system. He jokes that because he caught a perfect game, people think he's a genius, which helped him get his coaching job. Ah, but he knows the truth. "It was the easiest game I ever caught. Nobody ever got on base. One, two three, one, two, three, every single inning, then I'm back in the dugout," Hammock says.
It's not always that simple.
— From SI: Why have there been so few perfect games in MLB history?
Buck Rodgers was the catcher for the Angels when Bo Belinsky threw a no-hitter May 5, 1962. Combined, the two were the least experienced pitcher-catcher combination to complete a no-hitter. Rodgers was making just his 33rd start and Belinsky was a rookie pitching in his fourth game. But the two showed uncommon savvy in blanking the Orioles in a 2-0 win.
Belinsky's best pitch was his screwball, but he couldn't control that or his curveball on this day. His fastball was the only pitch that was working. "He had a lot of 2-0 and 3-1 counts, and he just had to challenge them, and they popped up," Rodgers says.
On the bench, Belinsky, who died in 2001, didn't mind talking with Rodgers about the no-hitter. Good thing, because the conversations about how to attack the hitters were important as the game progressed. A good fastball would work alone for only so long, no matter how good it was. "We would talk about, 'We've got to get a breaking pitch over here pretty quick. We can't keep going with the fastball,'" Rodgers says. "Finally, we got a few over enough that we got them looking for it a little bit. Then, when they started to look for it just a little bit, that's when the fastball really assumed a greater importance because they couldn't just sit on it."
Twenty-nine years later, Rodgers would be fired as the Expos' manager early in the season, only months before Dennis Martinez threw a perfect game for Montreal. That game was nothing like Belinsky's. Martinez used three pitches and pinpoint control; Belinsky mostly used one in his no-hitter and didn't know where it was going. Belinsky hit two batters and walked four.
The best catchers prepare for games more than even the pitchers. Catchers know the hitters, they know the pitcher, they know the umpire. But preparation is not everything. Eli Whiteside didn't find out he was catching what became Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter for the Giants in 2009 until that afternoon. He played only because regular catcher Bengie Molina's wife was in labor. Bill Schroeder caught Nieves' no-hitter for the Brewers because B.J. Surhoff had dental work done.
Brent Mayne, who caught Bret Saberhagen's no-hitter for the Royals in 1991 and was on the bench for Johnson's perfect game, studied hitters and pitchers and paid close attention to hitters to pick up adjustments they made during the game. But he wasn't a slave to that knowledge. "I wanted my intuition to trump everything I knew," he says.
Saberhagen was so good during pre-game warm-ups that Mayne told the pitching coach that Saberhagen would throw a no-hitter. That's the only time Mayne did that in his 15-year career. "He owned the inside of the plate. He was able to throw in off the plate effectively and throw strikes in there effectively. That opened up a lot of other things," Mayne says.
Among those other things that opened up: the strike zone. Mayne noticed that umpire Ted Hendry was calling inside pitches strikes, so he exploited that, much like Posey exploited the high strike Wednesday night. "I remember pounding, pounding, pounding inside," Mayne says.
Tigers catcher Alex Avila caught one of Justin Verlander's two no-hitters. He was behind the plate in May when Verlander lost one with one out in the ninth and two years ago on the infamous night when Armando Galarraga lost a perfect game on a blown call with two outs in the ninth. He said as those games progressed, they felt like playoff games. Mayne said it was much more stressful to watch Johnson's perfect game from the bench than to play in Saberhagen's no-hitter because when he was playing he had some say in what happened. As the no-hitter jitters settle in, catchers try not to outthink themselves as they balance going for the no-hitter with trying to win the game.
Posey said he had never been more nervous on a baseball field, but he tried not to let that change his approach. "What I tried to do was just be confident in everything I called and not deviate from what I would have done in a tie game," he told reporters last night.
Not all catchers work that way. Some change the way they call the game in pursuit of the no-hitter. On a cold and rainy night in Baltimore in 1987, Brewers pitcher Juan Nieves pitched the best game of his life. Hitters two through six in the Orioles lineup would combine for 42 career All-Star appearances, but none of them or their teammates could touch Nieves, who was making just his 35th career start. To complete his no-hitter, Nieves, with two outs in the ninth and a 7-0 lead, had to retire a future Hall of Famer: Cal Ripken. When Nieves fell behind in the count to Ripken, 2-0, catcher Bill Schroeder called for Nieves to walk Ripken.
Schroeder laughs now that he walked one future Hall of Famer to bring up another one—who also happened to be a switch-hitter. But slugger Eddie Murray flew out to center fielder Robin Yount.
It's impossible to know whether Schroeder's decision saved Nieves' no-hitter or just made it last one hitter longer. If walking batters is one way to save a no-hitter, striking them out is another. Avila says that as the innings mount with Verlander on the mound and a no-hitter in the offing, they try to strike out batters instead of pitching to contact. Pierzynski says the no-hitter takes priority over the perfect game. He calls for swing-and-miss pitches on the fringe of the strike zone, risking a walk, instead of pitching to contact and risking a hit.
In a close game, seeking the no-hitter is a high risk, high reward gamble. The risk is losing the game. The reward is a no-hitter. Mike Heath caught a no-hitter by Mike Warren of the A's in 1983. The A's led the White Sox, 3-0, late in the game and won by that score. "Even though the game was close, I still felt, at 7 2/3, I'm thinking no-hitter and then the win. Sorry—I wanted my pitcher to get the no-hitter in the worst way," he says. "Yes, we wanted to win. But still, I'm calling the game the way Mike showed me that he could throw the whole game. He was totally on."
Just as it would for a pitcher, the last pitch of the no-hitter sticks with Heath. "I looked over at (A's pitching coach) Ron Schueler. Ron Schueler looked at me and goes, 'Whatever you want.' Carlton Fisk was the batter. I called for a breaking ball, because that thing was still sharp, breaking out of the zone."
Fisk flew out to left. Heath's work was done—almost. He rushed to the mound to celebrate. He got there before the paint on Warren's masterpiece was dry.
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At least three people were injured in a serious accident on Franklin Street around 10:30 Monday tonight.
Firefighters worked feverishly to rip away parts of a Toyota Camry that had slammed backward into a parked tow truck in front of Etre's Auto Body at 432 Franklin St.
At one point, someone in the crowd of police, firefighters and paramedics started yelling and signaling the number four, and personnel jumped up into the snowy hill behind the accident, frantically waving flashlights and looking behind trees and under vehicles.
Crews hoisted a young boy onto a waiting stretcher, as another person was rushed into an ambulance. Another person was whisked away to a third ambulance on a stretcher.
It was not immediately clear whether other vehicles were involved in the crash. The Traffic Division was being dispatched to the scene to investigation.
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Helping Hands
Predocs become mentors to dental assisting students
Who were these teenagers? Alexandra Bassett, D14, first noticed them on the postgraduate floor >>
Tufts Institutes Spanish Exchange Program
Both institutions committed to active citizenship
The School of Dental Medicine's new exchange program with Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (OIC) >>
Challenging Smiles
Dentistry needs to improve outcomes for children with cleft lip and palate, says Tufts orthodontist
Craniofacial malformations such as cleft lip and palate are among the most common birth >>
Residency in Maine
New AEGD training program designed to widen access to care
To expand opportunities for postgraduate training while addressing barriers to dental care, Tufts is >>
Not Just Talk
Nicole Holland is on a mission to improve health literacy
Nicole Holland was still a dental student working in the clinics when she began >>
An Inclusive Practice
How to create a welcoming environment for LGBT patients
As the pediatric dentist walked her 4-year-old patient back to the waiting room, she inquired, >>
Dream Weavers
Lots of people helped Lou Fiore along the way. Now he and his wife are doing the same
Everywhere Lou Fiore, D62, looks, he sees people who helped him achieve his childhood >>
The Gift That Keeps Giving
Endowed professorships seed exceptional teaching, research and scholarship—forever
Talented and passionate professors have helped position the School of Dental Medicine as a >>
Yankee Dental Comes to Town
Annual congress gives alums an opportunity to reconnect
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BenQ G2400W Review
If you are visiting this website, or any website, you will probably agree that computers are a great tool for doing work, having fun, and learning. However, without a monitor, our home computers become nothing more than number crunchers. A good monitor can make the difference between being able to enjoy using your computer to getting a headache after using it for 15 minutes. As monitors become larger and larger, more things are possible. More realistic and immersive gaming environments start to pop out, the ability to see a lot more data, and, of course, larger high definition movies. While we look for larger and larger monitors, however, we cannot forget quality. The difference between a high quality monitor and one that just downright stinks can make the difference in whether you enjoy working at your computer or not.
Today, I am going to be taking a close look at the BenQ G2400W, a 24" widescreen monitor that runs at a resolution of 1920x1200, which is slightly over the Full HD specification (which comes in at 1920x1080 resolution). A monitor this big needs a pretty large amount of bandwidth to display everything without losing data, and because of that, it supports DVI and HDMI. However, if you have a computer with VGA output, there is no reason to fear as there is a VGA port as well. With a monitor larger than some TVs that supports over 1080p, it should be a joy to use and I am excited to put it through its paces.
Closer Look:
I got the BenQ G2400W from Newegg and it came shipped in a plain monitor box. It would have been nice if it had shipped in another protective box, but this isn't BenQ's fault. The box shows some of the features of the monitor and some nice pictures. I was shocked about how large the box was, but when you buy a large monitor, you expect a large box.
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Beyonce & Nicole Scherzinger: Grand Prix Pretty
Beyonce gets a tour of the McLaren Mercedes garage before the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Saturday (September 26) in Singapore.
The 28-year-old singer was given a tour by British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes and his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls.
Later in the evening, Beyonce performed on the third and final day of the three day F1 Rocks Singapore concert at Fort Canning Park.
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Green Bean and Moody Blue Salad
A delicious way to enjoy green beans in season. Served cold, it's a perfect summer dish that doubles as a salad or side dish.
1 1/2 lb. thin green beans (haricot vert)
1 cup cucumber, sliced or cubed
1 cup grape tomatoes
1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
2 tbsp. fresh oregano, chopped
6 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce
1 tsp. cracked or coarsely ground black pepper
8 oz. Moody Blue cheese, crumbled
- Bring 2 to 3 qt. salted water to a rapid boil. Add green beans and blanch 1 min.; refresh in cold water. Drain beans and refrigerate until dry.
- Place chilled beans in large bowl; add cucumber, grape tomatoes, red onion and oregano.
- Combine olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice and hot sauce in small bowl; whisk until well blended. Pour dressing over green bean mixture and toss.
- For service, spoon onto salad plates; top with crumbled cheese.


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Exhibitions > Past Exhibitions
Altered Images
17 June 15 August 2010
Altered Images is the result of a partnership initiative of IMMAs National Programme, Mayo County Council Arts Office and South Tipperary Arts Service. The exhibition works on many levels. Firstly, curatorial decisions were taken to ensure a cohesive body of work. The selected works all make reference to classical or art historical sources, either in the method of depiction or their subject matter. Each art work is accompanied by a multi-sensory display in order to provide meaningful access. In addition, an audio CD and Braille documentation of the large-print exhibition catalogue will be available on request. Artist Amanda Coogan has produced an interpretive signed-representation of the exhibition in the form of a filmed performance. Sign language tours will be available by arrangement and an accessible website for the project can be found at http://www.alteredimages.ie/.
Altered Images was shown at the South Tipperary County Museum, Clonmel, and at the Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co Mayo, in 2009. A guide is being produced to address the issues raised to date from these exhibitions, as the long-term aim is to use the exhibition as a basis for further research and development. IMMA will also host artists talks and a series of discussions with interested organisations.
A catalogue accompanies the exhibition with texts by Padraig Naughton, Director, Arts & Disability Ireland, and Cliodhna Shaffrey, curator. The catalogue is available in Braille on request and is also accompanied by an audio CD.
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A high-five from both the White House, and Wall Street.
Not a bad day for eHealth of Mountain View, a company that's been helping people find health care plans online for 15 years. On Wednesday morning, eHealth announced that Washington picked it to help bring people into the healthcare policy world via "Obamacare," where (starting October first), millions of people will need health insurance.
Good news for those who need healthcare, as eHealth is an easy (OK, I realize we're talking insurance here...) way to shop online. Brian Mast of eHealth calls his company "The Travelocity of Health Insurance." He has a point. Choices, prices, check it out: It's kind of like shopping for a new laptop.
Wall Street also impressed, boosting shares of eHealth (EHTH) by nearly 30 percent on the Nasdaq.
Scott is on Twitter: @scottbudman


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Newcomers help Rangers down Penguins
New York, NY – After trading away their primary goal scorer from the previous three seasons, the New York Rangers put up their highest offensive output of the year with plenty of the help from a few of his replacements.
Ryane Clowe scored two goals and assisted on another in a dazzling Rangers debut, while Derick Brassard delivered a four-point night just hours after being acquired by the club to help New York register a 6-1 rout of the suddenly slumping Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden.
Brassard, one of three players who came over from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for three-time 40-goal scorer Marian Gaborik during Wednesday's trade deadline, tallied once and recorded three assists in New York's first six-goal effort of the season. Defenseman John Moore, also part of the Gaborik deal, lit the lamp as well in his first outing as a Ranger.
"You can see Brassard's skill and he has pretty good awareness," said Rangers head coach John Tortorella. "He passed the puck and scored a goal. He was good on face-offs. Moore is the one I am really interested in because I know the least about him. He's a terrific skater and I thought he did a really good job defending and made some really good reads."
Brian Boyle also racked up a goal and three helpers for New York, which was coming off another strong performance in Monday's 4-2 home victory over Winnipeg, while Henrik Lundqvist turned back 26-of-27 shots.
Clowe, brought in by the Rangers in a trade with San Jose on Tuesday, didn't have a single goal in 28 games with the Sharks, but played an instrumental role for his new club as New York dealt the Penguins a second straight setback following a 15-game winning streak that was halted with Monday's 4-1 home loss to Buffalo.
Both of those defeats came without the services of star center Sidney Crosby, who is sidelined indefinitely with a broken jaw sustained over the weekend.
"We have to find ways to do better than that," Penguins center Brandon Sutter said. "To a man here we know that's unacceptable. I can't explain why or why it went that way the last two games."
Pascal Dupuis scored the lone goal for Pittsburgh, which received 33 saves from Marc-Andre Fleury in the loss.
Brassard made an instant impact on his first power-play opportunity in a New York uniform. With the Penguins' Chris Kunitz in the box for a slashing call, the new Rangers center delivered a drop pass that Brad Richards one-timed and Boyle re-directed into the Pittsburgh net midway through the first period to give the Blueshirts a 1-0 edge.
Less than 2 1/2 minutes later, Richards set up Ryan McDonagh for a well-placed blast into the upper right corner of the cage to place the Penguins in a two- goal hole.
Clowe got into the act shortly afterward, whipping a backhander off a Derek Stepan feed past Fleury exactly two minutes after McDonagh's strike to extend New York's cushion to 3-0.
"We went over some system stuff before the game and I talked to (Tortorella) a little bit and he said 'don't worry about it too much tonight, just go out and play and that's all you have to do'. All that stuff that I think makes me a good player I tried to do tonight. I thought for the first game, I gelled pretty well with that line."
The Penguins' problems continued early in the second period, as Evgeni Malkin was sent off for tripping New York's Mats Zuccarello and the Rangers capitalized on the penalty.
Boyle had a long drive blocked in front following the ensuing faceoff, but Brassard lifted the resulting rebound over Fleury's right shoulder to further stretch the lead just 1:53 into the middle session.
Pittsburgh did answer a mere 34 seconds later, however, after Lundqvist kicked out a Robert Bortuzzo shot right to Dupuis and the Penguins' wing buried home the carom to get his team on the board.
The momentum was short-lived, however, as the Rangers cashed in on another chance with the man advantage before the period concluded.
Brassard had a hand in that goal as well, sending a beautiful no-look backhand pass to Clowe that the latter buried into an open right side 7:08 prior to the second intermission.
Moore's first goal as a Ranger accounted for the only marker of the final frame, with the young blueliner sending a shot from the left point that Fleury failed to glove with 10:13 left to play.
Game Notes
The game was the first of a home-and-home series between the Atlantic Division foes, with the clubs set to play in Pittsburgh on Friday ... New York also acquired right wing Derek Dorsett, out for the season with a fractured collarbone, from the Blue Jackets in the Gaborik trade ... The Rangers had lost seven straight to the Pens in regular-season play coming in ... New York scored five goals in the first two periods for the first time in exactly a calendar year, last doing so in a 5-3 decision at Philadelphia on April 3, 2012 ... Pittsburgh acquired center Jussi Jokinen from Carolina during Wednesday's deadline ... Lundqvist notched his 268th win as a Ranger, passing Eddie Giacomin for second place in franchise history for that category.


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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake has traded veteran MF Will Johnson to Portland Timbers FC in exchange for allocation money. Per league and club policy, the amount of allocation money exchanged will not be disclosed.
The trade comes hours after Real Salt Lake sent FW Fabian Espindola and DF Jamison Olave to New York in exchange for allocation money. Salary cap constraints were the main motivator for both moves.
Johnson, 25, spent the better part of five seasons with RSL, arriving at the club on Aug. 22, 2008. The Canadian international appeared in 114 regular season games – starting 104 – for the Claret-and-Cobalt, scoring 10 goals and notching eight assists in MLS play for the Utah side. Johnson also was voted the 2008 MLS Goal of the Year winner.
"We thank Will for his five incredible years of service to Real Salt Lake," RSL GM Garth Lagerwey said. "He was a big part of RSL's foundation, playing a major role in our 2009 MLS Cup Championship, our run to the 2010/11 CCL Final and our five-straight postseason appearances."
Johnson was a key part of the RSL core during his time in Salt Lake. Known for his strong work rate on both sides of the ball, Johnson is eighth in RSL history in games played, games started and minutes played (9,445) as well as sixth all-time in shots on goal (77).
Along with being the only player in club history to feature in all 16 of RSL's CONCACAF Champions League matches from 2010-12, Johnson is one of just three players to participate in all 14 of the Claret-and-Cobalt's MLS Cup Playoff games. He is third all-time in RSL history in postseason minutes played (1,187), trailing only GK Nick Rimando and MF Kyle Beckerman (1,320 each).
Johnson was a part of RSL squads that won MLS Cup 2009, advanced to the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League Final and qualified for an active league-high five-consecutive MLS Cup Playoff appearances from 2008-12.
"Will's arrival in the summer of 2008 was one of the major tipping points in our club's history," Lagerwey said. "RSL truly would not be where it is without Will. We can't thank him enough for helping us establish not only a good team, but also a winning culture. We wish him all the best in Portland."
Player: Will Johnson
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 160 lbs.
Date of Birth: Jan. 21, 1987
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Citizenship: Canada
How acquired: Signed with MLS on Aug. 15, 2008; Rights acquired in trade with Chicago Fire on Aug. 22, 2008.
How departed: Traded to Portland Timbers FC in exchange for allocation money on Dec. 3, 2012.


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PORTLAND – With the 2013 Boston Red Sox season on the horizon, it is time to ask questions about the team that has thrilled and frustrated New England through the years.
That interest brought the NESN broadcast team of Jerry Remy, Don Orsillo and Jenny Dell to Portland Thursday.
They planned to answer a lot of questions at various stops.
Not all of the queries were hard hitting, as Remy found out quickly.
"Have you ever been in David Ortiz's Lamborghini?"
Remy stepped to the microphone at St. Brigid's School and, with a straight face, said he had not.
"But every once in a while, he lets us wash it," Remy said.
Remy and company were visiting St. Brigid's third-grade class Thursday morning as part of NESN's "Spring Training Kick-off Tour."
The popular trio were in Vermont Tuesday, Connecticut and Massachusetts Wednesday, and now Maine. They visited a couple of radio stations before heading to St. Brigid's. From there, they planned to visit some of NESN's clients, and then a public appearance at Binga's Stadium Sports Bar at 3 p.m.
At St. Brigid's, where the young students were dressed in Red Sox and Sea Dogs attire, Remy told them, "You better pay attention," saying good questions would merit an A.
And the questions came, most of them to Remy, the former Red Sox player who is starting his 26th season as an analyst on NESN's broadcast of the Red Sox games.
"What was your average?"
"It was .275," Remy said with a shrug. "That's not bad."
"Who has the most Red Sox home runs?"
Orsillo jumped in on that one, saying David Ortiz had the most in one season (54 in 2006).
Dell asked, "Do you guys like Big Papi?" After an enthusiastic "yeah!" Dell asked who were the kids' other favorite players. Dustin Pedroia was a solid runner-up to Ortiz.
Some questioners did their research.
To Remy: "Is it true you only hit seven home runs in your career?"
"Yes," Remy said, adding his own statistical trivia.
"But I also had 62 bunts for base hits in one year."
Bella Moulton, 9, asked the trio if it was "scary" to be on TV.
Orsillo, in his 13th season on NESN, after being a radio play-by-play announcer in the minor leagues, said he was nervous at first.
Remy invited Bella to the microphone. With local TV stations filming the visit, Remy told Bella to look in the camera and say "the 2-2" (as in a pitch with a 2-2 count).
Bella said "the 2-2" like a pro.
"See," Remy said. "You were just on TV. It's that simple."
One student, a fan of that baseball team from the Bronx, asked Remy, "How many times have the Red Sox lost to the Yankees?"
"How about asking about the Red Sox beating the Yankees four straight in 2004?" Remy said, referring to Boston's comeback sweep in the American League Championship Series.
After the questions, the trio signed autographs and handed out Wally the Mascot dolls.
Before leaving, Remy did answer one question that had nothing to do with Lamborghinis or his personal statistics. How will the 2013 Red Sox do?
"I think the team on the field will be very competitive," he said. "They have to have good starting pitching."
From Maine, the NESN group will head to Providence, R.I., before flying to Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday for spring training. NESN will broadcast its first exhibition game Feb. 23. A certain group of third-graders will be watching.
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What is Automated Linux From Scratch?
Automated Linux From Scratch (ALFS) is a project that creates the generic framework for an extendable system builder and package installer.
Why would I want to use ALFS?
After having gone through the LFS and BLFS books more than 2 or 3 times, you will quickly appreciate the ability to automate the task of compiling the software you want for your systems.
What can I do with ALFS?
The goal of ALFS is to automate the process of creating an LFS system. It seeks to follow the book as closely as possible by directly extracting instructions from the XML sources. This is the reason why it may also be used as a test of the current book instructions.
How is ALFS implemented?
The official implementation of ALFS is called jhalfs. Originally created by Jeremy Huntwork, but since developed and maintained by Manuel Canales Esparcia, George Boudreau, and Thomas Pegg, jhalfs has become a light-weight, practical method of automating an LFS build. jhalfs is a Bash shell script that makes use of Subversion and xsltproc to first download the XML sources of the Linux From Scratch book and then extract any necessary commands, placing them into executable shell scripts. If you do not already have the necessary source packages in place on your system, jhalfs can fetch them. Finally, jhalfs generates a Makefile which will control the execution of the shell scripts, allowing for recovery if the build should encounter an error. A way to use package management has been added by Pierre Labastie.
The most current jhalfs stable release can been downloaded from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/alfs/downloads/jhalfs/stable/.
jhalfs is maintained as a subversion repository. To fetch the latest development version, you can use this command:
svn co svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/ALFS/jhalfs/trunk jhalfs
To know what book versions are supported by each jhalfs version, please see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/alfs/wiki/SupportedBooks.
An extension of ALFS aimed at automating the building of packages in the BLFS book is now included in jhalfs.
Before jhalfs, an implementation named nALFS was developed. A more ambitious project, named simply alfs was designed around 2004, but was never pushed to completion.
The first ALFS implementation was nALFS by Neven Has. nALFS was a small program written in C. It first parsed an XML profile that contained information concerning the LFS build process into a series of internal commands. It could then execute these at your discretion, thus automating the compilation of LFS.
There were many in-depth features that had been requested for ALFS implementations. Because of this, development had been slated for an entirely new build tool which would have been called alfs. To see a list of features that would have appeared in alfs, please read our Software Requirements Specification. Eventually, the ease of use of jhalfs ultimately pushed development of alfs to the bottom of the stack.
Who's who:
- Project Leader: Thomas Pegg
- Developer(jhalfs): George Boudreau
- Developer(jhalfs): Manuel Canales Esparcia
- Developer(jhalfs, ablfs): Pierre Labastie


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Student Perspective
Student Transformation
Lisa Nathan is a doctoral student in The Information School at the University of Washington. She is the newly appointed student member of the Advisory Board of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
It is stating the obvious, I hope, that ASIS&T views students as vital members of the society. We all assume that an individual's positive experience with the society as a student member leads to continuing involvement after graduation.
To encourage student involvement in ASIS&T, the Bulletin Advisory Board has officially added a student member the position is to be filled each year by a representative chosen by the chapter that won the previous year's Student-Chapter-of-the-Year Award. As a doctoral student at the University of Washington's Information School, I am privileged to be the first to fill this position. (Actually, the title leaves me breathless; try saying "student member of the Advisory Board of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science & Technology" without gasping.)
When I talked to fellow students about the position, they had questions about whom ASIS&T recognizes as information science students and what their role is in the society. The discussions centered on how the student body is transforming. Students entering information science programs are becoming more diverse for two main reasons: new opportunities in the programs being offered and a wider range of people entering (or returning) to higher education.
During the interview process for the position I realized there were no undergraduates on the list of students interested in serving on the board of the Bulletin. Where were UW's 70-plus informatics majors? Did the undergraduates from the relatively new program know anything about ASIS&T? Does the student chapter encourage their membership? Does the larger society? Is ASIS&T interested in the growing population of undergraduate information science students? I began to ask these questions, but wasn't sure where to direct them.
My curiosity concerning ASIS&T's awareness of the changing makeup of current students piqued again while I was reading the findings from two projects reported in the April/May 2004 issue of the Bulletin. In one article, Case and Allard presented outcomes from surveys and focus-group interviews conducted in an effort to "better understand the readership of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), as well as the membership of its sponsoring Society." In another article, Hahn and Vaughan presented findings from a 2003 ASIS&T membership survey designed to discover "preferences, opinions and needs" of ASIS&T members.
Both reports shed light on the attributes and opinions of ASIS&T's current members and non-members and use that information to offer insights on reinvigorating the society. However, I am a bit apprehensive over the small amount of discussion concerning students in the authors' concluding statements on how to expand membership and strengthen the society. Following up on the advice offered in the last Bulletin to broaden the society's audience, it is time to recognize that students in this field are growing more diverse in age, culture and race and in the programs they are participating in. Students in IS are no longer all graduate students. Based on this recognition, the roles of students within the society may need to be redefined because of the background, skills and aptitude many of the students already have.
Inaccurate stereotypes of students new information professionals need to be addressed. For example, newcomers were discussed in the Hahn and Vaughan article as though they are all young "to recruit or mentor young information professionals. . . "). There are plenty of new information professionals that are fine candidates for recruitment and mentoring, but by no means are they all young. In a period in human history when people are living productive lives to unprecedented ages, it is time to drop the typecast of young student. The demographic data academic institutions publish about students enrolled in MLIS programs alone reveals a broad range of ages. Diversity in cultures is also growing. In my cohort of nine students, we have students from Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, China and Paraguay. ASIS&T would be wise to welcome individuals of diverse ages and cultures entering the field and wiser still to avoid making incorrect assumptions and statements regarding who these students are.
The growing list of academic institutions offering undergraduate degrees with information science majors reveals another indication of the changing face of information science students. Not only is the list growing, but the number enrolled in the programs is expanding quickly. This fact is not breaking news many members of ASIS&T are the same individuals envisioning, developing and teaching these new undergraduate programs in informatics, information resources, library media services, information systems, bioinformatics, information systems management and many other specializations. Traditionally, student members in ASIS&T were graduate students pursuing masters' or Ph.D. degrees, planning on entering the field as practitioners or academicians. Many of the student opportunities at national conferences are geared to individuals at that level of study (job postings, dissertation awards).
However, the new (but not necessarily young) graduates from the burgeoning number of undergraduate programs will also enter the IS field as practitioners. A sampling of job titles of recent graduates of UW's informatics program includes information management specialist, interaction designer, senior computer specialist, network administrator, research coordinator. Aren't these the titles of individuals who would benefit from and contribute to an information science professional society? There are also undergraduates from information science programs who are continuing on in academia to pursue graduate degrees. Wouldn't undergraduates benefit from student membership in ASIS&T when it comes to choosing graduate programs, and wouldn't we benefit from their participation? If the answer to these questions is "yes," does the society have a place for these students?
Students may be fresh to this field, but they may have skills to offer that they developed in other areas. For example, in some ASIS&T regional chapters, the bylaws prohibit students from holding offices. Is it in the society's best interest to bar students from positions that they are qualified for just because they are enrolled in courses to improve their skills? Is it because they are receiving a discounted membership that they cannot hold certain positions? It seems illogical to bar people from serving roles in the society based on their commitment to learning or their economic situation. The title of student does not signify an individual with fewer capabilities or less commitment. Actually, it may well signify the opposite.
In the conclusion of Case and Allard's article they discuss the need for attracting a wider membership. Through encouraging participation and creating a place for the broad range of students enrolled in information science programs, the society doesn't have to reach far to find part of that wider audience.
I suggest that the society strive to demonstrate that the full spectrum of information science students are welcome by offering: 1) a publication (the Bulletin) that publishes engaging, readable and timely articles of interest to and written by students, practitioners and academicians, 2) job and networking opportunities at local and national conferences for the full range of members and 3) recognition opportunities for undergraduate students that display noteworthy talents. It would also help to have a society website that accurately portrays "The Information Society for the Information Age" the epitome of what information science professionals know about creatively sharing, storing and accessing information.
It is time for ASIS&T to reboot its conceptualization of information science students and what they can offer the society. The membership and involvement of all IS students is an important component of the society's survival. I share these thoughts in hopes that they will generate discussion and ideas and perhaps initiate some changes in how the ASIS&T community conceptualizes current student members and envisions the student members of the future.
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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Village may buy county land to use for new water supply
LITTLE VALLEY – A parcel of foreclosed county land may be the solution to the Village of Cattaraugus' water woes.
When testing showed the village's main water supply – the Blackmer Well, which serves more than 1,000 residents – was contaminated, the village began looking for a new source. That source may have been found.
A section of land known as Kelly Summit Springs, along Route 353 in the Village of Cattaraugus, is owned by Cattaraugus County. It had been foreclosed on for failure to pay taxes.
After negotiations between members of the Village Board and Cattaraugus County Legislators Patrick J. Murphy and Richard L. Klancer, both Republicans, the proposed sale of the land will be presented to the County Legislature for a vote on Wednesday.
Under the proposed agreement, the land would go to the Village of Cattaraugus for the amount of back taxes owed, about $9,000.
The land is not perfect, Murphy said, and is going to require some work.
Some of the spring boxes date back to the 1890s and will need to be updated, and a service line into the village will have to be installed.
Some objected to the way the sale was brought to the Development and Agricultural Committee. William E. Sprague, D-Yorkshire, said the idea should have been brought to the committee in advance to allow for proper discussion.
He was also concerned about the precedent that would be established in selling the property to a municipality when the county might have better options.
"The issue was discussed at length and various other options were discussed," said Legislator Paula Stockman, R-Stockton. "For those of us involved with municipalities, it is important to be receptive when we are the water suppliers. It is imperative that the municipality own its own water supply."


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Last year, the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport was focused on rolling out a runway extension that economic development leaders hoped would make the airport more of a draw for businesses looking to locate in Burlington.
The runway was completed in December. This year the airport looks to expand its terminal and parking � both for planes and vehicles � to better accommodate the increasing number of professionals flying into Burlington.
And hopefully, attract even more.
The $21 million runway extension included building a culvert for Gunn Creek, and took the runway from 5,000feet to 6,405 feet. The runway was also strengthened to accommodate planes as heavy and large as a Boeing 737, though the airport hasn�t had one of those land there yet, said Dan Danieley, director of Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport.
�It�s a matter of being able to accommodate whoever, whenever,� he said. �It�s an economic development engine.�
Danieley said when Mac Williams, president of the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce, is trying to recruit new businesses to the area, one of the first things he�s asked is whether Alamance County has an airport.
�Almost all businesses own, or charter, or have shares in some type of aircraft,� Danieley said.
Williams used to have to say �no� when asked that question, but now the county�s airport can accommodate them, with not only its new runway but also additional hangar space.
Danieley said airport traffic consists mostly of corporate jets, but the Marine Corps also practices takeoffs and landings there, and some Elon students are being flown in at the beginning of the school years on their parents� corporate jets.
Over the past few years, Danieley said, the airport has built two more buildings with 10 hangars in each.
�They�re full. We�re planning to build another set of 10 this year,� six of which are already spoken for, Danieley said.
On Tuesday, Danieley introduced to Burlington�s City Council the next phase for the airport. �It�s time to move on and build a new terminal facility,� he said.
Danieley said the airport is about to close on about 60 acres being sold by nearby landowners, which would mean extra space for a new terminal, additional aircraft apron space, parking and more hangars.
�This would afford us the space for what we need today, and space for what we need for many years to come,� he said.
Danieley said the current aircraft parking apron is too small for the amount of traffic the airport is seeing. �Aircraft take up a lot of space (with) their wingspan,� he said. Currently, the space can handle seven medium-sized jets, or two to three larger ones like the Embraer 145 used by Elon University�s basketball teams.
And, Danieley said, the terminal building itself is too small, at about 3,000 square feet. A draft plan drawn up by The Wilson Group Architects and Talbert & Bright Aviation Consultants includes a new building at about 8,000 square feet, and a larger parking lot.
�We have hardly any automobile parking now,� said Danieley. �We�ve dealt with that for several years.�
He said the existing terminal wouldn�t be abandoned, but could possibly be used for flight school training or another airport use.
As far as a timeline, Danieley said, �It�ll be a several year thing, just like this runway job was.�
IN PLANNING FORthe future, part of the runway extension included paving a special taxiway at the end, connecting the runway to the site being considered for Honda Aero�s service center.
Currently, Honda Aero Inc. is adjacent to the airport, and has a production site for the GE Honda HF120 engine used by HondaJet in its aircraft. The Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport has made preparations for a service center to move in, once GE Honda Aero Engines decides on a location for the center.
Mel Solomon, marketing manager for GE Honda Aero Engines, explained since GE Honda Aero Engines is a joint venture of Honda Aero, Inc. and GE Aviation, both parties have to agree on the service center�s location.
�They�re a 50/50 ownership,� he said.
Solomon said the main purpose of establishing that joint venture is to make the GE Honda HF120 engine available and marketable to the aircraft industry. �Currently, HondaJet is a large customer for this venture,� but Honda Aero had previously been contracted to build engines for Spectrum Aviation Services.
And, there�s the potential for GE Honda Aero Engines to pick up additional contracts. �We have been in discussion with other aircraft original equipment manufacturers,� or airframe companies, Solomon said.
Though the production site in Burlington isn�t assembling any engines � but it will soon.
Solomon said the Burlington site lacks a Federal Aviation Administration production certificate, so the HF120 engines are initially being assembled at a GE Aviation facility in Lynn, Mass. Then, production will transition to Honda Aero in Burlington, with its own FAA production certificate.
There are already 41 people employed at the location, and the company expects 65 by the year�s third quarter, Danieley said.
The GE Honda Aero Engines service center would provide �a whole slew of after-market support,� and would also be managed by GE Honda Aero Engines, said Solomon. He added that no official decision has been made to build on the Burlington site.
�It�s in the evaluation process.� Solomon said, �There are other candidates we�ll have to look at.�
Danieley said that part of the 2007 agreements the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport made with Honda Aero was to provide that taxiway connection to the considered service site, and the airport has met those obligations.
When asked if that was a draw to GE Honda Aero Engines, Solomon said he wouldn�t call it a �draw� but, �It definitely enhances the candidacy attractiveness of Burlington for a service facility.�
He added, �Honda sees a bright future for that area.�


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Headings make text stand out and help people scan your document.
The simplest way to add headings is with heading styles. Using heading styles means you can also quickly build a table of contents, reorganize your document, and reformat its design without having to manually change each heading's text.
Select the text you want to use as a heading.
On the Home tab, move the pointer over different headings in the Styles gallery. Notice as you pause over each style, your text will change so you can see how it will look in your document. Click the heading style you want to use.
If you don't see the style that you want, click the More button to expand the gallery.
Tip: You can change the font and formatting of a heading style. Just select the heading text you want to customize, modify its styles the way you want, and then on the Home tab, in the Styles group, right-click the heading style that you customized and click Update Heading to Match Selection. Every time you apply that heading style in your document, the heading style will include your customizations.
Styles can do a lot more, including a table of contents. Here's a short video on why to write first and format later using Styles.


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This year's Met Gala red carpet was nothing shy of breathtaking. Chalk-full of gorgeous gals and handsome fellas, the A-list looked better than ever! The highly-anticipated theme was "white tie and diamonds" and the sky was the limit for our favorite celebs. It was a tough decision, but here are our favorites for the fabulous evening!
Suki Waterhouse was too-pretty in a tiered Burberry that was to-die-for, and Hayden Panettiere was a cotton candy cutie in Dennis Basso!
These babes made black and white look phenomenal! Haylee Steinfeld was all-grown-up in Prabal Gurung, while Charlize Theron was as statuesque as ever in her fitted Dior gown.
Kendall Jenner slayed the red carpet in a fit-and-flare champagne dress, accented perfectly with diamonds from Chopard!
Jessica Alba and Rita Ora were laced-up and lovely at the Met Gala! Jessica wore Diane von Furstenberg, and Rita donned Donna Karan Atelier.
The details on these two dolls were simply divine. Chloë Moretz rocked her Chanel dress, while Katie Holmes channeled our favorite Disney princess in a golden Marchesa!
Oh RiRi! Our favorite bad girl wore a white, two-piece Stella McCartney on the red carpet, and she was flawless!
Hot couple alert! The red carpet was full of fashion and lots of love, and we were simply smitten with these precious couples! I mean, really, could they BE any more perfect?!
Beyoncé and Jay Z were gorgeous in Givenchy Couture, bringing the glamour of Old Hollywood to the modern day!
How could we possibly fall any more in love with Emma Stone?! The pretty starlet wore pink Thakoon in the most perfect way, and he side braid was the ultimate accent!
Our best dressed of the night? The belle of the ball, Blake Lively! The moment she stepped onto the red carpet with hubby Ryan Reynolds, we were floored! The delicate beading on her Gucci Première gown was a scene-stealer (and that train, swoooon)! The bodice fit like a glove, and her side-swept finger wave was the most glamorous touch. The actress was all smiles (and rightfully so with that arm candy), and we still can't get over how lovely she was!
Who were your favorites? Let us know in the comments below!


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St. Elmo's Fire (UK - BD)
Marcus is a man in motion, take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire
St. Elmo's Fire, the 1985 Joel Schumacher movie, follows seven friends fresh out of Georgetown University. Kirby (Emilio Estevez), Billy (Rob Lowe), Kevin (Andrew McCarthy), Jules (Demi Moore), Alec (Judd Nelson), Leslie (Ally Sheedy) and Wendy (Mare Winningham) are thrust into the real world and each in their own way struggles to adjust to their new adult lifestyles.
I honestly don't think that I'd ever seen St. Elmo's Fire in its entirety before sitting down to watch this Blu-ray. I'd seen big chunks of it on various TV airings and plenty of the clips on all those countdown shows, but on the whole this was an almost totally fresh experience of what is regarded as an eighties classic.
Once I'd got my back into the eighties filmmaking sensibilities, gotten over the weird and wonderful haircuts and wacky clothes and accepted that there would be nothing subtle about this score (sax heavy and twee piano) I was ready to sit back and watch the story unfold and to fill in the gaps of the minimal amount I knew already.
Now I don't know if it's just me, but I found the opening few scenes almost totally impenetrable. This group of friends were talking a lot, but nearly ninety percent of it seemed to be nonsense. It also doesn't help that none of the characters are that likable. Outside of Andrew McCarthy, who was always fun in this era and Ally Sheedy, who I probably only enjoyed because I still have a soft spot for her from Short Circuit. Hey, maybe I just found this group a little too eighties for my tastes.
Moving on through the individual stories of the group members and getting a closer look at their issues, I began to see how St Elmo's Fire has influenced many of the movies I enjoy now. Groups of friends falling out, getting into hip situations and of course revealing their secret long time loves are themes I've really enjoyed in many an ensemble movie, but even these elements didn't quite click with me in St. Elmo's and I honestly think it's because I don't feel anything for these characters.
Kirby's obsession with (the always looked the same age) Andie MacDowell is too undercooked to have fun with, Jules is just too un-likable to care that much about, Wendy doesn't even feel like a real person, Rob Lowe constantly feels like he's acting (and seems to be the style blueprint for Michael in Schumacher's next movie Lost Boys) and even though my favourite of the threads was the love triangle between Kevin, Alec and Leslie, I just didn't buy how it ended up. Beyond all this I just found myself questioning why this group, that only seem to have their university days in common, were even friends. It just seemed a little forced and unrealistic.
I'll admit, I've probably come to St. Elmo's Fire twenty odd years too late to truly appreciate it, and to say I didn't like it, is probably a little strong. I had fun with Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy's argument about what records she gets to keep after their break up ("No Springsteen is leaving this house"). Most of Andrew McCarthy's scenes are great (in his three sizes too big coat) and Rob Lowe's big speech to Demi Moore about what a St. Elmo's Fire actually is was just about enough of a payoff to warrant ninety minutes of single minded eighties characters having a change of heart but even with all of this, it's not enough for me to understand how St. Elmo's fire is held in such high regard.
Once you get past the opening credits, which are filled in a dark level of thin grain, the image springs to HD life. The transfer is surprisingly clean, bright and way beyond what I would have expected from a movie released in 1985. I would even go as far as to say that in some well lit sun drenched exteriors, you'd be hard pressed to distinguish the transfer from a lot of modern movies (that is until someone walks into shot wearing some hideous eighties fashion).
With pinks and reds glowing off of the screen, colours are surprisingly vivid in places, even if the pink tone to people's skin can be a little too strong and it's not just the eighties blusher. Detail levels are really what show up the age of the transfer, with some areas being a little soft. However there are some close ups that show a nice level of texture to the characters' faces and were quite impressive.
This being a TrueHD 5.1 track is almost entirely pointless. Every bit of dialogue lives in the centre speaker and when that horrific soundtrack kicks in or Rob Lowe plays his sax the audio spreads out into the front speakers. There is close to no activity in the rears not even in the scene with Kirby standing in the torrential rain, a turn in the weather that any good surround system loves. Because of all this the track can feel a little hollow and restricted.
The multiple inclusions of the main song 'Man in Motion' sound good across the front speakers and generally music comes with a good level of bass but it's in the audio department that the film really shows its age.
'Joel Schumacher Remembers St Elmo's Fire' (14:21 SD) is a great little bit of insight from the director. Telling a few stories about his distaste for the term 'Brat Pack' and a little bit about the making of the movie, I found this to be a frank and enjoyable inclusion. Also it shows a few clips from the movie in standard definition and really highlights how much better the new HD transfer is.
Joel Schumacher's commentary is an enjoyable mix between telling us what's happening on screen, what the writer/director was aiming for in the scenes, stories about the cast and the eighties era it was trying to capture, as well as Schumacher's general feelings on life. It's a fine side order to the movie and as always Schumacher proves to be a filmmaker who has a lot to say.
'Original Making of Featurette' (08:43 SD) is a bit of fun, with some seriously young looking stars getting interviewed. 'Music Video - John Parr Man in Motion' (04:21 SD) is an eighties music video at its finest and with twelve deleted scenes (15:41 SD) and BD-Live this is a fairly respectable package.
While I can't say I enjoyed St. Elmo's Fire too much, I did appreciate what Schumacher was trying to achieve with it. Fans should be pretty happy with the disc. The transfer is impressive, especially considering the age of the movie, and even though the features could and probably should have been a lot more, the ones that are here are quite enjoyable.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd August 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Italian , Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindu, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Extras: Commentary with Director Joel Schumacher, Joel Schumacher Remembers St. Elmo's Fire, Original Making of Featurette, Music Video: John Parr 'Man in Motion', Deleted Scenes, BD-Live
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham
Genre: Drama
Length: 108 minutes
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I spent the other day picking and shucking dandelions with some friends. We're going to make dandelion wine. I have no idea how it will turn out but I'll let everyone know in six months. This picture is of me shucking-recognize the shoes?
Here's the recipe we're following:
2 qts dandelion flowers
3 lbs granulated sugar
4 oranges
1 gallon water
yeast and nutrient
This is the traditional "Midday Dandelion Wine" of old, named because the flowers must be picked at midday when they are fully open. Pick the flowers and bring into the kitchen. Set one gallon of water to boil. While it heats up to a boil, remove as much of the green material from the flower heads as possible (the original recipe calls for two quarts of petals only, but this will work as long as you end up with two quarts of prepared flowers). Pour the boiling water over the flowers, cover with cloth, and leave to steep for two days. Do not exceed two days. Pour the mixture back into a pot and bring to a boil. Add the peelings from the four oranges (again, no white pith) and boil for ten minutes. Strain through a muslin cloth or bag onto a crock or plastic pail containing the sugar, stirring to dissolve. When cool, add the juice of the oranges, the yeast and yeast nutrient. Pour into secondary fermentation vessel, fit fermentation trap, and allow to ferment completely. Rack and bottle when wine clears and again when no more lees form for 60 days. Allow it to age six months in the bottle before tasting, but a year will improve it vastly. This wine has less body than the first recipe produces, but every bit as much flavor (some say more!).


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October 18th, 2005
Adding an AC power conditioner to your system can often be the single most cost-effective upgrade you can make. It's surprising how much better music and home-theater systems can perform when fed clean power from an AC line conditioner. Many audiophiles and home-theater enthusiasts plug their equipment straight into the AC wall outlets without a second thought. Conditioning the AC power line is reserved for the serious enthusiast, and is not a common practice among the general public. That's unfortunate because adding an AC power conditioner to your system can often be the single most cost-effective upgrade you can make. It's surprising how much better music and home-theater systems can perform when fed clean power from an AC line conditioner. Your system's sound can be degraded by AC power in several ways. First, the AC line can be contaminated with high-frequency noise put on the line by factories and businesses. In essence, your home-theater system is connected to the factories' noisy power grid through the AC power line. The AC transmission system also acts as an antenna, picking up AM radio broadcasts that get superimposed on the 60Hz AC. Even household appliances can add this high-frequency garbage, particularly products that use motors with brushes such as vacuum cleaners and power tools. The toroidal transformers used in many of today's products tend to couple this noise from the AC line to the crucial audio circuits. If you've ever wondered why your system sounds better at night, it's probably because the AC line is cleaner at night when factories are shut down. But clean power from the wall doesn't mean your AC line is free from noise. High-frequency junk also gets into your components from other components in your system. Say you have a DVD player and an AV receiver plugged into an AC wall outlet. Noise on the DVD player's ground is put onto the AC line locally, where it enters the receiver through its power cord. Digital noise from the DVD player ends up inside your receiver, with the AC power line providing the pathway for this noise. The ground points in each piece of equipment within your system are connected together via the AC power line, transmitting noise between components. Even if you had your own electrical substation next to your home providing clean AC power, your system can still suffer from noise contamination. The solution to both externally and internally generated noise is an AC power conditioner that filters noise from the incoming AC line, and isolates your components from each other. Virtually all line conditioners filter high-frequency noise from the AC line. Better line conditioners combine noise filtering with isolation filtering between components. These conditioners have banks of isolated AC outlets to keep analog and digital electronics separate. Such a conditioner may have some outlets marked "digital" and others marked "analog." Most modern power conditioners filter noise without putting any current-limiting electronics in the power-line signal path. These devices operate in parallel with the AC line, filtering noise without constricting the flow of current to your components. Although you plug your equipment into the conditioner, and the conditioner into the wall, the conditioner isn't directly in the power path. Whatever your budget, an AC power conditioner should be considered an essential component of your system. Most dealers will let you try one at home before you buy, or let your return it for a refund if you don't notice an improvement in sound quality. If you do take home an AC power conditioner, however, I doubt that you'll ever want to take it out of your system. © 1998 Robert Harley Adapted from an article published in Fi: The Magazine of Music