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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Maytag Corp., of Newton, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling to repair about 23,000 Gemini gas ranges. The range can experience a delayed ignition flashback fire in the upper oven, which poses a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Maytag has received nine reports of flashback fires, including three minor burn injuries and incidents where consumers suffered singed hair or clothing.
The recall involves all Maytag Gemini Gas Ranges. The Gemini ranges are free standing, have separate upper and lower ovens, and come in white, black, bisque and a stainless finish. The "Maytag" and "Gemini" names and logos appear on the control panel. The recalled ranges have a model number of MGR6772 and a serial number with the alpha characters AJ through AX or CA through CC, both of which are located on a flip-up serial tag behind the upper left corner of the control panel. The ranges were manufactured in the United States.
Retail appliance stores nationwide sold the ranges from July 2002 through February 2003 for between $1,300 and $1,500.
Consumers should immediately stop using the upper oven self-clean and broil features and consumers should not use the upper oven simultaneously with the lower oven. Consumers should contact Maytag at (866) 580-9177 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to arrange for a free, in-home repair by an authorized Maytag Customer Service contractor. For more information, consumers can visit Maytag's Web site at www.maytag.com.
Use of the lower oven is not affected by this repair and may be used in normal operation.
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, OWT Industries, Inc., of Pickens, S.C. and Sears Roebuck and Co. (Sears), of Hoffman Estates, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 5,200 electric routers used in woodworking. The on-off switch on the routers could stick in the "on" position, posing a risk of serious lacerations to the operator and bystanders.
Sears has not received any reports of injuries or incidents. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.
This recall involves Craftsman(r) routers, model number 315.17510 with date codes of A3025 or lower. The model numbers and date codes are printed on a black data label located on the electric motor's housing. The routers have an aluminum base with black handles and a black motor. All affected routers were packaged with a cloth carry bag under the stock number 17518. Routers sold without the bag are not involved in the recall.
Sears sold these routers nationwide from November 2002 through January 2003 for about $60.
Consumers should stop using these routers immediately and return them to their nearest Sears store for a product exchange. For more information, consumers can call toll-free at (800) 932-3188 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.sears.com.
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Hitachi Koki U.S.A., Ltd., of Norcross, Ga., is voluntarily recalling about 14,300 circular saws. The lower blade guards on these saws can stick in the open position, exposing the blade and posing a serious laceration hazard.
Hitachi has not received any reports of injuries, but has received two reports from consumers of the lower guards sticking.
The recall involves 7 1/4-inch circular saws with model numbers C7SB2 or C7BD2 and serial numbers that begin with C62, C72, C82, C92, C02 or CN2. The model number is located on the green nameplate on the motor housing below the name "Hitachi." The serial number is stamped at the lower right of the nameplate. The saw's housing is green and the name "Hitachi" also is written on the metal blade guard.
Home centers, hardware stores and industrial suppliers nationwide sold these circular saws from August 2002 through March 2003 for between $90 and $100.
Consumers should stop using these circular saws immediately and return them to Hitachi for a free repair. For more information, contact Hitachi at (800) 706-7337 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.hitachi.com.
Hitachi circular saws with a circle stamped on the UPC label on the box are not included in this recall. Saws that have a light gray plastic stop between the upper and lower blade guards where they overlap also are not included in this recall.
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Toro Company, of Bloomington, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 3,400 Toro Snow Commander snowthrowers. The plastic fuel tank can crack and leak gasoline, posing a risk for fire and injury.
Toro has received 29 reports of fuel leaking. No fires or injuries have been reported.
This recall includes 2001 Toro Snow Commander snowthrowers with model number 38600 (serial numbers between 210000001 and 210999999) and model number 38602 (serial numbers between 210000001 and 210999999). The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the axle plate between the wheels.
The snowthrowers were sold nationwide October 2000 through March 2003 for between $850 and $950.
Consumers should stop using these Toro snowthrowers and contact their local Toro Authorized Service Dealer to find out if the snowthrower is included in the recall. If necessary, the dealer will schedule a time to install a free replacement fuel tank. For more information, contact Toro at (800) 689-8671 between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.toro.com.
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54% of Maine Voters Approve Marriage Equality
Marriage Equality activists and supporters in Maine rejoiced on early Wednesday morning when 54 percent of the state's voters approved same-sex marriage, the Portland (Maine) Press Herald reports.
"Supporters from Portland to Presque Isle thought that truth and love are more powerful than fear and deception," Matt McTighe, campaign manager of Mainers United for Marriage, said after it was announced that Maine made history as being the first country to legalize gay marriage by popular vote.
Fifty-four percent of the 49 precincts in the Pine Tree State came out to support same-sex marriage. Those eagerly waiting for the results found out the good news around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Several same-sex marriage supporters celebrated the major win at the Holiday Inn By the Bay.
The vote represents a dramatic reversal in Down Easterners' attitudes.
In 2009 gay marriage supporters were defeated when a law that would have recognized marriage equality was overturned by Maine's voters in a 53 percent to 47 percent vote.
The newspaper points out that the Secretary of State's office has 20 days to certify the approval of gay marriage. Gov. Paul LePage has 10 days. Then supporters have to wait out a constitutionally mandated 30-day waiting period for the law to go into effect. In effect, this means same-sex couples could be able to tie the knot as early as January.
"We'll be able to stand before friends and family and make that lifetime commitment we've dreamed about," McTighe said. He added that the day when same-sex couples can publically and legally commit to each other is just around the corner.
What makes Maine different is that LGBT activists were able to get around the State Legislature and the courts and put the issue on the Nov. 6 ballot, which allowed voters to take matters into their own hands.
Of course, not everybody was celebrating early Wednesday morning. Those who opposed the pro-gay marriage measure found themselves on the wrong side of history when they learned the results of the measure while waiting in another hotel conference room.
"When we started this campaign, we said marriage was in trouble in our country." Protect Marriage Maine's leader Carroll Conley said. "The problems that have weakened this critical institution started long before this present attempt to redefine it. We made the case for traditional marriage and we're terribly disappointed that we were not able to convince enough voters to hold on to the value of traditional marriage for society and we genuinely fear for the consequences we've raised during the campaign."
Several LGBT organizations around the country applauded and thanked Maine voters.
"This is a landmark election for marriage equality and we will forever look back at this year as a critical turning point in the movement for full citizenship for LGBT people," Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said. "Voters in Maine came to the common-sense conclusion that all people deserve the ability to make loving, lifelong commitments through marriage."
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's executive director Rea Carey said that passing the measures in all four states was a step in the right direction.
Maine is one of four states that voted on marriage equality. Maryland, Washington and Minnesota also passed measures that legalized gay marriage. Six other states and the District of Columbia have awarded same-sex couples the right to get married. Massachusetts was the first to do so in 2004.
The New New England
The vote makes New England the most advanced region in the nation for gay rights. All but one one of the six states now has legalized same-sex marriage, and Rhode Island is expected to fall in line soon.
This makes for an especially dramatic turnaround considering the region's history. We look nostalgically at the Pilgrims, but in fact the were fanatical Puritans who left England because of their exceptional rigidity in all matters moral, attitudes which culminated in the insanity of the Salem witch trials.
The region was so much the bedrock of social conservatism that "banned in Boston" became a catchphrase for any film, play or book that the state's moral arbiters considered too risky for public viewing. "Boston marriage" was the catchphrase for two "spinster" who lived together in matrimonial bliss but this was among the Boston brahmins. (The upper classes have always had their own secret standards about such things.)
It should be noted that Rhode Island and Connecticut, however, were both founded as places of refuge from religious persecution. Both states advanced (at least in theory) rights of Native Americans. The region became the center of the abolition movement to rid the nation of slavery. And Rhode Island offered the safest refuge for Jews, with Newport's synagogue the oldest in continuous use.
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The fictional town of Holt, Colo., is again the setting for Kent Haruf's new novel, "Benediction."
The fictional town of Holt, Colo., is again the setting for Kent Haruf's new novel, "Benediction." The book opens as hardware store owner "Dad" Lewis learns his cancer is terminal. As the summer wears on and he is tended by his wife and daughter, Lewis fits together the pieces of his life, including his continuing estrangement from his son, and finds contentment. But Dad's story isn't the only one — the woman who lives next door takes in her 8-year-old granddaughter whose mother also died of cancer, and the new minister in town tries to balance the needs of his unhappy family with the needs of his new congregation.
England's carefully maintained social structure even extended to the men and women whose job it was to ensure their Edwardian masters lived in comfort. From the butler to the scullery maid, each position knew their job and their rank among the servants. Alison Maloney details the working and living conditions, pay, and treatment of these mostly unseen people in "Life Below Stairs: True Lives of Edwardian Servants" (640.460).
The prolific and highly acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates takes a walk on the wild side in her latest novel. She actually began writing "The Accursed" in the 1980s, only to put it aside. Now aged to perfection, the book is set in Princeton, N.J., in 1905. An evil darkness has descended on the town, possibly brought by the enigmatic stranger who compels young bride-to-be Annabelle Slade to walk out of her wedding ceremony and into his arms. Vampires, angels, the Devil — all work against the elite citizens, including former President Grover Cleveland and future President Woodrow Wilson.
Called into investigate the apparent suicide of a young woman found hanging in a sleazy hotel, Chief Inspector Erik Winter realizes he has been in this particular room before. It was the scene 18 years ago of one of his first cases — the odd disappearance of another young woman. Something about that first case seemed off, and now this case, too, is strange — especially the unemotional response of the victim's family. "Room No. 10" (M) is the latest in the excellent "Winter" series by Sweden's Ake Edwardson.
A historian and a meteorologist have teamed up to tell the story of the 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia and its cataclysmic effect on the world. By June of 1816, heavy fog and snow, caused by Tambora's sulfur cloud, had spread to North America and Europe. Crops failed, and famine, disease and rioting followed. "The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano that Darkened the World and Changed History" (551.600) is by William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman.
Screenwriter Juliann Garey takes us inside the mind of a bi-polar man in her unusual fiction debut, "Too Bright to Hear, Too Loud to See." When we first meet former Hollywood studio executive Greyson Todd, he is undergoing electric shock therapy in a New York hospital. His story unfolds sporadically and not always in a straight line — coping with a bi-polar father, his stint in Hollywood where his mania insured success, abandonment of his wife and daughter, his 10-year jaunt around the world, culminating with his breakdown in New York.
Other new titles:
Fiction — "Alex Cross, Run," by James Patterson;
"Nothing Gold can Stay: Stories" (SS), by Ron Rash;
"Crystal Cove: a Friday Harbor Novel," by Lisa Kleypas;
"The Obituary Writer," by Ann Hood.
Non-fiction — "Top Dog: the Science of Winning and Losing," by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman;
"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," by Jeanne Theoharis.


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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs and Defence officials defended Canada's role in Mali and the surrounding region Thursday while warning military action alone won't defeat the threat posed by Islamic militants.
"There is a tendency to see military kinetic action as the silver bullet on the Islamic threat," Maj.-Gen. Jonathan Vance told the Commons' foreign affairs committee. "In fact, kinetic action does not address the root causes."
But officials also refused to say why Canada is one of the few Western nations not helping fund a UN-sanctioned, African-led force that will take over from French forces currently fighting in northern Mali in the coming months.
Thursday's committee hearing was the first time parliamentarians have been briefed in public about Mali, where French and Malian troops are battling Islamist forces in the northern half of the West African country.
Canada's main contribution has been making a C-17 military heavy-transport plane available to France until Feb. 15 to help move French troops and equipment into Mali.
Vance said more than 350 tonnes of French armoured vehicles, medical supplies and ammunition, as well as an unreported number of troops, have been moved since Jan. 17.
The C-17 is being used to transport French units and not African forces, Vance said, and National Defence has estimated the cost of deploying the plane for a month will be about $18.6 million.
An unknown number of special forces soldiers are also in the country; Vance said they are tasked with protecting Canadian diplomatic staff and other government assets, and will not be used to defend Canadian mining operations or other commercial interests.
Canada has also committed $13 million in humanitarian aid, and is helping train Niger armed forces while Canadian police officers are working with counterparts in the region.
Yet the officials refused to explain why Canada is not providing financial support for the Africa-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), the UN-sanctioned mission to prevent the Islamists from turning northern Mali into a base of operations.
Instead, Foreign Affairs assistant deputy minister Kerry Buck said while some countries are supporting military action in Mali, "we are continuing on the humanitarian front."
"The government will continue to reflect on the contributions that Canada can and will make," Buck said, adding that Canada "is doing its part" in "a complex crisis with a lot of causes."
Liberal defence critic John McKay said the time for reflection is over.
"The necessary contribution that needs to be made at this point is to training and helping the African-led mission," he said. "We all agreed it should be an African-led mission, but if they are not properly financed and trained, you increase the chances of failure."
The officials also downplayed the impact an influx of weapons from Libya two years ago — when Canada and its allies were helping topple dictator Moammar Gadhafi — has had on the crisis.
"During the time of the fighting in Libya, there was an outflow of arms," Buck said. "But (the Islamic militants) have been well-stocked for the past few years."
NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar, meanwhile, noted that the Harper government has closed a number of Canadian embassies in Africa, including in neighbouring Niger, and has dropped a large number of African countries as aid recipients.
This, he suggested, has had a negative impact on Canada's ability to monitor and influence what is happening on the continent.
"Canada is very much engaged in Africa," Buck replied. "There's been no stepping away from Africa. There's a high degree of engagement."
At the same time, CIDA vice-president David Morrison defended the investment of hundreds of millions of foreign aid dollars into Mali over the past 40 years, and expressed optimism that most of those aid projects will bear fruit as they were in the south of the country.
"Despite all that's happened, I think our investments in the south have been well made and will continue to pay dividends well into the future," he said.
The officials said the speed with which the crisis in Mali spiralled out of control — starting with a coup last March followed by Islamists taking full control of the northern half of the country — caught the entire international community by surprise.
Buck noted separatist Tuareg rebels were demanding autonomy in the north even before Islamists took over, while a military coup in the south last March that overthrew the democratically elected government has complicated the situation further.
Canada has been calling for a return to democracy, she said, and welcomed the recent decision to hold elections in July.
Even if the Islamist threat is beaten back by French and African troops, she added, there will still be major issues to be addressed in the country.
Buck said Canada has interests in Mali, including commercial interests.
But while a paper copy of Buck's opening statement noted "over the past 15 years, Canadian companies have become important players in Malian mining research and exploration activities," she omitted that in her testimony to the committee.
Foreign Affairs, meanwhile, estimates 450 Canadians are in Mali.
All Canadians have been advised to leave the country.


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The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless...
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The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.
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At every instance of unnecessary and callous city destruction, every inset of comic flatulence, and every mention of what I sincerely hate to denote as turtle boners, I found myself resenting this latest cinematic stab at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A movie that makes so little effort to stray from the lowest common denominator of what passes for PG-13 entertainment, the Michael Bay-produced Turtles is far less concerned with what it is doing than with the fact that it is simply doing something. Anything. At all times. Martial arts, car chases, flashbacks to lab fires… it's all a go.
The funny thing is that Turtles' egregious flash does, at times, manage to cover up its vacancy. When the familiar, albeit modernized, foursome - street tough Raphael, eager intellectual Donatello, giddy halfwit Michelangelo, and the borderline anonymous Leonardo - are goofing around under the tutelage of serious sensei Splinter, there are occasional smiles (not laughs, let's not get crazy) to be earned. And, ridiculous as it all may be, when the quartet of reptilian vigilantes zooms down a snowy mountain (don't ask me how they get there so quickly from springtime Manhattan) in hot pursuit of (or evasion of… man this thing is incomprehensible) a band of evil mastermind Shredder's toughest assassins, we witness the miraculous achievement of genuine fun.
But for every minute enjoyed with the turtles, there's about five lamented with Megan Fox. Her April O'Neil is meant not only to courier us through the action and outrageous origin mythology - which, justly, we get out of the way pretty early in the film - but to serve as the human heart with which we access and understand these bonkers creatures. But April is the most alien character onscreen, effectively mindless and charmless, truly beyond the grasp of any viewer looking to latch onto her as a remotely fleshed out heroine.
Alongside Will Arnett, whose sole function in this film is that he has a car, Fox runs us through the legion of non sequitur elements that stands in for a cohesive plot. Occasionally, she stops to chat with the turtles, who - for all their irritating characteristics and regrettable attitudes on romance, masculinity, and pizza (they love Pizza Hut… these jags live in New York f**king City and all they eat is Pizza Hut) - actually revel in relative nuance. Their second-rate charms never manage to effectively save the movie from its ultimate crime: it's so, so stupid.
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LONGMONT -- The Boulder County coroner on Monday morning identified a Boulder County Jail inmate who died Saturday morning after he apparently hanged himself as 30-year-old Jaime Sandoval-Palma.
According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Sandoval-Palma was discovered unresponsive in a jail intake cell at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, 26 minutes after deputies last checked on him. He had apparently hanged himself in that time, according to investigators.
Deputies performed CPR until firefighters and paramedics arrived. He was taken to Boulder Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sandoval-Palma was transferred from the Weld County Jail to the Boulder County Jail on April 24 and was being held on suspicion of charges that included second-degree assault, felony menacing and motor vehicle theft. According to police reports, a woman told police that on March 30, Sandoval-Palma, a friend, had threatened her with a knife while he was driving her car and she was in the passenger seat. She fled and he swiped at her with a knife, cutting her finger. He left in her car, she reported. She called police, who investigated. He was arrested in Weld County on another case while they were investigating the auto theft and assault.
Longmont police reports also show that he was suspected of robbing the Loaf 'N Jug gas station in Longmont later on March 20. He had not been either arrested or charged in the robbery at the time of his death, according to reports.
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Orioles - 001 000 000 - 1 5 1Four-game sweep! We win a high-scoring game (10-8), a "normal" game (6-4), a tight game (2-1) and a rout (12-1)!
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Masterson (5.1-4-1-2-3, 84) pitched into the sixth and the pen turned in 3.2 shutout innings.
Boston got on the board right away as Ellsbury got a pop-up double down the left field line, stole third and scored on Pedroia's single. Pedroia -- 4-for-6, with 3 runs, 3 RBI -- scored on a fielder's choice. Varitek's home run to left in the second made it 3-0.
The Red Sox broke it open in the sixth as Varitek singled with one out. Then, with two gone, Ellsbury and Pedroia singled and Ortiz tripled (he also doubled, back in the first).
Baldelli left the game after third innings with a mild left hamstring strain.
Boston sent 12 men to the plate in the seventh as Radhames Liz and Matt Albers were given the Wang treatment. Bay walk, Lowell double, Varitek 5-3, Green HBP, Ellsbury single, Pedroia single, Ortiz HBP, Youkilis single, Carter F8-SAC, Bay single, Lowell single, Varitek K.
Lefty Hunter Jones made his major league debut in the ninth. Luke Scott grounded out to second. Gregg Zaun grounded out to third (and Yook made a tremendous scoop of Velazquez's low throw). Velazquez made a wild throw on Robert Andino's grounder for an error. Felix Pie put the cherry on top of this game by popping out to left.
Mark Hendrickson (3.00, 172 ERA+) / Justin Masterson (4.50, 117 ERA+)
With Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled list, Masterson, who threw 60 pitches over four innings last Tuesday in Oakland, gets the ball on Patriots Day. He thinks he'll be good for 75 pitches or 5-6 innings.
Jason Bay:
I played a 10 o'clock game in 'A' ball about seven years ago or something. There were like 3,000 elementary students. They bussed in for it. It will be a lot like that, I guess.Dustin Pedroia:
It's going to be early. I usually wake up around that time.In two starts this season, Hendrickson has allowed 10 runs in nine innings, but seven of the runs have been unearned.
I remember Hendrickson best for his Fenway Park cameo back on July 20, 2005. Laura and I were there celebrating our 20th anniversary of meeting. The 6-9 lefty faced only six batters: single, walk, single, double, walk, double. Boston grabbed six runs in the first inning and cruised to a 9-4 victory.
Hendrickson Against the Red SoxI guess what I'm trying to say is he ain't no good.
Career 8.56 62 95 26 24
@Fenway 8.42 31 49 14 15
Red Sox Batters vs Hendrickson
Career 14 .351 .403 .539
@Fenway 8 .350 .409 .500
Yet the six players now on the Red Sox that have faced him -- David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Rocco Baldelli, Kevin Youkilis, Jason Bay and Mike Lowell -- have not done well, hitting a combined .216/.280/.311.
Also: Seven of Boston's first 13 games have been played during the day. ... Red Sox bullpen ERA for the last five games? 0.86 (two runs in 21 innings).


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EAST BRADY TWP, Armstrong County — A 17-year-old boy from Rimersburg died Tuesday morning after the car he was driving veered into oncoming traffic on Route 68.
A report by state police, who are investigating the crash, did not identify the teen, but stated that he was not wearing a seatbelt when his 2003 PT Cruiser, headed west, crossed into the east-bound lane of Route 68 and struck a vehicle head-on about 7 a.m.
The young man was pronounced dead at the scene by the Armstrong County coroner. The police report did not identify the second vehicle, its occupants, or their medical conditions.
Police were assisted by volunteer firefighters from the East Brady and Sugar Creek departments as well as Sugar Creek EMS.


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Annapolis, Md., Trolley Won't Cater to Any Weddings, Joining a Handful of Business Owners in Other States
Although more and more Americans are accepting marriage equality, a handful of small business owners, citing their religious beliefs, so strongly oppose same-sex marriage that they say they are willing to lose business rather than have to cater to LGBT couples. A very few are denying services to such couples in the full knowledge that they are breaking anti-discrimination laws.
Discover Annapolis Tours is a beloved local institution whose old-fashioned trolley rides through Maryland's historic seaport capital is popular with wedding parties. No longer, says owner Matt Grubbs, who told the Baltimore Sun that he won't provide trolley rides to any couples getting married because he doesn't support marriage equality.
Grubbs said he plans to post a full explanation about his decision on the business' website Jan. 1, the first day when Maryland's LGBT couples can get married in the Free State. By getting rid wedding ceremonies all together, Grubbs is able to bypass the state's anti-discrimination laws.
"We're a Christian-owned company, and we just can't support gay marriages," Grubbs wrote in an email to a potential customer who wanted to use his company for a wedding, Patch reported. "We're not trying to make a statement. We're not trying to make a point. We're just trying to be faithful Christians."
"If they're providing services to the public, they can't discriminate who they provide their services to," Glendora Hughes, general counsel for the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, told the Sun.
According to the Sun, Grubbs estimates to lose $50,000 a year in revenue by eliminating the wedding service.
"We would love to keep it open because a lot of people get engaged over Thanksgiving and Christmas and then call us," Grubbs said. "We hope to get back into it if we can get a religious exemption."
Grubbs wants Maryland's General Assembly to grant his businesses the right to deny same-sex couples his services based on his Christian beliefs, Patch reports. He used the Sun article to send out a clarion call to Marylanders to contact state legislators to "request they amend the new marriage law to allow an exemption for religious conviction for the layperson in the pew. The law exempts my minister from doing same-sex weddings, and the Knights of Columbus don't have to rent out their hall for a gay wedding reception, but somehow my religious convictions don't count for anything."
Executive Director Carrie Evans of Equality Maryland, the state's major gay rights organization, told the Sun that Grubb's company is apparently the only business in the state nixing his wedding services to avoid working with gay couples. "As long as he doesn't discriminate against other people, he's free to do whatever he wants to do, including withdrawing his business from the industry," Evans said.
Business' Religious Objections in Other States
Although Grubbs may be the only businessman exercising this tactic in Maryland, a very few businesses in other states that have legalized same-sex marriage preceded his action. Just a few days before the November election, Maine Public Broadcasting Network told of Linisa Beal, a photographer for the business she owns with her husband in central Maine, spoke out against the upcoming referendum on the issue -- the second time for Down Easteners, who voted it down last time.
"You know, whatever you vote on, it's not really about you. You think about it as a society that, yeah, we'll be persecuted. We'll be persecuted for this interview, but God provides. He gives us what we need," she said. Before Maine residents voted to legalize same-sex marriage, Beal and her husband campaigned against the measure and had a "Vote No on One" placard in their yard.
Beal Family Photography focuses on "keepsake" moments, including newborns, proms, family reunions -- and weddings. Beal vowed that if Maine legalized gay marriage, the family-owned business would not offer its services for same-sex couples, despite the legal consequences.
"If a gay couple comes and asks to be photographed, I would - kindly - tell them, 'I'm sorry. My faith, my belief, doesn't allow me to do that,'" Brent Beal, Linisa's husband, said. "It says in the Bible, in Joshua Chapter 24:15, 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' That's the stand that we take."
In 2005, Maine passed anti-discrimination laws that prohibit businesses from turning someone away based on sexual orientation, and in November, voters reversed themselves and approved same-sex marriage.
"They can take everything they want away," Brent Beal said. "They can take my business away. They can take my house away. They can take - take everything - my wife, my children, everything. But what I believe in is inside of me. They can't take that away."
As of this writing, no gay couple has put the small business on the spot by requesting their services. But in case that has become a touchstone and rallying cry for the Evangelical Right, a photography studio in New Mexico was convicted of violating the state's anti-discrimination law in January. As reported here, after a lesbian was told the studio wouldn't shoot her wedding, the same studio pursued business from her partner after she contacted the studio without revealing her sexual orientation.
Earlier this year, the Associated Press reported on discrimination complaint a lesbian couple filed in October against Liberty Ridge Farm, near Albany, N.Y., for turning them away because of their sexual orientation.
Melisa Erwin and Jennie McCarthy said they filed the complaint because "We just want to know that the policy is being changed to fit the laws so this doesn't happen to anyone else." The owners of the farm said they based their objections to gay marriage on their values and religious background.
"They still have children at home and they feel that their rights are being violated and they're being discriminated against because of their position on the issue of gay marriage," said Jason McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a group opposed to gay marriage.
Like the other states (and the District of Columbia) that have legalized same-sex marriage, New York State has very explicit "religious carve outs" that exempt any religion that opposes such marriages from having to accommodate same-sex weddings in their facilities.
But, as Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Susan Sommer noted at the time, said it's well established that a business that serves the public is in violation of anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation. "If it opens its venue for weddings by the general public, it can't then shut its doors on a same-sex couple," Sommer said.
McGuire is arguing that the religious carve out protects people like the Giffords, despite their farm not being a place of worship. McGuire argues there is a broader issue at work here, of basic religious freedom.
If the New York State Division of Human Rights determines blatant discrimination, Liberty Ridge would be under pressure to allow such weddings or not allow any weddings to take place there at all.
There is at least one other similar court case in New York. In September, a gay couple filed a lawsuit against a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich Village, which they allege canceled their wedding rehearsal dinner and refused to cater their wedding after a manager said he did not want any "gay parties." The restaurant has disputed the claim.
In August, a Vermont inn agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to that state's Human Rights Commission and to place $20,000 in a charitable trust to settle a lawsuit that accused the business of refusing to host a wedding reception for two women.
Meanwhile, in August, in Colorado, a baker in a Denver suburb became the focus of a mini-media frenzy when he refused to make a cake for a gay couple. The bakery became a cause celebré for both sides, with gay pickets facing people who flocked to the bakery in support. Since the state doesn't recognize same-sex relationships, however, the baker isn't subject to any type of official reprimand.


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January is National Oatmeal Month and oat lovers looking to celebrate Saturday knew exactly where to do it.
More than 2,000 people braved snow and single-digit temperatures to attend Lafayette's annual oatmeal festival, the only such event in the country.
The 17th Annual Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival was held at Pioneer Elementary School, and required nearly 300 volunteers, 8 million oats, and thousands of oatmeal pancakes and muffins.
Though the frigid weather dragged attendance down by about 35 percent from last year's total, people came from across from the region to fill up on heart-healthy oatmeal and, more importantly, experience Lafayette's self-proclaimed world's biggest oatmeal toppings bar.
The approximately 120 toppings ranged from brown sugar to garlic peanuts, and just about everything in between.
"That's the fun for the kids," Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vicki Trumbo said. "A little bit of oatmeal and lots of gummy worms."
The first Oatmeal Festival featured more than 30 toppings, and that number has climbed every year. The introduction of bacon at last year's bar was met with such rave reviews that Trumbo could only think of one area of need heading into 2013's event: "More bacon."
Additionally, this year's toppings bar included a new savory section, highlighted by candied jalapeños and French fried onions.
Pioneer's gymnasium-turned-dining room was consistently packed with oatmeal loyalists, some of whom have attended all 17 festivals. Five-year-old Ben Redding has already been to four of them, though his aversion to the giant Quaker Oats mascot might dissuade him from attending next year.
"I'm scared of those kind of guys," he said. "They don't look real."
The eco-friendly festival featured compostable cutlery, bowls and trays. The 2012 event produced more than 1,500 pounds of recyclable and compostable materials, compared with just 30 pounds of trash. This year's totals won't be available for another week, but Trumbo thinks they might be might be even better.
"Zero waste is the goal," she said. "It's a priority and a mentality in Boulder County."
Along with breakfast, the festival featured a baking contest and a 40-booth health fair and blood drive, as well as a mid-morning 5K walk/run. Though about 800 people registered to participate in the 5K, Trumbo suspects that only half of them followed through. Paul Jarvis, one of the first to finish the race, credited the oatmeal breakfast with motivating him to finish.
"My whole beard was covered in ice and I couldn't feel my feet," he said. "I was just trying to think about the toppings."
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The Toronto Zoo closed early last week because of record breaking snowfall, which dumped more than six inches on the Canadian city, according to the Toronto Star.
One of the zoo's giant pandas, Da Mao, had a little fun on his snow day, tumbling around his outdoor habitat. Maria Franke, the zoo's mammal curator, told the Toronto Star that Da Mao loves the snow.
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BALTIMORE, Md. - Duke freshman saber Charles Copti finished 12th at the 2013 Junior Olympics, marking the second straight year that a Duke fencer has recorded a top-16 finish at the national event.
Copti reached the round of 16 after starting the day a perfect 5-0 in round one's pool matchups and winning all three of his bouts in the round two bracket. A native of Wyckoff, N.J., Copti defeated 20th-seeded Derek Weix 15-8 to reach the round of 16 before falling, 15-10, to eventual third-place finisher Adam Lewicki.
"Of course I wish I progressed a little further, but overall a 12th-place finish is very respectable in a field of 162 fencers," Copti said. "My focus now will be to take what I've learned from this weekend and apply it to next weekend where Duke will be fencing our hardest meet of the year at Temple."
In the opening round, Copti rolled through his pool, leading all fencers in his group with 25 touches scored while surrendering a pool-low 12 touches. In round two, he drew a first-round bye and went on to defeat Daniel Kofman (15-11), Deniz Berkay (15-10) and Weix to reach the round of 16.
Copti's performance comes on the heels of Blue Devil Dylan Nollner's outing at the 2012 Junior Olympics when the then-sophomore epee won the silver medal and a spot on the US Junior World Team.
Copti and the Blue Devils return to action next weekend at the Temple Duals on Saturday, Feb. 23. The Blue Devils will then have two weeks to prepare for NCAA Regionals on March 9 followed by the NCAA Championships on March 21-24.


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La Junta Livestock celebrated its 58th anniversary on Wednesday by auctioning off a calf donated to support Arkansas Valley Hospice.
La Junta Livestock, owned and managed by a generation of the Honey family, Jace and T.O. Honey, plus brother-in-law Brian Elder, celebrated its 58th anniversary on Wednesday by auctioning off a calf donated to support Arkansas Valley Hospice. Before the auction of the calf, donated by Dan and Jay Williams, Jace Honey thanked the old timers in the stands and the others not able to make it for their help and support through the years. La Junta Livestock was founded in 1955 by Les Honey, father of Don Honey, who is the father of Jace and T.O. Les Honey's other son is Ron Honey.
One of the old timers, who was at the very first La Junta Livestock auction is Clarence Groves, 99, who was at the auction Wednesday with his son, Don Groves, and his grandson, Aaron Anderson. Clarence was at the auction almost every year for the next 45 years after 1955. Groves will turn 100 in August, and intends to come back and buy a few cattle then, he said with a big grin on his face.
The auction sold almost anything a ranch can raise in the way of horses and cattle: feeder calves, bred heifers, heifers, roping calves and steers for bulldogging, two enormous bulls and some smaller bulls, cow horses (trained and ready to go to work) and shetland ponies. The crowd gathered as time for the Hospice calf auction approached. A large section of the bleachers on the north side was filled with workers from Hospice.
Jace Honey and Tony Hall, the regular auctioneer, auctioned off a piece of the calf at a time, and then the whole calf went to Gary Fishkoe of Avondale (who may now live in Lamar). Fishkoe intends to donate back any profit from the calf to Hospice, also. The bidders represented too many companies and individuals to name (about two pages of them), but their total at the close of the auction was impressive. Sandy Singer, office manager, said $8,500 had already been donated at the end of the auction, but donations would continue to come in all day and all week. There were bidders from as far away as Wyoming, Brush, Pueblo, all over, she said.
Beverly Babb donated a Western painting in honor of her husband, Jack Babb, who was helped by Hospice during his last days recently. It was also auctioned for Hospice. In addition to the auction, many businesses and individuals donated door prizes, ranging from a cattle prod to dinners at Mexico City. One lady won a socket set and was seen to pass it off to a man looking eagerly at it from nearby.
In the end, it was a great day for the Arkansas Valley Hospice and the Honey and Williams families. "The Honeys look forward to this anniversary auction every year," said Office Manager Sandy Singer. "They are happy to help the Hospice."
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On Monday morning Christa Zapfe woke up, did some light cleaning, jumped in her truck and began the 200-mile trip to Colby, where she will become the associate pastor of College Drive Assembly of God Church. As pastor of the Lighthouse Worship Center for the past six years she formed a lifetime bond with the people of Greensburg while guiding her small congregation through the emotional aftermath of the May 2007 tornado.
On Monday morning Christa Zapfe woke up, did some light cleaning, jumped in her truck and began the 200-mile trip to Colby, where she will become the associate pastor of College Drive Assembly of God Church. As pastor of the Lighthouse Worship Center for the past six years she formed a lifetime bond with the people of Greensburg while guiding her small congregation through the emotional aftermath of the May 2007 tornado.
"You can't talk to me for long without me crying about something," said Zapfe in an interview last week. It's going to be hard to say goodbye, I don't really want to think about it."
Rebuffing a nearby box of tissues the self-confessed "city person," who worked in churches in Chicago, Missouri and Florida before moving to Greensburg in Jan. 2006, is overflowing with emotion.
She's manages to smile, frown and laugh all at once.
"Never in my wildest imagination would I have thought I would be in southwestern Kansas, living and serving in a community like this one," she said.
Zapfe came to Greensburg from Winterhaven, Fla., where she worked as a staff member for a local Assembly of God Church. It was only a couple of months into her new position as the pastor of the Lighthouse Worship when the May 4, 2007 tornado destroyed most of Greensburg, her home and her church.
"There were opportunities to come alongside and help people," said Zapfe, reflecting on post-tornado Greensburg. "Whether it was a family in need, or a person in need. The tornado will be connected with us forever. While it doesn't define us, it will always be a big part of our lives. There have been great seasons of people coming together in the community, in their faith, surrounding each other and helping each other. With the tornado, we had to deal with all sorts of things in the midst of that. Everything was heightened."
Like many in the local faith community, Zapfe has served as a pastor, a friend and a therapist for her church members. In most small communities pastors are more than just spiritual leaders, they are civic leaders and community ambassadors.
"Because we are a smaller community, [the pastors] just know more. That's the community knowing the pastor and the pastor knowing the community. The pastors here are wonderfully connected and part of the community's culture. We are a community and a family and we see each other everyday. I was telling somebody yesterday that it's hard for me to run in-and-out of Kwikshop," laughed Zapfe. "I start in the vegetable aisle and I hear about somebody's medical issue and then I go to the next aisle and I hear about someone's dog who got hurt. It's community all of the time and I've really enjoyed that, I've liked that."
Zapfe said one of her biggest challenges was finding time for herself.
"It took a while for me to get used to the loss of my anonymity," she explained. "That's a good thing, but it can be challenging. I like crowds, I love people and being around people. It was hard to get away and have personal time, I like doing that also. When I needed time, often I had to go out of town to find that time."
It was an emotional service for her on Sunday, less than 24 hours before leaving.
A small group of her congregation stayed to eat a pasta and garlic bread lunch before helping her load moving boxes — a helpful gesture and part of Zapfe's personal and professional philosophy.
"Let's do life alongside each other," she explained. "Let's not just be in church, or be at school or be at work, let's live alongside each other, together and not just on Sunday morning. There has to be more than just sitting in a building."
She'll have the opportunity to cultivate this as the associate pastor of her new church in Colby. She will be a connections pastor, helping to assimilate new members and working towards a discipleship post at the church of about 170 members.
Zapfe said her church has been supportive of her decision to leave Greensburg and that she felt "it was time to move on."
That is when the tears come.
"I am so blessed to have been part of this community, I am so grateful for my time here. Not to sound selfish but, the impact that this community has had on me is amazing. I am grateful I was able to live here for as long as The Lord allowed me."


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Emelia Marie Hammerschmidt, 104, of Sleepy Eye, formerly of Springfield, died on November 16, 2012 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye.
Emelia Marie Hammerschmidt, 104, of Sleepy Eye, formerly of Springfield, died on November 16, 2012 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye. Visitation was held Sunday at Divine Providence Community Home, Sleepy Eye and will be on Monday 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the church. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, 10:30 a.m. at the St. Raphael's Catholic Church, Springfield, with Father Dennis Labat, officiating. Interment will take place in the St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery, Springfield. Online condolences can be given at www.sturmfh.com. Arrangements with the Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield.
Emelia Marie Hammerschmidt was born on April 2, 1908 in Mulligan Township, the daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Roiger) Sturm. She was united in marriage to Edward Hammerschmidt on January 19, 1932 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. The couple lived in Rowina and Wanda where they farmed for 34 years until they moved to Springfield in 1968. She was a former member of St. Mathias Catholic Church in Wanda and a current member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield, St. Anne's Alter Society, Mission sewing groups for 23 years, card clubs, and North Star Homemakers Club for five years. Faith was very important to Emelia and she prayed the Rosary daily. She enjoyed baking, cooking, sewing, music, attending to her garden and flower beds, helping her family, and visiting with friends, family, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great granddaughter. Emelia enter Lake Villa at the age of 95 years and Divine Providence at age 99. Emelia died on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye at the age of 104 years 7 months and 14 days.
She is survived by her children, Edward (Irene) Hammerschmidt of Mankato and Theresa (Ralph) Kolp of Redwood Falls; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and a great-great granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 1980; children in infancy, Theresa and Edward; and siblings, Roman, Elizabeth, Adelia, Michael, Stella, Anette, and Theresa.


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Author of The Late Round Quarterback (2012), JJ Zachariason is doing a Rotoworld offseason series on quarterback value in fantasy football. A link to Zachariason's book can be found here. JJ is also on Twitter. Find the first two parts of JJ's Quarterback Draft Analysis Series here (Part I: QBs & Fantasy Value) and here (Part II: QBs & Depth). I had an Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card growing up. You may remember it: The card displayed Junior's mug smiling innocently, holding a bat like it was part of his body. I think I stole the card from my brother, but I still considered it my own. Anytime I got together with my neighborhood buddies to "trade", they always asked what it would take to get my Griffey. I told them the only thing I'd accept for it was a Nintendo with the Track & Field pad. At one point, the Griffey was the focus of conversation among seven-year-olds in my neighborhood. Everyone was talking about it, and everyone wanted it. That is, until Matthew moved across the street from me. My friends and I were all trading one day, and we decided to invite this "Matthew" character to join. Aside from having another dude my age in the neighborhood to play street hockey with, I was excited to show off my awesome card collection to someone new. We were in my basement displaying our cards like it was some sort of professional event, and I reached into my box and pulled out my beloved Griffey. The guys in my basement were impressed, as usual, except for the newbie. Matthew acted like the Griffey rookie card was just another potato chip under the couch cushion. He arrogantly smiled as he pulled out the exact same card from his box. That moment – that smile – was when I learned about the basic concept of supply and demand. Before Matthew moved to my neighborhood, I could have had anything for Griffey. After, I could barely squeeze out a '93 Topps Walt Weiss from my friends. I understood the reason, though: My pals saw less value in something because the supply of that something had doubled. This same type of logic is really identifiable in fantasy football. And for whatever reason, thousands of fantasy owners fail to realize it. Without boring you with a regurgitation of my college economics classes, let's look at supply and demand at a very basic level. We'll define supply as "how many of something is available", and demand as "how much people want that something." In most markets, when the supply of a widget is greater than the demand of a widget, participants will pay lower costs to obtain that widget. If there's an apple stand that has nine apples, but only six people want one apple, then those six people aren't going to pay much to get an apple. There are apples for everyone! But if 17 people want an apple when there are only nine apples available, you'll find that they're willing to pay a higher price. In fantasy football, there's a way to determine supply and demand of particular positions in a standard lineup. And when you're able to do this, you're capable of seeing which positions are inherently more valuable in our beloved fantasy game. Demand is more obvious, as we can look at a lineup and determine the exact number of players a team needs to fulfill its requirements. In most leagues, a squad must have one quarterback, at least two running backs, and at least two receivers. So in a 12-team league, we'd expect the demand for quarterbacks to be 12, and the demand for running backs and receivers to be 24 each. Of course, anytime there's a flex spot in a lineup, the demand for the positions involved in said flex increases. Things become a little more subjective when the supply of particular positions is analyzed. As defined previously, supply is "how many of something is available." There are plenty of running backs and receivers accessible because so many of them get opportunities in a game, but how do we determine the pool of players that are actually worthy enough to start in fantasy football? Even though Mewelde Moore is a running back, for instance, should he really be in our running back consideration set? This notion is extremely important when trying to understand the supply of a specific fantasy position. If you look at any 2012 box score, you'd often find three or four different runners touching the rock, and potentially eight or nine receivers catching passes. Unless injury or poor performance occurs, you only see one quarterback on each team throwing the ball. It may appear that there's an excess of backs and receivers, but really, quantity doesn't equate to quality in this case.
Think of it this way: are you going to trust Chaz Schilens as a starting receiver before a fantasy week begins? In Week 11, Schilens caught four passes for 48 yards and a touchdown against the Rams. He finished as a top-24 receiver that week, making Schilens a reasonable option in 12-team leagues. But considering Schilens totaled just 16 receptions all season prior to that game, he clearly wasn't a true option for fantasy owners entering the week. The supply of usable running backs and receivers is limited by reliability and predictability. While you can find worthwhile ones on a week-by-week basis through the waiver wire, the chance that you catch lightning in a bottle is very slim. And the likelihood that you actually have the idiotic courage to start a player like Jorvorskie Lane is just as small. If you look at 2012 (excluding fantasy-worthless Week 17), 93 running backs finished in the weekly top-24 at least once. Seems like a lot, right? Well, the majority of those running backs only accomplished this feat once or twice, making them not very usable or predictable. Just 35 backs cracked the top-24 four or more times. Digging deeper, only 17 of them entered the top-12 that many times. We also saw 98 receivers rank within the weekly top-24 last year. Again, many of those players didn't do it very often. There were 46 receivers who did it four or more times, and only 22 wideouts snuck into the top-12 four or more times in 2012. Without looking at point values (I'll get to that with my next article in this series), it's clear that, even though the overall amount of backs and receivers is high, the quality of the majority of these players is low. When that happens, you begin to see a dip in supply. And let's face the facts: It's easier to trust quarterbacks because you know they're going to touch the ball in every game. To put this another way, the quarterback floor in fantasy football is much higher than any other position. Sure, players like John Skelton and Mark Sanchez will throw up goose eggs every once in a while, but plenty of quarterbacks will also do the opposite. Looking at a similar analysis as I did above, there were 38 different quarterbacks who finished in the weekly top-12 in 2012, and 26 of them did it four or more times. That's more than double the number of quarterbacks needed (remember the definition of demand?) in a 12-team league. When you break down quarterback top-6 finishes, you'd find 12 different quarterbacks in 2012 achieving this four or more times. Wait a second – isn't that one quarterback for each team in a 12-team league? These numbers are at least a little eye opening, but we should understand that it's difficult to find an exact number that defines the supply for each fantasy position. It's a subjective thing. Where do we draw the line and say, "this player is usable" or "this player should never be started"? I could have a much different definition than you do. So instead of me feeding you statistics, let's think about this a different way. There are 32 teams in the NFL. Some teams, like the Saints, enjoy running a committee system, giving more than one running back a fantasy football chance. Of course, we have to remember that only a few of these committee backs are truly useful on a week-to-week basis. A running back-by-committee approach doesn't mean more running backs enter the supply side of this argument. What it actually does is diminish the opportunity for a true every-down running back. Instead of there being a clear 32-player pool, we're now faced with a massive drop from the 200-plus attempt runners to the rest of the field. The same goes for wide receivers. Even though we're seeing more passing in today's NFL, we're also seeing fewer chances for elite receiving performances. The ball is being spread around. More receivers on the field at once simply dilutes the clear, top-notch receivers we all strive to obtain in fantasy football. Quarterbacks don't share the field with anyone. They have all the opportunity in the world in each game they start. Remember when Fred Jackson was stealing carries from C.J. Spiller, and we kept seeing the #FreeSpiller hashtag on Twitter? Well, there's no such thing as #FreeSpiller for quarterbacks. All quarterbacks are free. You need two or three running backs to fulfill a lineup need, and you need two or three receivers to do the same. You need just one quarterback. In order to have the same supply and demand rate as the quarterback position, you would need 50-60 readily available, startable running backs or receivers in fantasy football. Are you going to pay a high price for a position in low demand? When you know there are readily available signal callers in fantasy, is it worth reaching for one in a fantasy draft? Is selecting a quarterback early all that worthwhile when you have to have multiple, reliable players at other positions? I need to know: Would you still give me the world for my Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card after seeing the same card in Matthew's collection?


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Stripe the Stadium for Homecoming!!
By ODU Athletics
Space … the final frontier for Old Dominion University.
The school has grown in size and scope at such a dramatic rate that where else except outer space could ODU celebrate its 2013 Homecoming? "ODUniverse — Journey to the Blue Galaxy" is the theme of this year's Homecoming celebration, scheduled for Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.
The week is filled with cultural activities, community service events, a concert, a parade and of course the annual Homecoming football game, against Liberty University, on Saturday, Oct. 5.
"While it's always great to see alumni there is an extra level of energy that comes naturally with Homecoming week," said Dana Allen, ODU's assistant vice president of alumni relations. "We're hoping everyone comes back to the center of the ODU Universe and participates in something that fits for them!"
The list of activities includes a surprise announcement in Webb Center at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 4. The entire campus community is invited.
The build-up to Homecoming week has already started. Every Friday through the month of September, charity t-shirt swaps are being hosted around campus. Students, staff and faculty can exchange a t-shirt, which will be donated, for a shirt with an "I love spirit Fridays" ODU logo.
ODU colors can be worn at sporting events throughout Homecoming week, including the first home events for Old Dominion teams in Conference USA, the school's new athletic conference.
On Friday, Oct. 4, ODU will officially begin Conference USA play with a soccer doubleheader at the ODU Soccer Complex. The Lady Monarchs will take on East Carolina at 5 p.m., followed by the men's team tangling with the University of Kentucky (an associate member of C-USA in soccer) at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks will follow the second game. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for youth.
On Saturday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m., fans can take a look at this year's Lady Monarch basketball team in the Jim Jarrett Athletic Administration Building with an open practice. Parking for that event will be restricted to the parking garages near the Constant Center due to football parking that day. The ODU Rowing team will take on the University of North Carolina and The Naval Academy at 11 a.m. on the Lafayette River. At noon, the ODU Sports Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon will be held in the Ted Constant Convocation Center Hall of Fame Lobby. For tickets, call 683-3359
Saturday's sold-out football game against Liberty, the football program's 33rd straight sellout, will kick off at 6 p.m. at S.B. Ballard Stadium at Foreman Field. The game is on Cox Digital channel 114 in Hampton Roads, and can be heard on ESPN 94.1 FM radio in Hampton Roads, 100.4 FM in Richmond and 104.5 FM and SuperTalk AM in the Lynchburg area. Fans are asked to wear either Blue or White attire to the game, based on their ticketed section in the stadium. Game tickets indicate the section color, and fans can reference the attached chart. For a color-coded seating diagram CLICK HERE.
On Sunday, Oct. 6, the Lady Monarchs host the University of Texas-San Antonio in soccer at 1 p.m., and the field hockey team hosts Georgetown at 2 p.m. at the L.R. Hill Athletic Complex on Powhatan Avenue.


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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The managers of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas have announced plans to open one at Lake Tahoe this winter after a $60 million renovation of the former Horizon Casino Resort at Stateline.
Officials for the Las Vegas-based Warner Hospitality and the Tahoe-based Park family that owns the property said Thursday the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe will include more than 500 hotel rooms and a 25,000-square-foot casino.
The resort on the lake's south shore originally opened as Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe in 1965.
David Park says they are thrilled to bring a world-class brand to South Lake Tahoe's entertainment district.
The property will be operated by Don Marrandino, a casino executive who has worked for Harrah's and Caesars Entertainment in Nevada and Atlantic City.


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The University of Colorado political science professor who mined economic data to predict that Republican nominee Mitt Romney would win the presidential election with 330 electoral votes joked Wednesday that Boulder residents "can breathe more easily."
Professor Ken Bickers said that in non-battleground states, the state-by-state model he developed with his colleague Michael Berry from CU-Denver was pretty close -- only off by about 2 percentage points.
But the professors had forecast electoral wins for Romney in the battleground states of Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Iowa, Virginia and Ohio, all of which were claimed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
The model underestimated Obama by about 5 to 6 percentage points in the swing states.
"I'm sure Boulder is happy that our model turned out to be wrong," Bickers said. "They can breathe more easily."
Bickers credited the Obama campaign for overcoming the economic conditions to get the president re-elected, saying he made history as an incumbent who was able to rise above a weak economic recovery.
"The campaign was smart," Bickers said. "They made good decisions on how to run the campaign. And the Romney campaign was unable to offset those."
Nate Silver, who runs the New York Times-hosted FiveThirtyEight blog, has been heralded for accurately calling all 50 states in Tuesday's presidential election.
Earlier this election season, Silver used Twitter to debunk the CU professors' model, saying he saw "glaring problems with their methodology."
The professors' model predicted that Romney would win 330 of the total 538 Electoral College votes.
Bickers said Silver's job is to make predictions and that he and Berry had a more analytical model to understand state-by-state factors.
The model developed by Bickers and Berry is based on the Electoral College and, they say, it is the only one of its type to include more than one state-level measure of economic conditions.
When applied to past elections, the CU professors said their model accurately predicted results dating back to 1980.
To make their predictions, the professors combed economic data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The professors' model included state and national unemployment figures as well as changes in income.
Bickers said he's uncertain whether they'll modify their model -- and he'll make that call after he's gotten more sleep.
On Tuesday night, Bickers said, he woke up at 2 a.m. to watch the polls and then again at 4 a.m.
"Is that geeky? That's the sign of a political junkie, I guess."
Steve Fenberg, executive director of New Era Colorado, credits Obama's success in swing states to a couple of factors -- including engaging Latinos, other minorities, young people and women voters.
"He also had a really strong ground game," Fenberg said. "I think pundits sometimes brush that off. In the past, it was about who had more money to buy TV ads. I don't think anybody in this election thought there wasn't enough money being spent. It came down to the field efforts, and he invested in the right states, including Colorado."
Dan Gould, chairman of the Boulder County Democratic Party, said he was concerned about the study because it looked solely at economic data.
"We are complex people," he said. "We make decisions all the time that are not related to economics."
He also said the economy was improving under Obama's leadership.
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Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel is not going to tolerate turnovers any longer.
The Chiefs 29 turnovers (14 interceptions, 15 fumbles) are 10 more than any other team in the league, and Crennel said the first player to turn it over on Monday night at Pittsburgh likely will get a seat on the bench.
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The death of a 41-year-old Armstrong County man found in a bathroom at Butler Memorial Hospital last weekend is being investigated as a possible heroin overdose, authorities said.
Brent A. Lindsay of Worthington was found late Friday night unresponsive on the bathroom floor, Butler police said.
Sources told the Butler Eagle that drug paraphernalia and three empty stamp bags of suspected heroin were on the floor.
However, police would not confirm what evidence if any was collected.
An autopsy was not conducted but investigators are awaiting results of lab work.
A toxicology test should determine any link between the death and a lethal batch of fentanyl-laced heroin that started sweeping through Western Pennsylvania last month.
The tainted heroin is believed to be responsible for about two dozen drug-related deaths in Allegheny, Butler, Armstrong, Beaver and Westmoreland counties.
State, county and local law enforcement officials say the deadly heroin mix has been placed in bags stamped with the words Theraflu, Bud Ice and Income Tax.
None of the bags found in the hospital bathroom were marked with those street names, the sources said.
Police were initially notified by the hospital at 10:44 p.m. Friday.
"We were told that a male was unconscious on the floor," said police Capt. David Dalcamo, "and that CPR had started and was in progress."
Connie Downs, a hospital spokeswoman, said because there is a continuing investigation, the hospital would have no comment on the death.


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The NYTimes has an article about that wee hours amber alert I mentioned yesterday, saying that I was not the only one awakened by this, explaining how the system works, and discussing whether a late-night alert is really advisable (thanks j.c.f.). It also tells us that the missing child that inspired the alert was found, so there's good news there, and in fairness, the amber alert played a part in this (albeit during the day when people were awake), so one can't complain about the results. There's also a post about this on Buzzfeed (thanks nin) including this explanation from the powers-that-be: "It truly is a city that never sleeps. There are always tons of people on the road. It makes perfect sense to send this out." So their actual intent wasn't to wake up the millions of us who were asleep, it was for people to read on their cell phones while driving that night. Okay, as long as they thought this all the way through.
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Police were unable to immediately confirm Wednesday night that the victim, who has not been identified, had died.
The victim was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston in serious condition Tuesday night, where he reportedly died.
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NCTE actively began fighting censorship in the 1950's. McCarthyism spurred NCTE to take a more active stance against censorship and, in 1953, NCTE's Committee on Censorship of Teaching Materials published Censorship and Controversy, condemning McCarthy's tactics and championing freedom of thought. In 1962 NCTE published its seminal intellectual freedom guideline, The Students' Right to Read, that led to today's active Anti-Censorship program which works with 60-100 educators and school districts a year on challenges to texts used in classrooms. Over these years the Council has voiced its opposition to censorship and promoted intellectual freedom as portrayed in this video clip from the NCTE Centennial Film.
NCTE offers advice, helpful documents, and other support to teachers faced with challenges to texts (e.g. literary works, films and videos, drama productions) or teaching methods used in their classrooms and schools.
Use the online "Report A Censorship Incident Form" to report an incident, or call Millie Davis, NCTE Senior Developer, Affiliated Groups and Public Outreach, directly at 800-369-6283, ext. 3634.
The materials below have been identified by teachers as most useful in preventing and combating censorship.
Students' Right to ReadGives model procedures for responding to challenges, including "Citizen's Request for Reconsideration of a Work."
Guidelines for Selection of Materials in English Language Arts ProgramsPresents criteria and procedures that ensure thoughtful teacher selection of novels and other materials.
Rationales for Teaching Challenged BooksRich resource section included table of contents of NCTE's Rationales for Commonly Challenged Books CD-ROM, an alphabetical list of other rationales on file, the SLATE Starter Sheet on "How to Write a Rationale," and sample rationales for Bridge to Terabithia and The Color Purple.
Guidelines for Dealing with Censorship of Nonprint MaterialsOffers principles and practices regarding nonprint materials.
Defining and Defending Instructional MethodsGives rationales for various English language arts teaching methods and other defenses against common challenges to them.
Sherman Alexie tells us "Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood"
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Willson is currently enrolled in Barry's counselor supervision and education program. As an NBCC MFP Fellow, she will receive$20,000 in funding and training to support her education and facilitate her service to underserved minority populations.
Willson has experience in a university counseling center and in private practice, and currently works in hospital inpatient and outpatient programs. Her plans as an NBCC MFP Fellow include using the opportunity for personal growth, committing additional time to serving minority clients in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area, and fostering multicultural competence among fellow counselors. Willson is a graduate of the University of Utah and Liberty University.
In addition to Willson, the NBCC MFP has distributed the award to 23 other doctoral-level counseling students selected to receive the fellowship award.
The NBCC MFP is made possible by a grant awarded to NBCC by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in August 2012. The Foundation is contracted by NBCC to administer the NBCC MFP, as well as training and collaboration activities that will be open to all National Certified Counselors. To learn more about the NBCC MFP and its fellows, please visit www.nbccf.org/mfp.


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Quercetin, an antioxidant pigment in apples, onions, green and black tea and other plants, reduced viral illness and maintained physical and mental abilities in physically stressed athletes in a new study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Researchers from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, recruited 40 trained cyclists and randomly assigned 20 to take 1,000 mg of quercetin, plus niacin and vitamin C per day for five weeks, while the remaining 20 took a placebo. Researchers included niacin and vitamin C to help absorb the quercetin.
After three weeks, the athletes rode bicycles for three hours per day on three consecutive days to the point of exhaustion. Researchers took blood and tissue samples and determined that the cyclists had high levels of stress hormones, oxidative stress and significant muscle damage. Following the extreme exercise, 45% of the cyclists in the placebo group reported illness compared to 5% of those in the quercetin group with no side effects. The immune benefit did not appear until after the exercise. Lead researcher, Dr. David Nieman remarked, "It appears that it takes significant stress to bring out quercetin's infection-fighting properties."
Researchers also administered mental alertness and reaction-time tests at the point of exhaustion and found that the quercetin group performed measurably faster than placebo. Doctors noted that this is the first controlled clinical trial to show that a plant compound reduced viral infection and plan to follow up with a study on psychological stress in the general public. The average diet contains 25 to 50 mg of quercetin per day.


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Kevin Boehm | 39
Kevin Boehm had dreamed of owning a restaurant since he was a kid growing up in Springfield. Halfway through college, he moved to Panama City, Fla., to wait tables at a small high-end restaurant. He worked double shifts six days a week to scrape together enough cash for his first place. In 2003, along with business partner Rob Katz, he opened Boka Restaurant. Sales were about $2 million. This year, they'll be about $20 million.
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Christopher Gould | 39
Vice-president, Corporate strategy, Exelon Corp.
Christopher Gould grew up on a livestock farm in western Pennsylvania, spending many hours of his youth baling hay. Now at Exelon, Mr. Gould is harvesting something else: pollutants. He manages the nuclear power giant's high-profile Exelon 2020 initiative, aimed at reducing the company's carbon footprint by 15 million metric tons within the next decade.
Lisa Scruggs | 39
Partner Jenner & Block LLP
Part of Lisa Scruggs' law practice is in the toilet-literally. Her expertise flows from representing Ty-D-Bol maker Sara Lee Corp. Ms. Scruggs didn't have that assignment in mind when she pursued a law degree and graduate study in education at the University of Chicago. But the Elgin native has effectively combined her twin career interests at Jenner & Block.
Israel Idonije | 29
Founder, Israel Idonije Foundation
A three-year, $8.8-million contract with the Chicago Bears isn't enough for Israel Idonije. An entrepreneur, his business ventures gross about $3 million annually. In 2007, he launched the Israel Idonije Foundation, a non-profit designed to help underprivileged kids and families in Nigeria, Canada, and Chicago.
Kristi Lafleur | 36
Excutive director, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
The Nebraska native brings political and management experience to her role at the state tollway: She has owned a consulting firm, handled transportation policy for Gov. Pat Quinn and was chief of staff at the Illinois Department of Commerce. In April, Ms. Lafleur took the helm of the tollway system, laying out the problem and potential solution in very fine detail.
Nora Daley | 37
Chair, Board of Trustees, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Before being elected chair of Steppenwolf's board, Nora Daley helped raise close to $1 million for the theater company as founder of its auxiliary council. She's also a supporter and volunteer at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Sarah Robb O'Hagan | 38
Chief marketing officer, Gatorade Co.
Few people would have the audacity to tell one of the world's top admen that he's wrong. But that's the tale circulating about Sarah Robb O'Hagan. This year, Ms. O'Hagan oversaw the launch of Gatorade's G Series and G Series Pro lines of before-, during- and after-exercise drinks. Beverage volume grew in the double digits in the quarter ended Sept. 4.
Kathryn Kerrigan | 30
CEO, creative director, Kathryn Kerrigan Inc.
In 2005, Kathryn Kerrigan channeled her obsession for finding stylish, comfortable shoes for her size-11 feet into Kathryn Kerrigan Inc., a designer and retailer of shoes for taller women. Not "plus size" or "big," mind you. She prefers the word "tall," as in "walking tall, confident."
Quentin Love | 37
President, I Love Food Group
After a fast-food joint near his barbershop closed, Mr. Love zeroed in on his chance. In 2001, he launched his first restaurant, Quench, with $10,000 earned from barbering and from selling his DVD collection one at a time. Today, Mr. Love's I Love Food Group runs seven Quench outlets across the South and West sides and plans to open another this week in Calumet City.
Bob Heniff | 38
CEO, Heniff Transportation Systems LLC
Heniff Transportation Systems is among the 20 largest tanker companies in the country, with nearly 400 trucks and customers such as Dow Chemical Co., Huntsman International LLC and Exxon Mobil Corp. The company is on track to boost revenue 25% this year from $60 million in 2009.
Kevin Boehm | 39
Co-owner, Boka Restaurant Group
Kevin Boehm had dreamed of owning a restaurant since he was a kid growing up in Springfield. Halfway through college, he moved to Panama City, Fla., to wait tables at a small high-end restaurant. He worked double shifts six days a week to scrape together enough cash for his first place. In 2003, along with business partner Rob Katz, he opened Boka Restaurant. Sales were about $2 million. This year, they'll be about $20 million.
Joshua Schafer | 39
Vice-president, Global oncology strategy, Astellas Pharma U.S. Inc.
Joshua Schafer is that rare individual who can study cancer molecules all morning in a laboratory, then spend the rest of his day in boardrooms marketing cancer cures. Mr. Schafer has played a key role in the development of a cancer-treatment program at Astellas Pharma Inc.
William Kucera | 38
Partner, corporate and secutiries practice, Mayer Brown LLP
Even as mergers-and-acquisitions activity was limping along at the start of 2009, Mayer Brown partner William Kucera was revving up. Mr. Kucera not only worked the legal angle of the deals, he counseled clients' board directors and steered negotiations. Last year, Mr. Kucera played a lead role in the firm's corporate and securities practice, handling $10 billion's worth of deals.
Natalie Spears | 39
Partner, co-chair of the corporate and specialty litigation practice, SNR Denton US LLP
Spears has worked with Tribune Co., WMAQ-TV/Channel 5 and other clients in media-access cases involving boldface names Drew Peterson, Conrad Black, Dwayne Wade, R. Kelly and Bo Jackson. She also has won new business for the law firm now known as SNR Denton, expanding its relationship with Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. and reeling in homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Eddie Lou | 39
General partner, OCA Ventures
Eddie Lou believes American kids need more strategic resources, especially a college education, to help them become more competitive. In 2003, Mr. Lou helped launch Urban Students Empowered.
Anas Osman | 33
Vice-president, New card member acquisition, Discover Financial Services
At age 29, the son of Syrian immigrants became the youngest vice-president at credit card company Discover Financial Services. He's also emerging as a prominent voice for moderate Muslims in the U.S., sponsoring trips to Muslim countries to promote understanding of cultural differences.
Dino De Vita | 37
Senior vice-president, Personal financial services, Northern Trust Corp.
As a managing director in Northern Trust's unit catering to wealthy individuals, Dino De Vita manages a 15-person team in Chicago with a client portfolio of about $1 billion. He was one of two such directors nationwide chosen by Northern last year to test a new client model. That model is in effect firmwide in large part because of the results his team has produced.
Shad Thaxton | 35
Co-founder, AuraSense LLC
A routine study session at the Borders bookstore on Michigan Avenue in 2001 became a turning point for Shad Thaxton. Last year, Mr. Thaxton and nanotech guru Chad Mirkin co-founded AuraSense LLC, which is developing Mr. Thaxton's creation of an artificial nanoparticle that mimics HDL, or "good cholesterol."
Stan Bowman | 37
General Manager, Chicago Blackhawks
Mr. Bowman graduated from Notre Dame in 1995 with degrees in finance and computer applications. He joined the Blackhawks in 2001, initially working on budgets and developing programs to track player movement and evaluation. He later became a top assistant to General Manager Dale Tallon. Then, in July 2009, Hawks President John McDonough turned to Mr. Bowman when Mr. Tallon was reassigned.
Arsen Avakian | 34
Founder, CEO, Argo Tea Inc.
Arsen Avakian believes tea is the most-consumed beverage in the world and says Argo cafes are "challenging the assumption" that coffee shops are the only places to relax and enjoy a hot drink.
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