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Art opens doors that argument, logic, preaching and speculation cannot: Sr Wendy Beckett, an art critic who lives the life of a hermit, has three new books on Christian art out for Christmas.
Sister Wendy on the Art of Christmas, Sister Wendy on the Art of Mary and Sister Wendy on the Art of Saints (Franciscan Media).
- Review by Michael Swan for The Catholic Register
The first thing the Bible tells us about being human is that humans are an image: 'Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness." We are a picture of God made by God.'
Nothing has been more important or more argued over in the history of Christianity than pictures. Iconoclasts went about smashing images in the eighth and ninth centuries. Protestants stripped their churches of imagery as they sought an identity separate from Rome. The Council of Trent spent as much time arguing about art as it did figuring out the seven sacraments. Nothing has been so hard to take for contemporary Christians as the ways in which modern artists have reinterpreted Christian imagery.
When Christians start to think about how to be human in relationship with God they quickly run into the limitations of philosophy and abstract theology. In the end, we are people of the book who know ourselves by knowing our story — by looking at who we have become and how we became.
Art, in other words, opens doors that argument, logic, preaching and speculation cannot.
Sr Wendy Beckett, the British hermit and consecrated virgin who enjoyed a season of stardom in the 1990s explaining art history on the BBC, has made it her life's work to teach Christians how to read a painting. Without some knowledge of our heritage of painting, sculpture and architecture we Christians are orphans, cut off from our heritage.
Whatever else Beckett may have to say about art and artists, underneath it all she's teaching us how to be aware of what we see.
'Looking closely and letting the work reveal itself to us is a paradigm of all looking. How are we to seek God if we do not look?' Beckett asks in the introduction to three new books about Christian art. 'Once we have learned the deep joy of looking at art — which can also be an alarming challenge, when we see things in ourselves that we would rather not see — we are emboldened in our looking at the life in which we are embedded.'
These three thin, attractive, soft cover books, out in time for Christmas, are Sister Wendy on the Art of Christmas, Sister Wendy on the Art of Mary and Sister Wendy on the Art of Saints, from Franciscan Media. All three books consist of 14 important, well-known works of Christian art accompanied by a short essay.
The essays are very pleasantly deceptive. Beckett isn't really all that interested in the biographies of painters, or the various cultural, social and economic influences that contributed to different periods of art history. She cares about the content of paintings. She chooses paintings with something to say about Christ, or Christian life, or faith, hope and charity.
'It is not enough to know our religion intellectually, to be able to write articles or even books about it,' she writes in her discussion of Benvenuto Tisi Garofalo's 16th century painting of St Catherine of Alexandria. 'What matters is to live it.'
FULL REVIEW: Christian art opens door to our heritage (The Catholic Register)
Letters, art appreciation show Sr Wendy's surrender to God's love (Catholic News Service/The Catholic Herald)
LISTEN: Sister Wendy Beckett Interview - Desert Island Discs BBC Radio 4 (YouTube)
WATCH: Sister Wendy Beckett on the true icons of Christmas (BBC)
Buy the books: http://garrattpublishing.com.au/index.php/affiliatelist?id=154&affiliateid=29 (Garrat Publishing)


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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder met with Answers Corp. CEO David Karandish the day after Answers executed a mass layoff at its ForeSee office in Ann Arbor.
Dave Murray, Snyder's deputy press secretary, confirmed that the meeting took place, but would not disclose details of the meeting.
"I can confirm they met, but it's routine for the governor to meet with business and community leaders when he's there. It was a private meeting so we don't divulge anything," Murray said.
"I have no idea how long (the meeting) was on his schedule. Part of being governor is staying close to the leaders around the state."
Jim Yang, the senior vice president of products, marketing and client services for St. Louis-based Answers Corp., also confirmed the meeting between Snyder and the 30-year-old Karandish, but said he was unaware of the details of the meeting.
The meeting was one of several clandestine events that took place at the ForeSee office after Answers paid well north of $200 million for the business in late-December 2013.
On the day the acquisition was announced, then-president and CEO Larry Freed said that he and the executive team would remain in place and continue to lead local operations. That was short-lived, however, as Freed resigned from his position without explanation on Jan. 13.
Several senior-level executives at ForeSee said the terms of the acquisition allowed for the executive team to remain on board and that no mass layoff would occur, but two weeks after Freed's resignation, Answers laid off between 50 and 75 employees at the ForeSee office in Ann Arbor.
The layoffs mostly affected the executive team – including marketing, administrative and human resources employees – while the sales team and the client services team were largely unaffected.
Karandish wrote in a Jan. 28 blog post that ForeSee would be the headquarters of the Answers Cloud Services business unit, and that all of the functional teams – including sales, client services, and products – for Webcollage, Easy2 Technologies, and ResellerRatings will now be consolidated into the ForeSee structure.
Yang said that the mass layoff at the ForeSee office happened as a result of Answers' aggressive acquisition model over the past two years, having bought the four companies that will be consolidated into the Ann Arbor operation.
"We combined the four companies – ForeSee, Webcollage, Easy 2 Technologies and Reseller Ratings – and that's part of the restructuring. As a result there was some reduction across the company, not limited to the ForeSee staff," Yang said.
"The company still plans to grow the business. Consolidating the four businesses into one business makes sense. Combining these businesses into one was a natural path, but unfortunately when you do this there is some reduction in force."
Snyder's meeting wasn't the first time a Michigan governor has interacted with ForeSee's office.
In July 2008, then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm helped the company grow and expand its presence in Southeastern Michigan with a state tax credit valued at $3.2 million over seven years.
The Michigan Economic Growth Authority board approved the grant based on a recommendation by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
ForeSee's plan was to invest nearly $6.6 million into a project that would create more than 600 jobs across the state, including 275 at ForeSee. The expansion was expected to generate more than $264 million in personal income for Michigan workers over the life of the tax credit.
Following the grant, the company tripled its workforce over the next five years from about 110 employees to about 300.
Weeks after the MEDC grant announcement, Freed said in a ForeSee video that "The MEDC was a great help in us understanding what the value is of us being able to stay in Michigan, and how the MEDC and the state could help us do that."
He said that there was pressure from investors to relocate the company to either the east or west coast, but the MEDC's MEGA grant allowed ForeSee to remain local and invest back into Southeastern Michigan.
Yang said that despite the layoffs, Answers is still focused on growing in the Ann Arbor region.
"We're committed to Ann Arbor and the ForeSee business, and ForeSee will be the anchor for our Answers Cloud Services," he said.
"There is absolutely no plan to reduce any more staff within Answers Corp. We don't believe in having multiple rounds of cuts. Our belief is firm in that we're well positioned to achieve our goals in 2014."
A spokeswoman for Answers said that the company did not have a comment in regards to the Snyder-Karandish meeting, but the company is "deeply committed to the local Michigan community" and that the company is "actively hiring for key positions to promote regional business growth."

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The seedings for the Western Mass boys and girls soccer tournaments are officially released. Here are the top seeds heading into the postseason.
In boys Division I, Ludlow (12-1-5) earned the No. 1 seed. The Lions will look to defend their Western Mass and state titles.
In boys Division II, the top seed went to Belchertown (18-0), also defending Western Mass champions.
In Division III, the Lenox boys team (6-6-5) earned the top honor. They too are the defending Western Mass champions.
Two teams that didn't get to finish their scheduled games because of Hurricane Sandy, were allowed into the tournament based on the games they did complete. Those teams were Wahconah (6-7-4) which earned the No. 10 seed in Division II and Lee (6-7-3) which earned the No. 10 seed in Division III.
On the girls side, East Longmeadow earned the top seed after finishing the season at 15-1-1. The Spartans are the defending Western Mass champs and will look to make it back to the state finals again this year. Last year they fell to Peabody, 1-0.
In girls Division II, no surprise that Belchertown earned the top seed after a near-perfect 16-0-2 season. The Orioles will look for their third straight WMass title, in their last year as a Division II team.
In Division III, Lenox (11-4-2), also the defending WMass champions, earned the No. 1 seed.
Check out the full WMass tournament brackets:
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This right to negotiate for fair compensation was authorized by Congress in 1992. The 1992 Cable Act, also known as the retransmission consent process, was in large part designed to ensure that local TV stations would be able to enhance their local news and community service efforts. Our local news operation is by far the largest single expense of the television station, as it should be. We provide many hours of local news each week. Again, our agreements with operators such as Charter support our ability to provide local news and other programming.
Q. What will we be missing if WISC-TV is not available on Charter?
We produce nearly 25 hours of local news each week covering the issues important to Madison and the surrounding communities. In addition, we broadcast CBS' award-winning and highly-rated news, sports and entertainment programming including NFL football, NCAA basketball, 60 Minutes, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS and CSI just to name a few.
Q. Won't Charter just add another CBS affiliate?
In short, they can't. WISC-TV3 is the local affiliate for an 11-county area in southern Wisconsin. It's called a Designated Marketing Area or DMA. If you live in Dane, Rock, Green, Lafayette, Grant, Iowa, Richland, Sauk, Columbia, Marquette or Juneau County, WISC-TV3 is your local CBS affiliate
Q. Why wouldn't the local TV station grant an extension of the negotiation period to the operator so its programming continues to be seen?
An extension is possible and makes the most sense when both parties feel they are close enough to reaching agreement that additional good faith negotiations are likely to resolve open issues. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
If the negotiation has been on-going for a long period (sometimes including extensions), the station or cable operator may feel more than enough time has been spent discussing contract terms.
If the sides are just so far apart that resolution seems unlikely, cable companies do sometimes drop TV stations from their systems until an agreement is reached.
We are keenly aware that viewers then become caught in the middle of a business dispute. This is a bad outcome for both the station and the cable operator.
Q. Doesn't this just come down to money?
Everyone expects to be paid for the work they do. Our viewers rely on us to provide quality local reporting, to perform community service and to provide up-to-date coverage of the weather, emergency information, sports, elections, and other local issues. We also bring our viewers quality entertainment from CBS and other program providers. We must invest millions of dollars annually to do this--most of which goes into local wages, programming and technical improvements to serve our local community. Our agreements with operators such as Charter provide important support to our local operation. And again, Charter re-sells our programming to you. It's only fair that we receive a fair portion of the fee they charge you for our service.
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Each broadcaster has its own agreement with Charter that may expire at different times and we can only speak to our own situation. WISC-TV3 is not privy to the negotiations with others in the market.
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Zenshin Daiko celebrates anniversary
Zenshin Daiko celebrated its 15th anniversary on March 23 in the Maui Beach Hotel's Elleair Rainbow Ballroom.
Nearly 200 members, friends and family gathered together to enjoy dinner, watch Zenshin Daiko perform and view a slide show about the group's history.
Special guests who traveled from Oahu to be at this occasion were Lina Tamaye and Trent Asato. Both are former artistic directors of the group. Also traveling from Oahu was world-renowned taiko artist Kenny Endo and his wife, Chizuko. Kenny Endo has been to Maui to conduct workshops for members many times over the years and has also performed in several of Zenshin Daiko's annual taiko concerts.
There was also a special presentation by Ruth Jones. She donated a new drum made by Asano Taiko, the largest and oldest taiko maker in Japan. Most of the drums that Zenshin Daiko performs on are built by Zenshin Daiko parents from used wine barrels.
The evening ended with members of Zenshin Daiko's advanced group performing on the new drum for the first time. Kenny and Chizuko Endo joined in and each did a solo.
Zenshin Daiko is planning its 15th annual Taiko Festival Concert in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater on June 7. Featured guests will be Hanayui. This trio is the sister group of KODO. They will be accompanied by Yoshikazu Fujimoto, KODO's premier odaiko (big drum) player.
Zenshin Daiko will also be celebrating its 15th anniversary with a trip to Japan in July. Zenshin Daiko has been invited to perform in a three-day Summer Festival in Hachijo. Hachijo is a sister city of Maui and this year is the 50th anniversary of their sister city relationship.
Zenshin Daiko is also one of three groups from the U.S. invited to perform in the Estasia concert in Ishikawa, Japan.


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By Charles Guthrie
Point Pleasant Beach learned its lesson two days earlier and knew it was mandatory to do a much better job underneath the basket against a bigger Trenton Catholic squad.
The 5-11 Marina Mabrey used her quickness and strength to distrupt things in the paint and Chloe Johnson helped on the boards as Point Pleasant Beach, No. 11 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, continued its run with a 74-68 triumph over Trenton Catholic in the first round of the NJSIAA/ShopRite Tournament of Champions last night at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River.
The Ocean County team did a much better job rebounding than it did in the Group 1 final against Bloomfield Tech on Sunday.
"I think with Morgan (Sartori) and Chloe pushing them, making them turn around, and me using my quickness to poke the ball away, it gave me momentum that frustrated them," said Mabrey, who shot 18-for-21 from the foul line and finished with 29 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and four steals.
It also provided Point Pleasant Beach, which had a size disadvantage, the opportunity to showcase its speed, which resulted in Katelynn Flaherty totaling 36 points, nine rebounds and four assists and shooting a near-perfect 16-for-17 from the foul line as the engineer of the fast break.
"Every time they scored, we knew we had to get it out and go," Flaherty said. "When they scored, they were ready, but they kind of jogged back. When we went out quick, they tried to set their defense but weren't able to and I think that wore down their bigger girls."
Point Pleasant Beach was out-rebounded but did not let it get out of hand, as Trenton Catholic finished with a 54-42 edge on the glass. Johnson grabbed eight rebounds in the victory.
Point Beach moves on to the semifinals against another big team, No. 1 Shabazz, tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Pine Belt Arena, where it will again try to improve upon Sunday's rebounding performance.
"We practiced box-out drills (on Monday) at practice and said we lose this game by 20 if we don't box out and rebound," Mabrey said. "We yelled to box out after every shot they took and the girls were like, 'Alright, we're going to box out.' "
Tyler Raysor collected 21 points and 19 rebounds, including nine offensive boards, Isis Young recorded 19 points and four assists, Tionna Garner had eight points and six rebounds and Erin Garner (seven rebounds) and Marcia Senatus each scored seven points for Trenton Catholic.
The Mercer County team grabbed 28 offensive rebounds but had trouble finishing. It shot just 36 percent from the field and 11-for-26 from the foul line.
"The inside should have been our strength," Trenton Catholic coach Khaliq Lewis-El said. "Taylor made some baskets, but we didn't finish down there."
Point Pleasant Beach took a 35-32 lead at the half and, after Young hit a 3-pointer to put Trenton Catholic up 43-42 with 1:38 left in the third, ended the quarter on a 6-1 run to go ahead to stay, 48-44.
Point Pleasant Beach held a 50-46 lead in the fourth quarter before going on a 10-2 run to take a 60-50 lead with 3:42 left when a Mabrey steal led to a Flaherty layup. Mabrey and Flaherty shot 20-for-22 from the foul line in the quarter, ensuring that the lead never dropped under six points.


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Robert represents mid-market and large enterprise companies in software license transactions and disputes with major software publishers such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. He has defended over 225 software audit matters initiated by software piracy trade groups such as the BSA and SIIA. He is counsel to some of the world's largest corporations, such as Schlumberger, PepsiCo, Iron Mountain and American Express, on information technology matters including intellectual property licensing, risk management, data privacy, and outsourcing. Robert ensures that Scott & Scott, LLP continues its focus on cost-effective strategies that deliver positive results.
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Cedar City Field Office
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BLM Seeks Public Comment on Environmental Analysis for Wild Horse Gather in Southern Utah
Cedar City, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing proposed wild horse gather, removal and fertility treatment in the Bible Spring Complex.
The four Herd Management Areas (HMAs) that make up the Bible Spring Complex—Bible Spring, Blawn Wash, Tilly Creek and Four Mile—are located in western Iron and Beaver counties, approximately 30 miles west of Minersville, Utah in the Wah Wah and Indian Peak mountain ranges. The Bible Spring Complex is approximately 222,929 acres of public, private and state lands.
The EA analyzes a proposal to gather and remove excess wild horses and apply fertility control between two to four times over a 10-year period. The EA, including maps, is available on line at: http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html or on the Environmental Notification Bulletin Board at: https://www.blm.gov/ut/enbb/index.php; search for project name "Bible."
Written comments will be accepted by letter or email until May 30, 2014. Please note that the most useful comments are those that contain new technical or scientific information relevant to the proposed action. Comments should be as specific as possible. Comments which contain only opinions or preferences will not receive a formal response but may be considered in the BLM decision-making process. Please reference "Bible Spring Complex Wild Horse Gather Plan EA" when submitting comments.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Officials appear to be keeping a closer eye on the number of players on the ice this postseason.
Some bad line changes have resulted in more penalties for too many men on the ice than usual. The Detroit Red Wings were caught with too many men twice in the first four games against San Jose in the Western Conference semifinals.
The Sharks were one of three teams not to get called for too many men in the playoffs heading into Game 5 on Saturday night at HP Pavilion.
"It might go back to the coaches so worried about matching and moving guys around that you might be a little slow yelling out names, the players might be a little slow reacting," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said.
"In large part, maybe we (coaches) are responsible for some of that. But the players also have to be attentive. With the four (officials) on the ice, they're pretty sharp right now and they're catching it."
Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said he's not sure if officials are watching it more closely, but he did note that there have been more penalties called and more goals scored in the playoffs this season.
"The way I look at it, if they score on a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty, the coach always feels terrible," Babcock said. "Sometimes, if you're doing a matchup, like I've done at times, where you have guys going against someone, that's your problem."


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Update: The Healthy Buildings 2009 Opportunity Exchange has dropped the $25 admission fee, thanks to its sponsors. The Opp/Ex show and exhibition is being held at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter.
Syracuse, NY -- The Healthy Buildings 2009 conference is all about the science of making indoor spaces better for the people who spend 90 percent of their time inside of them.
The Opportunity Exchange show happening in conjunction with the conference is about a different kind of green -- money.
"Healthy buildings are our business," said Randy Nunley, territory sales manager for Graywolf Sensing Solutions, of Shelton, Conn., as he stood in a booth bristling with equipment that measures air quality, temperature and humidity.
Graywolf's was one of more than 80 booths set up in the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter's street-level exhibit hall with products and services aimed at the healthy buildings crowd.
More than 900 people from 45 countries are in Syracuse this week for the five-day global conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. While technical conferences and scientific papers are presented downstairs in the convention center, the Opp/Ex show, organized by conference host the Syracuse Center of Excellence, is going on upstairs.
The Fulton Companies, based in Pulaski, has never been to a Healthy Buildings conference before. But the conference has never been in Syracuse before, either.
"That's why we're here," said Joel Southwell, commercial heating product manager for the maker of boilers and related technology for office buildings, schools and universities. Opp/Ex gives the company visibility to an audience interested in healthy buildings and green technologies, he said.
Opp/Ex goes from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Workshops and seminars for attendees are scheduled throughout the event. Admission is $25 at the door. For information and an agenda, go to www.hb2009.org/oppex.
Making buildings smarter
You probably can figure out what a green building is -- built or retrofitted to use energy more efficiently, generate energy and use sustainable materials.
But IBM, the global computer giant, is after something more: bright-green buildings.
"A bright green building is at the convergence of green buildings with intelligence," said Jane Snowdon, a key executive in the company's Intelligent Building and Smarter City Research at the T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights. Snowdon spoke Monday at the first of several workshops attached to the Opp/Ex event.
Why do buildings need to be smarter? They consume 70 percent of the world's electricity, 12 percent of its potable water and 40 percent of the raw materials used globally. They create 136 million tons of waste per year worldwide.
Meanwhile, "We now have the ability to measure, sense and monitor the condition of almost everything," Snowdon said. The world will have 2 billion people on the Internet by 2011, 4 billion cell phone subscribers and 1 trillion connected devices -- what IBM calls "an internet of things."
Applying all this intelligence to green buildings is what can make them more than green -- bright green, she said.
A 'healing' building
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center has plans for a building that not only is healthy, but contributes to the health of its patients.
The hospital has a multiphase construction plan that will expand its emergency department and psychiatric emergency room, add 110 private patient rooms (38 of them in the intensive care unit), add an operating room suite and a data center, among other improvements.
Officials from the hospital and its construction and design team gave a workshop on the project's green features Monday at the Opp/Ex.
It's the largest green health care project in Central New York, said Marylin Galimi, director of engineering and construction at St. Joe's.
Why spend the money to make it green? "We believe it matches the healing environment," Galimi said.
Among the addition's green features: a roof with plants covering at least half of it; the largest solar power array in the region, capable of making 100 kilowatts of electricity; energy conservation and "daylighting," as in lots of windows and skylights to bring sunlight into interior spaces; a data center with sophisticated power management; and site drainage and "greenway park" that includes permeable pavement on the parking areas and sidewalk rain gardens.
The project will create 600 construction jobs and, once it's complete, another 200 health care jobs, she said.
Dangers to children
There's also science going on at the Healthy Buildings 2009 conference. On Monday, the first full day, there were technical sessions on epidemiology, air filtration, mold and pollen, thermal comfort and nanoparticles in indoor air, to name just a few.
Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, an environmental scientist associated with Karlstad University's Technical Research Institute of Sweden, gave the second of two plenary lectures Monday in the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Crouse-Hinds Theater. Bornehag's talk touched on the dangers posed by exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates and bisphenol A, especially to the young.
"What's new? Children are more exposed," Bornehag said. "Maybe it's because they act so strange. They eat things. They eat dust. The have a lower body weight."
Children in developing countries are "double exposed" to industrial chemicals and pollution "because we have exported this kind of production to these countries," he said.


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Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have private balconies. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include phones, as well as coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards.
Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or make use of other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A total of 19 ArtPrize 2013 artists and five venues are in the running for five $20,000 ArtPrize Juried Award prizes.
You can see work by all of the artist finalists in just 12 venues, and three of those venues also are finalists for the Best Venue Award.
ArtPrize 2013's five jurors have whittled the field of 1,524 works of art to 19 finalists and 169 venues down to five at Monday's ArtPrize 2013 Short List Announcement.
Read more here for where to find the 25 finalists for ArtPrize 2013 Juried Awards
Catch up on other news you may have missed Monday night:
• GRCC president looks to create dialogue after receiving low ratings in 'senior leadership'
• Deputies: 9-year-old bicyclist suffers head injury in crash with pickup
• Grand Rapids man searched Internet for heart symptoms before dying in car
• ArtPrize 2013: Learn more about artists on Top 25 Juried Short List
• Man charged in connection with Kentwood house party shooting
• Autopsy: Man drowned during July tubing trip on Muskegon River


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EUGENE, Ore. - The 2013 Barnstorm Game hosted by Northwest Christian University was played Sunday at Churchill High School, as the Pro/College All-Star Team won by the score of 130-119 behind a game-high 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field from Bryce Taylor.
In front of a sold-out crowd of more than 1,700 spectators, seven pro all-stars scored in double figures led by Taylor. Former Ducks Jordan Kent, Aaron Brooks, EJ Singler, and current Beacons head coach Luke Jackson added 16, 12, 11, and 10 points, respectively, while current NCU assistant coach Josh Harbert chipped in with 14 points to go along with a 13-point performance by McDonald's All-American Mercedes Russell after she was picked up in a halftime trade between Jackson and high school all-star coach Kelly Bokn.
Churchill's Malik Morgan led six high school all-stars in double figures with 18 points, as he "held court" in front of the Lancer home crowd on 7-of-8 shooting from the field. West Salem's Alex Roth chipped in with 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field, while Churchill's David Shedrick, Sheldon's Jordan Alexander, South Eugene's Eli Lininger, and West Albany's Nate Sherwood each added 12 points each.
Over the opening two-plus minutes, the high school all-stars used a 4-for-6 performance from the field that included a trio of three-pointers en route to jumping out to a seven-point lead (11-4) on a Shedrick three-pointer with 17:54 on the clock. Over the next three minutes, the pro team would use a 15-3 run that concluded with a three-pointer by Brooks en route to the pros grabbing a 19-14 lead with 14:10 left. The pro team would slowly push its lead to double digits, as another Brooks' three-pointer extended the lead to 16 points (54-38) with just over four minutes left. Over the final four minutes, the high school team would use a 20-8 run to pull within four points (62-58) at halftime following a jumper in the paint by Alexander in the final seconds of the opening half.
The second half would begin with the high school team using an opening 8-4 run over the first two-and-a-half minutes to tie the game at 66-all on a three-pointer by Shedrick with 17:35 left. Shedrick would hit another three-pointer just over a minute later to tie the game for the third and final time, as the high school team evened the game (71-71) with just over 16 minutes on the clock. Over the next seven minutes, the pro team would extend its lead to double figures (99-89) on a Taylor lay-in with 9:19 left. The pros would continue to hold a double-digit lead over the next eight-plus minutes extending its advantage to as much as 18 points (122-104) on a Josh Jarrett fast-break lay-in with 3:50 on the clock. The high school all-stars would cut the deficit to single digits (128-119) on a dunk by Roth with 39 seconds left before Kent hit the game's final field goal via a lay-in with 24 seconds left for the final margin of 11 points.
As a team, the pro squad was a combined 59-for-103 (57.3%) from the field that included a 9-for-28 (32.1%) showing from beyond the three-point line and a 3-for-5 (60.0%) performance at the free throw line. On the other hand, the high school team was a combined 48-for-90 (53.3%) from the field, 18-for-48 (37.5%) from long distance, and 5-of-6 (83.3%) at the charity stripe.
Other than scoring, Kent led all players with a game-high 11 rebounds for the pro team to go along with a game-high seven assists by Singler. Sprague's A.J. Lapray and Lininger led the high school team on the boards with seven rebounds each, while Morgan dished out a team-high five assists.
All of the money raised from tonight's festivities goes to help NCU's Athletic Scholarship Fund, as the proceeds came from ticket sales as well as a 50/50 raffle and raffle drawings from the signed, game-worn jersey from the pro team.


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There is still time to take part in the Polar Bear Plunge at 1p.m. on Jan. 30 in Baldwinsville. The plunge is a highlight of Baldwinsville's Big Chill event, which is scheduled for Jan. 29 and 30.
Plungers will take an icy dip into the Seneca River at Mercer Park for a good cause. There is a minimum $100 sponsorship per person. People can also register in teams of at least five people and each member must raise a minimum of $50 in pledges. Proceeds from the event will benefit Ronald McDonald House Local Charities of CNY, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of CNY, and the Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce, the sponsor of the event.
If interested, call 638-0550 or go to www.baldwinsvillechamber.com to download a fundraising form.


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Clay+MVVM Part II: Look Mom, Interactive Blogging!
Your Mom: That's nice, dear. What's blogging?
You: It's...never mind.
The following example illustrates the use of Clay with NotifyPropertyChangedBehavior to indirect control of a text value to a dynamic context. Said Context happens to be DLR via IronPython. It has no concept of the interface that the TextBox is binding to, but it must set the value to a property called "TextValue". Check out the example scripts under the "Script">"Script Examples..." menu, and write your own! Use the "NotificationClay" constructor to instantiate Clay.
This Python Console implementation had it's own set of challenges that I may address another day if I decide to use it again.
The NotificationClay class is a temporary fixture that keeps me from needing to implement my own ClayFactoryBehavior right this minute, though I'm not really crazy about subverting Clay's factory functionality. I think a cooler, more permanent solution might (or will, if I get around to it) use MEF to resolve available behaviors and inject them into a MEFClayFactoryBehavior.
Links & Aknowlegements:
Clay+MVVM Part I
Awesome Famous Quotes RSS Feed: http://www.quotedb.com/
Clay: http://clay.codeplex.com/
My Clay Fork: https://hg01.codeplex.com/forks/griffinscs/clay/
Scott Hanselman: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/
Clay+MVVM, Part I
So earlier this month, the illustrious Scott Hanselman talked about a library called Clay. Since nothing is on my radar until Scott Hanselman says it is, *wink*, I checked it out. Actually Clay seemed like exactly what I had been needing. First of all, ExpandoObject is great, especially for rapid prototyping of ViewModels, but they can't be extended. So as my applications get more complex, Expandos either become relegated to the leaves of my object hierarchy, or need to be replaced with statically implemented code. Now, I can't recommend making a fully dynamic ViewModel hierarchy. The lack of Intellisense and Type safety will start to become agonizing. But I'd like to decide for myself when it's time to stop expanding the dynamic aspect of my applications.
So before, when I said Clay sounded like exactly what I had been missing, it turned out that I was wrong. Expando's are MVVM-ready out of the gate. They use IDynamicMetaObjectProvider to serve up property metadata for binding, and fire property notifications when necessary. Clay objects can be cast to an interface using a Castle DynamicProxy implementation, but don't implement INotifyPropertyChanged. So let's look at how Clay objects can be extended. I started by looking at the implementation of ClayFactory:
using ClaySharp.Behaviors; namespace ClaySharp { public class ClayFactory : Clay { public ClayFactory() : base(new ClayFactoryBehavior(), new ArrayFactoryBehavior()) { } } }
...well that's...terse. The ClayFactory is, itself, a Clay object. And Clay objects are nothing but containers for ClayBehaviors. As a result, I was a able to write NotifyPropertyChangedBehavior, which can implement INotifyPropertyChanged on Clay's behalf. Property notification is now a cross cutting concern.
The source code for NotifyPropertyChangedBehavior, as well as my Silverlight build of Clay, can be found in my Clay fork.
See why I needed a Silverlight Clay build in the next post, Clay+MVVM Part II: Look Mom, Interactive Blogging!
SecureString: Soup to Nuts, Part II
My last post, SecureString: Soup to Nuts, Part I, dealt with some basic rules around using the SecureString class in .NET and how to prepare the secret stored inside for persistence, without exposing the clear text to a CLR type. In the second part, I'm going to discuss my solution for maintaining SecureString best practices, without sacrificing our MVVM design principles. The XAML and code provided is in WPF, but it's applicable to Silverlight, as well with minimal tinkering.
First let's talk about PasswordBox. The PasswordBox was designed to obscure the user-entered text, both visually and in memory. That is to say, visually, it's much like the old Windows Forms MaskedTextBox, except it's specifically designed for secret data, and will only expose said secret in a clear text string if asked to do so,via the Password property. It's important to understand that the Password property is only a helper that accesses the encrypted data member. For this reason, it is not exposed as a DependencyProperty. This is a source of frustration to developers who have no designs on a SecureString solution. Alas, there's no pleasing everyone, and a Password DependencyProperty would make an acceptable SecureString implementation impossible with PasswordBox. If you Google "PasswordBox MVVM" (without the quotes) you will find that the generally accepted solution for the CLR string camp, makes use of an attached property to expose a CLR string for binding. This effectively takes the MaskedTextBox functionality of PasswordBox, and passes on memory security.
We want an MVVM solution that hands us a SecureString, so let's look at the SecurePassword property. More frustration, as this is also not a DependencyProperty. Before you go angrily writing an attached property to expose the SecureString, understand that this is by design, not neglect. The first commandment of SecureString is to dispose of it when you're finished right? The SecurePassword property gives us a SecureString to use one time, then dispose of it.
The MVVM way to do this is now staring us in the face. We need to bind the event we're going to use to execute our users' credentials to an ICommand.
<PasswordBox x:Name="_passwordBox" ...> … <PasswordBox.InputBindings> <KeyBinding Key="Enter" Command="{Binding ExecuteCredentialsCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=_passwordBox}" /> </PasswordBox.InputBindings> </PasswordBox> <Button Content="Login Button Text" … Command="{Binding ExecuteCredentialsCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=_passwordBox}"/>
In this example's ViewModel, I'm using Prism's DelegateCommand implementation of ICommand.
public ViewModelClassConstuctor(IRegionManager regionManager, IProxyDataProvider dataProvider) { ExecuteCredentialsCommand = new DelegateCommand( //execute method delegate(object parameter) { SecureString securePassword = parameter as SecureString; if (parameter is PasswordBox) securePassword = ((PasswordBox)parameter).SecurePassword; try { //authentication/persistence model code } finally { securePassword.Dispose(); } }, //can execute method delegate(object parameter) { SecureString securePassword = parameter as SecureString; if (parameter is PasswordBox) securePassword = ((PasswordBox)parameter).SecurePassword; return securePassword != null && securePassword.Length > 0 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(UserName); }); CredentialsChangedCommand = new DelegateCommand( delegate { ExecuteCredentialsCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged(); }); } public DelegateCommand ExecuteCredentialsCommand { get; private set; } public DelegateCommand CredentialsChangedCommand { get; private set; }
There you have it. With the code from the previous entry, you can generate a nice authentication prompt with password persistence, without sacrificing memory security or your MVVM design. I hope this has been a helpful guide. Please leave a comment if you liked it, have something you'd like to share, or if you thought it could have been more comprehensive.


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A few days ago, Donald Sloan had gone nearly two weeks without feeling the hardwood beneath his sneakers during a game. The Cavaliers' backup point guard lost his job to Jeremy Pargo in mid-November, and thereby lost a chance to ease into the starting lineup when Kyrie Irving fractured his left index finger Nov. 17.
But with no warning, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott turned to Sloan on Friday in Atlanta. And again Saturday against Portland.
His performance, particularly against the Trail Blazers when he logged 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting and three assists in 16 minutes, helped his cause for more minutes.
"The last couple games Donald's played, he's done a very good job of sticking with our principles and doing what he has to do on the defensive end," Scott said. "Offensively, he was very good as far as running the offense, getting into the paint, getting his teammates open shots and being able to knock down his shot, as well."
Sloan originally lost his spot in the rotation because Pargo had been playing better defense, Scott said. Sloan merely did what he knew he had to do.
"It's not too tough," Sloan said. "It's just what we're supposed to do. This is our job. No matter what the circumstance or situation is, you have to always be ready. It's easier said than done, but that's where your mental strength comes in."
Kyrie closer: Irving has been cleared for all but contact drills with the Cavaliers, Scott said. Irving has been sitting the past two weeks with a fractured left index finger. The original prognosis was four weeks of recovery, and Irving is on target, Scott said.
Irving might be closer to returning, but not so close that there was a possibility he might play Monday -- despite the fact that he sat on the Cavaliers bench in warm-ups. Irving actually was active for the game against the Pistons because he wanted to sit on the Cleveland bench ... but he forgot to bring a sport coat so he could wear street clothes. Officially, the Cavaliers' inactive players against Detroit were Dion Waiters and recent signee Kevin Jones (still with D-League team Canton Charge).
Consequences: Scott blames himself. The Cavaliers coach said he can be blamed for Cleveland's 24 defensive mistakes -- by his count -- in a double-overtime loss to Portland on Saturday. Scott said that within the past week, he relaxed his decree to yank anyone from the game when a defensive mistake was made.
"I kind of backed off of it the last week, thinking, 'OK, we've kind of learned,'" Scott said. "But no, we haven't. So I'm going back to: You make mistakes, you're coming out of the game. I'll put somebody else in there who can get the job done."
Moving up: Daniel Gibson tied Wesley Person for third place on the Cavaliers' all-time list of 3-pointers made with a trey against Portland on Saturday. Gibson entered Monday's game with 550 career 3-pointers and is shooting 41 percent from long-distance this season.
Double-double streak: Anderson Varejao's streak of double doubles -- at eight straight heading into Monday's game at Detroit -- is not a Cavaliers record. That's held by Elmore Smith, who recorded 11 straight double doubles in 1978.


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This species is listed as Endangered because it has a very small range in which suitable habitat is severely fragmented and continuing to decline.
Taxonomic source(s)
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html#.
14.5 cm. Rufous and greyish-olive spinetail with whitish supercilium. Rufous crown, wings and tail, with brownish olive nape, mantle and rump. Prominent whitish supercilium extending from upper lores to rear of crown. Greyish cheek, face, and underparts, except olive-washed vent and rear flanks. Olive-yellow legs and feet. Pinkish deep-based bill with sooty culmen and tip. Voice Short and long songs, in accelerating and descending series, lasting up to 13.5 seconds. Range of single, double and triple-note calls, or even 3-5 notes, usually given in alarm or excitement.
Herzog, S. K.; Fjeldså, J.; Kessler, M.; Balderrama, J. A. 1999. Ornithological surveys in the Cordillera Cocapata, depto Cochabamba, Bolivia, a transition zone between humid and dry intermontane Andean habitats. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119: 162-177.
Herzog, S. K.; Maillard Z., O.; Embert, D.; Caballero, P.; Quiroga, D. 2012. Range size estimates of Bolivian endemic bird species revisited: the importance of environmental data and national expert knowledge. Journal of Ornithology 153(1189-1202).
Lowen, J. C.; Kennedy, C. P. 1999. Notes on scarce species in La Paz department, Bolivia. Cotinga 12: 82.
Maijer, S.; Fjeldså, J. 1997. Description of a new Cranioleuca spinetail from Bolivia and a `leapfrog pattern' of geographic variation in the genus. Ibis 139: 606-616.
Further web sources of information
Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) species/site profile. This species has been identified as an AZE trigger due to its IUCN Red List status and limited range.
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Explore HBW Alive for further information on this species
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection
Text account compilers
Pople, R., Sharpe, C J, Stuart, T., Symes, A. & Taylor, J.
Hennessey, A., Herzog, S., Krabbe, N. & Rheindt, F.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2016) Species factsheet: Cranioleuca henricae. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/10/2016. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2016) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/10/2016.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums.
Additional resources for this species
|Key facts
|Current IUCN Red List category
|Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)
|Species name author
|Maijer & Fjeldså, 1997
|Population size
|1600-6700 mature individuals
|Population trend
|Distribution size (breeding/resident)
|3,000 km2
|Country endemic?
|Links to further information
|- Additional Information on this species


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GOWANDA - Gowanda won a pair of CCAA Division 1 baseball games over Falconer on Saturday, the first in walk-off fashion, 4-3, and the second a bit easier, 8-1.
"Considering the way the weather was when I woke up, I never thought we'd be playing," Gowanda head coach Tim Smith said. "But I know that based on the schedule and what it looked like for the next couple of weeks, Falconer and us both wanted to get the games in."
What helped the Panthers was the pitching they got from Joe Kruszka in the first game and Walker Cygan in the second, who both tossed complete games.
"I was prepared to use five or six guys," Smith said. "So to get out of there only using two guys, and having a pitch count of 78 and 68, was really huge to keep everybody fresh going into another long week of league games."
Joe Kruszka allowed three runs on 10 hits while striking out five and walking two while Cygan allowed a run on five hits while striking out six and walking one.
What was impressive to Smith was the fact that his pitchers combined to issue just three walks and hit batsman, when earlier this week Gowanda pitchers allowed a combined 24 walks and hit batsmen against CCAA Division 1 foes Allegany-Limestone and Dunkirk.
"What was great about the first game was that Joe Kruszka stopped the bleeding for us you could say," Smith said. "He walked two guys and the big thing was what we talked about for the last two days. And that was to go out and throw strikes and know that he has a defense behind him. And he did that. Our defense played well and kept us in the game the whole time. We battled back and tied it up in the sixth and then won the game in the seventh."
The Panthers won the game in walk-off fashion after Chase Williams, who led off with a single and stole second, scored on a throwing error by the Golden Falcons' shortstop.
"Winning it in the bottom of the seventh was real nice for our guys," Smith said. "And we probably took that momentum right on through to the second game."
Down 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth in the first game, Ryan Boutelle led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a Cygan flyout. He later came around to score the tying run on a Cole Dailey RBI sacrifice fly.
Falconer opened up a 2-0 lead on an RBI singles by Nathan Burnett in the second and Stuart Gibson in the third.
Gowanda scored its first run in the bottom of the third on a Jon McCarthy single, before tying the game in the fourth after Cygan tripled with one out and scored on a Dailey sacrifice fly.
"They came out strong," Smith said of his team. "I think once they actually got warmed up in the game - and it took a while to kind of shake that off - but once they started playing, it was a pretty tight baseball game all the way through."
Willams finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored while McCarthy finished 2-for-3 with an RBI. A.J. Genco had three hits for Falconer while teammates Michael Wilcox (RBI) and Gibson each had two hits.
The Panthers were the visiting team in the second game and got out to a quick start to take a 6-1 lead after two innings.
"Going up by five runs after two innings was big," Smith said. "But probably the biggest thing coming out of that was the fact that Walker Cygan walked just one batter. He did hit one batter in the game, so (he allowed) two free baserunners. But it's a huge contrast to what we had Monday and Wednesday this week."
Boutelle had an RBI triple to get the Panthers on the board while Cygan had an RBI fielder's choice and Williams scored Dailey with an RBI single.
After the Golden Falcons' Schwab picked up an RBI on a ground out in the bottom of the first, Gowanda got back to work as it scored three runs on a two-run single off the bat of Boutelle and an RBI single from Cygan.
"It was really a continuation of the same thing," Smith said. "What was nice was we came out there in the first inning and threw up three runs in the top of the first. After probably what was, psychologically speaking, a pretty tough loss to lose in the seventh inning ... To come out there and put up three runs in the first inning was big. They did answer with a run in the bottom of the first, but that proved to be the only run that they would score."
Gowanda's final two runs came in the top of the fifth on RBI singles from Williams and Justin Grimm.
Boutelle finished the second game of the doubleheader with two hits and three RBIs, Cygan had a trio of hits and two RBIs and Matt Kruszka scratched out a pair of hits.


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Workers who put some of their wages into tax-deferred savings accounts for medical expenses may be in for a surprise if they lose their job: Their contributions could make them ineligible for unemployment benefits or reduce their benefits.
The Ohio Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling this week, upheld several decisions that found that a former property caretaker for Wakefield Educational Foundation in southwestern Ohio was not eligible for unemployment benefits when she was fired from her job in December 2009.
In 2009, Claudia Bernard put $10,800 of her $17,320 salary into an account so that she could use the money for tax-free reimbursement of her medical expenses.
She applied for unemployment benefits after she lost her job, but her claim was denied because her contributions to the medical savings account pushed her average weekly pay below the state minimum to draw benefits.
State law does not count money put into such accounts as income.
Excluding the money she put into the account, Bernard's average weekly pay was $125; she needed to earn at least $213 a week during the eligible time period to qualify for benefits, according to the court's ruling. The current minimum is $230 a week.
The ruling also could affect those who are eligible for benefits, said Tony Alexander of Burton Law, one of Bernard's attorneys.
Workers who do qualify for compensation could receive lower benefits than they otherwise might, he said. Medical-account contributions would reduce their income, and income levels are a factor in determining the amount of benefits, he said.
He said the ruling also could apply to other similar tax-deferred accounts meant for things like providing care for children.
Alexander said he doubts that many workers and the companies they work for have any idea that their workers could lose unemployment benefits or end up with reduced benefits by taking advantage of that kind of tax break.
"It's certainly a shock, and the reason it's shocking is because people don't know," Alexander said.
The court, in a ruling written by Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger, said interpreting state law to exclude the $10,800 from wages "for unemployment purposes seems quite reasonable."
In his dissent, Justice Paul Pfeifer said the issue is more complicated than it should be.
"To me, compensation is compensation," he wrote. "Under this simple approach, Bernard's request for unemployment benefits would be based on her total compensation, not just the portion of her compensation that was taxable."
State officials were pleased with the ruling.
"We work really hard to determine eligibility very carefully," said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
The Ohio attorney general's office, which represented the state in the dispute, also was happy with the outcome.
"We are pleased that the Ohio Supreme Court agreed with our argument that money deposited into a medical savings account does not count when calculating unemployment compensation," said Lisa Peterson Hackley, a spokesman for the office.
Mike Smalz, a senior attorney with the Ohio Poverty Law Center, said the ruling could make it even harder for workers to qualify for unemployment benefits.
"It's already a high hurdle, and this decision is going to compound it," he said.


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End Newark's stop-and-frisk
Encouraged by the "new era of stop-and-frisk openness" in the Newark Police Department, Star-Ledger editors think Newarkers ought to applaud the NPD for releasing data about the people stopped ("Restoring trust in Newark's cops," editorial, Aug. 22).
Readers are cautioned not to draw fast conclusions about the use of racial profiling based on one month's worth of data despite 72 percent of those stopped being African-American in a city where they comprise a slight majority. What makes editors think this might be an anomaly?
In New York City, testimony from police officers indicates racial profiling is an inherent part of the policy. It's wishful thinking to believe stop-and-frisk can operate in any kind of socially just way without perpetually violating black and Latino Newarkers' civil rights.
As a policy, stop-and-frisk is racist in nature. It projects an unjust presumption of guilt upon people of color who "look suspicious." How will this build trust between cops and citizens of color? Is this the city Newark ought to become?
Brian Hohmann, Newark
Chaos everywhere
Arab spring instability in Egypt as a bloody coup unfolds; lingering unrest in Libya; thousands of civilian fatalities in Iraq as the insurgency continues and terrorist prisoners escape after our military exit; Syrian civilians suffering casualties and now chemical warfare; Iran continuing to further development of nuclear weapons.
The U.S. consulate being attacked in Benghazi, while we flee embassies throughout the Middle East for fear of attack.
Our attorney general dictating that federal prosecutors classify drug charges as nonviolent and downgrading charges to lighten prison populations.
Our president unilaterally rewriting the Affordable Care Act through waivers, delay of employer mandates and postponing citizen cost caps.
Our Treasury printing money while we borrow 44 cents of every dollar to stimulate prosperity, yet GDP limps along below 2 percent and our workforce continues to shrink with unemployment rates barely below 8 percent.
Our Constitution rendered impotent by lawmakers sworn to its protection.
One finds it difficult to see much hope for America, or the world with this kind of leadership in every branch of our government.
Jeffrey E. Grant, Belle Mead
Climate blind spot
Regarding New Jersey's "Blind spot on climate change" (editorial, Aug. 19), The Star-Ledger's editorial board is correct to criticize state officials ignoring climate science in plans to rebuild the Shore. Ignoring the reality of climate change and what it will bring — sea level rise and larger, more frequent storms — is irresponsible and will burden New Jersey taxpayers down the road.
We need a policy endorsed by Democrats and Republicans: a revenue-neutral carbon tax. It would help us rein in climate change by providing a market-based incentive to reduce carbon emissions, while providing an economic boost.
David Korfhage, Montclair
Photo proof to vote
For years all we have heard is that voter ID cards prevent minorities from voting, are akin to poll taxes and only end up suppressing the minority vote. This is patently untrue and I challenge anyone who says it is to show me the facts.
It's about time our most precious right is protected by issuing photo voter ID cards. We have the ability to issue photo driver's licenses, welfare cards, food stamps, ATM cards, Costco cards, credit cards and YM/YWCA membership cards, so what is the problem with photo voter IDs?
Voter fraud is a real problem and most of us recognize this except the corrupt politicians who constantly demagogue this issue.
The time has come for all of us to demand from our governor and the state Legislature the institution of a photo voter ID requirement.
James P. Wollner, Bloomfield
Trooper should pay
The attorney for State Police Staff Sgt. Richard Wambold was correct when he said, "It's outrageous that more than 400,000 taxpayer dollars" is being paid to James Bayliss ("Man beaten by troopers gets $425K, will drop suit," Aug. 22). I agree. The money should come out of Wambold's pocket, not ours!
Daniel Hodge, Union
Make streets safer to cross
Noting yet another pedestrian death ("Princeton woman, 76, dies after being hit by a car in Hopewell Borough," NJ.com, Aug. 21), I found it a bit ironic that one of the most important factors in the story was its last line. That is, "Though there is not a marked crosswalk on East Broad Street, police said the women were legally crossing the roadway."
For want of some paint and signage, this woman is dead.
This is what you get when streets are built just for cars, not people. This is what you get when municipalities fail to adopt and implement Complete Streets policies. And sadly you get it over and over.
And yet very few towns in New Jersey have adopted Complete Streets policies, and even fewer are aggressively implementing policies that ensure new road projects are designed with the safety of pedestrians in mind, making it easy to cross the street and walk from place to place.
New Jersey mayors and councils need to get to work.
Douglas Johnston, AARP New Jersey manager


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Add the olive oil to the bottom of the slow cooker and place the chicken inside. Next, add all the ingredients except the beans. Cover and cook on low 5 to 6 hours, or medium 3 hours, until chicken is cooked through.
Remove chicken from cooker and shred. Return chicken to cooker. Add beans and stir. Cover and cook for 1 hour longer on low heat.
Makes 8 servings.
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April Rise Over Set Under
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02 101a 623a 1147a 648p
03 154a 720a 1250p 745p
04 242a 815a 153p 840p
05 325a 908a 255p 933p
06 404a 958a 356p 1023p
07 441a 1046a 456p 1111p
Last quarter moon on 04/02.
New moon on 04/10.
The listed times are the peak of the associated feeding time. They are based on Mobile's latitude and longitude, but are accurate within a few minutes of the peak published time across Alabama and southeast Mississippi.
Major feeding periods occur at moon over and moon under. During cold-weather months, major feeding periods last up to 90 minutes on either side of the peak due primarily to the reduced amount of available food.
Minor feeding periods at moonrise and moonset last about an hour on ether side of the peak in cold-weather months.
It's also important to understand that mitigating conditions such as inclement weather and/or hunting pressure can negatively impact when and for how long animals feed.
These times are helpful to fishermen looking for the best time to be at their prime spot during any given day.
Any feeding time that coincides with a tide change is always a good time to be on the water.
Solunar times occur when the sun and moon are concurrently rising, over and setting over the relatively same time period during daylight hours. Solunar times generally improve fish and game feeding activity.


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LMAO, your name always appears first.
Look at the thing that says "most people ever online" and I'm the FIRST ONE on the list! Anyone elce notice that?
Proud Leader of theDo Hugz Not DrugzLegion
To join the Do Hugz Not Drugz (DHND) legion and the pursute to stop drug use, all you need to do is write Do Hugz Not Drugz in bold and center it in your sig, who knows, you might even save somones life...
Vice presidant of Do Hugz Not Drugz: LevesqueIsKing
Then BAM! Your wife leaves you for a dog and a squirrel chewed off your nut sack and made it into a... well... nut sack
...Wait American abstinence or French abstinence?
LMAO, your name always appears first.
Wii games: Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP, SSX: Blur, Excite Truck, The Godfather, and Mario Kart Wii
PC games: Call of Duty 4, Halo 1, UT3, F.E.A.R., and The Orange Box.
PS3 games: Ratchet and Clank F.T.O.D., Resistance 2, Wipeout HD, and MGS4.
In The Right Place At The Right Time? Lol Lucky.
yeah lol your name is always in first(mine is on my comp)
the mario that's roomed with mush
my wii is not connected to the internet, so i can't play brawl online for a bit....please do not spam inbox with friend code requests
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You're looking at the people online right now.
The reason you're first is because the user looking at it is ALWAYS first.
"cough" noob "cough" lol na im just playing, I dont see why that would be a suprise though.
Sonic's back with his old voice on Brawl, what more could you ask for.
Wii: Metroid Prime 3, Zelda TP,Sonic and The Secret Rings
Gamecube: Sonic Adventure Battle 2, Timesplitters Future Perfect, SSB Melee, Metroid Prime 2.
Virtual Console: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros 3,DK Country 3,Super Metroid.
PS2:Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
it's not in alphabetical order,Originally Posted by dakuda
the mario that's roomed with mush
my wii is not connected to the internet, so i can't play brawl online for a bit....please do not spam inbox with friend code requests
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Try as we might, we couldn't come up with any significant defects in the HP Photosmart Pro B9180. The only thing we didn't like is how the printer can sometimes crimp one end of very thick paper when fed through the manual-feed slot. While we think there are definite reasons for purchasing some of the higher-priced Epson and Canon printers -- roll support, larger paper sizes, higher-production print runs -- the B9180 sits at an amazing price point for what you get. Combine the great print quality with any two of its standout features -- closed-loop calibration, sturdy construction, smartly designed software, broad media support, efficient ink life, archival print quality -- and you'd have a very good printer, indeed. But when you wrap them all up into the package that is the HP Photosmart Pro B9180, you have a great professional-quality photo printer that's priced around $1499.
It's rare indeed to come across a product so well thought out and so perfectly integrated with both Mac and Windows PC that you wonder how you lived without it. Hewlett-Packard has done just that with the HP Photosmart Pro B9180, a $1499 high-end photo inkjet printer that brings the feature set and print quality of $2000 printers to the desktop of any serious digital photographer or graphic artist.
HP has been the dominant presence in the consumer and business printer markets, but it hasn't been as successful in the high-end photo market, which has more demanding users. Photographers, graphic artists, and imaging specialists want consistent colour, print longevity, efficient ink usage, and support for many different types of papers, and Epson has long been the market leader in this category.
The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 is substantially built, and has a heft and feel that conveys the seriousness of its purpose. The output tray, for example, is made of metal, which is almost unheard of in this age of flimsy plastic designs. It is a large unit, however, weighing nearly 18kg; while printing, it can shake a less-than-sturdy table or stand.
Setting up the HP Photosmart Pro B9180 is a snap -- you can be printing 30 minutes after getting it out of the box. You install the print cartridges and printheads, plug the printer in, let it do its initial calibration, and hook it to your computer directly via a USB cable. You can optionally use the HP Photosmart Pro B9180's Ethernet port to plug it into your network.
The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 can handle paper from 3x5in index cards up to 13x19in sheets, and it supports borderless printing for all paper types and sizes.
The HP Photosmart Pro B9180 has two paper paths -- a paper tray that holds about 100 sheets of photo paper (or 200 sheets of plain paper), and a manual-feed, straight-through path for handling media types up to 1.5mm thick. The manual feed slot is a simple tray that folds down from the front of the printer, and includes silk-screened guides for aligning the paper.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Tuesday was a busy day on the Phillies rumor mill.
First the team reportedly signed Marlon Byrd, but only after things fell through with Nelson Cruz. Then reports surfaced they were interested in catcher A.J. Pierzynski.
The biggest story, however, might have been saved for last.
Howard Eskin of Fox 29 reported on Tuesday night that the Phillies are in "serious" talks to acquire Toronto Blue Jays outfield Jose Bautista.
In exchange for Bautista, Eskin reports that the Phillies could sent Toronto a package build around All-Star outfielder Domonic Brown.
A career .254 hitter, Bautista has seen a drop in power the past three seasons since hitting 54 home runs in 2010. The 33-year old hit just 28 home runs last season while knocking in 73 RBIs.
As for why the Phillies are interested in Bautista, Eskin lists the fact that Bautista is under contract for 2 more years and giving the Phillies more balance from the right side of the plate as the main reasons.
As mentioned above, however, the price for Bautista would be steep. Domonic Brown is coming off of an All-Star season, and at 26-years old, is probably the only player on the team that is both young and productive.
Swapping out Brown for Bautista would make the Phillies older and take away basically any semblance of a future this team has. It is also debateable if it even makes them better now, as Brown had just one less home run than Bautista last season and 10 more RBIs.
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HOLLAND TWP. — Through song, speech, original poetry and the dedication of a plaque, veterans were honored yesterday, May 24, at Holland Township School.
About 40 veterans and other residents attended the ceremony, along with 350 fifth- through eighth-graders. It was the first time the school had held a Memorial Day ceremony and Superintendent Emil Suarez said he hopes that it becomes an annual tradition here.
The school band opened the ceremony with "Stars and Stripes Forever." The Frenchtown American Legion Honor Guard followed with a presentation of colors. Student Council President Athena McDowall then led the crowd in the pledge of allegiance and seventh-grader Amalia Crevani sang the "Star Spangled Banner."
Mayor Dan Bush, whose father was a veteran of World War II, spoke about the history of the holiday, which started as "Decoration Day" in the Civil War era. The name "Memorial Day" was first used in the 1880s but didn't become official until 1967. Four years later the holiday was officially moved to the last Monday in May.
Bush shared with the students the importance of recognizing fallen soldiers, and also told them that they shouldn't be afraid to stop a veteran on the street to thank him or her for serving.
The school's chorale group sang, and then led the crowd in, "God Bless America."
Middle school students Daniel Panfile, Athena McDowall, Julianna Ferraro, Elizabeth Nugent and Mary Cansfield spoke about the branches of the military. Middle school students wrote poems about the holiday. Six poems were judged best and five of them were read at the ceremony.
Fifth-grader Kayla Sullivan wrote about soldiers who have "made our lives easier/worked hard to protect us/Tough/Caring/Thoughtful/Risky/Protects us from the enemies" as well as the reaction of families when soldiers return: "Joyful/Relieved/Happy" and "Thrilled when they come home alive."
Seventh-grader Yannie McGlynn penned "American Pride," which includes: "Because of their sacrifice they gave us rights/Bless the souls that are no longer with us/They gave us their life/For the country with the stripes of blue, red and white."
Eighth-grader Jackie Sjonell wrote about honoring those who served "Through battles so vigorous, we can hardly envision" and a country "guarded by the brave.
"We honor our troops through the good times and bad/We give soldiers all that they deserve/We could never have succeeded without all that we've had/Our hearts go out to all who have served."
The honor guard gave a 21-gun salute and middle school student Quinn Baker played taps.
The ceremony was planned with the help of the Holland Township Women's Club. Following the ceremony at the school, guests and Student Council officers assembled at the Municipal Building for a wreath-laying ceremony.


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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Public Works Department has announced plans to "water main replacement work" underneath three streets during the coming weeks, which will have an impact on the flow of traffic along Edgewood Avenue, Glenwood Circle and Warren Terrace Extension.
The project, which is being handled by Caracus Construction Corporation of Ludlow, began this morning and is expected to continue for the next 8 weeks.
One lane of the roads in question will be shut down from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day to allow crews to do what is necessary work is ongoing.
Local residents with questions or concerns have been asked to call the DPW office at 567-3400.


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Versatile and well-rounded, Al Kaline won 10 Gold Glove Awards (1957-59 and 1961-67) for excellence in the field during his career with the Tigers and appeared in the All-Star Game in 15 seasons (1955-67, 1971, 1974).
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Diction refers to the technical writer's or the presenter's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression. It is a part of rhetoric.
Accessibility Allies Against A11y
The idea of accessibility is to make websites (or other things) more easily usable by people, most frequently specifically "people who are disabled". This is emphatically not just about using alt tags (note: always call them tags, it annoys the purists). Accessibility is not just about the blind.
ThePickards (2009). Articles>Accessibility>Diction>Usability
The Acronym Finder is a world wide web searchable database of more than 193,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage
This book is designed to inform you about current problems in English usage so you can make intelligent decisions when communicating. When confronted with a choice about a usage, you may ask yourself a number of questions: Has this usage been criticized for some reason in the past? If so, are these criticisms substantial? What are the linguistic and social issues involved? Have people frequently applied this usage in the past, and for how long? What do well-respected writers think of the usage today? You will find answers to these and many other questions in this book.
Bartleby.com (1996). Reference>Style Guides>Diction>Grammar
Are you a "Writer" or an "Author"?
The trouble with the evolution of language is that it occasionally evolves a bit too far. You can end up with multiple words that can be used for the same purpose but which have fundamentally the same definition. You can even end up with words that don't have any meaning at all. Take the generic greeting, "Hello". What does it mean? We all know when to use it, so much so that it is used in just about every modern European language and quite a few others beside. What does it mean? Where did it come from? No one is really able to tell us.
RoboColum(n), The (2010). Articles>Writing>Diction
Uitleg van relevante termen over het communicatiebeleid rondom webprojecten, het ontwikkelen van een functioneel ontwerp en het inrichten van het content management.
Hartman Communicatie (2001). (Dutch) Reference>Dictionaries>Web Design
Beware of adverbs. They can dilute the meaning of the verb or repeat it.
Clark, Roy Peter. Poynter Online (2004). Articles>Writing>Diction>Rhetoric
A collection of dictionaries online.
Communicating in Spite of TLAs (Three-Letter Acronyms)
The unchecked use of acronyms and initialisms in technical writing presents a huge obstacle to clarity and readability. Although technical communicators are certainly more aware of this problem than are the engineers, scientists, and managers with whom they work, they need concrete guidelines and at least a small degree of self-righteousness on this subject to help them cope with the onslaught. That acronyms frustrate communication is well-founded in linguistic theory and common sense. Suggestions for mitigating their effect include issues of audience, term selectivity, frequency and occasion of use, and aesthetics.
Miller, Diane F. STC Proceedings (1995). Articles>Writing>Style Guides>Diction
Confusing Words is a collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
Considering Culture-Bound Terminology
It is clear that the term blacklist, and the newer term whitelist, and yes, graylist, are not racist in origin. Nor are they used today with any connotation about race. But these terms are culture-bound and might present globalization issues. That is, the colors black and white are not globally perceived as negative and positive, respectively. In some cultures, the meaning is the opposite.
Kocher, Sue. Carolina Communique (2009). Articles>Language>Diction>Professionalism
The dictionaries that appear on Dictionary.com include: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary; The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing; Jargon File 4.2.0; CIA World Factbook (1995); Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary; Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary; U.S. Gazetteer; U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, through our site you can access definitions from: Acronym Finder; On-line Medical Dictionary; CancerWEB.
A comprehensive online reference resource, with a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia and word/phrase translation service.
Don't Leave Any Room for Doubt
I'm working on a little style guide for direct and concise technical writing. One pointer is to avoid the use of should or shouldn't when what you really mean is do or don't. Saying something like "shouldn't" makes it sound optional. In other words, shouldn't leaves a little room for doubt. Don't, well, doesn't.
Minson, Benjamin. Gryphon Mountain (2010). Articles>Documentation>Diction>Technical Writing
One of the difficult concepts to understand in the English language is perhaps the manner in which articles are used in a sentence. Over the course of one's life history, every student of English has had to face this nightmare at one point of time or another. The verbs are all in place and you know the nouns, the pronouns are fairly obvious, and the prepositions can eventually be worked out, but what comes before the word year and what comes before SMS is tricky.
Don't Lose Your Articles - Part Two
In spite of having the thumb rules with us, we may still be at times unsure of placing the right articles. You may wonder sometimes like Sir Henry Higgins and say, 'Why can't we place the articles like the way it should be?'
The Effect of Informative, Intriguing, and Generic Hyperlink Wording on Web Browsing Behavior
This paper presents a study of the effect of informative, intriguing, and generic hyperlink wording on Web browsing behavior. The study was administered via the Web using a modified naturally occurring informational Web site. Link wording was varied in both the navigation menu and links embedded in the text. Data about participants' browsing behavior were logged with PHP scripts, and demographics, perceptions, and comprehension were measured through a post-browsing survey. Data from the study are being analyzed and will be presented at the conference.
Evans, Mary B., Carolyn Wei, Matt Eliot, Jen Barrick, Brandon Maust, and Jan H. Spyridakis. STC Proceedings (2004). Articles>Web Design>Diction>Hypertext
Eliminate Phrases that Start With "in" from your Technical Documents
There are a number of filler phrases in English that start with "in." You can improve the readability of your technical documents by eliminating such phrases and using much shorter equivalents.
Akinci, Ugur. Technical Communication Center (2010). Articles>Writing>Diction>Minimalism
When is a noun not a noun? When it's been verbed. A lot of verbing is going on, as you've probably noticed. In fact, it's happening so frequently that I think we'd better come up with a name for the part of speech produced by verbing a noun.
Allison, Nancy. Boston Broadside (1989). Articles>Writing>Diction>Grammar
Fighting the Non-Sexist Language Battle
Sexist language consists of various words and terms that foster stereotypes of social roles based on gender. Professional writers must keep abreast of significant changes in our language, and the issue of sexism is an integral change. Sexist language has become offensive. Sexist language is confusing.
Bourns, Tracy. Boston Broadside (1991). Articles>Writing>Diction>Gender
How can a homograph be the same as a heterograph? And how can heterograph, which comes from roots meaning 'different writing,' be applied to a word that differs in every way except the way it is written?
Ivey, Keith C. Editorial Eye, The (1997). Articles>Language>Diction
Writing a good description is fun, but it's delicate work. We recognize vivid writing when we come across it, and we know the bad stuff, too -- it makes us squirm instinctively. Here are some types of descriptions the world can do without.
Dahl, Elisabeth. Editorial Eye, The (1996). Articles>Style Guides>Diction
When it comes to relative pronouns, incomplete knowledge may lead to frustration and confusion. The pronouns that, which, who, and what serve as relative pronouns when they introduce a relative (or subordinate) clause.
Wenger, Andrea. Carolina Communique (2007). Articles>Writing>Diction>Grammar
The debate over The New Fowler's Modern English Usage has the potential to become more interesting because there are personalities involved.
Boston, Bruce O. Editorial Eye, The (1997). Reference>Dictionaries
Keeping the Past Alive is Rewarding
Have you ever—even for just one second—paused to actually trace the origins of the words—any word—you use in your writing or speaking life? Try it. It's fun, instructive, and interesting.
The Merriam-Webster language online site offers an up-to-date dictionary and thesaurus.