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Great White Shark Population Surges
After decades of decline, the numbers of great white sharks are spiking according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA Fisheries shark researcher Tobey Curtis discusses on the News Hub with Lee Hawkins.
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We knew this day would come, but who knew it would be so soon? The Mars Phoenix, as planned, is shutting down major systems to offset its diminished solar power collection during the Martian winter. The little robot, which - nay, who — has been making monumental discoveries on the Red Planet for nearly six months is not expected to wake up come Spring. The first significant casualty will be the heater for the Phoenix's robotic arm, which was instrumental in scraping up evidence of water, among other things. Also according to plan, the Phoenix is diligently Twittering its last days, adding a poignant, cinematic element to the whole ordeal. To the Phoenix, I say we're right there with you, buddy. To NASA, I say STOP PERSONIFYING YOUR ROBOTS, IT ONLY LEADS TO PAIN. Ahem. Below, some of the more plaintive tweets. [NASA via Slashdot and Twitter]
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TV personality and businesswoman Ivanka Trump is a mama. Trump, 29, and her newspaper publisher husband, Jared Kushner, welcomed a daughter in New York on Sunday, People reported.
Ivanka announced the littlest Trump in classic fashion: via Twitter.
"This morning [Jared] and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy little baby girl into the world," Trump wrote. "We feel incredibly grateful and blessed. Thank you all for your support and well wishes!"
Grandpa Donald Trump was the first to reveal the little one's name, saying on "Fox & Friends" Monday that he had "just found out" it was Arabella Rose, E! News reported.
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The baby is Donald Trump's third grandchild. Businessman Donald Jr. has a daughter and son with his wife Vanessa, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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You've probably come across a staff member or two in your day that went that extra mile. A personal trainer who was diligent in making her phone calls, who passed out articles about fitness to her clients or a group exercise instructor who encouraged other instructors. These staff members were demonstrating leadership qualities, something that could be developed even further with just a little help from you.
Having good leaders at your club can help you as a club owner or general manager. They can relieve some of your workload and stress.
"The leader who does it all on their own may run themselves into the ground," stresses Kate Larsen, president of Winning Lifestyles Inc., in Minneapolis, MN, a coaching company for businesses. She is also a certified personal trainer and group trainer. "One thing you have to ask yourself is, is the pace you are working at right now sustainable for a lifetime? If not, why not develop people who can support you?"
Having a plan in place to develop good leaders helps your staff develop in their careers and gets them more enthused about your business because they are contributing more ideas and expertise to the club. In turn, it gives your club an advantage in recruiting top personnel.
While not everyone is a natural-born leader, all staff need to have some sort of leadership qualities since they are leading members to a healthier lifestyle, reasons Angela Broderick, president of Fit Careers in Kansas City, MO.
"In the fitness business, [members] come in needing leadership," says Broderick. "They don't necessarily just need rows of shiny equipment."
Potential leaders are often easy to spot. They are the staff that show personal initiative in their own world, says Larsen. Leaders are proactive and positive in attitude and nature. They are curious people and want to learn. While solo operators may be able to lead in other industries, in the health club industry, a leader must be a team player that enjoys people.
The most important skill a leader must posses is that of listening.
"Leadership is about hearing first and then responding vs. responding and then asking more questions or assuming," says Larsen.
Leaders must also be able to sit back, relax and laugh, she says. They must be able to have fun with their team and be consistent in how they respond to people regardless of their personal feelings toward them. They also must have clarity.
"Great leaders have the ability to internally clarify what they need and want taking into consideration their own style and temperament," says Larsen. "They have the ability to articulate their vision and engage a team."
Great leaders also can put their egos aside and let other team members shine, she says.
Sonia Ricotti, general manager at Sportsclubs of Canada/BTF in the Toronto area, says that she looks for the following traits in leaders: drive, a positive attitude, someone who is looking to grow and develop themselves and their skills, someone who is open to new and innovative ideas, and someone who wants to grow within the company.
"Most of the time when people have those qualities, it's the easiest thing to develop these people to be successful because they want to grow, develop and make a difference in the people they work with and for," says Ricotti.
Ricotti is developing a management development training program for her club and the other 17 clubs that are part of her company's group of clubs.
Every club needs a formal leadership program to know how to promote from within and who is or isn't ready for the next level.
"Hiring and retraining [staff] is expensive," says Broderick. "Waiting until a position is open and then rolling the dice on somebody is more expensive than investing time and resources in training people and watching them and knowing their strengths."
To develop good leaders at your club, keep the following in mind:
- Have a vision
You must be clear about what an ideal leader looks like at your club, says Larsen. Clubs have different styles and temperaments so a good leader in one club may not make a good leader in another. To develop those leaders, be clear on a plan of action. Determine how you will develop the leaders — through a mentoring program, through formal leadership training, through seminars and conferences or through a combination of these efforts. How long will a development program take? Who will head the program?
- Give them time and tools
Good leaders must be given time to develop their leadership skills before being thrust into a leadership role.
"The leaders that I've seen falter are the ones who were thrown in," says Larsen. "When they haven't been role modeled, mentored or coached, people will do the best they can, but they will try to cover their tails. They will hide mistakes and weak points because they don't have someone to go to and get what they need."
- Allow failure
One of the most difficult parts of growing leaders will be giving the developing leaders a chance to fail.
"Give them the opportunity to own their successes when they do well and the grace to own mistakes when they make them," says Larsen. Part of that is giving them genuine power instead of just a title. That means allowing them to make certain decisions without checking in with you.
In addition, ensure they know they can come to you when they goof up or when they need help.
"There's nothing worse than feeling like they have to hide that they don't know something," Ricotti says. "They have to understand that your door is open and you are open to any kind of communication."
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Leaders need to have accountability to someone outside themselves, says Larsen. If it's not someone within their own club or chain, then they need to engage with others outside the club at their own level, maybe even a business coach. If developing leaders aren't accountable to someone, it is easier to make mistakes and have those mistakes continue than if someone points out the mistakes and helps them change, says Larsen.


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BARRINGTON — Municipal space needs and the tax rate impact of next year's proposed budget were at the heart of the discussion during Monday's public hearings held by selectmen.
After two public hearings, the Board of Selectmen voted to support all of the warrant articles that will be presented to voters in March.
A separate public hearing was held on the warrant article to bond $2.33 million to renovate the old Town Hall on Ramsdell Lane to provide adequate space for the town's municipal offices, the School Administrative Unit offices, and the Recreation Department.
Renovating the old Town Hall has been seen by the Building Committee as the least expensive option for providing enough space for town functions. Other options included constructing new buildings, either on town property or on land that would be purchased, next to Calef's Country Store.
On Monday, Building Committee member Peter Royce noted that before the committee recommended renovating the old Town Hall, Fire Chief Rick Walker expressed public safety concerns with establishing town functions next to Calef's Country Store, citing traffic issues that would result from the new construction. Royce also said that constructing municipal buildings at the town-owned Clark Goodwill property off Route 11 would mean combining town functions with an industrial use, as Turbocam is going forward with building a manufacturing plant in that area.
Royce said restoring the old Town Hall would solve space needs for three different functions — municipal offices, SAU offices, and the Recreation Department. Adequate space for the library would be addressed at a later date.
"I think it's the best we can do at this point in time," said Royce, who is also a library trustee and town treasurer.
Town resident Denise Hart said while renovating the old Town Hall is the least expensive option, she would like to see town services in the town center, which is located in the area of Calef's Country Store.
According to Selectman Keith Pratt, early estimates show that if voters approve the $2.33 million bond article in March, renovations of the old Town Hall can be completed as early as next year.
According to Town Administrator John Scruton, if the bond article gets approved, residents will see taxes go up in 2014 by 20 to 30 cents per $1,000 assessed property value.
The public hearing on the proposed budget and warrant articles saw little public input. In a vote toward the end of Monday's meeting, selectmen voted in favor of supporting all warrant articles in which the selectmen's votes will be shown before voters in March.
Selectwoman Dawn Hatch produced the only "nay" vote Monday evening, voting against supporting the proposed $6,247,168 operating budget for next year.
According to Scruton, if the proposed budget is approved by voters, the town's tax rate will increase by approximately 18 cents per $1,000 assessed property value.
During a public input session on Monday, Advisory Budget Committee Chairman Doug Langdon gave a brief explanation why his committee voted against supporting four warrant articles being presented to voters in March.
He said two Advisory Budget Committee members voted against the article to renovate of the old Town Hall, while two other members abstained to vote. The abstentions, said Langdon, came because those members supported the idea of renovating but were against the amount of money being suggested for the project.
"Something less would probably appease the group," he said.
The Advisory Budget Committee also voted against the warrant article to establish a Library Replacement Capital Reserve fund, and to put $50,000 toward that fund using the unreserved fund balance. The warrant article, which was added to the warrant through a petition last week, seeks to establish a fund for having to replace the library at a future date, to provide adequate space for the library functions.
The Advisory Budget Committee also voted against supporting the article asking to add $3,000 toward the capital reserve fund for library technology and the article asking to appropriate $5,000 toward a fund for purchasing a compactor, an expensive piece of equipment, down the road.
A deliberative session on the warrant articles will take place at 9 a.m. Feb. 2 at the Middle School. If the session cannot be held due to weather, the meeting will instead take place on Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m., at the Early Childhood Learning Center on Ramsdell Lane.
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Susanne Vivion Cook
April 24, 1938-Sept. 23, 2013
Pleasanton, California
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Susanne Vivion Cook, 75, passed away peacefully at her home on Sept. 23 with her two daughters by her side.
Susanne was born April 24, 1938 in San Bernadino, CA to Lee Emmet Vivion and Mary Eliza Vivion. In her younger years, Susanne?s family moved frequently due to her father?s changing occupations. Susanne attributed her flexible character to the experiences she gained while on the road with her parents. Her older sister, Shirley, was 12 years her senior and married young, so Susanne grew up mostly an only child. In 1959, Susanne married Maurice Cook, Jr. and they made their first home in Garden Grove, CA where they had their two daughters, Cheryl and Carol.
In 1970, Maurice took a job in Northern California, and Susanne?s family relocated to a small 1.5-acre ranchette in Pleasanton. It was here that Susanne would live for the rest of her life. She had many fond memories "on the farm" while raising her family. She learned to grow much of the food she prepared - from fruits and vegetables to pork chops and chicken. Until just recently, neighbors would still see Susanne out front feeding her pet goose.
Susanne was very devoted to raising her girls, and later spoiling her grandchildren. She was also a dedicated and loyal employee. She so very much loved her work and was a gifted communicator. The last 30 years of her professional life was spent working for Bank of the West as an executive secretary. She reluctantly retired in June 2007 when the commute to San Francisco became too much for her.
In her leisure time, Susanne loved to travel. She and her husband traveled to places like Panama, Alaska, New Orleans, Hawaii, the Grand Canyon, and embarked on several cruises as well. Closer to home, Susanne loved taking frequent trips to Tahoe and Reno with her husband and friends. She enjoyed the challenge of video poker and loved the sound of slot machine jackpots!
When she was not traveling, Larry, Wally, and Honey kept Susanne company at home. A visitor would never see her sit alone in her chair without one of these three loving and devoted cats by her side, or sitting on her shoulder, or sleeping on her lap, or curled up on her feet. She jokingly would say that she never had time alone with her "three boys" doting over her all the time.
Susanne is survived by her daughters and their husbands, Cheryl and Stuart Craig, Carol and John Styles, five grandchildren, Jimmy, Susie, Katie, Shelby, and Jessie, and sister-in-law, Marlana Dickey.
Susanne was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice, in 2012, and her sister, Shirley.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Faith Chapel, 6656 Alisal St. on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. In Lieu of flowers, feel free to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides programs and services to severely injured service members during the time between active duty and transition to civilian life. You may donate at www.woundedwarriorproject.org


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Cultivate students who Horace Slughorn thought had potential or connections.
- "He used to handpick favourites at Hogwarts, sometimes for their ambition or their brains, sometimes for their charm or their talent, and he had an uncanny knack for choosing those who would go on to become outstanding in their various fields. Horace formed a kind of club of his favourites with himself at the centre, making introductions, forging useful contacts between members, and always reaping some kind of benefit in return..."
- —Albus Dumbledore on the Slug Club.[src]
The Slug Club is an informal name for Horace Slughorn's favourite and sometimes famous students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Slughorn taught Potions at Hogwarts during two different stints; both times, he singled out students he thought had potential, either because they had influential relatives, such as Neville Longbottom and Cormac McLaggen or they themselves possessed fame or talent of some kind, such as Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, or even both. He invited these select students to parties, notably to a lavish one at Christmas, and kept in touch with them even after they had graduated, as they could provide him with insider information or various luxuries.[1]
- "A toast, to Hogwarts' brightest and best!"
- —Horace Slughorn.[src]
During the course of the school year, Professor Slughorn would hold various get-togethers of the club. These were usually dinners with fine foods, during which Slughorn would lead conversation in order to get to know the members better and to encourage them to associate with one another as well. Sometimes he would invite famous former members in as well, such as when he introduced professional Quidditch player Gwenog Jones at a dinner in 1996.[2]
Slughorn's hope was to cultivate talent and to give his favourites "leg-ups" in their careers, hoping to reap the benefits of being connected to them once they became the "high fliers" Slughorn expected them to be.[3] These benefits came to him in various forms, such as being able to recommend people to Ministry of Magic positions to receiving various gifts and perks, such as excellent seats to any Quidditch match he cared to attend or his favourite treat, crystallised pineapple.[1] However, some members tend to let Slughorn down once they grow up and graduate, such as Lucius Malfoy and Tom Riddle, both of whom became Dark Wizards. On 20 December, 1996, there was a lavish Slug Club Christmas Party for past and present Slug Club members held in Slughorn's office at Hogwarts. It was the only get-together of the club that Harry Potter attended, and reluctantly at that.[4] After Harry's failed attempt to get a particular memory out of Slughorn, Slughorn apparently stopped these meetings in order to prevent giving Harry another attempt.
It is unknown what became of the Slug Club under Severus Snape's rule during 1997–1998 school year. But it should be noted that Snape was described as "Bringing back Umbridge's old laws", which included Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four, banning all organisations not approved by the High Inquisitor (or in this case, Headmaster).
Students accepted in the clubEdit
During Slughorn's first tenure as Potions MasterEdit
- Adrian – class of 1978, became a photographer.[5]
- Ambrosius Flume – owner of Honeydukes, who sends Slughorn sweets.[1]
- Avery – member in the 1940s, became a Death Eater.[6][7]
- Barnabas Cuffe – editor of the Daily Prophet.[1]
- Dahlia F. — unknown.[8]
- B. C. - mountain climber.[8]
- Dirk Cresswell – former Head of the Goblin Liasion Office with insider information on Gringotts, killed during the Second Wizarding War.[1]
- Eldred Worple – author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires.[9]
- Gwenog Jones – now Captain of the Holyhead Harpies.[1]
- Lestrange – member in the 1940s, part of Tom Riddle's gang, became one of the first Death Eaters.[6]
- Lily Evans – top student, excellent at Potions, killed during the First Wizarding War.[1]
- Lucius Malfoy – good student, member of the rich and influential Malfoy family, later a Death Eater under the mask of a respected Ministry of Magic official.[10]
- Mr. Nott – Theodore Nott's father, who Slughorn inquired about and referred to as an old friend.[11]
- Regulus Black – Slytherin Seeker, became a Death Eater (later betrayed Lord Voldemort and was killed trying to destroy Salazar Slytherin's locket, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes ).[1]
- Severus Snape – excellent student, brilliant at Potions and creating new charms. Became a Death Eater, but defected. Succeeded Slughorn in the post of Potions master at Hogwarts,[5] killed during the Second Wizarding War.[9]
- Tom Marvolo Riddle – very promising student with excellent marks, later became known as Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard, killed during the Second Wizarding War.[6]
- Unidentified individual – class of 1967, became Minister of Magical Transportation.[5]
- Wendy Slinkhard – author.[citation needed]
During Slughorn's second tenure as Potions MasterEdit
- Blaise Zabini – His mother is a beautiful witch, who has been married and widowed at least seven times and has thus inherited a great deal of gold from her former husbands.[11]
- Cormac McLaggen – Uncle Tiberius is well connected within the Ministry of Magic.[11]
- Flora and Hestia Carrow[12]
- Ginny Weasley – top, and popular, student. Talented in casting the Bat-Bogey Hex.[11]
- Harry Potter – 'The Boy Who Lived' and 'The Chosen One', son of Lily Evans, a former 'Slug Club' member.[11]
- Hermione Granger – the best student in her year.[2]
- Melinda Bobbin – her family owns a large chain of apothecaries.[13]
Students not accepted in the clubEdit
- Marcus Belby – his uncle Damocles invented Wolfsbane Potion, but Marcus hadn't spoken to him in a while since his father and uncle weren't on good terms.[11] Belby was nevertheless invited to one of the club's supper meetings, but by the time of the Slug Club Christmas party, Slughorn had Belby passing out towels in the loo.[14]
- Neville Longbottom – his parents, Alice and Frank Longbottom were great Aurors, but Neville was held not to show their talent.[11]
Both were invited to the initial meeting in Slughorn's cabin on the Hogwarts Express, but failed to pass muster.
Slughorn's benefitsEdit
When helping others become famous, which, if successful, gained him influence and/or benefits from them, such as being able to recommend the next junior member of the Goblin Liaison Office, free Quidditch tickets or a box of his favourite crystallised pineapple. Horace preferred to be a "back-seat driver", obtaining things he desired by using his contacts makes his life comfortable and cosy.[1] In Harry Potter's case, Slughorn was able to profit from him even before the young man graduated, by attaining Acromantula venom from Aragog's corpse.
Students' benefitsEdit
To students being in the Slug Club is an honour and opportunity because of its exclusiveness and with Slughorn's connections they would have future first-rate careers after Hogwarts set.
Behind the scenesEdit
- In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince it is mentioned that there are two seventh-year girls. This may be referring to Flora and Hestia Carrow. Twins Flora and Hestia Carrow have only appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[12].
- Sybill Trelawney and an unidentified female teacher may have been members of the Slug Club.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Marcus Belby makes it into the Slug Club.
- It is very possibly that Slughorn saw Ginny higher when she began dating Harry Potter, his crown jewel, as both Ginny and Harry were in the Slug Club in 1996.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 4 (Hoarace Slughorn)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 14 (Felix Felicis)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 5 (An Excess of Phlegm)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mentioned on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince script released on the Warner Bros. Awards website
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 23 (Horcruxes)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 15 (The Unbreakable Vow)
- ↑ See this image
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 7 (The Slug Club)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 New original characters cast for Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 11 (Hermiones' Helping Hand)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) - Chapter 16


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The robots are coming -- in fact, in some places they've already arrived. Last October, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his company had about 1,300 robots -- the fruit of Amazon's $775 million acquisition of Kiva Systems two years ago -- fetching products in its warehouses for shipment. Bezos recently said that Amazon should have about 10,000 of them by the end of the year.
Since December 2013, Google, one of Amazon's major rivals, has acquired no fewer than eight companies developing robotics technology, including Boston Dynamics, maker of formidable DARPA-funded robots like BigDog and Atlas. And that's to say nothing of its investment in artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies or its self-driving car research.
Even Facebook has gotten into the business, with its acquisition of Ascenta, a UK maker of autonomous drones.
Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the MIT Center for Digital Business and coauthor of The Second Machine Age (W.W. Norton & Co., 2014), attributes the rising interest in robots to the halo effect of Moore's Law. "It's not that robots are getting better," he said. "It's that their components are getting better. And the sum of all those components is adding up to something different."
Thanks to increased computational capabilities and plummeting component prices, the hardware and software required to handle real-world navigation and interaction is now available beyond well-funded research labs.
The appeal of robots isn't simply as a way to cut labor costs. McAfee says, for example, that farmers find automation appealing because it insulates them from the legal complexity of immigration labor issues. "A lot of farms and farmers don't want the hassle," he said. Other reasons for automating include product quality, production speed, and worker safety.
Unfortunately, robots may put some of us out of work. McAfee says the trend here is clear. "We've been shedding manufacturing jobs for about 35 years in America, while manufacturing output and value added have been going up," he said. "I don't know how you can make the case that these kinds of technologies are creating as many jobs as they're destroying."
As a consequence of the robot proliferation and improved capabilities, standards organizations and industry groups have been updating safety standards for situations where humans and robots work together in environments less controlled than factory assembly lines. Like it or not, more and more of us will have robotic coworkers.
"It used to be that we put fences around industrial robots, not to protect the robots but to protect the people," said McAfee. "When you look around leading factories now, you don't see as much of that, and I think we'll see that even less in the future."
The robots are coming, but we haven't yet reached consensus about where they belong. Social acceptance will take longer than overcoming technological challenges. For now, take a look at these seven robot developments happening now across a variety of industries. What do you think of these robots? Tell us in the comments section.Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, InformationWeek, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful ... View Full Bio


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Sergio Santos is Living the Dream, Reaches the Majors as Sox Announce 25-Man Roster
After failing to get a sniff of the major leagues as an infielder with five organizations, Sergio Santos is finally a big-leaguer–as a relief pitcher. He earned that distinction with a fine spring and today the 2002 No. 1 draft pick of the Diamondbacks was named to the White Sox 25-man roster heading into Opening Day. And he's only been pitching since last year.
The other roster question was also answered as Jayson Nix made the team as a utility infielder/outfielder.
The final cuts were infielder/outfielder Brent Lillibridge, outfielder Alejandro De Aza, pitcher Dan Hudson (Charlotte) and hurlers Greg Aquino, Erick Threets and Charlie Leesman plus catcher Donny Lucy (assigned to minor league camp).
The Sox will go into battle beginning next Monday with the following roster:
Pitchers (12): Mark Buehrle, Jake Peavy, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Freddy Garcia, Bobby Jenks, Matt Thornton, J.J. Putz, Scott Linebrink, Tony Pena, Randy Williams, Sergio Santos
Catchers (2): A.J. Pierzynski, Ramon Castro
Infielders (7): Paul Konerko, Gordon Beckham, Alexei Ramirez, Mark Teahen, Mark Kotsay, Omar Vizquel, Jayson Nix
Outfielders (4): Juan Pierre, Alex Rios, Carlos Quentin, Andruw Jones
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The landscape of leadership in the mountain resort industry is poised for upheaval as the old guard retire and the new generation of leaders move up through the industry. To identify these future leaders and fuel a movement that fosters relationships between the old guard and the new, SAM has embarked on a pilot program called the SAM Summit Series.
The landscape of leadership in the mountain resort industry is poised for upheaval as the old guard retire and the new generation of leaders move up through the industry. To identify these future leaders and fuel a movement that fosters relationships between the old guard and the new, SAM has embarked on a pilot program called the SAM Summit Series.
SAM has invited ten young managers to participate in our inaugural year. The 2017-2018 class was nominated by the advisory team and the team at SAM due to their demonstrated strong leadership potential in their various roles within the industry. The mentees will participate in the program which consists of six monthly calls on topics including management skills, problem solving techniques, finance and revenue management, risk management, project management, and a leadership roundtable. The mentees are invited to engage in the calls and in a variety of related exercises designed to help them dive deeper into the call topics and expand their leadership knowledge.
Each call will be led by members of our advisory team who bring decades of industry experience to the program in departments ranging from mountain operations and marketing to accounting and resort management. This team brings a wealth of knowledge to the next generation of industry leaders. In partnership with our advisory team, each call will be facilitated by Paul Thallner, CEO of High Peaks Group, a U.S.-based firm that creates thriving and meaningful workplaces for all.
Paul and the advisory team work together to create meaningful discussions on each monthly call with the help of Colorado State University's online graduate Ski Area Management Program (SKAMP).
Follow along in the print magazine and on PodSAM. Subscribe to PodSAM where we are kicking things off with a six-episode podcast series based on the Summit Series.
For over 55 years, MountainGuard has led the ski resort industry in providing customized insurance coverages, claims handling, and loss control services. Our ability to help each of our clients adapt to the ever-changing risks that they face, while always keeping an eye on the fundamentals, has established us as the benchmark in the industry. Whether you have 5,000 or 5,000,000 skier visits, your resort needs the expertise and experience that only MountainGuard can provide. MountainGuard is proud to partner with Ski Area Management Magazine (SAM) as the sponsor of the 2017-2018 Summit Series leadership program. MountainGuard is committed to the ski industry and supports the development of the future leaders of the industry.
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Paul Thallner is CEO of High Peaks Group, a US-based firm that creates thriving and meaningful workplaces for all and the facilitator of the Summit Series program. He received a master's degree with honors in Organizational Development from Case Western Reserve University. He is a Partner at Great Place to Work, the firm behind Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work list, where he works with C-level executives to create high-trust/high-performance workplace cultures. He has advised senior level executives at companies like Carhartt, NorthFace, Timberland, Sunglass Hut, Synchrony Financial, and the Philadelphia Police Department. He was an instructor at the Presidio Institute where he coaches mid-career executives from the government, business, and NGO sectors to solve tough societal problems. He also served as executive advisor at America's Promise Alliance as a Fuse Corps fellow. He's an avid cyclist who rides to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and he often hikes in the Adirondack Mountains with his family.
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Dr. Natalie Ooi is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Ski Area Management Program at Colorado State University. An avid skier and hiker from Australia, Natalie did what many Australians do - came to the USA on a J-1 visa in search of powder. After a season as a rental technician at Steamboat Springs, she combined her background in business and sustainable tourism to complete her doctorate in mountain resort tourism development, and subsequently develop, the online Graduate Certificate in Ski Area Management at Colorado State University. Natalie and her team at CSU are providing resources and opportunities to dive deeper into the subject matter of each month's call.
For the inagural SAM Summit Series, we are very fortunate to have six of the mountain resort industry's most respected and influential leaders serving as advisers to a group of 10 up-and-coming resort staffers. This group of accomplished individuals will leverage their knowledge and experience to collectively help guide, mentor, and advise the participants throughout the Summit Series.
Thank you to this esteemed group of advisers for taking the time to encourage and grow our industy's future leaders.
Kris Blomback, General Manager
Pats Peak, NH.
Kris Blomback started at Pats Peak, N.H., in 1991 as the operations manager before being named as the resort's general manager—a position he's held for the last 21 years. Prior to Pats Peak, he worked at Magic Mountain in Vermont as the snowmaking supervisor and base area operations manager. Raised on Long Island, Kris headed to the mountains at age 18 to pursue his passion for the ski industry. He has been in the ski business in one way or another—from leading group ski tours to running general operations—for the last 32 years. As a leader, Kris contributes to several boards and committees, including: the NSAA Small Ski Areas Committee, two terms on the NSAA Board of Directors, and former chairman of Ski New Hampshire. He recently spent 18 months serving as a representative of outdoor recreation interests on New Hampshire's Water Sustainability Commission, and was then appointed by the Governor to serve on the Air Resources Council. Kris has also been recognized as a strong leader in the mountain resort industry, having been named a 2006 SAMMY Award winner. Kris' wife Jennifer works for the Vermont Attorney Title Insurance Company, and they have a 20-year-old daughter, Halle.
Blaise Carrig, Senior Advisor, Mountain Division
Vail Resorts
With more than 40 years of ski industry experience, Blaise Carrig has helped elevate the resorts and companies he's been a part of since his first job at Sugarbush, Vt., in 1976. At Sugarbush, he worked in a variety of positions, from ski patrol to president and eventually as the resort's managing director until 1997. He then moved out west to become president and managing director of The Canyons in Park City, Utah, leading the resort from 1997 to 2002. Blaise moved even further west in 2002 to Heavenly Mountain Resort, Calif., where he was senior vice president and COO for six years. After a brief stint as Vail Resorts' executive vice president in 2008, he was promoted to the role of president of Vail Resorts in September of that year. Blaise was responsible for overseeing all of the company's mountain resort operations, mountain resort capital projects, budgeting and strategic planning. In 2015, he transitioned into his current role as senior advisor for Vail Resorts' mountain division. Blaise recently served as chairman of the National Ski Areas Association, and is now past chair. In the past he has served as chairman of Vermont Ski Areas Association, Ski Utah, and the California Ski Areas Association.
Jody Churich
Powdr Corp. - Woodward
Jody Churich began her ski industry career in 1998 as director of sales and marketing at Alpine Meadows, Calif., where she spent more than seven years managing the resort's advertising, corporate and group sales, PR, and events planning. In 2006, she stepped up to become president and GM of Boreal and Soda Springs ski areas and Woodward Tahoe in California. During her time there, Jody oversaw all resort business operations, development, strategy, and finance for the ski areas. Then in 2012, she was promoted to her current role of executive vice president and COO for Woodward, Powdr Corporation's growing youth lifestyle brand. She sits on Powdr's executive team, managing corporate business development, strategy, operations management, and expansion for Woodward. Also in 2012, just as she was making the transition to her corporate role, Jody was recognized with a SAMMY Award.
Barb Green, President
Blue Mountain, Pa.
Throughout Barb Green's career, she has been an integral part of managing and growing successful companies in a variety of industries. Her first job out of college was with international CPA firm Earnst & Young where she supervised audits on manufacturing, construction, health care and insurance clients. She moved on to spend seven years as controller for Rouse & Associates, a now billion-dollar real estate company headquartered in Malvern, Penn. During her time there, Barb played a vital role in growing the company from a staff of 80 with three regional offices and 70 partnerships to more than 250 staff members, 12 regional offices and over 200 partnerships. Her first foray into the ski industry was from 1993 to 1998 when she served as controller for Blue Mountain, Pa. After three years working as director of sales operations for internet provider Breakaway Solutions, in 2001 she started Gestalt, LLC—a system integration consulting company for the energy and defense industry—serving as owner and CFO. Gestalt grew to a $50 million company by the time it was sold to Accenture in 2007. Since 2007, Barb has been president of Blue Mountain. Over the past 10 years, she has orchestrated millions of dollars in capital improvements at the resort, with more in the works.
Bill Jensen, Partner/CEO
Telluride Ski & Golf, Colo.
Bill Jensen has enjoyed an accomplished and influential 43-year career in the ski industry, starting in 1974 as a lift operator at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. He then went on to work in operations at Sun Valley, Idaho and Ski Bluewood, Wash., before spending nine years with PistenBully as a sales manager and eventually vice president. In 1989, he got back in the resort game as VP of marketing for Sunday River, Maine. He then moved on to Fibreboard Resort Group as president and GM of Northstar at Tahoe, and was promoted to president of the resort group in 1994. Bill joined Vail Resorts as COO of Breckenridge Ski Resort in 1997, and then became COO of Vail Mountain in 1999. In 2006, he was promoted to president of Vail Resorts' mountain division with oversight responsibility for Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly, as well as Vail Resorts' retail division. Then from 2008 to 2015 he was CEO of Intrawest before moving on to his current role as partner and CEO of Telluride Ski and Golf. In addition, Bill is past chairman of the NSAA, a SAMMY Award winner in 2002, and was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 2008. He also serves on several local and national boards and committees. Bill and his wife Cheryl have homes in Telluride and Vail, Colo.
John Rice, General Manager
Sierra-at-Tahoe, Calif.
John Rice has worked in ski area management throughout his entire 40-year career, holding management positions at several California resorts including Squaw Valley USA, Sierra Summit, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain, and currently serves as general manager of Sierra-at-Tahoe. He is known for his work in bringing the sport of snowboarding to the ski resort industry in the 1980s, and is credited with building the first full-time snowboard terrain park in the U.S. He also works as a consultant and expert witness in safety, terrain parks, and ski area operations at resorts in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. John is a professional member of several organizations, has served on many industry boards, and is currently an elected officer of the Lake Valley Fire Protection District. As a motivational speaker, he has delivered keynote and topical presentations to a variety of organizations. He was also a 2001 SAMMY Award winner. In addition, John is an avid skier and snowboarder, a professional musician, family man, and enjoys all forms of outdoor recreation in his free time.
These 10 resort staffers represent a sample of the mountain resort industry's next generation of leaders. All have years of industry experience already under their belts, and are major contributors to the success of the resorts where they work. They were all nominated by current industry leaders to participate in the inaugural SAM Summit Series.
Throughout the program, these rising stars will benefit from the guidance and mentorship of the Summit Series advisers and facilitators. They will participate in monthly conference calls and complete topical assignments aimed at helping them grow as managers and future resort leaders.
We are proud to introduce the SAM Summit Series class of 2018.
Megan Altemose, Red River Ski Area, N.M.—Megan Altemose started in the ski industry at the age of 16 working as a ski school instructor and a member of the terrain park crew at Camelback Ski Area in Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, she moved to Vermont and studied resort and hospitality management at Green Mountain College's satellite campus in Killington. As a part of her schooling, Megan worked in several positions at Killington, including lift operator, night base lodge cleaner, and food and beverage. After college, she was the ticket-checking supervisor at Killington for two years. She then took a few years off from the ski industry to "get a real job," and realized no amount of money or stability could replace the love and passion she has for the ski industry. So in June of 2016, Megan got back in the game as lift operations supervisor at Red River Ski Area in New Mexico.
Sarah Demmons, Pats Peak, N.H.—Sarah Demmons was born in Maine to parents who were missionaries in Botswana, Africa. After living in Botswana, she learned to take nothing for granted—a lesson she applies to her work today as the assistant director of mountain operations for Pats Peak, N.H. Sarah got to where she is by starting in a seasonal job as a nighttime snowmaker at Pats Peak in 2006. The following season she was promoted to the year-round position of snowmaking supervisor. Four years later she became the lift operations manager, a job that included managing the lift ops, tubing park, and parking staff. Sarah was promoted to her current role in 2015 and manages a crew of 100 staff. She says, "Now, with the help of my three amazing supervisors, I am able to train and manage lifts, tubing and parking staff, as well as all payroll for grooming, snowmaking, terrain park, tubing, parking, lifts, garage and lift mechanics." Sarah also is responsible for coordinating safety meetings, interviews, work schedules, invoices, and is in constant communication with the resort's mountain ops director daily happenings. She does all this as a single mom of two kids, ages 13 and 23.
Joe Forte, Blue Mountain, Pa.—Joe Forte has been a part of the Blue Mountain Resort (Pa.) family for more than 19 years. During the winter he serves as the Learning Center director, and when the snow melts he switches gears to his role as director of summer adventures. Joe has a passion for teaching and creates a program where education comes alive with adventure. His philosophy is to teach a curriculum that isn't taught in school. Joe says, "Out here on the mountain is where people find confidence, leadership, long lasting friends and a deep love for the outdoors." He holds a Master's Degree in Education, is a PSIA ACE Coach, AASI Level 3, and has numerous certifications in rock climbing, high ropes courses, teambuilding, archery, and outdoor emergency care.
Nate Ellis, Boreal & Soda Springs Mountain Resorts and Woodward Tahoe, Calif.—Nate Ellis started his ski industry career as a snowboard instructor 18 years ago at Boreal Mountain Resort, Calif. Now as the director of guest operations, Nate oversees all guest experience functions for Boreal & Soda Springs Mountain Resorts and Woodward Tahoe. Leading up to his current role, he was manager of snowsports and director of mountain services at Boreal and Soda Springs. In those positions, Nate was been part of the team that developed and implemented multi-year initiatives to create new skiers and riders. The most successful of these programs include: the nationally recognized "Take Three Ride Free" conversion initiative, the "Planet Kids" program at Soda Springs, and the "Ride with Woodward" program at Woodward Tahoe. Nate has lived in the Truckee area for more than 15 years and currently resides there with his wife and three children. In his free time he enjoys outdoor activities, snowboarding, traveling with his wife, and spending time with his family.
Kyle Gornell, Steamboat, Colo.—Growing up in Oswego, Ill., Kyle Gornell learned to ski at the age of two during a family ski vacation. He eventually moved to Colorado, initially to attend school, but wound up stumbling into the ski industry. Since then, he has worked at multiple ski areas in various capacities including snowmaking, slope maintenance, and lift operations. Currently, Kyle is the activities manager at Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation overseeing both summer and winter activities.
Thea Hardy, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Calif.—Thea Hardy is a 27-year-old optimist with a love for traveling, skiing, biking, horse-riding, and her dog, Mick. She got her start as a ski industry professional in San Diego as an account manager for Big Bear Mountain Resorts (Bear Mountain and Snow Summit) just after college. Ready to settle in the mountains, she collected her love of ski resort communication and applied it closer to home, landing in South Lake Tahoe. Now as communications manager for Sierra-at-Tahoe, her experience ranges from public relations and team management to social media, content creation, and finally, advertising and ad design—she is a self-described "marketing Swiss-Army knife." Thea brings a healthy dose of positivity and energy as well as results-driven professionalism fueled by her core passion for the winter sports industry.
Andrew Lanoue, Jay Peak, Vt.—Andrew Lanoue grew up halfway between Burke Mountain and Jay Peak Resort, learning to ride in the Green Mountains of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom during the winter and enjoying time with friends at Lake Willoughby in the summer. He fell in love with Jay Peak and the resort's community, so in 2004 he applied to work part-time as a snowboard instructor. Andrew remained an active employee from high school through college graduation. While living and working in Burlington after college, he still worked a second job as a part-time snowboard instructor. And finally in 2012 he inquired about a possible opening for in-house media production, and has been working in Jay Peak's marketing department as the interactive marketing coordinator. Andrew is responsible for the resort's social media, photography and video content production, and helps with the website.
Andrew Roy, Eldora, Colo.—Andrew Roy grew up in Massachusetts, 15 minutes from his home resort, Wachusett Mountain. He began his ski industry career with the park crew at Waterville Valley, N.H. After graduating from Plymouth State University (N.H.), Andrew dove right into snowmaking at Wachusett. He always had an urge to go out west, so he made the move to Beaver Creek, Colo., and experienced a different role as a lift operator. But when the terrain park manager position opened up back at Wachusett, he moved back east and spent several years in the role. The desire to expand his horizons led to another move out west, this time to Eldora Mountain Resort soon after Powdr Corp. had acquired it. Since being at Eldora, Andrew has helped develop a new Woodward Terrain Park Program, from the welding shop to the snowcat. Last season, he was honored with Colorado Ski Country's Terrain Master award, and now proudly serves on the CSC board as vice chairperson.
Brandon Swartz, Heavenly, Calif.—Growing up in New York, Brandon Swartz had a fascination with the ski industry that bordered on obsession, so he decided to turn it into a career and has already been in the industry for 15 years. It all started in high school when he worked for three years as a kids' ski instructor at Mount Snow, Vt. After graduating from high school, he was offered a mountain operations internship at the resort, gaining experience in building maintenance, snowmaking, grooming, tubing operations, lift operations, and summer trail and bike crew. While attending Lyndon State College (Vt.), he worked as a patroller at Burke Mountain, completed his practicum program by working at Jay Peak and Stowe, and spent is final internship working in the race and event department at Keystone, Colo. After Brandon graduated from Lyndon's recreation resource and ski resort management program, he spent time as a lift mechanic at Hunter Mountain, N.Y. He then moved out west to Heavenly, Calif., where he started as the assistant manager of lift operations, and now four-and-a-half years later he's the senior manager of lift operations.
Anya Whiticar, Lake Louise Ski Resort, Alberta, Canada—Anya Whiticar is a Canadian/American dual citizen, born and raised in Hawaii on the island of Maui. She moved to Montreal 10 years ago to study political science and international development at McGill University and has been living in Canada ever since. After graduating, she traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, the western U.S. and Canada, and Central and South America before settling in Banff National Park in the little hamlet of Lake Louise. She currently works as the guest services manager at Lake Louise Ski Resort and Summer Gondola. She is passionate about the ocean and the mountains. When not working, she loves snowboarding, scuba diving, hiking, camping and spending time outside with friends.


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Baseball brass must be sinking in their box seats, judging by the debut of VH1's newest series, "Baseball Wives."
The show—a follow-up to the popular "Basketball Wives" and "Football Wives" series—promises enough nasty catfights, teary breakdowns and novel name calling (cleat chaser!) to bring a big ol' dose of Jersey-style nonsense to America's long-protected pastime.
But Anna Benson, sure to be the show's star, has never cared what the baseball community thinks of her.
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"They don't write me a check, they don't own my image. They're not the boss of me," Benson says. "My husband [Kris] is the only boss of me. And my dad."
And if his tweets are any indication, Boss #1 approves.
KrisBenson34 tweeted: "@TheAnnaBenson Killed it babe! Episode 1 was EPIC! My sides are hurting I was laughing so much..."
It's no surprise VH1 sought out Benson, who's never fit the mold of the traditional baseball wife. The sexy model and wife of pitcher Kris Benson famously told Howard Stern she'd sleep with the entire Mets organization if Kris ever cheated on her. Fans have long suspected he was traded to Baltimore in 2006 because of Anna.
The show promotes Anna Benson in a bio as a cross between Angelina Jolie and Bill O'Reilly. In an upcoming episode, the gun-loving, PETA-hating mother of four allegedly threatens her castmates with a stun gun ... and a sex toy.
"Baseball is just sooo conservative," says Benson, 35, on the phone from Arizona where the show is still taping. "This is just so taboo. It's perfect."
As expected from today's reality shows, "Baseball Wives" offers little in the way of reality. None of the wives actually has a husband currently on any MLB roster (after more than 10 years in the big leagues, Kris pitched three games for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010 before hanging up his glove for good). One of the gals, Jordana Lenz, got on the show because she once dated Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan.
And "Baseball Wives" doesn't show the actual life of baseball wives because, well, the actual life of baseball wives is boring.
Who wants to watch a frazzled mom schlepping whiny kids through the airport to meet her husband (who flew on a chartered flight) for an away series? Or the long nights waiting for him to come home from a game that's just now going into extra innings? Or trolling the Internet to get to the bottom of those rumors about what he was up to on that last road trip?
Asked for a typical scene from her actual baseball-wife life, Benson remembers: "It's February, because my birthday is the 12th and my daughter's is the 14th, and Kris always left for spring training before our birthdays. And it sucked so bad every year."
But thanks in a big way to Benson's feisty, no-holds-barred personality, #BaseballWives became a trending topic on Twitter during the airing of Wednesday's premiere—an encouraging sign for the ratings. However, some tweeters were most surprised by Benson's new appearance. (Benson has put on a few pounds since FHM ranked her #29 their list of "100 Sexiest Women.")
This is just the beginning of Act II for Anna Benson, who could follow in the footsteps of Bethenny Frankel or Evelyn Lozada, who's reportedly negotiating her own post-"Basketball Wives" spinoff.
That's what Benson's betting on.
"I love entertainment and this for me is my chance to entertain, to be a personality," she says. "I would love to have my own show."


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- Publisher: IDW
- Written By: Mike Johnson
- Art By: David Messina Stephen Molnar Tim Bradstreet
- Language: English
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Digital Release Date: September, 21st, 2011
- Age Rating: Teens/Young Adults (ages 13+)
The adventures of the Starship Enterprise continue in this new ongoing series that picks up where the blockbuster 2009 film left off! Featuring the new cast of the film, these missions re-imagine the stories from the original series in the alternate timeline created by the film, along with new threats and characters never seen before! With creative collaboration from STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this new series begins the countdown to the much-anticipated movie sequel premiering in 2012. Join Kirk, Spock and the crew as they boldly go into a new future! Up first, a drastic new envisioning of "Where No Man Has Gone Before."


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J.K. Rowling's Pottermore Site Is Now Open to the Public
With the books and movies all finished, are you suffering from Harry Potter withdrawal?
Maybe it's time to head over to Pottermore, an online hub developed by J.K. Rowling for fans of the boy wizard. The free site is now open for all to join.
Users will be treated to additional writing from Rowling that augments the books, digital games extending the series' themes and plot-lines, e-book reading and a platform to talk muggles and magic with other Harry Potter fanatics.
"The digital generation will be able to enjoy a safe, unique online reading experience built around the Harry Potter books," Rowling says in a video introducing Pottermore.
After signing up for the site, you'll get assigned to a Hogwarts house by the Sorting Hat and be specially chosen by a compatible wand before diving into the site's content. You'll be able to friend other Pottermore users, take on magical missions, compete with other Hogwarts houses and more deeply explore Harry's world.
The site also promises "exclusive new content from J.K. Rowling," reportedly including 18,000 words of background material filling out the books' characters and settings. For newbies, Pottermore will sell e-book and audiobook versions of the series.
While anyone can sign up now, the site says in a blog post that it will activate new registrations in waves, so you may have to wait just a bit longer to add that digital twist to your Pottermania.
Will you join Pottermore? Let us know in the comments.


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Our Mother of Consolation Parish School will welcome two new teachers to its staff for the 2013-14 school year.
Ms. Caroline Stutz will be the sixth grade homeroom teacher and will teach math to all of the upper classes (grades 5-8). Mrs. Michele Snyder will take the helm in the 4- year-old Pre-kindergarten program as OMC expands its program into separate 3- and 4- year old classes.
Ms. Stutz is a graduate of Chestnut Hill College where she was a member of the collegiate National Honors Society and the recipient of the college's President's Leadership Award. She holds a bachelor of science and certification in math education.
With the expansion of our Pre-kindergarten program into separate 3- and 4-year-old classes, Mrs. Michele Snyder will join OMC to lead our 4-year-old class. Ms. Christine Gallagher will remain as the director of Early Childhood Education, and will teach the 3-year-old class.
Mrs. Snyder received her bachelor of science in early childhood and elementary education from West Chester University, and her masters of education from Cabrini College. Mrs. Snyder previously directed the kindergarten program at St. Carthage School for six years, and then took time to start her own family. Most recently she directed the Zion Lutheran Preschool.
"We welcome Ms. Stutz and Mrs. Snyder to the OMC staff," said Bruce Hagy, principal at OMC Parish School. "Our faculty is excellent, and the skills that these two new teachers bring to their classes will only enhance our curriculum and the educational experience for our students."


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My first "copperhead" survival knife was born of necessity and chance—with, perhaps, just a little assistance from ingenuity—back in 1977. At the time, I was repairing and replacing cable along a railroad. In order to get to that heavy wire—which, for the most part, was buried under crushed stone and cinder—I had to make my way through the roots, limbs, and thorns of the abundant trackside brush.
As you can imagine, the insulation used on the cable had to be pretty sturdy to survive in that setting, and I needed a tool that could strip off the insulation when I had to make a connection, and that could also cut through the briars and such surrounding the cable. Furthermore, since all of the cutting would be done very close to the wires that I was repairing, a chopping tool was out of the question. What I needed, it seemed, was a good, sturdy blade for stripping the cable and a small saw to clear the way, and they both had to be able to tolerate getting jabbed into the gravel every now and again.
As it happened, chance stepped in. While I was walking along the track, I came across a broken power hacksaw blade, discarded, no doubt, by a rail repair crew. Its teeth were in good shape, and the hard steel cut through saplings and roots easily, without seeming the worse for the abuse. It did, of course, need a handle. And I thought—as I headed home that evening with my find tucked in my back pocket—that if I could also give it a sharp edge for stripping cable, I'd have both of my "dream tools" in one.
I made the knife that same evening. It did the jobs I'd hoped it would, too. What's more, though my railroad repair days are over, I still get a lot of use from my copperhead. I've toted it along on fishing, backpacking, and prospecting trips and found that—in addition to being suited for the tool's original uses—the saw edge makes a darn good fish scaler, and the hard steel blade is more than adequate for prying an occasional "promising" rock from the ground.
Shaping the Blade
In order to make your own survival knife, you'll need a broken or used power hacksaw blade that's at least 10 1/2" long (check with machine shops, railroad repair gangs, or steel suppliers), about 2 feet of 3/4" type M soft copper tubing, about 3 inches of 1/2" type M soft copper tubing, a 3/4" "sweat type" copper cap, some soldering flux and solder (either 50/50 or 60/40), a supply of steel wool or emery cloth, a few wire coat hangers, and a little shop time (I'd figure on about two hours).
First of all, you'll have to use a portable or bench grinder to shape the knife. Begin by drawing the grinding lines on the saw blade with a soapstone or wax pencil, following the pattern. Do note, too, that I shaped the blade in such a way that the rake of the sawteeth is toward the user. Some may take exception to this feature, but—believe me—I'd rather be pulling away from, and not pushing into, this tool in the event of a slip! You can save a considerable amount of grinding time if you just score along the outline of the blade with the edge of your grinding wheel, and then snap off the unwanted sections. (When shaping the blade, be sure to quench it often in a bucket of water, to avoid overheating the metal and removing its temper, and when grinding, hammering, or soldering, always wear safety glasses or goggles.)
The tang, or inner handle, of the knife must also be formed. This can be done with some abandon, since it won't have to hold an edge and thus can be overheated without suffering too much harm. Once the blade has been shaped—but not sharpened—set it aside and go on to the next step.
Making the Knife Handle
As you may have guessed, the handle assembly (and the scabbard, which is described later) is responsible for the knife's being called a "copperhead."
The hand guard is made by flattening the small piece of 1/2" copper tubing in a vise. (Hardwood blocks or leather pads can be used, if necessary, to protect the copper's smooth finish from the vise's rough grips.) If you're forced to use rigid, rather than soft, tubing, you'll have to draw the temper out of it—by heating the material with a propane torch until the copper turns red, then allowing it to cool slowly—before using it to make the guard, handle, or sheath, this process is called annealing. Now, mark the 7/8" tang slot, shown in the drawing, and punch through that line with a cold chisel. With that done, clamp the hand guard in a vise, cut it to size, and round the corners with a file.
To make the handle itself, you'll first have to "sweat" the copper cap onto one end of the length of 3/4" tubing. (Again, if you're working with rigid copper, it'll be necessary to anneal the material before you attempt to shape it.) First, thoroughly clean the outside of the tube and the inside of the cap with emery cloth or steel wool. Next, apply flux to those surfaces that'll be in contact when the cap is slipped over the handle. Now, place the cap on the tube and twist it, to spread the flux evenly. At this point, you can clamp the tube in your vise—cap down—and begin to heat the cap while touching solder to the joint at a point opposite that being touched by the torch's flame. The joint between the cap and tubing will quickly fill with solder. As soon as a bright ring of the connecting material is showing completely around the joint, you can stop, and wait until the joint has cooled before removing any excess solder with sandpaper. The handle can then be cut to its finished length of 4 1/2", cap included (the rest of the 3/4" tubing will later be used to make the scabbard). Go on to remove any burrs from the cut area, and you'll be ready to assemble your copperhead survival knife.
Securing the Hand Guard
The hand guard will, of course, have to be secured to the tang before the handle itself can be attached. Start by putting the blade, tang up, in a vise, being careful to avoid squeezing the sawteeth, as that would ruin their "set" and limit their cutting ability. Now, clean and flux an area extending to an inch or so below the spot where the blade ends and the tang begins, and slide the hand guard over the tang until it butts up against the beginning of the blade.
You might have to "encourage" the strip of copper while doing this. If so, use a combination of hammer and wooden block "buffer" to avoid denting the guard. When the two pieces fit together to your satisfaction, solder the hand guard to the tang, but not to the blade. After removing the joined components from the vise, place the handle in that tool horizontally, leaving the end of the cap outside of the jaws. Working slowly, squeeze the tubing slightly out of round, but only until its inner oval measures about 7/8" at the widest point. The handle then can be removed from the vise, and the blade can be reinserted as it was before. Now, once again using a wooden block to protect the copper, drive the handle over the tang until it touches the hand guard. Carefully solder the joint between these two copper parts, building up a 1/8" fillet.
Once the knife has cooled, go on to bend the bottom of the hand guard a bit back toward the handle, and the top an equal amount in the direction of the blade. (It's best to put off sharpening the tool for a while longer if you plan to make a sheath, as you'll be handling the blade a good bit during that operation.)
Make the Knife Sheath
To make an attractive sheath that won't be ripped to shreds by your knife's sawteeth, you'll need the rest of your 3/4" copper tubing (the remaining section should be cut to a 16" length) and about eight 10" pieces of coat hanger wire. Use a wax pencil or similar marker to draw a line around the tube at a point 7 inches from one end, indicating the portion of the sheath that will actually cover the blade (the rest will undergo a bit of cutting and bending, and will serve as a belt loop). Then insert the hanger wires into the 7" "blade" section of the scabbard—they'll hang out about 3 inches, of course—and squeeze the entire 16" length of tubing in the vise. Work gradually, forming it into an oval first and then continuing to apply gradual pressure to avoid denting the material. When you're finished, you'll find that the lengths of coat hanger have prevented the "blade" section from flattening completely, leaving room for the knife to be inserted later.
Now, cut halfway through the flattened tube on the line that divides it into two sections, then, as shown, make another cut extending from the top of that portion of tubing that'll form the belt clip and intersecting the first cut (this will, of course, remove a section of tubing from the front of the scabbard, leaving a single thickness on the upper part and the double-thick 7" portion, with an opening for the blade below). With that done, make two 1/4" lateral cuts, again as shown in Fig. 4A, where the "blade" and "belt loop" sections of the sheath meet. Using your vise to hold the tubing, hammer these two long, 1/4"-wide panels back, forming a seam along both sides of the belt-clip-to-be. This adds rigidity to the material and also creates a smooth, nonsagging edge,
Your next step will be to trace the curve of the blade point on the appropriate section of the sheath (mark it on the front and on the back). Then—and this is probably the trickiest part of the operation—use your tinsnips to follow those curves, staying about 1/8" outside the tracings on what will be the back of the sheath and about 1/4" beyond the curved line on the front. This will leave a 1/8" lip on the front of the scabbard, and that can be peened over as indicated.
You can simply go on to shape the belt loop, bending, cleaning, and soldering as indicated. Do take the time to flare out and roll the opening of the scabbard as shown, too. Insert your still-unfinished knife into the completed sheath to check it out. You may find that you have to hammer the scabbard along the edges—or wait until you've put a real edge on the blade—to get a perfect fit, neither too loose nor too tight.
The knife's cutting surface will, of course, be roughed out on the grinder. Again, work slowly and cool the steel often to avoid damaging the temper of the metal, and grind into the blade rather than away from it, to avoid turning over a burred edge. When the blade is almost fully sharpened, finish the task with a good whetstone.
Buff to Shine
You can put a beautiful luster on all of the copper parts of your knife by buffing them on a wire wheel mounted to your grinder (emery cloth and elbow grease will do the job, too), and a coat or two of clear lacquer or varnish will preserve that shine. Furthermore, the soft metal is relatively easy to engrave, using an electric pen made for that purpose, a scribe, or even a hardened nail. You can create a facsimile of costly silver inlay by engraving the copper, fluxing the grooves, filling them with molten solder, and then, once the solder has cooled, sanding the bright, silvery material off, leaving solder only in the grooves of the engraving. (Again, take the time to protect your handiwork with clear lacquer.)
That's about it! You've taken a handful of all-but-useless junk and turned it into a beautiful and practical tool. Now the copperhead survival knife is a bit crude when compared with many of the fine factory- and custom-made blades on the market today, but—given reasonable care—it'll do most anything its expensive cousins will, for years to come. And every time you use the tool you'll be able to savor the pride and satisfaction of doing a job with an implement that you made yourself, and I don't think there's any way to put a price on that feeling.


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This insect was introduced into North America sometime in the 1990's. It was first reported killing ash (genus Fraxinus) trees in the Detroit and Windsor areas in 2002. Since then, infestations have been found throughout lower Michigan, Ohio, northern Indiana, the Chicago area, Maryland, and recently in Pennsylvania.
For more complete information on the emerald ash borer, please visit the national EAB information website, which is operated through a grant from the US Forest Service, Northeastern Area.
EAB University opens (virtual) doors
Learn more about this voracious forest pest on line in this series of free Webinars sponsored by the Northeastern Area, and Purdue, Ohio State and Michigan State Universities. The series discusses this invasive insect and its destructive history in detail. Click here for more information and registration instructions.
- Integrated Program Strategy for Reducing the Adverse Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer Throughout the Northeastern Area
This strategy was prepared to help guide the development and implementation of EAB priorities and actions within the Northeastern Area regarding the threats and harm caused by the EAB.


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I finally got around to finishing this LO which has been sat on the table for ages now. I really wanted to make the most of the picture, and was struggling with what to put with it! It's turned out quite simple in the end, but the twinkle type letters make it special! anything pink and glittery is a winner in my book!
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
6 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Gorgeous photo! And those Twinkle Type letters are simply stunning :o) I think I need me some of those!
- 22 May 2007 at 18:29
- Louise said...
Fab Lo and photo Jen. I love your Path photo, I think it's one of my favs so far.
Ps go and have a look what you called me in your last comment on my blog! Ever a true word said in jest LOL!
- 22 May 2007 at 21:02
- Nat said...
That is just gorgeous!! xxx
- 22 May 2007 at 21:10
- Tracy said...
Love the LO Jen. Love the twinkle type letters too :)
- 22 May 2007 at 21:39
- Angela said...
Oh my goodness, that is the most amazing sunset photo and the layout really does it justice.
- 23 May 2007 at 09:29
- Adee aka kiwigirl42 said...
that photo is amazing. great layout!
- 24 May 2007 at 13:56
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So, I tried convincing myself I could live with an effed up sweater but really, who was I kidding?
After that post I set it aside and did other things to distract myself from the suck.
I wouldn't sell or give away anything that's not made to the best of my abilities, so why wouldn't I use the same standards for the things I make myself?
Yeah, I put a few hours here and there into it, but I would look like (and be!) a damn fool if I just continued on.
Even Lily was like, "WTF Momma?"
In case you didn't notice, I'm using a wooden spoon to wind the yarn. I misplaced my nostepinne (MAJOR SAD FACE) but knew that if I waited any longer to frog it'd sit there for another week or two.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to eat some ice cream and watch The Biggest Loser.
April 6, 2011 6:55 am
What a combination eat ice cream and watch the biggest loser. I can admire you for setting high standards. Wish more people were like you when they sell a craft they have made. You are so lucky though to have such fine crafting abilities. This piece looked lovely to me. Lily does feel your pain!
Vallary permalinkApril 6, 2011 8:54 pm
Eeeek. When I screw up a cable (which happens a lot, I have difficulty remaining focused) I usually just drop the entire cable (plus one of the purl stitches on each side of the cable), then re-knit just the cable using DPNs. The tension is sometimes a bit wonky though, but that way you don't lose ALL your hard work.


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