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Family members, friends, and supporters of Mark Woodworth, who has been behind bars for most of the last 20 years, gathered at the Livingston County Sheriff's office Friday afternoon to welcome home someone whom they say was wrongfully convicted and never should have gone to prison in the first place.
Family members, friends, and supporters of Mark Woodworth, who has been behind bars for most of the last 20 years, gathered at the Livingston County Sheriff's office Friday afternoon to welcome home someone whom they say was wrongfully convicted and never should have gone to prison in the first place. Woodworth, 38, was released on a $50,000 bond as the state considers whether to retry him for the 1990 shooting death of Catherine Robertson and the criminal assault on her husband, Lyndel. This would be Woodworth's third trial. Woodworth arrived at the sheriff's office around noon, being transported from the Daviess DeKalb County Regional Jail, and exited the building around 1 p.m., walking into a sea of media members, relatives and supporters. "I am overwhelmed," Woodworth said, noting that there were a lot of things to do and see now that he has been released. He hugged many people in the group. "I am thankful for all the support," he said. Woodworth's attorney Robert Ramsey said Woodworth did not get a fair trial either time, largely because the prosecution suppressed information that would have supported his defense. Part of that information included letters among the county prosecutor, the circuit judge and Lyndel Robertson. Woodworth said he was looking forward to getting something good to eat and seeing the dogs that he had trained while in prison. "I can't wait to see them," Woodworth said. Ramsey thanked several people who helped make Woodworth's release occur, including Associated Press reporter Alan Zagier, who drew attention to the suppressed correspondence. Ramsey has been Woodworth's attorney since 2002 and said that he had never handled a case such as Woodworth's. "It feels like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders," Ramsey said. "It is a very moving experience to me." The Missouri Attorney General's office has indicated that it plans to retry Woodworth. In a statement issued just before Woodworth's release, Missouri Attorney General Press Secretary Nanci Gonder stated that the office will follow a standard protocol, filing the necessary paperwork to preserve the rights of the county that initially requested prosecution. "Second," she said, "there is a thorough review of the evidence to ensure the evidence has been preserved by the local jurisdiction and that retrial remains a legally responsible decision." "Lastly, this office makes a final decision regarding the appropriateness of continued prosection," she stated. Gonder also stated that it was important to note that the Supreme Court did not find the defendant innocent. "The judge found that discovery errors occurred that call into question the reliability of the verdict," she said. Robertson family members are confident that a third trial will have the same outcome as the first two for Woodworth. "Our family stands united in our pursuit of justice for the murder of our beloved Cathy Robertson," the family said in a prepared statement. "While we believe Mark Woodworth should spend his life behind bars for brutally murdering our mother, Cathy Robertson, and critically assaulting our father, Lyndel Robertson, in 1990 while they were sleeping in their bed, we are prepared to see a third trial through to conclusion." "Since 1990, our family has lived through a nightmare caused by Mark Woodworth," the family continued. "If seeking justice for the murder of Cathy Robertson takes a third trial and 100 years, we will do what it takes to hold Mark Woodworth accountable for his actions." Woodworth's next court appearance is April 18, in Platte County. Ramsey said that he plans to file motions questioning the integrity of several pieces of evidence, including the bullet, the gun, and the fingerprint found on a box of bullets. Assistant Attorney General Kenny Hulshof served as special prosecutor on Woodworth's case. His courtroom conduct has since been questioned in other cases, including the case involving Dale Helmig, who was convicted of murder and later freed. Helmig was incarcerated at Crossroads Correctional Center, had become friends with Woodworth, and attended Woodworth's bond hearing on Wednesday. Woodworth was indicted by a Livingston County grand jury in 1993 and then convicted in 1995 and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. He was later released on appeal, but convicted by a second jury in 1999 and given four life sentences. Woodworth has maintained his innocence since his indictment. He was 16 at the time of the shootings. Woodworth's father, and Lyndel Robertson were partners in a farming operation.

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I've known her for over 20 years. She is smart, hardworking, and a dyed-in-the-wool, New York-style Democrat. Yet, it didn't surprise me when she launched into a long rant about all of those on welfare, food stamps, taxpayer-supported early retirement, subsidized medical care, and prolonged unemployment insurance (but not looking for work), while she works hard, pays taxes, and doesn't have retirement in sight.
What about personal responsibility or pulling your own weight?
She was very angry.
Her harangue made Mitt Romney's comments about the 47 percent look mild. I blithely commented that she sounded like a Republican.
She was shocked: "Never!" She voted for Barack Obama.
I had the good luck to have a conversation at a recent Republican event with a young African-American woman who had an interesting perspective. She told me that her family and friends accuse her of being a traitor because she is a Republican. She finds this puzzling, as they all generally agree on most economic and social issues.
Most of her friends and family are quite conservative in their thinking, but they would never consider voting for Republicans. It is simply accepted in their community that black folks vote for Democrats. Unemployment is crushing in the black population after four years of this president. He is supporting the teachers unions in their attack on school vouchers, which offer them choice for their children, yet 97 percent of blacks voted for Mr. Obama.
Just this weekend I was interviewed for a local magazine by their reporter who is an undergraduate. He was clearly a Democrat. Soon into the conversation, as I advanced the reasoning behind many Republican beliefs, he dropped his professional impartiality to defend his party.
I think that he was taken aback by the perspective that there is nothing particularly enlightened or sophisticated in the notion of a big centralized government intruding widely in society, that this is an old model found throughout human history with varying degrees of despotism.
That which makes the American experiment so unique was the founding of a government with a primary directive of protecting the degrees of freedom of its citizens. And yes, it is his political party that is the party of enlarging government.
He countered with Republicans being "angry old men," and I said that yes, we are angry that the idea of liberty is under constant erosion, but we are certainly not just old or men.
By the way, I asked, if we don't have the fiscal conservatism of Republicans, then who did he think was going to be stuck with the $16 trillion debt? It's not my generation, as we'll be skating into Medicare, Social Security and retirement. It will be his generation, so what were they possibly thinking with over 70 percent voting for Mr. Obama?
This all mirrors an observation my wife and I have shared during our time in Massachusetts. We have had many, many conversations over the years with friends and acquaintances who agree with us on almost every issue and yet identify themselves as Democrats. There is no way that we have misidentified ourselves as Republicans, so we can't figure out why these people go out and vote for politicians who clearly don't support their beliefs.
Elections do have consequences: Just look at the president's conduct of the national debt "fiscal cliff" negotiations now ongoing in Washington.
I am often asked what Republicans think of the election just passed.
Universally, my fellow travelers are aghast and furious. We cannot believe that this country re-elected this failed president, and his seemingly heedless rush into national financial ruin in his quest to create the Great Benevolent Government Bureaucracy.
Nor can we believe that the voters of Massachusetts would replace the thoughtful and moderate Scott Brown with an avowed partisan bomb thrower.
Personally, this election has made me more militant and less accepting of compromise. Mr. Obama is not my president, and the senators and congressmen from Massachusetts are not my representatives.
I consider myself represented by Republicans elected from other parts of the country, and I look to them to defend what I believe is right. I am not against their finding common ground with Democrats, but if required, I do want them to fight, no holds barred.
Because of the nasty personal attacks of the Obama campaign, we owe the Democrats no consideration. These elected Republican senators and congresspeople have the support of the like-minded from across the nation, and I am happy to remind everyone that 49 percent of this nation did not vote for Mr. Obama.
Dr. Jay Fleitman is a resident of Northampton and former candidate for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District.


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VANCOUVER — The people chanted, and the Aquilinis heard them.
To some degree, every owner who relies on fans to fund his professional sports team is like every Roman emperor who held gladiatorial games in the Coliseum to curry popularity among the masses, without whose support they were doomed. In sports, popularity is currency.
Teams can flourish with unpopular players. But unpopular managers are more problematic and unpopular owners, into whose pockets the fans' money eventually collects, can become toxic to the entire enterprise.
Francesco Aquilini and his family can argue a lot of reasons for firing general manager Mike Gillis on Tuesday. But with the Vancouver Canucks' season-ticket renewals going poorly and chants Monday night at Rogers Arena of "Fire Gillis! Fire Gillis! Fire Gillis!" echoing among the thousands of empty seats at the end of another desultory loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the most immediate benefit of firing Gillis is that it is popular.
So would be hiring Trevor Linden to run the National Hockey League team, which is what the owners are expected to do. But repatriating the most popular figure in franchise history would be far more meaningful than generating some "likes" on the Canucks' Facebook page.
For the first time since they became local owners of the Canucks in 2004, the Aquilinis face a crisis of consumer confidence when it comes to their product. The Canuck brand has been badly tarnished during the team's erosion from Stanley Cup finalists only three years ago to non-qualifiers for this season's tournament.
To start the process of restoring confidence, Francesco Aquilini sacrificed the unpopular, unorthodox GM he hand-picked six years ago. To begin restoring the Canuck brand, Aquilini should hire Linden as president or general manager or both.
Given the volume of management candidates being floated by hockey insiders, tipsters and speculators Tuesday, Aquilini may need that new tower he's building on Expo Boulevard entirely for his front office.
The Hockey News reported late Tuesday that Aquilini was negotiating with former Hockey Canada chief Bob Nicholson to become Canuck president, and that Nicholson would name Linden general manager.
Short-term, Linden would generate a windfall of goodwill for the franchise, from which he retired in 2008 but has been semi-estranged since then due to Aquilini's employment of Gillis.
The blood-feud between Linden and Gillis stemmed from the 2004 lockout. Gillis, then a hardline agent, was a close friend of NHL Players' Association executive director Bob Goodenow, against whom Linden organized a revolt in order to broker a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the league and prevent a second season from being scuttled.
Linden should have been given a significant position within the Canucks the day he retired, but his exit coincided with Gillis' arrival, so he resigned himself to a life outside the organization.
That life, personally and in business, has been more or less fabulous. Coupled with his Canuck legacy, Linden risks a great deal giving up civilian life to re-enlist with a team that could get worse before it gets better. How he would manage up and function with the Aquilinis' keen and opinionated involvement is another issue.
But if not now, it may be never for Linden, who spurned opportunities to work for other NHL teams because he didn't want to leave Vancouver. The Canucks have had only four general managers the last 27 years.
Linden stood on the outside watching Gillis for the last six.
Vancouver ascended its first three years under Gillis, who had the good sense to retain the excellent coach and terrific core players left by Nonis, filled the small gaps around them and created a progressive, appealing environment for players. Gillis was a good steward.
Despite some poor trades, awful drafts and an erratic record in free agency, the Canucks under Gillis and former coach Alain Vigneault became the best team in the NHL – right up until it lost Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins.
That was when Gillis needed to make the "bold" one or two moves he promised upon his arrival. Instead, Gillis stuck annually with the same group, and that great Canucks' core became stale but more deeply embedded due to a slew of no-trade clauses awarded in exchange for reasonable salaries. He did little until he fired Vigneault last year after a second straight first-round exit from the playoffs.
Whether it was Gillis or Aquilini who was responsible – or both – John Tortorella was hired as coach and that, too, became a source of unrest for Canuck fans when the team's spike in performance lasted only a couple of months. The Canucks began a freefall in January that neither Gillis nor Tortorella was able to stop, and with the winter arrival of the worst injury crisis since the one that got Nonis unfairly fired in 2008, the team became so low-scoring and conservative it was unwatchable some nights.
It became a product Aquilini could not continue to sell, could not successfully market to fans spoiled by years of winning and scoring.
Something had to change. The people had spoken. The owners, unmoved by Gillis' my-way-or-the-highway ultimatum last week, decided their GM and president should go first. Gillis has four years and unknown millions left on his contract. Presumably, the new head of the hockey department, whether his title be president, executive director of hockey operations or general manager, will decide what happens to Tortorella.
The new man will be assisted, at least initially, by assistant GMs Laurence Gilman and Lorne Henning, shrewdly held over by the Aquilinis to aid the transition. Gilman, renowned as a capologist, could choose to leave anyway as he is expected to be interviewed after the season for the Calgary Flames' general manager job.
But just as changing coaches didn't change the Canucks' downward trajectory, changing managers doesn't make them a good team again. The heavy lifting is all about improving and re-invigorating the roster. But firing Gillis earned the Aquilinis some approving nods and the understanding it may take a little time for new management to revive the team and restore the Canuck brand.
Linden is in a position to help both.


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The Humane Society of McDonough County has planned a "Wine, whiskers & Whimsy" event this weekend to benefit local cats and dogs in need.
The event, according to submitted content, will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at Taylor's Hall, 121 S. Randolph St., in Macomb.
Guests will be offered a variety of hors d'oeuvres and beverages and the chance to listen to the musical stylings of the Blenders. Original computer-generated art created by local shelter cats will be for sale along with silent auction items.
All proceeds will support the following Humane Society programs: Rescue and Foster, Cat Vaccines, Spay and Neuter and the Angel Fund.
Tickets are $25.00, and there are a limited number remaining for purchase.
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Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska cross country team will be competing at the NCAA Midwest Regional held in Springfield, Mo., Friday afternoon. Head Coach David Harris hopes the young Husker squad will hope to gain experience at a high quality meet with longer distances covered.
"I am hoping we can gain a lot of experience Friday." Harris said, "With the longer distances covered at the regional race (men run 10k, women run 6k) it will be a new experience for the freshman on our team."
The Huskers will travel one runner short on the men's and women's team Friday, with six runners for each team. NU will also be competing with four freshmen on the men's side, and two freshmen on the women's side.
"We hope we can generate personal-best times in the last meet of the season." Harris said, "There will be a lot of good teams competing out there, making this meet a big stepping stone for success in our program for the future."
Returning to competition after missing the previous two meets is junior co-captain Jarren Heng. Heng will be a vital competitor during the race Friday for the men's team, and Harris hopes Heng will lead the young Husker men's team during the race.
"Jarren has been through these types of races before, and we will need him to lead our team during the race."
Check back here at Huskers.com for race results Friday afternoon. The women's race starts at Noon, with the men's race following at 1:15 p.m.


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Bernice Patchell died January 4, 2012
Bernice Daves Patchell quietly and peacefully slipped into paradise on Friday, January 4, 2013, five days before her 105th birthday. She was the daughter of William Luster Daves and Frances Edna Chapman Daves, born on January 9th, 1908 in Quitman, AR. She was one of ten children.
Bernice was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Cecil Hicks Patchell, her son, George Gilbert Patchell and his wife, Patricia Cummins Patchell, her son, Jack Daves Patchell and his wife, Betty Rose Stair Patchell. Her grandson, George Stanley Patchell, also preceded her in death. All of her siblings preceded her in death; sisters, Ruth Ann Daves, Florence Daves Copeland, Christine Daves Gentry, and brothers, George Hamilton Daves, James Oscar Daves, Joe Franklin Daves, Horace "Harry" Daves, Henry Edward Daves, and Ralph C. Daves.
She is survived by her granddaughters, Jacque and husband, Tom Martin of Quitman, AR and Debra Patchell of Lebanon, NJ, and her grandsons, Don Patchell and wife, Mary, of Deerfield, IL, and Mark Patchell, six great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her nieces, Martha Stephenson and husband, Lee, of Searcy, AR, Frances Edna Gentry of Tulsa, OK, Mary Ann Rutledge and husband, David, of Ardmore, OK, Sylvia Daves Grieb of Pacific Palisades, CA, and Edwadee Henson , of Conway, AR. and; nephew, Joe Paul Daves and wife, Carol, of Searcy, AR. Great nieces and nephews and many other relatives also survive her.
Bernice and her husband, Cecil, loved to design and build houses. They built three homes in Heber Springs. The first house they built together was featured in a Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce brochure advertising the Greers Ferry Lake area as the number one place to retire.
Bernice always stated that she wasn't very book smart, but that she "made a good wife for Cecil." She helped to support her family during the Great Depression by churning butter and selling eggs and butter to the general store. She made her sons baby clothes and shirts out of flour sacks that she had washed and saved. Bernice could stretch a dollar and stored her house money in a coffee can in her refrigerator so that if a family member was in need, she shared what she had.
She supported Cecil in all his endeavors during their marriage, as he was County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, State Representative, and co-founder of Heber Springs Wholesale Grocery. He was also the co-founder of the Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce. Bernice kept the home fires burning for her family and reared two sons, who went on to college with George majoring in education and athletics at Arkansas Teachers, and Jack majoring in industrial engineering at the University of Arkansas.
Bernice prized family above everything and she and Cecil were always there with a helping hand when needed. They took family members into their home for long periods of time and in some cases helped them to get back on their feet. Her sister, Christine, lived with them during the years of WWII until her sweetheart came back from the war and they married. She helped her brother, Joe, with his two small children when his wife was taken by cancer and later when Joe became disabled with arthritis. Loving and being a blessing to her family was her hallmark.
Bernice loved to sew, crochet and quilt. Many family members have enjoyed her hand quilted quilts and crocheted booties to keep ones feet warm during the winter over the years. She also loved to play cards and always got a foursome together to play Canasta. In recent years, she gook up Word Search puzzles to keep her mind sharp. She took interest in world and national events and read the newspaper religiously until her eyesight began to fail.
Bernice lived through many world and national events. It was like listening to a talking history book when she would begin to tell "her stories". She had two brothers who fought in WWI, George and Oscar, two brothers skipped world wars, and two brothers who fought in WWII, Ed and Ralph. Ed fought under General Patton at the Battle of the Bulge.
She reminisced about the time she caught the Spanish flu, which was brought over from Europe by the soldiers after WWI. "That was the sickest I ever was. Then the whole family caught it and I had to help care for them while I was recovering. I was only 10 years old at the time." She spoke of having to do laundry in a big black cauldron over an open fire in the back of her parents' home. In between laundry loads, she would play the piano. "The neighbors would say that it must be laundry day at the Daves' because Bernice is playing the piano."
Bernice loved to laugh and have fun. Her infectious laughter and personality drew many to befriend her. After Cecil died in 1969, Bernice moved to Midland, TX, where she lived for fifteen years, and then she moved to The Woodlands, TX and lived there for fifteen years. She made many new friends along the way and was happy to hook back up with old friends when she returned to Heber Springs at the age of 91. Her world had always been Cleburne County. Her granddaughter, Jacque, helped her to settle into Southridge Village Assisted living, where she lived for four years. Then she lived in Southridge Nursing & Rehab until her death. She is a long-standing member of The First United Methodist Church in Heber Springs.
The family would like to thank the staff at Southridge Nursing & Rehab for the wonderful care and love Bernice received over the past few years. Additionally, we would like to think Mrs. Peggy Logan for the love and friendship she gave Bernice, visiting her regularly. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 19th, 2013, 10:00am, at The First Methodist Church of Heber Springs, AR, where Bernice was a longstanding member, with Rev. Tom Bradshaw, St. Barnabas Anglican Church, and Rev. Tommy Toombs, conducting the services. In lieu of flowers the family requests that you donate to The Cleburne County Historical Society, 210 N Broadway, Heber Springs, AR 72543, in memory of Bernice. Funeral services are being handled by Olmstead Funeral Home.


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First Round Results
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Senior Brinson Paolini fired a two-under 68 to lead Duke to a two-under 278 in the opening round of the NCAA Tempe Regional at the ASU Karsten Golf Course (par 70, 7,036 yards). The Blue Devils enter tomorrow's second round tied for second and 10 shots off the pace of opening round leader UCLA.
Top-seed UCLA posted a 12-under 268 Thursday to grab the tournament lead. The Bruins pushed their lead late in the round by playing the par 5s (No. 14 & No. 17) at Karsten Golf Course at 10-under as a team. Duke is second and followed by Austin Peay (-1, 279). Georgia, Texas A&M, North Carolina, Clemson and Central Florida are tied for fourth at even-par and followed by Vanderbilt (+3, 283), Arizona State (+4, 284), New Mexico State (+5, 285), Kennesaw State (+8, 288), Arizona (+12, 292) and Lehigh (+21, 301).
"These guys know that it is out there for the taking," said head coach Jamie Green. "If we hear that ball drop into the cup a couple of more times we can certainly climb up the leaderboard and separate from the pack. UCLA did what I thought a few more teams, including ourselves, could have done out there. The weather was perfect and the golf course was scoreable in relation to par. With good weather and light wind you can score out there and our guys are looking forward to that opportunity the next two days."
The top five teams as well as the top individual after 54 holes of play advance on to the 2013 NCAA Championship at the Capital City Club - Crabapple Course in Alpharetta, Ga. (May 28 - June 2).
Dustin Korte (Austin Peay) and Pontus Widegren (UCLA) share the individual lead at six-under (64) with Greg Eason (Central Florida) one shot back. Paolini is tied for sixth with 10 other players after shooting a 68 (-2), while senior Adam Sumrall is tied for 17th at one-under.
Paolini, the 2013 Byron Nelson Award winner, continued his outstanding play with a two-under 68. The Virginia Beach, Va., birdied the par 4 second hole and made up for a bogey on No. 3 (par 4) with another birdie on the par 3 sixth hole. He slipped back to even-par with a bogey on No. 12 (par 3) before closing out the round with four pars and birdies No. 14 (par 5) and No. 18 (par 3). Paolini now has 15 under-par rounds and boasts a 71.62 stroke average on the year.
"It was a perfect day for scoring. I was able to stay aggressive and make some good birdies to finish the round," said Paolini. "We are happy with our start, but with the great conditions the next two days, we know we need to keep the pedal down and make as many birdies as possible."
Sumrall got off to a terrific start with birdies on No. 1 and No. 2. After a bogey on the third hole, he added a birdie on the par 4 fourth and parred the next five holes to make the turn at two-under. Bogeys on No. 10 and No. 11 moved him back to even-par but Sumrall sandwiched birdies on No. 15 and No. 17 around a bogey on No. 16. He capped off the round with a par on No. 18 for a one-under 69 and his fourth straight under-par round.
"Adam's round today was similar to a lot of his rounds this season," added Green. "He had good poise, maturity and decision making combined with really good ball striking that gave him birdie opportunities."
Freshman Mads Soegaard collected three birdies, 12 pars and three bogeys in the opening round for an even-par 70. He suffered a bogey on the par 4 fifth hole before carding birdies on No. 8 (par 4), No. 11 (par 4) and No. 16 (par 3) to move all the way to two-under on the day. With temperatures topping 100 degrees, the Denmark native ran out of steam and suffered back-to-back bogeys to close the round. Soegaard is tied for 23rd after 18 holes of play.
Julian Suri, a senior from St. Augustine, Fla., closed well on Thursday en route to a one-over 71. After parring the first four holes of the day, he suffered bogeys on No. 5 and No. 7 to slip to two-over. Suri regained a stroke with a birdie on No. 8 (par 8), before running into trouble with a triple-bogey on the par 4 10th hole. He moved back to three-over with a birdie on the par 3 12th hole and added birdies on No. 14 (par 5) and No. 17 (par 5) to first one-over.
Junior Austin Cody opened the day with a bogey before sliding back to even-par with a birdie on the par 4 second hole. He closed out the front nine with seven straight pars before suffering a bogey on No. 10. The North Charleston, S.C. native, rattled off six more pars and reached even-par with a birdie on the par 5 17th hole. His day ended with a bogey on No. 18 for a one-over 71.
Suri and Cody enter tomorrow's second round tied for 28th overall.
Duke opens second round play Friday at 10 am (ET). The second-seeded Blue Devils are paired with UCLA and Austin Peay for tomorrow's action. Live scoring for the event is available at www.golfstat.com. Round updates, notes, pictures and more are available on Twitter @Duke_MGolf.
*** Duke's two-under 278 marks the 10th time in program history the Blue Devils have shot under-par as a team in regional play ... the Blue Devils now have 15 under-par rounds on the season, second-most in school history.
*** Sumrall led the Blue Devils with five birdies Thursday, while Paolini and Suri each carded four birdies.
*** Paolini now leads Duke with 15 under-par rounds this season ... his 15 under-par rounds are seventh-most in a season at Duke.
*** Paolini recorded his 47th career under-par round to move into a tie for second in the Duke record books ... he is also second with 27 career rounds in the 60s and 68 even-par or better rounds.
*** Sumrall has shot under-par in seven of his last eight rounds ... he now has 10 under-par rounds on the season and 15 for his career.
*** Soegaard recorded his fourth even-par round of the season, tied for fifth-most in the Duke freshmen record book ... he is now second among Duke freshmen with 14 rounds of even-par or better golf.
*** Suri birdied both par 5 Thursday and is tied for third in par 5 scoring at -2.


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The Switched on Broker
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We are providers of an EPC Service for all types of domestic properties. An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is needed whenever a property is built, sold or rented. An EPC contains information about a property's energy use and typical energy costs and gives recommendations about how to reduce energy use and save money. If you are selling or renting your home you must order an EPC for potential buyers and tenants before you market your property. The Cost of an EPC in this area is from £55.00 all inclusive. Please call for a fixed price. To book an appointment please call me direct on 07903 045560. I will arrange to visit your property at a time that is convenient to you, normally within 48 hours and carry out the EPC survey, which on an average domestic property will take 40 minutes. I will assess your property and produce the certificate within 48 hours of this survey. I will then send the certificate by email to your agent or solicitor. You can also have a copy by email if required. Please remember that you should organise your EPC before you market your property for sale or rental.
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CPK Consultants provide a full-service property development company who manage all types of property improvements from extensions and loft conversions to bathrooms and kitchens
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The company name that stands for 'efficient, renewable, and sustainable energy' signifies our pledge for a sustainable future through energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. ERS has been accredited by Institute for Sustainable Power Quality and Malaysia Green Technology Corporation (formerly known as Pusat Tenaga Malaysia – under the MBIPV Project), for the provision of solar PV systems. Since our establishment in 2009, we have further extended our commitment to water conservation through rainwater harvesting and are continuing our efforts in transforming the current high resource consumption society into a conscientious, resource-saving society.
Dante Estates Ltd
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Playing the slot or "nickel" cornerback position is perhaps the most difficult on defense. It requires specific traits that not all athletes possess, which is why the position is far more valuable than the perimeter cornerback. It is also why there's so much debate over former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, a troublesome but talented defender that was once known for his instincts and playmaking skills from the slot position.
Generally speaking, a slot cornerback has to be quick-footed, willing to tackle, disciplined in his technique and have a complete understanding of the offensive and defensive structures.
A quick-footed corner, which can also be described as "agile", has to ability to mirror slot receivers throughout the route and make abrupt cuts when a move is made by the receiver. The willingness to tackle is something that unfortunately not all cornerbacks have, but those that do are prized – that is if they can actually tackle. Discipline and understanding of both sides of the ball is very important because the slot cornerback has to know where he has help – whether it's inside, out or over the top from a safety – and the opposition's common pass concepts. The most recent example of an ideal slot cornerback is Casey Hayward of the Green Bay Packers.
Although LSU's Mathieu doesn't have the same talent as Hayward does, he does have the traits to be a nickel cornerback in the NFL.
In 2011, Mathieu's final season playing football in college, he was used in various areas of the field. Many believe he was only a slot cornerback, which isn't true based off of six games I charted during that season. The numbers indicated the following:
Slot – 66 percent
Safety – 6 percent
Perimeter – 28 percent
As one can see, more than 60 percent of Mathieu's snaps were indeed in the slot, which includes boundary (short side of field), field (wide side of field) and when the ball was in the middle of the field. However, 28 percent of his snaps were also outside, which also includes the two categories of boundary and field. Overall, he spent more time in the wide side of the field than the short side as a perimeter corner while the opposite when in the slot.
As far as production, he appeared to be more disciplined as a defender outside than inside because he had less help. His technique was also superior, but it's unlikely that he spends much time on the perimeter in the NFL due to his lack of size and strength.
His strength is one area, along with discipline and patience, that will need to improve in the pros. When he attempted to bump-and-run bigger receivers in the slot, such as former Tennessee WR Da'Rick Rogers, Mathieu was overpowered despite proper technique, as one can see below.
Mathieu, who was initially lined up directly across from Rogers, slid to his left when the receiver released outside. Mathieu then put his arms up and out to jam Rogers. This was the right technique because he didn't open his hips up early and was prepared with his hands.
He could have done a better job bending his knees in this situation but nonetheless, his technique was good. When he extended his arms to jam Rogers, he was quickly met with a straight-arm from Rogers that knocked him off-balance.
As a result, Mathieu was beaten to the inside by Rogers, who caught the football from the quarterback.
Mathieu's lack of strength was illustrated on tape on multiple occasions and further supported by his four reps of 225 pounds at the NFL Scouting Combine. It's an area that he undoubtedly needs to improve on but it's not the only one.
He has to also improve on his patience and discipline as a defender. Patience is very important in a cornerback because one must mirror the route as it develops, not before it has developed. One problem that Mathieu's had is that he's too quick to open his hips and let the receiver run his route. That makes it very difficult on him to defend because the receiver has been given a free release into his stem, thus putting Mathieu in a trail position. In comparison, see how Texas' Kenny Vaccaro was disciplined against West Virginia during this past season.
Discipline is also important and is a part of the previously mentioned understanding of both sides of the ball. Mathieu needs to know where he has help and where he doesn't. If he doesn't have help outside, then he can't be overaggressive in attacking the inside. In a 2011 game against West Virginia, Mathieu was charged with covering Tavon Austin, an explosive playmaker from the slot, and got beat to the outside on a pivot route. The reason? He bit too hard on the fake inside.
Overall, Mathieu shows the physical talent and mentality to play in the slot. He has quick feet to mirror routes and a willingness to tackle but needs to continue improving his patience and understanding of where his help is.
At LSU, he played in a lot of zone coverage, which he did well in, but when isolated in man coverage, he had issues. They can be corrected through coaching, assuming Mathieu is open to coaching and willing to work hard. If he's going to make in the NFL, he'll have to be both, especially when playing the slot position.


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Dispatches from the ACEEE Summer Study: Something of a Study in Contrasts
Another American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings has come and gone from the beautiful Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. But the reverberations of the talks, discussions, and connections made will reverberate until the next Summer Study in 2014. The 2012 Summer Study was the biggest yet, with more than 1,100 participants. And the food was pretty good, despite the usual grumbling (you try cooking for 1,100 people!) And the beer selection at the socials was more than adequate.
The Plenary speakers on the first three evenings are an important part of the Summer Study. Below is my take on the Sunday night Plenary. Descriptions of the other two talks will follow in the coming days.
Sunday Plenary: Something of a Study in Contrasts
Jane Long, Chair of California's Energy Future Project, spoke on "California's Energy Future—The View to 2050 Summary Report." The study, conducted by the California Council on Science and Technology, is a work in process. Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), which he cofounded in 1982, discussed his latest book, Reinventing Fire. It would not justify the work of both speakers to say that Long's is the voice of reality and Lovins' is the voice of a dreamer, but a casual observer might make that mistake.
Long asked the question "Is it possible to meet California Governor Jerry Brown's Executive Order to go 80% below 1990 green house gas (GHG) emissions by 2050?" The California legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 32 in 2006, requiring a drop in GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
The study looked at four actions to reduce emissions: reduce the demand for fuel and electricity; increase the demand for electricity; use renewable resources to produce electricity; and finally, to "de-carbonize" whatever fuel we still need to use. The three sectors of efficiency and electrification to target: buildings, industry, and transportation
In order to meet the goal of Governor Brown's Executive Order, every square foot of building space would need to be touched. The retrofit of existing buildings would be the major cost, surprisingly, while making new buildings more energy efficient is much less expensive, compared to business as usual. (Long raised a question that she hopes is discussed here at Summer Study. Is it better to demolish buildings rather than retrofit them?) To achieve an 80% reduction in 1990 GHG emissions by 2050, automobile fuel efficiency would have to reach an average of 75 mpg.
And if we could reduce building energy use to the extent possible, achieve the higher average mpg of cars and trucks, and reduced industrial energy use as much as possible given existing and technology now being developed, make good use of biofuels, and catch and sequester as much carbon as we can, we would still need 27 billion gallon of gasoline equivalent (bgge)/year of fuel whose carbon we can't sequester. There is just not enough space to inject and store the carbon in a way that is safe and reliable.
To solve our fuel challenges, we need research. We do that pretty well. But to increase efficiency, we need policy changes, and that is a much greater challenge because it has to do with changing people's thinking and behavior.
Amory Lovins' RMI has been described as a think-and-do tank, which seems to make it the perfect answer to Long's challenges. Lovins began by asking the audience, would we rather die of oil wars, climate change, nuclear holocaust, or none of the above?
Lovins asked us to re-think our assumptions about energy. Can we conceive of fuel efficiency in cars in the range of 125-240 mile per gallon equivalent (mpge) (these are electric cars)? It's possible with cars made from lightweight carbon fiber. Can we imagine buildings in cold climates that meet 90% of the heating energy needed during the coldest winter nights without fuel of any kind, but with smart, integrative design strategies instead? These are things happening right now behind the scenes.
We also need to change our ideas about oil company executives. Some are asking the right questions and preparing for a carbon-less economy because it makes good business sense. The military wants to wean itself off of fossil fuels because it feels its future security depends on it. And while it does so it teaches the rest of us how it's done.
Amory Lovins' TED Talk: TED.com/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.html
Foreign Affairs Article: RMI.org/Knowledge-Center/Library/2012-01_FarewellToFossilFuels
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"Airlines are expecting a banner year," NPR's Yuki Noguchi is due to report on All Things Considered later today.
More planes are flying with full passenger loads, as any frequent flier will tell you. Mergers have helped cut costs. Ticket prices are up. Airlines are charging fees for bags. Fuel costs have eased a bit.
In these relatively good times, what does an airline CEO want?
"We're advocating that the U.S. government ... get serious about adopting a national airline policy," Delta Air Lines' Richard Anderson told All Things Considered co-host Robert Siegel this afternoon.
That's not to say airlines want more regulation. What they're looking for, Anderson said, are fixes to the air traffic control system, a reduction in "the tax burden on the industry" and a emphasis on letting the free market dictate where their industry heads. In his view, China and other competing nations have national policies and the U.S. needs to respond in kind.
Oh, and those baggage fees that airlines have added in recent years? Delta's "cost of transporting bags is in the hundreds of millions of dollars" annually, Anderson said. There's the fuel it takes to carry bags, the infrastructure required to move them and track them, and the "thousands of employees we hire." It is "a significant cost" that the airlines need to recoup, he said.
Much more of Robert's conversation with Anderson is due on All Things Considered. Click here to find an NPR station that broadcasts or streams the show. We'll add the as-broadcast version of the interview to the top of this post after it airs.
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-- Delta "collected an industry-leading $767 million in reservation cancellation and change fees, and another $863 million in baggage fees" in 2011. (Time Moneyland)
-- "Starting this summer major airlines may be asking you to pay to check your carry on luggage. Airlines say they have been too lenient with oversized bags, but that will come to an end." (KKTV.com)
More on the airline industry now with Richard Anderson, who is the CEO of Delta Air Lines. Welcome to the program.
RICHARD ANDERSON: Thank you for having me, Mr. Siegel.
SIEGEL: And first, Yuki's outlook about ticket prices, about right? That we shouldn't expect cheaper fares anytime very soon.
ANDERSON: Well, it's an intensely competitive business. So ultimately, the prices will be determined by the marketplace. But with fuel prices still at very high levels if you look at the last 10 years, the fuel price has to be priced into the ticket.
SIEGEL: That was a pretty upbeat report, though, on profits in the industry, and things are pretty good. Delta has been profitable recently. You recently told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the industry is hurt by the lack of a U.S. airline policy. What do you mean by that? What is an airline policy?
ANDERSON: Well, if you look back over the last 20 years, the industry has gone through a difficult restructuring. And a piece of what we need to do as a country is make a volitional determination that the airline industry is a strategically important industry for the U.S.
SIEGEL: But you know that much of the U.S. today regards, well, for example, the federal money that went into staving off a complete collapse of the banking sector because it was judged a strategically necessary industry or the auto industry which was judged a necessary industry. Much of the country regards this as hugely, overly activist on the part of the government and is running against it all the time. Is this really a moment in which the federal government could say we're going to have an industrial policy about airlines, and we're going to get involved in its economy?
ANDERSON: Well, I think if you encapsulated what we need as an industry, it's to continue the deregulation of the industry. We're not asking for more regulation or more taxes. But if you look at what our competing countries in China, China views aviation as a strategic asset, and it makes real investments in its infrastructure and makes policy advances so that its carriers prevail in markets around the world.
SIEGEL: Delta is famously buying an oil refinery these days. First of all, is that working out? That is, does it make sense to become an integrated company that in effect is refining its own fuel?
ANDERSON: Yes. And I believe the trend that you see Delta undertaking is a trend that companies in the U.S. and around the world will more and more undertake because we are in a large commodity price bubble that doesn't appear to be abating. It's important for us to continue to improve our business model, and that means going upstream in our supply chain.
SIEGEL: Do you run a risk of an airline becoming - if it's good enough at figuring out the fuel economy, it might take its eye off the ball which is being an airline?
ANDERSON: That's a fair criticism. What we have done is set it up as a separate subsidiary with a separate board, and we've hired expertise and great senior management from the refining industry so we don't let our eye off the ball running a great airline at Delta.
SIEGEL: Is Delta pretty much committed now to the model that for the price of your ticket, you get a seat on an airplane and maybe not the most comfortable seat on the airplane? You want something better, you want Wi-Fi, you want food, maybe someday if you want a pillow, pay extra for it.
ANDERSON: Well, if you look at what consumers want in the U.S., they want choice. And what we're doing now with first class, economy comfort and the different other choices we give consumers is we're guaranteeing a really good solid basic product at a very competitive price. But if you wish to buy other amenities, just like if you're buying a computer, cellphone service, cable service at your home, you have a variety of choices.
SIEGEL: But you know that to a lot of people let's not talk about food but talk about paying for a bag that you're checking on the flight, that doesn't feel like a big add-on to your computer. That feels like getting a huge charge for the mouse, say, for something that's pretty necessary.
ANDERSON: The systems that we have in place and the cost of transporting bags is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. It is not a free add-on service. The fuel to carry the bag, the investment we have in infrastructure and the thousands of employees that we hire to run our bag systems are a significant cost of our business.
SIEGEL: I'm just curious. How do you think through this issue as CEO of Delta which is when people are charged for bags, the logical response to that is to carry on the most colossal piece of luggage they possibly can and stick it in the overhead compartment? At some point, this causes a certain inconvenience getting on or off the plane, but are you eventually going to shrink the overhead compartments?
ANDERSON: We're actually going the other way and putting larger bins in. But, you know, the remarkable thing about the American people, I ride coach on Delta all the time. I came up here from Atlanta for this interview, Mr. Siegel, on Delta this morning on an MD-90 in row 26. And Americans are amazingly rule-focused, and people abide by the rules.
SIEGEL: Have you come back from flying coach and a light bulb has gone on back at Delta and said, you know, there's something I figured out about what we're doing now?
ANDERSON: Yeah. I remember one particularly which is on the MD-90 airplane, we needed to put new window shades in it because the window shades were catching on the tracks and not going up and down easily for customers. Last week, I was on a flight, and a customer in front of me had a bag hit him in the head and break his glasses, so I gave him my boarding pass with my name and number on it so we can buy him a new pair of eyeglasses.
ANDERSON: So it's both micro and macro.
SIEGEL: He's getting hit by that bag, I bet, because people are carrying on too much luggage because you're charging for the checks bags is what...
ANDERSON: The bag was a legal carry-on, Mr. Siegel.
SIEGEL: Mm-hmm.
ANDERSON: And our flight attendant was trying to help somebody get it in the overhead and her hand slipped and so I came to her aid.
SIEGEL: Well, Mr. Anderson, thank you very much for talking with us today.
ANDERSON: Mr. Siegel, it is really a pleasure. I've been listening to you for years.
SIEGEL: Richard Anderson is the CEO of Delta Air Lines.
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Freeholder Bill O'Dea compared the nine or more days leading into Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath to the HBO show "24."
"It all seems like one long day," he said. "I feel like the Kiefer Sutherland character from that show. We knew areas had no power and we spent a lot of time trying to get information and take care of the people who needed the most help."
He said he saw the best and the worst in humanity over that period. "Although most of the people were very good, helping each other."
One man from St. Aloysius parish – Joe D'Amico – drove a truck of food and supplies from Ohio. A distribution center was set up in Lincoln Park, giving out food for more than 150 families.
"This was really good food, cans of ham, can of soup, the kind of food that would make the most sense, that you could heat up on a stove or even on a fire, if you had to," he said.
The donations also included 100 gallons of gas, which got distributed to people in need in small quantities.
"What I saw in the days after the storm gave me hope," O'Dea said. "People looked each other in the eyes, said 'hello' to each other, asked how they were doing."
The disaster brought together some strange political forces such as Ester Wintner, who drove around with Jersey City Councilman David Donnelly. And people from Goldman Sachs were allegedly calling around looking for ways to help.
"It all seems like one long day." – Bill O'Dea
O'Dea said County Administrator Abe Antun became a key leader during the storm and its aftermath.
"It's amazing how much we've come to rely on technology," O'Dea said. "This was Oct. 30 and we had no power, and on Nov. 1, food stamps and other funding were due. A lot of people would need them to make up for the food they lost during the storm. But we've changed the way people get food stamps. We now give them a card that they can use in an ATM machine. The problem is that most of the ATM machines were out and by Nov. 1, there was a line around the block at one of the few still operating. We had to find banks that still had power and set up a shuttle to get people there. We did not want to have a panic."
O'Dea credited Antun and Director of Buildings and Roads Harold "Buddy" Demellier as one of the key people who had anticipated some of the problems.
"Abe was out there giving a lot of directions," O'Dea said. "Buddy [Demellier] had the foresight to move the county's transcend vehicles out of the low-lying site on Dunkin Avenue and to higher ground near the administration building."
This would prove useful later when the county needed to evacuate seniors and others from buildings lacking heat and power, as well as some homeless people from various locations to temporary digs at Dickinson High School. Seniors were evacuated from a number places throughout Jersey City and elsewhere when heat and power failed.
Poor areas initially excluded from some services
Areas near the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny saw significant flooding. Unfortunately, many personal vehicles of jail guards were damaged.
Building 77 – the future home of the county Office of Emergency Management – suffered over $1 million in water damage.
"We're going to have to find a way to prevent flooding there or find a new location for our OEM," O'Dea said.
Because of flooding and the storm, the county facility stopped taking prisoners. This is not unusual and when problems occur, prisoners bound for county jail are usually kept at the administration building on Newark Avenue.
"But the facility had no power," O'Dea said. This meant that local police had to house prisoners, and this took manpower off the streets.
Power and other problems in Jersey City seem to split the city with power coming on sooner in areas north of Montgomery Street while south Jersey City and much of Bayonne suffered longer outages.
Food deliveries and shelter facilities also were provided to areas north of Montgomery Street, O'Dea said.
"Some of our poorest and most vulnerable residents live south of Montgomery Street," O'Dea said.
Days later, food distribution centers were established in the south, near Westside Avenue Light Rail Station, Country Village, and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Critical planning
"Planning for this was terrible," O'Dea said, although he credited some members of the Hudson County Utility Authorities with responding to the needs of the city. "The OEM has a plan for a natural disaster, but there were a lot of things we failed to do."
He said this included a list of shut-ins that needed to be checked on, which was largely not done except by individuals.
"Freeholder [Anthony] Romano did a good job with the OEM in Hoboken," O'Dea said.
Many mayors around Hudson County were critical of the OEM response, something made clear during one conference call in the middle of the response.
While many municipalities, including Jersey City and Bayonne, used a reverse 9-1-1 to keep residents informed, many residents could not be reached, either because lack of power drove them out of their homes or because poorer people have given up landlines for less expensive cellular phones.
Jersey City Hall never opened, although Councilman Steven Fulop had about 30 volunteers there.
Jersey City Councilwoman Viola Richardson, he said, provided a lot of leadership down in Ward F in Jersey City.
One building, which is funded for poor and seniors in Jersey City, gave notice to residents that they would have to move out for three weeks while repairs unrelated to the storm took place.
But this temporary eviction happened in the aftermath of the storm, and county officials had to find housing for the residents, and managed to settle single people into SROs and hotel rooms for women with children.
O'Dea was critical of the policy of issuing summons for violations of the curfew when those people might have been used more effectively in helping to evacuate people or provide services to those most affected by the storm.
He added that crime went mostly unnoticed in various areas, including some looting in areas such as Hudson Mall on Route 440 in Jersey City.
Residents along the eastern slope of Jersey City Heights said there was a rash of break-ins and some people posing as fake representatives of FEMA, something O'Dea heard complaints about as well.
He had also heard reports of muggings, something one Bayonne woman said she feared when walking down one street when she noticed someone following her.
The county evacuated the Fairmount Hotel and another site and brought the residents to the National Guard Armory on Montgomery Street. Lack of power and heat were big concerns.
Fuel issues
While Bayonne commandeered a gas station to make certain that it emergency vehicles would have enough fuel to do rescues and other duties, in Jersey City, cops and others emergency responders were allowed to fill up their personal vehicles as well, figuring they needed to get to their assignment places. But O'Dea said there were abuses, some filling up cars for neighbors or pretty girls.
A gas station on Belleville Turnpike in Kearny became a fuel resource for a number of county rescue workers and volunteers, where they were able to fill up at various times without extensive lines.
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Election Day: getting the machines to work
Heading into Election Day, many of the polling places did not have power, and county workers scrambled to find a way to make certain people could vote.
Mark Smith – mayor of Bayonne and chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization – called looking for information about how to get power.
A lot of people came to County Plaza to vote early, but several people realized that Election Day would post problems since power was not expected to be restored in time for many places.
Freeholder Bill O'Dea and others met with Michael Harper, from the County Office of Election, to try to come up with a list of polling places that did not have power.
More than half the places in O'Dea's district in Jersey City had no power, so they had to create super polling places which combined districts, and then somehow get people to them.
But it became clearer as time when on that they would have to find generators somewhere. The Office of Elections for the county apparently called up all the Home Depots to purchase generators, but all were sold out.
Meanwhile O'Dea contacted U.S. Senator Robert Menendez's chief of staff about getting some from the state. Somehow they managed to come up with about 11 generators, including one supplied by Fulop.
Still looking for answers, O'Dea was driving gown Jewett Street in Jersey City with the nephew of Hank Gallo – O'Dea's former political adversary – when they saw an old black woman and a younger man struggling to unload a generator at their house.
"I rolled down the window and asked her where she got the generator and she said from the Home Depot in Secaucus. I asked if they had any left – I thought they would be sold out. She said they must have had 100. So I went over to Gary's Sweet Shop and called up the store to have them put 15 aside, then sent a crew over there. I gave them two of my credit cards. Then I called up Abe Antun to tell him what we were doing."
Even though they used county trucks from Lincoln Park, it was not enough. Management at Home Depot was at first reluctant to sell so many generators to one group, but eventually – apparently realizing the need – sold the county 30. O'Dea's crew had to requisition the use of a Home Depot employee and truck to help drop off the generators, and used the County Sheriff as an escort, delivering the generators to lower Jersey City and various polling places in Bayonne.
"Although we knew [Union City Mayor] Brian Stack usually took care of his own polling places, we sent him two generators," O'Dea said.
In an operation that started on Sunday, they managed to get the polling places powered up by 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, two hours before polls were scheduled to open. During the day, power began to come on in various polling places. – A. Sullivan


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Bensenville CREATE grade separation project breaks groundWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The $67-million grade separation project in Bensenville, Ill., which is part of the Chicago Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE), began construction Feb. 19.
The project, which is funded through Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's Illinois Jobs Now! capital program, consists of constructing a rail flyover over Irving Park Road, just east of York Road. The project is expected to create 870 jobs and boost long-term economic development by speeding up the flow of freight and vehicles on the southwestern edge of O'Hare Airport.
"Illinois has a world-class transportation system that serves as a hub for the nation," Gov. Quinn said. "Anyone who is familiar with the Bensenville area knows that this grade crossing is a huge frustration for motorists. We're eliminating this roadblock to save drivers from thousands of hours stuck in traffic every year, all the while creating jobs and paving the way for more economic growth."
The project is a partnership that includes the Village of Bensenville, DuPage County, the city of Chicago's O'Hare Modernization Program, Canadian Pacific and Metra.
The work includes reconstructing the intersection by lowering Irving Park Road and constructing a bridge for the Canadian Pacific tracks. An average of 25 freight trains pass through the crossing each day, delaying 6,400 vehicles and costing motorists 1,500 daily hours of delays that will be eliminated as a result of this project. The rail bridge is expected to be completed by late fall 2014.


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Thanks to the timeless quality of Montessori materials, it seems that only the faces have changed in these photos from MSGL classrooms in 2000.
It's a genuine Polaroid photo and the genuine Mr. Jeff presenting abstract computations with the Stamp Game.
We still use the same dishwashing stands in the classroom today.
Miss Chloe has been preparing the environment at MSGL for a long time.
The Unifix Cubes are not a Montessori material but they allow for counting, sorting, color recognition, and provide a clear control of error.
It just feels good to put the colored pencils in their matching holders.
Taking the spindles out of the boxes reinforces the counting activity used to put them in - and it builds concentration.
Two friends can work together on the Teen Boards. They are matching the quantity with the symbol and witing the numerals.
Using scissors is classified as a language activity because it builds hand-eye coordination and strengthens the hand muscles required for writing.
A comfy chair is better when it's big enough for two.
And finally, what is Steve building?
I hope that was as fun for you as it was for me! Have a warm and wonderful Wednesday. ~Heather
Today is school picture day!
When Harriet and "the ducky" show up to take our pictures, you can bet that the children are well-dressed, the snack is no-mess, and the staff is slightly stressed - for two whole days. Sometimes there are tears and pouty faces, but never in front of the children :)
These teachers from 2004 look pretty happy. Enjoy this week's Wayback Wednesday photos from 2004.
Smile, silly ducky! And have a terrific Wednesday.
These class photos from 1973 and 1974 were recently shared by Jan Dilley who, along with Jan Knote, is a founding mother of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. MSGL opened in 1972 with one preprimary class. Unfortunately we are unable to find a class photo from that first year. These two photos represent the second and third years that MSGL was in operation inside the Temple Israel in West Lafayette.
1973 - MSGL preprimary class
1974 - MSGL preprimary class
Do you know anyone in these photos? We would love to hear from you in the comments section.
Here are some very familiar faces from around 2000. They are posing with Miss Terri, former ADP assistant teacher in classroom A at the Morton Community Center.
Chloe Garwood, Molly ?, Grace Harvey, Miss Terri C, Melina Pajor, Cami Brown, Nikolas Gamarra, Roxanne Harvey
Montessori School of Greater Lafayette Staff, 1992
Here are the year's class photos. If you recognize any of the children, all should be in their mid-twenties now, consider directing them here. We would love to hear from them and from the teachers.
Class A - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class B - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class D - Morning Preprimary, 1992
Class E - Afternoon Preprimary, 1992
Class C - 3-day and 5-day Toddlers, 1992
Class C - 2-day Toddlers, 1992
1996 - Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics this year and Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced. Dolly the sheep became the first mammal to be cloned. The first version of the Java programming language was released, HotMail started providing free email service, and just over 10 million people were using the internet.
Do you know someone who attended MSGL in 1996? You just might find them here.
Parent/Infant Class
Toddler Class
Preprimary Class A
Preprimary Class B
Preprimary Class D
Preprimary Class E
Extended Day Kindergarten
Thanks for reading. I hope you have been able to go sledding in all this snow. Have a terrific Wednesday!
We're really reaching back here for Halloween gold - all the way back to 1989. Back in the day, the whole school had a costume parade in the Morton Center gymnasium. It was a big year for bunnies, clowns, and superheroes.


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The Battlefield 3 Website now offers a "launch trailer" for the Armored Kill DLC for the military shooter sequel. This is a bit of a tease for Windows and Xbox 360 gamers, as the pack is currently only available for Battlefield 3 Premium Members on the PS3. Premium members on other platforms can expect the pack on September 11th, while the unwashed masses will be able to get it on September 18th on the PS3 and September 25th for PC and Xbox 360. Word is: "Featuring new drivable tanks, ATV's, mobile artillery and more, this expansion pack also delivers huge battlefields for an all-out vehicle assault. Armored Kill also includes the biggest map in Battlefield history."
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I think you have studied more Greek than I have but I hope you won't mind if I make a few comments anyway.JauneFlammee wrote:My pastor has been doing a series of dreadfully boring sermons, so to prevent nodding off, I've been trying to translate some of the morning hymns into greek. Can someone critique the following effort?
JauneFlammee wrote:
ton xriston asfela petran epistamai ,<br>
pas eteros xqonos esti ammos kataduwn
JauneFlammee wrote:One question also: where would I place the article in this section
[face=SPIonic]pas eteros xqonos[/face] ?
JauneFlammee wrote:Also, if i wanted to use 'men..de' construction: they would just be the second word in each sentence, correct?
JauneFlammee wrote:I wish the moderators would start a composition board. It would go well with composition downloads, I'm just not sure there would be any interest.
Be Strong!
We are not here to play, to dream to drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle-face it; tis God's gift
annis wrote:
Well, the second line comes easily.
Bert wrote:annis wrote:
Well, the second line comes easily.
Sure. Rub it in. I took a lot of work for me.
chad wrote: here's my quick attempt in dactylic hex
[face=SPIonic]ou)de\n e)/oike ma/thn dhqu/nein, a)/mmoros e)/rgwn:
qarsh/saj q' i(/sth, ta/ te kai\ tetelesme/na r(e/con,
dw=ra de\ kala\ de/xesqai (ekhbo/lou )Apo/llwnoj.[/face]
Bert wrote:Alright. I completed it to a certain degree of satisfaction. (This degree is not perfection but the best of my ability.)
ou)k e)sme\n i(/na pai/zwmen h)\ a)lu/wmen h)\ planw/meqa
dei= poiei=n h(mi=n polu\ e)/rgon kai\ ai)/rein fora/j
mh\ a)le/sasqe th\n ma/xhn, a)ntible/peste au)th=|
dwrea\ ga\r a)po\ qeou=[/face]
annis wrote:Aww... you changed [face=spionic]fe/rein fora/j[/face] for "loads to lift" which I quite liked... you preserved the alliteration.
chad wrote: i've just realised another problem with this is that i'm referring to apollo, giver of the fine things, in a forum about biblical greek... that can't be good
JauneFlammee wrote:Hopefully Annis and Chad will have a hexameter face-off.
Faint not - fight on! Tommorrow comes the song.
Bert wrote:[face=SPIonic]o(/ssh ti a(marti/a, o(/ssh ti mega/lh ma/xh, o(/ssh ti makrh/ h(me/ra:
qarsei=te kai\ maxou=. a)ei/somen ei)j au)/rion.[/face]
annis wrote:So I'm taking an occasional look at the poem text, thinking about how I might tackle this or that phrase, and I find this:Faint not - fight on! Tommorrow comes the song.
"Tomorrow comes the song." What in the world does this mean? You get the sabbath off? Is there a musical prelude to the rapture? What?
Bert wrote:I think he means that it represents the moment of Christ's return, when the struggle will end.
JauneFlammee wrote:Does this subject matter remind anyone else of the 'Choice of Heracles' by Xenophon? I don't have it handy and I'm not sure there is an online version,
Actually, you and the other Pharr-a guides have created a monster. I am using epic forms unawares. now I don't know which dialect I'm butchering, epic or koine.annis wrote:Bert wrote:[face=SPIonic]o(/ssh ti a(marti/a, o(/ssh ti mega/lh ma/xh, o(/ssh ti makrh/ h(me/ra:
qarsei=te kai\ maxou=. a)ei/somen ei)j au)/rion.[/face]
[face=spionic]o(/ssh[/face]... woo-hoo! Bert's using epic forms!
annis wrote:[face=spionic]maxou=[/face] - I assume you mean [face=spionic]maxei=sqe[/face] (number).
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American McGee has taken to Facebook to poll fans about their interest in supporting a Kickstarter for Alice 3, a new installment in Spicy Horse's take on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This would not simply involve funding the game, but to also securing the rights to do create it. Here's word:
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