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The 13th annual El Tope de Santo Domingo parade and festival will be held Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m. at Heritage Park, 415 Williams Blvd., in Rivertown. This festival and parade is sponsored by the Asociación Nicaragüense de Louisiana, and proceeds will be used to buy Christmas toys for disadvantaged children.
The origin of the festival can be traced back to the end of the 19th
century in Managua, Nicaragua and the discovery
of a small Catholic statuette of Saint Dominic (Santo Domingo de
Guzmán). This discovery marked the start of an event that ultimately transformed into patron saint festivities of the capital
Highlights of the festival Saturday include a representation of Santo Domingo's arrival, preceded by a parade to the rhythms of folkloric music. The parade will feature popular characters that are typically Nicaraguan, such as the "Gigantona," a gigantic woman that dances to the sound of drums, and the "Cabezón," her short and big-headed dance partner and the life-size bull and cows who all dance around the saint as he parades through the park.
Young women dressed in folkloric costumes will also accompany the parade. Later on, there is the crowning of the "India Bonita," (Queen of the Festival). The festival is followed by a dance party featuring folkloric music, salsa and other Latin dance music. Typical Hispanic dishes and refreshments will be served.
-- Rafael Saddy, event coordinator at 504.464.4619.


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- Nurses at Upstate University Hospital handed out old-fashioned countertop tap bells to patients and wrote down medication orders by hand today after the hospital's computer system crashed.
A minor computer glitch at 7 a.m. blocked employee access to e-mails, said Upstate spokesman Darryl Geddes. A more widespread computer system outage caused by a faulty network switch began at 11 a.m.
Many records like medication orders, admissions and discharges normally processed electronically had to be done manually, Geddes said.
Bells were distributed to patients in the hospital's east tower after the outage knocked out the nurse call bell system, according to Geddes. "We went back in time," he said.
The problem was fixed by 3:30 p.m. "There was never any disruption in service and our ER remained open," Geddes said.
In addition to the hospital, the outage affected other buildings at Upstate Medical University including Jacobsen Hall and the Campus Activities Building. Upstate's Community General campus was not affected.


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Ruth Smith high fives North Nova's mascot, Gryphon, after crossing the finish line of the 5k race during the inaugural True Grit Race held in Trenton Park on Sunday morning. More than 150 participated in the run this year.
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Former North Nova athletic director Neil MacKinnon, right, is presented with a commemorative jersey by Shane Hampton and Fred MacKenzie to kick-off the True Grit Race.
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Inaugural True Grit Race
TRENTON – North Nova Education Centre is still close to Neil MacKinnon's heart.
The former athletic director of the New Glasgow-based school has been retired for two years, but still likes to support the Gryphons when he can.
Sunday his plan was simply to support the school at their inaugural True Grit Race, but he also ended up being honoured for the inspiration for the event. The name came from the True Grit Award, which was created in MacKinnon's honour when he retired.
"I was just thinking of coming out to run in support of the athletic council when they told me they were going to put on the run," he said. "They never said anything about honouring me or making me the honourary chair. It was a great day. I never thought I'd get recognized for something to do with running. I try and I'm dedicated, but I'm no good at it."
It is the athletic programs at North Nova, which he was a major part of in his time at the school, that receive all the funds collected from the event's entry fees.
"They (athletic council) are a very thoughtful group and I've remained good friends with them," said MacKinnon. "They're always looking for ways to improve things for the kids. In order to keep up with 'the Joneses' you need to generate revenue to buy new equipment and update facilities. This was a great idea to do that."
Shane Hampton, the current athletic director at the school, said their organizing committee was thrilled to not only see NNEC students out, but members of the community.
Coming into the event their goal was 100, which they thought might be tough to achieve in their first year. When they checked their final tally on Sunday morning they had 155 runners that took part.
"It exceeded any plans we had and now we know how we can build on this for next year," he said. "We have our sights already on next year on ways to make it bigger and badder."
The event wouldn't have been possible without a number of people, but Hampton singled out two in particular. He said it was Lia Lewis' vision and without her that it wouldn't have kept its momentum and became a reality. Hampton also added that Terry Curley's support, through the Johnny Miles Marathon committee, made the event as seamless as it was.
Peter Corbin, winner of the 5k race, said that it was exciting to see so many people out having fun and getting to enjoy the park.
"It was definitely nice to have it here on the trails," said Corbin. "It was an awesome day and I was glad it was open to anyone. If you like running there is no competition needed. It's just great for your cardio and something you can do for yourself to get active.
"It was a great race and hopefully there will be even more people out next year."
Top 25 – 5k
1. Peter Corbin 18:19
2. Ian MacDonald 18:31
3. Ethan MacDonald 19:34
4. Brady Walsh 20:45
5. Debbie MacDonald 20:56
6. Crystal Murray 21:02
7. Bailey Fraser 21:53
8. Brianne Sandluck 21:55
9. Mark Arbuckle 22:02
10. Adam White 22:05
11. Scott Graham 22:58
12. Allistar Mason 22:58
13. Jason Johnson 23:46
14. Ken Hetherington 24:23
15. Cal Lewis 24:25
16. Melanie Hill 24:38
17. Aaron Smith 24:55
18. Duncan Byrne 25:16
19. Maddie MacDonald 25:26
20. Brianna Snell 25:57
21. Kayla VanVulpen 25:57
22. Emily Wilson 25:58
23. Colby Snell 25:58
24. Allie Sandluck 26:02
25. Keeley MacCuish 26:15
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1. Dave MacLennan 35:10
2. Scott Langille 38:41
3. Jim Lays 41:46
4. Bill MacEachern 42:03
5. Kevin Tulloch 43:02
6. Corey Fraser 44:07
7. Dana McIvor 44:41
8. Emily MacDonald 44:47
9. Jessica Zentner 45:10
10. Clare Munroe 45:31
11. Dave MacNeil 46:11
12. Paul Butler 46:56
13. Ed Bowden 47:29
14. Carolyn Mason 47:52
15. Melanie MacCara 48:24
16. Darrell Spears 48:24
17. Jenna MacDonald 48:55
18. Sam Cameron 48:56
19. Jodi Matlock 49:01
20. Rachel Graham 49:13
21. Naomi Zentner 49:17
22. Colin MacDonald 49:51
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The International Hockey League just issued a press release announcing some of the results from the league meetings. If the release is correct and the league is going to adopt the record book of the original IHL, that's a crock. Adopt records from a league none of the current teams were associated with but ignore the United Hockey League, which many players and teams were members of a year ago? That's a joke.
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ROCHESTER, MI--- The International Hockey League (IHL) Board of Governors completed the 2007 September Board Meeting on Wednesday, September 5th. During the meeting, several topics were discussed by the six (6) IHL Member Clubs. The following items were approved by the Board of Governors during the meeting.
v Chicago Hounds owner Craig Drecktrah is staying on as an active member of the Board after meeting his financial obligations as he pursues a new location for his hockey club.
v It was unanimously decided that the IHL will adopt the records and stats from the former IHL.
v The Board of Governors was given a presentation by Dr. Michael Czarnota regarding concussion management to ensure the safety of the players.
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Annalee Newitz is the founding editor of the science Web site io9.com and a journalist with a decade's experience in writing about science, culture, and the future for such publications as Wired, Popular Science, and The Washington Post. She is the editor of the anthology She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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Although exports from Japan in September fell 6.9 percent from a year prior to 5.97 trillion yen, the decline was not as sharp as analysts had projected.
The Federal Maritime Commission said Friday it concluded its review of the proposed OCEAN Alliance, allowing the new ocean carrier alliance to take effect Monday, although it is not expected to commence operations until around April 2017.
PierPass, whose members consist of the 13 container terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, held a workshop last Thursday to evaluate extended gate options.
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The mid-Atlantic port is moving quickly to make large strategic investments in marine and inland terminals after years of relative neglect.
The second-phase of expansion at the Virginia International Gateway container terminal will soon commence now that the Virginia Port Authority has secured a long-term commitment to operate the facility.
The Danish conglomerate said one division will focus on transport and logistics, while the other division will focus on energy.


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London's best esoteric book shop, Watkins Books, has once again published its list of the 100 most spiritually influential people. The top 10 on the list are:
1. Dalai Lama
2. Eckhart Tolle
3. Pope Francis
4. Thich Nhat Hanh
5. Rhonda Byrne
6. Deepak Chopra
7. Oprah Winfrey
8. Dr Wayne W. Dyer
9. Desmond Tutu
10. Paulo Coelho
No doubt disinfonauts will have their own candidates – vent in the comments!
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TRENTON — Two Trenton men have been indicted on charges that they murdered an off-duty Mercer County Corrections officer at a banquet hall last year.
The Mercer County Proseuctor's Office said today that a grand jury returned a six-count indictment on Wednesday charging Maurice Skillman, 27, and Hykeem Tucker, 26, with the murder of Carl Batie in November.
The suspects were also indicted on charges of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and three counts of fouth-degree aggravated assualt for pointing a firearm at three additional victims, the prosecutor's office said.
Batie, a 26-year-old Willingboro resident, was shot in the head and killed at about 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 11 when Skillman and Tucker allegedly fired at least 22 bullets into a crowd on a balcony at the Baldassari Regency banquet hall in Trenton.
The prosecutor's office said an investigation led by Trenton police detectives and the prosecutor's office included multiple interviews, surveillance video reviews and enhancement led to the charges against Skillman and Tucker.
The suspects remain in jail in lieu of $1 million bail each.
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Whatever the opposite of the Midas Touch is, that's what David Wozniak has. He's the main character in the dramatic comedy "Delivery Man," and whatever he touches ends up disintegrating into a steaming pile of failure. In fact, his habit of screwing things up is the only reliable thing about him.
That's true whether it involves his job at his father's meat shop, his relationship with his exasperated girlfriend or his attempts to grow hydroponic weed in his apartment to settle a five-figure debt owned to a loan shark.
Even his attempts at, ahem, self-satisfaction are ultimately dissatisfying, landing him at the center of a class-action lawsuit from -- brace yourself -- the 533 children sired from his deposits at a fertility clinic some 20 years earlier. Now, all these years later, that army of offspring wants to know his identity.
That's a decidedly goofy -- not to mention far-fetched -- setup, but it springboards "Delivery Man" star Vince Vaughn on what ends being a rewarding, not-as-crass-as-you-might-think journey. Granted, writer-director Ken Scott's uneven story suffers through its narrative stumbles along the way, but it overcomes its flaws thanks to an embraceable dose of heart and the loveable-lump charisma of Vaughn.
It's Vaughn who plays Wozniak, and his casting is an example of a pitch-perfect marriage of actor and role. Like Wozniak -- and "Delivery Man" as a whole -- Vaughn is goofy but endearing, a guy who makes his share of questionable choices ("The Internship," anyone?) but whose undeniable charm makes him impossible to outright dislike.
What's more, at least in the case of his "Delivery Man" character, he's fully aware of his status as a colossal screw-up. So when he is served with the lawsuit seeking to have his identity revealed, he finds himself facing a grade-A conundrum. His best friend/lawyer (played by "Parks and Recreation" actor Chris Pratt, who steals fewer scenes here than usual) insists that he remain anonymous -- imagine the legal ramifications, after all -- but Wozniak isn't so sure.
And so, while he makes up his mind, he peeks at the one-page profiles of his progeny, and he gets an idea. While remaining anonymous, he can use those profiles -- and the information contained therein -- to act as guardian angel to these kids, slipping unceremoniously into their lives and nudging them gently toward success and happiness.
The results are predictably farcical, as Wozniak's heartfelt scheme hardly goes according to plan. Still, "Delivery Man" isn't built on the kind of fall-out-of-your-chair laughs for which Vaughn films usually aim. Rather, it generates more gentle chuckles, opting instead to focus on the heart-warming emotion generated as Vaughn's Wozniak stumbles his way into finding meaning in life.
If the whole thing sounds familiar, it's because "Delivery Man" is based on Scott's French-Canadian comedy "Starbuck," the pseudonym used by Wozniak while making those deposits. (For a time, the remake was rumored to be headed for a Crescent City shoot, which might explain the New Orleans mug Pratt's character drinks from in multiple scenes.)
In Scott's English-language rehash, he adheres closely to the "Starbuck" script, so there are few if any surprises for anyone who has seen that earlier iteration. Still, "Delivery Man" is a bright bit of feel-good cinema and -- thanks to its message about the importance of family -- it's a well-timed arrival to boot, hitting theaters just before Thanksgiving, a prime time for American movie-going.
Could it have been better? Assuredly. But neither is it a Thanksgiving-season turkey. Rather, as a modest bit of feel-good entertainment, Vaughn and "Delivery Man" mostly deliver the goods.
DELIVERY MAN 3 stars, out of 5
Snapshot: A dramatic comedy about a lovable loser who learns that his prolific donations to a fertility clinic some 20 years earlier have resulted in the birth of 533 children -- who now want to know his identity.
What works: As potentially crass as that setup sounds, it's a surprisingly warm film, built largely around the goofy charm of Vince Vaughn and focusing on the importance of family.
What doesn't: It's rarely laugh-out-loud funny, and the story isn't without its contrivances.
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Bobby Moynihan. Director: Ken Scott. Rating: PG-13, for thematic elements, sexual content, some drug material, brief violence and language. Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes. Where: Find New Orleans showtimes.


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Again. Last year this was in November, this year for unknown reasons it has been moved forward to October. The whole idea is for vegan bloggers to attempt to blog every day during the month about food, or food related topics to spread the word about how great vegan food can be!
Last year I was completely unstructured about the whole thing and this year I am being the opposite to see which I like better. So, each day for October I am going to blog about some vegan food related thing that I love. Sometimes I'll write alot, sometimes not much at all. Sometimes I'll have recipes, or taste comparisons, or photos and sometimes none at all. Sometimes I may even rant a little bit, but its all about vegan food, and all about things I love. Bring it all on!
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SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — The Saginaw Township Community Schools Board of Education has approved a motion to permanently expel a student for violating Heritage High School's code of conduct concerning drugs and controlled substances.
The board approved the motion unanimously during its Monday, Feb. 25, meeting.
"Use of drugs by our students...is certainly inappropriate," said Chris Swartz, board member and treasurer. "Even though the amount of drugs wasn't such a great amount, the fact that the student had a scale in the vehicle is extremely concerning to me."
Superintendent Douglas Trombley declined to comment on the situation, except to say, "We suspended a student for violation of our drug policy because we want to maintain a safe and secure environment for all students and drugs are not going to be tolerated."
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HOOVER, Alabama - Thousands of people descended on Veterans Park in Hoover tonight for the city's fifth annual Hoover Hayride and Family Night.
With temperatures down in the 40s, lines for hot chocolate and coffee were popular.
Children, teens and adults in all kinds of costumes - from monsters and rock stars to cartoon characters and princesses -- made their way through the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce tent, where businesses and other organizations gave away gobs of candy and other treats.
A fleet of tractors decorated with lights pulled loads and loads of people on trailers for hayrides through the park. Children also got their faces painted with all kinds of designs, watched balloon artists create their masterpieces and had their pictures taken with a prince and princess. Others did line dances to music provided by a disc jockey.
The Hoover City Schools Foundation gave people a chance to throw pudding pies at the faces of Hoover schools Superintendent Andy Craig, Hoover Councilman John Lyda and myself (Alabama Media Group reporter Jon Anderson).
That fundraiser raised roughly $380, foundation Presiddent Khristi Driver said.
"We were very pleased with the turnout, the participation level of the crowd, and the sportsmanship of Jon, John and Andy in being willing to endure some good-natured fun at their expense," Driver said. "All those factors combined to successfully raise awareness for the foundation, which was our primary goal."
Food trucks and other food vendors also were present to help keep people's appetites fed at the event, which lasted from 5 to 8 p.m.
Erin Colbaugh, events coordinator for the city of Hoover, estimated about 10,000 people attended.
This post was updated at 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 with results from the Hoover City Schools Foundation fundraiser.
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Stand-up comedian Jonathan Katz is not a doctor, but he played one on Comedy Central for six seasons. Now the wise and witty Dr. Katz has left his couch long enough to record his debut album.
By John Delery
For the price of admission and two drinks, audiences at comedy clubs receive the nonrefundable gift of laughter and bonus prizes: the answers to some of life's mysteries from uncommonly wise guys. OK, smart asses.
After all, only comedians realize that "Do these pants make me look fat?" is a trap, not a harmless question. And when does life begin, you wonder? "After the second cup of coffee," says Jonathan Katz, spouting an amusing theory that scientists can dispute but probably never disprove.
A caffiend himself, Katz's percolating comic mind is responsible for Caffeinated, his debut CD from Stand Up! Records, released after almost 25 years in this funny business. Just when you think you know where his performance is going, it veers in one of three directions: silly, cerebral or somewhat sinister.
"I'm a silly person," Katz says sitting in his home in Newton, Mass., where he lives with his wife — "We met at a seance," he says on his album. "I was regular, she was a medium — and his youngest of two daughters. "I'm also maudlin and morose. I can be serious — for about 30 seconds a day."
The comic artist in Katz, best known as the voice of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist on Comedy Central from 1995 until 1999 — season two of six is now available on DVD — molds jokes from Play-Doh, it seems. Katz, who's 60, hardly ever acts his age onstage.
"I can't hold my liquor in the winter," he announces about halfway through Caffeinated. "I'm pretty sure it's the mittens." "A bad joke, but a funny image," Katz resumes without even pausing to pick himself off the stage after a verbal pratfall. When a joke dies, he has the resuscitation skills of a paramedic.
"I have a really dirty mind," Katz confesses, sounding less like a lech and more like a nerdy kid hoping to impress a new friend, because when Katz, a subversive but gentle comedian, slides a sex joke into his act, it's like listening to Mr. Rogers whisper a dirty joke at a dinner party: surprising and surprisingly hilarious.
Join us as Punchline Magazine explores what's brewing in the wonderfully warped mind of this contemporary comedy legend.
Your joke timing has always set you apart from other comics. What's more important, the joke or the delivery?
I don't know. I think there are some people who can't make even a great joke succeed because they're not good at telling jokes. And on the other hand, there are some people that take a joke that's not that good and make it work, because their delivery is that good.
I'll give you an example: My friend Brian Kiley is a brilliant joke writer and a very good comedian. He's been writing for Conan [O'Brien] for the past few years. And we would get together every week over lunch and exchange jokes with each other and try out new jokes. And he gave me a joke once because he didn't think he could make it work. This is the joke: He said, "My uncle died penniless last week. Had all them dimes."
Now, he's written many brilliant jokes, and that is not one of them. But I was still grateful because it came from him, and I think it might be fun to tell on stage because it's such a bad joke. One of my jokes of his that I really like is: "I just bought a house with one-and-a-half bathrooms and that's really because sometimes you just want to wash your leg."
Anyway, I'll let you get back to asking questions.
No, that's good. I prefer laughing to asking questions. What I most like about your comedy is that it's silly. And that seems to be what's missing lately. Anger seems to be the primary emotion in comedy these days. But you just still do flat-out silly humor.
I was wondering about this. I'm doing Conan in a couple of weeks, and I was wondering if I should tell him that I had my torso removed last week, which was just preemptive. So this actually is an artificial torso. It belonged to a young man named Roger who was in a car accident and left only his head and his legs. That's just a stupid joke. It's silly. I think that's in a whole other category of silly.
But is that conscious?
No, I don't come to a decision. I think anybody who knows me, including various shrinks, would say that I'm a silly guy. Being my shrink is really a thankless job, because I would give her one straight answer and then three jokes. I'd be giving away such great material to this shrink, and then she'd send me a bill. I've really had very perverse relationships with many psychiatrists in my life.
It's interesting that beyond the silliness, you have cerebral and sinister sides.
Yeah, I think I have a very dark sense of humor. And also I have, like most men, I think, a really dirty mind. "Dirty mind" is such an old expression. Lenny Bruce has dispelled the whole notion of dirty words, unless it was George Carlin. Well, maybe it was both of them. But I guess you could say the world of sex and gender cracks me up.
But it doesn't come across that way. I think of Robert Schimmel when it comes to that type of comedy. His whole act is about sex; it's almost pornographic. But you do it very subtly. Why do you hold back?
I hold back because I have a wife and daughters. But so does Robert Schimmel.
Do you try out jokes on your wife and kids?
I do tell jokes to my wife and kids. But my daughters insist I'm not funny, both of them.
Well, that's their job.
Yeah. And my wife is so unpredictable about what's going to strike her as funny. I never know. I'm always surprised when she laughs. I'm not surprised when she doesn't laugh because my timing with her is not great. But she works very hard, my wife. When she comes home, she may not want to hear my new joke. She may not want to listen to this thing I've edited downstairs. I'll say, "This is from my new radio show," which doesn't really exist.
My wife and [youngest] daughter will come home at the end of the day. My daughter is 15 and my wife is in her 50s. And I say, "Listen, I had Bob Dylan on my radio show. And they both say, "You do know you don't really have a radio show, don't you? And of course, they're right, but it doesn't stop me from doing an interview with Bob Dylan.
What is this show? Where can we hear it?
Right now it's at my house — or on the World Wide Web at JonathanKatz.com. It's called Hey, We're Back. And I only call it that because I like saying that. There are three or four segments on the Web. I keep making them, because I like doing it. I like editing audio.
Why did you wait so long to put out a CD? Why do it now?
I've always liked to document my work. And I think that with the release of the Dr. Katz DVDs and the amount of press that's generating, it seemed like the right time. And also I don't travel. I don't do clubs and live engagements anymore, because, among other things, I have [multiple sclerosis]. But I do travel a fair amount. I do some club work, and I do love to perform in front of a live audience. But I don't think that's as practical now as it once was. I also like to keep an eye on my daughter. Her picture is inside the CD. She's the one who's pouring me the cup of coffee.
How old is your other daughter?
My other daughter is 24 and she lives in Philadelphia with her boyfriend, who will kill you if you even look at her funny.
Do you wear blinders when you visit?
Nah. I'm thrilled that somebody in our family is sexually active.
So what you say on your CD is all true?
It's all true.
About renewing your vows of celibacy?
Yeah. Sad but true. Marriage takes a toll. And it's also an incredibly wonderful thing. I'm a big fan of it and I really like the safety net that we provide for our daughters. And I like being part of a marriage. I play the role of the husband. We're celebrating our 25th anniversary on the day the CD is released.
Does you wife mind being talked about in your act? I think she's used to it.
I think it was a little hard at first, but she knows that it's not her, that it's some caricature of her.
You've said that anybody could write a book but that naming it is the tough part. So, does that go for CDs as well? Why did you name your new album Caffeinated.
That was actually my wife's idea. I've often said coffee is my reason for living. It's not true, obviously, but I do love the stuff. I drink a lot of it.
And there's a song called "Caffeine" on the album. It's huge. I think those are the only good lyrics I've ever written. I've written 40 mediocre songs. They're not bad. But they're definitely not good.
Were you a musician at some point?
Yeah. I was a musician before I got into comedy. I had a band called Katz and Jammers in New York. I played rhythm guitar and sang lead. And I wrote most of the original songs, not all of them. And after the band, I worked solo as a musician. But then I noticed that when I started singing, people started talking. So I started talking more and singing less, which is how I made the transition to comedy.
When I met my wife I was the leader of Katz and Jammers. I met her on Christmas day in 1979. She didn't know it was Christmas. I didn't know it was 1979.
So you knew each other before you were a comedian?
Yeah. She was my first and only groupie. You really only need one good groupie. Are there journalism groupies? There must be.
If there are, I haven't found them.
Well, I was sad to discover that when I started doing comedy, my groupies where these middle-aged Jewish people who'd come to see me perform and then invited me over for soup. Not exactly what I had in mind. But I'm probably better off.
So when did you make that transition from music to comedy?
I would say 1983. I did a set at The Improv, and the producer of the Letterman show was there. He actually hadn't come to see me; he came to see some guy from San Francisco who was late. So he saw me by accident. I was still using the guitar in my act at that point. And he said, "Jeez, you'd be great on our show, but you'd have to lose the guitar." So let me see, I think it was in June of 1985 that I made my debut on that show.
And that led to fame and fortune and Dr. Katz?
Yeah, I guess so. I also had another career that's connected to David Mamet, who was my best friend in college. He was nice enough to give me a writing credit for the movie The House of Games. And I appear in many of his movies. So that's also helped me out in show business enormously because he's so successful. He, too, is an incredibly silly guy. Really silly.
Really? Because most of his movies are very serious.
He seems like he's pretty intense and serious, but he's also very silly. A couple of years back, if somebody said to his kids, "Nice to meet you," he trained them to grab the guy's knee and say, "Mice to eat you." That's the tip of the iceberg with silly with that guy.
Is that what comedy should be? Silly?
Should be? I don't know. I don't know what it should be. It should be whatever strikes you as funny.
I think about this time I got on stage at Carolines, and Jack Rollins was in the audience. He's every comedian's dream manager. And he came up to me after the show, and he said, "You should come to my office tomorrow and we should talk."
So I went there the next day, and he said, "You know, Jon, what you need is a manager." And then he said, "But who's going to manage you?" And he wasn't trying to be mean, he was just being pragmatic. Because my act is from the '60s and this was the '80s. He knew that what I was doing was a little too gentle for the public. But we remained friends. He was the first manager I never had.
Why can't comedy be gentle?
Well, because I think people who come to the comedy clubs want to be titillated in some way. Or humiliated, or have their friends humiliated. That's more like it. They want to see their friends embarrassed. One of my favorite comics is Dom Irrera, who I've described as a truly disgusting human being — and he's not. He's this very obscene poet; he uses words better than anybody I know.
I know his act very well, too.
He's not a first-date comedian.
Are you?
I think I could be. I think Dr. Katz, actually, is a show to which people fell in love. Which makes me pretty happy and proud.
Why do you think they fell in love with that show?
Well, I've heard that from people. Like, "I used to watch it with my boyfriend. We got married. We wanted you to officiate our wedding." Now that part I made up, because I can't really do that. Because I was just a make-believe cartoon character. Dr. Katz is make believe. And Jon Katz can't officiate at a wedding because he's not licensed. Though, it is kind of nice to feel like I've played a role in someone else's romance.
Are you amazed at the afterlife of Dr. Katz?
Yeah, it's pretty amazing to think it had such an impact on so many people. And I get e-mails on the Web site from people in places like Yugoslavia or Brazil, saying how it changed their lives, and asking why they don't see it on TV anymore. I mean, really, it had kind of an international impact. And one of the reasons it succeeded is this friendship I have with Tom Snyder, which is really the second stage of my career in comedy.
I was lucky enough to meet Tom, who was the co-creator of Dr. Katz, who made his living creating educational software. But he happens to be a hysterically funny guy who had a comedy habit. And we discovered we lived near each other, and we started working together.
Do you like your niche in comedy? Do you like being the gentle but somewhat titillating comic?
Yeah. And I also like the word "subversive." Because I think there's something subversive about my comedy. My parents were subversive. I'm not sure what it is that I'd like to subvert.
Language is one thing you subvert.
Also people's false sense of safety and security in their lives. Or in their marriage and their relationships to other people. I kind of like messing around with that a little bit, like what it means to be a woman or a man.
Talk about messing with people's sense of safety in life. Didn't you mess with your own sense of safety when you decided to enter comedy full time? There's no guarantee that you'll succeed in comedy.
No, but you can always redefine the word "succeed." You can always say, "Hey, if I make one person laugh today, I'm a success." Now you can't really convince your landlord that you're a success, even though you can't pay him. You can't convince your parents that you're a success because you made one person laugh. But you might be able to convince that one person. Now I'm just being an idiot.
When you were growing up, what did you foresee yourself doing, if anything?
I didn't think I would make a living in comedy.
Do you think if you were just starting today, you'd have to change your act to survive?
No, I actually think this is kind of a good time to be doing what I do. I think there's a new audience out there with an appetite for my kind of comedy. I glean this from the popularity of guys like David Cross, who is a younger, harsher version of me.
He's very clever, and I think if he had to make the deal to give up the word "fuck," he could still succeed on stage. It's his way of saying to the audience, "Hey, I'm one of you." I don't blame him for that, he is one of them, but he's also so unique. Jon Benjamin is another guy who inspires me; he's a brilliantly funny guy.
And my biggest influence as a comedian is a guy you probably never heard of named Ronnie Shakes, who was on The Tonight Show for many years and then died at the age of, I don't know, in his early 40s, jogging one day. He was the only comedian who didn't drink or do drugs. He just had a bad heart.
What was it about his comedy that inspired you?
Oh, God, he was just great. He was a wordsmith. His most famous joke is, "I've been in therapy for 12 years, and yesterday my shrink said something to me that brought tears to my eyes: 'No hable ingles.'" For years, I wanted to do his act, to do a one-man show as Ronnie Shakes. But no one offered to pay me to do it. But on my computer I do have every joke he ever wrote.
Rita Rudner is also a wordsmith. In fact, she and I would travel together, and she would help me refine a joke to the point where it worked much better. She's a very efficient writer.
It seems to be that the comedy today is more about personality than the joke, as if having a larger-than-life personality is the shortcut to fame. The comedians you mention consciously arrange words in a funny way.
But very often they would do that in front of an audience. Ronnie would go up on stage with a clipboard and a list of jokes, and he would tell them. He used the club like a gymnasium. If a joke didn't work, he might try that same joke again 10 minutes later with a different punch line. I didn't have that kind of courage, but I would record my act every night and listen to it.
Do you like the writing process? Do you like sitting down with just you, a pen, a pad and your imagination?
That's emphatic.
I like it when someone's paying me to write something, then I can get really excited about it. I like writing dialogue. Writing dialogue is easier than writing jokes because, at some point, the characters live in your head at least. Writing jokes, for me, is almost a compulsion, and I don't do it when I'm sitting down to write a joke.
I write a joke when I'm talking to someone on the phone or driving and on my cell phone. I push one button and I can record…not while I'm talking on the phone. But if I wasn't talking, I could record a joke, and I do that a lot. And I talk to myself.
Jonathan Katz's new album, Caffeinated, is now out on Stand Up! Records. For more information, check out www.jonathankatz.com.


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Bank of Nebraska v. Mark M. Rose (In re Rose), Ch. 7, BK05-83572-TJM, A05-8088-TJM (June 11, 2012)
After trial on the bank's § 523(a)(2)(B) complaint, the court entered a money judgment in the bank's favor for the deficiency balance due after the sale of collateral. The court found that the debtor had significantly overstated the collateral's value.
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Hopewell Township and a Patriot Day Committee comprised of local community leaders have organized the five-day commemoration to precede a Patriot Day Program to be held on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 11.
They now invite the Cumberland County public to join them during the week and on 9/11 to remember staggering tragedy and the resulting unity of a grieving nation.
"On 9/11 in 2001, there was a sense of helplessness — 'What can I do?'" said Bruce Riley, Cumberland Valve owner and head of the Patriot Day Committee.
"Placing a flag in remembrance is a way to participate. Those who couldn't do anything 10 years ago can be a part of this now."
Flag presenters including community leaders, emergency service responders, military personnel and veterans, students and educators will greet those wishing to place a flag at the display from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week before Sept. 11.
These flags will line the lawns in front of Cumberland Valve, surrounding a new wooden carving of three firefighters holding the American flag at ground zero created by Bryan Ackley of Ackmonster's Chainsaw Art.
"It will be beautiful to see all the flags here," said Deerfield Township Committeewoman Carol Musso, member of the Patriot Day Committee. "It was a tragic day, and it's great the western part of the county can have everybody involved together to honor those we lost."
In the face of such devastating tragedy, a crowd of victims can, sadly, become faceless over time. The Patriot Day Committee decided to make sure each innocent person killed 10 years ago will be remembered as an individual, beyond the sea of red, white and blue that will adorn the Cumberland Valve lawns.
Each person placing a flag at the remembrance site will take home a completed certificate acknowledging, "As an act of remembrance for the sacrifice made by (hero to family, friends and the American people,) on September 11th, 2001, (name of commemorator) has placed a flag in their honor."
"Having a certificate with the name of a 9/11 victim makes it much more personal," Riley explained. "They know each flag really means something."
The certificate also quotes from President George W. Bush's address to the nation on the night of Sept. 11, 2001 to emphasize patriotism in the face of woe: "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundation of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."
Sept. 11, 2011 has been proclaimed to be Patriot Day in Hopewell Township, which Mayor Bruce Hankins explained as the township's official gesture of support for a valuable community effort.
Hankins remembered the time following Sept. 11, 2001 as "the most patriotic time I can remember in my lifetime" and praised the remembrance's unification of neighboring municipalities in the county.
"Tragedy brings people together. I remember going to a football game after 9/11, and people weren't chanting for the teams, they were chanting for the U.S.A.," said Riley, noting he feels the initial patriotism has waned as time passed since 2001 and that he hopes the participation in next week's flag placement reminds the community of the importance of solidarity.
Further information on the 9/11 remembrance and Patriot Day Program at Cumberland Valve is available online at www.patriotdayremembrance.com.


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Models: Fraser Jacs and James Pershaw
Studio: Blake Mason
We've filmed James in a duo already, but this scene with Fraser is the first you all get to see. ;-)
As soon as we got these two sexy studs on the bed, we knew it was going to be a hot pairing to watch. Fraser and James are both beefier, jock kind of guys and they look great together. And they look even better as they suck each other's big uncut cocks!
James told us before he enjoys bottoming, but Fraser is the lucky one who gets to mount up in this scene. First he impales his furry butt on James' cock, riding it to loosen himself up. And even though he may like bottoming, James shows he's a great top too as he fucks Fraser in doggy and missionary.
As he tugs on his own nipple, Fraser jacks off while James slams his hole. It doesn't take long before Fraser is shooting his load all over his hairy stomach. James pulls out and adds to the sticky mess with his own load.


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WOODBURY — Judgment day was upon the ever-decaying G.G. Green Block building Friday morning as a final structural analysis took place, though most aren't holding their breath for favorable results for the landmark's future.
The analysis, compliments of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is likely the last effort that will be put forth before the historic building must come down.
No verdict yet on how the analysis went or if it yielded good news as of Friday afternoon.
Since the unlikely earthquake that shook much of the East Coast, and brought chunks of the building to the sidewalk, city inspectors and officials rapidly zeroed in on the hazards at hand.
After inspection, construction official Robert Kunkle said the interior looked grim and that he feared for the safety of drivers and pedestrians. The city issued a notice for the building to be taken down.
Some still thought a second opinion was needed before the former opera house's grand finale.
However, Monday's Woodbury Council meeting didn't end with much hope for the building. In fact, despite another analysis being scheduled, council agreed to take steps towards filing an "Imminent Hazard" application to the DEP.
An approved application would give the city permission to raze the structure, an action several think was a long time coming.
Walter Gallas, director of the Northeast Field office of NTHP, urged council to collect as much information as possible before doing something irreversible.
"I guess we're just trying to find out, is demolition really the only answer?" he said Friday afternoon. "We just want to have the best data we can get so we can put it on the table for the city; maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised."
Council President Barry E. Sloane, having called the situation a battle between public safety and historic preservation, doesn't see a light at the end of the tunnel for the site due to years of negligence many attribute to owner Dick Hill.
"We're in the process of filing the application now," Sloane said Friday. Council has until 30 days from the Aug. 23rd earthquake that initially prompted safety concerns and inspections.
While the application wouldn't be set in stone if results from the final analysis are better than anticipated, Sloane isn't optimistic.
"Honestly, I wouldn't hold out much hope," Sloane said of discovering some sort of saving grace for the 130-year-old behemoth. "Let's say they find that the building isn't as bad as we thought, we still have to find the money while the building deteriorates more in the mean time."
Even if the building is salvageable, city officials projected costs upwards of $20 million just to stabilize it.
The estimated cost of demolition would be around $300,000. While the city doesn't know where they'd find more than a quarter million dollars, it's drastically more feasible.
Scott Drake, great, great grandson of Colonel George G. Green, the building's namesake, has been keeping tabs on the building's status, though he lives in Georgia.
"A lot of the historic buildings around here from the 1800's were taken down and I think there's a lot of regret now," Drake said of his town in Decatur, Ga. "It's building's like (G.G. Green) that make towns unique; architecture like that isn't around anymore."
Drake wished something could've be done with the building, but sees on both sides of fence.
"I think if my great, great grandfather were around, he would hope that everything would be done to preserve history, so I hope it's studied to the fullest extent before tearing it down," Drake added.


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On Sale Sept. 11 in Comic Shops, Sept. 24 in Bookstores: 'Cyborg 009′
Original Graphic Novel Hardcover
Retail Price: $24.95 U.S.
Page Count: 120 pages
Format: Hardcover, 6.625" x 10.25", full color
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Written by F.J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp
Illustrated by Marcus To and Ian Herring
Cover by Marcus To and Ian Herring
Rating: T – TEEN (12 and up, may contain mild violence or mild profanity)
Synopsis: Awakening in a futurist military installation with no memory of who he is or how he got there, a young man known only as Cyborg 009 has been stripped by his captors of not only his freedom, but also his humanity. His body augmented by cybernetic technology, Cyborg 009 joins forces with eight other men and women, Cyborgs 001-008, and together, they set off on a journey to learn the truth of why they were turned into weapons of mass destruction, and to prevent a conflict that could very well be the start of World War III. Created by manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori and with hundreds of millions of copies in print worldwide, Cyborg 009 is one of the best-known manga and anime properties ever produced. Now, Archaia Entertainment and Ishimori Productions have partnered to bring this classic story to a whole new audience in a full-length original graphic novel, written by F.J. DeSanto (The Spirit) and Bradley Cramp (Gattaca), and illustrated by Marcus To (Red Robin, Huntress, The New 52) and Eisner Award-nominated colorist Ian Herring (Jim Henson's Tale of Sand). Features a multi-layer cover and an essay on Shotaro Ishinomori by acclaimed journalist David Brothers.


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- ELIZABETH SNYDER AND AARON WUIS, of Plainwell, a daughter.
- LAUREN THRASHER AND STEVAN SHANKS, of Kalamazoo, a son.
- HEATHER AND PAUL WILLIAMS, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.
- JUSTIN AND JENNIFER BODINE, of Otsego, a daughter.
- CHRISTINA AND JASON KILLIAN, of Battle Creek, a daughter.
- CARA AND JOHN JORDAN, of Coloma, a son.
- WILLIAM MAY AND ALLISON ROSS, of Kalamazoo, a son.
- THERESA AND JONATHAN MESHES, of Kalamazoo, a son.
- LAURA MILLER AND MATT HIBSHMAN, of Jones, a daughter.
- TAMARA PARR AND DWIGHT MATTHEWS, of Kalamazoo, a son.
- KELLY AND CHRIS PETERS, of Kalamazoo, a daughter.
- JESSICA AND TIMOTHY SALO, of Kalamazoo, a son.
- CHANNELLE WAYNE AND SHANNON BRANCH JR., of Kalamazoo, a son.
- JANE M. BURNS, 74, of Portage (Life Story Funeral Home, Betzler, Kalamazoo).
- RALPH BURTON CLAPP, 91, of Jackson (Hohner Funeral Home, Three Rivers).
- NANCY LAWSON, 59, of Kalamazoo (Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, Kalamazoo).
- ALLEYNE MYERS, 92, of Hartford (Calvin Funeral Home, Hartford).
- SVEN JULIUS RUNDMAN, 77, of St. Augustine, Fla., formerly of Kalamazoo.
- SELMA THOMPSON, 49, of Kalamazoo (Whitley Memorial Funeral Home, Kalamazoo).
- DARWIN E. WAKEFIELD SR., 75, of Kalamazoo (Michigan Cremation Company, Grand Rapids).
- AMANDA LYNN RISNER, 29, of Paw Paw, and PATRICK JOSEPH SHANABROOK, 26, of Webberville.
- AMBER NICOLE ROBINSON, 24, and LUCAS ADAM BLACK, 28, of Decatur.
- ANDREA MARIE SCOTT, 33, and CHARLES MURRAY MCCLUSKEY, 40, both of Glen Ellyn, Ill.
- STEPHANIE NICHOLE SLATES, 20, and BRYATT (C.G.) EARL FINGER, 22, both of Bangor.
- KRISTY MARIE SWINEHART, 28, of Otsego, and TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPIECH, 25, of Paw Paw.
- VICKIE JO TURK, 45, and ANDREW ALLAN ABBOTT, 33, both of Decatur.
- MARIA ZUNIGA, 21, of Hartford, and GILDARDO BANDA QUIROZ, 22, of Dowagiac.


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While advising his Fox News viewers to talk about inflation at their Thanksgiving dinners, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that the government removed food and energy prices from its measure of inflation to hide rising prices, that a survey showed economists are "worried" about inflation, and that Social Security recipients are not receiving a cost-of-living adjustment because the government "changed the calculation."
Beck: Government removed "food and energy" from inflation estimate so that people wouldn't "recognize how bad things actually were." From the November 22 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
BECK: Then, you can say things like, "Did you know that Ben Bernanke is saying that we should be worrying about deflation?" Here he is:
BERNANKE : — rates of inflation, the constraint imposed by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates is too tight. The short-term real interest rate is too high, given the state of the economy, and the risk of deflation is higher than desirable.
BECK: Ah, yeah. OK. George Soros says the same thing. He says in "spooky dude" voice, it is — "It is the U.S. that is not in the position of Europe's heavily indebted countries, which must pay heavy premiums over the price at which Germany can borrow. Interest rates on U.S. government bonds have been falling and are near record lows, which means the financial markets anticipate deflation, not inflation, and I'm a spooky dude."
All right. They don't care. And you know what? George Soros and Ben Bernanke ain't going out and doing the shopping. Mom and Grandma are. Your wife is.
And inflation isn't even computed like it used to be computed. The government figured it out. The government realized that people could recognize how bad things actually were, so they changed how we calculated it. So, in other words, the TV could say, "There's no inflation," and you'd be going, "I'm broke. How's that happening?"
Now, they calculate inflation without adding in the price of food and energy. Oh, well, other than those going up, we're set.
Eric Bolling recently made similar claim on Beck's show. During the November 18 edition of Beck's Fox News show, Fox Business host Eric Bolling stated:
BOLLING: The government will tell you, people will tell that you we don't even have inflation. The reason for that is because the government puts out an inflation number that removes food and energy. How convenient, right? Because the only two things that we really use every day — food and energy. So you remove that and things don't look that [inaudible] bad.
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Bill H.3534 187th (2011 - 2012)
An Act Authorizing the Town of Wendell to Provide for Alternative Energy and Sanitation Systems
By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3534) of Stephen Kulik and Stanley C. Rosenberg (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the town of Wendell to adopt by-laws or rules and regulations to permit alternative energy, heating and sanitation systems for use in owner-occupied residential dwelling units. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.]
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Syracuse theater audiences last saw Sarah O'Connor singing, dancing and acting in the spring Syracuse University drama show, "I Love You Because."
The senior musical-theater major has been elevated to the featured role of Rose, sister of the central character, Esther Smith, in the current mounting of "Meet Me in St. Louis" at Owasco's Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
O'Connor will culminate her college career attending the department's Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre program in New York City.
There is also great news for two other SU drama graduates.
Rylyn Juliano has been cast as Cassie in a new tour of the musical "A Chorus Line." It begins in early October and comes to the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Oct. 12 to 14 in the Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series.
Juliano followed her 2009 graduation with appearances last summer in "The Full Monty" and "No, No, Nanette" at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
The tour also brings back Class of 2010 graduate Seth Danner, who will play Roy and serve as swing to fill in for several roles.
Danner appeared last fall as Curly in the department's "Oklahoma!" and also played in its "Steel Pier."
Directing the tour is original "Chorus Line" cast member Baayork Lee, who was in Auburn in April to produce the cabaret series at the Springside Inn. The series was dedicated to Auburn native Thommie Walsh, the first Bobby in the landmark musical.
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Saratoga debut
Julia Murney was back Upstate last weekend to make her debut at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
The SU drama department graduate performed in a pops concert titled "Wicked Divas" with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The title referred to the fact Murney has appeared as the witch Elphaba in "Wicked" on Broadway and on tour.
Hamilton grad adapts
'Elf' for Broadway
Hamilton College also is pointing with pride to its graduate Thomas Meehan, a Tony-winning writer for "The Producers" who gained his first big fame with "Annie."
Meehan is teaming with Bob Martin of "The Drowsy Chaperone" acclaim to pen the adaptation of "Elf," the movie that starred Will Ferrell in the title role.
Signed to the Broadway project as Santa Claus is George Wendt, who played Norm on TV's "Cheers."
"Elf" is slated to open Nov. 14 at the Al Hirschfeld Theater.
Joan E. Vadeboncoeur writes for Stars and Weekend.


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Part One: Dave and Chuck talk about the Detroit police taking 6 hours to respond to a 911 call, a guy caught taking upskirt photos claimed he was really trying to light a fart, a celebrity blames his throat cancer on cunnilingus, which part of a fast food restuarant has more bacteria then the toilet, a man got it on with a pitbull, should James's friend get a mailorder bride, and more!
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Mini-storage restricted in Island County rural areas
Island County commissioners adopted an ordinance Monday that puts severe restrictions on the construction of mini-storage facilities in rural zones.
The new rules are in response to years of citizen complaints about mini-storage businesses being built near homes in the countryside.
Most recently, residents in the Rolling Hills area south of Oak Harbor unsuccessfully tried to prevent the permitting of a proposed, 17,000-square-foot mini-storage facility in their neighborhood.
The ordinance falls short of banning mini-storage facilities from the rural zone completely, but includes a series of requirements designed to protect residential neighbors from the unpleasant aesthetics, traffic and crime associated with such development. The ordinance doesn't affect the rules for mini-storage in commercial zones.
"The purpose of the ordinance is to address the concerns of the community so their property rights aren't infringed upon," Commissioner Helen Price Johnson said.
Under the ordinance, mini-storage facilities can only be built in the rural zone on property that's at least 10 acres. It requires 100-foot setbacks from roads and 50-foot setbacks from property lines, as well as an on-site caretaker residence. All structures must be screened.
In addition, the ordinance mandates security measures, including fencing, video surveillance and an alarm system.
The members of the planning commission unanimously approved the proposed ordinance. The planning department recommended approval.
Monday, South Whidbey resident Rufus Rose laid out a series of concerns with the ordinance and questioned whether the requirements should be so many and so cumbersome, which he called "a formula for defeat." He pointed out that the 10-acre requirement means that only one-thirtieth of the property can be used for mini-storage.
"That seems like an extraordinarily small portion of the land," he said.
The commissioners discussed Rose's concerns and made a minor wording change in the ordinance, then unanimously voted to approve it.
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It takes a lot to get Devils captain Zach Parise angry enough to smash his stick after a question call.
But that's exactly what happened today when Parise's goal with 2.1 seconds remaining in regulation time was disallowed because the NHL's situation room in Toronto determined he used a kicking motion to score what would've been the tying goal.
"Apparently. I just watched it and, I'm sorry, I can't agree with it," Parise said after the Devils' 3-2 loss to the Islanders. "I knew it hit off my skate and i knew it hit off my stick, too. But if that's a kicking motion, then I don't know.
"It definitely hit my skate before it went in but it doesn't matter. That's not the point. It's them saying I kicked it in."
Here is the official NHL ruling from Toronto: At 19:59 of the third period in the Devils/Islanders game, video review used the overhead angle and the side camera to determine that Devils forward Zach Parise used his right skate to propel the puck into the net. According to rule 49.2 "A goal cannot be scored by an attacking player who uses a distinct kicking motion to propel the puck into the net". No Goal New Jersey.
"The refs called it good on the ice," Parise said. "It's out of their hands."
Patrik Elias won the faceoff to goalie Al Montoya's right, getting the puck to Dainius Zubrus. A centering pass to Parise wound up in the net and it was called a goal on the ice with 2.1 seconds remaining on the clock.
However, instead of a 3-3 tie, the Devils suffered a 3-2 loss after the video review.
After the goal was disallowed, Parise showed a rare display of emotions.
"Of course I was angry," he said. "A tight game like that where we worked to get back into it and t hey make the wrong call."
I asked coach Pete DeBoer if he felt the Devils got robbed.
"I watched the play," he said. "I'm not sure I agree with the decision, based on my view of the replays. To me, it wasn't what I would consider a distinct kicking motion. I don't get to make those decisions."
Patrik Elias said: "I don't think we can agree with that call. But we shouldn't be in that position. We shouldn't let it come down to the last two seconds."
Goalie Martin Brodeur pointed out a goal by Jared Boll of the Blue Jackets Wednesday night.
"It's an in-tight play. You can tell Zach didn't want to kick it in," Brodeur said. "If they allowed Jared Boll's goal the other night..."
Parise admitted the Devils did not play well.
"Not great. Decent at times but what did we give up, four or five breakaways? Marty bailed us out of a lot of them and kept us in the game," Parise said.
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From the Editor: Inside Track
One of the reasons I am proud to call Stamford home is that its residents—whether born-and-raised here, or recently relocated to the area—maintain a sense of shared community that in no small way celebrates the city's diversity and evolution.
It is a common theme communicated by our Insiders' Guide panelists, who were asked to reveal their best kept secrets about the city they love. Their answers result in a trusty collection of fun facts, special deals, ways to give and go-to's that deepen our understanding of living and working in Stamford. What makes the knowledge they share more compelling is the profound pride they each expressed in the city's roots, its embrace of change and the promise of its future.
This new approach to our annual Insider's Guide—to ask locals for their tips—was born from the idea that we are all experts in what we know. I can certainly speak from the experience of a Latina, a wife, a mother of a college-aged son who went to Stamford schools, a member of the media who has commuted and worked locally. And though I am always curious (and it's my job to investigate all things Stamford), I was not born or raised here; I haven't started my own business; I don't sit on a board—you get the picture. So we turned to community members who are prominent in their respective fields and each bear different points of view based on personal experiences and preferences. Together, they teach us what we don't know by showing us our hometown the way they see and live it.
Learning from those who are in-the-know was also our motivation for reaching out to single members of our community. When so much is said and celebrated about Stamford nightlife, we wanted to have real conversations centered on what goes on behind the scenes when singles look for love. So, from the outset, we offered our sources anonymity with the hopes that an alias would encourage candor. It worked, and what we learned—aside from some hilariously frank horror stories—was very telling, and ultimately not too surprising: that single life in Stamford can be full of happy accidents but the truth is there are plenty of minefields to avoid if you're searching for "the one" right here in town.


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TRENTON -- Expanded budget information for more New Jersey towns may soon be posted online.
The Assembly recently approved legislation that would require the state Department of Community Affairs to post the current budget — and the last three adopted budgets — of any municipality or county that does not have its own website.
Those with their own websites were already required by law to post their current budgets.
Proponents say putting more data online will increase governmental transparency. It was not immediately clear how many of New Jersey's 566 towns and 21 counties currently don't have their own websites.
The Assembly approved the measure Sept. 30 by a 73-0 vote and sent it to the Senate, where it was referred to the budget and appropriations Committee. That panel has not yet scheduled a hearing.
"I see no excuse for not posting local budgets, which are the most basic public information and a key part of the tax bills in every community in this state," said Assemblywoman Patricia Lampitt, (D-Cherry Hill), one the bill's five primary sponsors in that chamber. "This is a common-sense step toward keeping people informed about what's driving their property tax bills."
Another primary sponsor, Paul Moriarty, (D-Turnersville), said getting budget information online is the only option for many residents.
"If a municipality or county doesn't have a website, a taxpayer seeking to inspect either the county or municipal budget would have to travel to the local library or a government facility," Moriarty said. "That may be inconvenient or even impossible for some taxpayers, especially senior citizens, depriving them of an opportunity to examine the plans that their property taxes support."
Besides Lampitt and Moriarty, the other primary sponsors were fellow Democrats Nelson Albano and Matthew W. Milam, both of Cape May Court House, and Linda Greenstein, of Hamilton (Mercer County). Sen. Fred Madden, (D-Turnersville), is sponsoring the measure in that chamber.


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California linebacker Khairi Fortt only had 15 minutes at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine to draw impressions of the New Orleans Saints.
Like wide receiver Brandin Cooks, the Saints' first-round selection in the 2014 NFL draft, before him, Fortt never spoke to the team again. Their next contact was the phone call that made him their fourth-round (No. 126 overall) selection.
That short face-to-face meeting, and some insider info from close friend and Saints defensive tackle John Jenkins was the only real scouting report he got.
But the Saints sure made an impression on him.
Fortt recalled his hectic schedule at the Combine, where teams grilled him on everything from his injury history to his decision to transfer from Penn State to Cal in 2012.
"They brought me in, had me sit down and go over about 10-15 plays that they do on defense and they had me write them up on a sheet of paper. It was pretty mind boggling," he said. "They asked me some pretty wild questions about what I'm doing. I didn't really have any clue they'd pick me after that because I didn't have much contact with them. They were impressed with how well I analyzed the plays that they drew up and how quick I assessed them and wrote them down."
He was in the mix for a starting position as an outside linebacker at Penn State in spring of 2012. But a combination of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, which allowed players to transfer without penalty, knee surgery and being told he would have to move to inside linebacker sent him on the road to Cal.
"Obviously it didn't work out for me like I wanted it to and I had to pick a different option." Fortt said of Penn State. "I don't regret it. It was a learning tool for me and actually helped me out a lot."
However, according to Saints coach Sean Payton, Fortt will likely play inside with the Saints, as a weakside inside linebacker in their 3-4 defense.
Fortt redshirted in 2012 after having spring surgery to correct a knee problem that had bothered him since the ninth grade. He partially dislocated his kneecap that year, and it would sometimes slip out again over the years.
Fortt also missed the final three games of 2013 with a biceps injury. He finished the season with 64 tackles and a half sack.
But Fortt said he doesn't consider himself injury prone.
"The only real injury I had was back in ninth grade," he said. "I had to get surgery on my knee in the 2012 season. I didn't tear anything ... they just had to put another tendon in my kneecap to make sure it was stable. The doctor said I could have played with it, but if I wanted to have a long career in the NFL I needed to get the surgery so my knee wouldn't pop out again. ...
"As long as I stay fit, do some yoga, drink water, I think I'll be good."
And the Saints didn't seem too concerned with grilling him about it.
"Most of the other interviews, you know, they'd ask me about my life, why I changed schools. When I sat down with New Orleans I thought it was going to be more of the same," he said. "But it was straight to the point. What can you do from this point on? The past is the past, and we want to see what you can do to help this team out."
Fortt recalled Rob Ryan sitting to his right during the interview and throwing out the questions. In those 15 minutes, his assessment of Ryan was that he was as straightforward as they come.
"He was straight to the point, knows where he wants in his defense, really adamant about playing well and having a great defense," Fortt said. "I'm just excited to be a part of that, and hopefully I can get on the field and help the team out as best as possible."
Fortt was a 4-3 weakside linebacker at Cal, while the Saints employ a hybrid defense that uses both three- and four-man fronts. However, Cal, which struggled in defense last season (No. 122 in total defense, 529.6 yards per game allowed), employed more than one front.
"The 4-3 defense and a 3-4 kind of overlap with these over and under defenses," Fortt said. "During half the season at Cal we were still in a 3-4 where our Sam (strongside linebacker) was on the line and our two Mike (middle) and Will (weakside) backers were the inside players. I feel like I'll be good with playing in a 3-4 defense and I'll learn quickly. It's not much of a change."


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I had a blast creating this free printable called "Christmas Subway Art". You'll find festive words mixed with applique and bright colors!
Create your own color scheme to match your holiday décor or if you'd like to use these exact colors we've provided our supplies below!
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Michael Schwartz has been named a recipient of a research scholarship through the U.S.-U.K Fulbright Awards Program.
Schwartz is associate professor of law and director of the disability rights clinic in the Syracuse University College of Law.
He will spend the spring 2015 semester engaged in research at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Schwartz will study the interplay between law and practice in the health care setting in Northern Ireland, particularly with the obligation of health care providers to be communication accessible to deaf persons.
He holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University in education with a concentration in disability studies.
Schwartz received a Juris doctor degree from the New York University School of Law.
He has been an actor with the National Theater of the Deaf; a law clerk to a federal district court judge; assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office; a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice; a solo practitioner; and assistant attorney general in the New York State Department of Law, and is a former university fellow.


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Central Collection Areas (CCA) have been established in most buildings, where recycling can be deposited. The custodians generally take the collected materials from the CCA to the outside pick-up areas to be collected on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We can also provide some temporary containers for large clean out projects upon request.
Recyclable Materials:
- White paper
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- Pamphlets
- Waxed or glossy cards/postcards
- Newsprint
- Office pack (colored paper, envelopes of any color, manila folders, paper ream wrappers)
- Shredded paper - Please do not mix it in with other types of paper, bag it separately and tie the bag as securely as possible. If you need bags to put it in, talk to your building custodian
- Plastic bottles and cans
- Plastic bags and shrink wrap
- Cardboard - Needs to be free of plastics, Styrofoam, food and paper packing, and should be broken down flat
Non-Recyclable Materials:
- Glass
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- Three ring binders
- Large padded envelopes
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Governor John Hickenlooper, adorned in his Estes Park cap, puts the finishing touch, reflective beads, on US Hwy 34 in Big Thompson Canyon on Thursday. The Governor, mayors of Estes Park, Loveland, Evans and elsewhere, as well as CDOT officials and residents of the canyon, gathered for the reopening of the road, more than a week ahead of schedule.
Matt Campbell of Kiewit Construction collects snow while his breath freezes his beard in Drake on Thursday. Kiewit and several other agencies and companies worked around the clock to re-open the Big Thompson Canyon after September's historic flood.
Nate Mares of Kiewit Construction wipes off a spot on US Hwy 34 that needs paint amid Thursday's snow. Kiewit, CDOT and the Army Corps of Engineers worked 24 hours a day, six days a week and a half day on Sundays to get the major artery between Loveland and Estes Park open 10 days early.
Kyle Patterson, Public Information Officer for Rocky Mountain National Park, and Peggy Campbell, CEO of Visit Estes Park, sit in stunned silece as they see some of the devistation from September's flood in the Big Thompson Canyon on Thursday. Officials from Estes Park traveled to Drake for the official re-opening ceremony for US Hwy 34.


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Wardynski placed McGhee on administrative leave on Aug. 18, alleging, in part, that she'd lied about her niece's age when enrolling the girl in pre-K and used her position to secure a position for her sister as an instructional aide at Hampton Cove.
The hearing is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. today with further testimony about other allegations against McGhee, including claims that she did not properly evaluate some teachers at Hampton Cove and that she forged their signatures on documents turned in to the central office.
Click here to see coverage of testimony on Wednesday.


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Spore on DS - that is sweet !
Ever since seing the e3 gameplay demo I have been anciously awaiting Spore...
This is old news so many of you may have heard it already. . . But Spore, potentially the greatest game to ever be made, is supposed to launch for the DS. I think this is awesome for two reasons. The first being that the DS is not a top of the line performance machine - this means that the PC version of spore could have reasonalby low system requirements for installation. And second reason, this seems like the kind of game that might be fun to take on the go, especially with a wifi enabled system. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
And a second thought, what if they were able to make it so that the DS version could sync up with the PC version; or in otherwords, you could play on the PC, and then take that game file with you on DS when you leave th house. This might be hard but who knows. . .
Spore on DS - that is sweet !
Ever since seing the e3 gameplay demo I have been anciously awaiting Spore...
i Doubt spore will be for the ds because of the massive features on it, and i thoguht on g4 that they stated it was for the pc when they were speaking to will llyod wright.... do you have any info that says it might be on the ds?
n/m i found the pages
and if u just google spore ds youll find alot more lol
I imagine that this could be linked with the PC version much in the way a Palm can link with outlook on a PC - read and delete emails on the Palm (which has a different OS of course) and they will be read and deleted on you PC automatically. Of course this would mean that you could be on a DS in a wifi cafe in China and be accessing a changing files on your home computer in America. Thats kinda interesting, but maybe insecure. It would definitely be cool for the "Trading Card" aspect of the game the Will Wright was talking about - you know how you pick up creatures from different worlds and get a virtual trading card that holds info on the creature.
One more hting about that. . . I think it would be neat in Spore if you could name a species after you abduct/discover it - this way people could have different names for different things. I would hate to pick up a creature and have i named like "jons_test03.spr" I would rather have the ability to name things. So I hope the top of the "Virtual Cards" have a title where you can rename stuff - that should include species, vehicles, cities, and planets. I wonder if I can make humans in this game and have them all drive corvettes? And make a spaceship that looks like the spaceshuttle. That would be cool for novelty purposes. Sorry for the tangent - discuss the DS linking with PC - or discuss whatever you feel like I dont care
I can't WAIT for this to come out on DS. Anyone know the Release Date?
not a confirmed game, just rumor as of now until nintendo OFFICIALLY releases something on the matter...


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It is unknown exactly how old the practice of tattooing actually is, however its origins can be traced back to ancient civilizations in prehistoric times and many of today's cultural tattoos still reflect this. Modern day aborigines sport tattoo designs that are very similar to the artwork used in Neolithic man across Europe and incredibly, some of these designs are thought to be hundreds if not thousands of years old. While the first records of this ancient art form originate from the new Stone Age, it is widely believed the process we now refer to as tattooing, goes back even further than that. A mummified man found in Central Europe Was believed to have been preserved in ice for over five thousand years, and a tattoo on this frozen corpse was discovered completely intact.
Ancient Egyptian mummies were also found to have tattoo markings on them, particularly female ones which added to the theory that these were courtesans and tattooing was used in this civilizations to identify one's social status or standing. The Greeks and Romans used tattoos to label their slaves however they deemed it to barbaric for any other purpose among those higher up the scale in society. Perhaps this opinion was enhanced by the Celts and Germanic tribes they come across in other parts of Europe who used cultural tattoos extensively for symbolic and ritual purposes. The Scottish tribe known as the Picts took this a step further and painted their entire bodies blue however this was entirely unique to that specific area and is unrecorded anywhere else in history.
There was a stagnant period for tattooing during the middle ages, perhaps due to the increased fervor for religions like Catholicism and Christianity whose beliefs prohibited body art adornment of any kind. This was due to the close association of tattooing and paganism which was considered a primitive ritual to the organized religions that followed. In other parts of the world, tattooing was widely celebrated as Asian, Polynesian and African cultures developed intricate designs for the face and body that were a huge part of their cultural beliefs and customs. For the New Zealand Maori tribe's people, these facial adornments were specially designed to fit the shape of the individual's face and these intricate spiral patterns are still hugely popular today.
Tahitian word to mark is tatu, which this is where the modern word tattoo originates from; however it was sailors returning from the South Seas adorned with this Polynesian artwork that reintroduced to this ancient art form to Europe once again. As a result British and American craftsmen adapted these primitive designs by merging them with other fine art images which was to change the face of this art form forever. The process itself was altered completely in the late 19th Century with the invention of an automated machine which formed the basis of the tattoo gun used for in modern tattooing. However while the procedure and styles have changed considerably over the centuries, the artwork used in cultural tattoos today has survived throughout and is still in great demand with tattoo enthusiasts the world over.


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Syracuse, NY -- A home health aide employed with The Nottingham is accused of taking checks from an elderly resident of the DeWitt senior citizen residence.
Kandace Thornton, 21, of 20 Maxwell Court, Syracuse, was charged Wednesday with grand larceny, forgery and criminal possession of a forged instrument, all felonies.
Thornton told police she was having money problems so she decided to steal a few checks from an 84-year-old resident of The Nottingham, Deputy Chief Joe Cecile said. She forged a $4,000 check and attempted to cash the check at the South Avenue branch of M&T Bank, Cecile said.
While she was unsuccessful in the attempt to cash the check at the bank, the attempt prompted a police investigation which led police to Thornton's door, Cecile said.


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Labor Day weekend automotive events, including the 3rd Annual Barber Historics at the Park, got socked by rain showers on Saturday. Engine Block reader and fellow blogger, Diana L. Kennedy (see her blog here) , sent us these great photos and a report from the event.
Kennedy says, 'about 32 cars of varying countries of origin, marque and era, braved the rain in a determined effort to make a showing of support for the event.' They were also rewarded for their efforts. 'Due to the rather small turnout, drawings for door prizes ensured that no one went home empty handed', Kennedy added.
I'm impressed. Those guys showed heart and the unwavering desire to drive what we love to the show and on the race track.
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Parade laps were offered for vehicles at the Barber Historics show wearing Barber Museum license plates. Porsche, Pontiac, Mercedes and Ford were just some of the vehicles that dared mother nature to slow them down. A BMW driven by Clark Virden led the parade laps with a Model A driven by Ed Kovalchick driving through the wake at the rear.
The People's Choice Award Winner was Patrick Bush's red 1961 Ferrari 250 GTE which soaked in the accolades.
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text: Lois I. Marsh Quiggle, 70, of Sugar Grove, PA., passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Warren General Hospital. She was born on November 1, 1943, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Ercell Colburn Marsh. She was married to Lynn A. Quiggle who preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 2011. She worked side by side with her daughter at Trucklite in Falconer for many years. She also was employed for a number of years at the Town and Country in Sugar Grove, Blair in Warren and the WCA Hospital in Jamestown.


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New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and acting Atlantic County Prosecutor James P. McClain will visit both Atlantic County churches where gun buyback programs will take place Friday and Saturday.
Both days, the buybacks will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 8 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church, 829 Tilton Road, Pleasantville, and Second Baptist Church, 110 Rev. Dr. Isaac S. Coles Plaza, Atlantic City.
Chiesa and McClain will be in Pleasantville at 2 p.m. and in Atlantic City at 2:30 p.m.


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Ball, No. 12 Wisconsin open against Northern Iowa
No. 12 Wisconsin opens the season at home Saturday against Northern Iowa.
All eyes are on Badgers running back Montee Ball, who was attacked and beaten up near campus a month ago, leaving him with a concussion that caused him to miss part of camp. Three men were arrested in connection with the incident this week.
Ball scored 39 touchdowns to tie Barry Sanders' NCAA record last season.
Northern Iowa is ranked No. 7 in a preseason FCS coaches' poll. The Panthers beat Iowa State in 2007 and nearly beat the Cyclones again last year, losing 20-19 after blowing a late lead. Northern Iowa lost 17-16 at Iowa in 2009 after having a pair of late field goal attempts blocked.
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Brian Derner
90 Student-Athletes Among George Washington University's Class of 2013
Annual GW Commencement on National Mall Punctuates Collegiate Experience
GW Baseball Falls at Georgetown, 9-1
Colonials Resume A-10 Play With Visit to Charlotte This Weekend
GW Baseball Announces 2013 Promotional Schedule
GW Baseball's Win Streak Snapped in 4-1 Loss to UMBC
Colonials Host Temple at Barcroft Park This Weekend
GW Baseball Falls in Series Opener to Quinnipiac, 8-3
GW Athletics, Arlington County to Host Grand Opening of Barcroft Park on Saturday
2012: Finished second on team with 63.2 innings pitched and third with 41 strikeouts ... appeared in 14 games with 12 starts ... pitched at least 5.0 innings in seven of 12 starts ... recorded at least three strikeouts in 10 starts ... averaged 3.4 strikeouts per start ... pitched first career complete game at Longwood (March 30), earning the win after allowing two earned runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and one walk.
2011: Tied for team lead with 14 games started ... finished second on team with three wins ... also finished second on team with 82.0 innings pitched ... 52 strikeouts ... pitched at least six innings in 10 of 14 starts ... earned the win against CCSU by pitching six and two-third innings allowing just one earned run with career-high eight strikeouts ... recorded three strikeouts in nine starts.
2010: Appeared in team-high 20 games and made five starts in debut season at GW... pitched 46.2 innings ... recorded wins against Maryland Eastern Shore (3/31) and UMBC (4/22) ... struck out a season high seven batters against Temple (4/9) ... recorded three strikeouts or more in seven games ... ranked third on team with 44 strikeouts.
High School: Played for Jody Rutherford ... 07-08 Patriot District
Champions ... 07-08 Northern Region Champions ... First-team all-Patriot
District (2008/09)/Co-Pitcher of the year (2008) ... First-team all-Northern
Region (2008) ... Second-team all-Northern Region (2009) ... Washington
Post All-Met Honorable Mention (2008/09).
Personal: Brian Scott Derner ... Born in Alexandria, VA...Son of Richard and Debra Derner ... Has one brother, Mark (14) ... Majoring in Biology/Pre-Med ... Enjoys golf and ultimate Frisbee ... Aspires to be an orthopedic surgeon.


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EAST LANSING — Michigan State fans are quickly learning not to take their eyes off the ball when it's in the possession of flashy freshman Denzel Valentine.
And then, Spartans fans might want to take a glance over at coach Tom Izzo on the plays where Valentine's entertaining showmanship doesn't end well.
Theatre, the green and white way, and it will likely continue for better or worse in Michigan State's 8 p.m. game tonight at Breslin Center against Boise State (3-0).
"That's one of Denzel's issues,'' Izzo said, "he's always trying to make home runs, and he's forgetting about singles.''
Valentine, who plays with unbridled enthusiasm, said he'll continue to do his best to adjust his game to Izzo's liking.
"Coach knows what he's talking about, he's a legend, so whatever he's saying, I'm listening to," said Valentine, who filled up the box score in Sunday's 69-41 home win over Texas Southern with eight points, five assists, two blocked shots and two steals.
"I play with emotion and passion, and I put everything out on the floor, and sometimes I get too hyped up and hit the home run and it gets me in trouble. I've just got to chill out a little bit.''
Izzo is well aware of the promising numbers Valentine has posted through three regular-season games, but there's more to it where the Spartans coach is concerned.
"I love Denzel, but I'm still not ready to say he's doing the things he needs to do on a consistent basis,'' Izzo said. "He had five assists and one turnover (Sunday), and that was great, but I didn't think we ran our break and did the things we need to do.
"Right now he's got to get a little better defensively, talking, and a lot better pushing the ball and go for the singles and not home runs.''
Izzo said Valentine also needs work on his shot, as the freshman from Lansing Sexton High School is 6 of 15 shooting from the floor, including 0 of 5 marksmanship beyond the 3-point arc.
"He's taken a couple of NBA threes,'' Izzo said. "He hasn't shown that he can shoot that at a consistent level yet.''
Valentine said that, with help from the Michigan State coaching staff, he has identified the problem with his shot and his working to fix it.
"Like Coach (Dwayne) Stephens is saying, I'm not bringing my elbow up high enough and that's causing my shot to be flat,'' Valentine said, relying the advice from MSU's associate head coach, a 10th-year assistant who was a freshman All-American and never missed a game during his playing career in East Lansing from 1989-93.
"I have to keep working to keep my elbow up and get my arc, because every shot is going short.''
Valentine has shown improvement with each regular-season game, but he wouldn't necessarily say things are getting easier.
"No, I wouldn't say easier,'' he said, "I just think I'm getting more comfortable with the ball and with Coach.''