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Went to Detroit this week. It's a lot nicer there (at least in the burbs where I was) than I thought it would be.
I flew Delta because it was the only nonstop flight option from Seattle. I bought a first class ticket, just like the last time I flew Delta.
A lot of you know my feelings on Delta, if not you can read them right here.
It's my absolute last choice when flying. I can't think of another business where everyone is so damned surly all the time, practically snarling at you from the first interaction at checkin all the way until you land.
I was joking with someone earlier this week about just how bad it was, saying my interactions with flight attendants basically came down to "hey asshole, you want any food?" An exaggeration, obviously. But it really does feel that way on Delta most of the time.
Anyway, today when I got to the airport the first class check-in area was pretty deserted and there were three Delta people behind computers to check people in. Doing absolutely nothing.
I stood at the front of the line area, the only person around. None of the three people were helping anyone. None made eye contact with me or asked me to walk up to them.
I asked one of them in general if they were open and if I could approach. Something like "Hi, can I check in with you?" She was about 15 feet away from me
She said "I need a couple of minutes."
I stood there. No problem. Lots of time. A little while later she said "I can help you once you have your boarding pass and ID."
This was from 15 feet away, and she didn't invite me to the counter and it was sort of clear that I wasn't to approach the counter until I had those items.
It was a little absurd, having a loud conversation from 15 feet away. And I was confused because all I wanted from her was my boarding pass.
I said "I thought I was supposed to get my boarding pass from you."
She said "what?"
I said "I thought you were supposed to give me my boarding pass. If I already have a boarding pass what is it you do for me?"
She said "what?"
I said "it's a little awkward talking from this far away. Can I come over to you?" Still in a good mood, finding this sort of fun and funny.
She said "Sir, I can help you once you have your boarding pass. Please stop yelling."
Flashback to that hilarious scene from Anger Management.
So at this point I'm at the front of the check-in line at Delta. The woman who's job it is to check me in has told me I cannot approach her area until I have my boarding pass. And we are having this absurd catch-22 conversation that neither of us can really hear because I can't go close enough.
Okey Dokey.
Eventually I went to the computer area and got my boarding pass. Didn't go back to her.
This all goes back to my old post where I talk about how Delta employees seem to hate their jobs so much that it's almost impossible for them to be nice to customers.
This whole situation was mostly just funny and sort or surreal and wasn't that big of a deal.
But it does remind me of one thing about business. There are so many self destructive businesses out there that sometimes you only have to actually be normal to have a competitive edge.
When I fly Virgin they're usually pretty competent. But really it's the vast difference between Virgin and Delta/United/American. The old airlines are so bad, and Virgin is so normal, that it seems like I'm being treated like a king.
When really all that's happening is I'm allowed to walk up to them and get my boarding pass.


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TUSCALOOSA | The U.S. Education Department's directive to enhance sports participation for people with disabilities might not have a direct effect on local private schools, which receive no federal funding, but school officials said they are generally open to idea of presenting opportunities.
TUSCALOOSA | The U.S. Education Department's directive to enhance sports participation for people with disabilities might not have a direct effect on local private schools, which receive no federal funding, but school officials said they are generally open to idea of presenting opportunities.
"Right now, it's so new," said Robert Johnson, Tuscaloosa Academy's director of athletics and head football coach. "Since we're a private school, we don't know if there will be some kind of implication for us that's completely different from what we have in place now. If it becomes an issue, we'll have to talk with our board of directors. I'm thinking that Tuscaloosa Academy wouldn't really be under these guidelines, but the things that affect the public schools are certainly issues that we discuss as we move forward in the way that best serves our students. We try to stay on top of the world of education, and the board of directors sets those policies."
Johnson said the school already has a "no-cut" policy to encourage participation in athletics. Coaches don't dismiss potential players who can make the grades, meet the physical requirements, attend practices and follow the team rules.
"We want our students to come be on a team," Johnson said. "As far as actual playing time, we're going to put our best players out there, but we encourage all of our students to participate and play anything they want to play."
Johnson said the no-cut policy is in effect "as long as people are willing to do what the coaches ask them to do."
Tuscaloosa Academy sports are sanctioned by the Alabama Independent School Association.
"The league still has rules," Johnson said. "You still have to have a physical and turn in all your paperwork like anybody else to be on one of our teams. The league we play in, we have to go by their guidelines, obviously, because of safety issues."
American Christian Academy, a member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association, has 22 different sports for boys and girls with 38 teams.
Rob Cain, ACA's director of athletics, estimated that 90 to 95 percent of the students in grades seven through 12 participate in some kind of sport or activity, including cheerleading and dance team.
"I can certainly see the merit of the law," Cain said. "As far as the ACA vantage point, nothing would change from what we've been doing. We've made accommodations in the past for our student-athletes to participate."
Cain recalled a football player who had to use a different type of helmet that was sized so he could wear his hearing aids.
"As far as the new law is concerned, nothing would be different," Cain said. "That's where our heart would be anyway."
Like the AISA, the AHSAA requires potential athletes to pass a physical examination.
"We would want to make certain that a student-athlete is not in harm's way in a sport that's beyond their capability to play," Cain said. "It's an AHSAA rule that you have to have an up-to-date physical on file for every student-athlete to participate in practice or in competition. I feel like what we're doing now complies with everything that I've read concerning the new ruling. I think the way we're going to approach it is the way the directive itself states. We'll approach it on a case-by-case basis to make sure that the student-athlete's well-being is guarded, but also to make sure we do not limit participation because of a physical condition."
Rodney Green, director of athletics and boys basketball coach at Holy Spirit, said he knew of four students with disabilities.
"I've coached players that had learning disabilities before, but not physical disabilities," Green said. "If we have kids that are able to participate in anything we offer we want to make accommodations for them to do that, but we can't put them on the field unless they're able to pass a physical in any sport that's offered."
During the 2010 football season, Simon Bowman, who is legally blind, was a senior nose guard and played football at Tuscaloosa Christian.
Bowman carried the ball a few times and scored on a 5-yard run against Heritage Academy.
"He was probably the
hardest-working lineman I had that year," said Hunter Christian, Tuscaloosa Christian's head football coach and assistant principal. "He worked so hard he gave the other team fits. He was not completely blind, but he was legally blind. His ability to see the ball was an issue. That's why we played him at nose guard. He could see the snap of the ball."
Christian said his biggest worry for Bowman was that he would get nailed by a blocker he didn't see.
"My biggest concern was safety," Christian said. "I couldn't control the other team like I could mine in practice. They didn't know his situation.
"The other players on our team loved it. Simon was always working hard, and that made it even better. He recognized that he was making them better. He was a teammate. He was a comrade there. The disability was never really an issue. Once he proved himself, it was like, 'I'm going to work as hard as you guys,' and they accepted him."
Bowman said he was able to play because he accepted his limitations and relied on his teammates when he needed help.
"Playing football was something I loved and enjoyed," Bowman said. "I played for about eight years. Just having the experience of playing a sport with the eye condition that I have and just getting to enjoy it, it was a real thrill. It was quite exciting."
Because of his vision, Bowman said that it became more difficult to play positions like fullback and middle linebacker.
"I pretty much had to work around my limitations," he said. "I had to know what I could or could not do on the field. I had to find a position that I could contribute to and be successful at. I couldn't look in the backfield and watch the play. I had to get on the line and be face-to-face with a play and be able to get back there and disrupt the play. I knew if I could get in the backfield and disrupt the play, it would help out a lot just by doing that."
Bowman said the touchdown run was "pretty exciting."
"I was glad that I had a chance to do something like that in a game," he said. "It wasn't my first time running it, but it was my first time to score. My teammates were willing to help me out there. They helped me succeed in it."
Bowman is taking classes at Shelton State Community College. He said he is studying biology and wants to go into veterinary medicine.
"Knowing my condition and knowing my limitations as far as what I could and couldn't do, it helped me out a lot to communicate to the players and coaches. I also had the encouragement of my parents, so I was able to continue on doing what I love to do, which was playing football."
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After signing a letter of intent in volleyball with Johnson Community College in Kansas City last week in the media center at Boonville High School, senior Bailey Pfeiffer said there were several reasons for picking JCCC over other schools such as Missouri Southern, Parkville and Independence.
Although Kansas City is just a short drive from Boonville, Pfeiffer said the coaches are great, as is their program.
"I love the Kansas City area and JCCC's campus," Pfeiffer said.
Johnson County Community College volleyball coach Jennifer Ei said the coaching staff is very excited to have Pfeiffer join the JCCC family.
"She is an extremely athletic and competitive player who will fit in well with a strong returning roster for 2013," Ei said. "Bailey's athleticism and demeanor on the court showed us that she is a true competitor willing to work hard to help her team become successful. She has knowledge and experience at both the setter and outside hitter positions, which makes her a very versatile addition to the roster."
While playing multiple positions on the floor in her stellar career at Boonville, head coach Susie Stone said Pfeiffer led the offensive attack from the outside position and set for the Lady Pirates off the back row.
"We used her in 75 percent of serve-receive rotations due to her strong passing in serve-receive," Stone said. "She is versatile and has the ability to pick apart the opponents court with hard angles, roll shots and tips."
With 20-plus wins on the season, Pfeiffer also led the Lady Pirates almost every category with 331 digs, 297 kills, 78 blocks, 61 aces on 198 earned service points and 3.1 serve-receive on a 4.0 scale.
Pfeiffer also had impressive career stats for the Lady Pirates with 1,163 digs, 921 kills, 902 assists, 289 blocks and 204 aces.
Stone said Pfeiffer's career at BHS has given her opportunities to learn multiple positions on the court.
"Her freshmen year she played right side blocker and set the second ball when her setter took the first defensive touch," Stone said. "I knew her freshmen year we needed to start developing her hands because she is very athletic, quick and she had solid setting form. Her sophomore, junior and senior year she was one of our setters and outside hitters. Her sophomore year she even hit middle for us one rotation. Bailey is the type of player that fills whatever role you need her for.
"Her athleticism is probably one of her strongest assets as a player. She is very deceptive with her ability; she has a quick aggressive jump that gives her a nice vertical for a player her height. She has the ability to see the court during her attack approach and is able to place a cut shot, angle attack or tip to the open area on the court. Her left hand gives an advantage when she plays right side and from a setting standpoint as well."
Stone commented further that Pfeiffer serve-receives very well and her ability to pass and play defensive will give her a chance to play all the way around at the next level. Stone said not only is she quick, but she also has good jumping ability and has court sense.
"That is what helps set her apart from other players," Stone said. "Her commitment to the weight room for four years and off-season workouts have proven positive results in her athletic performance. She has helped lead our team for the past three years and been a vital part of our programs success. Multiple coaches would ask me before pre-game is the Pfeiffer girls last season finally. Then they would say please tell me you don't have any more Pfeiffer girls coming up. Bailey followed the play of her sister Bethany, who was a four-year varsity letterwinner for us as well. We have been fortunate for eight years to have Pfeiffer athletes in the volleyball program."
Coach Ei also likes the fact that Pfeiffer is left handed.
"Bailey has a big advantage on the court as a setter, a position she has experience playing," Ei said. "We would also like to have the option of playing her as an outside or right side hitter, depending on what our team needs from her."
With JCCC being only a two-year school, Pfeiffer said she wants to get her general education out of the way and focus on volleyball.
"My long-term goal is to figure out what I want to do career-wise and decide if I want to continue playing volleyball," Pfeiffer said.
With so many highlights in her career, Pfeiffer said playing on the high school traveling team as an eighth grader and making varsity her freshman year was the greatest feeling.
Pfeiffer also had a favorite game in which she felt she excelled on the court.
"My best game this year was in the first set against Rock Bridge," Pfeiffer said. "We stayed positive and very aggressive. I thought we had a good season, but not a great one this year. I had high expectations but we just had some small errors that we couldn't fix."
As far as playing at the next level, Pfeiffer said as a setter connecting with the hitters is very important. Foot work and reading the blockers, she said, is also important to know where to place the ball.
"I love volleyball," Pfeiffer said. "It's a sport I can play all year round without getting tired of it. After college volleyball s over with, I will still be playing hopefully."
Pfeiffer said she was also influence in the game of volleyball by her big sister, Bethany. "You could say I followed in her foot steps," Pfeiffer said. "I look up to her because she is such a great athlete."
While earning all-conference, all-district and all-region honors throughout her career at Boonville, Stone said nobody loves a challenge more than Pfeiffer, which is one reason she will fit right in at the next level.
"Her post-season honors are multiple and I am excited she is getting the opportunity to pursue volleyball as part of her college experience," Stone said.
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After signing a letter of intent in volleyball with Johnson Community College in Kansas City last week in the media center at Boonville High School, senior Bailey Pfeiffer said there were several reasons for picking JCCC over other schools such as Missouri Southern, Parkville and Independence.


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Hoteliers and tourist-related businesses throughout Southwest Florida are bracing for a slower-than-average April — despite a winter visitor season that has been arguably stronger than last year's record-setter.
The foreboding over April stems largely from an earlier-than-usual Easter, historically the demarcation of high tourism season's end.
In past years, hotels and vacation rental companies have been able to book most of the next month when the holiday fell later on the calendar.
But with Easter falling in late March, some in the industry are worried that an exodus could leave condominiums, restaurants and attractions wanting.
Because many vacation rentals are monthly, it seems likely many visitors will choose to go back north on April 1 rather than extend their stays by another full month.
"With Easter at the end of March, we're not getting that kick we normally would get during the month of April," said Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism agency.
But Haley and others are hoping that visitors' strong desire to visit in March — typically the peak month for travel to Southwest Florida — could spill over and provide some boost to the April numbers.
"The demand is still there," Haley said. "We're hoping that the last-minute travelers who tried to book in March and couldn't find what they wanted had no choice but to reschedule to come in April."
A continuing harsh winter up north may also help bolster April tourism here. Though late-season snow does not appear to be in the forecast, cold temperatures
will prevail throughout much of the nation.
Cleveland and Detroit, for example, endured lows in the 20s and 30s late last week, with gray, depressing skies. High temperatures in both cities failed to get out of the 40s on Friday or Saturday.
In Washington, D.C. — that's another key Southwest Florida feeder market — low temperatures were in the high 30s and low 40s over the weekend, while the highs were stuck in the mid-50s.
Sarasota and Bradenton weekend temperatures, by contrast, climbed into the high 70s, with blue skies and sunshine in abundance.
'Peak season'
Though exact figures are not yet available, hotels and vacation rentals regionwide have reported solid bookings throughout the winter months, prompting predictions that the region could record yet another record-breaking tourism year.
The number of visitors who came to Sarasota in February — the most recent data available — was up by 6.8 percent from the same month in 2012, Visit Sarasota County figures show.
In Manatee, the number of visitors rose 8.8 percent during the same period, tourism promoters say.
Direct spending in the two counties also has increased: in Sarasota County it's up 11 percent so far in fiscal year 2013, and in Manatee by 13 percent.
As a result, some officials are expecting the early Easter to have little impact.
"We're experiencing our peak season for our Midwest and Northeast feeder markets right now, and I don't think Easter is going to help or hurt the growth we're seeing," said Elliott Falcione, executive director for the Bradenton Area Convention Center & Visitors Bureau.
"There is a strong pent-up demand for travel, and people are sick and tired of the cold weather up north," Falcione said. "We don't expect a dip in leisure travel during the months of April or May."
For many Southwest Florida businesses, a successful winter tourism season is critical to getting a year in the black.
In 2012, tourists statewide spent a record $71.8 billion, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism agency.
That was the first time since 2007 that spending reached pre-recession levels.
Booked rooms
In Sarasota County, 90 percent of all hotel rooms are booked in March, historical data shows.
Last year, those hotel and vacation rentals were at nearly 95 percent occupancy — the highest level in more than seven years.
Most hotels and vacation rentals become profitable when average occupancy reaches the 70 percent mark.
But in April 2012, occupancy levels dropped off to 73 percent. Though that was still the highest percentage for the month since 2007, it represented the start of what is typically a three-month slowdown before tourists return for the summer.
Average daily room rates also drop from March to April. Last year, room prices declined by nearly $30 a night in Sarasota County in April.
This year, with the holiday coming as March winds down, tourism businesses are bracing for what could be a similar — or worse — drop-off.
"Most of the tourists for the season are checking out the last day of March," said Tom Heatherman, spokesman with Michael Saunders & Co., a regional real estate brokerage firm that rents vacation properties in Southwest Florida counties.
"We are not booked solid (for April) like we were in March," Heatherman said. "But we're noticing that the owners of the properties are coming back for April and May, and will leave before the summer season kicks in."
The Longboat Key Club is on pace for its second consecutive record-setting year.
The 440-acre resort has very few vacancies in its 218-room hotel and suites property through the Easter holiday, said spokeswoman Sandra Rios.
"Usually around Easter, our guests extend their stays, but with the holiday falling early, we're not seeing as much of that," Rios said. "April is usually a time where we reach out to the drive-in markets."
Managers at the resort and club — offering 45 holes of golf, tennis courts, a 291-slip marina, an upscale spa and six restaurants — expect a very positive 2013 after posting its best summer last year.
"We're looking to replicate the same traffic during the summer again by hosting more group business travel," Rios said.
The club, which also has 12,000 square feet of meeting space, offered incentives and business travel packages earlier this year.
Stretching the season
On Anna Maria Island, the high tourism season stretches a bit longer than in other parts of Southwest Florida, said David Teitelbaum, who owns and manages four island resort properties.
"We didn't see a slowdown in April last year and don't expect to see it this year," Teitelbaum said. "We'll be busy after Easter and stay busy until September."
As with the Longboat Key Club, the owners of La Playa, a 21-unit condominium complex that's also on the big key, hope to get an April bounce from rental- unit owners who return.
"We book a lot of family vacations, where you see grandparents, their children and grandchildren during the spring-break time," said Dick O'Dowd, who co-owns the property with his wife, Karen.
"As we get into April and May, most of our owners start coming back."
Jeanne McNally, a suburban D.C. resident who has stayed at La Playa every spring for the last eight years, spent the week before Easter there with her husband, children, parents and sister.
"This is a great place to travel to with a family," she said.
As stellar tourism season winds down, fears of an April slump
Hoteliers and tourist-related businesses throughout Southwest Florida are bracing for a slower-than-average April — despite a winter visitor season that has been arguably stronger than last year's record-setter.


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General Comments: Futures were lower Friday on follow through selling from less than expected export sales reported Thursday by USDA. News that India and China would sell into local markets from government supplies in an effort to keep prices down on Tuesday had its effect as well. The market has already rallied a lot and now seems to be correcting lower. A sideways to lower trade could develop until the end of the month and the USDA planting intentions reports. Demand ideas remain strong overall based on the strong export paces seen in the USDA reports in recent weeks and on reports of tight domestic and world cash markets. Demand is still said to be strong, and sales for export have held up well given the price strength in recent weeks. Some producers in the Delta are noting the recent price rally and might decide to plant more Cotton this year. The plantings intentions report will be released at the end of the week. Weekend weather features rains in the Delta and Southeast and just some light precipitation in Texas. It was cold, but not too cold to hurt anything.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see mostly dry weather until a few showers appear about Friday. Temperatures will average below normal. Texas will get dry weather. Temperatures will average near to below normal. The USDA spot price is now 82.24 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.427 million bales, from 0.424 million yesterday. Informa estimated US Cotton planted area at 10.367 million acres.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed to down with objectives of 82.00, 78.85, and 74.95 May. Support is at 86.20, 85.60, and 85.20 May, with resistance of 89.10, 89.80, and 90.45 May.
General Comments: Futures closed a little higher on forecasts from NOAA for a drier than normal Spring and Summer and on ideas of continuing crop losses from Greening Disease. It was mostly a consolidation trade on Friday. Forecasts calling for colder temperatures through the end of the month provided some buying interest. Temperatures are warm in the state, and conditions are dry, and talk about the potential for more fruit drop and poor development of the crop for next year continues. The temperatures should turn cooler this weekend and should stay cooler all of next week, but some rain could come with the cooler temperatures. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is almost over, and the Valencia harvest is underway. Bloom has been reported in groves in all production areas of the state. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and scattered showers. ICE said that 1,014 notices were posted against March contracts and that total deliveries for the month are 1,014 contracts.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average below normal. USDA said that FCOJ in Cold Storage is now 0.976 billion pounds.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are mixed. Support is at 134.00, 132.00, and 124.00 May, with resistance at 140.00, 141.00, and 144.00 May.
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BRENTWOOD - A Sandown man charged with threatening a woman with a knife after getting into a car accident with her at the Route 28 bypass in Derry claims police had no right to search his vehicle, which led them to discovering he allegedly had narcotic drugs in the vehicle.
Michael Bontaintes, 20, of Derry is facing two counts of criminal threatening for allegedly accosting the female driver and a male passenger in her car after the crash last June 12. Defense lawyers want a judge to throw out drug evidence collected from Bontaintes' truck during the investigation of the crash, saying police needed a search warrant before going through the vehicle.
Derry police responded to the crash at about 10:30 p.m. But when they arrived at the traffic circle, Bontaintes wasn't there, according to court documents.
An officer found Bontaintes and his truck at a Fairway Drive residence and took him into custody a short time later, according to public defender Emily Sieber.
Sieber said in court papers that the officer then searched the truck - following a department policy to take an inventory of the vehicle - but never obtained a search warrant. Police found a knife, a digital scale, aluminum foil with burnt residue and two orange pills later identified as burenophine, according to court records. Bontaintes is arguing that seizing evidence from his truck without a search warrant violated his constitutional rights.
Prosecutors have objected to Bontaintes argument. A judge has scheduled a hearing on the matter for Feb. 21.
In additional to the criminal threatening charges, Bontaintes was also indicted for possession of a controlled drug, conduct after an accident and driving after revocation.
The criminal threatening charges are class B felonies, punishable by up to 3½ to 7 years in state prison. Bontaintes is scheduled for trial the week of March 11.


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TUSCALOOSA | Ten years ago today, Sgt. Randall Ruggs was patrolling with his Marines unit, four days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, when his vehicle was ambushed by five rocket-propelled grenades. "Something in the explosion hit both my legs," Ruggs said. "I lost my left leg. They did a great job to save my right leg. Looking back at everything, I could be legless and it wouldn't be surprising."
TUSCALOOSA | Ten years ago today, Sgt. Randall Ruggs was patrolling with his Marines unit, four days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, when his vehicle was ambushed by five rocket-propelled grenades.
"Something in the explosion hit both my legs," Ruggs said. "I lost my left leg. They did a great job to save my right leg. Looking back at everything, I could be legless and it wouldn't be surprising."
Ruggs, a Monroe, La., resident who is believed to be the first amputee of the Iraq war, played football, baseball and softball in high school, and on Marine football and baseball teams. In one explosive moment, all that seemed to have been taken away.
"All I was thinking was peg leg," Ruggs said. "I didn't know anything about the technology end of it. I wasn't even aware of what the prosthetic world really had."
Over time, Ruggs learned that his days in athletics were not over. Now approaching his 36th birthday, Ruggs will throw out the first pitch Saturday when the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team plays a group of former University of Alabama athletes in a slow-pitch game at Rhoads Stadium.
Ruggs is a member of the Wounded Warrior team, which was founded two years ago by David Van Sleet, an Army veteran from Vermont, a career specialist in prosthetics with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Wounded Warrior team is made up of 15 players, split between veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and between veterans of the Army and Marines, all of whom have had at least one limb amputated.
"When I saw what was coming back from the Afghanistan war, I thought I saw some pretty good athletes," Van Sleet said. "Most of them were all pretty darned good high school and college athletes before they lost their limbs. They didn't think they were going to live and they didn't think they were going to walk, so playing a sport was the furthest thing from their minds.
"I think this has changed their whole outlook on life. To be honest, this is what they were looking for."
The team will play 80 to 100 games this year.
"I see this reaction almost everywhere we go. When this team walks in, most of the people tend to feel sorry for what they're seeing because of everything that has happened with these young guys," Van Sleet said. "Then they see them warming up and having fun, and I think that attitude changes a little bit. Then they see them play, and after about the second inning I think they stop seeing them as amputees because they are pretty good."
The Alabama All-Star team will include former UA football players Carson Tinker, Tyrone Prothro and Wesley Britt, former Crimson Tide softball players Jaz Lunceford, Leah White and Cassie Reilly-Boccia and other former Alabama athletes.
The game was organized by Kate Harris, the UA softball team's director of operations. She is the daughter of a retired Army colonel and the sister of an Army major who served two tours in Iraq and another brother who is a lieutenant currently deployed in Afghanistan.
"It has a little bit to do with wanting to do my part," Harris said. "It's incredibly inspiring. They do it because they want to play and compete and inspire. I want it to be a big deal, a huge event to get everybody out from the community to let them know how much we appreciate them."
Harris got approval from UA coach Patrick Murphy to make the game happen, and found an open date on the Wounded Warrior team's schedule for Saturday.
She scheduled the game to start after Alabama's 1 p.m. game against rival Auburn, and recruited the team of former UA athletes to play.
She also enlisted the Patriot Guard Riders, who will provide a motorcycle escort for the Wounded Warriors to Rhoads Stadium.
Ruggs won't be playing this weekend. He is recovering from an operation on his right knee.
"I have so much shrapnel in my leg, when they take an X-ray it looks like a constellation," he said. "They went in and got some metal out of my knee joint."
Ruggs realizes his playing days will be coming to a close at some point, but still enjoys the game.
"The playing is fun," he said. "The camaraderie with the guys on the team, it's overwhelming. I was just doing my job over there just like all of us were, because we believe in this country. We'd do it a billion times over. We didn't go over there for medals or accolades, any of that, we went because that's what our country needed of us.
"Our eyes have seen so many things. Just to stop in these games and look around at where you are now, it puts a good memory in the memory banks to replace one of the bad memories. Some of these guys were on a tougher life, and this team was what showed them they can live life again. You can't put a price on that for what it has done for the guys on this team, including myself. I get kind of star-struck by it."
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I wrote about Elizabeth Warren's work a few years ago after I read her paper on the US healthcare system[Link]. Her findings were startling - she found that most people who were bankrupted by medical bills had insurance. These were not irresponsible people who did not buy coverage for themselves and their families. Yet, when they got sick, they fell through various cracks and ended up bankrupt.
The passionate professor who spent the last few years giving lectures to explain what she saw as the collapse of the middle class, joined the Democratic Party and defeated the incumbent Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown to win a senate seat:
Watch the video very carefully and listen to her explanation of what led to the collapse of the US middle class. Her detailed analysis of family expenditure over the last 3 decades showed how family savings declined in the US and the key factor that led to the decline was the rise in housing prices. High housing prices along with rising medical cost that consumed a larger and larger component of household income destroyed the American middleclass.
"But those who held on to their homes, I've seen their property values going up, five times, 10 times, 15 times, 20 times. This was the plan which we had from the very beginning, to give everybody a home at cost or below cost and as development takes place, everybody gets a lift, all boats rise as the tide rises." - ex- MM Lee Kuan Yew
PAP leaders have seen rising home prices as a good thing implementing "asset enhancement" as a national policy. Home prices rising 20 times without the corresponding rise in income means that middle class families find it harder to own a home today than 20 years ago. It puts young families into heavy debt and puts them at risk. Elizabeth Warren's speech was given in Jan 2008 before the financial crisis hit and took property price down destroying much of 'paper property wealth' that middle class families were supposed to have "accumulated". When property prices rises faster than median income, there is really no easy net wealth created because in order to cash out of your HDB at a profit you need another Singaporean family to get deeper into debt. You keep doing this until debt levels are no longer sustainable and the merry-go-round stops..it is pattern that has been repeated around the world.
"I think the basic notion is right. Nobody got rich on their own. Nobody. People worked hard, they built a business, God bless, but they moved their goods on roads the rest of us helped build, they hired employees the rest of us helped educate, they plugged into a power grid the rest of us helped build,"


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Posted on January 12, 2012
by Katie McMahon, Reference Librarian
Looking for information about an old Chicago hospital? Or maybe some insight into how a neighborhood looked 100 years ago? Are you researching a Chicago hotel, church, company, or school from the 1800s?
For each of these research problems, a Chicago guidebook from way-back-when may be able to provide some answers. The Newberry has several Chicago guidebooks from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Some of them were published around the time of the 1893 World's Fair and the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Like today's guidebooks, these publications highlight the major city institutions, buildings, stores, companies, historical sites, streets, and neighborhoods .
For example, Chicago: The Marvelous City of the West (1892) offers a detailed 31-day walking tour of the city. It also includes descriptions of cemeteries, libraries, city government, railroads, clubs and societies, theaters, occasional illustrations of buildings and offices, streets and parks. A general index at the front will help you make your way through this dense book.
Published a few years earlier, Marquis' Guide to Chicago (1885) includes sections on "charitable, benevolent and human institutions" such as hospitals and orphanages, and business houses. It also features an index to the guide's text and illustrations.
All About Chicago (1933) has chapters for each area of the city (Loop, North Side, South Side, West Side), as well as chapters on parks and "where to dine and dance." It also features beautiful woodcuts of Chicago spots.
If you are like me, you may find yourself completely distracted from the task at hand as you browse through these guidebooks. They offer a fascinating picture of yesterday's Chicago, and may come in handy in your research.
You can find additional Chicago guidebooks in the Chicago Browsing Section in the General Reading Room and by searching the Newberry's online catalog under these subject headings:
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Black Friday started on Thursday this year. Just when you are free of the multitude of confusing and distorted political commercials that filled the media, along come the multitude of confusing and distorted holiday commercials.
Let me be clear: I am not against advertising. It can provide a most helpful service for any business that presents a clear Value Proposition. But therein lies the catch.
Value Proposition is a term bandied about among marketing gurus, but has little meaning to the typical business person. At its most basic, it is a statement that presents why a customer should buy your product or service why your solution will add more value or reduce risk for your customer better than other solutions that are available.
Most businesses confuse a list of benefits with a Value Proposition. There is a huge difference. A benefit list is a general listing of advantages that may accrue to the user of a specified product or service, but a Value Proposition is specific to target prospects who will benefit the most from your specific product or service. The benefit list is a shotgun while the Value Proposition is a rifle.
Benefit lists vary little between businesses and products while Value Propositions enable you to stand out from every competing business that claims it does what you do.
If you cannot offer a strong reason for buying from you, you will have no choice but to compete on price. The Value Proposition answers the unasked question, Why should I buy from you? Generic answers such as quality or good service will not cut it. Everyone promises quality and good service, but few actually deliver.
As mentioned earlier, a clear Value Proposition allows your advertising message to stand out from the crowd.
To be most effective, however, your Value Proposition must be clearly communicated to your staff members so their actions are consistent with your proposition. It must be part of every communication, message, process and action that emanates from your business. It must be consistent and constant.
A number of elements may be part of your Value Proposition. Specifically define your target market and explain that you are the expert in that market. Show your prospects that you have a better way to meet their need.
Do you customize your product or service to solve their problem? How do you make it easy and convenient to buy or use your product or service? Will you save your customers money? Note that this is different from having the lowest price. People will pay more for a product or service that saves them money over time, or reduces their perceived risk of ownership.
Make your proposition concise and appeal to the strongest components of that proposition.
Make sure you have a Value Proposition, and communicate it in all your messages, externally and internally. If you dont have a Value Proposition, you are accepting the default position of competing on price. Competing on price tells your prospects that you are no different from your competition, and price is the proper way to evaluate your products or services.
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The text included in the message entices users to open the attachment, by trying to convince them it is just a greeting card.
Happy is not considered dangerous, as its only objective is to spread to other computers without causing any destructive effects.
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Cheers erupted at the Rocky Mount Lion's Club Wednesday night when the Rocky Mount Sewer District announced that effluence from a wastewater treatment facility will not drain into Blue Spring Creek as originally planned.
Cheers erupted at the Rocky Mount Lion's Club Wednesday night when the Rocky Mount Sewer District announced that effluence from a wastewater treatment facility will not drain into Blue Spring Creek as originally planned.
The blueprint for the first phase of a six-phase sewer district plan for the north shore of the Lake of the Ozarks called for an extended-aeration wastewater treatment facility behind the Dollar General in Rocky Mount. The facility would have dumped as much as 75,000 gallons of effluence per day into the creek. Landowners along the creek — who are not included in the sewer district as a result of a 2003 vote — protested the effluence plan by addressing the sewer district board, petitioning the plan with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and reaching out to various environmental organizations.
Their efforts to eliminate the effluence in the creek have paid off. The sewer district asked Schultz Surveying and Engineering, their engineering firm, to draw up plans that would divert the effluence away from the creek, over the hill and into the Lake of the Ozarks.
"We don't really want to go to battle with the people on Blue Spring Creek," Judy Kenworthy, Rocky Mount Sewer District treasurer, said following a public hearing in conjunction with DNR Wednesday.
The end goal, according to Kenworthy, is the complete relocation of the facility away from the creek headwaters.
"I am very glad," Donna Skanes, a co-chairperson of the Committee to Save Blue Spring Creek, said of the decision. "And I hope they find a place for a new plant."
Because of a lucrative funding package, including $3 million in grants and a $1 million loan, time is running out to select a new property and create new facility plans — all of which will need to be approved again along with a new water quality and anti-degradation review. Construction originally was slated to begin before June 30 or risk the penalty of funding loss.
"Hopefully they [the DNR] will give us an extension of 90 days," Kenworthy said.
According to Kenworthy and board president Red Jennings, the board is in the process of looking at potential properties closer to the lake.
Blue Spring Creek is considered a "losing" stream, according to Sherri Stoner, a geologist with DNR, meaning the stream loses 30% of it's volume to the underlying aquifer. The original proposed facility was designed with the most stringent regulations to protect the water since a large percent is lost to the bedrock.
Should the board decide on a lakeshore location for the facility, less stringent water regulations are required because the lake is not a "losing" body of water.
Although most of the large crowd celebrated the announcement to divert effluence, the issue is far from dead.
"We care about the lake too," Skanes said. "I think we're going to stay on top of this."
In a portion of public comment, resident Chris Miller suggested that the public reviews multiple options for facilities before the board makes a decision.
"We want a Cadillac, not a Chevy," Miller said, referencing the quality of the treatment facility.
Kenworthy echoed that sentiment, saying that although the regulations are not as strict for a lakeside location, the board would like to apply the most stringent regulations for water quality wherever the facility is located.
A commenting period on the revised treatment facility plan will end on 5 p.m. Feb. 1 and can be submitted to the Rocky Mount Sewer District, P.O. Box 920, Rocky Mount, MO 65072.


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Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar will visit Bishop Hill Monday.
A reception for the former Republican governor will be held from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Steeple Building. The reception is free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Before becoming the 38th governor, Edgar served as secretary of state for 10 years and was elected to the Illinois House from Charleston in 1976. He received a B.S. in history from Eastern Illinois University in 1968.
First elected governor in 1990, he won re-election in 1994 by the largest margin ever for a governor. He left office in 1999 with the highest approval rating of any governor in state history.
Edgar is a Distinguished Fellow at the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs where he interacts with students and lectures at other universities and colleges throughout the state.
He has also served as a resident fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, serves on a variety of corporate and civic boards, and is the President Emeritus of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
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We would like to say a few words about the Paradise Restaurant outdoor live music controversy that has been going on for more than three years.
We would like to say a few words about the Paradise Restaurant outdoor live music controversy that has been going on for more than three years.
The restaurant has been illegally playing outdoor live music when they are not zoned for such. They are only zoned for enclosed indoor music.
It amazes us how certain people can choose to ignore lawful zoning regulations and get by with it. Is it possibly because of political or monetary clout that speaks so loudly?
We elect people to run our counties and to pass good sound zoning regulations in order to help protect all of our real estate values.
It baffles us why the existing zoning regulations for the country cannot be enforced. If the commissioners pass zoning laws, then they should apply equally to everyone and not just those who have special interests.
The Tucker's arrive at their business, crank up their illegal outside loud music, disrupt the surrounding neighbors and when they close for the night, they leave the area and go to their quiet homes.
They don't live here and don't care about developing a good relationship with their surrounding neighbors.
It seems that all that is important to them is doing what they want, when they want, regardless of any regulations or laws they violate.
It appears they just pay the fines and keep doing what they want hoping the neighbors will finally give up.
At the risk of sounding somewhat vindictive, it is because of enduring this illegal, loud outdoor music that is disrupting our neighborhood.
We have worked hard all our lives to be able to afford our dream of having a nice vacation home at Lake of the Ozarks, as did all our neighbors around the cove.
We didn't have a rich daddy to set us up in a business and pay all our legal fees and fines like the Tucker boys.
If all the county commissioners are going to pass zoning requirements, rules and regulations, then they should enforce them.
Why haven't they enforced the laws Paradise Restaurant continues to violate? Is it because the rich daddy can afford the best lawyers?
It is sad that we have to endure this loud, unlawful outdoor music that interrupts the tranquility of the lake life that we had hoped for.
We bought our home knowing the zoning regulations, as did the Tuckers. We have abided by ours — they have not.
We expect the commissioners do the right thing by stepping up and enforcing the existing zoning regulations regarding Paradise Restaurant.


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Bad week for Brentwood man: Gun rally arrest, then fire at homeBy DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 23. 2013 9:35PM
Last Tuesday, Daniel E. Musso Sr. was subdued with a stun gun while being arrested by Concord police at an anti-gun violence rally. Saturday, a chimney fire caused $150,000 in damage to his Brentwood home.
Deputy Chief Gary Raymond of the Brentwood Fire Department said Sunday that Musso was out fishing with his grandsons when heat from a chimney ignited dry wood in the 149 Crawley Falls Road home's frame. Musso uses a combination wood/oil burner to heat water, Raymond said.
"It appears to have started as a chimney fire before extending into framed in space, then up into the roof," Raymond said.
Brentwood investigators called in the state fire marshal and determined the cause was accidental.
Musso owns Musso's Mill Yard at the same address on Crawley Falls Road. A man answering calls at a number listed to Musso said Musso was the owner, but not available. Musso, 52, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault after a confrontation and scuffle with police outside the state Capitol Tuesday. Musso was one of several gun advocates who attended the rally.
The event was organized by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns campaign, which apologized after the New Hampshire Union Leader reported that the group's list of "victims" of gun violence read aloud Tuesday included Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died after a shootout with police April 19.
Musso confronted one speaker, which led to the incident with police.
Once the verbal argument turned physical and officers tried to subdue Musso after he was told he was under arrest, video shows him holding his hands and arms firmly in front of his body while shouting he hadn't done anything wrong, had a heart condition and his two sons were serving in Afghanistan.
Musso spoke to the Union Leader during a send-off event for the New Hampshire Army National Guard 237th Military Police Company in 2007. His sons, Daniel Jr. and David were being deployed for a year to Iraq on a mission of combat support operations.
"They're a team," Daniel Musso Sr. said at the send-off.
The Musso brothers were deployed again in February.
Musso has had a long-running dispute with the Brentwood Volunteer Fireman's Association, eventually losing an appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 2009 over the ownership of a plot of land across the street from his home and business.
Fire Chief Gary Raymond said the dispute was resolved some time ago and the city sold the land last year. He also said Musso was "very amicable" to firefighters who put out the blaze at his home Saturday.
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I certainly agree that noise issues can and are in some cases a problem. The greater problem is the failure of the county to be able to enforce all Planning and Zoning regulations.
*Editor's Note: This opinion is in response to multiple news articles and opinions published in the Lake Sun over the past few weeks in regards to the Camden County noise issues.
This is in response to the noise issue comments recently referred to in your paper.
I certainly agree that noise issues can and are in some cases a problem. The greater problem is the failure of the county to be able to enforce all Planning and Zoning regulations.
In the two cases that were recently described in the paper, (Lazy Gators and Paradise) both are situations where the business/property owners have just apparently refused to comply with the existing regulations.
Neither piece of property is properly zoned for outdoor music.
These owners have decided to just bully their way past the complaints and do as they please.
Somehow, they have declared themselves special people who are exempt from following the same rules as the rest of us.
It is my understanding that numerous attempts have been made by the county to rectify both of these situations including warnings and filing complaints and actually going to court at significant expense to the county. Yet the problems still exists.
In an effort to provide the county with increased ability to enforce compliance with all Planning and Zoning regulations the County Commissioners asked the P&Z board to rewrite ARTICLE 600 ENFORCEMENT AND REVIEW of the Unified Land-use Code.
The P&Z board established a sub-committee to draft the revisions.
This effort took several months to complete.
After completion of the first draft and agreement of the full board, a public hearing was held to receive feedback from the general population.
This feedback was then incorporated into a second draft and another public hearing was held with subsequent input again included in the next draft.
The revised Article 600 provided for a detailed process that would facilitate the county's ability to follow up on complaints, increase fines and provide the property owner with the ability to have more opportunity to have their position reviewed.
This draft was then approved by the board, received legal approval from the county attorney and the Board agreed to send it to the County Commission for review. They chose to table the revised Article 600.
At these public meetings, there were a number of people who attended and approximately ten to twelve who spoke repeatedly in opposition to the changes.
These people who I refer to as "the group" are the same people who seem to appear at other public meetings.
They seem to be adversarial, negative and to my knowledge have never offered a single positive alternative to any change they oppose.
Several vocal members of "the group" do not live in the planning and zoning district and at least one of them states she does not even live in Camden County.
These people and their property are not in any way impacted by anything planning and zoning does.
Their tactics are to attempt to hide behind the United States Constitution, the flag and never confuse the issue with facts.
I have heard them give speeches on the founding fathers, the 4th Amendment, the EPA, OSHA, etc.
While all of these are noble subjects, it is a stretch to see how they directly impact Camden County Planning and Zoning.
They make claims that have been proven false, post unsigned negative and untrue comments on the internet and in general offer no positive comments whatsoever.
While "the group" likes to hide behind a person's property rights, they fail to see that people other then themselves also have property rights.
For every complaint that is received by the county, there are two sides to each one, not just the rights of "the group."
What was lacking at the public hearings was citizens who would support the proposed changes and ensure Camden County moves forward and does not revert back to the 1950s and 1960s as "the group" seems to prefer.
As a result of this lack of public support, Commissioner Luber read a prepared statement prior to the Commission vote stating something to the effect that the citizens of Camden County have spoken and the Commission voted 2 to 0 and tabled the revised Article 600.
What Commissioner Luber did was support only "the group" and not all of the citizens of Camden County as his oath specifies. Commissioner Thomas voted to table this issue after voting yes to have Article 600 revised.
Commissioner Franken did not vote.
If each of you personally wants to ensure your property rights are protected and your property values are not diminished because some people and "the group" want to do anything they choose to their property you should do two things; email, write or telephone your county commissioner today and express your concerns and ask that the revised Article 600 be taken off the table and put in place, and secondly make certain you attend the next public hearing and voice your support.


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Vaughan calls for England shake-up
Ian Bell will miss the fifth and final Royal London Series match against India and former England captain Michael Vaughan would like to see him miss the World Cup as well.
Many questions have been asked of England's one-day set-up after three successive heavy defeats against India in the past week, with captain Alastair Cook coming in for particular criticism from many quarters.
Vaughan believes that Cook should stand down from 50-over duty but would like to see the changes go further than the man at the helm ahead of the World Cup next year, with Bell - who has played 148 ODIs for England - also in the firing line.
Ian Bell will not play for England on Friday
"It means sweeping away a lot of baggage and having a clear-out of guys like Cook and Ian Bell," he wrote in his Daily Telegraph column, published online. "But England one-day cricket needs a refresh."
Vaughan would like to see the likes of Alex Hales and Jason Roy given a more prominent role in the side and believes that the style of cricket played and advocated by Cook is no longer fit for purpose in the modern limited-overs game.
"Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Andrew Strauss and myself thought we could do the job - but we were Test match cricketers and could not adapt," he added.
"Cook is cut from similar cloth and, at the moment, he is dropping players from the team who are better one-day cricketers than him.
"The captain is going up to players telling them they are not in the team - and they must be looking back wondering 'how are you still in it?'"
Vaughan advocates replacing Cook as captain with limited-overs specialist Eoin Morgan, and insists it is not too late for a rethink from England coach Peter Moores and his management colleagues.
"With six months to go, other teams are looking at this side and hoping that Cook remains as captain, and opens the batting at next year's World Cup - because they know if that happens England will not be a threat," he said.
"I am speaking out now because, with 13 games to go to the World Cup, there is time to make a difference."
Bell, meanwhile, broke his left big toe after being struck on it while facing throw-downs in practice drills before Tuesday's nine-wicket defeat at Edgbaston, where his number three position was instead filled by Gary Ballance.
An England and Wales Cricket Board press release explained on Wednesday afternoon that Bell has played his last international match of the summer.
It read: "England and Warwickshire batsman Ian Bell has been ruled out of the final Royal London ODI against India on Friday with a small fracture to his left big toe, sustained yesterday before the ODI at Edgbaston.
"Bell will not be replaced in the squad for the remaining match."
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BAYFIELD Anyone cutting a Christmas tree on public land can get a nice-looking species while contributing a tiny bit to forest health, says Dave Crawford, a U.S. Forest Service forester.
The white fir is a nice-looking tree and a viable substitute for a ponderosa pine or a Douglas fir, which foresters want to protect, Crawford said Monday as he headed for Beaver Meadows to cut the yule tree for his office here.
The spruce and subalpine fir also make nice Christmas trees, he said.
Crawford was accompanied by Barbara Telecky, who wanted a tree for the lobby of the Public Lands Center in Durango where she handles visitor information at the San Juan Mountains Association.
We have prolific white fir but not a lot of the others, Crawford said. In fact, its prohibited to cut ponderosa pine and Douglas fir in the San Juan National Forest.
No trees at all can be cut in La Plata Canyon because delineation between public and private land is not clear, he said. Its also prohibited to cut trees in wilderness areas or within 100 feet of campgrounds, picnic areas and recreation sites.
Foresters want to spare the ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, which are more finicky about their habitat, Crawford said.
In pre-settlement times, he said, natural wildfires kept forests open to sunlight and forest floors relatively clear of duff, conditions that the ponderosa and, to a lesser extent, the Douglas fir, need for optimum growth.
But firefighting philosophy changed. Instead of allowing nature to take its course, every wildfire was stopped as soon as possible.
The result was overgrown forests with dominating canopies that created shade and a buildup of duff and downed timber not the habitat in which the ponderosa pine and Douglas fir thrive.
The Doug fir can tolerate conditions that ponderosa cant, but its still a critical species, Crawford said. Other conifer species can live under the canopy.
Douglas fir also are under the threat of a bark beetle, Crawford said.
Its almost epidemic proportions, Crawford said.
But white fir is a species that survives in the shade of taller species.
But its hardier nature contributes to the proliferation of a species which, during a wildfire, becomes ladder fuel that carries flames to the branches of larger trees, Crawford said.
So a white fir, as a Christmas tree can be, at the same time, elegant as well as environmentally friendly, Crawford said.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads.
Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students' tech savvy and the demand for quicker results. The tests will still have the familiar multiple-choice options for college hopefuls but they will also expand to include interactive portions, such as a simulated science lab for students to conduct experiments or space for students to explain concepts in their own words.
"The days of paper-and-pencil admission testing are changing," Jon Erickson, president of ACT's education division, said during an interview ahead of the company's announcement this week that it would shift to iPads, laptops and desktop computers and away from the familiar optical scan bubble sheets.
"We're attempting to meet students where they are today," he said.
Several states already use computers for statewide tests, and Iowa-based ACT works with 22 of them, from Alaska to Florida. But testing in Kentucky was suspended last week after ACT officials discovered glitches.
Problems with other vendors forced Indiana, Minnesota and Oklahoma to delay their high-stakes testing.
In part, that is why ACT is not rushing to start online offerings for the tests, which help determine, in part, if applicants get into their chosen schools and what scholarships they receive.
ACT officials stress that the traditional, 215-question fill-in-the-bubble tests still would be available for those who prefer the paper-and-No. 2 pencil option.
"Access and comfort level of students will continue to be on the top of our mind," Erickson said. "We don't want to measure a student's computer skills or fears. The most important part will be measuring their learning in school and college readiness standards."
The new testing format — still two years away and optional even then — comes as 45 states and the District of Columbia align their classrooms with Common Core standards, which stress students' reasoning skills over rote memorization. The ACT, which is designed to test students' high school learning, naturally follows the shift in classroom instruction.
"Hopefully, this will be more relevant than just sitting down and taking a fill-in-the-bubble test," Erickson said.
The tests will still have the familiar sections to measure students' English, math, reading and science understanding, as well as the optional writing section that some colleges require.
"It will look like an ACT in many ways. Some of it will be multiple choice," Erickson said. "There will be some areas where students will manipulate and write. One item that we've been playing with is in a science experiment where students pour liquids from one beaker into another. ... They will work through an experiment from start to finish."
Erickson acknowledged several details have yet to be finalized. For instance, will students' scores be interchangeable and comparable whether they take the tests on an iPad or with a pencil? Will the tests have difference scales based on the format? Will students be able to bring their own iPads with them? What about testing sites that don't have enough devices for all students? And how can test proctors be sure no one is cheating on devices loaded with the Internet, email and all varieties of applications?
"We've been working on this for a number of years. We'll be continuing some field tests," Erickson said.
The digital option will also help ease students' impatience.
The ACT advises students to expect their results in four to six weeks, but their scores typically arrive in about two weeks. With the shift to digital testing, the results could come within minutes of students clicking the "submit" button on their device, although company officials say some delay to verify and record the scores is likely.
In 2012, almost 1.7 million students took the ACT, which is one of two dominant tests high school students take as part of their college applications. Roughly the same number took rival SAT. Those exams are still administered with pencil and paper.
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