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I'm mixing things up over here today by participating in a link-up. Not my usual schtick, but y'all know I'm trying to be more of a joiner these days, and that extends to Blogland, too. For the link-up, participants write about a specific running-related topic once a month and share their posts on Amanda's blog. This month's topic: my proudest running moment.
In the four and a half years that I've been running, I've had lots of great moments. A new year's resolution took me from not running at all to completing my first 5k. I worked my way up to a 10k, half marathon, and full marathon by the end of that year. There are over 40 races to my name now. I hit the ground running and never stopped! But even when I think about some of my big achievements and challenging races, pride isn't the emotion that comes to mind. There's really only one that makes me feel proud – The Big D Half Marathon in 2013.
It wasn't a personal record or a new distance for me. In fact, I ran it in 2011 (as the first half I ran by myself) and the full in 2012 (as my first solo full), but the 2013 race makes me swell with pride because it was my best friend Mary Beth's first half marathon. (You can read the recap I wrote right afterwards here.)
Running came into our lives at the same time, and we completed our first 5k together in the spring of 2010. I kept on running while Mary Beth focused on other goals. After becoming a mommy, earning her doctorate, and while working full time, she decided that she wanted to run her first half marathon. (See! Total badass!) Even with everything going on in her life, she got serious about running. For months, she pounded the pavement working her way up to being half marathon ready.
Stephen and I made the trip from El Paso to Dallas just for the race. He ran the race on his own, while Mary Beth, her life-long friend Charlotte, and I ran together at MB's pace.
Since this was my third time on this course and my tenth half marathon, I felt like an old pro. In my mind, I was the sage old running coach. Truthfully though, Mary Beth didn't need any running wisdom from me. She was so well-trained and so determined. I felt more like a witness to her big achievement than anything else.
Thinking back on the race now, I remember most of it as being mostly laughs with the final mile or two being a slog.
We had been on our feet for a while, it was heating up outside, the hills were taking a toll. We were tired! Mary Beth never quit on herself. She was smart and took walk breaks, and she was steadfast. I'm getting verklempt over here thinking about watching Mary Beth run across the finish line! Being there for the moment that she became a half marathoner. It was awesome and inspiring. She had a million good reasons to not even attempt this goal or to give up along the way, but she busted her ass. She earned it. She's setting a great example for her girls about what it means to chase your dreams.
{From 5k (2010) to half marathon (2013).}
I've got a pretty amazing best friend. I'm so proud of her.


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Nicki Minaj, Exploitation, and Vibe Magazine's Unfortunate Juxtaposition
When I'm not tweeting and blogging you can find me hanging out over at The Atlantic. James Fallows, a veteran national correspondent for the magazine, has this great series where he finds unfortunate and/or memorable headline juxtapositions. It's one of my favorite series on any blog or web site.
I thought of Fallow's findings when I clicked on a tweeted link to Vibe Magazine–something I don't think I've ever even done before. Basically, the link was asking if Nicki Minaj's spoof of blackploitation films during her appearance on Saturday Night Live was going "too far." In other words, did she exploit herself or further promote stereotypes of black women (big booties and loud mouths) in her performance.
Having seen the performance in real time, I thought it was fine. First of all, it was nice to see an actual black woman in an SNL skit. Typically, Keenan plays every black female character, so seeing Nicki in a skit was refreshing by itself. Beyond that, I found the skit harmless and certainly funny in moments.
But that's neither here nor there because I barely got through Vibe Magazine's rushed and baiting post before my eye went to the right and felt stirrings of contradiction.
Why discuss whether or not something is exploitative of women when you're using "thick" black women in bikinis and "Not Safe For Work" photos of black women in the nude, and comparing the best "celebrity boobs" to rack up Adbrite and Glam Media checks? Okay that's a dumb question, obviously it must be the money.
I don't expect high quality commentary from celeb gossip sites and magazines, but I have to say there is something fucked up and completely laughable about even attempting to introduce some sort of serious cultural discussion about black womens' bodies on the main section of a page when you have a live feed from Black Tail on the right.
As Fresh would say, girl, I guess.

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A round of applause is in order for the Alabama House of Representatives, which passed a bill last week to give the state Ethics Commission the power to issue subpoenas.
This long-sought power has never gotten a favorable hearing in the House before. That it did this year is an indication lawmakers may actually understand voters' disgust with a nasty rash of corruption in recent years involving all levels of government.
The House's 93-1 vote shifts the burden to the state Senate. Do senators also recognize Alabamians are sick of county commissioners taking payoffs, two-year college officials getting kickbacks and state lawmakers landing in no-work government jobs?
Let's hope so, and let's hope they waste no time signing off on the bill, too.
It's worth noting that almost all of Alabama's recent public corruption prosecutions were brought by federal authorities, and none was launched by the Ethics Commission. We'd argue that is at least partly a reflection of the way lawmakers have historically held back the agency.
Giving the Ethics Commission subpoena power won't guarantee the state agency will suddenly start ginning up felony cases. What it should help ensure is the Ethics Commission won't miss violations of the law because it doesn't have the tools it needs to investigate complaints about public officials and government employees.
That would be good news for taxpayers.
No wonder the House Republican leader, Mike Hubbard, complained about Democrats getting the credit. Hubbard pointed out that state Rep. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, has sponsored similar bills before, but the bill from Rep. Alvin Holmes, a Democrat, was the one that got voted on. "They stole our bill," Hubbard complained.
So what? The important thing isn't who gets the credit, but that the right measures are taken to empower the Ethics Commission.
If the Senate also approves the measure, the Ethics Commission would finally be on level ground with a number of other state regulatory boards and with most other states' ethics watchdog agencies that already have subpoena power.
To be sure, Holmes' subpoena bill does not give the Ethics Commission a blank check. The commission could not use its newfound power in the earliest stages of investigations -- which, we guess, is designed to limit fishing expeditions. In addition, four of the commission's five members along with the agency's director would have to say OK before any subpoenas would be issued.
Still, that is better than the subpoena power the commission now has, which is none at all.


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Updated with additional comments from Wojciewchowski's attorney, Tom R. Pabst.
SAGINAW, MI — The demotion of a Saginaw police sergeant involved in the July 1, 2012, fatal shooting of a homeless man in the city has been overturned as part of a legal settlement.
Anjanette "A.J." Wojciechowski, who retired from the police department April 16, filed a lawsuit in Saginaw County Circuit Court on Nov. 20 claiming the city and three officials unfairly retaliated against her, based on her race. She is white.
Wojciewchowski was demoted in rank from sergeant to patrol officer in September 2012 when the city closed an internal investigation into the July 1 shooting of Hall, a homeless man who had a knife and died in a police standoff. According to Acting Chief Brian Lipe, the supervisor was demoted because she failed to take command of the situation.
Wojciechowski, formerly known as A.J. Tuer, headed the police department's internal affairs division before she was moved to road sergeant in March 2012.
In the lawsuit, Wojciechowski claims City Manager Darnell Earley, Councilman Norman Braddock, and Councilman Amos O'Neal, all of whom are black, violated the state's Whistleblower Protection Act and Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act and harassed her and retaliated against her based on her race.
She agreed to drop her lawsuit and a grievance filed on her behalf by the Command Officers' Association of Michigan in exchange for retirement at the level of police sergeant, back sergeant's pay and the expunging of her record of disciplinary documents related to the July 1 shooting.
- Read the full settlement agreement, received by MLive in response to a Freedom of Information Act request
Mayor Greg Branch declined to comment in detail on why City Council decided to settle the lawsuit, though he said it was the right decision. The council approved the settlement April 15.
"It was a difficult decision," Branch said, "but ultimately it's the one that is in the best interest of the city and the taxpayers."
Because they were named in the lawsuit, O'Neal and Braddock both abstained from voting to approve the deal.
Saginaw city staff declined to comment on the settlement.
The following are some of the major terms agreed to by both parties:
- Wojciewchowski will be returned to the rank of sergeant and required to immediately retire
- The city will expunge from her personnel file any discipline related to her demotion
- Wojciewchowski's leave time will be paid out at a sergeant's rate of pay
- The city will pay the officer back pay, based on the difference between a patrol officer's and a sergeant's rate of pay, from Sept. 21, 2012, and April 17, 2013
- The city will pay Wojciewchowski $2,000 as a cash settlement
- Wojciechowski will receive standard retirement benefits as outlined in the Command Officers Association of Michigan collective bargaining agreement
In another term of the agreement, the former officer agrees to release the city of any liability in any current or future claims. Wojciechowski also agreed to "cooperate with the city and its representatives" in any pending of future claims, grievances, lawsuits or unfair labor practice charges in which she is involved.
Flint attorney Tom R. Pabst, who represented Wojciechowski, said the key for him was clearing any marks from the retiring officer's disciplinary record.
"I give the city credit for doing the right thing," Pabst said. "I think somebody had to take the fall and unfortunately A.J. was the one to take the fall. The major reason I filed this lawsuit was to clear her name."
He estimated that changing Wojciechowski's employment status at retirement back to sergeant could result in "tens of thousands of dollars" more in pension payouts.
"I'm sure it's significant," Pabst said. "The pension payments are based on rank."
Flint attorney H. William Reising, who represented city officials, declined to comment beyond acknowledging that the case has been resolved.
The shooting
Wojciechowski is on record as the command officer on duty July 1, 2012, when six Saginaw police officers shot Hall, who was homeless, as he wielded a knife and acted aggressively in the Riverview Plaza parking lot on West Genesee.
Saginaw County Prosecutor Michael D. Thomas said during a press conference related to his investigation into Hall's death that the six officers shot at Hall a total of 47 times. Eleven of those bullets struck Hall — 10 of which hit Hall's arms and legs, while a fatal one that struck Hall's pancreas.
Thomas, during that press conference, stopped short of ruling the fatal shooting justifiable, stating only that he did not find criminal intent behind the officers' actions.
Disciplinary action
Three Saginaw police officers were disciplined for their actions during the July 1 shooting. Wojciechowski, the supervising command officer at the time, was demoted, and two other officers had written reprimands placed into their files for failing to properly operate in-vehicle audio recording equipment during the incident.
In Wojciechowski's discipline notice, the city states that she was the "senior officer and lone supervisor" at the scene.
"In this situation, you should have removed yourself from the primary contact role and allowed one of the other officers to begin conversation with Hall," the notice states. "You lack the ability to control the scene or to devise a plan on how to resolve the situation. In addition, you could have requested that the shift commander assist with this incident; however, you did not make that request."
Wojciechowski violated the department's General Rules and Rules of Conduct, the notice states.
"Your unsatisfactory performance and failure to supervise the scene will result in a demotion for you to patrolman effective immediately," the notice states.
The lawsuit Wojciechowski filed against the city in November is not her first time being involved in civil lawsuits during her time with the police department.
A federal jury in 2009 awarded $1 million to former Officer Danny T. McDole, who claimed the department and Wojciechowski discriminated against him for his post-traumatic stress disorder and because of his race.
Almost two years later, a federal jury awarded $750,000 to former Officer Patrick C. Shaltry, who claimed that Wojciechowski sexually harassed him and that he was fired because he reported the alleged harassment. The jury didn't find that Wojciechowski sexually harassed Shaltry but decided that the city unlawfully fired Shaltry because of his allegations.
The most recent settlement agreement has been signed by Earley, Command Officers Association of Michigan local President Matt Ward and Wojciechowski. Ward declined to comment.
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Hey President Bush, bring back Cheney and Rumsfeld.........for all of our sakes. Condi's on the job training has gone on long enough. Basta!
"Bush and Condi Clash over Israel; President Overrules Her for the First Time," Insight
State Department sources said Ms. Rice has been repeatedly stymied in her attempts to pressure Israel to end strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon….
The disagreement between Mr. Bush and Ms. Rice is over the ramifications of US support for Israel's continued offensive against Lebanon. The sources said Mr. Bush believes that Israel's failure to defeat Hezbollah would encourage Iranian adventurism in neighboring Iraq. Ms. Rice has argued that the United States would be isolated both in the Middle East and Europe at a time when the administration seeks to build a consensus against Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Instead, Ms. Rice believes the United States should engage Iran and Syria to pressure Hezbollah to end the war with Israel. Ms. Rice has argued that such an effort would result in a US dialogue with Damascus and Tehran on Middle East stability.
Ms. Rice has garnered support from several senior Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee, including chairman Sen. Richard Lugar. Members of the inner circle of Mr. Bush's father, the former president, have also been advocating for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, with subsequent pressure on Israel for a diplomatic settlement with the Palestinians.
Ms. Rice's biggest supporter has been Brent Scowcroft, who served under the first Bush administration as national security advisor. Sources said Mr. Scowcroft, regarded as Ms. Rice's mentor, has been sending messages to his friends in Congress and the White House that US support for the Israeli war could jeopardize relations with Gulf oil suppliers, particularly Saudi Arabia….
Aides for Mr. Cheney have argued that the United States should have targeted Hezbollah and Syria during the war against Iraq in 2003. They said despite US intelligence warnings Hezbollah was allowed to dominate Lebanon and build a formidable force along the Israeli border.
"There was talk of taking care of Hezbollah and Syria, but Condi and [then-Secretary of State Colin] Powell said 'no way. We don't need another front,'" an official said….
But the sources said Mr. Bush has been dismayed by the Israeli failure to defeat Hezbollah. They said several high-ranking Republicans have expressed amazement at the plodding Israeli advance into Lebanon. "One Jewish friend of Bush actually called up a senior Israeli official and began yelling, 'What the hell's going on here,'" a source said. "'Are you going to fight or what?'"
Wait it gets worse............
Annan to Israel: Ask me First
Israel may not shoot back without permission
I f Hizb'allah breaks the ceasefire – as they already have – and shoots at Israeli citizens or population centers, territory or forces, the IDF may in most cases not respond before informing the United Nations Secretary General of the violation, and obtaining his permission to shoot back.This is the expectation of Kofi Annan, as spelled out in a letter from him to the sovereign government of the State of Israel earlier this week. More at iHillary
From TIA Daily; The Tragedy of Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel
The Lebanon War has highlighted the smallness of Israel's current leadership. Ariel Sharon championed the policy of disengagement, but somehow no one can imagine that the famous warrior, now dying, would have botched the last month quite as badly as his successor, Ehud Olmert.
Olmert's waffling indecision about ordering a ground invasion of Lebanon, which was approved, then delayed, then approved, then finally called off after it had already begun, is war leadership that makes Shakespeare's Hamlet look like a take-charge kind of guy. And so the demands for Israel to change its leadership, begun last week, have intensified, not only from the redoubtable Caroline Glick in the right-leaning Jerusalem Post but also, more significantly, in the left-leaning Haaretz, linked to below.
But as Michael Ledeen points out in an excellent column today, the failure in Lebanon is not primarily a personal failing by Israeli and American leaders, nor is it a narrow military, tactical, or political failure. It is a failure, he argues, for the same reason we've had to fight a complex counter-insurgency war in Iraq:
The destruction of Hezbollah requires regime change in Damascus. Security in Iraq and Afghanistan requires regime change in Damascus and Tehran. Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, and Afghanistan are not separate conflicts. They are battlefields in a regional war.
It is this "failure of strategic vision" that prevents our leaders from winning the regional war—because they still think they are trying to manage a series of disconnected local crises.
And as for the architects of the damnable ceasefire?
And the French are applauding as the Hizzies celebrate their victory. But the french public has never seen a Hizzie. All they see is women in hijab weeping.
But the [French] media gleefully report that the war ended in a victory for Hizbullah...but don't mention France's role in handing them that victory.
UPDATE: Olmert is totally losing it. Is he a Hezb'Allah operative or what?
Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling Gaza, says it has received an Israeli offer to free 600 terrorists - mostly women and minors - in exchange for the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit. Full story here


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One was draft first overall and went to a lousy team with a lousy running game and horrific defense. The other was drafted fifth overall and went to a good team with the NFL's No. 1 rushing offense and the league's No. 1 defense. One has been banged up while the other has remained relatively healthy.
However, Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions and Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets will have one thing in common today when the two teams meet at Ford Field.
"I think we have the exact same mindset going into this one -- it's all about getting the win,'' Stafford said. "I don't think it matters if I throw for 500 yards and he threw for 75 and they won the game. It's whoever wins the game who you will say is the better guy. It's not me vs. him at all.''
Stafford and Sanchez are linked because they were the top two quarterbacks selected in the 2009 draft and they met very early on in that process.
"He's a good guy,'' Stafford said. "Through the (scouting) combine and all of that, we were together, we were in situations together and interviews together and all of that stuff so I got to know him a little bit. I don't talk to him every week or anything like that.''
"We became pretty close during the draft process, going through the same stuff and being two highly touted quarterbacks. We were linked through that,'' Sanchez said. "We got a chance to hang out off the field as well.''
The Jets traded up to the No. 5 draft position to get Sanchez, but Sanchez said he never harbored any thoughts that the Lions might take him.
"I thought they were pretty well set on Stafford and I was totally cool with that. I was happy with where I landed,'' said Sanchez, who did make a visit to the Lions before the draft for an additional interview. "They seemed pretty set on Stafford when I went out there.''
To the first-year coaches who selected them, there really wasn't much debate about which direction they would go in.
"In this league, you're not going anywhere unless you have a quarterback,'' said Jets head coach Rex Ryan. "This is quarterback-driving league and we had the retirement of Brett Favre and we knew we needed a young quarterback and you need to be aggressive in making that kind of decision.''
Ryan had more talent to work with on his roster than Jim Schwartz of the Detroit Lions had, but both guys needed to fill that key position.
"Obviously, when you come in to a spot and Schwartz is the same way, usually it doesn't work out well when you take a quarterback with a new head coach -- that's usually a formula that you're not going to be successful with. Usually you're drafting that quarterback for (the next head coach),'' Ryan said. "Both of us knew that we needed quarterbacks and had the courage to draft them. Both of us -- and I'm speaking for Schwartz as well -- we don't want to be average, we want to be great. I know that's what motivated us. We knew we needed a quarterback and were aggressive in doing it.''
Schwartz said it's possible to win in the NFL without a quality quarterback -- it's just a heckuva lot harder.
"You don't have to go very far from the Colts to talk about that,'' said Schwartz, referring to Peyton Manning. "They were missing a lot of guys on offense, Dallas Clark and wide receivers, but they're still able to put points on the board and give your team a chance to win every week because they're so strong in the quarterback position.''
In addition to the quarterbacks, there are a lot of other storylines to this game, including Ryan saying the Lions can't maintain their average of scoring 38 points a game at Ford Field against his "great defense.'' And there's the highly anticipated battle between Lions receiver Calvin Johnson and Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis.
"If I wasn't playing this game, I'd be watching,'' Lions receiver Nate Burleson said. "And it's going to be fun to play in it so I'm excited.''


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Harry and Pam Graham of Bethesda announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Nicole, to Joshua Gregory Hibbs Kemp, son of Greg and Melinda Kemp of Belmont.
The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Union Local High School and a 2008 graduate of Southern Illinois College with a degree in computer information systems. She is employed by MPR in Bellaire.
Her fiance is a 2004 graduate of Union Local High School and Belmont Career Center with a certificate in agriculture and diesel mechanics. He is co-owner of Lofty Meadow Dairy Farm in Belmont.
A Sept. 22 wedding is planned at the James E. Carnes Center in St. Clairsville.


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There's really not much to add about the news Wednesday that this season will be Derek Jeter's last.
Except to say that its perfect timing for the most revered player in the game in the last half-century.
"I want the ability to move at my own pace, see the world and finally have a summer vacation," was part of what the Yankees shortstop said in a prepared statement he released via social media Wednesday.
And at 39, after five World Series championships and 3,316 big-league hits and not so much as a hint of scandal in an era that seems filled with almost nothing but, that Yankees captain has earned that much.Jeter will step back at the completion of the 2014 season and do, well, whatever 39-year-old multi-millionaires with endless opportunities, do.
And he'll do it, no doubt, in that self-possessed, under-the-radar way in which he's always conducted his professional life.
"I want to finally stop the chase," Jeter said.
When you think of Derek Jeter using a phrase like that, it takes you back to moments like that all-out, body-disregarding dive 10 years ago this summer into the third-base boxes at Yankee Stadium to somehow flag down a pop foul in the 12th inning of another Red Sox-Yankees donnybrook.
The Yankees won that game in the 13th, by the way, while Jeter was on his way to a hospital for x-rays of his bruised face.
They won that game because of Jeter.
Just like they won the 2001 ALDS against the Oakland A's despite being down 0-2 in the five-game series and looking as if they were about to lose a 1-0 lead late in Game 3.
That all turned around when Jeter made the circus play on the errant throw by Shane Spencer from right field then manufactured the now iconic toss to get Jeremy Giambi at home plate.
From the moment home plate umpire Kerwin Danley raised his fist to call Giambi out, the Yankees were winning that series no matter what.
The Yankees-Mets World Series?
That was who the biggest Yankees star of one of the organization's greatest eras was, a game changer and momentum swinger.
"I have absolutely no regrets," the statement read.
And Jeter shouldn't have any.
And now he's going to retire.
"Baseball started to feel like a job," he explained, referencing age and injuries. "Some of the things that always came easily to me ... started to become a struggle."
So Jeter will hang it up.
But not before adding to his hit total and 13 All-Star appearances and No. 6 ranking all-time in singles hit and double-plays turned. Maybe he will have the opportunity to improve on those 14 postseason series when he hit .350 or better (that's got to be an all-time record, no?).
Over this summer, he'll better his all-time ranking, too, in stats like runs scored (14th) and triples in a career (10th), and hit by pitches (17th).
Whatever Jeter gets on his way out, he deserves; that from someone who is not taken with the new victory-lap, last-season sort of approach, a la Mariano Rivera.
He has been a model.
An actual famous athlete who kids could look up to.
Either you get the whole "Derek Jeter Thing," or you don't.
Either the guaranteed first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee is the incarnation of just about everything positive in baseball in your eyes, or he is something less than that.
Wherever you fall, however, there are some Jeter traits that are not up for debate.
If you are a lover of the game you will always remember him for simply showing up every day and working hard at a very high level.
For running out ground balls even in lopsided games, and hitting behind runners in close ones; for sliding hard and turning double plays fearlessly.
For going back on pops from the shortstop position as well as anyone ever did, and for never saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment.
And for being Mr. Clutch just about all the time.
But there's more.
Can you remember in all these years a photo of Derek Jeter that was taken in a rowdy club in the wee hours of the morning, or hear of him taking a poke at an obnoxious drunk?
"His parents raised him right," is a phrase Joe Torre usually slipped into those long afternoon dugout conversations about his shortstop.
And that may be the most important factor in his personality.
Despite all the privilege and glory, not to mention temptation, Jeter has consistently done the right thing by himself, the Yankees, the game, and New York.
That's why it is at least one observer's take that when he is gone at the end of this season, baseball in this town will never be the same in the way that it changed forever when Ruth and DiMaggio and Mantle and Mays left the stage.


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As Gordon waited for Morgan to arrive, she helped lead the class in a role-playing exercise about the right and wrong ways to handle whenever they get bad service at a restaurant. Learning how to resolve conflicts in a civilized manner is among numerous lessons taught in the program which meets each Tuesday for 33 weeks at Kalamazoo's Milwood Elementary School.
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The Mercer Island Friends of the Library are preparing for their Spring Book Sale starting this Thursday and running through Sunday, March 30. This year, I've decided to help out as a volunteer so decided to attend the Friends quarterly meeting.
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Regarding FOL as a national organization, they've folded in with United for Libraries to promote libraries and reading and help start local FOL groups.
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Skip to comments."Real, Original" Data Posted at CRU Site
Posted on 11/28/2009 7:14:48 PM PST by Sneakyuser
Wheres the data? 27 November 2009
Much of the discussion in recent days has been motivated by the idea that climate science is somehow unfairly restricting access to raw data upon which scientific conclusions are based. This is a powerful meme and one that has clear resonance far beyond the people who are actually interested in analysing data themselves. However, many of the people raising this issue are not aware of what and how much data is actually available.
Therefore, we have set up a page of data links to sources of temperature and other climate data, codes to process it, model outputs, model codes, reconstructions, paleo-records, the codes involved in reconstructions etc. We have made a start on this on a new Data Sources page, but if anyone has other links that weve missed, note them in the comments and well update accordingly.
The climate science community fully understands how important it is that data sources are made as open and transparent as possible, for research purposes as well as for other interested parties, and is actively working to increase accessibility and usability of the data. We encourage people to investigate the various graphical portals to get a feel for the data and what can be done with it. The providers of these online resources are very interested in getting feedback on any of these sites and so dont hesitate to contact them if you want to see improvements.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclimate.org ...
The problem is more than just access to raw data. It is knowing which data has been used in which papers. It is knowing how the data has been manipulated and the justification of that manipulation. This is particularly true in a field that requires as much statistical analysis as paleoclimatology.
Replication of results is key to the scientific method. Data and data analysis should be released with all published papers.
It should be released when requested for academic study. And it should definitely be released when demanded under the FOIA.
Comment by JPSobel 27 November 2009 @ 9:59 PM
Just a question. Is there anywhere one can view the purloined emails to form ones own opinion about how damaging they may be? I am deeply concerned for example by Monbiots opinions on the content and would like to judge for myself. Thanks.
[Response: The easiest way is through here. But some of the emails are strangely truncated, not sure why.
Please note that these are illegally obtained, though curiosity is a powerful driver.... - gavin]
Comment by Dr. Alan Keller 27 November 2009 @ 10:10 PM
Agree totally with #1 JP Sobel Ive requested data from Briffa and never had a reply to numerous emails. I have never experienced that before in my entire scientific career in the many science fields I work in.
Ive always had an email back in reply with data given freely and in a friendly, helpful manner. In fact, one of the past posts on this site about this subject now reflects poorly on the group as a whole in light of the leaked CRU emails. Better to post all data, all algorithms and all methodology at time of publication so others can replicate with ease. Then, when all of it has to released under FOI request, there will be no emails, papers or statements that can be taken out of context.
[Response: There will always be people to take things out of context - whether these things are released via FOI or stolen. If you want Briffa's data, go to the NOAA Paleoclimate link. - gavin]
Comment by Richard 27 November 2009 @ 10:19 PM
I recommend including a link to the world data center for greenhouse gases: http://gaw.kishou.go.jp/wdcgg/
Comment by tamino 27 November 2009 @ 10:42 PM
if you *really* want to see how scientists talk behind closed doors . . . . see the following video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VRBWLpYCPY&feature=player_embedded Gavin is the co-author on the far left. Comment by Jeffrey Park 27 November 2009 @ 10:47 PM
all you have to do is go open sourceno need to hide and invent excuses, you are obviously not very good at that anyway.
Release all the data (you can keep the 2% of inexplicably protected data that you might have) even if it is just 98% of the total and also release the codes that were used to create/prove the conclusions/graphs that were published.
It is very simple people do this [public release of specific work] daily .. see linux and OSS, if you dont know how to do it and how it works.
The context is quite clear when it comes to the e-mails of the CRU folks the only way out, for your gang, is to go open source.
[Response: GISTEMP has. Why aren't you interested in that? - gavin] Comment by donQ 27 November 2009 @ 10:51 PM
thank you for [Response: GISTEMP has. Why aren't you interested in that? - gavin]
unfortunately this is insufficient.
1) There is no source code provided
2) There is no coherent data provided (within the context of how such data is used to provide results)
I also have gone through the codes available in the CRU FOI2009.zip those source files betray astounding level of incompetence from several angles 1) management 2) computer-science 3) quality assurance. So again, release the codes that according to you are used to generate your results.
Perhaps you werent aware of it, but the page you provide links to
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/sources/GISTEMP_sources.tar.gz which is not available according to your web-site. So again, where is the source code?
[Response: Not sure why that isn't up, it was before. Maybe they are updating for some recent changes in source data. In the mean time, you can see the code here: http://code.google.com/p/open-gistemp/ - gavin] Comment by donQ 27 November 2009 @ 11:11 PM Wow and they used to call me a flat earther Barney Rubble (my best friend) says that if we used techniques like the CRU during our quest for fire (taxing the roots and berries of all our friends for years to fund our preconceived notion that fire is caused by a complete lack of water) then we would have miserably failed.
Instead, we just stoned our detractors regularly.
Eventually, Barney threw a piece of flint at some poor guy, and started a fire. Voila. I credit our discovery not only to the regular stonings of detractors (a technique CRU did apparently use) but mostly to one thing we had back then that seems to be completely lacking at East Anglia minds that are open to alternate theories.
See, even during the stone age our approaches and techniques were vastly superior to the CRUs.
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Comment by F. Flintstone 27 November 2009 @ 11:22 PM
Could you also add links for radiosonde data?
[Response: Good idea. I added RAOBCORE and HadAT - but I think there are a couple more sources. Links welcome. - gavin]
Comment by Chad 27 November 2009 @ 11:45 PM
Slightly off topic again but u know me. Has anyone read the preliminary warning from University of Manitoba researcher David Barber. He has recently been around arctica including the areas that appear white on the satellite that was believed to be intact multi-year ice. According to his research its only solid on the surface beneath that its completely rotten, indicating to me that the warmer arctic ocean currents are contributing far more to the arctic ice loss that air temps.
There is virtually no more solid multi year ice left. When he was there he witnessed a massive multi year ice floe break up before his eyes. His prediction is that within 6 years there will be no summer sea ice in the arctic. This data should be rushed through to the IPCC for evaluation and presented in Copenhagen ASAP! Comment by Lawrence Coleman 27 November 2009 @ 11:55 PM
thank you. The google link has code. ;-)
The total amount of it [code + support files] is 5 MB ... is this all that you have?
[Response: Me personally? If you want my code, go here. If you mean why isn't there more data for processing the temperature stations, I'm not sure why you want more. It's not that hard (and I'm sure a determined team to cut it down radically). - gavin] [PS: The other link to the GISTEMP sources (up to date) is now live again. It's all about who you know.... ;) - gavin] Comment by donQ 27 November 2009 @ 11:57 PM
Long time lurker. Great site to find info to smite Deniers with. Not that they ever realize theyve been smited, unfortunately.
Anyway, with the links provided, could a skeptic/denier perform an analysis that would disprove man made global warming? (If, in fact, man made global warming WAS just a liberal conspiracy?) If so, why havent they already done so? Is there any data missing that would be needed? If so, are there teams of denialists out there working their butts off to gather such data? Or are FOI requests the only way they know how to do research?
Comment by Groucho48 28 November 2009 @ 12:05 AM
Please don't smudge our data — the pixels are still wet.
LOL, after 15 years of stonewalling....
Sorry, I wouldn't trust any information or data from them. How do we know we're getting the real thing? They've shown themselves willing to lie to further their agenda. Everything they have done or will do is now suspect.
Bet they didn't say that last week.
We can only wonder what they will say when some of the governments who gave them grants under false premises haul their little fannies to court and strip them down to the bare meat!
Anyway, with the links provided, could a skeptic/denier perform an analysis that would disprove man made global warming? (If, in fact, man made global warming WAS just a liberal conspiracy?) If so, why havent they already done so? Is there any data missing that would be needed? If so, are there teams of denialists out there working their butts off to gather such data? Or are FOI requests the only way they know how to do research?
Must have been posted by a FReeper.
What I get out of all this is that they are trying to give us access to the real data, knowing that by the time anyone could go through it all and do anything with it, the ship will have long sailed and we will be the slaves who must row.
Oh please.
Anyone who has ever known a university professor well knows that academe refuses to recognize and will shun, demean and destroy those who do not publish in the 'right' topics using the 'appropriate' methods. Everything else is National Enquiry stuff.
Regression analysis of data may be approved, but the numbers are completely malleable.
One of the items we discussed was whether or not changing the paint on the rooftops from calcium carbonate based "White Wash" to acrylic changed the heat flow from the roof to the interior thereby causing misreporting of the data.
Some of the AGW fanatics tried to deal with that one but didn't ~ wonder how that will be dealt with at the fraud trials.
Wouldn't trust any of their data until that question is satisfactorily answered.
I would suspect the data that they are releasing is real. The most important thing is to release the methods by which they analyzed the data. You can make raw numbers do anything you want with the proper equations. I would also want to verify that there is "no missing data." You can also get a predetermined outcome by only analyzing the cherry picked data.
As Stalin said it is not important who the people vote for. What is important is WHO COUNTS THE VOTES Unfortunately the bad guys have been counting the votes for 15 years!
Really? Then either the researchers at East Anglia aren't part of the "climate science community" or there's another reason they haven't responded to the FOIA requests they've been given. It doesn't matter in the least what else we have access to if we don't have access to the data on which policy decisions involving hundreds of billions of dollars are based.
The author is no doubt well-meaning but his response is hardly likely to soothe anyone's fully-justified suspicions at this point. Claiming a swimming pool is 99.99% pure is no good if there's a turd floating on the surface - it's 100% corrupted and it isn't merely a matter of perspective.
Yeah, A LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!! LOL!
"Real Climate"
This web site is run by many of the same people THAT WROTE THE E-MAILS and "hid the decline"!!!!!
I agree. If they did have irrefutable proof that anthropogenic warming is the major factor in climate change, they would have thrown open their raw data files long ago. But they didn't. They know they need to be the only ones interpreting the data due to the weakness of their claim.
Their actions speak louder than their words.
ex animo
[[The climate science community fully understands how important it is that data sources are made as open and transparent as possible]]
Really? Because, Ahem...
"SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years....In a statement on its website, the CRU said: We do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (quality controlled and homogenised) data.
[[I would suspect the data that they are releasing is real.]]
Donb't bet on it- see my above post where CRU admits to manipulating the data, then throwing away the origial dats.
The curtain has been pulled back and the charlatan has been exposed. What we have is John Gotti trying to pretend he is a fine upstanding citizen.
I wouldn't trust a damn thing that I see on RealClimate...
precisely- The two liars take a blood oath to 'tell the truth' (which of course means nothign, since they are both liars to begin with- but it leaves the 'impression' of honesty in the midns of those who are either guillible enough to fall for their crap oaths, or in on the same lies to begin with)
reminds me of the m ovie liar liar with Jim Carey- one only wishes the CRU and IPCC and the obama administration were FORCED to tell the truth like the actor in liar liar was-
Agreed... and I'm not going to trust anything until Steve McIntyre has reviewed it and says that it passes the smell test and should be trusted......
Their work is an UN mandate, how do we know they did not purchase brand new computers and install only the particular data they want released?
What gets obfuscated is the fact that researchers who wanted access to the data in question had to go through the FOIA process to freaking begin with! It's as obvious as a blister that they weren't able to simply request the data through normal channels and have that request fulfilled. FOIA is a means by which government agancies are FORCED to cough up information and is probably the last option short of gunpoint. FOIA in this spectacle means STONEWALL.
See post #11, that is where the fraud begins. They dumped all of the raw data after they did "value added manipulation". No real scientist destroys their raw data, ever, never.
Good post. The data has been destroyed. We can't trust these fools. The only real data we have is the satellites...and even that is suspect because John Christy adjusted it too...and I think he's one of the good guys.
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-We need FORENSIC computer specialists to examine the DB, not just "published" data.
-The Peer Review process needs to be examined (it is corrupt).
A lot of the links only go to graphics and you still can't download raw data.
For example, the satellite temperature record, you can only see two years at a time and can't do any analysis on the data because you need at least 20 years of data to establish any trends.
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Wooden tags? What are they?
Last night I watched the "Divine Techniques" video again. At some point they show some shots from the iwama dojo. I noticed long rows of wooden tags that seem to have names on them... Never noticed them, but can anyone tell me what they are called and what their purpose is?
Club membership. Don't know about Iwama but we have them and most private dojos do also.
Several dojos I went to in Canada, the US and Europe have them also.
Thanx! So when your are member, your name is put up there. Anyone knows what they are called?
The tags are called nafuda and if they are in a rack, it is called a nafudakake.
In the Kobe dojo that I've seen them, they are arranged in grade order. Your name will move around the dojo as you progress in your aiki.
A few things I have noticed - is the higher your rank or the longer you were regularily training the longer you can be away before you are removed. I was away for two years and still up there but I have no idea whether there was a last minute scramble to find the lost nafuda (thanks for the info Chuck).
If you die tragically - no way are you removed. If you die in the fullness of years you remain in the dojo for a few more but eventually you disappear.
Shodokan Honbu just built a new one for the members of foreign and affiliated clubs. The names of those members who come from abroad to train. This takes care of several long standing problem including space on the nafudakake (thanks again Chuck).
The Yoshinkan has this tradition for yudansha as well.
I grew up with the idea of nafuda representing your "connection" with the dojo. As long as there is a significant history of an individual training in my dojo as a member in good standing and intimate connections have been formed from training together, the nafuda stays. Even if the person moves away, their heart still occupies a place in the dojo. You can "feel" that the person would like to still be there and will be there whenever possible. Years can pass and the nafuda stays in the rack as long as that feeling of connection continues.
When I moved into the area where I am now, I joined the local volunteer fire department. I was surprised to see a "nafudakake" hanging on the wall at the fire house. The feeling about it is the same as Mr. Clark decribes above. I guess it is not just a Japanese thing. It's something that seems to be appropriate to put up in any place where people gather regularly to improve themselves and to support the community.
I can honestly say that I have never heard of this before. I feel like a dummy.
Is it pronounced nafoonda?
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Defense attorney Salvatore Lanza plans to file a motion asking that Judge Walter Hafner Jr. remove himself from the murder trial in Oswego County Court of Alan Jones.
Jones is accused of killing his 11-year-old stepsister, Erin Maxwell.
Lanza and Hafner argued back and forth for several minutes this morning in court about the judge's treatment of Lanza.
"I'm done with you. I want another judge," Lanza said. "I don't know what your problem is."
The outburst came after Hafner chastised Lanza for not being prepared on a different case he had before the judge.
After Lanza finished his lament, Hafner looked at him and said, "You're not going to turn this court into a circus."


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From the Pages of Vine Line: Q&A with GM Jed Hoyer (Part 2)
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For the April issue of Vine Line, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat sat down with Cubs General Manager Jed Hoyer to talk about the 2013 Cubs, the differences between this season and last, and what to look for as the organization moves forward.
In the second part of our three-part interview, Hoyer talks about the organization's young prospects, including slugging Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler and highly touted shortstop Javier Baez. So far this season, both Daytona Cubs players have shown promise at the plate. After just two games, Soler recorded a .333 batting average in nine at-bats, and Baez held a .250 average with one double, one home run and three RBI.
To read the entire interview, pick up the April issue or subscribe to Vine Line today. And check out part one of our interview here.
Vine Line: Fans were eager to see prospects like Jorge Soler and Javier Baez this spring. How excited were you to get a closer look at them?
Jed Hoyer: I'll be honest, I look forward to the sixth through ninth innings [in Spring Training] more than I look forward to the first five innings. We'll watch the veteran guys all year. Watching [Jeff] Samardzija the other day, he was clearly working on his off-speed stuff. The results weren't the most important thing to him. When you get a chance to see Baez and Soler now, it's nice. During the season, we'll have to go to different minor league cities to see those guys, but getting a chance to see the young players up close is something we cherish, because we can't do that all season.
VL: How important was it to have these kids in big league Spring Training camp?
JH: You want to see those guys learn. Seeing Baez standing next to Dale [Sveum] during the game, seeing Soler following Castro around—it's really important that they see what it's all about. They're going to go off to the minor leagues this year, and they're too busy to have a chance to watch many of our games. Now they get to see how we do things. We kind of joke about slowing things down just because there's a lot of development left with all these guys. When they get up to the big leagues, they'll have their struggles as well. It doesn't mean they're not really good prospects. Their time is not now. We have to temper ourselves all the time. As a result, we encourage the fans and media to do the same thing. It is a long process.
VL: Cubs fans have seen other highly touted prospects like Félix Pié and Corey Patterson fail to live up to the hype. How are Baez and Soler different?
JH: The truth of the matter is, there is an attrition rate with prospects. There's no question our goal is to build up a ton of them. I'm glad we're talking about multiple names now and not just one. I think when you start talking about just one, there's a lot of danger. I hope this isn't the best farm system we have. We want to be really deep, so when there is that natural attrition, some guys will outperform expectations and some guys will underperform expectations. I certainly hope not, but it's the reality.
You grab a top 100 list from Baseball America and flip through it five years later, and there are guys who miss. I don't think anyone is immune to that. That's why we want to build up a lot of depth. That's why having good drafts and doing well internationally is important. You need depth to make sure you get the best nine guys on the field, the best five starting pitchers.
VL: Everyone wants to know when guys like Baez, Soler and Albert Almora will get to the big leagues. Do you have a timetable for them?
JH: The players will determine that, not us. I want nothing more than for these guys to pound the door down and make it clear they're ready. I think the worst thing we can do is speed up their development for the sake of some arbitrary timetable. They need to go level to level. They need to show they can control the strike zone. They need to show they're ready. When they are, certainly, we want them here. At the same time, I don't think we should look at it that we're controlling it; they control it.
VL: At the Winter Meetings, you talked about how some players can't use youth as an excuse anymore. What did you mean by that?
JH: Until you're a true veteran player, you'll learn new things and make mistakes. … But at some point, you're not a young player anymore. I think Starlin [Castro] is getting close to that point. He's probably not quite there yet. A guy [Ian} Stewart's age, youth isn't something you can use. [Anthony] Rizzo isn't quite there either. He'll probably still have some ups and downs.
You want to get to that point where you have young veterans—that's your ideal. If you look at the history of the game, the best players break in young, they have their ups and downs, and they start to establish themselves when they're 24 or 25 years old. That's what we want to build is that young group that's been around for a while. I know it sounds like a contradiction, but the younger these guys break in, the more they can make their mistakes early and be ready in their mid-20s. That was a big part of us extending Castro's [contract] as far as we did. He's a 23-year-old guy who is going into his fourth season, and that's a great thing for us.


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Violence continued to strike the Chicago area this weekend with at least 18 people shot in a little more than 12 hours overnight, bringing the number of people shot since Friday to 40. (NBC News Chicago)
A friend of the man suspected in last year's Boston Marathon bombing was convicted today of helping to cover up the crime that left three people dead and more than 250 injured. (USA Today)
Vice President Joe Biden today said the Obama administration would continue to press Congress on approving Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald and passing legislation to address problems at the VA. (Politico)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced today he will activate up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande Valley along the southern border. (Houston Chronicle)
President Obama signed an executive order today barring federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees and prohibiting discrimination against federal workers who identify as transgender. (Los Angeles Times)
The annual diagnosis rate of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has dropped by one-third in the general population but has climbed among young gay and bisexual males. (HealthDay News)
Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped women's bodies in the examining room with a pen-like camera he wore around his neck. (CBS News)
Police say a pregnant Michigan teenager was strangled and her boyfriend decapitated after apparently connecting with a stranger online for a sexual encounter. (Associated Press)
Abigail Hernandez, a New Hampshire teenager who went missing last October, has been reunited with her family, officials said today. (Boston Globe)
International news:
President Obama heaped further pressure on Russia today, urging the country's leader Vladimir Putin to stop Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine interfering with evidence at the site of shot-down Malaysian Airlines jet and grant investigators immediate access to the area. (Irish Times)
The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled today the Islamic militant group will not agree to an unconditional cease-fire with Israel, while Israel's defense minister pledged to keep fighting "as long as necessary" -- raising new doubt about the highest-level mediation mission in two weeks. (Associated Press)
Libya's Health Ministry says clashes between rival militias fighting for control of the international airport in the capital, Tripoli, have killed 47 people over the past 24 hours. (Associated Press)
Kenyan police said today they were hunting gunmen who killed four people in an apparent ethnic revenge attack and dropped leaflets demanding minorities leave the port city of Mombasa. (AFP News)
An impeachment complaint was filed today against Philippines President Benigno S. C. Aquino III, amid the political storm over his controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program. (BusinessWorld Online)
The number of people killed by typhoon Rammasun in China has increased to 33. (IBN Live)
The South Korean and Chinese governments have agreed to launch a military hotline between the two by the end of this year. (Voice of America)


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Approved at council's June 6 meeting, the legislation received considerable amendments since a public hearing in September.
At that meeting, representatives from area service agencies and residents characterize the ordinance as potentially exclusionary toward the developmentally disabled. Those who spoke before council June 6 heralded the spirit of cooperation and compromise that contributed to the final product.
"I think the result shows how effective the process was," said Franklin Hickman, who represents the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities and the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County.
A memo dated Aug. 17 outlined the agencies' primary objections. The eight challenges to the ordinance included questioning the exclusion of community-based residential care facilities from districts zoned for multi-family districts, and characterizing a requirement for around-the-clock supervision for the developmentally disabled as "overly restrictive and not based on individual needs."
Strongsville Law Director Ken Kraus indicated after the meeting that the primary areas of focus in amending the ordinance since that time were: streamlining the process for establishing residential care facilities, ensuring all parties involved are afforded "due process of law," making standards more objective and remove opportunities for subjectivity by city officials, creating an appellate process and broadening the zoning districts such facilities can be located in.
"It was a non-adversarial atmosphere among the people involved," he said, noting a desire to be consistent with federal laws as the original catalyst behind the ordinance updates.
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He left his heart in…Stockholm?
It's now a rainy mid-afternoon in Stockholm, and the Kings will be on the ice for practice at 4 p.m. local time (7 a.m. in Los Angeles). Among the traveling group of staff members, spirits seem to be much improved after yesterday's day off. There were lots of tales of late sleeping and some nice sightseeing. Speaking of which, I took a long walk through Stockholm's Gamla stan — The Old Town — had some breakfast and took a ton of pictures, which I will post a bit later. Upon arriving back at the hotel entrance, I saw a crowd seeking autographs and pictures. I wondered which player it might be, and…it was Tony Bennett. Here he is. More updates to come from practice shortly…
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Kentville Mayor Dave Corkum is president of the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities. – Jennifer Hoegg, www.kingscountynews.ca
It appears the challenges municipalities are facing have not been addressed in this week's provincial budget, said Kentville Mayor Dave Corkum.
Given the province's current deficit, there were no huge surprises for municipalities in the budget, he added. Corkum is president of the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities.
"On the positive side, we are pleased that the province has established its own municipal affairs department that can dedicate more effort to the needs of municipalities," he said.
The budget for municipal affairs includes an increase in the capacity building grant from $233,000 to $491,000. This money will be used to address governance issues and asset management. Given the impacts of climate change, the province announced a $1 million program for flood mitigation and flood mapping.
As previously announced, the Federal Gas Tax Fund for 2014-2015 will be $53.2 million. There was no formal budget figure provided for the new Building Canada Fund. The province has allocated funding for the program but no figures were provided.
On the negative side, municipalities continue to pay significant costs for provincial services, including $223.8 million for public education, an increase of $8.9 million over last year. Municipalities will also pay $13.9 million for corrections and $7 million for public housing, similar to last year. RCMP costs are expected to go up by 1.5 per cent as well as DNA costs, which will go from $219,000 to $512,000. The provincial capital assistance program was reduced from $3.75 million to $3.05 million.
Other programs of interest to municipalities include:
• $170,000 grant for Age Friendly Community Grants
• $250,000 grant for the Senior Safety Program
• $1 million for public transit outside of the Halifax Regional Municipality and $500,000 for community transit
• $1.5 million for fire protection, an increase of $286,000
• $2.1 million to establish Regional Enterprise Networks.
• Funding for public libraries will be increased by $200,000 to over $14 million.
"Union of Nova Scotia municipalities understands the current state of financial affairs at the province, and the province needs some time to address the many it is facing," Corkum said. "We are looking forward to working with Minister Furey and the new department and are hopeful progress will be made in the near future. Municipalities recognize the urgency expressed in the Ivany Report and are willing to be part of the solution."


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According to Business Development Manager Dan Adelman, Nintendo is planning to allow access to the Nintendo eShop via PC, smartphones, and tablets. This will most likely be similar to the current implementation on Xbox.com and PlayStation.com, where users can log into their accounts and browse digital downloads, purchasing them directly from the website.
"[Users will be able to ] log onto the site and set [purchases] up for download so that once they get home, it'll be available for them and they can have that at their fingertips whenever they need it."
It doesn't sound like there will be a remote install feature similar to what is available for PC users with Steam, but perhaps it's something we could see in the future.
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May 1 is known around the world as May Day, Beltane, Labour Day and International Workers' Day. In the United States it's Loyalty Day.
But what exactly is May Day? Find out in this primer.
What is May Day and Beltane?
May Day is a spring celebration. It is believed to have originated from Floralia, the festival for Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, drinking and dancing. Another origination for May Day is Beltane, which was a pre-Christian Celtic holiday. Beltane is a significant day in the Celtic Calendar, according to "Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia," and has been adopted by modern day Wiccans and pagans.
How do we celebrate it?
There's a wide variety of celebrations for May Day, although most include a maypole dance. There are also often bonfires on May Day and many people collect flowers on the day. May Day is also, according to legend, a day where fairies are likely to be found.
What's with the maypole?
Maypoles and maypole dancing symbolize pagan fertility rites. Medieval Celts danced around a pole to have a fruitful planting season, according to the New York Times. Around the 19th century, however, the maypole became a celebration of virtue and maidenhood.
In the dance, the wooden pole is decorated with colored ribbons through a folk dance in which dancers weave in and out of each other. The result is a beautiful pattern on the pole, or a mangled mess - depending on how well the dance was done.
Where I can celebrate it this year?
Spoutwood Farm (4255 Pierceville Road, Glen Rock) hosts an annual May Day Fairie Festival. The event is back for its 23rd year and will run May 2-4. Events scheduled for the festival include fairy tea parties, mazes, treasure hunting, crafts, musk, dancing and more. All are encouraged to dress in fairie costume. The event runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. each day and tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for kids and free for those 2 and under. Parking is $5.
What is Labour Day/International Workers' Day?
May Day has become more than a springtime celebration for many countries. The day has become Labour Day, a holiday honoring labor unions. It derives from International Worker's Day. It is held on May 1 in honor of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago, in which a labor rally turned into a bloodbath when a bomb was thrown and police fired into the crowd.
International Workers' Day is not formally celebrated in the United States. Americans celebrate Labor Day instead on Sept. 1. On May 1, the United States of America recognizes Loyalty Day, which, according to the Veterans of Foreign Affairs stems from a 1921 holiday called "Americanization Day," that was meant "to counter the Communists' May 1 celebration of the Russian Revolution." More on Loyalty Day.


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Clinton is scheduled to appear with the governor at rallies here and in Little Falls. Clinton sought to fire up Democrats at two events last Tuesday.
Corzine is in a tight race with Republican Chris Christie. Independent Chris Daggett has also been gaining steam.
Corzine has been calling on big-name Democrats as he seeks to shore up his base. President Barack Obama is scheduled to appear with Corzine on Sunday.
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The Georgia Bulldogs nearly earned a trip to the BCS National Championship Game with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but a heartbreaking 32-28 SEC title game loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide put them in the 2013 Capital One Bowl against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Georgia was one of the land's premier teams this fall. Led by quarterback Aaron Murray, the Bulldogs (11-2 overall) won the loaded SEC East with a 7-1 record. Make no mistake—Murray, despite miscues against the Tide, is a quarterback capable of lighting up defenses and stretching the field with his strong and accurate arm.
Taylor Martinez quarterbacks a Nebraska (10-3, 7-1) offense that was harrassed by the Wisconsin Badgers defense in the Big Ten title bout. The Badgers ran off the Huskers, hanging a decisive 70-31 win on Bo Pelini's boys.
The Huskers lost 63-38 to Ohio State, so they might want to take caution against Georgia, which has an explosive offense that features running back Todd Gurley, among others.


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CORVALLIS -- The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
It's an axiom commonly used in reference to addicts, people whose destructive habits have reached a breaking point. At the saying's root, though, is a self-evident truth that serves wide-ranging individuals. Even a once-dominant basketball player.
Earlier this week, Oregon State forward Devon Collier visited Craig Robinson's office to discuss the passive play that has plagued his recent outings. He owned up to his shortcomings and asked a basic question: How can I get better?
"I encourage these guys to come in and chat whenever they're not doing well," Robinson said Tuesday afternoon. "It's usually something I can help them understand."
The sixth-year Beavers coach prescribed Collier a heavier dose of gym time. He told the senior to hoist extra free throws and hone low-post moves against a defense made of air.
Such individual workouts had dissipated over the past month or so, Robinson surmised. Collier's production followed.
Over his past eight games, the Bronx native's scoring average dipped from 21.3 to 14.7. A 6-foot-8, 216-pound behemoth became somewhat of a nonfactor come game days, disappearing for lengthy stretches as OSU dropped more than half of its contests.
While opponents focused game plans on him, Collier grew flustered. He struggled passing out of double teams. He crashed the glass with less authority. He tallied costly turnovers.
Eventually, his minutes dwindled. Since the high-flying Eric Moreland rejoined the team for its Pac-12 opener, Collier has logged 18.5 minutes per game. He came off the bench last week against Stanford and California, recording a combined eight points and six rebounds.
The demotion bothered Collier. After all, he said, "everybody cares about starting. Especially when you're starting the first half, and then you're not starting."
But his second-string status hardly irks him as much as mounting defeats. The way he sees it, the Beavers (9-7, 1-3 Pac-12) could easily own an above-.500 conference mark if he'd maintained his early season form.
The slumping big man has caused OSU to deviate from its game plan at times. No longer able to lean on Collier for close-range buckets or free throws, the Beavers have forced ill-advised shots.
The early part of Saturday's second-half implosion against
Cal provided somewhat of a case study. While Collier largely watched from the
sideline, the Beavers stagnated. They chucked jumpers early in the shot clock.
They seldom pounded the paint. They missed 11 of their first 14 attempts in
the period.
That anemic displayed helped nudge OSU into an 11-point hole with little less than seven minutes remaining.
"If we're going to be near the top of the (conference), we're going to need Devon," Moreland said. "He's a key piece to our team, and he needs to get his stuff together so he can get us some games."
Collier realizes as much. He said he's "been living in the gym" the past couple days, reviewing the hook shots and putbacks that characterized a five-game stretch of 20-plus points earlier this season.
Of course, basketball is as much mental as it is physical. During their recent conversation, Robinson told Collier to keep focusing on his goals: a postseason berth, a professional career.
"You can't say, 'OK, I'm doing well in school, and I'm doing well in basketball. I can take a break,'" Robinson recalled explaining, "It doesn't work that way."
On Sunday, the Beavers will host an Oregon team that allows a Pac-12-worst 77.7 points per game. Collier hopes to enforce his will on the block, wreaking havoc against a frontcourt that features only one starter taller than 6-foot-8.
He has admitted he has a problem and received the appropriate prescription. At this point, he just needs to produce.
"Having Coach help me get back on track," Collier said, "it's been huge."
-- Connor Letourneau