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August 2012
Pike cancels recycling program; costs are prohibitive
Shocking many residents, the Pike County Commissioners voted, at their meeting on August 15, to stop the countywide recycling program, effective October 1, 2012. Read more
Residents say 'don't do it'; spotlight on overriding the tax cap
Resident Tom Manza said, "Actually, I'm here to ask for a 20% tax reduction," which drew laughter from the legislature because, with the budget situation as bad as it is, a cut is out of the question and a double-digit increase seems likely. Read more
Highland to consider climate pledge
The Town of Highland town board heard two special presentations at its recent monthly meeting on August 14. Read more
Anti-gas drilling TV commercial unveiled
NEW YORK STATE — Television commercials touting the benefits of natural gas have become commonplace over the past couple of years with energy companies like Exxon and Chesapeake and industry lobbying groups like American Petroleum Institute and American Natural Gas Alliance spending millions on slick productions that paint drilling as an activity that will bring jobs and prosperity. Read more
New arts and cultural center opens; international artists featured
If you happen to be driving on Route 6 in White Mills and wonder about a sign in front of the old mill that says "PaPA," you should drive into the parking lot of the building and stop in. Read more
Susan Beecher to retire from PCCD; concerns over pipeline impacts discussed
Susan Beecher, a well-respected guardian of Pike County's natural resources will retire from her post as executive director of the Pike County Conservation District (PCCD) on December 31, concluding 23 years of service. The news was announced at the monthly meeting of the PCCD Board of Directors on August 20. Read more
Pageant winners at the government center
Title holders from the Sullivan County International Pageant visited the government center on August 16 to receive certificates of recognition from the legislature. Lawmaker Kathy LaBuda said that, this year, the pageant would be donating a portion of the proceeds to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Read more
ECS board sets tax levy and more
The Eldred Central School District Board of Education (ECS BOE) met on August 9 and passed several resolutions intended to enable the district to prepare for future budgetary constraints. Read more
105 years young: Carl Hentschel
Covering Carl Hentschel's 100th birthday celebration five years ago was a special treat for this reporter, but seeing Hentschel still going strong at the age of 105 was truly icing on the cake.
A crowd of family, friends, veterans and dignitaries turned out at the Lumberland Senior Center in Glen Spey on August 15 to celebrate with Hentschel. Awards and recognitions were presented by various officials, including Town of Lumberland supervisor Nadia Rajsz and Town of Highland supervisor Andrew Boyar. Read more
Trials & tribulations
On my most recent trip to the lower West Branch of the Delaware, I fished in the company of a Mr. Blair Williams. It was a tough night, with very few flies hatching. Of course, this meant that rising fish were scarce. The high point of my night occurred when my legs suddenly went numb and I went for a swim in water barely up to my knees. Read more


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For those not following us on twitter, there's been a couple more rumors swirling around the ongoing Wilson Chandler saga. The first coming out of hoopshype stating that the Toronto Raptors are actively trying to free up space for an offer sheet by trading Leandro Barbosa. The second and most compelling rumor causing much consternation amongst Nuggets fans is out of Sportando, an Italian basketball website which is reporting that Chandler's agent Chris Luchey is "in serious talks with an Italian team to seal a deal for rest of season."
Both rumors are sourced only to twitter and it's fair to say they're rooted in speculation more than anything else right now. As we've gone through several times with the Chandler situation, he is in a unique position and only able to negotiate in earnest with one team — the Denver Nuggets.
I would not put a lot of stock into the Leandro Barbosa rumors. He's been on the trade block for a while and the Raptors know that desperately giving him away in a hurry is a questionable move considering there is no guarantee Denver does not just match their offer sheet. As has been reported by ESPN and Hoopsworld, the Raptors seem resigned to the fact that putting together an offer sheet at this late stage is not likely to work out well.
The rumors of Chandler's agent negotiating with Italy only reinforces our view that Denver holds all the cards in terms of Wilson returning to the NBA. It's clear that he wants to be in the NBA, even going so far as to negotiate an early release from his Chinese team and seek an early letter of clearance from FIBA. As we have assumed for a long time, Denver has no interest in signing Chandler short term and granting him the holy grail of unrestricted free agency in exchange for a few months of service.
Wilson must feel he is being forced over to Europe due to Denver not willing to accept a one year deal. Chandler can certainly apply pressure by threatening to head over to Europe for the remainder of the season, but Denver would still own his rights whenever he returns. Not to mention Chandler runs the risk of serious injury while he remains a free agent and there is no guarantee he will be rewarded with the richer contract he's seeking by waiting till the summer.
The Nuggets are playing hardball with Chandler, as expected. All it means as the process will be longer and more drawn out as Chandler exercises his leverage and continues to test Denver's resolve to give him the long-term deal he seeks. The Nuggets clearly seem more interested in protecting themselves rather than just getting him on the floor and it looks like a 50/50 proposition in terms of whether or not he'll be back.
I highly recommend following us on twitter, as I often discuss Chandler stuff there and the situation is such that we won't post about every future development as it occurs. You can follow me here and go ahead and give Kalen and Jeremy a follow as well.
On to the current links and Nuggets news, bullet-style this time for convenience.

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2010 Best Theme Park Attraction nominee: Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
Written by Robert Niles
Welcome, foolish mortals, as Disneyland's Haunted Mansion joins the 2010 Best Theme Park Attraction Tournament today as the sixth seed in the Best Themed Ride bracket.Tweet
Opened in 1969, Disney's original Haunted Mansion takes visitors on a "Doom Buggy" tour through the home of "999 happy haunts." Th "Ghost Host" narrates your way through the ride, which takes you up a grand staircase, past Madame Leota's seance, and through a Grand Ballroom on your way to the attic.
There, a ghostly bride greets you, before you exit a window, descending the Mansion roof into the haunted graveyard "outside." Finally, a ghost hitchhikes a ride in your buggy, before you exit and ride the "endless carpet" back up to New Orleans Square.
Disney's Haunted Mansion also appears in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and, as Phantom Manor, at Disneyland Paris. The exact backstory of the Mansion is the subject of much debate, and has been enhanced greatly over the years by Mansion cast members, far beyond that originally scripted by Disney's Imagineers.
All that talk, though, just demonstrates how popular the Mansion has been, and remains, among park guests. Disneyland's version scores slightly higher among Theme Park Insider readers than Disney World's Mansion, which is why the Disneyland original gets the tournament slot. (Personally, I prefer the Disneyland version, if for no other reason that you get to enter through the front door in Anaheim, as opposed to entering through the basement - and instantly ending up in the foyer - as you do in Florida. I always wanted to go through that front door at Disney World!)
My attempts to record the ride at the Mansion have failed, given the low light. So I instead offer you this video, plucked from YouTube:
Can the Mansion win this bracket? Let's hear your thoughts, in the comments.
Readers' Opinions
From James Rao on February 11, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I have not been to the DLR version of this classic attraction for years, but the WDW version is a can't miss experience - an unadulterated visual treat. While I don't regard HM as the greatest thing since sliced bread, it is certainly something that exemplifies the patented Disney Experience: unique, immersive, creative, and timeless. I will be shocked if HM doesn't last into the later stages of the tournament.
From Anthony Murphy on February 11, 2010 at 8:23 PM
I would say one of the best dark rides out there. It, for the most part, has not changed since it opened and it still wows the audience with the simple yet stunning technology that makes people wonder "How do they Do that?"
Disneyland's version is more or less the same as WDW's. Its just visually appealing and has the ride for the everybody theory down pat. Its a great mix of scary and funny for any visitor.
From Joshua Counsil on February 11, 2010 at 8:52 PM
10-Perfection. It just doesn't get any better than this.
There were certain aspects of the ride I didn't enjoy (e.g. the shriekers), but Disney banged the refurbishment right on the head. The updated Mansion is simply one of those attractions I inexplicably love, riding continuously without any loss in quality.
Few Disney dark rides from the "golden days" impress many visitors. This attraction still blows me away.
From rick stevens on February 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM
I do enjoy the HM at DL. The update, with the added attic, adds to the storyline and the experience. What I miss is the darkness of the ride. When it first opened it was much darker and many of the "scarry" jumping out effects were timed differently. It might just be that I am used to the ride, but I was told by one of the AV people that they had to tone down the ride after someone had chest pains. I do not know if that is true, but I do remember the original being a bit more Halloween Haunted House.
From Manny Barron on February 11, 2010 at 11:21 PM
The Haunted Mansion is a legendary ride. It is well worth of this ranking and its crazy when you think that this ride is just over 40 years old. I can never get enough of this ride. I kinda get bummed out when I visit DL in Oct/Nov/Dec and they have the Nightmare before christmas setting. I mean its ok but the original version is just so great anything less is a dissapointment. Anyway this is a great ride with a pre-show that never gets old.
From Sylvain Comeau on February 12, 2010 at 4:16 AM
I can't believe Disneyland's version made the cut. The WDW version has been clearly superior ever since the refurb in '07. Constance is much better, Leota is sharper looking (and still floats!), the sound has been greatly upgraded (that awesome surround sound in the stretching room!) the ride is longer, with more scenes...
The only conceivable reason that Disneyland's version could have a slightly higher score is that California locals, those (in)famous AP holders, rated it in droves. I'm not saying Disneyland's version is bad, not at all. But Anaheim has let their version lag behind WDW's, maybe because they would rather gussy up the ride for the holidays.
From Rod Whitenack on February 12, 2010 at 9:25 AM
I still think this is the greatest themed ride in the history of themed rides and the very idea of a world without the Haunted Mansion scares me more than any haunted house ever built. If it ever closes or is completely updated for the CGI, 3-D, interactive world we live in now, it will be a tragedy. You can't improve on perfection.
From Doug Kelley on February 12, 2010 at 11:27 PM
I have to agree. I'd rather see the WDW version here but the DL one is good too. Come to think of it, this is one of the few rides (ToT being another) that's better at WDW than DL, in my book.
From Rob P on February 15, 2010 at 3:31 AM
This ride is a true Disney classic. I think it's difficult to see where improvements can be made without compromising the original elements of the attraction. It has achieved a good balance between technological advancement and the sheer "haminess" ( is that even a word ? ) that's worthy of Vincent Price at his best.
Whilst wishing to experience the very best that new technology brings to the table there's also a part of me that would really miss the creakiness of it all if it was ever extensively updated .
Haunted Mansion proves that attractions don't have to be faultless to be fun. The long lines at both WDW and DL are proof of that.
I think that Disneyland's premier dark ride will go a long way in this competition and may even win it.
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Drummondville forward Sean Couturier is the MVP of the QMJHL this season. He received the award at the Golden Puck Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Montreal last Wednesday night. Here is the list of winners and All-Star teams…
Jacques-Plante Trophy (Best Goals-Against-Average)
Jacob DeSerres – Saint John Sea Dogs
Jacob DeSerres wins the Jacques-Plante trophy thanks to his goals-against-average of 2.22 in 30 games with the Sea Dogs. The Franco-Albertan, former goalie of the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western League, won 27 games versus only three losses.
RDS Cup (Rookie of the Year)
Charles Hudon – Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Only 16 years-old, the Sags number 10 racked up 60 points in 63 games, of which 23 were goals. Hudon was chosen 6th overall in the first round of the QMJHL 2010 Draft.
Ron-Lapointe Trophy (Coach of the Year)
Gérard Gallant – Saint John Sea Dogs
The Sea Dogs ended the season with 58 victories in 68 games. Last year, Gallant won the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award of the Canadian Hockey League.
Jean-Béliveau Trophy (Top scorer)
Philip-Michaël Devos – Gatineau Olympiques / Victoriaville Tigres
The forward from Sorel finished the season with 114 points. Devos, who spent four and a half seasons with the Victoriaville Tigres before being traded to the Olympiques, becomes the first scoring champion that played with two different teams since Patrick Lebeau in 89-90.
Marcel-Robert Trophy (TELUS Scholastic player of the Year)
Nicolas Therrien – Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Therrien played 68 games, scoring 12 goals and 32 assists for a total of 44 points. He played the entire season while maintaining a high academic standing.
Humanitarian Player Award
Gabriel Lemieux – Shawinigan Cataractes
Lemieux accumulated 25 points in 63 games this season. He realized at the very start of his career that he could use his status as a player to create a positive impact in the community. His numerous philanthropic contributions have had a positive effect on his region.
Émile "Butch" Bouchard Trophy (Defenseman of the Year)
Simon Després – Saint John Sea Dogs
Defenseman Simon Després is the defenseman of the year. First choice of the 2007 Entry Draft, Després finished the 2010-2011 campaign with a showing of 41 points in 47 games and a +/- of +29. Després also represented Canada in the last World Junior Under-20 Championship in Buffalo.
Frank-J.-Selke Trophy (Most sportsmanlike player)
Philip-Michaël Devos – Gatineau Olympiques / Victoriaville Tigres
In regular season, Devos played for the Tigres and Olympiques, collecting 114 points but with only 31 penalty minutes. Devos finishes a 5-year career in the QMJHL in which he played 325 regular season games.
Michael-Bossy Trophy (Best professional prospect)
Sean Couturier – Drummondville Voltigeurs
Forward Sean Couturier takes the title of Top professional prospect. Ranked 2nd in North America by NHL Central Scouting this January, the Voltigeurs' number 7 collected his second 96-point campaign in a row while playing in 10 fewer games this year due to his participation in the World Junior Hockey Championship.
Maurice Filion Trophy (General Manager of the Year)
Mike Kelly – Saint John Sea Dogs
Mike Kelly built a first class team that just had one of the best seasons in the history of the League. In two seasons under his direction, the Sea Dogs have registered no less than 111 victories. This year to improve his team, Kelly acquired goaltender Jacob DeSerres, forward Alexandre Beauregard and defenseman Éric Gélinas.
Paul-Dumont Trophy (Personality of the Year)
Louis Leblanc – Montreal Juniors
Leblanc had a busy season. He not only made his mark by helping his team climb to second overall by scoring 26 goals and 32 assists but also by contributing by being one of the best forwards on Canada's Under-20 silver medal-winning squad.
Michel-Brière Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
Sean Couturier – Drummondville Voltigeurs
Sean Couturier takes home the most coveted trophy of all, the Most Valuable Player of the Year. In his third year in the league, the Voltigeurs' first pick of 2008, scored 96 points in only 58 games. Couturier also finished with an exceptional +55. He helped the Voltigeurs to become the first team in league history to win at least 45 games three years in a row.
Jean-Rougeau Trophy (Regular season champions)
Saint John Sea Dogs
The Saint John Sea Dogs this year became the first team since the Quebec Remparts of the 97-98 and 98-99 seasons to win the regular season championship two years in a row. The New Brunswick franchise completed the season with an impressive record of 58 wins and 10 losses, including 3 in overtime. Moreover, the Sea Dogs played 34 home games without a single regulation loss.
All-Star Teams
1st All-Star Team
G – Christopher Gibson (CHI)
LD – Simon Després (SNB)
RD – Ryan Kavanagh (SHA-RIM)
C – Sean Couturier (DRU)
LW – Jonathan Huberdeau (SNB)
RW – Jonathan Audy-Marchessault (QUE)
2nd All-Star Team
G – Evan Mosher (PEI)
LD – Brandon Gormley (MON)
RD – Jean-Philippe Mathieu (DRU)
C – Philip-Michaël Devos (GAT-VIC)
LW – Étienne Brodeur (LEW)
RW – Guillaume Asselin (CHI)
All-Star Rookie Team
G – Domenic Graham (DRU)
LD – Daniel Milan (MON)
RD – Dominic Poulin (CHI)
C – Mirko Hoefflin (QUE)
LW – Charles Hudon (CHI)
RW – Zach O'Brien (BAT)
The John-Horman (Executive of the Year) and Jean-Sawyer (Marketing Director of the Year) trophies will be awarded at the Annual Entry Draft. With information from http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/
Shawinigan Gets 2012 Memorial Cup
On Wednesday Memorial Cup Selection Committee President Gérald Janneteau announced that Shawinigan will host the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup.
"The selection committee rigorously analyzed each candidacy and made a decision based on the evaluation grid," said Jannetau. "The committee's decision to select Shawinigan to host the event is based on the fact that their bid had all the elements from top to bottom to convince us that they would present an excellent 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup Tournament: great hockey team, good organizing committee and superior installations. Moreover, we felt that the whole community was behind the bid. Each organization was well-prepared and made very professional presentations."
"MasterCard congratulates the Cataractes of Shawinigan for having been chosen to host the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup. It will be an incredible experience for the city," said Martin Leman, Vice-President of MasterCard Canada. "We are proud to be the title sponsor of the MasterCard Memorial Cup for more than a decade."
Three other QMJHL teams—Halifax, Cape Breton, and Saint John—were also in the running.
With information from http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/
Second Round of Playoffs Begin
The series between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Victoriaville Tigres is all knotted up at one game each as Jonathan Huberdeau added a goal and assisted on two more to lead the Sea Dogs to 4-1 win on Friday night; while the Tigres evened the series at one each with a 3-2 win on Saturday as Phillip Danault scored the game winner at the 17:00 mark of the third on Saturday. The series will switch to Victoriaville for games three and four Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The Lewiston-Montreal series is also tied at one game each with Montreal needed overtime and a goal from David Rose 4:52 in to give the Juniors a 6-5 win; while Dame Olivier Malka found the back of the net four times and lent a helping hand on one more as Lewiston skated to a 6-2 win over Montreal on Saturday. Games three and four will be played in Lewiston on Tuesday and Wednesday; while game five takes place back in Montreal on Friday with game six if necessary in Lewiston on Sunday.
Quebec has a 2-0 lead on Shawinigan as the Remparts scored an 8-1 win as Alexandre Grenier and Joel Champagne scored twice each; and Ryan Bourque led the way with a goal and assist in the 5-1 win on Saturday. The series moves to Shawinigan for games three and four on Tuesday and Wednesday; while game five if necessary will be played in Quebec City on Friday and game six if necessary in Shawinigan on Sunday.
Andre-Bouvet-Morrisette added a goal and assist as Drummondville skated to a 3-1 win over Gatineau on Friday night. The Voltigeurs took a 2-0 series lead with a 3-0 shutout on Saturday as Guillaume Nadeau made 27 saves. Games three and four will be played in Gatineau on Tuesday and Wednesday night; while game five if necessary takes place in Drummondville on Friday and game six if necessary in Gatineau on Sunday.
Audy-Marchessault Is CHL Player of the Week
Quebec forward Jonathan Audy-Marchessault is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending April 3rd.
Audy-Marchessault added one goal and seven assists in the Remparts' sweep of Val-d'Or in the first round. He added three assists and was the first star of the game in game three—a 9-0 rout; and ended it with a goal and four assists and the second star of the game award in the 5-2 win in game four.
Damphousse, Desjardins, MacKay and Lapointe Inducted Into QMJHL Hall of Fame
On Wednesday Vincent Damphousse, Robert Desjardins, Harold MacKay, and Martin Lapointe were inducted into the QMJHL Hall Of Fame at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Montreal. Damphousse played with Laval for three seasons from 1983-1986 where he scored 123 goals and added 245 assists over 229 games. The team won the President's Trophy in his rookie season. He had eight points in one game twice in his career with one goal and seven assists coming on February 25th 1985 and three goals and five assists coming almost a year later on February 3rd, 1986. That same year he had three goals and four assists in a playoff game on April 13th.
Damphousse was a QMJHL Second Team All-Star at the end of the 1985-86 season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs selected him sixth overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. He played 18 seasons in the NHL for four teams—Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, and San Jose. He found the back of the net 432 times and lent a helping hand on 773 more in 1378 regular season games. He also added 41 goals and 63 assists in 140 post season contests winning the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993. Damphousse was the Canadiens' captain from 1996-1999. He is ranked 10th all time among retired QMJHLers in scoring.
Desjardins spent four years in the QMJHL with Shawinigan, Hull, Longueuil, and Victoriaville from 1984-1988 and was a QMJHL third-team All-Star in his rookie season (1984-85) and earned first-team All-Star honors in 1985-86 & 1986-87.
In 1984 Desjardins won the Raymond Lagace Trophy given to the League's best defensive rookie and won the Jacques Plante Trophy the next season as he had the best goals against average. He won the trophy again in 1987 and was the League MVP that year as well. During his years with Hull (1985-86) and Longueuil (1986-87) the teams won the President Cup in back-to-back seasons. He also played in three Memorial Cup Tournaments over four years and holds the Longueuil/Victoriaville franchise record for most wins in a regular season with 37.
Desjardins played CIS hockey at Concordia from 1988-1992 being named to the all-star team every year that he was there and was the MVP in 1991. He turned professional with the CHL's Wichita Thunder in 1992 and played there for three seasons. He was the League's Rookie of the Year in 1993 and the team MVP in 1994. His jersey is one of only four jerseys retired by the Thunder.
MacKay is responsible for the establishment of the first team in the Maritimes as he was the one who convinced Moosehead Breweries CEO Derek Oland to establish a team in Halifax although at that time all of the League's teams were inside of Quebec. The Halifax Mooseheads were born for the 1994-95 season. The team topped the League's rankings six times that year finishing sixth overall and getting eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. 24 000 fans attended the three game series versus Beauport. MacKay won the John Herman Trophy given to the Administrator of the Year in 1997. MacKay was more than an administrator, he was a believer. He believed in the potential of expanding the QMJHL into the Maritimes where he thought that major junior hockey would prosper.
Lapointe played for Laval from 1989-1993. The right winger found the twine on 149 occasions and helped out on 189 more in 195 regular season games. He added 15 more goals and 31 assists in 27 post season contests. Lapointe was a First Team All-Star in 1990 and was the winner of the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was a First Team All-Star again in 1993. He made the second team in 1991. Laval won the President's Trophy in 1990 and 1993. Lapointe was named to the Memorial Cup All-Star team in 1993 and played for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships from 1991-1993 winning gold twice in 1991 and 1993. Detroit selected the 5-1, 215 lb native of Ville Ste-Pierre, QC in the first round, 10th overall of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played for Detroit, Boston, Chicago, and Ottawa over 18 seasons scoring 181 goals and adding 200 assists in 991 regular season games. In the playoffs he added 19 more goals and 24 assists and won the Stanley Cup twice with Detroit in 1997 and 1998.
Lavigne Steops Down
PEI Head Coach Eric Lavigne has stepped down. He made the decision for family reasons but still had another year left on his contract.
The Leaders
Quebec forward Jonathan Audy-Marchessault leads all scorers with six goals and 12 assists in six games while another Jonathan (Huberdeau) is second with seven goals and nine assists in six games. Audy-Marchessault's teammate, forward Frederick Roy, rounds out the top three with 12 points (6G, 6A) in six contests.
Based on a minimum of 200:00 played Saint John netminder Jacob DeSerres is 4-1-0-0 with a 1.20 GAA and 0.947 SAV%. Coming in second is Quebec's Louis Domingue (6-0-0-0, 1.67 GAA, 0.940 SAV%) while Gatineau's Francois Lacerte rounds out the top three with his 3-0-0-0 record, a goals against average of 2.13 and 0.915 SAV%.


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Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 180
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 2nd Round, 51st Overall, 2006
How Acquired: Trade (for Nate McLouth)
High School: Kennett HS (North Conway, NH)
Agent: ACES
Interview with Jeff Locke
|Locke came to the Pirates with RHP Charlie Morton and CF Gorkys Hernandez in a hugely unpopular trade for the hugely overrated (by Pirate fans) Nate McLouth. Baseball America ranked Locke as the 7th best prospect in the Braves' system going into 2009, despite a so-so 2008 season. BA also rated him the 14th best prospect in the South Atlantic League for 2008. Locke's fastball sits around 88-92 and can reach a little higher. He throws a changeup that's generally been very effective and a curve that's been less so. He's generally kept the ball in the park and has been more effective against RH than LH hitters.
Had a solid debut in rookie ball. Opponents hit .299 against him, but his walk and K rates were excellent.
In the advanced rookie Appalachian League, Locke was much harder to hit and his walk and K rates were even better.
Locke wasn't as dominant in full season ball, but he didn't walk many and allowed only six HRs.
Before the trade, Locke struggled with his mechanics, leading to control problems for the first time in his career. After the trade, the struggles continued, as he had an ERA of 5.31 in June and July. He started turning things around in his last July start and had an ERA of 2.58 from that point on. The strong stretch began after one meltdown in which he failed to get out of first inning. His walk rate dropped dramatically with Lynchburg as the Pirates got him to focus more on throwing strikes. His K rate also dropped significantly, but was increasing again late in the year.
Went back to high A and turned things around. His walk and strikeout numbers were excellent, and his pitching overall was better than his ERA indicates. He moved up to Altoona in mid-July and put up nearly identical numbers there. He had two bad starts out of ten and pitched very well in all the others.
The Pirates sent Locke to Altoona to start the season, partly due to their desire to have some veterans in the AAA rotation as insurance. He'd been added to the 40-man roster in the off-season. He struggled early, as his stuff seemed flat and his velocity was down in the mid- to upper-80s. May was an especially bad month, as he had a 7.01 ERA and walked 16 in 25.2 IP. He pitched much better after that, though, and moved up to Indianapolis in August. He started five games there and pitched very well in most of them. The Pirates brought him in September and added him to the rotation for four starts. He struggled with his control and mostly pitched poorly, which is hardly surprising. He may have been tiring, as his velocity declined in each start.
Locke returned to AAA and had an outstanding season. He improved throughout the season; after the AAA All-Star break, he had a 1.57 ERA and allowed just a .212 opponents' average. He had a significant platoon split on the season. Left-handed batters hit only .197 against him with no HRs, while right-handers hit .257 with nine HRs. Baseball America named him the International League's 9th best prospect, although it was an extraordinarily weak season for that league, prospect-wise. The Pirates brought Locke up in August for two relief appearances, then brought him back in September. He spent the month in the rotation, making six starts. He struggled in half and pitched well in the other half. One very encouraging sign is that he had excellent walk and strikeout rates, and he didn't get hammered; opponents hit 267/327/422 against him. He tended to pitch well for several innings and then give up a big HR to somebody; he allowed six, better than one every six innings. He did a far better job of throwing strikes than in his 2011 callup. His fastball velocity was higher than it's been at times, averaging over 90 mph in four of his six starts and 90.8 overall. Both FIP and xFIP suggest he pitched better than his ERA, although it's a small sample size. Locke is not a groundball pitcher, so the longball could be a continuing problem for him.
With Francisco Liriano and Jeff Karstens starting the 2013 season on the disabled list, Locke competed with Kyle McPherson, Jonathan Sanchez and Jeanmar Gomez for the last two rotation spots. He ended up getting one spot more by default than anything, because he didn't have a great spring. He proceeded to have a remarkable first half, going 9-2, 2.11 in his first 19 starts and making the All-Star team. His success came despite peripheral numbers that weren't nearly as impressive as his ERA. At that point, he'd walked 51 and fanned 79, and had a batting average on balls in play of .231. Apart from the final numbers, Locke raised concerns due to his habit of falling behind in the count on a regular basis. In fact, he led the NL in walks for the year. Locke's first half triggered considerable disagreement between statheads, who said he was due for regression, and other fans who bristled at the idea. Unfortunately, the statheads proved to be right. Locke's BABIP skyrocketed to .374 and his WHIP to 1.87. As a result, he went 1-5, 6.66 in his last eleven starts. The Pirates removed him from the rotation temporarily in September, hoping some time off would help him get back on track, but it didn't work. Locke was left off the playoff roster.
On the positive side, Locke had a 53.2% groundball rate and allowed only 11 HRs. His velocity stayed consistent all year, with his fastball averaging a little over 90. This gives reason to hope he's not the second coming of James McDonald, who had a great first half in 2012 only to fall apart, so far permanently, in the second half. Unlike Locke, McDonald lost velocity, as well as the sharpness of his curve, and Locke hasn't had any arm problems, as McDonald did. Locke's final numbers probably ended up somewhere near his real ability level, so it's realistic to think he can be effective in the future as a 4th or 5th starter. His xFIP (4.19) wasn't a great deal higher than his ERA.
Locke went into spring training expected to compete for a starting job, but with Edinson Volquez signed for a guaranteed $5M, Wandy Rodriguez healthy, and Locke still having an option, the odds were against him. As it was, he ended up missing much of the spring with an oblique injury and opened the season on the disabled list. Once he's healthy, he figures to head to Indianapolis, but he'll almost certainly appear in Pittsburgh at some point.
|Baseball Reference–Majors
Baseball Reference–Minors
|2014: Major League Minimum
2013: Major League Minimum
2012: Major League Minimum
|Signing Bonus: $675,000
MiLB Debut: 2006
MLB Debut: 9/10/2011
MiLB FA Eligible: N/A
MLB FA Eligible: 2017
Rule 5 Eligible: Protected
Added to 40-Man: 11/19/2010
Options Remaining: 1 (USED: 2011, 2012)
MLB Service Time: 1.068
|June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round, 51st overall pick; signed on June 16.
June 3, 2009: Acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Atlanta Braves along with Gorkys Hernandez and Charlie Morton in exchange for Nate McLouth.
November 19, 2010: Contract purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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Intersection Safety Case Study
Continuous Green T-Intersections
Downloadable Version
Federal Highway Administration
This case study is one in a series documenting successful intersection safety treatments and the crash reductions that were experienced. Traffic engineers and other transportation professionals can use the information contained in the case study to answer the following questions:
Angle crashes are among the most severe crashes that occur in intersections, including T-intersections. In some cases, substandard sight distance can contribute to this problem. Several States including Colorado, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina have converted from fully-signalized to continuous green T-intersections (CGT) to improve safety.
The following case study showcases two rural intersections in Colorado where the signal-controlled through lane on the flat side (top) of a T-intersection was converted to a CGT. The treatment was implemented to reduce angle crashes due to left-turning traffic on the stem, turning in front of the though movement on the top of the T (Figure 1 provides a photograph of one of the intersections).
Treatment Summary
Both of the intersections complied with minimum Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) requirements before improvements. The CDOT converted both of these fully-signalized intersections to CGTs. The CGT design allows main line through traffic to pass through a signalized intersection without stopping (the top side of the "T"), while also eliminating conflicting vehicular movement. With a CGT, the through movement on the main line approach to the intersection is denoted by a steady green arrow traffic signal as well as by pavement markings or other lane delineation devices, so left-turning traffic stays in its respective lane (CDOT implemented advance warning signs to inform drivers of the special lane configuration). Engineers should only consider the CGT at intersections with three approaches, moderate-to-low left-turn volumes from the cross-street, and high arterial through volumes.
Evaluation Methodology
This case study examines two rural T-intersections in Colorado, with a high incidence of injury and angle crashes. Crash reduction results were based on a review of "before and after" data from these intersections during a period of four years, which occurred during the period between 1994 - 20061. (The "before" and "after" observation periods were 24 months at both intersections).
Problem: Two T-intersections in Grand Junction and Durango, CO were experiencing a high incidence of crashes, particularly angle crashes and many with injuries, due to limited stopping sight distance.
Solution: CDOT sought an intersection design treatment that would eliminate the stopping sight distance problem and to reduce the number of angle crashes, while also improving the efficiency of these intersections:
Table 1 summarizes the results of the "before" and "after" crash analysis at the treated intersections.
Implementation Issues
CDOT experienced no implementation issues converting these intersections to CGTs. However, the major movement of the side streets (the minor routes on the "stems" of the T-intersections) was affected by the lane closures required for maintenance of these CGTs, as there were no reasonable alternate routes. Also, the geometric changes (i.e., lane construction) required more time and approvals than operational changes (i.e., traffic signal timing adjustments).
The construction cost of the CGT, which included the new signal as well as the raised median work, was approximately $300,000 for each intersection.
Time Frame
The CGT was implemented within three months at each intersection.
The CGTs were effective in substantially reducing angle, injury and total crashes at these intersections.
Summary of Results
The safety enhancements discussed in this case study were added to reduce angle, injury and total crashes. Implementation of the CGT cumulatively reduced angle crashes at the treated intersections by 96.8 percent, injury crashes by 70 percent, and total crashes by 60 percent.
1) Jarem, E.S., "Safety and Operational Characteristics of Continuous Green Through Lanes at Signalized Intersections in Florida," Presented at the 2004 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting and Exhibit.
2) Boone, J.L., and Hummer, J.E., Unconventional Design and Operation Strategies for Oversaturated major Suburban arterials: Final Report, Project 23241-93-9, North Carolina State University, Department of Civil Engineering, Center for Transportation Engineering Studies, April 1995.
3) Reid, Jonathan, "Unconventional arterial intersection design, management and operations strategies," Parsons Brinckerhoff, July 2004.
Appendix A: US-50 and SH-141 Plan Details
1 Note that crash reductions in this report reflect the percent reduction per year based on the difference between the total number of "before" and "after" crashes.
2 Plan details for this intersection were not available.
For More Information
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Visit FHWA's intersection safety web site to download this and other case studies highlighting proven intersection safety treatments from across the country.
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Red Dog Pet Resort & Spa founder Ray Schneider understands why his clients would want to pamper their pups with massage and reiki sessions or warm-water swims. As he told Dan Monk of the Business Courier, "It's a relationship that's very hard to explain. When you have a dog, you can understand it." The Blue Ash resident and entrepreneur created the sprawling, 25,000-square-foot pet hotel—and its second location in Boston—because he realizes the lengths to which people will go to care for their furry friends.
Swathed in upscale atmosphere, the spa is outfitted with all the comforts of home and more; after touring the facilities, Jeff Elkus of David's Voice said, "I wish the last resort I visited had half the amenities of Red Dog." Dogs can stay in private, themed boarding suites with flat-screen TVs and owner-monitored webcams. They exercise and socialize in climate- and airflow-controlled play areas, romp in a three-acre dog park, and don buoyancy vests to soothe achy joints in the heated aquatic center. The hotel also offers multilevel lodging for cats, as well as canine grooming and training services.
Schneider hired and trained a staff for around-the-clock supervision and care. Dogs who are aging, have health issues, or secretly write reviews for Frommer's get special attention in a room with a fireplace and stretch lounges.
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Kramer's Sew & Vac specializes in sewing machines and vacuum cleaners, and it's been vending these wares since 1947. Bring in a faulty machine for a quick fix, or peruse a selection of new sewing machines from Bernina and vacuums from Miele. Kramer's also meets the needs of the sewing community with regular classes, which teach quilting and embroidery skills via traditional methods and on the computer.
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Wing Eyecare's peeper specialists outfit customers' fashion-conscious focusers with hundreds of plastic, metal, and rimless designer frames ($189+). Customers can peruse the vast array of optical enhancers by designers such as Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, and Prada before inquiring about single-vision lenses ($203) and x-ray upgrades. Sunglasses by Oakley, Vera Bradley, and Tommy Bahama, among others, defend sensitive baby blues by obstructing bright sun sparklies. All of Wing Eyecare's sunglasses options provide customers with 100% UVA and UVB protection to keep delicate eyes safe from the aggression of the sun's ultra-violent rays.
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Survey: iPhone much more well-liked than Samsung in Korea
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Home audience some of the toughest critics in user satisfaction study
Once again, Apple's iPhone has outperformed South Korea's own Samsung in a user satisfaction survey comparing the latest models from the two rivals. In fact, the iPhone 5s widened the gap from a similar survey a year ago, scoring 798 out of a possible 1,000, while Samsung scored 600 (last year, the score was 778 to 592). Some 88.2 percent of iPhone owners said they were satisfied with their purchase, compared to 52.3 percent of Galaxy S5 owners.


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What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of May 18-19, 2013
Happy weekend, everybody! What's cooking in your kitchen? I'm getting ready for a trip to London (so excited to explore the food scene there) and next week I'll be bringing you some snapshots and eye candy from a trade show full of glossy European kitchens and appliances. Meanwhile, it's the weekend, and it's time to luxuriate in our own home kitchens. What's happening there for you? What's on the menu, this fine spring weekend?
(Image: Faith Durand - Lunch Recipe: Fried Brown Rice with Asparagus, Bell Pepper & Cashews)
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Ooo that fat asparagus looks good! Sunday brunch will be a goat cheese-tomato-asparagus frittata. I will absolutely be making the taco salad featured on this site. I'm planning to jar some of it in hopes I can stretch the life of the leftovers. I already made the cilantro dressing and drizzled it on sweet potatoes and black beans last night. That stuff is good.
French Onion Soup to get rid of a bag of onions I bought a few weeks ago and a carrot cake!
Tomorrow night for friends: a dry rub slow cooker brisket with a mache & blueberry & avocado salad and sauteed artichoke hearts, followed by a stonefruit crisp with ice cream.
Plus I'm putting in my summer garden! Green beans, mustard greens, chard, parsley, mint.
All of these ideas sound great!
Going to the farmer's market and cannot wait to get my hands on some fresh peas, herbs, fiddleheads, rhubarb...maybe even the season's first NJ strawberries! The cooking will come later.
Tonight is gluten free, oven-fried chicken thighs. Probably with quinoa and grilled asparagus. This weekend I'm making a broccoli and smoked cheddar frittata. Using up the leftovers before our grocery run on Monday!
My mother and future mother-in-law arrive on Sunday for graduation and then for wedding! I'm making a quiet solo dinner tonight (the last for a long while) of spaghetti, tomatoes, and goat cheese, and on Sunday, for the mamas, we're making mahi-mahi, Greek-style, with tomatoes and onions, and a quinoa-apricot pilaf with apricots from our CSA.
having oatmeal pancakes for breakfast -but we always have pancakes on Saturday mornings! I'm debating making my third rhubarb pie this weekend - or maybe a cobbler or maybe some chutney. Something with rhubarb. And then there's asparagus and spinach! I'm so happy to have spring food here. Oh, and I'm experimenting with home-brewed ginger soda, too.
It will be a surprise: I'm cleaning the pantry!
It's the Eurovision song contest final tonight so we're having a little party (as many people as we can fit in our tiny living room) and I'm making a variety of European treats. Swedish meatball sandwiches in honour of the host country, Greek spanakopita pie, a few pizzas, Greek salad, a selection of French cheese and German salami with bread, and for desert victoria sponge muffins for the UK. Very excited but also a liottle daunted by all the cooking I have to do today!
Last night was grilled spatchcocked chicken (one rubbed with Dukkah, the other with my Chipotle Chocolate rub), big green salad with violas from the garden, red rice salad with a citrus vinagrette and pistachios and raisins, hummus, pita, olives, and cut up veg. And wonderful friends with whom we shared the feast.
Baked shrimp with cornbread, green beans and roasted cauliflower, followed by affogato, for some friends tonight. :)
pecan pie and whiskey whipped cream for a potluck tonight! Also beet-n-raisin salad (instead of carrot).
I made a sage simple syrup today and have found a cocktail recipe that has sage syrup, gin, lemon, elderflower liquor, and fizzy water. Sounds delish! But so far the only ingredient I have is sage simple syrup :(
Roasted chicken salad for dinner tonight, since my BF and I just got home from a bountiful trip to our favorite market with many wonderful vegetables and greens. I bought some English muffins that were fresh out of the oven from Arizemendi Bakery today, so tomorrow I'm making eggs benedict with a side salad of arugula from my garden.
I'll be making Smitten Kitchen's rhubarb snack cakes tomorrow, too. Then, at some point, I'll be making chicken tikka masala for dinner.
I'm so impressed with myself...I've FINALLY mastered a vegan quinoa, white bean burger! I can't even count on how many times I've tweaked the recipe (to no avail) but this time it finally all came together! Too bad no one was here to appreciate them...my husband is a self-professed carnivore and so I already knew there was NO way he would have appreciated them ;-)
Friday, Grilled Chicken and Pineapple Quesadillas. Saturday, Patty Melts, Sunday, Pork Tenderloin.
Can't wait to hear about your London excursion! It rained all weekend here so we made some wonderfully spicy corn and crab chowder!


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Dr Michelle McIntosh, Mr Pete Lambert, Dr Richard Prankerd, Associate Professor David Morton, Professor Carl Kirkpatrick, Dr Rob Bischof, Dr Tri-Hung Nguyen, Victoria Oliver, Gemma Nassta, Tomás Sou, Jibriil Ibrahim and Julie Furlong.
Project Leader: Dr Michelle McIntosh
Michelle was awarded her BPharm(Hons) in 1996 and PhD (Pharmaceutics) in 2000 from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her PhD research, supervised by Profs Chris Porter and Bill Charman, studied the association of hydrophobic drugs with plasma lipoproteins. Michelle then undertook a post-doctoral fellowship in The Center for Drug Delivery Research (CDDR), University of Kansas, under the guidance of Prof Roger Rajewski, where she gained experience in the development of parenteral formulations of poorly water soluble drugs, particularly anaesthetic agents using prodrug technologies and modified cyclodextrins. During her tenure at the CDDR, Michelle developed expertise in analytical chemistry, PK/PD assessments and modeling, controlled release oral formulations, and targeted delivery technologies. She contributed to the IND filings leading to FDA approval of fospropofol (marketed as Lusedra®) and a number of Captisol-enabled products that are either approved or under clinical evaluation. In 2006, Michelle was recruited back to the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University to lead a major research program in pulmonary drug delivery. This program has evolved to focus on developing inhaled delivery systems as an alternative to injectable medicines for low resource settings.
Senior Project Manager: Mr Pete Lambert
Pete is a UK registered pharmacist having been awarded his BSc (Hons) from Liverpool School of Pharmacy in 1990. He started his industrial career with Ciba Pharmaceuticals (now Novartis) as an inhalation scientist working on the formulation and process development of the Foradil® (formoterol) Dry Powder Inhaler. Continuing his work in respiratory delivery, Pete moved to Astra AB (now AstraZeneca) as part of the development team reformulating metered dose inhalers with non-CFC propellants. Subsequently, Pete joined Britannia Pharmaceuticals, initially as a project manager developing a novel dry powder platform technology for nasal delivery, progressing to the role of Director of Development with responsibility for a broad development portfolio. Following the takeover of Britannia, he volunteered in South Africa leading medical assistance projects in HIV/AIDS-affected communities in Kwa-Zulu Natal before moving to Australia in 2010. Since his arrival Pete has worked as the Director of Development at Medicines Development (an industry consultancy) before joining the oxytocin project team in June 2012.
Project Expert: Dr Richard Prankerd
Richard was awarded the degrees of BPharm (1974), MPharm (Distinction) (1977) and PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) (1985) at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. His PhD research, supervised by Dr Rob McKeown, studied the importance of physicochemical properties to the biological properties of pharmacologically active substances. Richard then undertook a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, under the guidance of Prof Val Stella, where he gained experience in the development of parenteral formulations of poorly stable and poorly water soluble cytotoxic drugs, as well as doing prodrug studies. During his time at the University of Kansas, funded by a contract with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), he continued the development of broad expertise in physicochemical measurement, spectroscopic and bioanalytical techniques, as well as beginning studies in molecular modeling. He contributed to the reporting structure of the NCI contract which resulted in renewal of that contract. Richard then served in faculty appointments at the College of Pharmacy, University of Florida (1987-1992) and in the Department of Pharmacy, University of Queensland (1992-2000). In these appointments, further development of these quantitative techniques resulted. At the end of 2000, Richard was recruited to the then Victorian College of Pharmacy (now Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences), Monash University, to continue teaching and research activity in physicochemical, thermodynamic and formulation science studies. In 2007, Richard completed publication of a large critical compilation of drug acid-base properties, the first of its kind.
Project Expert: Associate Professor David Morton
David gained his BSc and PhD in chemistry from Bristol University. From 1990, he started working in the UK nuclear safety industry initially studying aerosol generation, transport and leakage behaviour in the context of nuclear accidents. He then re-applied this aerosol knowledge into developing new techniques for generating aerosol-based micro- and nano-particles for use in advanced materials applications. In 1997, David joined the Centre for Drug Formulation Studies at the University of Bath to manage their industry-funded inhaler product development programmes, which resulted in several products now commercially marketed. In 1999, this group became the drug delivery company Vectura Group plc, where David was Head of Pulmonary Research, and was responsible for developing Vectura's inhalation technology platforms. In 2007, David left the UK to take up a position at Monash University, with specific research interests in particle formulation engineering, drug delivery and particle surface modification. Most recently, he has led the creation of a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline: a $3.3m Centre of Pharmaceutical Innovation and Industrialisation, which is seen as unique and a model for future industry-research institute collaborations.
Project Expert: Professor Carl Kirkpatrick
Carl received his PhD from the University of Otago (New Zealand) in the area of aminoglycoside pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. Prior to being awarded his PhD, Carl worked as a clinical pharmacist in the area of intensive care and clinical pharmacology. Carl's research interests include: population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling, dosing monitoring and Bayesian optimisation (antimicrobials, chemotherapeutic agents and anticoagulants), optimisation of dosing in renal dysfunction, pharmacokinetics and dosing in obesity, drugs in breast milk, and the quality use of medicines. The goal of Carl's research is to optimise pharmacotherapy which should lead to improved patient outcomes. Carl is actively involved with a number of professional societies, including leading roles within the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) and the Population Approach Group Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ). He also sits on the Pharmaceutical Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Prescription medicines which makes recommendations to on the pharmaceutical chemistry, quality control, bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of prescription medicines proposed for registration in Australia.
Project Expert: Dr Rob Bischof
Rob obtained his PhD at The University of Melbourne in 1994. He then undertook post-doctoral studies in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (Melbourne) and at the Centre for Inflammation Research at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he developed an interest in the role of cytokines in inflammatory diseases. In 1998, Rob obtained NH&MRC support to investigate the inflammatory mechanisms of allergic disease and developed a novel large animal model of experimental allergic asthma. He was involved in and directed a number of commercially funded projects, and in 2004 was awarded an NH&MRC Industry Fellowship to develop novel approaches for the treatment of allergic asthma. In 2006 he relocated to Monash University and currently heads the Allergy and Asthma group. A major focus for the Allergy and Asthma group includes developing a better understanding of the pathophysiology of airway disease, and in the application of large animal models for pulmonary delivery studies.
Post-Doctoral Scientist: Dr Tri-Hung Nguyen
Tri-Hung was awarded a Bachelor of Formulation Science (Hons) in 2004 and completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Science at Monash University in 2009. Tri-Hung's thesis explored the use of lipid-based liquid crystals as sustained delivery systems for drugs exhibiting poor aqueous solubility where his work has led to awards from the Controlled Release Society and the Australasian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and resulted in numerous publications. In assessing the performance of these systems during his postgraduate studies Tri-Hung gained extensive experience in formulation, bioanalytical techniques and conducting in vivo studies. Since commencing his postdoctoral fellowship at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science has been able to apply his expertise in assessing the PK/PD of drugs administered via different routes and across a range of in vivo models. As the in vivo study coordinator on the oxytocin team Tri-Hung is currently involved in the pre-clinical PK/PD assessment of oxytocin powder formulations in an ovine model and has seen first-hand the potential for inhaled oxytocin to be used to improve maternal health in the developing world.
Post-Doctoral Scientist: Dr Victoria Oliver
Victoria (Tori) Oliver completed a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry degree at Monash in 2005 and undertook honours at MIPS under the supervision of Dr John Haynes in 2007. She commenced her PhD in 2008 investigating how steroid hormones regulate calcium levels in prostate cells. Her thesis led to two publications in peer reviewed journals and several presentations at both local and international conferences where she received several best poster and oral presentation awards. She joined the Oxytocin team in July 2012 and is looking forward to working on a project that will dramatically improve healthcare in developing countries.
PhD Candidate: Gemma Nassta
Gemma Nassta completed the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science in 2009 at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia before beginning her Honours degree in 2010 where her research work on oxytocin begun through investigating aerosolisation properties of dry powder formulations. Her research on oxytocin continues as Gemma began a PhD in 2011, which focuses on understanding the degradation behaviours of this nonapeptide in the solid-state and therefore on developing a stable dry powder formulation of oxytocin.
PhD Candidate: Tomás Sou
Tomas is a registered pharmacist in Australia having been awarded his BPharm(Hons) in 2007 and Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice in 2011 from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. His current PhD research, supervised by Dr Michelle McIntosh, Assoc Prof David Morton and Dr Lisa Kaminskas, investigates the development of a well-characterised inhalable dry powder formulation for pulmonary delivery of macromolecules.
PhD Candidate: Jibriil Ibrahim
Jibriil Ibrahim completed a BSc at Monash University in 2010, studying Physiology and Developmental Biology, before joining the Oxytocin group as a Masters student in 2011. In 2012 he transitioned into a PhD, focusing on pulmonary drug delivery and its impact on respiratory function under the supervision of Dr Michelle McIntosh and Dr Rob Bischof.
Analyst: Julie Furlong
Julie is a highly skilled analyst with extensive experience across a range of specialized analytical techniques. Julie has particular expertise in analytical method development and problem solving and these skills will be used across the project. Her initial focus will be on developing stability-indicating analytical methodologies to support the proposed stability program and assays to enable dosimetric aerodynamic characterization techniques.


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BLADEN COUNTY (WECT) - North Carolina is one of the most diversified agricultural states in the nation. The state's 52,000 farmers grow over 80 different commodities.
With the emphasis on eating healthier, produce is taking up a good deal of that farmland, in addition to corn, which is used for livestock feed.
More turf grass is grown in North Carolina than corn, wheat, tobacco and peanuts combined.
In 1970, on a high bluff overlooking the Cape Fear River, Oakland Plantation began operations as a turf farm. That year, five employees had just three acres under cultivation. Today, over 2,000 acres of sod is harvested from the Bladen County operation.
"We have four different Bermudas, we have two St. Augustine grasses and we have three Zoyia grasses" said Rick Neisler, General Manager of Oakland Plantation Turf Farm.
North Carolina ranks eighth in the country in the production of turf grass, with 12 different species being grown and harvested. But since the state is located in an agricultural transition zone, both cool season and warm season grasses can be grown successfully, depending on what part of the state the turf farms are located.
"Centipede has been a staple grass in eastern North Carolina for a long time" said Neisler. "It likes the soils here. It is a low maintenance grass. While the Zoyia grasses have made improvements in the last few years with a big comeback, of course, St. Augustine is preferred along the coast because of its shade tolerance."
And when it is hot and dry, irrigation is a must. Turf farmers pump thousands of gallons of water onto the grass every day, to help maintain growth and integrity.
So if you lawn is not looking as good as you would like it to be, a visit to one of the state's turf farms can turn that ugly yard into the best looking in the neighborhood, in just a few hours of work and lots of watering.
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W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
The Department of Special Collections and University Archives and the Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst co-sponsor an annual colloquium to commemorate W.E.B. Du Bois. Timed to coincide with the anniversary of his birth (February 23), the departments invite a distinguished Speaker to discuss Dr. Du Bois' life, work, and legacy.
- Performer: Brian Richardson and Pulse Ensemble Theatre
- Title: "A Man for All Times: W.E.B. Du Bois"
This year's Du Bois Birthday Celebration features performances of "A Man for All Times: W.E.B. Du Bois," performed by the Pulse Ensemble Theatre. The one-hour one-man show of the 95-year-long life of W.E.B. Du Bois unfolds in a gripping performance by Brian Richardson, and a moving script by writer/director Alexa Kelly. Learn more about Great Barrington's native son, civil rights leader, and visionary of equality and democracy at this free performance by Pulse Theatre Ensemble.
Additional free performances will be held on Saturday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and on Sunday, February 23, 10:00 a.m., at St. John's Congregational Church, Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Speaker: Arthur McFarlane II
- Title: "The Life of W.E.B. Du Bois and Its Relevance to Today
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Envrionment
McFarlane, the great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois, will discuss the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP, and the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University.
- Speaker: Derrick Alridge
- Title: "Ideas Have Consequences: The Radical Pedagogy of W.E.B. Du Bois"
- Professor in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Derrick Alridge is author of The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History, lead editor of Message in the Music: Hip Hop, History, and Pedagogy, and Distinguished Lecturer for the Association of the Study of African American Life and History. He is currently completing an intellectual history of Hip Hop as a social movement called The Hip Hop Mind: An Intellectual History of the Social Consciousness of a Generation (University of Wisconsin Press) and is conducting research for a book on the role of education in the civil rights movement.
An educational and intellectual historian, Alridge is associate editor of the Journal of African American History and served as Director of the Institute for African American Studies. Alridge's areas of scholarship include the history of African America education, African American intellectual history and the history of ideas, and civil rights studies. His work has been published in the Journal of African American History, the Journal of Negro Education, and teh History of Education Quarterly, among others.
- Speaker: Bettina Aptheker
- Title: "W.E.B. Du Bois: Personal Stories/Political Reflections"
- Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies and History
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bettina Aptheker is Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies and History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she has taught for more than 30 years. Her most recent book is a memoir, Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech and Became a Feminist Rebel (2006). It contains many stories of her early friendship with W.E.B. and Shirley Graham Du Bois. Other major books include, The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis (1976; 2nd edition, 1999); Woman's Legacy: Essays on Race, Sex, and Class in American History (1982) and Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience (1989). She is the biographer of Shirley Graham Du Bois for Notable American Women, and is currently writing a critical essay on Graham Du Bois' creative career as an opera composer, playwright, biographer, and novelist. She is also at work on a major research project: "Queering the History of the American Left: 1940s-1980s."
- Speaker: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Title: "The Many Lives of W.E.B. Du Bois in the New From Slavery to Freedom"
- Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
Harvard University
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham has been chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard since 2006. She also served as Acting-Director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute in the Spring 2008. A prolific author, she is co-editor with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of the African American National Biography (2008)—a multivolume-reference work that presents African American history through the lives of people, and she and Gates also co-edited African American Lives (2004), which served as the forerunner to the AANB. Professor Higginbotham was the editor-in-chief of The Harvard Guide to African-American History (2001) with general editors Darlene Clark Hine, and Leon Litwack. She also co-edited History and Theory: Feminist Research, Debates and Contestations (1997).
Professor Higginbotham is the author of Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church: 1880-1920 (1993), which won numerous book prizes, most notably from the American Historical Association, the American Academy of Religion, the Association of Black Women Historians, and the Association for Research on Non-Profit and Voluntary Organizations. Righteous Discontent was also included among the New York Times Book Review's Notable Books of the Year in 1993 and 1994.
- Speaker: Howard Dodson
- Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York Public Library
A scholar, historian, educator, curator, consultant, and lecturer, Howard Dodson, has committed his professional life to the retrieval, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of the history and culture of African and African American peoples.
Since 1984, Dodson has served as chief of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the world's leading and most prestigious repository for materials and artifacts on black cultural life. Under Dodson's leadership, the Schomburg Center has developed into the world's most comprehensive public research library devoted exclusively to documenting and interpreting African diasporan and African history and culture.
Dodson's books include Becoming American: The African American Journey (Sterling Publishing, Inc., 2009), In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience (National Geographic Press, 2004), Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture (National Geographic Press, 2002), and The Black New Yorkers: Four Hundred Years of African American History (Wiley, 2000).
- Speaker: Arnold Rampersad
- Department of English, Stanford University
A distinguished biographer and literary critic, Arnold Rampersad is the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Stanford University. A scholar of race and American literature and the Harlem Renaissance, Rampersad has written books on W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and most recently, Ralph Ellison. He has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and was a 1991 recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant." He is a recipient of fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Professor Rampersad has recently published Ralph Ellison, a biography of the novelist (1914-1994). His other books include The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois (1976); The Life of Langston Hughes (2 vols., 1986, 1988); Days of Grace: A Memoir (1993), co-authored with Arthur Ashe; and Jackie Robinson: A Biography (1997). In addition, he has edited several volumes including Collected Poems of Langston Hughes; the Library of America edition of works by Richard Wright, with revised individual editions of Native Son and Black Boy; and (as co-editor with Deborah McDowell) Slavery and the Literary Imagination. He was also co-editor, with Shelley Fisher Fishkin, of the Race and American Culture book series published by Oxford University Press. His teaching covers such areas as nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature; American autobiography; race and American literature; and African-American literature.
- Speaker:James Turner
- Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University
- Poster (pdf)
- Speaker: Clayborne Carson
- Stanford University, editor, Papers of Martin Luther King
- Press release (pdf)
- Speaker: Robert Hill
- UCLA, editor, Papers of Marcus Garvey
- Press release (Word file)
- Speaker: John H. Bracey
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Panelists:
- Horace Clarence Boyer
- Music, UMass Amherst
- Esther Terry
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Phil Zuckerman, "Du Bois, Religion, and The Souls of Black Folk"
- Sociology, Pitzer College
- David Blight, "A Poet's Sense of the Past: The Souls of Black Folk as History"
- History, Yale University
- Ernest Allen, "The Education of Black Folk: The Educational Philosophies of W.E.B. Du Bois"
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Gerald Friedman, "Reconstructing the Color Line: The New Economics of Race in the Post-bellum South"
- Economics, UMass Amherst
- Panelists:
- Esther Cooper Jackson
- Co-founder, Freedomways
- James Jackson
- Editor, Daily Worker
- Abbott Simon
- Executive director, Peace Information Center and co-defendant with Dr. Du Bois
- Speaker: David Levering Lewis
- History, Rutgers University
- Speaker: Ruth Simmons
- President, Smith College
- Speaker: Ernest Allen
- Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst
- Speaker: Randolph W. Bromery
- President, Springfield College and former Chancellor, UMass Amherst
- Speaker: David Levering Lewis
- History, Rutgers University
- Panelists:
- David Du Bois
- William Strickland
- Michael Thelwell
- Speaker: Herbert Aptheker
- Editor, Complete Published Works of W.E.B. Du Bois
- Listen to a recording of Aptheker's lecture.
Waldbott, George L., 1898-
George L. Waldbott Papers, 1930-1989 (Bulk: 1957-1982).
Call no.: MS 609
After receiving his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1921, George L. Waldbott accepted a residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and embarked on a pioneering career in the study and treatment of allergic diseases. He is noted for his fundamental research on human anaphylaxis and penicillin shock, allergy-induced respiratory problems, and later in his career, the health impact of air pollutants. In 1955, Waldbott began conducting research in fluoride toxicity, becoming one of the first physicians to warn of the health effects of mass fluoridation. A founder of the International Society for Fluoride Research, he was considered one of the key figures in the antifluoridation movement for over two decades, contributing dozens of books and articles, including the influential The American Fluoridation Experiment (1957) and Fluoridation : The Great Dilemma (1978). He died in Detroit on July 17, 1982, from complications following open heart surgery.
The Waldbott Papers document one physician's long struggle against the fluoridation of the American water supply. In addition to a considerable quantity of correspondence with other leading antifluoridation activists, the collection includes an array of subject files relating to fluoridation, air pollution, and allergens, as well as drafts of articles and offprints, newsclippings, and notes.
- Air--Pollution
- Antifluoridation movement--Michigan
- Fluorides--Environmental aspects
- Fluorides--Toxicology
- Public health
- Waldbott, George L., 1898-
Wallace, Karl Richards, 1905-1973
Karl Richards Wallace Papers, 1898-1976.
Call no.: FS 086
Educator, rhetorician, author, President of the Speech Association of America in 1954, and Professor of Speech at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1968-1973.
Includes the accumulated research notes and materials written and used by Wallace in his career as a teacher and author; drafts, reprints, and proofs of his speeches, papers, articles, and books, both published and unpublished, often with accompanying correspondence, research notes, and/or contracts; lecture notes and classroom materials dating from his years as a student through those as a teacher; drafts and reprints of papers and articles by students and colleagues; correspondence; the reports, memoranda, correspondence, resolutions, agenda, notes on meetings, minutes, committee recommendations, position papers, newsletters, audit reports, budget recommendations, membership lists, itineraries, and programs indicative of his leadership and active participation in the Speech Association of America and other professional organizations, conferences, and university committees.
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of English
- Wallace, Karl Richards, 1905-1973
Ware, Ellen and Mary E.
Ellen and Mary E. Ware Papers, 1862-1893.
Call no.: MS 511
The working class women Ellen Ware and her step-daughter Mary E. lived in North Hadley, Massachusetts, during the mid to late nineteenth century.
This collection of letters documents the older generation's reaction to the draft during the Civil War and the younger generation's daily activities, including their education, social events, and the growing temperance movement.
- Hadley (Mass.)--History--19th century
- United States--History--Civil War, 1851-1865
- Women--Massachusetts
- Ware, Ellen
- Ware, Mary E.
Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943
Frank A. Waugh Papers, 1896-1983.
Call no.: FS 088
Born in Wisconsin but raised and educated in Kansas, Frank Waugh got his first teaching job at Oklahoma State University. He went on to teach at the University of Vermont and finally settled down in Amherst, as a professor at Massachusetts Agricultural College. While at Mass Aggie, he became well know for establishing the second landscape gardening department in the country, later the department of landscape architecture. At a time when the field of landscape architecture was still taking root, Waugh's influence was significant in shaping the profession. His contributions include numerous articles and books, the designs he planned and implemented, and the many students he taught and mentored. A natural offshoot of his work as a landscape architect, Waugh pursued other artistic avenues as well, most notably photography and etching. He served at MAC, later Massachusetts State College, for nearly forty years before retiring in 1939.
The collection includes an extensive representation of Waugh's published articles along with biographical materials. The centerpiece, however, is the large number of photographs, lantern slides, and etchings. While his publications reveal the mind of a pioneer in his field, together these images portray the heart and soul of Waugh as an artist.
- Landscape architecture--United States--History
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Horticulture
- Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943
Types of material
- Etchings
- Lantern slides
- Photographs
Waugh, Frederick V. (Frederick Vail), 1898-1974
Frederick V. Waugh Collection, 1917-1919.
Call no.: PH 026
In July 1917, prior to the American entry in the First World War, Frederick Vail Waugh joined a group of about fifty residents of Amherst, Mass., who enlisted for duty in the Ambulance Service of the French Army. From August 1917 through April 1919, SSU 39 (Service Sanitaire Unis) — redesignated SSU 539 and transferred to the American Expeditionary Service in January 1918 — served among the trenches of northern France and Belgium. Known as the Black Cat squadron, they took part in three major offensives with the AEF, the Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys. Waugh was among three members of the unit awarded the French Croix de Guerre for courage and energy during the last month of the war. After returning to the states, Waugh earned a bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Agricultural College (1922), where his father Frank A. Waugh was a Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, followed by an MA from Rutgers (1926) and PhD from Columbia (1929). He enjoyed a distinguished fifty year career as an agricultural economist with the US Department of Agriculture.
A snapshot of life in the First World War, the Waugh collection includes Frederick Waugh's army jacket (with Croix de Guerre), helmet, and puttees, and a remarkable history of the unit and photo album, Being the Book of S.S.U. 539. A second book, I Was There with the Yanks in France (1919) has been transferred for shelving to the Rare Books stacks.
- Ambulance drivers--United States
- United States. Army Ambulance Service. Section 539
- World War, 1914-1918--Medical care
- Waugh, Frederick V. (Frederick Vail), 1898-1974
Western New England Poetry Collection
Western New England Poetry Collection, 1977-2008.
Call no.: MS 561
Since 2004, the Florence Poets Society has been a hub of the poetry communities in Western Massachusetts, promoting the sharing, reading, and publication of works by its members. The group has sponsored outdoor poetry festivals, poetry slams, and readings and it has encouraged publication of poetry through its annual review,
Established in partnership with Rich Puchalsky and the Florence Poets Society, the Western New England Poetry Collection constitutes an effort to document the vibrant poetry communities in Western New England. The collection includes all forms of poetry, from the written to the spoken word, in all formats, but with a particular emphasis upon locally produced and often difficult to find chapbooks, small press books, unpublished works, and limited run periodicals. The collection is not limited to members of the Florence Poets Society, and additions from poets in Western New England are eagerly welcomed.
- Poetry--New England
- Florence Poets Society
- Puchalsky, Rich
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Wilder, Marshall P.
Marshall P. Wilder Collection, 1848-1929.
Call no.: RG 2/3 W55
A merchant and amateur horticulturalist from Dorchester, Mass., Marshall P. Wilder (1798-1886) was a key figure in American pomology during the mid-nineteenth century and a major supporter of agricultural education. A supreme organizer and institution builder, he was a founder and president of the American Pomological Society and United States Agricultural Society, and president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and New England Historic Genealogical Society. His 1849 address before the Norfolk Agricultural Society is often credited as an important catalyst for the creation of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and he served as trustee of the College from its opening in 1867 until his death in 1886.
The Wilder Collection consists primarily of printed works written or collected by Marshall P. Wilder, including materials pertaining to early meetings of the American Pomological Society and the United States Agricultural Society, his 1849 address to the Norfolk Agricultural Society, and his address to the first graduating class at MAC. Among the handful of manuscripts are a draft proposal to hold a national meeting of fruit growers (the inaugural meeting of the American Pomological Society), two letters regarding his donation of a large number of books to the MAC library, and a bound set of 22 beautiful watercolors of pear varieties painted by Louis B. Berckmans.
- Agricultural exhibitions
- American Pomological Society
- Horticulture--Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Agricultural College. Trustees
- New-England Historic Genealogical Society
- Pomology--Massachusetts
- United States Agricultural Society
- Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney), 1798-1886
Types of material
- Letters (Correspondence)
Wright, John
John Wright Account Books, 1818-1859.
Call no.: MS 162
Farmer, freight hauler, laborer, cider-maker, landlord, and town official who was a seventh-generation descendant of Samuel Wright, one of the first English settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts. Nine bound volumes and four folders of loose material include accounts of his businesses with his brother Samuel and son Edwin and activities, as well as letters, and miscellaneous papers and figurings.
- Farmers--Massachusetts--Northampton
- Freight and freightage--Massachusetts
- Northampton (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
Types of material
- Account books