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From the banta cliffs of Okinawa, mabui – the spirits of the land, of the deceased – led me into the gama caves below.
These caves are the sacred home of Okinawa's spirits – its ancestors, its history,
its memory.
I enter hesitantly - through the eeriness of the cave's dark, heavy air, through the remnants of war scattered on the ground.
Enveloped total darkness, what could I possibly see? Yet inside the earth's womb, deep in this darkness, the conversation continues.
With just a flashlight in hand, I search for anything I might find, unable to entirely illuminate my surroundings.
The shutter wide open, I enter into the image, my flashlight in hand, floating and conversing with mabui as the cave's interior slowly seeps into the camera.
What am I hearing? What can I express for them? How will these images of
darkness speak to others?
These questions continue to resonate in my mind as I return from the blackness
of the caves to my studio to draw out the spirits of this place.
—Osamu James Nakagawa
About Osamu James Nakagawa
Osamu James Nakagawa explores his biculturalism through photographs that grapple with cultural histories and alienation. Nakagawa was born in the United States but moved to Japan as a child, and to Texas as a teenager. "I am a stranger in all the places my family could call 'home,'" the artist has said. "The duality and conflict of this experience is the motivation for my photographic exploration, and I am personally invested in finding points of connection and disconnection between actual and constructed memories on both cultural and familial levels." Nakagawa has captured images as diverse as fields in the American Midwest, rainy urban street scenes, and socially charged sites in Japan. In his series of photos of the Okinawa islands, Nakagawa depicts sublime seaside scenery, saturating their colors in post-production. The images suggest the weight and distortion of his memories of and associations with Japan, but also address the site as a World War II battleground.
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Mad Men Conspiracy Theory: Megan Draper Is Sharon Tate
Go with us there.
Eagle-eyed Mad Men fans over at Reddit have developed a thrilling theory after noticing a tweet from show costume designer Janie Bryant regarding the similarities between Megan Draper's shirt and the one worn by Sharon Tate in a 1967 Esquire Magazine photo shoot. "No coincidence!" Bryant replied to @BHisaRockstar (whose father, William Helburn, took the photo), implying that matching Draper to Tate was completely intentional. Naturally, this is driving some theorists wild.
But could it be? Could Megan be heading for Sharon's tragic fate? "Tate was murdered in August of 1969. She was murdered by a home invasion, and this season seems to be really emphasizing (normalizing?) the idea of the home being 'invaded' by the outside," notes the Reddit thread's top-rated comment. And Dustin Rowles over at UPROXX pushed a bit further, looking to the season's promo poster for clues: "Not only does that poster allude to the 'better halves' and the Dick Whitman–Don Draper stuff that's been going on all season, but the police presence does suggest something more sinister on the horizon."
@bhisarockstar @esquiremag no coincidence! So nice to tweet meet you— Janie Bryant (@JanieBryant) May 27, 2013

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Developers of the popular Debian Linux distribution are ramping up coding efforts as they plan to release the next version of their operating system in December this year. The schedule was today outlined in an e-mail to the Debian community from developer Andreas Barth, a member of the team which coordinates the process by which Debian is formally handed over to the public. "We expect to release Etch as planned in the beginning of December 2006," Barth wrote.


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Families are the major provider of long-term care to their older loved ones. While this responsibility can take an emotional, physical and financial toll, knowledge of available resources can help relieve caregiver stress. Services, programs, and resources are available for persons who help an older person with the activities of daily living, health care, financial matters, guidance, companionship and social interaction.
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The Walrus Says
"The Rocket Dawgz' shows have been dandy
With the bangs and the booms they're quite handy
So for your last shoot
We're sending some loot
To make your finale 'MAS GRANDE'
"Thanks for all the spectacular shows."
Jamie Bennett, Linda Scott and Harry Scott-Bennett of Beacon Avenue sent their grand poetry along with their contribution to the July 4 fireworks show at Mackerel Cove.
Others making donations are Joseph and Barbara Samartino of Seaside Drive; anonymous, The Von Ho-Ho Clan, "Ka-Boom;" Andrew Weicker, Narragansett Avenue; Wesley Yando and Lorraine Spooner, Grinnell Street; John and Diane Allard of Sampan Avenue who wrote, "There's an old saying you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but each year 'the Dawgz' prove that statement wrong!...we are in the most fortunate community in Rhode Island because of dedicated people like you;" Peter and Rochelle Carnevale, Westwind Drive; Anne and Paul Barrett of Dewey Lane who wrote, "Thanks for the great job you've done over the years!" Tom and Anne Tighe, West Street; Bruce Craven, Highland Drive; Robert and Jane Mead of Walcott Avenue; Erin and William Marsh, Cedar Drive who commented, "For all you do - this checks for you!" Norm and Joyce Beretta, Walcott Avenue who wrote, "Celebrate the birthday of the greatest country in the world;" and Paul and Pat Jutras of Seaside Drive, "For the last brilliant blast!"
Also, Barry and Carla Cook of Highland Drive; Michael and Kathleen O'Neil, Southwest Avenue; Richard and Pamela Haas, Seaside Drive; Isabel Coyle, Clarke Street; Lynn and William Berman, Southwest Avenue; Jeanne Spinosa, Southwest Avenue; Wendy and Edward Harvey of Walnut Street; Floyd and Joann Grau who wrote, "Thanks for each and every year you treated us to a spectaular celebration. We really hate to think that the KA-BOOM we've come to count on will be a Ka-Put in 2008! Thanks again!" Erin and Joseph Gregg, Meadow Lane; John and Joan McCauley, Columbia Lane; and Frank and Hope Darigan of West Reach Drive, "We will miss your wonderful yearly displays of fireworks, fun, fervor and patriotism! You have done a wonderful service for the entire community. Blow this up!"
At this late date we're some $5,000 short of our goal to bring you a blast equal to the past couple of years. But as you understand, all the money comes from donations, so the size of the shoot depends on how much is sent to us.
We have a week left. Our deepest gratitude to those who have sent contributions in this, our last year and all the years before.
Send your check to PO Box 1776, Jamestown 02835 or drop it off at the Press office and we'll be sure and blow it up.
This year's display is dedicated to all our servicemen and women deployed throughout the world defending our freedoms.
With lots of KA-BOOMS and cookouts on tap this summer Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic urges we take some extra care with our pets.
"With the 4th of July around the corner there are some precautions to take with your pets. First, make sure to keep your pets safely away from grills and any fireworks. Cats and dogs have been known to jump on grills to steal food and can easily get burned. Also, make sure your pets don't get into the trash or leftovers from all that grilled food because it can lead to stomach issues and vomiting and then an early summer trip to your veterinarian.
"Finally, be aware that many pets are frightened by fireworks and may hide or tremble or even scratch their way through doors or break windows to get away from the noise. Always provide your pet with a safe, quiet area to escape to if you know fireworks are going to be in your area. If you know your pet has a noise phobia consider talking to your veterinarian and finding out if sedatives are an option for your pet to reduce their anxiety and stress levels."
Some of Dr. Hatch's fireworks advice may not be applicable if your name is Firecracker, a 3-yearold Jack Russell terrier adopted by Soozie and former Governor Bruce Sundlun from the Potter League for Animals in Middletown.
Soozie told us she has never been without a dog except for the past 1 1/2 years when her last dog passed away. She visited the Potter League and now Firecracker shares the Sundlun home on Seaside Drive. "We love him and I take him to work with me every day," Soozie said.
Another Potter adoptee is living on Melrose Avenue with Gina Seraichyk. Jack is a chocolate brown rex-breed rabbit now living with another rabbit, Bun Bun, at Gina's house. Jack will take the place of Hasenpfeffer (a bunny with pepper points) that is now in critter heaven. The rabbits also share the house with another adoptee, a greyhound named Dooley Bear and Mr. Peepers, a 16-year-old cockatoo.
A kitten also left Potter for Jamestown. Sophie is now living on Sail Street with Jennifer Bento and Rick Hodges and Rick's children Lisa, 17, and Jeffrey, 14. Sophie joins another cat, two-yearold Abigail.
Welcome new arrivals Firecracker, Jack and Sophie.
Imagine me with my head on your shoulders............
Congratulations to the Jamestown Community Chorus' newly elected Board of Directors for the 2007-2008 season.
They are: Pat Petty, president; Laura Yentsch, vice-president; Susanne Vieira, secretary; Bruce Foresman, treasurer; Sylvia Monti, soprano section leader; Deb Wyman, alto section leader; John Biddle, tenor section leader; Tom Pederson, bass section leader; Dianne Reilly, librarian; Jessica Wilson, public relations director; and B.J. Whitehouse, director of music.
Jessica Wilson said, "The chorus takes great pleasure in announcing the reappointment of B.J. as music director and Janet Grant as accompanist. They have both been with the chorus since 1989."
The elections were held at the chorus'annual board meeting June 5, followed by a contest featuring desserts and hors d'oeuvres. "In addition to fine singers, the chorus has some outstanding culinary talent," Grant said.
Plans are underway for the chorus' 18th annual talent show entitled "350 Years: Then and Now" to be staged August 16 at the community center.
Grandson Tom was 15 on June 17 and is back on the island for the summer. Hugs please.
Barbara-Ann MacIntosh responded to our inquiry about the song "I Must See Annie Tonight."
She said a friend once sang the song as "I Must See Andy Tonight" in a quartet dressed as Raggedy Ann.
Barbara-Ann contacted her friend and received a copy of the lyrics.
"Am I going to the opera, am I going to the show?
Am I going to a concert, NO NO NO.
There are a million things I could do tonight to have a lot of fun, but
I can think of only one...
"I must see Annie tonight, I must see Annie tonight.
Is she cute oh me oh my the birds tweet tweet when she goes by?
If you saw her then you'd know why I must see Annie tonight.
"Hello Central give me a line, calling Bryant number seven o nine".....and so on.
Sounds like it may go back into the twenties. Does it ring anybody else's bell?
Great job, Barbara-Ann!!
*** Be true!
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Hearing postponed for man who had 3 murder convictions overturned
Hearing postponed for man who had 3 murder convictions overturned
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A hearing scheduled for Monday for a man already convicted of killing three people has been postponed.
Lloyd Hammond was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2010 for the murders of William Sawyers, Terrell Cherry and Kerry Williams.
But last year, the Kentucky supreme court overturned the conviction, first stating the three murder cases should have been tried separately.
It also ruled the prosecution shouldn't have played taped testimony from Troya Sheckles, who was murdered before the trial began.
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Great post and information. I had no idea that it existed at that time.
While we tend to think of online education as a phenomenon welded largely to the past decade, in reality its history extends significantly further back than that. Think "before the Internet was even a thing that existed."
Experiments in welding computing to the classroom are almost as old as computing itself, with recognizable components of current Internet-based learning roughly (very roughly) appearing around the late 1950s and early 1960s. We realize, of course, that plenty more pioneers contributed to the eventual, if not inevitable, advent of online education!
But here's a few from our content partners at Online Colleges to know initially before moving on to reading about even more individuals and institutions.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provided a home for the very first Internet-based community specifically created for learning purposes. Developers Daniel Alpert and Don Bitzer dubbed their B.F. Skinner-inspired creation PLATO, and it started out as a Computer-based Education Research Laboratory project in 1959. Users initially accessed more than 15,000 hours' worth of lessons from a centralized, one-room hub. Over time, though, it grew along with technology and demand to provide online learning opportunities for more users in locations beyond its initial Loomis Laboratory home. Before the Internet's official originating point, PLATO took advantage of bulletin boards and chats to provide greater interactivity and connectivity to educational communities around the world.
While known primarily as the inventor of the mouse, online education historians should know Douglas Englebart's contribution to the trend beyond the once-ubiquitous hardware. His Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework, published in 1962, still makes for essential reading for technology-aided learning advocates as well as futurist philosophy buffs. By 1968, he (along with his Stanford Research Institute crew) was releasing the oNLine System program meant to test these ideas of enhancing human understanding via technology. While not exclusively about education, it still played a prominent role in Engelbart's ultimate goals.
Also in 1968, the University of Alberta's Department of Medicine began offering rudimentary (to us folks from the far-flung future, anyways) online courses. Before its dismantling in 1980, about 17 classes and 20,000 individual accounts had taken advantage of the IBM 1500 network, which included almost everything teachers needed to supply course materials, keep track of grades, and organize documents. Most notably, cardiology students and professors used it to collaborate and communicate with other departments across campus and better analyze EKGs and other scans.
Soloworks/Project Solo, the current DIY, open source, and edupunk movements undeniably sprouts from the experimental initiative fronted by University of Pittsburgh's Thomas A. Dwyer. For seven years, public school kids worked with computers as math lesson supplements, mostly involving self-directed assignments. Their positive responses illustrated just how extensive an impact computers could leave on the education industry decades before personal computers expanded into daily life. Learners awarded some degree of autonomy and the ability to complete tasks at their own pace performed better and reported greater engagement as a result of their computerized education. Contemporary online education programs — not to mention the aforementioned trend toward independent schooling — absolutely love playing up this fact when expounding upon its potential.
1971's highly influential Deschooling Society was not the work of a computer scientist, but rather a scathing social commentator critical of education's institutionalized nature. While Ivan Illich did not necessarily build upon Thomas A. Dwyer's findings, many of his writings echoed the same positive support of independent, self-directed learning. The edupunks of today, while not quite mainstream, promote similar (though not identical) sentiments – in some ways, even fulfilling Illich's predictions. Most notably, that networked computers would bring together independent learners eager to exchange ideas and information. Even the institutions the philosopher so heartily railed against embraced this education structure, but open source classes by the likes of MIT and Stanford still challenge the traditional notions of where learning belongs and to whom it should be made available!
Most of Alan Kay's contributions to online education have more to do with his overall influence over personal computing in general. For one thing, it's probably safe to assume that e-learning's current form could never have existed without the creation of graphic user interfaces (GUI) pioneered during his time at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Kay kept the education industry in mind when designing folders, menus, and other familiar visuals we take for granted now, even creating a "KiddiKomputer" specifically for the classroom. One of the project's core goals involved tracking student usage trends inside and outside the school so teachers could better tailor their computer-based lessons.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology organized the Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center to specifically study technology's possible information-spreading applications. Unsurprisingly, how it could shape education stood as one of their major concerns. Between 1976 and 1991, they studied the outcomes of online and computerized learning environments (which also included various blends of traditional and digital) and parsed out which elements worked, which didn't, and which needed a little tweaking. Many of their findings confirmed earlier reports of greater student engagement and higher scores, providing even more encouragement for progressive, technophiliac schools to try their hand at this ol' online learnin' thingamabob.
Open University began development on the Cyclops whiteboard system in 1976, and that same year also launched its very first online classes through the CICERO program. It is arguably considered the first college or university to provide Internet-based courses for credit, but no matter the technicalities it undeniably stands as one of the pioneers of the practice! CICERO, interestingly enough, popped into existence thanks to programmers with very little experience in the inchoate field of e-learning. Meanwhile, the now-defunct Cyclops experimented with teleconferencing to connect students and tutors generations before Skype and Google Talk. It allowed them to both talk and exchange data in real time, no matter their location.
1976 proved a pretty stellar year for e-learning enthusiasts, as it also bore witness to the establishment of the world's first fully remote community college. While Coastline Community College does own a few scattered "mini-campuses," its impetus heavily pushes distance education and more self-direction than the average institution, also holding the honor of being the first school to offer a fully online degree. "Nontraditional" students in particular adore the college's structure, offering even more proof that there definitely exists an eager audience for e-learning efforts.
Students, teachers, and administrators familiar with Blackboard should either thank or rage at The Learning Manager for paving the stage or setting the road or some other figurative, personified action. Utilized exclusively by Bow Valley College and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, it featured a now-familiar interface where users log in to a remote server, take tests, work on assignments, and ask one another questions. Students, administrators, and teachers each accessed a different scene depending on their role in the course.
Because of his dual passion for psychology and communication technology, Donald P. Ely occupies a truly unique, insightful place in the annals of online education history. Much of his oeuvre unsurprisingly outlines both the philosophical and technical components behind the practice, most notably 1970's The Philosophy Underlying Educational Technology. Many initial observations on the efficacy of online and tech-enhanced learning continue holding up splendidly even into today. But e-learning aficionados know Ely best as the director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, a gargantuan database collecting scholarly research about using available digital resources in the service of students.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose as investors await the result of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election.
Benchmark oil rose 79 cents to $85.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, rose $2.05, or 1.9 percent, to $107.73 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
AAA said the national average price for gasoline has dropped 7 cents in the past week to $3.47 per gallon. But gas prices have risen in New York and New Jersey, where the energy infrastructure was battered by Superstorm Sandy. It remains to be seen how much demand for oil and refined products has dropped overall in the storm-stricken region
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Repairs are ongoing, but backup service using temporary lines will serve the six buildings that have been without water since Thursday's break. The city says the water will be available for household tasks, but it will take about 24 hours to test it to ensure it's drinkable, so anyone who wants to drink the water in those buildings is advised to boil it first.
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Another game, another goaltender yanked.
If these are the Flyers, and this is the 2011 playoffs, it almost comes as a surprise when a goalie makes it through to the end. They have played eight post-season games and the starting goaltender now has been pulled out of four of them. Saturday afternoon, it was Brian Boucher's turn (again) to be taken out, replaced this time by Sergei Bobrovsky.
But it was different this time.
Really, it was.
In the three games of the Buffalo series, the goalies were pulled because the goalies were terrible. In Game 1 of the second round against Boston, Boucher was pulled mostly because the team in front of him was atrocious. He was removed with 2:46 left in the second period, with the Bruins leading by 5-1. The final score was a 7-3.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine security forces rescued a Chinese hostage and killed five suspected militants in a daylight raid on a terrorist training camp in the south, officials said Friday.
One of the country's most-wanted terrorist suspects, Khair Mundus, was wounded but managed to escape during Thursday's assault by police commandos on the Abu Sayyaf rebel hideout in Zamboanga city, said regional police director Apolio Estilles.
The freed hostage, Yuan Kai Lin, is the vice president for operations of the mining company Li-Lo Minerals Traders and is from Shenzhen. He was one of two Chinese businessmen kidnapped from a rented apartment last month by the al-Qaida-linked terror group. The other was released earlier.
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The latest raid "exemplifies the government's unwavering commitment to crush the Abu Sayyaf and put an end to their kidnapping and terror activities," said senior security official Felizario Serapio Jr.
The U.S. Department of Justice has offered a $500,000 reward for information leading to Mundus' capture, describing him as a key leader and financier of the Abu Sayyaf. He was arrested in 2004 on the first-ever money laundering charges against terrorists in the Philippines. He confessed to having arranged the transfer of funds from al-Qaida to the Abu Sayyaf to be used in bombings throughout Mindanao, the southern region where minority Muslims have been fighting for self-rule in the predominantly Christian nation.
Mundus escaped from jail in 2007.
Thursday's raid, in which one Abu Sayyaf suspect was arrested, was based on intelligence that the group had set up a training camp in a secluded part of Zamboanga, a major port city that was targeted by militants in the past. Initial reports by police show the camp was used to hide kidnap victims and Abu Sayyaf members.
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The long fight between Hoboken's public housing board and its executive director could come to a head on Monday, Aug. 4 when the board votes on a resolution to terminate the contract of director Carmelo Garcia. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.
The HHA board, made up of seven unpaid appointees (four of whom are allies of Mayor Dawn Zimmer), has for some time been at odds with Garcia, who has ties to the old Democratic political machine in Hudson County. Last year, Garcia ran for State Assembly on the slate of State Sen. and Union City mayor Brian Stack, and he has served in the past as director of human services under Mayor David Roberts and aide to County Freeholder Anthony Romano.
Recently, the HHA hired a lawyer to investigate several no-bid contracts awarded by Garcia to contractors who later contributed to his campaign fund. However, the Zimmer-allied board members have had concerns about Garcia for some time, so it is not known why they decided to try to terminate him this coming week. As of Thursady, no copies of the resolutions on Monday's agenda had been released to the public or the board's commissioners
"This gamble…is going to backfire badly for them and for the taxpayers of Hoboken." –Louis Zayas
"Instead of just recognizing their mistakes, their wrongdoing, and taking corrective action to stop what they were trying to accomplish," Zayas said, Zimmer and her allies "have decided to now fire the whistleblower."
He added, "I don't know who is giving the mayor or the Hoboken Housing Authority legal advice, but this gamble that they have undertaken is going to backfire badly for them and for the taxpayers of Hoboken."
Garcia filed a lawsuit last year against the Zimmer administration and HHA board, alleging they were involved in "ethnic cleansing" in Hoboken to remove ethnic minorities from power positions. However, Garcia's suit had no concrete evidence of such a thing. It was dismissed with prejudice, and he re-filed it in January without the "ethnic cleansing" terminology.
To prove his case that the Zimmer administration was out to get him, Garcia had lunch with Mayor Zimmer's husband, Stan Grossbard, last year, and tape-recorded it. The men discuss some HHA matters, but Grossbard did not make any direct threats or offer quid pro quos.
In a written statement, Mayor Zimmer said she was not directly involved in the HHA.
"The Hoboken Housing Authority is an independent board to which I as mayor have appointed only one member – Jeannie Rodriguez," she wrote. "It is the board's obligation to make decisions that it believes are in the best interests of the Hoboken Housing Authority and I will respect whatever decision they choose to make."
In addition to potentially firing Garcia on Monday, the board will consider a resolution concerning a "Letter of Need" and appoint an acting executive director.
Garcia signed a five-year paid contract with the housing board in 2009. Under the oversight of the housing board and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), his administration manages the city's 1,373 low-income public housing units on the west side of town.
According to HUD Public Affairs officer Adam Glantz, New Jersey law makes it clear that the executive director of a housing authority "may be relieved of his or her duties only after not less than 120 days' notice." As of press time, it is not known whether the resolution to terminate Garcia's contract gives him several months to finish out his term.
Past complaints
Dana Wefer, who took over the board in May, has questioned $3.5 million in contracts that Garcia's administration awarded since 2010 without following the normal bidding process. Three of the companies granted no-bid contracts gave $3,600 to Garcia's state assembly election fund in March of this year.
Garcia says that the no-bid contracts were allowed under certain provisions, including emergency and special situations triggered by Hurricane Sandy. At the behest of Wefer, the Authority's contracts have been examined in both an internal audit and a full procurement review by HUD.
The HUD review only began last week, but the audit is complete, and Wefer said it confirmed her belief that the procurements in question had not been secured in a legal manner.
Lawsuit likely in response
However, Garcia's lawyer Zayas alleged that the housing board has not followed the legally required procedure in seeking Garcia's termination. According to Zayas, Garcia was alerted that his firing would be considered at the Monday special meeting "without ample notice and without any specific basis for the decision to try to get him removed."
Under a 1977 New Jersey Superior Court ruling, public employees are "entitled to reasonable notice of the intention of [a] board to consider personnel matters related to them." These so-called "Rice notices" give employees a chance to request that their employment be discussed in public rather than at a closed session, which is exactly what Zayas said Garcia did last week.
Zayas said Garcia's employment contract requires an even higher standard of notification than a simple Rice notice. According to Zayas, Garcia must be given 30 days notice and a written description detailing the Housing Authority's reasons for seeking his termination.
Zayas added that not informing Garcia of the factual allegations against him is "unfair as a matter of due process that any five-year-old could understand" because it "gives him no opportunity to defend himself."
Zayas repeatedly called Garcia a whistleblower and said his termination would be a "violation of his right to free speech to report allegations of corruption and wrongdoing."
Second time around
This is not the first time a Zimmer-allied housing board has considered terminating Garcia's contract. In March 2013, the board, then led by Jake Stuiver, heard a motion to fire Garcia after 120 days. At the time, Stuiver was in conflict with Garcia over retaining Charles Daglian as the Authority's contracted counsel. Then, as now, the Zimmer allies on the board were unhappy with Garcia's contractual right to exercise sole authority over the appointment of professionals like lawyers for the Authority. The board can reject candidates presented by Garcia but cannot name their own.
The March resolution to fire Garcia was ultimately tabled for 90 days and never reconsidered after the Zimmer-allied faction lost control of the board's chairmanship that May.
With respect to the new attempt to terminate Garcia's contract, Zayas said he was exploring all options, including filing a new lawsuit against the Housing Authority board and the city.
Housing projects lose extra police presence
The battle for control of the Hoboken Housing Authority may culminate on Monday if the Housing Board votes to fire Executive Director Carmelo Garcia, but whoever controls the agency when the smoke has cleared will have other significant issues to address.
Among them is the security situation in the housing projects. In March, Garcia moved to annul the Housing Authority's $540,000 contract with the Hoboken Police Department, which allowed for extra security. The HHA board voted to allow Garcia to end the contract. Garcia said the Housing Authority could no longer afford to pay the Police Department after HUD changed its rules to prohibit its capital funding from being used for protective services.
Housing board chair Dana Wefer suggested last week that the budget pressure that necessitated the end of the police contract was a result of Executive Director Garcia's business practices.
"If we took care of the procurement issues, maybe we'd have the money to pay the police," she said.
Garcia and Wefer have since met with representatives from the Police Department and Zimmer administration to seek an alternate arrangement, but nothing has been agreed to yet.
Meanwhile, residents have complained of a lack of responsiveness from police to calls from the project buildings since the contract ended.
The Housing Authority has had shared service agreements with the Police Department for many years. In September 2010, it signed a new deal to add five additional police officers who would have otherwise been laid off due to a city budget shortfall. According to the June 17, 2014 table of organization, the Public Housing Direct Patrol Bureau was assigned three supervisors and seven patrol officers. When the contract subsided, said Chief Garcia, all of these personnel were reassigned to other divisions.
According to Zimmer spokesman Juan Melli, adjustments were made to the 2014 city budget prior to its final approval to account for the loss of funding from the Housing Authority. These included "decreases in anticipated revenue, increases in spending on the police budget, and attrition of some positions."
Interim Police Chief Edelmiro Garcia said the Police Department had recently lost a number of officers due to retirement.
Wefer said she was assured by Chief Garcia that Hoboken police will still patrol the Authority grounds and buildings, offering the same baseline level of responsiveness that all Hoboken residents enjoy. Theoretically, the only activity that the Police Department would not engage in are the vertical sweeps of buildings explicitly provided for in the Housing Authority contract.
However, some residents report that Hoboken police are unwilling to respond to calls now that their contract with the Housing Authority has ended. Elizabeth Perez, who lives in Andrew Jackson Gardens, said large groups have begun loitering around the housing projects, gambling, smoking marijuana, and playing loud music.
She said she called the police at 3 a.m. on a recent Thursday, only to be told that "there was nothing they could do because [the loiterers] were residents."
This past Sunday afternoon, Perez said, there was an altercation in the parking lot of Andrew Jackson Gardens in which one person "was pushing other people against cars." Perez said the police responded after 30 minutes but never got out of their vehicles to halt the fight.
Chief Garcia said that his officers continue to respond to calls from the Housing Authority "just like we respond to any concerned citizen." He said that after the HHA contract ended, he added additional patrols in the southwestern district of the city to ensure continued security in the area.
Director Garcia said a lack of responsiveness from the Police Department was a factor in his decision to end the contract with the city. In addition, he said building sweeps will still be provided by the eight officers who live in housing authority buildings and log hours patrolling the premises through a separate program. The Housing Authority, said Director Garcia, has "reached the point where we can have regular policing like the rest of the city."
At a meeting between city and housing authority officials before the contract ended, Melli said Chief Garcia "suggested that the [Housing Authority] consider creating a neighborhood watch program" to cover the above baseline services once performed by the Housing Authority police bureau. The city has offered its help in achieving such an arrangement.


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The pace of forced property evictions in China has increased during the past three years, fueling social discontent and prompting at least 41 people to set themselves on fire in protest from 2009 to the end of 2011, according to a study published by Amnesty International on Thursday.
The self-immolation figure, which Amnesty compiled from Chinese- and English-language news sources and included eight deaths, represented a troubling rise from previous years. Fewer than 10 cases were reported from 1998 to 2009, the human rights group reported.
The Amnesty study acknowledged that there are no reliable estimates of the total number of people pushed out of their homes, but said that "there is little doubt the figure has risen significantly."
"The problem of forced evictions represents the single most significant source of popular discontent in China and a serious threat to social and political stability," said the 85-page report, which drew from sources that included interviews with those who'd been forcibly evicted, state media accounts and academic studies.
Land seizures are often at the core of disputes between locals and their governments in China, and frequently are accompanied by accusations of corrupt relationships between property developers and officials.
The Amnesty report traced the current spate of self-immolations to a 47-year-old woman named Tang Fuzhen in the southwestern city of Chengdu who climbed to the roof of her house and set herself ablaze with gasoline. Tang's family had refused a government request to tear down what it'd deemed an illegal structure, and on the morning of November 13, 2009, a group of unidentified men with helmets and steel rods began beating them, the Amnesty report said.
She died 16 days later, and the case "became a rallying cry for critics of the Chinese government's failure to adequately prevent and safeguard against forced evictions."
The central government has clouded the issue by, on one hand, calling for an end to aggressive evictions while at the same continuing to evaluate leaders on the amount of economic growth they produce in their areas, a process heavily dependent on land sales.
Compounding matters, the Amnesty report pointed out, is that local governments now also rely on revenue from land transactions to cover the interest payments on loans they took from state banks during a massive push for stimulus projects to beat back the 2008 recession.
"These incentives create the potential for an intertwining of interests between local officials and real estate developers when it comes to removing residents from coveted parcels of land," said the Amnesty report. "Opportunities for abuse proliferate because the Chinese political system allows local officials to operate with few checks and only limited public accountability. Corruption in the form of bribes from developers to officials has been widely documented in state controlled media."
Such flare-ups are often particularly acute in rural areas in which local officials have been known to sign over collectively-owned land without the knowledge or consent of those living upon it. Last December, for example, an entire village in the coastal province of Guangdong temporarily pushed out officials and police amid allegations that local leadership had for years illegally grabbed land and sold it for personal gain.
A release from Amnesty that accompanied the report quoted Nicola Duckworth, senior director of research at the organization, as saying, "The Chinese authorities must immediately halt all forced evictions. There needs to be an end to the political incentives, tax gains and career advancements that encourage local officials to continue with such illegal practices."
It wasn't clear when, or if, the Chinese government might do so.


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LYNN HAVEN, FL- Phoenix Racing made a big hire on Wednesday night as team owner James Finch reached an agreement with 2004 NASCAR champion Kurt Busch. Busch agreed to drive the #51 car for Phoenix Racing in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series.
Busch has had his share of embarrassments in the last few months, getting into a heated argument with a reporter, amongst other things. That led to his departure from Penske racing, and the opening for him to sign with Phoenix.
After a few weeks of talks, and a meeting in Charlotte Wednesday, Finch and Busch agreed to a deal. Now Phoenix Racing has a cup champion, and a chase driver behind the wheel. Finch says has already talked with Busch about his past.
"He lost a job and he's lost several million dollars, and so I think that's been a wake up call. I told him, I said Kurt it's about winning racing. you need to watch your temper and your mouth," Finch said. "I hired him for his foot and not his mouth. hopefully we can get him controlled. He's got a long way to come. He's got to show people he's going to be a driver. And show NASCAR that he's a driver, and he's going to do what's expected as a driver."
Busch and the team will head to test for the preseason thunder session at Daytona International Speedway as they prepare for the Budweiser Shootout.


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I totally agree. Giving Rodgers two weeks off was a bad idea.
Quote from: GrandMoffNick on January 16, 2012, 09:47 AMI totally agree. Giving Rodgers two weeks off was a bad idea.Maybe, but some of his passes should have been caught, so it wasn't all on him.
Having to live and work with Packer fans and having this huge rivalry makes you pay a little more attention than the average fan does...I have watched 7-8 games of theirs this year and I have said since week #1 against the Saints, their Defense is terrible and that there is NO way they can repeat unless they get better. I don't blame anything on their offense (Other than the poruous O Line), their D was awful again...and they lost
Okay, Kristin Chenoweth did a hell of a lot better singing the National Anthem for the NFC Championships than Steven Tyler's massacre offkey version. But I guess comparing those two is like comparing apples to oranges.
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Sam Swartz dazzled Carl Junction's lineup on Saturday.
Sam Swartz dazzled Carl Junction's lineup on Saturday.
With an effective mix of location and offspeed stuff, the Patriots' ace pitched a three-hitter with five strikeouts to lead East Newton to a 3-2 victory over the Bulldogs in the Class 4, District 11 Tournament at Seneca.
McDonald County, meanwhile, closed its season with a 7-1 loss to Cassville.
Swartz was also solid at the plate as his first inning double set up a Dillon Bunch single to make it 1-0. It would stay that way until the sixth when the Patriots scored two insurance runs.
Rocky Liveoak singled to open the inning and Wyatt Hurn followed with a perfect bunt single that allowed Liveoak to score when the late, and errant, throw to first missed its target for an error. The Bulldogs then intentionally walked Bunch and Ryan Linton singled to load the bases. Dustin Lett then sent a sharp grounder to third that was misplayed for another error, allowing Hurn to score to make it 3-0.
The Bulldogs would score two in the bottom of the seventh, but Swartz ended the game by stranding the tying run at third.
The Patriots (11-8) advance to take on Monett (13-11) at 7 p.m. Monday in semifinals action at Seneca.
The Mustangs, meanwhile, never could get going against Cassville pitcher Andrew Whitham. Whitham, a righty, went the distance to earn the win while holding the Mustangs to a run on seven hits with four strikeouts and no walks.
Mason York took the loss for the Mustangs after allowing five runs on six hits, five walks and six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Mark Hull, Dakota Stites and Zack Peck worked in relief for the Mustangs.
McDonald County took a 1-0 lead in the first inning after Cooper Underwood reached base, stole second and then scored on an infield single by Peck. That lead would hold until the Wildcats tied it on an RBI groundout by Whitham to make it 1-1.
Gabe Kirk made it 2-1 in the sixth when he hit a two-out pitch over the wall for a solo homer. They followed with three more runs in the inning before a two-run homer from Marcus Weatherman capped it in the seventh.
Evan Acuff and Trenton Frazier had two hits apiece for the Mustangs, while York, Peck and Underwood had one.
Weatherman led Cassville with two hits.
"Today we kind of had a chance to put them away early, had some baserunners on in scoring position and didn't get the timely hit when we needed to," Mustangs coach Nick Martin said. "(Cassville) kept battling and took advantage of some mistakes. You've got to give them credit."
While they didn't see it ending this way, Martin said his Mustangs improved this season and will continue to do so in the coming years.
"I think we won seven games last year, and I think we took steps in the right direction this year," Martin said. "We've got some talented juniors coming back and we've got some things to build on. I'm very excited about that."
Cassville takes on Seneca at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the semifinals.


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Lagoon cost still an unknown
Village board accepts grant, approves study.
Wastewater is disappearing too quickly into the soil under Brady's sewage lagoon southwest of town.
The Nebraska Department of Environment Quality has demanded the problem be fixed.
Beyond those two realities, Reed Miller of Miller & Associates in Kearney had little solid information for Brady village trustees during their regular monthly meeting on Feb. 10.
The village received a notice of violation from NDEQ last fall which set into motion a series of grant applications for study and repair of the lagoon.
Brady has received a grant for $23,275 to help fund the necessary engineering study, Miller said.
Total cost for the required study is $30,400, leaving the village to cover $7,125.
"We really don't know much yet," Miller said. "That's what the study is for."
The concerns, he said, are that sealing the lagoon's bottom will call for more land area and that the sandy soil could require a costly barrier.
The required study will allow Miller to offer the village a variety of repair cost options, he said.
The study could take up to two years, Miller said. Securing grant funding for repairs, formulating a plan and letting bids might last another two years.
"It could feasibly be four years before you spend any money on this," Miller said.
A suggestion to raise village sewer fees might be a good idea, he said, to collect some additional money for the project ahead of time.
When asked to project a cost and explain the $500,000 estimate tossed around earlier, Miller said the half-million dollar amount was generated for the need survey.
"We don't know if that number is high or low," he said. "It's just a planning number. That's what the study will help determine."
The board voted to accept the grant as well as approve the study with Miller's engineering services.
In other action, trustees instructed utilities superintendent Keith Wagnitz to remove a cable barrier and gate in the alley between West Popleton and Palmer Park to allow residents there access to their back yards.
Resident Laurie Viter told the board she and husband Mike, who live on Popleton Street, intend to build a garage in their back yard but the barrier in the alley prevents access to the south side of their property.
Neighbor Bryan Franzen agreed, saying it is next to impossible to get a trailer in or out of the alley.
Wagnitz said he installed the cable and gate because he was concerned about the traffic into the park from the alley.
"If you want everybody to drive in there, I can take it out but I'm the one who has to take care of the park," Wagnitz said. "I'm not going to go to the extra effort to protect the park and keep it cleaned up."
In other village business, trustees:
- learned the village has received a Union Pacific Railroad Foundation grant for $5,000 to develop a park south of the railroad tracks.
- received a complaint by Richard Sargent, 105 N. Locust, who was bitten by a dog while picking up his newspaper. Sargent was referred to the Lincoln County sheriff's department.
- heard from clerk Pam Diehl that she asked resident Marci Knudsen to clean the Community Center and serve part-time as assistant clerk after receiving no applications for either position. The trustees agreed, however, that the position of assistant clerk must first be approved by the board. With both cleaning and office work available, trustees instructed Diehl to advertise the position again.
- accepted the village one- and six-year road plan as presented by road superintendent Carla O'Dell. The plan was not changed from last year and includes no new projects.
- told land owner Tommy Palmer that the village will locate the nearest water and sewer lines to property he purchased on the southwest edge of town near the Highway 30 viaduct. Palmer said he plans to build on the land and wants to know if water and sewer will be available.
- tabled discussion of adding a limit to the number of dogs a resident may own and asked attorney Steve Vinton to investigate ordinances in other towns.
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Burton Slack, 79 - October 12, 2011
Burton Dale Slack, 79, of Gothenburg died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. in Gothenburg.
A book signing will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel, Gothenburg; with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m.
Memorial services will be held at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Larry Viter officiating.
Inurnment will follow in the Gothenburg Cemetery with military honors.
Slack was born Jan. 9, 1932, at Gothenburg to Delbert and Elva (Houchin) Slack. He attended school at Gothenburg Public Schools and was baptized at the Methodist Church on Nov. 15, 1953.
He served his country with the U.S Army from Oct. 24, 1947 to Oct. 1950. He had enlisted for two years but service was extended an additional year by President Truman.
Slack was married in 1952 and to this union four children were born, Kristi, Kathy, Karen and Kim Slack.
He enjoyed working with animals and livestock his whole life. He was a lifetime member of the VFW. He was also a local businessman for 33 years owning and operating Stor All Rentals.
Slack was preceded in death by his parents Delbert and Elva,his sister Jeanette and brother Richard.
Survivors include: three daughters—Kristi (Dutch) Edson, Kathy (Mark) Stencel, Karen (Mark) Meyer; son Kim (Marcy) Slack; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; sister Norma (Wayne) Devine; extended family Linda Slack, Travis (Mindy) Brock, Detrick (Kirsten) Brock, Warren Brock and Della (Dave) Hengen, and seven grandchildren.
Memorials may be given to the American Lung Association of NE 7101 Newport Ave Omaha, NE 68152 or the Gothenburg Honor Guard.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death after falling into a zoo exhibit of wild African dogs won't be prosecuted.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday that Maddox Derkosh's death at the Pittsburgh Zoo was a "tragic accident."
His mother, 34-year-old Elizabeth Derkosh, had put him on top of a railing to view a pack of African painted dogs in early November. The boy fell off, the animals immediately pounced on him and he bled to death.
Zappala says witnesses described the boy lunging forward, as if he thought there was some sort of clear barrier to stop him.
Zappala says he's still investigating whether any charges will be filed against the zoo, and what changes need to be made there.