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In a time when boarding a commercial jet is the equivalent of becoming part of a cattle car transporting sides of beef, a traveler's nostalgic yearning for the days of elegance in flight and Clipper Class service is understandable. "Boeing Boeing" conjures up such an age, when an airline tossed more than a bag of peanuts at a passenger. They once also served a lot of cheesecake.
Rivertown continues its season this month with a scrumptiously sexy and silly comedy, an Americanized French farce about the airline industry and the sexual revolution – both before deregulation.
Written by French playwright Marc Camoletti in 1962, the comedy revolves around Bernard, an American bachelor living the Playboy lifestyle in Paris. With the help of a massive directory of airline flight schedules and routes, he juggles his engagements to three fiancées, each an air hostess with an international carrier. (These airborne Barbie dolls weren't even called stewardesses yet, much less flight attendants.) As one might quickly expect, things go awry when schedule disruptions result in all three women showing up at his apartment on the same day.
While there is an undeniable sexism at the heart of the comedy, and its plotline is plainly dated, there is now an almost sweet innocence to Bernard's naughty escapades. It is the start of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution was just flowering. The moral and social bill had not arrived yet in this pre-politically correct era.
Although Camoletti's play has been called the most performed modern French play in the world, it was only rediscovered by American audiences after a Tony Award-winning Broadway revival in 2008.
- What: An American bachelor living in Paris juggles engagements to three international air hostesses until unexpected schedule changes bring all three back to his apartment at the same time in Marc Camoletti's 1962 farce. Ricky Graham directs the cast, which includes Gary Rucker, Trina Beck, Kelly Fouchi, Shelley Johnson, T. Joe Seibert and Tracey E. Collins.
- Where: Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner.
- When: Performances at 8 Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 Sundays through Nov. 18.
- Admission: $30, with discounts offered for students, seniors and military. For information, call 504.461.9475 or visit the RivertownTheaters.com.
- Pre-show offerings: For $12 per person, join the "Mile High" cocktail hour, featuring an open bar, wines and appetizers catered by Messina's. The pre-show party is held in the Lagniappe theater lobby and courtyard, beginning at 6:30 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Director Ricky Graham plays all the right notes, drawing on that "Mad Men" wave of nostalgia for all things of the early '60s. Even more so, however, he displays his exquisite sense of timing with the crispest direction that doesn't waste a moment on stage, nor does he let a single laugh go untapped. Graham ensures that the entire production is jet-propelled, which keeps it flying high.
That velocity and energy is maintained by his entire cast. Gary Rucker stars as Bernard in what begins as a coolly played, almost laid-back performance. As a man at the top of his field as well as the top of his libidinous game, nothing will faze him. As such, his utter collapse into confusion and terror as his carefully structured world crashes about him becomes a hilarious and expertly played moment of physical comedy. Despite the character's rather appalling treatment of his women, Rucker also succeeds in making Bernard appealing to the audience. Indeed, in the end, we're not that surprised to see him change his ways.
T. Joe Seibert gives a rollicking performance as Bernard's rube of an old school friend, who arrives for a visit. With wide-eyed wonder (and he gets quite a few eye-opening moments), Seibert plays up his role as the simple mid-Westerner arriving in the big, sophisticated city. Before he knows it, he is completely – but hardly unhappily – entangled in Bernard's web.
The three air hostesses are intentionally played as cookie cutter characters, their most distinguishing characteristic being the bright primary colored uniforms of tight (TIGHT) short skirts, tailored jackets and cute little pillbox hats. The costumes by Cecile Casey Covert are just right for the period and the colors match the personalities of each woman. Bernard's slick, shiny suit and Robert's cozy browns and beiges also match each man's demeanor.
Brighter than their costumes, however, are the women's performances. Even within the limitations of Camoletti's script, Kelly Fouchi, Shelley Johnson and Trina Beck do create real characters. Despite the stereotypes, they show themselves to be strong women, freely exercising their own sexuality. They may each be expecting marriage from Bernard, but none are relying strictly on him alone.
Fouchi is Gloria, the American flying TWA, a combination of cheerleader and cowgirl, whose own wandering eye snares Seibert's Robert. Her fire-engine red uniform matches her overtly heated sexuality.
In richly cool blue, Johnson plays Gabriella, the passionate Italian hostess from Alitalia, ready to demand the most from Bernard.
Beck's Gretchen, is the domineering German flying Lufthansa, her bright canary yellow matching her Nordic blonde hair. When she barks her way onto the stage, the entire audience sits up straight.
As Bernard's housekeeper and cook, Berthe, Tracey E. Collins proves once again that she can make a star turn of any supporting role. A master of understatement, her timing it pitch perfect and she makes a fine foil for Rucker's Bernard. With a touch of sneering impertinence, she serves as his virtual conscience, while also preparing the proper meals for each fiancée.
David Raphel's sets, with all the requisite doors for farce's carefully timed entrances and exits, establish the scene well. The clean lines of the furnishings bespeak the period. A nice crowning touch is the trio of overhead light fixtures, with glass shades that match the colors of the uniforms of the three fiancées.
Book a seat now and be sure to fasten your seatbelts for this high-flying show.


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The lifestyle choices that you make to protect yourself from heart attack and stroke will likely protect the health of your brain as well. Some treatment options for hypertension may protect your brain in ways beyond blood pressure.
Hypertension is a common condition of persistently high blood pressure, when blood in the arteries pushes against the blood vessel walls with high force. The heart must then work harder and the walls of the arteries likely harden over time contributing to atherosclerosis.
Although hypertension can sometimes be caused by kidney disease, tumors, thyroid disease, sleep apnea, supplements, certain medications, or birth control pills, most cases of hypertension have no known cause. However, the risk of hypertension is increased by high salt or alcohol intake, diabetes, lack of physical activity, smoking, obesity, childhood obesity, vitamin D deficiency, stress, aging, and a family history of hypertension.
Hypertension can be managed effectively with a wide variety of strategies. Here, we focus on how hypertension and the strategies used to manage hypertension might affect long-term brain health.
Did you know? The brain receives 15 to 20% of your total blood supply, even though it only makes up 2% of the average person's body's weight.
Very likely to protect against dementia, based on strong evidence.
Managing your hypertension may protect against both Alzheimer's disease and the vascular dementia caused by strokes and microinfarcts. People who manage their hypertension with drugs had 9% less risk of developing dementia in a 2013 meta-analysis of clinical trials and observational research [3]. Hypertension in mid-life associates with greater risk of vascular dementia [4] and Alzheimer's disease [5]. However, this association with Alzheimer's disease is lost or even reversed later in life, although this change might be an artifact of the challenges in experimental design for research in elderly people with numerous health problems [5].
The research is somewhat inconsistent, ranging from no benefit to up to 70% protection from dementia with some types of anti-hypertensive drugs [3, 6]. In general, the protective association has been stronger in observational studies than in randomized clinical trials [3, 7]. Some scientists think that the observational data accurately reflects the benefit of longer community-based treatments; other scientists think that observational studies are unreliable because the people who successfully manage their hypertension likely have other characteristics that make them less prone to dementia.
Despite these discrepancies, managing hypertension is one of the most promising strategies to protect your aging brain [8], particularly in people with the APOE4 genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease [9, 10]. Some anti-hypertensive drugs like angiotensin-receptor blockers and calcium-channel blockers may be particularly protective (see below).
APOE4 carriers: E4 carriers may be particularly likely to lower their risk of cognitive decline by effectively managing their hypertension in mid-life but this claim is based on a handful of observational studies and the relationship between cardiovascular health, APOE status, and cognition appears complex. E4 carriers may be slightly more likely to develop hypertension to begin with, particularly if they have Asian background [11].
Hypertension has been more strongly associated with future dementia or cognitive decline in E4 carriers compared to E4 non-carriers [9, 12-14]. Similarly, hypertension in E4 carriers specifically has been associated with increased beta-amyloid in the brain (a characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease [10]. However, of the many studies looking at anti-hypertensive use and cognitive decline, only one has reported that the use of anti-hypertensive drugs is particularly strong in E4 carriers [15]. Moreover, in patients with Alzheimer's disease, the relationship between cardiovascular risks, APOE status, and cognitive decline has sometimes contrasted with the idea that the brain health of E4 carriers is particularly vulnerable to cardiovascular problems [16].
Unknown, based on limited evidence.
Scientists don't yet know whether hypertension management can improve brain health in people with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. Small clinical trials suggest benefit from some anti-hypertensive drugs; larger studies are now testing those ideas.
For example, small clinical trials suggest that the dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker nilvadipine safely protects against cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients [17,18] and a larger clinical trial in Europe is currently testing the efficacy of nilvadipine in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (ISRCTN14485052). More info below.
Similarly, some small observational studies suggest that centrally-acting ACE-inhibitors may slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients but only in the first 6 months of their use [19]. This idea is controversial and needs further study, as other research suggests that ACE-inhibitors could accelerate Alzheimer's disease pathology in contrast to angiotensin-receptor blockers [20]. More info below.
Possibly, based on moderate evidence.
Reducing hypertension can protect against stroke and cardiovascular causes of death, thus extending healthy lifespan for many individuals [21]. However, in elderly patients, the safety of hypertension treatments and their potential interactions with other medications must be carefully monitored [22].
Your brain's health depends on proper blood flow. Blood flow to the brain is tightly coupled to brain activity, with local blood flow rising when a specific area of the brain is activated. This coupling suggests that hypertension may impair brain function when arteries stiffen and become less reactive [1] or go into spasm. Hypertension associates with more markers of age-related damage in the brain, as indicated by brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities [2]. Hypertension also raises the risk of strokes and transient ischemic attacks or "ministrokes", both of which damage the brain and can lead to vascular dementia.
Some anti-hypertensive drugs may affect the brain in ways beyond blood pressure (info below).
Managing hypertension is critical for long-term health, based on strong evidence.
Work carefully with your doctor to avoid safety risks.
NOTE: This is not a comprehensive safety evaluation or complete list of potentially harmful drug interactions. It is important to discuss safety issues with your physician before taking any new supplement or medication.
Managing hypertension with behavior, diet, and/or drugs can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death in many people. However, doctors debate the degree to which blood pressure should be lowered, especially in very old people [23]. Some treatment strategies may be safer than others depending on your specific health risks.
Some anti-hypertensive medications interact with other drugs, sometimes in dangerous ways. Elderly patients must be particularly careful when managing their hypertension as they often take multiple medications and their bodies may handle anti-hypertensive drugs differently than younger patients [22]. Work openly with your doctor to safely manage your hypertension.
Any physician-guided treatment to reduce hypertension is probably good for long-term brain health. Many treatment options exist, with varying cost, safety, and sometimes beneficial effects on the brain beyond blood pressure. Elderly patients should be careful when beginning anti-hypertensive treatments, particularly if they are taking multiple medications and if the blood pressure treatment is aggressive.
Behavior Changes: Behavior can go a long way to managing hypertension [24]. The Mayo Clinic website has more information about non-drug strategies to manage hypertension. These strategies can also affect the brain.
Diet choices: The food that we eat can prevent or lower high blood pressure and probably protects the brain. The DASH diet and Mediterranean diets are two diets with strong evidence for long-term health benefits, including the brain.
Drugs: Many different drugs can treat hypertension. The choice depends on the patient. Drugs vary in side-effects, costs, interaction with other medications, and benefits for other medical conditions.
Some drugs may affect the brain in ways beyond reduced blood pressure. For example, in one study, hypertensive people who used anti-hypertensive drugs had less signs of Alzheimer's disease in their brains upon death than people who never had hypertension in the first place [26].
Scientists are mining existing clinical trial data to better understand which hypertension therapies have the best long-term outcomes [29]. Several studies are exploring if the choice of anti-hypertensive medication can affect the risk or progression of dementia and brain aging.
1. Sato, N. and R. Morishita, Roles of vascular and metabolic components in cognitive dysfunction of Alzheimer disease: short- and long-term modification by non-genetic risk factors. Front Aging Neurosci, 2013. 5: p. 64.
2. Firbank, M.J., et al., Brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensity change in older adults and relationship to blood pressure. J Neurol, 2007. 254(6): p. 713-21.
3. Levi Marpillat, N., et al., Antihypertensive classes, cognitive decline and incidence of dementia: a network meta-analysis. J Hypertens, 2013. 31(6): p. 1073-82.
4. Sharp, S.I., et al., Hypertension is a potential risk factor for vascular dementia: systematic review. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2011. 26(7): p. 661-9.
5. Power, M.C., et al., The association between blood pressure and incident Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology, 2011. 22(5): p. 646-59.
6. Yasar, S., et al., Antihypertensive drugs decrease risk of Alzheimer disease: Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study. Neurology, 2013. 81(10): p. 896-903.
7. McGuinness, B., et al., Blood pressure lowering in patients without prior cerebrovascular disease for prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2009(4): p. CD004034.
8. Roman, G.C., D.T. Nash, and H. Fillit, Translating current knowledge into dementia prevention. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord, 2012. 26(4): p. 295-9.
9. Bangen, K.J., et al., APOE Genotype Modifies the Relationship between Midlife Vascular Risk Factors and Later Cognitive Decline. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 2013. 22(8): p. 1361-9.
10. Rodrigue, K.M., et al., Risk factors for beta-amyloid deposition in healthy aging: vascular and genetic effects. JAMA Neurol, 2013. 70(5): p. 600-6.
11. Stoumpos, S., et al., The association between apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension: a meta-analysis of 45 studies including 13,940 cases and 16,364 controls. J Hum Hypertens, 2013. 27(4): p. 245-55.
12. de Frias, C.M., K.W. Schaie, and S.L. Willis, Hypertension moderates the effect of APOE on 21-year cognitive trajectories. Psychol Aging, 2014. 29(2): p. 431-9.
13. Yasuno, F., et al., Effect of plasma lipids, hypertension and APOE genotype on cognitive decline. Neurobiol Aging, 2012. 33(11): p. 2633-40.
14. Qiu, C., et al., Combined effects of APOE genotype, blood pressure, and antihypertensive drug use on incident AD. Neurology, 2003. 61(5): p. 655-60.
15. Guo, Z., et al., Apolipoprotein E genotypes and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease among persons aged 75 years and older: variation by use of antihypertensive medication? Am J Epidemiol, 2001. 153(3): p. 225-31.
16. Mielke, M.M., et al., Interaction between vascular factors and the APOE epsilon4 allele in predicting rate of progression in Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis, 2011. 26(1): p. 127-34.
17. Kennelly, S., et al., Apolipoprotein E genotype-specific short-term cognitive benefits of treatment with the antihypertensive nilvadipine in Alzheimer's patients--an open-label trial. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2012. 27(4): p. 415-22.
18. Kennelly, S.P., et al., Demonstration of safety in Alzheimer's patients for intervention with an anti-hypertensive drug Nilvadipine: results from a 6-week open label study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2011. 26(10): p. 1038-45.
19. Gao, Y., et al., Effects of centrally acting ACE inhibitors on the rate of cognitive decline in dementia. BMJ Open, 2013. 3(7).
20. Fournier, A., et al., Prevention of dementia by antihypertensive drugs: how AT1-receptor-blockers and dihydropyridines better prevent dementia in hypertensive patients than thiazides and ACE-inhibitors. Expert Rev Neurother, 2009. 9(9): p. 1413-31.
21. Collins, R., et al., Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, Short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context. Lancet, 1990. 335(8693): p. 827-38.
22. Cooney, D. and K. Pascuzzi, Polypharmacy in the elderly: focus on drug interactions and adherence in hypertension. Clin Geriatr Med, 2009. 25(2): p. 221-33.
23. Grossman, E., Blood pressure: the lower, the better: the con side. Diabetes Care, 2011. 34 Suppl 2: p. S308-12.
24. Mancia, G. and G. Grassi, Management of essential hypertension. Br Med Bull, 2010. 94: p. 189-99.
25. Hamer, M. and Y. Chida, Physical activity and risk of neurodegenerative disease: a systematic review of prospective evidence. Psychol Med, 2009. 39(1): p. 3-11.
26. Hoffman, L.B., et al., Less Alzheimer disease neuropathology in medicated hypertensive than nonhypertensive persons. Neurology, 2009. 72(20): p. 1720-6.
27. Li, N.C., et al., Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis. BMJ, 2010. 340: p. b5465.
28. Shah, K., et al., Does use of antihypertensive drugs affect the incidence or progression of dementia? A systematic review. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother, 2009. 7(5): p. 250-61.
29. Hutton, B., et al., Comparative effectiveness of monotherapies and combination therapies for patients with hypertension: protocol for a systematic review with network meta-analyses. Syst Rev, 2013. 2: p. 44.
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Crinella has amassed a .291 batting average, 24 runs scored, 11 doubles and 18 runs batted in for the Pittsfield Suns. The shortstop, who plays at Merrimack College in North Andover, currently is second in the voting with 22.3 percent of the vote as of 7:37 p.m. Tuesday.
To vote for Crinella, a 2012 Cathedral graduate, click here. He further stated his case Monday by going 3 for 4 with three runs scored in a 13-6 win over the Torrington (Conn.) Titans at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, where the All-Star Game will be held Thursday.


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Mangold missed two days of practices last week after being struck in the temple by teammate Sione Pouha during a play. He practiced Saturday, but says he "didn't feel right" on Monday.
He says he felt "foggy" for the first time in five NFL seasons. Upon hearing that, coach Rex Ryan says he told Mangold to sit the game out Monday night.
Mangold says he feels normal again — "at least Mangold normal" — and anticipates playing in the team's next preseason game Saturday night at Carolina.


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Rundgren, 59, achieved radio fame in 1972 with a double album, "Something/Anything?" It spawned hit singles such as "I Saw the Light" and "Hello, It's Me." However, Rundgren left the mainstream after that and pursued a variety of underground projects, experimenting with technology and developing ways to distribute music through computers.


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| September 10
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Starting Thursday night (Sept. 8), you can begin watching many of your favorite TV shows in the newly updated NBC iPad app. Up until this point, you were only able to watch clips and see show information.
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| September 9
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It took a personal-best performance, but Krissy Harmon became Bay City Western's first individual girls swimming state champion by winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:59.42. Harmon also had a personal best in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.45.
"She's an extremely hard working individual, with a deep drive," Western coach Lisa Manwell said. "She likes her distance events, and she works very hard on those."
Holland won the Division 2 girls swimming state championship for the third consecutive time on Saturday, followed by Portage Central (235) and Bloomfield Hills Marian (190).
Malorie Owczarazak of Western placed 13th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:13.05).
Western's 200 and 400 free relay teams of Harmon, Malorie Owczarazak, Molly Grant and Chelsea Harmon took 14th (1:40.82) and 13th (3:39.62), respectively.
Bay City Central's Madeline Martin swam a 54.60 in the 100 free to break the Central school record from 1975.
Ann Arbor: Dexter earned 134 points for 7th overall, improving on last season's 15th-place finish despite being edged out of sixth by Grosse Point North (135).
"We finished one point out of sixth, which was a huge step for us," Dexter coach Cory Bergen said. "We really focused on improving this season and achieving more at the state meet, and today was a culmination of all our efforts."
Sophomore Lizzy Merriman led the Dreadnaughts with all-state honors in both the 200 IM (2:11.24, eighth), and the 100 breaststroke (1:07.87, eighth).
Dexter also had two relay teams finish with all-state honors: the 200 free relay team of Abby Mesaros, Merriman, Allison Franz and Sarah Daugherty in sixth place (1:39.65), and the 400 free relay team of Gretchen Schultz, Reagan Maisch, Franz and Daugherty in fourth (3:35.09).
Emma Kellerman of Ypsilanti Lincoln finished eighth (344.05) in 1 meter diving.
Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central was 10th, led by senior Alex Hoiles with all-state finishes in the 100 fly (58.49, sixth) and 100 back (58.13, sixth).
"We had a very good weekend," FHC coach Tim Jasperse said. "Our goal was to be Top 10, and we achieved it.
"Alex was able to go out on a high night. It was a great way to end her career with two great races. She was great all season long."
Freshman Erin Neely was third in diving with 381.15, while Kathlynn Emaus set a school record in the 100 breast with 1:05.2 (fifth). Lauren Ryan also made all-state in the 100 breast (1:07.55, seventh).
"Erin did a great job; to take third as a freshman is outstanding," Jasperse said. "Lauren did a great job getting in position this weekend."
Jenison junior Morgan VanderSchaaf was sixth in the 200 free (1:54.62), fifth in the 500 free (5:04.97) and swam in the eight-place 200 free relay (1:40.18), while Nicole Langerak was fifth in diving (367.5).
Also taking all-state honors in diving were Grand Rapids Union's Morgan Hitchings (369.6, fourth) and Grand Rapids Northview's Claire Stam (363.75, sixth).
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Toyota brought the Prius. Nissan brought the Leaf. Chevrolet brought the Volt.
But also on-site was the Coda, the Trexa and the Fisker as new models of transportation that use alternative energy were shown at the AltCar Expo this past weekend.
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Though the game wasn't aired on local TV, the accounts of the preseason matchup last night between the Rangers and the Isles paint some ugly, fight-filled pictures. There was a scrum after Ryan Callahan was boarded at :51 seconds in, as Steve Zipay describes. And the later main attractions included the inevitable Chris Simon-Ryan Hollweg rematch, which dates back to last spring when Simon went nuts on Hollweg.
The fight escalated to the point where Jason Strudwick was pulled aside by Rick DiPietro, and the Isles goalie was soon baiting Ranger goalie Al Montoya to go toe-to-toe, which they did. The AP recap tells the story:
With 11:49 left in the period, Hollweg landed a heavy hit behind the Islanders net on defenseman Freddy Meyer and was whistled for a penalty. Simon charged Hollweg from behind and set off a brawl.
Orr fought Kip Brennan, and Hollweg and Simon tangled. Rangers forward Jason Strudwick, who fought Brennan in the first period, jumped Simon. Islanders forwards Jeremy Colliton and Andy Hilbert joined the fray that drifted toward DiPietro's crease.
DiPietro grabbed Strudwick from behind and gave several tugs, trying to pull the Rangers forward away -- planting his glove in his face. Strudwick fell on Hilbert, and DiPietro kept pulling until he saw Montoya skate from his crease.
'When [Simon] is trying to fight two guys at once, then I had to step in,' DiPietro said. 'All you're thinking is to help your teammates. It was a crazy game. A lot of crazy stuff happened...'
DiPietro squared off in a position ready to fight, removing his gloves and mask and pulling up his sleeves.
Montoya, who hasn't played in a regular-season NHL game, skated past DiPietro and seemed to not be interested in fighting or unsure of what to do. He had one fight last season in the AHL.
DiPietro, who fought former Islanders teammate Arron Asham in practice last season, signaled to Montoya to take off his gloves and mask as if to teach him the tricks of the trade. With a wide grin on his face, DiPietro grabbed Montoya and punches flew.
'You've got to defend your teammates,' Montoya said. 'The second you cross the blue line, that's what is going to happen. He's a tough guy, but at the same time he was going out of his way to try and start something. So, I just had to do my part.'
As Montoya lost his balance, DiPietro pulled him and the two fell with Montoya on top. DiPietro quickly jumped up and landed on top as punches continued.
Both goalies were penalized for leaving the crease and ejected. Strudwick and Orr along with Simon and Brennan were kicked out of the game that featured at least six fights. Simon was also given a major penalty for charging.What a crazy night. Tom Renney realizes this was just a very out of the ordinary free-for-all. The coach is quoted, "Somehow I don't think when two points are on the line you're going to see a whole lot of that."
When all was said and done, the referees had handed out 45 penalties totalling 165 minutes. The Islanders went 3-for-21 on the power play. Montoya told Larry Brooks that he felt he had no choice but to defend his teammates, despite the fact that he'd rather have remained in the game to showcase himself.
Isles coach Ted Nolan told Newsday, "You don't want to see that much fisticuffs in hockey, but sometimes, it has a tendency to bring a team a little closer." Well, then... these guys should all feel very, very close to their teammates today.
The Rangers.com game summary notes that if this were a playoff game, it would be talked about for decades. Not that the score really matters after all of the other action, but the Rangers actually blew a 4-1 lead. The Isles scored twice in the last minute of the second period, and then once in the third to tie it before winning in OT, 5-4.
The Rangers travel to Detroit for a game on Tuesday, but there is a rematch with these same Islanders on Friday at MSG. Should be one heck of a battle. Just wait until these two teams square off for something that counts.


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Christopher de Bellaigue on why sanctions on Iran have thus far been, and will likely continue to be, a failure:
The assumption is that the more Iranians suffer, the more their leaders will feel the pressure and either change course or be overthrown in a popular uprising. And yet, there is no evidence to suggest that this is probable, and the Iraqi case suggests the opposite. During the U.N. blockade, Saddam was able to blame foreigners for the nation's suffering, and ordinary Iraqis—those who might have been expected to show discontent at his misrule—grew more and more dependent on the rations he distributed. Furthermore, America's insistence that an end to sanctions was conditional on Saddam's departure removed any incentive he might have had to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors. In 1997, he stopped doing so, with the results we all know.
This time, the U.S. is at pains to show that the Islamic Republic will gain a life-saving reprieve if it falls in with U.N. resolutions calling on it to stop enriching uranium. If that happens, Hillary Clinton said in October, sanctions might be "remedied in short order." But Iran's supreme leader dismissed her words as a "lie."
Khamenei and those around him believe that sanctions policy is part of a bigger American project of Iraq-style regime change. There is some logic to this; recent western tactics against Iran include sabotage, assassination and diplomatic isolation—hardly indicative of a desire for detente. The most recent round of nuclear negotiations foundered, in part, on Iran's growing conviction that the U.S. will make no significant concession on sanctions unless Iran drastically scales down its program of uranium enrichment. That seems unlikely to happen–not simply for reasons of image and prestige, but because, as American hostility sharpens, Iran may judge its nuclear program to be the best defense it has against the fate that befell Saddam.
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Neville: A Birth Story
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Three weeks late, I know…
Monday the 21st started out like any other day. I got up and went to the restroom to pee… And that's when I noticed that's when I started spotting. No big deal, I thought. It's totally normal at the end of your pregnancy. Didn't think any of it until I came home after I dropped off the preschooler and having minor discomfort. Ten am rolls around and the contractions are twelve minutes apart.
At eleven after picking up Nattie, I start to panic because OMG I DIDN'T EVEN FINISH PACKING THE DAMN BAGA ND WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO!? And I still had Natalie's bag to pack. My husband got home at noon and we dropped off Natalie at my aunt's house and end up staying there for around five hours timing contractions and such.
My husband decides that it's time to go to the hospital since the contractions are five minutes apart, even though I tell him it's not time yet. So we make the almost half hour trip only to find out I'm only two cm dilated. They monitor my contractions for two hours and I only dilate ONE SINGLE CM so I was given the option to go home (eat) or stay, so we leave to go get burgers and head to my aunt's house to wait out the contractions.
Ten pm rolls by and contractions are painful but I'm not in tears yet. The tears don't come until two am because SON OF A BASILISK these contractions are breaking my bones apart and SHUT THE FRONT DOOR OF MORDOR is this what the Cruciatus Curse feels like? My husband is trying to be uber supportive by giving me back massages and asking me what he can do and all I picture myself doing is strangling him and blaming rage blackouts. The only place that is comfortable at this point is the cold bare floor and clawing my aunt's cushions, rocking back and forth on my knees and crying my eyes out.
Right after two am is when my husband is losing his mind because he's probably a mind reader and saw what I was doing to him in my head.
We get to the hospital at 2:40 or something (I'm not entirely sure because I was no longer tweeting) where I'm told that I'm 8cm dilated and if I had waited a bit more, I would probably have had a home birth and twenty minutes later at 3:03, Neville Andrew is born, 6 pounds and 9 ounces of pure cuteness, but not before MY WATER BREAKS AND IT ALL LANDS ON MY POOR HUSBAND'S FACE, HAIR, AND SHIRT.
And then we went from a family of three to a family of four and my heart swelled two times bigger.
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Oh so sweet! Props for making it so long on your own, you're amazing.🙂 Also loved the last bit about your water so much that I had to share with my husband. Too funny!
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Commissioners clash over Whidbey Island-wide bike trail in Freeland
A portion of a Freeland trail project was removed from the county's Capital Improvement Plan on Monday, despite urging from South Whidbey Commissioner Helen Price Johnson.
Island County commissioners voted 2-1 to remove phase II of the Freeland trail project at Monday's regular session.
Price Johnson said Monday she was "disappointed" that her fellow commissioners could not see the value of the piece of trail that would eventually contribute to an island-long bike and walking trail.
"There is a high priority for me to continue to create a path that goes from the ferry to the bridge," said Price Johnson during discussion at this past Wednesday's work session. "That's not going to happen overnight, it's going to happen in pieces and these are two really important pieces for my community."
Newly-appointed Commissioner Aubrey Vaughan cast the deciding vote to remove the project.
Vaughan's main concern about the project was the one-third-acre property adjacent to the trail owned by Island Transit, which remains undeveloped.
Island County Public Works Director Bill Oakes said that Island Transit wants the property to be developed into a transit station as part of the island-long trail, but does not have a firm construction plan. But they have not abandoned the project, Oakes said.
Vaughan said that if a concrete plan for the transit station was presented, the commissioners could reconsider returning the Freeland trail project to the Capital Improvement Plan.
"I like phase II but I want to know more about it," said Vaughan, during Monday's meeting.
The project would cost more than $1 million in state transportation funds with Island County's contribution at roughly $135,000.
Commissioner Jill Johnson said that while she says "yes" to a lot of these types of projects, the cost of this project crosses the line. Johnson agreed with Vaughan that the trail project should come after the transit station is built.
Johnson said she doesn't share Price Johnson's priority for an island-wide trail and knows people who talk about it "with an eye roll."
"I'm not huge fan of the million-dollar Freeland trail," Johnson said Monday. "I don't need a trail to nowhere. I'm not supportive of the concept. It's only multimodal if transit connects to it. Transit can go first."
Price Johnson said that the trail has enough value to her community without the transit station.
"I don't believe my colleagues understand the nature of that area," Price Johnson said. "There is more than just the transit station it connects with it. Those communities would be using that trail both for pedestrian and for bicycles. I think it's a false dilemma you're proposing… folks in Freeland are very excited about having this opportunity."
The other project Price Johnson fought for was the feasibility study for a trail segment at Midvale Road and Highway 525.
Vaughan, again casting the deciding vote, said that he was in favor of keeping the Midvale feasibility study in the Capital Improvement Plan.
The purpose of the study is to determine if the two small parcels, which include some wetlands, could be of public use as a trail. The Gabelein family has filed a petition for the county to relinquish, or vacate, the property's right of way to them if a use cannot be found.
"That's why the road vacation and that feasibility needs to be done," Price Johnson said Wednesday. "We need to have that done to be able to answer that question at hearing about how feasible that property is."
Vaughan supported Price Johnson on the Midvale Road study with Johnson dissenting.
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The HEAT injury report may have changed, but the mission hasn't: sweep the Bucks. If they play hard now, they can rest later.
Don't rest Dwyane Wade. Don't rely on the bench to win the game. Just roll out the best players and let them get on the same page to send a message to the NBA - "You can't fuck wit' the HEAT."
Put on the black jerseys and black out all hope that the Bucks belong on the same floor with the HEAT. Let the Nets and Bulls battle to a 6 or 7-game series with the thought in the back of their minds that they're just weakening themselves to get slaughtered in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Diminish any excitement generated by their games by forcing the national media to concede how worthless their battle will be for the next 6 days while the HEAT rest and get even better.
That's what I want to see in Game 4. A sweep is not enough. At least 2 other teams will sweep. Hell, even the Knicks may sweep and they haven't won a playoff series in over a decade!
A sweep is not enough. It needs to be a clean sweep. Erase any evidence the Bucks even made it to the 2013 playoffs. Sweep the Bucks and bleach their arena to leave no traces of the beatdown.
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The average Senior Director of Sales & Marketing in the United States earns approximately $128K per year. Including potential for bonuses and profit sharing — peaking near $50K and $39K, respectively — total cash payment to Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing can bottom out near $77K or peak near $221K depending on individual performance. Career length and the particular city each impact pay for this group, with the former having the largest influence. Male Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing are more prevalent than women among those who took the survey — 63 percent of professionals. A large number enjoy medical while most get dental coverage. Vision coverage is also available to a fair number. The majority of Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing claim high levels of job satisfaction. The information for this rundown comes from respondents who completed PayScale's salary questionnaire.
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Senior directors of sales and marketing are involved in the development of the company's trade policies to increase sales, net margins, and market shares and optimize the results of various distribution networks while meeting the company's imaging and brand criteria. After analyzing and evaluating the markets, these directors must be able to define strategic trends and determine the best measures to be taken.
Together with the sales team, senior directors of sales and marketing must supervise and motivate their teams, and they often work alongside their colleagues to stay informed on market trends. They also attend trade fairs and trade shows and help create distribution networks for the company's products or services. They work regularly with the departments of production and marketing, as this collaboration is crucial to understand product specifications and be able to explain and manage customers' orders and plans.
Senior directors of sales and marketing must be comfortable working in all areas of the company's operation, including renewable energy. This work also combines work in an office and in the field to identify future scenarios and meet with current and prospective customers and suppliers.
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Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing report using a pretty varied skill set on the job. Most notably, skills in Advertising, Strategic Marketing, New Business Development, and Marketing Management are correlated to pay that is above average. Those listing Microsoft Office as a skill should be prepared for drastically lower pay. Sales Management and Market Research also typically command lower compensation. Those familiar with Marketing Management also tend to know Marketing Communications.
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Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing who reported more years of relevant experience also reported higher earnings. The average beginner in this position makes around $69K, but folks who have been around for five to 10 years see a markedly higher median salary of $116K. Senior Directors of Sales & Marketing with one to two decades of relevant experience report an average salary of approximately $153K. More than 20 years of experience mean a somewhat bigger median paycheck of $154K, but it's not much more than what less experienced people make.
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New Iraqi President Sworn In; Jaafari Is Named Prime Minister
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Kurd leader named Iraq president
Iraqi Parliament Adjourns in Disarray
In addition, a Shiite politician and a Sunni were sworn in as deputies to the new president, Jalal Talabani, who was named to the position on Wednesday by Iraq's national assembly as Mr. Hussein watched the proceedings on a television inside his prison. The swearing-in of Mr. Talabani, 72, and the vice presidents - Sheik Ghazi al-Yawar, the Sunni president of the interim government, and Adel Abdul Mahdi, a leading Shiite politician -- formalized the appointments done by a pro forma vote in the assembly on Wednesday, which were the first significant moves by the members to install a government.
Assembly members in the audience stood in an ovation several times during the speech Mr. Talabani made after he took the oath of office with his hand on the Koran. He repeatedly made overtures to the Sunnis, saying how important it was for them to join the government.
"It's an exciting moment in history, don't you think?" Barham Salih, a Kurdish politician and deputy prime minister, told reporters. "We have done it despite all the doubters."
The prime minister of the interim government, Ayad Allawi, submitted his formal resignation but will continue to serve until the new cabinet is formed. Mr. Jaafari said he expects to name a cabinet by Sunday.
Some Shiite and Kurdish members of the assembly had demanded that the interim government resign as soon as Mr. Talabani was sworn in.
The interim government has infuriated many officials from the main Shiite and Kurdish parties, which will dominate the new administration. They accuse Dr. Allawi, a secular Shiite, of having brought back into the government former senior members of the Baath Party who played key roles in oppressing ordinary Iraqis, especially Shiites and Kurds.
The debate on Wednesday foreshadowed what could be a harsh purging of former Baathists once the new leaders, including the prime minister and cabinet, are installed.
"I think the government should resign after the council takes an oath and assumes its duties," said Fouad Massoum, the former head of the interim assembly, referring to the presidency council, which consists of Mr. Talabani and his two deputies.
Hajim al-Hassani, the speaker of the assembly, shot down the suggestion, saying "this parliament can't change the government."
Iraq's Shiites and Kurds are united on some issues, including their intense distrust of Sunni Arabs, a minority group that ruled the country for decades, and their enmity for the Baath Party. On that count, they are likely to work together to revamp the security forces in the Interior and Defense Ministries, which Dr. Allawi, a former Baathist, filled with his allies. Protracted negotiations to form the government have caused many Iraqis to lose faith in their elected leaders. Shiites and Kurds could face heated clashes going forward as they struggle to write a permanent constitution by mid-August and hold full-term elections at year's end.
The unresolved issues include how much autonomy the Kurds will receive, how oil revenues will be split and what role Islam will play in the new government.
In Washington, President Bush praised the assembly after the appointments were made on Wednesday.
"The Iraqi people have shown their commitment to democracy and we, in turn, are committed to Iraq," the president said in a written statement.
Bekhtiyar Amin, the human rights minister and a Kurd, said in a telephone interview that Mr. Hussein and 11 of his top aides watched Wednesday's proceedings, held in the fortified Green Zone, on a television in their detention center near the Baghdad airport. The idea to provide Mr. Hussein with a television for the occasion was taken to Mr. Amin by Kosrat Rasoul, a top official in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Kurdish party that Mr. Talabani founded, Mr. Amin said.
"We want them to know that they are not presidents or ministers or anything other than prisoners," Mr. Amin said. "Their time is over."
The appointment of Mr. Talabani brought Kurds out into the streets across Iraqi Kurdistan. People celebrated by waving Kurdish flags, dancing and honking their horns as they drove along crowded roadways. Though some in the north distrust Mr. Talabani and his political machine, most saw the appointment as a historic moment for the Kurds.
Confident in their newfound political muscle, the Kurds are carefully monitoring any moves by the Dawa Islamic Party of Dr. Jaafari and other Shiite parties to enshrine Shariah, or Koranic law. Likewise, the Shiites have chafed at demands by Kurdish leaders that the Kurds retain broad autonomous powers, including maintaining their formidable militia and controlling the vast oil fields around the northern city of Kirkuk.
In the Jan. 30 elections, the Kurdistan Alliance won 75 of the 275 assembly seats, while the main Shiite bloc won 140. Together, the two groups had more than the two-thirds assembly vote needed to install the presidency council.
Because the talks to form a government have taken so long and have been so contentious, assembly members are already saying they may have to invoke the right to extend a deadline for the first draft of the constitution by up to six months. That would in turn push back the elections for a full-term government.
"I don't see how they can avoid the six-month extension," said Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority and advised on the interim constitution.
"Without it, they will have to finish the constitution by mid-August," he said. "But they won't even get down to beginning to deliberate on it probably for another month. Then they need time, as I said, to hold public hearings or at least solicit public opinion and discussion. So I think it is truly inevitable now."
As the Shiites and Kurds try to wrap up negotiations over the top government jobs, they have said they want to bring Sunni Arabs into the fold.
If the Sunnis continue to feel disenfranchised, or if the Shiites and Kurds push too hard for a purge of former Baathists, the insurgency could worsen.
Today, the Iraqi defense ministry said that its forces had killed 25 terrorists in an area west of Baquba in a battle on Monday and destroyed rockets and mortars and other weapons. It said Iraqi forces made 31 arrests of fighters on Wednesday in areas in the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday.
The American military said on Wednesday that an American soldier was killed the previous day when his patrol hit a roadside bomb and took small-arms fire. Security conditions surrounding the appointment of Mr. Talabani on Wednesday showed that Baghdad was still very much a city under siege. Apache attack helicopters circled the skies, while the Iraqi police set up checkpoints along the major roads downtown. Yet, there was some joy in the city, especially among the Kurds.
Awat Abdullah, 40, a Kurdish restaurant owner, said he had let more than 25 customers eat lunch for free. "I can't tell you how happy I feel," he said.
Some Arabs voiced their suspicions of Mr. Talabani, and of the Kurdish dream of carving out an independent nation in the north.
"Talabani is well known for his insistence on independence," said Ali Naji, a 33-year-old engineer. "He will work for Kurdistan's sake only."
Though Mr. Talabani is widely regarded as an advocate of Kurdish autonomy, there are many Kurds who accuse him and his party of corruption. In the mid-1990's, he sent his militia into battle against a rival Kurdish party. The result was a civil war that left at least 3,000 Kurds dead and that was quelled only when Mr. Hussein sent armor into the north to beat down Mr. Talabani.


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HOUGHTON - It's usually pretty quiet at the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Collections: the scratching of pencils on paper, the rustling of files, the whirr of microfilm.
And then, one day, from writer Gary Kaunonen, a two-word phrase starting with "Holy" and ending with an exclamation point.
The discovery that prompted it - an undiscovered trove of mining company correspondence from the 1913-14 mining strike - led what could justifiably have been another "holy" moment. Kaunonen, along with co-author Aaron Goings, recently received a State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan for their book "Community in Conflict: A Working-Class History of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy." The awards are the highest honor given by the organization, the state's official historical society.
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Gary Kaunonen, left and Aaron Goings, far right authors of "Community in Conflict: A Working-Class History of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy," are seen with Robert Myers, of the Historical Society of Michigan receiving a State History Award for their book.
Kaunonen said he and Goings had wanted to provide a working-class perspective on the strike. They were at the archives, looking through labor sources such as the Western Federation of Miners' newspaper. Then they began to look at mining company correspondence. Something Kaunonen stumbled upon made him realize he was looking at something unique.
Cue the cursing.
"We wanted to make sure that we exhausted all the materials out there, so we went through those records and we wound up stumbling across those documents that had never been seen before," Kaunonen said.
One discovery: Tom Raleigh, who was accused of murdering Alois Tijan and Steven Putrich in Seeberville in 1913, had been thought to have disappeared. But a letter to an official with the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. demonstrated that not only did the company know Raleigh's whereabouts, he was spying for them on the Western Federation of Mines office in New York.
In the mining company correspondence, Kaunonen also found documentation of a campaign of intimidation and violence against the striking mine workers. The apex of that was the Italian Hall disaster, in which 73 people died in Calumet on Christmas Eve. The deaths are reputed to have come from a false report of a fire.
Kaunonen found letters suggesting that, while nobody had planned to murder people, the false report was disrupted and staged to disrupt the event, a Christmas celebration for striking miners' families.
"From what we thought was going to be a reinterpretation of the strike, we feel we've added some pretty substantive sources to the strike, including the campaign of intimidation and violence, and that the mining company were complicit, along with the Houghton County Sheriff's Department and the Citizen's Alliance," he said.
The research also uncovered coded messages sent between James McNaughton, manager of Calumet & Hecla, and C&H president Quincy Shaw. The officials would substitute words for numbers or places to disguise the number of replacement workers being brought into the Copper Country, and where they were being dropped off. Kaunonen said they read "like troop movements in a battle."
Kaunonen said he and Goings are proud of the award, but can't take full credit.
"Not only is it an award for us and the Copper Country, but the Copper Country's great history, along with some of the institutions and places that have been working to preserve Copper Country history," he said.


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BEECHER, Michigan — The struggling Beecher School District missed out on a chance at school improvement funds this fall by not presenting reform plans to the state, but its new leader says that won't be the case the second time around.
Superintendent Josha Talison is making sure Beecher is in the running for the second round of grant money.
"It's a new Beecher," said Talison, who is the district's fifth superintendent in three years.
"It's not the way that people have perceptions of us. The ethos is totally different. There is an immediate focus on student learning — not that it wasn't before, but it's more prevalent now."
Talison, who was hired as Beecher's leader at the end of August, is working to submit a reform plan for the high school to qualify for the state grants.
The other three local districts on the state list submitted proposals to get the grants to help implement improvement efforts. Mt. Morris School District won a grant worth $1.56 million in the first round.
But Beecher, which had no official superintendent at the time, didn't apply.
The bottom 5 percent distinction means the district's high school could be subject to a state takeover if improvement doesn't take place.
Talison said he's trying to implement a curriculum more geared toward college preparation. He said he's pushing teaching methods that try to attract student interest and is implementing a new system to guide teaching and re-teaching by analyzing test scores more frequently. He's also pushing for more involvement of principals in instruction and more collaboration between teachers.
"We're looking at how we can do things differently," he said. "We're going to be working to increase rigor at the high school. It's a lot of work. It's not going to happen overnight."
For Angela Marshall, who has a son and two grandchildren in the district, the new ideas are welcome. But she said she hopes the talk of change translates into results.
"It's been pretty low and I've been pretty worried about that," she said about standardized test performance in the district. "If he can honestly come in here and show us (improvement), that would be wonderful. I want to see some more positive things."
Beecher school board President Mary Rankins said she isn't sure why the district has struggled consistently with academic performance. But she said a need for drastic change is clear.
"I do know that something was wrong, and it seems like he's attacking it," she said about Talison. "This will be his first time as a superintendent, but he has all the qualifications and the education to make a good superintendent. I think he's putting everybody on the same page. The morale seems to have gone up."
Talison, 37, comes from the Southfield School District, where he was principal of a K-8 school where 75 percent of its students qualified for free and reduced lunches, a measure of poverty.
He said he employed there some of the methods he's implementing at Beecher, including teaching techniques focused on projects and constant test score comparisons.
"We made immediate intervention when we found that learning was not taking place," he said. "Those assessments are powerful and they're happening now. We're doing assessments of learning and not assessments of teaching — not high-stakes assessments of everyday processes. What we did in Southfield was successful. They had increases in their scores every year."
Talison said drastic change is what the district needs and that he's trying to provide it.
"When you have a reputation as a failing high school, that's not good for morale," he said. "We're excited for where we're going. I would encourage parents who maybe have left Beecher to look at what we're doing."


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While Auburn residents will likely have to wait one more day to learn who will be their next mayor, Owasco's town supervisor race was decided today.
With paper ballots counted in 10 of Auburn's 21 election districts, Democratic candidate Michael Quill inched closer to upsetting Republican incumbent Mayor Timothy Lattimore, but the race remains too close to call.
Quill increased his lead by 12 more votes on the second day of counting absentee and affadavit ballots to take a 67-vote lead, 3,020 to 2,953, according to unofficial election results. City Councilor David Dempsey, the Independence Party candidate, trailed with 730 votes.
Quill, who was watching election officials tally the paper ballots on Wednesday, said he remained "cautiously optimistic" of defeating Lattimore, who is seeking a second four-year term.
"We're still holding a lead and we're very happy about that," he said.
In Owasco, veteran Democratic Town Councilor John Klink went from trailing by five votes on Election Day to defeating Republican newcomer Eleanor Beck, 833-828. She was winning 785-780 before the paper ballots were counted.
Klink said he knew the vote would be close and was confident of winning. He could not cite any issue that tipped the election his way and said the wait was agonizing.
"I tried to run an honest, fair, issue-oriented campaign without getting into personalities," he said.
Klink will succeed Merrill Badman, who resigned in February. The two-year position pays $11,697 a year.
There are about 250 more absentee and affadavit ballots to be counted in the Auburn mayoral race and officials expect to tally them by the end of today. The mayor's position pays $11,816 a year.
Cayuga County Republican Party Chairwoman Cherl Heary said she doesn't think Lattimore will catch Quill, but added, "I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet."
Quill, a former city fire chief, led by 55 votes after the first day of counting paper ballots on Tuesday. Election Day results had him holding a 42-vote lead, 2,913 to 2,871.


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Health care reform
Event on May 30
Got some time on May 30 for a good cause?
As our health insurance premiums continue to soar, the Obama administration and Congress have committed to find a way to reduce costs and cover the nearly 50 million Americans who, in this most affluent of nations, have no medical coverage.
The heart of the proposed reform is a public insurance plan that could be chosen as an alternative to those offered by private insurers. Even though this is not a case of government taking over health care — participants choose their providers and doctors and hospitals remain independent — lobbyists for the private insurance industry are hard at work trying to cut this core component out of the proposal.
Such a public plan would be the most cost-effective way to cover the uninsured as well as relieve those of us who increasingly have to settle for insurance with such high deductibles that, except in emergencies, it's like having no insurance at all.
Insurance companies that have contributed heavily to the campaigns of our congressional leaders are twisting their arms, trying to get the public plan option off the table. We need to counter their efforts and persuade Congress to put the public's needs first.
Here in Washington, more than 125 groups have come together to organize a major march and rally on Saturday, May 30, in Seattle to support affordable health care for all. If enough of us join in, perhaps we can demonstrate so much support that our leaders will not be able resist the pressure and will vote for this sensible option.
The march begins at 12:30 p.m. at Pratt Park on Capitol Hill (18th and Yesler) and will proceed to the rally at Westlake Center. Details can be found at www.may30march.org. Come on along. It might even be fun!
— Richard Bard
Big contributors still run the game
Hefty majorities of people of all parties want a government-run health insurance option, yet our leaders in Congress declare that it is "off the table."
A bill to allow renegotiation of mortgages to avoid foreclosures is solidly supported by a majority of Americans, yet it fails to pass in Congress. What is going on here?
It is a well-established fact that those who contribute the most to election campaigns get more consideration than those who don't. Since only about half of 1 percent of us regular folks contribute substantial amounts ($200 or more) to campaigns, it is easy to see why we get short shrift. Candidates really need those contributions and will take them wherever they can get them. Members of Congress spend 30 to 50 percent of their time raising money instead of doing the work we elected them to do. The average senator needs to raise $7,000 every day for six years to have enough to run next time!
For a paltry sum of about $5 apiece, we could pay for those campaigns and have Congress working full-time and directly accountable to us. Elections could be won by the candidate with the best ideas, not the most money. Sound too good to be true?
The Fair Elections Now Act, now before Congress, will accomplish this. Learn about it at www.washclean.org.
Our elected officials know who their benefactors are and will not act on this unless they hear from a lot of us. Call or e-mail your representative and senators and tell them to support this bill — and spread the word!
This is not a party issue. If you feel that your voice is not being heard, this is for you. No matter what your favorite issue, don't expect action now if it happens to conflict with a major player. We can take our democracy back if we act together.
— Terry Sullivan
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Owner has right to locate it there
Hang in there, Karen.
The May 13 article in The Beach-comber, along with a letter by Gary Sipple, malign a longtime Vashon resident. For what? Opening a liquor store in the center of Vashon.
My initial reaction was that this was the normal Vashon aversion to change. How dare Karen Lindskog think she has the right to apply for a state contract and move the liquor store to property she owns in the town center, without community input? In the view of Mr. Sipple, Karen is "selfishly ignoring the betterment of our town" by using "valuable space in midtown Vashon" for a liquor store.
Contrast the gracious response of Dr. Jon Willem, who notes that the move will serve Eyeland Optical well, with the complaints of Ken Zaglin, owner of John L. Scott (JLS). As a real-estate professional I would expect that Mr. Zaglin would know the benefits and drawback each party assumes in a month-to-month lease. In addition, I would assume he is aware that "improvements" made by a tenant belong to the owner of the property.
Curiosity aroused regarding the players, I Googled "Sipple Vashon." Surprisingly the fourth result was for "Nancy Sipple-John L. Scott."
Clarity. Gary Sipple…Nancy Sipple, JLS…JLS, Ken Zaglin, Owner. Finally, JLS…Beachcomber large advertiser.
So Karen, keep your head up. This tempest will end. However, in the meantime watch your back. The favorite pastime of disgruntled Keepers of All Things Vashon is to make anonymous complaints to various government agencies. Keep in mind that you will be operating a legal business in properly zoned property.
Contrary to widely held beliefs on this Island, you do not need to request permission from anyone to "allow" you to do what you plan to, except of course the various licensing and permitting agencies.
— Scott Hitchcock
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Russian track rider Victoria Baranova failed a pre-Olympics dope test for testosterone and has been sent home by her national federation, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed.
"It is the result of a test carried out by the IOC before the Games. She has admitted to taking a banned substance and was sent home two or three days ago," UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani told Reuters.
Baranova was due to take part in the keirin at the Olympics.
"We have been working closely with the IOC and we are very happy with this collaboration, which strengthens our fight against doping," Carpani added.


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Birmingham's Bottletree turned 3 on Tuesday, and owner Merrilee Challiss and company celebrated like they know best: with food, drinks and music.
After The Grenadines and Austin indie band Brazos played, the folks from Bottletree took the stage with a bag full of goodies for their third anniversary raffle, as well as mayoral candidate Patrick Cooper.
Cooper took a few moments to encourage everyone to vote on December 8 in the special election, promising that he would work to alleviate the "brain drain" that affects the city and to bring young professionals back to Birmingham.
As for the raffle, one lucky guy received a badge good for admission to any Bottletree show for an entire year, a prize that Challiss estimated could be worth up to a few thousand dollars.
White Denim immediately took the stage following this, kicking off their set with 30 continuous minutes of soulful garage rock.
And when the trio from Austin, Texas finally paused for a few seconds, they did it again: another long block of music, with each song segueing into the next and guitarist James Petralli hopping to the microphone to belt out the opening verse to the next tune.
Before closing out the show, Denim drummer Joshua Black, who was throwing down full throttle the entire set, said that the band did not have Birmingham on their original tour schedule, but squeezed the date in so they could play at the Bottletree, one of their favorite venues, for the anniversary show.


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Shamrock Banner {paper craft}
Added by: Angie Lee {Seven Clown Circus}
Constructing a Shamrock Banner or Bunting for St. Patrick's Day using paper hearts is super easy and inexpensive! You probably even have all the materials you'll need at home already. Grab the kids and make an adorable banner that is sure to bring you luck! :)


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GAME THREAD: Blues 3, Kings 1
(Since there are still some significant — and quite random, if you look at the date of the posting — we'll turn this into a game thread and just post all the updates here…)
END OF SECOND: Shots were 9-9 in the second period. The Blues have a 12-3-1 record this season when leading after two periods.
BLUES 3, KINGS 1: St. Louis took a two-goal lead with 1:04 remaining in the second period. Brad Boyes held on to the the puck near the right boards, fought off some tight checking from Drew Doughty and pushed the puck ahead to Alexander Steen. Steen, from the inside of the faceoff circle, beat Quick with a high wrist shot to give the Blues a 3-1 lead.
BLUES 2, KINGS 1: The Blues took the lead again with 5:44 remaining in the second period. Philip McRae turned and fired from the left side, and Kings defenseman Jack Johnson made a hit to clear the crease, but Quick couldn't control the puck. Ryan Reaves skated in, picked up the loose rebound and tucked it into the net to give St. Louis a 2-1 lead.
KINGS 1, BLUES 1: Michal Handzus' goal tied the game 5:37 into the second period. Alec Martinez's initial shot, from just inside the blue line, was blocked, but Martinez kept the puck in the zone and shot again. The puck was deflected by St. Louis' Erik Johnson on the way to the net, then deflected again by Handzus. Jack Johnson also got an assist on the goal, which came three seconds after the end of a power play.
END OF FIRST: The Kings were outshot 8-5 by the Blues and didn't generate much sustained offense in the first period. The Blues' goal is now credited to BJ Crombeen, on the deflection, with assists to Pietrangelo and Berglund.
BLUES 1, KINGS 0: The Blues opened the scoring with a goal with 8:22 remaining in the first period. Off a St. Louis offensive-zone faceoff win, Alex Pietrangelo held the puck at the right point and fired a high wrist shot, and with Quick facing traffic right in front of him, the puck got through for a 1-0 lead for the Blues.
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As photographers we must go out to all manner of events in all types of weather conditions. I like to dress for the elements. Nothing can distract one from making good photographs than being improperly dressed. I especially like to keep my feet warm and dry. As soon as one's feet become cold and/or wet, one becomes miserable. I bring this up because I am amazed at how many TV reporters I have encountered over the years that are not dressed properly. I seem to see this most often when covering stories at Fort Drum. If you are going to photograph the Army at Fort Drum you can be assured that you will be outdoors in rough terrain. It could be mud, snow, rain, blowing sand, thick brush & bramble. A few weeks ago I was at Fort Drum to photograph unmanned drones. There were several TV reporters there too. On this day the snow was gone. It was sunny but COLD. A strong, chill wind was blowing. One female reporter showed up wearing open toed shoes. Another was wearing some kind of flimsy, low cut shoe without socks. We had to walk across a sandy, gravelly expanse of land to reach the training area. I was wearing rugged boot and glad of it. One of our escorts voiced minor concern over the women's footwear for crossing the terrain. Both replied they were fine with it. That's the professional way to handle it. It's not the Army's job to outfit reporters with proper foot gear or any other gear.
Another male TV reporter showed up there wearing just a shirt. No jacket or sweater. Believe me when I tell you, I know what cold is and that day was cold. I don't know what TV people think. It appears to me they are more concerned with fashion than comfort. Please don't get me wrong, I don't want to pick on these people, which is why I am not identifying them. I am simply confounded by them. Especiall the ones that appear on camera. What possible difference could it make having stylish shoes on? They are only seen on camera from the waist up. My advice to any aspiring photographers and journalists out there is to dress appropriately. You shouldn't wear dainty shoes to an Army field, dairy barn, flood zone and the like.
This is a photo of me taken by my friend Chuck Wainwright. We were photographing a lacrosse game. It was a windy and cold day. In fact, it snowed during the game. I want to be comfortable out in the elements. I'm not interested in making a fashion statement. I am wearing a knit hat, a long sleeve shirt, a fleece vest over the shirt, a long sleeved, pull over fleece on top of that, and on old rain coat that is big enough to hide my camera under and also acts a a wind breaker. I am also wearing gloves and waterproof boots. I was out there for a couple of hours, and stayed cozy all the while. Being comfortable helps me concentrate on making photos.


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With Hanukkah starting Wednesday evening and Christmas less than four weeks away, consider throwing some of your holiday spending to locally owned and operated businesses. Your local economy will thank you.
Syracuse First, the nonprofit behind our "buy local'' movement, says shifting 10 percent of your spending to a local business would result in $130 million of new economic activity in Onondaga County. That translates into local jobs, local paychecks, local taxes and a virtuous circle of more local spending.
Granted, most of the attention this week -- and most of the revenue -- will go to national retailers. Many of them are opening on the once- sacrosanct Thanksgiving holiday to get a jump on Black Friday, the traditional day to shop for deals.
The buy-local movement is countering with strategic marketing of its own. In a prelude to "December is Buy Local Month,'' Syracuse First gathered more than 100 vendors for its Buy Local Bash Monday at the Museum of Science and Technology. Friday is being branded "Plaid Friday,'' a national event (one that has been embraced locally) seeking to weave some local color into Black Friday. Saturday is Small Business Saturday, an annual push on the Saturday after Thanksgiving encouraging people to "shop small.''
Buying local takes effort. It requires consumers to think about more than price -- though you can't assume local businesses always charge more. You won't know unless you look. Even if it turns out you pay a little more at a locally owned business, it might be worth it to know your purchase supports the livelihood of your neighbors. And you might get better products and more personal service in the bargain.


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The state Appeals Court has upheld a lower court ruling denying a request for a new trial in a 2007 South Hadley burglary and larceny case.
A three-judge appellate panel traveled to Northampton last month to hear the case of Angel Colon, who admitted in 2008 to stealing a laptop computer from a South Hadley home a year earlier. The judges issued their decision on Monday, affirming a 2010 Eastern Hampshire District Court ruling that rejected Colon's bid for another hearing.
Colon, whose age and address were unavailable, argued that he received ineffective legal counsel and that South Hadley police had no grounds to stop and search him prior to his arrest on theft and burglary charges in June 2007. Colon pleaded guilty to those charges in February 2008, but later withdrew his plea and sought appellate relief.
Colon argued before the Appeals Court that his original defense attorney was ineffective in seeking the suppression of evidence gathered during Colon's encounters with South Hadley police.
Police and prosecutors said Colon was spotted twice within a 45-minute period carrying different items in the vicinity of Brainard and Lathrop streets. After spotting him a second time, a South Hadley officer questioned Colon, who willingly allowed her to view the contents of his backpack.
Authorities said a laptop computer found inside the bag later was determined to have been stolen from a South Hadley home, and Colon was subsequently arrested and charged for the crime.
Defense lawyer Daniel Ciccariello, who handed the appeal on behalf of Colon, argued that the District Court judge erred by denying a motion filed by Richard A. Habhab -- the original defense attorney -- to bar evidence discovered during the search from being used against his client.
"The only reason (Colon) was stopped (by police) was that he was 'out of place,'" Ciccariello said, claiming the officer had no justification to stop and question Colon.
The appellate panel rejected the defense lawyer's argument, however, saying the officer's actions didn't constitute a "stop," but rather were part of her discretionary powers as a "community caretaker."
Northwestern Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Pepyne, who handled the appeal, said Colon's encounters with police were consensual, friendly, low-key and relaxed.
"The police did exactly what we expect them to do: keep their ears and eyes open," she said.
The Appeals Court agreed with the prosecutor.
"Because we conclude that the motion to suppress was properly denied, it follows that counsel's failure to pursue an interlocutory appeal (an appeal that occurs before the trial court's final ruling on an entire case) from the denial of that motion did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel," the judges wrote in their decision.