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An outsider/intern's insights
July 2, 2009
I would not begin to presume that my attempts to figure out my place in my internship have been harder than most other interns'; this job alone is seldom an easy one, perhaps especially for an unpaid intern at a busy firm. The people in charge are constantly busy and don't feel a pressing need to get everything they possibly can out of the intern. Interns on the other hand come in excited to get some work experience, willing to do almost any task, and eager to learn. Though the firm or NGO receiving the intern is likely to benefit from the intern, serving the intern's desire to work is not their first priority. My acute awareness of this made me feel lucky once I had been given a task, and then disheartened when I began to feel I couldn't complete it as I had been instructed to do. I was coming to terms with the fact that I might not find the interview that I had already scripted in my head, I was still nervous about what I would present to Jayshree. "She finally gave me a task to do and I don't know if I'll even be able to do it," was a constant worry of mine.
Yesterday, while I was sitting on my usual couch in SEWA Bank I confessed my fear to Maya. "You should still tell Jayshree what you found," she said, "you never know what insights she might find useful." I nodded but instead my head I was doubtful.
Maya joined me on the couch and we began to talk about our interactions to date with SEWA members. She has been observing SEWA's financial literacy class for 16, 17, and 18-year-old girls. The girls are very sweet and are excited to talk to Maya, someone their own age from the West who is interested in what they have to say. Maya and I talked about the experiences of the women of all ages that we had been talking to. We discussed Indian culture as it was coming out in our discussions with SEWA members. Talking to Maya helped me too further see how different Indian culture was from my own and it further cemented the fact that it would be counterproductive to try to impose my wishes or ideas on the people I wanted to help.
As we were talking about the importance of family I started to further appreciate not only how "families as pension" works but also how willing people are to sacrifice for their family. Suddenly the idea hit me, to market pensions I didn't need to fight against the importance of family in old age but rather use it. I might not be able to make these women want to save for retirement, but maybe they could still benefit from the financial security that having a pension would bring in their old age. This may seem like a very obvious thing but it took me a couple days to come to. For those who are interested what I ended up writing up for Jayshree is copied below.
Micropensions – background research
The overwhelming response when women were asked about retirement was that they cannot imagine not working. If they are not working they are not earning and this means they are not contributing to their families.
The family structure in poor India is such that kids (boys) do not move away from the home. Women even will say that they have a lot of children to help bring in income. While a daughter may move away to live with her husband's family, a woman's sons will stay close and bring his wife into her family. This means if a woman does get to the point where she can no longer work, she has a family to support her.
The combination between even old women wanting to feel that they are contributing and the family support structure makes pensions and retirement a hard concept to hold onto for many poor Indian women. However, today in India the elderly population is growing rapidly, this combined with a decreasing birth rate means that in the future the traditional support structure will be limited.
The question remains of how to change the mindset of these women to help them see the benefits in saving now. It seems many of the younger women who have the capability to save and are made aware of the pension scheme are more than willing to put away money for a pension. It is unclear whether they actually see retirement as being an end goal but either way they are pleased with the idea that they will be able to get more back at the end and have a cushion for old age. For those for whom saving does not come as easily there must be some other push or incentive that motivates them to save with the pension scheme. I feel that the best way to do this is to use both the hard-working, selfless nature, and the importance of family – both of which are central aspects of Indian culture.
Rather than talking about having a pension so that one can "retire" from working in old age I suggest talking about pension as a way to make sure that one can still contribute to their family in old age. The women know that if they are no longer able to bring in money they will be a burden on their families, furthermore the idea of not working is foreign to them. However inevitably the women also know that as they get older they will not be able to work as long hours or as quickly as they were in their youth, this means a reduction in income for the family, unless they have a pension account.
Platform Pitch:
After many years of serving the self-employed women of Ahmedabad [India?], SEWA Bank has realized there is a pressing need that must be addressed. Until recently there was no program to assist SEWA women when they reached old age. The very first SEWA members did not have a program that would allow them to feel financially secure when the work does not come as easy as it once did. SEWA is working to change this for its members.
Being in the informal/self-employed sector also means that there is not an employer putting money into a pension fund that you will be able to withdraw from when you are too old to work. Many SEWA women say that they will "work for as long as they have their hands and their feet," or even that "they will work until they die," there are no certainly no thoughts of retirement.
Even if you do not have thoughts of ceasing to work or of retirement, there is still reason to plan for the future. Today, and every day, you work hard for your family and you only want the best for them. With hungry mouths to feed at home it can be very difficult to save money. How can you think of putting away money now for the future when the needs of the present are so acute? But as you get older, and you are unable to work as much, the needs of you and your family only grow. By beginning to save now and putting money away regularly until old age, you will not only be helping yourself but also contributing to your family more than you ever could be by working to the point of exhaustion.
Begin saving now, with 50, 100, 200 rupees a month or whatever you can manage, in ten years it will be worth ? [I don't know the exact numbers] in twenty years ? It is important to contribute regularly to ensure that the money grows at a steady rate. The peace of mind you will have knowing that you and your family can have a sense of financial security in your old age is priceless.
I was excited, I had an idea to pitch, but I was still nervous, were my ideas too obvious? If family was such a central part of Indian culture wouldn't Jayshree, who lived here already have accounted for it? Would I be useful? I arranged a meeting with Jayshree for today. To discuss with her what I had so far and how to proceed. Well, I have now had my meeting and things went wonderfully. She read what I had and to my surprise, because it was Indian culture was her culture, she had never thought of the importance of the family in the way I saw it. She liked my work and when someone suggested pulling me away from this project to do something else she seemed perturbed. A compromise was reached; I will spend part of my time on the interviews and part of my time creating and helping to give a presentation to university students that may be interested in helping SEWA to reach out to more women.
It turns out there can be benefits to having an outsider look at an issue, and (to my delight) that my insights could be useful to SEWA. While meeting with Jayshree I had to fight to keep my excitement from showing too much; it feels good to be actually working with SEWA in their mission to help women achieve financial security.


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In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the worldŌĆÖs wheat varieties.
Over the last decade, the wind-borne rust has moved east from Africa into Yemen and Iran and is expected to next hit Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Researchers studying the stem rust say an epidemic would not only cause hunger in the developing world, but could move unstable countries onto even shakier political ground.
If, as the adage goes, man is unable to live on bread alone, he also canŌĆÖt live without it. Early civilizations developed hand-in-hand with wheat cultivation. Bread wheat is only about 10,000 years old and stem rust has been along for the entire ride.
Archaeological finds in the Middle East have included spores of the rust. Some biblical scholars have interpreted Old Testament references to ŌĆ£blasting winds and blightŌĆØ to be stem rust. The Romans actually worshipped a god believed to ward off stem rust.
As North American wheat acreage increased in the last 150 years, there were recurring stem rust epidemics. Wheat improvement efforts by Canada and the United States were, in large measure, driven by the need to genetically protect the crop against stem rust.
In the mid-1940s, agronomist Norman Borlaug (who would later receive a Nobel Prize) was sent to Mexico by the Rockefeller Foundation to help develop wheat varieties that were, among other things, stem rust-resistant.
In 1950, Canadian and U.S. scientists doing annual surveys discovered a stem rust race that would later spread across the United States. Although it didnŌĆÖt reach damaging levels immediately, the race was expected to cause epidemics in subsequent years. And it did: from 1951 through 1953, there were dramatic stem rust epidemics, including the near-annihilation of the U.S. durum crop.
In 1953 alone, 20 percent of North AmericaŌĆÖs spring wheat was lost to stem rust.
By that time, there had been 40 years of science-based research on both the stem rust pathogen and wheat itself. Using BorlaugŌĆÖs capacity and contacts, Americans and Canadians began an international effort to initiate international rust nurseries. Their efforts in bundling resistance genes with everything else needed in a wheat variety suppressed the disease for over 50 years.
Then, in 1998, a Ugandan trained by CIMMYT (the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center), found something interesting in his home country. While not much wheat is grown in Uganda, the researcher located a race of stem rust that had overcome the wheat resistance genes. The race was named Ug99.
Alarmed at the potential of the rust to harm global food security, the Global Rust Initiative ŌĆö now known as the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative and largely funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ŌĆö was launched in 2005.
Rick Ward, a veteran U.S. agronomist who has worked on stem rust for decades and is currently running the initiative while based at Cornell University, spoke with Delta Farm Press in mid-March shortly before a CIMMYT-sponsored meeting drew 300 researchers from over 40 countries to discuss stem rust. Among his comments:
On the initial find and why Africa is so importantŌĆ"
ŌĆ£CIMMYT, the South Africans and Ugandans reported on this in 2000. At that time, it didnŌĆÖt get much traction in terms of funding or attention. It was also possible that the (rust) variant was adapted to very specialized conditions to Uganda and wouldnŌĆÖt spread.
ŌĆ£Well, by 2003, Kenya was having significant epidemics. By 2005, wheat couldnŌĆÖt be grown in Kenya without fungicides.
ŌĆ£The Great Lakes region of Africa ŌĆö Rwanda, Burundi, northern Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda ŌĆö is close to the equator. Many people think that isnŌĆÖt a wheat region. However, it has high elevation. There are 125,000 hectares ŌĆö about 300,000 acres ŌĆö of wheat in Kenya. Any day of the year you can find wheat in a vulnerable stage (between heading and harvest) there.
ŌĆ£One feature of stem rust thatŌĆÖs important is that itŌĆÖs an obligate parasite. It must have a host and there is no resting stage as with something like fusarium. Head blight in wheat can stay dormant in wheat straw or maize for years. Stem rust, when it generates clouds of spores, must have its spores land on wheat (there are other grass hosts, but there isnŌĆÖt a lot of spore production on them) at the right growth stage.
ŌĆ£In almost all parts of the world, there is either a dry, warm period between wheat crops or a winter. WhatŌĆÖs unique about Kenya and a few other places in the world is thereŌĆÖs no such break.
ŌĆ£I have a photograph of 4-inch-tall wheat thatŌĆÖs heading and a combine cutting wheat ŌĆö all commercial fields ŌĆö within 500 meters of each other. You canŌĆÖt see that in many places.
ŌĆ£Once stem rust takes hold in Kenya, itŌĆÖs like living in a petri dish. It multiplies continually.ŌĆØ
On research difficulties and stem rust mutationsŌĆ"
ŌĆ£In the field, we canŌĆÖt work with this strain of rust except where itŌĆÖs endemic in Kenya and Ethiopia. Uganda doesnŌĆÖt have enough wheat to focus research on. Working closely with the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments, weŌĆÖve jointly established screening facilities, brought the worldŌĆÖs wheat to Kenya and showed empirically that roughly 80 percent of the wheat varieties being planted are susceptible to Ug99.
ŌĆ£In 2005, we knew most of the resistance genes (some 50 are recognized) in wheat were being defeated. This rust race had mutations that rendered it able to thrive on more of the 50 resistance genes than any race ever detected before in almost a century of research.
ŌĆ£That still didnŌĆÖt show how vulnerable the world is, though. Stem rust has dropped off the radar of almost all wheat breeding programs because it hadnŌĆÖt been a problem in so long. Breeders must prioritize, especially when faced with limited resources. And there was complacency too ŌĆö we concede we dropped the ball.
ŌĆ£In 2006, we detected a mutant of Ug99 that knocked out a resistance gene, Sr24. It turned out that gene, if it hadnŌĆÖt been knocked out, was the one we were most relying on to combat the rust. That pushed the percentage of vulnerability up to 90 percent.
ŌĆ£Another mutant has been found since. So, either this rust race is spawning mutants rapidly. Or, it already had many low-frequency mutants that are now being amplified.ŌĆØ
How the rust movesŌĆ"
ŌĆ£About 30 years ago, a stem rust strain migrated to Australia from either South Africa or Angola. There have been similar spore-size, wind-borne diseases that have come to the Americas from Africa.
ŌĆ£We predicted (Ug99) would move to Ethiopia from Kenya. It did. We predicted it would jump the Red Sea to Yemen. It did, two years ago. In 2008, it was found in Iran.
ŌĆ£Now that Ug99 is in central Asia, it can migrate north and west into, effectively, the plains and steppes of the former Soviet Union. Kazakhstan and Serbia are huge wheat producers.
ŌĆ£If it moves east, itŌĆÖll be in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of south Asia. India is the worldŌĆÖs second largest wheat producer after China. The United States is third.
ŌĆ£It has been historically documented that wind patterns took yellow rust ŌĆö a disease similar to stem rust ŌĆö on the same path: from Kenya to Yemen into the Middle East and then moved to (the subcontinent region).
ŌĆ£ThereŌĆÖs no evidence Ug99 has spread (east beyond Iran) but we donŌĆÖt have a great deal of surveillance available. There are so few people looking for this rust. In my opinion, the likelihood of Ug99 having stopped in Iran is almost zero. Almost surely, itŌĆÖs moved into neighboring countries ŌĆö maybe Turkey and Afghanistan.ŌĆØ
On the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative set-upŌĆ"
ŌĆ£The BGRI is an advocacy group that, at its core, is led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, CIMMYT, ICARDA ŌĆö based in Syria after plans to place it in Lebanon were cancelled due to war ŌĆö Indian officials and Cornell University. The BGRI executive committee includes leaders of agriculture research in the United States, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Kenya, Ethiopia, India and China. That means almost all countries (excepting Russia and several South American nations) that produce 1 million, or more, hectares of wheat are represented.
ŌĆ£The BGRI doesnŌĆÖt have a bank account, doesnŌĆÖt give out money. It serves to advocate for rational investments (to fight disease).
ŌĆ£The meeting weŌĆÖre having is a gathering for people interested in defending world wheat against not only stem rust, but the other rusts, as well. However, Ug99 is the poster child.
ŌĆ£At Cornell, IŌĆÖm supposed to manage one project that addresses most of the BGRI agenda. That is to fundamentally replace the worldŌĆÖs wheat with resistant varieties, preferably those not vulnerable to one race of rust that can wipe out the worldŌĆÖs wheat crop.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre also creating a rust-monitoring surveillance system. The FAO runs a desert locust monitoring program. Every day of the year, theyŌĆÖre aware of where swarms of locusts are located in the Sahara, Arabian Peninsula or parts of western India. They monitor 20 percent of the earthŌĆÖs surface.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve taken that model ŌĆö national teams going out searching for disease while holding GPS units ŌĆö for stem rust.
On breeding wheat varieties with resistance to Ug99ŌĆ"
ŌĆ£We must foster an environment where varieties will be taken up easily by farmers. A farmer in India wonŌĆÖt take up a Ug99-resistant variety just because itŌĆÖs resistant. He probably has never heard of it. The resistant variety needs to be better in yield and other attributes than the current varieties.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a numbers game, and that means thereŌĆÖs a lot of luck in plant breeding. CIMMYT has had some good luck and extraordinary scientists. There are varieties currently in multiplication in Egypt, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Iran and other countries. ThatŌĆÖs the final stage of the project weŌĆÖre involved in.ŌĆØ
On Congress funding stem rust research effortsŌĆ"
ŌĆ£My understanding is Congress did, in the omnibus bill, appropriate $1.5 million this year. The request was for $5 million. Our project costs $9 million annually.
ŌĆ£Dr. Borlaug supplied a letter to the National Association of Wheat Growers in which he endorsed their efforts. ItŌĆÖs hard to tell what the impact was, but my guess is it helped.
ŌĆ£On one hand, thatŌĆÖs good news. On the other, $1.5 million for something so dangerous, something that destroyed 20 percent of the U.S. spring wheat crop in North America, is peanuts. ThatŌĆÖs particularly true in the face of writing (Wall Street bailout) checks for $70 billion without knowing exactly where itŌĆÖll be spent. ItŌĆÖs pretty frustrating. Dr. Borlaug calls it short-sightedness.ŌĆØ
On the destabilizing potential of Ug99ŌĆ"
ŌĆ£There are two things we focus on. Take Ethiopia ŌĆö 1.5 million hectares of wheat with the average farm size being 1 hectare. Most of those 1.5 million farmers exist on $1 per day, or less, of family income. If their wheat crops fail, the elderly and babies will be dying. ThatŌĆÖs the first concern: the humanitarian costs.
ŌĆ£Many people ŌĆö although not your readers, I suspect ŌĆö believe there are yearsŌĆÖ worth of wheat and other commodities in storage. When you tell them itŌĆÖs actually only a couple of months, they ask, ŌĆśHow the hell did we get into this situation?ŌĆÖ
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a delicate balance weŌĆÖre involved with here. A major disease that hits yield would have devastating consequences.
ŌĆ£China is also vulnerable. Eventually derivatives of Ug99 will reach China. China and India combined represent over half the worldŌĆÖs population. China, India and Pakistan are three nuclear powers.
ŌĆ£If IndiaŌĆÖs government is facing dramatic civil unrest because of escalating wheat prices ŌĆö or they donŌĆÖt have the wheat ŌĆö it is unlikely U.S. or Australian wheat will simply be airlifted over. It could take a year to fill a shortfall by diverting ships.
ŌĆ£And only 10 percent of the worldŌĆÖs wheat crop is traded internationally, anyway. The vast majority of wheat is consumed in-country.ŌĆØ
On preparing for coming ŌĆ£KatrinasŌĆØ in agricultureŌĆ"
ŌĆ£Neither as a nation, nor as a globe, have we matured in our governance to the extent that we can see the agricultural Katrinas and mobilize resources in a rational manner.
ŌĆ£Frankly, the United StatesŌĆÖ situation is embarrassing and showing a lack of leadership. Last year, the United States attempted to withdraw all core support from all 15 international research centers studying crops.
ŌĆ£To spend billions of dollars in a war on terror and to ignore Mother NatureŌĆÖs war on us ŌĆö which is perpetual and forever ŌĆö isnŌĆÖt wise. WeŌĆÖre not going to defeat this rust, weŌĆÖll only manage it. And itŌĆÖs only one of many emergent diseases weŌĆÖre facing.
ŌĆ£Agricultural research must be accountable ŌĆö IŌĆÖm in complete agreement. But research is essential. We donŌĆÖt question that we need road maintenance, teachers in school or a strong military. But agriculture research in the public sector?
ŌĆ£We arenŌĆÖt talking about billions of dollars. Why Congress has to nitpick over a few million dollars that the U.S. scientific community, growers and millers believe is essential is (frustrating). We need to get our priorities straight.ŌĆØ
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Just when Angelo Navetta thought he had heard the last of South Shore National's magical ride to last summer's Little League World Series, he recently received another pleasant reminder.
And it's going to be hard to top this one.
Navetta recently discovered his image had made the back cover of the newly released XBOX 360 Little League World Series (LLWS) 2010 Baseball video game.
The game can also be played on PlayStation 3.
Now the 14-year-old knows he's hit the big time.
"I was really surprised, especially because we didn't make it to the (LLWS) final," said Navetta, a southpaw hurler who also did plenty of damage with his bat. "But it was nice of (XBOX) to put me on there.
"I'm used to seeing superstars on the cover," added the Pleasant Plains resident. "Seeing it reminds me of all the good times we had going to the World Series. There's a lot of good memories."
In the image, Navetta peers in at the plate as he goes into his windup. The picture is in the upper left corner and surrounded by animated images.
On the front cover, the Little League World Series 2010 Baseball logo is in the middle, flanked by images of players from Texas and eventual champion California.
"Of course I'm proud," said Mike Navetta, who added he wasn't informed his son's picture would be on the cover, but does remember signing a waiver during tournament play a year ago giving gaming companies permission to use any images. "This is a global game. I didn't expect anything like this, but it's nice knowing he'll always have this under his belt.
"I don't know why they picked him, but he was one of the top players and I'm glad they did."
The Navettas didn't learn of Angelo's addition to the game cover until Mike Zaccariello, the son of South Shore National manager Mike Zaccariello, discovered it recently while visiting a store.
"We went right out and bought one," said Angelo Navetta, who plays for the Richmond County Baseball Club, played basketball during the winter for St. Joseph/St. Thomas parish, and will attend St. Joseph by-the-Sea in the fall. "Everybody loves it. My family and friends think it's really cool.
"They wish they were on (the cover) themselves," he laughed.
"It's exciting," added Mike Navetta. "Hopefully something like this will inspire some other kids (to go out and perform).
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Mr. Vignelli is the recipient of many important national and international awards, seven Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts; the 1982 Art Directors Club Hall of Fame; the 1983 AIGA Gold Medal; and the 1985 USA President's Design Excellence Award. In 1996 he received the Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award from the Royal Society of Arts, London. Lella and Massimo Vignelli received the 2003 National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in 2005 received the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Facebook goes to the next level smearing Google
After a long series of controversial moves with users' privacy, Facebook has been exposed engaging in a whisper campaign against Google, in which doubt is cast on the search giant's respect for its customers' privacy.
Burson-Marsteller, a PR firm that handles Silicon Valley giants, was recently busted pushing a blogger towards anti-Google posts, which they wanted to see in major publications like the Washington Post and Huffington Post. The Burson-Marsteller agent even offered to assist in composition. It seems as though the indecent proposal was presented to several media outlets, but at least one of the approached, accomplished and respected writer, Christopher Soghoian, felt compelled to make the communications public. Here they are. Who are the agents involved on behalf of BM? A former CNBC Silicon Valley correspondent and a political columnist–Jim Goldman and John Mercurio.
While the BM rep refused to answer Soghoian's question about the source of the campaign, The Daily Beast confirms that long-time consumer security concern, Facebook, is the culprit.
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ACME -- Six-time Michigan Open champion Scott Hebert had to withdraw from his latest attempt for a seventh state title because his wife, Laurie, delivered a baby girl Tuesday.
"I hate to miss the last one played at The Bear, but you know, they will have a Michigan Open next year," he said. "You can't miss this."
Meanwhile, in the suddenly Hebert-less Michigan Open at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Nationwide Tour player Brian Stuard of Jackson and Traverse City's Randy Hutchinson, a senior-to-be at Michigan State, shared the lead at the halfway point.
Ada's Andy Matthews and Kentwood's Tom Werkmeister were tied for fifth, five shots off the lead and low among Grand Rapids area golfers.
The state Open moves to Orchard Lake Country Club in suburban Detroit next year after 28 years at Grand Traverse. Hebert is the head golf professional at Grand Traverse.
"Tell them if they let me back in (for the third round) I'll start at 4-under," Hebert joked from Munson Medical Center.
As for the golf across town, the 25-year-old Stuard shot 69 on The Bear to go with his Wolverine course-record 63 from the first round for a 10-under-par 132 total.
And the 21-year-old Hutchinson, who is working for a fourth summer as a bag boy for the Grand Traverse golf operation, shot a second consecutive 66, only this time on the Wolverine course.
"This is the best I've played in a while," said Hutchinson, who grew up watching the Open at The Bear, and especially Hebert.
Hebert shot 68 in Monday's first round, but headed for the medical center in the early hours of Tuesday morning with Laurie, who used to work for the Jaycees-owned Senior PGA Tour/Champions Tour stop in Grand Rapids.
Susie Kate Hebert checked in at 5:08 p.m. weighing six pounds and 11 ounces.
As for the statistics of the Michigan Open, former PGA Tour player Tom Gillis made big noise early. He started on No. 10 tee of The Bear and made eagle (par 5) followed by five consecutive birdies. He cooled off to a 68 suffering from a migrane headache. He was also in second place at 135, three off the lead.
Defending champion Andy Ruthkoski of Muskegon played in a twosome with Andy Matthews because Hebert had withdrawn. Both players shot 66 on The Bear. Ruthkoski's 66 was good for 136 and fourth.
Werkmeister joined Matthews at 135 with a 70 on The Bear.
The 35-hole cut to the 70 low scorers and ties fell at 148.
Other Grand Rapids area golfers making the cut included Mick DeKorver the head pro at Sunnybrook (145) and Gary Smithson, the head pro at Thousand Oaks (145).


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NEW YORK -- Michael Grimm has got a mayor of his own.
A day after Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael McMahon stumped across Staten Island with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at his side, the Republican congressional candidate countered by greeting ferry commuters with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Grimm and "Mayor Rudy" shook hands and took photos with dozens of Islanders as they disembarked at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan during the morning rush hours.
Most of the commuters had little time for words as they hurried to work. But several stopped to chat, or take photos with the man who was probably more popular with Islanders than any mayor in history.
"You were the best mayor we ever had. By far. I wish you could run again," Port Richmond resident Pamela Massey told Giuliani as she shook his hand.
Perhaps Grimm, a Gulf War veteran and former FBI agent, is hoping some of that mojo will rub off on him. Giuliani said he doesn't need it.
"He's got all the right ideas for the district," Giuliani said. "We need somebody who is going to stand up to the out of control spending, the high taxes. People in his district, particularly, understand that."
The former mayor declined to speculate whether he or Bloomberg will have more sway in this election.
"I think it's about the two candidates. I have supported Michael for more than a year now, and I think he will be an excellent member of Congress," he said.
Grimm, for his part, is keeping his message simple as the election fast approaches.
"We need to get back to the basics. We have to stop the out of control borrowing and spending and we have to create jobs." Grimm said
That is a message that resonates with Westerleigh resident Ed Pedersen, a 49-year-old city employee who considers himself a conservative independent.
"I am not happy with the amount of spending that has been going on for the last two years," Pedersen said, on his way to work this morning.
Pederson told Grimm he has his vote, primarily because he believes the Island seat needs to switch to a Republican.
"I like McMahon, but I think he knew that (voting no to Obama's healthcare package) was going to be politically beneficial," Pederson said. "I think we just need a change."


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Filmmaker Jonathan Parisen — whose drunken dive onto the New Dorp train tracks Sunday resulted in another man's being clipped and gravely wounded by a Tottenville-bound train — had been booted from the nearby Night Gallery hours earlier, after he was confronted about taking cash left on the bar by two patrons, according to the bar's owner.
The owner, Vincent Datello, yesterday showed the Advance security video of Parisen in the bar, explaining that he wanted the public to know that Parisen wasn't headed straight from the Night Gallery before the accident.
"I just want it to be known, we weren't the last place he went. I want it known we cut him off," Datello said.
The video shows Parisen, dressed in a sweater vest, and a friend, dressed in a ball cap, at the bar for about two hours, starting about 9:40 p.m. The time stamp of the video reads about 45 minutes fast, according to Datello.
Parisen gets friendly with several of the bar's patrons, dancing and hugging them as he drinks several beers.
He starts talking to two of the bar's regulars, two men that Datello identifies as plumbers, repeatedly hugging them. But about 11:30 p.m., when the regulars leave the bar for a few minutes, Parisen reaches over and grabs their cash, which they have left on the bar on two piles, the video shows.
The two men return, one of them notices the cash missing, and the bartender confronts Parisen, who gives the money back and starts shaking hands, apparently in apology. He and his friends were then asked to finish their drinks and go, Datello said.
"He's lucky he didn't catch a beating," Datello said.
The two leave, but Parisen returns about 40 minutes later, shortly after midnight, with a beer in his hand and a girl on his arm. He is promptly told to leave again.
Datello said he's working with detectives, and will give them the video if subpoenaed. He wouldn't release a digital copy of the video to the Advance, though he did allow a screen shot be taken of Parisen with the woman.
Parisen faces charges of criminal trespass following the train incident, and is free on $2,500 bail.
In a statement to police, Parisen said, "I jumped in the tracks. I thought it was funny," according to the complaint against him.
That jump happened about 1:30 a.m., according to law enforcement sources. One of Parisen's friends and another man — Steven Santiago, 39, of Stapleton — pulled Parisen off the tracks, but according to law enforcement sources, Santiago became winded and bent over. He hung his head over the platform and was clipped by an approaching train.
He remains in critical condition at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
Parisen's lawyer, Michael Harding, said his client denies making the "I thought it was funny statement."
"It's unfortunate that anyone was injured in this incident," Harding said. The lawyer added his "hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery for anyone who was injured."
Parisen declined to comment outside Stapleton Criminal Court on Wednesday. His attorney said yesterday he has instructed Parisen not to make any statements. As far as the video and the circumstances regarding Parisen's actions in the bar, Harding said he hadn't heard about it and couldn't comment.


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Madison County Sheriff's deputies have captured a 25-year-old man who escaped from custody early Wednesday after being arraigned on an assault charge.
Michael H. Liddle was caught Thursday morning at a house on Wolf Street in Syracuse. Liddle escaped from police just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when he broke after from deputies outside of Stockbridge town court. Liddle was not handcuffed at the time he escaped because he was wearing an arm sling for a prior injury.
Deputies assisted by K-9 dogs, Chittenango, Oneida and state police searched for Liddle. He was spotted this morning in Canastota. Deptuies and police investigators from several agencies tracked Liddle into Syracuse, where he eventually was caught. Liddle was taken to Madison County jail in Wampsville.


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So I haven't written in days! I've been very busy working. Since I am now working at three different jobs, getting myself organized is of paramount importance. My calendar is finely tuned, and so far....so good! I haven't show up at the wrong job yet!
Actually, I feel like a new chapter is turning. Since a new school year started this week, I am looking at it as another new beginning. Oh why not? I'm so into that kind of symbolism, and it certainly is an easy way to remember dates!
Okay, so do you realize what it is like to get yourself ready day in and day out? Every night as I am watching Carrie, her friends, and their sexual escapades, I plan my next day. What should I wear? What will the weather be like? What should I wear and pack for the second job? So after preparing for the next day, I feel ready for anything. Especially sleep!
But....and this is big! I also have to plan on banking....Yea, can you believe that one of my jobs does not have Direct Deposit? So....banking, shopping, cleaning, and laundry are all chores that I have schedule. Lordy, if I forget shampoo I am in hot water.
I also work in a treat for myself every week. I may decide to take a day trip....I actually haven't done that one yet, but I'm hoping! Eating out is always an enjoyable option, and spending time with family members is great too! My next week's treat is purchasing Janet Evanovich's new book, Lean Mean Thirteen. Okay, I'm a sucker for mysteries and totally lose myself in them. I've been promising myself this treat for at least a month now. So I'm getting anxious, and I'm running out of reading material.
Other news is that the house is back on the market. Still hoping for a quick sale, but realistically I know that isn't going to happen. I'm content where I am for the time being, but I know that I want to move back to my hometown and live near where I work. Summer is almost over and I want to make plans for next summer so that I won't be dealing with the financial difficulties I've had to handle and .....Selfishly, I want a vacation too!
Oh, the other day, I witnessed the strangest incident. I was driving to work (Job # 3) there was a very young child meandering in the middle of the road. He was running away from his caregiver, and cars were screeching to a halt and people were gawking! As I got closer, I planned on pulling over and trying to catch him. Just at that time, I saw a young lady stop the car in the middle of the road....and there were a number of cars behind her too! She just stopped - got out - and grabbed the little tike, and oh, he fought! I watched as she talked to him calmly and got him under control and then carried him back to his caregiver. It was a marvel to witness. Every day it seems I see these random acts of kindness from total strangers and just warms my heart.
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The STOP-DWI program is launching a new media campaign to help raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving.
Sheriff Joe Gerace, Chautauqua County STOP-DWI coordinator, announced recently that Chautauqua County will be participating in a statewide media campaign to keep the issue at the forefront of the public's mind.
The STOP-DWI program is spearheaded by the NYS STOP-DWI Foundation Inc., through funding from the Governor's Highway Safety Committee. The campaign will include TV ad spots, radio PSAs, updated pamphlets and an updated website, which can be found at www.stopdwi.org.
"These public awareness and education materials will go a long way in helping with our traffic safety efforts and lifesaving mission," said Gerace. "This public awareness effort coincides with the STOP-DWI crackdown effort, which is a statewide DWI enforcement effort that targets key holidays throughout the year."
For more information, contact Sheriff Gerace at 753-4900.


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The Tucumcari Police Department will try to use new programs and equipment to offset crime in the new year, but police still say help from the community is their biggest asset in fighting crime.
The department has a new record keeping program, a new phone system, and will soon receive new patrol cars, said Police Chief Roger Hatcher.
"These new systems and programs will allow the department to better serve the community," Hatcher said.
Another program is the assignment of an officer to Tucumcari High School, starting Jan. 5, to provide a police presence, Hatcher said.
"There were two shooting incidents that involved teenagers in 2008," Hatcher said. "This is why we feel that having an officer in the high school is so important. Having the officer there to interact and communicate with the students may curb and change their perception of the police."
Hatcher said that he is also looking into starting a cadet program to attract youth to careers in law enforcement.
"This is a job that you can do anywhere, they are always hiring," Hatcher said. "Training in law enforcement can increase your skills and job worth in the work field."
But the one tool that is the most effective in police work is having the community's assistance, Hatcher said.
The department worked a lot of vandalism (138) and burglary, larceny and theft (282) calls this year, according to police records. Vandalism ranged from shooting out car windows and store front windows to graffiti.
Since April, there has been one case of vandalism every three days, the call records show.
A comparison of 2007 and 2008 call records could not be made because the old system is not compatible with a new record keeping system installed at the department in April, Hatcher said.
"The community is the eyes and ears of the department," Hatcher said. "It will take a combination of police work and efforts from the community to curb these types of crimes. The public can help by being aware of what is going on in their neighborhoods."


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If you won the 500 million dollar power ball...........
What would you do?
We would pay off all our medical and school debt (the only debt we have).
Get much needed upgrades in our vehicles (we owe nothing on our cars).
Actually BUY a house instead of rent and basically invest and live like we do now.
We'd help out some friends and family. Unknown to them, adopt a family or two to bestow some money on they did not know where came from.
Give to our church and favorite charities.
I would want a real bed room set instead of the mismatch stuff we have now but really would not go hog wild with the money.
Wish someone like us could win, who really, really needs it.
I think I'd have dental work too. We have not had dental insurance and I need dental work, and I wish I could afford it, but even with the insurance we just got for dental we can't afford a dentist and we don't qualify for anything that could help with dental assistance.
I would buy a house on land so I could work my horse more and spend time with her (don't get much time since I board her and have a son now), I would buy a new truck since my two door car is a pain for getting my son in and out of, pay off medical bills, go clothes shopping, give a lot of it to my mom to help her out financially and for medical bills, help out my sisters, give to charities such as the ASPCA and donate to lots of other animal charities, shelters, etc.and a lot more stuff..
i would be happy to win 5,000 so i could get a car and buy my baby the things he needs and some toys
pay off student loans credit cards
put 10 g's in savings
take a vacation to Rome
put the rest in saving account for kids college
All the normal stuff...paying bills, mortgage, helping family...etc. I would buy a little house by the beach in Hawaii. I want a hammock in the backyard right on the beach. Then my family and I would be world traveling fools! LOL
Buy the home we love
Buy another car
Take care of my grandparents
Pay my sisters college off
Invest for kids college
Save the rest.
First, pay off $12,000 in student loans. Then get a new house. I don't need a mansion, just something comfortable, clean, and nice. I'd pay off our truck, and take a vacation to first Alaska, then Bora Bora. After that, I'd give to a worthy cause, probably help out some family, and save/invest the rest.


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A quick quiz on campaign funding
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Who do you think should be allowed to donate to the Yes and No campaigns in the independence referendum?
A - £10 from a Scottish student studying in France?
B - £50 from a Scots-born resident of Manchester?
C - £1 million from a big Tory donor who lives in London?
If you answered A+B, you agree with Yes Scotland's approach to campaign funding – we will only accept large donations from people who can vote in Scotland.
If you answered B+C, you agree with the No Campaign. They want to stop your daughter or son, studying abroad for a few years, from giving even £10 to the Yes campaign.
They want big Tory donors – people who don't live in Scotland or vote in Scotland - to be able to give millions to the No campaign.
There are three things you can do today to make sure there is a level playing field on funding:
1 - Make a one-off donation to Yes Scotland or set up a regular donation.
2 - Contact the No campaign demanding they refuse donations over £500 from people outwith Scotland.
3 - Visit the Yes Scotland online shop and get some of our fantastic Yes merchandise.


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In racing, the most important thing in your car is the engine that gets it around the track. And dirt modified racing is no different. But motors break and they can be costly to fix. A good 467-cubic-inch motor can cost upwards of $40,000. So if you blow a motor at midseason and don't have the money to get a new one, there are usually not many options.
That's the situation that DIRTCar's all-time winningest driver found himself in recently. Alan Johnson blew the motor in his 14j car on June 19 at Brewerton Speedway. At the time he thought he might be done for the summer, but he was able to borrow a motor from his cousin to run the following weekend.
He lost oil pressure in the borrowed motor the following Friday at Brewerton and then broke an axle the next night at Fulton. He knew he only had that motor for one weekend and needed to come up with another one -- and fast.
That's when he contacted Jimmy DeLucia, of Jimmy D's Speed & Machine in Lakeland. Alan had been talking to him about doing a motor, and this seemed like the perfect time.
Alan explained: "Basically, Jimmy had a short block and I took him up the (cylinder) heads, the oil pan, the water pump and a few things like that."
But as is the case with any new power plant, you are never sure what to expect.
" I didn't know for sure how good it was going to be. The heads we had weren't the greatest in the world. But it ran good, I had no complaints. . . . Gotta give him credit. He did a good job with what he had."
Alan debuted the new motor last Friday at the Super DIRTCar Series race at Ransomville Speedway near Niagara Falls. He earned a top-10 finish but was still learning some things about his new engine.
"It felt pretty good. I wasn't accustomed to it. I had nowhere near enough gear to it."
After a so-so effort in the time trials the next night at Fulton Speedway, Alan decided to make a big change. "After time trials I was not too good. I think 26th or something. I knew we had to do something. So we stuck a ton of gear in it and, boy, it really ran."
By way of explanation, more gear (higher gear ratio) makes a motor turn more RPMs, whereas less gear makes an engine turn less. On a bitey track, you put more gear in the car and then take it away as the track slickens.
The gear change made all the difference as Alan went on to win his heat race and took the lead for good on lap 34 of the 100-lap event. But the extra gear he put in the car, which helped him early, wasn't helping as the race wore on.
"It probably hurt a little bit at the end. Because like I said we put a ton of gear in it and we were turning it (the motor) pretty high. It was slick the whole race, but toward the end it started to slow down a little bit. .¤.¤. My tires were heating up, the track was going away and I could tell I was quite a bit slower that last lap than I was the first."
But Alan was able to hold off Jimmy Phelps to record career win No. 361 thanks to a new person in his life, some spare parts and some pretty good driving skills.
This weekend Alan and his Super DIRTCar Series brothers will head north of the border for The Great Canadian Tour. They have four shows in four nights beginning tonight at Brockville, Ontario, Speedway.
As for Alan, his 14j will rest for the weekend as he will be driving for car owner Wallace Stacey all four nights, and that pieced-together power plant will live to race another day -- as will Alan Johnson.
Doug Elkins can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com. For the latest racing interviews, videos and photos, check out his Web site at www.dougsdirtdiary.com


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Syracuse, NY -- For the second time this week a judge has lowered bail for a former city police officer charged with providing drugs to juveniles.
Fredrick Baunee appeared before State Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti today after being arrested Tuesday on nine felony counts of second-degree criminal sale of marijuana and eight misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Assistant District Attorney Cindi Newtown told Brunetti that Baunee is accused of selling marijuana to nine different children between June 1 and Sept. 24.
She also claimed Baunee was having six of those children sell marijuana on his behalf to other youths.
Brunetti concluded the bail set Tuesday by Camillus Town Judge Stephen Poli of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond was excessive. Brunetti lowered the bail to $10,000 cash or bond.
The marijuana charges are Class D felonies carrying a prison sentence of up to seven years for each count.
After his appearance before Brunetti, Baunee was expected to be taken to Syracuse City Court to face arraignment on a probation violation charge stemming from the new arrest.


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'Avatar' stuns Hollywood with $1 billion worldwide in 17 days
Do you doubt that "Avatar" can pass "Titanic's" domestic record of $600 million? After a spectacular holiday frame where "Avatar" keeps smashing one record after another it seems more likely by the day. The film's latest achievement? James Cameron's acclaimed epic has now made over $1 billion worldwide in only 17 days. This is remarkable as only four other films, "Titanic," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and "The Dark Knight" have hit that amazing milestone. And considering the "Return of the King's" No. 2 mark is only $1.119 billion it won't take "Avatar" long to pass it.
For the weekend, "Avatar" grossed $68.3 million in the U.S. for a new cume of $352.1 million. Worldwide, the total now stands at a staggering $1.018 billion.
During the week between Christmas and New Year's, "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel" consistently placed right behind "Avatar," while Warner Bros.' "Sherlock Holmes" slid into third and seemed to be losing some momentum. Further investigating will find, however, that "Holmes" made a comeback over the New Year's weekend with $38.4 million and a new domestic total of $140.7 million. The Robert Downey, Jr. hit should finish past $200 million when all is said and done. Oh, and a new franchise is born.
"Alvin" deux isn't doing too badly, though. The "Squeakuel" found another $36.6 million over the holiday weekend for a new cume of $157.3 million. There is very little family film competition in January so the CG animation/live action hybrid should keep raking in the dough for some time.
Holding steady in fourth was "It's Complicated" with another $18.7 million and $59.1 million so far. Depending on how awards season goes, "Complicated" could end up north of $100 million after all the ballots are tabulated.
Rounding out the top five was Sandra Bullock's "The Blind Side." The small town phenomenon hasn't slowed down as it found yet another $12.6 million over the frame. More importantly, "Blind" side passed the $200 million mark becoming one of the true sleeper hits of 2009 and cementing Bullock's comeback status as America's reigning cinematic sweetheart. [Editor's note: For a complete look at the Top Ten Blockbusters of 2009, click here.]
In sixth place, "Up in the Air" grossed $11.4 million for a new total of $45 million. The low budgeted Jason Reitman comedy quietly found an audience as it expanded nationwide over the holidays.
Here's the top ten for the weekend according to Box Office Mojo. Final tallies are released on Monday.
1. "Avatar," $68.3 million, $352.1 million to date.
2. "Sherlock Holmes," $38.4 million, $140.6 million to date.
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," $36.6 million, $157.3 million to date.
4. "It's Complicated," $18.7 million, $59.1 million to date.
5. "The Blind Side," $12.7 million, $209 million to date.
6. "Up in the Air," $11.4 million , $45 million to date.
7. "The Princess and the Frog," $10 million, $86 million to date.
8. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?", $5.2 million, $25.6 million to date.
9. "Nine," $4.3 million, $14 million to date.
10. "Invictus," $4.1 million, $30 million to date.


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Residents of a Lilburn,
Ga. neighborhood got quite a shock last Sunday as a military Black Hawk
helicopter made an emergency landing in their community.
Stacey Schrader told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution she and her family were returning from church when they saw two military Black Hawk helicopters in a field across from her house.
"Our neighbors were home when it happened," Schrader told AJC. "They said the helicopter seemed to lose control just about 5 feet above the pine tree at the corner of our house."
Neighbors said the aircraft bounced a few times before settling on the ground.
Gwinett County police said a helicopter used by the Georgia National Guard made the emergency landing after a cockpit warning light came on. No injuries were reported and a second helicopter landed in the field to provide assistance.
The pilots were able to fly the helicopters back to the City National Guard Center.
"I guess they fixed it," Schrader said. "But coming home to a military helicopter across from the house is quite odd."


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Dozens of New Tech Academy sophomores at Wayne High School - participated in defense engineering workshops on Wednesday.
In its second year, the New Tech Academy program at Wayne High School is centered around science, technology, engineering and math project based learning.
New Tech Academy Director Liz Bryan hopes project based learning will make education relevant to every student's future goals.
"I really enjoy math and science and I thought that engineering was cool because you can help other people with what you're design and creating," said New Tech Academy 10th Grader Alyssa Ringswald.
Right now, 192 freshman and sophomores attend New Tech Academy.
In the 10th grade, engineers and other science, technology and math based guest speakers visit classrooms.
However, in the 11th grade, students will begin job shadowing.
"We are trying to create those partnerships with our community, so that we open those opportunities for our kids to actually be in those facilities, in those buildings, in that industry," said New Tech Academy Director Liz Bryan.
Defense engineers from Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon spent Wednesday afternoon at New Tech Academy.
Students learned military applications for familiar mobile devices.
"Cell phones and the iPads and how it helps out with our troops. I thought that was really neat if we could create something more upgraded and better that could help them," said Ringswald.
"Simple stuff like how they put different things in the newer inventions and stuff like that. That's part of what I want to do since like the fifth grade," said New Tech Academy 10th Grader Dion Walker.
They also learned about a million dollar fully operational unmanned aerial spy plane.
"They can use UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to actually detect enemies. He was telling us how they can detect a sniper and even what they're saying to their troops," said New Tech Academy 10th Grader Tyler Neaville.
Another highlight was finding out local defense engineers - earn an average of $60,000 dollars.
"I was a bit surprised. I didn't think engineers made that much money," said New Tech Academy 10th Grader Jason Cromwell.
"When I get to see what I could be doing, it motivates me to wanna do better in school instead of just slacking, you know I'm gonna do this when I'm older. But if I actually see this, it's like man I gotta get these grades, I gotta get there," continued Cromwell.
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How to Tape Drywall With a Banjo
Speedy, trouble-free taping is easy with this pro tool
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
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Drywall taping banjo.
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- Drywall paper tape
- Joint compound


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Futaba Servo Gear Set (BLS251)
If you need just the individual plastic gears, A Main Hobbies has those too. They come in a package of 15 (5 each) and are a direct OEM replacement. I had to change out the 1st and 2nd gears in my BLS251 and used that set. They say "S9251" and "S9256" but they work just fine. Use part number FUTM3502 in A Main's search finder.


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– From University of Oregon Athletics
MORAGA, Calif. - Oregon opened its road trip with a commanding 100-71 victory over Saint Mary's on Sunday afternoon at McKeon Pavilion.
Oregon is now 8-2 on the season with just one non-conference contest remaining, while the Gaels fall to 5-7.
The Ducks had six players in double figures on Sunday afternoon, led by Nia Jackson's first career double-double. The Seattle native score 17 points and dished a career-high 11 assists, becoming the first UO player to record double figures in assists since Corrie Misuzawa on Feb. 5, 2005.
Junior forward Amanda Johnson led the Ducks in scoring with 19 points - her 13th consecutive game in double figures dating back to last season, and also led UO with seven rebounds. Victoria Kenyon and Nicole Canepa produced season highs as Kenyon knocked down three 3-pointers in route to a 16-point performance and Canepa poured in 11 points off the bench.
Junior forward Jasmin Holliday added 13 points, while senior guard Kristi Fallin scored 10 and knocked down two baskets from long distance.
UO's bench once again outscored its opponents reserves, 35-12.
The Ducks shot 44.4 percent (35-79) from the floor and a season-best 81.8 percent (18-of-22) from the free-throw line.
Oregon also drained a season-high tying 12 3-pointers, shooting a season best 50.0 percent (12-of-24) from 3-point range.
The Ducks forced Saint Mary's into 30 turnovers, scoring 45 points off the Gaels' errors.
Louella Tomlinson led SMC with 19 points and seven blocks as the Gaels shot 46.7 (23-of-52) from the floor.
After a 24-4 run to end the half, Oregon led 45-28 at the break with Kenyon leading the way with 10 points while Jackson totaled six assists.
Oregon forced the Gaels into 23 first half turnovers, scoring 36 of its 45 first-half points off Saint Mary's miscues.
The Ducks knocked down six first-half 3-pointers and were a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line.
Oregon had a large contingent of fans in the stands, including the Pit Crew, who came out to support the Ducks in Moraga.
Oregon returns to action on Tuesday visiting the Santa Clara Broncos. The Ducks lead the all-time series, 9-2, and last played SCU on Nov. 24, 2009, picking up an 88-71 victory in Eugene. Johnson and Canepa each scored 19 points in that game.
UO will return to action on Friday, Dec. 31, to open Pac-10 play at Arizona.
The Ducks return to Eugene on Thursday, Jan. 6, to play their final series at McArthur Court as Washington State visits Eugene.
Oregon will play the final UO game at Mac Court on Saturday, Jan. 8 with the Washington Huskies in town.
The Ducks will host "Throwback Night" at Mac Court on Jan. 8, and fans will be able to pick up a $5 off coupon at any BI-Mart, Carl's Jr., or Oregon Community Credit Union Eugene/Springfield location to receive $5 off a reserved ticket.
Notes: Amanda Johnson opened the scoring with the 90th 3-pointer of her career, her 92 career 3-pointers rank 10th all-time…Deanna Weaver made her first appearance after missing UO's last two games due shin splints…Ariel Thomas is still out and is listed as day-to-day…Victoria Kenyon reached double figures for the first time this season scoring a season-high 16 points…Jackson set a new career high with 11 assists, recording the first double-double of her career adding 17 points…her 11 assists ties for 10th in Oregon single-game history…Oregon set season high in free-throw percentage (81.8, 18-22) and 3-point field goal percentage (50.0, 12-24) and also tied a season high with 12 baskets from long distance…Amanda Johnson has now recorded 13 consecutive double-figure scoring games, while Jackson extends her streak to 11…Holliday has recorded double figures in four consecutive game and Fallin is now at five….the Ducks have reached triple digits in three games this season.


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A lousy couple of sports days for the city of Seattle ended on Sunday night with that city's Major League Soccer Sounders lying flat on their backs, and Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter offering this:
"If there's a fight, we're up for a fight. There's no problem with that. ... If it needs to be a fight, then we have no problem ... we're not going to back down."
It was Portland 1, Seattle 0 — by TKO.
The Timbers are tied for most points in the MLS. If you're wondering what chance this team — with a league-leading 14 draws — might have to win the whole thing, I'd offer that Sunday's game was a perfect example of why Portland is exactly the kind of team everyone in the playoffs should fear.
They'll fight. They're in every game. And their possession-style offense feels especially advantageous when the opponent is playing tight, afraid their season might end.
On Sunday, leading by a single goal and facing an agonizing five minutes of stoppage time, the Sounders had a series of point-blank shots on the Timbers' goal. It went: Save-Crossbar-Save. Bodies were everywhere, feet were flailing. The ball behaved like a boomerang.
"Your heart goes in your stomach," Porter said.
Also he said, "I knew we were going to
Sunday's game marked the 100th MLS game for the Timbers franchise. In prior years, with the ball flying around the home
goal in stoppage time, bad things happened. Games were lost, wins turned into draws. Back then, clinging to a 1-0 lead and the clock melting, instead of expecting the ball to
find the crossbar, everyone waited for what they surely knew would be an
equalizer, a collective groan, and a long drive home.
The Timbers weren't winners in the first couple of years. But they are today. Mostly because they're led by Porter, who is so persuasive, clever and driven he could probably end the government shutdown in 90 minutes if you left him alone in a room with the politicians.
The guy has the kind of range great leaders have.
I've run into Porter twice away from the soccer field in the last year. Once, he was at the movie theater with two of his three young children, unshaven, waiting to watch a cartoon. We talked about animated movies, soccer and children while his sons, Colin, 5, and Jake, 3, climbed up his legs.
The second time, about two weeks ago, I saw Porter in rush-hour traffic. I looked over and saw Porter driving beside me, on his way home, his sedan stopped, frowning, his eyes locked on the road, with one hand on the wheel, one hand on his brow. I rolled down my window. He looked over and rolled his down.
The exchange went like this:
Coach: "How are you?"
Columnist: "You look like you have heavy soccer stuff on your mind."
Coach: "Always."
Traffic moved. Windows rolled up. Hand back on temple.
Portland has enough talent. It has plenty of character. It has the right ownership, and the right coach. Given that Portland has fewer losses (5) than any other team in MLS, the question shouldn't be, "Can the Timbers win it all?" but "Why shouldn't they?"
The evidence is everywhere. Two regular-season games left. Then, the Timbers have a puncher's chance in the playoffs.
When Porter was hired, he vowed that the Timbers wouldn't play little brother to Seattle any longer. He promised that the smaller market team would own big days such as Sunday. This is a guy who has had a plan all along.
Porter spent the early part of the season reminding his red-hot team that they hadn't accomplished anything and didn't have a trophy to show for it. He spent the middle part of the season challenging his players, and unifying them. Now, he's telling the Timbers players that they are capable of doing anything they decide they want to do.
He's telling them, "I believe in you guys."
And they believe him.


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency today announced the disaster declarations for a dozen New Jersey counties hit hard by last month's nor'easter have been expanded to Warren and Atlantic counties.
"It's good, because then we stay on the radar, of being an area that has constant flooding," Warren County Freeholder Director Everett A. Chamberlain said. "So that means that hopefully we get assistance when (flooding) does happen."
Chamberlain also said the declaration would call attention to the concerns by county residents over upstate New York reservoirs that they partially blame for flooding in their Delaware River communities. Residents have complained that the reservoirs, while conserving water for New York City, can during heavy storms overflow and dump on Delaware River communities downstream in New Jersey.
During the floods of 2004, 2005 and 2006, Chamberlain toured hard-hit areas of Warren, the same as three different New Jersey governors. In 2004, a wayward cottage floated down the Delaware and struck the Phillipsburg Free Bridge, eliciting oohs and ahs from gawkers holding camcorders.
Chamberlain said that although the damage last month wasn't nearly as bad as in the three prior floods, there were flooded homes in Harmony and Knowlton townships. Blairstown's downtown also was waterlogged.
"We had some houses flooded," Chamberlain said. "All the relief we can get is good ... They applied (for FEMA funding). You never know. Hopefully, you get it."
Last month, business owners or residents in Bergen, Camden, Burlington, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties became eligible for federal flood aid.
Under the latest public assistance declaration, federal funds will be made available to public entities in Warren and Atlantic counties sustaining losses from flooding and other damages, according to a news release from New Jersey's two U.S. senators, Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg.
"This expanded assistance is much-welcomed, and will be extremely beneficial to towns and public entities in New Jersey that are facing losses from last month's storm," Menendez said in a statement today.
"Towns in Atlantic and Warren counties today received a needed boost in federal aid to help them continue their recovery from last month's devastating storm," added Lautenberg, while calling on President Bush to expand the disaster relief across the entire state.
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We arrived in the Rarotonga (Cook Islands) safe and sound, after a tedious night flight from LA, which included a stop in Tahiti for a few hours. With the time difference and lack of sleep on the flight, we were pretty tired out when we arrived Sure that you all feel for us, the fact we're on a paradise Island!?!? It was raining on arrival though, which is never a good start either!
The Island of Rarotonga is smaller than we expected and can drive around it in 20 minutes. So the 12 days ahead of us (that being the original plan anyway!) to explore the place, should be enough! We were booked for the first 2 nights in the Tiare Village hostel. It was situated on the fringes of the rainforest and surrounded by palms tree and lots of greenery. This is all very lovely, but this kind of surrounding, come with a downside..
Well, as it decided to rain for the first 2 days (literally pissed it down!!)so we enjoyed very lazy days. We were pretty much the only people at the Tiare village, so socializing was not an option. Dan did however crack us some Coconuts, which were very nice and FREE! We were fairly close to the main township of Rarotonga (Avarua), which is no more than just a few shops and cafes, along with a small port. A few hours will cover everything there is to do in the capital!... Due to the fact the Cook Islands get all their food shipped in from New Zealand, makes buying even basic food, very expensive!! Well, just to keep the rainy days interesting, we had the first spider experience of the trip. It was loitering in the shower and all was kept surprisingly calm. It was an ugly black spider and slightly bigger than the biggest you get in the UK. Needless to say, our quaint opinion of the Tiare village was instantly quashed. Least it had happened on the last day!!
After 2 days of rain we moved on, sporting plenty of bites! We were even more tired from the fact that, there were things scurrying around in the tin roof above our heads all night
Well!!... By the fourth day it hadn't really stopped raining for more than a few hours and Lou was worrying about the lack of tan!, so it was decision time... Some others in the hostel decided to change their flights to leave a week early and go to Fiji. We weighed it all up. We looked at the fact that it's so much more expensive here, Fiji's weather was better and rain was forecast in Rarotonga for another week. The other problem was the fact that there is only 1 flight a week to Fiji. So it was either leave this Saturday, or have to stay for another week. As nice as it is here, the choice was made to change our flight and move to Fiji early..
We made our last day worth while by hiring out a moped and touring the island. We at least felt we had seen a lot of what there was to see before our premature departure. Our flight out to Fiji is at 1am on Sat. The mind blowing bit about it, is the fact we cross the date line and will be 3am on Sunday morning when we arrive!! I don't think we were destined to sleep much here!!! So fingers crossed that Fiji will be better weather and more within our budget. We'll let you know how we get on. Take care all and keep mailing us, it's great to hear from you all. Lots of love x x x
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Jessica M. 'Jes' Noel
Jessica M. "Jes" Noel, 34, Altoona, died Tuesday at UPMC Altoona after a brief illness.
She was born in Altoona, daughter of Eugene Noel and Pamela Ashburn. She married Tyler R. Musselman on March 17, 2014, at home.
Surviving are her parents of Altoona; her husband; three children: McKayla Noel and Trent and Bryce Musselman, all at home; a brother, Nicholas Noel of Altoona; two sisters: Hope Kephart of Martinsburg and Jes' twin sister, Jennifer Clark, of Altoona; her parents-in-law, Thomas and Leslie Musselman of Altoona; her stepfather, Thomas Ashburn of Altoona; and her grandfather-in-law, Charles Musselman.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents: Robert and Catherine Zupon and Thomas and Effie Mae Noel.
Jes was a 1997 graduate of Altoona Area High School. She had been a waitress at Kings Family Restaurant for many years and most recently had been employed as a consultant for Ambit Energy. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Assembly of God, Altoona.
Jes enjoyed camping, making crafts, gardening, spending time outdoors and being the wonderful mother she was.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Pleasant Valley Assembly of God, 801 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. by Pastor Jim Balzano. Interment will be at Blair Memorial Park, Bellwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Home Nursing Agency Hospice, 201 Chestnut Ave., P.O. Box 352, Altoona, PA 16603, in Jes' memory.
Arrangements are by The Stevens Mortuary Inc., 1421 Eighth Ave., Altoona.


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NORTHAMPTON - Lawyers for some of the defendants in the Phoebe Prince case are upset about a PowerPoint presentation by the Northwestern District Attorney's Office on cyber bullying that they said depicts the six teenagers awaiting trial.
Cynthia Boyle, the office's outreach director, has been giving the presentation to 7th- and 8th-grade classes in the area as part of its efforts to inform students about bullying, according to Alfred Chamberland. Chamberland represents Flannery Mullins, one of three former South Hadley High School students facing charges as both juveniles and youthful offenders. Three others have been arraigned as adults.
The six teens are charged with a range of crimes, including criminal harassment and civil rights violations, in connection with Prince, a 15-year-old high school freshman who took her life on Jan. 14. Investigators said Prince hanged herself after a campaign of relentless bullying. Her suicide and the subsequent charges filed by Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel launched the issue of bullying onto the national stage.
In Franklin Hampshire Juvenile Court on Thursday, Chamberland and co-counsel Erica Cushna told Judge Daniel Swords they wanted prosecutor Elizabeth Dunphy Farris to produce the presentation so they can view it themselves. Dunphy Farris said she had no knowledge that the defendants are cited in the PowerPoint presentation. She described Boyle as an outreach coordinator who has been working with area students on bullying.
On Friday, Chamberland said he was contacted by a person who works at Frontier Regional School who said she saw one of the presentations in November. The woman, whom Chamberland did not name, told him one of the slides depicted the six defendants and that Boyle mentioned them by name, calling them "the face of bullying in Western Massachusetts."
Boyle could not be reached for comment Friday. Dunphy Farris did not return a telephone call about the presentation.
Michael Jennings, the attorney for Kayla Narey, another former student charged in the case, said he has also heard about the presentation.
"If it's true, it raises all kinds of ethical and Constitutional questions," he said, "including a right to a fair trial."
Colin Keefe, who represents former student Sharon Velazquez, said such a presentation could have an impact on the cases of the six teens.
"I have very serious concerns about it," he said.
Velazquez and Ashley Longe are the others two defendants charged as youthful offenders. Sean Mulveyhill, Austin Renaud and Narey have been charged as adults. None of those charged are still enrolled at South Hadley High School.
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NORTHAMPTON - Lawyers for some of the defendants in the Phoebe Prince case are upset about a PowerPoint presentation by the Northwestern District Attorney's Office on cyber bullying that they said depicts the six teenagers awaiting trial.


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Appleman Bicycles is ecstatic to be featured in Twin Cities Business Monthly! Christy DeSmith wrote an article about the booming Minneapolis bike scene and the custom framebuilders at the forefront. The article highlights Peacock Groove who has created a framebuilding epicenter in South Minneapolis. Appleman Bicycles shares workshop space with Peacock Groove, Vincent Dominguez Cycles, and Speedhound Bikes.


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Thirteen Days
- Directed by Roger Donaldson
===Story=== When released in December 2000, ''Thirteen Days'' was pummeled for taking liberties with the facts of the Cuban missile crisis and smothering its compelling drama with phony Boston accents by its primary stars. More tolerant critics hailed it as one of the year's best films, and that's the opinion to believe for anyone who enjoys taut, intelligent political thrillers. For those too young to relate directly to the timeless urgency of the crisis that played out over 13 days in October 1962, ''Thirteen Days'' joins the classic TV treatment ''The Missiles of October'' (1973) as an intense and thought-provoking study of leadership under pressure. The film (and costar-coproducer Kevin Costner) drew criticism for fictionally enhancing the White House role of presidential aide Kenneth O'Donnell, but while Costner's Boston accent may be grating, his fine performance as O'Donnell offers expert witness to the crisis, its nerve-wracking escalation, and the efforts of John F. Kennedy (Bruce Greenwood) and Robert F. Kennedy (Steven Culp) to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Russia. While Soviet missiles approach operational status in Cuba, director Roger Donaldson (who directed Costner in ''No Way Out'') cuts to exciting U.S. Navy flights over the missile site, ramping up the tension that history itself provided. Donaldson's occasional use of black and white is self-consciously distracting, and he's further guilty of allowing a shrillness (along with repetitive, ominous shots of nuclear explosions) to invade the urgency of David Self's screenplay. Still, as Hollywood history lessons go, ''Thirteen Days'' is riveting stuff. You may find yourself wondering what might happen if reality presented a repeat scenario under less intelligent leadership. ''--Jeff Shannon'' ===DVD Features=== *Color *Closed-captioned *Widescreen *Dolby
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- Genre: Drama Movies
- Director: Roger Donaldson
- Producer: New Line
- Length: 145 min
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Theatrical Release North America Jan 12, 2001
Ratings North America PG-13 Australia M
DVD Release North America Feb 3, 2004


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i have read so much on these names and how pivotal they were in motivating advisors (bondGuy). where in the heck can i find a cd/tape or video of any of these guys? i would love to pop a cd in on the ride home or at the office to get some motivation but i cant find them anywhere.....any help would be great!
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I have the full 12 CD Masterclass set of Bill Tennison. I got the CD's off of BG's advice a while back. The CD's cover Tennison's complete muni bond sales process as well as his practice management strategies. He was a pretty entertaining guy - easy to see how he was so successful. If anyone is interested in taking them off my hands, PM me and I'm sure we can work something out. Not all of his strategies are still relevant today, but the majority of his techniques are evergreen.
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Couldn't we burn them and distribute?


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