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LONGMONT -- In Union, there is water.
Longmont started to siphon off its share of the St. Vrain on Monday, beginning a steady recharge of the popular Union Reservoir. And with the aid of April's heavier-than-normal snowfalls, the lake may be coming back faster than expected.
According to city estimates, Union could reach 9,000 acre-feet of water by June, almost three-quarters of its 12,800 acre-foot capacity. It had been as low as 5,700 acre-feet at the end of March, when a slow refill seemed likely.
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service on Monday released Colorado snowpack figures for May 1. (Shown as percentage of median.)
Gunnison: 73 percent
Colorado: 98 percent
South Platte: 99 percent
North Platte: 102 percent
Yampa/White: 94 percent
Arkansas: 82 percent
Rio Grande: 41 percent
San Miguel, Dolores, Animas & San Juan: 43 percent
Statewide: 83 percent
"There's a lot of if's in looking at this, depending on what happens between now and the middle of June," said Ken Huson, the city's water resources administrator. "But our most likely projection is that we could add a couple thousand acre-feet."
That's on top of the thousand that Union got over the past month, capturing the runoff from Longmont's fifth-snowiest April on record. The city got 20 inches of snowfall in a series of storms that provoked frequent jokes about "springtime in the Rockies."
"That certainly helped us immensely," Huson said.
As of Monday morning, Union Reservoir had 6,700 acre-feet. If the lake fills as expected, Huson said, the boat ramp could be usable by Memorial Day; the city hasn't yet discussed when it might open the swim beach for the season.
Throughout the week, flows in the Oligarchy Ditch will be high as water is funneled into Union. City officials are asking residents to keep an eye on any children or pets near the ditch. Pedestrian underpasses along the St. Vrain Greenway may occasionally be closed for safety reasons.
The city estimated the water flow at 50 to 70 cubic feet per second. That's enough to add about 120 acre-feet per day.
The refill is expected to continue into early June, Huson said, but that could vary depending on when different areas are able to use their own water rights. Union Reservoir's water rights date to 1902, making it one of the more senior claims in the area.
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It's important for parents to understand their role in creating a safe school-climate and in helping young people receive needed support. One way to increase this understanding is for parents to be aware of effective cyberincident response and intervention.
Young people who chronically fall into the role of bully and/or victim—whether online or offline—are signaling that they are "stuck" and in need of understanding, support, and/or intervention. In order to effectively intervene, the family, school, and mental health leaders should work together to consider a psycho-educational and/or psychotherapeutic plan that will address these problems. They will also need to answer the following questions:
A parent, school administrator-or whichever stakeholder is present when an incident is underway- should immediately do the following:
Once the behavior has been stopped and all parties are in a quiet, safe place, speak separately with each involved party to learn about what happened. These conversations are not simply fact-finding missions—they are your first opportunity to offer each young person (whether bully, victim, or bystander) the support he or she needs to heal from this incident and move toward a greater sense of safety.
As much as we want to "solve" this or make it better for the victim, your most important role—at least for now—is to listen and understand. By listening to the victim, you help him or her feel less alone, less overwhelmed, and less scared. Doing so will also give help you understand how deeply the he or she has been affected and what feelings and thoughts the situation has triggered. Listen, listen, listen.
After you've talked with the victim and he or she has begun to settle down, ask the victim what he or she needs and wants. Let the victim know that feelings abut being bullied sometimes come in waves. It is important for victims to know that it is okay—and terribly helpful!—to give voice to whatever they are feeling and thinking.
Although your first impulse may be to chastise or punish the bully, your most important role at this point is to listen and understand. Remember that bullying behaviors signal that a young person is troubled. Bullies are often targets of bullying at home or in their neighborhood, or they are struggling with very negative feelings about themselves for any number of reasons (such as difficulty with learning or social relations). Bullying is certainly both unhelpful and unacceptable as a way of coping with troubles, but it should be read primarily as a cry for help. At a later point in the process, one of the interventions with this young person may involve teaching more productive, acceptable strategies for dealing with such emotions. But for now, again: Listen.
Although the focus tends to gravitate toward the victim and the bully, there has been a growing awareness over the past several years that young people who witness bully-victim behavior are adversely effected, too.
One of the most important ways that we can understand and address the needs of young people who witness bully-victim behavior is to periodically talk about it in public settings, whether through advisories, classrooms, or assemblies. In some schools, administrations have organized town meetings in which a bully talks about his or her behavior as a way of promoting healing in the community. This can be a powerful and helpful step but should be attempted if and only if it is carefully coordinated with and supervised by mental health professionals.
Just as we need to listen to the young person involved, we also need to listen to ourselves. Such an incident may touch on challenges of your own. If you feel anxiety around such incidents, it is important to talk to a counselor or mental health professional about it.
All parties involved will need ongoing support. Being bullied can be wounding and traumatic. Although we typically do not see an actual physical wound, young people need to "clean" the social and emotional wounds that bullying can cause. Caring adults can promote the healing process by encouraging young people to give voice to the range of feelings and thoughts they have about the experience. Listen, listen, and listen in caring ways. As painful as it can be for victims to talk about these experiences (and as painful as it can be for adults to listen), it is much more complicating and problematic when these feelings, thoughts, and memories go underground.
Eyman, W. & Cohen, J. (2009). Breaking the Bully-Victim-Passive Bystander Behavior: Creating a Climate for Learning and Responsibility. New York, NY: National School Climate Center (http://www.schoolclimate.org)

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obsolete898 All your problems might be solved just by going with a larger carrier(the largest that doesnt leak). It will require less pressure to move the bolt and less pressure means slower bolt speed(a tighter carrier does NOT slow the bolt down more). Also make sure cut side of spring is on the bolt.


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If all goes well, local singer Jovon Newman will open for national recording artists Marsha Ambrosius and Raheem DeVaughn at World Caf� Live at The Queen in Wilmington next Thursday.
If all goes well, local singer Jovon Newman will open for national recording artists Marsha Ambrosius and Raheem DeVaughn at World Café Live at The Queen in Wilmington next Thursday.
All Newman has to do is outshine nine other contestants from throughout the region in this Saturday's Kiss Idol 2013 contest at The Queen. The event is open to the public.
Kiss Idol, presented by the hip-hop and R&B radio station Kiss 101.7 FM in Wilmington, will feature judging from a panel of radio and record label executives. Each act will be limited to performing one song. The complete list of contestants includes: JQ (this is the R&B-pop duo Newman has formed with his partner-in-rhyme, Quintin Richardson) Cartin Vegas, FlowCity, Bobby Dimes, Jay Watts, Walt Anderson, K. Foxx, J. Wynn and Angel Demar.
"It would really be an accolade if we could add this to our resume and build off it," Newman, 21, of Middletown, said of him and Richardson. "It would give us the momentum we want."
Like many young adults, Richardson and Newman have big dreams to touch the world with their music and make performing their full-time career.
JQ is slated to drop their debut LP "Anticipation" in mid-summer, said JQ manager Michael "Video Myke" Clarkson, 32, of Smyrna. The album will include the song JQ will perform in Kiss Idol: "Replay."
'Everybody can relate'
Richardson and Newman will sing the new single "Replay" on Saturday since they feel it's not a one-dimensional tune. The track sees the pair singing sugary melodies with a verse apiece, starting with Newman. Not content with just singing, Newman performs double duty by debuting his rap skills on the third verse. The cherry on top is the tune's message about having a good time — a theme that many people can feel.
"What makes 'Replay' such an attractive song is everybody can relate to it," Newman said.
Though Richardson believes the versatility of "Replay" will be key to helping them win the competition, he says it's only half the equation. The other half is based on "the way we represent ourselves and the way we perform and interact with the crowd," said Richardson, 26, of Smyrna.
With an air of confidence, Newman made it clear JQ will deliver a stellar performance in Kiss Idol since the duo boasts a special quality that transcends their music: "We got swag."
For unbelievers, JQ's swag has been documented on YouTube in their viral video "Police," which dropped in October. "Police" will also be featured on "Anticipation."
Brushing shoulders with big names
Ambrosius is a platinum-selling singer best known for performing in the neo-soul duo Floetry during the early 2000s. Floetry's debut album, "Floetic," released in 2000, produced signature singles like "Say Yes" and "Getting Late" as well as four Grammy nods. Following the 2005 release of the duo's second studio album, "Flo'Ology," the pair veered creatively and personally.
Ambrosius has since continued to build a name for herself as a songwriter and producer, creating "Butterflies" for the late Michael Jackson and other hits for artists such as Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx and Nas. She's been nominated for a total of six Grammys. Her latest album is "Late Nights & Early Mornings," released in 2011.
Meanwhile, DeVaughn is a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who dropped his first studio album "The Love Experience" in 2005, which peaked at number 46 on the Billboard music charts. He's since released the albums "Love Behind the Melody" in 2008 and "The Love and War Master Piece" in 2010, and both projects peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard charts.
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"Greenfields," "Try to Remember," and other folk songs, will bring back memories of the 1960s to the people attending a concert by the Brothers Four at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Roland Fine Arts Center at Hannibal-LaGrange University.
"Greenfields," "Try to Remember," and other folk songs, will bring back memories of the 1960s to the people attending a concert by the Brothers Four at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Roland Fine Arts Center at Hannibal-LaGrange University.
The Brothers Four's hits also include "Yellow Bird," "Shenendoah" and "Green Leaves of Summer." The Hannibal concert will be on the group's "Season 50" celebration tour.
"It is not only fun but thrilling to bring memories to people," said Bob Flick, the quartet's only remaining founding member, during a phone interview. "People remember good things and good times, when they hear these songs."
This will be the season-opening concert sponsored by the Hannibal Concert Association. Additional concerts this season will feature a former Moody Blues and Wings singer, a piano virtuoso, a Beach Boys tribute group and a performer who impersonates Cher and Shania Twain.
Download a Hannibal Concert Season brochure by clicking on the HCA icon at hannibalarts.com, pick up a season brochure at the Hannibal Arts Council or purchase season tickets at the concerts.
Admission at the Brothers Four concert without HCA season tickets will be $20 for adults or $5 for students.
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Flick explained the group was organized in 1960 when all four founding members were fraternity brothers in Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Washington. They are still based in Seattle. Original members with Flick were Dick Foley, John Paine and Mike Kirkland.
Each left at different times, and ironically, two of their newer members are also from the University of Washington - a generation later. Current members are Mark Pearson, Mike McCoy, Karl Olsen and Flick.
The Brothers Four gained nationwide fame in 1960 with the release of their first album, "Brothers Four," which featured their first hit, "Greenfields." "Later lots of other people included it in their albums, but it was our song" in the beginning, Flick said.
He credits their success to lucky timing, during the 1960s' folk music era. "We were in the right place at the right time with 'Greenfields' and 'Yellow Bird,' and it seemed just right for the mood of radio. ... Folk revival was pretty present on radio and TV.
"We find that as we travel around the world people still love American folk music. It is still part of lots of family gatherings and church gatherings."
Their hit recording of "The Green Leaves of Summer" from the movie, "The Alamo" was nominated for an Academy Award, and they performed the song at the awards ceremony in 1962.
"We write a lot of songs, but we did not write that," Flick said. Another of their hits, "Try To Remember," is from "The Fantastics," a long-running off-Broadway show. "We do songs that are comfortable for us in acoustics and guitar, with a nice melody."
Their folk music is traditional tunes but not protest songs, Flick added. "We consider ourselves more entertainers than carriers of certain points of view."
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When the Brothers Four began performing in other countries, Flick explained, "we found the broadcasting companies in Korea and Japan and China used our records as English language examples." He believes this is because "we sing clearly, and the words are easy to hear."
They have been doing concerts in Japan since 1962, and when they arrived, "the people already knew our songs," Flick said. "Our audience has been so loyal. They sing along and bring their children."
He hopes folk music will always be popular, noting "there is never a time when there is not a folk song way up there in popularity, with a guitar and banjo."
Through the 50 years he has been performing, Flick named his favorite concert locations: the Blue Room in the White House, the civic auditorium in Kyoto, Japan, and the Red Rocks amphitheater near Denver, Colo.
At the White House they sang at the Kennedy inauguration, and later for presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
President Lyndon Johnson told them "I'm sure you boys would enjoy going to sing for our boys in Vietnam," which they did in 1963 and 1964.
These trips have offered strong memories, Flick said. "It is still a very touching moment when a gentleman will come up to us at a concert" and say he heard them in Vietnam. ... "One said 'I was your chopper pilot,' and it was a very emotional moment."
Asked what songs he would like to be remembered for, Flick was quick to name "Greenfields" and "Try To Remember," because "they are about a time to stop everything and reflect."
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Neosho City Council members voted Tuesday night, on final reading, to rescind a cooperative agreement between the City of Neosho and the Neosho Transportation Development District.
Neosho City Council members voted Tuesday night, on final reading, to rescind a cooperative agreement between the City of Neosho and the Neosho Transportation Development District.
Council members described the action as simply a housekeeping move.
"There was nothing malicious about our rescinding that, void of any hard feelings, it was just good housekeeping," said councilman Charles Collinsworth. "It was tying up loose ends. We have asserted that the TDD is not lawfully formed, there has been some admission on their side that this is correct. We want to work something out that will benefit the city of Neosho, but we want to work something out that is lawful."
The City of Neosho filed a petition in August with the 40th Circuit Court, alleging that the TDD was invalid, based on who acts as the voters in the district.
There are three ways under Missouri state statutes to form a TDD. Under subsection 1 of RSMo 238.207, a TDD can be formed by petition of 50 or more registered voters or all owners of real property within the proposed district. The Neosho TDD was formed under subsection 2, which requires the petition of a single local transportation authority, which the City of Neosho acted as. A TDD could also be formed under RSMo 238.207, subsection 5, which requires the petition of a local transportation authority, supported by joint resolutions of two or more transportation authorities.
While the landowners in the Neosho TDD serve as the voters, RSMo 238.202.2, only defines landowners as the qualified voters for subsections 1 and 5.
Though subsection 2 is not specifically named under RSMo 238.202.2, that section does state that under a subsection other than 1 or 5, the legal residents of the district are the qualified voters.
The Neosho TDD was formed in February 2011, via petition at the Newton County Circuit Court and by a vote of property owners within the district.
The landowners also voted in August 2011 to approve a 20-year half-cent sales tax on purchases made at most businesses within the district to fund future traffic improvements.
The TDD and the City of Neosho are now set to meet in the Division III courtroom of the Newton County Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 before Associate Circuit Court Judge Kevin Selby, to address the validity of the TDD.
On Tuesday, Steve Hart, Neosho councilman, echoed Collinsworth's comments.
"This TDD is flawed and anything that is flawed, the city can't have a part of," Hart said. "Whether you call it illegal, whether you call it flawed, whether you call it broken. The city, and I believe us, as representatives of the people of the city, cannot engage in any entity that is considered flawed or illegal or broken."
Meanwhile, the Neosho Transportation Development District's board of directors also met late Tuesday afternoon, primarily in executive session.
The directors voted in open session to amend the budget to pay $64,418.56 in attorney's fees, $34,769.16 to Williams and Campo, P.C. and $29,649.40 for Yates, Mauck, Bohrer, Elliff and Fels, P.C.
Chris Williams, an attorney for the TDD, told board members that under the August 28 court order, which instructed that the TDD must hold a new board of directors election and temporarily cease spending tax monies, the board may only expend, appropriate, transfer, or disburse funds in four cases: the completion of the traffic light project at Kodiak Road and Highway 60, the collection of the TDD sales tax, expenses related to conducting a new directors election, which was held last month, and for actions necessary for compliance with the court order.
The board of directors also went into a lengthy executive session Tuesday to discuss legal issues. The board is expected to release a formal statement this weekend, but it is currently being reviewed by the TDD's attorneys, according to board chairman Ray Stipp.
The Neosho City Council was also scheduled to meet in executive session Tuesday evening, to discuss legal issues relating to the TDD's earlier meeting.
However, Richard Davidson, Neosho mayor, said the council had not heard from the TDD or their attorneys as of the council meeting Tuesday night.
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Not sure what to expect from this game. It will be interesting to see where the Duck's heads are at. If this were the 8th game in the middle of the regular season I would be extremely confident in a 20+ point win as I dont think Kansas State can hang with our speed. We'll see how UO deals with this probably being Chips last game and all those distractions. One thing to keep in mind, the Ducks defense which was pretty much decimated by injuries towards the end of the season is pretty much back to full strength other then Boyett.
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Four people, including one from Cedar Key, were arrested on Monday on a variety of felony charges relating to a break-in at a Williston home where about $20,000 in belongings — a safe, jewelry, prescription pills —plus a car were taken, according to a Levy County Sheriff's Department press release.
Joyce Wendy Hurley, 55, of Cedar Key, is charged with burglary, grand theft, dealing in stolen property and possession of marijuana. Brenda Lee Monroe, 38, of Chiefland, is charged with burglary, grand theft and dealing in stolen property in connection with the break-in done three days after Christmas 2010 on N.E. Levy Street in Williston. The women are accused of taking the safe to Monroe's home and opening it there.
Hurley's son, Desmonde J. Hurley, 20, of Trenton, is charged with two counts of dealing in stolen property and grand theft auto. He is accused of accompanying his mother to the home after the break-in and taking a 2000 Honda Accord which officers later recovered in Gilchrist County. The younger Hurley and Nicole Marie Johnson, 18, of Trenton, who is charged with two counts of dealing in stolen property, are accused of receiving some of the jewelry missing from the residence.
The elder Hurley traded some of the missing jewelry for powder cocaine, and, along with the other three, with trading the jewelry at several pawn shops, according to the press release
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Then you might want to consider applying to serve as the chair of the National Intelligence Council, a high-level job posted on the federal government's job listing website this week.
As chair, you'd lead a group of academics, policy makers and intelligence officials in advising the boss of our nation's intelligence communities, James Clapper, who is the director of national intelligence.
You'd help the director coordinate intelligence gathering among all of America's 17 spy agencies and issue reports like this one studying if freed detainees at Guantanamo Bay will engage in terrorism again.
Like we said, it's a pretty high-profile post that deals with lots of classified information. From the job listing:
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security.
It's an unusual entry in a job site that's known more for announcing more mundane positions such as a procurement analyst at the Department of Energy.
Still, the federal government posts all of its jobs that are (technically) open to the greater public on USAJOBS.gov. Sounds like this fits the bill – though you'll probably have to pass a pretty tough security clearance test to even be considered.


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The lack of a Bombay Woods Maintenance Corporation continued to be a hot discussion topic at the Smyrna Town Council meeting Tuesday night.
Town lawyer Barrett Edwards started the discussion to give council members an update on where the town is at in the process of trying to help the residential development with their defunct HMA.
Edwards told council that rather than going to the Court of Chancery to get a receiver to take over the HMA, a simpler route would be to petition the court to hold an election for the Board of Directors. Once the board is elected, Edwards said the HMA can move forward.
He said it doesn't matter how many people vote in the election, as long as there's a quorum, the people can vote for the board.
"We already have the petition ready to be filed," Edwards said. "We just wanted to remind you that we've deviated from the original course."
Councilman Bob Johnson asked how much the process would cost the town, to which Edwards said as low as $3,000 to $4,000 or upwards of $5,000 to $6,000.
Edwards said the town would assess the residents in the development to recur the cost; the cost for the residents would range $20 to $40.
The update resulted in a few residents approaching council regarding the possible decision to petition the Court of Chancery.
Bombay Woods resident Anna Hanna asked council how they could decide to move forward with the election off of one resident's concern. Hanna was talking in reference to Bombay Woods resident Andrea Beck, who has approached council several times over the past few years for help with the HMA.
"Two years ago I requested a meeting with the mayor and never got a response," Hanna said.
Councilwoman Valerie White said she had been approached by a few people about the issue, but couldn't respond to Hanna's comments on the mayor not responding to her emails.
Town lawyer Terry Jaywork said that for years the council has been reluctant to get involved with helping developments with HOA issues; however, Beck was persistent that the council help the development. He said holding the election would be the development's chance to get their HMA back up and running.
Resident Wendy Bernard said that half of the residents in the development genuinely do want to pay their dues and take care of the development, but the other half of the residents don't want to do the same. She wanted to know what council would do when the development is in the same position a year from now when the HMA goes defunct again.
"Really what the town is doing right now is giving Bombay Woods another chance to get back up on their feet and to move forward," Edwards said. "If they don't take hold of that chance and it just goes belly up again, I'm not going to speak for council, but I think council would be more hesitant to get involved the second time."
Since council didn't have a problem with the change in course from the lawyers, Edwards said the lawyers would file the petition with the Court of Chancery for the election in a few days.
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LONDON — The Olympics may help bring nations together, but when it comes to the 1,500 meters it's every woman for herself. And it can get downright nasty.
Jenny Simpson, a former Colorado Buff and the reigning world champion from Monument, decided to avoid the potential disaster at the front of the pack by running from the back in Monday's first round, and it almost cost her dearly.
In 11th place with 150 meters to go, Simpson had to kick with everything she had to secure the sixth and final spot in Wednesday's semifinal. After crossing the finish line, she had some anxious moments waiting to see the results on the scoreboard.
"Waiting for the names to come up on the board, I'm thinking, 'What a mistake, what a stupid mistake,' " Simpson said of the tactical decision to lay back that nearly backfired. "But then, once it comes up, I look on the positive: I move on to the next two rounds and I ran the slowest, easiest race to get in."
Simpson's margin in grabbing that last spot in the semi was 0.05 of a second over Ekaterina Martynova of Russia.
"It was so physical up front that I thought, 'Maybe if I let them go a little bit, I won't be tangled up when half the field goes down,' " Simpson said. "I thought, 'I'm running really comfortable so I'll just get close with 200-300 meters to go,' which is such a dumb thing to do. I knew with 100 meters to go, 'I gotta pull out something here, or I'm going to be sitting in my apartment in two days.'"
Simpson's experience illustrates the unpredictability of the 1,500 meters. Paces vary, collisions happen, favorites fail to reach finals. Simpson's heat was won in 4:13:55 by Lisa Dobriskey of Great Britain. The first heat went in 4:04.55 to Abeba Aregfawi of Ethiopia.
"At 4:13 pace, everyone can run that pace, and everyone can be really tactical and be ready to run (late in the race)," Simpson said. "Everyone's trying to get in good position, and at that point, like I showed in maybe not a great way, positioning is the most important thing when it's a slow race."
What's it like with all those sleek athletes crammed together at the front, running 14 mph, jostling and elbowing?
"It's not anything goes, but you have to stand your ground, you have to be willing to defend your space and be aggressive," Simpson said. "I don't think there was anything in the race that wasn't appropriate, it's just everyone's running within themselves, together, trying to get in position, and it just gets physical.
"When people dramatically go to the outside or dramatically make any sort of move, you can cut people off and you can cause a crash."
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For a talented, creative few, there's David Letterman. For most, there's a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have dramatic repercussions on their financial health decades from now.
Paying for college in America is hard. And a fight may be brewing in Washington that could leave college grads paying more—maybe a lot more.
Where does Letterman come in? The late-night comic endowed a scholarship at his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. The Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship—grades don't count, but proven creativity does—has helped 84 students since the 1985-86 school year, for a total of $448,048.
But when scholarships and grants—outright gifts either from the government or private institutions and individuals—fall short of covering escalating costs, American students turn to student loans. What's going to happen? What's President Obama doing about all of this? How did the federal government get involved in financing higher education in the first place? And is college worth it?
First, the history.
"The federal government really didn't get involved in financial aid until the New Deal," according to Christopher Loss, a Vanderbilt University professor and the author of "Between Citizens and the State: The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century." That's when it launched a work-study program that helped about 700,000 students pay for school by taking jobs like reshelving books and working in the dining halls or the labs.
Congress launched the program in 1933 and discontinued it in 1943 amid evidence the economy was growing enough that cash-strapped students could find part-time jobs, Loss told Yahoo News. It's largely forgotten today in part because it was succeeded, in 1944, by the GI Bill.
"The surprising thing was really the extent and the munificence of the GI Bill. It covered education, unemployment insurance, home and business mortgages," Loss explained. The program helped almost half of the country's 16 million veterans go to school, 2.2 million of whom did so at a college or university. "It frankly has never been equaled," the professor said.
The next major step was the National Defense Education Act of 1958—partly a product of Cold War concerns, notably due to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite.
The law "got the federal government involved in the student loan business, providing qualified colleges and universities with funds for that purpose," Loss said.
The Higher Education Act of 1965, part of then-President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, "really married together these three kinds of instruments that had been tried and tested: grants, loans, and work-study," Loss said. "It's still the cornerstone of federal financial aid policy."
Government-provided student loans are hugely popular with the public, with the business sector that craves an educated workforce, and with many policymakers who regard them as an investment. Still, in the Republican primaries leading up to the 2012 presidential campaign, candidates like Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry wanted to abolish the Education Department, which has had sole oversight over federal student loans since 2010.
Has the federal role in financial aid ever come under serious attack? Not in the way that it has in the last few years, Loss said.
"For years, loans have been the main source of aid for many students, and now that the economy has been bad—and the payoff of a degree less immediate—new questions are being asked," he said.
In an economic downturn, Loss said, "The debate changes, and you hear more about affordability—and pretty justified concerns about the ticket price and what students are getting from some of these institutions."
Now, the current fight: On July 1, the interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford student loans will jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. For the estimated 9 million borrowers, that's about $1,000 more to pay over the life of the loan. It doesn't sound like much, but experts say that could force some families and individuals to put off college or give up on the idea entirely. And it would squeeze recent graduates who are struggling to pay back what they borrowed but are caught in a tepid job market.
The good news is that it probably won't happen—a similar fight last year ended when Congress passed a one-year extension of the lower rate. The bad news is that both Obama and Republican lawmakers have proposed fixes that will raise rates.
Obama has repeatedly sounded the alarm over rising college costs. In his State of the Union speech this year, he urged Congress to confront institutions of higher education by making eligibility for federal student aid contingent on providing a quality, affordable education.
"Taxpayers can't keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education," he told lawmakers. "Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it's our job to make sure that they do."
He hit the same theme in a May 9 speech, saying, "Going forward, colleges that don't do enough to keep costs down, I think, should get less taxpayer support."
Obama's proposal would set a new rate each year, but then keep the rate fixed for the life of the loan. Rates would be tied to the 10-year Treasury rate, plus 0.93 percentage points on subsidized Stafford loans, 2.93 percentage points on unsubsidized Stafford Loans, and 3.93 percentage points on PLUS loans for parents.
There would be no cap on the rates, but borrowers could tie their repayments to their income and see their debt forgiven after 20 years of timely payments.
Republican Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, has a rival proposal that would see the rate on loans change annually.
Kline's plan would combine the subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans into one, setting the rate at the 10-year Treasury Note plus 2.5 percentage points. The proposal would set the rate on PLUS loans at the 10-year Treasury plus 4.5 percentage points.
Under Kline's proposal, the unsubsidized and subsidized programs would be combined at a rate of the 10-year Treasury plus 2.5 percentage points; PLUS loans would tack on 4.5 percentage points to the Treasury. There would be caps: 8.5 percent for the Stafford loan and 10.5 percent for the PLUS.
The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), an independent group that looks at college affordability, has concerns about the Obama proposal and the Kline plan, since both would make borrowing to pay for college more expensive than it is today.
The two blueprints are "the kind of fix that doesn't actually serve the needs of students and families who need the assurance that loans will be affordable over time," TICAS President Lauren Asher told Yahoo News.
Asher pointed favorably to legislation from Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., that would freeze current rates for two years. It would be paid for by closing "unnecessary" tax loopholes, she said. "That buys time to come up with a smart, comprehensive fix at no cost to taxpayers."
It's a big deal. Two-thirds of the class of 2011 graduated with student loan debt, according to TICAS. The average burden was $26,600, and total student loan debt totaled around $1 trillion.
And ... is it worth it?
Here, the Obama White House has provided a pretty useful tool for aspiring college students and their families. The College Scorecard provides an at-a-glance description of individual institutions of higher education, including important nuggets like annual cost, graduation rates and student loan default rates. (If you went to college and want to feel old, put in your alma mater.)
The Department of Labor rounds out the picture by helping students figure out what they can expect from different professional fields in terms of salary—obviously a factor given the weight of graduate debt. (The department's Bureau of Labor Statistics also has an online tool.)
A student eager to become a reporter might think twice after consulting the My Next Move calculator. The field's median pay is $35,870 (that's not median entry pay, either). The site reports the glum news that "new job opportunities are less likely in the future" but notes, "This work is part of the green economy." Huzzah?
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LONGMONT -- Friday night's campaign to cover the city with clouds of mosquito-killing compounds was completed hours ahead of schedule, Colorado Mosquito Control's Jessica Schurich reported Saturday.
"I was very pleased with how smoothly things went," said Schurich, the company's Northern Front Range operations manager.
Not as pleased, though, were a number of Longmont residents who have questioned the need for, and the safety of, the emergency insecticide spraying that city officials authorized Tuesday night to reduce the risk of people being exposed to mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus.
Brian Kwoba, who lives on the 2300 block of Barn Swallow Drive in southern Longmont's Creekside neighborhood, said members of his household shut themselves in, even covering up the clothes dryer vent to keep the insecticide-laden air from getting into their home Friday night.
Kwoba had emailed city and Boulder County Public Health officials at 7:58 p.m. Friday -- about an hour before the ultra-low-volume fogging operation was to begin -- saying that the spraying was a "toxic attack on public safety, public health and the local ecosystem."
Kwoba, one of several people who unsuccessfully urged Longmont to call off the spraying, said he hadn't even gone outside yet, as of Saturday afternoon and that he might not step outside the rest of the day, for fear of exposing himself to any toxic residues from the insecticide chemicals.
He said he neither agreed with the city's contractor's use of Aqualuer 20-20, the permethrin-based insecticide sprayed on Friday night, nor with local government officials' stated justifications for using it to control mosquitoes and to declare a citywide emergency.
Kwoba said he and a number of other residents have been trying to figure out ways to let the City Council know there are Longmont residents who object to spraying such a pesticide even in locally targeted Longmont neighborhoods, let alone citywide.
Eileen Schelling, an Old Town Longmont resident who lives on Sixth Avenue, said she's particularly sensitive to chemicals such as those in the insecticide sprayed on Friday night. She said she had to be outdoors for a time during the night and that although she wore a face mask while outside, she was experiencing severe headaches, burning eyes and a swollen throat Saturday.
Schelling said the insecticide applied throughout the city "is not benign." She also objected that the city hadn't provided sufficient notice for Longmont residents to take precautions against being exposed to it.
Schurich, meanwhile, credited favorable Friday night weather conditions -- and the cooperation of the many Longmont residents who generally stayed indoors and out of the way of nine trucks as they traveled their 10 spraying routes -- for Colorado Mosquito Control being able to complete most of the city's residential neighborhoods by 11:30 p.m.
The city and its contractor had advised earlier this week that the spraying, which started about 9 p.m. Friday, might continue until 2 a.m. Saturday. But Schurich said the last trucks left Longmont by about 1 a.m.
Depending on how many mosquitoes show up in weekly collections from Colorado Mosquito Control's 11 Longmont trapping locations Sunday, there may be another round of nighttime spraying, starting at about 9 p.m. Monday. Boulder County's mosquito control contractor, OtterTail Environmental Inc., would spray the Boulder County Fairgrounds northeast of Hover Street and Nelson Road and a 1-mile wide buffer of unincorporated areas south, west and north of Longmont's city limits -- areas the county's contractor last sprayed on Thursday night.
Schurich said such a double dose of Thursday/Friday night and Monday night pesticide applications would not be unusual, especially in cases like Longmont's, where high percentages of West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes were found in the overall mosquito numbers caught in traps each of the past two weeks.
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Defense wins championships.
This statement is just as true for the NFL as it is for your fantasy team. Yet, owners often overlook their D/STs and kickers and leave valuable points in free agency.
There's a lot of variance that comes with these positions on a week-to-week basis, but a careful analysis of the matchups can help you mine some fantasy gold.
Each week I'll take a look at the D/STs with good matchups that are worth an add, those who face a matchup downgrade, and some tempting options who should be left on the waiver wire.
The Usual Suspects
Teams you're not even thinking about benching this week include – San Francisco (vs. St. Louis), Chicago (vs. Houston), Houston (at Chicago), Seattle (vs. New York Jets)
Preferred Plays
1. Pittsburgh (vs. Kansas City) – The Bears have been the best fantasy defense this season, and the second-best D/ST has been the Chief's opponent. This week the Steelers win that lottery, and surprisingly could be available on your waiver wire. They're not the same defense from a few years ago, but a J.V. squad could put up 20 fantasy points against the Chiefs.
2. New York Giants (at Cincinnati) – Despite a poor matchup last week against the Steelers, the G-Men still managed double-digit fantasy points. Just imagine what they can do this week in a good matchup. Cincinnati doesn't score a lot of points on offense, and Andy Dalton has thrown at least one interception in every game this season. The Giants are a borderline elite start this week.
3. New England (vs. Buffalo) – The Patriots D/ST has forced at least two turnovers in all but one game this season, and they've scored twice. When New England last faced the Bills in Week 4, the Pats put up double-digit fantasy points. Scoop them up if they were dropped due to their Week 9 bye week.
4. Miami (vs. Tennessee) – The Dolphins D/ST followed their impressive Week 8 performance with a stinker against the Colts last week, but don't overreact. Tennessee has been a great matchup, and currently gives up the fourth-most fantasy points to D/STs on a per game basis. You could do a lot worse this week.
1. Detroit (at Minnesota) – The Vikings are a very different team than they were when these two teams last met in Week 4. At that point, Christian Ponder had yet to throw an interception. In the five games since then, he's thrown eight of them. While the Lions don't have a high fantasy ceiling, Minnesota has given up solid weeks to their last four opponents. Detroit is a safe bet for decent fantasy points.
2. Dallas (at Philadelphia) – If you're more of a gambler, you may want to take a look at the Cowboys. Last week, I recommended the Saints against Philadelphia. New Orleans entered the week as the league's lowest-scoring D/ST and exited with a 17-point performance. The Cowboys get the same matchup boost this week, and make for a high upside play.
3. Tampa Bay (vs. San Diego) – Tampa Bay has been one of the most difficult teams to run on this season, and this has led to a lot of opportunity for their D/ST. Over the last four games the Bucs have recorded nine turnovers and a touchdown. The Chargers offense has yielded ten turnovers and two touchdowns in their last four.
Matchup Downgrade
1. San Diego (at Tampa Bay) – Things don't work both ways in this one, as the Bucs have been the second-worst matchup for D/STs and have held their last three opponents to negative fantasy points. The Chargers had a monster Week 9 against the Chiefs, but they won't repeat that performance this week.
2. Atlanta (at New Orleans) – The Falcons have faded a bit after their hot start to the season. If you've been relying on them so far, it may be time to cut bait. They have a very tough remaining schedule, including two games against this Saints team that has been the fifth-worst for D/STs this season.
3. Baltimore (vs. Oakland) – Injuries have hit the Ravens' defense hard this season, as they've lost both Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb. Without Webb in particular, the Ravens' secondary has really struggled against the pass. This plays right into the Raiders' hands. Despite the fact they'll likely be without Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson, Carson Palmer is coming off a 400-yard passing performance against the Bucs. There could be some turnovers here for the Ravens, but it has the makings of a high score, high yardage game that kills D/ST scoring.
Don't Get Cute
1. Buffalo (vs. New England) – The Bills surprisingly managed eight fantasy points against the stingy Texans, but I wouldn't expect them to fare well this week. The Patriots currently yield an average of -0.8 fantast points per game to D/STs, and only one team has managed to score more than two fantasy points against them.
2. New Orleans (vs. Atlanta) – After back-to-back weeks in the red, the Saints went out and torched the Eagles thanks to a Patrick Robinson 99-yard interception return. That's not happening this week against a high-powered Atlanta offense that hasn't turned the ball over in their last two games.
3. Carolina (vs. Denver) – I do like the look of this Panthers defense since Luke Kuechly took over at middle linebacker, but it's tough to trust them this week. Denver gives up the seventh-least fantasy points to opposing D/STs, and no team has scored double-digit points on them since the Falcons back in Week 2.
Can I Kick it?
Here's my top-12 kickers for Week 10:
1. Matt Bryant (at NO)
2. Stephen Gostkowski (vs. BUF)
3. Sebastian Janikowski (at BAL)
4. David Akers (vs. STL)
5. Lawrence Tynes (at CIN)
6. Shaun Suisham (vs. KC)
7. Matt Prater (at CAR)
8. Jason Hanson (at MIN)
9. Robbie Gould (vs. HOU)
10. Dan Bailey (at PHI)
11. Blair Walsh (vs. DET)
12. Shayne Graham (at CHI)
D/ST Standard Scoring System
Any Touchdown
6 pts
0 points allowed
5 pts
Under 100 yards allowed
2 pts
1-6 points allowed
4 pts
101 to 199 yards allowed
3 pts
Fumble Recovery
7-13 points allowed
200 to 299 yards allowed
Blocked Kick
14-17 points allowed
1 pt
300 to 349 yards allowed
0 pts
18-27 points allowed
350 to 399 yards allowed
-1 pts
28-34 points allowed
400 to 449 yards allowed
-3 pts
35-45 points allowed
450 to 499 yards allowed
-5 pts
46+ points allowed
500- 549 yards allowed
-6 pts
550+ yards allowed
-7 pts


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Feline obesity at all time high
Letter to the Editor encourages owners to help fat cats slim down
May 9, 2013
(Lindsay Pollard-Post / The PETA Foundation) Dear Editor:
In light of a recent survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention which found that cat obesity is at an all-time high—with 58 percent of cats overweight or obese—we should all take an objective look at our feline friends' weight.
Obesity lowers animals' quality of life and can lead to serious health problems including diabetes, arthritis, kidney failure, high blood pressure, and cancer. It can also shorten their lives by years.
If your kitty needs to slim down, work with your veterinarian to create a feeding plan, and stick to it. Avoid feeding cats high-calorie processed treats—instead, try offering them melon pieces or mashed chickpeas.
Exercise is vital for cats' health and well-being, so make time to get your cat's heart and mind racing daily, using interactive wand toys, laser pointers, rolled-up balls of paper, or motorized "mice." For their safety, cats should never be allowed to roam unattended, but some cats enjoy exploring the outdoors on a harness and leash (with their guardian at the other end).
For more ways to keep cats healthy and happy, check out 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You by Ingrid Newkirk, available at Amazon.com, and visit www.PETA.org.
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text: Super Bowl XLVII: Sunday at 6:30PM ETBaltimore vs. San FranciscoBoth offensively and defensively, the 49ers have a significant run-game edge on the Ravens. San Francisco's defensive front seven is capable of shutting down rushing attacks, and the Niners' running offense is both efficient and dynamic. Including the regular season and playoffs, San Francisco has 21 run plays of 20-plus yards and averages 5.25 yards per carry. On a similar number of attempts, Baltimore has just 13 20-plus-yard rushes and runs at a 4.28 per-carry clip. And the Ravens' defense isn't nearly as stout as the 49ers'. Baltimore will be in trouble if it falls behind early, allowing the Niners' rushing attack to pound away. On read-option plays, San Francisco doesn't just break off four- and five-yard chain-moving gains. It hits home runs. Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce are a formidable duo, but their outlook is grim compared to Colin Kaepernick, Frank Gore, and LaMichael James'. ... Where the Ravens can give the 49ers fits is in the passing game. Kaepernick has a rocket arm, but tends to get jumpy with bodies around him, resulting in sailed throws and/or hurried decisions. Kaepernick, of course, is also a threat to break off long runs when the defense makes him move. But forcing him to throw from muddied quarters would give Baltimore its best chance at causing turnovers and getting off the field on third-and-longs. This is where rush specialists Paul Kruger and Terrell Suggs come in. Recent performance suggests Baltimore has a decided advantage on San Francisco in terms of hurrying the passer.Not much of a three-receiver team anymore since Mario Manningham's year-ending knee injury, the 49ers primarily play two-tight end offense. Vernon Davis handles 94 percent of the offensive snaps. No. 2 tight end Delanie Walker is a nearly 60-percent player. San Francisco is well equipped to work the middle of the field in the passing game, attacking Baltimore coverage liabilities Ray Lewis at middle linebacker and Bernard Pollard at strong safety. When Crabtree lines up on the perimeter, he'll be a good bet to win one-on-ones versus shaky Ravens outside cornerbacks Cary Williams and Chykie Brown. The Niners' offense matches up favorably with Baltimore's defense on paper, and it's fair to wonder if Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees will craft a game-specific scheme for Super Bowl XLVII. Pees usually calls things straightaway, asking his defenders to simply do their jobs and play assignment-sound ball. ... Expect to see Davis draw Pollard and inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe in coverage on the majority of pass routes. They're matchups Davis should be able to win consistently. Although Pollard lays wood in the run game, he is a plus-sized safety at 6-foot-1, 224 pounds whose strength has never been coverage. Ellerbe, 6-foot-1, 240, is Baltimore's designated cover 'backer on all passing downs.Whereas Kruger and Suggs have racked up 13 combined quarterback hits through three playoff games, the 49ers' tandem of Aldon and Justin Smith has amassed just two QB hits in two postseason affairs. The Smiths' lack of pass-rush production has been blamed on double and triple teams in some circles. In other circles, it's argued that the Smiths are indeed generating subjective "pressures," despite physically being unable to put signal callers on their backs. The 49ers are winning games, but opposing quarterbacks are coming away from them with clean jerseys. San Francisco is going to have to get more from the Smiths in order to slow red-hot Joe Flacco's roll. ... Flacco's strength is his ability to power downfield throws into tight windows. If given time to take five- and seven-step drops as his receivers' routes develop, Flacco can be made to look like a top eight or ten NFL quarterback. Although San Francisco is a better, more talented team, I think the reason Super Bowl XLVII will be a close game is because Baltimore possesses the personnel to affect the opposing quarterback on a consistent basis. The 49ers theoretically have personnel to do the same thing, but they haven't been doing it lately. They haven't done it since Justin Smith tore his triceps in the Week 15 game against the Patriots.Since Jim Caldwell replaced Cam Cameron as offensive coordinator, Torrey Smith has run a more diverse route tree. Rather than strict "Iso" patterns down the sideline, Smith has become an intermediate weapon on increased slants and comebacks. Reducing the usage of two-back sets, Caldwell's offense has leaned more on three-receiver and two-tight end packages while phasing out lead blocker Vonta Leach. The three-wides and two-tights translate to more one-on-one opportunities for Smith, slot receiver Anquan Boldin, and "move" tight end Dennis Pitta. Look for Boldin to work in 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers' coverage for most of the Super Bowl while Smith tangles with Chris Culliver and Tarell Brown on the perimeter. Inside 'backer Patrick Willis performs the majority of San Francisco's tight end coverage and figures to match up early and often with Pitta. ... As alluded to previously, San Francisco's offense has a number of what appear to be obvious advantages on Baltimore's defense; clear areas to attack. The same cannot be said as Baltimore's offense matches up with San Francisco's defense. ESPN tape guru Ron Jaworski predicted on SportsCenter this week that the winner of the Pitta-Willis pass coverage matchup will be the Super Bowl XLVII victor. I'd go with Smith versus Culliver as the matchup that will go the longest way toward determining whether Baltimore can play explosive offense. If press-man corner Culliver can disrupt Smith's routes at the line of scrimmage, the vertical-oriented Ravens will struggle to go vertical. Smith will be targeted most frequently in Culliver's coverage.Score Prediction: 49ers 30, Ravens 27


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Anti-Death Penalty Activist Sister Helen Prejean Will Deliver Keynote Address at Grinnell Prize Award Ceremony Tuesday, Nov. 5
Event Will Honor Young Innovators in Social Justice
Grinnell, Iowa – Sister Helen Prejean—the Roman Catholic nun whose efforts to abolish the death penalty inspired the Oscar-winning film Dead Man Walking—will present the keynote speech at the Grinnell Prize awards ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 4:15 p.m. in Herrick Chapel at Grinnell College.
The event will feature the presentation of Grinnell Prize medals to three young people who are innovators in social justice. This year's Grinnell Prize recipients will be announced Monday, Oct. 28. For more information, go to www.grinnell.edu/grinnellprize.
The Nov. 5 awards ceremony—and a book signing at Macy House immediately following the ceremony—are open to the public at no charge. No tickets are required.
About Sister Helen Prejean
For three decades, Sister Helen Prejean has been a leading voice against the death penalty, shaping the conversation nationally, internationally and within the Catholic Church.
A member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, Prejean spent her first years with the Sisters teaching religion to junior high school students. Realizing that being on the side of poor people is an essential part of the Gospel, she moved into the St. Thomas Housing Project in New Orleans and worked at New Orleans' Hope House from 1984 to 1986.
During that time, Prejean was asked to correspond with a death row inmate, Patrick Sonnier, at Angola, the state penitentiary of Louisiana. Prejean agreed and became Sonnier's spiritual adviser. After witnessing his execution, she wrote Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. A New York Times Best Seller for 31 weeks, the book inspired the 1996 movie of the same name, directed by Tim Robbins and starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. Dead Man Walking also was the basis for an opera and a play for high schools and colleges.
Since 1984, Prejean has divided her time between educating citizens about the death penalty and counseling individual death row prisoners. Prejean is also the author of The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, and presently is at work on River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey.
About the Grinnell Prize
The Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize (also known as the Grinnell Prize) honors individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Each prize carries an award of $100,000, half to each winning individual (or individuals) and half to an organization committed to the winner's area of social justice. Nominations for the 2014 Grinnell Prize are being accepted through November 8. For more information, go to www.grinnell.edu/grinnellprize.
About Grinnell College
Since its founding in 1846, Grinnell has become one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges, enrolling 1,600 students from all 50 states and from as many international countries. Grinnell's rigorous academic program emphasizes excellence in education for students in the liberal arts; the college offers the B.A. degree in a range of departments across the humanities, arts and sciences. Grinnell has a strong tradition of social responsibility and action, and self-governance and personal responsibility are key components of campus life. More information about Grinnell College is available at www.grinnell.edu.


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There is a lot going on in Wellington, in addition to various street projects currently underway. Several big-ticket items came up at the Wellington City Council work session meeting Tuesday held at the public works building.
There is a lot going on in Wellington, in addition to various street projects currently underway. Several big-ticket items came up at the Wellington City Council work session meeting Tuesday held at the public works building.
Expansion of the recreation center, restructuring water rates and economic development toward the turnpike were the major issues.
Recreation Center
The Wellington Recreation Center could get a major facelift as a project is being proposed for a major overhaul. Director Cody White gave council members his plans for an expansion of the current facility, that would put just about everything under one roof. Currently programs are held at various locations around town.
They would also be able to offer more programs with a new facility, and would be closer to being ADA compliant as an elevator is in the plans.
The recreation commission has had a building fund for a number of years, and is in a position to pay half the cost, which is estimated at $1.8 million. The other half would be financed by city bonds, or General Obligation bonds.
City Manager Gus Collins said the project would go through the Public Building Commission, and no additional tax dollars would be needed.
White said there would be additional operating costs with a bigger facility, but the recreation commission would be able to handle those costs.
Council members seemed to generally favor the project. It could get approval as early as the first November meeting.
Water Rates
Collins also addressed the issue of restructuring water rates to help with conservation.
He would like to change the system to where those that use more water would pay a higher rate, instead of a lower rate like they do now.
The biggest increase then would be on the biggest users, perhaps as much as 15-20 percent. Those that use little water would get a very small increase.
Collins said the city is making strides with water quality in the downtown area by replacing water lines.
But water usage is a major concern. Last summer the lake got very low and the city was close to having to start rationing water.
"Mother nature bailed us out," Collins said.
The city is involved in water, sewer and electricity, and overall the utilities are breaking even or making a profit. Collins said that would not continue with the current structure.
Some council members voiced concern about lower-end users, those that don't use much and often don't have a lot of money. Collins said it could be structured to not affect them at all, but the current plan is for minimal impact.
Collins plans to get more information and specifics to the council in the coming months.
Economic Development
The council also talked about extending sewer lines along U.S. 160 to the turnpike with the hopes of attracting a hotel to that area. The city is currently in negotiations for a hotel in that area and are considering some incentives.
Council members and city staff agree there is a need for a hotel in Wellington. It was pointed out that there were no rooms available for people coming to town for the regional tennis tournament this weekend.
The development of the casino has also increased the need for hotel rooms in the area.
Collins is negotiating on expanding the sewer and hoping the hotel group will pay for some of that. He said the deal could be done without any rate increases. He also wants to make it possible to have other businesses tap into the line, hoping more development happens in that area.
Councilman Vince Wetta wondered whether the city is trying to do too much at one time, but then said maybe the city is doing about right as far as making progress.
There may be another possibility for a hotel as well as the city continues negotiating with another group.
Also on the economic development front, Collins told the council the company that does crop dusting out of the airport wants to build a building have its headquarters there.
The city would build the building for about $120,000 and the company would lease it and pay it off over 15 years with those lease payments.
The worst case scenario would be the city would be left with a new building.
Council members were not decided on that issue.
Collins also told the council about other developments along U.S. 160 closer to town that could work out at some point.


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Dear Pauline:
I'm 18 and my best friend is a guy. We met through Facebook and got to know each other by talking every day for two months before he asked me out. We then met in person but by then he had a girlfriend. Now he and I go to parties every weekend; we've kissed and talked about how our lives would be different if we were dating. When we had sex, I knew I loved him. The problem is I am not ready to walk away from my current relationship. Que hago?
Star-Crossed On Facebook
Dear Star-Crossed,
Mijita, pull up a chair. You and I are going to have a little chat.
First, let me tell you that when it comes to Amor & Life in General, our hearts play second fiddle to timing. The Husband always tells me that had we met two years earlier we wouldn't be together right now. He was partying like it was going out of style and nowhere near settling in for a committed relationship. And because we met at the right time for both of us, we were able to follow our hearts. Cheesy? Maybe. But I have a feeling he is right. Had we met at the wrong time in our lives, before we were ready for each other, we would have missed the last 13 years together.
That said, Star-Crossed amiguita, take a breath and think this through. You and your BoyFF (Boy Best Friend Forever) get along fabulously and hang out on weekends together. Now, you want to know if you should dump your guy for BoyBFF. It all sounds very 90210 and I think I got a migraine just thinking about it. I'm not a fan of cheating while in a committed relationship—plain and simple. It's dishonest and hurtful any way you look at it. But what is done is done, que sera, sera, and all that.
Pretend for a moment that BoyFF doesn't exist. Would you still be rethinking your current relationship? It's interesting that you mention you aren't ready to walk away yet; your current relationship seems to be an afterthought. If you were truly happy, you wouldn't be cheating or declaring your love for the boy you are cheating with.
My advice? Be honest with your boyfriend about the affair. He deserves the chance to be with someone who is will remain faithful and committed. You need to start fresh and take some time to yourself. You may need some time to grow before you are emotionally mature enough to start dating anyone again. As for you and your BOYFF? Tread lightly. He was unfaithful with you; don't let yourself be blinded to the fact that he might be unfaithful to you, as well.
—You can't love another until you truly love yourself, P.


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A murdered female from a depressed region is found in a desolate setting, stripped naked, with cryptic markings on her flesh and animal appendages gruesomely affixed to her corpse. The discovery soon reveals a pattern of vanished young women, one that the authorities have seemingly done their best to ignore, if not actively cover up. The mystery of the women's fates twists and turns through hours of riveting, groundbreaking television, featuring dazzling acting performances, eye-popping cinematography, and disorienting chronological acrobatics. As the story winds to its shattering conclusion the world becomes increasingly upended: The law is corrupt, good is found only in the damaged, and those who claim to speak for God speak only for themselves, if not something worse.
Ta-da! You've just fallen for a bait-and-switch, a classic cliché of the genre of hack criticism. I'm actually not referring to HBO's "True Detective," which ended its hugely successful first season Sunday night. I'm referring to the "Red Riding" trilogy, a five-hour serial killer procedural that aired on England's Channel 4 in 2009 and enjoyed a brief theatrical release stateside in 2010. If you haven't seen it — and considering how infrequently it's come up in discussions of "True Detective," not many have — then you really should, because almost everything that's great about Nic Pizzolatto and Cary Fukunaga's whodunit, "Red Riding" did better, and did first.
"Red Riding" is told in three 100-minute episodes, each based in a separate year — 1974, 1980 and 1983 — although in this story nothing is as linear as it seems, time being no exception. The setting is Yorkshire, England's largest county, where people are disappearing for reasons that no one seems able or particularly eager to understand. Yorkshire's historical division into "Ridings" gives the series its name, although traces of the children's fairy tale float in and out as well. The cast boasts a murderers' row of top-flight U.K. actors doing their best Northern accents, many of whom will be instantly recognizable to American audiences (Lady Mary and Carson! Ned Stark! Spider-Man!).
"Red Riding" is loosely based on actual events. The middle installment takes place during the search for real-life serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the infamous "Yorkshire Ripper," and provides the central historical anchor for the trilogy. The Ripper murders were among the most infamous crimes in 20th-century England, and for a long while in Yorkshire they came to define the region. "Red Riding" takes root in that panicked and blood-soaked moment, then extends and elaborates it, posing the terrifying question: But what if it were even worse?
"Red Riding" is nestled at the intersection of historical fiction and speculative fiction, but a more descriptive category might be something like conspiracy fiction. Conspiracy theories seek to impose order onto the cruelty of a random world, but in doing so they often make that cruelty all the more horrifying. It's bad enough simply knowing that awful things happen; believing they happen because of some shadowy power structure, perpetually beyond the reach of accountability, is almost unbearable. Both "True Detective" and "Red Riding" exist in such a world — many thrillers do — but "Red Riding" more fully explores its implications, exploding its paranoia into a cultural indictment. It's Arthur Conan Doyle meets Alistair Crowley, filtered through the righteous indignation of the Clash: There's something about England.
As such "Red Riding" creates a far more vivid sense of place and time in its five hours than "True Detective" does in its eight. "True Detective's" trappings of Southern gothic vacillated between frustratingly vague and overly on-the-nose, and aside from the two leads the rest of the characters often felt like bold-faced narrative devices or indistinct scenery (still no closure on the nubile ex-prostitute who speaks in porn movie dialogue — Season 2?). "Red Riding" paints both its region and its history with vivid color and rigorous specificity. There are evocative period splashes — as a journalist sifts through microfilm from the late 1960s, headlines are dominated by the Kray twins' trial. Radios crackle with updates from the Irish hunger strikes, when they're not tuned to the nostalgic strains of Northern soul.
And of course that distinctly British obsession with social class runs beneath all of it. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Yorkshire was ground zero for Thatcherist union-busting, the region's mining communities ravaged by a government wielding right-wing economic ideology as a cudgel against the working class. "Red Riding" never explicitly addresses this, but its world is one of corruption and avarice, where the gluttonous feast on inequity. "To the North, where we do what we want," is a common proclamation, made only by those with the worst intentions. Sean Bean's performance as John Dawson, a construction magnate prone to "personal weaknesses," is a tour de force of violent, swaggering evil. "[Dawson] takes what he wants," whispers someone who would know. He's the big bad wolf, or so we think.
"Red Riding" never pauses to gaze at itself and it sure as hell never winks. It might be the darkest five hours in the history of television; I can't think of anything else that comes close. The body count is considerable but its violence resides more in life than death, in the offhanded beatings by sadistic cops, the physical and psychological torture of interrogation rooms, the moral rot that gnaws at everything and everyone. The North is a place for the terrified or the terrifying, and anyone in between becomes collateral damage. Like "True Detective" the murdered bodies are those of women, children, the downtrodden and doomed do-gooders, but the survivors are bereft of extemporaneous philosophizing or supernatural intuition: Nobody knows anything until they know too much, and then it's much too late.


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