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Landmarks Commission postpones decision on Center nomination
A hearing to get Center declared a historic district drew a standing-room-only crowd of Islanders Thursday night, many of whom said they feared the designation could impede Vashon Allied Arts' plans for a new performing arts center at the storied intersection.
Others said it was unnecessary, contending landowners have already demonstrated an ability to care for their historic buildings and that a designation would stand in the way of their rights as property owners.
"What you want us to preserve is what the property owners have already preserved," Jim Stewart, the coffee magnate who owns the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie building, told the King County Landmarks Commission. "Vashon Islanders are different," he added to applause. "It's not like the rest of King County."
Jeanne Dougherty, another Islander, said the designation nomination lacked community support and "kind of stinks of a monkey wrench thrown at VAA."
"We all love Center. We all love historic buildings. We all drive past it a couple times a day," she said. "The point is how this is being done."
The spirited, two-and-a-half hour gathering before six members of the nine-member panel ended with the commission saying it would continue the hearing in two months. The commission also announced that it would turn to the county prosecutor for a legal interpretation of the code that governs historic designations, after a lawyer hired by VAA said she believed the commissioners were failing to apply it correctly.
"We'd like to postpone our decision until we get a clarification," said commission Chair Lauren McCroskey.
The proposed designation would make Center the second historic district on Vashon and one of only a handful in King County — a designation that would govern changes property owners could make to certain properties within the boundaries while also providing them access to grants and tax incentives, according to King County's historic preservation office.
In a presentation at the beginning of the hearing, county staff strongly endorsed a historic district at Center, calling it a rare and largely intact crossroads in a county that has seen most of its historic intersections lost to growth and development.
"It's the only crossroads that maintains any integrity," Julie Koler, who heads the county's small historic preservation office, told the commission. "It's a rare, rare historic crossroads."
Charlie Sundberg, a planner in the county's historic preservation office, displayed historic and current photographs of the seven buildings within the proposed boundaries, showing how some had changed over time while others retained many of the same features. The buildings, along with the open setting and the simple roadway bisecting it, "contribute to the rural character of this place," he said.
"There's a story there still to be told," he said.
But the crowd sometimes snickered during his presentation, especially when he mentioned McFeeds — a building, he said, that wouldn't "win a beauty contest … but still belongs in the family." Later, when he said the buildings that would make up the historic district had "some integrity issues," someone in the audience could be heard saying, "Some?" while others laughed.
McCroskey, reached Friday, the day after the hearing, said she was surprised by the degree of opposition. "I'd say it was not typical of our landmark meetings," she said.
Duane Dietz, an Islander with a keen interest in historic preservation, nominated the district earlier this year after months of research and conversations with some of the landowners within the proposed boundary. Initially, the landowners he talked to were supportive, he said, but in the last few months their support has eroded.
"I never would have done this without the support of the property owners," he said Friday.
He didn't attend Thursday night's hearing — an issue that drew comments from many of those there — because he was nervous about what he saw as mounting opposition and felt increasingly anxious, he said.
"It's been pretty stressful getting to this point," he said. "I just felt like I was doing this all by myself."
A question before the commission Thursday night was the impact the designation could have on VAA, which is halfway through an ambitious fundraising campaign in an effort to build a state-of-the-arts performance center that many on Vashon have been seeking for years. VAA has raised $6.6 million and has another $6.9 million to raise before it can break ground on the 20,000-square-foot structure, according to VAA executive director Molly Reed.
Koler, the head of the preservation office, told the landmarks commission that the designation would not affect VAA because it has already filed for a building permit.
"That project is vested," she told the commissioners. "You would not have any authority to regulate what goes on there."
But several at the meeting suggested that the designation nomination was meant as a none-too-subtle effort to derail VAA's project. Rick Wallace, for instance, warned the commission that if it went along with the nomination, it would stand to undermine a remarkable and widely embraced opportunity on Vashon.
"I would suggest the opponents would like to use your good name as a cudgel," he said.
Reed, for her part, said she realized the project to build a performing arts center is vested under county law but still was worried about what a historic designation could mean for VAA, once it builds the new center. "We are not interested in having any future limitations placed on that building," she said.
Meanwhile, Kristine Wilson, a lawyer from Perkins Coie, said she believed the landmarks commission was misreading its own code — which says a structure or neighborhood can be designated if it "possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association." "You need to find integrity for all of these factors," she said.
The commission has viewed the code differently, considering the seven items as "aspects" of integrity that should be considered, but not "criteria" that every project has to possess, McCroskey said. The code, modeled after the federal law that created the National Register of Historic Places, was crafted in 1980; this is the first time this issue has come up, she said.
"I can honestly say this issue has never been questioned, to my knowledge, anytime a National Register nomination has been reviewed in this state," McCroskey, who used to coordinate National Register programs in Washington, added in an interview Friday.
The commission will try to get a legal interpretation from the county prosecutor's office within 30 days and return to the Island for its November meeting, she said. Meanwhile, some of the commissioners said they wanted to meet with the landowners in the proposed district.
"I think that's why we want to delay it," said Rick Chouinard, a commissioner. "It's great to hear feedback. I don't think you want us to rush into a decision."
Dietz, meanwhile, said he sought the historic designation not to block VAA's project. "It's a given that that building is going to happen," he said. Rather, he added, he's concerned about the impact a large performing arts center could have on the rest of Center after the structure is built.
While in graduate school, studying historic preservation, he learned that a new building like VAA's can drive up the values of the properties surrounding it, forcing owners of those properties to look for ways to pay their higher property taxes — an escalation that often leads to wholesale changes in an area.
"Because the taxes go up, (property owners) will want more rent. And at some point, you just rebuild," he said.
A nearby resident of Center, he says he deeply appreciates the intersection. "Twenty years from now, that whole intersection will probably be different," he said.
But Reed, reached Friday, said she believes a designation could hurt VAA's ongoing efforts to raise the funds it needs to build the new center. Even though VAA is vested, its permit — once it gets it later this year or early next — will only last one year, with only another year's extension readily available. What's more, the arts center hopes to build a sculpture park, a second phase of the project not yet vested, she said.
"We're concerned (a designation) would place a time limit on our ability to raise funds," she said.
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Familiar foes lock horns tomorrow when Secaucus travels to Bogota for the NJSIAA Group 1 Girls Volleyball semifinal at 7 p.m.
Don't count on an extended feeling out period early on, as the two teams are plenty well acquainted with one another, having met in last year's Group 1 final and then once again this season.
Things didn't go the Patriots' way in either of those meetings, but a closely contested 25-17, 26-24 setback in September should have Secaucus (26-3) feeling confident heading into tonight's showdown with the three-time defending Group 1 champion.
The winner will meet either Rutherford or Westwood in Saturday's Group 1 final.
The most daunting task at hand for the fifth-seeded Patriots? Certainly it will be slowing down Bogota's prolific outside hitter Carly O'Sullivan, who bashed 18 kills, eight service points, two aces and had six digs in the Bergen County school's victory on Sept. 25.
O'Sullivan has posted 444 kills this season for Bogota (25-4), which sits at No. 4 in The Star-Ledger Top 20 and is the No. 1 seed in Group 1. Moreover, she has registered at least 18 kills in five straight matches for the Buccaneers, while totaling a minimum of 16 kills in eight of Bogota's last nine matches.
However, Secaucus counters with its own bit of firepower. Junior Julia McClure (398 kills) is coming off a 24-kill performance in her team's three-game victory over Glen Rock on Tuesday, while fellow junior Andie Lennon is one of the team's top servers with 197 service points and 20 aces this season.
Meanwhile, Alyson Toman is coming off a fine performance against Glen Rock, posting seven kills, four blogs and four digs. Katelyn Schlemm, Kelly Riebesell, Kendall Caruso, Nancy Wraga and Kristina Ulrich fill out a reliable supporting cast that has helped the Patriots win 10 matches in a row.
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I submit that a lot of women need to be involved in this experiment.....
I had this happen in a different way before. I was hearing about a woman in my town (it is tiny, we know each other), and about how she seemed to our librarian to be kind of hard to tack down, not super social, had questionable dress, and had a big nose.
I then went on to talk to a volunteer there, a friend of min, and he was talking about how there is this one woman in town he is interested in. He said she had this beautiful streaming hair, totally seemed not to give a damn what people thought, that she was one of the most beautiful people he'd ever seen.
A few weeks later, I realized they were talking about the same person.
It was all about perspective. In the librarian, she was looking at her idea of social value the woman had. To her, a (likely attractive even to her eyes) woman that did not socialize as much as she would like was to be derided. She is an old cranky lady who tends to find a reason to dislike most anyone.....to the male librarian, he saw a potential girlfriend and was transfixed by her....I think the same thing happens inside of our minds, a dichotomy forced on women, with underlying beauty up against societal expectations. Women can be very brutal to one another, IMO. Anyway, check this out.
2 People Described The Same Person To A Forensic Artist And This Is What Happened


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Midstate high schools took three of the four top spots in Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District 3's first-ever competitive cheerleading competition.
Cumberland Valley came in first for the co-ed division, Central Dauphin topped the large division and Central Dauphin East topped the small division. Exeter Township, in Berks County, took topped the medium division.
"We're smiling," said Diane Pattison, who coordinates squads at both Central Dauphin schools.
The competition, held Dec. 18 at Central Dauphin East High School, drew 26 teams from the 10-county district which stretches from the Chambersburg area to the Reading area.
Competitive cheerleading is not one of the sports sanctioned by the PIAA, so there's no statewide championship. But District 3 isn't the first to hold a competition among its member schools. District 11, covering the Lehigh Valley, and District 9, covering north-central Pennsylvania, have held similar competitions in the past.


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Q: I'd like to add a few plants to a spot in the back yard that has acidy soil. It's also dry (some big yews are nearby), and it's mostly shaded. What would be some good choices?
A: Dry, shady and acidy, eh? I'll give you two of my favorites for those three parameters in each of four categories...
Evergreens: For something tall and bushy, go with blue hollies such as 'Blue Prince' (male) and 'Blue Princess' (berry-producing female). They're dense, dark green in color and grow to 6 to 8 feet tall and wide.
A good, low, dry-shade evergreen in acidy soil is Russian cypress (Microbiota decussata). These grow only a foot or so tall but spread about 6 feet around in a nice, layered habit. Needles are soft and medium green in color (olive/brown in winter).
Flowering shrubs: My top pick here would be one of the new reblooming hydrangeas, especially anything in the 'Forever and Ever' or 'Endless Summer' series. In acidy soil, you'll get the bluest colors. Just keep them watered in the early going until the roots establish.
A second good option is fothergilla. This native shrub gets white, bottle-brush flowers in early spring and red/gold fall foliage on plants that grow slowly to 5 to 6 feet tall and wide. 'Mt. Airy' is a good variety that I grow along my northern foundation.
Perennials: Wood ferns (Dryopteris) would be a good choice if you're OK with low-care, textural interest and don't need flower power.
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Groundcover: Liriope (a.k.a. "creeping lilyturf") is my favorite groundcover for tough spots like this. It tolerates almost any situation, grows about a foot tall with grass-like leaves and gets spiky purple flowers in late summer.
And for a "traditional" ground-hugging groundcover, go with pachysandra. This medium-green spreader is widely available in inexpensive 25- or 50-plant plugs at garden centers, stays evergreen in winter, gets clover-like white flowers in spring, seldom is bothered by any pests and is fine with acidy, dry soil.


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Zynga Previews Its Next 'Ville Sequel, CityVille 2, In Closed Beta In the Philippines
Zynga just announced that it's launching the sequel to its hit CityVille today in a closed beta test.
The company blog post doesn't offer too many details about the game itself, beyond saying, "It has all the features in CityVille that players love – from neighbor visits and crews to buildables – blended with some of the innovations we introduced in CastleVille and FarmVille 2 like crafting and 3D graphics."
I'm also hearing that for the initial test will be limited to the Philippines. That seems to mirror Zynga's strategy for FarmVille 2, which was spotted earlier this year under the name "Big Harvest" in, yes, the Philippines, before getting its full launch in September. The difference is that Zynga is publicizing the test this time, rather than hiding it under a fake name,
The announcement comes after a rough week for Zynga, when the company cut its revenue outlook for 2012, leading to a big drop in share price and at least one big think piece about where the company went wrong. To counteract the weakness of its "invest and express" games, CEO Mark Pincus said Zynga will be "further investing in other genres like casino where we already lead with Zynga Poker and blue PVP, a category we pioneered with Mafia Wars." Still, looks like we can expect to see new titles in its key franchises as well.
The demographics of the Philippines would be perfect for ZNGA. The country is corrupt from top to bottom, everything (And I mean everything) can be purchased, a large portion of the population goes to bed hungry, and about ten families (mainly ethnic Chinese) control the economy and anything of value. The Catholic church is a major political force to boot.
Still, I love the place. I have never seen a people so happy in spite of their dire circumstances. Their sense of hospitality is legendary. Most importantly, the women are quite accomodating and muy caliente.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
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There were 4,477 soldiers killed, and another 31,985 wounded in the Iraq war. What does Roy Lehman's Oct. 7 letter make of all that sacrifice? He called the war a "debacle," which pastes that label on their honored souls, and does so unflinchingly.
I would tell Lehman to "tell it to the Marines," but better he should tell that to those grieving families of America's finest volunteer warriors.
He wouldn't dare, would he?
Lehman's letter informs us that Mitt Romney is not a "successful businessman, merely a man bent on profiting from some form of detestable activity in America's marketplace. The writer should tell that to the tens of thousands of people whose jobs were saved through the efforts of Romney and his partners, but he wouldn't dare do that either, would he?
Not content to stop there, Lehman makes a ludicrous comparison between President George W. Bush standing on the debris pile at "Ground Zero" in New York City, and a vision of President Barack Obama standing atop a similar debris pile at the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Really? That would be the height of hubris, although not beyond the reach of Obama. The Benghazi debris pile is, in reality, the sickening result of an administration's failure to heed the pleas and the warnings of the ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens. Stevens died, and the administration lies to this day.
This cover-up attempt, like the Fast and Furious weapons scandal, will eventually be seen for what it is — an administration's inability to focus clearly and develop a foreign policy strategy in the best interests of the United States.
Let Lehman explain this to the newest of grieving American families, families not in the forefront of Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's minds.
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WESTFIELD – As expected, a proposal to restrict types of future business development along Elm Street was withdrawn from City Council consideration Thursday night for further review.
Ward 2 City Councilor James E. Brown Jr. said the issue will be subjected to additional review that will involve business owners, residents and city officials before a renewed effort is presented for adoption. Brown asked to withdraw the request at the start of a scheduled public hearing. One person, Andrew Porter, an Elm Street resident was present to question the proposal but did not have the chance.
Brown, chairman of the council's Legislative and Ordinance Committee, said proposed development restrictions are aimed at ensuring the city has the necessary tools in place to bring famiuly friendly business and opportunities to the on-going redevelopment of the city's core district. That district extends from Big Y Supermarket on Broad Street to Depot Square on North Elm Street.
The withdraw of the proposal was made because Brown said he recently learned that some restrictions are already in place or governed by different zoning regulations and ordinances. The councilor said he wants a full review of all measures in place and to ensure that any new restrictions will survive challenges.
He said meetings will be scheduled shortly "with all interested parties" and that a new proposal will be brought before the City Council later this year.
The initial proposal would ban new nightclubs, pawn shops, smoking lounges, adult book and video stores, check cashing shops and tattoo anbd body piercing parlors. Existing business within the core district would be exempt from any new zoning regulations or ordinance changes.


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WELCOME to Kimo's Vegas ... The Player's Edge!
LATER THIS MONTH look for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson around the Fergusons Motel at 1028 Fremont St. He'll be filming the remake of Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain called Race to Witch Mountain with co-stars Cheech Marin and Carla Gugino.
IN THE WORDS of Spock: "I have been, and ever shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper." But our friend may not be long for Las Vegas. The owners of "Star Trek: The Experience" say there are no plans to renew the exhibit at the Hilton. The final decision will be made by the end of May and the closing may come as early as late fall. No word on the fate of the annual Trekkie convention.
NOW YOU DON'T have to leave Hawaii to work in a Vegas club ... Open auditions for performers (dancers, aerialists, etc.) for the nightlife staff of the new ultra lounge and club Waikiki Nei and Level 4 are happening at the Sheraton Waikiki Friday, May 23, 1 p.m.
THE AMERICAN IDOL Live 2008 Tour hits the Thomas and Mack Center July 5. The tour will feature this season's top 10 - David Archuleta, Jason Castro, David Cook, Kristy Lee Cook, Chikezie Eze, Michael Johns, Ramiele Malubai, Syesha Mercado, Carly Smithson and Brooke White. The 49-date 29-state tour is not scheduled to stop in Hawaii.
MADONNA'S "Sticky and Sweet" tour starts right after her big 5-0 and is up to 60 stops around the world, including a Nov. 8 show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The last time the diva hit the road her tour grossed more than $260 million - the highest grossing of any solo female artist.
FEATURED IN the June issue of Playboy magazine are the girls of MGM Grand's Crazy Horse Paris.
WHEN THE $8.4 billion MGM Mirage City Center opens next year, it'll include a 500,000-square-foot retail and entertainment area called "The Crystals." If you like your bling in baby blue boxes, just look for the 85-foot-high Tiffany and Co. entrance on the Las Vegas Strip.
YOU CAN SAVE 10 percent off your entire purchase of Las Vegas memorabilia and omiyage from Flashbacks (next to the Bose store) in the Las Vegas Outlet Center by mentioning the owner's name (ex-isle resident) Dewey Rose.
VEGAS NUMBERS ... The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says the city hosted 431 fewer conventions and 6.6 percent fewer conventioneers, while visitor volume was down 1 percent compared to March last year.
EVEN MORE exclusive than Simon Cowell's (American Idol) $1 million Bugatti Veyron is the Lamborghini Reventon. Only 20 will be made (plus one for the Lamborghini museum) and of those 19 have already been sold. The 650 horsepower V12 is so fast, the instrument panel includes a G-Force meter. If you're interested, the remaining Lambo (No. 1/20) has arrived in Vegas and is expected to sell for close to $2 million ... proving that the economy is only tough for some of us.
THE LAMBORGHINI Las Vegas also is hosting the work of local boy (Kaimuki) photographer Robert Knight. His work is a who's who of rock 'n' roll, having shot everyone from Billy Idol, Eric Clapton, Van Halen and Los Lonely Boys to Led Zeppelin, including local artists from Aunty Genoa and C&K to Pops Pahinui.
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Detroit Tigers entered Sunday's game with a 2.44 earned run average that was the best in either the Grapefruit League or Cactus League, and the outstanding pitching continued.
Detroit rallied in the ninth inning against ex-Tiger flamethrower Matt Anderson to pull out a 2-1 win. Anderson, who once threw 100 mph, was chucking in 94 mph fastballs and gave up three singles to take the loss.
Scott Thorman laced a single to right to score Don Kelly with the game winner. Andy Dirks singled up the middle to send Kelly to third with one out.
Rookie catcher Bryan Holaday hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to tie the score, and received a hearty slap on the back from Tigers manager Jim Leyland at the dugout entrance.
Detroit drafted him in the sixth round last June out of Texas Christian University, where he won the Johnny Bench Award given annually to the top college catcher. He batted .355 with 72 runs, 17 homers and 53 RBIs in 68 games for the Horned Frogs.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a homer by John Mayberry Jr. It was the lone run allowed by Tigers starter Phil Coke in four strong innings.


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GENEVA, Ohio – The third-annual Urban Meyer/Dean Hood Youth Football Camp on Wednesday provided the third-year coach a short break from his regular duties, but Meyer was unable to escape questions about the status of senior quarterback Braxton Miller and the 2014 Buckeyes.
Meyer said he's heard Miller is "doing great" in summer workouts, which Meyer and the rest of the coaching staff are unable to attend per NCAA off-season restrictions. Miller is currently recovering from a minor right shoulder operation he underwent in February that is not expected to hinder his 2014 campaign.
"If he makes the same strides he made year one to year two, year two to year three and this year, year four, he could have a great year," Meyer said. "He's not 100 percent, but he's close. Young quarterbacks want to look at everything but the coverage because it's so chaotic back there, but he's getting better and better at that."
Meyer had high praise for the Buckeyes' collective attitude. He said Ohio State's 24-game winning streak heading into last season's Big Ten championship loss against Michigan State weighed on his team. Meyer called the Buckeyes "angry," something he's planning on capitalizing on in summer workouts.
"Obviously, we hit a real big speed bump," Meyer said. "Teams are something, complacent is a bad word, satisfied is a bad word. Angry is a great word, with a chip on the shoulder. That's obviously going to be the message when we get into training camp."
When Meyer isn't hammering home the importance of having an attitude, his attention will be focused on the Aug. 30 season opener in Baltimore against Navy. The Midshipmen won nine games a season ago and return nine starters to an offense that ranked second nationally in rushing offense, averaging 325.4 yards per game.
"It's awful," Meyer said of preparing for Navy. "It's a great opponent. We've been working on it, not necessarily in practice because we haven't had time; we've been trying to change some things on defense, but we've already addressed that. We'll spend time in training camp preparing for that game."
When Meyer was asked about players fans can look forward to making an impact on the 2014 season, he didn't hesitate, rattling off a list of players on both sides of the ball.
Here is what Meyer had to say about eight key players:
• St. Vincent-St. Mary grad Doran Grant, 5-feet-11, 193 pounds, junior cornerback; "Doran Grant is probably the most impressive guy during spring and summer workouts I'm hearing."
• Ezekiel Elliott, 6-feet, 225 pounds, freshman running back; "He's a really good player."
• Bedford grad Tyvis Powell, 6-feet-3, 205 pounds, freshman safety
• Vonn Bell, 5-feet-11, 200 pounds, freshman safety
• Cam Burrows, 6-feet, 208 pounds, freshman safety
"We have three athletic safeties."
• Nick Vannett, 6-feet-6, 260 pounds, sophomore tight end
• Jeff Heuerman, 6-feet-5, 255 pounds, junior tight end
"I like Nick and Jeff Heuerman because we're going to do a little bit more with the tight ends. We're not a big '12' grouping team with two tight ends."


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It looks like a really useful feature for Plus-sized iPhone owners.
Raking in all those in-app payments.
Why you should get dirty in Apple's walled garden.
Especially if you've got a really old iPhone.
'Donald Trump' attempts to control the universe while fighting off science and political opponents this new iOS and Android game.
Google remained non-committal, Apple chose to not attend the meeting.
We really wish we had this when we were kids.
You'll really love it if you use Apple's apps and services. But even if you don't, you'll probably download it anyway.
Creating virtual reality for Google Cardboard just got easier for iOS.
Apple's best versus Samsung's best. Which one is better?
Get your Apple mobile devices ready, iOS 10 will be available soon, and now we know exactly when.
The iOS game will be an endless runner where you get Mario to the end of the level with simple taps.
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Netflix brings its Fast.com service to the world of apps.
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If you have an iPhone or iPad, now is a great time to make sure your software is up to date.
The next version of iOS will have the most diverse set of emoji yet.
Apple sold its billionth iPhone recently. We sure hope it was rose gold.
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I Accidentally Bought Back a Share of My Humanity on Wall Street
Answer if you can,
I want somebody to tell me
Just what is the soul of a man
-- Blind Willie Johnson
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's a beggar, a woman in her early 40s, I guess, who's often in the Wall Street neighborhood. We got to know each other, by sight, when I worked here years ago, before 9/11.
Coming back to Wall Street last year, after a decade of being away, I ran into her and the same sort of pattern of acknowledgment started up again, with occasional conversations. She had also been away -- doing what, I don't know -- and had recently returned to the old occupation in the old neighborhood.
A few days ago, I was hurrying to the PATH train and she was coming the other way. I said "Hi," and she stopped, expecting a conversation. Miscue on my part. I had no time for that.
Well, I figured, I rarely give her money and that's what she does down here. Let me give her something to make her happy and then I can keep moving. Reach for my wallet -- all I have are $20s.
Now I'm stuck. Of course, she is watching me looking in my wallet. Every commuter knows you don't do that. You plan ahead, you have loose change handy in a pocket, or you ignore the beggars and keep walking. It's dangerous to pull your wallet out. Damned stupid thing to do.
But it's Christmas and this woman begs for a living. I am grateful -- consciously and consistently grateful -- that I've never been in that position for longer than the time it took to bum bus fare home as a young man. That's all it takes, a few hours. That'll put the fear of God into you.
I pull out a $20 and give it to her.
She gives me this look -- I've seen it before. Last year, when I recognized her on Wall Street and reminded her that we had met before 9/11, that I had been worried about her right after the attacks, I got the same look. Like I was something that was trying to fool her, a mirage.
I mumble something and try to leave. But now, with the $20 in her hand and that look on her face, she gently grabs both of my shoulders and pulls me in and down for a hug and kisses my cheek. Then she says: "Merry Christmas."
She knew the decision I had made -- my hesitation was transparent. She knew I wasn't a saint. But I had done the right thing in the end. That's all that mattered. For a moment, the distance between us -- the mirage -- vanished, and we became real people to each other.


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Spangler wins two in a row – Chester goes for wild ride
Borg Warner powertrain solutions manufacturing sponsored the UMP Late Models and hosted their company summer outing at Merritt Speedway this past Saturday. Employees of the Cadillac, MI division were treated with meal tickets and reserved seating near turn one. This proved to be some of the best seats in the house as just two laps into the UMP Late Model feature event; Andy Chester of Kingsley and David Hilliker made contact sending Chester into a wild flip as they entered turn one. Andy came to rest on his wheels and climbed out of the wreckage okay. On the restart, Josh Knoll resumed in the lead with Bill Bray and Rich Neiser applying the pressure on Knoll. On lap #5, current point leader Eric Spangler had worked his way from 6th to the runner up spot and took over the point on lap #10. Eric would go on to lead the final circuits to take the checkers for the second week in a row. Running in second place, Josh Knoll suffered mechanical problems on the final lap and headed to the pits allowing Scott Phillips to finish second from his 10th place starting position. Rich Neiser overcame problems from an early flat tire and rallied to a third place finish followed by Chris Brindley, Mike Kresnak, Brook Brasington, David Hilliker, Bob Hammar, Jordan Erickson and Jim Billett. In preliminary action Eric Spangler set fast time with a lap of 13.22, less the 2/10 off the track record while Rich Neiser scored the dash win. Heat race wins went to Rich Neiser, Mike Kresnak and Josh Knoll with Jeremy Tulick carrying the checkers in the "B" Main over Brook Brasington and Jim Billett.
Scott Payton of Gaylord set quick time in Super 8 UMP Modified qualifying with a lap of 14.47 while Roger Steig took the dash win over Joe Rokos, Kevin Miller and Payton. Roger Steig would visit victory lane for the second time of the night in heat #1 followed by Scott Payton and Brian Brindley. Victory in the second heat went to Chad Bauer
followed by Kevin Miller and Joe Rokos. As the green flag dropped on the 25 lap feature event, Roger Steig took the lead from pole sitter Brian Brindley and was setting a blistering pace when the caution came out on lap #10. On the restart, Chad Bauer got the jump on Steig and took over the point with Roger glued to his tail. Bauer would go on to lead the remainder of the event and score the win over Roger Steig, Joe Rokos, Donnie Roberts, Paul Johnson, Jeff Cade, Greg Gokey, Scott Payton, Dave Baker and Brent Banning.
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Lining the sidewalk outside the Planned Parenthood facility in Ventura, Calif., this Saturday were some 180 Thomas Aquinas College students who prayed for, and with, their departed friend, Andrew "Kent" Moore ('14) [1].
The gathering served to pay tribute to Kent as well as to continue his work. A dedicated advocate of unborn children and their mothers, Kent spent countless hours outside this clinic and others praying for an end to abortion. This summer, while participating in a Crossroads pro-life walk across America, he was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle in Indiana. His classmates were not only shocked and devastated by the news, they were also determined — determined to honor Kent in the way that they knew he would want to be honored: by serving Christ in the unborn.
"This happened because everyone knew that we needed to do it for Kent's sake," says Rebecca Bessette ('14).
So early on Saturday morning they arose to decorate the cars — some 35 in all — that would form a makeshift caravan to take more than half of the Thomas Aquinas College student body to neighboring Ventura. They painted messages in memory of Kent and in support of the pro-life cause. After morning Mass they met up in St. Joseph Commons and made the half-hour drive, joined by members of the faculty and their families as well as the College's three chaplains.
The students parked across the street from Planned Parenthood, outside a Baptist church that had graciously extended them the use of its parking lot. Chaplain Rev. Joseph Illo then offered a blessing before the group crossed the street and took its position along the sidewalk. There the students prayed the Rosary, just as Kent had done on his more-or-less weekly visits to this clinic, and just as he was doing on that fateful morning earlier this summer. At the end of the prayers, before everyone returned to campus, Chaplain Rev. Cornelius Buckley, S.J., offered a benediction.
There were no protests, no conflicts, and no angry words. A few passing drivers honked their horns in support. An elderly woman who was walking by joined in the prayers. A young couple that had approached the clinic gratefully accepted a brochure for a local pro-life pregnancy center. The event was quiet, peaceful, and prayerful — just like Kent.
"What we did on Saturday was really good to remind us all and to get us together to do something in memory of him, to make it hit home," reflects Sarah Dufresne ('14). "He's really gone, and he really died while he was walking across the country praying for all the unborn babies."
Adds Miss Dufresne, "I oftentimes think of John Paul II's words addressing the youth, 'Do not be afraid to go out in to the streets.' I think that there was a definite holy boldness that we had as a college on Saturday, and I hope that continues."
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In 2012, nearly 40% of businesses that fell victim to some sort of a security breach were small to medium sized businesses with less than 1000 employees. Even more staggering is the fact that nearly 60% of small businesses will be forced to close their doors within six months of being victimized by cybercrime. Fortunately small businesses can protect their business, customers, employees and assets for very little cost and without having to follow long, hard to understand processes.
Monica Hamilton, Director of Small Business Product and Solutions Marketing at McAfee, recently shared in their blog, a ten step checklist that all small businesses should have when it comes to keeping their business safe. It's ten simple steps, and they are outlined in the infographic below:
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Hi All,
Wondering if any parents out there know of any wet weather appropriate 'soft-soled' shoes that come in toddler size 7 and up? Robeez soft-soles and SoftStars are great for dry summer weather, but are unsuitable for our cold, rainy winters.
The little guy has been wearing Robeez Mini-Shoez (which are awesome) but they only go up to size 6, and he is about to outgrow them.
So far, all of the other brands of toddler shoes I have looked at (Pediped, Jack and Lily, Stride Rite, See Kai Run, etc. etc.) have such rigid soles - even though they all claim to be "the next best thing to barefoot." I don't know how these shoes get podiatrist approval for little feet! :(
I'm hoping to find something water resistant, with a super thin, flexible rubber sole or laminated leather sole (much like the Robeez MiniShoes).
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A former victim of clerical sexual abuse said the recent disclosure of a list of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse is not enough.
December 7, 2013
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Now a bit more truth has been exposed because brave victims forced Archbishop Neinstedt to release the names of these accused priests. So let's hope that anyone who may have knowledge or may have been harmed by Thomas Adamson, John Brown, Cosmas Dahlheimer, Gilbert DeSutter, Gilbert Gustafson, Louis Heitzer, Rudolph Henrich, Francis Hoefgen, Richard Jeub, Dennis Kampa, Robert Kapoun, Jerome Kern, Lee Krautkremer, Ronan Charles Liles, Alfred Longley, Brennan Maiers, Timothy McCarthy, John McGrath,, Paul Palmitessa, Joseph Pinkosh, Francis Reynolds , Richard Skluzacek, Michael Stevens,Thomas Stitts, Robert Thurner, Clarence Vavra, Joseph Wajda, Raymond Walter, Curtis Wehmeyer, Robert Zasacki , Eugene Corica , Robert Loftus, Patrick Ryan, and/or Roger Vaughn will find the courage and strength to come forward, and contact law enforcement, no matter when it happened. Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511, snapjudy@gmail**** Survivors Network of those Abuse by Priests
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Ongoing monitoring observations with the VLBA at 1.7 GHz show a pattern and motions that suggest that the internal jet structure is helical with a long wavelength (Walker et al 2001, Ap. J. 556, 772). The pattern is stationary or slowly moving with features moving through it at superluminal speeds. Physical theory and numerical simulation of jets show that helical patterns are an expected result in many circumstances as a result of instabilities. The wavelength and pattern speed of such structures are related to the internal sound speed and Lorentz factor and to the external sound speed. The 3C120 pattern suggests that the jet lies in a relatively cool medium. The internal jet structure expected from the theory suggests that the pattern will have a wider opening angle than the trajectories of individual particles. This helps avoid a requirement for extreme conditions when interpreting the appearance of the jet in terms of relativistic beaming. This poster will draw heavily on results from the above reference but includes two new observations and some new theoretical results.
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Answering Drilling Myths
Cornell Professor Tackles Hydraulic Fracturing
February 27, 2013
PORTLAND — Dr. Anthony Ingraffea spoke to a packed house at Cornell University's Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory Tuesday....
Very interesting, wish I was there. Sounds like he talked of reality, pretty refreshing.
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Thank you Dr. Ingraffea ! Whenever a couple of bucks are involved, it's hard to get to the truth.
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And who paid him? sounds like some liberties were taken with the facts by him.Don't believe everything you here just because he has some college beside his name.
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There is an excellent video in the Dunkirk Observer. Listen to it. He is not only an expert but the voice of reason. Nothing will convince those who stand to make a buck. Some would sell out for less than 30 pieces of silver. The hope of making money is all that matters.
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"the logical thing would be to use energy which has a free supply like wind, solar and water. He acknowledged there are production and distribution costs associated with these resources"
Why then are not gas oil and coal just as "free" as what were listed?
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Look at Pennsylvania and Ohio they are fracking and their job situations are MUCH better than NYS. No problems with fracking there either! The green terrorists are at it again!! Approve the XL pipeline and FRACK as much as possible!
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Griffin, did you read the article? 8.9% of new wells in the Marcellus Shale area of Pennsylvannia have reported leaks in 2012. That's not a problem?!
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Charles, DUH. Fossil fuels are not "free" because of the very large costs involved in extracting them from the earth to use in the creation of energy. Sun, wind, and water are already just THERE.
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We (usa) are going to save the world when china, india and others polute more than ever. These same people are the ones who claimed that drilling in western NY was going to kill the wild life, polute our wells and have a very negitive effect on the enviroment and now we know it was all a lie.
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sueanne, we share one planet with China and India, we're all in this together. We all have to do our part. But we're all responsible for our own actions, and to say that somebody else has to change their ways while I do nothing makes no sense. Also, what was a lie about drilling in western NY? The moratorium on this unconventional form of shale gas development has not yet been lifted in NY. Not one of these horizontal wells has been drilled here, while Pennsylvania is being turned into a wasteland.
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I have to say I love it when you post an undeniable FACT here and people disagree with you because the truth interferes with their tightly held opinion.
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8.9% of new wells are leaking, and those are just the reported ones. NEW wells in 2012. An increase, not decrease, over the percentage of new wells reported leaking in previous years. The companies are not improving their process, they're getting sloppier.
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Can we please have a few comments from people who are at least LITERATE in science? Or do those people not bother reading this site?
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I wonder if the greenies are aware that when a leaf or any vegetation decays (all over the entire earth), it gives off carbon emmissions?
I wonder if the greenies know we have been thru many hot cold hot cold cycles in the past millions of years that were so severe that it melted the ice that covered this area all the way to the north pole?
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I think the "greenies" are more aware of what's going on since they take the time to research things themselves and learn the facts rather than rumors or from the people making money off this.
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Maybe someone could tell me where my post is incorrect?
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This is another liberal academic hack preaching his bias facts. Everyone of his so called facts is disputable. There is 1% more leaks reported because there are over 50% more wells being drilled in PA. Nor does he even describe the leak..because however minor they are they have to be reported now. Lets see what this SUNY hack says when NYS starts cutting education funding because it has no more taxable income in WNY. Bet he looks for a job at Penn St. These chicken littles are starving WNY of economic prosperity that PA and WV are reaping.
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Brent you're not wrong at all..Fossil fuels are carbon based, and are derived from past vegetation, past lives of others as well. I believe when anything starts to decay, it gives off emissions. Your point?
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Wind and solar power don't take millions of years to reproduce themselves. FACT
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askwhy, this "academic hack" is an engineering expert in fracturing mechanics and has actually worked in the industry. Also, percentage of leaks has nothing to do with the number of wells, remedial math classes for you.
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Also, askwhy, Dr. Ingraffea conducts research and teaches classes at Cornell, which is a private research university and not part of the SUNY system.
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Mr Freeze, I thought my point was very clear? Sorry, Ill try to explain, Everyone must agree that our earth has been thru many hot and cold cycles in the past so severe that it melted the ice from New York to the north pole region, now why did that happen when there was no mam made pollution, its because our earth in its natural state, in the past (thousands of years ago) emmited so much carbon that it caused the warming. (today envros say carbon emmissions cause global warming) In those days what was causing the warm up? Well we all know that plant material emits carbon and it every where emitting constantly for millions of years.
Maybe you could answer a question for me, How much has the earth warmed or cooled in the last ten years?
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Can someone clarify who is going to make the money on this? What I don't understand is why fossil fuels don't belong to all of us. Why can National Fuel and/or other "companies" purchase what is in the ground and make money off of it.
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Just think about it for a moment. We each own land next to each other, You drill and I don't, but natural gas is under me, just as much as it is under you. Are you not "stealing" my gas? As discussed with the pipeline, this is a commodities cost and there is no savings by opening up more wells.
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Faculty Recital: Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Exeter, NH (February 16, 2007)—Phillips Exeter Academy will host a faculty recital with bass Mark Andrew Cleveland and pianist George Lopez on Tuesday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be held in Phillips Church on the corner of Tan Lane and Front Street. It is free and open to the public.
The evening's performance will include Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and love songs by Henri Duparc, Robert Schumann and Flor Peeters.
Mark Andrew Cleveland has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Baroque, Cantata Singers, Boston Cecilia, Back Bay Chorale, Handel Society of Dartmouth, Concord Chorale, Manchester Choral Society, Newburyport Chorale and Worcester Chorus, among others. Acclaimed for his dramatic interpretation, his recent operatic engagements include Prism Opera, Salisbury Opera, the New Jersey June Opera Festival and several Boston University productions. Cleveland's symphonic and festival appearances include the Southwest Florida Symphony, Festival of Two Worlds (in Charleston, SC, and Spoleto, Italy), Vermont Symphony, Tanglewood Festival, Ravinia and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. He has recorded for Telarc with Boston Baroque, and participated in a Grammy award-winning recording of Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra with the Spoleto Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Cleveland has appeared with numerous chamber music ensembles, including the Tyaga String Quartet, Arcadia Players, Sarasa; and recently performed at the Murten Classics Festival in Switzerland, and the Holland Festival Oudemuziek Utrecht in the Netherlands with La Donna Musicale.
Later this season, he will appear in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Concord Chorale; Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with The Nashua Symphony; and in Brahm's Ein Deutches Requiem, with the Keene Chorale. An adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Cleveland currently teaches at St. Paul's School, the Concord Community Music School in Concord, NH; and Phillips Exeter Academy. A native of New Hampshire, Cleveland is a magna cum laude graduate of Westminster Choir College, and currently serves as the Director of Music at Grace Episcopal Church in Manchester.
George Lopez has performed internationally as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. A laureate of several international competitions, he has received critical acclaim for his interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and is now preparing the complete cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos for his upcoming concert seasons.
At the invitation of the Holland Music Sessions, Lopez toured in Paris, London, Cologne, New York's Weill Recital Hall, and Los Angeles, where he was hailed by The L.A. Times for his "...musical perspective, continuity, and kaleidoscopic colors." He recently performed the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto in Switzerland, and gave recitals and master classes in Amsterdam and Holland. Lopez recently premiered a piano concerto written for him by Italian composer, Romeo Melloni.
Lopez's chamber music collaborations include the Emerson String Quartet, Trio of the Americas, and the Rainier Quartet. In New England, Lopez has appeared with the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, the Granite State Symphony Orchestra, and the Midcoast Symphony of Maine. Most recently, he performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the N.H. Music Festival Orchestra. Born in New York and raised in Belize, Lopez started playing the piano at the age of 11. He won his first competition at age 14 in Texas, and two years later was awarded a full scholarship to the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut. After graduating with honors, Lopez went to Paris on a Franco-American study grant and was given an unanimous First Prize for the Diplome Superieure. He completed his master's degree in Amsterdam cum laude.
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STRUTHERS – Inter-Tri County League lower tier champion Wellsville was awarded the top seed on Sunday at the Struthers Div. IV sectional-district tournament draw.
The Tigers will host East Canton at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 to open the tournament. If Wellsville should win that game, they'll host Leetonia at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28.
In a departure from tradition in the Northeast district, all sectional games will be hosted by the higher seed.
"That was nice, I like that," Wellsville coach Dave Thompson said. "The kids like playing in Struthers though because when we go up there they get to go out to eat. They'll have to win two games to get to go out to eat now."
McDonald took the second seed with Lowellville third and St. Thomas fourth. The Knights won the Div. III Salem district last season.
Youngstown Christian, seeded ninth, is the defending Struthers district champ. The Eagles won the title as an eighth seed last season.
District semifinals at Struthers Fieldhouse will be played at 7 p.m. on March 3 and 4 with the district final set for 7 p.m. on March 7.
SEEDS: 1. Wellsville, 2. McDonald, 3. Lowellville, 4. St. Thomas, 5. Lordstown, 6. Mineral Ridge, 7. Western Reserve, 8. Sebring, 9. Youngstown Christian, 10. Leetonia, 11. Heartland, 12. East Canton.
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LANSING – While it did not end the way they would've liked, the family of Remy Mumby, the second person from the Lansing area to appear on NBC's hit show America's Got Talent this season, says that the 14-year-old YouTube sensation enjoyed his trip to New York.
"Remy was happy with the way his segment turned out," Douglas Mumby, Remy's father, said. "They shot a lot more than [what ended up airing], including funny bits backstage where they had him eat plate after plate of food on camera to kind of establish him as the kid with the iron stomach."
Remy's segment aired about 18 minutes into the July 1 episode and featured him snacking on scorpions and a rattlesnake. He even invited the show's emcee, Nick Cannon, onto the stage where he also ate one of the scorpions before leaving the stage with a snake.
Remy is the son of Douglas and Amy Mumby.
"[Remy] ended up onstage with a seriously full stomach," Douglas Mumby said. The segment was taped in April at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden there was a three-month embargo put on people discussing the results.
The show's four judges – Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, and former Spice Girl Mel B. – were clearly entertained, and slightly grossed out, by Remy's eating exhibition. Klum and Stern voted no and Remy was eliminated. He needed at least three yes votes in order to advance.
Remy's YouTube site Food Oddities features nearly 100 videos of him eating everything from scorpions, to grasshoppers to fermented eggs and explaining the countries of origin and cultures from which they came. The first two videos were posted on Nov. 15, 2008 when the then 8-year-old Remy ate a "1,000 year old egg" and later a scorpion.
Since then, the page has amassed more than 7,500 subscribers and has racked up over 1.8 million views. Remy's father said that he enjoyed the experience both on and off camera.
"So many of the people he made friends with backstage never ended up on screen," Mumby said. "Some of them were seriously talented."
Remy recently finished the 8th grade at St. Thomas Aquinas in East Lansing and he is on his way to Lansing Catholic High School in the fall, where he plans on playing football and wrestling. This experience will certainly be one he talks about on his first day of school.
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Hundreds try to land the big one at Marysville Fishing Derby
MARYSVILLE — The only way Trina Davis would have been soggier was if she had fallen in the drink.
But that didn't matter. What mattered was she caught a fish.
The 8-year-old Marysville girl, whose pigtails were dripping with rain water, beamed as Barry Martin of the Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club held up her catch — a nearly 4-pound trout.
"This is the biggest fish she's ever caught," said Vikashni Davis, Trina's mother.
Trina wasn't the only youngster to reel in a fish.
Approximately 300 fishing enthusiasts, parents and their children braved rainy weather Saturday, May 1, during the 19th annual free fishing derby at Kiwanis Pond in Jennings Memorial Park.
The event was put on by the Marysville Kiwanis Club, the salmon and steelhead club and the city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Department.
John Martinis, derby organizer, Kiwanis member and owner of John's Sporting Goods, said that the derby is a good way to introduce children to fishing for the first time.
"It builds excitement for the kids," Martinis said. "The idea is to get them excited and share fishing with their kids when they grow up. I still remember going to Heart Lake with my dad when I was young."
Organizers don't raise any money from the event — Martinis said that the Kiwanis' pancake breakfast, which took place concurrently with the derby, pays for the four bicycles and fishing equipment that are given away through a random drawing.
"Nobody's making a penny," Martinis said. "It just kind of funds itself."
Jack Blair, member of the salmon and steelhead club, spent most of the morning handing out fishing poles to parents and their children.
While parents were encouraged to bring their own fishing equipment, the club's team of volunteers stayed busy untangling line and adjusting the drag on reels that were handed out.
"We have to keep these drags really loose," Blair said about the reels. "As long as they're catching fish, that's what it's all about."
Derby attendees spent most of the morning Saturday huddled around the pond with their lines in the water and their hoods in the upright position.
Marysville resident Juan Martinez, who brought his two children Elizabeth, 6, and Edgar, 8, said his family is familiar with fishing.
"We do it on the weekends when we can," Martinez said. "Every year we look forward to this. It's pretty easy for them to have fun and they aren't disappointed."
Martinis said that even though fewer community members showed up to this year's derby due to the rain, he was pleased with how it went.
"It's just fun to come out here every year — it's a great community event," Martinis said. "These were the biggest fish we've ever had."
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New Hampshire Elects Nation's First Out Trans Lawmaker
Neither Congress nor any state legislature has any out transgender lawmakers currently. When Stacie Laughton goes to the New Hampshire House, that will change.
New Hampshire became the first state in the nation to elect an out transgender person to its statehouse on Tuesday, when Stacie Laughton won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
She only will be one of 400 House members, but she told The (Nashua) Telegraph that she hoped her election would inspire others.
"I believe that at this point, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community will hopefully be inspired," she said. "My hope is that now maybe we'll see more people in the community running, maybe for alderman. Maybe in the next election, we'll have a senator."
Voters have never before elected an out transgender person to a state legislature or to the U.S. Congress, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which works to support out LGBT candidates and political appointees.
The group's vice president, Denis Dison, told BuzzFeed that a few transgender people have been elected to public office at the municipal level, but that Laughton is a trailblazer.
"We're thrilled for Stacie. This is a milestone for LGBT Americans, and an especially important achievement for the transgender community," he said on Thursday. "We're working to make sure qualified trans candidates have the training and resources they need to run and win, and we're seeing more and more take advantage of our Candidate Training program."
Regarding advancing transgender issues in the legislature, Laughton told The Telegraph, "The state needs to be welcoming and affirming and sending that message that we will be welcoming and you won't be discriminated against in New Hampshire."
As she described in an earlier interview with The Telegraph, though, that's not her primary focus.
Laughton is more focused on using the position as an opportunity to improve society: advocating for the homeless, those in low-income housing, and those with mental illnesses and physical disabilities. She also said she would like to strengthen the public school system.
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