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When Keith Collins called on Kaplan Thompson Architects to design an outbuilding for his wife, Mary, it seemed like a straightforward commission. But almost immediately Collins, a repeat client, revealed a loftier goal: to create a beautiful, high-performance demonstration project that could help teach the industry about "net-zero" houses. "We did research and decided that we wanted a flexible building that was livable, affordable, sustainable, and replicable," explains Phil Kaplan, AIA, LEED AP, principal of the Portland, Maine-based firm.
Collaborating with the client, Walpole, N.H.-based prefab manufacturer Bensonwood, and a variety of green engineers, Kaplan Thompson came up with the BrightBuilt Barn, a 756-square-foot, single-level outbuilding on the clients' property in Rockport, Maine. The structure is designed as a working studio, but Kaplan says it can easily be configured into a one- or two-bedroom house.
The 90 percent prefabricated barn measures 18 feet wide by 42 feet long and has a continuous, superinsulated R-40 shell. Its 2x6 exterior walls comprise blown-in cellulose insulation, timber-frame structural insulated panels, and triple-glazed windows. Built without a furnace, the barn has an air-to-air heat pump (which operates at temperatures as low as 0 degrees Fahrenheit), a 5-kilowatt photovoltaic system, solar hot water, and a heat recovery ventilator. "When you have a house this tight, you need [the ventilator] to bring fresh air into the building," Kaplan says.
One of the project's most exciting features is its real-time energy feedback system. A series of LED lights installed around the base and inside the structure are programmed to glow in three colors that signify current energy usage levels. Bulbs turn green when the building is using less energy than it's producing, yellow when it's borderline, and red when it exceeds net-zero goals. Live feedback encourages human modulation of energy use, Kaplan Thompson argues, and has been shown to reduce electricity costs by up to 12 percent. In addition to the lights, a large meter on the structure's front façade monitors energy use and consumption and displays the information on the BrightBuilt Barn blog (www.brightbuiltbarn.blogspot.comweaetxdyvaydzcwq).
Since completing the original BrightBuilt Barn, Kaplan Thompson and Bensonwood have transformed the concept into a product line that can be purchased at a base price of less than $200,000 (not including site and foundation work and other essentials). Several upgrade options also are available.
Kaplan says the project team hopes to be able to offer the plans and specs online by summer "so people can build their own" BrightBuilt Barns. But there will be a caveat: "They must agree to log their [homes' performance] data on the website," he says, adding that such information-sharing is what the barn is all about.
As his firm sees it, performance data from other BrightBuilt Barns will "stop our guessing at the combinations of systems and assemblies that will eventually bring us to attainable, carbon-free homes" and at long last make them a reality.


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Garcia Accused Of Kidnapping 2 Young Girls
Pueblo, Colo. - An affidavit obtained by KRDO NewsChannel 13 shows Jose Garcia accused of kidnapping two Pueblo girls.
In the second case, the affidavit states Garcia punched the victim in the face and tied her hands together before driving to Colorado Springs.
Garcia told police he didn't sexually assault the victim, but an exam indicates she could have been sexually assaulted.
When the young girl was asked what happened in Garcia's truck, she said she didn't want to talk about the bad things. She would also hide behind a pillow or stuffed animal.
The young girl was found after Garcia's truck broke down. Someone found them and drove them to a Circle K in Colorado Springs. The young girl ran inside and called police.
Another affidavit, showed Garcia kidnapped another young girl. He took her out of school sexually assaulted her, according to the affidavit.
Both girls are recovering with their families.


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Biobots is a cool online tower defense game. If you do know tower defense games and how to play them, your mission will be an easy one. The goal is to defeat the enemy hordes by placing soldiers on the road. Earn money by killing the enemies and upgrade your soldier towers and construct more. Have fun!
This is a cool online kitty game. If you like kitties you will surely like this game to. The mission is to select your favorite character and make sure you search the map until you find all the kitten that are waiting for you to rescue them. Use the arrow keys to walk. Have fun!
Do you know the story of the princess who has to kiss a frog in order to transform it into a charming prince? This time you are part of the story, because you have to help the princess find the magic formula for the lipstick. Mix four different ingredients into one magic pot and see if the combination was correct. If the frog turns into a prince, you win!
Help the little squirrel defend her nuts. The enemy skeleton hordes are approaching and you have to make sure you aim perfectly and shoot accurately in order to win each level. Collect the golden stars in order to get more points. The points will be useful when you will have to upgrade your arrow.
Use your shooting skills and your analytical thinking in order to be able to complete these cool shooting quests. The goal of this game is to get all the enemies off the platform, using your pistol. There might be some objects that can help you complete your mission so you have to pay attention to all the objects on the map.
Use your aiming skills and make sure you shoot accurately. Your mouse will be the one that helps you while you play this cool cannon game. The goal of the game is to fill the bucket with the required number of apples. Make sure you avoid the obstacles. Use the mouse to increase or decrease the power of the shot, then adjust the angle of the shot and at the end of the process you can fire.
Magic? Of course it exists. You have to prove it by combining four elements into one magic pot. The goal is to create a monster that will scare your little sister. Make sure you pick the right ingredients in order for the recipe to be a true success. Have fun mixing magic potions!
Did you know that dinosaurs have disappeared because of natural disasters? You get one more chance to help the Earth become what is not. Use the natural disasters such as thunders, earthquakes and other forces to destroy all the dinosaur eggs. Have fun while playing!
Level editor is a cool online game which tests your thinking ability. The goal of the game is to edit each level in order to help the little man collect all the golden coins and reach the end of the level. Place blocks in the places you consider in order to make the road smoother for the little man.
Dolphin and The mermaid is a cool dress up game online. This time your mission will be to dress up the dolphin as nice as you can. Choose from a wide range of accessories such as tail decorations, necklaces and other shiny things and make sure the dolphin is happy at the end of the dress up process.
Sara invited you to a cooking class. You get to cook some of the best biscuits ever. Choose from a wide range of biscuit recipes such as chocolate biscotti, almond biscotti, cranberry-pistachio biscotii or pumpkin biscotti and have lots of fun cooking. Mix the right ingredients and make sure the recipe will turn out to be a real success.
Have you ever wondered what frogs eat for lunch? They eat flies. Your mission while playing this cool frog game is to help the little frog eat lunch. Use the mouse to get the frog's tongue out and move. You can also press the space key to make the frog jump. Use the tongue again to catch the fly and eat it.
Angry Birds, the famous phone game is now available on PC too. You have to help the little birds get their eggs back. The eggs were stolen by the pigs. Use your skills and try to defeat all the pigs. Throw different birds into the pigs' castle and destroy all the pigs.
3D driving has always been a fun way to spend your spare time. Use the arrow keys to drive the car while playing this cool 3D car racing game. Race the fastest cars and have lots of fun behind the steering wheel.
Green Goblin is in town again. Use your skills and try to to help Spider man save the day again. This time Spider man rides a bike and you have to make sure you will ride faster the Green Goblin is flying. Make sure you collect all the bonuses on your way and do not forget to have fun while driving the bike with Spiderman.
FBI Chase 2 will put you behind the police steering wheel. Your mission is a typical FBI mission: you have to catch the terrorists that are running the streets. Use the arrow keys to drive the police car and try to catch and destroy the terrorist cars.
Motocross Racer, a new game with bikes and bike skills. The arrow keys will help you to move across the circuit. Press the space key to avoid the sand pits and other obstacles that might come in front of you. If you drive safely and if you avoid all the obstacles, you will get to play the next level.
You own a nice vegetable garden but unfortunately you are under attack. The rabbits are after your mushrooms and you have to defend you garden as best as you can. Use the mouse and move on the garden. When a rabbit approaches you have to hit him several times in order to eliminate it. Have fun!
Drive some random cars on a planet full of zombies. Your mission is to reach the end of the level by defeating all the zombies. With the money that you earn buy new upgrades such as tires, a better engine, a weapons and drive for as long as possible. Have fun driving and killing zombies!


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Mass Effect 3 is a stormingly good game which, if the rumours of a conclusion to the series turn out to be true, is a fitting end to the trilogy and certainly does it justice.
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Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U is the latest title in the long running Mass Effect series that started back in 2007 on Xbox 360. Mass Effect 3 is action packed and thrilling, a true powerhouse of a game and an epic way to conclude the trilogy.
Before you play the campaign you are given a choice of how you would like to play. You can choose role-playing mode, action mode or narrative mode. Role-playing is similar to how the 2 previous Mass Effect titles are played. You build your squad and make important decisions involving your character and events. Role-playing mode gives you the choice of customizing your character.
Narrative seems like a much easier way to play the game than action mode is. Damage from enemy fire is minimal and shield regeneration is insanely quick. The enemies move around much slower and are easy to dispose of.
Action mode is more difficult, although combat remains the same. In action mode, you don't create your own character, you'll be playing as the default character Shepard, you don't get to choose a class or choose how you level up. Action mode seems to cater more to hardcore gamers, while narrative mode will appeal more to a novice who wants to check out the game.
The story line is well written. You play as Commander Shepard, whose home planet Earth is being invaded by Reapers, a highly advanced machine race of aliens. The Reapers are wreaking havoc on Earth and it seems that nothing can stop them. Your job is to travel across the Milky Way and unite different Alien races to go to war against the Reapers. Your main goal is to unite all these alien races and take back Earth. An important aspect of the Mass Effect 3 Wii U version is that you can not import saved data from previous Mass Effect games. However, this is remedied by allowing you to make decisions during the comic which influence events from the past.
This is groundbreaking for the series since it marks the debut of the first ever multiplayer experience for a Mass Effect title. It is a cooperative multiplayer game mode with one option, survival. In co-op you'll go up against powerful foes made up of Reapers, Cerberus, Geth and Collector forces. A total of four players can join the battle. One cool thing is the ability to choose from characters, each with different powers and abilities.
Concerning graphics, Mass Effect 3 is a work of art and a masterpiece. The game is aesthetically pleasing, with every environment rendered beautifully and incredibly detailed. The characters are very realistic with life-like movement. The Mass Effect 3 Wii U version does have a slight drop in frame rate during the most action packed parts of the game.
The Mass Effect 3 Wii U version uses the Gamepad tablet controller. One great feature is the Gamepad's touchscreen, which adds a top-down tactical map where you can see enemies and move your squad accordingly. The Gamepad is a defining feature that enhances game play for Mass Effect 3.
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John Harrigan: Dogs on trails, left in cars, and more on Hydro-Quebec
August 03. 2013 10:50PM
At the Woodstock KOA we had a conversation with fellow campgoers about animals in the road, chiefly deer and moose. My take was that we owe animals a clean and quick death. There are no "animal hospitals" within reach of most of the northern parts of New Hampshire.
Jack Heath, on whose WGIR Friday 8 a.m. show I'm a regular, asked me a surprise question: Should hikers have their dogs on leashes?
Oncoming hikers have no certainty about a loose dog. Is it overly protective? To me, nobody should assume that anybody else loves or wants or trusts your dog.
"Curb your dog" is an urban term unfortunately transferred to rural situations. First, clean up after your dog. Second, leash it or have it under voice command so that you don't spoil other hikers' experiences.
Dogs in cars.In Lincoln, we left two dogs in our vehicle while we went to (a) eat some snacks, and (b) try out the Segways. A well-meaning law enforcement officer immediately drove up to explain that he was certain to get reports about the dogs.
To me, a good guy, Sergeant Deluca. When I asked about the name, he said, "It's the Smith name in northern Italy."
Now that the hayseeds (that's us) have forced this get-rich-on-our-landscape scheme to bury part of the line that would be Up Here, that apparently no one has paid attention to (that's us) in the North Country, what does that make residents, taxpayers, and adjoining people on down the line? Chopped liver?
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Joe Jonas is in Hawaii with his girlfriend.
Jennifer Lawrence is one of the seven different covers of W this month.
Hello Jessica Simpson. She looks great like this with very little makeup and unable to see her lip injections.
Kim Kardashian walks down the street to get maximum attention.
Meanwhile Khloe was instructed to pretend she was hiding a pregnancy.
Kellan Lutz has Pimpa Joe Simpson hair.
Stephen Baldwin needs work. The Mole. For the 100th time, we need Celebrity Mole back on television.
Lindsay Lohan in China.
Matt Damon and his busted arm.


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Hey Guys,
A while back Chris offered some members a RF topper to those that didn't get one during the first run.
I asked to have one sent to me but haven't received one.
Has anyone gotten one from Chris? did he send any out?
my GMH is #30 Fibreglass helmet.
thx guys..
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Sykes Wins Player of the Week Honors; Sets and Ties League Records
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Junior Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) was named the Horizon League Player of the Week for the sixth time in 2013-14 on Monday, breaking the league record for weekly awards in one season. It also marks the 10th Horizon League Player of the Week accolade in Sykes' career, tying the record held by former Detroit standout Rashad Philips.
Winners of 12-straight games, Green Bay (17-3, 7-0 HL) has won Horizon League Player of the Week honors in nine of 12 weeks this season, including each of the past four weeks. Senior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) is a three-time winner in 2013-14.
With Green Bay beating both Oakland and Detroit at the Resch Center, Sykes may have won the award if he had only played in the second halves. On Wednesday, Sykes scored 20 of his game-high 27 points after halftime as Green Bay rallied past Oakland for an 83-69 victory. The junior added eight rebounds and six assists in the victory over the Golden Grizzlies.
In Sunday's victory over Detroit, Sykes had just six points at halftime but scored 16 of Green Bay's 32 after intermission as the Phoenix posted a 62-52 victory. In seven Horizon League games, Sykes is averaging 15.9 points per game after halftime while shooting 54 percent from the field, 47.1 percent from long range and 83.3 percent from the free-throw line.
For the week, Sykes averaged 24.5 points, eight rebounds and three assists per game while posting his 12th and 13th 20-point games of the season. The Chicago native is now 18th nationally and leading the Horizon League in scoring with an average of 20.8 points per game.
Green Bay will be back in action on Wednesday, playing at Valparaiso at 7 p.m. The Phoenix returns home to begin a three-game homestand on Saturday, beginning the second half of Horizon League play and hosting Wright State at 6 p.m.
All tickets for the 2013-14 men's basketball season are on sale now. For more information about season tickets, ticket packages and more, please visit the ticketing page at GreenBayPhoenix.com.For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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I'm just looking for how the end of the barrel was made . . . I really like this look! Does anyone have any ideas? I've pm'd the person who said they made them but I haven't received a response and that was a few days ago.
I'm just looking for how the end of the barrel was made . . . I really like this look! Does anyone have any ideas? I've pm'd the person who said they made them but I haven't received a response and that was a few days ago.
Off the top of my head, try chess pieces...
That might work.
They look pretty cool.
Those are cool! They look a little like Zam's blaster pistol...
Those are nintindo zappers... with something on the end. Not sure what.
It could be the fluted end of a duck call. They look like that.
My daughter has a small *annoying* kids toy trumpet that seems to show the same flare as the end sections. It's plastic measures about 7" long and pink!
but with a saw and weathering could work? Might wanna try toy store isles?
Hapajedi said they were made with flute pieces!
The end of "recorder" flute ..maybe?
Thats not a bad guess at all Lopero. I'm thinking that just may be it. Would make sense as it's plastic.
Yep. I would guess those are recorder ends.
Yeah, it's a much better guess than "chess pieces"....
pffffffff.... chess pieces.... c'mon... please...
hmmm....blunderbuss blasters! I wonder if they would go BWAT! instead of PEEW!
...I have been drinking...does it show?
Nintendo Zapper is all I can identify. The chess piece was a nice guess though.
Ok thanks for the help! I've definitely already got two zappers in the mail . . . I'll start looking around at flute pieces and what not . . . see if I can't find something that will look good on it.
Again, thanks. This is a great community.
They are the mouthpiece to a trumpet... i should know lol... im a jazz player
Just try ur local music store. they should have replacement mouth pieces easy... just let them know its for this, and not a bong lol.. also another popular use for them... I always wondered why my ones went missing after parties... :S
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The ends look like the end of a Blunderpuss Flintlock.
But the recorder ends and Trumpet pieces sound a lot better than what I just said!!
lol it does look like a Bunderbuss Flintlock. I can use the knight chess peace for the hammer on the back.
One of my guns arrived today but I've only found a couple trumpet mouthpieces that look anywhere near that design but they're not close enough and they're like $30. So, I'm moving on to the duck caller and then looking for a toy trumpet.
I'll keep you guys posted if I actually find something that works really well
Ok well . . . the duck calls are even more expensive but I've discovered that, as far as I can tell and many of you have suggested, it was most likely made from a recorder "flute".
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Well I think I may have found something... looked at the Toys R us site and found these... These may work and quite cheap too?
You can pick those up at your local dollar store for...well...a dollar! I've seen them by the truckloads there...just what Junior needs for Christmas!
That's exactly what I was talking about! That's a recorder! I'm headed out to pick up a couple right now . . . as well as some extra parts to customize the pistols.
Ok well . . . I picked up a couple for a dollar like Ghostsoldier suggested . . . the only thing is, it's ALOT smaller than you would think. I'm gonna play with it since I have two and see if I can't figure something out


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Your review of Woody Allen's latest was on-the-mark. The vignettes were shallow, the acting terrible, Allen himself grossly annoying, timing chaotic, and I'd add that there was a distinct absence of ANY chemistry between or among any of the ensemble cast members, many of whom were attached to each other, in one way or another.
Best part about it was that you could pick out the poseurs in the audience by the fact that some of them actually clapped during the credits (apparently in appreciation, but maybe in relief?) -- because, after all, it's Woody Allen!!


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I was wondering what the Pool condition was like this year as far as water/cattails went.
I made the trip a few years ago (2009/10 I believe) and all the reeds and cattails were gone and it was a big open lake. The following year (2011?) it was so choked full of cattails that there wasn't any open pools/areas. I didn't hunt it at all last year due to the extreme differences. They seem to change the conditions from one extreme to the next from year to year.
I did make a side trip through the area back in the early spring/end of winter, but it was hard to tell from the tower.
Please PM me if you don't feel comfortable sharing on this post. I'd hate to have some internet scouters see it.
I'll most likely be up in the area for a week once the season starts. I usually hunt alone, so if someone would like to tag along I'm all for the company!


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Football is probably associated with more cliches than most things in life. Many of them feel so accurate, relevant and appropriate.
On this occasion I cannot get the phrase, "a week is a long time in football" out of my head.
Leaving Upton Park I felt on a real high, a great day topped off by coming from behind to win with three great goals to boot.
It certainly meant we were all right to go into Saturday's trip to Norwich with considerable anticipation and confidence.
Coming away with nothing was certainly not on the agenda as our 'weekender' group of travelling Gooners enjoyed the immense pre-match build up a late kick-off gives you.
Despite a huge amount of possession we created very little on the day. There is little more to say other than it was extremely disappointing.
Across any season games like this can happen I guess, so to lose confidence going into last night's game with Schalke could be deemed as an over-reaction.
That is certainly how we looked at it as we took in Norwich's nightlife with the usual gusto!
Champions League football, as a general rule, is totally different to the domestic kind.
As a result games can often be like chess. Much movement, thought and probing before making that all-important winning contribution.
For me last night was a prime example of that. For much of the game I felt it could have gone either way. Our visitors are obviously a good side and caused us problems but at 0-0 we could have scored that all-important first goal rather than them.
Saying that, despite our probing when in possession, like at Carrow Road on Saturday we created very little as far as clear-cut chances are concerned.
Over the years, in games where things haven't gone our way, if we have created lots of chances you can put it down to being one of 'those' days.
As a fan however, our lack of creativity over the last two games is a little worrying.
We have made a relatively strong start to this season, the togetherness within the squad being hugely apparent. We don't become a bad side in a week.
With that in mind we approach the visit of QPR and must bounce back with a win.
It is something I'm sure will be discussed at length as I join the 250 or so of our Icelandic Gooner friends tonight for their anniversary dinner.
Gooners worldwide, joined in harmony... even if we all do differ in our opinions sometimes!
Victoria Concordia Crescit.
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'"We played smart throughout the whole game and then unfortunately we took a penalty," Sabres forward Paille said. "We know they have a great power play and obviously they capitalized on that so that once they made it a one goal lead we should have been able to hold them off but breaks, they got a rebound goal and its tough for Miller to stop that."'
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Upper Bounce Trampolines
Ever played video games? Yeah, you have. Ever seen what they keep up in the air in video games? That's right! There's coins, and extra lives, and piles of money, and letters that spell SKATE and sometimes special weapons! You gotta get up there, kid. Get a trampoline and see what you've been missin'.
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By Joe Brewin
Ellen White says Arsenal Ladies will hit Frankfurt with everything they have in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Sunday.
The Ladies host the German outfit at Meadow Park as they look to build a healthy lead to take into next Saturday's second leg in Frankfurt.
But while keeping a clean sheet is an obvious target, White believes Laura Harvey's side have what it takes to put the visitors to the sword.
"We want a clean sheet but we want to score goals as well," she told Arsenal Player. "I don't think we are going to be holding back at all, we are going to go for that win. I think we have to score early on and get a good lead but obviously they are going to come out firing as well.
"We absolutely love playing at Boreham Wood, all the girls do and we are trying to make it a fortress. Hopefully we can get some goals under our belts to take away because it is going to be a massive game away from home.
"I think a lot of us would like to play away first and come back home but we are looking forward to it.
"I think all four of us in the semi-finals have won the trophy before. Everybody knows what it is all about and it is a massive couple of games. We can't take it for granted, it is such a massive incentive to get to the Champions League final. We can definitely take a lot of experience from Lyon last year and learn a lot."
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Wayne Law Receives $155K from Bodman LLP at 12th annual Treasure of Detroit
DETROIT (April 10, 2009) – Wayne State University Law School received a generous $155,000 gift from Bodman LLP at the 12th annual Treasure of Detroit Gala held at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit on March 28, 2009. Bodman served as the event's Presenting Sponsor.
Bodman's gift will support a number of needs at the Law School, including direct support for faculty and students, as well as a portion given to Dean Robert M. Ackerman to use at his discretion. Some of the pledge will also support the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and Community Development.
"Bodman can attribute a great deal of its success to the 44 Wayne Law alumni who are currently on our legal staff," said David Hempstead, Bodman's vice chairman and a Wayne Law alumnus. "In addition, we believe that in difficult times it is especially important to redouble our efforts to support great Detroit institutions like Wayne Law and its outstanding faculty, staff and students."
Bodman is a long-time supporter of Wayne Law. Among other contributions, the firm has sponsored the annual Bodman LLP scholarship since the early 1970s.
"I would like to again thank Bodman LLP for its generous gift to Wayne Law," said Dean Ackerman. "Bodman continues to play an active role in the training of our students and in the success of our alumni. We are grateful for the example set by the firm and eagerly anticipate others matching Bodman's support as it helps us provide a high quality legal education to the next generation of attorneys and judges."
Since its inception in 1998 the Treasure of Detroit has become Wayne Law's premiere event for honoring those who have made a lasting contribution to the growth and success of the Law School as well as to the practice of law. This year's honorees included George J. Bedrosian, '59, Carl Ziemba '48 (honored posthumously), and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, '71.
This year's event was hosted by Wayne Law, the Wayne Law Board of Visitors, the Wayne Law Alumni Association and Dean Ackerman. The Wayne Law Class of 1959 served as Official Event Hosts and the Wayne Law Class of 1984 served as Honorary Event Hosts.
Additional sponsors of the 12th annual Treasure of Detroit included Stout Risius Ross, Barris Sott Denn and Driker PLLC, and Miller Canfield.
For more information regarding giving opportunities, please contact Mary Hollens, Wayne Law Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, at (313) 577-4141 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information on Wayne Law in general, please visit the Law School online at www.law.wayne.edu.
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Wayne State University Law School has educated and served the Detroit metropolitan area since its inception as Detroit City Law School in 1927. Located at 471 West Palmer Street in Detroit's re-energized historic cultural center, the Law School remains committed to student success and features modern lecture and court facilities, multi-media and distance learning classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, and the Arthur Neef Law Library, which houses one of the nation's 40 largest legal collections. Taught by an internationally recognized and expert faculty, Wayne Law students experience a high-quality legal education via a growing array of hands-on curricular offerings, live client clinics, and access to well over 100 internships with local and non-profit entities each year. Its 11,000 living alumni, who work in every state of the nation and more than a dozen foreign countries, are experts in their disciplines and include leading members of the local, national and international legal communities. For more information, visit www.law.wayne.edu.
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Now I won't spoil the spectacular ending to the movie, but it got me thinking. See, in the movie, Jonah Hill's character uses Bill James's formula using home runs, batting average, runs batted in, and a lot of other statistics, to come up with a single number to determine the value of a baseball player. Now, I was wondering if a far greater mind than my own could come up with an equation using average start, average finish, wins, podiums, total overtakes, laps led, etc. to come up with a single number to determine the value of a driver.
I feel as if a system was produced to determine the value of drivers, we could see a rise of drivers who don't get enough chances to prove what they got on a full time basis in any racing series rather than seeing questionable moves being made by teams. Example: a guy like Bertrand Baugette should not be on the sidelines, he should be in an Indycar full time, or even DTM for that matter. He is just one of the many drivers in a lot of series who do not have a chance to race.
|Bertrand Baugette at the 2011 Indy 500, led 11 laps (Photo: Getty Images)
Another example of how the system could aid drivers would Oriol Servia. Oriol was very close to not running the 2011 Indycar Season. His stats that pointed to the fact that he should have been in Indycar full time long before the 2011 season. And now look at him. He is an absolute animal on the track, often gaining 10-20 places from the start of the race. If a system of judging drivers were in place, it would hold drivers accountable and give other drivers a fair shot at racing.
Using this formula could help us compare and contrast current drivers to see if they should retain their rides. Comparing Oriol Servia's Indycar stats to, not picking on him but picking a driver at random, Marco Andretti, this is what you see: Wins - MA 2, O 1. Podiums - MA 16, O 16. Top-Tens - MA 50, O 95. DNFs - MA 32, O 40. Total race starts - MA 114, O 179. It just seems like Oriol having 45 more top-ten finishes and only 8 more DNFs when he also has had 65 more starts could be much more beneficial to a team than Marco.
A real example of this at work, in my opinion, was HVM Racing in 2010 picking up driver Simona de Silvestro for what I could imagine not too much money. She did a spectacular job, especially as a rookie. A system to determine the value of drivers will help more drivers like Simona get into Indycar. This formula could apply to every racing series, especially feeder series. This could help drivers rise through the ranks that truly deserve a chance to move up.
As far as the money aspect of racing, this system could help teams save money by hiring drivers for a sensisble amount of money. Example, and I'm not saying he isn't wirth it, but Lewis Hamilton signed with Mercedes GP for three years totalling $100 million dollars in Formula 1. Only in F1 does Felipe Massa make twice as much as Kimi Raikkonen, or (in 2012) Heikki Kovalainen make 20x as much as Paul di Resta ($150k). McLaren did a little bit of moneyball in their own way, signing young gun Sergio Perez to a very modest three year, $20 million deal. Obviously, money and sponsorship money play a big role in which drivers go were, but even putting this mathaematical formula in could determine if drivers with money are going to bring results to your team.
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There is a such thing as a bad day hunting!!!
Well, got out for the first time this year on Saturday and things went from bad to worst. Started out forgot that I needed to change the straps on my climber that allow your feet to bring up the bottom portion. So, I improvised and got that resolved and made it to where I wanted to be, about fifteen (15') feet up. Then I started to haul up my bow when it happened, SNAP, and down it goes, about 10 - 12 foot drop. Bottom cam hits a rock and now it doesn't turn properly, think I bent the accel and have to have it checked. Lord knows when I will be able to get that done, so I decide that I am going to just sit and see what is going on from the ground.
After I come out I drive to the parking area that my Father-in-Law is at, we always meet-up so that we know that both of us made it out safe, especially if one of us is going into a tree stand. I get there and he shows me that someone has taken a rock and busted out his passenger side window. (Yes, now we are both angry and crying) So, not only did neither of us see anything, but now we both have expencive repairs that need to be done.
So, my bow season is probably done for the year and his truck is in the shop. Guess if he needs to hunt he can borrow mine, I won't be needing it for a while.
Hope everyone else's season is going a little better.
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there are bad days and then there are really bad days. i think that counts as a really bad day. sounds like you need a hug.Nick
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While mine didn't suck as bad as yours...
Friday my dad and I were shooting our broadheads. I had been shooting them all day so I started sharpening one, then talked to my dad and since he needed to shoot them I didn't bother sharpening the rest.
So we are shooting in the target and he goes "okay one more round then call it a night" so he shoots his round, I go up to pull the heads by unscrewing the head and pulling out the arrow, I start unscrewing the first broahead, it breaks free and I slip and slice the crap out of my left index finger (i shoot lefty). I should have gone for stiches but screw that, 1 day before season opens I'll suck it up. I also wasn't too worried as I shoot a thumb trigger release.
I go to my spot, take my tree stand off my back and don't I slam my finger off the stand, instantly started bleeding right through the bandage... Damn, ehh well I'll suck it up, I can still shoot.
Didn't see anything to shoot except a doe that a few dogs scared of (stupid owners let them outside for an hour to bark their heads off). Saw about 20 tree-rats making as much noise as possible... i hate tree rats. Then it rained the rest of the day... day 1 over
Day 2 (Monday) get up mad early, get in the stand and my stand can cover 3 trails... the deer took trail 4 where i could see it but not shoot... I'm pretty sure she actaully flipped me the hoof and then mooned me while walking past. My buddy shot at a buck, misjudged the yardage and hit a tree. bleh
Day 2 afternoon - Go into a great area, see nothing. it was a beutfiul day and no tree rats - great day!
Day 3 (this morning) go to my spot, get out and get ready w/ my buddy... and realize i can't find my release... DAMN, must have lost it at the last place. spent part of the day looking for it... no good. Now I have to use my backup release... a wrist release which I need to use my severly injured finger to fire... bleh
god I love hunting!No I'm not dead
Well man I must say that hunters are the only people that if everything that can go wrong does, we will still look forward to going back and doing it again the next day. Even if we suspect the same things are going to happen. God, I love this sport.
Hope you have better luck in the next couple of days.
P.S. On a lighter note I had my bow checked and everything is alright, just had some mud caked in the cam and between the cables. Also, my Father-in-Law's window isn't going to cost as much as we suspected and insurence will cover 100%. So, we should be back out this weekend, which is good because this is my son's first year bow hunting and I really wanted to be out there with him.
Hey things can get worst, but generally get better.Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
Jesus Christ & The American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
Some People spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference in the world.
Luckily our Service Men and Women don't have that problem.
WOW..................I'm sorry to hear of your bad luck guys. I thought things were rough for me, I was in my blind about an hour before sunrise and had everything just right when all of the sudden here comes a fella up the trail with his light scanning all around like he was just looking for some place to hunt from. Ok I know thats the chances I take when hunting public property, and the fella felt terrible when I spoke up.....oh well no problem we are all brothers of the woods right.
HA i thunked i had a bad day ...... im my climber and dropped my freakin release so i climbed down got back up my tree and sat there at 8:30 a huge 150" buck was comin across the alfalfa field and sum (not nice word) pulls off the freakin road and sits there til the deer runs off climbed outta my tree went and found the guy and my dad chewd his a@@ out and i aint seen a deer since then ... that was openin day and ive hunted everyday since
Well, I just posted a new thread for the 8 point my son harvested Sunday. It was his first day ever bow hunting and the first buck he's ever gotten.Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
Jesus Christ & The American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
Some People spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference in the world.
Luckily our Service Men and Women don't have that problem.
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My daughter is 9 months old (as of Sunday). I work a Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm schedule. My wife is a nurse and works a different set of days each week, but always 3 days a week. She also has some seniority, so she only has to work a weekend once every 4-5 weeks.
My in-laws watch our daughter one day a week, and we have an awesome nanny that watches her either one or two days a week, and we just found out from her this morning that her and her husband are moving out of the area at the beginning of May. This sucks, because, as I said, she is an awesome nanny who is in school to be a child development specialist and works for us at a very reasonable rate.
My wife was in full-on panic mode, because she doesn't want to put our daughter in daycare, and ideally neither do I, but we aren't in a financial situation where we can really afford to go nanny-shopping. I would assume the daycare at the hospital where my wife works is decent enough, but I don't really know. At this point, I'm just looking for things to tell my wife when she gets home tonight to help calm her down and not be so upset about the situation.
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Arsène Wenger has changed his mind about Francis Coquelin's position.
The French midfielder came through the ranks at Emirates Stadium as a combative central midfielder but he made his first-team debut as a right-back in an FA Cup tie at Stoke in January 2009.
Wenger believed his compatriot had a future in the back four but Coquelin's progress while on loan at Lorient - and his performances this season - have convinced him otherwise.
"He is more a player who likes to cover ground than a player who starts from the back in a tactical position," Wenger told Arsenal Player.
"He likes to be involved at the heart of things. A player's position has to suit his personality. When that is not the case, in the long-term you have no chance.
"I always thought he would be a player for Arsenal Football Club but he is a little bit in the situation of Jack Wilshere last year - the loan out to a top division club has done him good confidence-wise.
"He has transferred that into our first team now. He was good at the [Under-19] World Cup with France, and he is moving on well and improving."
Wilshere, Coquelin and Emmanuel Frimpong are three graduates of the 2009 Youth Cup-winning side to go on and make their mark in the Arsenal first team. Wenger rates them highly.
"When a team wins at Youth Cup level usually there is some quality there," he said. "It happens sometimes that a team wins the cup and doesn't bring any players through but it looks like in this team many players will make it."
The full interview with the boss is now available on Arsenal Player.
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Ahhh..... that purse just might come in handy! Boba and Jango have lots of pockets and pouches... but not Zam... *sighs* Those are just too cool! Can't wait to see the whole costume live and in-person!
That's a very nice touch and I love the creepy crawlies.
Hey! Thats a cool idea! She would have had to carry those creatures somewhere, right?
Heard the great news on the costume contest MonCal! Congratulations! Wish I had been able to see it! Didn't get to see much of anything Friday...
I'm very bummed that I didn't even get to see the costume in person! I want lots of pics! - please! -
Congrats! We were cheering for ya Kathy! I didn't get to see you win, but I saw ya when you walked up. Thar to REPRESENT! hehe..
Thanks guys / gals!!
I'm bummed I didn't run into all of ya. I got her to wear the costume for 3 days and somehow we still didn't see everyone. I did get to meet several of ya though and am glad!
Wow! This is very impressive!
Gah! You beat me to it! I wanted to make one of those kouhun jars...Do you have a tutorial or a parts list?
Sorry, I just saw these replies ...doh!!
I bought some glow in the dark centipedes off ebay. The tube is acrylic tube. The ends are the clear plastic balls at hobby lobby. Have to use the same half so get two balls. The rings are from a pvc 't'. Just cut off the center of the 't' and I used a piece of plumbers tape / holy metal .. and used a small round dremel ball to trace the hole in the tape. This left the center of the hole higher than the edge. I had to thread the acrylic tube on a pipe threader to fit in the pvc fitting.
thanks for the compliments
Anyone have quickie screen caps of the tube? And, what is the outside diameter that you used for the acrylic tube?
That's pretty cool. what did you use to make the bugs out of??
Thanks dgasser,
the bugs are just glow in the dark centipedes I found on ebay.
Yvonne, the O.D. of the clear acrylic tube is 2 1/4"
Did I ever tell you guys that I have a phobia about bugs? That's why I avoided especially this part of the costuming until now? UGH! Now I find that I HAVE to watch this part over and over again for some research and in-ACK-- slow-mo. It's so disgusting... Blech! I watched it (and man BTW, Moncal, you are really good on the pvc rings and such for accuracy.) Did you notice when the flying droid with the kouhoun dispenser lets them go, it's like two half circles that come apart. It must be me, but where does the top half acrylic ball of the tube go? It's just an odd thing to see it passed off from Jango to Zam all intact with no lines, then when the droid dispenser unleashes the tube on Padme, the top part of the tube is halved again and comes apart. Couldn't find any glow in the dark kouhouns on ebay either... ugh.. I hate bugs, I typed in centipede, millipede, yucky bugs...Sigh, just not my day for Zam research.


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On the August 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely asserted that an Associated Press article [1] by reporter Michael R. Blood alleged that Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. is "an anti-Semite." Offering his assessment of the article, Limbaugh commented: "[Roberts] hates Jews. Yes, that's the story from Michael Blood in the Associated Press." But Blood made no such accusation.
In an article exploring the contents of recently released documents from Roberts's tenure as an aide to Reagan White House counsel Fred Fielding, Blood detailed Roberts's role in internal Reagan administration deliberations on whether to press the Soviet Union for information on the fate of Swedish diplomat and honorary U.S. citizen Raoul Wallenberg. Wallenberg disappeared in 1945, Blood reported, and a lawyer for Wallenberg's family alleged that he was being held by the Soviet Union as of the early 1980s. Blood reported that, based on Roberts's reading of a 19th-century law allowing the president to "seek the release of citizens seized by foreign governments," he argued against pressing the Soviet Union on Wallenberg's whereabouts. According to Blood, Roberts questioned whether the law applied to Wallenberg and recommended " 'essentially dodging' the question of whether the century-old law could be put to use" on his behalf.
At no point in his article did Blood ascribe anti-Semitic motives to Roberts. In fact, Blood quoted Marc Stern, general counsel of the American Jewish Congress [2], stating that Roberts's position was reasonable. Limbaugh read Blood's quotation of Stern on the program, without noting that Blood's inclusion of the quotation undermined Limbaugh's claim that Blood was accusing Roberts of anti-Semitism:
LIMBAUGH: And [Roberts] advised Reagan to forego any effort to try to rescue a Jewish man, citizen of the United States. Advised Reagan that using a 19th-century law to pressure the Soviets on Wallenberg was not good. But Mark Stern, general counsel to the American Jewish Congress, said, "Roberts' memo was responsible given questions about applicability of the law to the Wallenberg case. Anything that's done for Wallenberg is all for the good, Stern said. But Roberts was a lawyer for the president. He took a reasonable position and I can't fault him."
Wallenberg has been lauded [3] for his heroism in helping Hungarian Jews avoid capture by the Nazis. But, contrary to Limbaugh's claim, Wallenberg was not Jewish [4]. (It is not known whether he is alive today.)
From the August 12 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Now, Judge Roberts may be clear on bombing abortion clinics, folks. He may have passed that test. But ... he hates Jews. Yes, that's this story from Michael Blood in the Associated Press. "As a Reagan White House lawyer, John Roberts urged the administration to dodge a proposal from the family of Raoul Wallenberg to pressure the Soviets of what they knew about the Swedish diplomat's disappearance at the end of World War II. Documents housed that the Ronald Reagan presidential library" -- that would be "liberry" for those of you in Rio Linda -- "Administration to invoke the 19th-century... in late '83, the family's lawyer, the Wallenberg's family lawyer, urged the Reagan Administration to invoke a 19th-century law giving the president the power to use such means necessary and proper to seek the release of citizens seized by foreign governments.
"At the time, some believed that Wallenberg, an honorary U.S. citizen, was languishing in a Soviet prison. The Soviets said he died in 1947. President Reagan previously had called in the Soviets to account for Wallenberg, who is credited with saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from Hitler's death camps. But Roberts, Roberts, Roberts advised the White House to sidestep the proposal to use the old law for leverage with the Soviets. The family's lawyer, Morris Wolff, called Roberts's conclusion appalling. The Reagan administration had a unique opportunity to rescue Raoul Wallenberg at that very moment. I had credible evidence that Wallenberg was alive and well at the time, said Wolff. Roberts took not only an expedient response but a cowardly response, Wolff said in an interview."
So now Roberts is an anti-Semite. Judge Roberts has gone from blowing up abortion clinics to being an anti-Semite, next he's gonna be a racist. Next he's gonna be a homophobe, next he's gonna be ... who cares! He's gonna be a sexist, he's gonna be a white supremacist, who knows? Because the template that the left uses when they think of conservatives is gonna get exploited throughout this coverage and throughout this [inaudible]. So they've bombed out when he blew up abortion clinics, bombed out that he hates little girls with French fries, bombed out on a whole host of things. Now he hates Jews. And he advised Reagan to forego any effort to try to rescue a Jewish man, citizen of the United States. Advised Reagan that using a 19th-century law to pressure the Soviets on Wallenberg was not good. But Marc Stern, general counsel to the American Jewish Congress, said, "Roberts' memo was responsible given questions about applicability of the law to the Wallenberg case. Anything that's done for Wallenberg is all for the good, Stern said. But Roberts was a lawyer for the president. He took a reasonable position and I can't fault him."
"In a November 7th, '83 letter, Wolff told Reagan that Wallenberg's status as an honorary citizen allowed the president to pursue new action with the soviets. Under the 1868 law, a president is required to seek the release of any citizen who has been unjustly deprived of his liberty by any foreign government. Roberts, in his January 25th, '84 memo to White House counsel Fred Fielding recommended essentially dodging the question of whether the century-old law could be put to use on behalf of the missing diplomat. Among his concerns, Roberts feared the law would not stand up in court. At one point, however, he acknowledged it might apply to the Wallenberg case, deriding a State Department analyst who said it did not."
So he's anti-Semitic. Worked with Fred Fielding [inaudible]. Well, I don't know, Mr. Snerdley. The question was just asked, "How come a century-old campaign finance law didn't apply to Al Gore? Can't raise money out of your ..." I don't know. I'm just telling you here that they're pulling out all the stops, and it fits the template of these bigots, of these prejudicial leftists who just have this view of conservatives and Roberts, 'cause he's gotta be, he's gotta be anti-Semitic, he's gotta blow up abortion clinics, he's gotta be racist, he's gotta be a bigot, and he's gotta be a homophobe too.
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Hi there friends! I am Jenny Raulli, editor and everything else of Bloom Design Online. I have been walking on air since Kari asked me to do a guest post for Ucreate Parties last month. This is such an amazing honor and I am so delighted to be here…
As a former elementary teacher and art history major, my passion for parties, paper, personalized, pretty came from being a stay at home mommy to four little ones under ten.
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A Rainbow To Go.
Rainbows are a very popular party theme right now but they are also perfect for St. Patrick's Day. I usually avoid decorating for this holiday because, quite frankly, I'm not a fan of green. Who doesn't love a rainbow, though?
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By the ref pics it looks like black nylon webbing belt, but I have read that some think that may have just been in the exhibits and that leather was used in the movies.
So what's the general consensus everybody?
What do you use and what are your thoughts on leather versus web belt?
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I thought some of us my be interested in this tasty morsel!?! What do we think of this decision..? Good or bad...
I thought some of us my be interested in this tasty morsel!?! What do we think of this decision..? Good or bad...
I have mixed feelings. I was kinda hoping for someone a little more unknown...
I too have mixed feelings. I've been one of those who think Joss Whedon would have been an interesting choice, but I'm not sure how popular of an opinion that really is.
I'm okay with it. I may be one of the few that liked the Star Trek reboot. I do think that Joss Whedon would have been a better choice though. His Firefly series had more of a Star Wars-ish feel than ANY of Lucas' Prequels...In my opinion. The way I see it, if Disney goes 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with it-it will be a huge success. If they go 'John Carter' with it-it's the death of Star Wars.
I also like the idea Abrams directing. I like the gritty, realistic feel he gave to Star Trek.
Plus, you can never have too much 'lens-flare'!
*groan* Haha! Well LFL has confirmed that it's Abrams.
I would've much preferred someone who was less known and more "indie". I think Neill Blomkampf would've been a great choice. He stays outside the Hollywood scene, is young, has a love for Star Wars (as does Abrams supposedly), and has a healthy respect for practical effects. When he does use CGI, he tends to use it wisely and integrates it well. He definately doesn't use it just for the sake of using it like ol' George came to do.
Oh well...
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I have mixed feelings as well. I think we will all watch his new movie coming out and see what he can bring to the Star Wars Universe...
I would have preferred someone different. It's not that I don't think J.J is a bad director, it's just that I remember a time when you were either Star Wars or Star Trek.
Joss Whedon would be a better choice than J.J. Abrams Serenity was great
Serenity performed very poorly at the box office and although star wars is always going to make money I believe disney would prefer a safer bet for their newly acquired cash cow. I am aware of Avengers strong BO performance. I enjoyed serenity and it's source material but neither was a great success.
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Rain or shine on Saturday, July 28, the Yates County Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold its annual book sale at the Penn Yan Sidewalk Sale, from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Proceeds from the sale on Main Street will be used to fund an annual scholarship for a Yates County woman wanting to return to her academic studies.
"The book selection is always terrific, and everybody loves to browse and shop for their summer reading," said co-president Jean MacAlpine. "The AAUW book sale is a great cause for our community." Prices will be 75 cents for paperbacks and $1.25 for hardcover books.
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Wohlman still unbeaten
By Francisco Salazar at ringside
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In his most impressive performance of his young career, welterweight Zachary Wohlman won a one-sided, yet competitive four round decision over Jose Martell at the Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, CA. Wohlman worked behind the jab, countering Martell early in the fight with repeated counter left hooks to the head. Wohlman showed feints and angles that allowed him to land combinations to the head as well. Martell landed the occasional hook or cross, but it was not enough to offset Wohlman's offense. Martell had his beat round in the third, when he was able to feint Wohlman with a jab, but came forward to land a few right hands. However, Wohlman was able to finish well, outlanding Martell in the final round. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Wohlman, 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37. Fightnews.com scored the bout 40-36 in favor of Wohlman.
"The plan was to feint and use angles to attack the head and body," said Wohlman after the fight. "I wanted to go for the knockout when I hooked to the body, then the head. I wanted to stay conservative though because I'm new as a pro and I didn't want to do anything risky towards the end of the fight."
Wohlman, who trains at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, improves to 4-0, 1 KO. Martell, from Phoenix, AZ, drops to 2-3-1, 2 KOs.
Super welterweight Terrell Williams knocked out Cliff McPherson in the first round of a scheduled four round bout. After some combinations were exchanged in the round, Williams (5-0, 4 KOs) landed a left hook to the stomach of McPherson, who landed flat on his back. McPherson (2-10-1) laid on the canvas in agony from the punch as referee Tony Crebs counted him out at 1:44.
Welterweight Javier Albonica stopped Tatsuro Irie (0-4) after the second round of a scheduled four round bout. Albonica (3-1, 2 KOs) battered Irie during most of the shortened bout with combinations that almost closed Irie's left eye. After the second round, on the advice of the ringside physician, referee Wayne Hedgepeth stopped the bout.
Super bantamweight Erik Ruiz won an unpopular four round majority decision over Raymond Chacon. Ruiz (5-0, 2 KOs) spent most of the bout pressing the fight. At times, he would land right hands or would not throw any punches at all. Chacon would counter to the head and body, especially if Ruiz missed badly while throwing right hands to the head. One judge, along with Fightnews.com, scored the bout 38-38, while the other two judges scored the bout 39-37 in favor of Ruiz, who trains out of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard. Chacon, from Maywood, CA, falls to 4-3.
Cruiserweight Paul Parker won his professional debut, stopping Larry Ward in the first round of a scheduled four round bout. Parker landed a right cross that forced Ward to hold on. He fell to the canvas after Parker inadvertently pushed him down to the canvas. When the action resumed, Parker landed a wild right hand to the head, dropping Ward face first to the canvas. Referee Tony Crebs immediately stopped the bout at 1:03. Ward, from Sacramento, CA, drops to 1-3, 1 KO.
Welterweight Holly Lawson stopped Judy Garcia Tate in the second round of a scheduled four round bout. Garcia (3-2, 1 KO) had Lawson pinned against the ropes, but Lawson countered with hard right hands to the head in the first round. Garcia started well in the second but Lawson (3-2, 1 KO) backed off the ropes, created space, and landed hard right hands to the head. As Garcia's head snapped back repeatedly courtesy of Lawson's punches and she was unable to defend herself, referee Tony Crebs stopped the bout at 1:11.
Lightweights Oscar Diaz and Carlos Morales fought to a four round majority draw. The southpaw Diaz (3-1-1, 1 KO) started well, beating Morales to the punch in the opening round. Morales (0-1-1) would have the upper hand in the next two rounds, backing Diaz up against the ropes and landing left hooks or right crosses to the head. There were few exchanges in the fourth, but Diaz threw and landed more. One judge scored the bout 39-37 for Morales, but the other two judges, including Fightnews.com, scored the bout 38-38. Diaz trains out of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard.
Super welterweight Liam Vaughn made his United States debut a successful one, winning a four round unanimous decision over late sub Jiovanni Rubio. Vaughn (5-1) landed the more telling blows, but Rubio was able to land the occasional lead right hand. Both fighters had their moments in the second half of the fight, but the judges may have favored Vaughn's punch output and the number of times he connected. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Vaughn, 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37. Fightnews.com scored the bout 39-37 in favor of Vaughn, who now resides in Hollywood by way of Liverpool, England. Rubio, who now resides in South Central Los Angeles, drops to 7-15, 4 KOs.
Welterweight Mike Caracella won a sloppy, yet entertaining four round unanimous decision over Antonio Loeza. The southpaw Caracella (2-0) controlled the first two rounds by countering Loeza, who pressed the fight. However, Loeza (1-6-1, 1 KO) stunned Caracella with a wild right hand to the head in the third round. Loeza was not able to follow up as the bell sounded to end the third round. Caracella controlled the fourth round by being the busier and more aggressive. All three judges, including Fightnews.com, scored the bout 39-37 in favor of Caracella.
– Cruiserweight contender Ola Afolabi, junior welterweight Cleotis Pendarvis, lightweight Javier Garcia and female champion Jennifer Barber caught the action from ringside.
– Thursday night was the first card to take place at the Florentine Gardens that was promoted by Art of Boxing Promotions and Bash Boxing. Both Kahren Harutyunyan and Steven Bash are beginning a new fight series at the iconic venue known as "Hollywood Fight Night." No word yet on when their next fight card will take place at the Florentine Gardens.
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The horror of what happened spread as fast as the news itself. A gunman's mass slaughter of 35 children and adults stunned a nation whose gun culture is as old and revered as the country itself.
Guns have been guarantors of people's sense of safety ever since the British colonized the East Coast and white settlers pushed westward, displacing the land's darker-skinned natives. As the citizens developed and refined the nation, guns remained their symbol of law and order.
Yet the massacre inflicted by the gunman and his military-style assault weapon instantly became a national tragedy. So it was that the nation's leader — whose own party stood for law and order — moved swiftly to get those guns banned.
It was no easy sell, but Australia's then-prime minister, John Howard, head of the Conservative Party, got it done. He confronted farmers, ranchers and rural politicians who were among his party's most ardent supporters. He mobilized the national outrage over the 1996 slaughter in Port Arthur, Australia, by a man with an AR-15 assault weapon.
Howard, prime minister from 1996 to 2007, converted Australian revulsion over the mass murders into a force that moved his nation's politics into the modern era. He achieved bans on military-style assault weapons, sales of automatic and semiautomatic rifles and shotguns. And importantly, Australia instituted a mandatory buyback of these guns.
Australia's results: Since the 1996 ban, the most recent statistics show that murder by guns was reduced by 59 percent; suicide by guns fell 69 percent. The buyback — of 3,500 guns for every 100,000 people — was estimated to have reduced the homicide rate by a third to a half.
Fast-forward and fast-flight to the United States in December 2012: In Newtown, Conn., a young man with a military-style assault weapon burst into an elementary school and massacred 20 small children and six adults.
Once again, Americans were shocked at yet another mass murder of innocents. Just as they were over the other massacres of schoolchildren and also theatergoers, and the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman and others at a public rally. Once again, law-enforcement officials implored America's political leaders to at least get the most dangerous military-style weapons, and the large-capacity ammunition magazines, off the streets.
Yet, sadly, no American conservative political leader has come forward to emulate the profile in courage displayed across the planet's widest pond, by Australia's John Howard.
Once Republicans were America's party of "law and order." Today, tragically, no Republican national leader is willing to heed the pleas of cops and hoist the law-and-order banner to get rid of guns that are outgunning our cops.
While Republicans cower in fear of the National Rifle Association's wrath, it has fallen to America's Democrats, led by their liberal wing, to grab the law-and-order banner before it hits the ground.
But the law-and-order liberals aren't politically capable of doing for America what conservative leader Howard did for his gun-cultured nation.
As Howard wrote in Melbourne's The Age newspaper, after the massacre of theatergoers in Aurora, Colo.: "There are many American traits which we Australians could well emulate to our great benefit. But when it comes to guns, we have been right to take a radically different path."
The NRA has mousetrapped America's conservatives and even its mainstream into taking their wrong-think bait. The NRA opposes every proposed gun-safety measure by citing an example of a tragedy the measure wouldn't have prevented.
But to keep our loved ones safe, we can no longer pick and choose among the proposed solutions. We must adopt them all.
So when the NRA urges armed guards for every school, critics are wrong to counter that an armed guard at Columbine High School failed to halt that massacre. The NRA is right — we must install armed guards. But we cannot stop there.
We must close the gun-show loopholes and institute background checks for every gun buyer. We must ban military-style assault weapons and large-capacity ammo magazines. We must overhaul mental-health programs to reduce the number of people who slip through the system and endanger others.
America's gun-cultured population faces a test we cannot afford to flunk yet again. What must we do to best safeguard our loved ones?
Answer: All of the above.