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BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- The Faulkner State Community College Sun Chiefs moved into first place in the Southern Division on Thursday with a doubleheader softball sweep of conference foe Jeff Davis.
Coach Josh Johnson and his team beat the Lady Warhawks 4-0 and 17-1 to improve to 7-1 in league action. They are now a game up on second-place Wallace-Dothan, who stand at 5-1 in division play.
Johnson was happy to get the wins but was still not happy with a split last week against Dothan in Bay Minette.
"We really squandered a golden opportunity with the split against (Dothan). With a sweep we really control our destiny but unfortunately they bested us in the first game," Johnson said.
"Right now, both ourselves and Dothan have sort of separated ourselves from the pack a bit. With both teams sweeping the current third-place team Enterprise and being undefeated other than the split, we have a leg up in the conference race.
"But we will not have an easy road of it," Johnson said. "This is the same time we stumbled last year and I am hoping our team reacts well to the challenges ahead. We are still day-to-day trying to improve with each contest and each day of practice. I am optimistic as to us getting in the tournament but as far as winning the southern division, there are too many games to play to even guess that," the second-year coach added.
Johnson had been worried about the doubleheader with Jeff Davis but had to be happy with the way his team took care of business Thursday.
"They have given us fits in the past but to get two wins is a good thing."
The sweep saw FSCC improve to 24-14 overall on the season.
Jessica Bush tossed a four-hit shutout in game one, going the distance while striking out seven. She got offensive support from her teammates as Faulkner banged out eight hits in the 4-0 win. Jimishia Bennett and Chrissy Johnson had two hits apiece to pace the Lady Sun Chiefs.
Ashley Ivey had an RBI double and Carli Middleton drove in a pair of runs for Faulkner.
The Lady Chiefs put on their hitting shoes in game two against Jeff Davis, pounding out 14 basehits in the 17-1 rout.
Bennett, currently atop the league stats in hitting, added three more hits for the Sun Chiefs.
The former Baldwin County High standout had two singles and a triple and scored twice.
Ivey and Courtney Singley added two hits apiece for FSCC.
Ivey had another double and two RBI while Singley drove in four runs.
Kayla Messer had a two-run triple as Faulkner scored 10 times in the second inning to put the game away.
Faulkner had six stolen bases with Bennett leading the way with a pair of thefts.
Rachel Gavin picked up the win for the Bay Minette team as she allowed just two hits while fanning six Lady Warhawks.
Elizabeth Buchanan pitched the final inning, striking out two batters.
Faulkner State returns to action Tuesday as they travel across the bay to take on league foe Bishop in a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
-- By LARRY WHITE, Correspondent

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My DH claims that no normal man would want this as a wife or longtime girlfriend.
Is it true?
Too much junk in the trunk. I think she is gorgeous, but I don't think she is my hubby's taste.
I dunno about my wife but I don't find that attractive.
lol....I sure hope not...that's an odd picture. Her butt is hilarious!
I don't know about "normal." Different strokes for different folks and all that. I don't think this is the look my DH is into, it's a bit much for him.
We love Coco! Not because of her looks (my husband is not into that look), but because she is funny, and a nice person.
I would say your husband is wrong though, because she has been married for about ten years.
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The Iron and Wine concert scheduled for April 18 at the State Theatre has been postponed, according to the venue's production manager Curt Pruett.
Earlier this week, the State Theatre announced tickets for the concert would go on sale Saturday, but it has been postponed by AEG Live, one of the nation's largest concert promoters and the company responsible for bringing the show here, Pruett said Wednesday night.
"We're waiting for it to be rescheduled," he said.


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LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP -- Supervisor Terry Hoffmeyer knows the concerns.
With its proximity to Holland, township residents have worries that some problems could spill over.
Partly because of that, Hoffmeyer and other Township Board members want to be in a preventive mode when it comes to crime.
The hope is "to make our area safer and free from some of the urban problems adjacent to our community," he said.
The Township Board is considering asking voters for a 0.95-mill levy on the Nov. 4 ballot. It is expected to discuss the matter at its Wednesday meeting at 7 p.m. at township offices, 4338 Beeline Road.
The levy would help pay to increase the number of the township's Allegan County Sheriff's Office-contracted deputies from two to either four or five.
Currently, the township is patrolled by deputies Robert Curnick and Todd VanderHulst.
The increased police presence would help protect citizens and their property, Township Manager Al Meshkin said.
Statistics from the Allegan County sheriff from 2005 to 2007 show that only assaults have risen in the township, from 14 in 2005 to 16 in 2006 and 23 last year.
The most common criminal incidents in the township are larcenies, with 20 in 2005, 38 in 2006 and 25 in 2007.
Lt. Frank Baker said the township is not suffering a crime spree nor does it appear to be targeted by burglars.
The township has been contracting for the service for about 18 years, Meshkin said. It had three deputies until four years ago, when the coverage was changed to two, because of the cost.
The Laketown Township discussion on possibly expanding police coverage comes as Allegan County commissioners are considering changing how the coverage is contracted.
The commissioners are discussing plans to suspend a $14,000 per-deputy annual administrative fee.
Seven townships and Fennville have contracts with the sheriff's department for nine deputies. Laketown and Lee townships have two deputies each; Fillmore and Gun Plain townships and Fennville have one apiece; and two are shared by Dorr, Leighton and Salem townships.
Those are in addition to the county's 26 road-patrol deputies.
Contracts are $94,186 per deputy annually, plus the administrative fee. The fee is based on costs, County Administrator Robert Sarro said.
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As always, you have this esoteric view of sailing that encompasses a bunch of sailing stuff that means little to me. Lasers, dinghys or whatever, doesn't add up to anything in the world of windsurfing. All the stats you liberally offer about other sailing interests outside of windsurfing truly sounds like nonsense.
Don't get me wrong, you could be absolutely right in what you're saying, but you might as well be speaking Chinese. Let's keep the focus on windsurfing, and forget the yacht club foolishness. Who cares about a bunch of dinghy nonsense, I know that I have no interest whatsoever. I'm sure that other dinghy focused websites wax endlessly about it, and I think that stuff would be better discussed there.
Steve, windsurfing is in the Games as part of sailing, therefore what happens in sailing at the Games is directly relevant to Olympic windsurfing. And I brought into the discussion in direct response to comments made by others.


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The new "norm"
One of the consequences of the past purile legislative behavior is that it tends to set the bar as the new norm.
As Steve points out the tide will reverse and the Democrats will justify the reprise of the behavior with the phrase, but that is what the Republicans did. And they would be somewhat right. If those actions are acceptable for the Republicans then they ought to be acceptable for the Democrats. (or vise-versa).
This calls to mind the parental adminishment from childhood which states "just because your sibling was bad does not make it OK for your to be bad too (substitute "behave poorly" if "bad" is too blunk/frank/judegemental.)
Alternatively one might use the "Golden Rule". If one subscribes to that standard and I suspect that the Republicans in congress would not repudiate it, their actions in and of themselves become a statement of how they would like to be treated in the future.
While I have tended to single out the Republicans in the above, this issue transcends party boundries and applies to either side of the proverbial aisle.
Not allowing for revenue (i.e.: tax) increases was a self-defeating move on the part of the Right. You see, at some point the Left will be in exactly the same position the Right is in now. i.e.: a Republican will be President and that President will need to raise the debt limit ceiling. (Even with the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan the debt ceiling needed to be raised many, many times before enough savings kicked in to ease back on the debt ceiling!) When that happens, when the Left holds sway over the ability to raise the debt ceiling, an increase that the Right desperately needs to protect the "Full Faith and Credit" of the country, guess what the outcome will be? There will be only tax increases and not one cent of spending cuts. Not that this is a good way to run the country. It is the era in which we find ourselves.


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When we drove around the area, we went through a neighborhood that was virtually abandoned. Of about 40 houses, they were about 10 left.
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We got really close to all the people we worked with. To listen to their experiences was amazing.
The organizers told us to talk to the homeowners about what happened. It is therapeutic for them to tell their stories, to get it off their chests. There's still a lot of pain there.
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When we were finished at one of the houses, the owners gave us these bags of Mardi Gras beads. They took our pictures and promised they would put them in the house when it was finished.
At another house, we signed our names to one of the beams, and the owner didn't want them to paint over it. It was really touching.
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One woman said when the hurricane hit, she was so depressed. She wasn't sure she wanted to rebuild, to get her house going again. We had painted and primed her house.
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SPRINGFIELD – The MAAC is back, for one last run.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is bringing its men's and women's basketball championships to town again in 11 days.
The Division I events end a three-year host-site cycle in Springfield with their finals March 10.
The five-day run at the MassMutual Center opens a week from Thursday and concludes by sending its champions to the NCAA tournament.
"I always liked the Division II championships here,'' Springfield resident Nora Sullivan said. "I always liked the schools you only heard of once a year, but we've become attached to the Ionas, Fairfields and the Sienas ... teams you (can) see during March Madness.
"That's what makes this one different."
In all, 20 MAAC games will take place in the 7,331-seat Main Street arena.
"We anticipate an exciting five days and nights of top-flight college basketball," MassMutual Center general manager Matt Hollander said.
The finals – men's (7 p.m.) and women's (2) – will be televised on ESPN networks.
MAAC Commissioner Richard J. Ensor noted the men's change from its 9 p.m. slot is a "much more fan-friendly tipoff time."
Iona (men) and Marist (women) are defending champions, but both tournaments are expected to be as wide-open as any in recent years.
"On the men's side, you have four teams that have held the first-place slot during the course of the season, (and) two of the leading scorers in the country ..." Ensor said.
Iona is first in the men's standings with one week to go, but three teams are nipping at its heels.
Individually, Antoine Mason of Niagara and Billy Baron of Canisius each average close to 25 points per game.
Iona also leads the women's standings, with eight-time defending tournament champion Marist, Fairfield and Quinnipiac close behind.
"The women's tournament is equally exciting, as perennial favorite Marist has been challenged by a number of programs, including first-place Iona," Ensor said.
Seeds and brackets won't be finalized until the regular season concludes March 2.
Another scheduling change has created a "Semifinal Sunday," with both women's semifinal games joining the men's games March 9. The women play at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with men to follow at 4:30 and 7.
The addition of Monmouth and Quinnipiac to the conference has added appeal and visibility to the championships.
The events open with a six-game schedule March 6, and four quarterfinals March 7 (women) and March 8 (men).
The final year of the MAAC's stay in Springfield leaves the state's third-largest city without a boost of more than $2.5 million in annual economic impact.
Springfield, which had previously hosted the Division II men's Elite 8, was specifically chosen by the MAAC as a neutral-site option.
"It is a fan-friendly city ... the venue is the right size for the event," Ensor said.
The first two years attracted a total of approximately 30,000 fans, a neutral-site average about half what the MAAC has drawn in single-year tournaments at home-site venues.
"It wasn't horrible, it just wasn't what we were used to," Ensor said when a move was finalized in May.
None of the MAAC's 11 schools are located in Massachusetts, with Quinnipiac (Hamden, Conn.), Fairfield (Conn.), Marist (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Siena (Albany, N.Y.) having the closest campuses.
The championships move to Albany in 2015 for the start of a three-year cycle, with Siena serving as host school.
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BEREA, Ohio - A transcript of Friday morning's press conference in which the Cleveland Browns introduced Rob Chudzinski as their new head coach:Owner Jimmy Haslam
(Opening statement)- "Good morning. It's a very, very exciting day for the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Browns family and everybody excited about Cleveland Browns football. We were in here 11 days ago and Joe (Banner) and I talked about going through a process. Everybody wanted to know how long it would take and we said, 'It might take a week, it might take a month.' It took 11 days. I can tell you and I'm not going to get into any specifics, but we talked to nine or ten of, I believe, the best coaches in the country. We talked to current pro coaches, we talked to former pro head coaches, we talked to current college coaches, we talked to several pro coordinators and I believe we came back with the best person to lead the Cleveland Browns to the kind of winning format that we want to have here in Cleveland and that we all expect to have. I want to talk a little bit about Rob Chudzinski for a little bit.
"A lot of you know Rob because he's been here on two different occasions, but let me just go back and tell you a few basic facts about him. Rob's from [Toledo], Ohio, and was a standout high school football player here. He went to the University of Miami, was on two national championship teams and was a coach on a national championship team. He has played and won at the highest level and had success there. His expertise is obviously on the offensive side of the ball. He played tight end, coached tight ends and over the last few years has been an offensive coordinator and an assistant head coach. If you talk to people in the business, he is regarded as one of the brightest if not the brightest young minds in the business.
"He is tremendously innovative and, as you all know, Joe and I are very bottom line people, you look at the results. Before I introduce Rob I'll just say this, over the last two years Rob was the offensive coordinator at Carolina. They scored 88 touchdowns and I'm always a big believer in what does that mean? What does that compare to? Well, we scored 48. Carolina scored 88, we scored 48. If you watched how they play and how they scheme, I think Rob no matter where he's been, whether it's been here with Derek Anderson, whether it's been in San Diego, whether it's been in Carolina, he has developed a scheme around the team. It was really interesting to have the opportunity to talk to the number of coaches that Joe and I did and the one common theme that kept coming back was, 'You guys have a great offensive line. It's a tremendous way to build a football team. You have young players on offense.'
"In going through this process, although we talked to a couple of outstanding defensive coordinators, outstanding defensive people, we migrated back to the pro game is becoming more and more offensive. We think we have great young talent on offense and we thought it was exceptionally important to bring in an individual who can take advantage of and develop -- everywhere Rob has been the quarterback has gotten dramatically better -- develop that young talent so that we can put the kind of points on the board that one, will win games and, candidly, two, will be fun to watch. So it's my privilege to announce the next head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Rob Chudzinski."
Rob Chudzinski
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jimmy and Joe in going through this process and allowing me to fulfill a dream. Not just a dream of being an NFL head coach, but the dream of being an NFL head coach of the Cleveland Browns. It means a lot to me coming from this area and we'll get into a little bit more of that later. I also would like to thank Jerry Richardson, Marty Hurney and Ron Rivera for giving me an opportunity in Carolina and being a part of that fine organization for the past two years. There's a lot of other people that have helped me along the way and I would not be sitting in this chair if not for those people, whether it's coaches, other people along the way in my life, my parents and my wife Sheila.
"Those people have stood behind me and made me the person that I am and have been a big part of me getting here. I am excited about this opportunity. I'm excited about the chance to bring back what I grew up in and the feeling that this city, this region and this area has in the Cleveland Browns. I was the kid that was in the backyard playing, pretending I was Ozzie Newsome, Brian Sipe or the greats that played for Cleveland. The tradition of this franchise is such that the people here want a winner. I'm here and I would not miss this for the world, the opportunity to come back and bring a winner back to Cleveland. I also am excited about the opportunity to work with Joe and Jimmy. Going through the interview process as we did, it became clear to me early on that we shared the vision, we shared the goals and the passion for bringing a winner back to Cleveland. I can't wait to get started.
"The first order of business is going to be to put together our coaching staff. I'm not going to comment on any particulars or individuals today. This is not the time or the place. As we get that information and as things happen in that regard, we'll release them to you. Also, the other major line of business that I'd like to take care of here is reaching out to our players. Giving them my vision for this football team and what we want to be and getting feedback from them.
"This is about a process. There are some pieces here and some parts here that we can build on as Jimmy had talked about. It's going to be a process with the people that we're putting in place and I feel that are around. We can work together and build this to what we want it to be, a winner and be able to sustain winning over the course of time. Again, I will work tirelessly as the head coach of this franchise. How special this place means to me and I promise you that we're going to put a product on the field and a team on the field that you can be proud of and that will win."
Jimmy Haslam
"Let me say a couple other things here. The focus today obviously needs to be on Rob and rightly so, and I know you have a lot of questions you want to ask him and he'll take those questions. Joe and I have begun the search for a GM/player personnel person. The remarks will be just like they were on December 31. We could have somebody in a few days. It may take a month. The key thing is to get the right person. I think we're putting together a great team here. The right person to work closely with Joe and Rob and putting a championship caliber team on the field. There will once again be all kinds of rumors. Once again, now there will be three people because Rob will be involved in the process, not two in terms of who or where with what is going on. Once we've identified that person we'll bring them back in here, introduce them to you and let you all have the opportunity to speak to them. But we did want to let you know that was going on. Joe, before we let Rob take questions, if you want to make any comments."
Browns CEO Joe Banner
"Just reiterating what Jimmy said, our feeling very good about the process we went through, the evaluations leading into who we talked to. It was a very, very impressive group of people we met with, it leaves us very confident about this hire, very optimistic. The criteria that we went into the marketplace for, which as we told you, we were focusing on a strong leader. Somebody who can create a culture in an entire program, put together a strong staff and manage it and was really, really committed to setting a very high bar and achieving it. We're very excited about having Rob here and believe he fits exactly what we were looking for."
Rob Chudzinski
(On what kind of roster he thinks he is inheriting)- "I think there are some pieces here as Jimmy had mentioned. One of the big things we will be doing once we get the staff together is evaluating and going through the personnel in detail. I've had a chance to watch a few games, not a lot. Really, it would be premature for me to comment on those things or specific players prior to seeing everything and getting our staff together and us sitting down and evaluating all together and talking through, from a philosophy standpoint, what we want to do and how that all fits together will all the players."
(On how he is a different coach from when he was in Cleveland five years ago)- "If you're in this business and you're not improving from day-to-day, from year-to-year, then you shouldn't be in the business. I felt like the opportunities I've had to be with the coaches that I have in the past few years, particularly going out and being in San Diego as an assistant head coach. That prepared me, allowed me to see some of the day-to-day things that head coaches have to deal with and that come across their desk. That gave me a good feel and sense for what that job would entail along with being a coordinator and having responsibilities on the offensive side of the ball. Going through the process with Ron Rivera, his first two years of being a head coach and seeing the challenges, so I feel very prepared. I've been fortunate to be around some great coaches in my career going back to as a player at the University of Miami through the years as a coach at University of Miami and then here at Cleveland and San Diego and Carolina."
(On if they have a chance to be a winner in 2013)- "I think getting into specifics about that, until we do get in and really dive into the roster with the coaching staff in place, would be a little premature. We're going to win here at some point, when that is is going to depend on all those things. We'll get into looking at the guys and where they're all going to fit in. How soon that will be, time will tell, but it's going to happen."
(On how much he knows about Brandon Weeden and his impressions of him)- "Again, I don't want to get into specific players right now, any of the players on the roster. I've seen a little bit and until I get the full look at the 16 game schedule and have that opportunity to see that with our staff, I'm not going to comment. That would be premature."
(On his defensive philosophy)- "We're going to be an attacking style defense. We're going to create turnovers. That's what we want to do. We want to get after the quarterback and affect the quarterback's play. That's the number one thing you want to do as a defense. Whether that's a 4-3 or a 3-4 and nowadays there's a lot of hybrid systems out there, it will tie in more with the coordinator that I hire. I think we have the versatility of going either way."
(On if he had the opportunity to interview with any other teams this year and how the process with the Browns went)- "I did not. I was initially contacted on Tuesday, I believe. Interviewed on Wednesday here in Cleveland at Jimmy's house and went through that process. Flew back that evening and then yesterday afternoon about three-four o'clock I got a call that Jimmy and Joe wanted to come down to Charlotte and meet for dinner. They came down about seven-eight o'clock and we spent a few hours at dinner. At that point, Jimmy was sitting right across from me and offered me the job to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns."
(On if he was stunned when he was offered the job)- "I don't know if stunned was the word. I think the word was excited. I was excited and it is a dream come true. It's almost unbelievable in a lot of ways that this kid from Toledo, Ohio growing up as a Browns fan and loving the Browns and as we talked about before, understanding how important this team is to this region, this area and this city, it's a dream come true. I've been on cloud nine and I think I slept about an hour last night."
(On if any coaches here now will be retained)- "I'm going to meet with the coaches that are currently here later on this afternoon. Again, I'll go through a process with them and we'll see. I'll have a plan for each one of them and we'll go forward."
(On if he will have final say on the roster)- "We're going to share that responsibility. I just feel so good about the group that we are here with today that all those things we will be able to work together well on."
Jimmy Haslam
(On what about Chudzinski struck him that he was a strong leader)- "I think when you meet Rob it comes across that he is a very decisive person. We met for five or six hours at our home here in Cleveland the other day. He has a very clear offensive philosophy, he has a very clear philosophy about what his role would be in defense and special teams. It was very well thought out, very well defined. There was no, 'Well, I'm not sure.' He understands very decisively about how important it is to have a strong support team around him, how important the coordinators and his coaches are. He was just very decisive when he laid things out for Joe and I about, 'Here is what I would do if I had the opportunity to be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.'"
Rob Chudzinski
(On if he will call the offensive plays)- "That will be determined by the staff that we put together. If I'm comfortable with the offensive coordinator doing that, he'll do it. If I'm not sure about that or uncomfortable with that, I'll call the plays until I become comfortable with that."
(On if he thought that this was the best head coaching job available)- "I do for a lot of reasons. For me personally, it's the best job and there's been other head coaching jobs that I've seen or potentially had opportunities for, but this is the one that is special to me. I can't say enough about how excited I am to be here. The emotions are running wild and I can't wait to get started."
(On what his vision for the team is)- "This team, we're going to be an attacking offense, an attacking defense and we're going to play that way, that style with physical play, great effort and great finish. We're going to also, on both sides of the ball, we're going to build on a foundation of fundamentals and technique. We're going to give these guys great coaches, we're going to give them the tools that they can utilize in games to win games, we're going to focus on innovation, we're going to focus on giving them the best possible schemes and pushing the envelope on those things to give them and put them in the best possible position to win and be successful. We're going to focus on critical situations in games. We're talking about third down, we're talking about red zone, two minute, four minute because those things are the things that games come down to. We'll focus on that and then tying it all together with complementary football between special teams, defense and offense."
(On how he would describe his offensive philosophy and how it has evolved since he was in Cleveland last)- "Attacking style, again. I'd like to be balanced and balanced to me does not mean you're going to run the ball and throw the ball the same amount of times. Balanced to me means you can run it when you need to run it to win, you can throw it when you need to throw it to win. In this league, you have to be able to win games in different ways and that's where the three pronged philosophy of offense, defense, special teams complementing each other as well as from an offensive standpoint, being able to win a low scoring game in the snow or being able to win a high scoring shootout. You have to be able to do both."
(On if he is going to fit his offensive system to the players he has or will the players have to adapt to his offensive system)- "It's both, but my philosophy is the players, you have to put them in the best possible position. For example, the past two years with Cam Newton, we did some things that I had never done before. That's what I was talking about pushing the envelope, being innovative in those situations and putting them in the position to make plays and go be the players that they are."
Jimmy Haslam
(On if he got the guy he originally set out to get)- "I think we said here 11 days ago, despite what a lot of people in the room said, that we did not have a clear cut choice. We did not have a clear cut favorite. We knew in our minds these are the characteristics that we wanted. I feel very confident we got the right guy."
Rob Chudzinski
(On if he felt that he knocked Haslam and Banner's socks off when they met at Haslam's house)- "I just felt a good connection, I felt like we were on the same page and I came out of there saying, 'I would love to work with these guys.'"
(On how many different styles of offense he has run)- "I don't know if I can put a number on that. The thing, like I said, is adjusting to who you have and what you do. You're not taking away from the principles of what you're trying to do offensively, but the plays may be a little be different, the personnel groups that you use may be a little bit different from year-to-year and those adjustments, I believe, are the key to being successful on a year-to-year basis. Finding roles for players that you have is critical. If a guy has something that he can do special, to find a role for him is important."
Rob Chudzinski
(On what type of offense he runs)- "This is a vertical downfield passing game and a balanced offense that, like I said before, we're going to focus on running and throwing the ball and doing whatever we need to do to win."
(On if he feels it is an advantage having been with the organization before)- "Absolutely, and like I said before, I wouldn't have missed this opportunity for anything in the world. To bring back the pride, the passion, the success that this franchise has had in the past, I want to be part of that."
Jimmy Haslam
(On if he knew he was going to offer the job to Chudzinski the job when he went down to Carolina or if Chudzinski still had to convince him)- "I think we felt very positively that Rob was the man. I think Joe and I laid out 11 days ago that this was going to be a disciplined, deliberate process. It's obviously one that's very fluid and we were going to take our time and make sure. It's exceptionally important. Joe and I both come from organizations where there's been little change in terms of leadership. This organization has had lots of change in terms of leadership so it's exceptionally important that we get that right. I think we were way down the road with Rob, but we wanted to spend a little bit more time to make sure he was the right guy and an hour of the way through dinner we felt like this was definitely the right guy."
(On what happened during that hour that made them decide)- "I think just conformation on everything from strength of personality to leadership to how he would go about putting his staff to his assessment of our team to his offensive and defensive philosophies. It just confirmed and if you think how important a hire this is for our organization and we were very impressed in the five hours we spent with Rob Wednesday afternoon, we just thought it made sense to go back down and spend another two or three hours. I'll be honest, we went down there in mind with bringing Rob back as our head coach, but we just wanted to make sure he was the right guy. Like I said, an hour of the way through dinner Joe and I looked at each other and kind of nodded our heads and said, 'This was the right guy.' At that time, we offered Rob the head coaching job and thankfully he accepted and we're very excited."
Rob Chudzinski
(On his fondest moment as a Browns fan is other than this)- "This one's hard to beat and hard to get out of my mind right now. The memories I have just as growing up and I've talked about these before with you guys and there might even be a picture circulating of me when I was five years old. It was 1973 and I had a Browns helmet and jersey on and some really, really ugly 1970's pants. Those were hand-me-downs from my older cousin so I'm not going to take responsibility for those (joking). The memories growing up, going out and throwing the football around pretending, believing I was scoring that touchdown. You all have heard the story that we wanted to be there, my cousins and I were very close, and we wanted to be in that stadium in the Dawg Pound so bad that we would watch games in December out in the snow. We'd flip the TV around in the window so we could be there. That was us being there and being in the stands and being a part of that. I have to admit, I've eaten a dog biscuit or two in my day, but just those wonderful memories and specifically, as I spoke to before, of how important that I know this franchise is to people here and how beloved this franchise and this team is. I just want to be a part of that."
(On if this being his hometown team puts extra pressure on him)- "I put enough pressure on myself that there's nothing really that adds onto that. I put a lot of pressure on myself anyhow so this opportunity is the opportunity of a lifetime for me."
(On if he ever made it to the Dawg Pound)- "I never made it in there."
(On his relationship with Fred Beier and the people at Toledo St. John's High School)- "My high school coach, he passed away about 15 years ago I guess it was. He actually passed away right after the weekend. He had a chance to watch, I was an interim coordinator when Terry Robiskie took over and he was in the hospital at the time, but he had a chance to watch the game. He critiqued me after the game as well. Fred was a huge, huge factor in my life and you talk about discipline, you talk about toughness, you talk about things like work ethic that we need as part of a football team and a foundation of a football team. Fred was instrumental in stressing those things and teaching those things to all of us."
Joe Banner
(On how they were able to determine that a guy who was never a head coach would be able to do the things that a head coach needs to do)- "I think what we focused on was the criteria that we've seen in coaches that have been really successful. Then frankly, you're just making your best judgment. These are hard projections, but we felt like we benefitted from having a very clear picture as to what would separate the ones that have succeeded in taking that leap and the ones that haven't. Rob can tell you a lot of the questions we asked him were very focused on that, 'What do you think the transition will be? What the difference between being a coordinator and a head coach is? Who have you seen be successful in making that transition?' A lot of the time we spent together was focused on those questions so you never know, but we think we identified the qualities that we were looking for and feeling confident that Rob has those. We've come up with a candidate we feel very, very confident in."
Rob Chudzinski
(On why he is ready to be a head coach now compared to when he interviewed other places last year and didn't get the job)- "I think the right opportunity matched up and the right fit happened here like I mentioned before. The vision is the same. It matched completely. Every year I've gotten better as a coach. Like I had mentioned before, the experiences I've had, the coaches that I've been able to be around. You go back from playing for Jimmie Johnson and Dennis Erickson. I worked and played for Dennis. Butch Davis at Miami, Larry Coker. You go through the list and get into the NFL, Marty Schottenheimer, obviously Romeo (Crennel), Norv (Turner) and the people I've been around have prepared me and I've learned from. The recent experiences with Ron in going to a brand new job and starting from the very beginning and seeing what things Ron had to do and being very involved in those things as well. Having the assistant head coach experience where I spent all the time with Norv and saw all the things he had to do. I think that just overall, as time has gone on I've had the experiences to see and been around the people who have given me the opportunities to see what it takes to be a great head coach. Hopefully, I can put all those things together and get that done."
(On why this is going to be different when it hasn't worked for previous head coaches)- "I have a plan in place. We have great people that are around. We're going to get a great staff. The players that are here, it is a young group. This is going to be about the process. Whereas a lot of times everybody's focused on the end result, the process is the important thing. I view the people around here, Joe and Jimmy and the direction that that we are going that that process is going to be the right process to get us to where we want to be."
(On if he learned his vertical passing game in San Diego with Norv Turner or if it was from Miami)- "That was more back to Miami. I had been around that system for a long time prior."
(On if he thought he'd be back in Cleveland when he left in 2008)- "I remember the last game walking out of the stadium and looking across the field and somehow knowing that I would be back somehow, someway."
Joe Banner
(On why offense was so important in this search)- "We went into it interviewing people on both sides of the ball. I think as it evolved and we had a chance to meet Rob and he was so strong in the primary criteria and added to that the fact that he'd been so successful offensively and the game seems to be moving more and more towards offense. It just came together to be the right combination."
Jimmy Haslam
(On if the process was different than he thought it would be)- "No, it really wasn't. As you all know, these processes are fluid and they are more public, candidly, than I'd like or I'm used to, but I think that's part of it. We had laid out, and I'm being repetitive here on purpose, we'd laid out this is what we're looking for. I think we stated very clearly we did not have one person, contrary to what you read, we did not have one person in mind as the favorite. We were very open minded as to who that person might be. We knew specifically what we were looking for. I didn't have any predetermined idea, like I said, whether it was going to take a week or a month. I will tell you this, it was a very interesting process. I can't speak for Joe, but I learned a lot during the process because we talked to, as I mentioned at the outset, some of the top coaches in the country, whether they were pro or college. To hear their philosophies and to learn from them was very interesting. Then of course, to be here today with Rob and learn more about him was obviously tremendously informative too. It was a great process, tiring, but very interesting and very educational for us."
(On what differentiated Chudzinski from the other candidates)- "I think there's a certain comfort factor when you go to hire people. I think from the outset when Rob sat down, within the first 10-15 minutes, and we followed the same basic format same every interview, 'Okay tell us about your background.' But pretty quickly it gets into, 'Tell us about what you would do as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, what your philosophies are, how you would run things, if you're an offensive guy, what would your role be in the defense,' etcetera. 'What would your role be in the special teams?' Joe and I put tremendous emphasis on what your staff would look like. Rob, like I said earlier, was very decisive, this is how I'm going to do things. I'm an offensive guy, but here's my role in the defense, here's my role in special teams, here's the type of people I would bring as coordinators, here's the type of coaches. Just very definitive, and I think hiring people is both an art and a science. You've got to rely on the facts and the data, and the facts and the data and the references on Rob were outstanding. It's also an art, there's an instinctive gut feel, and Joe and I could tell because we've spent a lot of time together in the last 11 days, and you learn to read each other's body language, that early on we felt very comfortable that really from the science part and the art part, this is the right guy for us."
(On what other people said about Chudzinski that helped convinced them)- "That's a great question. I'll repeat, Rob was very decisive when we asked the question, 'Okay tell us why you should be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, and tell us how you'd run things.' It wasn't, 'Well, I think this or I might do this.' It was, 'Here's what I'm going to do.' As you all know, Joe knows everybody in the league, players, coaches, etcetera, and did an outstanding job doing all kinds of reference checks. Whether it was an offensive person or a defensive person, several of the coordinators, and I think this is the biggest compliment you could get, said, 'I hate to go against the guy. He's a great schemer. I'm never sure what he's going to run. It's always a challenge.' Offensive players, defensive players that he had played and coached with, coached against, said the same type of thing. The feedback was just very, very positive on Rob."
(On if Chudzinski was in the original pool of candidates)- "Rob was always on our radar screen. Rob has been identified as a top, bright, young guy for a long time."
Joe Banner
(On why he thinks that college coaches often fail in the NFL)- "There is both. There are some that have been successful. My own opinion, what's differentiated them is the quality of the people and the experience that they've surrounded themselves with. I think they bring the knowledge of football. I think they bring the leadership and the ability to put together a program. I think the key, whether you're coming from college or whether you're Rob's resume, is the people you surround yourselves with, and the ability to manage them effectively and get the most out of them."
Jimmy Haslam
(On what his gut told him when Chudzinski talked about his passion for the Browns)- "It's funny, somehow with all the research, until Rob got in, 'Where are you from?' He said, 'I'm from Toledo, Ohio.' I was not even aware of it. I'll be honest, to me, that's a nice-to, not a have-to, and it's a great story. If Rob would have been from Plano, Texas, we would have hired him. It's a nice-to not a have-to."
Rob Chudzinski
(On his plan for beating the division rivals)- "It's a great division. Again, that's the thing that we'll get to down the road and specifically looking at those teams and preparing game plans. You know you're going to see great players, great quarterbacks, great defenses in this division. What we have to focus on is the process of working and building a culture, working and building a team and working and building our identity to get to the point where we're going to compete, we're going to have success against those teams."
(On how attractive the Browns' young roster was to him and if he thinks there are pieces here that can run the attacking-style offense he wants to)- "Again, I'll reiterate again, there is. It's a young group. The key will be again the leadership and bringing in coaches and developers, not just guys that roll out the balls, but guys who can develop young players will be critical. That's one of the key components as we're looking through this process and finding those guys."
Joe Banner
(On if there are parallels between now and he hired Andy Reid in 1998)- "I think the only parallel really is the searches both began with the same criteria in terms of what we were looking for. Other than that, they are two completely different individuals, different strengths and weaknesses, and at the same time some similarities. The similarities are more coincidental. What's similar is the belief that hiring somebody who's an outstanding leader, who's going to put together a program and is going to hire a great staff and effectively manage it. That was what I thought we needed the last time I did this, that was what we were looking for this time."
(On what differentiated Chudzinski from the rest of the group)- "I think it was his ability through a variety of anecdotal stories and the specifics of his plan that convinced us that he was the type of leader that could run the whole program, understood what he was looking for in a staff and could find those people. He's very highly respected in the league. It's going to make a big difference in the quality of staff he's going to be able to attract. I think those were the things that made us feel good."
Jimmy Haslam
(On how important charisma is for a head coach)- "I think everybody has a different leadership and management style. What counts is how effective they are. I think we talked a little bit about that back on the 31st. Here again, and the background checks that we did with some really well known, well respected NFL head coaches and coordinators. The response was, there is no doubt Rob can control the room as the saying goes and can focus the team and lead the team. We have zero doubt about that, and that came through loud and clear."
Rob Chudzinski
(On if he's nervous about moving from coordinator to head coach)- "Absolutely not, it's just a few more people in the seats doing the same thing."
(On if his family will have a huge cheering section in the Dawg Pound)- "They'll be in there."
(On if his parents are still in Ohio)- "They live in Fremont, Ohio right now. That's a short drive. My cousin actually bought a school bus a few years back and converted it into one of the Browns-mobiles you guys see out there. They'll be loading that bus up I'm sure."
(On if he's talked to family members since the news broke)- "To be honest with you, I haven't had a chance to talk to too many people."
Jimmy Haslam
"He's been talking to coaches (joking)."
Rob Chudzinski
"It's been a whirlwind. I wasn't expecting to be getting back on a plane after dinner last night necessarily. We jumped back on the plane and arrived in Cleveland here, I think around 12:30 or 1:00. I still had to make a few more phone calls to some perspective coaches. I was pretty excited. I didn't sleep much. I was thinking about all the things that needed to be done, and getting fired up for today. I was up early and already going. I've been meeting a lot of people around the building. There are a lot of familiar faces and re-acquainting myself with those people as well as meeting a lot of the new faces too."
(On if he's talked to any of the players yet)- "I have not. Like I said, that's one of the first orders of business along with the staff."
(On if there's anything he can do to change the lack of leadership among the players)- "I'm not really aware of what may have happened. I just know what plan I have, and that's what I'm going to focus on, my plan and getting us to where we want to be."
(On if he zeroed in on this job after it became available)- "There's not a lot you can do zeroing in as an individual on that. You hope that in this case, especially with the love I have for this organization and this team, that you get the call. That call came on Tuesday. I knew I was going to get this job."
(On if he was born in Toledo or Fremont)- "Born in Toledo."
(On if he grew up in Toledo)- "Toledo. We lived in Bowling Green for a few years and moved to Fremont -- that's where my parents are originally from -- then back to Toledo."


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hey guys... i have $2000 to spend and just wondering what do i need to gain extra kw??
depending on the mods u already have is to what u can go for, a new full zorst will set ya bak about $1000, then u could whack on a CAI new plugs leads k&n mabe some high ratio rockers, mabe a small tune there goes ya grand. thats a good start i surpose. u can always jump straight into a cam and chip package which depending on the cam is the price or a really really small boost
hey man...dont know if its what you wanted to know but if your cars stock i put the first lot o money i had into handeling for my vp...and it makes a serious difference.....im going into power now but in the time thats passed ive had a many instances (most due to my own P'plated'ness) where ive been thankful for the extra traction and handeling....now i know when i get my scarger and rest that i wont be all over the place...........to much :P
go with what mark said. zorst leads.coils.rockers.minispool.pod. 2 gs wont get u far. power wise.
after 4 years he may of figured that out
If its got Wheels or Boobs its gonna cost ya money
Yella Terra - Roller rockers
Top Gun - Products
Up to you of course. But if i had that sort of cash lying around i would hit up a mild street cam, sports exhaust, high ratio roller rockers, and performance valve springs. $2000 wouldn't cover labour if you were to have someone put all of that in for you of course.
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first thing i'd be doing is a 3.45 or 3.7 ratio swap in the rear, if your 2Gs will cover it.
Doesnt give you more kW, but multiplies the shit out of all that torque going to the wheels, which is what you want.
I ran 16.3 @ 82.3 mph in my wagon at WSID with a cat-back 2.5 mandrel exhaust. Then went and bought HM headers $450, installed a nice smooth metal intake pipe (already had it, but $150ish usually) K&N cold air panel filter $80, super 6 intake snorkel $65, and was running a "straight through" Cat (shh, tell no one!) that cost me $50. This was all installed by me, so no labour costs.
Initial "snap" off the line was no better, and with all this in place i ran 16.02 at 85.4mph. So, the gains were there for mid-top end power, but the stock 3.08 ratio was killing me off the line- 6oft times were still in the 2.3 range. I would have run easy mid 15s with a set of 3.7s
For what its worth, i'd go the diff swap firstly, then some extractors and a redback 2.5 exhaust (minus the rear muffler of course), and then later on maybe some Yella Terra 1.8 ratio rockers (which apparently are really good for all over gains!)
Do people read other members posts anymore? Specifically the one that pointed out that this thread is 4 years old?


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It's a cruel paradox: People, who are disproportionately represented in the ranks of the obese, are the least able to afford the food items that make up a healthy diet. Instead, they're more likely to load up with high-calorie and cheap food products.
It's a fact that first lady Michelle Obama has been underscoring since she planted her White House garden and launched her anti-obesity campaign.
Now, in an effort to encourage low-income people to fill their grocery carts with healthier foods, the federal government is making Western Massachusetts the target market to test a new strategy: a 30 percent discount on fruits and vegetables.
The Agriculture Department has awarded $20 million to Massachusetts and a Cambridge-based research firm to find out whether the subsidies for buying fresh produce will change habits of food-stamp recipients in Hampden County cities and towns - including Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke.
"Even when low-income people receive assistance for food, processed foods are less expensive," said Julia Kehoe, state commissioner of the Department of Transitional Assistance. "What this is doing is leveling the playing field for low-income folks, so that a healthier diet is within reach."
Under the test program, which is slated to begin in the fall of 2011, thousands of the 50,000 households in Hampden County that rely on food stamps will be offered a 30-cent discount for every dollar spent on fresh vegetables, while other families will continue to pay the full price for the produce.
Officials will then track the families for 15 months to see if the discounts lead to better nutritional habits.
If the program works, the government hopes it will provide a model for a revamp of the food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The value of a diet with lots of fruits and vegetables is touted daily on newspaper food pages and morning television segments devoted to promoting a fit nation. An incentive to buy broccoli, tomatoes, green beans, apples, peaches and plums, is overdue. And the subsidy should help local farmers as well.
We hope eligible Western Massachusetts families will step up to the plate for a full helping of fruits and vegetables.
Editorial: Eating healthier could be a SNAP
on August 20, 2010 at 12:37 AM
It's a cruel paradox: People, who are disproportionately represented in the ranks of the obese, are the least able to afford the food items that make up a healthy diet. Instead, they're more likely to load up with high-calorie and cheap food products.


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Koons is often seen as the contemporary art world's supreme operator, in the ignoble tradition of Duchamp and Warhol: an intelligent, provocative, consistently self-referential icon who seems to both embody and parody the art world's worst excesses and to stay one jump ahead of his audience's expectations at all times.
But the Jeff Koons who talked to ARTINFO in his Chelsea studio last Friday would have none of this. In person he comes across as straightforward and self-effacing, though these qualities are so incongruous with some of the efforts he's put into self-promotion in the past — including those pictures of himself in flagrante with La Cicciolina and the full-page newspaper ads he took out to highlight the good life that his art buys — that it's hard to know which presentation, if either, is the real thing. Decide for yourself.
Jeff, would you say you are you the most famous artist in the world?
No, absolutely not. There's Warhol…
I meant the most famous living artist.
Mmmm…no. I'm ambitious, but I'm ambitious about art, and I'm ambitious about what I can become as an artist. Hopefully I have more to contribute. But how that's judged is not important.
But isn't the celebrity-artist Jeff Koons part of the context that you've created for your art?
No. There are some aspects of celebrity that come into play, but that's really not important to me. The word "celebrity" suggests that the artist is important, but it's not about the artist. It's about the work.
A lot of people think that I've worked with publicity agencies and things like that, but I never have. I'm weary of some of those things …
When the Times runs a piece about you being sued for child support, do you think it's any of their business? Do you think it has any significance to your work?
I like to keep basically personal things very personal. And by the way, I've been paying child-support. Even though my son was abducted and taken to a foreign country and all that, I've always paid child support constantly through this whole time.
But I've always tried to the best of my ability to be at the service of the work, to give time to communicate and inform and interact with people about the work. I've always tried to help the work have a platform, but at the same time I realize that it's not about the platform, it's about the visceral art itself.
Can you explain what you mean by "visceral"?
When you view work, it's not just an intellectual experience. It's also a physical, biological experience. People like work that makes them feel a certain way. I want my work to have a certain charge, and I think that people who view the work like it, that intensity. It's the same intensity that I get when I view other artists' work. I like that. I want more of that. And the greater understanding I have, the more sensitive I am to that.
Well in that case, is it important that your work be "famous," or extremely well known?
There's a difference between being famous and being significant. I'm interested in significance — anything that can enrich our lives and make them vaster — but I'm really not interested in the idea of fame for fame's sake.
So, what's it like to have your works on the roof of the Met?
First, it is a wonderful location. My works have never had so much horizontal space around them. They're up there on the roof, and all of a sudden the amount of space, the vastness, the void around them is really remarkable.
But most significant is being able to have a dialog with the collection: A piece like Balloon Dog taps into the mythic. It's a little equestrian, a little bit like a Trojan Horse, even though it's a dog. Even the act of making balloon-type animals like that, it's supposedly quite an ancient act, from primitive cultures, of working with intestines.… Sacred Heart feels as though it's connected to early Christian work and European history. And Coloring Book relates to the modernist part of the Metropolitan's collection.
What you call a "dialog" with artists of the past has always been important to you, hasn't it?
When I was younger, I always wanted to have a dialog with Roy Lichtenstein and Andy [Warhol] and Rauschenberg, with Dali and Picabia and Duchamp, and back on through Boucher and Fragonard, and on and on … Although I've always accepted that I had limitations, I always wanted to expand to whatever was possible. For me art has been a vehicle of self-acceptance. That started with the idea of accepting objects — external things in the world — then moved into what it's really about, the acceptance of others.
For me, art has been about living to my full potential and about having viewers increase theirs. My work has always tried to communicate acceptance. It's not about a rarefied object, because art is about people, life, experience. It's about giving attention to the viewer so that hopefully they maintain enough confidence to experience communication.
You almost sound Buddhist.
I do believe that art is a hub that connects all of the disciplines of the world. Art can do that because it is so open and so easily clarifies things. It's connects theology with philosophy and psychology and aesthetics and physics and any other discipline.
Can art change the world?
I think that people — and people's gestures — change the world. And art is a vehicle of people's gestures. So yes, I think that art changes the world.
Do you think of your art as political?
When people talk about political art, they generally mean something that is one-dimensional, about one cause or one specific issue, that doesn't open itself up to much greater political issues. But I'm really dealing with the empowerment of the individual. I've always thought my art has been very political.
Do you make your art deliberately provocative?
No. When I was a younger artist I had great respect for the avant-garde. I just loved the idea of trying to make something new and different, because it was about bringing something to the table. But I believe that if you try to make something just to shock it ends up not having a very long lifespan. It's not going to be archetypal or iconic or anything. What's most shocking is honesty. If you're really honest with yourself, that's what people really find most shocking.
Well, one piece people might find shocking is Sacred Heart. What's behind that work?
The meaning of Sacred Heart is not specific, and it comes from the work itself. I remember seeing a chocolate heart in Munich wrapped in reflective cellophane. It had two figures on the front – a little boy and a little girl – and I removed them to try to make something that balances. The piece balances on a fine point. It weighs a couple of tons. There's a lot of steel there. But it tries to be somewhat graceful. It's up on its toe like a ballerina. There's some defying of gravity. It's also on a tightrope between the baroque and something a little more modern. It could represent romantic love or spiritual love or Christian love. The bow might suggest that it is a present. Or it could be like a crown of thorns.
Your polished steel pieces are highly reflective, but their surfaces also distort reality. Is that an invitation for the viewer to find their own meanings in the work?
Well, I think that works have to be chameleon to a certain degree. If a work isn't chameleon, eventually someone is going to be in front of it and not find any meaning. Things change and works have to be adaptable to be able to absorb meanings that people place on them or find in them.
Is Sacred Heart a religious work?
I'm not involved in any standardized religion. If somebody finds significance or meaning in something, that's absolutely wonderful. And whatever that meaning or significance is, if it helps to push against somebody's parameters, then that's fantastic. I believe in things being socially benefiting. I believe in absolute freedom of gesture and anarchy and all of these things, as long as it doesn't endanger others. I believe that art should have all the freedom in the world. But there is a moral responsibility that comes along with that. So you should embrace all that power but then accept the moral responsibility as well.
You were just talking about your dialog with Warhol. He said that he wanted to be a "business artist." Is that what you are?
I am not a business artist. And I would like to think that Andy wasn't either. My work's not about business, but I was brought up to be very self-reliant, so whatever I do in life I believe I should be able to take care of myself and my family. There are certain demands, but that's the same with any kind of success.
Is this huge operation that you run, with these dozens of artists producing your art, just the necessary means of making the work?
That's right. I'm not involved in business art, that's not my interest. My interest has always been in art. I remember when I was 16 and I turned on the radio and heard Led Zeppelin. That was when I came into contact with how powerful art can be. It was a very moving experience, and I thought, "I want part of this."


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KALAMAZOO, MI – In keeping with its new health-focused campus, Kalamazoo Valley Community College has chosen an expert on food sustainability to be the keynote speaker for the KVCC Foundation's annual Opportunities For Education Dinner.
Arlin Wasserman, founder and principal of Changing Tastes, will speak at the Foundation's student scholarship fundraiser on May 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the Radisson Plaza Hotel and Suites in downtown Kalamazoo.
"We thought that because of the timing of the new downtown campus it would be appropriate to have someone who can speak to the issue of wellness, sustainability, and social engagement," said Steve Doherty, executive director of the foundation, in a statement. "Arlin Wasserman is certainly an expert."
Changing Tastes works with food and agriculture companies, private foundations and government agencies to combine the key elements of sustainability, public health and demographics and how it applies to preservation of life and environment. Wasserman has advised Fortune 100 and growth stage food companies, the U.S. and European Union governments, and private philanthropies in the U.S. and Canada.
Recently, he collaborated with Harvard University to create a report card, Menus of Change, describing and rating key areas of sustainability in the American diet and suggesting overall ways to improve health and food production.
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"My ship went down out there," he said.
For 45 years, Russell had kept that story to himself. He is a survivor of the HMT Rohna, a British ship attacked on Nov. 26, 1943 by a German guided bomb. About 1,150 American servicemen — more than half of those aboard — were killed either by the explosion or in the open water.
Russell made it. He was taken to Phillipeville, in North Africa, with other American survivors. He stood at roll call, listening as officers read name after name of those on board, with few replies. Russell also received the orders that turned the Rohna into a disaster mourned by few at the time: Because the Germans destroyed the ship with a new weapon, the survivors were told not to reveal what happened.
"You understand why," said Russell, 89, who lives at The Nottingham apartments in DeWitt. "You were subject to court martial if you talked about it."
So he didn't. He went to China to build military radio stations for the rest of the war, before returning to Syracuse, where he had grown up as "the only Scotsman on Tipperary Hill." He went back to college to earn a degree. In 1947, he married his wife, Muriel.
As for the horror of the Rohna, he pushed it away. Russell eventually became vice president for finance at Crouse Hospital. He and Muriel raised three children, Gary, Stan and Tracey. Yet for many years, he said nothing of his ordeal. He turned himself into a marathon runner, and he confined the tale to a closed chamber of his memory — at least until he stood on the terrace in Italy with Gary's wife, Susanne.
Finally, bit by bit, Russell told his family how he was on deck when German planes attacked an American convoy bound for the Suez Canal. He recalled his relief when the Germans appeared to have left the scene. But one plane doubled back. It released a guided bomb that whistled toward the Rohna. The bomb slammed into the port side, and exploded.
Everywhere Russell looked, there was madness. The British officers, he said, scrambled onto a lifeboat and saved themselves. Other lifeboats failed to work. Many servicemen leaped into the water, panicked, fought among themselves and drowned. Burning oil killed others as they tried to swim away. A close friend of Russell's — a guy with a pregnant wife at home — went into shock and ignored Russell's pleas to flee the ship.
"I decided," Russell said, "I wanted to survive." He was wearing a life preserver, and he scouted out the best place to jump into the water and get himself away from the ship. Another soldier, who couldn't swim, asked Russell for help. They jumped in together. Russell found a board in the water. The other man took hold. In the distance, they caught sight of their only hope: The Pioneer, an American minesweeper a few miles away.
As the wounded Rohna disappeared into the sea, the current pushed the two men toward the Pioneer, which they reached after "three or four hours" in the water. A crewman threw them a rope. While Russell, exhausted, tied it around his hands, the man he had been towing went into a frenzy. He leaped onto Russell and pushed his foot onto his head. The man used the rope to scale the side, while Russell was sucked beneath the ship.
Even now, his voice cracks as he tries to describe those moments under water. The rope was his salvation. He used it to drag himself back to the surface. Rescuers on the Pioneer hauled him to the deck. The man who nearly killed him in a panic, he said, would himself later be killed in a plane crash.
"I was lucky," Russell said. "The amazing thing, even now, is why did I survive?"
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|By Caliguy06 (Caliguy06) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 05:26 pm: Edit
Are there any other athletes out there looking to play a sport in college. Also, has anybody been offered a likely letter yet by one of the Ivies.
|By Dadx (Dadx) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 05:29 pm: Edit
I'm not sure you can get a likely letter out of the Ivies even for an athlete, until after early decision.
However, as I said, I am not certain about that at all. It just seem likely that the admissions office will want a completed application.
|By Caliguy06 (Caliguy06) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 05:42 pm: Edit
Thats true, but if they see your application, they can usually tell you if youll be able to get in or not based on how much support the coaches are willing to give
|By Realtyrd (Realtyrd) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 06:53 pm: Edit
I have a friend that plays for the Brown University football team. The coaches wanted him real badly, and they negotiated with the admissions board on his behalf. Not to say that my friend is not smart, he graduated in the top 20th percentile, which at my school is very good being that at the time of my graduation we had close to 1000 seniors graduating. But my point is to say that when the coaches negotiated for my friend, the school only agreed to offer him admissions into the school if he attained a grade of 1200 on the SAT's. A 1200 by Brown standards is a very low score, but my friend was able to get the grade and the subsequent admission into Brown. So I believe that it takes a really dedicated coach to pull some major strings for an astounding student athlete.
|By Beenthereil (Beenthereil) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 08:08 pm: Edit
My son is an athlete and is considering a couple of the Ivies.
1580 SAT and 35 ACT.
10 out of 716.
Excellent letters and ec's.
Could go to much more "competitive" schools for his sport than the Ivies, but is "hooked" on the academic reputation of the schools.
|By Jnorsky18 (Jnorsky18) on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 08:11 pm: Edit
my friend got a letter from brown and columbia, hes only a junior, but made all state in track in NY and he is close to a genius
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This is her first time!!!!
My dd was just born in May and my bf thinks I'm going over board trying to make her 1st holiday season amazing. Am I?
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Nope! You can never do too much at the holidays. Your making good memories. :)
As long ad you take this year ut will be entirely for you. She won't remember the experience except through the photos and stories you share.
I dont think so. I think every holiday is special and the way you choose to celebrate it is up to you. If you want to go full out then hey do it.
That's a relief! Lol, i'm trying to make it as wonderful for us as possible. :)
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I agree with the others, but I wouldn't go into debt over it either!
I'm making most of my seasonal decorations so it's saving me a fortune and we are mostly letting her play with boxes lol
I would my the holiday special in the way you would like it to be two tings I would keep in mind are ( 1) do not go so crazy you have to spend the next year paying it off and (2) get a baby Christmas ornament one that has a place for the baby's picture it will mean and mean to you with each passing year.
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Folks from Vale, the Eastern Oregon town that Vickery calls home filled a long table along the back wall of the popular pub, sprinkled with folks from his University of Oregon alma mater and strangers that had become his best friend via Sunday-night viewings of the show.
From the start, the crowd cheered with every showing of Dan's model-quality face and/or his name. Dan himself addressed the audience at once saying he thought he'd be here with some family and friends until an interview with The Oregonian listed the information and filled the house. (And someone said newspapers were dead?) Hmm.
Anyway, he said he had a dream and encouraged anyone with a dream to try it and go for it.
The final challenge was a bit of a whole-house remodel: living room, kitchen and two bedrooms. Candice Olson said she thought this was probably her most favorite reveal ever ... to which the crowd in the pub went wild.
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HANOVER TWP., Pa. - The financially-troubled Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority is flying high following revelations it may have a cash cow under its wing.
Authority members have learned that parting ways with some property could bring in big bucks.
The figures come from presentations of several land developers that made their pitches to the board Tuesday.
To get out of debt, LVIA is looking to sell land, possibly the 200-plus acres at Queen City Airport.
"The numbers did make us feel good at the moment, but it's important to note those property value estimates are hypothetical and highly speculative," said Charles Everett, executive director of the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority.
Several developers indicated the airport's 400 acres of unused farmland and fields and the 200 acres making up the Queen City Airport in Allentown could fetch $50 million in development; however, that comes with hurdles to jump.
"Have to build roads, multiple townships to get zoning through," said Mayor Ed Pawlowski, D-Allentown, an airport authority board member.
The discussion comes as the board is looking to hire a firm that can give them a true value of the land, an asset that, if sold, could lead the airport out of massive debt.
The debt mostly stems from a multimillion dollar lawsuit, ironically over land.
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"I live in Kutztown. I remember when their's closed," said Art Tarola. "If this one [Queen City] closes, I don't know where I'd go."
Tarola's flight school and the rest of Queen City is sitting on $30 million to $40 million of potential development, said Pawlowski, who is pushing to sell the airport in an effort to keep the larger airport running.
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HILLSBORO – Was it a home run, or wasn't it?
Kylie Surratt provided the answer: it doesn't matter.
Surratt gave Glencoe a 1-0 lead over Tualatin in the fourth inning of its quarterfinal game of the OSAA Class 6A state playoffs with a line-drive home run that appeared to some to have not gone over the temporary fencing at Hillsboro Stadium but rather under it.
It was the first Glencoe hit off Tualatin pitcher Emily Sorem as she dueled against Glencoe star Katie Sutherland-Finch in a Friday evening matchup of Pacific Conference rivals.
Tualatin head coach Jenna Wilson protested the call to no avail after the three umpires conferred and upheld the home run. Controversial; if only the game ended 1-0.
But Glencoe scored two more runs, included one on another Surratt blast on which there was no doubt of whether it cleared the fence, and Sutherland-Finch did the rest in a 3-0 Crimson Tide victory, their third over Tualatin this season, that puts them in the semifinals for the first time since their 2010 5A state championship season.
"I thought it did," Glencoe head coach Jacy Jukkala said of the home run. "But then somebody told me they thought it didn't. I don't know. The thing that made me feel better is it didn't end up being a 1-0 game because then you feel like, 'Was it, wasn't it?' So it was nice to score a couple more runs."
Glencoe (27-1), which has won the last three Pacific Conference titles only to see its season end in the quarterfinal round the previous two seasons, will play in a semifinal game Tuesday against the winner of Saturday's matchup between Roseburg and South Salem. Three of Tualatin's four losses this year came against Glencoe.
"We were kind of joking that it's been a couple years since we've gotten there, so it would be nice to get back," Jukkala said. "Gosh, Tualatin is such a tough team. Emily Sorem is such a great pitcher, and we were lucky to get a few runs on her and be able to hold them."
Tualatin (24-4) appeared to have the edge in the early innings.
The sophomore Sorem struck out eight batters through the first three innings, while allowing just two base runners. While Sutherland-Finch, who recorded 33 strikeouts in Glencoe's first two playoff games, allowed runners to reach scoring position in the first and fourth innings while striking out just six.
Surratt's first home run changed all that.
"I ran up to her, gave her a hug and grabbed her face and said, 'Thank you,'" Sutherland-Finch said. "Because once you get that first run it's easier to lock in and hit your spots."
That's just what happened.
The senior right-hander who will play at the University of California next spring, retired the next nine batters she faced to close out the game. She finished with 11 strikeouts, while allowing one hit, two walks and one hit batsman.
"It was pretty good because it got everyone going," Surratt said of her first home run. "I was pumped. I was just looking for a base hit, so it was good."
Glencoe's second run came after an infield single by Emilee Eastman, who scored on a Tualatin throwing error on a bunt attempt by Kamryn Apling. Jukkala was happy with the adjustments her team made at the plate. After striking out eight through three innings, Sorem didn't fan another batter the rest of the way.
"We talked about being more aggressive at bat," Jukkala said. "They were kind of going up there like deer in headlights the first couple innings. So we just talked about swinging at the first good pitch they saw instead letting two go by and then you have to have to swing at her pitch."
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians play the Royals in the third of a four-game series Wednesday.
Game: 21.
Opponent: Kansas City Royals.
Location: Progressive Field, Cleveland.
Scheduled first pitch: 7:05 p.m.
TV/Radio: SportsTime Ohio; WTAM/AM 1100, WMMS/FM 100.7.
Pitching matchup: Indians RHP Justin Masterson (0-0, 4.98 ERA) vs. Royals LHP Jason Vargas (2-0, 1.24).
Season series: Tied, 1-1. (Indians won, 10-9, last season.)
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Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche (Loganville, Ga./Grayson), the unanimous No. 1 national prospect, begins the day with a 6:35 a.m. announcement. Nkemdiche is expected to choose Ole Miss -- where older brother Denzel is a starting linebacker -- though he also still considering LSU.
Offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil (Lake City, Fla./Columbia), rated the No. 5 national prospect by ESPN, will announce at 8:35 a.m. Tunsil is reportedly down to Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama.
Safety Tony Conner (Batesville/South Panola) makes his announcement at 9:45 a.m. Conner, rated No. 24 nationally by ESPN, has not publicly narrowed his choices in a while, but is expected to choose between Ole Miss and Alabama.
Cornerback Mackensie Alexander (Immokalee, Fla.) will make his announcement at 10:15 a.m. Alexander, rated No. 4 nationally by ESPN, is still considering several schools, but Mississippi State and Auburn are reportedly in the lead because they are also pursuing his twin brother, three-star safety Mackenro Alexander.
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