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As the City of Cincinnati argued in court Monday that it should be allowed to lease its parking spots and meters immediately, its top lawyer admitted workers will be laid off regardless of the outcome of the legal case.
Were past the point of avoiding layoffs, City Solicitor John Curp said Monday, noting the citys best hope is to win the lawsuit and begin recalling laid off workers.
Curp and other city attorneys were at the Cincinnati-based Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals asking judges there to overturn a March ruling by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler. In March, Winkler ruled the citys citizens have the right to vote on decisions made by council. The ruling also killed the emergency measure council often used to make its legislation immediately effective.
That emergency measure is in the citys charter. That document was adopted in 1926 and details how the city can operate.
The lawsuit was filed after council approved in March a deal to lease its city parking lots, meters and spots for an upfront payment of $92 million plus another $50 million over several decades. Council wants to use that $92 million to help plug a $35 million hole in the budget that begins July 1 and adopted the parking lease as an emergency measure to make it effective immediately.
Several citizens sued, though, saying councils adoption of the parking lease plan was against the wishes of most of the public. The suit asked that the parking plan be placed before voters. Winkler agreed. After enough signatures were gathered, the issue is set to be placed on the November ballot.
Winkler ruled that eliminated the citys use of its emergency orders means all city action, including implementation of the budget that has to be in place July 1, must be done 30 days in advance of their effective dates.
City lawyers asked the appeals court judges Monday to reverse Winkler and allow them to continue to use emergency legislation. The greatest amendment to the city charter was made a month ago with Winklers ruling, Curp said.
The charter is fine, countered attorney Chris Finney, adding its those who abuse and misinterpret it who need to be addressed.
The right of referendum is the right reserved to the people, Finney said. Only the people can give that away.
Even if the court rules soon its expected to have a decision within a week or so the logistics of the parking lease mean layoffs will happen, Curp said. If the city wins in the appeals court and quickly signs the lease, it still will take 60-90 days for the money to arrive, Curp said.
The city plans to contract with the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to lease its parking assets to a vendor. The port will need 60-90 days to sell bonds to raise the money. The bonds essentially are a promise that the port will pay the money to the city from the vendor with the contract.
We are 60-90 days from a definite decision on when we can hire people back, Curp said. If we dont win the case, then the layoffs proceed.
Whatever decision is made, its likely to be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.


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Cathedral City Councilman Greg Pettis charged more than $1,400 to his city MasterCard for a stay at the Westin Boston Waterfront. / Courtesy Photo
City issued credit card guidelines
According to the City Council policies, rules and procedures manual, council members given a Cathedral City-issued credit card must abide by the following guidelines:
A city credit card may be issued for use by city officials for non-local travel for official city-related functions. In all cases, receipts are required for reimbursement or for verification of the expenses submitted.
Use of personal credit card or cash advance by city officials is preferable for ordinary travel expenses.
City officials shall not use the citys credit card for any non-city related purposes.
City officials shall reconcile all city credit card accounts which they have charged expenditures against, within 10 days after receipt of billing statement by City Official.
Copies of all credit card invoices shall be published in the City Council Regular meeting agendas with the demand register.
How The Desert Sun investigated this story
Beginning in November, The Desert Sun submitted public records requests to all valley cities for council travel expenses and compiled the hundreds of credit card receipts in spreadsheets. When Cathedral City Councilman Greg Pettis expenses were found to be far greater than the rest, additional requests were sent to the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the League of California Cities (LOCC), the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) for detailed information about all of his travel reimbursements.
In November 2012, Cathedral City Administrative Services Director Tami Scott provided a list of reimbursements for Pettis travel, which totaled $26,085. The amount did not match reimbursement documents from the organizations or completely correspond with credit card receipts. On Tuesday, Scott provided a new list, which totaled $45,326. When The Desert Sun asked why they did not match, Scott wrote: They wont. The one I sent you last Tuesday was just the reconciliation for the reimbursements we now get directly from SCAG, RCTC, LOCC etc. because Mr. Pettis sits on these boards. The difference is for the amount of travel related expenses as part of Mr. Pettiss City travel budget.
On Thursday, Lillian Harris-Neal, SCAG clerk of the board, sent an email to The Desert Sun. The documents that we previously provided to you, as requested, were copies of reimbursements to Councilmember Greg Pettis only, not the City of Cathedral City, she wrote. She did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking information about SCAG reimbursements to the city. The Desert Sun will continue to pursue answers to these unanswered questions.
During a five-year period when his modest city was slashing budgets and issuing pink slips to police officers and firefighters, Cathedral City Councilman Greg Pettis charged at least $92,000 to a city-backed credit card to finance trips to Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Orlando, Las Vegas, San Antonio, Louisville, Boston and Canada, among other destinations.
Even with his personal finances in bankruptcy, a MasterCard issued to Pettis by Cathedral City allowed the councilman to pay for a substantial level of travel by, in essence, turning the city budget into a no-interest borrowing account.
In addition to city-related travel charged to the citys MasterCard, Pettis attended conventions for three taxpayer-supported groups that picked up some of the tab.
(RELATED: Many officials cut spending in recent years)
Pettis and city officials say the councilman or other intragovernmental associations to which he belongs eventually repaid Cathedral City for some of the travel expenses, but Pettis and city officials gave conflicting or incomplete accounts of his financial arrangements during a series of interviews with The Desert Sun.
Ive been getting the organizations to pay for these trips, so at the end of the day, I dont know if [Cathedral City] paid for anything, Pettis said. Everything is reimbursed.
According to the records provided to The Desert Sun by Cathedral City, from 2009 to 2012, Cathedral City received $49,000 in reimbursements for Pettis travel. The city did not provide records for 2008. The city also set aside $13,800 from the general fund for Pettis to travel during the five years The Desert Sun analyzed money the city budgeted with the expectation it would not be repaid.
That leaves $29,000 charged to Pettis MasterCard that is unaccounted for. Nothing in the documents obtained by The Desert Sun through a series of public records requests indicate any of those remaining travel costs were repaid. If not, Pettis claim that everything was reimbursed isnt accurate.
You keep saying these trips. Its not like Im flying to France, Pettis told The Desert Sun. Cathedral City is not paying for these trips, and they are all government trips on top of it.
Loan payback
In August 2010, Pettis, a real estate agent, filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. At the time of the filing, Pettis claimed liabilities of more than $500,000 and a monthly income of $3,468.
(View bankruptcy petition part 1: voluntary petition)
His personal debts included balances on more than 50 charge accounts and five student loans.
In December 2010, MasterCard assessed an overlimit penalty on Pettis city-issued card for accruing a balance in excess of the $5,000 monthly limit. Earlier in 2010, a check to Cathedral City from Pettis private business account bounced, resulting in a non-sufficient funds charge. That same year, according to documents obtained by The Desert Sun, Cathedral City assessed Pettis four charges for interest under the account heading GP Special Loan.
The loan was in connection with the bounced check Pettis wrote the city in the vicinity of about $350, Cathedral City Administrative Services Director Tami Scott wrote in an email.
When Mr. Pettis received the first reimbursement check from SCAG, he thought it was the money due him for expenses that SCAG reimburses, which the city does not, wrote Scott. During the reconciliation process, it was determined that the check issued to Mr. Pettis was actually due the City. So, Mr. Pettis issued the city a reimbursement check from his Eagle Enterprise account. For whatever reason, the Eagle Enterprise check did not clear the bank.
Pettis set up an automatic payroll deduction to re-pay the city for the bounced check fees, interest charged and reimbursement money owed the city from SCAG, Scott wrote.
In the two months preceding bankruptcy, Pettis charged to his city MasterCard stays at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, Canada; the Crowne Plaza in Hampton, Va.; and the Sheraton in Los Angeles. After declaring bankruptcy, records indicate he traveled even more frequently.
Pettis maintained a busy travel schedule even as his city raised taxes to balance a beleaguered budget. Cathedral Citys council eventually cut 33 positions 14 in the police department, five in the fire department and 14 in administration. A year ago, the city erupted with accusations about council spending and rancor over budget cuts. Government expenses remain a contentious issue at City Hall.
I have a hard time believing that all of these expenses are paid by someone else. I just cant see it in this economy, organizations paying for someone to stay in high-end hotels and fly all over, said Stacy Purlis, 48, a single mother to three boys in Cathedral City. Besides the costs, what are these trips bringing to the city? I havent seen anything huge come in, so whats the deal with that?
Ron Blevins, 67, moved to Cathedral City from Los Angeles two years ago and downscaled his retirement plans after losing his wife to cancer.
If he can prove that the city is getting reimbursed, then I dont really have a problem, Blevins said. But if taxpayers are paying anything for all of this travel, then that is a sore spot with me. I dont want this guy traveling on my dime, especially since I cant afford for myself to travel.
A growing sum
In the years reviewed by The Desert Sun, Pettis increased his travel charges on the MasterCard from $18,000 in fiscal year 2008-2009 to $24,000 in 2011-2012. Pettis travel expenses far exceeded the individual travel expense reports of every other council member and mayor in Cathedral City and the surrounding cities of Palm Springs, Indio, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Desert Hot Springs and Coachella.
In the past three fiscal years, Pettis charged in excess of $63,000 for travel. Over the same period, La Quinta City Councilwoman Terry Henderson filed $14,700 in travel expenses the second-highest total of any council member in the valley. Unlike Pettis, Henderson used a personal credit card and then submitted her expenses to the city for reimbursement.
Cathedral City Mayor Kathy DeRosa spent just $6,178 in three years, less than a tenth of what Pettis spent.
In The Desert Suns review of public records from the Coachella Valleys nine major cities and three major organizations that sponsor travel for elected officials, the Southern California Association of Governments, League of California Cities and the National League of Cities, The Desert Sun found that from 2008 through 2012:
Pettis entered 132 separate charges on the citys MasterCard for one or more nights in a hotel. His hotel charges total more than $50,000, including a nearly $1,300 visit to the Ritz Carlton and a more than $1,500 bill at the Marriott Wardman, both in Washington D.C.
He charged $20,636 for airfare and more than $1,500 for meals, including $214 at Lawrys Prime Rib in Las Vegas, $45.85 at The Keg in Vancouver, Canada, and $65.60 at Primi Piatti Restaurant in Washington, D.C. During one trip to Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, he billed the League of California Cities $16.50 for three Diet Cokes and $11 for a bag of peanut M&Ms and one Kit Kat bar.
Since 2010, Pettis claimed more than $13,000 in mileage and car allowance payments from Cathedral City, Southern California Association of Governments and the League of California Cities.
In 2008, Pettis ran in the Democratic primary for the California 80th Assembly District against V. Manuel Pérez. He lost by 1,791 votes. In May, June and July 2008 before and after the primary Pettis charged Cathedral City taxpayers for stays at the Lake Arrowhead Resort, Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles and the Sheraton in Los Angeles.
Duties require travel
During his tenure on the City Council, Pettis has joined a variety of quasi-governmental and political organizations, including the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the League of California Cities (LOCC), the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Riverside County Transportation Commission.
All of these groups require travel to attend monthly or yearly meetings. As Pettis has moved higher in the ranks of elected officials in leadership positions with these groups, his travel demands have grown.
If you ask any other member of a city council of the Coachella Valley, they would tell you that Greg Pettis works the hardest of anybody on regional boards and commissions, Pettis said. I wouldnt be on the board of national organizations, statewide organizations, if I wasnt.
In the past three weeks, Pettis attended the Coalition For Americas Gateways and Trade Corridors in Washington D.C., and the American Planning Associations national conference in Chicago.
Home! he wrote on his Twitter account on April 10. One day for economic development meetings at City Hall and a meeting at CSUSB-Palm Desert, then off Friday to Chicago for conference on active transportation.
At Wednesdays city council meeting, Pettis missed a discussion about the citys budget because he was in Sacramento for LOCC. He was supposed to join in by telephone, but when city officials called, he did not pick up his phone. He did not call back during the 11/2-hour meeting.
Pettis' April travel
(Source: Pettis Facebook and Twitter accounts)
Former Cathedral City council member Charles Bud England, a Republican, said Pettis expenses have long been an issue in the city. In 1998, Pettis was admonished for using his city-issued credit card to buy sporting equipment for the Palm Springs Youth Center, where he was executive director.
As a result, Cathedral City enacted a credit card policy to ensure the cards are used properly, but the inquiry into Pettis spending was dropped when the youth center repaid the city.
Does Greg have out-of-control expenses? Yes, and weve been fighting that fight for years, England said.
First elected to council in 1994, Pettis is scheduled on Friday to assume the top position with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), a group that covers his mileage and pays up to $120 per meeting for up to six meetings a month. As president, Pettis would have the authority to approve up to two additional per diem meetings a month.
For such travel, Cathedral City encourages elected officials to use a personal credit card first and then submit expenses for reimbursement. Thats how Mayor DeRosa pays for her travel.
I do not and never have carried a city credit card, DeRosa said.
Only three of the Coachella Valleys nine major cities issue credit cards to council members: Cathedral City, Indio and Coachella.
Cathedral Citys charging policy requires council members to limit charges to city-related expenses. For travel, use of personal credit card or cash advance by city officials is preferable.
The city pays Pettis MasterCard bill in full each month through an automatic deduction from the citys bank account. That method of payment, city officials explained, enables Cathedral City to avoid accrued interest charges. Pettis also derives a special perk from his citys MasterCard: He keeps the travel awards, to use at his discretion.
Those are mine, he said to The Desert Sun, to use for travel upgrades.
While City Manager Andy Hall said Pettis travel charges are complex, he defended city staffs handling of the many receipts and pages of billing statements.
The only council member I have discussed credit card use with is Councilman Pettis, Hall wrote in an email to The Desert Sun. Because his assignments result in significant travel, his card use is more complex. However, staff carefully reviews all credit card statements of both staff and elected officials.
I dont believe Councilman Pettis has misused his credit card. However, I have asked him to try and have his travel covered by the other agencies to the extent possible. We discussed this about a month ago and I would have to check to see if this is occurring.
Hit by recession
Pettis lives in Cathedral Citys upper cove, one of the areas first developments that dates back to the late 1960s. The neighborhood is an eclectic mix of artists, retirees and middle-class families.
The median income is about $52,000 across the city, but like Pettis, residents were hit hard by the recession. Unemployment in Cathedral City remains above 10 percent compared to just under 8 percent nationwide.
The city has about 400 homes listed in pre-foreclosure or foreclosure. In his bankruptcy filing, Pettis home was valued at $225,000 and he owed $281,183.
(View bankruptcy petition part 2: assets)
Im a real estate agent. As you know, real estate hasnt done real well, said Pettis, who lost a rental property in Indio to foreclosure. It was not a good time. Its certainly nothing I am proud of.
Pettis is a licensed Realtor with Coldwell Banker. In bankruptcy filings, he also lists income as a project manager with California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), as a real estate consultant with Eagle Enterprises and as a city councilman.
In a paystub submitted to the court, Pettis was paid $100 an hour by the Institute for Environmental Sustainability at CSUSBs Palm Desert campus. He earned $791 a month as a council member, plus $150 a month for a technology stipend and a car allowance of $200 a month.
(View bankruptcy petition part 5: pay records)
Pettis also files expense forms with SCAG and LOCC to cover his miles when driving to meetings, mostly around Los Angeles. Since 2010, those two groups issued checks totaling $6,377 to cover Pettis mileage.
In December 2010, Pettis was discharged from bankruptcy. Since then, Pettis said he has shared a credit card with his father, who lives with Pettis.
Pettis declined to discuss his personal finances with The Desert Sun. Im not answering any questions on my personal bankruptcy. It doesnt have anything to do with my elected status.
(BANKRUPTCY PETITION: Part 1: voluntary petition | Part 2: assets | Part 3: creditors | Part 4: means test and financial affairs | Part 5: pay records | Part 6: attorney information)
Who pays the bills?
While Pettis and city officials stressed that Cathedral City is reimbursed for the bulk of the councilmans travel, The Desert Sun found that the accounts used to repay Cathedral City are partially funded by Cathedral City taxpayers: Taxpayer money flows out of Cathedral City and then flows back in to pay Pettis travel expenses.
In fiscal year 2013-2014, for instance, Cathedral City will pay $4,150 in dues to SCAG, $4,950 to NLC and $18,750 to LOCC, according to Scott. All three groups pay Cathedral City thousands to support Pettis on the road.
Pettis told The Desert Sun that these groups reimburse me for my travel, they reimburse for airfare and they reimburse for hotel, and for the most part meals.
Thats not exactly how SCAG spokeswoman Angela Rushen and NLC spokesman Greg Minchak described the financial arrangement with Pettis or other elected officials traveling to conferences or meetings.
SCAG and NLC pay travel and lodging costs directly to airlines and hotels whenever possible, Rushen and Minchak said.
As far as our records show, Councilman Pettis received a hotel room covering his attendance at NLCs January board planning meetings during his time on the board, Minchak wrote in an email to The Desert Sun. He was not reimbursed for this as the room nights were paid for directly by NLC as part of a larger room block. To our knowledge, NLC did not cover any other travel expenses for NLC activities.
LOCC Executive Director Chris McKenzie said his organization also pays directly for hotel rooms and meals. They reimburse for travel, parking and incidentals such as Internet service. The LOCC also pays a $750 stipend for Pettis to attend two meetings a year.
When asked to clarify, Pettis told The Desert Sun he never said that the NLC reimbursed me for all of my expenses. I said that I get all my expenses reimbursed by other agencies.
But that claim doesnt match the record. After reviewing copies of expense receipts and reimbursement checks from LOCC to Cathedral City, The Desert Sun found several items Pettis charged that LOCC only partially repaid.
In July 2011, for example, Pettis traveled to Charlotte, N.C., for a LOCC conference. According to the expense voucher, Pettis used his MasterCard to charge $1,105.27 in airfare, hotel, cab and meals. LOCC reimbursed the city $750 by check, leaving $355.27 on the citys tab.
On another trip in July 2012, LOCC only paid $750 of $1,136.10 in travel expenses for Pettis to fly first-class to a NLC Board meeting in Fort Wayne, Ind. Cathedral City absorbed the remaining $386.10.
Additional expenses that Pettis paid for with his MasterCard that were not reimbursed during the trip were: $11.27 at Hudson News, $9.79 for a first class concession and $120 in parking fees.
As many trips as Pettis takes outside of California, he files expense reports more frequently to attend meetings in his home state, where he has campaigned for and lost two bids for an Assembly seat, in 2002 and 2008.
On trips for meetings in the Los Angeles area, Pettis prefers to stay at least one night. Pettis MasterCard statements list one to two one-night stays a month in Los Angeles totaling 79 over five years, ranging from $127 to $376 each. In addition, Pettis expenses his mileage for these trips.
I am in L.A. about three to four times a month and the meetings are either at 8:30 a.m. or 10 a.m., said Pettis. I do not do morning drives to Los Angeles. I cant. I cant do it anymore.
Greg Pettis' hotel stays in the past 5 years
(Explore the map above to see which cities Pettis visited from 2008 to 2012 and how much he spent on hotel stays in those cities.)
Value questioned
Most public officials can point to some project at home that had its genesis at a regional or national conference, but politicians are divided on whether the impact is direct or indirect.
Pettis pointed to the Date Palm Interchange project as one example of infrastructure investment he helped secure by making sure his city had a seat at various conference tables.
The $75 million I-10 interchange project in the Coachella Valley received backing from a variety of sources, including the federal Resource and Recovery Act of 2009. Pettis would have discussed the project at multiple venues, including meetings of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). Interchange improvements at Indian Canyon Drive, Gene Autry Trail Bob Hope Drive/Ramon Road and at Date Palm were funded.
When you are trying to do major infrastructure projects like this, it takes a whole lot of people and a whole lot of organizations, Pettis said. RCTC did a tremendous amount of work for all the interchanges here in the valley, as did [the Coachella Valley Association of Governments]. But because of my work on SCAG, these interchanges were in the regional transportation plan. If they were not in the RTP, no fed funds could be used.
Cathedral City Councilman Sam Toles, a Democrat like Pettis, said the city benefits greatly from Pettis travels.
As an executive who travels extensively for work, I see real value in what Mr. Pettis is doing. He has brought tens of millions of dollars in grants and federal, state and county program funds, Toles wrote in an email to The Desert Sun. In business, as in government, it is personal relationships that drive things forward. As I sit here in Europe closing millions in business for my company, I am reminded of the value of face-to-face meetings.
Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, who spent just more than $2,600 on city-backed travel in the past three years, said he doesnt do a lot of out-of-state travel for the city.
I could go to a National League of Cities conference and sit in a room with 500 other mayors, but I dont see the value in that, Pougnet said.
Cathedral City Mayor DeRosa, who declines to state party affiliation when registering to vote, is skeptical Pettis travel aids the city.
Council members dont get grants. Staff members get grants, she said. Only one time have I gone to a conference where I walked away with a grant. It just doesnt happen.
Former councilman England said the return on investment is not there. Most of the benefits and ideas [from conferences] could have been picked up on the organizations website. In a day and age where everything is done by teleconference, why are we still traveling across the country?
Councils, city officials and taxpayers should take an active role in gauging how much travel is too much, said two public policy experts interviewed by The Desert Sun.
Its common for councilmen to attend such meetings, and if the frequency of attendance is a problem, then it should either be raised by the council or discreetly by the manager if it poses a problem for the citys finances, said Max Neiman, senior resident fellow at the University of California, Berkeleys Institute of Governmental Studies.
If I were a member of the council or a citizen of the city, I might want to raise questions about what the city received in return for this amount of networking, Neiman said. Between no participation and no expenditures on such things and an excessive amount there is a lot in between, and its hard for me to say what the correct balance should be via long distance.
Regardless of the amount, Cathedral City should not be fronting Pettis travel expenses by allowing him to charge the trips and then seek reimbursements from SCAG, LOCC, RCTC or any other organization, said Dr. Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist with Public Citizens Congress Watch, a consumer advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C.
There should always be a clear line of demarcation between public funds and private travel, Holman said. If Pettis doesnt have the money to front his private travel, then the private organizations for whom he travels should pay the bills up front. This is no different than if Pettis were to use the city credit cards to pay for a personal vacation, all the while promising to repay the city at a later time.
Desert Sun reporter Blake Herzog and Chief News Assistant Nina Ronda contributed to this story.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
Dexter Undone
"What's Dexter doing?" he asked, taking a break from shopping and cooking.
"He's obsessed. The neighbors' daughter is home with her two daschunds. When she lets them out they come charging toward our yard, then stop about two feet from the fence."
"And, I don't know. For the last two days he's been sitting at the fence for hours just looking at their backdoor. I guess today it's too cold, so he moved inside. He's a dope."
"It's the equivalent of having two Playboy bunnies move in next door."
"I suppose," she said, with a slow blink.
Four days later his vigil continues, the desperation of his yearning so palpable she can't help feeling sorry for him. Occasionally he turns and looks at her and lets out a long whine, while she imagines his loves sound asleep by the hearth, their long silky ears laid flat against the floor.
12 comments:
- pve design said...
priceless pose.
- November 26, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Neen said...
Aww, poor Dexter! You write of his sorrow and love sickness so well!
Best, Neen
- November 26, 2012 at 10:31 PM
- MJH Design Arts said...
Hi Patricia, What kind of dog/lover is Dexter? I love his focus. And the way he sits perfectly in your chair. Maybe I should send Jones over to play? Have a wonderful Christmas season week.
- November 27, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- Karen Albert said...
Oh Dexter; he feels like he is missing out..maybe he needs a partner!
Patricia are you really back?!
Art by Karena
- November 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Pam M. said...
Charming post! And, even though you make us wait for an email notification to enjoy these little nuggets, please know that your faithful readers are still here -- like Dexter, ever patient and longing for more ;)
- November 27, 2012 at 12:14 PM
- Lisa S. said...
Dexter is all grown up!
My brindle female boxer perches in a chair by the window facing the street and we call her "Chief of Security" when she takes up her position in the chair!
Nothing gets by her...especially not the mailman or the UPS guy!
Happy Holidays to you, Dexter and Rosie!
- November 27, 2012 at 5:13 PM
- VictoriaArt said...
Ah, I am smiling. I can see your lovelorn Dexter, just so much like our dog, sitting and yearning the company denied to him.
Guys and dogs.....
- November 27, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
I loved your story of Dexter. I could feel his anticipation. It is how I feel about your blog. I keep checking to see if there is an update. I appreciate the work you do, it makes me smile.
- November 27, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Leigh Chandler said...
Any plans for a play date;-)?
- November 29, 2012 at 9:47 PM
- Cyn said...
Love this post, can you share where you purchased the dog collar...I need one for my Weimaraner. Thanks and have a great weekend.
- November 30, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Mrs. Blandings said...
Cyn - we get ours at Dresslers here in Kansas City.
- November 30, 2012 at 4:36 PM
- Cyn said...
Thank you, will call them and order.
You are always so generous about sharing information and wanted you to know I appreciate your willingness to do so.
Happy to see updates from you in my inbox.
Happy Holidays, and My Best,
- November 30, 2012 at 8:47 PM


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US Sen. John McCain speaks during a news conference in this June photo. McCain says a deal has been reached to resolve the Senate's nominations backlog. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
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WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican senators have brokered a deal to end a stalemate over Obama administration nominees.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told reporters Tuesday morning that a deal is in place that will avoid a threat by Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., to change the chambers rules to allow a long list of nominations to move forward via a simple majority (51 votes).
Yeah, we have a deal, McCain told a handful of reporters after emerging from a closed-door briefing on Syria. He said it is up to Reid to announce the deals specifics.
The Senate Armed Services Committee handles all Defense Department nominations. Its chairman, Michigan Democrat Sen. Carl Levin, told reporters he favors changing the chambers rules so all nominations receive an up-or-down vote on the floor.
The pact could clear the way for several mid- and senior-level Pentagon nominees to finally get a vote on the Senate floor, such as Alan Estevez and Air Force Maj. Gen. Susan Helms, according to the Senates executive calendar.
The former is tapped to become the principal deputy to Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall, and the latter has been nominated to become the No. 2 official at US Space Command.
Another is Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., an Army reservist nominated to receive his first generals star and become deputy commander of the troop program unit at the Atlanta-based 3rd Medical Command.
An Iraq war veteran, Heck has been an emergency room doctor. He was most recently a medical adviser to the Army Reserve chiefs office.
A pact could also avoid holding up a floor vote on the White Houses nomination of Gen. Martin Dempsey for a second term as Joint Chiefs chairman. He will appear Thursday morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing.
The administration also soon will nominate a new Air Force secretary, who will require Senate confirmation.
One major DoD nomination that was held up by a filibuster threat was that of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. GOP members used a filibuster threat this year to wrangle data from the White House about the deadly Benghazi, Libya attack.


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It was late January of 1971. I was a senior in high school.
I and my buddies Mark and David had gone duck hunting several times that season, usually with pretty good results. We had a blind out on Lake Miccosukee, a great spot for this activity. The next day was to be the last of duck hunting season, so we made plans to go.
None of us bothered to watch the weather forecast that evening.
The next morning we arrived at the landing at about five oclock. It was still dark, and the thermometer at the bait store read 28 degrees (Fahrenheit). We were dressed fairly warmly for a morning that we assumed would be in the thirties or forties. We piled into the boat, along with our guns and decoys, and headed out on to the lake.
We spotted our blind and headed for it. About 50 yards short of it the boat slowed down, accompanied with a crunching sound. What the heck? Mark asked. Looking closely at the surface, we saw it was covered with about a quarter inch of ice. This will melt when the sun comes up, someone confidently announced. We crunched our way to the blind, and, once there, knocked holes in the ice and placed our decoys.
While we were waiting for sunrise, David pulled out a pint of Jim Beam white label (an actual pint, mind you remember that this was 1971). We passed it around, each taking a swallow. It burned on the way down, but gave me a nice warm feeling.
The sun came up about 20 minutes later, and we saw that the ice had closed in around the decoys. Apparently the process was uneven, and they were all positioned at various odd angles, none in exactly the same direction as any other. Looked pretty weird.
As soon as it warms up, the ice will melt and it will be fine, I predicted. While were waiting, maybe some more JB. The bottle made another round. I felt warm again.
A half-hour later, not much had changed, except that there were now hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ducks flying over us. None showed the slightest inclination to descend to within shotgun range.
I swear its getting colder, said Mark. How about some more bourbon? David pulled it out and around it went.
An hour later, we were all shivering. The ice had not melted. I took a paddle and tapped it. No effect. I gave it a good whack and it broke. It was now about 3/4 inch thick. Um guys, I think it really is getting colder.
Yeah, but its gotta warm up eventually, replied David. Here, have some more JB.
About forty five minutes passed. David pulled out the pint. There was about an inch left. One shot apiece, is all we got. We passed it around.
The effects wore off within thirty minutes, and we were feeling pretty miserable. I shook my head, and said, I dont think this ice is going to melt until the afternoon, and I know I cant wait that long. After all, were out of bourbon. Mark and David nodded. Lets call it a day.
We used paddles to break our way out of the blind and work our way over to the decoys. Retrieving them all took a good half hour. Then we started breaking our way toward open water. There was now about 100 yards of ice between that and us. Took almost an hour. Once we got there we fired up the motor and headed across the lake.
When we approached the landing, we found there was about 50 yards of ice ahead. We crunched into the edge of it and killed the motor, got out the paddles and started breaking the ice. About halfway there, we noticed that the boat was taking water the collision with the edge of the ice had opened a seam.
By the time we got to shore there was about two inches of water in the boat. Efforts at bailing, using the empty pint bottle (the only container we had), were spectacularly unsuccessful.
The thermometer at the bait store read 19 degrees.
We learned later that an arctic front had moved in, the leading edge reaching our area shortly before sunrise.
Its probably a good thing that we didnt have a bigger bottle of JB, cause it never got above freezing that day.


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Team Schedule
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|vs. SUNY Geneseo @ Kissimmee, Fla. (Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex)
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|Mar. 17
|vs. FDU-Florham @ Orlando, Fla.
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|Mar. 23
|at Westfield St.
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|Western New Eng. *
|Mar. 28
|at Salve Regina *
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|Mar. 31
|Curry *
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|U. of New England *
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|Apr. 4
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|Apr. 8
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|Apr. 9
|at Mount Ida
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|Apr. 11
|at Endicott *
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|Apr. 13
|at Emmanuel (Mass.)
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|Apr. 16
|at Framingham St.
|Final - 2OT
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|Apr. 18
|Gordon *
|Apr. 22
|at Roger Williams *
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July 16, 2015
NCAA Rules Oversight Panel Approves Possession Clock
After discussing the proposals recommended by the NCAA rules committee on a conference call Wednesday, the NCAA playing rules oversight panel approved all 17 rules proposals, including the 90-second possession clock.
June 11, 2015
U.S. Women's Tryouts Preview: You Won't Get Noticed for Speed
Friday marks the first day of tryouts for the U.S. women's national team and coach Ricky Fried shares some insight into what he's looking for from the 108-player pool. Plus, a breakdown of players by position, college and graduation year.
June 6, 2015
Shot Clock "Renaissance": Clarifications, Reactions and More
With the proposed possession clock, women's lacrosse is following a trend all NCAA sports have - increase the pace of play. Why did the committee makes this change, among others? How have coaches responded?
June 5, 2015
Young Guns Anchor LM's DIII Women's All-Americans
The top dogs in the women's DIII game are largely going to be back for another turn, as our starting lineup for the 2015 season earns its nod.
June 4, 2015
Double Repeats: Final Thoughts on the Small College Season
What a pair of title repeats mandates in the small school ranks along with another look at the committee's efforts and the perils of Division I moving its championship date.
June 4, 2015
Women's Lacrosse Rules Committee Recommends Shot Clock
If approved, the rule (a 90-second possession clock) would be effective in 2017 for Division I and 2018 for Divisions II and III. Plus updates to stick checks, alternating possessions and overtimes.
June 1, 2015
Early Top 10 for 2016 (WD3): Cortland Reloading?
With a tremendous core of returning players from the program's first-ever NCAA champion, Cortland is going to be a tall order for the DIII women's championship hopefuls in 2016.
May 27, 2015
Nike/LM Division III Women's Top 20
No. 1 briefly early in the year, Cortland takes the top spot for the final rankings of the season after taking down Trinity in decisive fashion in the NCAA final.
May 26, 2015
Highlight Reel: NCAA Championship Videos
Five NCAA titles were captured over the Memorial Day weekend, with Denver and Maryland headlining as DI champions. NCAA.com has highlights from all the action.
May 25, 2015
Gallery: Cortland Runs Past Trinity for First Title (WD3)
First-time finalist Cortland wasted no time against the Trinity team that had eliminated it in three straight semifinals, jumping to an 8-2 lead at half and running away for its first ever NCAA DIII women's lacrosse championship. Photos by Rich Barnes.
May 24, 2015
Cortland Exorcises Final Four Demons With First Title
Three times, Cortland's seniors had made it to the women's DIII final weekend, but lost to Trinity. On Sunday, the Red Dragons got the Bantams back, taking the school's first women's title with a 17-6 thrashing at PPL Park.
May 24, 2015
#LMLive: Cortland-Trinity For the Women's DIII Crown
Cortland is in its first-ever NCAA finals, while Trinity hopes to earn its second DIII women's title in its fourth straight championship appearance. Who will cut the nets?
May 24, 2015
Gallery: Cortland Downs Middlebury; Into WD3 Final
Cortland earned its first-ever NCAA finals trip with a win Saturday over Middlebury at PPL Park. Photos by Rich Barnes
May 24, 2015
Gallery: Trinity Runs Past F&M, Into NCAA Finals (WD3)
An extended 9-0 run powered Trinity to the NCAA finals Sunday after a 10-4 win over Franklin & Marshall. Photos by Rich Barnes.
May 23, 2015
WD3 Semis: Cortland, Trinity Advance to Final
Ashley Gentile scored five goals as Cortland reached its first NCAA final with a 19-12 win over Middlebury in what was the last game in Missy Foote's 35-year tenure as Panther coach. (Rich Barnes)
May 23, 2015
#LMLive: DIII Women's Semifinals Live
Cortland vs. Middlebury. Franklin & Marshall vs. Trinity. The finals spots for the DIII women's championship Sunday will be decided this afternoon at PPL Park.
May 18, 2015
IWLCA Honors 48 as DIII All-America Selections
The women's Division III All-America selections have been announced by the IWLCA, featuring 48 of the game's best.
May 17, 2015
Cortland State Holds Off Catholic, Advances To Final Four
May 17, 2015
Franklin & Marshall Heads To Semifinals After Downing Fredonia, 16-9
May 17, 2015
Middlebury Advances To Final Four With 10-8 Victory Over York
May 17, 2015
Trinity Reaches Fourth Final Four In A Row With Win Over TCNJ
May 17, 2015
#LMLive Gameday: Final Three Spots for Final Four
Three DI bids to the DI final four remain, with Maryland-Northwestern women and Syracuse-JHU men battling at noon and Maryland-UNC men at 2:30 to determine whose season continues, along with the WD2 final, WD3 QFs and last MD2 and MD3 semis.
May 16, 2015
Big Second Half Sparks TCNJ Past Bowdoin
May 16, 2015
Cortland State Dominates Augustana, 21-2, In NCAA Third Round
May 16, 2015
Franklin & Marshall Rolls Into Elite Eight With 17-8 Win Over Tufts
May 16, 2015
Fredonia State Downs Washington & Lee, Advances To Quarterfinals
May 16, 2015
Middlebury Defeats Hamilton, Advances To NCAA Quarterfinals
May 16, 2015
Trinity Cruises Past Pomona-Pitzer, 16-2
May 16, 2015
York Upsets Gettysburg to Earn First QF Berth
A school-record 15th win came in OT against top seed Gettysburg as York earned its first-ever NCAA quarterfinal berth.
May 10, 2015
Augustana Advances with 19-13 Win Over Concordia
May 10, 2015
Bowdoin Rolls Past Bridgewater State, 22-9
May 10, 2015
Cortland State Advances With Dominant Win Over Castleton
May 10, 2015
Franklin & Marshall Cruises Past Rhodes, 21-3
May 10, 2015
Fredonia State Drops Denison, Advances to Third Round
May 10, 2015
Gettysburg Drops FDU-Florham In Second Round
May 10, 2015
Hamilton Upsets Salisbury in Double OT
May 10, 2015
MIddlebury Dominates MIT, 19-9
May 10, 2015
Mount Union Overwhelms Albion, 18-0
May 10, 2015
Pomona-Pitzer Earns First-Ever NCAA Win Over Occidental
May 10, 2015
Quick Start Helps York Down Union, 11-6
May 10, 2015
TCNJ Advances With 10-7 Win Over St. John Fisher
May 10, 2015
Trinity Advances With 16-6 Win Over St. Joseph's
May 10, 2015
Washington And Lee Advances With 18-4 Win Over Sewanee
May 9, 2015
Salisbury Dominates Stevenson in Oft-Delayed D3 Showdown
Salisbury was delayed more than three hours after an accident on Maryland's Bay Bridge, but they showed little rust in rolling to the DIII quarterfinals with a win at Stevenson that ended after midnight Saturday.
May 9, 2015
Bridgewater State Downs St. Joseph's, 16-9
May 9, 2015
Castleton Dominates Morrisville State, 19-10
May 9, 2015
FDU-Florham Downs Cabrini To Earn First NCAA Tournament Win
May 9, 2015
MIT Cruises To 19-5 Victory Over Regis
May 9, 2015
Rhodes Knocks Off Meredith, 16-12
May 9, 2015
St. Joseph's Advances With 13-9 Win Over Keene State
May 4, 2015
D-III Women's Bracket Breakdown: No Guaranteed Path to PPL
Cortland, Trinity, Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall earned the top seeds in their sides of the bracket, but there's plenty of danger lurking for all in their path to championship weekend.
May 2, 2015
Bowdoin Overwhelms Middlebury, Advances To NESCAC Final
May 2, 2015
Catholic Dominates Susquehanna To Win Landmark Conference Title
May 2, 2015
Franklin & Marshall Advances To CC Final With Win Over Washington
May 2, 2015
Gettysburg Dominates Haverford To Advance To CC Championship
May 2, 2015
Trinity Advances To NESCAC Semis With OT Win Over Tufts
May 1, 2015
WD3 Notes: Gettysburg Riding Hot Streak Into Postseason
April 29, 2015
Yates Anchors as W&L Edges Lynchburg
April 25, 2015
WD3 Notes: Small College Shows Up in Tewaaraton LIsts
April 23, 2015
Tewaaraton Names 25 Final Nominees for '15 Awards
25 men's and 25 women's players have been announced as nominees for the Tewaaraton Award, including returning winners Lyle Thompson and Taylor Cummings.
April 17, 2015
WD3 Notebook: Sweet Briar Rides Emotional Roller Coaster
The Sweet Briar Vixens are playing this season as if it's their last, plus who will take the lead in the NESCAC and Centennial Conference?
April 16, 2015
Gallery: Trinity Overcomes Early Deficit to Beat TCNJ (WD3)
Down four goals early, top-ranked Trinity responded to rally past The College of New Jersey 15-8 on Wednesday evening. Photos by Kevin P. Tucker.
April 15, 2015
Top-Ranked Trinity Dispatches No. 8 TCNJ
Martha Griffin factored in on nearly half of Trinity's goals as the Bantams breezed past the Lions, 15-8 on Wednesday evening.
April 9, 2015
WD3 Notes: Middlebury Stays Strong After Opening Day Loss
Middlebury suffered a one-goal loss to open the season, but has been on a hot streak as of late with a 9-0 run. Plus Sewaane remains undefeated.
April 5, 2015
Trinity Outruns Hamilton, 15-7
April 4, 2015
MIddlebury Holds Off Colby, 7-5
April 2, 2015
WD3 Notes: Rhodes, Sewanee Battle for Supremacy in South
Both the Lynx and Tigers are undefeated going into Friday's matchup, but the winner will likely determine SAA championship. Plus, No. 1 Trinity is holding its own atop the rankings.
March 28, 2015
Late Run Lifts Middlebury Past Amherst, 9-5
March 28, 2015
Trinity Earns Eighth Straight Victory With 11-6 Win Over Bowdoin
March 27, 2015
WD3 Notes: Salisbury Back in Form With Big Week
Two-time defending Champion Salisbury stumbled out of the gate with two losses. They've looked more like expected of late, topping the No. 1 team in back-to-back weeks.
March 22, 2015
Early Six-Goal Lead Pushes No. 13 Gulls past No. 1 Cortland St.
March 21, 2015
Middlebury Earns 14-8 Road Victory At Bowdoin
March 19, 2015
I Am The Official Lax Girl
Somewhere between Zimbabwe and Tennessee, in the span of 140 characters, an unlikely lacrosse icon came to life.
March 18, 2015
DIII Women's Notes: Dragons Roaring Under New Coach
It took a little while, but top-ranked Cortland finally began down it's path toward defending its SUNYAC title and trying to improve on last year's 22-1 season that ended with an NCAA semifinal loss to Trinity.
March 16, 2015
IWLCA DIII Poll: Franklin & Marshall Stands Alone
March 16, 2015
Top-Ranked Cortland Hands No. 12 Catholic First Loss
Freshman Kristen Ohberg had a career-high six goal game as Cortland handed Catholic its first defeat of the year on the road Monday.
March 14, 2015
Bowdoin Tops Hamilton in OT, 8-7
March 14, 2015
Colby Overcomes Tufts, 11-6
March 14, 2015
Cortland Defeats Gettysburg, 14-10
March 14, 2015
Griffin Scores 5 To Lead Trinity Over Bates, 15-8
March 14, 2015
Messiah Edges TCNJ, 12-11
March 14, 2015
Middlebury Tops Wesleyan, 15-8
March 14, 2015
Salisbury Downs York, 10-7
March 14, 2015
St. John Fisher Overcomes Buffalo State, 14-9
March 14, 2015
Top-Ranked Cortland Handles No. 2 Gettysburg, 14-11
The Red Dragons earned a key non-conference road win, topping No. 2 Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon.
March 11, 2015
WD3 Notes: Brice Queener Leads Rhodes to Hot Start
Brice Queener, a former Georgetown and MLL standout midfielder, is the latest in the long line of successful coaches in his family, coaching Rhodes to a 7-0 record thus far.
March 9, 2015
Four Teams Earn No. 1 Votes in IWLCA WD3 Poll
March 7, 2015
Bates Downs Wesleyan, 12-6
March 7, 2015
Big Second Half Lifts Bowdoin Over Top-Ranked Amherst
March 7, 2015
Middlebury Thumps Connecticut College, 19-2
March 7, 2015
Stevenson Tops Haverford, 14-6
March 7, 2015
Trinity Outpaces Williams In 14-7 Win
March 7, 2015
Washington & Lee Upsets Salisbury, 9-8
March 7, 2015
York Holds Off Ithaca, 9-7
March 6, 2015
Gallery: F&M Downs Stevenson in Top 20 Battle (WD3)
Eighth-ranked Franklin & Marshall downed No. 15 Stevenson 13-8 on Wednesday behind four goals from Kathryn Merrick. Photos by John Strohsacker.
March 1, 2015
Catholic Stuns No. 1 Salisbury for First Loss Since '13
March 1, 2015
No. 11 Colby Takes Opening Win Over No. 2 Trinity
February 28, 2015
Roanoke Women Forfeits Five Games for Hazing
February 27, 2015
No. 7 TCNJ Survives Scare from FDU-Florham
February 26, 2015
Tewaaraton Watchlist Features Five Returning Finalists
Returning Tewaaraton winners Taylor Cummings and Lyle Thompson were among the 50 selected for the first watchlist for the annual award, announced in New York City Thursday evening.
February 26, 2015
Molloy Becomes Arcadia's All-Time Leading Scorer
February 24, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 7 Gettysburg
With a determined group of seniors, can the Bullets can back to the final four?
February 24, 2015
No. 1 Salisbury Women Rally to Edge Stevenson in OT
February 24, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 8 Franklin & Marshall
An underclassmen-heavy roster should be strong at the midfield, but can the Diplomats challenge for an NCAA crown?
February 20, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 2 Trinity
The Bantams have had a tremendous run of success, but with former coach Kate Livesay back at her alma mater Middlebury, how will they fare under new leadership?
February 19, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 3 Middlebury
It's the last hurrah for Hall of Fame coach Missy Foote. Can the Panthers send her off on a championship note?
February 18, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 4 Cortland
Their head coach is gone, and with her the DIII Attacker of the Year. But the last team to beat two-time defending champion Salisbury is still a force to be reckoned with.
February 17, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 5 Amherst
With a small but notable class gone after last year's semifinal run, how will Amherst recover for 2015's NESCAC gauntlet?
February 14, 2015
#LMLive Gameday: Valentine's Lacrosse Central
A killer doubleheader in Georgia headlines the Saturday action in lacrosse, as Duke and Denver face off, followed by Northwestern and Virginia.
February 12, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 9 Geneseo
Making the NCAA's quarterfinal round for the first time a year ago, the Knights hope to build and grow with a young but talented lineup.
February 11, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 10 Williams
Questions abound on the defensive end, but Williams should be able to score goals in 2015. Will that be enough in the always-tough NESCAC
February 5, 2015
Bethany Baer: DIII Women's Preseason Player of the Year
She's knotted with her brother, having won two titles already in her collegiate career. Can she pull ahead by leading Salisbury to a third straight crown?
February 4, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: Best Bet All-Americans
Only three return from last spring's All-America selection for DIII women's, meaning a wide-open field awaits the best of 2015. Who do we project leading the way for their teams?
February 1, 2015
#LMRanks DIII Women's Preview: No. 20-11 Breakdown
Plenty of danger lurks outside of the Top 10 in DIII women's lacrosse this spring. We kick off their portion of our #LMRanks preseason coverage with a look at the bottom half of the Nike/LM Top 20.
January 4, 2015
Lifestyles: "Out Front" With CNN's Erin Burnett
Engaging a national audience each week via her CNN show, Erin Burnett opens up about her work and lacrosse past as a member of Middlebury's heartbreaking 1996 team.
December 21, 2014
Fan Vote: DIII Women's Preseason Player of Year
Lacrosse Magazine has narrowed the field to five finalists. Now it's time to make your choice for NCAA Division III women's Preseason Player of the Year.
December 12, 2014
Fan Vote: Your Preseason Player of the Year Picks?
With the season inching closer, we look at the candidates for LM's Preseason Player of the Year honors across the divisions. Who gets your nod?
December 2, 2014
Hamline (Minn.) to Add Women's Lacrosse for 2016
Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota has announced it will offer women's lacrosse as a varsity sport for the 2016 spring season.
December 1, 2014
Lacrosse Magazine's Best of Lacrosse 2014
The votes are in - here are your choices for the Best of Lacrosse in 2014!
November 20, 2014
Best Of Lacrosse - Best Milestone Moment Breakdown
Its a pretty tight race for the top milestone achievement of the year, with five worthy choices - Miles Thompson's record-breaking goal, Missy Foote's 400th win and the first ever co-Tewaaraton among them.
November 20, 2014
Middlebury Coach Foote Headlines IWLCA Honors Dinner
Coaches from Division I, II and III all convened in Orlando, Fla., for their annual convention, which is highlighted by the awards banquet honoring coaches for their impact on the growth of the women's game.
November 15, 2014
#BestOfLax: Women's Player: Finalist Breakdown
Two top sophomores with Team USA connections, the newly minted all-time NCAA scoring leader, the (arguably) best goalie in the game and the DI leading goal-scorer... Make your pick!
October 28, 2014
Concordia-Chicago To Add M&W in 2016
October 28, 2014
30 in 30: Salisbury Builds With "Nestor's Boot Camp"
The recent run of Salisbury's women is built upon one of the toughest fall programs around, and with coach Jim Nestor no longer coaching soccer, life hasn't gotten any easier for the Sea Gulls, or their spring opponents.
October 21, 2014
30 in 30: Is Augustana DIII's Best in the Midwest?
In just its fourth year, Augustana has made a case for already being the best program in the midwest, but faces new challenges with a new coach in 2015.
October 15, 2014
30 in 30: The Other Fall Ball
For some athletes at Bowdoin, lacrosse isn't their only sport. Mettler Growney and Kelsey Gallagher, sophomores on Bowdoin's field hockey and lacrosse teams, make it a point to continue a legacy.
October 10, 2014
30 in 30: Missy Foote's Farewell Tour at Middlebury
A mainstay in DIII women's lacrosse for over three decades and with over 400 wins, Middlebury coach and Hall of Famer Missy Foote rides off into the sunset after this spring's season.
October 2, 2014
30 in 30: Coaching Carousel Movement in Small College
Major moves - like Adelphi's Rob Grella resigning shortly after taking Adelphi to the Women's DII title - littered the off-season in small college lacrosse.
September 23, 2014
Cortland Names Lickert-Orr Women's Lacrosse Head Coach
June 23, 2014
Ness Named First Coast Guard Women's Coach
June 20, 2014
Assistant Dissinger Promoted to Trinity Head Post
June 2, 2014
Early Top 10 for 2015 (WD3): Gulls Still Soaring?
Can Salisbury make it three in a row in 2015? Cortland and Trinity still loom, but the Sea Gulls are the logical thought to be No. 1 at this point.
May 30, 2014
WD3 Notes: Salisbury Still Finds Fuel From '12 Loss
For the second straight year, Salisbury toppled Trinity in the NCAA finals. And they were still motivated by the year before that, when the Bantams bested the Gulls in the finals.
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WD3 Notes: Catholic Flying High After Salisbury Upset
Handing Salisbury its first loss since 2013 rocketed Catholic up the charts to No. 5. How are the Cardinals prepping for their next step?
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Gallery: St. Mary's Edges No. 19 Washington College (WD3)
St. Mary's (Md.) recorded its first win over a Top 20 team since 2010 in edging Washington College on Saturday afternoon. Photos by Kevin P. Tucker


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Okay I had 3 Shakespeare related goals this week:
One, was to watch Romeo and Juliet on DVD after finally seeing it live, but NOOooo. I lost electricity for 48 hours over the weekend and didn't get the chance yet (Not to mention the temperature dropped to 41 degrees before the heat came back on).
Two, I was hoping to catch the Chesapeake Shakespeare Pub Night, but now it Looks like we are getting another foot of snow tomorrow, and they JUST plowed my roads 3 days AFTER the last snow storm.
And finally, number three. This weekend I am looking forward to maybe seeing "The Comedy of Errors" by the The Shakespeare Factory. But Considering all the days this week I spent ice bound inside my house, I have a lot of things on my list to get done this weekend, and getting to a play may not be one of them.
Which of course reminds me of what a very wise man once told me, "You can plan a camping trip, but cha' can't plan the weather".
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A car sits where it crashed into a building at Romie Lane on South Main Street during heavy rain Friday in Salinas.
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The drenching the Salinas area endured Friday is expected to continue through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a hazardous outlook advisory for the Salinas, Hollister and Carmel valleys.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 27, 2009—Tool belts and hard hats have replaced the backpacks and the laptops of some students at Santa Clara University and California College of Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, as they began construction on a solar-powered house for the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon.
When the first shipment of lumber and steel arrived at Santa Clara University's campus early Tuesday morning, the students went right to work, building the core of the 800 square-foot home. A beam of refracted light served as the inspiration for the 2009 home design. Some of the features of the innovative systems include photovoltaic array, high-efficiency inverters, and thermal efficiencies, all of which will help run a washer and dryer, a dishwasher, and cook a meal.
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WASHINGTON Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, the top surrogates for Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, clashed mightily in a bruising give-and-take, with both men ardently trying to break open one of the closest U.S. presidential contests in recent history.
With less than a month before the Nov. 6 election, analysts on both sides of the deep partisan divide gripping the country were touting victory Friday after the one and only vice presidential debate. The confrontation ranged across a multitude of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the United States as it battles back from the deepest economic downturn in decades and scrambles to find a way forward in a newly chaotic world especially the Middle East.
Biden was intent on reviving Democrats who were knocked off balance after Obamas dismal showing last week in his first debate with Romney. In that regard, the 69-year-old vice president appeared to have succeeded. He swarmed over Ryan, a 42-year-old member of the House of Representatives. But many wondered if Bidens aggressive style had not harmed the Democratic tickets standing with key undecided voters. Biden was relentless in bluntly suggesting that both Ryan and Romney were not telling voters the truth or were dead wrong in their policy prescriptions.
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That was intended to jab Democrats who have seen Romney essentially pull even or slightly ahead of Obama in nationwide polling after their first debate. Obama, however, has managed to maintain his lead, if somewhat diminished, in some of the key swing states that are likely to decide the outcome of the election.
The U.S. president is not chosen according to the national popular vote but in state-by-state contests. That gives enormous importance to the states that are not locked in behind one or the other candidate. Thats the case in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Ohio is perhaps the most important, a state that no Republican has lost but gone on to win the White House.
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Ryan said the Sept. 11 death of the U.S. ambassador in an attack at the American consulate in Benghazi was evidence that the administrations foreign policy was unraveling. Biden accused Ryan and the Republicans of having cut funding for security at U.S. missions abroad and reminded that it was Obama who ordered the attack deep in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. He also quoted Romney as having said he did not believe it would be worth moving heaven and earth in the search for the terrorist mastermind.
On Irans suspected efforts to build a nuclear weapon, Biden defended current sanctions as the toughest in history. Ryan countered that Obama had allowed Iran to move four years closer to building a nuclear bomb and accused the White House of ignoring the warnings of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of not standing up for its chief ally.
The candidates disagreed on Syria, with Ryan accusing the administration of inaction and saying it was outsourcing foreign policy to the United Nations. Biden said the last thing the U.S. needed was another ground war in the Middle East, and that if Ryan and Romney want to send troops to Syria they should just say so. They have not.
Ryan agreed with Obamas plan to transition out of Afghanistan by 2014, but said that publicizing the date for withdrawal amounted to exposing weakness.
Unlike Biden, Ryan is not a foreign policy expert but stood his ground in territory that is more familiar to the veteran senator and former chairman of the Senate of Foreign Relations Committee. The two also argued over the poor state of the U.S. economy, with Biden saying Republicans must take responsibility for obstructing the economic recovery, the dominant issue in the campaign.
Twenty-three million are struggling to find work, he said, and 15 percent of the country is living in poverty. This is not what a real recovery looks like, the congressman said.
In turn, the pressure was on for Biden to go where Obama did not in his own debate.
He quickly did so, citing Romneys opposition to the administrations successful auto industry bailout, and noting that it was not surprising given the Republicans recent videotaped comment in which he was heard saying that 47 percent of Americans view themselves as victims who depend on the government and refuse to take responsibility for their lives.
These people are my mom and dad, Biden said, later reminding the audience that U.S. men and women fighting in Afghanistan also are exempt from income taxes and among that 47 percent.
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I hope the site improvements address the major map personalization issue I've been experiencing.
Well I must say that I'm VERY disappointed in the new upgrade to Geocaching .com… WHy? 'Cos its SLOW; the problems of the find icons has not been sorted out; I could draw by hand the beta maps quicker than they come from the web site.. No – NOT impressed one bit.
I think the new layout and design is great. The only thing I could complain about is that the profile page has not been touched, it has a confusing layout. For example, finding pocket queries, bookmarks, etc is difficult due to the illogical layout of that content. I consider myself a savvy web user and find myself sometimes confused. Hope this helps in further development of the site.
5 Stars from me. I have sent a couple of critique emails to you in the past 2 weeks about the current poor state of the maps and loss of smilies etc, but now the new site is live, 5 stars from me..speed alone is vastly improved…oh, and im still using original maps..far better, easier, works in all browsers, allows you to load to gps directly from the google map bubble..
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On Nov. 16, Brockport's A Different Path Gallery (27 Market St, Brockport, NY 14420, 637-5494) will host writers from the book Motherly Musings. Writers from the anthology will read poetry and creative non-fiction from 5 until 7p.m. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
Editor Sueann Wells and Unlimited Publishing released Motherly Musings: Thirty Men and Women Reflect on the Roller Coaster Ride that is Motherhood in 2011.
Wells is a profound English teacher, turned stay-at-home mom who is also a freelance writer and editor. She has shared her love of ...


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Dear Bob,
Do you know of a natural product that will help relieve symptoms of menopause?
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