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PEARL CITY - Staying the course has its value. In Aquin's case, it helped the Bulldogs earn a win.
Pearl City provided a scare for Aquin by cutting its deficit to just three points at halftime, but the Bulldogs had a strong third quarter playing basically the same way, winning 46-29 Saturday.
"We did things better," Aquin coach Jeff Curry said. "We had opportunities in the first half and we didn't take advantage of it.
"In the third quarter, our defense stepped up and got more breakaways and made easy bunnies and outside shots."
Those same bunnies didn't fall particularly in the second quarter.
Aquin jumped out to a 13-4 lead after the first, but Pearl City showed some fight in the second.
The Wolves went on an 8-0 run and came to within a point of tying the game, 13-12. Aquin got some separation, but only led 21-18 at the half.
"We started out a little slow," said Aquin guard Haley Chang, who finished with a game-high 19 points. "It's winter break. We're probably all staying up a little too late.
"But in the second half, our ball movement was a little better and we had a little bit more energy."
Translation: shots that didn't fall in the first half did in the second, particularly from beyond the 3-point line.
"Yeah," Chang said. "That probably helped too."
Katie Stykel (five points) hit a 3 that extended Aquin's lead to 25-18. Chang made a 3 of her own and scored seven points during the Bulldogs' 15-2 run in the third.
"Katie and Haley have a lot of pressure this year and they know that they do," Curry said. "When I get 3s for them, that opens up the floor for us and Cassie (Arndt) is coming along well for us in the post."
Arndt added 11 points for Aquin.
Dani Lee led Pearl City with 16 points in the loss.
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE, U.K. - The Columbia lightweight varsity eight topped the Caius Boat Club by 1/2 length on Wednesday morning in the opening round of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The Lions have advanced to round two of the competiton and will face A.S.R. Nereus from the Netherlands on July 4. Official start time will be announced after the completion of today's racing.
Columbia used a strong start and pushed ahead of the combined crew from Cambridge and Lady Margaret Boat Clubs by a full length in the early stages. From there, the Lions employed the same successful strategy they used in the early heats of the IRA's, doing just enough to maintain a comfortable lead the rest of the way to conserve energy for the next stage.
Even with a controlled pace, Columbia still posted a time of 6:41, the second fastest time of any Temple Challenge Cup boat on the day.
"It was a smart way to race," said head coach Scott Alwin. "Racing so early in the day was a benefit to us, because we will have more recovery time than our opponent in tomorrow's race (A.S.R Nedus competed two hours after Columbia). At this point in the season, the guys have enough trust in each other to know how to race within themselves and keep an eye on a trailing opponent without doing more work than is necessary."
As for tomorrow's opponent, Alwin expects a tight race.
"A.S.R. Nereus is one of the European clubs that takes Henley very seriously," Alwin stated. "They have produced several Henley champions in various events over the last few years."


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President Obama is making Medicare a key topic of the federal spending discussion. Both parties have an opportunity to pursue commonsense reforms that preserve the program while achieving bipartisan support for fixing what isn't working.
I believe that parts of the Affordable Care Act can conceivably be implemented with minimal dislocation, but only if the right policies are embraced by the administration. That's why the president is making a mistake in proposing potentially damaging changes to the most effective part of Medicare, instead of building on its progress and finding a way to drive long-term cost savings by keeping seniors healthy.
The Medicare program in question is the Part D drug benefit, which took effect in 2006. Under Part D, seniors choose from a variety of privately run drug plans that negotiate individually with drug makers: seniors pay far less than they used to for coverage.
According to a recent survey, the program has a 90 percent approval rating and will actually cost $334 billion less than original estimates.
Part D works so well because it recognizes the virtues and limits of competition. The existence of the program acknowledges that Americans have a collective responsibility to help older and disabled individuals afford necessary medications. But by prohibiting government bureaucrats from trying to set prices, it leaves individual market players free to devise the best way to meet consumer needs.
The process works so well that the Congressional Budget Office says the government-run negotiations some Democrats want wouldn't save taxpayers a dime.
Likewise, the misguided "rebate" proposal that President Obama has offered would alter the program unnecessarily. Clearly he means well, but the record shows that it won't work. The government's most significant experience with trying to single-handedly run a prescription drug program, the Department of Veterans' Affairs' health system, has so many flaws that more than 40 percent of its enrollees end up electing to pay for Part D or other privately provided coverage.
This is why President Obama and my fellow Democrats should capitalize on the important lessons we've learned from Part D and make the program their own.
Even with the recent success in holding down Medicare costs, everyone looking at the program overall agrees that its current anticipated spending path can't be sustained much longer.
Both parties now have an opportunity to drive bipartisan cooperation and reduce health care spending through a proven government program. Seniors will welcome it and Medicare will be in better shape as a result.
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Another low turnout by Republican candidates at an election forum last week again denied South Jeffco voters the chance to hear political rivals contrast their views at the same venue.
So far this campaign season, face-to-face meetings have been few in two key South Jeffco races for the state legislature: Republican Justin Everett versus Democrat Mary Parker in House District 22, and Democrat Andy Kerr versus Republican Ken Summers in Senate District 25.
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The American channel has snapped up a new crime series headed up by Vince Gilligan and David Shore, the respective creators of "Breaking Bad" and "House M.D."
"Battle Creek" has all the trappings of a classic police drama. A young, idealistic and naive police officer is paired with a more experienced and cynical partner to chase crime from the streets of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Expected to air on CBS during the 2014/2015 season, the series is actually one of Vince Gilligan's older projects, initiated in 2002 before the creator began pitching "Breaking Bad." Gilligan will produce the new series and may also direct.
David Shore will join "Battle Creek" as showrunner, marking his first involvement in a TV series since the final season of "House M.D." aired on FOX in 2012. The final season of Vince Gilligan's "Breaking Bad" will end this Sunday, September 29, and the creator is now preparing a spin-off focusing on one of its more colorful characters, entitled "Better Call Saul."


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The first baby of 2013 for Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan, Naisla Daran Villarreal-Escalante, was born at 12:04 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.
The family has received a gift basket from CPMC and will receive gifts from The Fort Morgan Times and first baby of the year sponsors.
Mother Evian Escalante Gonzalez of Fort Morgan holds the new arrival.
Behind her are delivering doctor Aline Hansen-Guzman and nurse Monica Lopez.
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The Deed of Word
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Human language: what is it? And its parts?
Its rules, the things that we acquire unthinking?
Now, how do poets fashion speech into art?
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Every book has the potential to play a number of roles in its life. It is a purveyor of information, but it is also an object which can be a work of art, paperweight, or table leg steadier. Further, it is not limited in the information it purveys to what the author and publisher intended. The Twilight books not only bring us the information put there by the author—vampires twinkle—they also tell us that there was a point in time when it mattered to us to know that vampires twinkle. (What future generations infer about us from this bit of data keeps me awake nights, but I suppose I'd have the same problem if I twinkled. Pity to think that vampires—a class of person who hardly need nightlights—come with their own built-in…where were we?)
The Cookbook Lady has done a number of talks on the things you can learn from aged cookbooks beyond just recipes for Snickers salad or tapioca meatloaf. The recipes that begin "Instruct your cook to purchase…." or "Start with one dozen eggs and a pound of butter." tell you something about the people who used them. That's not what the author intended: we pick up the information by observing what the author took for granted.
I was reminded of these things by, of all things, a load of crochet books which arrived. You would not think crochet books would change a whole lot, and in a way you would be right. The instructions and patterns they give you will produce the same objects today as in days of yore, and they will be just as attractive. But those objects!
Here I submit for your approval a crochet book of about 1905, which provides you with dozens of perfectly darling caps, booties, and aprons for infants. Aprons? Well, it was an era when aprons were worn a lot more often than we see today: an apron was a garment as well as a sort of kitchen bib. An apron for an infant might appear at first glance to be practical, but in today's world, you would never dress an infant in crochet work except in out-of-the-way places. Mind you, in those days, they spent more time doing laundry: washing baby aprons would not have added much to the chore.
My next exhibit comes from about 1925. To some of us the Roaring Twenties suggest hip flasks, raccoon coats, and the Charleston. But to judge by this book, the decade was a golden age for crocheted edgework on tea towels. In fact, I would go so far as to say it was a golden age for tea towels. When was the last time you used a tea towel, much less an elegantly crocheted one? Ah yes, civilization has gone downhill since Coolidge left office.
We jump ahead to 1950 for this book on crocheting scarfs. Yes, I'm afraid that's how they spell it here, but remember, the Postwar World was an era of experimentation, and that goes for spelling as well. What is especially fascinating is that these are not scarfs designed for human throats. No, this is a sixteen-page book of designs for Television and Radio Scarfs: crochetwork to put on top of the television or radio to give it that homey touch which reduces scary modern technology to the level of living room furniture. (Pictures illustrate how you can make matching scarfs for chairbacks and coffee tables, so everything matches. It's all SO 1950: there's even one showing how you can use these scarfs to coordinate your kitchen radio with the refrigerator. When was the last time you saw an icebox with a crocheted scarf on it? About as long since you saw a tea towel: thought so.)
My final example is undated, but appears to come from around 1965, to judge by the colors and the patterns. This is a beginner's book, for young people who want the brightly-colored shawls and pullovers coming into fashion. Illustrations show models—nice, cleancut young ladies—wearing garments that would have suited Cher or a visitor to Woodstock. These young ladies, however, are doing very nice, cleancut 1965 things: playing bongos, listening to record albums, and sipping soft drinks through a straw in a bottle. And when was the last time you saw anyone drink Dr. Pepper by sticking a straw in a bottle? Got the bottle out of a fridge with a scarf on top, did you?
Each book brings you a moment in time. Then, too, the books together give you a vision of timelessness. Two World Wars, a Great Depression, a Sexual Revolution, and a War on Terror, and through it all, people have been winding wool and crocheting squares. Just shows there are some things that catch the interest through generations. All you need is the right hook.


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DIGHTON — The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee voted on a budget for fiscal 2015 that represents a 4.8 percent increase over the current budget. Business Manager Catherine Antonellis said the budget still awaits Town Meeting approval from both communities.
Despite the approved increase, Antonellis indicated that the budget is still a modest upgrade, and the increase is connected partly to contractual obligations. The district will also look to hold a full-day kindergarten program that is not tuition-based. The current program is part-time and is tuition-based.
Antonellis, citing the district's aging school buildings, said the budget will also ask to appoint a director of buildings and grounds who can help with the upkeep of facilities. The school committee also wants to hire another maintenance employee, with a concentration in electrical work, who would also oversee the facilities.
Dighton Selectmen Chairman Dean Cronin indicated that Dighton authorities and voters should not take issue with the changes. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has reassessed how both communities receive Chapter 70 state aid and determined that Dighton was being shortchanged by $1 million and Rehoboth was receiving $1 million more than it should have.
Cronin said even with the 4.8 percent increase, Dighton will be paying $500,000 less than last year.
But, according to a letter from the Rehoboth Finance Committee, the committee will be recommending that voters approve minimum contribution at the May 12 Rehoboth Town Meeting, and not go along with the 4.8 percent increase.
School Committee Chairwoman Eliza Couture said Town Meeting can decide to fund the budget at the minimum, approve a 4.8 percent increase or vote on a new number.
Couture said if the School Committee is not satisfied, it could reject the Town Meeting recommendation and then file paperwork for a special Town Meeting.
She said if a special Town Meeting cannot resolve a budget issue, a "tent" meeting with both communities could then be called.
Couture said if that fails to yield a satisfactory conclusion, the state could be forced to put the district on a monthly budget.
Couture said a representative from the state DESE will attend a school committee meeting to discuss these procedures.
Couture was adamant that a 4.8 percent increase is necessary to maintain a quality education within the district.
"Our hope is that, with our best case scenario, they approve our 4.8 percent increase to meet the education needs of our students; but if it does not happen, this will be the process," she said.
Dighton Town Meeting will held on June 2.


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It is not by coincidence that this issue of the Gadsden County Times has several articles on diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recently kicked off American Diabetes Month® today by asking the public – What will you do to Stop Diabetes®? The future is in your hands. To help the Association raise awareness about the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of prevention and control, Bret Michaels, musician and winner of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," is representing the "Face of Diabetes" and is involved in various activities including being featured in a public service announcement campaign that he helped produce.
Plus, it is worth noting that according to the Florida Department of Health, diabetes affects about 10.5 percent of adults in Gadsden County.
For years, the American Diabetes Association has used American Diabetes Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about diabetes and its serious complications. In 2009, the Association launched a national movement to Stop Diabetes – with the audacious goal of gathering the support of millions of Americans to help confront, fight and most importantly, stop diabetes. So far, more than 835,000 people have joined the movement to Stop Diabetes (as of November 2010). The Association's goal is to gather 1 million supporters by the end of December.
The future of diabetes is in your hands. Take action now by visiting stopdiabetes.com or calling 1-800-DIABETES. o Text JOIN to 69866 to join the movement to Stop Diabetes. Standard data and message rates apply. o Become one of the millions in the movement. o Become an Advocate for the cause and receive alerts and critical information to help Stop Diabetes through our advocacy efforts. o Attend a local community activity to learn more about diabetes and how you can stop it. o Take control of your health. Request your free copy of "Top Five Ways to Stop Diabetes and Get Healthy Right Now!" or "What Can I Eat?" booklet by calling 1-800-DIABETES. o Download your own Check Up Checklist at stopdiabetes.com and bring it to your next health care provider's visit.
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Nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Diabetes contributes to the deaths of more than 230,000 Americans each year. The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is more than $174 billion; further published studies suggest that when additional costs for gestational diabetes, pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes are included, the total diabetes-related costs in the United States could exceed $218 billion.
For more information about how you can join the American Diabetes Association's movement to Stop Diabetes during American Diabetes Month, visit stopdiabetes.com or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2
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Many months ago, when Crennel was the candidate for HC, I was against it and I took a LOT of heat from the Kool-Aid crew around here.
How do you spin it now?
What is the excuse? Getting rid of that cancer of a coach Todd Haley was supposed to heal ALL. Now I see that Pitts offense is very successful and Big Ben is ranked #1 in several stats...POSITIVE STATS.
My guess is that Haley did not have to bring a sack of pacifiers with him when he rolled into PA.
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TRAINING: Training has been the usual fitness work and sparring, but I have l have been concentrating on my wrestling and jiu-jitsu.
When and why did you start training for fighting? 2007 – I enjoy the competition.
What ranks and titles have you held? CFC World and European Heavyweight Champion
Do you have any heroes? Fedor Emelianenko
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It has always been my dream and ambition to compete at the highest level and to showcase my skills. I believe that fighting for the UFC is the ultimate, and to fight in the USA before the great people of America fills me with great emotion and excitement. I hope to prove I am good enough for the UFC and to eventually become one of their main fighters. I am very grateful for the opportunity.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
What was your job before you started fighting? Door supervisor
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? Six-time Czech Republic national wrestling champion
Favorite grappling technique: Rear naked choke
Favorite Striking technique: Overhand right
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Whether it's making a birdie or even bogeying a hole, the demeanor for Cheboygan's Andrew Purcell never changes.
Whether it's making a birdie or even bogeying a hole, the demeanor for Cheboygan's Andrew Purcell never changes.
Through his freshman and sophomore seasons — where he went through his fair share of ups and downs — the Cheboygan junior golfer has always remained confident and focused.
And maybe most of all — he's remained consistent.
With both of those positive assets — among several others — Purcell has went through a special season most high school golfers would dream of having.
On Friday and Saturday, the memorable season for Purcell will culminate at the MHSAA Division 2 Golf Finals held at Bedford Valley Golf Club in Battle Creek.
"I'm pretty proud of it," said Purcell, who won four tournaments — including the MHSAA regional and MHSAA district tournaments — this season. "I think it's a pretty good accomplishment."
"I've always felt confident in my game, but I didn't really think I could have this much success. This year has given me a lot of confidence, so I'm feeling I can do the same for next year."
Purcell has been nothing short of spectacular this season, winning by three strokes at regionals on June 6, as well as helping lead the Cheboygan boys' golf team to a Straits Area Conference title this season.
From his learning experiences as a young player to the present, Purcell's hard-working mindset hasn't changed.
"I think I've grown a lot mentally and matured a lot," said Purcell, who has medaled in every tournament he's played this season. "I think that experience I got as a freshman and a sophomore has helped me greatly this year. Once you start off as a freshman, getting that varsity experience young helps you at this age."
To his coach, Tim Reed, Purcell's success hasn't come as a surprise.
In fact, Reed knew it was coming earlier than most would expect.
"I could tell he was going to be good as a freshman, just because he likes to practice and he likes to play," said Reed. "He's kinda on the progression I thought he would be on. "I think the best asset of his is that he focuses extremely well, almost to the point where he's shutting everything else out. I haven't had a player in a long time that really focuses on the task at hand. He doesn't overswing, he's got a good feel for it out there, he gets the ball up and down, and he's just extremely focused."
Whether it might be knocking down a birdie or suffering an agonizing bogey, Purcell's focus never changes on the golf course.
Instead — if the struggles come early — he attempts to zone them out rather quickly.
"I just try to keep my head in the game and don't give up, even if you've had a couple of bogeys, a couple of double bogeys," Purcell said. "A couple of tournaments this year I've started off with a couple bad holes to begin with and still shot good, and if you just get through the first couple of holes, you can get through a round, even if you start off bad."
"My goal is to always make par, and at regionals, I got up and down to save par a lot of times, so that was my main key to winning that."
Purcell's next stop will be Battle Creek, where he will play a practice round on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.
He will then play 18-hole rounds on Friday and Saturday morning.
"I'm very excited to go down there. I know it's going to be a fun trip," said Purcell, who will head down to states with Reed, along with his father, Jason. "I feel like I can maybe get into the top six. Considering I won regionals, I feel like if I play a good round, I might be able to be one of the state finalists, which would be really awesome."
"I'm excited, I'm feeling a little nervous, but I know I can do well."
As far as being state champion, he didn't rule that out, either.
"I think it's possible," Purcell added. "I'm not sure how good the other regions are, but I feel like if I go out there and shoot one of my best rounds, I can have a really good shot at winning."
Reed also believe good things could be in store for his top player if he plays a solid two rounds.
"I think that's realistic (to be top six), and I'm expecting him to play like he did all year," Reed said. "If he plays extremely well, he could win it. If he's playing the way he is now, he's going to be in the top six, because he had the second lowest score of all the regions I looked at. He should be right there if he plays well."
While Reed will enjoy watching Purcell on the big stage, the fact he'll be returning as a senior in 2014 makes him even more excited for next season.
"It's wonderful because he's a good example for the other players," Reed said of Purcell. "He shows the other kids how to play well. He lets the other kids know he can play that well, which is nice. What's really nice is he can go down to gain experience at states or play well, he's got nothing to lose at all. I think it's gonna be a great experience."


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Last summer, record crowds took advantage of free admission and packed the grandstands at four sold-out Jam the Stands stock car racing events sponsored by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA).
Last summer, record crowds took advantage of free admission and packed the grandstands at four sold-out Jam the Stands stock car racing events sponsored by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association (MCGA). The promotion was such a success, MCGA and other local sponsors are doing it again in 2013, this time at nine tracks throughout Minnesota, including Friday, July 26 at Fiesta Speedway in Montevideo.
Admission is free and race fans will have an opportunity to win one of two $50 Visa gift cards throughout the evening courtesy of MCGA. Fans will also have the opportunity to learn more about ethanol and renewable fuels by stepping inside the Biofuels Mobile Education Center. The 45-foot long mobile learning center will roll into Fiesta City for fans to learn more about ethanol fuel through interactive touch-screen computers, educational displays, movies and a tools to help people locate flex-fuel pumps in the area.
Racing starts at 7 p.m.
"MCGA welcomes the opportunity to partner with Fiesta City Speedway to bring some of the best racing in all of Minnesota to area fans for free," said Chad Willis, a member of the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council and chair of the National Corn Growers Association's ethanol committee. "Connecting with race fans is also a great way to show people how ethanol is clean, homegrown and renewable. Free racing while getting the facts about homegrown ethanol makes for a great evening with your friends and family."
Homegrown ethanol has a multiplier effect that benefits many economic sectors across Minnesota, including farming, manufacturing, transportation and construction. According to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, ethanol generates $5 billion in total economic output and more than 12,600 jobs annually. Ethanol is also less energy intensive to produce than gasoline and helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 29 percent. A 56-pound bushel of corn generates 2.8 gallons of ethanol while also simultaneously generating 17.5 pounds of high-protein livestock feed.
For more information, visit http://fiestacityspeedway.com/.
About Minnesota Corn Growers Association
With almost 6,600 members in 51 organized counties throughout Minnesota, the mission of MCGA is to identify and promote opportunities for corn farmers, while enhancing quality of life. MCGA works closely with the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council, which administers the efficient and effective use of Minnesota's corn check-off. Although these two organizations are separate and distinct entities, they share the common goal of expanding the use, marketing, and efficient, environmentally sound production of corn while helping others understand the value and importance of corn production to our nation's economy.


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"I'm a DREAM Act eligible youth, also queer, and I'm thinking this was an amazing experience for me. It was a concrete way I could link Reproductive Justice to the work I do in immigration." -Felipe Matos
Felipe's testimony about the training we piloted in Miami on LGBTQ issues as a matter of reproductive justice is just one example of the strides National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) made in 2011. No doubt the past 12 months were also wrought with non-stop attacks on low-income and immigrant women's comprehensive health care and access. But December is a time of celebration. We hope you will join us in reflecting on a few of the many milestones that, with your help, we marked over the year.
We shared an important win with our reproductive health and justice colleagues when the Department of Health and Human Services decided to eliminate co-pays for birth control services under health care reform. Speaking to the needs of low-income Latinas, LGBTQ and immigrant women, we educated legislators, wrote and submitted comments to the Administration and dropped off thousands of letters from our activists through the Nuestra Salud, Nuestra Prevención campaign.
Along with Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) we rallied new reproductive health champions with a Tri-Caucus (Caucuses for Asian and Pacific Islander, Hispanic and Black Members of Congress) briefing on abortion restrictions. At the briefing, we used new data from the most comprehensive poll ever conducted on Latino views on abortion – another huge undertaking we accomplished with our friends at RHTP and Lake Research.
We worked to forge alliances with a wide variety of players in the civil rights arena: this fall we partnered with the National Council of La Raza for a call on Latina health and we recently joined the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights.
We published a pioneering document about LGBTQ Latin@s and reproductive justice, drawing a tangible connection between two fields of work that too often do not connect. We presented our findings from this document at several conferences, shifting engagement in both the reproductive justice and LGBTQ movements by laying out shared issues and providing a platform for engagement. We also piloted a training on LGBTQ issues as a matter of reproductive justice for activists in Miami. Our Miami partners loved the training, and we are excited to take it to folks in other parts of the country soon.
In addition to the LGBTQ training, we led a number of important efforts this year that helped to mobilize thousands of people. In March, 35 activists from all over the country came to Washington, D.C for a weekend of training and Hill advocacy during our third National Advocacy Weekend. Replicating this model on a smaller and more local scale, in November, NLIRH held our first ever local advocacy week in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
We have also been hard at work building the leadership of young Latinas, with our first-ever E-LOLA trainings, our What's the Real Problem? campaign focusing on the needs of young pregnant and parenting Latinas, and keeping our former interns connected to us through an alumni network. We were also proud to hold a meeting of stakeholders in New York City regarding young pregnant and parenting Latinas, and are excited for the possibilities that may arise from that.
The second annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice highlighted our advocacy for Latina reproductive health and justice in immigration policy. The theme: Caminamos: Justice for Immigrant Women brought together activists for events held around the country, twibbon on Facebook and Twitter, and a blog carnival with more than 30 posts and 57 organizational co-sponsors. Our timing couldn't have been better. Just as the Latina Week of Action was wrapping up, the Department of Homeland Security announced they would be voiding the state contracts involved in the Secure Communities program, which effectively removed the right of states to opt out. We know how harmful this program is for immigrant women, which is why we've been urging you to take action and demand that Secretary Napolitano halt the program.
We also went to Georgia as part of the We Belong Together delegation to speak out against immigration enforcement and SB1070 copycats, and we continued to work for the improvement and passage of the DREAM Act. We have also increased the membership and online presence of the National Coalition for Immigrant Women's Rights, which we co-lead with the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.
Welcomes and goodbyes. We said goodbye to the inimitable Silvia Henriquez after she led eight years of organizational growth. Though we were sad to see her go, we were also thrilled to welcome the fresh vision of our new Executive Director, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas. In addition to leadership changes, we said goodbye to Manager of Development, Samantha E. Erskine and Policy Analyst Rebecca Pleitez, and Danielle Hawkes completed her one-year Law Students for Reproductive Justice Fellowship (LSRJ) with NLIRH. We welcomed our newest LSRJ Fellow, Anjela Jenkins, and Kimberly Inez McGuire joined our team as our newest Policy Analyst. We continued our practice of training and developing the Latina leaders of tomorrow through the additions of former interns Natalie D. Camastra, Stephanie Rodriguez, and Rosario Quiroz (RJ Public Policy Fellow, Operations Manager, and Community Mobilization Fellow, respectively), in whom we saw exceptional leadership and potential.
It was an exciting 2011 and we thank you for your participation throughout – we couldn't have done it without you! And if 2011 seemed busy, wait until you see what we have for you in 2012. We plan to pilot our LGBTQ Latin@s and Reproductive Justice instructional module in Spanish, expand our Latina Advocacy Networks by doing regional trainings, and expand our Right to Liberty, Right to Family campaign for immigrant rights with an accompanying report that promises to be groundbreaking. We also have an exciting civic engagement campaign brewing that will be the focus of our 2012 Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice, the further development of our social media strategy and exciting activities in January for cervical cancer awareness month. In short, we will continue to fight for salud, dignidad y justicia for Latinas, our families, and our communities. Stay tuned – it's going to be a good one!
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Benmont Tench, "You Should Be So Lucky", Blue Note, ***
Mark Rivera, "Common Bond", Dynotone/Red River, ***
These guys' names are familiar to anyone who reads album credits — or has seen Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Tench) or Billy Joel and Ringo Starr (Rivera) perform live in recent years. Sidemen stepping into a frontman's role is always a dubious proposition, but on their first solo outings both of these guys show their decades of riding musical shotgun have served them well. The variety on both sets is impressive. Keyboardist Tench is more of a craftsman and leans towards midtempo, melodic pieces such as "Today I Took Your Picture Down," "Hannah" and his take on the standard "Corrina, Corinna," though he can kick up some noise on the New Wave-flavored "Veronica Said" and the garagey title track.
Candice Glover, "Music Speaks" (19 Recordings/Interscope), ***
An "American Idol" champion's album usually surfaces well before the next season begins airing, so there's been a sense of skepticism surrounding the delayed debut from 2013's winner. But Candice Glover shows that time was indeed on her side with a sharp and especially well-sung set that's contemporary but without the gloss or histrionics of her fellow divas. Glover and her team of producers — including Mike WiLL, the Underdogs, the Jackie Boyz, Rodney Jerkins and more — keep things refreshingly spare and stripped-down and focused on her voice, from the torchy opener "Cried" to the Motown balladry of "Same Kind of Man," the reggae groove of "In the Middle" and her quiet, vibey take on the Cure's "Love Song." "Idol" winners tend to be a crapshoot, of course, but this is one we won't bet against.New & Noteworthy:
Adrenaline Mob, "Men of Honor" (Elm City): The sophomore album from the hard rock "supergroup" features drummer A.J. Pero in place of co-founder Mike Portnoy.
James Armstrong, "Guitar Angels" (New Catfood): The blues singer and guitarist mixes hot playing and humorous lyricism on his second album.
Bayside, "Cult" (Hopeless): Frontman Anthony Raneri explores a wider and deeper range of subjects on the Queens, N.Y., modern rock group's fifth album.
Big Gigantic, "The Night Is Young" (biggigantic.net): The sax-and-drum electronic duo from Boulder is distributing its fifth studio album for free via its web site.
Jonatha Brooke, "My Mother Has Four Noses" (Bad Dog): The companion album to the singer-songwriter's one-woman musical play that just opened on Broadway.
Peter Buck, "I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again" (Mississippi): The former R.E.M. guitarist's solo album is available as a limited edition, vinyl-only release.
Paul Byrom, "Thinking of Home" (Shanachie): The former Celtic Thunder star recorded his latest solo album at home in Ireland.
Crosses, "Crosses" (Sumerian): deftones frontman Chino Moreno's latest band combines its first two EPs and five new tracks into a 15-song full-length debut.
Cynic, "Kindly Bent to Set Us Free" (Season of Mist): The Miami progressive metal band is trimmed to a trio for its third album.
William Fitzsimmons, "Lions" (Nettwerk): The Pittsburgh singer-songwriter's latest album was produced by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla.
Guided By Voices, "Motivational Jumpsuit" (Guided By Voices Inc.): The 20th studio album by the Dayton, Ohio, modern rockers sports an appropriate 20 tracks, more than three minutes long.
I Killed the Prom Queen, "Beloved" (Epitaph): The first new album from the Australian metalcore band since its reunion in 2011 following a four-year hiatus.
The Jezabels, "The Brink" (self-released): The Australian indie rock group recorded its second album in London with producer Dan Grech-Marguerat.
Talib Kweli, "Gravitas" (Javotti Media/Fat Beats): The sixth solo album from the former Black Star MC features guest appearances by Black Thought, Big K.R.I.T., Raekwon, Detroit's Mike Posner and others.
Lydia Loveless, "Somewhere Else" (Bloodshot): The third full-length from the Americana singer-songwriter from Columbus, Ohio.
Jimbo Mathus & the Tri-State Coalition, "Dark Night of the Soul" (Fat Possum): Singer-songwriter Mathus hunkered down at home in Mississippi to make his ninth album outside of Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Angel Olsen, "Burn Your Fire For No Witness" (Jagjaguwar): This buzzed-about debut has been preceded by well-received singles such as "Hi-Five" and "Forgiven/Forgotten."
The Presidents of the United States of America, "Kudos To You!" (Burnside): It took the Seattle alt.rock trio just nine days to raise funds to make its sixth studio album via PlegeMusic.
Skindred, "Kill the Power" (Red River): The hard-rocking British group worked with '70s and '80s hitmaker Russ Ballard on its fifth album.
Cole Swindell, "Cole Swindell" (Warner Bros.): The country songwriter from Georgia makes his debut as an artist after penning hits for Craig Campbell, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and others.
Suzanne Vega, "Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles" (Amanuensis): The "Luka" hitmaker's first set of new material in seven years includes her first-ever use of a sample, from 50 Cent's "Candy Shop."
We Are the In Crowd, "Weird Kids" (Hopeless): The second full-length from the pop-punk quintet from Poughkeepsie.From The Vaults
Allman Brothers Band, "Play All Night: Live at the Beacon Theater 1992" (Epic/Legacy); "Boston Common 8/17/71" (ABBRC); Aztec Camera, "High Land Hard Rain" (Domino); Def Leppard, "Slang" (Bludgeon Riffola)New Music DVDs
Allman Brothers Band, "Live at Great Woods" (Epic/Legacy); Various Artists, "Live at Wacken 2012" (UDR)


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It's been a good season for hockey at Gorton Pond in East Lyme
East Lyme — If five or 10 Electric Boat engineers carefully analyze ice composition and thickness, then suggest it's not likely anyone would fall through the surface of a given body of frozen water, it's probably safe to venture out.
This is not theoretical, by the way.
With some regularity, a loose aggregate of EB engineers gather on weekend mornings in East Lyme to test the ice at Gorton Pond.
They do so by playing a joyous brand of ice hockey — pond hockey — that harkens back to the days of youth and reflects a kinetic purity that's as much about winter ritual as it is about the sport itself.
"I never played organized hockey. We didn't have it growing up," says Mike Davids, one of five EB engineers who showed up Saturday to scrimmage on a "rink" of snow-shoveled Gorton ice.
A coin of low-watt sun hovered over the pond, dodging wispy clouds and offering a bit of pale light to reflect off the snow piles and the gray-silver rectangle of the "rink" itself. The whole scene looked like a still life called "Caspar David Friedrich Does Hockey."
"It's definitely a winter thing," said Craig Taylor. "It's about being out here. I think a lot of us like the pond more than the rink, for all of these reasons."
Davids said, "The fun of pond hockey is that it's not quite as furious as rink hockey. It's good for casual players like myself, but it also works with various skill levels. The better players will instinctively match up against each other, and those of us not as good pair off, as well. It works really well that way, and it's still competitive. Plus, we're out here."
It's been a good winter for pond hockey enthusiasts, with long stretches of decidedly frigid weather. Taylor said he drilled through the ice before a game last week, testing its suitability for sport. "It was over 4 inches thick," he said. "That works. When the ice is good, we try to get out once a week or so. You never know how long the ice will last, and not all ice is the same. If it's frozen and thawed a few times, and if slush or water's gotten in there, it can change."
Given that several of the regulars have children, and they're all subject to random weekend responsibilities, the turnout for the pond hockey outings can range from four to 10 or 11. And while the core membership of the group lies in their EB relationships, it's also true that casual passersby might spot a game going on and show up with their skates and sticks.
All are welcome, said Taylor, who was instrumental in organizing the pond hockey outings.
"EB has both varsity and club level hockey teams, but it seemed like not too many people played pond hockey," he said. "I asked around, though, and, sure enough, there are a few of us. It's like, if you've never tried it, you've got to come out and experience it. It's a different thing, and a lot of players like it better than in the rink."
David Aloi, who started off playing roller hockey and then played for years on the official EB teams, said he loves the pond hockey version. "Recently, the Electric Boat teams have had a lot of new, young talent, so I had to retire." He laughed. "But this is pretty great."
Though Saturday's five-player turnout might seem a bit limiting in terms of an actual game, the men weren't bothered at all. They paired off in a two-on-three situation, and the skating and puck action was fast and fluent.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the players all wore shirts or hats with logos of National Hockey League or Division I college programs. But, interestingly, most said they didn't particularly follow or root for a specific team.
Taylor, for example, sporting a Vancouver Canucks NHL T-shirt, said he bought it because it looked cool. Meanwhile, Mark Chmura's shirt commemorated a recent Frozen Four event, which is the yearly NCAA hockey championship tournament.
"I think we probably all like the idea of the sport and the idea of getting out and doing it in this environment," Chmura said. "Sure, it's fun to watch hockey and great players, but what we're doing is different. This morning, I couldn't wait to get here. I kept looking at my watch, saying, 'Is it time to go yet?'"
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text: Well, ladies and gents, it would seem as though the heyday of plastic instruments (and their associated games) might finally be appearing in our rear-view mirror. It was bound to happen, eventually. The beginning of the end, so to speak, seemed to be when Harmonix -- the developer that founded both Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises -- was put up on the chopping block by Viacom late last year. Harmonix elected to, in effect, purchase itself, and remains an independent entity that continues to churn out Rock Band DLC at a regular clip. Couple that with today's news that Activision is not only canceling the 2011 installment of the Guitar Hero franchise (which it's owned since 2006), but is pursuing the "discontinuation of the development of all music-based games," due to "anticipation of a continuing weak environment for casual and music-based games," and the trend couldn't be more obvious. Don't get me wrong. I still fire up Rock Band on a semi-regular basis, and it still does an exceptional job of making someone who can't play any real instruments (like myself) feel like a rock star. Granted, it's been three years since I've purchased a plastic guitar. If peripheral sales are built into your expected profit margin, factors like a plateauing or declining user-base and making an increasingly iterative product make it harder to meet those numbers each year. And, in case you missed it: Duke Nukem Forever Preview Stacking Review Call of Duty: Black Ops 'First Strike' DLC Hitting PS3 on March 3, PC Later


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Organizers hope New London Food Stroll leaves fans hungry for more
New London — Seymour and Pat Hendel have lived in New London for most of their lives, but on Wednesday evening they went into a number of downtown restaurants for the first time.
The city natives were two of at least 900 people who ate, drank and were merry during the eighth annual Fall Food Stroll, organized by New London Main Street.
More than 40 restaurants, galleries and shops participated in the stroll, offering strollers samples of their food and goods as local musicians filled the waterfront air with music.
"New London is a beautiful city. They need to do more to get people to come down here," Pat Hendel said. "I wish they did this every week."
For the second straight year, the food stroll was sold out; all 900 buttons were gone by the early morning hours of Wednesday, New London Main Street Executive Director Annah Perch said.
"It seems to be increasingly popular and we could tell toward the end of (Tuesday) from people responding to social media that we had more people who planned on coming than had bought tickets," Perch said. "It's not a surprise, we feel bad having to turn people away but we can't overtax our restaurants so there really is a threshold on the number of people who can take part in the stroll."
Wednesday night, strollers were treated to fall harvest turkey pot pie at Bulkeley House Saloon, fish tacos at Dickson's Tavern, apple and butternut squash bisque at Gaspar's New American Cuisine, and oxtail with rice and beans at In-N-Out Caribbean Cuisine.
"The place is packed, it is a fantastic night out," Mike Davis, 48, of Niantic, said. "We stopped at just about every place and everyone has been very welcoming."
Davis and his wife, Lisa, said they were not sure what to expect from the food stroll, but now plan to bring other couples when they return next year.
"There is certainly a huge audience of people who, after attending a food stroll, know how incredible New London's restaurants are," Perch said. "Hopefully they are returning on a regular basis to frequent their favorite restaurants."
At Dev's on Bank, where owner Candace Devendittis served shrimp BLTs, large groups from Connecticut College and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital mingled with a sizeable crowd of regulars.
"It's some newcomers, but almost everyone here came because one of our regulars recommended us," Devendittis said. "We want people to get a taste of New London and a taste of Dev's."
Strollers also had the chance to take advantage of special discounts and promotions at a number of specialty shops and galleries, like the recently opened Bravado barbershop on State Street, which handed out $5 gift cards for first-time customers.
"I wanted to use this opportunity to pass out something that I can recognize when it comes back and know that the person stopped in during the food stroll," Kiesha Murphy, owner of Bravado, said. "I think the vibe we create in here really fits with the vibe of the food stroll."
The overall winner of the food stroll was Chaplin's for its ham and Vermont cheddar macaroni and cheese. Second place honors went to 2 Wives Brick Oven Pizza for its fall harvest pizza, and Dev's on Bank won third for its shrimp BLT. The pulled pork sandwiches at State Street Saloon took home the people's choice award.
The winner of the dessert category was the coffee mocha frosted cupcakes served at Pinc!
Restaurants and businesses are not all that are showcased during the food stroll, organizers said.
"The hope for New London Main Street is to bring not only an event to New London, but to have the opportunity for people who live outside of New London to come to downtown and see all that it has to offer for a dining, entertainment and retail experience," Renee Fournier, president of Main Street's board of directors, said. "New London's downtown has such a wealth of popular eateries and galleries and destinations that many people don't know about, and the food stroll really provides an opportunity to put New London's best foot forward."
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Duke University redshirt freshman Marcus Cain captured a pair of victories this afternoon to lead the Blue Devils in a tri-meet at Michigan. Duke fell to No. 14 Michigan, 30-14, and a tough Eastern Michigan squad, 30-9, at Cliff Keen Arena.
"Overall I felt like the guys in the first match didn't come out ready to wrestle," head coach Glen Lanham said. "We were flat and we didn't compete. In the second match we came out and we competed and looked a lot better. A lot of things we've been working on we did in the second match and I was happy with our performance in the second match. We just need to work on being consistent and as coaches that's on us too. We just have to put everything that we've been working on together."
Six Blue Devils came away with at least one victory, including two earning bonus points in their victories. Cain was the one Duke wrester to win twice, while redshirt freshmen Trey Adamson and Conner Hartmann both registered major decision over their Michigan foes. Duke falls to 1-3 in duals this season with two of the losses coming against the No. 13 and No. 14 teams.
"Those were definitely good wins for Marcus," Lanham said. "He wrestled two tough kids so those are two good wins for him. He's wrestling really tough right now for us. Gambucci had another good one and unfortunately in the second match couldn't go. But again, we just need to be ready to compete every time and I didn't feel like we did that today."
The Blue Devils opened the day with Eastern Michigan at Cliff Keen Arena. The Eagles jumped out to a 6-0 lead with a fall at 125 pounds before the Blue Devils rallied with three straight wins to go in front 9-6. Gambucci picked up the first win for Duke and his eighth of the season, outlasting Vincent Puzzuto 8-5 at 133 pounds. The Mansfield, Ohio native pushed his win streak to seven and remained unbeaten in duals at 3-0.
Sophomore Tanner Hough and redshirt sophomore Marcus Cain added consecutive decisions at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively, to lift Duke to the 9-6 advantage. Hough picked up his eighth win of the year, shutting out Michael Shaw 4-0, while Cain gathered his 10th victory of the year with a 5-0 blanking of Justin Melick.
Eastern Michigan quickly regained the lead, 12-9, with a pin at 157 pounds and never looked back en route to the 30-9 win.
Up against the 14th-ranked Wolverines next, the Blue Devils rallied after a tough start as they won three of the final matches in the 30-14 setback. Michigan raced out to a 14-0 advantage before Cain put Duke on the scoreboard with a thrilling 7-5 decision over John Evashevski at 149 pounds.
Cain started the bout with an early takedown for the 2-0 lead and added another takedown to go in front 4-1 at the end of the first period. An escape by the Winston-Salem, N.C., native made it 5-1 before Evashevski added one point to make it 5-2 heading into the final two minutes. Cain added two more points to make it 7-2 before the Wolverine escaped to make it 7-3. Evashevski added a takedown at the buzzer, but it was too little too late as Cain picked up his 11th win of the year.
After consecutive wins by the Wolverines at 157 and 165 pounds, the Blue Devils answered with three straight wins, including a pair of major decisions. Adamson, at 174 pounds, dominated the match against Brandon Hill and led 5-2 after three minutes of wrestling. The redshirt freshman continued to control from top to take a 6-2 advantage into the final stanza. Adamson quickly made it 7-2 and added a takedown and the riding time bonus point for the 10-2 major.
Bencomo followed Adamson with a hard-fought 6-3 decision over Jordan Thomas. Bencomo, wrestling in his first dual of the season, scored an early takedown in the third period to make it 6-2 and held off a final charge from Thomas to post his fifth victory of the season.
Hartmann, looking to rebound after starting the day with a narrow setback, jumped all over Chris Heald with the early takedown and built his riding time to two minutes after the first period. He stretched his lead to 6-0 after five minutes en route to the commanding 9-0 major decision.
Eastern Michigan 30, Duke 9
125 -- Jared Germaine (EMU) pinned Peter Terrezza, 2:16 EMU, 6-0
133 -- Brandon Gambucci (Duke) dec. Vincent Puzzuto, 8-5 EMU, 6-3
141 -- Tanner Hough (Duke) dec. Michael Shaw, 4-0 Tie, 6-6
149 -- Marcus Cain (Duke) dec. Justin Melick, 5-0 Duke 9-6
157 -- Aaron Sulzer (EMU) pinned Andrew DeHart, 2:15 EMU, 12-9
165 -- Jacob Dorulla (EMU) major dec. Randy Roden, 15-7 EMU, 16-9
174 -- Jacob Davis (EMU) major dec. Trey Adamson, 8-0 EMU, 20-9
184 -- Phillip Joseph (EMU) major dec. Diego Bencomo, 17-4 EMU, 24-9
197 -- Anthony Abro (EMU) dec. Conner Hartmann, 6-4 EMU, 27-9
Hwt -- Chris Eggert (EMU) dec. Brendan Walsh, 3-1 EMU, 30-9
#14 Michigan 30, Duke 14
125 -- Sean Boyle (U-M) tech. fall Peter Terrezza, 17-2 (6:46) U-M, 5-0
133 -- Rossi Bruno (U-M) win by forfeit U-M, 11-0
141 -- Camryn Jackson (U-M) dec. Tanner Hough, 11-7 U-M, 14-0
149 -- Marcus Cain (Duke) dec. John Evashevski, 7-5 U-M, 14-3
157 -- Michael Carpenter (U-M) major dec. Andrew DeHart, 15-4 U-M, 18-3
165 -- Taylor Massa (U-M) pinned Randy Roden, 1:07 U-M, 24-3
174 -- Trey Adamson (Duke) major dec. Brandon Hill, 10-2 U-M, 24-7
184 -- Diego Bencomo (Duke) dec. Jordan Thomas, 6-3 U-M, 24-10
197 -- Conner Hartmann (Duke) major dec. Chris Heald, 9-0 U-M, 24-14
Hwt -- Ben Apland (U-M) pinned Brendan Walsh, 2:45 U-M, 30-14


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In a commentary published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin points to accomplishments of the National Prevention Council, a gathering of multiple federal departments and agencies whose policies and practices bear on health. The Council highlights health as everyone's business and illustrates how all sectors of society can contribute to improving the social, environmental, and economic conditions that influence health outcomes.
The Council's 2013 Annual Status Report shows positive trends in some leading health indicators. Among the highlights are decreases in:
- youth ages 3 to 11 exposed to secondhand smoke;
- the number of adolescents who are current smokers;
- the rate of coronary heart disease deaths;
- stroke deaths; and
- overall cancer deaths.


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text: Track history: Robert Marshall Jr. and Jim Coleman built the first Sears Point 2.52 mile road course in 1968. For the next 20 years, Sears Point hosted events for USAC, Indy cars, SCCA races, drag races, motorcycle road and motocross races and some non-Cup NASCAR races. The first Cup Series race was held there in 1989. The Craftsman Truck Series began competition at the track in 1995.During the 1990's, several million dollars was spent on beautification and modernization of the facility, including the new medical facility, VIP suites, and a track reconfiguration to its current 1.99-mile layout. Since 2000, another $50 million went to projects such as new grandstands, pedestrian tunnels, a 44-car garage area, repaving of the road course, enlargement of the pit road to accommodate the entire 43-car starting grid, and sightline improvements so the fans can see almost the entire road course from their seats. Sears Point was renamed Infineon Raceway at the start of the 2002 season.Beginning in 2012, the track was again renamed after Infineon chose not to renew its naming rights. For now, it is being referred to as Sonoma Raceway. Track Quick Facts (courtesy NASCAR Media):Last five winners: Clint Bowyer 6/24/12, Kurt Busch 6/26/11, Jimmie Johnson 6/20/10, Kasey Kahne 6/21/09 and Kyle Busch 6/22/08.First Cup start here (Active drivers): P.J. Jones 05/16/93, Tom Hubert 5/4/97, Brian Simo 6/25/00, Brandon Ash 6/27/04, Chris Cook 6/26/05, David Gilliland 6/25/06, Marcos Ambrose 6/22/08, Max Papis 6/22/08, Mattias Ekstrom 6/20/10, Jan Magnussen 06/20/10, Andy Pilgrim 6/26/11, Tomy Drissi 6/24/12 and David Mayhew 6/24/12.First Cup pole: Boris Said 6/22/03.First Cup win: Juan Pablo Montoya 6/24/07,June 11, 1989: At the inaugural Cup Series race, the 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300, Rusty Wallace put the Raymond Beadle owned No. 27 Kodiak Pontiac on the pole, led ten laps and finished second. Ricky Rudd started fourth, led 61 of the 74 lap event and took the checkered flag in Kenny Bernstein's No. 26 Quaker State Buick by a little more than a second over runner-up Wallace. Rudd earned $62,350 for the victory in front of around 60,000 fans.June 26, 2011: Kurt Busch won the Toyota-Save Mart 350 from an eleventh place start. It was the No. 22 Dodge driver's first victory and ninth top-ten finish in 2011. This was his fourth top-ten finish in eleven races at Sonoma and his first road race victory. Drivers leading five or more laps: No. 78 Regan Smith five laps, finished 16th; No. 29 Kevin Harvick five laps, finished ninth; Pole-sitter Joey Logano five laps, finished sixth; No. 11 Denny Hamlin 12 laps, finished 37th and Race-winner Busch led the most laps (76 of the 110 lap event).June 24, 2012: Clint Bowyer won the Toyota-Save Mart 350, his sixth victory in 233 NSCS races. This was the No. 15 Toyota driver's first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2012. It was his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in seven races at Sonoma. He is the sixth consecutive first time Sprint Cup road race winner at Sonoma and eighth consecutive different winner of the Toyota-Save Mart 350. Drivers leading five or more laps: Pole-sitter No. 9 Marcos Ambrose 11 laps, finished eighth; No. 24 Jeff Gordon 13 laps, finished sixth; No. 56 Martin Truex Jr. 15 laps finished 22nd and Race-winner Bowyer led the most laps (71 of the 112 lap event).Fantasy games won't allow you to pick all track favorites so Mid-Pack Attack is here to help. A mid-packer may not win the race but has as good a shot at a top 20 finish as track favorites Marcos Ambrose, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart. There were 43 cars on the preliminary entry list for this weekend's Cup race. Marcos Ambrose and Jeff Gordon are both outside the top-15 in points but are also track favorites so they should be considered no-brainer picks this week. This being a road course, we'll pick three Cup regulars and one road course 'ringer' for Sunday's Toyota-Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, California.Mid-Pack picksDavid Gilliland has Sonoma Raceway "circled on his calendar". The California native has always performed well on the winding, hilly course, including a second-place finish in 2008 that is tied with last month's Talladega runner-up finish for his best Cup career result. He also has two wins in the NASCAR K&N West Series at the venue. He likes the physical type of racing at this track. Gilliland said this week: "It's one of those racetracks where you can get to the guy's bumper ahead of you at any time. A lot of these tracks we go to are very aero-sensitive and you can't get to a guy's bumper to move him and it's just hard to pass. At Sonoma, it can still be hard to pass, but you can overdrive a corner to get to a guy's bumper and move him." Save some of your top picks for another week. Find a spot at the tail-end of your roster for the No. 38 Ford Fusion driver.In 24 Sprint Cup starts at road courses, Kurt Busch has an 18.9 average finish including only one victory. That win was recorded at Sonoma in 2011 where he also has a pole, led 139 laps and finished in the top 10 five times in his 12 races. In Nationwide Series road races, Busch made three starts at The Glen; all three from the pole, won two of them and came in third in the other. He finished eighth in last year's NNS road race in Elkhart Lake, WI driving brother Kyle's car. Guess you can say he knows how to turn left and right. Besides the 2011 Cup victory, he was contending for the win last year before a suspension problem dropped him to a third place finish. Count on the No. 78 Chevrolet SS driver to be in contention again this weekend.After Brian Vickers finishes driving his Nationwide Series car at the Road America road course in Wisconsin on Saturday, he'll fly to Sonoma Raceway to pilot Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 55 Toyota Camry on Sunday. In seven starts at Sonoma, he has one pole and one top-five. He finished fourth last year. Even though his previous six starts averaged about a 23rd place finish we like how he's been handling the part-time Sprint Cup schedule. In eight 2012 Cup starts Vickers scored five top-10 finishes, led 158 laps and had an average finish of 13.2. So far this season, he finished eighth and 11th in his two turns in the No. 55. He said: "Going from one track to the other is going to be a challenge for sure, and not being able to practice at all in Sonoma. We've got a good base setup from last year though. We've done some testing and I think we will be good. Road racing the day prior will help." Give consideration to Vickers this week.For our Sonoma road course "ringer" we're going with Ron Fellows. He will drive the Circle Sport Racing No. 33 Chevrolet SS (with alliance from Richard Childress Racing). The Canadian driver, part owner of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, Canada, has a goal to win a race in each of NASCAR's three major touring series. Fellows has already won three Nationwide Series races at Watkins Glen International and one at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. He won two Camping World Truck Series races (both from the pole) at Watkins Glen. He also has three top five finishes in his three NNS starts at the Road America facility. While he hasn't faired that well at Sonoma Raceway (only three top-15s in eight Cup starts) we feel confident you will see the No. 33 driver coming through with a top 20 or better this weekend.


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All the best tuna, and thankyou for the continued help with mags.
All the best tuna, and thankyou for the continued help with mags.
Sorry to hear what you are going through Tuna. Be strong and push through. I will say a prayer for you.
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Going in on the 5th to get it cut out. All is good now, and i'll let you all know how it goes after the surgery. I should be down for about 10 days they tell me.
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Great to hear from you! Will continue to pray for you and the doctors.
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hope everything is good, best of luck with the surgery. you will be fine.
I will keep you in my prayers
Prayers inbound as we speak
Instead of prayers, how about we all donate $100 to cancer research.
Knowing what I do about this, I would never donate to research, any medical research. It helps big farma. Look into it and you will see why i say this. It makes the one donating feel good. Thats about it.
What I do donate to are organizations that help those afflicted with these illnesses.
My thoughts on donations.
Good luck tuna.
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best of luck tommorow/today for you tunaman.
have a great and healthy recovery.
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Prayers sent.
Praying for ya Tuna!!!
I just wanted to say thanks for helping me out with all of my projects that you have worked on recently. It blows my mind you still wanted to help out a fellow AOer even when you had alot of stuff going on in your life. I'm praying for a speedy recovery for you.
Played phone tag with Mrs. Tuna last night but got the word that Da'Fish is doing well. Was spending the night in ICU but should be in a regular room today. I think he will be in the hospital for 7-10 days.
Thanks for the update.Originally Posted by BigEvil
Great news! Now for a speedy recovery.
Thanks for the update.
yes, awsome news.
Thanks for the update indeed. Best of luck and still praying for a fast and full recovery!
Hells Yeah!!! thats great news!!!
Good to hear!
I just spoke to tuna on the phone. He's doing good everything's going along as planned but obviously he still feels like crap after going through this big surgery. I sent himm everyone's best and says he will talk to us as soon as he can
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Thanks Big Evil for the updates man!!! Tuna glad your feelin better dood!!!
Best wishes Tuna. I know you will beat this ......so you can count one more for Tunaball.


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Fran Jensen doesn't remember everything about the fall she suffered in her Antioch backyard last year.
Jensen, 73, was trying to remove something from her pool when she knelt like she'd done so many times before and leaned forward. When it was time to stand, Jensen, who has arthritis in both knees, realized she couldn't do it. She was stuck. For support, she tried reaching for the nearby retaining wall. Instead, she slipped, and her head slammed on the cement.
"I just lay there and started to hurt," Jensen recalls. Dizzy, scraped up and bleeding, she adjusted her crushed eyeglasses and crawled to the diving board, using her arms to stand up and limp into the house to call her daughter for help.
"I guess I didn't realize how weak I'd become," Jensen says.
She is not alone. Each year, one in three adults 65 and older falls due to lack of balance and strength, poor eye sight and other reasons, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Falls can cause moderate to severe injuries, from lacerations and bone fractures to head trauma, and increase the risk of early death. Among older adults, falls are the most common cause of hospital admission -- 2.3 million in 2010 -- and the leading cause of death from injury.
Fortunately, falls are largely preventable. Free fall-prevention programs such a those at Kaiser Permanente and Alta Bates Medical Center have cropped up to help older adults assess the safety of their homes and increase balance and mobility with basic strengthening exercises, such as arm curls, leg lifts and neck rolls.
Sometimes, just removing a throw rug or installing a hand rail can greatly reduce the risk of falling, says Gennifer Mountain, program director for Walnut Creek's Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services, which launched its fall-prevention program in 2008. It has served 650 seniors in Contra Costa County.
"I don't think it's far-fetched to call elderly falls an epidemic," says Mountain, who sends occupational therapists to seniors' homes to assess and remedy risks, such as uneven floor surfaces. Eighty-two percent of participants lowered their risk of falling as demonstrated by before-and-after assessments. "In a few decades, we're going to have double the number of 65-year-olds. We need to get people stronger, leaving the house and increasing their confidence in daily activities."
Prevention is particularly critical among the frail and elderly, because a fall can often be the precipitating event for a downward spiral in their health and independence, explains Chris Rose-Frank, a geriatric care manager with Walnut Creek's Eldercare Services.
"As a person ages, their physiology changes, and their ability to rebound is less successful," says Rose-Frank, who has worked in physical therapy for 20 years. "Particularly if people are living alone, deconditioning or blood pressure or balance deficiency can be a major problem."
If you take common medications, such as blood thinners, you are at even greater risk of serious injury or even death, explains Chris Bandy, trauma medical director of Kaiser Permanente's Vacaville Medical Center.
"If you're 25, and you bump your head, you have a bruise on your scalp and you get up and walk away," Bandy says. "With a senior on blood thinners, they may not be able to form the clot necessary to keep the blood from (flowing). So the medication can work against them."
That's why a close relationship between geriatric patients and their primary doctors is critical.
"Even healthy, active seniors need regular eye exams and bone density screenings," Bandy says. "We have a unique elderly population in California. I just had a 70-year-old bungee jumper in the ER with a busted rib. But, no matter what fountain of youth you drink from, you need to accept that you are going to heal from an injury slower and harder at 85 than you did at 25. Just recognize that and talk to your doctor."
Unfortunately, fewer than half of older adults who fall actually report it to their health care providers. According to the CDC's research, many people who fall, even if they are not injured, develop a fear of falling. This fear may cause them to limit their activities, which leads to reduced mobility and loss of physical fitness. In turn, that increases their actual risk of falling.
"People aren't willing to talk to their doctors about their falls because they're afraid of what might happen, like losing independence," explains Sue Elderkain, clinic coordinator of outpatient rehabilitation for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, which runs a fall-prevention program that has helped 400 seniors. "They don't want anyone to know. They may even minimize their injuries, like, 'Oh, it was just a little fall.' "
However, the No. 1 predictor of falling is having fallen, Elderkain says, so it is important to assuage their fears. "We let them know we're not going to take anything away," she says. "We explain that this is about strengthening them and their lives. It really helps build their confidence."
Jensen, of Antioch, got help through Mountain's in-home exercise and strength-building program. For 10 weeks, two Cal State University East Bay nursing students came to Jensen's home Monday mornings and led her through a series of seated exercises, including shoulder presses and ankle rolls. They installed a chair in her shower, moved kitchen appliances to lower cupboards, and put medications in a pill box by her favorite chair.
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While it may not sound like a traditional job for a city clerk, overseeing the renovation of homes is among the duties of Leavenworth's city clerk.
While it may not sound like a traditional job for a city clerk, overseeing the renovation of homes is among the duties of Leavenworth's city clerk.
For the past several years, the city has been using federal grant money to purchase and rehab vacant, foreclosed homes. The homes then have been resold as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
The program is coordinated in Leavenworth by City Clerk Karen Logan.
"I think it's a great program for the city," Logan said.
Under the program, the vacant homes are brought up to neighborhood standards, she said.
She said the city started purchasing and rehabbing homes as part of NSP in 2009. So far, the city has completed work on nine homes and is in the process of working on a 10th one.
Logan said she's still looking for one or two more houses that can be rehabbed as part of NSP. The city clerk said she also can ask for additional funding for the program that would enable more houses to be rehabilitated.
Seven properties that were rehabilitated by city already have new owners. One of the rehabbed homes, located at 1718 S. Fifth St., is currently up for sale. And the sale of another house is pending.
In some cases, the houses purchased by the city have been torn down and new ones were constructed on the properties.
Logan said the city has been awarded $1.9 million in funding for the program. To date, $1.4 million of the money has been spent.
People have to meet income guidelines in order to purchase one of the NSP homes.
Logan said 25 percent of the money from the grant has to be dedicated to homes for low income individuals or families. These are people who make 50 percent of the median income for the area or less. This currently works out to a maximum of $25,700 for an individual. Other homes in the program can be sold to people who are making up to 120 percent of the median income for the area. This works out to a maximum of $61,550 for an individual.
And people may qualify for financial assistance to be applied toward down payments for the homes.
The program requires that rehabilitated homes be in what is considered a 25-year livability condition.
Logan acknowledged that NSP homes typically are sold in the city for a loss. But she said the intent of the program is not to make a profit.
She said the home at 1718 S. Fifth St., for example, was purchased for $42,500. She said $60,538 worth of work was put into the renovation.
The asking price for the home is $79,995, which would amount to a loss of $23,043.
Money from the sale of NSP homes in Leavenworth is turned over to the Kansas Department of Commerce, which oversees the federal program for the state. Logan said the money is then reallocated to cities that participate in the program.
Logan said anyone interested in purchasing an NSP home in Leavenworth can contact her at 682-9201.
Information about NSP and income guidelines also can be found on the city's website, www.lvks.org.


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ADDISON — The Addison Village Council decided at its meeting Monday to seek two residents interested in filling the vacant seats left unclaimed by the Nov. 6 election.
Trustee James Webb did not seek re-election in November. The second seat vacancy was created when trustee Mike Votzke sought and won the village president's spot.
Any Addison village resident 18 or older interested in serving on the village council can submit a letter of interest by 4 p.m. Jan. 7 to the village office at 103 1/2 W. Main St., Votzke said.
The council discussed its options of either seeking two additional members or voting to reduce the size of the council to five. The council must have at least four members at the January meeting in order to conduct business, as the village ordinance still says the council is made up of seven people.
"I think we're capable of doing (business) with five, but I think we should seek people," trustee Dan Brown said.
Trustee Dean Bowman said he agreed with the concept.
"There are five people on area township boards and they're dealing with a heck of a lot more than we are," Bowman said.
Votzke said that in the end, he would like to see the empty seats filled.
"The more people we have active in the community, the better," he said.
The council also discussed filling the street commissioner position vacated by now-former village president John Decker when he did not seek re-election, as well as a building and zoning inspection representative. That position was left open upon Webb's departure from the council.
In other business
The Addison Village Council on Monday also:
— Approved a motion to purchase gift cards for village employees Bruce Clark and Tracy Truman in recognition of the Christmas holiday.
— Discussed an upcoming $27,500 payment due at the end of January on the village's new utility truck.
— Proposed revitalizing the village's planning commission, which has not met in more than six months. Council members will approach the previous planning commission members to see if they would be interested in returning to serve.
— Approved a motion to purchase and install a new overhead door at the department of public works for approximately $1,200.
— Discussed the possible development of a village website to keep residents informed of community events and village meetings.
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ADDISON — The Addison Village Council decided at its meeting Monday to seek two residents interested in filling the vacant seats left unclaimed by the Nov. 6 election.


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LONGMONT -- They aren't even sure if they'll keep the name.
But whether they keep the name Twin Peaks Mall or not, there are a couple of things we do know about NewMark Merrill Mountain States' plans for redeveloping the 75-acre site of Longmont's 1985-vintage shopping mall.
Beginning in 2013 the mall will be demolished and rebuilt as a shopping center with parking in the middle and several buildings of varying sizes scattered around the property. A late 2014 opening is planned.
Dillard's is the sole retailer that NMMS has announced publicly that plans on being part of the rebuilt center. It currently operates in 94,000 square feet and owns its own building and land.
A new retail anchor -- about 100,000-square-feet in size -- will be located on the northern end of the property, near the irrigation ditch. A 50,000-square-foot movie theater and a string of "sub-anchors" in the 20,000- to 35,000-square-foot range will stretch around the east and southern boundaries of the property.
Restaurant pad sites and in-line retail shops -- and a plaza area -- are planned for the west side of the mall lining Hover Street.
In all there will be about 400,000 square feet total of retail and restaurant space, including the theater, according to Allen Ginsborg, managing director and principal for NMMS.
All of those elements are part of the tentative site plan Ginsborg shared with the public during the most recent open meeting in September. What's not been revealed is what retailers and restaurants Ginsborg is trying to attract to be part of the new development.
He won't say anything for competitive reasons. And retail analysts say that no matter what name brands NMMS is chasing, the company faces challenges on several fronts.
'Experiences, not assets' The New Jersey-based JGSG Group provides retail site selection consulting and market analysis for both the public and private sector (New York City is a client, according to principal Joe Getz). The Times-Call sent the firm some newspaper articles and other information to seek out its opinion on the plans NMMS has laid out so far and the retail landscape in general.
"What they're doing is taking an unusual approach," Getz said. "In fact, the approach they're taking is one our firm goes around preaching but nobody wants to hear it because it's the more expensive route."
Putting in a non-revenue generating component such as a plaza adds costs to a center, Getz said, as does researching the market to find out what the public wants. He said NMMS's getting input from some 2,000 people, which the company says it has done, is "unheard of in this industry."
And the shift toward more restaurant offerings and creating a community gathering place is consistent with what other successful centers around the country are doing, said Mark Lohbauer, also a principal with JGSC Group.
"It's very consistent with what's happening in the industry right now, because the recession has drawn attention to the fact that we're overbuilt (with retail)," said Lohbauer. He added that America's retail landscape is "under-demolished" -- meaning most retailers are trying to shrink the size of their stores.
"Before, Best Buy was at 50,000-square-feet, now they want to be at 20,000," Getz said. "And that's just one retailer."
And the number of retailers nationally who are opening up more than, say, 10 new stores in a year has dwindled to only about a dozen or two, Getz said, compared to about 100 different chains doing that a few years ago.
He noted that some major chains -- household names -- went away in the Great Recession, and on top of that Americans' buying habits are changing. The past few years have only accelerated that change, he said.
When it comes to creating something like NMMS wants to build, just having a place for people to go buy stuff isn't enough anymore, he said.
"The best way to equate this is, this is January 2," Getz said. "We all went out and had a good time and now we're going to pay for it.
"Today, the world is about experiences, not assets."
Challenges and opportunities David Levine holds the unusual title of "director of vision and vibe" at Dallas-based Urban Partners, a company he describes as a retail development positioning consultant.
Levine said he's done work in the metro Denver market for most of his career, including 16 years working with Larimer Square's management and a current project in which he's working on finding retailers for a new light rail station development in the Denver Tech Center. He's somewhat familiar with Longmont, he said, because his sister lives in Boulder.
Levine said getting the right mix of tenants is always critical for the success of a center.
"I like to craft my retail tenant mix in advance," Levine said. "When you do that you have a story that they can really relate to, they can buy into."
Ginsborg said that's exactly what he has tried to do with the retailers he's been talking to, he said. "Tenant mix is an art but not a science," he said.
In other words, there are generally no hard and fast rules about recruiting, but this climate makes it particularly challenging.There are fewer chains making moves, Ginsborg said, and he has to fight against the perception that Longmont doesn't have the population density of some of the other cities who are competing for those same chains.
Generally, he said, he sees the trade area for the reinvented Twin Peaks Mall as being the edges of Boulder to the south, the Carbon Valley to the east, north up to Berthoud and, well, there's not much population to the west.
On the plus side in terms of recruiting, Ginsborg said, is that NMMS's parent company has some 1,500 different retail and restaurant tenants around the country that he can pitch Longmont to.
Longmont resident Jon Schallert of The Schallert Group, a national retail consulting firm, used to work in site selection when he worked for the Hallmark corporation in south Florida, he said.
He agreed with the obvious challenges Longmont faces but believes there is also opportunity.
"Retailers, because they're not in this big expansion mode that they were a few years ago, they're really targeting ones that they know are going to be a home run," Schallert said.
He said the fact that the mall is being reinvented likely will attract some attention from chains who are growing who have refused to consider Longmont -- at least the mall location -- in the past because of the mall's decline.
"For many of these people, they're going to feel like Longmont is a wide-open market," Schallert said. "There's going to be chains who either haven't been here or haven't been here for a very long time, that are going to look at it again.
"There's a lot of chains, franchises, that know this redevelopment has been a long time coming."
That said, he added, "There's not a developer out there that can tell you with any certainty that they know what their center's going to look like. And that's anywhere in the country."
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