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The Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida is ready to expand.
Since opening in 1994 it has grown into the only facility for children between Miami and Tampa Bay, with the highest survival rate among Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the state.
Last year, hospital officials developed a seven-story expansion of the children's hospital that would increase the number of beds from 98 to 128, expand specialty services and provide more room for staff and families.
Jim Nathan, president of the Lee Memorial Health System, said the goal of the children's hospital has always been to keep children with complex healthcare needs as close to home as possible.
But, as the community has grown, so has the need to expand the current facility.
"A few years ago it became quite evident that the facilities' challenges were such that significant space would need to be added to keep up with both our communities' growth and also the fact that many children with medical challenges now require multi-year, complex interventions," said Nathan.
The Lee Memorial Foundation, the fund-raising entity of the hospital system, started a $100 million capital campaign to help pay for the $200 million project. Organizations and philanthropists across Southwest Florida raised money for the campaign and Nathan announced on Tuesday night that the foundation had met $80 million of its goal.
Naples-based philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano, the inventor of Paychex Inc., agreed to match all contributions to the capital campaign up to $20 million.
"When I announced my commitment in 2012 I hoped it would leverage support from everyone in the community, that it would motivate everyone to contribute in a meaningful way to this important endeavor," said Golisano. "Now that this challenge has been met, we took a major step closer in opening this state-of-the-art facility."
Every year there are 5,000 in-patient visits to the hospital, 4,000 outpatient visits and 28,000 pediatric emergency visits. In the past, sick children were sent to other facilities across the state.
Richard Akin, chairman of the Lee Memorial Health System Board of Directors, said keeping sick children near their families promotes healing.
"I saw kids hospitalized for days or even weeks where they never got to see their family," he said. "It was because parents couldn't miss work or maybe they didn't have parents, but those kids were basically stranded on the east coast, in the hospital, sick and didn't even see their family."
The new facility will also provide accommodations for parents and caregivers to stay with children 24 hours a day, utilize technology for a dedicated pediatric medical staff, and offer more treatments and procedures.
Hospital officials hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday night but the ribbon-cutting on the new facility won't be until 2017. Donations are still being accepted to raise an additional $20 million.
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For Release: Thursday, November 14, 2013
Unit Management Plan Completed for 14 Chautauqua County State Forests
Plan Includes New Recreation Trails for Bikes and Horses
A Final Unit Management Plan (UMP) for 14 state forests located in Chautauqua County is complete, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. New horse and bike trails are among the new recreation opportunities proposed in the UMP, as well as numerous maintenance projects to improve forest access.
"The finalized plan incorporates comments received during the public review process and will guide future management of these state lands to provide for healthy, sustainable and biologically diverse forest ecosystems, in addition to expanding multi-use recreational opportunities," Commissioner Martens said. "One of our main priorities is to strengthen connections between communities and state lands. We encourage local residents and visitors to enjoy the outdoors and this plan offers a range of activities they can enjoy on beautiful forest lands in the region."
Governor Andrew Cuomo is committed to expanding recreation opportunities throughout the state, which will attract more visitors and boost regional businesses that benefit from people utilizing outdoor recreation facilities.
The plan proposes several projects to expand public access and outdoor recreation opportunities as well as ensure sustainable silvicultural (forest management) practices, including:
- Developing approximately 21 miles of sustainable horse trails;
- Developing approximately 22 miles of sustainable mountain bike trails;
- Protecting wetlands, riparian areas, late successional stage forest areas, and specific wildlife habitats;
- Conducting over 3,600 acres of timber harvests during the 10-year term of the plan, including approximately 400 acres of regeneration harvests to create early successional habitat;
- Maintaining over 60 miles of existing recreational trails,
- Rehabilitating most of the roads on the unit, and
- Removing or lowering three deteriorating dams to reduce the threat of damage to roads downstream.
The state forests addressed in this UMP consist of approximately 17,199 acres of forest land within in the towns of Chautauqua, Sherman, Clymer, Harmony, North Harmony, Busti, Stockton, Charlotte, Cherry Creek, Gerry and Ellington - representing about 6.4 percent of the total land area within these townships.
The 14 state forest properties addressed in this plan are included under 12 forest names: Boutwell Hill State Forest, North Harmony State Forest, Mount Pleasant State Forest, Panama State Forest, Chautauqua Gorge State Forest, Stockton State Forest, Brokenstraw State Forest, Harris Hill State Forest, Hatch Creek State Forest, Whalen Memorial State Forest, Hill Higher State Forest and Wellman State Forest.
More information on the Chautauqua Unit Management Plan, including a full copy of the plan and associated maps are available on DEC's website. Copies are also available in electronic format on compact disc and may be requested by calling DEC at (716) 363-2052.

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VANCOUVER, B.C. — Camilo ended his 2013 season the way he has been playing throughout – with style.
The Brazilian's hat trick on Sunday evening in the Vancouver Whitecaps' final match of the campaign, a dead rubber against the Colorado Rapids Sunday evening, demonstrated the forward's nose for goal and ability to continually get into dangerous positions.
"It's very important for me, because no one knows how important it is for me, for my family," Camilo told reporters after the game, after securing the MLS Golden Boot awarded to the top goalscorer in MLS. "When I start the season, no one believes. Just me and my family and I believe in God, and I worked hard for that."
After the match Camilo joked that he could have scored five, and as absurd as it sounds, there was probably a lot of truth to that.
WATCH: Camilo's hat trick vs. Rapids
He opened his tally with a smashing penalty generated from a nice bit of play from Kekuta Manneh to goad Rapids defender Marvell Wynne into fouling him in the area.
Then Camilo won the Golden Boot by scoring his 21st when he beat Drew Moor with a cheeky nutmeg and then finished from a tight angle in the box. That goal tied him with Chicago's Mike Magee, but he would have won the award anyway due to his superior assist total.
Camilo didn't want to win the award on a tiebreaker though, and so he scored one final time with six minutes to play for the hat trick, beating goalkeeper Clint Irwin after teammate Russell Teibert found him with a searching through ball.
But beyond the goals, Irwin was forced into two very good first half saves, first stopping Camilo in the area after he found a little window in the 10th minute, and then foiling the 25-year-old striker by palming away a drifting ball which looked set for the right upper 90 four minutes later.
"It's well deserved," Vancouver captain Jay DeMerit said of Camilo's goals. "Throughout a long season, it takes a consistent goal scorer to win the Golden Boot. These things aren't by fluke, so again it shows the qualities that Camilo has and brings to our team.
"He was the most important player for us this year. He was the only All-Star we had. These are all credits to his development. He was [team] player of the year our first season and he's continued that."
Martin MacMahon covers the Vancouver Whitecaps for MLSsoccer.com.


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Don't use animesuki now..
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Age: 28
ermm well im not to sure, i would like someone nice but i do have this image in my head of a kool boyfriend (kinda anime like) : He is taller than me *like guys taller than me* hes got a kool sexy dress sense...and he is like the person in control kinda and he lets me rest on his shoulder and chest etc...ermm i want to be uke (bottom) and ermm i want him to be smart and attractive....ermm funny...well basically the perfect guy lol ^__^ sorry if i didnt explain well ^__^
|2003-11-16, 09:31
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Senior Member
Well.. I like people who are really intelligent... Funny too, to make me laugh. Although my dream guy is Koshiba Tetsuta from the manga Penguin Brothers. Someone like him. :P As for looks.. Honestly, I could care less. Although I do like it when guys have nice hair... I really hate really short hair.
As for girlfriends.. Someone like Motoko from Love Hina. xD
|2003-11-16, 11:05
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エッチだ! しかたない
Join Date: Jul 2003
About the only thing I look for is someone who isn't a bitchy whiner/complainer. So many girls seem to think they are doing you a favor or something by going out with you and that it's all your job to make everything work and put up with them and their attitude. Every time I see a friend going out with one of the above I just want to smack them for encouraging the selfish twits. ^^ It's so much better to just find someone who can handle an equal relationship where you both try to make it fun and rewarding.
|2003-11-16, 16:59
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Animal Mafia Godfather
Hmm ok seriously this time. Ill be true to myself as you put it. Boy wont you think im a wierdo or a dreamer...
Ive already given it up so no use telling me that
Type: Girlfriend
Model: Whatever she comes as.
Attitude: Kind, like me. Godess of love itself. Good manners.
Age: Got a thing for girls one year younger than me. Dont know why, a fetish maybe.
Brain: Yes please, some intelligence. Interest in philosophy and martial arts... big plus.
Looks: Well, brr i hate this part. No supermodel kind of thing. I want the cutelook. Average thin, and breasts... small-medium (damn im making a jackass of myself :P). A bit shorter then me. Deepblue/green eyes (the clear kind, eyes are everything for me).
The sad part is that we make up stuff like this while we are well aware of the fact that it never will come true.
Ah well.
Now when ive ridiculed myself to no end ill be hiding in a mountain far away. Bye bye now. See you next year
|2003-11-16, 17:21
|Link #14
in silent opposition
Lets see, 2 reocurring 'themes' when I get dumped 'Tzurial, youre too weird' (get over it) and ' Tzurial, youre not 'affectionate enough' (so what if I dont like holding hands and physical contact creeps me out! Thats no reason to end a relationship!!)
So if I can find someone who can tolerate me talking to my toast and -will not!!- rub my back..then maybe it'll work
other than that, I think the whole perfect guy/girl thing is a little one sided. Ofcourse theres a perfect person for me, but Im pretty sure I wont be the perfect person for them. so ohwell, its not worth it to worry
|2003-11-16, 19:24
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Neurotic archetype
Simply put, none. I'm more of an introvert, and being alone my whole life would generally be my preferred option. Although I really wouldn't mind being in some sort of sexual relationship with a woman, it probably wouldn't go further than that, as lately I've begun to feel as if I, as a person, lack the emotional capacity to love another person. I'd much rather be cold and distant.
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Don't use animesuki now..
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Age: 28
|2003-11-16, 22:05
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she's old and married now
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: HFIL
Age: 33
chicks; I just like ones that look good.
guys; I want to be with WuFei Chang, if only he were real but since he's not, my second choice is - Someone who;
Likes computers, games, anime, and hentai
Wants to get it on
Has nice hair
Is not black
And is not underage
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Support our children! We parents who started the Save Our Schools effort are guided by this principle.
We understand that all citizens of Hood River County are experiencing hard times. We know that trying to close a 9 percent, $3.5 million county school district budget shortfall is trying to put out a house fire with a squirt gun.
We are aware, sadly, that next year is likely to be as grim as this. We admit that, even if we can bring our community together in emergency support of the school district's day-to-day operations for the 2011-12 school year, we can't expect to ask for that sacrifice year after year.
But we are not going to do nothing. We will try to improve the education for our children. We are, all of us in Hood River County, in between a rock and a hard place.
Our longstanding Hood River County Education Foundation has for 20 years been enriching the education of our children through its wonderful support of special classroom projects and college scholarships for students. We support its efforts enthusiastically and we rest assured that it will continue its support for as long as there is a Hood River County School District.
Many education foundations in counties across Oregon and the United States provide similar enrichment for their children.
But everyone who has seen the potential budget reductions list from the school district knows that this year, the core of our children's education is threatened by the poor economy.
Save Our Schools is determined to respond by raising funds from the community, immediately, to supplement the school district core budget for the 2011-12 school year. We are willing to trust our district to use these funds wisely.
Who knows: We might save all-day kindergarten, or a single classroom teacher. We don't know how much we can achieve. But we know we have to try. As a community, we can make a difference for our children. Please join us!
John Fine
Hood River
Fund library,
not PERS
I am asking our Hood River library district to resist the urge to be irresponsible with our tax dollars. Please remember the vote was passed to "reopen the library doors" - NOT to fund PERS retirement for library employees, which I understand is being considered.
Looking down the road, should the State of Oregon make a decision that would increase the cost of PERS, then the library district MUST bear the cost. (That's not debatable. Districts can't choose NOT to go along with state decisions). This would then rob the library district's operational funds and, once again, could impact their ability to keep the doors open.
Please also note, from OregonLive.com, Sept. 2010: "The PERS board unanimously approved rate increases to backfill the system's actuarial shortfall that will collectively add $1.1 billion in pension expenses to state and local budgets in 2011 - a time when they can least afford to pay it."
When the Hood River library district ballot measure was presented, I understood the purpose of the property tax increase was literally to "keep the lights on" at the library - NOT to fund PERS.
Fellow taxpayers: You may want to add your voice to mine. And if PERS is already a done deal, then shame on our library board.
Kurt Osborne
Hood River
Roadside aid appreciated
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the emergency personnel from Cascade Locks that assisted me Feb. 9 when I was involved in a single-car accident resulting from losing control of my car after hitting black ice.
Several bystanders, Adam, from the Army Corp of Engineers and an unknown woman, risked their own safety to make sure I was comfortable and safe until emergency crews arrived.
I drive this highway several times per month and work in the Hood River and The Dalles areas and know how treacherous I-84 can be. But even driving slowly and what I thought was safely, it still GOT ME.
I am fine, thank you - just bruised and banged up - but really appreciate all the good people who cared for me! Thanks again.
Susan McGee
Community support
Yesterday the Hood River Valley LEOS Club made a substantial and greatly appreciated donation to the Hood River County Library Foundation.
At a recent bottle and can drive the LEOS sorted and counted more than 14,000 items; proceeds will go to the library early opening fund. The foundation is supporting the efforts of the new library district board to open our library this summer.
The foundation continues to accept contributions to this cause; our address is P.O. Box 1582, Hood River, OR 97031.
A special thanks to each of the LEOS and their advisor, Tom Schaefer; thanks, too, to the community for the donations of bottles and cans. It's wonderful how the community has rallied to support our library. Hood River County is a very special place to call home.
Michael Schock
Board president,
HRC Library Foundation
Hood River
Attack not preventable
In an attempt to support his position against either gun or added-bullets control (Our Readers Write, Feb. 23) Mr. Lane alleges that Sen. Giffords' "security staff was so lax as to allow this rampage to begin … and … to continue at all."
In light of the fact that the senator's meeting was held outdoors in a democracy, I would be very interested to know what Mr. Lane thinks her security staff, specifically and legally, could and should have done.
Dave Dockham
Hood River
Hoods like Hood River
We visited Hood River mainly as a place to sleep only on our travels but were wowed by what we experienced.
We stayed at the wonderful Columbia Gorge Hotel. When we asked where to eat, three of your fine citizens, including a policeman who kindly helped us out, recommended Stonehenge Restaurant. It truly was one of our best experiences on our month-long trip, wonderful food and an absolutely charming owner.
Lastly - we were treated wonderfully wherever we went in your town, from the little Sages restaurant to the friendly people on your streets. We will definitely recommend this charming town to all we meet. Thank you.
Gerry and Faye Hood (The name is just a coincidence!)
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The Health Media Club created stickers that would raise awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving on Super Bowl Sunday. People die from drinking and driving on Super Bowl Sunday more than any other day of the year.
The stickers also let people know not to serve alcoholic beverages to minors.
Thirteen hundred and sixty stickers were tagged in various beer and alcoholic beverages at Safeway and Rosauers the Thursday before the Super Bowl.
I am a proud member of the Health Media Club which stands for Helping Educate, Advocate and Lead Toward Health and hope that those 1,360 stickers made a difference in someone's decision making on Super Bowl Sunday.
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The recall affects 4,195 XFs made from 2010 to 2012 that feature the 5.0-liter V-8 engine. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a fuel tank fuel outlet flange may crack, causing the potential for fuel to leak onto the ground, which could then ignite.
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South Dakota State Beats Western Illinois 38-14
After three straight losses, the South Dakota State football team rediscovered the win column with a 38-14 victory at Western Illinois Saturday.
The game plan seemed simple for the Jackrabbits, let the defense take it away on the offense cash in.
Four plays into the game SDSU had its first takeaway when Je Ryan Butler intercepted Trenton Norvell and the Jacks were in business at the WIU 34.
The offense did its part in six plays with Austin Sumner throwing to Cam Jones for a 24-yard touchdown and a 7-0 SDSU lead.
They weren't off the field very long, because Winston Wright picked Norvell off on the very next play at the Leathernecks 28.
The Jackrabbit offense knew just what to do with it, and on fourth and goal from the one, Sumner to Jason Schneider for the score. 14-0 SDSU.
After a WIU three-and-out, the Jacks mounted another scoring drive, capped by a Justin Syrovatka 48 yard field goal to push the advantage to 17-0, 11 minutes into the game.
On the first three drives, Sumner was 7-of-9 thru the air.
The SDSU defense knew coming in that stopping the WIU rushing attack was a key to the game, and in the second quarter they found out why, when the Leathernecks put together an 80-yard drive, 73 on the ground, including a J.C. Baker three yard run for a touchdown to cut the lead to 17-7 at halftime.
The Jacks had chances to put the game away early the third, but Sumner was picked off at midfield on the first possession, and then Syrovatka missed a 23-yard field goal on the next possession.
On SDSU's next possession, the Jacks benefited from great field position, fielding a punt on their own 48, and the offense used a Sumner to Schneider 35 yard pass to move it to the 10, and then found the end zone two plays later when Sumner found Vince Benedetto for a 5-yard touchdown and a 24-7 lead.
WIU had a quick answer when Norvell hit on passes on 25 and 33 yards to start the next drive which ended with a Baker touchdown 1-yard TD run and the SDSU lead was cut to 24-14.
South Dakota State's talented running back Zach Zenner netted just 20 yards rushing on his first 15 carries, but on carry number 16 he broke off an 80-yard touchdown, and the Jacks extended the lead to 31-14 after the one play scoring drive.
The fourth quarter began a lot like the first, with a SDSU takeaway leading to points when Wright grabbed his second pick of the day, and Zenner added his second score of the day on a 1-yard run four plays later. Zenner finished the day with 133 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Sumner was 21-of-35 for 265 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions.
The SDSU defense allowed Baker to run for 112 yards and two scores, but forced four turnovers.
The Jackrabbits play at Missouri State next Saturday at 1:00pm.


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Both squads are gunning for their first-ever World Cup title
July 9, 2010
Follow the 2010 World Cup with the UCSB men's and women's soccer programs all tournament long on UCSBgauchos.com. "South Africa to Santa Barbara: The Cup is Coming" will provide daily commentary on the day's biggest storylines, featuring video interviews with Gaucho soccer players and head coaches Tim Vom Steeg and Paul Stumpf.
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Despite being FIFA's top-ranked team for much of the past two years, Spain didn't seem to represent much more than a blip on the World Cup radar screen when the tournament got underway in June. A loss to Switzerland in its first match during group play made La Furia Roja even more of an afterthought.
Not anymore.
Since dropping its match to the Swiss, the Spaniards have rattled off consecutive wins over Honduras (2-0), Chile (2-1), Portugal (1-0), Paraguay (1-0) and Germany (1-0). In each of their two matches prior to the semifinals, the Germans scored four goals. They were on an offensive roll. Against Spain, they notched four...shots!
If Spain was flying under the radar at the outset of the World Cup, so too was the Netherlands. That's not the case anymore. The Flying Dutchmen are a perfect 6-0 in the tournament with wins over Denmark, Japan and Cameroon in group play, and then Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay in the three matches leading to Sunday's all-European final.
The final seems an interesting matchup. The nimble, pass-happy Spanish side against the bigger and somewhat more physical team from Holland. Neither team has been dominant to this point. In fact, all of the teams that have shown dominance at all have been knocked out, but both teams have been efficient and done just enough to get to the title match.
Spain and Holland also have signature wins over favored opponents. The Dutch victory over the most popular pick to win the whole thing, Brazil, was a stunner, at least in most circles. They made the Verde-Amarela look downright ordinary. Spain's signature win, as mentioned earlier, came against Germany.
While television networks worldwide would probably prefer a final that included some combination of Brazil, Italy, England, Argentina, France or Germany, what they get instead is a very interesting match pitting teams that have never won a World Cup, and that is not such a bad thing.
Be honest now - would you rather see Brazil hoist more hardware or see a team make history? With two teams playing for their first-ever title, this will be one of the best soccer matches of all time.
This also helps establish parity throughout the game. While everyone loves a successful team to root for or against (the Yankees, the Lakers, UConn women's basketball) the idea that more and more countries worldwide are getting to an elite level of soccer only gives more and more countries hope. USA, 2014 champs? It might not be as far-fetched as it sounds. Especially after seeing a brand-new champ come Sunday.
Aside from the historic values of the final - the last time a final was guaranteed to produced a first-time winner was 1958 and the last time a new team won was 12 years ago - there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut pick between Spain and the Netherlands.
Talk all you want about leaving it all on the field. That will surely happen on Sunday. No player will want to second-guess himself about having the opportunity to win a World Cup and not giving it all he has.
There will certainly be tears - of joy and pain - and on Sunday afternoon we will know who the new king of soccer will be.
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Basics
|Team Building, Health,
& Jump States
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|Building a Team
So you can pick three characters for your Marvel vs. Capcom 2 team—just grab the ones that look coolest, right? You can do whatever makes you happy, but if you want to get competitive at the game you've got to understand what goes into building a team. Just throwing together any set of characters, even if they're good characters, doesn't mean you'll have a good team with solid dynamics. You need to seriously consider how each character supports the other in order to assemble an effective Marvel vs. Capcom 2 team.
There are essentially three different roles that members of your team can fill: battery, point, and assist. Some characters successfully fill more than one of these three roles.
|Stayin' Alive
As you take damage, some of your health is leftover as the red part of the life bar. This red health can actually regenerate if you let the fighter take a break, but simply tagging out to your next fighter will leave you very open. Thankfully, there are alternatives to straight-up tagging in a new fighter that'll keep you safe, though they may cost hyper bar.
|Jump vs. Super Jump...vs. Fly Mode
Simply tapping will make your character jump, and quickly tapping will give you a super jump...which is just a really, really high jump, right? Not exactly. There are subtle differences between a regular and super jump that are important to understand.
Regular jumps give you just one action. When you perform a regular jump, you're limited to either blocking or attacking just once. Once you've used that action, you can't do anything until you land. Which means if you throw an attack, you can't block until you land. Or if you whiff an attack, you can follow it up with another attack until you land. During a super jump, you can block and attack interchangeably with no restrictions.
You can't call assists during a super jump. While you can freely call your assist attacks during a regular jump (and it doesn't count as your "one action"), you cannot call assists while super jumping. This is a very important distinction.
Fly mode is a weird hybrid of jumping and super jumping. Some characters can activate a fly mode, like Storm, Magneto, Sentinel and Iron Man. During flight, a character can still summon assists as if in a normal jump state, but can also perform more than just one action, like a super jump. However, a character in fly mode cannot guard.
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Do fans owe their support to teams?
It's a question frequently debated on great sports talk shows (such as, oh I don't know, say The Beat of Sports, hosted by Marc Daniels from 9 a.m. to noon weekdays on 740 the Game).
Do fans owe their support to teams?
It's a question frequently debated on great sports talk shows (such as, oh I don't know, say The Beat of Sports, hosted by Marc Daniels from 9 a.m. to noon weekdays on 740 the Game).
Bill Johnston thinks so.
Who's Bill Johnston? Glad you asked. He is listed as the director of public relations on the San Diego Chargers website (chargers.com). And earlier this week he posted a blog there that began like this:
"What's with you people?
Yes, Monday night's loss was bad. Horrible. Embarrassing.
OK . . . enough already. No mas. I get it.
Now get over it."
And after a lot of chastising of the Charger fan base, he suggests: "Time to take a chill pill."
Seriously, Bill? A chill pill? First of all, the '70s called and want their colloquialism back. More important, who do you think you are? Is this really your definition of "public relations"? Perhaps your title should be "director of public antagonism."
By the way, when I looked, there were 403 comments posted. I looked at maybe a hundred without finding one that agreed with Bill.
For the record, it is my belief that fans owe a team nothing. A fan may choose to adore and support a team, which is fine. But the fan has no obligation. Teams are in the entertainment business. It is their job to entertain. And when they fail to entertain, they fail period.
What do you think? Who should chill, you, me or Bill?
Fab Five Football Picks
Last week: No chill here. Check out my work as I was a brilliant 10-3 straight up (62-42 for the season). But ignore that I was an awful 5-8 against the spread (42-61-1 for the season, almost a direct opposite of the straight-up mark). In fact, let's just move on while I'm still feeling kind of good about myself.
Jacksonville (1-5) at Green Bay (4-3) — Packers favored by 15
The Packers are pranksters. Receiver James Jones left practice to discover the wheels were gone from his truck thanks to fellow receiver Greg Jennings. Probably a smart idea for Jennings to take a cab now. Fantasy fans, start all your Packers. If you got the Packer punter, start him. No, wait, he probably won't get in the game.
Jerry says: Packer Pranksters by 38.
Miami (3-3) at East Rutherford Jets (3-4) — Jets favored by 2
No joke here. An 11-year-old fan wrote the commish, suggesting officials throw pink flags to honor cancer awareness — and it will happen Sunday during this game. As for the game, here's Jets Interim Coach Rex Ryan: "We can go toe-to-toe with anybody. Maybe the rest of the world will have more confidence in us now." Only problem, Rexy, is that you said it after another loss.
Jerry says: In a Shut-Up-Rexy Upset Special, Fish by 7.
Carolina (1-5) at Chicago (5-1) — Da Bears favored by 7.5
My new favorite QB is Jay Cutler. Seriously. Talking about how he was crushed by Ndamukong Suh, Cutler said: "When he grabbed me, I knew it wasn't going to end well." No such problems this week. My over/under on successful third down conversions by Panthers is 3.
Jerry says: Da Bears by 17.
San Diego (3-3) at Cleveland (1-6) — Chargers favored by 2.5
After one week off, Chargers face Browns, Chiefs and Bucs. They must have pictures of the commish placing bets to get a schedule this soft. Meanwhile, Brownies got their seasonal victory two weeks ago, so their work is done.
Jerry says: Chargers by 16.
San Francisco (5-2) at Arizona (4-3), Monday night — Niners favored by 6.5
According to some reports, the Cards may sign QB Vince Young. If there is no QB on your roster better than Vince Young, your best bet is forfeit and your next best bet is the single wing. Seriously, how are the Cards going to score?
Jerry says: Niners by 28. As in, 28-zip.
Look for the rest of my prognostications at thebeatofsports.com, where you can also make your own picks and have a shot at some genuine swag.
These are the notes, folks
• According to the Indianapolis Star: "An estimated crowd of 3,000 'crowded into the entry pavilion' of Bankers Life Fieldhouse to celebrate the Fever winning the WNBA championship. The team was slated to participate in a downtown Indianapolis victory parade, but the event was canceled due to rain." — Any comment would be piling on.
• SI's cover features Lakers Steve Nash and Dwight Howard. In other news, Laker Kobe Bryant has canceled his subscription.
• Last Sunday's line of the week went to Houston DM ("Defensive Monster")
• You think Peyton Manning is just a shill for Papa John's? Think again, pepperoni breath. Manning will own 21 of the pizza shops in the Denver area.
The life and death of Junior Seau
Famed football player Junior Seau took his life in May. After months of research, Jill Lieber Steeg has written a painful examination of what led him to that act and what legacy he left, good and bad. It is a long and not particularly pleasant read but it is a compelling look into the bright and dark corners of one man's soul. It will win awards for sports journalism. You should check it out here.
Did Jerry mention that he can be heard week days from 9 a.m. to noon as part of The Beat of Sports, hosted by Marc Daniels on 740 the Game? (Actually we know he mentioned it but doing it again is the only way to stop his whinnying.) He also can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and answers most mail as long as you don't make too much fun of his NFL picks. And he wishes you a great sports Sunday.


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8th-graders end season by winning five-of-six
BRADFORD — The Punxsy eighth-grade boys' basketball team rode into its season finale last Friday at Bradford on a five-game winning streak, but unfortunately for the Chucks, the Owls snapped the streak to end the season with a 43-34 victory in Bradford.
Punxsy played evenly with the Owls in the first quarter and actually led 10-9 at the first break. But Bradford won the next two quarters, 12-6 and 11-6, respectively, to set a lead the Chucks just couldn't overcome.
"We played hard the entire game," Punxsy head coach Glenn Good said. "We were down by 10 to 12 points in the third, but started a comeback in the fourth. We managed to get within six points, but then a few things happened against us, and Bradford got it back to 10 points."
John Matthews was Punxsy's leading scorer for the game with 13, including 6-for-7 from the foul line.
Nathan Ray and Peyton Graham were the next-best scorers with eight, including a pair of threes by Graham.
With the season concluding, Good had some parting words to show how proud he was of his club.
"I am proud of how this team played and practiced together," he said. We finished 11-8, but we were 6-2 down the stretch, and that shows me how we improved as a team over the season. As individuals, each player on the team built upon the skills they had coming into the season, and by the end of the season, they are now better basketball players. They understand that to be a better basketball player, they need to work on these skills. Hopefully, that dedication translates into working hard in all areas of their lives. I wish each player good luck in all they do and look forward to seeing them down the road."
Good's praise didn't stop with his players, though, as he also had a kind parting word for the players' biggest fans.
"I would also like to thank all the parents for their dedication to their sons in getting them to and from all the practices and games and for all their support throughout the season," he said.
In other eighth-grade action throughout the season:
Feb. 7: Punxsy 37, St. Marys 31
The Chucks held St. Marys to just two points in the fourth quarter after trailing by one point after the first three stanzas to start their five-game winning streak, Feb. 7 in Punxsutawney.
Dylan Huey led the scoring for the Chucks with 14 points, and Matthews followed as the team's next-highest scorer with nine.
Feb. 9: Punxsy 42, Ridgway 37
Punxsy's defense dominated, especially in the first half, holding the Elkers to just nine points, en route to a 42-37 victory in Punxsutawney to make it two in a row for the Chucks.
On top of good defense, the Chucks' offense put up a big number for the second consecutive game after being held to 19 the previous week at Elk County.
Matthews led the Chucks' potent offense with 18 points.
Braxton Giavedoni followed with nine points, and Huey was right behind with eight of his own.
Feb. 10: Punxsy 41, DuBois 39
After the DuBois Beavers jumped out to a 17-6 first-quarter lead, the Chucks battled back, and Graham hit a three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left to give the Chucks a 41-39 victory on the Beavers' home court.
Punxsy battled back to trail by just one at halftime after outscoring the Beavers 16-6 in the second quarter. But the Beavers owned the third, outdoing Punxsy 11-6 to take a 34-28 lead into the final quarter.
Punxsy outscored the Beavers 13-5 in the fourth, though, with Graham's buzzer-beating three sealing the deal.
Huey led Punxsy's attack with 15 points, and Matthews scored 10. Graham finished the game with six, both on threes.
Feb. 13: Punxsy 48, Brockway 29
Punxsy traveled to Brockway Feb. 13, and in a dominating performance, the Chucks came out 48-29 victors.
Giavedoni led Punxsy's scoring attack with an impressive 14 points, and Nathan Ray also found himself in double digits with 10.
Feb. 15: Punxsy 38, Clearfield 31
Punxsy made it five straight Feb. 15 with a well-earned 38-31 victory over the Bison of Clearfield in Punxsutawney.
"In a very spirited game, we jumped out to an early lead and maintained pressure on Clearfield the entire game," Good said. "They ran a half-court press most of the game, and we did a very good job executing our press break offense. We made a number of very good passes to find the open man, as highlighted by a great behind-the-back pass from Braxton Giavedoni to Dylan Huey late in the game that broke Clearfield's back, so to speak."
Huey led Punxsy's balanced attack against the Bison with 10 points, and Giavedoni and Graham nearly found double digits, as well, with nine apiece.


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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As such, prepare to read one of the longest columns on Five Ounces of Pain to date.
The atmosphere last night in Jaragua do Sul was festive as fans have come to expect when the UFC stops in Brazil. The crowd at UFC on FX 8 cheered the least known of their countrymen on the card as though each was a star, showered disapproval down on foreigners, and kept things electric from start to finish. The competitors also delivered, kicking the evening off with a Fight of the Night winner and ending it with one of the most memorable knockouts in the organization's history thanks to Vitor Belfort's brilliant finish of Strikeforce veteran Luke Rockhold.
Thanks to the fine folks at USA Today Sports, readers can take a look back as the festivities in a series of shots pulled from their catalog of images. All photos were taken by Jason da Silva.
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May 16, 1931 - March 26, 2014
Matamoras, PA
Mr. Richard Vincent Gassmann former Mayor and lifetime resident of Matamoras, PA and Westfall Township died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Bon Secours Community Hospital. He was 82.
He was born May 16, 1931 in Westfall Township, PA, the son of the late Ralph Cecil Gassmann and Hazel Roberts Gassmann.
Richard married Helen Zitone Gassmann 53 years ago on October 8, 1960 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Matamoras, PA.
He graduated from the Matamoras School in 1949 and upon graduation he entered the United States Air Force and was stationed in England as a Radio Man during the Korean War from 1949 to 1953. Upon discharge from the Air Force Richard attended Penn State University and East Stroudsburg State Teachers College earning a Bachelor's Degree under the GI Bill and later earned a Master's Degree at William Paterson College.
He was a 30 year educator working as an Elementary School Teacher and Principal for the Frankford Township School District in Branchville, NJ retiring in 1990.
After his retirement from teaching he was appointed Mayor in 2003 serving for nine years following in the footsteps of long time Mayor Joseph Ricciardi. Prior to becoming Mayor, Richard was always very active in the Matamoras Borough. He served on the Matamoras Borough Council from 1968 to 1978 and again from 1982 to 2003. He was the chairman of the Pike County Democratic Committee for ten years. He helped form the Matamoras Advisory Committee which later became the Matamoras Recreation Committee. This Recreation Committee spearheaded the transformation of the Old Matamoras Airport into the Matamoras Recreation Park. Richard was also instrumental in the creation of the Matamoras Veterans Memorial Park & Education Center at Airport Park. He was active from 2005 to 2009 with the Matamoras Revitalization Committee securing the first grant for the sidewalks on Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras.
Richard helped reorganize and served as the Commander of the American Legion Devore Quinn Post # 486 in Matamoras, PA. He was a 40 plus year member of the Matamoras Volunteer Fire Department and the Port Jervis Elks' Lodge BPOE #645.
A family statement read: "Richard recognized the importance of commitment to one's community and he dedicated his public life to that end. He was a genuinely warm and friendly person who loved his family and took pride in its growth and happiness."
Surviving are his loving wife, Helen Zitone Gassmann, at home; two sons: William Gassmann of Exton, PA and Robert Gassmann of Mohawk, NY; one brother, Andrew Gassmann of Castle Rock, CO; one sister, Sylvia Francis and her husband, Edward Francis of Davenport, FL; four granddaughters: Karen, Sarah, Madeline and Carly Gassmann; one brother-in-law, Edward Zitone and his wife, Joyce; three sisters-in-law: Evelyn Dalrymple and Joyce Helms and Lois Zitone; also several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother, William Gassmann and his sister, Hazel Drexler; brother-in-law, Joseph Zitone and sister-in-law, Lorraine Zitone.
Friends may call from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29th at the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, Inc., 100 East Main St., Port Jervis, NY 12771. Funeral Services will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29th at the funeral home with Pastor Nancy Vonderhorst officiating. Following cremation a private burial of cremains will take place in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Matamoras, PA.
Memorial contributions to the Veterans Memorial Park & Education Center, PO Box 303, Matamoras, PA 18336.
Funeral arrangements are by the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, Inc., 845.856.5191; for additional information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit www.grayparkerfuneralhome.com


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Crockpot Red Wings Recipe
I have never been a big wing fan. They are too messy for me. However, my boys, including my husband, absolutely love them. So, because I love my family, I make wings every couple weeks. I must admit that this recipe will only feed about two people, so I usually have to double or triple it to feed all six of us. This is by far my boys' favorite dinner. I usually like to serve these wings with steamed veggies and some form of potato, like mashed or baked.
Crockpot Red Wings
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup yellow or white onions diced
10-12 chicken wing pieces
Mix all ingredients except for chicken in the crockpot until well combined. Add chicken pieces to mix in the crockpot. Stir everything together so that chicken is coated with the mix. Set the crockpot on low for 5 to 6 hours.
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of The University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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Stare Jablonki Grand Slam | 19 - 24 August 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2014 – The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will once again be the centrepiece of the international beach volleyball calendar in 2014.
From Long Beach in California to Shanghai in China and many places in between players will compete for their share of the $10.2m in prize money on offer from 10 Grand Slams, an inaugural FIVB Grand Slam Final and 10 Open tournaments. The Grand Slams conclude with the first ever FIVB Grand Slam Final, which will offer $500,000 in prize money.
Last year the men's tournament went down to the wire as Latvia's Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs held off the challenge of Brazil's Pedro Salgado and Bruno Schmidt at the Durban Open in December. Brazilian fans did have something to celebrate though as Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima won the women's crown after dominating all season.
It means that both sides will be pushing hard to retain their titles, while the depth of the teams chasing them grows ever deeper.
Initially nine Grand Slam events were named, but in recent weeks the total went up to the maximum of 10 when the Klagenfurt returned as a host following a year off the Tour when the Austrian venue hosted the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championships.
The lake-side resort will once again welcome the crème-de-la-crème of the beach volleyball world as the Austrian city gets set to host the ninth double-gender Beach Volleyball Grand Slam of the 2014 season from July 29 to August 3.
This year will mark the 17th time that the Lake Worthersee site has hosted a stop on the international circuit. With the exception of last season, the men's World Tour has stopped in Klagenfurt every year since 1997 and the women's since 2001. In 2001 Klagenfurt also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and this year's tournament will make Klagenfurt the most experienced host in the World Tour's history with 16 men's and 12 women's tournament to its name.
"Beach volleyball players and fans have come to expect the best from Klagenfurt," said FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°. "I am proud to have the opportunity to now build on the previous successes of this stop on the World Tour and look forward to once again experiencing all that this excellent venue has to offer."
"We are very happy to organise the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in cooperation with the FIVB at Lake Worthersee in Klagenfurt, Carinthia again this year," said Hannes Jagerhofer of the ACTS Group, the official promoter of the event.
"The dates for the Grand Slam are hereby confirmed and official. We are sure that this year's Grand Slam will exceed all the expectations of all athletes, fans, sponsors and partners by offering an exceptional week in Carinthia."
Earlier in the month, the organisers of the Moscow Grand Slam announced a date change to June 11 to 15 so as to accommodate Klagenfurt's inclusion in the 2014 beach volleyball calendar.
Also making a return to this year's calendar is Stavanger in Norway, another popular stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The unique dockside venue, which hosted the 2009 World Championships, was last present on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2011, after 13 straight seasons, but returns with a Grand Slam from June 24-29.
The ever-popular Stare Jablonki, returns as a Grand Slam after hosting the World Championships last year. The venue on the banks of Lake Mazury will now welcome beach volleyball players and fans from August 19 to 24.
Through the year there are a host of familiar cities hosting Grand Slams; Long Beach in the USA continues for a second season after a successful debut in 2013, while The Hague in the Netherlands is planning on spreading the tournament over four different cities in preparation for their hosting of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2015.
There are also Grand Slams in Fortaleza in Brazil, Berlin, Moscow and Gstaad in Switzerland before the FIVB Grand Slam Final.
The participants in the FIVB Grand Slam Final, for
which the location and dates are still to be confirmed, will be made up of the
top eight nations on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam ranking with a
maximum quota of two teams per country, per gender. The newly conceived Grand Slam Final has yet to be assigned and the FIVB
is in negotiations with the promoters who have shown an interest in staging
this event.
Fuzhou in China, Anapa in Russia, Xiamen in China and Phuket in Thailand will once again host Open tournaments with a further five organised in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, Czech capital Prague, Parana in Argentina and Qatari capital Doha with Durban in South Africa once again bringing the season to a close in December.
The newest addition to the 2014 beach volleyball calendar, the FIVB U17 Volleyball World Championships will be held in Bahia Banderas in Mexico, providing yet another opportunity for young beach volleyball players to come to the fore and gain international experience in their sport.
Polish town Myslowice will once again do the honours of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships while Oporto in Portugal will put its previous experience of hosting the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships to practice yet again in 2014. Cypriot resort Larnaka will host the U21 World Championships.
The second edition of the Youth Olympic Games are set to take place from August 16 to 28, 2014 in the Chinese city of Nanjing and it will be the first time beach volleyball will be included in the sporting line-up.
2014 Beach Volleyball Calendar
24.08.2014 19:08:53
Double Brazil delight as Tour heads to Sao Paolo
August 24, 2014 – Brazilian teams topped both the men's and women's podiums at the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam and will now travel to the next stop on t... More...
24.08.2014 17:48:11
Pedro and Alvaro begin life together in golden style
August 24, 2014 – Pedro Salgado and Alvaro Filho made a perfect start to life as a pair when they won the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam gold medal on Sund... More...
24.08.2014 12:59:24
Pedro and Alvaro out to stop World Tour champs in Stare Jablonki final
August 24, 2014 – Pedro Salgado and Alvaro Filho set up a gold medal match against Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins after they won the first of ... More...
23.08.2014 19:40:27
Larissa and Talita now aiming for home glory and hat-trick of titles
23.08.2014 19:19:32
Austrians one step away from matching career best
23.08.2014 17:52:30
Larissa and Talita round off golden run at Stare Jablonki
23.08.2014 13:09:51
Ludwig and Sude set up Brazil versus Germany final
22.08.2014 20:01:12
Double the fun when Brazil meets Germany as Stare Jablonki Grand Slam heads to a climax
22.08.2014 19:39:34
Gstaad gold medallists eyeing more glory
22.08.2014 17:47:33
Patterson and Gibb rediscovering previous best
21.08.2014 20:02:09
Doppler and Horst play party poopers in Poland
21.08.2014 19:36:47
Bansley and Pavan earn Canadian bragging rights and eye season's best
21.08.2014 17:27:59
World Tour champs off to winning start
20.08.2014 18:51:43
Two Tanja's start Stare Jablonki upsets
20.08.2014 18:09:34
Borger and Buthe aiming for more Stare Jablonki memories
20.08.2014 16:36:34
Late call signals home delights for Fuchs and Kaczmarek
19.08.2014 15:59:48
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In the end, 62 tornadoes occurred in Alabama that day, killing more than 250 people.
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes
Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.
The Song-Books and Miscellanies
§ 1. Music and Poetry.
IN an earlier chapter of this work
was described the revival of English poetry under the influence of Italy and France, and the progress of the school of Wyatt and Surrey to its decay. The impulse was worn out; the chivalric ideal had ceased to be a genuine source of inspiration, and there was need of new ideals, new blood and new literary methods. We have now to consider the later and more national poetry which the labours of Sidney and Spenser called into being.
It is impossible, of course, to name a date as that at which new methods were employed and new themes sung. Before the school of Wyatt and Surrey had fallen into decay, the Elizabethan outburst of song had begun, and the writers to be considered in this chapter will be found to cover a period of nearly thirty years, during which the full chorus sang from sunrise to high noon.
If this was a period, to a great extent, of poets by profession, it was, also, to a degree never since equalled, a period when every man was a poet not only in spirit but in practice. The accomplishment which had belonged to a few courtiers in the days of Henry VIII had spread to every man of education; every one with an emotion to express may be said to have expressed it naturally in poetry. And some of the sweetest lyrics in Elizabethan poetry were the work of men whose very names are to this day unknown. They were passed round in manuscript, to be read aloud or sung to the lute and viol in private houses, and have survived in manuscript collections, in the song-books of the day, or, occasionally, in printed miscellanies. When a song was popular, it was repeated in various publications; take, as an instance, the dialogue, possibly written by Sir Walter Ralegh, between Meliboeus and Faustus, beginning Shepherd, whats Love, I pray thee tell? which appears in
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Englands Helicon
(1600) and Davisons
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(1602) and is set to music in Robert Joness
Second Book of Songs and Airs
The poetry now to be considered falls, in the main, into two divisions: there is the lyric of pure joy or grief, and there is the longer, graver, reflective lyric, revealing an attitude towards life which is, perhaps, more characteristically English. Poetry of the former kind is rarer in our language than poetry of the latter, and it is found at its best in the compositions of the days of Elizabeth. For its formsthe pastoral, the sonnet, the canzone and the madrigalit is still dependent, no doubt, as was the poetry of Wyatt and Surrey, on foreign models; but the models have now been perfectly assimilated. The voice is pure English, and English of its day. The machinery of the Middle Agescourts of love, allegorical visions and so forthhas passed out of use, and the feeling of the present moment is naturally, simply and sweetly expressed. It would, perhaps, be truer to say that the voice is not so much English as universal. There is so much in it of the paganism which is of the essence of the natural man that it can dispense with the particular. There is practically no reference to events or tendencies of the time. There is no sense of responsibility, no afterthought. To watch its growth is like watching primroses break into bloom, or like listening to the chorus of birds growing fuller in the woods as the dawn grows towards morning; so spontaneous, so much the effect of purely natural causes, does this poetry appear. The imagery, where imagery is employed, is almost always pastoral. We have seen a very early pastoral in
Tottels Miscellany,
and have noticed in Googe the use of pastoral in the conventional classical manner. In the lyrists of the latter age its use is quite unconventional and brings with it no sense of artificiality. Shepherd, as we read, means man, and shepherdess mere woman; the use of these words and the talk about flocks, pipes and so forth, do nothing to cloak the sincerity of the outburst of feeling.
The mass of this poetry that has survived remains still unmeasured, though the labours of Arber, Bullen and others have done something to explore and map the large and intricate field. These poems, it must be noticed, were copied again and again for the purpose of singing. The practice of solo and part singing was more general in Elizabeths days than in our own. There is not any music of instruments whatsoever, wrote William Byrd, comparable to that which is made of the voices of men. The lute, the viol and the virginals
were in every household for accompaniment, as a piano is to-day, and were put to a better use; and there can be no doubt that music had a great influence on the quantity, and no small influence on the quality, of the lyric poetry which was being produced with no thought, in many cases, beyond that of putting the song (as we saw in the case of
The Handefull of pleasant delites
) to a tune already known or of having it set to a new one.
Poetry makes melody, not melody poetry, wrote Richard Garnett, and he implied that the only thing music can do for poetry is to increase the quantity of it. Certainly, in our own day, we have a terrible example of the amount of poetry which music can produce; and, in the days of Elizabeth, music was equally fruitful in this way. But a wide difference must be noted. To-day, feeble and slipshod music produces still more feeble and washy poetry; in those days, music that was still in the very salutary bondage of a pretty severe formalism co-operated with a lyric poetry of natural and sincere sweetness to produce perfect song.
Elizabethan composers for the voice made use of two distinct styles: the madrigal and the ayre. Of these, the madrigal was a piece of continuous music, not broken into stanzas, but woven from start to finish without break and without repetition. Further, it was written in the polyphonic style, in which four, five or six voices sang, at the same time, independent melodies, which had no necessary likeness in pitch or in rhythm. Different words were often sung simultaneously, or the same words to different rhythms, so that if each singer was made to accent his words with the greatest care, the impression on the hearer was general. This accounts, to some extent, for the brevity, directness and simplicity of the madrigal form of poem. The ayre, on the other hand, was composed stanza by stanza, often repeating the same music to different stanzas. The musical idea, whether the ayre were composed for one or for several voices, was generally a single idea, and the parts were made to conform more or less to a single rhythm, which corresponded to the metre of the verse. Writers of ayres, who threw their words into prominence and kept the stanzas entire, necessarily had a much greater effect upon the lyric than madrigalists, especially those who wrote for a single voice with instrumental (usually lute) accompaniment.
It is impossible to determine the shares accurately. The best lyric poetry of the age sings itself: it suggests its own tune irresistibly, and is, in a sense, complete without the written music; and there can be no doubt that the demands of increasing variety and range in poetry spurred music on to greater freedom in the effort to cope with it. On the other hand, the freest music of the day was more rigid and more formal than the strictest poetry; and it would not be rash to state that music directly affected the quality of the poetry in two ways: first, by putting a check on all temptation to neglect conciseness of expression and strictness of form; and, secondly, by keeping it simple and sensuous, as lyric poetry should be. The standing danger to which music exposes poetrythat the rhythm of the poetry may be sacrificed to that of the musicis very rarely incurred in the Elizabethan ayres. Those who have had the privilege of reading the book of words of a modern musical comedy will know how the lyrics are, of themselves, for the most part, absolutely shapeless and rhythmless. They only take shape when it is supplied by the rhythm or melody of the music; and this is rarely the case. An Elizabethan poetamateur or professionalwriting a lyric to music of his own or anothers had a different task. The tune was, in itself, a little rigid in shape; his lyric could not, therefore, be shapeless. And, conversely, a composer putting a tune to a lyric had before him something with a structure of its own which he could not help respecting. In this connection, Thomas Campion, whose work, as a whole, is considered elsewhere in this volume, is a composer of especial interest. He wrote his words in order to set them himself; his ayres are melodies extending over a single stanza, and the contour of each melody is carefully devised, both in pitch and rhythm, to express the sense, throwing the important words into relief. He takes care, therefore, to bring the important words in each stanza into the same position in the line; and, as in Burns, each stanza corresponds not only in metrical rhythm, but in inner sense-rhythm, to all the rest. At the opposite extreme, as composers have found, stands Tennyson, who can only be set to music on the
principle. And, as time went on, not only did the composer come to respect the structure of the lyric more and more, but it became more possible for him to respect it as the lyric became more perfectly shaped.
Note 1
. See Vol. III, Chap.
Note 2
. For the musical instruments of the period see Groves
Dictionary of Music,
and Furnivalls
Lanehams Letters
(1908), pp. 6568.
Note 3
. Thanks are due to H. C. Colles for much assistance in the passages in this chapter relating to Elizabethan music.
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The Columbia Gorge Community College may be looking to piggyback on Wal-Mart plans for development at the western edge of Hood River.
Bob Cole, CGCC director of Resource Development, said the 28 acre property adjacent to the proposed site of a new Wal-Mart supercenter is under consideration for a satellite campus. However, he admits the college would find it difficult to build on the parcel owned by Ladd Henderson without Wal-Mart absorbing the major costs for infrastructure.
"We are not talking to anyone officially, we are on a mission to inquire and identify all the options we have available," said Cole.
Wal-Mart is seeking to place a 185,000-square foot "super store" at the junction of Frankton and Country Club roads but has encountered a major roadblock. Last month, the Oregon Department of Transportation vetoed its traffic plan to move the existing Country Club Road intersection with West Cascade Avenue about 300 feet to the east.
Henderson has also initiated discussions with Wal-Mart to overcome the obstacle that could also prevent construction of a local campus in that vicinity. He is interested in selling the national retailer the easement it needs for an access that stands a better chance of gaining ODOT approval.
"I contacted Wal-Mart because I think it's about time somebody becomes a little proactive here and I'm hoping the county will see this as an existing problem and take an active role in solving it," said Henderson.
The future of both projects could hinge, in part, on the possibility of Wal-Mart relocating Country Club onto a public right of way from an old subdivision plat that runs along the current Stonehedge Gardens Restaurant driveway. That site would put the traffic light between 400-500 feet farther east than Wal-Mart's current proposal and would dovetail with city plans to eventually construct a street at that location which would be linked with Fairview Drive.
ODOT officials contend the current proposed placement of the signal is "flawed" because of the potential for traffic backup since the stoplight would be located too near the Exit 62 freeway off-ramp. Because Cascade Avenue is part of the Historic Columbia River Highway, ODOT officials also registered concerns because the reconstruction was inconsistent with the city's transportation plan and design changes would fail to preserve the roadway's character.
Cole said wherever the Hood River campus is located it will also likely house branch offices of the Mid-Columbia Council of Governments and the Oregon State Employment Department. In spite of state budget woes, Cole said the college is seeking to fulfill its promise to provide more local classes.
"No matter what, this college is committed to providing educational services in Hood River," said Cole.
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