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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thank you, Lloyd Carr
What Michigan supporters saw during his retirement announcement was a coach who truly embodied Bo Schembechler's mantra of "The Team. The Team. The Team." What jaded sports fans witnessed was a man who still put principle above a paycheck. What the sport lost was a teacher who realized the "big game" was simply a way to instill larger lessons regarding the big picture.
Unfortunately, we live in an era, especially when it comes to athletic competition, where many of us claim to care about the above but deep down - and usually less so - all that really matters is the scoreboard, baby. And to many in the Michigan family, Carr had fallen short in that column of late. So while they profess their admiration for the man, deep down - and usually less so - they were happy to see the coach step aside.
Never mind that Carr never had a losing season in 13 years at the helm. Forget that the school never once had the hint of a scandal during his tenure. Who cares that keeping any team among the nation's elite year in and year out is a much tougher assignment than its ever been (see: Nebraska, Notre Dame and Miami). It simply wasn't enough for some.
And I'm not naive, blind or an apologist. Yes, the recent bowl losses and stumbles against Ohio State stung. But college football, like life, is a game of ups and downs. To wax less poetically than Carr at his press conference yesterday: Shit happens. There is an ebb and flow to everything...except the unwieldy expectations of Michigan fans.
Thus, U-M begins its search for a new coach. Forget interest or availability, I just hope the person we're looking for exists. You know, someone able to contend for a national title every year, win each bowl game and never lose to Ohio State. If not, watch out. We Michigan fans are like some long-married guy going through a perpetual mid-life crisis: the grass is always greener, the coach of "that team" is always sexier.
But to some, the coaching situation is already looking up because whoever it is, it won't be Carr. Which really is a shame. Because a special part of a Michigan just retired yesterday. Yet, sadly, too many peopled failed to realize just how good we had it.
Thank you, Coach Carr, for everything you did. Both on and off the field.
32 comments:
- Mark said...
Thanks Lloyd. You will be missed. I am a little scared about the future though. Hoping Michigan doesnt turn into a Notre Dame or Nebraska. The next coach will have huge shoes to fill. Hope the focus continues to be on a Big Ten title and Rose Bowl birth and most importantly "The Team, The Team, The Team"
- November 20, 2007 3:43 AM
- Steve Traugh said...
I think a lot of Michigan fans are being very naive about the new coaching situation. Odds are, we have a couple miserable seasons ahead of us, at best. Worst case is we end up like ND, Nebraska, or Miami. I really don't want that to happen.
- November 20, 2007 4:19 AM
- Dezzi said...
Lloyd is a classy gentleman and I hope that with his role in the athletic department, he is able to instill, at least a little, on his successor.
I can't remember exactly which game this year, when Henne was hurt (am too lazy to look up) and at the half, the sideline reporter came over to him and asked, "Lloyd, do you know what the injury to Chad Henne is?"... Lloyd got that sly grin and replied, "Yes." .... that made me laugh.
Every program has their hard times, and for Michigan to not pull a Nebraska or Notre Dame is definitely something Lloyd can look back on and be proud of.
Thanks for the years.... thanks for 1997... thanks for the Big Ten championships... you will be missed.
- November 20, 2007 4:49 AM
- Maize said...
Excellent post Yost.
There are times you don't realize what you have until you no longer have it. For all that drove us crazy about him, we will end up missing him because he made us passionate for Michigan football.
It will be a miracle if Michigan can find someone that remotely resembles Lloyd to fill that honored post as the head coach of University of Michigan.
- November 20, 2007 7:30 AM
- Taaha Haq said...
I have not been so depressed since we lost Bo last year. A loss to OSU sucks, but losing our coach, regardless of when whether he wanted to leave or not, really feels terrible. He truly was an exceptional coach. I could never stand the sub par Michigan fan that asked for his head each time we lost. Its hard to win consistently each year and I would much rather be a team that may contend for the championship each year, rather than win it for 1 year and suck for the next 10 years.
What a great coach. I'll miss him lot.
- November 20, 2007 7:55 AM
- Katie said...
Thank you Lloyd for loving the student athlete, for understanding just what this game is about. There is no replacing you and I do hope that you stay around to help instill and build some of that love for the young men playing this game to the next coach we get.
- November 20, 2007 8:10 AM
- TitleIX said...
Coaching, while all consuming, is only a FRACTION of what Lloyd Carr does for the community here in Ann Arbor.
The amount of publicized and UNpublicized charity work he does is extraordinary.
The amount of money he has raised to fight cancer, the support he has provided to the construction of the new Children and Women's Hospital is unparalleled.
Truly above and beyond.
He also does the seemingly little, yet amazingly important things, like writing letters of recommendation for the volunteer undergraduates who work for the athletic department....
imagine that in your portfolio!
I just met a 22 year old woman who has such a letter from Lloyd.
Lloyd is old school. Storybook.
The game is not.
This is a watershed moment for the Michigan program folks.
Buckle up.
- November 20, 2007 9:11 AM
- Mikoyan said...
Speaking as a graduate of a school which takes the $450K to be a patsy (but still a fan of the team that pays that out), it is tough to win all the time. With the reduction of scholarships and money split amongst the conference it's going to get even tougher. Granted, when a team doesn't win the games it should win, it's very frustrating.
I will admit that I wanted to see Lloyd's head on a platter after the first two losses but he managed to right the ship and put together a nice string of wins. That takes something special. Especially since the thing that usually happens after the tailspin is the flat stall and then subsequent crash. (This is evidenced as several years of watching the Lions)
Anyways, it's nice to see a person of his stature and position that didn't lose perspective on things. That's tough in this day and age and the fact that he decided to hang up his spurs attests to that.
I hope that the next coach will be as special but I suspect he's going to be more of a rented goon like Saban. Waiting in the wings for the next big opportunity.
- November 20, 2007 9:22 AM
- Corey said...
Thanks Lloyd for everything you've done for the student atheletes, the football program, and the University.
Now you'll have time to join Yost and Benny here at this site ... I look forward to reading your posts!
- November 20, 2007 9:33 AM
- Crock said...
Great Post!
I feel bad for what Coach Carr must've gone through this season. I never bought a "Fire Carr" shirt - but I certainly felt that way in September. Now- I can admit how wrong I was.
Carr is a good, solid man. He should not have been treated like he was by so many.
As for getting a new coach - it's scary as all get out to me. I keep thinking of Notre Dame and Michigan State with all there "rebuilding" seasons and coaches comings and goings.
I don't expect the next few years to be too much fun. What coach would want to come to Michigan knowing that if they lose 2 games a season - they'll be written off?
I'm sure a lot of people will be thinking, you really don't know what you've got till it's gone.
- November 20, 2007 9:33 AM
- --Chris said...
Lloyd will be missed for sure. A class act through and through, but even he admitted that he no longer had certain attributes that it takes to keep the program to the next level.
That said - Michigan needs to have a big hire, whether it be Les Miles or not - they MUST get a nationally respected coach to sustain the tradition and integrity of Michigan Football. Michigan is not a stepping stone - it is the pinnicle of a coaches career and the position should be filled as such.
On a side note, UM needs a big name coach that can help sell those new luxury boxes. Hell, look at MSU - they hired a coach that they thought was a "big name" and had school ties, but yet did they sell out a single game other than the UM game? I think not. Wins and losses are one thing - but the millions of dollars generated through ticket sales cetainly doesn't hurt.
- November 20, 2007 12:08 PM
- lane said...
yup - last of his breed, in as much of those whom may be brought in.
mine is an opinion of a buckeye - Lloyd IS one hell of a coach & human being....undeniably!
UM's pastures may be green around the corner, but they won't be greener than they just were.
(JoePa could learn a thing or two from Lloyd)
- November 20, 2007 12:26 PM
- hitlerwasabuckeye said...
Very well put. 1997 was almost to good to us. We gained 3/4 NC title trophies, only letting one go to Nebraska. We had the coach of the year and the only defensive heisman winner ever. I think that coming all at once made the expectations on Lloyd sky-rocket and when we didnt see it happen again, we as fans began to feel let down but nonetheless, thank you for 1997, it was an incredible season that I hope we can soon relive. GO BLUE!
- November 20, 2007 2:22 PM
- Yost said...
You are so, so right.
- November 20, 2007 2:25 PM
- Breaston154LIFE said...
Well to repeat what everyone else has been saying, Lloyd Carr will be missed. I always liked him, I thought he was a great coach.
I remember after the 2005 season all the fire lloyd shirts and websites came firing through. I always defended him through my blog, face to face while talking debating, and I will still defend him. I knew he was going to leave after the OSU game, everyone knew.
To those people who detested
Lloyd Carr, name me ONE coach out there who will be the class act he is.
I am looking forward to the off-season. I'm looking forward to see who the next Michigan coach will be. To the Lloyd haters, if this new coach doesn't repeat success, remember you wanted him gone. Don't complain either if Michigan goes through a couple of rough seasons, you got your wish.
- November 20, 2007 3:28 PM
- Jessica said...
I'm just glad Lloyd still has a place at Michigan, just like Bo did after he retired. To lose him completely would have been a huge blow.
Thank you for all your class, your integrity, and your sheer love of the game and the university. I only hope your successor will share these qualities.
- November 20, 2007 4:27 PM
- Korematsu said...
Yost, I agree. Lloyd was a great guy, and the world really needs people like him. But from what I read, this is what you're saying (correct me if I'm wrong): "Lloyd is classy, noble, genuine, respectable. Because he has such qualities, he was a great guy, and a good football coach. Because he was a good football coach, Michigan fans are stupid for calling for his resignation when times were low at U of M football."
Here's my problem with all of this. You're conflating the idea of someone being a classy person as compensating for lack of performance. Let's not forget how much money U of M paid Lloyd. Do businesses keep people around because they are "good people?" No. Can I walk into a job and not meet my job expectations, but keep my job because I'm a nice person? No. Businesses look for someone who is BOTH a good person and who can perform. The fact that someone is an admirable person, in the business world, doesn't make up for their lack of performance in their job expectations.
You want to know why the Big Ten football and it's fans will never be as good as SEC football and their fans? Because Big Ten fans don't understand this. They don't understand the actual money that the school is paying these people. They hang their hat on the idea that someone's character makes up for performance. And when the performance is there, we say "oh, he's a great coach." But when the performance isn't there, we don't say "hey, how much is this guy making again." And don't give me that crap about college coaches getting paid more than him. Every college coach, if they are paid six figures, should be held to the "perform or else standard." Pay a Michigan coach half a million for not beating Ohio State? Man, I need an analagous job like that.
MICHIGAN IS KNOWN FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL! I say, get the best coach we can get, but also try to get someone that's respectable. If that new coach doesn't perform, then he needs to go. If we pay Les $4.5 Million to get him to Ann Arbor, and there's no championship in 3 years, he needs to go. Basically, what I hear you saying is "forget about the money we pay him, he's a nice guy." Michigan stands for employing "nice guys" but U of M also stands for football excellence. To say that U of M fans are fickle in this sense is being way to simplistic and naive. Or maybe you're just caught up in the moment of Lloyd's retirement.
Thanks Lloyd. You've done Michgian well. But it is time to move on. But don't feel too bad for him either, his pockets are well lined.
- November 20, 2007 6:23 PM
- Korematsu said...
Also, let's not forget that Lloyd didn't really "right the ship' as some say after App State and Oregon. If we had faced another non-Big Ten, spread offense we would've been dominated. Michigan fans need to find a way NOT to lose their memories so damn frequently.
This problem has been going on for a while. Remember the MSU game in '04 (the first half)? Remember Troy Smith? Vince Young? Brad Banks? ALL those September road losses? Comeon Michigan fans! Get off of our soap boxes, and DEMAND excellence from our schools! Or else, be prepared to ride the Michigan name from the 1980s-90s until we get left behind in the dust.
- November 20, 2007 6:35 PM
- TitleIX said...
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- November 20, 2007 6:43 PM
- TitleIX said...
your two concepts are NOT mutually exclusive.
there are many examples of business leaders who have integrity, while simultaneously exhibiting innovation, and breeding success.
so don't bring that SEC comparison crap around here, please please please. I don't want to be like an SEC school (AMEN)
- November 20, 2007 6:46 PM
- Taaha Haq said...
Yeah he was a great person but youre getting something wrong. He was ALSO a great coach. He got success real early which was his major 'problem'.
As an alum, i find it offensive taht you think that UM is known only for its football. That on its own would bring us to the level of an SEC team. The university is great way BEYOND the big house. Ask your lawyers, doctors, i bankers, consultants etc... most of them wil l be UM grads.
Like i said before, i would much rather win the Big 10 and contend for the championship each year, than be a Nebraska, ND or even LSU (as it will be in a couple of yrs regardless if LM stays or not).
- November 20, 2007 6:58 PM
- Yost said...
I simply disagree with you. You seem to think Lloyd was a failure or "lacked success" only when measured against the impossible. He retires as the 7th winningest coach in the COUNTRY. He NEVER had a losing season. He won 5 Big Ten Titles in 13 years. He was 3 points away from playing for his second national title last year, a game that came less than 24 hours after the death of his best friend and mentor.
Lloyd Carr is a success in every *realistic* measurable way, on and off the field. As I said in my post, do the recent losses sting? Sure. But life in all facets is never a straight trajectory.
Oh, and regarding the money...
While Lloyd is paid an incredible amount when compared to the average working stiff out there cheering the team on, when compared to the salaries of the top coaches at the top football programs, he is probably the biggest bargain in the country.
- November 20, 2007 7:32 PM
- Sabas G. said...
It is unfair to Lloyd to praise him by counterexample, but given Yost's review of Carr's unassailable record (the only thing I can think to add is to mention Carr's reverence and respect for the game itself) perhaps a comparison will help explain what a profound loss his leaving could represent. Carr is not an Urban Meyer, who regards his coaching role as a personal vehicle. Carr is not Jim Tressel, who runs a program full of thugs and miscreants (remember when that buckeye choked the Wisconsin quarterback - Jim Sorgi, maybe?).
People who understand what Michigan represents realize a winning program that doesn't exhibit the integrity and class of Carr's is worthless to this school.
- November 20, 2007 9:11 PM
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- November 20, 2007 10:14 PM
- tabithasaysgoblue said...
The end of an era...it is always hard to make change and I just hope that the next coach does have the same level of integrity that Lloyd Carr had in every facet of his "job". He will be missed and always respected!
- November 20, 2007 10:16 PM
- IamCris said...
During the press conference there was something that really stood out to me and brought clarafication to my understanding of the severity of this. There was a question asked of Coach Carr to the effect of "So what do you do now"(where do you go from here)?
Coach Carr replied "hopefully something meaningful". Coach Carr is selfless.
This man is greatness, this man is a champion. Don't forget the conditions in which Lloyd Carr accepted the head coaching job.
His beneficiary should be so lucky to follow a great man.
- November 20, 2007 10:22 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Read the other day regarding some of the circumstances of Carr getting the job involved Joe Paterno calling Michigan's AD and recommending Carr's interim label be removed and offered the head position.
hmmm... I wonder how State Penn feels about that recommendation now.
- November 20, 2007 11:11 PM
- Korematsu said...
I understand why people feel the way they do about Lloyd. He was a GREAT person. And a GREAT coach. And for the first 5 or 6 years, I would've given him that. But you have to admit that he fell off of the edge the last few years. I'm not saying that this guy sucked. I'm not saying that at all. All I'm saying is that we have to get down to the roots of what U of M football is all about.
I too am a Michigan alum ('05). I agree, that Michigan is famous for many, many other things other than football. But I am originally from the South, and I'm for those that live outside of the midwest, the University of Michigan is PRIMARILY known for football. Let me ask the Midwesterners this--what do you first think of when you hear "University of North Carolina Tarheels?" College basketball or a fine public academic institution? What about the University of Florida? Reputable law school or great football team? What about the University of Texas? Vince Young and co or a school on the same academic level as Michigan?
My point is simply this. We as fans and alumni should give Lloyd the praise he deserves. He should NOT be remembered just for the 2007 season. He did a lot for the University of Michigan, and he advanced our reputation as a program (Rose Bowls in '03, '04, and '06 are not bad at all in my eyes). I'm just frustrated with the mentallity that everyone is taking, that "now that Lloyd is gone, Michigan is at a loss." Screw that. Lloyd was a great guy. But do you want to see a coach that beats Ohio State? Do you want to see a coach that gains the respect of the entire college football community? Let's not forget, we are looking hiring a COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH. You may think that Michigan has a great reputation around the country, but that is simply a function of the past success that Michigan is riding off of. Go to any other part of the country and ask them about Michigan and Ohio State. And you'll see who garners more college football respect as of now. Before you start dissing Ohio State, remember this. Since 2005, Ohio State has only lost the following games: Texas (eventual national championship winner), Penn State (finished #3 the year that they lost), Florida (eventual national championship winner), and Illinois. Can Michigan reach that level? More importantly, should we expect this from our program? Or should we just be content with the way things are?
We need to bring emotion to the job at U of M. And we need to move beyond Lloyd, who has done good things, and say that we want even better things. I don't see how the Big House can pack so many people week in and week out, but still have fans that are SO emotionless about wanted to see their school reach greatness and command the respect of the rest of the country. I mean, we are MICHIGAN FOOTBALL!!!!!!
- November 20, 2007 11:37 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Carr is not Jim Tressel, who runs a program full of thugs and miscreants (remember when that buckeye choked the Wisconsin quarterback - Jim Sorgi, maybe?)."
Tearing someone else down doesn't raise your stock. Not very Carr-like of you.
- November 20, 2007 11:44 PM
- Korematsu said...
And I don't want to be an SEC school either. But I sure as hell DO want our football program to be as respectable as an SEC football program. How can you possibly be a Michigan football fan and NOT want this? I want our fans to be as crazy and dedicated as SEC fans? Why isn't it possible to have both? Why can't we have a fine academic institution and still have fans that are passionate and that want to win? Michigan is in dire need of someone who will inject some passion into Michigan fans. Don't get me wrong, a good number of Michigan fans are passionate. But SO many are not. If you don't believe me about the emotion in the Big House, man, take a trip to most other "traditional" college football powerhouse stadiums, and you will see emotion. On several, several occasions, I've brought non-Michigan friends into the Big House. They expect the Michigan name to embody tradition and passion, but they are left with the impression that Michigan fans are way too calm and not emotional and passionate about their team and the game at all.
You don't want to be an SEC school? Neither do I. Because we're Michigan, a fine academic school. But I do want to our football program to command respect in the college football world. We deserve that. We, as Michigan fans and alumni need to get off of this kick, feeling that Michigan is a special place that is the end all be all of respect. If we want respect, we have to earn it. We shouldn't just expect respect just because we're Michigan. Bo earned his respect by beating Ohio State in the big games. Any other measure of success, purely in football (and not in life) that is not measured by performance is simply just excuses. We can still bring in respectable players that can be coached to win big games. I'm not saying that we should be fickle fans. ALWAYS stick by your team. NEVER leave a game early. ALWAYS keep the faith. But simultaneously, ALWAYS expect greatness and ALWAYS be disappointed when we are not the best of the best. That is what Michigan football should be all about.
- November 20, 2007 11:59 PM
- Breaston154LIFE said...
Kore, i think the worry is, is that Michigan wont find a coach who will be able to beat Ohio State, who will be able to keep Michigan as the winngest program in college football history, and to win national championships.
I worry about this...look at Charlie Weis after he lost all of his playmakers, his ship sunk completely to the bottom of the deepest ocean (right in front of Duke mind you).
When Michigan gets the new coach, he will be without all of his playmakers and probably Manningham too.
But, I think we will be fine.
Ha I kind of got way off topic. O well
- November 21, 2007 4:53 PM
- CaliGirl said...
I am a little late on this comment, due to travel...however, this was well put and my sentiments exactly.
I have never watched Blue football without Carr...it still feels odd to even think about him not on the sidelines.
Nervously awaiting the new coach and season! In the interim....
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The Ocala Police Department SWAT Team provided assistance to the strike team.
Upon entering the residence at 822 SE 33rd Ave., agents found what they described as an elaborate indoor marijuana grow operation in the master bedroom. A closet and bathroom had been converted into a grow facility, with lights, timers, filters and other accessories. The authorities found 51 live marijuana plants, marijuana hanging to dry and processed marijuana in a freezer, according to reports.
Troy Douglas Mullins, 38, told the officials he has been growing marijuana in his bedroom for the past year, according to a report. Officials also reported finding cocaine and hydrocodone pills inside a container in a pair of Mullins' pants. He said the cocaine was for the holiday weekend, but wouldn't comment about the pills, the report noted.
Mullins faces several charges, including cultivation of marijuana and possession of cocaine. He was booked at the Marion County Jail at 10:40 a.m. and was released at 9:41 p.m. in lieu of bonds totaling $22,500, according to Sheriff's Office records.
Around the same time Mullins' house was being searched, officials also went to 3504 SE 13th St., where they found a marijuana grow operation inside a garage.
Martin Allen Cain, 40, told the officials that of the 83 marijuana plants found in the garage, 48 were in what he described as the nursery, according to reports.
The agents saw lights, timers, filters, fans, numerous bottles of liquid fertilizer and herbicides.
Cain told agents he had been growing marijuana for the past year and a half, the report noted.
Cain was charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released from the jail late Wednesday on bonds totaling $12,500.
Also arrested at the same location were Estell Albert Garwood III and Darrell G. Heffler Jr.
Garwood, 31, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after a glass marijuana pipe was found near where he was sitting. Garwood said the pipe was not his, but when he heard police at the door, he removed the pipe from a table and stuffed it in a chair close to him. He was released from the jail in lieu of a $500 bond.
Inside the bedroom of Heffler, 37, officials found a black plastic container under the mattress that contained hydrocodone pills and a small baggie of marijuana. On top of a dresser was loose marijuana and in a dresser drawer was a glass container of marijuana. Heffler was charged with possession of hydrocodone, possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia. After posting bonds totaling $6,000, he was released from the jail late Wednesday.
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Hacking Maps: Who Are the Neighbors Voting For?06/17/2005
Editor's note: Michael Frumin presents this hack on Fundrace--born out of other hacks--that he contributed to the recently released Mapping Hacks. Michael has prepared a talk on Fundrace, called "Visualizing Democracy," which he'll present at O'Reilly's Where 2.0 Conference, June 29-30, in San Francisco.
Fundrace can show you which political candidates and parties have the most support in your area—and which of your neighbors are supporting them.
The financial machinations of presidential election campaigns are not as distant, highbrow, or incomprehensible as one might think, and the website http://www.fundrace.org/ will show you why. Enter your address and ZIP Code into its Neighbor Search, as shown in Figure 2-8, and you are immediately provided with a vista of the political landscape of your neighborhood. By aggregating and geocoding campaign contribution records, Fundrace allows you to uncover a little more about the pocket depth and political sentiment of your friends, coworkers, relatives, and neighbors.
Figure 2-8. A Fundrace Neighbor Search
Fundrace is the result of questions asked and hacks committed by researchers working at Eyebeam (http://eyebeam.org/), a nonprofit, nonpartisan arts and technology organization in New York City. Fundrace is built on a database of presidential campaign finance records published by the United States Federal Election Commission (FEC). These records include the amount and date of each contribution totaling over $200, along with the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of the corresponding contributor. With individual contributions to campaigns capped at $2,000, and campaigns raising tens of millions of dollars at a stroke, this amounts to a fair heap of information for anyone to try to interpret meaningfully.
In the autumn of 2003, the financing of the presidential primary campaigns, especially those using grassroots fundraising over the Web, was a prevalent topic in the national media. The content and presentation style of other existing campaign finance websites, such as http://www.opensecrets.org/ and http://www.fecinfo.com/, did not seem likely to attract the attention of anyone who wasn't actively seeking out this information already. The first iteration of Fundrace consisted of a number of simple statistical rankings and a handful of national fundraising maps, intended to help people draw some distinctions among the wide field of candidates running at the time.
Despite offering a modicum of satire, Fundrace 1.0 didn't reach much further than other sites of a similar nature. By far, the most popular feature of the initial experiment was the national red-versus-blue Money Map (Figure 2-9), in which each county was shaded either red or blue, depending on whether Republicans or Democrats had raised more money there, respectively.
Figure 2-9. A Money Map of the United States, Democrats versus Republicans, by county
Figure 2-10. A Fundrace map of Manhattan
The next step in the right direction came when a Bostonian monthly magazine of some repute asked to publish one of Fundrace's maps. They liked the national red-versus-blue but were also interested in something a little more localized. Finally, it became time to geocode the data. After cleaning up the messier street addresses [Hack #81], Fundrace used MapPoint to plot contributions onto what is probably the most recognized several-miles-square chunk of land on Earth: Manhattan. Aggregating by individual building, as shown in Figure 2-10, while maintaining the red-versus-blue coloring convention, produced an immediately intuitive and stark picture of sociopolitical geography.
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What quickly became clear upon making this map of New York was that this data could serve as a lens not only for viewing the different candidates but for looking at the world in general. It also became clear that the principle of locality was as applicable as ever. People are most interested in the data that is physically nearest to them. Thus was born the Fundrace Neighbor Search. With contributors' addresses already geocoded, it was a simple matter of geocoding the query address and sorting by Euclidean distance to find the user's closest contributing neighbors.
As they say, the rest is history. The idea, and its results, were so compelling that within only a couple of days of launching the Neighbor Search and city-level Money Maps, Fundrace.org was an extremely hot website. Web logs couldn't link fast enough, the site was receiving an onslaught of traffic, and the national media was knocking down our door. From all channels, the feedback Fundrace received covered a broad range of opinions. We received many emails thanking us for the valuable public service performed by the site. We also received numerous requests, none honored, to remove records from our database.
Some people were shocked to discover the political leanings of their friends or relatives. Others were embarrassed to know that their whole office could see whose campaign they had contributed to. The occasional amateur watchdog contacted Fundrace about perceived violations of campaign finance law, and a number of academics, hackers, and GIS professionals requested a copy of our database for their own exploration.
Probably the most contentious aspect of Fundrace was the fact that it revealed the home addresses of contributors. Many considered this a serious threat to personal privacy, but there already existed a number of websites (including the FEC's) where the same information, as part of the public record, could be obtained. Fundrace is of the opinion that the more people who become aware of the public nature of this information, the better. At the very least, if a large enough constituency of voters were to decide that the risks outweigh the benefits, the FEC's policy could be changed.
In the United States of America there exists a tradition of public access to certain kinds of government records. This access is rooted in the principle of government accountability, a necessary feature of any legitimate democracy. The tradition has, of late, been reinforced by so-called Freedom of Information Legislation (FOIL), and by the ease of disseminating such information via the Internet. Despite this trend, the average citizen still seems largely unable make good use of FOIL and the Internet to understand and participate in his own government. Officially published data and documents are often disorganized, poorly documented, or simply too voluminous to handle with limited skills and resources. Fortunately, this leaves plenty of room for hackers like us, and organizations such as Eyebeam, to do lots of interesting and relevant work.
Fundrace is a proof positive example that abstruse government data can excite and engage people, and that all it takes is a few good hacks.
--Michael Frumin
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[To hear how this story got here, please read "Fucked By The Rich Kid"]
Part 1
Where should I begin? I guess I should start by telling you that 2 months ago, Shawn and I got married in Massachusetts. Two long years have went by since Shawn and I took that leap of faith and put our love in the open or closed hands of our parents who ultimately and luckily took us as we were and loved us. Lucas who is now 18 moved in with Shawn and I after the passing of my dad who died of Serosis of the liver. I really do blame myself for causing my dad to escalate in his drinking. He used to drink a lot before I announced that I was gay but after I had came out and was living my life the way that made me a free man; he began to drink in much larger quantities. Quite often even in public he would be drunk and far too often, I felt like it was my responsibility to take him home and put him to bed. Shawn doesn't seem to think that it was my fault at all; everyone has a choice to make and my dad chose to drink himself to death. I still feel very sad about his passing knowing that I might have been able to do something if I just never told anyone about who I am.
The honest truth of it all is that I know I did not force his hand to drink. He saw the happy life that Shawn and I had together and I knew that during holidays when we would visit, he saw us and even though he was happy on the outside, he was sad on the inside. My mom knew what he wanted and she could never give him that. My dad never left my mom though. He always loved her and was there for her until the end of his life. Because of all of this stuff happening, my mom had to move out of her house and in with her sister, my aunt Sharon. Shawn's mom offered money for helping with bills but her pride got in the way. Shawn wound up paying her bills which were all under 50 thousand dollars anyways and it was like chicken feed to him but it still meant the world to me. She found out eventually that we had paid for it all and is now not speaking with me. It all comes down to me…if I had never fallen in love with Shawn…
"We need some more milk," came the voice of Lucas from the kitchen as he walked into the front room with his clear plastic bowl of cereal that had just a dribble of milk in the very bottom of it. "Shawn's on his way home right now with some more groceries," I said as I looked away from the TV which the local news was on. Lucas still stood there with this upset look on his face and then marched off into the kitchen in anger. It was times like this when I regretted taking Lucas into my house.
Shawn's car pulled up in the drive way. He had just got off of work/college where he was a part time IT technician and part time student. I instinctively got up and walked outside and helped Shawn with the groceries as there was quite a lot of food to bring in. As usual, Lucas was not out helping bring in the food. "Shawn I'm sick of Lucas just free loading of us all the damn time," I angrily whispered to Shawn as he shook his head. "Just be patient with him, he's still adjusting."
It took both Shawn and I going back 4 times to get everything that was needed to haul into the house. Lucas was in his room with the door shut again. Shawn placed his hand on my shoulder causing me to look at him. "You know he's going through a lot too Mark. He didn't exactly want to move in with us," Shawn remarked in a matter of fact style. "Yeah well I felt liable for his situation and you know that I'm not just doing it because I want to." Shawn leaned in and kissed me even though it slightly annoyed me even while it calmed me a bit too. "Well now you have to help him. You took him in Mark, it was your choice." I waved Shawn off as I walked to our bedroom and laid on the bed in anger.
I was currently facing the wall when I felt the bed bow in a bit and I knew it was Shawn as his strong arms wrapped around me in comfort. He brushed his hand through my hair as I held onto his hand that was free. Turning to face Shawn as if it was the first time in my life and I was still amazed at his beautiful face and his blue green eyes, I brushed my hand across his cheek. "Why are you the only good thing in my life," I asked in a very low and hurt voice which also could have been mistaken as whining if you didn't know any better. "Why are you the only good thing in MY life," he asked me back.
"Hey there's someone at the door," came the voice of Lucas who was for some reason undetected because he made no sound when he came to my room door. Shawn stood up and smiled at me with understanding and compassion, "I'll get it," he said as he stood and my hand slipped slowly out of his. Even after Shawn had left into the front room to talk with whoever it was, Lucas still stood at the door with a confused look on his face. "Did you need anything," I asked Lucas who had done a really great job of annoying me so far today. "Yeah I did," he said yet still stood there. "If you don't mind, I'd like a little bit of Aretha Franklin just whenever," he remarked with a wisdom and intelligence unlike anyone his own age. He was asking for respect…something I had little for anyone including someone I thought to be a burden. Lucas shook his head and began to walk away in disgust as I sat up, "Lucas wait," but he had already walked away.
As I wondered to myself how it would have been possible for me to show Lucas some respect when I showed myself the least respect of all, Shawn came walking through the door and sat next to me. He put his arm around me and rested his head against mine as I slowly shifted into hugging him in the way a prisoner might hug his long lost lover. That's exactly what I have made myself over the last 8 months since my dad had died.
The night was cool and I had gone to the basement where we had ordained it as a place of peace and quiet. It had books and other things useful for relaxation including really expensive couches and a sound studio booth that was formed into an intensive sound therapy mini room that had a soft curl style couch that nearly resembled a very soft bed. I sat down on a large soft chair and breathed out deeply. I didn't require a lot to relax but I did require comfort.
The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs presented by Lucas who's eyes were red and his cheeks were wet was followed by him turning around and starting to walk back up the stairs. "Lucas wait," I said as I heard him freeze on the third or fourth step. "Can we talk please? I promise I won't be rude," I said as slowly I seen Lucas, the skinny blond haired blue eyed boy walk towards me. He sat down next to me as his complexion was nearly that of Shawn's minus the fact that Lucas had a smaller body frame. He wasn't as widely built as Shawn but he was about as tall as him. He had a tiny bit of short facial hair but it looked well on him because he kept it shaved off or well trimmed.
"Lucas, I'm really sorry for my…outbursts of anger. I know this has been pretty tough for you too and I know how it must feel to suffer the loss of one dad and then have the dad that took you in die shortly afterwards." Lucas looked at me with eyes that screamed that he was hurt and alone. His chair was connected to my chair and I took out the removable center part and scooted close to him and gave him a side hug. While he was hugging me back, he was beginning to rub my back which I first took as a sign of affection but then as his hand went lower I knew that it was more. I pulled back and stood up. Lucas just sat there and looked down at the floor. "Lucas," I said as I was reaching for the right words to say. "We couldn't do anything…I'm married and I am very happy with Shawn. I'm really sorry but I'm not here to do anything like that with you," I said in the most appropriate way possible. "You keep forgetting," said Lucas as he stood up and got in my face, "I'm only two years younger than you and you're treating me like a child." Lucas walked away and up the stairs seething mad.
I lay in my bed with the window to my bedroom window open enough to let some cool air in. Shawn had just crawled into bed with me and wrapped his hands around my waist and kissed my bare exposed shoulder. "I just got done talking to Lucas," whispered Shawn in his calming voice that would be able to talk down a robber to donating money rather than stealing it from a bank. "I think we have a problem Mark," and as he said that I turned and looked into Shawn's eyes. "What's the problem," I asked as if I knew absolutely nothing about Lucas' sexual preference. "Lucas explained to me in confidence something so I hope that you don't get mad and hope that this stays between us," said Shawn as he looked into my eyes for co-operation.
"Lucas told me," said Shawn slowly as he rubbed my chest with his hand as a way to try and calm me before the impact of the news, "that he really likes you and that every time he see's you and me together it causes him to get jealous." I turned my head over slightly and let out a big sigh. "You have got to admit that he does have a valid point Mark; he is only two years younger than us. He feels like we should be involved in all of his sexual upbringings. We should at least be his guide or a voice of understanding," said Shawn as I slightly shook my head in a hopeless effort. "Shawn, he nearly made a move on me while I was in the basement a few hours ago," I said a bit louder than a whisper but Lucas' room was on the other side of the house so he wouldn't have heard any of this talk.
"He told me about that and in his eyes he thinks that you should stop being a pussy and just fuck him," Shawn said with all seriousness. "Of course he does but if he expects me to do it he's got his fucking mind all mixed up. I care for him and I want to see him get that special someone like I found you instead of bringing home those criminals like he has been the last few weeks." Shawn leaned in close to me and kissed my lips. "I'm glad for that one criminal that spray painted my windows back in Kansas, they can't all be that bad." I cracked a small smile remembering what I had done that had ultimately led to Shawn and I falling in love. "Why do you have to bring that up again for," I asked half annoyed and half amused. "Because until you understand that it's not the person's current actions that make the future, it's their current heart, you'll never get it."
"You know you're not allowed to speak over my head Shawn," I said as I ran my hand down his chest as I began to get hard. "Well someone has got to do something about your thick head," he said as he grabbed my cock and began to jerk it gently. I grabbed his cock and it was just as hard as always.
I moved down further on the bed and nearly fell off the bed when I was attempting to give Shawn a blow job. I leaned forward and with much practice, began to give Shawn the blow job that he loved the most. He had a certain way that he always loved but sometimes I'd make it dull on purpose so that not EVERY blow job was the best because if that was the case then he would get used to them and expect more every time. He was satisfied with what I gave him and I was satisfied with what he gave me.
It was about time for Shawn to get his turn. He tied up my hands and feet with soft yet thick silk where I couldn't move. It was dark and he was quiet so it made it all the more mysterious. It was like trying to fuck someone in your mom's house because you didn't want your mom to hear; this is how it was with Lucas in the house. "Now don't you run off on me, I'm going to go clean out really quick and I'll be right back," Shawn said as he walked slowly out of the room not making much sound. I smiled as I knew that he was going to make tonight perfect.
I had been waiting just imagining what he was going to do since every night seemed different slightly as I heard Shawn rustle back into the room. Without speaking he began to rub my cock as if it was his first time; playfully touching it and then he finally put his mouth on it. He began his blowjob slightly different than normal which was what I loved. I couldn't see anything for one because it was night time and for two because he liked to occasionally blindfold me. Everything about tonight seemed new and fresh as Shawn had apparently been learning new cock sucking tactics.
"Oh god yes…just like that," I whispered quietly as he deep throated me. "OK, playtimes over, get on my cock and ride it like you have never rode it before," I whispered as I felt him get on top of me and fresh lube was applied on my cock and then he sat on it. The pleasure was amazing tonight for some reason. It was feeling as if he had never been fucked before. "Oh fuck yeah Shawn," I said as I thrust up inside him rather roughly. He was bouncing on my cock a little slowly as he did sometimes to torture me. I sped up as he began to moan a little bit strangely and then stopped.
Tonight was very special for some reason; I had never felt so much pleasure in what seemed like the first time that I fucked Shawn and it seemed like he was holding out on me. I began to speed up as my cock was ready to blow. I was squirming and the knots were starting to come undone as I just about cummed so very hard into Shawn's ass when the knot broke free and my hand came down on Shawn's hairy leg. Just as it brushed his leg, I grabbed onto his leg and came full force into his seemingly very tight hole. I jerked a little bit as the intensity of the fuck I had just experienced was the far best I had ever had. I felt Shawn get off me and tip toe out of the room as I smiled and took off the blindfold which slightly revealed the room a bit.
"Hey Shawn, don't you want anything in return," I said slightly above a whisper. "Oh you know I do," said Shawn as he re-entered the room and began to get on top of my cock which was already spent. "Oh you didn't stay hard for me I see…and you came too. My goodness Mark you're acting like you hadn't fucked me in months," said Shawn as he wiped at the left over cum in my pubes. "Shawn, that was amazing how you made it feel like your ass was like it was virgin territory again," I said as I undid my other hand from the silk tie up. "What are you talking about; I just got done cleaning out for you…" Shawn said as it just hit us both what had just happened. Lucas was smarter than we all thought.


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Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Hyuuga Hinata (S)
With the Chuunin Exam behind her, and with Naruto's words deep in her heart, Hinata has grown and become stronger and a woman. With her mastery of the Hyuuga clan tactics, Hinata can give life to powerful chakra lions while hindering her enemies' chakra paths.Requirement to unlock: Mission: A Lovestruck Girl
Pressure Point Closure
Hinata closes an enemy's pressure point dealing 10 damage to one enemy, increasing the cost of their skills by 1 random and removing all stacks of 'Hinata - Eight Trigrams Field' from them. During 'Hinata - Eight Trigrams Field' this skill will deal an additional 10 damage.
Cooldown: None
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Classes: Physical, Melee, Unique, Instant
Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists
Hinata creates 2 lions. The next 2 times any enemy uses a new harmful skill, a chakra lion will attack, dealing 30 damage to them and removing 1 random chakra from them. During 'Hinata - Eight Trigrams Field' this skill will create 3 lions. This skill cannot be used while active and will end if Hinata is killed.
Cooldown: None
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Hinata: Eight Trigrams Field
For 4 turns, if an enemy uses a new harmful skill, the chakra cost increase of 'Pressure-Point Closure' will last 1 additional turn and the following 4 turns 'Pressure Point Closure' and 'Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists' will be enhanced.
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Byakugan Sight
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Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
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USFWS National Digital Library
[Transcription note: this tape is seriously flawed technically. Much of conversation was
not recorded]
MS. NORTON: Can you please tell me your birthplace and date?
MR. SANDERS: Fort Dodge, Iowa. December 10, 1918.
MS. NORTON: What were your parent's names?
MR. SANDERS: [tape skips information missing]
MS. NORTON: What were there jobs and education?
MR. SANDERS: Basically, it started out as farming in southeastern Minnesota. Then
they moved to northwest Iowa. My Dad went into the garage business. He started a
garage in [tape skips] and then moved to Spencer.
MS. NORTON: Where and how did you spend your early years?
MR. SANDERS: In Spencer. I did summer jobs in high school to earn a little money.
MS. NORTON: What hobbies, events or books influenced you to most?
MR. SANDERS: I spent time on hunting and fishing days.
MS. NORTON: So you did hunt and fish?
MR. SANDERS: Oh yeah. We had to hunt to put meat on the table part of the time.
MS. NORTON: What High School did you go to, and where was it?
MR. SANDERS: I went to Spencer High School in Spencer, Iowa.
MS. NORTON: When did you graduate?
MR. SANDERS: I graduated in 193… [Tape skips]
MS. NORTON: Where did you go to University?
MR. SANDERS: It was not a University. I went to a Junior College in 1937, and 1938.
I worked on the road the next year, and went back to Junior College for the 1938-39 year.
I had an Associates Degree.
MS. NORTON: What aspect of your formal education equipped you for the future?
Who most influenced your education and career tract? Did you have any mentors, or
courses that especially stuck with you?
MR. SANDERS: I took quite a bit of Biology and Chemistry courses. Most of my
education was along the scientific lines.
MS. NORTON: Where there any adverse influences?
MR. SANDERS: No.
MS. NORTON: How about the military service? Where you ever in any branch of the
MR. SANDERS: That would probably be more influential than any of my other
education. I was inducted into the Navy in December of 1941 a few days after Pearl
Harbor. I served almost four years. I was in Radio School in Indianapolis in January of
1942, and Aviation Radio School in Norfolk, VA. After that I was in a [tape skips]
…BM squadron, which is a big twin-engine flying boat. VP, that's Patrol Squadron 201.
I then went to …River, Florida for training and in November of 1942 we transferred back
to NAS, Norfolk and went into operations in anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic Ocean,
…New Jersey and Florida.
MS. NORTON: Did you have any overseas duty?
MR. SANDERS: From there, we went out to Bermuda. In Bermuda, my crew, about
half the Squadron were transferred back to Oceania Field in Virginia Beach, VA where we
took thirty days training in some old Army B-24s, which the Navy called PB-4Y1s.
After thirty days training we went by a southern route across the Atlantic to Scotland
and ended up at Sanable Airfield in England. There we were placed with the 20th Coastal
Command of the RAF, [Royal Air Force] on anti-sub patrol.
MS. NORTON: Did you receive any decoration while you were in the service, any
special medals?
MR. SANDERS: Air medals. We went from England down, and spent about nine
months in Morocco, French Morocco at Port Laotie [sic]. From there we came back to
the States. We got new airplanes and went San Diego, to Honolulu, to Tanian, and from
there to the little island of Marutea in the Dutch East Indies. Then we went back up to
Leyte in the Philippines. [Tape skips] …in April and my whole crew got relieved and I
got assigned to Corpus Christi, Texas to an Air/Sea rescue unit going back to the South
China Sea.
MS. NORTON: Did your Military service relate in any way to your career with the Fish
and Wildlife Service?
MR. SANDERS: Everywhere I went I was interested in the local countryside,
conditions, animals and so forth. I went duck hunting in the salt marshes of Morocco
several times.
MS. NORTON: Tell me about your wife, her birthplace and date, and her parent's
MS. SANDERS: …Iowa. Maude and Ernie Wiese.
MS. NORTON: Where was their education?
MR. SANDERS: He was a farmer most of his life. He later moved to …Iowa where he
had a farm, and then Emmetsburg, Iowa where he was employed with….
MS. NORTON: Where, when and how did you and Jane meet?
MR. SANDERS: After I was …the Navy…I was going to St. Olaf, Minnesota for flight
training. ….when they dropped the bombs in Japan…I had enough points to get out and
no place to go. My mother was sick at the time…I went to Wilt Chamberlain Field in
Minneapolis one evening. At ten o'clock that night I was on the bus to Spencer Iowa. I
went to work at 7 o'clock the next morning. During the War my Dad had developed a taxi
business in Spencer. …a training base at the Spencer Airport where they trained Fighter
Pilots. There were four to five thousand trainees out there. We were the only taxi
business around, and the base was about three miles from town. Anyway, Jane was
working for Western Union at the time, and had to deliver all of the telegrams…. We met
in the telegraph office.
[Tape skipping frequently]
MS. NORTON: Where and when did you marry?
MR. SANDERS: May lst…
MS. NORTON: How many children did you have, and what are their names?
MR. SANDERS: There are four boys, Wayne, Jr., Timothy Kent, David James….
MS. NORTON: What are they all doing now?
MR. SANDERS: Wayne, Jr. is working for a…Corporation near Chicago. [Tape skips
MS. NORTON: Why did you want to work for the [USFW] Service?
MR. SANDERS: I had been in Law Enforcement with the State of Iowa for six or seven
years in Public Relations. I really didn't enjoy what I was doing, giving lectures to
teachers and I wanted to get to where I thought… like conservation where I felt would do
some good. I applied for the Game Management Agents job.
MS. NORTON: So, your first professional position was State, and then you came to
MR. SANDERS: Yes.
MS. NORTON: And what did you do?
MR. SANDERS: I worked for the State of Iowa as a Conservation Officer…counties for
three years. Then I transferred to Woodbury and spent almost three years there. Then I
went into the Des Moines office in the Public Relations section. After that I joined the
Fish and Wildlife Service as Game Management Agent in St. Charles, Missouri.
MS. NORTON: What other duty stations did you have?
MR. SANDERS: I went from St. Charles to Sykeston, Missouri, from there to Anna,
Illinois. From there to Jefferson City, Missouri as Agent in Charge of Missouri. I was
there for about ten years I guess until about 1973. From there I went to SAC in Boston,
district 13, the six New England states.
MS. NORTON: What were the pay and benefits like?
MR. SANDERS: To begin with, the pay wasn't all that great. In fact, I took a two
thousand dollar drop in pay to join the Service. But I made it back in a couple of years
MS. NORTON: So you did have promotion opportunities from station to station?
MR. SANDERS: Yeah.
MS. NORTON: Did you socialize with the people that you worked with?
MR. SANDERS: Sure. [Tape skips]
MS. NORTON: What did you do for recreation in the field?
MR. SANDERS: In the field, there was no time for recreation in the field. Sometimes
we'd catch a few days of hunting. Summers were taken up for seven years in Canada,
from May to mid-August.
MS. NORTON: For banding?
MR. SANDERS: Yeah. That was almost considered recreation. You kind of had to.
MS. NORTON: How did your career affect your family?
MR. SANDERS: The fact that I was seldom there to do the things that my wife had to
do. …
MS. NORTON: Why did you leave the Service?
MR. SANDERS: I retired.
MS. NORTON: What training did you receive for your job?
MR. SANDERS: Very little for the first job. Except for what I had received from the
State of Iowa which was several weeks training, plus several years-seven years of
experience; both in Law Enforcement and in Public Relations. When I entered into Game
Management Agent there was no training sessions at all.
MS. NORTON: What hours did you work?
MR. SANDERS: We worked whatever hours we determined needed to be worked.
MS. NORTON: What were your days…?
MR. SANDERS: Law Enforcement, law enforcement patrol, contacts with conservation
groups, and …informants. We had the upkeep of boats, motors and automobiles, and
MS. NORTON: What tools and instruments did you use?
MR. SANDERS: Binoculars, ….. new Service inventions of innovations? We were
always trying something new to increase enforcement of the baiting regulations. Agents
would come up with gimmicks like a pan with a screen over top, which you could put in
the bottom of the pond. If they through some bait in there the screen would keep the
ducks from eating it and you would have evidence. It worked part time.
MS. NORTON: …with animals?
MR. SANDERS: Not so much with the federal Service except birds, which are
animals…Ducks, Geese, Eagles. I and worked with many thousand of young ducks and
geese in trapping and banding in Canada.
MS. NORTON: How did you feel toward the animals?
MR. SANDERS: I enjoyed especially the little ducklings. …to determine the age and
MS. NORTON: Did this change?
MR. SANDERS: Not that I can think of.
MS. NORTON: What kind of support did you receive locally, regionally or federally?
MR. SANDERS: Your local support depending an awful lot on the Agent, and how
much contact he had with the public. Some agents wanted to be a lone wolf, and others
went all out for public relations; contacting all of the local conservation groups and made
many friends and generated local support that way. Regionally and federally there was
back up from the Service. Many times, or most of the time, if I asked for extra help, I
could get it. If I was working on a major case and felt that I needed help, it usually was
forthcoming. …I think I have seen that change in the last forty years. The Fish and
Wildlife Service presently doesn't have a very good name with the people that I have
contacted, or who have contacted me. …for many reasons; one of them being the
Endangered Species Act, which they perceive as being used, in the Snail Darter instance to
gain other ends besides preserving an endangered species. Otherwise, the Refuges around
here seem to be respected and used.
MS. NORTON: What projects were you involved in?
MR. SANDERS: As I mentioned, trapping and banding in Alberta and Saskatchewan for
six or seven summers. Other projects were pretty much in my own districts. There were
issues; in New England things had changed considerably from the mid west. We had to
deal with the commercial fishermen and lobstermen. We had to deal with depredation by
Cormorants, and many other issues, which were really foreign to the mid west. But it
was all interesting. We had many over bags in sea duck hunting, which is different
operation altogether from regular duck hunters. …to try to get local cooperation with the
various State departments to perceive them as being a problem. Many were quite
sympathetic with the commercial fishermen, who were loosing fish to Cormorants. We
worked with them to help them see that there were other means of protecting their fish.
MS. NORTON: Would you consider that your most pressing issue?
MR. SANDERS: No, probably not the most pressing. At the early stage, one of the
most pressing issues was the ports…the most pressing issues seemed to be endangered
species coming through undesignated ports, which at that time, Boston was not a
designated port. We had traffic in hides and skins and trophy hunting from Africa coming
into that area.
MS. NORTON: Has your opinion on that issue changed with time now?
MR. SANDERS: [answer unintelligible due to tape skipping]
MS. NORTON: Who were your supervisors, starting way back?
MR. SANDERS: Davis.
MS. NORTON: He was your first supervisor, then they split up the Divisions?
MR. SANDERS: Yeah. …was out of Denver at the time. We had a District in Kansas
MS. NORTON: Right, Jack Downs?
MR. SANDERS: No. …was in charge of Missouri, Kansas and Iowa for Law
Enforcement and Predator and Rodent Control. I can't remember who the District Area
Manager was in Kansas City at the time. There was a Mr. Griffith and then it was
MS. NORTON: Who were the individuals who shaped your career?
MR. SANDERS: I guess Flick Davis was one of them. …With the Missouri and Iowa
Conservation Departments. …Regional Office personnel in Minneapolis and the same in
MS. NORTON: How did changes in Administration affect your work?
MR. SANDERS: We didn't really notice too much in those days. Recently, I think it's
horrible, the changes.
MS. NORTON: Who do you think were the individuals who shaped the Service?
MR. SANDERS: Directors had considerable influence at that time. Probably not as
much in recent years, that I have noticed. We had some awful Directors. ….Gottschalk,
and Greenwalt.
MS. NORTON: What was the high point of your career?
MR. SANDERS: …District 13. There was three sacks in Region 5.
MS. NORTON: Did you have a low point in your career?
MR. SANDERS: Probably transferring from St. Louis to Sikeston as a "7".
MS. NORTON: What would you have done differently?
MR. SANDERS: Maybe, taken a little bit more time away from my job to be with my
MS. NORTON: What was your most dangerous or frightening experience?
MR. SANDERS: There were times in the State of Iowa when I had misgivings about
getting back. …Arresting a lady in Brookfield, Missouri who was picking geese and not
keeping records and covering up for her clients on excess possession limits and so forth. I
arrested the lady, and upon her arrest she says, 'I could get in more trouble running a god
damned whore house than I can picking geese!'
MS. NORTON: What would you like to tell others about your career, or the Service.
MR. SANDERS: I would tell them that at the time I worked, it was a good place to
work. …And going from Game Management Agent to Special Agent was quite a change.
We no longer had any of the biological duties, and went for more enforcement patrol to
undercover operations. There was quite a few changes in operations.
MS. NORTON: Did you notice changes in personnel?
MR. SANDERS: Yes, we noticed changes in personnel at that time. From primarily
State Agents who came with several years of enforcement experience; to College graduates
with many varied degrees and no experience in enforcement or wildlife.
MS. NORTON: What are your thoughts on the future of the Service?
MR. SANDERS: …get back to some of the basics.
MS. NORTON: Where do you see the Service heading in the next decade?
MR. SANDERS: …which party gets in power.
MS. NORTON: Well thanks Wayne. Do you have any photographs or documents that
you'd like to donate or share?
MR. SANDERS: I might be able to find something.
MS. NORTON: Well if you do, just send it up to me and I'll see that it gets to the
Archives. We'll send you a copy of this tape when it's all done.
MR. SANDERS: I'm not sure it all recorded.
MS. NORTON: O.K., thanks Wayne.
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