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J.D., magna cum laude, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1987
- Editor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Journal
B.A., with honors, Barat College, 1984
- Illinois
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Scott Seaman is Co-Chair of the firm's National Insurance Services Practice Group. The group has earned a Band 1 ranking in 2018 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Insurance: Dispute Resolution Illinois and a National Tier 1 rating in the 2018 Best Law Firms list published by U.S. News – Best LawyersRockfest Sandal Skechers Black Reggae Women's ECvvRqS as well as Tier 1 regional ratings in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami.
As a commercial litigator and trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Seaman has had the privilege of working with some of the most dedicated and talented senior management, legal counsel, and insurance and reinsurance claims and litigation professionals in the world and of serving as counsel in precedent setting cases involving some of the most challenging contemporary coverage and reinsurance issues confronting the insurance industry.
Mr. Seaman has a long track record of successfully representing companies before trial courts, appellate courts, and arbitration panels across the country in a variety of high stakes cases and matters involving general liability coverage (primary, umbrella, and excess), professional liability coverage, first-party property coverage, bad faith and extra-contractual matters, fee disputes, and facultative and treaty reinsurance contracts. He has served as national coverage counsel as well as trial and appellate counsel. Scott also provides advice to companies on emerging issues and on a wide-range of case specific and portfolio issues. He has drafted contract language, trained insurance and reinsurance professionals, and assisted companies in evaluating and resolving issues in the claims stage. Scott also has handled a variety of challenging international, professional liability, director and officer liability, tort and product liability, and business and commercial cases.
Scott is widely regarded as one of the leading attorneys in the United States representing insurers and reinsurers in property and casualty matters. According to Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business:
"Scott Seaman is widely acknowledged for his knowledge across the insurance market, regularly handling complex coverage disputes. One client lauds, 'Scott's expertise is unsurpassed. His ability to present complex issues in a concise and easy-to-understand manner is astounding.'" (2018)
"Scott Seaman highly regarded in the market for his in-depth insurance expertise and is described as both 'extremely gifted' and 'a great attorney.' He is frequently called on to assist with allocation, professional liability and construction defect issues as well as other insurance disputes." (2017)
"Scott Seaman has the 'uncanny ability to make the complex understandable,' according to commentators, who point to his superb knowledge in the insurance space. He is highly respected for his robust insurance and reinsurance litigation practice, with sources particularly highlighting that 'he's the expert when it comes to excess and umbrella policies.'" (2016)
"'Superior trial lawyer' Scott Seaman is experienced in all forms of insurance dispute. According to clients, 'he is a straight shooter who is experienced and knows the issues. We like the results that he gets us.'" (2015)
"Scott Seaman is well respected for his longtime experience as a litigator, and he has notable expertise in complex insurance and reinsurance coverage cases. He is also an expert in bad faith insurance matters. Sources describe him as a 'terrific lawyer' and as someone who has the respect of the market." (2014)
"Scott Seaman is respected for his expertise in bad faith and reinsurance matters as well as complex insurance coverage cases. He has recently been involved in a series of significant litigation matters and reinsurance arbitrations." (2013)
"Department head Scott Seaman has a fine reputation among clients and peers alike as 'a leading expert in complex insurance coverage issues.' He splits his practice between coverage litigation and reinsurance arbitration work, and earns particular praise from clients for his expertise in asbestos and environmental coverage issues." (2012)
"Scott Seaman is an eminent coverage lawyer with extensive experience in insurance and reinsurance, and besides practicing he writes prolifically on both topics." (2011)
Professional Background
In addition to serving as Co-Chair of the firm's National Insurance Services Practice Group, Mr. Seaman also serves on the firm's Executive Committee. Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Mr. Seaman was a partner in a litigation firm headquartered in Chicago, where he served as chairman of that firm's national insurance coverage litigation and counseling practice. He began his legal career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom and was a member of that firm's national products liability and insurance coverage practice group.
Mr. Seaman is a prolific author, writing on a variety of substantive legal issues as well as on litigation practice matters. His treatise, Allocation of Losses in Complex Insurance Claims (6th Ed Thomson Reuters 2017-2018), addresses many of the important issues driving contemporary insurance claims and coverage litigation and reinsurance cessions and arbitrations.
Mr. Seaman graduated first in his law school class and was a recipient of the Illinois Lawyers Auxiliary Scholarship, the Loyola Leadership and Service Award, the Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Award, the Judge John C. Hayes Award, the Thomas L. Owens Award, and the Judge John V. McCormack Award.
Professional Affiliations
- Law360 Insurance Editorial Advisory Board
- Leading Lawyers Advisory Board Member
- ARIAS US, Member Women's Layla Brinley Ankle Co Leopard Boot q6Taqx7w
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Co-Chair, Reinsurance Runoff Advisory Board
- American Bar Association, Member
- Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Member and past Vice Chair
- Litigation Section, Member
- Litigation Section Business Interruption Insurance Subcommittee, past Co-Chair
- DRI, Member
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Member
- Insurance Committee, Member
- Commercial Litigation Committee, Member
- International Law Committee, Member
- Climate Change Litigation Task Force, Member
- Business Torts SLG, Member
Honors & Awards
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Dispute Resolution - Illinois (2009–Present)
- AV® Preeminent 5.0/5.0 Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability (1999–Present)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Insurance Law (2010–Present)
- Leading Lawyers, Law Bulletin Publishing Company, Commercial Litigation, Insurance and Insurance Coverage & Reinsurance Law (2009–Present)
- American College of Coverage Counsel, Fellow (2013–Present)
- Euromoney Legal Media Group, Expert Guides: "World's Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers" (2018)
- Insurance & Reinsurance Litigator of 2013 – North America, InterContinental Finance Magazine Continent Awards
- Insurance & Reinsurance – Lawyer of the Year – USA, Finance Monthly (2018)
- Insurance Attorney of the Year in Illinois, Corporate Int'l Magazine (2014–2017)
- Illinois Lawyer of the Year – Litigation, Corporate LiveWire (2013 and 2014)
- The International Who's Who of Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers
- America's Most Honored Professionals
- Insurance Law – Lawyer of the Year (Illinois), Corporate INTL Legal Awards (2013)
- Leading Lawyers Award (Insurance and Reinsurance North America), Lawyers World (2012 and 2013)
- ICFM Leading Lawyers 500
- Illinois Super Lawyers (insurance coverage, general litigation, and business litigation)
- Premier 500, Lawyers World (2015)
- Insurance Attorney of the Year in Illinois, Global Law Expert Practice Awards (2014–2016)
- Top Lawyers in the World, Legal Comprehensive (2016–2017)
- Excellence in Commercial Litigation - Illinois, Corporate Insider (2017)
Representative Matters
Mr. Seaman has been involved in many high profile insurance coverage cases and also has been counsel in significant confidential reinsurance arbitrations. A selection of his representative matters includes:
- An asbestos reinsurance case resulting in a landmark allocation ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
- An asbestos and environmental coverage action resulting in a key number of occurrences ruling by New York's highest court.
- A Delaware Supreme Court decision enforcing tobacco exclusions.
- Multiple non-products coverage and asbestos bankruptcy matters.
- A Florida appellate court decision affirming a ruling that defective construction is not an "occurrence"
- A reversal of an $11 million bad faith/punitive damages verdict in California.
- An Illinois environmental coverage action resulting in a favorable late notice ruling and a Supreme Court decision finding that insurers' due process rights were violated.
- Industrial Boot Black Greasy Burham Work ST Martens Dr Rights and obligations in connection with a multi-billion dollar reinsurance pooling arrangement.
Mr. Seaman has been quoted in numerous publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal, to Crain's Chicago Business, to Dr Martens Greasy Boot Work Industrial Black ST Burham Law360, to Carrier Management. Mr. Seaman is a sought after speaker on insurance, reinsurance, business law and litigation issues.
He hosts Hinshaw's Insurance Law Radio airing on the Blog Talk Radio Network.
He has chaired and co-chair conferences for and has presented to and on behalf of many organizations, including: the American Bar Association, the DRI, the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, ARIAS US, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, PLRB/LIRB, Lorman Education Services, the Bermuda Bar Association, Strafford, Perrin, the Claims Litigation Management Alliance, the American Conference Institute, and West Legalworks.
A selection of his recent presentations includes:
- "Roundtable on Issues Confronting Insurer and Reinsurance Lawyers and Their Clients in the Industry Today," Who's Who Legal, 2018
- "Environmental Insurance Coverage Law: Defenses, Developments & Key Issues," Strafford, 2017 Up Heel Ankle Lace Crp Platform Bamboo Lug Chunky Black Women Jonas Combat Bootie Sole 02 YRSSng
- "Resolving Defense Cost Issues: The Right and Duty to Defend, Targeted Tender, Pre-Tender Costs, Reimbursement & Other Defense Cost Issues," Strafford, 2017
- "Staying Above Water in the Aftermath of the Viking Pump case," webinar, ARIAS US, 2016
- "Arbitrations and Drafting Effective Dispute Resolution Clauses," Intermediaries and Reinsurance Underwriters Association (IRUA) meeting, New York, New York, October 2016
- "Fundamental & Emerging Issues In Umbrella & Excess Insurance," Strafford, 2016
- "The Latest Developments In Insurance Bad Faith Litigation," DRI, 2016
- ST Black Greasy Dr Work Industrial Martens Boot Burham "The Impact of Industry Consolidation on the Arbitration Process," ARIAS US, 2015
- "Current Reinsurance Trends, Issues, and Insights," Reuters/DRI, 2015
- Co-Chair "Second National Forum on Insurance Allocation," American Law Institute, 2015
- "Excess Insurance: Questions Raised by Qualcomm and Issues Relating to the Duty to Defend," American Law Institute, 2015
- "The Fundamentals of Reinsurance," Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, 2015
- "Duty to Defend: Analyzing Complex Issues," PLRB/LIRB, 2014
- "Insurer's Duty to Defend: Resolving Defense Cost Issues Strategies for Cost Reimbursement and Allocation," Strafford, 2010 – 2014
- "Environmental Insurance Coverage: Latest Developments Climate Change, Natural Resource Damage Claims, Mold, and Fracking," Strafford, 2014 and 2015
- "Excess Insurer's Duty to Defend and Indemnify: Navigating Critical Challenges: Absence of Underlying Exhaustion, Settlement With Primary, Claims Not Covered By Primary, and Reimbursement of Defense Costs," Strafford, 2012 – 2015
- "Don't Get Thrown Under The Buss: Insurers' Duties and Rights in Mixed Claims," DRI, 2013
- "Insurance Practice Business Development," Chicago Bar Association, 2013
- "Follow the Fortunes & Utmost Good Faith: The 'Yin' and 'Yang' of the Reinsurance Relationship in the Context of Captive Insurance," ARIAS, 2013
- "Sharing the Fun Associated With Defective Construction Losses: Indemnity, Subrogation & Contribution," DRI, 2012
- "Excess Insurer's Duty to Defend and Indemnify: Strategies to Limit the Scope of the Excess Insurer's Obligations," Strafford, 2010 – 2013
- "Environmental Insurance Coverage: Latest Developments Identifying Coverage In Existing Policies, Navigating Pollution and Owned Property Exclusions, and Determining Scope of Damages," Strafford, 2011
- "Impact of Unavailability of Insurance on Allocation, Insurance Bad Faith and Extra Contractual Exposure, and Hot Topics," Bermuda Bar Association, 2011
- "Effective Claims Handling and Efficient Management of Coverage Litigation," Chicago Bar Association, 2011
- "Where the Economics Hit the Road: Valuing Practical Settlement Options," Perrin, 2011
- "Charting a Course Through the Grey Areas of Insurance Allocation," Perrin, 2011
- "Global Warming and Insurance Claims and Coverage Issues," ISBA, 2011
- "How Insurers Can Avoid Conflict or Begin Coverage Litigation With Proper Coverage Armaments," Chicago Bar Association, 2011
- "Bad Faith Damages and Steps to Minimize Such Damages," DRI, 2010
- "Nationwide Bad Faith Issues," Chicago Bar Association, 2010
- "Insurance and Reinsurance Allocation — A Comprehensive Workshop," West Legalworks, 2007 – 2010
- Greasy ST Black Martens Burham Dr Work Boot Industrial "Contemporary Reinsurance Arbitrations — Issues and Insights," West Legalworks
- "Emerging Insurance Coverage Issues — Global Warming Claims and Coverage Issues," Chicago Bar Association
- "Global Warming Litigation and Insurance Coverage Issues," West Legalworks
- "Allocation Issues Presented By Reinsurance Cessions: Perspectives of Ceding Companies, Reinsurers, and Umpires," West Legalworks
- "A Basic Overview of Issues Potentially Impacting Insurance Coverage Resulting From a Policyholder's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy," West Legalworks
Mr. Seaman writes extensively on substantive legal issues, and insurance and reinsurance topics, as well as litigation practice matters. His writings have been recognized by courts, parties and commentators, and they have been cited by the highest courts in Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, Wisconsin and West Virginia, and by other state and federal appellate and trial courts across the country. A selection of his publications includes:
Books and Chapters (Authored or Co-Authored)
- Allocation of Losses In Complex Insurance Claims (6th Ed. West Thomson Reuters 2017–2018) (supplemented annually)
- Wrongful Death and Survival Actions (5th Ed. IICLE 2014) (prior editions 2011, 2007, 2003, and 1993) (General Editor and Contributing Author Chapters 1, 2, 5, and 7)
- "Chapter 6 Pertinent Reinsurance Contract Provisions," Reinsurance Professional's Deskbook - A Practical Guide (2015 – 2016 Ed. Thomson Reuters)
- "Chapter 17 Excess Insurance Coverage," Environmental Liability & Insurance Recovery (ABA 2012)
- "Reinsurance Law & Practice: A Primer on Basic Principles & Contemporary Issues in Illinois" (BRMA 1999)
- "Reinsurance Law & Practice: An Overview of Principles and Contemporary Issues" (Glasser 1999)
- "Reasonable Defense Costs, Legal Fees, and the Legal Audit" (Glasser 1999)
- "Environmental Coverage: Law and Litigation," Liability Insurance (IICLE 1996, 1998 Supp.)
- "Employing Discovery, Investigation, and Surprise to Capture Plaintiff's Expert," Defense Practice Notebook (DRI 1996)
Articles and Papers (Authored or Co-Authored)
- "New York Court of Appeals Slams Door on 'Unavailability of Insurance' Exception," Law360, New York, (March 30, 2018)
- "Opioid Insurance Litigation Is Mounting With Mixed Results," Law360, New York (November 21, 2017)
- "ALI Draft Restatement Misstates Key Insurance Law Issues," Law360, New York (September 18, 2017)
- "Key Insurance Coverage Trends and Decisions in the United States" Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance (May 2017)
- "Door Closing on "Unavailability of Insurance" Exception: Part 2," Law360, New York (January 10, 2017)
- "Door Closing on "Unavailability of Insurance" Exception: Part 1," Law360, New York (January 9, 2017)
- "The Bellefonte Cap Returns," Best's Review, August 2016.
- "The Latest Developments in Insurance Bad Faith Litigation," DRI 2016.
- "The Tiring Terrain Insurance Contract Exhaustion," Law360, New York (June 12, 2015)
- "Indiana Supreme Court Shows Limits of 'All Sums' Allocation," Law360, New York (May 28, 2015)
- "Why Pro Rata Allocation Is the Majority Rule," Law360, New York (October 16, 2014)
- "NJ Courts Continue to Grapple With Allocation Issues," Law360, New York (October 7, 2014)
- "A Journey Through the Fundamental Requirement of Exhaustion," CPCU Reinsurance Encounters, Vol. 32, No. 1 (January 2014)
- "Don't Get Thrown Under The Buss: Insurers' Duties and Rights in Mixed Claims" (DRI 2013)
- Martens Boot Greasy Black Industrial Burham Dr Work ST "Contribution, Indemnity, Subrogation, and Allocation in Construction Defect Cases" (PLRB 2013)
- "Sharing the Fun Associated With Defective Construction Losses: Indemnity, Subrogation, and Contribution" (DRI 2012)
- "Number of Occurrences, Policy Periods, Exhaustion and Other Considerations Affecting Allocation of Losses," CPCU Reinsurance Encounters, Vol. 30, No. 1 (April 2012)
- "Insurers Saddled With Disproportionate Share of Loss Seek Reallocation Through Contribution Claims and 'Other Insurance' Clauses," CPCU Reinsurance Encounters, Vol. 29, No. 3 (December 2011)
- "A Primer on Allocation Methodologies — The 'All Sums' and Various 'Pro Rata' Approaches," CPCU Reinsurance Encounters, Vol. 29, No. 1 (March 2011)
- "Triggering Occurrence-Based Contracts and Understanding Claims-Made Contract Requirements," CPCU Reinsurance Encounters, Vol. 28, No. 3 (December 2010)
- "Professional Liability and Global Warming Claims" Liability For Climate Change? Experts' Views on a Potential Emerging Risk (Munich Re 2010)
- "Emerging Issues: Global Warming Claims and Coverage Issues," Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 76 (January 2009)
- "Global Warming Claims and Insurance Coverage Issues," Declarations (Winter 2008)
- "The Illinois Supreme Court's Decision In Kajima Limits Illinois' 'Targeted Tender' Rule and Establishes Illinois as a Pro Rata Allocation Jurisdiction," Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 22, No. 11 (January 17, 2008)
- "Allocation Issues Presented By Reinsurance Cessions: Perspectives of Ceding Companies, Reinsurers, and Umpires," The Insurance and Reinsurance Allocation Party's National Convention (West Legalworks 2007)
- "A Basic Overview of Issues Potentially Impacting Insurance Coverage Resulting From a Policyholder's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy," The Insurance and Reinsurance Allocation Superbowl (West Legalworks 2007)
- "Insurance Settlements and Buy-Outs: You Can't Always Get What You Want, But If You Try, You Can Get What You Need," (ABA Insurance Coverage Committee March 2007)
- "Recent Developments In Excess, Surplus Lines, and Reinsurance Law," Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Winter 2004)
- "Bankruptcy & Insurance Coverage Issues in the Context of Asbestos-Related Claims" (2003)
- "An Overview of Allocation Methodologies for Defense and Indemnity Costs and Insurers' Rights of Recoupment" (DRI 2001)
- "Defense Cost Allocations, Recoupment and Reasonable Attorney Fees" (West 2000)
- "The Year 2000 Problem: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly," Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, Vol. 13, No. 33 (July 7, 1999)
- "An Overview of the Firearms Industry Litigation" (March 1999)
- "A Comprehensive Analysis of Allocation/Apportionment of Losses Involving Complex Insurance Coverage Claims," Focus On Excess Insurance (Lorman Education Services February 1999)
- "The Good the Bad and the Ugly About Joint Defense," The Brief ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Fall 1998)
- "All Counsel for Insurers that Participated in a Joint Defense are Disqualified," For The Defense Vol. 39, No. 8 (August 1997)
- "Mounting the Joint Defense in Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation," For The Defense Vol. 39, No. 7 (July 1997)
- "The Anatomy of a Joint Defense in Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation," For The Defense Vol. 39, No. 6 (June 1997)
- "Excess Liability Insurance: Law and Litigation," Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3 (ABA, Spring 1997)
- "Substantive Coverage Issues In 'Long Tail' Claims: Trigger, Pollution Exclusion, and Duty to Defend," Environmental Coverage Litigation — From Soup to Nuts (ISBA May 1997)
- "Excess Liability Insurance Issues in an Era of Increased Exposure and Visibility," Sixth Annual Institute Contemporary Reinsurance and Excess Insurance Issues (Glasser 1996)
- "Can Daubert Bar 'Witchcraft' From The Courtroom? Or Does the Case Only Heighten the Level of Judicial Scrutiny," Corporate Legal Times (May 1995)
- "Think Proactively About Product Liability Management," Corporate Legal Times (September 1994)
- "Using Surprise to Capture the Expert Witness," For The Defense, (April 1993)
- "Achieving Case Objectives Through Deposition Strategy" (ABA TIPS, August 1990) On Refresh Solid Tildon Heel Women's Tan Ankle Low 03 Boot Slip ZpFwqZY
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Dakota as Effie
And of course I hope there are cameos by other Brotherhood members.
Anyway, many thanks to Tess of Midnight Muse for the link to this preview from the production.
Effie. Although I can think of other actresses I would have chosen first, I think Dakota will do a grand job.
Ruskin in a down jacket.
3 comments:
- Sheila said...
I hadn't heard of this production....how cool! Looking forward to it....
I bought Desperate Romantics and enjoyed it, even though some stuff was "off". I think the cheeseball title of the series bothers me more than anything.... Should have had the actors posing on the cover of the DVD case with their shirts ripped open, while holding rose stems in their teeth. (*LOL*)
- December 11, 2011 at 2:45 AM
I am really really looking forward to this movie. Thanks for the post.
- December 13, 2011 at 11:15 AM
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Just checked the cast list - some impressive names - Emma Thompson (who wrote the script and is I believe being sued for plagiarism!), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Julie Walters, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet as Pa Ruskin, James Fox. Greg Wise (Thompson's husband who was Willoughby in Sense & Sensibility) looks decisdedly dodgy in that photograph. Personally I think Tom Hollander who acted the part in Desperate Romantics can't be bettered
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Chocolate Hazelnut Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
300 gram hazelnuts, mixed to fine powder
200 gram 70% dark chocolate, finely grated
100 gram 70% dark chocolate, chopped
1 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened
200 gram soft butter
1 dl sugar (100 ml)
6 egg yolks
6 egg whites
Peanut Butter Frosting
1/2 dl soft peanut butter (50 ml)
2 1/2 dl confectioners sugar (250 ml)
4 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened
1 tsp vanilla sugar
100 gram cream cheese
1 tbsp cold coffee
mixed nuts for topping
Pre-heat oven at 175 degrees C.
Place hazelnut flour, 200 grams finely grated chocolate, cocoa, soft butter and sugar in a bowl and mix until creamy. Add egg yolks and mix again.
Place egg whites in a dry and clean bowl and mix until you have a stiff foam. Add a little bit of the foam at a time to the chocolate batter, combine carefully, repeat until all foam is added to the chocolate batter.
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bake in the middle of the oven for about 30-35 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean. However some of the chocolate pieces may stick on the pick even though the cake is ready.
Peanut Butter Frosting
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I found Eiofe talking to Hannah by the front of the bus. They were both laughing as I snuck behind Eiofe and stole a kiss behind her ear.
"Nice to see you again Hannah." I let the subtext hang in the air for a few moments as she turned to face me, "Good flight over?"
"Oh aye, up and down you know?" She said in her magnetic Irish accent, continuing the flirtation. She ran her fingers through her wild, tight curls and pulled her charcoal hair back into a high ponytail.
Hannah too had come with her own gym-bag of equipment. Placing it beside the black vinyl dry-bag I had brought over for her she knelt to unpack. Eiofe did the same. Hannah dragged out a set of well-worn and oversized bri-nylon waterproofs which she folded neatly on the grass, then began to change into her new wetsuit. Eiofe did the same, feeling through her bag, unsure what to try on first. While the girls helped each other change, I focused on finding my own box of clothes.
I usually brought a plastic tote box which I kept in the bus, filled with every manner of rainwear, oversuits, waders, gloves, boots, drysuits, wetsuits and anything else I had picked up from years of searching charity shops and car boot sales. This helped whenever a new member needed something to borrow and it meant I could enjoy the excitement of wearing something new each time we had a new job to do. I took great pleasure in selecting an outfit for myself and Eiofe. Although by the time I had dragged my 'box of tricks' off the bus Eiofe stood beaming next to Hannah fully dressed and eager.
It was a sight to behold. Hannah's hair was tied back and pulled under a neoprene hood that matched the thick black neoprene of her wetsuit. She appeared to have left her waders and opted instead for her own 'muckboots', as style of wellington boot made from firm neoprene, which stuck out beneath the bright red set of waterproofs with Rian Láibe Outdoor Centre printed on the breast. Almost worn off now but still visible. With an arm round Eiofe's waist I noticed she'd also left the thick rubber gauntlets in favour of her thin neoprene gloves too. Hannah was not a girl to be wrapped up, she'd be out there working almost naked if she could but I'd disallowed that. At least in public. Hannah enjoyed to be free.
"You girls look absolutely gorgeous! No waders today Hannah?" I asked as I moved closer to the pair of beautiful women.
"You know they just bog me down Cole." She replied with a wink, "What do you think of our girl?" gesturing at Eiofe. She knew that I hated her saying that but I couldn't help be turned on by it. Eiofe was wearing everything in her new drybag, which I suspected was just to please me. Her long fair hair fell onto the shoulders of her red waterproof overalls which hugged her perfect figure wonderfully. I was lost for words.
All I could do was rush, haphazardly to don my gear and hurry the group along as we had a short hike to the location we had been asked to clear today. I threw down my own drybag and stripped down to pull on the wetsuit. I added my own chest wader rather than the thigh waders under my suit but other than that me and Eiofe matched in our alternate colours. I rummaged in the box for a few items, threw them in my rucksack and then called to Hannah who had began to join the rest of the group who had finished 'gearing up'.
"I've got a surprise for you Hannah!" As she wheeled round at my call I threw her a pair of goggles. Not the conventional goggles you find at a swimming pool, more like scuba goggles without the nose covering. She caught them and looked up at me grinning.
"How did you know?" She laughed as she pulled them on over her hood. Her large hazel eyes gleamed through the goggles and she seemed to become rather impatient to get going as she grabbed Eiofe's hand and moved to join the group. I watched the two of them skip across the clearing and merge with the other brightly coloured assortment of eccentrics in our group.
I made my way into the group and marveled at the enthusiasm of the members. Each had taken at least some of not all of the items from their gear bags and had managed to personalised their outfits to suit their own particular tastes. We locked the remaining equipment in the bus and left the clearing following a small dirt path leading down hill through the pines.
Following this path I moved to the front of the group to help Jacob carry our tools. We usually brought with us an assortment of clearing tools, buckets and nets, though today we had also brought a wheelbarrow full of folded black, PVC sheeting to line the drainage ditches with once they had been cleared. As ever, I had been over prepared and brought far too much, but I had a plan for any excess.
The walk was pleasant and the group chatted excitedly about everything and anything but the anticipated fun which were nearing. Eiofe and Hannah had managed to gleefully skip through every puddle on the trail, splattering their lower legs with wet, soft mud much to the joy of myself. I turned to Jakob and reminded him to begin documenting our trip and he swung his camera up to capture the group coming along a narrow section of the path.
I scanned the group, trying to judge the excitement in each person's grin, I see the giddy excitement of Ashley as she now tries her best to get in every photo Jakob is taking. I see Rob and Talli walking calmly hand in gloved hand, their colourful rainwear belaying what would have seemed like a postcard-perfect couple having a stroll in the woods together. I watch as Kate ushers the young Jess along a particularly steep area of the trail, her new, red oversuit rolled down to her waist and held by the inner braces over a rear-entry black and pink kayaking drysuit. Jess, stumbling over the broken ground, reached out for Kate's outstretched hand and fell backwards into the wet bushes, sliding down the small ditch beside the trail. I ran over to where she lay and helped her up, "Careful now! It can get quite slippy here. Here.." and I heaved her back up onto the trail.
Glancing down at her as she pulled herself back up I noticed that she too had donned almost everything in her kit bag but as my eyes followed her beautiful red braids down to her pale, porcelain neck I caught a glimpse of something I recognised immediately. The high velcro collar of a parlour gown. As her coveralls were not zipped fully up I could see the bottle green, stretchy, PU material was fastened tight around her neck. I could vividly imagine the rest of the gown as I had one at home, a long, almost knee length waterproof smock that had velcro fastening at the back and was used on dairy farms for milking. All I could think was if this was her idea or Kate's?
"Thanks! I'm a bit clumsy, and usually not wearing as much when I'm out like this…" her thoughts trailed off into a memory she seemed to enjoy by the blush creeping into her cheeks.
"So how did you and Kate meet?" I ask as she brushes the wet leaves and clumped earth from her knees, the dark mud becoming the first tarnish on her pristine, bright nylon oversuit.
"We met at uni, last year actually…
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Ollin at the Satellite/ Photos by Nathan Solis
The St. Patrick's Day celebration at The Satellite in Silver Lake on Sunday had many of the classic trappings of the holiday, with the crowd breaking out into impromptu Irish jigs and people swinging on each others' arms. But, on stage, the Boyle Heights band Ollin celebrated St. Patrick's Day in its own way, honoring The Pogues, the Irish punk band formed in the 1980s, with an old world folk/punk interpretation of the album "Rum, Sodomy and The Lash."
Ollin has honored The Pogues every St. Patrick's Day since 2003. Though it may seem like a leap for a group of Chicano musicians from Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles to play Celtic rock, it's actually very natural for the band.
"We've been playing music with punk rock roots, but on acoustic instruments, for years," says Scott Rodarte, who plays in the band with his brother Randy. "When we first started, we were rocking it and crashing and burning, but loving it."
The intensity at Sunday's show certainly lent itself to the punk rock dynasty of loud and fast, the guys in Ollin bulldozing through their set of The Pogues' album "Rum, Sodomy and The Lash" with such fervor that they were sweating and falling to the floor long before the intermission.
Why The Pogues?
Scott explains how punk shows connect older and newer generations. When Ollin started playing world folk music, people would call them the Mexican Pogues, and they began listening to the Celtic band and got the wild idea to give it a try.
His brother Randy explained it a bit differently at the show: "What draws us to these songs is the struggle of the working class. They're not necessarily the same things we've gone through, but it's the stories that these songs tell."
Ollin, taken from the Aztec phrase of describing nature shaping the environment, formed in 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. Though they didn't have a name at the time, the band members knew they were going to play traditional world folk music loud and fast. The band is on a hiatus of sorts, and when Scott spoke on the phone a few days before the show his daughter's voice rang from the background.
"I'm trying not to get out too much now. I'm still involved with music, but now I have a daughter," said Scott, founder of The Brooklyn Music Center studio space in Boyle Heights. But "we're all still punk, still involved in music. We still have a foot in that scene."
Nathan Solis is a Highland Park resident who writes about and photographs the L.A. music scene. You can find more of Solis stories, reviews and photos at Smashed Chair.


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|In the first 60 seconds of looking I came across two great finds.
|The result was a big old pile of books. 23 of them and all were free. But this meant I was going to have to find room in my already full library.
|The chaos that ensued was I started to organize. Lucy occasionally gave advice and instruction.
|I love that Nonsuch Book (no relation to Frances) publishes great forgotten literature. But they make them too squat and wide. They don't feel real good in the hand and they take up too much shelf space.
|Then came the issue of how to organize memoirs, bios, and letters. I didn't have the guts to intershelve them with fiction by the subject as some on Twitter suggested. I ended up Creating a bio/memoir/letters section. That way I could accommodate the few non-literary subjects in my collection (e.g., Mahler and Rorem).
|I've got a lot of Mitford. And this picture is even missing one volume.
|Because of my recently discovered love of Eric Ambler (note the first picture at top) a friend suggested I might enjoy Helen MacInnes. I haven't read her yet, but I wasn't about to pass up all of these on the chance that I will like her.
|So far, I have read The Masters in an old Penguin edition and the edition of The Affair shown here. After I found out that Snow's work falls in a couple different series, I made a conscious decision not to learn more about them. Otherwise I would feel the need to start at the beginning and read them in order.
|I've read the first of the Ottley books which is included in this Virago omnibus. Plus I couldn't pass up the cover. The Magnificent Spinster is one of my all time favorites and I already own this edition so I will be having a give away in the near future. Music in the Hills is totally rare her in the US and impossible to find unless you want to pay big bucks. I paid moderately big buck for the same version of Gerald and Elizabeth so this one will part of a give away as well. And the Ambler I have already talked about.
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|This was not my view. I was downstairs. The interior design of this hall is an unholy mess of trying to do a renovation on a shoestring with the added constraint of having to reuse crystal ashtray like chandeliers that were a gift of Norway back in the 1970s.
|Jeremy Northam. See number 6.
|The only thing more handsome than Jeremy Northam is Jeremy Northam with a beard.
Here he is in The Golden Bowl.
It's too big to succeed, so we can afford no retreads. Or nothing will change, with the same people and the same policies that got us into this status quo. Another Latin word, status quo. And it stands for, man, the middle class, every day Americans are really gettin' taken for a ride. That's status quo. And GOP leaders, by the way, uh, you know, the man can only ride ya' when your back is bent, so strengthen it. Then the man can't ride ya', America won't be taken for a ride because so much is at stake.Folks on the left and right have been pointing to this as completely incomprehensible. It really isn't. If we can understand Faulkner and Joyce and William Burroughs why do we act like we can't understand Palin? And for anyone who has even the faintest understanding of Palin's political views understanding Palin's speech is a whole lot easier than understanding the lions of the English speaking literary world.
|In my mind, the restaurant De Kas was the setting for The Dinner. Having eaten here for a special occasion a few years ago, it popped into my head and never popped out. According to at least one source, this was the basis for the setting of the novel.
Far-off on the hill a sheep coughed.After I posted it on Facebook and said that it was the best line ever, my friend Barry--in fact the same friend who I mentioned in my last post--wrote: "Are you being sarcastic? It sounds to me like a line written by a 10-year old who has hopes of becoming a novelist."
Sally came up from the dark kitchen stairs into the house, empty, still, and flooded with sunlight. Charles and Violet had gone out of course; Violet would be in the walled garden examining the ruins of the roses with Cammaert [the gardener]. With something like relief, with a tremor of fear, Sally thought, I'm all alone here. She stood on the threshold of the library as if waiting for some decision which would take her inside, to her grandfather's desk. Far-off on the hill a sheep coughed.What do you think? Bad writing? Okay, but not great? Middle brow? 1950s chick lit? Does it matter? The writer is my beloved May Sarton and the novel is A Shower of Summer Days. Her work pleases me so much and this novel ranks in the upper middle range of all the novels of hers that I have read.


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The following obituary was taken from The Daily Times by Bette Alburger:
MIDDLETOWN — John D. Vairo of Middletown, founding campus executive officer of Penn State Brandywine, for whom its library is named, died Jan. 1 at home, after a yearlong battle with esophageal cancer. He was 91 years old.Born in Felitto, Italy, Vairo came to the United States as an infant.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in navigation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in King's Point, New York; a bachelor of arts degree in American history from Syracuse University; and a Master of Arts degree in journalism from Penn State University.
A World War II veteran, he was a U.S. Navy navigator during the war and was discharged as a lieutenant junior grade.
In the 1950s, Vairo was editor of the Jersey Shore Herald and the Lehighton Evening Leader, both in Pennsylvania. He also was news bureau manager for the Corning Leader in Corning, New York; circulation manager for the Milton Evening Standard in Milton, Pa.; and county editor for the Clinton County Times in Lock Haven.
From 1956 to 1967, he was an associate professor of journalism at Penn State's University Park campus and was advisor to the Daily Collegian campus newspaper.
In 1967, he was chosen by Penn State's board of trustees and then-president Eric Walker to establish a campus in Delaware County and to serve as its executive officer. What began in a former fish market in Chester as Penn State Delaware County with 236 students is now Penn State Brandywine on 90 acres in Middletown, with 1,600 students. Vairo retired in 1986 as campus executive officer.
In 1995, the campus library was named the John D. Vairo Library in his honor. The John D. Vairo Library Endowment Fund also was established in his honor to raise funds for the library. Further, the John D. and Greta C. Vairo Scholarship provides financial aid to campus students who continue their education at University Park.
While employed at the University Park campus, Vairo was instrumental in founding three planning commissions in the area and was chairman of all three. He also was a member of the Pennsylvania Planning Association. Vairo Boulevard in State College was named in his honor for his work as a municipal planner.
Active in Middletown, where he lived for the past 45 years, Vairo was chairman of the township's tricentennial committee in 1986. He also served on the township planning commission and the fire apparatus committee. In addition, he was a charter member and two-time president of the Middletown Township Business and Professional Association.
Active also in the wider community, Vairo was a member of the advisory board for the LINC program at Neumann University and served on its physical therapy committee. A member of the Media Rotary Club since 1971, he was a past president. He also was past president of the Media Rotary Foundation, chair of the information committee and the adult literacy program.
He was a member of the Delaware County Literacy Council, the Delaware County Heritage Commission, the county Chamber of Commerce and the county Torch Club. He was chairman of the board of the Greater Delaware County Chapter of the American Red Cross and was on the boards of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, Tyler Arboretum and the Delaware County Library System. He also was an honorary board member of Rose Tree Media District's Healthy Communities Initiative.
Additionally, he was a member of the board of managers of the Central Delaware County YMCA and was instrumental in raising funds for the Rocky Run YMCA in Middletown. He also served on many committees of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in the Lenni area of Middletown, where he was a 44-year member.
Among his many honors was the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award and the Friend of the Community Award from Congregation Beth Israel, Media. He also was recognized by Columbia University as one of Pennsylvania's top 50 people who helped secondary and post-secondary schools improve their school newspapers.
He was a member of numerous professional organizations, such as Kappa Tau honorary journalism society, Pi Gamma Mu social science honorary, the Pennsylvania School Press Association, Penn State Alumni Association, Delaware County Press Club and Four Chaplains Legion of Honor.
Vairo enjoyed traveling, especially to Italy and Switzerland, playing several musical instruments and doing yard work.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Greta, who died in 2009.
He is survived by daughters, Annina (Al) Neffgen of Lake Lure, North Carolina; Christine (Tim) Weiss of Statesville, North Carolina; and Priscilla Archambo-Vairo of Middletown; son, Carl (Cindy) Vairo of Middletown; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and 9-10 a.m. Thursday at Minshall Shropshire Bleyler Funeral Home, 608 South Old Middletown Road, Middletown. Funeral mass is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 35 New Road, Lenni. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Penn State Brandywine, Office of Development, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, or to Heartland Hospice, 5 Christy Drive, Chadds Ford, PA 19317.


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RI Environmental Groups Urge Raimondo, Sen. Sosnowski to Support Protection of Menhaden
Sunday, November 05, 2017
The council is considering a proposal to provide stronger protections for Atlantic menhaden that takes into consideration the role the menhaden play as both food for other species and a water filterer.
"Rhode Island's saltwater anglers, who spend millions of dollars pursuing their interest, believe this is the most important fisheries issue to come up for a vote in years. It is clear that the vast majority of those with an interest in menhaden support ecological management of this fish," said Rich Hittinger, vice president for the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association.
The ASMFC recently closed a public comment period which received more than 100,000 comments in favor of strong Menhaden protections.
"Osprey populations are very strongly linked to menhaden. The recovery of this bird in Rhode Island and across New England is just one example of how other species can benefit if menhaden are managed for their multiple benefits to food chains and ecosystems," said Meg Kerr, senior director of policy for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.
The Meeting
The Commission's Atlantic Menhaden Management Board will meet November 13‐14 in Baltimore, Maryland to consider approval of the proposal to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and set specifications for the 2018 fishing season. Rhode Island has perhaps the most important voice in this upcoming decision.
Robert Ballou, assistant to the director at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, serves as the chair of the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board—a key decision maker.
"Governor Raimondo appoints two of the three commissioners from Rhode Island, and Senator Sosnowski is the other state commissioner on the Board. Their support for ecological management of menhaden will ensure the state protects species ranging from striped bass to whales, as well as water quality in Narragansett Bay," said Topher Hamblett, director of policy for Save The Bay.
Atlantic Menhaden
Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia Tyrannus) play a central role in the ecological and economic vitality of the Atlantic coastal ecosystem as an essential food for whales and commercial and game fishes (striped bass, bluefin tuna, bluefish, weakfish, tarpon, sharks) and a host of other marine wildlife.
Menhaden are also a key force in the regulation of regional water quality by filtering phytoplankton, which are the menhaden's food source and a major cause of algae blooms and brown tides.
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Five-Tool Player
Kate Coyne-McCoy - In baseball, they call them all around superstars - five tool athletes.
McCoy, who once ran for Congress, is a strong political organizer for EMILY's List, a proven fundraiser for Raimondo's PAC, strong with the media, and is a top lobbyist.
She is manages to balance being a partisan with her all-around effectiveness. McCoy can do it all.
Effective Insider
Lenny Lopes - Whether you're looking for someone to navigate the halls of the State House, manage your public relations image, or execute a contract, Lopes can do it all.
The affable and well-liked former Chief of Staff to then-Attorney General Patrick Lynch (and prior to that, Legal Counsel to Lt. Governor Charlie Fogarty) had joined forces with Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West before striking out on his own with The Victor Group, taking on such heavyweight clients as Lifespan and online gaming behemoths Fanduel and DraftKings, and more niche healthcare accounts — including the medical marijuana Rhode Island Growers Coalition.
Lopes was tapped this past spring following the tourism debacle by Havas PR to help navigate their way through the Rhode Island waters, and ultimately defend their performance and reputation to stave off their contract cancelation for now. If you're hired to be a PR firm's de facto PR brain, you must be on your game.
Two Coast Operative
Matt Lopes - With more than 20 different lobbying agreement Lopes has emerged as a premiere influencer in Rhode Island. His clients range from Dunkin' Donuts to Amgen to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation.
While managing one of the biggest lobbying practices he is often on the West Coast -- he is a nationally recognized Special Master for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, overseeing prison reform and compliance.
He plays with the big boys on both coasts. Easy for a guy who was a star athlete in high school and at Dartmouth.
Gambling Man
Don Sweitzer - IGT (formerly GTECH) super lobbyist plays the game at most every level, with big ties to the Clinton organization that go all the way back to Sweitzer playing a key role with Clinton-Gore in 1992.
Sweitzer's contacts span the political spectrum - despite his Democratic pedigree, don't count him out if Donald Trump wins the Presidency as Sweitzer worked for Paul Manafort back in the early 1990s.
Reportedly, Raimondo asked him to serve as her chief of staff - he gracefully declined.
New School
Segal, Bell and Regunberg - These three young Brown grads are emerging as the leaders in progressive causes in Rhode Island and across the United States. David Segal, who served on the City Council in Providence and as a State Rep, failed in a 2010 effort for Congress losing to David Cicilline in the Democratic primary.
In 2016, Segal along with Aaron Regunberg emerged as a powerful force in trying to kill of the Super-Delegate structure in the Democratic primary.
Sam Bell is leading a major effort to re-calibrate the Democratic party to the left the election season. We will know just how good Bell is after September 13's Democratic primary - Bell is overseeing more than a dozen progressive candidates' campaigns.
Old School
Goldberg, Walsh, Ryan and Murphy - These four veteran lobbyists know the pass codes to just about every private office in the State House. For decades they have been the go-to guys. Regardless of who is in power Bob Goldberg, Joe Walsh, Mike Ryan and Bill Murphy are always in vogue.
Only Ryan was not an elected official. Murphy ran the House for a decade, Goldberg had pulled off one of the greatest political coups when he lead a small band of GOP senators and split the Dems to take power, and Walsh was the almost Governor of Rhode Island in 1984.
Combined, they have the lion's share of premier clients and have collected the millions in fees to prove it.
Urban Innovator
Nicole Pollock - The new Chief-of-Staff for Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza certainly has big shoes to fill, with the recent departure of both Chief Operating Officer Brett Smiley and outgoing Chief of Staff Tony Simon but Pollack has gotten off to a strong start. Following the recent summit on Kennedy Plaza co-hosted former Mayor Joe Paolino and Elorza, Paolino told GoLocal, "[Elorza's] new Chief of Staff, I'm very impressed with."
Pollock had joined the administration in February 2015 as Chief Innovation Officer and then served as Chief of Policy and Innovation for the administration before being tapped for the top post. Pollock had previously served in a policy and communications role for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. A graduate of Brown University, Pollock currently serves on the Board of the West Broadway Neighborhood Association and the Providence Plan.
The city has no shortage of pressing issues to tackle, from devising a plan to handle the ongoing panhandling, homelessness, and drug use issues in Kennedy Plaza, to the ever-looming issue of the protracted legal battle with the Providence Firefighters that could have monumental financial implications for the city, depending on the outcome.
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Emerging Star
Matt Bucci - The up-and-comer on Governor Raimondo's staff was in the mix for Chief of Staff or another promotion this summer, but may chose to take his skills and join the world of lobbying or grab another private sector position.
Made news when he was tied to Governor Raimondo's ill fated and ultimately canceled trip to Davos Switzerland. Raimondo was going to spend a weekend with the beautiful people and raided the non-profit URI Foundation's scholarship dollars to fund the trip.
The former staffer to Senator Jack Reed is widely respected. Look for news about Bucci in the near future. Too talented to not make a leap soon.
Seasoned Pro
Chris Hunter - The strategy wunderkind has morphed into a well-established operative in his own right in veteran lobbyist Frank McMahon's public affairs shop, Advocacy Solutions.
The long-time government and public relations manager for the Providence Working Waterfront Alliance, Hunter is equally adept at the State House, having snagged emerging industry client Lyft and engaged in the hand-to-hand combat that comes with lobbying for the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools.
Election seasons in particular are where Hunter's know-how comes in handy, having managed a number of successful bond referendum in the state. Hunter is a constant presence networking around town, whether it's hobnobbing with the Providence Committee on Foreign Relations or serving on host committees for key candidates - he's the combination of both "who you know" and "what you know."
Nick Hemond - None may be more unabashedly and relentlessly ambitious than Hemond, who landed as an associate at powerhouse DarrowEverett in 2014.
The President of the Providence School Board lobbies at City Hall for high-profile real estate clients including Buff Chace and High Rock Management (i.e. the ownership of the Superman Building) and at the State House for labor interests (RI FOP, RI Carpenters Local Union 94), Big Health (the Hospital Association of Rhode Island) and rounding it out with such interests as AAA, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, and infrastructure firm AECOM.
If that doesn't sound like a full load, toss in a slew of crisis communications clients in the way of bars and clubs in varying degrees of trouble (read: stabbings, shootings) before the Providence Board of Licenses. Having so many fingers in so many pies (and some of which could appear somewhat conflicting) has raised eyebrows, but in the meantime if Hemond is winning, the checks keep coming.
Veteran Professional
Leo Skenyon - The seasoned political operative is the man behind the man. Serving as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello, Skenyon helped navigate a more than treacherous legislative session which saw Finance Chair Representative Ray Gallison resign, Representative John Carnevale found ineligible to run at his purported address in Providence, and a slew of financial and ethics issues for a number of Democrats.
The Speaker however emerged from the session having tackled the thorny issue of community service grants, and what had seemed up until this year a nearly impossible task, putting ethics reform — and oversight of the Assembly by the Ethics Commission — before voters this November.
Skenyon has weathered many a political season before, having been the former Chief of Staff to then-Senate Majority Leader Jack Revens in the 1980s, and then a former top aide to Governor Bruce Sundlun and U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell. Now, his boss faces both a Republican and Independent challenger in the general election in November.
Deep Pockets
Joe Shekarchi - The Chair of the House Labor Committee is running unopposed this year in District 23 in Warwick, marking just the third election season for the powerful politician-lawyer, who first won in 2012.
Given his fundraising prowess, however, one would think that Shekarchi accrued his war chest over a longer tenure, with over $528,000 cash on hand as of the second quarter of 2016, making him far and away the most flush General Assembly member (by way of comparison, Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello reported just over $365,000 cash on hand for the same period; Governor Gina Raimondo had $1.4 million.)
It was managing money that helped establish him on the map as a seasoned statewide political operative — he was the campaign manager for statewide operations for Raimondo when she ran for General Treasurer in 2010. With a number of successes in business and on the Hill, keep an eye on Shekarchi's future plans.
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rb_interactive needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 230 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
We're looking for a new logo that will be used on the Top Tomato corporate website. We're launching a new identity on the web and looking for an attractive logo to help shape the future design of the website.
Top Tomato Company
We're building a website from the ground up and lookingfor a new corporate logo that will primarily be used on the web. TopTomato Company is a produce distributor primarily focused on Tomatoes.
Here is the old version of the Top Tomato logo (without the background) - but as stated, we're looking for something new and fresh.
- Logo MUST include a picture of a tomato or illustration of a tomato
- Must include the company name in the logo - Top Tomato Company (old version did not have the word Company in it but we're updating to include the full company name - Top Tomato Company)
- Must include the company location in the logo - Pompano Beach
- Logo should be simple to understand and fitting for a largecorporation. Also should be able to leverage in the website as well asprint media (transparent background/ color background)
- Logo should include any of the following colors (or combination of colors) - green, red, yellow, black
- Crisp clear lines
- Keep it clean and simple
- Do not want pictures of other produce in logo design - just a Tomato
- Do not want TT (short form for Top Tomato) in the logo
- Do not want black and white logo - should have color per directions above
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Winter Park, Florida
Troop Meetings
Troop Camping Gear
Personal Camping Gear
Leave No Trace
-- Scoutmaster Conference
-- Board of Review
-- Court of Honor
-- Merit Badges
-- Service Hours & Attendance
-- Leadership Positions & Elections
-- Eagle Advisor
Welcome New Scouts!
As a Boy Scout in Troop 62, you are in for great fun, adventure,
friendship and camping! You will learn outdoor skills including building fires, handling an axe and knife,
compass navigation, cooking, hiking, nature study and first aid. You will soon feel at home the wilderness
as you complete the trek to First
Class rank with your patrol. Achieving First Class marks the beginning of your trek to
Eagle Scout. On your trek to Eagle, you will explore more exciting
hobbies and hone your life skills by earning merit badges and serving others. You
can look forward to a high-adventure trip to Sea Base, Philmont or
maybe Northern Tier. You will also
step up as a troop leader and pass along your knowledge and skills to the new scouts that follow in
your footsteps.
Upcoming events, like camping trips and
summer camp, are posted on the
Troop 62 Calendar.
Each registered member of the troop
has a TroopMaster Web account; this is an online database
that is used to track advancement, troop activities, contact
information and more. All scouts and adults should know the
basics of logging on and navigating TroopMaster Web so you can
monitor your official advancement records. Contact the
Advancement Coordinator for details.
Troop meetings
Troop meetings are normally held on Monday nights during the school year
and sometimes during summer vacation.
uniform is Class "A" unless otherwise designated. Scouts should try to attend
every meeting and come prepared with the Boy Scout Handbook,
merit badge class materials, etc.
Troop 62 scouts always wear a complete Class A uniform (scout shirt, pants, belt, socks, neckerchief) to scout meetings, official scout
gatherings, camporees, ceremonies,
service activities and during travel to/from summer camp. Merit
badge sashes will be worn to
courts of honor, scoutmaster conferences and boards of review.
Class "C" uniforms (Troop 62 T-shirt, pants, socks) are worn on camping
trips and when work clothes are appropriate including service projects
and athletic activities. Troop 62 will provide you with a
troop neckerchief, shoulder patch and T-shirt when you join the troop.
The rest of the uniform and patches are your responsibility.
Uniform items can be purchased at the Scout Store at the Central Florida Council office in
Apopka, at Travel Country
Outdoors in Altamonte Springs and online through BSA
Troop 62's outdoor program includes backpacking trips in the wilderness.
There are also camporees, where many troops gather for a campout,
fellowship, competition and scoutcraft. During the
summer, we attend a one-week summer camp at a Boy Scout camp.
Scouts use the buddy system and share two-man troop tents
when backpacking. Never spray insect repellent inside a tent or it
will be ruined. Boy Scouts do not tent with adults. Adults
usually try to set up camp apart from the scouts in order to give the
scouts a sense of independence. Star Scouts and above may bring
their own tent to sleep solo, but the one-man troop tents are for adults
Scouts should leave cell phones and electronic entertainment (iPods)
at home. Adult leaders
carry cell phones for emergencies. One of the rewards of camping
is taking a break from the noise of modern life and appreciating the
quiet solitude of nature. Please respect your fellow campers by
leaving electronics at home.
Always use insect repellent to avoid ticks and chiggers,
and always wear a hat and sunscreen because most treks involve hours in
full sun exposure. Each scout
should hit the trail with three quarts (liters) of drinking water.
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Troop Camping Gear
Troop backpacks and camping gear are signed out from the Quartermaster
before the camping trip. Adjust and load your pack using these
backpack instructions.
The newest scouts
have priority on troop backpacks. Older scouts are expected to get
their own backpacks before the next year's Webelos cross over.
Each patrol checks out stoves, pots,
bear bags and a first-aid kit, plus a dining fly if there is a chance of rain. If
water is to be filtered, patrols check out a water bag and filter.
Scouts share the load when backpacking. Cooking gear and food are
divided fairly among the patrol. Tents and poles are divided
between tent buddies. Bring your own tent pegs; Troop 62 does
not provide tent pegs. Save room in your pack for your share of
patrol gear and food.
Tents and other troop gear must be cleaned and dried
immediately after the camping trip. Sand, dirt and mildew can ruin
a tent within a few days. As soon as you get home, set up the
tent to dry it out. After it dries, take it down and turn it
inside-out to shake out the dirt. Zip all zippers and carefully
re-pack the tent. Troop gear is turned-in on the Monday night following the
camping trip; the quartermaster will inspect troop gear.
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Personal Camping Gear
Before buying any gear, talk to the experienced backpackers in the troop
and get advice on what works and ways to find deals. There is no
substitute for experience when it comes to selecting backpacking gear.
Here is a list of essential personal backpacking gear for
trekking with the troop:
Sleeping bag - Compressible "mummy" style, under 3 lbs, rated to
at least 30°F, preferably 20°F.
Sleeping mat - Inexpensive closed-cell foam pads work great.
Rain gear - Lightweight poncho, but eventually you may want a
rain suit such as Frogg Toggs.
Backpack cover - Larger is better, but an inexpensive
waterproof coated nylon backpack cover is fine.
Tent pegs - Aluminum tent pegs (8 per tent/4 per buddy), sold at
department stores. Troop 62 does not provide tent pegs.
Try to get by on your first trek with the things you
already have. Plastic utensils and dishes from your kitchen can serve as your first
mess kit and disposable water bottles can be used as canteens. You
will make better purchases after you have some backpacking experience.
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One big difference between Cubs Scouts and Boy Scouts is how advancement
requirements are handled. Your parents do not sign-off on your
requirements. You complete advancement requirements with other
scouts during scout activities. Please make sure that you save
every bit of paperwork, like merit badge cards, certificates and your
handbook until you have earned your Eagle Scout rank. Remember that everyone in the troop is
dedicated to helping you on your trek to Eagle Scout rank.
The Advancement Coordinator keeps your official
advancement records, including leadership positions, service hours and
merit badges. You will know the Advancement Coordinator when you
see him; he's the guy working at the computer in the scout room during
every scout meeting. See him for a print-out of advancement record
before every Scoutmaster Conference. Make sure that you report all
of your advancement milestones to the coordinator, check your record for
Scoutmaster's Conference
The Scoutmaster conference is opportunity
to review what the scout has learned, how comfortable he is with his
knowledge, his plans for his next steps along the Path to Eagle, and a
chance to discuss the troop "one on one" with the Scoutmaster.
It's also an opportunity for the Scoutmaster to make sure that the Scout
can feel comfortable with that part of the Scout Promise that says "I
Will Do My Best" with regards to having met the rank requirements and
can wear his new rank with pride.
The Scoutmaster Conference should be scheduled only after all the other
requirements for rank have been completed. Please contact the
Scoutmaster personally to schedule a conference.
Conferences, by troop tradition, are not held on the same day in which
they are requested. Scoutmaster contact info is on the Troop 62
Please make sure all your advancements have been recorded with the
Advancements Coordinator, and obtain a printout from him to bring with
you to your conference. Be sure the advancements pages of your
Scout Handbook are complete, and signed by your patrol advisor or Assistant
Scoutmaster (ASM).
Board of Review
A Scout, having met all requirements for advancing to a higher rank, and
having completed his Scoutmaster Conference, should schedule a Board of
Review as the final stage in his rank advancement.
At the Board of Review, the scout should have his papers completed and
be in his best Class "A" uniform. He will meet with several
members of the adult leadership of the troop, and will discuss with them
what he has done to meet the requirements for rank advancement, and in
general what his plans for his next steps in the troop are to be.
As it will be necessary to gather several adults together for a Board of
Review, the scout should plan ahead for scheduling. To request a
Board of Review, contact the Troop Committee Chairman personally.
Upon completion
of the Board of Review you have earned the associated rank.
Court of Honor
The Court of Honor is an important ceremony, conducted by scouts, where your achievements are
officially awarded and recognized by fellow scouts and families. Troop 62
has two Courts of Honor per year, one in the Fall, and one in the
Spring. It is the policy of the troop that once a scout has passed
the Board of Review, the scout may wear the badge of rank he has earned.
He will receive the formal Award at the upcoming Court of Honor.
Merit Badges
The troop holds regular classes for the most popular merit badges during
scout meetings. Merit Badge classes are also a big part of summer
camp. Special merit badge classes are offered by various groups
from time to time, and will be announced when they come up. If
there is a merit badge that you want to complete that hasn't been
offered, check the Troop 62 Merit Badge Counselor List on
TroopMaster Web under the "Reports" tab. If there are no counselors for a merit badge you want, contact the
Curriculum Coordinator to help you find a counselor for your
merit badge.
When you work on a merit badge, keep track of all of your
paperwork until you receive the patch and certificate/card at the Court
of Honor. When you start the merit badge work, you will fill out a
"blue card." Record
requirements on the blue card and have your merit badge
counselor sign it as soon as you complete each requirement. Then, if you take a break from working on that
badge, you can continue with a different counselor if necessary. The blue card is an important document, so take
care of it.
Service Hours & Attendance
The troop attendance policy is that a scout must attend 50% of the troop meetings
to qualify for rank advancement. To be counted, the scout will need to be in uniform. Suitability
of uniform will be determined by the
Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) and
two Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders (ASPL).
Service Hours submitted for rank advancement will need to be pre-approved by the Scoutmaster, Committee
Chairman or the Advancements Coordinator prior to their being earned. Please do not ask for
approval on service hours not related to scouting that were not approved beforehand.
Leadership Positions & Elections
Troop elections are held twice a year for Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) and
two Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders (ASPL). Other troop leadership
positions, like Quartermaster, Scribe, Chaplain, etc, are appointed by
the SPL and Scoutmaster after the troop elections. Patrols also
elect a Patrol Leader during the troop elections. The Assistant
Patrol Leader is appointed by his Patrol Leader. If you are
interested in running for a troop leadership position, contact the
Scoutmaster at least one week before the election. You should only
run for a leadership position if you plan to attend all of the troop meetings and
Eagle Advisor
Eagle candidates need to be working with the Eagle Advisor after they
achieve Life rank. The Eagle Advisor is a member
of the Troop Committee whose job is to help the scout on his final steps
of the Trek to Eagle.
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The organizers of the Oakley Style Masters warned us … this is no X Games, be prepared for anything. And we were-we being the invited riders including Terje Haakonsen, Peter Line, Nicolas Muller, Travis Rice, Pat Moore, JJ Thomas, Luke Mitrani, Kevin Pearce, Keir Dillon, Danny Davies, and Jake Blauvelt, event organizers from the Arctic Challenge, and the media. No one was surprised, or even that bummed, when the quarterpipe demo was delayed until the last day. It seems wind had shifted the quarterpipe back, removing the scaffolding backbone from its' snowy skin. Attention was focused elsewhere, such as mini-shredding, and sightseeing the Great Wall and the Forbidden City … and sessioning the resort's bar.
Things got underway on the last day, and damn, given the questionable healthcare situation and remoteness of the Badaling resort (or the "Bada Bing" resort as Travis Rice calls it) riders went off. Forum teamrider Pat Moore hit the seven-meter mark and was declared the winner of the highest air. It looked to be about an 18ish foot backside air. Pat, however, didn't go back through customs with the 25,000-dollar solid gold Oakley Time Bomb watch. That stays in Oakley's pocket, still waiting to be won by the first rider to hit the 10-meter (about 32 feet) mark. Nicolas Muller wowed the Chinese army with a 4.5 meter (14.7 feet) one-footed McTwist, and Burton's own junior army of Danny Davis and Kevin Pearce unleashed four days worth of energy with doubles-runs. Danny spun backside alley-oop fives while Kevin spun McTwists alongside. This too got a strong reaction from the crowd, who seemed to be getting a better idea of what this whole snowboarding thing was all about. Travis Rice just did one of everything in the QP Trick Book-basically a one-man demo.
Check your mailboxes for TransWorld SNOWboarding next season for a real eye-opening tour of snowboarding in China. Man, we really investigated the hell out of that place and we're dying to show you snowboarding, China-style. Thanks again to Oakley, Terje Haakonsen, Henning Andersen, and the rest of the Arctic Challenge organizers for a memorable event.


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Publisher: Nottingham: International University Society 1925?.
Description: this is a 28p booklet, brown card cover, advertising the Psychology course of the IUS, for which Brown is listed as the sponsor. Text concludes with exam questions. Brown card cover, well printed, uncommon
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text: With 18,000 sf of ground-floor shops and 146 luxury loft rentals, the five-story 777 South Broad complex is Philadelphia's first LEED-registered multifamily mixed-use building. It's just seven minutes away from the city's most popular destinations, including Walnut Street shopping, the Avenue of the Arts, and sport venues. Designed by Philadelphia's own JKR Partners, 777 South Broad employs a white roof to dissipate summertime heat, sustainable materials such as bamboo for flooring, and low-flow plumbing fixtures to conserve water.


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Ike Skelton, a conservative Democrat who represented Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years, died Monday in Arlington, Va. He was 81.
Skelton died at Virginia Hospital Center, surrounded by his wife, his sons and their families as well as longtime colleague Russell Orban, who confirmed the death. The cause was not immediately released, but Orban said Skelton entered the hospital a week earlier with a bad cough.
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Skelton was a military expert who served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and was a protector of military bases in Missouri.
"He was a great friend...he had absolute, total, thorough integrity," Vice President Joe Biden tweeted Monday night.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called Skelton "a role model to whom I had the honor of presenting Missouri's highest military honor, the Conspicuous Service Medal. Ike Skelton inspired us all with his quiet dignity and tireless commitment to America's men and women in uniform.
"A friend to Missourians, Americans and liberty-loving people worldwide, Congressman Skelton embodied the true meaning of public service and will forever be remembered as a leader who left a legacy of greater prosperity and security for his district, our state and our nation," Nixon said.
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland called Skelton "an extraordinary American"
"And I had the privilege of serving alongside him in Congress for nearly 30 years where I saw his compassion, his humility, and his deep-rooted Missouri values up close," Hoyer said.
Ike was an incredible soul, a caring man who loved service and championed all who gave of themselves for their country and communities."
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, also praised Skelton.
"No member of the Congress was more dedicated to America's defense and those who defend us than Ike Skelton," Blunt said. "He loved our country and its history and will be remembered for his contributions to both."
Said Missouri Democratic Party chairman Roy Temple: "He was a Missourian, a statesman and a champion of a strong and sensible national defense. And above all, he was a gentleman. His love of and faith in America was unshakable and his support for the U.S. military was second to none. This is a loss for Missouri and the nation."
Lexington was Skelton's hometown. He was first elected prosecutor in Lafayette County and served in the Missouri Senate before going to Washington in 1976, the year Jimmy Carter took the White House.
Skelton represented Missouri's 4th Congressional District in the western and central part of the state. He easily kept his seat for 17 election cycles in a district and state that increasingly trended Republican.
Skelton was a pro-gun, anti-abortion Democrat who voted against the Affordable Care Act.
He was defeated in 2010 by Republican state lawmaker Vicky Hartzler, who had strong tea party backing.
"Ike exuded civility," said Richard Martin, a long-time Democratic consultant. "He had great friends on both sides of the aisle. All the Democrats I ever met looked up to him despite their differences they often had with him on issues, and Republicans as well.
"He was a statesman -- not a highly charismatic guy. He didn't aspire to run for higher office. Once he was elected to the Congress and assigned to the Armed Services Committee, I think he knew that was his calling, and he was going to make the most of it."
Skelton served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from 2007 to 2011. Skelton also served on the Small Business Committee as subcommittee chairman for Procurement, International Trade and Technology.
He once described his role as the Armed Services chairman with a single word, repeated over and over: "Oversight, oversight, oversight."
As Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster was losing its cache of long-range nuclear missiles, Skelton secured its future in the late 1980s by getting the Defense Department to place the new B-2 bomber there.
After redistricting made Skelton the representative for Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood in 1983, he helped locate the Army Engineer, Chemical and Military Police Schools at the base. The number of troops undergoing training there more than quadrupled and the post's mission expanded from the Army to all branches of military service.
"I live and breathe what I do," Skelton told The Kansas City Star in 2010. "I enjoy every minute of it...I know I've made a difference."
In the 1980s, Skelton played a key role in passing the Goldwater-Nichols Act, which created the joint commands. He worked to improve housing and facilities for service members and their families. He was critical of both the first Bush administration and President Clinton's policies of cutting military spending too much.
Skelton was deeply skeptical of the Bush administration's decision to go to war with Iraq. His chief concern was that an ongoing occupation would be difficult. But he still voted for the war resolution when Bush sent it to Congress.
"I have no doubt that our military would decisively defeat Iraq's forces and remove Saddam (Hussein)," Skelton said then. "But like the proverbial dog chasing the car down the road, we must consider what we would do after we caught it."
Isaac Newton Skelton IV was born Dec. 20, 1931. His father met future President Harry Truman in 1928 when the elder Skelton was the Lafayette County prosecutor and Truman was a Jackson County judge, and they remained friends for life,
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At 17, the younger Skelton attended Truman's 1949 inauguration following his upset defeat of Thomas Dewey.
Skelton dreamed of going to West Point but he got polio as a teenager, which made his left arm useless and made him ineligible for military service. He remembered walking down the street in Lexington in 1944 watching C-47s fly overhead pulling gliders, training pilots for D-Day.
Skelton graduated from the University of Missouri and its law school and returned home to Lexington to practice law. At 25, he became county prosecutor. Five years later, in 1962, Truman urged him to run for Congress, but Skelton opted to continue practicing law with his father.
Skelton entered politics in 1970 when he was elected to the state Senate. Six years later, he ran for Congress where he caught a break. In the Democratic primary, two candidates from Jackson County split 45 percent of the vote, allowing Skelton to emerge as the winner with 40 percent. In the general election, he defeated the mayor of Independence, Richard King, with 56 percent of the vote.
Skelton's first wife, Susan Anding, died in 2005. He remarried in 2009, to Patricia Martin of Lexington. His sons are U.S. Navy Capt. Ike Skelton V, James Anding Skelton and Harry Page Skelton.
After losing his seat in Congress, Skelton joined the law firm of Husch Blackwell of Kansas City as a partner, advising the firm in Kansas City and in its Washington D.C. office. He maintained homes in Lexington and in McLean, Va.
Skelton was most recently elected chairman of the National World War I Centennial Commission.
Orban, who served 16 years on Skelton's congressional staff and recently joined him practicing law in Husch Blackwell's Washington office, said the former lawmaker had been especially pleased by presidential appointments to that commission and to the American Battle Monuments Commission, which is in charge of U.S. military resting places overseas.
In 2012 he received the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award.
Skelton had been scheduled to appear at a Veterans Day tribute the afternoon of Nov. 11 at the Truman Library in Independence, as part of a program that bore his name. He was to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony with retired Gen. George W. Casey Jr.


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SubsidionBoris needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 96 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
This is a new start-up that will make it very easy to manage certain types of subsidies and grants. The service will give people a dashboard that will help them manage subsidies they received or apply for new ones. It should be as slick and fun as using Basecamp or Mailchimp.
Other start-ups and people in general who like services like Gmail, basecamp, mailchimp and the like. Our service will take the hassle out of managing all those damned forms and make it almost fun to manage all the paperwork that goes with subsidies.
It should look cool and modern. Something that you would almost proudly wear on a T-Shirt or as a sticker on your laptop. The name was also chosen to sound trustworthy so you will have to find middle ground between hipster chic and corporate trustworthiness.
We have no set ideas for colors or forms although it would be nice if the domain name would be visible in the logo. If you have a great idea that doesn't use the domain name, well, so be it.
The attached logo is something I put together in 5 minutes in illustrator. It is ugly as hell and I know it. Still, hope it inspires you to do better.
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OTTER SAMANTHA HANSEN appears to get the out on Lyndon's Nykea Williams at second base in the first inning of Friday's Division II state championship game. Otter Valley won the game, 3-2. Read the full story, and check out an audio slideshow for more photos and commentary from players and coach Pattie Candon.
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I thought one statement by Barack Obama was the highlight of last night's debate. Seeking to land a knockout blow against Mitt Romney's advocacy of preserving our military spending in the face of the planned sequester, Obama asserted in his patented style:
I think Governor Romney maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works.
You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.
Obama's tone was patronizing at best. Yet it is the substance of Obama's comments that is their least defensible element. Obama seemed to be saying that naval power was obsolete, or that it could no longer fairly be represented by the number of ships.
Obama didn't bother to make an argument, substituting a condescending attitude for relevant facts. Max Boot brings out the heavy artillery — facts! — in "On national defense, quantity matters too." (Bob Owens has more here.)
How about horses? I wasn't quick-witted enough to think of the role horses had played in our attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11. Doug Stanton's Horse Soldiers tells the story.
What about bayonets? Donald Sensing points out that Obama was also wrong about bayonets. I had no idea they were basic to Marine weaponry, but Sensing's comment about this component of Obama's remarks perfectly captures my reaction to Obama's misguided riff: "Sarcasm and condescension only work if the speaker's presumption of lofty superior knowledge is borne out by his command of actual facts. You can't successfully accuse your opponent of being an ignoramus when you don't know what you're talking about yourself." TMZ reports that President Obama has "offended the bayonet community." Not bad for a night's work.
And this was no spontaneous outburst on Obama's part. Rather, it was clearly a planned, premeditated assault on Romney worked up by Team Obama. It wasn't the video! (video below). It wasn't even clever politically.


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Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch Squares Recipe
Lost classic desserts from our wide and varied past.
For a quick snack for a crowd, try these easy peanut butter cereal bars topped with dark chocolate.
Note: Using semi-sweet chocolate chips makes this recipe super easy, but if you're a diehard dark chocolate fan you can further choco-fy this is recipe by splurging on 12 ounces of quality dark chocolate (70% cacao or higher) and chopping it into chocolate chip-sized pieces then following the instructions below. Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch purists can omit the chocolate, if desired.
- Yield:Serves 20
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:2 hours
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan
- 1 (10 ounce) bag mini-marshmallows
- 1 (18 ounce) box Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch
- 1 pinch Kosher salt
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted in a double boiler or microwave
Grease a 9- by 13- inch baking dish and set aside. Place butter in a large stockpot (I used a 7 quart one, you will need to fit the marshmallows and an entire box of cereal with room for stirring) and melt the butter over medium heat.
Add marshmallows, stirring frequently until marshmallows are completely melted and the butter is incorporated. Reduce heat to low. Quickly add the cereal, stirring until ingredients are fully incorporated. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Spray a piece of waxed paper or parchment paper cooking spray and use it to gently press the cereal mixture into the pan and distribute it easily. Sprinkle with salt. Spread melted chocolate on top and let cool until set, about 1 1/2 hours. Slice and serve. Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.


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Your purchase of an Arts Trust license plate does more than decorate your car, light duty truck or motorcycle; it secures continuous funding for Indiana students through the Indiana Arts Commission's Arts in Education granting program. Arts Trust license plates are available at any branch office of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and can also be ordered online. There is no special application or authorization form needed to obtain an Arts Trust license plate, and they are available to all Hoosier motorists. The Arts Trust license plate was designed in 1999 by Pat Starzynski.
For more information, visit the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles website.
The cost of the plate is $40. A donation of $25 will go to the IAC Cultural Trust Fund and the additional $15 covers BMV registration fees.
Interest and dividends from license plate purchases currently fund the Indiana Arts Commission's Arts in Education granting program.
The Cultural Trust Fund was created through legislative action in 1997, establishing a vehicle with which the IAC can enhance the funding, encouraging, promoting, and expanding of the arts in Indiana through financial resources outside the agency's biennial budget. The IAC Cultural Trust Fund is a proactive means of ensuring future financial support to Hoosier communities to enhance cultural resources for the benefit of their citizens. Moneys generated through the fund are used to augment, not replace, appropriations from the Indiana General Assembly to the IAC.
A seven-member Cultural Trust Fund Administrative Board oversees the management of the funds as well as develops fund-raising strategies. The Board is comprised of three members appointed by the bi-partisan IAC; three members appointed by the Governor; and the Treasurer of the State of Indiana or designee.
The Administrative Board develops investment and fund-raising policies and guidelines and may also acquire funds from public and private sources. The State Treasurer administers and invests the money in the fund. Interest and dividends from the investment of the funds may be appropriated annually to the IAC. As with any public or private foundation, the IAC and the Cultural Trust Fund Administrative Board must comply with applicable state and federal laws regarding fund management and allocations. The funds may not be used for the purchase of land or permanent facilities.