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WARREN – The Springfield volleyball team had little trouble with Champion as the Tigers picked up the win 25-6, 25-13, 25-13.
For the Tigers (4-2), Callie Ford had 10 kills and nine points, followed by Quinn Crowe with 11 kills, one block and two points, Elizabeth Thompson with five kills, four points and 25 assists, Kasey Kohler with four kills and four points, and Caitlyn Cyrus with four points and five blocks.
Also scoring for the Tigers was Emily Stacy with 21 points and seven aces, Brooke Bullen with six points, Nikki Bovo with three points, Brianna Yemma with one point and one ace, and Courtney Cyrus with six blocks.
Springfield also won the junior varsity match 25-18, 25-14 as Melissa Iamurri led the Tigers with seven points.
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BELOIT – West Branch split a tri-match Saturday with Southeast and Crestwood.
The Warriors first knocked off Southeast 25-13, 25-18. Paige Walsh led the Warriors with nine points, two aces and three blocks, followed by Lexington Pittman with seven points and two aces, Pavin Heath with 12 assists and three blocks, Sydney Townes with 10 kills and Kaylee Manning with 14 digs.
The Warriors' outcome with Crestwood was different as the Red Devils won 25-16, 25-19. Heath led the Warriors with four points, two aces, 11 assists, five kills and three blocks, along with Walsh with five points, Whitney Wallace with four points and an ace, Townes with six kills, and Manning with 23 digs.
Beaver Local 3, Edison 0
RICHMOND – The Beaver Local volleyball struck down Edison 25-21, 25-18, 25-12 on Saturday.
Beaver Local stats were not reported.


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Illinois Governor Blagojevich's Shenanigans Stalls Civil Unions
As if you need another reason to hate Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The Illinois Governor accussed of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder (among a host of other corruption charges) has left the Illinois legislature in disarray, effectively destroying any hope of the state passing the Illinois Religious Freedom and Civil Unions Act. The Chicago Tribune reports:
"First proposed in 2007 and running out of time before the current legislature expires, the bill would grant same-sex couples many of the rights given to opposite-sex married couples. There are two remaining legislative days on lawmakers' calendar in January—but its sponsor said it would take a back seat to the state's ongoing budget crisis.
And it seemed still less likely to be called after FBI agents arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on federal corruption charges Tuesday, casting state leadership into disarray.
"Everything has been trumped by what happened," said state Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), the measure's sponsor in the House. A similar bill was introduced in the state Senate by Sen. David Koehler (D-Pekin.)
"Our focus now is how will the state keep functioning," Harris said."
For some gays and lesbians, there's a silver lining to the bill's death. The bill has many detractors in the gay community who say that anything less than full marriage-equality is discriminatory.
In related news, Blagojevich's sister-in-law, prominent lesbian activist Deb Mell was elected to the State Senate this past November, raising the possibility she may have to vote on her sister's husband's guilt or *eye roll* innocence. That is, if she doesn't take over Rahm Emmanuel's Senate seat. She filed her papers for the upcoming special election to the fill the seat last month.
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Yup. Blagojevich has left this state in a cluster fuck of unfinished business and a mounting economic crisis. As for the domestic partnership bill, you can forget that until there's a new Governor. And then, it will be a while, as that person will have their plate full of crapola extraordinaire!
And yup again, the Legislature, the Attorney General, everyone, is in full "what the fuck do we do to get this asshole out of here" mode, and that's gonna take a while.
Thanks, Rod! Thanks ever so "bleeping" much! You "bleep"hole.Dec 11, 2008 at 11:32 am · @Reply ·
This should be an elected position because whoever is appointed by the Lt Governor will be tainted especially Jesse Jackson Jr (who could be coralled into the pay-for-play fiasco as Client #5) This Can of Worms could find itself linked to all Illinois Democrats (with the wire-tapping by the FBI) including yet-to-be-President Barack Obama who seems the only one above the fray. Say it aint so, Rod! Forget Gay Marriage and get ready for a voter backlash (even if in 2 years) which may see a Republican Governor.
Illinois has a proud history of corruption on both sides of the political aisle, Dems and Repubs. The next Gov. of Illinois will be a Dem, for sure, as the GOP is so incredibly dysfucntional in this state that they don't even hold a high-level statewide office of any type currently.
Moreover, this state votes overwhelmingly Democratic.
Now, under a special election, a GOP candidate MIGHT get the open Senate Seat, if one Repub runs against several Dems, thus having the Dems split their vote.
But I can't see a GOP candidate winning the Governor's job for quite a long while in this state.
Another self-serving, scumbag politician, in a long, long list of them of them, that bites the dust.
Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats – Salem-News.Com
And that's just sex-scandals, kiddies. We are not even talking reaching into the cookie jar for ill-begotten financial gains like this creep.
And we taxpayers look to people like this for integrity, honesty, justice and equality?
With one stroke of the pen, powerful people like this are legally entitled to trash the happiness and legal rights of millions of people while fattening their wallets and pockets with our money.
Tain't right McGee!
What a cruel joke on all of us gay and str8 alike.
We deserve better than this.
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what's all this talk about calling for Blagojevich to "resign?" … "throw him in prison" sounds a lot more fitting
I remember when he was first running for gov., and even before, when he was a US Rep., how he'd always show up at the Pride parade in chicago, shake hands, wear the tight polo shirt, then as soon as he got elected and proved to be a pud, and would not support any gay-friendly legislation [remember the tiff his sister-in-law, who will now get to vote on his impeachment as a newly elected state rep. got into with him a few years back?] and he stopped showing up at the parade, as well.
The civil unions bill was stalled long before the indictment, because the guy had screwed so many in illinois and made so many enemies that nothing could get done in this state the past couple years.
I'm glad i never voted for the bum.
All that pole-greasing and bribe money for nothing. Darn it.
@movie buff: It'll be months at least before he goes to prison, and in the meantime he's still governor. A resignation would mean he could be replaced.
When Jesse Jackson Jr emotes like his father, you know he's pleading with GOD that he was not recorded by the FBI-Fitz-Rahmbo sting. Keeping your enemies closer doesn't always work (Just ask Eliot Spitzer who crossed Bruno and Bloomberg in New York) I wonder how much Hillary Clinton's Senate Seat will get at Christie's Auction House? At least it's not Nazi Memorabilia for sale…
Like toe-tappin' Craig, this POS will maintain that he is innocent all the way to the big house.
Unthinkable. That would mean he's lose his way overpaid salary and perks. This from the AP.
"SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Rod Blagojevich is the third-highest-paid governor in the country, but you wouldn't know it from conversations recorded by federal authorities.
He is heard on six weeks of recordings saying he is "struggling" financially, even though he makes $177,412 a year and his household income has averaged $344,000 annually for the past five years. He allegedly says he feels he is "stuck" as governor and imagines making as much as $300,000 as the head of a group pushing organized labor's agenda or a not-for-profit organization.
If he could land his wife a seat on one or more corporate boards and she "picks up another $150 grand or whatever," according to the recordings, it would help him "get through" his remaining two years as governor."
Oh, poor baby. Perhaps we should pass the hat for him.


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Ross Crocker loves the Moss minor tourney, but fears for minor softballs future
The Const. William Moss Memorial minor softball tournament runs from July 9-13 this year, attracting male and female teams. Ross Crocker, one of the organizers, would like to see more softball for the kids.Telegram file photo
For Ross Crocker, the annual Const. William Moss Memorial minor softball tournament is a bittersweet experience.
Crocker, who helps organize the tournament, loves watching the event and is thrilled it gives upwards of 500 kids a week of softball each summer. However, hes always left feeling frustrated and disappointed by the time the tournament ends because a lot of the players will have to wait a full year before stepping onto a softball diamond again.
This is the only game of ball some of them are going to have all summer, Crocker said. They come to us at the end and ask when the next tournament is, but some have to wait until the next Moss tournament to play.
No association in St. Johns
Although there are pockets of minor softball in the provincial capital Waterford Valley and Goulds, for example, run successful programs there hasnt been an official St. Johns minor softball program for six years. Crocker, a provincial softball Hall of Famer, is disappointed the kids taking part in the Moss tournament dont have a minor association to call their own and puts the blame for the situation squarely on the shoulders of Softball Newfoundland and Labrador.
This is where the provincial association is falling down on the job, said Crocker. We present to them 25-30 teams and run it for the first week of the summer. They should jump on that and run with it ... Its very disappointing.
They should start in St. Johns and work their way across the province. The provincial bodys focus should be minor softball. Never mind senior and junior ... minor is the key if theres going to be a game down the road. If they dont do something soon ...
Crocker worries senior and junior softball will cease to exist in St. Johns one day if more emphasis is not placed on the minor program soon. He said Softball Newfoundland and Labrador has to find someone to oversee the manner, an individual that can give the necessary hours the position would demand. He added there are plenty of people who could easily fill the role, but most of them have already lost patience with the provincial softball body.
He also said the usual excuses he hears about why minor softball wouldnt work dont make sense.
They say there arent enough kids anymore to play softball, but if theres enough kids to play minor hockey in the winter, theres enough kids to play minor softball in the summer, he said. They say soccer is taking all the kids, but they dont play soccer every day.
The fact a lot of young athletes from St. Johns wont play minor softball this summer makes the Moss tournament that much more special to Crocker.
Each summer, between 25 and 30 teams take part on fields all over St. Johns with the common goal of having fun, according to Crocker.
He said players of all skill levels and experience are welcome and encourages school teams to enter the event even if the kids are on summer vacation.
We just want people to come and have fun, he said. We dont care if youre a baseball team, a softball team, a soccer team, just come in and have a week of fun.
This years tournament runs July 9-13 and includes a skills competition and plenty of prizes for the players involved, including new Rawlings ball gloves for the most spirited player on each team and a $100 scholarship for the player who had the highest marks in school this year.
The boys division is broken down into squirt (10-12 years-old), peewee (13-14) and bantam (15-16), while the girls teams will play in two categories, experienced players and beginners.
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SPRINGDALE A fire in Springdale Wednesday night destroyed the communityŌĆÖs Home Hardware and Bank of Montreal.
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A fire in Springdale Wednesday night destroyed the town's Home Hardware and Bank of Montreal.
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The University of Michigan Board of Regents will consider a $4 million renovation project that will relocate the Army, Navy and Airforce Officer Education programs into the Chemistry Building, Willard Henry Dow Laboratory and Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building.
The project will relocate the programs from North Hall.
About 15,000 square feet of former teaching laboratories, offices, and storage space in the Chemistry Building and Willard Henry Dow Laboratory will be renovated to provide spaces for administrative functions, staff lockers, break rooms, physical fitness, and rooms for student commons and storage needs, according the regents agenda.
Nearly 6,000 square feet of former library and dry collection storage spaces within the Ruthven Exhibit Building will be renovated to establish classrooms and storage.
After the project is completed and the programs have been relocated, approval for the demolition of North Hall will be sought.
The project, which will require architectural, mechanical, and electrical work, will be funded through investment proceeds.
According to the agenda, the construction cash flow may be provided, all or in part, by bond proceeds or increasing commercial paper issuance under the commercial paper program. The commercial paper issuance would be secured by a pledge of General Revenues and authorized by the Board of Regents.
Architectural firm SmithGroupJJR will design the project, which is expected to provide about 19 on-site construction jobs. The project is set to begin in the spring of 2014.
The regents will consider the project at its 3 p.m. Friday meeting at the Harding Mott University Center, at the University of Michigan-Flint campus.
The Museum of Natural History exhibit is currently housed in the Ruthven Exhibit Building and officials announced in February plans to transfer thousands of bones and other artifacts from the school's downtown campus to a facility on Varsity Drive at the edge of the city.
In early October, The Ann Arbor News reported that the university's biology program, which is housed in outdated buildings, may soon have a new location
U-M plans to construct a new biology building, and officials plan to bring the project to regents sometime this fall.
Hank Baier, associate vice president for facilities and operations, said that the new building will include the Museum of Natural History exhibit that is currently housed in the Ruthven Exhibit Building.
U-M officials were originally planning to renovate the Ruthven Exhibit Building to accommodate the biology program, but have decided to relocate the education programs there instead.
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(WBNG Binghamton) Feline frenzy will hit Binghamton on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Broome Community College Ice Rink.
Cats of all types, shapes and personalities will converge at the ice center to compete at the Southern Tier Cat Fanciers 22nd Annual Show.
The felines will come from different parts of the country to compete in the categories of championship, kitten and premiership classes. Judges will be looking for which one best fits the standard that describes the breed of cat in it's particular judging class.
Represented will be shorthair and longhair cats such as maine coons (most popular breed with the public), persians, siamese, and norwegian forest cats. Over 33 breeds will be represented.
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Sinclairville: Going to well for big digs
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For all those who want to subsidize their local governments because of the "local control," it never fails how they will look to Washington or Albany to help pick up the big price tag items....
This assumes that the same grant money would be available to a big district, which it likely would not be. And we need only look in our back yard, at the Erie County Water Authority, for an example of a poorly run large district.
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Sinclairville's water also covers Cassadaga Valley elementary and high school...seriously, you guys need to get out Demetri's once in a while
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You know what really irritates me is that some want to nickel-dime everything while overlooking the 800-pound gorilla in the room - welfare and Medicaid. GO AFTER THE BIG MONEY FOR BIG RESULTS. We're close to having this slogan: "The New, New York, start your career called Welfare."
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Gee Chuck, what irritates me is that you have no idea as you spout your mouth, that that welfare is only available for 60 months during a life time...
The only 800 lb gorilla in the room is ignorance like yours.
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Then please explain why so many people in the area have been on welfare their entire lives?
It couldn't have anything to do with all the loopholes in that law could it? Surely not!
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Jocelyn Willoughby of Newark Academy opened the season on absolute tear. She leads Essex County with 27.3 points per game and already surpassed the 100-point mark. The 5-11 guard is looking sharp after a standout freshman season that saw her score 462 points.
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday giving California the nation's most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger said the order signed at a solar field in a Sacramento suburb will reduce California's dependence on fossil fuels and help clean its air while creating a reliable power supply for a state with 38 million people. It also will ensure that California remains a pioneer in clean energy, he said.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Chinese yuan-denominated deposits in Offshore Banking Units (OBU) and Domestic Banking Units (DBU) have reached a new record high at over 247 billion yuan (US$40.16 billion), the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) announced yesterday.
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Arlington Pharmacy receives counterfeit $20 bill
ARLINGTON — Although only one Arlington business seems to have been hit so far, several businesses in downtown Arlington were abuzz after the Arlington Pharmacy at 540 N. West Ave. discovered on Feb. 2 that they'd been handed a counterfeit $20 bill.
Mary Anderson, office manager of the Arlington Pharmacy, made sure to circulate the word to her fellow downtown Arlington businesses after the pharmacy's bank called them to notify them of the counterfeit bill, although none of the other businesses reported receiving any counterfeit bills.
"We could have received it at any time on Feb. 1, since we always deposit our earnings the next day," Anderson said. "We check internally for the larger bills, but not normally for the $20 bills. Of course, now we're going over all the $20 bills we receive with the special light-pens."
The counterfeit $20 bill was paid at the pharmacy's coffee shop, just as a previous counterfeit $20 bill had been paid to the coffee shop in the spring of last year.
"It was a little less than a year ago, and at the time, I thought it was a fluke," said Anderson, whose fellow pharmacy employees use counterfeit bill detector pens purchased from Office Depot. "Part of the problem with counterfeit bills is that you can't know for sure if the customers who hand them to you are the ones who made them. One of our regular, most trusted customers just wound up with a counterfeit bill once."
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KALAMAZOO, MI – A nonprofit started by T.J. Duckett, a former Michigan State University and NFL football star, is giving out turkey dinner packages to 256 families in the Kalamazoo area this week.
An official with New World Flood said the families already have been selected for the distribution, which will include frozen turkeys and all the other trimmings of a Thanksgiving dinner.
Duckett, 32, will be at Parkwood-Upjohn, his former elementary, to hand out the food packages.
"People are in need all over and we have an opportunity to take care of a few of them, if just for one day," he said in a news release.
The third Annual High Five Turkey Drive is a partnership with American Food and Petroleum Distributors, Diageo, The Hands Up Project and Wal-Mart.
A similar food distribution is occurring in Lansing, where Duckett lives now.
In total, more than 1,000 turkeys will be donated this year.
New World Flood is still accepting donations for the project and people can donated on their website, newworldflood.org. -- $12 buys a whole turkey. $50 buys a complete Thanksgiving meal for a family.
New World Flood was founded in 2011 in Lansing. Its mission is to "inspire, train, deploy and retain volunteers and community service in and around their local communities," the news release said.
Duckett is a 1998 graduate of Loy Norrix High School and was a star running back at MSU. During his professional career, he played for the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks.
He now lives in the Lansing area, and runs New World Flood.


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DETROIT -- Phil Coke wants bullying to stop for the sake of those who are bullied as well as for those who do the bullying.
Coke spent part of the off-day for the Detroit Tigers on Monday speaking to members of the National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence during their stop in Detroit.
Coke spoke with media members Tuesday afternoon about his participation in the event and about the need to prevent bullying.
"It makes them feel good about themselves because they might not have things to feel good about," Coke said of those who bully. "Maybe they have a tough home life. Even the kids that are doing the bullying need some form of help. It's a matter of being willing to pay attention and see what and where it's coming from."
Coke said he was teased as a child because of his last name and pointed out that most people deal with that type of teasing. But he also referred to an instance of physical bullying or hazing that nearly resulted in him throwing punches to defend himself against a group of older teenagers.
"We all went through something of that nature," he said, "but at the same time I don't know if there's really room for that."
Coke said that raising awareness and having open discussions about bullying can have a positive effect. He referred to extreme cases of child violence, such as school shootings, and mentioned that they can stem from a child who has been bullied responding because he feels he has no other recourse.
"There's no rhyme or reason for that to happen," he said. "None. That's an extreme case, but on a day-to-day, we can keep that kind of stuff from happening if we're just willing to pay a little more attention."
Coke said he is open to staying involved in the issue beyond his participation with the task force Monday.
"There are just things that can and should be done instead of turning a blind eye," he said. "Light's being shed on it, and it's for a good reason."


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The Oak Knoll Parents' Association has rescheduled the 19th Annual Royal Boutique to Thursday, Nov. 15, Friday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. 17. We are hoping this 19-year-old Oak Knoll tradition will bring people together support the school, hurricane relief victims, and each other, in a relaxed, festive setting. A portion of the proceeds from the Royal Boutique will now benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy. The storm significantly affected many families of the Holy Child affiliate school the Connelly Center in New York. It is our hope to assist these families as many are now homeless.
Approximately 50 exclusive vendors will offer an incredible selection of home goods, clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, popular toys and games, specialty foods, gifts and much, much more. The event is a great way to get a head start on your holiday shopping or simply treat yourself or someone you care about to something special.
The Royal Boutique will be held in Tisdall Hall at Oak Knoll in Summit (on Ashland Road, located between Larned and Manor Hill roads, directly across from Memorial Field).
Free admission; hours are as follows: Thursday, Nov. 15, 6-9 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 16, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child is an independent Catholic school enrolling boys and girls in kindergarten through grade six; and young women in grades seven through 12.


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Lessons of our Round Valley Land
Lessons of our Round Valley Land
Round Valley Unified School District has made a commitment to include Native American curriculum into each grade level. Seventy-five percent of the students at RVUSD are Native American, most of which are members of the Round Valley Indian Tribe. The Round Valley Indian Tribe reservation is located near the school and the school is working in cooperation with the Tribal Council in researching and implementing Native American appropriate curriculum within the school day.
The Indian Land Tenure Curriculum, located at www.iltf.org, provided a grant to RVUSD to support implementation and integration of the Indian Land Tenure Curriculum in each class. RVUSD has attempted to localize some of the lessons to reflect local tribal stories and land tenure history, along with the local environment.
The Indian Land Tenure Curriculum has been designed to help teachers educate students about one of the most important treasures: land. Indian ownership and stewardship of land is fundamental to Indian culture, tribal sovereignty, community well-being, and economic strength. The curriculum was designed specifically with Native American tribal issues and values in mind, but the context illustrates the important relationship between land and people in general, not just Native Americans. Whether you teach on an Indian reservation or in an urban school with students from many ethnic backgrounds, you will find lessons that we be valuable to students of a variety of heritages. The main goal of the curriculum, however, is for Indian students to become intellectually reconnected to the land and aware of its importance to their past, present and future as American Indians.
The Indian Land Tenure Curriculum is designed to give educators a great deal of flexibility in incorporating lessons about Indian Land Tenure into pre-existing curriculum. The lessons are structured to allow K-8 teachers to integrate age-appropriate lessons into a variety of subject-specific classes.
The lessons within each grade level group are grouped according to the following content areas, or what we have termed "standards" in this curriculum.
- American Indian traditional land values.
- American Indian land tenure history.
- Contemporary American Indian Land issues.
- Building a positive future for Indian communities through the land use and stewardship.
Curriculum Standards
The following standards make up the core of this Indian land tenure curriculum. They are designed to provide a meaningful context for native students in which they are more apt to learn about history, culture, language, civics, and the natural sciences.
Standard One: American Indian traditional land values
Objective: Students will demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of traditional American Indian land values that formed the foundation for Indian cultural identity, sense of place, and survival.
This first standard considers traditional Native American land values. The survival of American Indian tribal societies is dependent upon their abilities to know and retain special connections to their homelands. The origin stories and related cultural practices that create unique tribal identities are often based upon particular places, land-related incidents or the use of specific natural resources and materials. Many tribal societies that were heavily dependent upon and sustained by their lands are seeking to restore that relationship in order to strengthen their communities.
Standard Two: American Indian land tenure history
Objective: Students will demonstrate a knowledge of key events in American Indian history and how these events relate to the current land tenure of American Indian tribes and individuals.
Modern Indian land tenure is a result of centuries-long history between natives and their colonizers. Huge native land losses were a result of warfare, displacement, assimilation, broken treaties, tax lien foreclosures, congressional diminishment, executive orders, forced evictions, illegal settlement by non-natives and illegitimate sales. Furthermore, highly complex relationships between the federal government, tribal governments, and state governments have evolved, created by treaties, legislation, executive orders and court decisions. All of this has had an enormous impact on modern Indian land tenure, which cannot be fully understood without an understanding of the history of American Indian colonization. In addition to exploring the history of domestic colonization and subsequent changes in land tenure, principles of European colonization are further explored in relation to indigenous homeland losses in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South America.
Standard Three: Contemporary American Indian land issues
Objective: Students will be able to discuss issues presently affecting American Indian lands and the ability of tribal nations to exercise sovereign powers over those lands.
The third standard grapples with a variety of issues concerning Indian land that are relevant today. The evolution of federal Indian land policy has created a special "trust relationship" with American Indian tribal nations and the lands they occupy. This trust relationship has created a complex set of issues that must be thoroughly understood by Indian communities in order for them to effectively exercise their sovereign powers and prevent further land loss, regain lost lands, realize benefits from good land stewardship and revitalize traditional connections to the lands. Contemporary issues include continued land losses but also successful land claims and acquisitions, land management issues, jurisdictional conflict, natural resource disputes, and the protection of sacred sites.
Standard Four: Building a positive future in Indian communities
Objective: Students will explore how a return to American Indian traditional land values can help correct the effects of decades of land loss.
The final standard looks to what Indian communities should consider as they work toward a successful future in managing their lands. Indians have had their lands severely diminished and, in many cases, they have been moved great distances from their original homelands. This diminishment and displacement has had significant impacts on tribal culture, clan and social structure, traditional education, languages and overall tribal health. Tribal nations are finding the means of asserting their sovereign status and taking steps to correct some of the harm to their tribal societies and their land bases. This assertion can include acquisition of lost lands, halting the erosion of Indian land base, restoration of traditional land values and development of sustainable land-based tribal economies.
You can read more about this curriculum at www.iltf.org.
Go to Resources, then on drop down menu, Land Tenure Curriculum.


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Opel's new Opel Insignia is due to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and will be followed with an Irish debut later this year.
Opel says its flagship model gets a more attractive interior and exterior styling, taking the award-winning design philosophy "sculptural artistry meets German precision" to the next level.
New, powerful and ultra-efficient direct injection engines, such as the 2.0CDT1 99g/km Turbo diesel and the new-generation Turbo petrol unit, will expand the wide engine portfolio.
A host of chassis enhancements will ensure greater comfort.
A completely new infotainment system generation will integrate many smartphone functions into the car and can be operated intuitively and simply via a touchpad in the centre console.
Dave Sheeran, Managing Director, Opel Ireland, said: "The successful Insignia has already won over more than 8,000 Opel drivers in Ireland since it launched in 2009.
"The new Insignia will thrill even more – with a high-quality and sleek cockpit, intuitive operation of infotainment systems, exemplary powertrains and even more expressive design than before.
"Our flagship model is now even more sophisticated and eye-catching – but in the midst of all this elegance, we have not forgotten what it's all about: to offer drivers and passengers a comfortable and safe driving experience with state-of-the-art technologies at an attractive price."
The new Opel Insignia also offers a host of technology, safety and comfort highlights.
These include: state-of-the-art radar and camera-based assistance systems, ranging from adaptive cruise control to side- blind zone alert; forward collision alert and second-generation park assist; premium seats with the AGR seal of approval and the keyless entry and start system 'Open & Start'.


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FLINT, MI -- "Trishna," a romantic drama inspired by Thomas Hardy's classic novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" -- set in modern-day India -- is screening this weekend at the Flint Institute of Arts.
Freida Pinto, best known for the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire," portrays a young woman from a poor, rural district of India who falls in love with the son (played by Riz Ahmed) of a wealthy, English-educated hotel owner. Theirs turns out to be a stormy relationship, as depicted by acclaimed British director Michael Winterbottom ("A Mighty Heart," "The Trip").
Critic Roger Ebert praised the film, "As a melodrama, 'Trishna' builds a hypnotic force."
The 117-minute, R-rated "Trishna" will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17.
Admission is $5 for FIA members, $6 for non-members and $4 for Friends of Modern Art members, with tickets available at the door. The museum is at 1120 E. Kearsley St.
For details on the films call 810-234-1695 or visit the FIA website.


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Bleaker picture is in stark contrast with last year's hiring
As the credit crunch roils financial markets and the U.S. economy sputters, new college graduates are plunging into the rockiest job market in recent years.
The bleaker picture is in stark contrast with last year, when colleges and employers reported robust hiring, and students in finance, accounting and other hot fields were choosing among numerous offers. Now, companies that just a few months ago were planning substantial increases in entry-level hiring have scaled back their plans as economic conditions have worsened.
In turbulent areas such as financial services, some firms are slashing the number of fresh graduates they intend to employ, and students are curtailing expectations of finding their ideal position.
Ken Goldstein, a labor economist at the Conference Board, a New York business research group, says the shift in mood is going to be particularly difficult for seniors who haven't already secured a job, "especiallay those graduates with C or B-minus averages." In the current climate, employers "tell folks, 'Don't call us, we'll call you,'" Goldstein says. "That sort of has been the modus operandi when the economy gets this slow."
The latest unemployment figures reinforce the gloom. The jobless rate rose to 5.1 percent in March, the highest since September 2005, the Labor Department said Friday.
Al Cotrone, the director of career development and student affairs at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business, said contraction in the finance and banking industries started last summer, when he noticed a more conservative approach in internship offers.
Employers "tell folks, 'Don't call us, we'll call you. That sort of has been the modus operandi when the economy gets this slow."
- Ken Goldstein, a labor economist at the Conference Board.
"They are still hiring, but certainly not in the numbers they were the year before," Cotrone said.
To cope with the gloomier outlook, some graduating seniors are opting for jobs they think are less likely to be affected by tumult in the financial sector. James Auger, a 22-year-old human communications sciences major at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., had hoped to start a career in banking, but he recently accepted a job at Health Care Futures LP, a consulting firm in Itasca, Ill. Part of the reason, he says, was "because they weren't really attached to the market as much as the banks were."
There are some bright spots for the Class of 2008. Government hiring remains robust. In fields such as health care and technology, some businesses are hoping to sign on more newly minted grads than last year, while companies in other fields say they're keeping their hiring goals steady. Meanwhile, some seniors headed for careers in finance, consulting and other hard-hit sectors locked in offers from employers last fall, when the outlook for the U.S. economy was less gloomy.
According to a survey conducted last fall by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a Bethlehem, Pa., nonprofit, large employers initially expected to boost hiring of new graduates 16 percent, on average, this year from last year's levels. After redoing the survey in February, NACE found employers planned a more modest 8 percent increase overall. Within financial services, hiring is now anticipated to fall 7.5 percent this year, as investment banks announce sweeping cutbacks.
Even offers made last fall aren't set in stone. At Bear Stearns Cos., whose planned acquisition by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is expected to result in thousands of layoffs, half of the 100 or so job offers to graduating seniors are being rescinded, mainly in areas where the two firms overlap, according to a person familiar with the matter. J.P. Morgan says all its offers to graduating seniors remain valid.
Among other financial-services firms, Citigroup Inc. says that its hiring of undergraduate students is down 10 percent this year. Merrill Lynch's number of college hires is flat this year after increasing last year. Deloitte LLP says it is employing 6,000 college juniors and seniors this year for full-time or intern positions - the same level as last year. In previous years, the accounting firm has seen increases of about 10 percent. "It may not be as dramatic of a growth as the year prior," says Diane Borhani, head of U.S. campus recruiting at Deloitte. "We are going to be a little smart."
College seniors are feeling the pressure to secure a job earlier in the year. Trudy Steinfeld, executive director at the Wasserman Center for Career Development at New York University, says that 45 percent of the senior class has full-time job offers so far, up from 40 percent this time last year. She attributes the increase to students accepting the first job they are offered. "The talk on campus is that if you have an offer, this isn't the year to go shopping," she says.
Among graduating students at the U-M's business school, Cotrone said the number of students who have an offer is down 4 percentage points, but the number of students who have accepted an offer is up 5 percentage points.
On college campuses, career-services directors say job offers have continued to flow in from employers in health care, information technology, and the nonprofit and government sectors. Demand for skilled workers in industries like computer science is boosting the average starting salary 4 percent this year from last, according to a NACE survey.
A breakdown by industry shows that starting salaries for accounting and finance grads rose by a mere 1.9 percent, while business-administration and management graduates saw increases of less than 1 percent. The average offer for computer-science majors, on the other hand, rose 7.9 percent. Engineering graduates saw an average increase of 5.7 percent.
The job outlook for new graduates can vary from college to college, depending on a school's location and its rankings in certain industries.
College juniors, meanwhile, are anticipating tough times ahead. "It's probably going to be a lot more difficult" for next year's graduating seniors, says Karim Hemani, 21, a business honors student majoring in finance at the University of Texas at Austin.
Hemani, a junior, says that when he tried to find an internship in investment banking for the coming summer earlier this year, recruiters warned him that the labor market would be tighter for his class. He eventually landed an internship at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC, an energy investment firm in Houston. Among college juniors, "the sentiment is a lot more negative right now," he says.


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Unitus Community Credit Union is pleased to announce Beaverton's Danielle Packard as a 2014 annual scholarship recipient. Each year, Unitus awards scholarships of $1,000 each to high school graduates, college undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate academic excellence, a commitment to community service and a desire to pursue higher education.
Packard is a sophomore at the Art Institute of Portland studying web and graphic design. She intends to pursue her passion in front end web development and design.
"I am learning so much in my classes and want to excel as a developer creating user interfaces and experiences for the current and future technologies on the horizon," said Packard. "I greatly appreciate Unitus' support as I work towards my degree and future career."
"The cost of a college education continues to rise, and our scholarship program is one way we help make higher education more affordable for our young members and their families," said Unitus President and CEO Patricia Smith. "We are impressed by Danielle's commitment to her desired field and are thrilled to support her as she pursues her degree."
The credit union's scholarship program began in 2004, and has awarded financial assistance to 105 students totaling more than $100,000. This year, an independent scholarship committee of education specialists reviewed and selected recipients based on financial need, academic achievement, community involvement, the quality of the applicant's essay and a commitment to pursue post-high school education.
About Unitus Community Credit Union
Unitus Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution serving people living or working in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Benton, Columbia, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Linn and Lane counties in Oregon and the state of Washington. Additional information about Unitus is available at www.unitusccu.com or by calling (800) 452-0900.


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I got back to normal this week after a few tough weeks, going 9-3. Hope you did as well. (Actually, that's a fib. I don't want you to beat me, but it sounds nice.)
Here's what happened in Week 7:
Arizona at Washington
Washington won 21-19
Heller right
Atlanta at New Orleans
New Orleans won 22-16
Heller right
Minnesota at Dallas
Dallas won 24-14
Heller right
New England at Miami
New England won 49-28
Heller right
San Francisco at New York Giants
The Giants won 33-15
Heller right
Tampa Bay at Detroit
Detroit won 23-16
Heller wrong
Tennessee at Houston
Tennessee won 38-36
Heller right
Kansas City at Oakland
KC won 12-10
Heller wrong
New York Jets at Cincinnati
Cincy won 38-31
Heller right
Chicago at Philadelphia
Chicago won 19-16
Heller right
St. Louis at Seattle
Seattle won 33-6
Heller right
Pittsburgh at Denver
Denver won 31-28
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Weekly record: 9-3
Season: 57-27


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Watch Dream Car Garage
Those who enjoy cars will like this show that takes you behind the scenes of what it takes to restore a car and keep one in running condition. Those on the show will drive new cars to see how they perform and examine older cars to see what has kept them in the condition they are still in today. There are also some concept cars that are shown on the show as well.
Dream Car Garage Full Episode Guide
- Episode 13 - Ice Racing
Dream Car Garage goes ice racing and Tom and Peter track down a Maserati MC12. Only on SPEED.
- Episode 12 - Extreme Velocity
Go inside test drives of the Extreme Velocity 454 Corvette ZO6 and YearOne's 67 Mustang track car.
- Episode 11 - Paint!
The Pro Shop feature restoration is painted with new waterborne technology, the shade an original 1957 Mercedes silver.
- Episode 10 - Ultimate Accessory
The Mercedes Gullwig gets the ultimate aftermarket accessory, a set of matching luggage! Only on SPEED.
- Episode 9 - The Upper Crust
- Episode 8 - Three Liters, 215 HP
- Episode 7 - The Holy Grail
- Episode 6 - Now That's a Big Truck
- Episode 5 - Modena and Biarritz
- Episode 4 - Dream Cruise
- Episode 3 - Maranello
- Episode 2 - Viper Track Day
- Episode 1 - Greetings from Monaco


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MONTPELIER (AP) - More military veterans are graduating this year from Community College of Vermont.
On Saturday during the graduation ceremony at Norwich University in Northfield there will be 41 graduating veterans, up from last year.
A total of 58 people - either veterans or connected to veterans - will graduate this year, up from 41 last year.
CCV Director of Student Support Services Heather Weinstein says the school expects to graduate more veterans next year.
CCV is the largest of the Vermont State Colleges, with about 10,400 students registered for the fall semester. More than 550 students are due to graduate.
Among the graduates is Marine Corps veteran Trista Acebo, of Essex Junction, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She says her military service made her more focused on her studies.


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The recipe for a music biopic should go something like this: Start with a beloved musician; add a string of crowd-pleasing hits; mix in a good dose of backstage drama; hit audiences with a triumphant and/or fatal finale; roll credits. But actually getting a film into theaters? It's never been that simple — and as several pending biopics have demonstrated lately, it's not getting any easier.
For every movie that finds its ideal match (see: Sissy Spacek as country legend Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter or Jennifer Lopez as Tejano-music star Selena), there are countless others kneecapped by casting before the first scene is shot. The need for star power, performance chops, and a physical resemblance leaves filmmakers with "a lot of boxes to check," says Debra Martin Chase, exec producer of the upcoming Lifetime biopic Aaliyah: Princess of R&B (working title). Disney starlet Zendaya Coleman, 17, won the role of the R&B singer, who died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22. "It wasn't a situation where we cast her because she's hot," adds Chase. "She has Aaliyah's spirit." But that decision generated harsh blowback from fans who felt that the biracial teen is too light-skinned for the part — a criticism that actress Zoe Saldana has also faced for her role in an upcoming, much-delayed Nina Simone biopic. (That casting choice inspired the sarcastic Twitter hashtag #BlackBiopics, with users suggesting their own pairings, such as "Robin Thicke as Marvin Gaye.")
There's also the question, of course, of the actual songs. Reese Witherspoon might not have won an Oscar for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in 2005's Walk the Line if filmmakers hadn't gotten the rights to June and her husband Johnny Cash's famous catalogs. Securing the music rights is often a lengthy and costly endeavor, and may even stop or halt production — as it nearly did for the Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is by My Side, due this year. Experience Hendrix LLC (headed by the late rock icon's sister, Janie) declined to license any of his music, leading writer-director John Ridley to frame his movie as an impressionistic art-house drama centering on the brief period Hendrix (played by OutKast's André Benjamin) spent in London — and ending just before his breakout moment at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. "This is a story about relationships," Ridley told EW earlier this year. "If there are folks who just want the music, there are record stores for that."
Focusing on a particular time is one way filmmakers work around the myriad biopic obstacles. Angela Bassett will make her directorial debut with an upcoming Lifetime movie about Whitney Houston, and she's limiting it to the singer's early years and her relationship with singer Bobby Brown. There will be no depiction of Houston's later downward spiral or her death at age 48. "I really just want to tell a story about a boy and a girl who fell in love," Bassett, who recently began filming with lead actress (and America's Next Top Model alum) Yaya DaCosta, tells EW. "We're not interested in dragging her life again through the muck."
That's not to say that drugs will be completely absent in Whitney Houston: "We can't tell their story without it," says Bassett. The traits that so often accompany great talents — depression, drug abuse, the general danger of a life lived at full throttle — also make for good drama. But an unflinching, warts-and-all portrayal can alienate the subject's family; that's one of the rumored reasons that long-awaited films on Gaye and Janis Joplin have yet to emerge from seemingly endless turnaround. (A rep for Lee Daniels, the latest in a long line of directors who have attempted to transfer Joplin's life to the big screen, declined to comment for this story.)
With major-studio financing increasingly difficult to secure, some filmmakers are taking matters into their own hands. Actor Don Cheadle launched an online campaign to raise funding for a film on jazz musician Miles Davis, which he plans to direct and star in. "If we weren't crowdfunding, we would have to cut out scenes or characters that we feel really need to be in the movie," Cheadle said on his Indiegogo page, which as of press time has raised nearly half of its $325,000 goal. A biopic on Hank Williams starring Thor's Tom Hiddleston is still in the works, though his grandson Hank Williams III has reportedly expressed displeasure at having a Brit play the role. Midnight Rider, the story of rocker Gregg Allman, is on hold following a tragic train accident that killed a crew member in February. (Star William Hurt dropped out of the project in April.)
And yet filmmakers aren't giving up. Universal has the James Brown biopic Get On Up (out Aug. 1), and it just slated Straight Outta Compton, about N.W.A rappers Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and the late Eazy-E, for release next year. There are also reportedly projects in development about Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, Freddie Mercury, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie. After all, there are lots of great true stories to tell — if only Hollywood could figure out how to tell them.


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With an environmental law degree from Lewis and Clark College, Mandy Parkinson was a natural fit with the Pacific Green Party of Oregon. Four years ago, she cast her vote for Ralph Nader.
But this year Parkinson has traded in her Green Party registration card for one stamped "Democrat."
"We know this isn't the year for Greens," says Parkinson, who's volunteering for Dennis Kucinich. "Our main goal is to get Bush out of office."
After shouldering the blame for siphoning Al Gore votes in 2000, many fellow Greens have followed Parkinson's lead. Both the local campaigns of Kucinich and Howard Dean report a throng of remorseful Greens who are backing the Democrats, at least for now.
The Kucinich chapter in Oregon--founded by Adin Rogovin, a former Green--estimates one-fourth of the Ohio Congressman's supporters here are former or current Greens. The local Dean list sports a similar emerald hue, bolstered by a long list of volunteers, including Sarah Mason, 27, and Michael Phoenix, 45, with Nader 2000 pins tucked in their attic.
Such anecdotes may warm hearts and hopes within the donkey party, but they are tempered by some cold, hard facts. Oregon Democrats and Republicans have actually lost registered voters since the 2000 election, while state Greens have nearly doubled their ranks. In fact, although its numbers are still dwarfed by those of the major parties, the Pacific Green Party is the fastest-growing political party in the state (see chart, page 12), now boasting more than 14,000 voters. Nationally, the Green growth has also been steady though not quite as dramatic, rising from 196,000 registered voters in November 2000 to 303,000 in November 2003.
Lewis & Clark College political-science professor Robert Eisinger chalked up the phenomenon to historical trends and the perils of a two-party system.
"The rise of third parties through disenfranchised voters is nothing new," Eisinger says. "Oregon in particular has a history of individualism."
Marnie Glickman, one of two Pacific Green delegates to the national party, puts it more bluntly. "Our numbers are increasing because the Democrats are continuing to fail people that are progressive," says Glickman, a former fundraiser for Oregon Democrats.
But as Election Day 2004 draws nearer, those progressive voters may look at the current resident of the White House and decide that maybe Al Gore wasn't so bad after all. (Nader captured nearly 97,000 votes in the decisive state of Florida, where Bush finished with a precarious 537-vote margin over Gore.)
Liz Trojan, co-chair of the state Green Party, concedes that the desire to cast a meaningful vote against Bush, particularly in a swing state like Oregon, will be hard to resist, particularly if the Democratic nominee at least talks the Green talk. "We do talk about voting Democrat," Trojan says.
"If there's a Democrat who shares 80 percent of our values...I have a tough time with that one. I have to take it on a race-by-race level."
The two candidates who came closest to that test were Kucinich, whose campaign has never caught on, and Dean, who was shaken by his poor showing in last week's Iowa caucuses. Democratic activists like lefty media icon Michael Moore are hoping to keep those candidates' grass-roots frenzy behind the eventual Democratic nominee, no matter who it is.
"The worst thing that could happen now would be for the Dean revolution to come to an end," Moore said following the Iowa caucus. "They've set the tone and the bar and have jump-started the movement to save our country."
And then there's the Nader factor.
The two-time presidential candidate recently announced that he won't seek the party's presidential nomination this year (though he hasn't ruled out an independent bid for the White House). Some party activists say that's a good development.
"I talked to Ralph a couple of weeks ago and told him that I had concerns if he were our candidate for a third time," says Blair Bobier, a founding member of the Green Party in Oregon. "The Green Party isn't a one-trick pony or the extension of any one individual."
Bobier is backing Texas lawyer David Cobb, one of four candidates seeking the national party's endorsement in June.
Green Party member Xander Patterson, chair of the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, hopes fellow Greens will focus their energy into issues other than the presidential sweepstakes. The party is currently pushing changes in state campaign-finance and election laws that would give minor-party candidates a greater chance of winning office. Says Patterson, "Until we get electoral reform, we are always going to be irrelevant or the spoiler."


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"Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam," a Wii game now ported to the Nintendo DS, amounts to a sturdy hand-held experience.
By TERRENCE SMITH Holy Cross College
If you've spent some time with video games the past couple decades, you'd probably be familiar with the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" franchise.
This collection of titles enables players to take control of a number of skaters, including the Hawk, and bust tricks in a number of simulated skate parks and world locations.
This series has merited nine different games, so it's not that surprising that the game's format is starting to lose its luster.
However, it seems like the game series might see new life in the hand-held gaming market.
"Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam," a Wii game now ported to the Nintendo DS, amounts to a sturdy hand-held experience.
The game features three distinct modes -- quick-race, where a player can set up a short race at any time, jam session, which features classic Hawk game objectives like finding the secret tape, and, most notably, the World Tour Mode, where Hawk recruits you for his skate team in a global competition.
Developer Vicarious Visions, who's had success with past hand-held endeavors, has done a remarkably solid job with converting the Nintendo Wii game to the hand-held format.
The graphics are generated in a slick, cartoon-styled three-dimensional format.
Six different locations also exist to compete in, including Rio, San Francisco, and Mount Kilomanjaro, each with its own variety of sights and sounds.
However, some texturing appears pixilated and ugly, and there are also some objects the player can pass right through.
The gameplay is where this title truly shines.
It translates the feel of the PlayStation and Playstation 2 games almost perfectly.
Grinding, kickflips and ollies are all present, but the tricks can be difficult to land perfectly.
Goals are not impossible, but there's enough challenge to keep you hooked well into the tour mode.
As goals are completed, your created character can be upgraded in jump time, grind balance, and racing speed.
The best part is that you can just hop into the game at any time, and save any point in game progress.
You might find yourself skateboarding while you're skateboarding (don't do that, by the way).
Touch screen functions may be few and far between, but what the game does is done well.
Tapping an icon on the touch screen with your thumb allows you to do some tricky, outlandish moves, which defy the laws of physics.
And when you create your skateboarder, the touch screen and DS stylus can be used to create custom designs for his or her clothes, skateboards,and even billboards that are seen on the courses.
When I first received this game with my DS several months ago, I didn't expect much out of it.
But it turned out to be a rewarding experience, worthy of picking up if you see it in a local bargain bin.


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Welcome back to Baby Breakerdom! The past week's quest to uncover budding Rule Breakers finds earlier predictions of buyouts coming true. And so I ask: Is this a good thing?
Let's start the examination process with Conforma Therapeutics, which has accepted a $250 million buyout from Biogen IDEC (Nasdaq: BIIB ) . The deal, which is expected to close during the second quarter, calls for Biogen to pay $150 million in cash at closing and as much as $100 million more if certain "development milestones" are met. Conforma also plans to form a start-up called Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals to take over Amrubicin, a lung-cancer therapy it acquired from a Japanese pharma.
VentureWire reports that, before the acquisition, Conforma had raised $58.6 million in financing from a number of venture firms. It's those VCs -- including Domain Associates, Forward Ventures, IngleWood Ventures, Lilly Venture, and S.R. One -- that are funding the spin-off of Cabrellis.
So, is this a good deal for Biogen? It sure seems like it. My read of the first-quarter results, showing a year-over-year decline in sales cancer drug Zevalin, suggests that Biogen can use all the oncology expertise it can get its hands on. And it's not as though the price is terribly high; Biogen had more than $2.2 billion in cash and investments on the books as of the latest quarter.
Next up is Fox Interactive, a unit of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS ) . This week, the media giant made good on its promise to bulk up its Internet offerings by acquiring Web start-ups kSolo and Newroo for undisclosed sums. I won't get into all of the details because Foolish friend Alyce Lomax already did a terrific job of that here.
Instead, I'll go right to the question of the hour: Is this good for News Corp.? I'm not so sure. Both companies were acquired in their seed stage, before any venture investments. That would be a great thing only if News Corp. were looking to build and then flip these firms as a VC would. But it isn't. CEO Rupert Murdoch is trying to create a stable of well-traveled Web properties to extend his already massive media empire. That's not likely to be an easy task. And if you ask me, News Corp. is hardly an expert in corporate development, which can be the business equivalent of nation-building. (Pick up a newspaper to get some perspective on how difficult that can be.)
Good luck, Mr. Murdoch. You're going to need it.
That's all for now. See you back here next time, when we continue the quest to find the next ultimate growth stock.
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Looking for an inexpensive and fun race to kick off your June? The 24th Annual Santiam Hospital Fun Run features a 3k, 5k, and 8k and is only $5 (plus $10 if you want a shirt).
I have ran this race before and really enjoy it. It actually provides a pretty good turnout with over 700 runners heading to the Stayton/Sublimity area last year. Check out the course map online, but I can tell you from past experience to be prepared for a pretty good hill on each distance (and 2 in the 8k), specifically at 28th Avenue and along Fern Ridge Road. There is also a pretty good climb to the finish along Pine Street, so keep a little energy stored up in your tank.
Following the race, runners will be able to enjoy hot coffee, cold smoothies, fresh fruit and delicious (very delicious) scones. There will also be live music by the Bill Hughes Trio and prizes will be awarded to first place male and female in all age group divisions.
The event is coordinated by the Stayton Road Runners Club.
Santiam Hospital Fun Run (Sublimity)
When: Saturday, June 1, 2013
What time: 9a
Where: Santiam Hospital
Register: Online here or mail-in; $15 ($5 without shirt), $20 DOR ($10 without shirt; $35 for family of 6+


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Ministry stands by Grayling evidence after bar chief challenge
Topics: Criminal justice,Legal aid and access to justice,The Bar
Evidence given to MPs by Chris Grayling has sparked a spat between the Bar Council and Ministry of Justice.
The leader of the bar wrote to the justice committee challenging figures given to it by the justice secretary last week.
During his evidence, Grayling told the committee: 'In very high cost cases, after we have made the changes, our projection is that in the shorter VHCC cases, the typical ones that are a little over 60 days which require a shorter period of preparation, the typical payment to a QC will be around £135,000. I still think that is a fair reward for the job.'
Maura McGowan QC contested the figure given for a 'typical'case – putting it at £19,992, based on the reduced fee of £333.20 for a full day – seven times less than the sum given to the committee.
In the 'exceptionally rare' category 1 case, which are the most serious, McGowan stated that under the proposed fees, a QC would be paid £101.50 per hour for preparation.
In such a case, she said in order to earn the £135,000 stated by Grayling, a barrister would have to do 1,133 hours preparation in addition to the trial advocacy.
She suggested the £135,000 figure quoted by Grayling is 'far from typical' as he had set out.
The preparation for it, she said, 'cannot properly' be said to be 'short' as it would involve between 1,133 and 1,805 hours' work.
'To give the impression that £135,000 would be paid for 60 days' work, is simply not an adequate nor an accurate reflection of the true picture,' said McGowan.
To reach the figure Grayling suggested, McGowan said the preparation would be 'enormous'.
The bar leader added: 'I am sure the lord chancellor had no intention of misleading the committee, but it should not be left with the impression that the case he describes is in any way a typical one.'
An MoJ spokeswoman said the figure given by Grayling is 'not inaccurate' and the ministry stands by it.
She told the Gazette: 'The figure given in Wednesday's justice select committee was provided by the Legal Aid Agency, who have years of experience managing VHCCs.
'The secretary of state was clear it included both court and preparation time. Over the last five years the average preparation time for a shorter VHCC court trial has been in the region of 1,300 hours.'
The MoJ's figure for the average preparation time for shorter VHCC trials was estimated by looking at those trials which have run for between 60 and 70 days over the past five years, and which involved a single QC.
The ministry accepted that no two cases are the same, but said it had provided the committee with an 'illustrative example' of a fraud case with 55,000 pages of evidence and a trial lasting 60 days – as that reflects the nature of upcoming VHCCs.
The government plans to cut by 30% the fees paid in VHCC cases, including ongoing ones. The cut is designed to save £19m a year, but senior barristers have indicated they will not be prepared to accept cases at that rate.
Some barristers may return ongoing VHCCs briefs when the cut is implemented in November, causing delay to serious criminal trials.
Read McGowan's full letter here.
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The words "I am sure the lord chancellor had no intention of misleading the committee" give unnecessary succour to our opponent.
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Colony Capital LLC spokeswoman Caroline Luz said Tuesday that the photographer and the firm signed the deal Monday.
Colony will become the photographer's sole creditor, while Leibovitz will retain control of her portfolio.
Colony says the Santa Monica, Calif., firm will help market her images, which include covers for Vanity Fair, Vogue and Rolling Stone.
Leibovitz won an extension last year to repay a $24 million loan to the Manhattan firm Art Capital Group. The financial dispute had threatened her rights to her own images.
Colony is helping her manage that loan.
-- Ula Ilnytzky, AP


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PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Although it'll likely be 2018 before anyone drives on the road, work on the Interstate 10 connector road project is in full swing, officials told the Jackson County Board of Supervisors today.
Steven Twedt, Neel-Schaffer's south Mississippi area manager, told supervisors that the total project will likely cost about $14.5 million.
The county has about $8.3 million in U.S. Department of Transportation funds, which will require a $1.1 million local match, he said, and another $4 million coming through the Gulf Regional Planning Commission that will require another $1 million match from the county.
The project will create an about two-mile road to connect west Jackson County to Sangani Boulevard in d'Iberville. The road will have three lanes initially, but there are plans to later widen the road to five lanes.
Once complete, motorists will be able to leave I-10 at exit 50 and head west on Cook Road, where the new road will begin and tie straight into Sangani Boulevard.
County leaders say they believe the project will become a high-traffic road and open up the area to development while also allowing access to two major interchanges without having to get on the interstate.
Twedt told supervisors that right of way acquisition has already begun, with the first appraisal approved on the board's consent agenda today.
All necessary right of way should be secured by yearend 2015, he said.
There are about 60 parcels involved, he said, including 20 houses that will be affected.
After the right of way is settled, it should take about nine months for utility relocation, and then construction should take a year and a half.
During a State of the Country address earlier this year, Supervisor Troy Ross said the road is "a road that can actually generate revenue" for the county to perform more road work.
It will be far enough off the interstate to allow for development on both sides of the road, the board president said at that time.


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Chris Washington had a team-high 17 points and nine rebounds as Woodstown rallied past Glassboro, 54-50.
The Wolverines trailed by four points at halftime but took a one-point lead into the final quarter. Semaj Thomas added 14 points in the win.
Dauwaan Turner led all scorers with 20 points, and Sam Smith had 12 for the Bulldogs in the loss.


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SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Interim HealthCare, one of the nation's largest home care and health care staffing companies, proudly recognizes the important role Social Workers play in home care, hospice and hospitals throughout the year and during National Social Work Month.
This special month provides an opportunity for medical social workers to be recognized for the essential role they play in supporting mental and physical health through their intervention to support patients and their families cope with the challenges of chronic disease; a terminal diagnosis; the stressors associated with lifetime care of a disabled child or rehabilitation following an accident; or finding a way to keep a parent safely at home who lives hundreds of miles away.
As members of health care teams across the country, medical social workers work hand-in-hand with doctors, nurses and therapists to lessen the psychosocial burden of illness on patients and their family caregivers.
"Illness is never experienced in isolation," said Barbara McCann, Chief Clinical Officer of Interim HealthCare Inc and a medical social worker. "Rather, it is experienced by an individual and their family and social network. Medical social workers facilitate critical support to the patient, family and their health care team to make rehabilitation, recovery, lifestyle changes and acceptance an achievable pathway to experience life to its fullest."
Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation's oldest proprietary health care franchise organization providing health care personnel at all skill levels in all settings. Through a network of more than 300 offices, Interim HealthCare provides diverse health care services including home care, medical staffing and occupational health. Interim employs more than 75,000 health care workers and provides services to approximately 50,000 people each day.
For more information, visit www.interimhealthcare.com.
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SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Interim HealthCare, one of the nation's largest home care and health care staffing companies, proudly recognizes the important role Social Workers play in home care, hospice and hospitals throughout the year and during National Social Work Month.
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