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Princeton, NJ - John Glynn and Eric Pittard could barely breathe. Hundreds of pounds of happily wiggling bodies were celebrating the two principals of Cornell's game-winning goal by
burying them in a pile of mirth in front of the Albany net.
At that point Glynn, the goal-scorer, and Pittard, the feeder, could bear the weight of the world.
"It was pretty painful," Glynn acknowledged. "But at the time, I was so happy that I couldn't really complain. The joy of scoring that goal just overcame everything else."
The Big Red, which had not reached the NCAA final four since 1988, overcame the gallant Great Danes Saturday before 8,123 fans inside Princeton Stadium. Cornell is headed for Baltimore next weekend because Max Seibald made the play of this quarterfinal game and Pittard and Glynn combined to make it relevant.
With 22 seconds left in overtime and the score tied at 11, Seibald, whose injured foot was the subject of scrutiny all week, tracked down Albany midfielder Tyler Endres from behind. Seibald stretched his body horizontally, extended his stick and clipped the shaft of Endres' stick. The ball bounced out and after it ping-ponged between players, Glynn snatched it and streaked into the Albany end.
Glynn passed the ball to Pittard on the left side and kept shouting to Pittard: "Go to the goal! Go to the goal!"
Pittard, the Skaneateles' native, glanced calmly at the game clock. He saw that 10 seconds remained. He waited for his teammates to settle around him and then made a move toward the Albany goal.
Once Glynn's defender slid to him, Pittard found his teammate all alone in front of the goal. Glynn caught the pass and threw it past Brett Queener with 4.8 seconds left.
And just like that, Cornell won 12-11 to preserve its unbeaten season and more importantly to extend its chance to play for a national championship. The Big Red (15-0) plays the winner of Sunday's Duke-North Carolina matchup. Albany ended its season at 15-3 and bid a tearful farewell to its two potent attackmen, Merrick Thomson and Frank Resetarits.
"That's the way the game is meant to be played folks. Up and down the field, fast breaks," Marr said later. "They play it well and so do we. Obviously, it took overtime. You saw one hell of a game right there."
Cornell, which trailed 6-5 at halftime, used some of those transition skills to erupt for three goals in 19 seconds in the third quarter. Cornell struggled to win a faceoff all day, but Big Red coach Jeff Tambroni elected to use Seibald - his Tewaaraton Trophy candidate, his best athlete - at the faceoff X to try to earn his team more possessions.
Seibald finished 6-of-13 to give Cornell a chance. And the Big Red built an 11-9 lead when Pittard fed David Mitchell (4 goals) in transition with 8:40 left in the game.
Pittard, the senior attackman, scored twice and assisted on five other Cornell goals Saturday. Earlier in the week, Seibald and Glynn talked about how important he is to the Cornell offense, of how smart and perceptive he is with and without the ball. Against the Danes, Pittard was vital.
"He has great lacrosse IQ," Tambroni said. "His father was a coach in Skaneateles, his brother played at Cornell. He understands the game very well, he understands matchups. He understands during the course of a game what we're attempting to do. ... It's great to have guys who you can rely on to make plays."
Albany can make plays too. Down 11-9, the Danes coaxed goals from Thomson and Jordan Levine to tie things at 11 with 17.8 seconds left.
The battle between the nation's top two offensive teams needed an extra period to settle on a victor.
That Cornell advanced thrilled the Big Red and devastated the Danes. Albany players, who fought all season for national recognition and national respect, trudged off the field as the pile of jubilant Cornell players swelled.
Later, Marr and Thomson and Resetarits and Levine held hands as they walked toward the post-game interview area. Thomson sobbed into a towel and the players and their coach talked about how close and courageous their team had been this season.
"There were a lot of tears, a lot of guys hugging each other for the last time as teammates," Marr said. "It hurts a lot."
Tambroni knows the feeling. Two years ago, he made that same forced march to the podium when his Big Red lost to Duke in an NCAA quarterfinal.
"That was the longest walk of my coaching career," Tambroni said. "We're just proud of the effort our guys put in today. It was a gutsy performance, I thought, by both teams."
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There's a saying that goes "When God closes a door he opens a window." It's one of those adages we find ourselves uttering to friends when we hear they've been laid off from a job, or that a meaningful relationship is coming to an end. Once in a while, we find ourselves in that moment of in-between: when we are conscious and can actually pinpoint the closing of one chapter and the opening of another. Mine was last night.
For 25 years I was a founder and the managing partner in a graphic design and advertising firm based in Des Moines, Iowa. At the risk of sounding unhumble, we were quite prominent in our little corner of the advertising universe. Last September, however, we closed. http://www.howdesign.com/article/saylesgraphicdesign/ It was a mutual, amicable parting of the ways, due to the need for both my partner and I to "do something else." My something else is Fork in the Road, http://www.fork-road.com/ a holistic health and nutrition counseling practice. It is the perfect crescendo of all that I have done in my life so far: from the master's degree in counseling I received at the age of 23 to the raw vegan chef certification I received in 2007. It feels right and I am very excited about the impact I am already making in peoples' lives.
So there I was—focused on my new and growing practice—when a few weeks ago I got a call from one of the officers of our local chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). Kathleen was calling to say that I had been named as a candidate for the Silver Medal award – a prestigious honor given to a member of the marketing/advertising community for lifetime achievement. I was stunned and a little embarrassed, as I muttered "Kathleen, I'm not in the business anymore." Kathleen assured me that the members of the nominating committee were aware of that, and wanted to consider me for the honor anyway. I was happy to accept the nomination, but didn't think much more about it until the week before the AAF ceremony, when I realized that I was going to be out of town the night of the event.
Last spring I had registered for classes at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition http://www.integrativenutrition.com/. This wonderful professional training program includes eight weekend class sessions in New York City. The class series commenced on Saturday, February 20, the same date as the AAF awards presentation in Des Moines. Out of courtesy, I called Kathleen to tell her I would not be in the audience at the affair. I didn't think it would matter all that much, as I was certain the award would be presented to another of the contender; surely my name was there as a nice gesture of thanks for my past service. "Um, that's a problem," Kathleen told me when I called. I about fell off my chair when she confided to me that I had been selected to receive the award. With only days before the ceremony we hit upon an idea: I would do a video of my acceptance and they would play the brief clip at the event. And that is exactly what happened.
My acceptance is a mere 65 seconds out of my 53 years, but it's a moment that holds great significance because at the precise instant my former colleagues were honoring me in Des Moines for the 25 years of my life I had devoted to one field, I was in my home state—the one I had left 30 years prior in order to move to Des Moines—embarking on my new career calling.
As a way of benchmarking this moment in my life, I am launching this blog.
I am pretty sure that my future posts won't be quite so serious (or lengthy). I have some thoughts about topics I intend to cover, but I'd love to hear from some of you about your own forks in the road … have you had a journey like mine? Or would you like to take the first step? Please leave me comments or contact me directly at email@example.com.
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The San Francisco Chronicle has a front page story today on the Dover, PA and Cobb County, GA evolution controversies.
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Patricia Nason at the Institute for Creation Research, the world leader in creation science,
That should piss off AiG and DrDino.
The first paragraph of the article says it all.
The quotes in this article draw an especially clear picture of the religious motivation behind these recent "flare-ups" of anti-evolution activity. My favorite was:
After the Browns left the restaurant, a waitress in her 30s slipped a note to a Chronicle reporter.
"Beware," it read. "God wrote over 2,000 years ago that there would be false prophets and teachers. If you would like to know the truth read the Bible."
Now, who are these "false prophets" she said that God "wrote" about 2000 years ago? It's obvious to me that the religiously-motivated people in this debate are the anti-evolutionists. Hmmm…
Am I in a bad mood?
The San Francisco chronicle today had as its above-the-fold headline story: "Anti-evolution teachings gain foothold in US schools: Evangelicals see flaws in Darwinism."
The CBS poll which shows that 35% of the country somehow feels comfortable claiming that "Darwin's theory is not supported by the evidence" appears in a gray box, also above the fold.
The article was written by Anna Badkhen, who is clearly not a science journalist. The article focuses mainly on the Dover school issue.
All in all it's not the worst article I've ever read on the issue but I was disappointed to see some obviously lazy blunders. The Discovery Institute is mentioned, for example, without any desription whatsoever of its mission or members. ID is described as having been devised by a "small group of scientists" which is being generous to say the least. A pro-ID website (www.intelligentdesign.com) is provided for the reader who wants to learn more but there are no links to the Pandas Thumb or to Talk Origins or similar creationism-debunking sites. John West of the Discovery Institute is quoted as saying "Mainstream criticism should be raised in classrooms."
The article, of course, neglects to point out that the public school board meetings are the ONLY places where arguments from ignorance are accepted as serious challenges to evolutionary theory.
And then there are some quotes from Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, who always comes across to me as just about the weakest hapless spokesman for truth and honesty in public school science classrooms as we could hope for. I won't go into details about what she does say, but I can tell you what she evidently did not say to this reporter but which she should say: "Intelligent design is not an alternative scientific explanation for the diversity of life on earth. As science, it's complete baloney and any genuine scientist will tell you that it's worthless. It is nothing more than an argument from incredulity that is exactly the same as saying 'wow, that's so cool that God must have done it.' That is not science. It's religion and our Constitution prevents us from teaching religious creation theories as scientific facts in public school classrooms. The only reason we are having this discussion in the 21st century is because conservative evangelical Christian groups want to see their religious beliefs taught in public schools."
It's so frigging simple. And Scott must say one other important thing: "If you want to quote me in your article, you must quote me in full. And you must include links to websites like Talk Origins and Pandas Thumb where working biologists and geologists, including Christians, have debunked the pseudoscience peddled by creationists. And you should talk to some actual scientists and you should talk to some scientists who are Christians who know that ID is baloney, and you should talk to some Christians who aren't scientists but who recognize that evolution is the real deal and ID is a political game. Here are their names: . …"
So frigging simple.
Ms. Badkehn does not talk to a single genuine biologist about "ID theory" buy does quote several pro-creationism twits. For example, Ms. Badkhen includes this nugget which would be hilarious if it weren't so damn sad
Patricia Nason at the Institute for Creation Research, the world leader in creation science, said her organization and other activist groups are encouraging people who share their conservative religious beliefs to seek positions on local boards.
"World leader in creation science"? Where did Ms. Badkhen get that information? Let me guess … from Ms. Nason?
Ms. Badkhen doesn't say anything more about the Institute for Creation Science, nor she inclined to wonder why the leader of this "creation science" insitute seems to believe that only "conservative" and "religious" people are inclined to accept the veracity of this "world-leading" Institute's "scientific" work product.
The bottom line here is that we need to get some well-spoken hard-hitting advocates out there communicating our message instead of weak proponents like Eugenie Scott who don't seem aware of the fact that neither they nor the integrity of the science whose instruction they are entrusted to defend, being taken seriously the reporters to whom they speak.
If Scott is all we got, then shit let's just flush the public school system and its associated inherent intractable problems down the frigging toilet. Sandefur has already written its obituary so he can have his final post and we can all go home.
Yes, I'm in a bad mood today.
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The first paragraph of the article says it all.
I like their poll question:
Q: Which theory of the origin of species should be taught?
1. Evolution (25%) 2. Intelligent Design (2%) 3. Both (5%)
But the winner by a wide margin …
4. My theory is that the USA is rapidly devolving (67%)
Hence, we should teach that last theory.
I wonder how they're going to include the theory of intelligent design when there is no scientific theory of intelligent design. And the lab for that section should be interesting. I'm guessing it'll feature human-designed objects compared to rocks.
Apparently Darwin's theory has to be challenged because its, and I quote, "not adequate to explain all natural phenomena. "
What about that quote from John West?
"Mainstream criticism should be raised in classrooms"
I agree. Of course, what he didn't mention was that ID is about as far away from mainstream biology as the members of the Flat Earth Society are from mainstream geoscience.
IMHO, the place where the introduction of scientific criticism is effective is at the college level. Here, students are (hopefully) familiar enough with the nature of science to see through the pseudoscientific veneer of ID and correctly conclude that it is rubbish. As a teacher of 9th graders, I can tell you that they very rarely can recognize pseudoscience at first sight.
From the article:
The idea of intelligent design was initiated by a small group of scientists to explain what they believe to be gaps in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which they say is "not adequate to explain all natural phenomena."
I'll just echo Mr. Wonder's opinion about the quality of journalism here.
In reality, of course, non-scientist evangelical wedgie Phillip Johnson had at least as much to do with "initiating the idea of intelligent design" as any small group of so-called scientists.
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I won't go into details about what she does say, but I can tell you what she evidently did not say to this reporter but which she should say:…
In Genie's defense, it's possible she did say some or even all of those good things to the reporter, but they just weren't included in the story. I've been intereviewed a few times, and usually marvel at how little of what I told the reporter actually gets into the story.
My 1$/50, Dave
In Genie's defense, it's possible she did say some or even all of those good things to the reporter, but they just weren't included in the story. I've been intereviewed a few times, and usually marvel at how little of what I told the reporter actually gets into the story.
I agree this is a common problem. But I think you can take steps to alleviate the problem. I think it is imperative for a public spokesperson to understand how to do that.
One rather ineffective but obvious step is to express your diasappointment after the fact. In that regard, I note that I didn't see a letter from Genie to the editor in today's Chronicle (although there were some very good letters which set forth some of the facts left out of the article).
I agree that Eugenie Scott is capable of doing better than she did in this piece. Or maybe, as Dave Thomas suggests, the reporter didn't do her interview justice.
Ms. Scott should try to make clear that all the important scientific organizations are on record as opposing anti-evolution material and creationism being taught in the public schools. I know AAAS is on record on this matter. And isn't the National Academy of Sciences the really elite body? Aren't they against it, too? Scott should try to make this point at every opportunity. Most U.S. citizens aren't that well-educated on matters of science. But most tend to fear – and respect – the considered judgment of scientists. And I don't know anyone in the world with PhD in biology who teachers biology at an accredited university who does not accept the key tenets of evolution, including the hypothesis of common descent.
Some people might say this is the fallacy of the appeal to authority. But it's not. Most U.S. citizens don't know much about science. And those people with a PhD in biology who teach biology at an accredited university understand a lot about evolution. So what U.S. citizens here them say about evolution is very important in terms of whether most U.S. citizens are justified in accepting evolution.
Scott should also say explicitly that this stuff has no business in the public schools. I've never seen someone who refers to him or herself as a proponent of intelligent design even offer a clear hypothesis about what he or she thinks happened that is at odds with evolution. What do they think the designer did? Specifically, what event(s) do they think the designer proximately caused? It would be nice to know.
Do they mean to suggest that a designer caused the existence of the first cell(s) on earth?
The following is the closest thing I've seen to a hypothesis: Life is too complex to have happened without a designer.
Well, that shouldn't be taught in public school biology classes. For one thing, it most definitely will suggest to a number of students that common descent is not true. And of course it is true! It might suggest to them that a deity turned inert matter directly into the first two humans. And that didn't happen. The first organisms that we would recognize as human were born like I was. All organisms descended from a common ancestor. Finally, the above "hypothesis" is so vague that I don't know what to do with it. I just shrug my shoulders.
Why aren't more professional scientists getting involved in, and vocal about, this issue? I know many of them think it's a waste of time – and silly. But if we don't get more scientists to make clear that that this is nonsense, it might be harder to have good biology teaching in the public schools. Evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology. That's not even right – modern biology *is* evolution.
From Badkkhen's article"
The intelligent-design theory makes no reference to the Bible, and its proponents do not say who or what the greater force is behind the design.
No! ID advocates say that they do not say who the designer is, but they fall all over themselves to say exactly who it is on any religious forum, and indeed, in most of thier popular books.
The only bright spot of the article as the poll question on people's opinion that there is evidence to support evolultion, though split 35/35 on the yes/no, enough people are willing to admit that they do not know enough to form an opinion.
…Unfortunatly, they are only getting one side from this article.
Apparently Darwin's theory has to be challenged because its, and I quote, "not adequate to explain all natural phenomena."
She (or one of her sources) apparently conflates the general theory of ID (namely, that science just ain't so) with the special theory of ID (namely, that evolution just ain't so).
funny dover spoof:
Dover Math Teachers Required to Offer 'Alternative Value' for Pi (email to a friend)
DOVER, Pennsylvania - The Dover school board has raised eyebrows and ire across Pennsylvania and the country after requiring math teachers to offer 3 as an acceptable value of Pi. Pi is the name given to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly accepted to be 3.141592, though the actual number is believed to go on endlessly, without repeating. "That's all well and good," said Maureen Callister, Dover school board member, "But what about God? Doesn't he have a say?" Callister cited the Bible, First Kings chapter 7, verse 23, where it says, "He [King Solomon] proceeded to make the molten sea ten cubits from its brim to its other brim, […] and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle all around it." "If 3 is a good enough 'pi' for the Almighty, then it ought to be good enough for us," stated Callister.
Aw, c'mon, Steve.
Everyone knows that in King Solomon's times cubits varied in length by a few percent. People back then didn't know how to make measuring rods of uniform length. They were too busy accurately transcribing ancient scrolls.
Legislating pi = 3?
Y'know, the same thing did (not) happen in Huntsville, Alabama in 1998.
Click here for all the sordid details.
Cheers, Dave
A couple of points. First, a fragment of a quote from Longhorn says, "…it might be harder to have good biology teaching in public schools." I submit that it has been nearly impossible to get good biology teaching in any public school in the U.S. at any time in its history. In support, let me simply point out that this controversy even exists. If a majority of public schools had "good biology teaching" there wouldn't be so many people who buy into the ID fallacy. Second, my teeth gnash every time I hear/see the statement that random chance simply couldn't create such diversity. What random chance? Natural selection is a fundamental and powerful force; the stakes in the game are life and death. True, the variations on which natural selection works tend to be stocahstic (within rather proscribed limits), but the winnowing agent is about as directed as it can be: live or die! (Yes, yes, overly simplified.) Thanks for listening to my rant. Randy
The Philadelphia Inquirer had a similar survey article on Dover (which is about a three-hour drive west of Philly) on November 11th, even giving it front page space below the fold. The reporter made the classic mistake of looking at the issue as two political policy choices and carefully presented "both sides." She did quote both Jim Miller of the AAAS and Eugenie Scott at NCSE, but not a single local biologist, who I'm sure would be happy to have been quoted, nor Kenneth Miller, author of the text book in question, who is quite voluble on the subject.
The reporter was factually incorrect, however, in describing the Discovery Institute as a " … think tank … [supporting] scientists who are doing research in intelligent design." Taking issue with the statement I wrote a letter-to-the-editor to the Inquirer pointing out that the DI did no scientific research of any kind and never has, and that all the resources of the DI were committed to politics and public relations. I kept my letter short, to the 200 words the paper prescribes for a letter-to-the-editor, but two weeks later they have yet to commit it to type. It would appear that despite the reputations for both San Francisco and Philadelphia for being liberal and open-minded towns, when it comes to reporting on evolution/ID neither city can offer a paper much better than what we might find in oh, say Dayton, Tennessee.
So, issue a press release. It should say that the challenge to the Discovery Institute to stage a 5-man football contest between their ID scientists and biologists was scrapped, because they couldn't find enough people to field a team.
Same with the solo tennis match.
Send it to the sports section, and to the gossip section. Hit them where it hurts.
Recently, whenever I've encountered an academic who insists ID has science behind it, I ask for an invitation to visit the lab where the work is carried out.
No ID advocate, or DI representative, has ever issued an invitation to tour an ID lab. To anyone.
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SPRINGFIELD - Bail was set Friday at $100,000 cash or surety for Felipe Gonzalez, one of four men facing a murder charge for the January shooting death of Shaun M. Tiago in Holyoke. Gonzalez, 23, of 35 Oxford St., Chicopee, had been held without the right to bail since he first pleaded innocent on Feb. 1 in Holyoke District Court. The bail was set in Hampden Superior Court by Judge John A. Agostini. Defense lawyer Alan J. Black asked for the bail to be set at $10,000, arguing Gonzalez has no criminal history, was a member of the National Guard and did not know that another man planned to shoot Tiago. Tiago's body was found dumped on Newton Street in the early morning hours of Jan. 29. The other defendants are: Angel L. Gonzalez, 27, of 78 Farnum Drive, Holyoke, who is Felipe Gonzalez' brother; Luis Alberto Soto, 23, of 35 Willow St., Apt. 3L, Springfield; and Miguel A. Roman, 43, of 86 North East St., Apt. 4R, Holyoke. All pleaded innocent and are being held without right to bail. Black told the court that the Gonzalez brothers and Soto have identified Roman was the shooter. He said Soto was driving his car with the Gonzalez brothers as passengers when the Gonzalezes' mother called them to pick up Tiago at the emergency room of Holyoke Hospital. They picked him up, and Tiago, in turn, asked them to pick up someone he knew - Roman - at Sam's store on High Street in Holyoke, according to the lawyer. As Soto drove the car on High Street, Felipe Gonzalez reported hearing a gunshot inside the car, got out of the car and ran back to Sam's, Black said. A surveillance video from the area supported Felipe Gonzalez' story of running from the car, the lawyer said. Angel Gonzalez and Soto also ran from the car, and Roman took the driver's seat and drove away, Black said. When Roman returned Soto's car to the Sam's store, he then jumped into a van and left, according to Black. The prosecutor, assistant district attorney Frank Dunn told the judge that Gonzalez initially told police he knew nothing about the killing. Dunn contended the bail should remain high. Black said the reason Felipe Gonzalez fled and initially lied to police was because he was in afraid. "My client was sitting in a car, and Roman takes out a gun and shoots a guy in the head," the defense lawyer said. Both Dunn and Black said that there was drug dealing activity among some of the men; Black said Felipe Gonzalez was not involved in the drug transactions.


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DETROIT — A text-messaging sex scandal that has cost the city millions of dollars and stifled some government operations for months is coming to a close with the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
But the city's troubles are far from over. It still faces a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, a federal corruption probe that could impact members of the city council and a new mayor who will be forced to coexist with a council led by his chief antagonist.
Those are just some of the problems Ken Cockrel Jr. faces when he assumes Kilpatrick's office on Sept. 19.
"There are a number of major issues that may need swift resolution," Cockrel told The Associated Press earlier this week.
Detroit schools also are hurting: The city's dropout rate for 2007 was 30 percent, and vendors are suing to be paid. Detroit's population is roughly 900,000, down from 1.2 million in 1980.
"You're not going to be mayor long without quality public schools," said Stephen Conn, 50, who has taught at Cass Tech, Kilpatrick's alma mater.
Cockrel has acknowledged the work won't be easy.
"We are still in turbulent winds, but at least we have a captain who can steer the ship," Councilman Kwame Kenyatta said Thursday, a few hours after Kilpatrick agreed to a plea deal in two criminal cases that forces him to step down within 14 days and spend four months in jail.
"The next thing is to calm down and work with all the passengers, which is the council," Kenyatta said.
That means working with Monica Conyers, who replaces Cockrel as council president, which could be a challenge. She called Cockrel "Shrek," a reference to the large, green animated movie ogre, during a heated exchange at an April council hearing.
Conyers was noticeably absent when Cockrel met with reporters Thursday to discuss the transition, though Cockrel said he was looking forward to working with her.
She told the AP on Friday that she saw no need to attend.
"I've talked with Ken and we're fine," she said. "I don't have a bad relationship with any of them. I just say what I mean and mean what I say. You just have to do your job and move the city forward."
With the 2009 city council election looming, voters will be watching, Kenyatta warned.
"People are tired of the embarrassment and pain they have received over the last eight months or so, and they are looking for council folk who can work together," he said.
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford said Detroit never could have attracted the NFL's 2006 Super Bowl, Major League Baseball 2005 All-Star Game or next year's NCAA Final Four and Frozen Four with that kind of political uncertainty.
"Because you always bring the mayor," said Ford, who also is vice chair of Detroit Renaissance and chair of the Detroit Economic Club.
Ford said then-Mayor Dennis Archer's credibility was very important to help him pitch the Super Bowl for Ford Field.
"And so I think that with all the turmoil we've had in this last year, just speaking of one business, which is Ford Field, it would have been very hard for us to go out and make that pitch," he said.
Kilpatrick's guilty plea is positive for the area, he added.
"It doesn't solve all the rest of the issues, but it does get some closure to that bit of uncertainty and now we can start to rebuild," Ford said.
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano expects to see the region pull closer together now that Kilpatrick is on the way out.
"There is going to be healing," Ficano said. "This region now is hungry for success. We sort of have been in this paralysis for a period of time."
Detroit's image isn't the only thing that needs to be addressed. City leaders also will need to work to heal deep racial wounds with the suburbs that the Kilpatrick saga reopened. During his volatile State of the City address in March, Kilpatrick used a racial slur to describe threats he and his family began receiving after the text-messaging scandal started.
That continued the eroding of any support Kilpatrick had from whites in the suburbs, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said Friday.
"The suburbs, given what we all have gone through, will be anxious to embrace Ken Cockrel," said Patterson who offered his support to Cockrel by phone Thursday. "His ethics are above reproach."
Strong ethics could be key when the incoming mayor tackles city finances.
Kilpatrick's threat of a $65 million budget deficit and layoffs when a planned commuter tunnel sale fell through might not have been accurate, Cockrel said.
"We have to look at the budget," Cockrel said. "I don't think the city has been forthright."
The FBI also has questioned Cockrel and other council members about a council-approved $47 million waste contract with Houston-based Synagro Technologies, Inc.
Cockrel has said he isn't a target of the corruption probe, but his chief of staff resigned the same day Cockrel was questioned by authorities.
For Kilpatrick, Thursday's plea to two obstruction charges and no contest plea to an assault charge are not the end-all of his troubles.
Media reports have linked his father, Bernard, to the Synagro investigation, though Kilpatrick has distanced himself from the deal.
"We don't know what's going on there or how serious a threat it is to the mayor," Wayne State University Law School professor Peter Henning said. "It may be it has nothing to do with him, but he is going to need a lawyer."
And more immediately, he and his family will have to find a new home -- and a new source of income -- since they can't stay in the mayor's official residence. It's unclear where his wife, Carlita, and their three young sons will live while he's in the Wayne County Jail for four months, or where they'll go once he's out.
"Those are issues the mayor and his family have to discuss and work through," Kilpatrick spokeswoman Judy Smith said.
Hundreds of other embarrassing text messages still could surface as well.
A spokeswoman for the Wayne County prosecutor's office said it doesn't plan to release the messages tied to the Kilpatrick case. But attorneys for the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News still hope to persuade a Wayne County Circuit Court judge to make them public through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
"The public needs to know the depth of corruption that the texts may show. We are continuing our fight," Free Press lawyer Herschel Fink said.


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ARLINGTON, Texas – Seen and heard Sunday at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
Clubhouse confidential: When Jason Giambi goes to the plate, and Josh Tomlin and Trevor Bauer aren't on the mound, the two starting pitchers always have their baseball spikes nearby.
"If Big G gets on base and I don't want to use a position player to pinch run, I can use Bauer or Tomlin," said manager Terry Francona. "Tomlin is very athletic and Trevor is a better athlete than people think."
Bauer showed that ability Friday night in his start against the Rangers. In the fifth inning, with Shin-Soo Choo on third, Bauer threw a wild pitch past catcher Yan Gomes. He charged the plate, took Gomes' throw and tagged out Choo for the third out.
"That's a tough play for a pitcher," said Francona. "There's a lot of moving parts to it, but Trevor did a nice job."
Whiter shade of pail: The silver milk pail sat in George Kottaras' locker Sunday morning. He received it for beating Texas lefty Robby Ross for the second straight year in a cow-milking contest before Saturday's game.
Kottaras said he'll put the pail in his office next to last year's pail.
Ross' bid to beat Kottaras was short-circuited when his cow kicked over his milk pail. Kottaras had the same problem, but showed better hands.
"My cow kicked the pail, too, but I grabbed it before it spilled," said Kottaras. "I had to hold the pail with one hand and milk with the other. The cow was not happy about being there."
Stat of the day: The Indians, with victories Saturday and Sunday over Texas, have won two straight road games for the first time this season.


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Bryan Joyce and Curtis Kyzima each scored 11 points to pace New Providence to a 55-46 victory over North Plainfield in North Plainfield.
Jordan Morang added nine points, while Bryan Sherman finished with eight for New Providence.
Ka-Ron Dock led North Plainfield with 13 points, while Augustine Delvalle scored 11.


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Hockey for Seniors (age 12 and up)
We will be holding two ice hockey sessions per week on Monday and Wednesday evenings 9.00 - 10.30 pm after the rink closes to the public. We have 2 experienced goalies with full kit. There are 5 players on each team and we hope to have several teams. We have a referee and ex amateur ice hockey players who will guide new players through the rules of the game and incorporate drills and practice prior to playing games. It will be mandatory to wear a helmet with faceguard and body protection (elbow, knee, shin and gloves). We will have some kit in different sizes available for new players to use. Fee for one hour session for seniors £TBA; an extra £2.00 for kit hire if required. Players must be proficient skaters. If you interested in coming along to a session and giving it a go, we would require registration by completing the online form given at the bottom of this page as play is on a first come, first served, basis. Please also read the guidelines and information relating to the hockey sessions below.
Hockey for Juniors (age 7 - 11)
A junior youth hockey session will be held on Sunday mornings between 9 - 10 am prior to the rink opening to the public. We hope both boys and girls will come and have a go at what is a really fun sport. We have the required protective kit including helmets with faceguards and body protection available which is kindly supplied by Jersey Inline Skate Club. Please ensure children bring their own gloves. Fee for one hour session for juniors £TBA including use of kit. Children must be capable skaters. Please read the guidelines and information relating to hockey sessions below. Parents wishing to bring their children to a hockey session must in the first instance complete the registration form given at the bottom of this page. Please also take note of the basic information and guidelines below however the Junior Hockey will consist of a different format designed to be fun for children with a warm up period, drills and coaching on hockey play followed by 2 x 10 minute games.
Basic Information and Guidelines re Ice Hockey Sessions
We are running these sessions to encourage skaters to try something new on the ice and have fun. The rink is not a full size hockey rink and is not fitted out for competitive play. Play will be non-contact and care will be taken at all times to prevent the puck from leaving the ice area. Hockey sticks cannot be raised above waist height. Anyone not adhering to our safety rules will be disqualified from playing.
Player fee Each player will pay their respective junior/senior fee in full prior to going on the ice. Please arrive early enough so that this can be completed well before play starts and admin doesn't hold up play.
Registration Each player will have a completed and signed registration form handed in prior to play otherwise they will not be allowed on the ice.
Teams Teams consist of 5 players each side not including the goalies.
Officiating and Referee There will be a Referee on the ice at all times timekeeping and keeping the score.
Game format We will have 2 x 20 minute play periods. Depending on the amount of players and no. of teams we may rotate teams with the winning team staying on a maximum of 2 games. Teams will have a 5 minute warm up period.
Kit Players will not be able to take part unless they have the basic mandatory kit. We would ask players to provide their own as we only have a limited amount of kit in S/M/L.
Mandatory Basic Safety Kit HELMET WITH CAGE. The most important piece of safety kit for hockey players. Cycle helmets are not allowed as they are designed for front impact and give little protection at the back of the head. Players wearing glasses must have a visor or cage. If you do not have your own cage you must wear a gum shield (dentist bills can be very expensive!). KNEE, SHIN, ELBOW PADS AND GLOVES must be worn. For shin pads football guards will suffice). Extra hip padding if you have it. Preferably padded hockey gloves.
Hockey Sticks If you do not have your own stick and loan one of ours it is your responsibility to return it in good condition and undamaged otherwise a broken stick will incur a charge of £25 to the user.
Clothing If you haven't got hockey pants, long trousers that won't get caught in the skates, e.g. elasticized leg bottoms. Hockey shirt or a good wicking performance top. We will be providing teams with different team colour bibs to wear over your tops.
Session Times and Dates
Senior Hockey - please arrive between 8.00 - 8.30 pm for start of play at 9.00 pm. We have to leave the building at 10.30 pm so play will start promptly. No one will be allowed on the ice prior to having completed a registration form and payment. Please allow at least 30 minutes prior to the session to be briefed and get kitted up, especially if you do not have your own kit and need to be sized up and allocated kit.
Junior Hockey - please arrive between 8.15 and 8.45 am for start of play at 9.00 am. The rink opens to the public at 10.00 am so play will start promptly. No children will be allowed on the ice prior to having completed a registration form and payment. Please allow at least 30 minutes prior to the session for children to be briefed and get fitted with skates and kit.
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The organiser has the right to eject a player from an Ice Skate Jersey ice hockey session in the event of bad behaviour, unsporting conduct, consistent dangerous play or any other action that compromises safety or the running of the session.
Many inline skaters come and enjoy the ice hockey for the time the rink is open but if you are interested in continuing in playing hockey on inline skates or at the other inline activities the Jersey Inline Skate Club organise throughout the year further details can be found at their website: www.inlineskatejersey.co.uk


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Vistas rout Devils Lake
DEVILS LAKE - The Minot Vistas American Legion baseball team tallied 23 runs on 20 hits in a pair of lopsided victories against Devils Lake on Wednesday.
Minot's Brock Krueger paced the offense in game one, finishing 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a 16-2 victory. Brady Lampert and Krueger combined to throw a one-hitter in a 7-0 victory in game two to complete the sweep.
"We got some good swings in and hopefully we can carry it over to Mandan (tonight)," Vistas coach Todd Larson said. "We hope to get better each time we go out and play the game of baseball."
Grant Larson and Caleb Fornshell each recorded three hits in game two and combined for three RBIs. Fornshell was the game-one winner on the mound for the Vistas (21-13), pitching a complete-game six-hitter, allowing two runs and striking out four.
Minot travels to Mandan today for a doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m.
-Daily News Staff
Fornshell signs with Beavers
Former Minot High School and current Minot Vistas middle infielder Caleb Fornshell signed a letter of intent to play at Minot State University next year, MSU baseball coach Brock Weppler announced Wednesday.
Fornshell earned all-state honors and was named Western Dakota Association player of the year following his senior season at Minot High School. Fornshell is batting .342 with 10 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Vistas this season.
"Caleb has a great work ethic and that's exciting to me," Weppler said in a press release. "He is going to come in every day and work very hard. He is a smart baseball player and he is the type of player that is going to push his teammates."
Caleb's brother Alex played for the Beavers from 2011-13.
- Daily News Staff
MSU's Yale, NDSU's Aaberg honored
Minot State University men's basketball guard Matt Yale and North Dakota State forward Jordan Aaberg were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court on Wednesday for their performances in the classroom.
To qualify for the NABC Honors Court, student-athletes must be an academic junior or senior with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 or higher at the end of the academic year. The student-athlete must also be a member of an NCAA or NAIA institution and be with his or her current school for a year.
Yale played in 18 games for the Beavers last season, averaging 1.6 points and 0.9 rebounds per game. The finance major is one of 14 players from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference to earn a place in the Honors Court.
Aaberg came off the bench in 22 games for the Bison, averaging 2.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-9 management information systems major recorded a season-high 12 points at South Dakota last year.
-Daily News Staff
CBS Sports Network to broadcast six UND hockey games
The University of North Dakota men's hockey team will be featured in six nationally-televised games on CBS Sports Network this season, the first as a member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
Eighteen NCHC games are slated to air on CBSSN for the 2013-14 season as well as the conference semifinals and championship. UND's six games - two at home and four on the road - are most among the eight teams in the conference.
"We are excited about our partnership with CBS Sports Network," NCHC Commissioner Josh Fenton said in a press release. "The NCHC is committed to showcasing our conference nationally and the relationship with CBS Sports Network helps us accomplish this goal."
CBSSN will feature UND's road games against Miami (Oct. 18), Western Michigan (Dec. 6), Denver (Jan. 24) and St. Cloud State (Feb. 28). UND's home contests against Colorado College (Jan. 10) and Miami (Feb. 14) will also be televised.
-Daily News Staff


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After this you were taken into the yard. You went in the yard with the deputy commissioner. Describe what you saw.
Yeah, after the massacre, ah, the deputy commissioner took us into the yard and told us why they had to do what they did. They described a inmate cutting up the reproductive organs of a hostage and putting it in his mouth in their clear view with all of those troopers watching. They told us of another inmate that, ah, attempted to kill a hostage with a knife and they had to shoot him. Ah, and they showed us the inmate on the table whom they had on his back with a football res--resting on his neck, ah, and it was Big Black and I remembered, ah, him as the brother whom, I got to, to know in that yard and really love and, ah, we had embraced and, and, and, and cried on the last day, that Sunday, and I said, you know, that, that, that doesn't seem like Big Black. But it was told to you very convincingly and, ah, ah, to the degree that you believed it. And that's something that really, almost destroyed me that I really believed the lies that they had told. And then they showed me five inmates who were spread, spread eagled and buck naked on the ground and that they had committed crimes against the hostages. And, ah, I saw Barkley from Rochester and remembered him because I saw him so many times in yard when he would say he wanted a plane to a non-capitalistic country, you know, ah, and so, ah, it was just a, a, a, a, story telling of what they did to us, ah, to try to justify the course of action they did. And as you know subsequently the medical examiner from Rochester said it was all lies. Everything. That officer Quinn's reproductive organs were shot off by a shotgun, ah, by the state and not, ah, by a, a, ah, an inmate, so it was just a, a, horrible thing that the state did in trying to justify, ah, the worst massacre this nation has seen in this century.


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A Trip of a Lifetime to Europe, AKL-ICN on KE
I've always been fascinated by the Trip Report's you write so I decided to contribute my own. This is my First Trip Report so please be kind with me. Any feedback & comments are very much appreciated.
I've always been fascinated by Europe and there is so much stuff there that you don't find in New Zealand so once I got the OK, I decided to go. I started to have a look for options to get there. Sep & Oct 2010 were my dates and because I was on a budget, I just wanted to look at good cheap options.
The Cheapest option was actually Aeroflot , but I decided to give that a pass and the next cheapest after that was Korean Air. The Korean Air package included a night stop both ways with accommodation provided on the way there by KE but not on the way back. I wasn't too concerned about that though as it would allow me to have a look at Korea and it should also be a jetlag killer, So I decided to book it with the schedule being AKL-ICN-LHR/FCO-ICN-AKL with the price being $2250 return which is relatively good value.
I decided to fly from FCO on the way back because it would be easier for the schedule that we were doing and it didn't cost that much more than a simple return to LHR. Also my father wanted to travel to Europe as well so he came on this trip with me.
Before the Flight
After buying our tickets which we got at a travel agent I had a look at Korean Air's website. It's not the world's best airline website but it does allow you to check your booking, make a seat selection & online check-in but first you had to join their frequent-flyer club SKYPASS. Luckily we had done that before we bought our tickets but for some reason the online seat-selection didn't work but that was soon rectified using their call-centre and we got the seats we wanted.
Date: September 15 2010
Routing: Auckland (AKL) to Seoul/Incheon (ICN)
Fli No: KE 130
Timings (actual): 0910-1805 (0914-1750)
Pushback: 0914
Rotate: 0926
Flying Time (actual): 11hrs 55mins (11hr 36mins)
Seat: 48J
Type: Boeing 777-200ER
Reg: HL7752
We arrived at the airport about 3 hours before the Flight. We immediately walked to the check-in area and a couple of minutes later we got called to an economy class desk.
Air New Zealand were doing the check-in for Korean Air and I handed the lady my Online Check-in paper which I had printed off the day before. She did the usual stuff for a couple of minutes but she couldn't get us checked-in for some reason . She called a supervisor who was a Korean Air staff member who told her that we had done online check-in so we didn't have to do normal check-in.
The reason I believe that she didn't understand this was that we got called into an economy class line rather than a normal bag-drop line. Anyway after she had figured that out, she gave us a real boarding pass + the boarding pass for the ICN-LHR flight in exchange for the online check-in paper.
After check-in I had some greasy breakfast at Mcdonalds and decided to have a look at the Observation deck to see our plane arrive.
Pacific Blue B738
Our Plane for our flight to ICN, KE B772
It is HL7752, adorned in the beautiful KE livery.
HL7752 is a 2.9-year-old bird and it is one of 18 Boeing 777-200ER's in the Korean Air fleet.
Security & Airside
After our outing at the observation deck, it was time to go through Security. The queues at this time were lightweight and we were soon grabbing our bags and were ready to have a look at the shops but I was surprised to hear somebody calling us over to come this way.
When we came over they told us that they would be testing us for explosives in our bags, which of course came negative. I'm pretty sure that these are random and I couldn't think of anything I had that would cause this but it did come as a surprise.
After that we walked through the tightly packed shops in the duty free area and a small construction area which is part of a big plan to upgrade AKL's duty free area. Compared to about 2 years ago, you can definitely tell the difference in the duty free area. Right now, it's a lot more cleaner and looks very modern, thumbs up for AKL.
Anyway it was time for a coffee and after that it was nearly time board but not before buying the mandatory bottle of water.
After about 5 minutes waiting at the gate, boarding started. Firstly for First, Prestige (Business) and Skyteam Elite Plus members, then for us in Economy Class. When we set foot on the plane two polite KE Flight Attendants in a beautiful light blue uniform greeted us on board. They pointed in the direction of my seat which would be Seat 48J for me.
The first section of economy class was coloured in Blue fabric while the second section which was where we were seated was coloured brown. A bit boring and conservative for my taste, but I guess more and more airlines are turning to these types of colours.
When I arrived at my row there was a blanket, Pillow plus a 330ml bottle of Jeju Pure Water on my seat. There was also a bright blue amenity kit containing slippers and toothbrush + toothpaste which is a nice touch considering how many airlines don't give an amenity kit's anymore.
Sorry about the bag and strap intruding in this photo. It also seems like the water bottle disappeared in this photo.
Water Bottle
Amenity Kit (Photo taken later in flight)
Amenity Kit Contents (Photo taken later in flight)
When I sat down, I immediately noticed how much legroom there was. Korean Air marketed it as 34' inches which is about the highest amount of legroom you get nowadays in economy class. There was only a small IFE box to the left obstructing the legroom. Load for today's flight was very high, probably in excess of 95%.
Legroom is Plentiful
We got ourselves comfortable and at 0914 pushback commenced and after a short taxi we were off into the air.
Auckland in the distance
Coastline Surrounding Auckland
Te Atatu in West Auckland
Above the Clouds
Once the Seatbelt sign was off the Crew handed out Headphones and then I just got myself comfortable until meal service started about an hour after takeoff
Honey Roasted peanuts & a drink was handed out first
My meal, Bimimbap
The meal choices today were either fish or Bimimbap and as you can see I choose the Bimimbap. Bimimbap is a Korean dish which involves mixing vegetables, meat and rice together. The meal tasted very nice and had a nice mixture of flavours. Even though it's a bit different to the generic airline meal, I definitely wouldn't mind having it again.
Side dishes included an average Seaweed soup, Some sort of pickle and an overly sweet dessert.
After the meals were handed out a tea & coffee service was provided. I decided to have a coffee and when the FA served it she politely said, "It's very hot, please be careful" How caring I thought. This happened on every flight so I guess it is part of the procedure.
After the meal service the FA's told us to close the window shades (so annoying!!!) so I decided to check out the IFE.
Korean Air's touch screen IFE is called Sky Program I and includes about:
28 Recent Hollywood Movies
20 Other Movies (mostly Classics)
50 Short Features
Information about Skyteam and Korean Air.
All in all it was a very good AVOD system and it kept me entertained for all of the 48 Hours I spent on Korean Air planes. The Airshow was pretty good as well and I liked how it was interactive so you could zoom as far or as close as you want.
Korean Air also have an above average inflight magazine MorningCalm and an entertainment magazine, Beyond.
Main Menu
After the first meal service it was a long wait till the next meal service and I spent my time watching a couple of movies and having a wander around the Cabin. Here's some shots I took during that time
About Halfway there (Sorry about glare)
Wing shot, I Like how they paint the Reg on the wing.
2nd meal Service
The second meal service started about 2 hours before touchdown, firstly there was a beverage service then the meals came. The choices were Pasta or Chicken with beef and rice
I choose the Pasta with Chicken which also included a bread roll, green salad and a cake. Personally this was a pretty average meal. The texture of the pasta was weird though the chicken was nice & tasty. The green salad and the bread were both pretty average though the desert was quite nice.
A glass of OJ
The pasta with chicken
After the meal service I had a think about the crew and I can only say good things about them. They were all very polite as you would expect and nothing was too hard for them to do. They also didn't seem super robotic and they definitely were a pleasure to have. One problem I did have which hasn't got to do with the crew is that you can barely hear any announcements over the engine noise and passengers which is a nuisance. Hopefully KE can address that little problem sometime.
Anyway it was nearly time to land so the crew prepared for final descent and we slowly made our way to ICN. Luckily the skies were clear so some good views of Korea could be seen
Korean Towns
Suwon City with Suwon Airbase (SWU) at the bottom of the picture
Unfortunately the haze meant that any decent photo's of Seoul couldn't be taken. The routing pretty much bought us over the South of Seoul across the bay (Where there are some very long bridges) onto Yeongjong Island where ICN is located.
Approaching Yeongjong Island
At the Terminal
Disembarking didn't take too long and we were soonout into the impressive and big Incheon Airport. Immigration was quick & painless & our baggage was out in no time.
Korean Air have really impressed on this flight and their slogan Excellence in Flight I think is appropriate. There were only minor problems and the impressive product they provide definitely outweighs the negatives. The meals were edible and their IFE system passed the time. The best thing about KE though are the crew, they were always so kind and nothing was too much for them.
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Naw, infact its probably the easiest Mario game ever released. For me it was... Alot of people agree that its easy but I duno if it was their easiest.
I thought the gravity stuff was gonna be complex but they made it pretty simple to keep it fun, but they left out the challenge aspect.


text: Bettie L. Williams Brown, 81, of Warren, Pa. died Tuesday morning at 11:00 a.m., October 30, 2012 after an extended illness. She was born October 29, 1931 in Warren, Pa. to the late Matthew J. and Romaine Shirley Williams. She was a lifelong resident of Warren, Pa. and was employed with the former New Process Company in the mailing dept. and also with the former Garland Farms, Solar Electric, and waitressed at the former Paces Restaurant. She was a member of Holy Redeemer R.C. Church, former member of the Sweet Adeline, enjoyed singing, gardening, camping and was a former cub scout leader.


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MUSKEGON, MI -- Put on your comfortable blue jeans and head for the symphony.
As part of the annual Beethoven and Blue Jeans event, guest violinist Chee-Yun will perform at the West Michigan Symphony Masterworks concerts on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8. Both concerts are scheduled to take place at the Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.
She also will perform at The Block on Sunday, March 9 at 3 p.m. when Kelly Karamanov will play the WMS principal piano alongside Chee-Yun. The performance is called "Chee-Yun. Violin. Cupcakes."
As with every Beethoven and Blue Jeans concert, the symphony members will wear jeans while performing on stage. Attendees
are strongly encouraged to don denim as well.
"Tchaikovsky's violin concerto is so difficult that the violinist for whom it was composed declared it 'unplayable,'" said Scott Speck, who will be directing the concerts. "But Chee-Yun is an amazing soloist. I've worked with her many times, and you have to hear her in person to get the full effect of her playing."
Chee-Yun's music has been heard on five continents and her technique has been described as "brilliant," according to String Magazine.
Speck will direct the West Michigan Symphony performances of "Stomp" by David Schiff, which is based on "I Feel Good" by James Brown.
In addition, Speck will also direct Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin featuring Chee-Yun.
On March 9, Chee-Yun's performance will include "Chaconne" by Bach, "Meditation from Thais" by Massenent, "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor" by Saint Saen, "Salut d' Amour" by Elgar and "Zigeunerweisen" by Sarasate.
Concert ticket prices range from $17 to $47 and student tickets are $5 when purchased in person at the WMS offices at 360 W. Western Ave. College students must present a valid ID with purchase.
Go to www.westmichigansymphony.org to purchase tickets or call 231–726–3231. Tickets may also be purchased at the WMS offices.
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Felony Drug Arrest in Muhlenberg County
There are 15 comments on the Kentucky State Police story from Nov 15, 2010, titled Felony Drug Arrest in Muhlenberg County. In it, Kentucky State Police reports that:
On Sunday, November 7, 2010, at approximately 10:50 p.m., Trooper Scotty Sharp and Trooper Brandon McPherson conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Eric L. Shelton, age 35 of Central City, KY, in the city limits of Greenville for speeding.
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#1 Nov 28, 2010
#2 Dec 8, 2010
Good people make mistakes. Dude is straight up guy. Too many haters.
#3 Dec 27, 2010
good man yea. he is a drug dealer....!! whats good about that
#4 Dec 29, 2010
drug dealer? if u dont have a truck load full of stuff or a building, dnt bother with it....these ignorant cops around here want to say if they catch someone with a little personal stuff, they're a drug dealer....give me a break mayberry pigs!
#5 Dec 29, 2010
another thing...u apparently dont know eric...i do, n his wife...he is no threat to anyone...pitiful pigs
#6 Dec 31, 2010
You know who calls police officers "pigs"..?
--Skanks, dope heads, law-breakers...
Everyone else likes them because they are DOING THEIR JOB! I'm gonna take a wild guess that Chuck and What have both been arrested for something before (not that they will admit to it), and I'm sure they were innocent of course!
#7 Dec 31, 2010
Just Wade Griggs would plant something on you and arrest you for it....
#8 Dec 31, 2010
Eric Shelton has already been to prison for dealing dope. This was years ago. If he didn't learn his lesson then he never will. Too bad...his wife is a good person and he comes from a good family. Just destined to be a damned thug I guess. Thanks law enforcement...keep up the good work and get this trash off of our streets.
#9 Jan 1, 2011
have u checked the charges? he's not in there for selling dope....dang...dnt u read? he's in there for a speeding ticket n poss...trash off the streets? give me a break? the only trash i see is the ones out here having babies that we have to pay for...i dnt care what someone else does to their body..
#10 Jan 1, 2011
well, number one, im not a skank, dopehead or law breaker...i watch the news n i continue to see non violent people going to jail for ignorant crimes...u know in another state, he wouldve probably got a ticket for a possession charge? doing their job? really? its tax payers money that houses these people that want to do their drugs...so what? we just had someone that beat another man in the head with a baseball bat? and another one that beat his baby's head on a head board....KILLERS.. n we focus on someone that had a little possession charge...give me a break. i would rather have my money wasted on my childs education.
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#11 Jan 1, 2011
Just another Negro in jail for drugs the way I see it. Sorry they didn't get What along with him.
#12 Jan 2, 2011
well "jailbird", its too bad ur not sitting in there with him...its too bad that ur a disgusting pig that hasnt caught up with society n stayed in the 1800s along with the rest of the inbreeds...its too bad that they dnt even use that ignorant word "negro" anymore...its too bad that when u typed that dumb statement that u looked at ur children and taught them that ignorant word...i hope that one day, ur child comes home n says, guess what, my child is gonna be a bi-racial child...i hope that one day u wake up n join the rest of the world...i looked at the current inmates, n seen that 95% of the people in there are WHITE...so another negro? no, he just got mixed up with the inbreeding trash...i guess u know about that, since u apparently are...
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#13 May 10, 2011
The haters are keeping the dream alive, Weefy!
#14 Feb 2, 2013
Eric is a great guy. But, they raided his house again last night!! Took him off again. When does someone learn? He has been caught so many times and always goes back to the same thing. Definition of Insanity? I think so!! We have been friends for 20 years and its always the same thing. Good intentions at first, then back to dealing he goes. I feel so bad for his wife and two kids. Back to square one AGAIN! I'm sure after this one, he will be seeing concrete for a long time!!
#15 Feb 2, 2013
Yes, this happened on 2/1/2013. Yes, it was another drug round up for Muhlenberg Co. Sheriff's Dept.
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Concertgoers today no longer show appreciation with raised lighters. More often that not, any light in a dim concert hall comes from the thousands of phones actively recording and tweeting reactions and observations about whatever is going on onstage.
And we're here to collect those reactions. The general consensus on Twitter was that Macklemore & Ryan Lewis "killed it" last night at the Carrier Dome. You can read another opinion here, but first, see what the Syracuse community had to show and tell from last night's concert.
Check out the photos and tweets below, curated from the #MackAtSU hashtag.
#MACKATSU possibly one of the best concerts I've ever been to! @macklemore @ryanlewis @UUInsider thank you! pic.twitter.com/ylhDe2ZvSS— Sergio Gomez (@SNGomez_) November 12, 2013
Students repped Orange athletics:
Remember when Macklemore was trying to talk about sports and we drowned him out with a "Let's Go Orange" chant? That was cool. #MackAtSU— Greg Fenton (@GFentz) November 12, 2013
Some professors were on board, even if their students skipped class for the show:
Hope everyone who cut class today for #MackatSU had a great time!— Aileen Gallagher (@aegallagher) November 12, 2013
The big heads came out for the show:
@ivansimone14 representing at #MackAtSU! Thanks @UUInsider! pic.twitter.com/HG45PEYayM— Ivan Rosales (@_IvanRobles) November 12, 2013
At one point Macklemore asked the crowd to not let one of his songs end up on YouTube. This was the result:
All the phones out for Macklemore's freestyle #MackAtSU pic.twitter.com/sTn9h4uZAT— Meev/Merve/Maeverly (@MaevaMaeve) November 12, 2013
Though the openers weren't nearly as popular, they, too, got some (deserved) social media love.
Talib Kweli covering Eleanor Rigby was definitely one of many highlights of the evening. #MackAtSU— Maya Kosoff (@mekosoff) November 12, 2013
I've already seen Macklemore preform live, I was more excited to see Big K..R.I.T and Talib Kweli. I wasn't disappointed #MackAtSU— Mister Chris (@CRobinson703) November 12, 2013
It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows though. Macklemore repeated "Can't Hold Us" for his finale:
At a show that isn't lacking audience participation there is no need to perform a song twice. Can't artists plan sets anymore? #MackAtSU— Ally Balcerzak (@_allyb) November 12, 2013
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Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis became a viral sensation on Tuesday as she launched a 11-hour filibuster seeking to block legislation that would have imposed draconian restrictions on abortion in the Lone Star State.
Davis, a Democrat, was finally shut down on procedural grounds and the chamber moved to vote on the bill. Lawmakers had to vote on Senate Bill 5 before the special session's end at 12 a.m. local time, The Huffington Post reported.
But more than 400 protesters halted the proceedings 15 minutes before the roll call could be completed with what they called "a people's filibuster," The Associated Press reported.
Republicans claimed the bill passed on time. But Democrats are disputing it. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a onetime GOP presidential candidate, could call a special session to vote on the bill.
But don't expect Davis' act of political theater to repeat itself in Pennsylvania. The word "filibuster" literally does not appear in the procedural rules for the 50-member chamber.
Erik Arneson, a spokesman for the chamber's majority Republicans, said he went to check the rules himself as the Davis drama unspooled last night.
"I do love procedural stuff," Arneson said.
Unlike Texas, where lawmakers faced a deadline, Pennsylvania's legislative session runs for two years and, with the exception of the end of the biennial session every Nov. 30 in even-numbered years, there's no pressure to act on a bill before the clock runs out.
In general, Pennsylvania senators are allowed to speak for as long as they want, Arneson said. But in those rare cases where a lawmaker yammers on for a bit too long, his or her colleagues can "move the previous question" and shut down debate.
The motion requires several "seconds" to proceed, but can be approved by a simple majority of senators.
Such a motion is considered the procedural equivalent of the nuclear option and in his 16 years in the Senate, Arneson said he's seen it employed "a half-dozen times."
"It tends to anger people," he said. "But it happens more often in the House."
Finally, thanks to reforms adopted in 2006 in the wake of the infamous 2005 government pay raises, Senate and House voting sessions end at 11 p.m.
A majority of senators can vote to waive the curfew, but the motion seeking the waiver must explain why it's being sought. That's been employed only rarely in the seven years since it went on the books.
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The Future of Trash, or What to Do With It All
ON almost any given weekday, legions of garbage trucks sputter and screech down Long Islands streets, collecting the trash left curbside by residents to magically disappear.
NO TAKERS The Mobro, the garbage barge that went on a five-month odyssey in 1987.
But where does all the garbage go?
Just over a quarter of Long Islands garbage is recycled. Roughly 43 percent is turned into electricity through incineration. The remainder roughly 1.1 million tons, or 30 percent of the total waste stream is hauled off Long Island to out-of-state landfills and waste facilities. Thats about 50,000 tractor-trailer loads of garbage a year or, 137 big-wheelers barreling past daily on the Long Island Expressway.
More than 20 years after the infamous barge Mobro spent about five months looking for a landfill to dump more than 3,000 tons of garbage, Long Island still has a garbage problem, sanitation experts say.
Long Islanders may not be able to see the problem as residents do in Naples, Italy, where piles of garbage obscure the sidewalks outside the city center. And Long Island doesnt have roaming garbage barges now as it did in 1987. But it is still shipping tons of garbage out of state, and, with the rising price of fuel and ever-increasing development, some experts say that may not be a realistic solution soon.
The public doesnt see this as a crisis yet, but it really could be, said Jim Bunchuck, past president of the Long Island Sanitation Officials Association and the current solid waste coordinator of the Town of Southold.
More recycling is among the possible solutions, but Long Islands recycling efforts need a concerted jolt, some sanitation experts say, as participation has been falling.
If you look at municipal curbside recycling, there are fairly efficient programs throughout Long Island, said R. Lawrence Swanson, director of the Waste Reduction and Management Institute at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. However, the municipalities need to do more to inspire residents to step up to the plate and do more.
Experts also say businesses should receive better incentives to recycle and more local markets for recyclables should be cultivated to eliminate the need to cart them off the Island.
In addition, Long Islands four waste-to-energy incinerators have room to increase capacity. Still, some experts say that the added capacity would not be enough and that a new facility should be built.
While state data on local waste management is incomplete (town reporting is voluntary), the Waste Reduction and Management Institute has been keeping tabs on Long Islands waste. According to the institutes most recent data, the total waste generated on Long Island increased from 2.85 million tons in 2001 to 3.7 million tons in 2006.
While the amount of garbage incinerated has remained the same (1.6 million tons a year), the institute says the quantity transported off-Island has spiked: from 443,000 tons in 2001 to 1.1 million tons in 2006.
As the amount of garbage transported away has increased, so have the costs.
Were incurring greater costs because of our trucks now that fuel is going up, said Phil Nolan, the Islip Town supervisor. When the price of fuel goes up 35, 40, 50 percent in a very short time frame, it has incredibly dramatic and deleterious effects. We have a very immovable task, and its not going to change.
Currently, the national average cost of diesel fuel is $4.50 per gallon, which is roughly $1.60 more than it was last year, according to the American Automobile Association. Because of rising fuel costs, Mr. Bunchuck said, Trucking will put those towns that ship out their garbage in jeopardy.
The Islands four waste-to-energy incinerators in Babylon, Islip, Hempstead and Huntington could all increase capacity, Mr. Bunchuck said. But even if they were all fully expanded, he said, they couldnt accommodate everything being shipped out.
Dr. Swanson agreed and suggested that Long Island look to build another waste-to-energy facility. But Mr. Bunchuck said a new facility would probably not receive public support.
The perception is that its dirty, he said. But theres really no emissions anymore.
Even working with the resources it has, Long Island could at least save money by working cooperatively, some experts say. Each town controls its own flow of garbage and negotiates its own contracts with carters.
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Theoretically, we can do much better, particularly as a community in competition with New York City, Dr. Swanson said. Right now, were bit players town by town. But together, we might be able to cut better deals.
He noted that past efforts to unite the towns were unsuccessful. Waste management is really a cash cow for the towns, in part because of contracts with carters and tipping fees, he added. And they dont want to give that up.
Recyclables are also a revenue stream for municipalities. Kate Murray, the Hempstead Town supervisor, heads the most populous township in the United States, at about 800,000, and says her municipality has the highest residential recycling participation rate by household in the country. The national average is 49 percent; Hempsteads is 79 percent.
However, Ms. Murray noted that recyclables do not always render high revenue returns. From month to month, prices fluctuate daily like the stock market, she said. Newspapers sometimes lose us money.
From 2001 to 2006, the amount of recyclables extracted from the waste stream fell roughly 1 percent, according to the institute.
Meanwhile, the amount of residential waste increased 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2004, said the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, an advocacy group based in Farmingdale. Citizens Campaign said recycling rates on Long Island have declined steadily since peaking in 1997.
In early June, Citizens Campaign issued a report card for Long Islands recycling, grading the programs of 14 municipalities. Forty-three percent scored below a C, while 21 percent received a failing grade. Only one town, Islip, received an A.
Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaigns executive director, said after the report was published, Most towns admitted they have put recycling on the back burner.
However, officials of some towns that scored poorly said that the report card did not accurately reflect their programs.
North Hempstead, which was given an F, has subsequently dismissed the recycling coordinator who provided information for the Citizens Campaign report. Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman said that the coordinator did not give an accurate picture of the towns efforts and that a true portrait of its program should have earned it an A, or at worst, a B.
What Citizens Campaign agrees on is that a new school recycling program begun by North Hempstead in mid-June (months after the report card was completed) has provided a model for the rest of the Island. The town distributed about $250,000 worth of containers for each classroom in each school district.
Bob S. DeLuca, president of the Group for the East End, a conservation advocacy and education organization in Bridgehampton, said that recycling education and awareness efforts had fallen by the wayside in favor of other missions, like land preservation.
Mr. Bunchuck said that Long Islanders have little to inspire them to do the work of separating their garbage and recycling. Also, governments should try to give businesses incentives to recycle, he said.
We need more companies engaged in the conversion of recyclables too, instead of shipping them out, he said. Long Island needs to find a way to accommodate its garbage.


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King County Elections will post updated general election results on its website at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 with a goal of including 60,000 ballots in the report.
Although the county elections offices will be closed to the public, ballot processing staff will work Saturday, Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11 and will post updates at 4:30 p.m. both days.
As of Friday morning, 723,283 ballots have been processed and reported. The elections department has an estimated 262,000 ballots remaining to be processed. About 9,000 of these are waiting for voters to respond to requests to supply or update signatures. If voters have been contacted by Elections, they should respond promptly so their ballot can be processed.
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Head Banging
Soo my little girl has started banging her head randomly on things and she does it pretty hard is there a reason for this? Should i be worried? And yes omg i spelled stuff right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sometimes kids get fustraited and that's how they express it. Try to get her to talk instead and distract her.
My daughter does that too. she doemt hurt herself, although it sounds pretty hard. just distract her with toys or an activity.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Every wonder what would happen if 342-pound defensive tackle Chris Carter went in for a chest-bump with 170-pound walk-on running back Devonte Butler?
Probably not, because who really thinks about that kind of thing? But that doesn't mean you don't get to find out the answer.
During Ohio State's photo day in Columbus on Wednesday, Carter and Butler met in mid-air during a chest bump. Below is what happens, and it's glorious.


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Correlapaedia - a Correlative Encyclopedia of Pediatric Imaging, Surgery, and Pathology: Case 46
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